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Authors Note: The "date" will be in the next chapter. This chapter will feature Jean finding out about the "date", her reaction, and Bobby actually doing something important (or not, hehehe!!).
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Getting three more hours of sleep did wonders on Bobby. Unfortunately he only had fifteen minutes to get to the Danger Room for his afternoon session. That was barely enough time to shower and dress, but not enough time to grab something to eat.
His stomach protested loudly, not having had any food the past twenty-four hours, but Bobby hoped that being on time would put Logan into a better mood.
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Logan was standing in front of the Danger Room doors waiting for Bobby. It took him by surprise that the kid was two minutes early.
"Your early."
"Yeah." Bobby ran his fingers through his hair, a habit that really annoyed Logan.
"Somethin don't smell right. You get in there Drake, and I'm gonna check what the hell is makin me so on edge. Be back in fifteen. Tops." With that, Logan pushed past Bobby and left.
Bobby watched him go, shrugged, and went into the Danger Room.
The doors automatically closed behind him with a swoosh, as he steeped in, looked around, and felt his jaw drop to the ground.
The normally gray Danger Room was replaced with green grass and clear skies. In the middle was a raised wooden deck with an Olympic size swimming pool. But that wasn't what made his jaw touch the ground.
That honor belonged to Rogue, who was coming out of the swimming pool.
As she exited, Bobby couldn't help but drool as the water rolled off her pale skin. The bathing suit was a one piece and it was midnight black in color. When Rogue noticed him, she gave him a soft smile and he felt all the blood rush south. The fact that he couldn't touch her didn't register with Bobby Jr.
"Hi sugah." Rogue said kindly.
Bobby just stared at her chest. Ignoring his stare, Rogue continued.
"Look, Ah wanna apologize for Logan's treatment of ya. Ah didn't realize ya'd get in so much trouble. Ah'm sorry."
Rogue wrapped a towel around her waist as she spoke. Doing so, she inadvertently caused her breasts to jiggle and that caused Bobby to further go into la-la land.
Worried that Bobby was unresponsive, Rogue walked towards him.
But all Bobby could see was the movement of her breasts as she walked.
Up and down and up and down and up and down…
She walked towards him until her breasts touched his chest.
"Bobby? Sugah?"
But Bobby was still looking down her swimsuit.
Frustrated at his unhearing, Rogue brought her hand up and lifted his chin until he was looking at her.
Seeing her frustrated expression brought Bobby out of his trance. He felt her hand leave his chin, and her expression changed to one of confusion and wonderment. Then it hit him.
She touched me!
Bobby watched as a big smile found it's way to her face. Her chocolate brown eyes had never left his face. Then she did the most surprising thing. She tackled him and gave him a kiss. Luckily, Bobby didn't fall down and returned the kiss.
It wasn't long before Bobby sneaked his tongue in her mouth and explored it hungrily.
Suddenly, he felt pain in his groin. He broke the kiss and kneeled over in pain. In a clear moment of rational thought, he pieced the parts together and gathered that Rogue had brought her knee up and painfully rammed it into his groin.
He looked up to see her triumphant gin.
"Marie?" He croaked out.
He watched in horror, as Rogue turned blue.
"Mystique?!"
"Correct Iceboy." Mystique said maliciously as she kicked him in the ribs.
Bobby was too stunned by her revelation to avoid it. He was glad that at least she didn't break any ribs. Before she could repeat her performance, Bobby was smart enough to roll away.
Mystique followed him, and Bobby was forced to stand up. Before he could revert into his ice form, Mystique gave him a solid punch to the jaw, sending him to the ground again.
This time, Bobby didn't think, but reacted. He rolled away and got on his feet again. He sent a kick Mystique's way, but she gracefully avoided it and kicked him in the side, intent on getting him on the ground. Instead, Bobby stumbled, but kept upright. He retaliated with a punch to her face, which caught her jaw.
Seeing her stumble backwards and rub her injured jaw, Bobby had enough time to become Iceman.
Unfortunately, he had seriously pissed her off. Before, she had been playing with him, but playtime was over.
She attacked him with such ferocity that it surprised him. Iceman had never been good at martial arts. In fact he sucked. Unfortunately for him, Mystique was a natural martial artist and her flexibility proved her to be almost impossible to beat in hand to hand combat. Mystique never wasted any movement. Each motion was precise, calculated, and to the point.
