Disclaimer: I do not own X-Men Evolution. They say I only think in the form of crunching numbers.
I apoligize for the delay.
"And after a period of doing absolutely nothing but watch TV, the New Mutants are back in the biz!" Ray said happily, fiddling with a Rubik's Cube.
"RAY! Ssshh!" Amara hissed. "Ray, I would hit you or ignite you, but I want to start this out on the right foot. Just stop discussing TV, alright?"
"Are you on the list?" He asked without looking up.
"YES, RAY. WE ARE ALL MUTANTS. WE ARE ALL ON THE LIST. STOP ASKING." She sighed.
Jubilee crossed her arms. "Really, Ray. Listen to Amara; grow up. Since you're at the computer, why don't you open up the first e-mail?"
Ray clicked a few keys. "So how about Heather Mills on Dancing With the Stars?"
"Rayyyy…"
"I'm just pissing you off." He chuckled. "The first of the day is from darkphoenixto X23 or anyone who will answer: what happened that time X23 broke in. I mean the details. (Dani03): Sadist..(darkphoenix): that didn't even make sense..."
"Uhhh… it's in an episode, you know." Bobby said. "I think it's called 'X23'. Try looking it up online. We have a website. Google 'Beyond Evolution' or something, until you find a site that has to do with us! They'll give you an overview."
"I'll tell you what happened!" Ray jumped up. "First, I woke up. Then I went about my day. All of the sudden, there were crashes. And then ext thing I knew, Storm and Cannonball were found on the ground! And I was all 'WHAAA!' and then I went to check out the rest of the house." Ray paused dramatically. "Everyone else was all dead and stuff, like 'uhhhhhh'." Ray stuck his tongue out and rolled his eyes into the back of his head for his exaggerated 'uhhhhhh'. "Then I was all 'WTF!' and I met up with Scooter and he was all 'follow my lead bla bla dribble dribble dribble' and I followed his lead, and we almost blasted Rogue's head off (that's when I follow his lead), then X23 came in and the rest is history."
"VERY good, Ray!" Amara motioned for him to sit back down. "Next!"
Rahne read off of Ray's shoulder. "NebulaBelt writes: Rahne: Has anyone ever mistaken you for a real dog or wolf? Jamie: Has one of your clones ever attempted to convince you that you were the clone and he was the original? All: What is your favorite book? All: What was your most spectacular mishap you've had with your powers? Is there any division or arguments between the foreign New Mutants (Rahne, Roberto, Amara) and the Americans (Ray, Tabby, Jamie, Sam)?" Rahne smiled. "Yeah, I even got sent to the pound once. It was like boot camp. But I made some really good friends!"
"How do you know I'm not a clone sitting before you?" Jamie asked in response, emotionless.
Rahne smiled wider than before. "I like the 'Warriors' series!"
"Isn't that about cats?" Amara asked her.
"It is?!" Rahne gasped.
"I like Rolling Stone!" Ray said, also smiling, and still focused on his Rubik's Cube. He was clearly getting frustrated, as he was clicking faster and harder.
"That's a magazine!" Jubilee said to Ray.
"Have you seen the size of that thing lately?!" Ray snapped back. "Or the amount of words?!"
"Or the guys on the covers…" X23 said longingly. "What?!" She asked when everyone turned to stare at her.
"It still doesn't count!" Amara insisted.
"I didn't know clones had hormones." Sam scratched his head. "Well, I like a mix of the occasional new series, like Harry Potter, and old classics like To Kill a Mockingbird and Twenty-Thousand Leagues under the Sea."
"Ew, why?" Jubilee asked, disgusted. "Those books are for people like Dr. McCoy and Professor Xavier and English majors and college deans. And old people."
"And me!" Sam said.
"Whatever. I like The Clique series and the Gossip Girl series. Oh, and all the Sisterhood of Traveling Pants books!" Jubilee stated.
"Ew, why?" Ray finally glanced up from his colorful plastic cube. "Those books are for Kitty and Taryn and for shallow popular girls that don't eat and eight year-old girls that don't get the concept yet and normal, happy girls that know they're better than the main characters. And fourteen year-old Japanese manga-loving girls that get yelled at by some of their friends for liking that kind of thing."
"And me!" Jubilee imitated Sam.
"Well, speaking of that, I like to read some Japanese graphic novels like Naruto and Bleach and Megatokyo." Ray added. "Plus, the occasional sci-fi book. I really like A Scanner Darkly."
