Missing in action
The Brotherhood followed the X-Men back to the mansion because Lance wanted to check on the person he knew would take Todd's death harder the anybody. He knew that Todd would have wanted him to make sure that the one he loved didn't take his death too hard. That they were okay in the end and didn't do something stupid.
At first Lance didn't care for the X-Man that Todd had started dating. But after a little while he realized he couldn't really be mad about Todd being in a relationship with the enemy. Not when he was doing the same with Kitty. 'Besides Kurt made Todd happy' Lance thought and he couldn't fault the fuzzy teen for that. Todd deserved to be loved prehaps more then any of them did. Todd had never really been shown love as a child. Lance knew that, as did the other members of the Brotherhood. Kurt had shown Todd love, he had given Todd love without expecting anything in return from Todd. And Lance knew that Todd had come to love the fuzzy blue teen just as much. That was why Lance felt the need to be there for the other mutant when they told him of Todd's death. He needed to make sure for Todd that Kurt was okay.
Lance sighed as he followed Scott's and Logan's cars through the gate of Xavier mansion. There was no more time to think of how he was going to comfort Kurt. He was no good at being comforting, intimidating yes, comforting no. That entire drive and he had nothing. He parked his jeep in the drive way and turned off the ingnition. He looked in the rear view mirror at Fred and Pietro. Pietro had stopped crying on the way there, but he still had tear tracks on his face and his eyes were puffy and red. He stepped out of the jeep and waited for the others to do the same. Logan walked up to them, Remy trailing behind him like he usually was.
"Listen, be carefull what you say to Kurt alright? He's going to be upset enough as it is and he doesn't need you making it worse, understand bub?" Logan almost growled.
"I don't want to hurt him more, I want to make sure he's okay. Todd would have wanted me to make sure he was." Lance replied.
"Just watch it." Logan warned once again stalking away, Remy and the Brotherhood members following behind him to the mansion. Once they got inside Lance was almost knocked over by Storm running down the stairs and towards the kitchen. She didn't stop to greet them merely throwing a hurried 'sorry' over her shoulder to Lance. They stared after her for a few seconds before stepping further into the foyer. Once again Storm ran past this time at a slightly slower pace and with a half full glass of orange juice. She dodged around the small group and hurried up the stairs as fast as she could without spilling the juice she was carrying.
"What's with her?" Wanda asked staring up the stairs even after Storm and disappeared.
"She's the one who volunteread to take care of Kurt this morning when he woke up sick. The proffessor didn't want the other students or X-Men to get it. Besides he can't even get out of bed," Remy explained.
"She's a mother hen to everybody in this place. Always hovering" Logan mumbled causing Remy to smirk.
"She just worry" Remy replied to his ferel lover.
"Whatever, Cyke wanted everyone in the den" Logan told him making his way to the den.
"Since when do you follow orders from Scott?" Remy asked chuckling slightly at his lover's growl and the scowl on his face. They made it to the den without Logan saying anything more and Remy still being amused by his reaction. Once inside the Brotherhood realized that the leader of the X-Men had meant everyone. The only two missing from the gathering was Storm and Kurt, which was understandable.
"Alright now that everyone is here I'll tell you why I called a meeting" Scott started and evey set of eyes in the room went immediately to him. Even Professor Xavier's, though Lance was sure the man had to know what was going on. "As everyone knows, we had a battle today, one that the Brotherhood helped us with. Well some of you know this already due to being there at the time. But for those of you who don't, Todd Tolensky also known as Toad died" Scott said and some people gasped at the news. Lance saw one of the students he saw a few times raise her hand and Scott nodded to her, letting her know it was okay to speak. She wasn't yet a part of the X-Men. Still in training to become one, but Lane knew she had the power of invisability.
"What are you going to do about Kurt?" she asked timidly pulling at a lose thread of the shirt she wore nervously.
"Someone will have to tell him, which is another reason I called everyone here. I think it would be best if somebody who was there or knows everything that happened already would be best to tell him." Scott replied.
"Why don't you do it?" A boy asked, Lance knew he was also still a trainee for the X-Men but didn't know his mutation yet.
"Kurt still hasn't forgiven him for the laser to Todd's rear end when he caught them kissing in Kurt's room," Jean replied laughing slightly at the look Scott gave her.
"I remember that, Kurt teleported Scott to the lake and dropped him in it" Bobby added causing the room to laugh.
"Alright we get it, Kurt's still mad at me, can we get back to the matter at hand?" Scott said.
"I'll tell Kurt, Scott. I wish to see if he is dead for a fact before we tell him anyway," Xavier told him.
"Professor I told you what happened including Hank's words" Scott retorted.
"Yes and Hank said he does not believe he is alive, and that if he is then he is seriously injured. There was no body however, which means there is a chance the boy may still be alive. If he is and we do not attempt to find him or find out if he is then he will die and it will be somewhat our fault for not trying. Besides Kurt deserves a clear answer on Todd's condtion as does his team." Xavier said and Scott nodded. "Good then it is settled, I will use cerebro to see if I can find him" the older man said moving to the door. "Come with me Lance, Pietro, Fred, and Wanda" he added. The Brotherhood members nodded following the man out of the room.