Disclaimer: I in no way shape or form own X-Men Evolution or any of its
characters.
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"Hey alright who took it?" Todd "Toad" Tolansky shouted from his room.
"Took what?" Pietro Maximoff said appearing in a blur of speed. He was followed shortly after by the three other residents of the Brotherhood Manor.
"I had fifty bucks stashed away and no it's gone!" Toad said pointing at an empty spot in a dresser drawer.
"Who would go into your underwear drawer for fifty bucks," Tabitha Smith said, "None of us are that suicidal."
"It ain't funny Boom Boom," Toad said angrily, "Someone took and I want to know who."
Blob, Quicksilver, and Boom Boom exchanged glances and shrugged collectively. Toad snorted and hopped off and down the stairs. He grabbed his bag and took off out the door. Lance "Avalanche" Alvers was outside working on his jeep.
"Hey Toad, where are you going?" Lance called after him.
"School," Toad shouted not looking back.
"Wanna ride?"
"NO!"
"What's wrong with you?"
"Someone stole fifty bucks from me that's my problem!" Toad shouted back. "Now I don't have the money for the trip to Boston with history class to walk the Freedom Trail the end of this grading period."
"Freedom Trail? Why would you want to go there?" Lance asked.
"HEY! Maybe I am interested in this. You know I am more than just Toad the doormat of Brotherhood. I am person with hobbies and interests too. I don't just hop around and eat flies all day." Toad shouted as he hopped off even angrier.
* * *
Later at school, Toad was taking his seat in the back of journalism class that was stuck on his schedule to fill an empty credit when he was struck by a wad of paper. Looking up he spotted Duncan Mathews laughing with a bunch of jocks. Picking up the paper Toad slimed it up and threw it back. Duncan batted the wad away with his arm and nailed Mr. Reyes, the journalism teacher, in the face. The teacher looked in the direction of where the wad came from.
"Mr. Tolansky, consider this a detention," Mr. Reyes said wiping his face off.
"Ah man," Toad said under his breath.
Duncan took his seat a few down from Toad wiping the slime off his jacket. The slime left a visible stain that infuriated the quarterback "You're dead Tolansky"
"Duncan, leave him alone," Jean "little Miss Perfect" Grey said taking a seat next to Duncan.
"Hey I don't need your help!" Toad told Jean. *Stupid X-Geeks butting their noses where they don't belong.*
Seeing the scowl on her face told him that she had read the thought. He smiled and kicked back to take a snooze while Mr. Reyes began to drone on and on.
* * *
A gunshot forced Toad awake. He found himself standing at the front of the class holding a smoking gun. Next to him on the floor was Mr. Reyes laying on the floor bleeding from the chest. Looking up he saw the entire class huddled in a back corner.
"Tolansky are you nuts! Put the gun down!" Duncan said with sweat pouring down his face.
The sight of the star quarterback cowering in fear made Toad feel good. He felt a sense of power flowing into him from the gun. He was in control no one could walk on him now.
"Toad come on put the gun down no one else needs to get hurt," Jean said stepping towards him.
"Back off," Toad pointed the gun at her his finger resting on the trigger. He felt the desire to shoot her. To kill the most popular girl in school. *What am I doing she could just pull this thing outta my hand like it was nothing. But why isn't she?* His finger tightened on the trigger.
"JEAN NOOOOOOO!" Duncan dived at Jean and Toad felt himself pull off two shots.
* * *
Toad jumped awake in his seat and noticed the whole class staring at him.
"Let me guess you started dreaming that you were learning something?" Mr. Reyes asked prompting a laugh from the class.
Just then the bell rang and the students began to file out. Toad noticed Jean giving him an odd look as though she had seen his dream. He cursed something about telepaths and headed for the door.
He was turning around to grab the detention slip off Mr. Reyes desks when he overheard Mr. Reyes arguing with a classmate named Danny Bryant. "Mr. Bryant you are responsible for turning in your assignments on time to get a passing grade. Todd Tolansky sleeps half of class but he has been getting his stuff in on time lately."
"Yea he just wants to go on that stupid history trip," Danny said, "I bet if I were like Jean Grey or Duncan Matthews we wouldn't be having this conversation."
"I treat all of my students the same," Mr. Reyes responded. "They do their work and if they don't I get after them too."
"Yea right," Danny stormed out pushing Toad out of the way.