Amara was next. "I like a lot of stuff. Back on my island, we were sort of technologically behind most of the rest of the world. I did a lot of reading. I like the stuff Sam mentioned, the occasional murder mystery, some romance novels, the Lord of the Rings series, some newer stuff like Walk Two Moons, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, and some of the poetic works of Edgar Allen Poe."
"Yeah, Hitchhiker's Guide and anything else by Douglas Adams is the shizz." Ray added, still with his head down.
"I like reading some Spanish novels from my home country." Roberto said. "And other stuff."
"X?" Rahne asked X23. "What's your faves?"
"I like the stuff Ray said!" She smiled.
"You cant' like most of that stuff!" Jubilee yelled quickly. "It's guy stuff!"
"But it's good guy stuff…" X23 said quietly.
"Can't argue with that logic!" Ray said. "The most spectacular mishap with my powers? Hooooo boy. Hard one." He sat back in thought, temporarily ignoring his cubic puzzle. "Probably when I drained the power of the city."
"Cannonball blushed. "See Chapter 7 for my most embarrassing moment."
"Same," Amara agreed.
Jubilee sighed nostalgically. "I went to a rock concert and decided that since there were no lasers, light shows, or fireworks (my favorite special effects) I'd supply them myself!"
Sam jumped in surprise. "You mean that thing in the news? That was you?!"
Jubilee crossed her arms defensively. "Well, I had it perfectly under control until the lead singer's guitar blew up!"
"Then his microphone…" Sam said, waving his hands in front of him and Jubilee, as if to say. "Continue, please."
"Then his amp…" Jubilee mumbled.
"Then his hair," Ray added, still heavily involved in his puzzle.
"Then his pants…" Sam said.
"Then his band…" Jubilee mumbled and slid down her chair.
"Jeez, you guys are taking too long!" Amara said. "Next question!"
"I don't think there's any tension in general between the Americans and non-Americans," Sam said. "But there is tension between Ray and Roberto!"
"And I wouldn't have it any other way," Ray was peeling off the colored stickers of his Rubik's Cube.
"Next e-mail is from BlueAutumn89. Hi, BlueAutumn. Sure everybody calls me that...Even the brotherhood, anyways, I QUADRUPLE DARE Bobby to fight Pyro one on one! You can't turn into your ice form so it would be fair! Jamie, your so cute!And to Jubilee, no your not that powerful! Actually, you lost your powers permanently when Wanda altered reality. Now, your just depowered! Sorry, I just wanna know what will your reaction be. Of course, Mister Ice Dork(I really hate Bobby) still has his powers..."
"YOU'RE ON!" Bobby shouted, jumping up from his seat. "I'm going to go over there RIGHT NOW! No ice form, huh? Pssh! I'll kick his smoky ass!"
"That came out so wrong," Ray commented. "Besides, even with his ice form, Pyro will most likely kick his arse. He's CRAZY." He held up his Rubik's Cube, which ahd the stickers peeled off and stuck back on crookedly to make it fit together colors-wise. "Look, I win!" Ray said proudly.
"She thinks I'm cute!" Jamie blushed. "Like a plushie?"
"No, more like a pug," Jubilee said. "WAIT, WHAT?! DEPOWERED! WHY I OUGHT TO-" She began following Bobby out the door to the Brotherhood's house, but Amara jumped up to stop her.
"Hold on, Jubilee. Let's not do anything rash." Amara said. She distracted her by the next e-mail. From 'The Chronokinetic': Let's see, Jamie, how do you feel about being paired up with Paige? Yes Sam, your little sister Paige, she is your age and the fic I saw you together you guys worked out very well. Now that I mentioned Sam, you Tabitha go well together, have you ever considered asking her out? Bobby, what is your true eye colour? Every fic I read you change between brown and blue, this question has been bugging me for a time now. Jubilee, how flexible are you? In almost every version of your character you're a gymnast. Everyone: What's the meanest thing you've ever done, not annoying, just mean, like "hurting someone's feelings" mean or p"lotting a shameful moment for someone" mean"
"I never met her…" Jamie began. "But I'm sure she's a very nice girl from…. wherever Sam is from."
"Over my dead body…" Sam mumbled to himself and crossed his arms.
"What?"
"I said Rover is my shoddy."
"Is 'shoddy' Sam Talk for 'homey' or something?" Ray asked. "Who's Rover? Well, I guess I'll have to answer your question since Bobby isn't here! Actually, Bobby's eye color changes to whatever any author wants it to be! Convenient, huh?"
"NO, actually, they're blue." Amara said.
