Wanda and Fuzzy II: Nocturne
Chapter 1: School
By
The Uncanny R-Man
Disclaimer- All familiar characters belong to Marvel.
Notes- As you can see, this is a sequel to 'Wanda and Fuzzy.' Please go and check that out.
Bayville Mall-
It was a typically sunny day in Bayville and Talia Josephine Wagner was doing a spot of shopping. Paige Guthrie and X-23 were with her too. TJ wanted some new clothes for her first day as the newest addition to the X-Men's teaching staff.
TJ and her two younger friends were presently browsing through the underwear section. Obviously, TJ was wearing an image inducer to hide her usual appearance from the general public. Right now, the other shoppers could only see a statuesque brunette with her two younger friends looking through the array of panties.
X-23 picked up a red thong and looked at it with bemusement.
'Why would somebody want to wear such a garment?' X-23 blinked. 'Wouldn't it be uncomfortable?'
'Sometimes you have to make sacrifices to look good for a guy.' TJ replied simply as she picked up a leopard-print thong and put it in her basket.
'Then why have you bought one?' Paige piped up with a giggle. 'Is there somebody you have your eye on?'
'I just wanna feel sexy, is all.' TJ shrugged. 'Oh, and like you're perfectly innocent. I've seen the way you look at that Jono boy. With his dreamy Johnny Depp eyes.'
'Wh-what do you mean?' Paige stuttered innocently. 'I-I have no idea what you're talking about…'
'I bet you would love to look all sexy for him.' X-23 snickered.
'What about you and Ray then, X?' Paige responded. 'You guys seem to be getting extra chummy.'
'He is just a friend.' X-23 sniffed defensively. 'Nothing more.'
'Oh, I'm sure.' TJ chuckled. 'Now Paige, you gonna buy any sexy panties for your own li'l Johnny Depp?'
'Sam would have my hide!' Paige yelped. 'Let's buy some!'
'Atta girl.' TJ smiled. 'Welcome to the Dark Side.'
The Danger Room, later-
TJ was dressed in her X-Men uniform (similar to the uniform that Kurt wore but with a lower neckline) and was running some of the newer students through a Danger Room simulation.
Due to the influx of so many new recruits, Professor Xavier had taken TJ on as part of the teaching staff. It was her duty to take care of the newest of the new recruits. Amongst those new recruits were Alex Summers and Lorna Dane. Piotr's younger sister Illyana, codenamed Magik, was there too. As were Paige and X-23. Dani Moonstar had become part of TJ's squad also. Last, but were no means least, were Doug Ramsey, Jono Starsmore, Angelo Espinosa and the teenage mutant inventor known as Forge.
Doug had taken on the codename of Cypher, as his mutant power was the ability to translate any language whether it was written, spoken, human, whatever. Angelo was nicknamed Skin, as his mutation caused him to possess six feet of extra grey-stoned skin all over his body that he could manipulate at will. Then there was Jono. His mutation was one of the most unfortunate that the X-Men had ever seen. The young Brit's mutant powers manifested by destroying the lower part of his face and most of his torso. Jono was only able to communicate via telepathy. Due to the chamber of energy that now resided in his chest cavity, Jono took on the codename of Chamber.
The young mutants' chosen Danger Room simulation was a pretty simple one that all new arrivals took part in. The group of mutants were up against a small army of giant robots that were armed with their own little armada of weapons from flamethrowers to giant buzz saws.
Even though the robots towered above the mutants, they didn't withstand a chance against Lorna's magnetic powers as she simply rendered them limb from limb with an electro-magnetic blast. Alex meanwhile, made short work of the robots with his plasma blasts.
Unfortunately for the pair, the robots soon learnt from their attacks and made adapted to them. Lorna fell to the ground as one robot let rip with a sonic blast, making the green-haired mutant lose her concentration. Fortunately for Lorna, Alex was there to catch her as she fell.
'My hero…' Lorna smiled, slightly breathless as she looked up at her blond saviour.
Alex blushed slightly at the look Lorna was giving him.
'Uhh… th-thanks…' Alex stuttered. 'Only looking out for my teammates.'
Lorna just winked in reply and moved on to a different opponent.
Illyana, meanwhile, was taking on her opponents. The blonde Russian created a teleportation disk and easily avoided the robot's buzz saw. Another stepping disk appeared behind the robot as Illyana leapt out and cleaved it in two with a mystical sword that appeared in her hands.
'Way to go, chica.' Angelo grinned as he extended a hand around a robot's legs, tripping it up. The Latino mutant then extended his other hand around the robot's neck, popping its head off.
'Not to shabby yourself, cutie.' Illyana smiled as she ran another robot through with her sword.
'Better watch yerself there, mate.' Jono quipped as he let rip with a blast of energy from his chest, destroying yet another robot. 'Don't let Colossus see you flirtin' with his Little Snowflake or ya'll be in fer a world o' hurt.'
'I ain't scared of no Big Russian, esse.' Angelo snorted as he rolled out of the way of another robot. 'I like to live dangerously.'
'Yer mad as a sack o' hammers.' Jono sighed with a shake of his head.
Jono spun around as he heard a muttered curse nearby. Paige was having a little trouble with a robot armed with a flamethrower. The young Kentuckian had husked her skin into her most durable form, one made of steel. She had managed to cause a few dents in the robot's hide but she was beginning to let her fatigue show.
The robot brought its foot down, trying to crush her but Paige caught the foot and struggled to hold it.
'Husk, are you okay?' X-23 asked in a slightly worried tone as she stopped hacking away at her robot to check up on her friend.
'No problem, X.' Paige hissed as her legs began to shake under the pressure. 'I've got it covered. Dammit. This sucker's as strong as a bull on heat!'
Jono had seen enough. He hadn't joined up with Xavier and his merry band of mutants to see a cute little country girl get squished by an overgrown toaster oven.
'Get your damn dirty flamethrowers off her!' Jono yelled as he let rip with a colossal blast from his chest, sending the robot shattering against the opposite wall.
Jono hurried over to help Paige up.
'Paige, you okay?' Jono asked concernedly as he offered Paige his hand.
'I told you, I'm fine!' Paige hissed as she swatted the Brit's hand away. 'I had it covered. Why does everybody automatically think that I can't fend for myself just because I'm blonde? Uch.'
'Nice moving there, slick.' Angelo snickered.
Jono just shot Angelo a glare and moved on to more robot opponents.
Unfortunately, the Danger Room session was about to be cut short. It all started with a flash of light. Several robots were crushed beneath an awesome weight that fell from the sky.
Up in the control room, TJ gasped in surprise and shock at the figure had fallen from the sky. It was a figure that TJ thought she had lost a long time ago. The colossal figure had some kind of red and black plates covering his body.
Tears began to brim in TJ's eyes as she put her hand to her mouth in shock.
'Oh God… John…'
TBC…
Next: Thunderbird
TJ deals with the reappearance of her lost love, John Proudstar. And just why is he alive and well instead of being stuck in a coma? Tune out next time to find out…