A/N- I don't own any of these characters.
This story takes place after the episode Hex Factor (when Wanda comes) but before mutants are revealed to the world.
Parts of this story were inspired by my friend GoldFox and her series Changes and More Changes.
And I suppose this would be considered a Yaoi, but not really. You make the call but don't flame me because I warned you.
Lance drove up to the Boarding House, grinning wickedly to himself. He'd successfully ditched the Brotherhood at school and they were none the wiser. He'd finally have the place to himself. He'd finally be able to get the rest he so rightly deserved, the rest he was deprived of every night do to Pietro late night wandering, Fred pulsation causing movement, and Todd's night long cooing to Wanda's forever locked door. Now they were trapped in some assembly under the stern eyes of Principal Kelly. They'd be there for hours, he knew.
" Idiots," he muttered under his breath as he parked and climbed out, twirling his keys, " Hope none of them snuck out... dammit, I'll fuckin' scream if Quicksilver got out,"
Moaning, he walked up the front steps and checked to see if there were any signs that the others were home. Nothing. Not even the pulsing of Wanda's power, which meant she'd lived up to her word and left, searching for her father yet again. Chuckling to himself, he stepped inside and locked the door, for no real reason other then a quick thought of paranoia. All the lights were off and no noise could be heard from the lower or upper floors. Still not sure, he poked his head into the downstairs rooms. The coast was clear.
" Bitchin'. I really am alone," he said, tossing his bag in the middle of the hall in hopes of tripping a certain speedy blond. Lance stretched as he grabbed a bottle of icy water and sipped it in the strange stillness of the house.
A faint, almost nonexistent pulse went through the woodwork of the Boarding House, coming from upstairs. He froze, feeling anger and frustration building in his chest. Someone had managed to get out of school before him. Someone was invading his free time with their antics. Just as he was leaving the kitchen, however, he stopped in mid motion.
A scream tore out from upstairs. The scream of someone in agony. The scream of someone in pain.
" Holy fuck, that sounds like Toad," he bolted from the entrance hall, taking the steps two at a time, " HEY, TOAD!! YOU HERE? WHAT'S GOIN' ON!!!" he banged open the doors, searching for his teammate, growing afraid of why the scream sounded like a dying animal. As he broke down the door to the bathroom, the scream dropped into a pained groan, almost one of defeat, " What the- Toad, what the hell happ- oh my Gawd!"
Laying in a pool of sticky, cherry red blood was a slender female, who stared up at him with wide, frightened gold eyes. The body was covered in blood, sprawled along the ground as though she'd been laying on her back and had tried to get up in a hurry but slipped back down, thus ending with her chest twisted around towards Lance, but her lower half turned away. The chest that he could see was small but beautiful, though slick with red liquid. From her tiny waist was her ass, which was round and perfect, and long legs that went on forever.
Lance found that he couldn't tear his eyes away from the naked girl quivering in front of him. Not only was she the first naked female he'd ever laid eyes on, but she just looked so helpless. Her eyes were so scared, so innocent, her face childlike. With her messy tan hair falling into her curved cheeks, which were starting to blush, she looked absolutely harmless, the picture of feminism. He was just so taken by that look on a girl. That was, after all the reason he liked Kitty so much. However, Kitty never crossed his mind as he stepped forward uncontrollably, eyes running over this girl. As wrong as it seemed, he wanted to be closer to this shaking, helpless, scared female in her puddle of blood.
" A-are you okay?" he barely whispered, reaching out to her.
" GET YER HAND AWAY FROM ME!!!" a very familiar slang voice rang out, those eyes changing to red, a webbed hand grabbing his wrist. Lance stood in shock, finding himself stupidly confused.
" Huh?"
" GET OUT!!!" she roared, kicking him hard in the stomach and knocking him back into the sink. He gasped out, stumbling to his feet as she suddenly hid her naked form from his view, " Didn't chu hear me, Lance!! Get out, man!" she pointed to the door, her face bright red and adding to her cuteness.
For a moment, Lance just stood there, not sure he understood what was being said. This girl knew his name? Wait, he thought, narrowing his eyes. He stared, something close to fear washing over his body. The girl was crouched down like a frog, though her legs were closed and her chest was pushed against her thighs. A frog. A toad. Toad.