It wasn't long before he was on the floor again.
But before Mystique could deliver the final punch, Logan came out of nowhere and tackled her off. As they sailed through the air, Mystique's head was foremost and the first to hit the side of the wooden deck. She was knocked unconscious.
"You okay kid?"
"Yeah." Which was a major understatement, but he'd die before he let Logan know that Mystique wiped the floor with him. Besides, his ice form didn't show the extent of his injuries.
There was a moment of silence before Iceman spoke again.
"What the hell is Mystique doing here?"
"How the hell should I know? When I checked the mansion and everybody was unconscious!" Logan roared.
"You mean this isn't a Danger Room session?" The hope in Iceman's voice was unsettling.
"No kid, this is real." Logan almost pitied him as he saw Iceman's face contour into despair, but he wasn't ready to forgive the kid's grievances.
Before they could say another word, Logan was tackled by Sabertooth. Iceman watched in morbid amazement as the two fought. He moved to join them, but was tackled form behind.
His attacker sat on his back and Iceman's back. Rage surged through his veins, and Iceman found the strength needed to throw his attacker off. Iceman whipped around and got into his fighting stance. It surprised him to see Toad was the one to catch him off guard.
The fight that insured between the two of them was strangely familiar and almost a repeat of this morning. While Bobby found this disturbing, he couldn't complain as he had the upper hand in knowing the Toad's movement's beforehand (well, to some extent anyway).
Iceman slid along his slide and stopped enough to send an ice blast aiming at Toad. While he missed actually hitting Toad, Toad did land on the ice patch left behind when the ice blast his the grassy ground. Unfortunately for Toad, there wasn't enough friction so when he tried to jump, he instead landed flat on his butt.
Iceman wisely used this moment to ice blast Toad to the ground. Iceman enclosed Toad's feet and most of his upper body before the Toad's long tongue wrapped around Iceman's foot, bringing him crashing to the ground.
As the Iceman hit the ground, the wind was knocked out of him. Iceman lay there a few minutes waiting for air as he inaudibly gasped. He lay a minute longer catching his breath. Then he got to his feet and strode purposefully to Toad.
Toad, seeing his impending doom, spit a slime ball in his direction. Iceman avoided it, and ice blasted Toad's mouth shut. He continued to ice blast Toad, until Toad looked like an ice cocoon.
It was Wolverine's angry scream/growl that finally tore Iceman away. Iceman whipped his head in the direction of the scream and watched in horror at the scene before him.
Mystique was behind Wolverine, struggling to hold his hands behind his back. Periodically he'd unsheathe his claws, but they did no serious damage to her.
Sabertooth was in front of him, and had his own claws in Wolverine's chest. Wolverine had cried out when the claws had entered his chest.
As Sabertooth pulled out his claws, Wolverine struggled even more, enough so that his knuckles were pointed at Mystique's chest. He then unsheathed his claws straight through Mystique's heart. At the same time, Sabertooth grabbed Logan's head and snapped his neck.
Bobby watched in horror as Wolverine went limp and fell to the ground, landing on the already dead Mystique. His horror grew as Sabertooth turned to him. There was no mistaking that the glint in his eye meant that Iceman was next to die.
Iceman shot an ice blast at Sabertooth and cheered as he hit Sabertooth straight in the chest, causing the big guy to stumble backwards and land on his back. He had been standing on an ice patch and lost his footing at the impact of the boy's ice blast.
Prematurely thinking he had won the fight, Iceman continued to enclose Sabertooth in ice, until the big guy was a mimic of Toad, albeit a larger one.
It surprised Iceman greatly when Sabertooth broke free of the ice. Not knowing what else to do, Iceman slid away from Sabertooth on his ice slide.
Sabertooth, outraged, tackled the boy before he got very far. Turning the boy on his back, Sabertooth punched him, sending the boy unconscious. Before he could deliver the final and deadly punch, the Danger Room went black.
In the silence, a computerized voice filled the room.
"Session 'Kick Bobby's Ass' has been deactivated."
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Logan watched the lights come back on. He debated on leaving Bobby where he fell, but the kid looked like shit.
