Destroy them all

[Ray]

Ray looked at him, and approached him again; "Kill you?" he asked; "No. That'd be pointless. It'd be a waste of time, energy, and most importantly: your life. No," he repeated firmly; "You and I are gonna figure out what's goin' on. This isn't right, Jamie. No one should feel like this. At least, not now, when life should be fun..." He tried to sound convincing.

He had his problems, but after his "soul searching" after Magneto, he'd realized that his s**t was irrelevent since there was no point dwelling on it. And now, Jamie was in trouble. And Ray could relate to how he felt.

[lance]

"Well if that is how it is then, goodbye." he then reached for his own throat and said "Goodbye Ray."

[Ray]

Now Ray lost what little patience he had. How thick-headed was this kid, anyway? He quickly pulled Jamie's hand away, holding tightly to his wrist.

"Before you kill yourself, think about this," he said, voice torn between frustration and anger; "What will the Professor do? Who will tell your mother her son died? Who will try to cheer everyone else up while we freak about you dying, wasting ourselves away by thinking we could have done something to stop you? Who will finish out your schooling? Who will be 'Multiple Man'? Nothing and no one, Jamie. The Professor would be guilty, your mother would be broken. You'd leave all your friends behind. You'd leave us behind. How selfish can you get, Jamie? How selfish can you get?"

He loosend his hold, though he didn't let go. He tried to calm down again, taking in deep beaths and counting way past ten.

"Don't feel guilty for wanting to end it. Feel guilty about what would happen after. We can help you when you're living, Jamie, but not when you're dead. When you're dead, God can only help you. And he's a pretty ruthless judge."

[lance]

"What friends? Huh? I have none. Now that Multiple Man instead of multiple, I like that. But anyway, I am in the brotherhood, ok and i will stay in it but we can hang out." he said shaking Ray's hand.

[Ray]

Ray blinked, pulling his hand back after a moment; "N..." he started, then he sighed. At least the kid was suddenly willing to live. "If you stay with them," he began; "Follow the rules. And for the sake of keepin' the Prof. happy, get to school at least twice a week. And don't ever pull another stunt like this. And obviously you've got a friend since I risked my neck and my image just now."

[Tabby]

((OOC: Aw, I missed the fight. *Pouts* Is this still open? If not, I can delete this.))

Tabby just happened to glance out a window when she noticed the scene taking place outside. Her eyes widened and she wondered why no one was doing anything. Then Ray ran out.

After debating for a few minutes, Tabby ran down the stairs and out the front doors. She heard the end of what Ray said about Jamie killing himself and she stopped. What the hell? She thought, staring at Jamie. He's gotta be kidding, right?

Tabby didn't know what to do, so she looked between everyone, then back at Jamie after Ray spoke again. "Yeah, Jamie. You'd be surprised by the people who care 'bout you." She said, coming up beside the two.

[Quicksilver]

Pietro stood there, doing nothing and watching. His face was twisted in confusion as he watched things play out, but he didn't try to get involved. Jamie didn't want him as an ally, but he didn't quite look at Jamie as an enemy... so therefore had no idea who to fight.

His eyes kept darting to the lasers and other things aimed at the four of them, guessing they were probably aiming for everyone but Ray, but mostly he was paying attention to the conversation infront of him. Ray was just about as bull-headed as himself, and Pietro knew that. He was also fairly wreckless and how on earth he kept calming himself down just to talk to Jamie was beyond Pietro. Freddy, Lance, Toad, Wanda or Pietro would have flattened the kid by now.

The white-haired teen glanced over at Wanda once the argument was over. "You aren't in the brotherhood, and you won't be pulling a stunt like that again." Pietro corrected the younger boy. Mystique would kill him for it when she heard about it, and Magneto might kill him for the loss of a possible Acolyte, but there was no way Pietro could help this kid right now and Ray had just gotten through to him. If one of Xavier's newer students could do that, then he couldn't even imagine how helpful the veterans and teachers would be. "Tabby's right, and Ray, you belong here. I can't help you over at the boardinghouse, but once you get things all sorted out." The speed demon made a motion to his own head. "You can come by again, room'll be open for yah anytime, but I don't think your in any position to make the decision at the moment."

[Ray]

Ray slowly let Jamie go and was silent as Pietro spoke. He hadn't wanted to impose his opinions on Jamie any more than he had to. But Pietro was right, Jamie needed to stick around the Institute, let the Prof. clear out his head, and relax and try to get intergrated. Ray hoped that he'd done the right thing, for once.

He glanced at Tabby and gave her an appriciative look, grateful she'd agreed with him otherwise he might have ended up preaching again. Ray now felt very awkward. He'd only done an "intervention" like this once, and it had involved a raging mutant with ample places to hide. This had been so one-on-one... He rubbed his eyes. He needed a Hot Pocket.

[lance]

"Look....." he started "I'm just not ready to be in a group with people that I already know." he said "But I will be an ally of both the Brotherhood and the X men. We will call oursleves X factor, and if anyone should ask about me, tell them that Multiple,Man, is all right now." he then looked over at Ray and said " I take that back, if you want to join, you can."

[Ray]

"Jamie, you're in no position to call the shots," Ray said; "And there's been too much heat between the X-Men and the Brotherhood. Just stick around here for the help, not the group. That's why most of us are here," He said honestly, thinking of himself and tabby.

"Besides, where would else you go? To Magneto? Do you think that's the wisest thing seeing as how Magneto isn't exactly on good terms with the X-Men and he thinks he controls the brotherhood?"

[growlypuppy]

((OOC: ACK! Jamie's leavin'!? But I jus' got here! rofl))

Rahne was wondering on her way up the hill if the gate would accept her voice. She'd grown a little bit, but the technology would be able to figure out the differences. She however was more concerned about whether she was still in the directory as an X-men, or a new recruit.

That question would have to wait for another day, because the gate was currently out of order... The brunette's bright green eyes scanned the environment. Trouble... and Jamie was in the center of it. How odd. Also, one of the brotherhood boys seemed to have a gun... What in the heck is a mutant doin' with a gun? She thought and shooked her head.

""ey! Anybuddy miss me?" The scottish girl called over to her friends. "Jamie, ye causin' truble?" She questioned with an eyebrow arched.

[lance]

"Ray, please don't lecture me." he said as he took off his shirt and gloves. "Tomorrow I'm out of here and that's finale." he said

[Ray]

"Then maybe you should just listen, Jamie!" Ray said exasperatedly; "Trust me, I can't stand Lectures. I'm trying not to. But I'm trying to show you that people worry about you, and people care about you," he paused; "Besides, sometimes you need to hear them."

Then, he heard Rahne, and he just looked at her, gawking.

[lance]

"Well I just want you to join me and that is all." he said to his mentor as he left for the mansion door purposly bumping into Rahne

[Ray]

Ray ran to catch up with him, but stopped. If he followed Jamie any more he'd be imposing his opinion, which he felt he'd already done to much of. Frustrated he appeared calm.

"Just Be CAREFUL!" he hollered, cupping his hands around his mouth as he did for volume.

Then he looked at Rahne and said; "Welcome home?"