Piotr heard her, as if from afar, and he growled, pain lashing through him as he tried to transform again, One man fired and ain shot into him with the bullet that sank into his thigh.
"Hah! That has him! Now finish the job!"
He would not fail! He would not!
Flashes assaulted his memory.
He, pushing against Magneto's magnetic waves, pushing against seemingly unendurable force and pain, and making it close enough to slug the mastermind.
He, knowing how hurt Rogue was, how alone she felt, somehow resisting her powers and kissing her to no ill effect.
He, once again, battling his way against heat that should have melted his form, and winning to the other side to help his friends.
With a cry that was as much pain as it was relief, he shifted forms again and charged into the man holding the device.
"No! It's not possible!"
"I am Colossus!"
He tossed the man aside and heard the machine break with a certain satisfaction, even as he charged through the rest, tossing them aside and heading for where he had heard her voice.