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The Gloves Are Coming Off

By Yumiko

Chapter 1

Stupid. Irritating. Gloves.

It¡¯s like this thing that constantly calls you loser, blows a raspberry at you, and does that stupid ¡°L¡± thing with their thumb and index finger.

Gloves. I¡¯d like to burn gloves. It¡¯ll be fun. Just like finally swimming in the pool naked.

Fine. So it only sounds like a good idea when you¡¯re thinking about it. But I think I¡¯ll think about it some more. Like I said it¡¯ll sound fun if you¡¯re thinking about.

The girl lifted her head. Clenching and unclenching her hands a few more times, she got up.

¡°Like hi!¡± Big pearly whites appeared right in front of her face.

Oh joy, more happiness, just what I want.

¡°Yea, ok.¡±

The other girl¡¯s ponytail bounced up and down as she frowned. ¡°Don¡¯t like be such a party pooper, Rogue.¡± She then smiled. ¡°Like let¡¯s go already, we need to go join the others outside.¡±

A sudden jerk and Rogue was pulled around helplessly. A dull pounding pain in her head caused her hand to reach up and rub her temple. ¡°Kitty, Ah don¡¯t have time fer this.¡±

What she would give for a really big metal stick.

Then again, it didn¡¯t really matter, did it? The scary teenage girl pulling Rogue around could just phase through the really big metal stick. And what did she need a really big metal stick for? Take off a stinkin¡¯ glove and touch Kitty would do a lot more damage than a really big metal stick.

¡°Please, Kitty.¡±

A big ¡°hmph¡± what heard from the shorter girl. ¡°I like don¡¯t think so, Rogue. You skipped last time. You are coming this time.¡±

¡°But, but.¡±

¡°NO.¡± And that was the end of that.

Rogue sighed in defeat and just stuck her hand under her chin. Stupid, pink-wearing girl with a really loud voice. Somewhere, someone was laughing, she just knew it.

¡°Woo hoo, Ah¡¯m outside. Now what, huh?¡± Rogue was sitting on the grass, her legs Indian style, her arms crossed over chest, and a big, fat scowl on her face.

Suddenly, blue fuzz blocked her vision. ¡°Come on Rogue. I don¡¯t zink we¡¯re zat horrible.¡±

She looked pointedly at Bobby who was currently icing almost everything he saw.

¡°Ok, ok. Maybe we are zat bad. But still, please? For me?¡± Oh poo. I hate it when Kurt uses the guilt trip. Tell me, what did I do to have him as a brother? He¡¯s like a living conscious.

Rogue¡¯s scowl deepened, ¡°Ah j¡¯st hate you, ya know that?¡±

¡°YesssSS!¡± he shouted, ¡°Who is ze man, who is ze blue, furry man?!? Huh? Huh!?¡± Kurt also victory danced.

Someone giggled, Rogue groaned. ¡°It ain¡¯t that funny, Kitty.¡±

¡°Like yes it is funny,¡± she stuck her tongue out. ¡°And Kurt,¡±

¡°Yes?¡±

¡°You are totally the man!¡± Kitty then went into a giggling fit.

¡°Somebody gag meh!¡± Rogue said, continuing with gagging sounds to emphasize what she had said.

And so they ¡®merrily¡¯ joined the rest of the team and played touch-football, which turned into tackle football, which in turn became tackle football with mutant powers.

Bobby iced the entire damn field (the field will now be referred to with a damn in front of it), Amara melted the ice and also ended up accidentally burning all plant life on the damn field.

Then, in order to stop the burning of all things green, Bobby iced the field again, to smother the fire, and therefore, an ugly cycle began. Ugh¡­the ugliness of the ugly cycle.

¡°Ok,¡± the red head clapped her hands together, ¡°glad you all survived the football incident and made it here without any bodily injury.¡±

A few laughs went around the room.

¡°We¡¯re going to start the Danger Room simulation very shortly. This time around we¡¯re doing an ¡®Every man for himself¡¯ mission.¡±

Bobby stood up with both arms in the air, ¡°BOOYAH!¡±

¡°Sit down, you butt head.¡± Jubilee was sitting next to him, glaring. I think she forgot she didn¡¯t have optic laser blasts like Mister Stick-Up-My-Ass.

But Bobby did sit down, but not without sticking his tongue out at Jubilee, which resulted in a ¡®Who can stick out their tongue the most¡¯ fight between the two.

¡°Moving on,¡± Scott interrupted, blowing a stray piece of brown hair, ¡°We¡¯re gonna go in, get a surprise from Mr. Logan, and stay in there for as long as we can.¡±

¡°Last one standing is the winner. Partnerships are allowed, but keep in mind, one of you will have to turn on each other sooner or later.¡± Jean continued.

¡°Powers allowed,¡± The field leader then turned to New Recruits, ¡°but please, don¡¯t ice, burn, firework, or bite off anyone¡¯s pants.¡±

A gruff ¡®hn¡¯ sounded from Logan, who was at the control panel. ¡°Go.¡± He announced through the speakers as teenagers charged into the Danger Room.

¡°Kit, let¡¯s go.¡± Kitty and Rogue had agreed on a temporary alliance. Kitty nodded as they walked in.

