AN- Namuh-Flah here! Just so you all know this is a Ruthfic. (My friend Ruth wrote it.) Apparently she was watching the episode with the Bayville Sirens and was wondering where Rahne and Jubilee were during it. Surely they weren't that naïve to not notice anything? Anyway enjoy!
Disclaimer- We don't own X-Men Evolution. Although I'm pretty sure that Ruth's planning to start her own Bayville Sirens. I don't care what she says, though, I am not wearing leather!
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It was a quiet ride back to the mansion. Even Tabby drove slowly. Well, Tabby slowly, which was still quite near the sound barrier, but at least everyone knew where to anticipate the next turn. There was no sudden slamming into the door or the person next to you as someone spotted a bad guy that needed bringing to justice.
The car slid up quietly in front of the mansion and Jean, Kitty, Rouge and Amara slipped out. "I guess I'll be seeing you at school tomorrow then. Unless you want to bunk out of the geek squad? Escape the Badger's early wake up calls?" Tabby offered. It would be cool to not be surrounded by freaks like Toad and the Blob or egoistic jerks like Lance. The only useful thing about the guy was his jeep!
"It's going to have to be school I'm afraid Tabby." Jean said. "I think I can speak for us all when I say that we can do more of this kind of thing at Xavier's." There were little nods of agreement from the other girls.
"Oh well, worth a shot. It's been fun girls. If you ever fancy to walk on the wild side again all you need to do is call." At Jean's shocked expression Tabby amended her statement. "We could make a weekend of it- go to New York or somewhere. Or we could just go on a mall crawl after school sometime."
"That would be, like, so cool!" Kitty blurted out. "I didn't even know that music store existed. You know, the one behind that art store. And it is just so fantastic!"
"Yeah, that would be fun. I'll see you tomorrow Tabby." Amara smiled.
"You got that girl. Track team ahoy!" Tabby revved the engine and drove off, one hand waving out the window. The other girls watched her, Jean, Rouge and Amara wincing as she took the sharp turn without slowing.
Rouge was the first to speak. "I guess we should go back to the mansion then. There's an early morning training program, and I don't know about he rest of you, but the Sirens has left me pretty sleep deprived."
"I guess so. I'll sort out the cameras' scanning setting if someone keeps guard" Kitty said. Amara chose that moment to yawn.
"I'll watch for you Kitty," Jean volunteered. "I think Amara will fall asleep standing up if she doesn't get to a bed soon."
The four girls crept along the path Kitty had set the security cameras to avoid and opened the door. Funny, I was sure I'd locked that door Jean thought.
"Right Kitty, how long will these cameras take to sort out?" Jean whispered.
Before Kitty could answer the lights snapped on. Rahne and Jubilee were standing by the light switch, looking like they had got the last two cookies and had been able to triumphantly tease Bobby with the crumbs.
"Well, well, well, look whose breaking curfew. Wouldn't Wolvie just love to give you another load of Danger Room sessions to make up for it? I think he should know really, don't you Rahne?" Jubilee smiled evilly.
"Aye Jubilee, they might put the rest of the team at risk if they're not able to concentrate." Jubilee gave Rahne a strange week. "What, it's what all those drink/driving adverts say. Anyway, we should tell Wolverine, and Storm and the Professor at that. Unless…" Rahne let her voice trail off dramatically.
"Unless what Rahne?" Jubilee chimed. There was just a little too much curiosity in her voice.
"Great, they've been practicing." Rouge inwardly groaned. She could see what was coming.
"Unless Jubilee, they can do something for us!" Rahne ended, grinning.
"There we have it." Rouge thought. "Well, I'm not gonna humour them".
Before she could say anything though, Jean chipped in.
"What could we do for you two? You don't really want anything we have, do you?"
Rouge rolled her eyes. "For a mind-reader, that girl can't half be naïve. I'd better set them straight now. No point building their hopes up."
Once again though she was thwarted, this time by Rahne.
"We know you're the Bayville Sirens. And we're the only ones left out. We can work well in training too. So we figured we'd catch you out. Now you have to let us join, or you'll have all the teachers on your backs. So which is it going to be?" The two teens grinned at each other and high-fived, convinced they had won.
"There is no Bayville Sirens!" Rouge wasn't going to let anyone else but in before she could have her say. No distracting thoughts this time! "We got busted. So you'll just have to tell the teachers, but it ain't gonna make any difference!"
Rouge's voice had risen above a whisper to normal volume. Under the circumstances it was equivalent to a normal yell. Rahne and Jubilee had visibly shrunken all bent heads and droopy shoulders.
Jean shot a look at Rouge. "What, I want my bed!" Rouge mouthed at her.
Raising her eyebrows at Rouge, Jean walked across to the younger girls.
"If it makes you feel better, we were going to ask you after your Spanish test tomorrow. But maybe it's for the best if we stop now. Caffeine obviously doesn't work for some people." She smiled at Rouge to show she was joking.
"Thanks Jean. And we wouldn't really 'fess on you to anyone. Well not if you can't do anything about it." Jubilee said. Rahne nodded in agreement.
"Well, I suppose that's sorted," Amara said from out of a daze. "I'll see you all tomorrow."
"Yeah, night," Rouge mumbled as she headed for the staircase. There was a chorus of farewells as most of the girls followed Rouge, while Kitty and Jean made their way to the surveillance room.
"I won't be long Jean. Seeing as I set the pattern to begin with I can change it back pretty quickly." Kitty started fiddling with icons and menus on the computer's screen. "I'm really going to miss this, you know. We don't do nearly enough stuff just us girls."
"I know," Jean spoke over her shoulder from her watch at the door. "Although there are other things we can do. Like Tabby said, shopping is probably safer than crime fighting. The Bayville Sirens can live on, only roaming the mall rather than the streets."
"So my suspicions were correct." Both girls span round to see Ororo half way down the corridor. "I'm sorry Jean; I put some barriers around my mind. I wanted to hear what you girls were saying."
She started to glide up the rest of the passageway.
"So, you girls are the Sirens then." They both nodded. "And Rouge and Amara I'm guessing. And Tabitha? I saw her driving away fifteen minutes ago." Again, nods. "Good, I've wanted to talk to you all for a few days now."
The girls gulped nervously. An Ororo lecture was worse than anyone else's. Not only did she put across her points perfectly, but she always conveyed such a sense of disappointment that they knew she wasn't just saying she expected better of them. And all the girls admired her so much. She was the only female teacher at the Institute and she became a role model for them all. On top of all this she was the one they went to with problems. She wasn't like their mother, but like an older sister who always had a solution.
Ororo looked seriously annoyed. "I'm fed up with having Logan constantly upstage me! I want to join the Sirens!"