Toad looked at him go and shook his head. *Geez and I thought teachers only treated me unfair.*
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"Hey alright who took it?" Todd "Toad" Tolansky shouted from his room.
"Took what?" Pietro Maximoff said appearing in a blur of speed. He was followed shortly after by the three other residents of the Brotherhood Manor.
"I had fifty bucks stashed away and no it's gone!" Toad said pointing at an empty spot in a dresser drawer.
"Who would go into your underwear drawer for fifty bucks," Tabitha Smith said, "None of us are that suicidal."
"It ain't funny Boom Boom," Toad said angrily, "Someone took and I want to know who."
Blob, Quicksilver, and Boom Boom exchanged glances and shrugged collectively. Toad snorted and hopped off and down the stairs. He grabbed his bag and took off out the door. Lance "Avalanche" Alvers was outside working on his jeep.
"Hey Toad, where are you going?" Lance called after him.
"School," Toad shouted not looking back.
"Wanna ride?"
"NO!"
"What's wrong with you?"
"Someone stole fifty bucks from me that's my problem!" Toad shouted back. "Now I don't have the money for the trip to Boston with history class to walk the Freedom Trail the end of this grading period."
"Freedom Trail? Why would you want to go there?" Lance asked.
"HEY! Maybe I am interested in this. You know I am more than just Toad the doormat of Brotherhood. I am person with hobbies and interests too. I don't just hop around and eat flies all day." Toad shouted as he hopped off even angrier.
* * *
Later at school, Toad was taking his seat in the back of journalism class that was stuck on his schedule to fill an empty credit when he was struck by a wad of paper. Looking up he spotted Duncan Mathews laughing with a bunch of jocks. Picking up the paper Toad slimed it up and threw it back. Duncan batted the wad away with his arm and nailed Mr. Reyes, the journalism teacher, in the face. The teacher looked in the direction of where the wad came from.
"Mr. Tolansky, consider this a detention," Mr. Reyes said wiping his face off.
"Ah man," Toad said under his breath.
Duncan took his seat a few down from Toad wiping the slime off his jacket. The slime left a visible stain that infuriated the quarterback "You're dead Tolansky"
"Duncan, leave him alone," Jean "little Miss Perfect" Grey said taking a seat next to Duncan.
"Hey I don't need your help!" Toad told Jean. *Stupid X-Geeks butting their noses where they don't belong.*
Seeing the scowl on her face told him that she had read the thought. He smiled and kicked back to take a snooze while Mr. Reyes began to drone on and on.
* * *
A gunshot forced Toad awake. He found himself standing at the front of the class holding a smoking gun. Next to him on the floor was Mr. Reyes laying on the floor bleeding from the chest. Looking up he saw the entire class huddled in a back corner.
"Tolansky are you nuts! Put the gun down!" Duncan said with sweat pouring down his face.
The sight of the star quarterback cowering in fear made Toad feel good. He felt a sense of power flowing into him from the gun. He was in control no one could walk on him now.
"Toad come on put the gun down no one else needs to get hurt," Jean said stepping towards him.
"Back off," Toad pointed the gun at her his finger resting on the trigger. He felt the desire to shoot her. To kill the most popular girl in school. *What am I doing she could just pull this thing outta my hand like it was nothing. But why isn't she?* His finger tightened on the trigger.
"JEAN NOOOOOOO!" Duncan dived at Jean and Toad felt himself pull off two shots.
* * *
Toad jumped awake in his seat and noticed the whole class staring at him.
"Let me guess you started dreaming that you were learning something?" Mr. Reyes asked prompting a laugh from the class.
Just then the bell rang and the students began to file out. Toad noticed Jean giving him an odd look as though she had seen his dream. He cursed something about telepaths and headed for the door.
He was turning around to grab the detention slip off Mr. Reyes desks when he overheard Mr. Reyes arguing with a classmate named Danny Bryant. "Mr. Bryant you are responsible for turning in your assignments on time to get a passing grade. Todd Tolansky sleeps half of class but he has been getting his stuff in on time lately."
"Yea he just wants to go on that stupid history trip," Danny said, "I bet if I were like Jean Grey or Duncan Matthews we wouldn't be having this conversation."
"I treat all of my students the same," Mr. Reyes responded. "They do their work and if they don't I get after them too."
"Yea right," Danny stormed out pushing Toad out of the way.
Toad looked at him go and shook his head. *Geez and I thought teachers only treated me unfair.*