He did come early though. Fuck, I'm getting soft…
He activated the comlink and buzzed Beast. When he had come back, he found the hairy blue beast in the med lab where he had been looking for Jean. The 'blue thing' (as he had named Hank upon first meeting him) explained to him that Chuck had asked him years ago to join the X-Men, but he declined. It wasn't until after his wife's death due to a mutant hate group that he finally said yes to Chuck's invitation.
"What can I do for you this fine afternoon?"
"Bobby's injured and unconscious."
"Bring him to the med lab." With that, Beast cut the comlink.
"Will do." Logan muttered under his breath as he made his way from the Control Room to the Danger Room.
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"Oh my stars and garters, what happened to him?" Exclaimed Hank when he saw Bobby.
"Rough Danger Room session." Came the vague response.
"Uh huh." Answered Hank disbelievingly, but tended to his patient.
Logan stood by the door and watched Beast wash Bobby's injuries and make the kid comfortable.
When Hank finished with Bobby, he was surprised to find Logan still there.
"Anything else?" Hank inquired.
"Yeah, do you have any cologne?"
Of all the things Hank expected Logan to ask, it wasn't this. For a few seconds he kept silent, before voicing the question that first sprang into his mind.
"Why?"
"Cause I wanna borrow it." Logan said it as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Hank scrutinized Logan, before replying.
"Come this way."
Logan followed without another word as Hank led him to his room. Upon reaching his room, Hank opened a drawer and took out about twenty different colognes.
"Damn." Came Logan's reaction.
"Yes, well…" Hank cleared his throat before continuing. "Pick one you like. You can let yourself out."
With that, Hank left the room.
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Jean had come back from church feeling refreshed and content. That is, until she saw Ororo coming towards her. Then jealously reared it's ugly head.
"Jean, there you are, I have been looking everywhere for you. I need you to help me pick out a dress." Jean distrusted the happy smile that Ororo gave her.
"Why?" She asked, a bit too unkindly.
"Well, I would rather not say in front of the students." Ororo didn't seem to notice as she had answered in a friendly tone to Jean's hostile one.
Feeling ashamed at her behavior, Jean answered her in a more friendly tone.
"Lead the way."
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They reached Ororo's attic room in silence. Dieing to know, Jean was the first to speak.
"So, what's this about?" This time, Jean had successful pushed the jealousy from her mind and tried to be the best friend that she was.
"I am going to that new restaurant, Paradise Gardens, this evening." The look on Ororo's face indicated that she was thrilled.
Jean hadn't heard the conversation between Kitty and Ororo as she had left as soon as she had finished her breakfast. She did know about the restaurant, since Ororo had been dieing to go for the past week. It wasn't that Ororo had voiced her frustration at not being able to go, Jean just knew her well enough to know when her best friend wanted something badly. Jean also knew that Ororo would be much too embarrassed to go by herself. Besides, it wouldn't be any fun.
"Who are you going with?" Jean asked as she watched Ororo go to her closet and look through her clothes.
"Logan." Came the muffled reply.
Jean felt like she was going to be sick. Sure Logan had suggested they go places, but never to a fancy restaurant. It had always been places that were either secluded or less then respectable.
Jean was pulled out of her stunned silence when Ororo turned to face her, holding up two gowns. Ororo hadn't raised her head up to look at Jean's expression when she started talking to her. The sound of Ororo's voice reminded Jean where she was, who she was with, and why she was here. It also reminded her to paste a fake smile.
"Which one Jean? The white or the black?" When Ororo did look at Jean's face, she saw the smile, and in her own happiness, didn't notice it was fake.
"Hmm." Jean debated. Both would look gorgeous on Ororo. The black one covered the whole front, all the way up to her neck. It was tied with thick black strips of satin (the whole dress was made out of satin) and it had no back. The dress touched the ground with slits to mid thigh.
The white one was like a second skin and it ended just above the knee. The neckline was low, and it had spaghetti strips. Along with it went a white wrap.
The second one is more something I'd wear. Do I want him to be reminded of me or that she's out of his class? Definitely the first one then."Well, which one?"
"The first."
"You think?"
"Trust me. You want to send the right message and the first one is definitely more you."
"Thanks." Came Ororo's grateful response.
"No problem, it's what I'm here for."
Ororo gave her a dazzling smile in return.
"I'll let you get dressed." With that Jean left the room.
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