As they came in, the simulation started. It was the Warehouse setting. Crates upon crates were stacked on top of each other and a few dim lights were spread across the ceiling. Kitty and Rogue separated from the group, their boots making a quiet tapping noise along the gray concrete floor.

Each taking a turn to check each corner for signs of another, they made their way through the maze-like building. ¡°Rogue,¡± Kitty whispered, trying to get the other girl¡¯s attention.

¡°Shhhhh.¡± Was all she got back as Rogue put up a finger to her mouth, signaling she had heard something. Rogue stuck out a thumb and waved it, telling Kitty to check out what was at the other side.

Kitty slowly phased through the crates behind her. Still intangible, she phased upwards, above an average human¡¯s height and then stuck her head out. Looking down she saw Rahne and Amara.

Kitty quickly phased back to Rogue. She held up two fingers and then made the sign for ¡®A¡¯ and ¡®Rh¡¯. Rogue nodded, Amara and Rahne were there. She pointed to herself and made an ¡®A¡¯ she pointed to Kitty and made an ¡®R¡¯. She was to get Amara and Kitty was to get Rahne.

Kitty took Rogue¡¯s gloved hand and phased up the crate again. Rogue stuck her head out to see Rahne and Amara below. She motioned towards them; they were going to jump them. Kitty mouthed, ¡°Ready?¡±

Rogue nodded. They positioned themselves a little ahead of them, and when they got below them Rogue simply stated, ¡°Boo!¡± And they jumped. Rogue had gotten off her glove, preparing to get Amara before she flared up.

¡°Rahne! Atta-¡± Amara shouted just before she lost consciousness. She dropped on the floor as Rogue stood above her, with a fireball in her hand.

Meanwhile, Kitty was busy taunting Rahne, who was in a werewolf state. ¡°Here doggy, doggy, doggy.¡± She giggled. ¡°Come and get me!¡±

RAWR! Rahne charged for the umpteenth time and slammed against a crate as Kitty phased away.

¡°Kit, phase!¡± And Kitty did, as a fireball went through her and straight to Rahne. The werewolf melted to a girl as she slumped down, passed out.

¡°WOO HOO!¡± Kitty exclaimed as she jumped up and down. ¡°High Five!¡± She stuck out both hands toward Rogue. Rogue complied--without gloves on.

¡°Ugh,¡± Kitty slurred, ¡°You suck.¡±

Rogue grinned, ¡°Ah know Ah do.¡± She grinned, ¡°But Ah suck in a good way.¡± And she sauntered away from the three passed out girls in her black and green spandex, with every step smug.

¡°Tahme ta knock out the rest of the little fishes.¡± Her next victims were Roberto and Ray. She played dead for them.

Lying on the ground with eyes closed and a hand gloveless, she waited. Roberto came up to her, poking her to see if she was awake. On the third poke, Rogue phased. Roberto had his jaw dropped when Rogue absorbed him and when he saw black. Ray immediately had his hands sparked with electricity.

Rogue scrunched up her nose, ¡°That won¡¯ work on meh, ya know.¡±

¡°Yea?¡± Ray responded, ¡°Well let¡¯s just see.¡± And a bolt of lightning was aimed at her. She phased, flared up and then shot a fireball at Ray. He in turn, neutralized the fire ball with on of his own blast.

¡°Ah gotta thank Kit later on. Love ¡®er power.¡± With her arms in front of her, a column of fire spiraled towards ray and his rather large bolt of lightning. The two blast collided with each other, neither stronger than the other. Then, a sphere of white-blue and orange-red started to form, growing larger by the second.

BOOM!

It had exploded. Rogue threw herself to the ground, phasing her body three quarters into the concrete floor. She waited there until the loose dust and wood settled down.

Looking up, she discovered Ray to be unconscious, unharmed except for a few bruises. He was also covered in soot from head to toe.

Yea, she mentally cheered. Five fishies totaled by yours truly. Then she lightly touched Ray with a bare hand.

Against whoever was left, Rogue needed another power under her arm. So far, she could phase, go wolf, make fire, and power up in the sun. Although she highly doubted Roberto¡¯s power would come handy. They were in a warehouse. A ceiling kinda blocked the sun.

Suddenly, a crackling noise started up and a gruff voice sounded. ¡°Well, congrats to those still standin¡¯.¡± It was Wolverine¡¯s voice, ¡°If ya ain¡¯t seeing little birdies flyin¡¯ or haven¡¯t lost consciousness, you are one of the last two standin¡¯. Good luck. You¡¯re gonna need it cause now I don¡¯t mind missing the wrestlin¡¯ match on TV now.¡±

¡°Logan.¡± A feminine voice scolded him. It was no doubt Ororo.

¡°Okay, okay, okay. I¡¯ll shut up. But I¡¯m j¡¯st telling the truth.¡±

Hope you liked this. I actually wrote more than one and a half pages. Bout time, eh? Review!

And I would wholly appreciate constructive criticism. The last couple of times you all were too nice. And I continued to write crap. Now, I think I¡¯ll spend my borders gift card on a book on how to write in an organized manner.

~Yumiko.