" T-TOAD!!! OH MY GAWD!!! I CAN'T BE- WHAT THE HELL!! YOU'RE A GUY!! BUT YOU'RE A GIRL!!! HOW IN THE HELL!!" he shouted, dropping down onto the floor as Todd watched with stunned eyes. Neither said another word, because Lance ripped himself off the ground, did a double take, then rushed out of the bathroom, mumbling something idiotic about giving her some time to get dressed and what naught.
In a few minutes, Lance heard footsteps coming down the stairs from where he was sitting like a stone on the couch. He considered bolting, but thought better of it, not sure how Todd would take that. Instead, he continued to sit there. Todd walked into the living room, dressed in loose pajama pants and a mismatching T-Shirt with the word 'Yo' written on it. Her chest was slightly visible under the fabric, though her hips and butt were completely hidden by the baggy pants. Lance swallowed hard, shifting his feet as she shyly stepped over to him and stood there, nervous, in front of him, playing with the cuffs on her wrists. His eyes darted around, before actually looking at her face. She was staring down at him like a deer caught in headlights, clearly not knowing what to say.
" Um..." Lance broke the silence, moving on the couch and patting the seat. She gratefully dropped down next to him. Unfortunately, that action caused her breasts to bounce and Lance regrettably couldn't help but notice, " Uh... um... I... um... hmm... W-well... oh fuck..."
" I'm sorry, yo. I shoulda told ya," Todd spat out, hanging her head suddenly. Lance froze, " I... I change into a girl twice a year sos I can mate 'cause I can't get a girl as a guy,"
" What?"
" Um..." Todd glanced around, before sighing and finally looking at her teammate, " Iz parta my mutation, okay? I'm an animal. I'm supposed ta mate an' I wuzz supposed ta first mate when I first hit puberty a couple years ago. But... well... I'm still a virgin... an' my body decided... that if I couldn't mate as a guy... it'd try female instead..."
" What?"
" Have ya ever seen Jurassic Park?"
" Yeah,"
" 'Member how the dinosaurs changed sex sos they could have babies 'cause of the frog DNA in 'em dat allowed 'em to adapt ta their surroundin's?" Todd said, sounding almost annoyed. Lance nodded dumbly, " Well... turns out... I gots a lil frog in me. Sos..."
" You.. Changed to adapt to your surroundings?" Lance repeated, his numb brain finally understanding what was going on. Todd responded with a yes, " How'd you keep that a secret?"
" Well... da first time it happened... my momma did research ta find out what wuzz goin' on... after dat... it wuzz real easy ta keep it a secret..." she explained, fiddling with her shirt a little bit, " When I joined da Brotherhood... I wuzz alone da first time it happened sos I wuzz okay. I... thought if no one saw me change, you guys wouldn't even notice da change. That or disappear fer a few days. I've been known ta do that... sos I skipped school taday. Didn't know you'd be comin' home so soon..."
" Yeah... we probably wouldn't of noticed..." Lance looked at her, not knowing what else to say. A flash of all the blood he'd seen shot through his mind, " You were bleeding. Are you okay?"
" It comes wit the change. Don't worry 'bout it,"
" Sounded like it hurt. You sure?"
" Why do ya care? Ya saw me naked. That doesn't change anythin', Lance," Todd snapped, her eyes tinting with red a bit. Lance blushed feverishly. She watched as he fidgeted, then cleared her throat, " Sos just don't tell no one. It ain't none of their business,"
" Our little secret then?"
" 'Our' nothin', yo. Yous gonna keep it a secret or I'll tell Miss Kitty how long ya stared at me," Lance's face burned so bad his ears pounded with blood at that statement, " See, we can blackmail each other,"
" Y-you... have... a nice... figure... T-Toad,"
" Thanks, man. I work out," Todd brightly smiled, her face lighting up like Kitty's never did. Lance coughed, hitting himself in the chest, at the sight of such a friendly face, " Yo, you okay?"
Lance didn't answer. He just stared into those gold eyes and felt the world vanish from around him. Kitty didn't have such captivating eyes or such a kind smile. She didn't have the body this Todd did. And she definitely didn't have her personality. Kitty persecuted him because of his power and his choice in teams. Todd had been the first member of the Brotherhood and accepted everyone's mutant ability because his/her's was so undesirable. The differences actually went on forever but his mind never got there. It was caught up in the closeness of those eyes as Todd leaned over him to see if he was okay or something similar to that.