"I am very flexible! I do gymnastics!" Jubilee proudly stated. (Author's Note: I don't know. I didn't look it up. I'm just going with it.)
"The meanest thing I've ever done is trapping my teammates in the Danger Room, and turning it on high," Jamie stated.
"When I was still living with my parents, I got this haircut, and my mom fainted!" Ray giggled. "Then I got really mean when I shaved my eyebrows just to see what her reaction would be!"
"I planted a firework in Jean's shower nozzle," Jubilee said. X23 and Ray laughed
"I ripped apart a little girl's expensive music box because it reeked of love," X23 mentioned.
Sam thought long and hard. Finally, he said, "Mean? I don't really do a lot of mean stuff… uh… I flew into a crowd of people once."
"I entered a dog show once just to freak out the judges when I turned human!" Rahne giggled and seemed happy at the memory.
"I took naked pictures of…" Roberto trailed off. "Uh… I forget… who was it again?"
"I lit a Brotherhood member on fire once during a conflict," Amara said. "I think it was Lance, or, maybe it wasn't."
"That narrows it down to EVERY Brotherhood member," Ray commented. "Let's do the next question from 'a dragons wings'! Thanks for answering my last questions, because they were really long and probably confusing. So maybe this one will be easier. If you could make ONE wish, and know for sure that it would come true, no matter what it was, but it couldn't be the same wish as anyone else, what would you wish for? Forever A Fan ADW"
"I would wish for POWER!" Jubilee shouted.
"Oh jeez, Jubilee's rabid." Sam said. "I would wish… that the X-Mansion actually had better protection against the people who want to attack it."
Ray's face was blank. "I would wish for happiness,"
"What?!" X23 jumped up angrily. "If you wish for happiness, than what am I supposed to wish for?!" She crossed her arms, but all of the sudden looked less angry. "Of course! I wish for amnesia to take the bad memories away."
"I want to have success," Amara said, smiling.
"In what?" Ray asked.
"Interpret it as you will,"
"I want a stable childhood," Rahne said, more to herself than out loud.
"I want to be able to grow facial hair at will so I can look more mature!" Jamie obviously thought his idea was a great one.
"I want a Jimmy Dean breakfast sandwich!" Roberto shouted happily. "It has a dude in a Sun suit in the commercial!"
"OH! Bobby isn't here! I get his wish!" Ray proudly declared, standing up. "I want… I waaaannnt… a ROBOT CHICKEN!"
"A robot chicken?" Amara repeated in disbelief.
"A robot chicken! Like in the show!"
Amara rolled her eyes and changed the subject. "Faithful reader A-Rog asks: Yay!! It was a sweet couple of chapters. Amara, you're hot, can I take you to the movies on a Saturday or someday like that?! Wow...uhm, other question, what would anybody want for Valentine's Day from that special someone?"
"It isn't Valentine's Day anymore, but that's our fault, not yours, so we'll still answer your questions." Sam smiled shyly.
"I am hot!" Amara turned into her fire form. "Get it, guys? HOT?"
Nobody laughed.
"Tough crowd…" Amara was still in her fire form. "Of course you can take me on a date! If you find a way to get me out of this computer, I'll be grateful enough! FYI, I like chocolate." She smiled. "From that special someone? I don't really have a special someone at the moment… but I would like to get chocolate."
"I like chocolate, too!" Jubilee said.
"Me too! "Rahne said. "OH wait, no, I don't want chocolate… I'm part dog…" She stomped her foot. "That sucks! I guess then I'd like doggy treats or something,"
X23 knit her eyebrows in confusion. She knew what Valentine's Day was, but she didn't really know what one was supposed to get for a gift. "Uhhh… how about a sword-polishing kit for my claws?"
Everybody turned and stared at her.
"Usually when everybody simultaneously looks at me, it means I said something screwy."
"X23, what have you been told Valentine's Day is?" Sam asked curiously.
"It's the day when a saint killed a lot of people, right? St. Valentine! And we celebrate it by girls getting gifts and guys not, for some reason."
"Okayyyyy… I would like a good pair of headphones!" Ray said.
"I want… I don't know, it doesn't really matter. It's the thought that counts, right?" Sam said.
"I want a disco ball!" Roberto said.
Amara looked at her watch. "Well, we have to send in this chapter now, otherwise no one will get that joke in avatarjk137's 'Ask the Brotherhood', but we promise we'll be back with more soon!"
"No! Don't promise! Now we have to actually do it!" Ray whined.