Chapter Nine: Moved Items
Here is the next chapter for you all.
Sorry about the lateness of the chapter the last couple of weeks were a wee bit crazy busy.
I hope you all enjoy and have a Jesus filled day.
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Rouge was walking around town when she ran into a bench. Shaking her head she continued on her way as she looked in her phone. Kitty had texted her a list of things she needed to get for the two of them to get their project they were doing together. As she looked she dodged a pole but managed to run into a man who was walking around another bench. She backed off with a smile and extremely glad she had her skin covered, "Forgive me."
"No, it's okay young lady." The man said then indicated to the bench with a chuckle, "It looks like some kids ran into the bench and moved it." Looking at the bench it did indeed look like it had been moved. However it was just enough to clip people walking by on the sidewalk. She looked up when the man spoke again, "Also be careful, I've seen a young lady crash into tree two weeks ago because she was not paying attention. I'd hate to see you go through the same thing."
"Thank you, I'll keep that in mind." As the man walked away she looked at the bench again then at the other bench she ran into. The one she ran into was more than into the sidewalk. Looking to the side she could see some teenager boys playing football. It was possible that they were the ones that accidentally pushed the benches but she was sure there was something more going on in the background. Deciding Kitty and their project could wait for a little while she walked through the park to see if something was amiss. It didn't take her long to spot the 'issue' after all the stories she had been hearing and had been apart of. Throughout the park things were out of placed. Play scrapes, benches, volleyball nets, and more. She laughed lightly and leaned against a tree, "So, going to tell me what brought this on?"
"Awe, she found us out." Pyro complained comically.
"Dis is Rouge we are talking about. Of course she figured us out. It's not like we were being very secretive. Our tracks are really obvious." Remy said jumping down with a large cheeky smile, "Rouge, good to see you around." He looked around at the playful havoc he and his friends caused.
"Good to see you too sugar. Now why are you doing this?"
The Cajun smiled, "Does Remy really need to answer dat question?" The Southern belle laughed lightly. "Good you already know den." He plopped to the ground with Colossus and Pyro also coming down and sitting.
Rouge shook her head at their playful smiles, 'If they ever made it into mansion grounds I can tell that they would make life there far more interesting than we would be prepared for. Even us who have seen their shenanigans.' Sitting down she looked at the three of them watching the harmless chaos they caused, "So what went wrong today?"
Remy smiled, "Not'ing too bad though Mags did blow it a little out of proportion."
Colossus shook his head, "Short story is Remy and John accidentally mixed two wrong chemicals and it blew up in part of the storage room. Luckily it was a storage room that had non-explosives and had things that could not cause a chemical induced fire. The biggest casualty was the black spot, ruined tools and chemical to make the mix they were aiming for, and the fact that John and Remy's clothes needed to be burned in the furnish just incase there were chemicals still on them."
Rouge laughed, "What did Eric do?"
"He walked in took one look at us, yelled den in short kicked us out. Peter just followed to make sure we didn't do anything foolish while we were out here."
"Any new pranks on Sabertooth?"
Pyro and Remy shook their head as Colossus replied for them, "They are giving him a break for now. They have been doing pranks to him so many days in a row that he is starting to predict them."
Pyro wiggled his eyebrows, "But don't worry we got plans for when we do get back to pranking him. He won't know what hit him." He and Remy laughed evilly at whatever pranking ideas they had plans. The two were now acting like fools as they fell to their sides in their laughter.
"I'll never get used to seeing him so….normal." The white banged female teen said with a smile on her face. "It's just so silly."
"Yeah, that's them alright." The Russian chuckled out as he watched his two crazy teammates.
"So have they been like this since the beginning?" The X-Men asked looking out to the park as someone ran into the moved swing set.
"From the moment Remy saw John as his younger brother." Colossus replied with a fond smile. The two looked over to see Remy tickling John making the younger shriek in laughter. Even as he tried to get away they could see that the Cajun had pinned the younger's arms above his head. The people that walked by simply shook their heads at the brotherly display and kept going but ended up running into the thing that the crazy duo had moved. "Remy won't let anyone mess with John and John likewise will stand up for his older brother should anyone see his eyes and call him a freak."
Rouge covered her smile as Remy ran from John both of them running into the very things they had moved to mess with the other people in the park. She continued to watch them even though she knew she should get the supplies her and Kitty needed for their project. However it was hard to let the sight in front of her go, "Say, does Swamp Rat really like me or does he just do that for appearances in fights?"
"I was wondering when you would ask." Colossus said with a chuckle, "He does legitimately like you. He just…" The Russian thought about how he wanted to say his next sentence, "…doesn't know how to go about it normally. He's used to flirting with potential interests. But you are the only one he continues to flirt regularly with."
"Why only when we are fighting?"
Colossus chuckled, "He's never told me but I already know the answer to that." Rouge paid attention, "He knows that is the one place he will always see you. Until recently he's never seen you out in public. It was on the day we got kicked out and he and John wanted to play football while they were out of the base that he's ever seen you out in public. In all honesty he wants to flirt with you he just doesn't know how in a normal setting like the other girls. He's used to flirting with you in fights. Thinks he looks cooler showing off how powerful he is. The fact that you semi flirt back makes it easier for him to do so. When you are in public you don't really do that. It's also his way of showing you that he actually does like you and doesn't care that Magneto tries to talk him out of it."
"He what?" The female teen asked in shock.
"Yeah, Eric knows you distract Remy so he's told him not to fight you anymore nor talk to you. However despite what he's been told Remy continues to fight you so he has that contact he has with you." Colossus smiled, "You do know that he's obsessed with how you skin feels?" Rouge blushed and looked away from the Russian, "He's really not scared of your powers. In fact he sees it as a challenge to theorize different ways to touch your arm."
Rouge covered her smile, "Is…is that so?"
"Yeah, you don't know how tied around your finger you have him. He's gotten to the point he only takes on a legitimate needs for a thief. Trying to make his profession more useful than a full out crime." Colossus replied going back to his drawing that he had on his lap.
She watched Remy running around the park with John. Seeing the Cajun try to jump over a bench and fall made her hold back a laugh. She felt better about flirting back with Remy now. She had always felt like she was walking into a trap when she did but she couldn't help it too much. He was good looking and his eyes were pretty to her. Man his eyes. They really caught her more than his flirting, even if he was a really good flirt. He really made her fell like a woman. The fact that he was not scared of her powers like a lot of the students at Xavier Mansion were made him more appealing. And now she got to see him being affectionate with John and treating the young male with brotherly love. "I guess I really misjudged him at the beginning."
"He understands. Remy has never let your reluctance deter him. He knows what he wants."
Rouge stood up and smiled down at Peter, "I've got a lot to think about. So I'm going to go and do what I had originally set out to do." The Russian smiled up at her, "I guess I will see you crazy people around?"
"Course, I'll tell Remy and John that you had things to do." Rouge nodded and left leaving a grinning Russian behind.