Human urges overtook better judgement. Call it lust, call it deprivation from his true lover, call it desperation, call it love, call it whatever, but he couldn't stop himself. One moment, he was stone still. The next, he'd grabbed Todd and locked her in a deep kiss, holding her face in place with both hands. She squirmed, her back bending in ways only her's could. He followed that bend and pushed her onto the couch. She fought for a moment, then her eyes rolled back.
Lance's tongue caressed her's. She laid there beneath him, dead like, before her hands snaked up his sides, physically seeing him. He moved one hand down to the curve of her lower back and pushed her chest against his. Breasts squished and he felt heat wash over his body. Two legs wrapped around his waist and their lower halves her shoved together in a instant. Todd let out a gasp when she felt how hard and ready he was. Lance silenced her with another more forceful kiss, still using his other hand to keep her head from moving. She began to lick his tongue as they kissed and he bit down gently on her lower lip.
" A-are we moving too fast?" he breathed out as her hands undid his belt. She choked out a laugh.
" Man, I've waited years ta mate. Iz gonna happen now," she answered in a primal voice, pulling his belt off. He muttered something about protection, wanting it to be special, " Yo, shut up... if it m-matter ta ya, ya wouldn't be kissin' me,"
He agreed and engaged her in another kiss as she fought to free him of his tight jeans. He used one hand to help her. They breathed into each other, struggling not to break their kiss or lose their position as they removed his pants so he could penetrate his newfound lover.
The front door was blasted open. They both froze where they were on the couch as Wanda stormed inside, shouted something about why the door was locked, and then marched up the stairs, screaming that she wanted to be left alone. They continued to lay there, then her door slammed. For a second, they looked at the other, then Lance got off Todd and they fixed their clothes and hair. All was quiet.
" Um... look... Toad... I'm not gay," Lance informed him, glancing over at the girl next to him. Todd said the same thing, not looking at him, " I... I might not be interested when you change back,"
" S'Okay. I ain't gay, Lance. I ain't gonna be interested either," she assured him, swallowing and nodding, " My male side's in love wit Wanda. I guess my female side likes chu,"
" So... what does that mean?"
" We can fuck twice a year?"
" Sounds good," he said, nodding his head, looking away, " You gonna be okay with that? That I only like you... that way twice a year?"
" Man, I'm only gonna like chu that way twice a year anyways," Todd answered, turning her eyes on him. Lance bobbed his head up and down, " We just gotta keep dis under wraps. It ain't gonna mean anythin' when I change back, sos it don't matter then. But now... yeah, we gotta work out a plan, don't cha think?"
" We could go out or something... you know... to a hotel,"
" Yeah, that'd work,"
" So..." Lance's voice trailed off as he inched closer, " How long are you a girl, Toad?"
" Iz around a week or sos. But I'm gonna be on my period startin' tomorrow. That lasts like four days an' then I ovulate fer the next week. That's about it," she said, gently touching her lower stomach, " Sos... we can't have sex,"
" What?"
" We can't have sex. I could get pregnant. Dat ain't gonna happen," Todd narrowed her eyes at him as she said it, " I ain't havin' yer baby, got it? Iz taday or not at all. But we ain't havin' sex if anyone's home. Those the rules. Sorry, man, but I ain't havin' my secret found out again,"
" Can't we go out somewhere then?" he pleaded, rubbing her should. She shook her head, " Wait, why not?"
" I... I'm not primal right now... an' this side a me says... wait," she got to her feet, casting a forlorn gaze back at him, " I just... don't... wanna... ruin what might be... sos... see ya, Lance. I'm gonna go lay down. I'm tired," with that, Todd left the room and hurried up the stairs.
For a long while, Lance just sat there, staring at where she'd been. Then he moaned and flopped down on the bed, cursing his bad luck and wondering if she'd let him climb into bed with her at the same time. Figuring that a bad idea, he just laid there, listening to the quiet of the house and praying that they'd be able to keep all this a secret. Then his prays became slumber, his dreams full to the brim of a naked Todd sprawled on the floor, smiling that coy smile as she waved at him and beckoned him over to her luscious curves.