Disclaimer: I do not own X-men Evolution,only Kaitlyn

Thanks to my beta-reader Song Of A Free Heart for editing this story, and helping me with the description

Chapter Ten
"Oh, there you are"

There were currently forty four people in the house; not counting the two new teachers who had left for the weekend, or the babies. There were also roughly 39 rooms in the mansion as well as 6 bathrooms (counting the suites as a single room)

Rogue divided the house up for the search parties and assigned them quickly. Each pair got two rooms to search, along with the instructions to look EVERYWHERE.

However, Rogue pulled Jamie aside.

"Jamie I need you to make as many dupes as possible, and search the grounds - every square inch."

"How many dupes are we talking about?" Jamie questioned.

"This many," Rogue said, handing him a Reese's peanut butter cup package, king size.

Nodding solemnly, Jamie began eating the chocolate. Every one quickly dispersed.

The horde of Jamies poured out of the door and into the forest, screaming " KAITIE" at the top of their lungs. Each with a flashlight in hand. The rest of the crowd paired up and headed out, yelling for the child as well.

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Nightcrawler was gone a grand total of two minutes, before realizing that his niece was still missing. He then snuck back into the house to look for her himself.

Keeping out of sight was proving to be more difficult than he thought. He'd just made it to the hallway outside the laundry room when the crazy boy rounded the corner, followed by a tall boy who looked annoyed.

"HEY! IT'S THAT DEMON THAT ATE TINY AND THE BABY! GET HIM!" Julien screamed, running at Kurt.

"He didn't do ANYTHING! The adults said so. Just stop, Julien, before you cause more trouble," Jonothon said, while pulling Julien back towards the living room. leaving their list unchecked.

Kurt, traumatized at the thought of that boy, decided to start in the Attic, where he was less likely to bump into any of the children.

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They had been searching for hours with no luck, somehow several of them including the LeBeaus, Logan, and Wade ended up in the dining hall. Which was still a mess.

"I told 'em to clean this up," Wade grumbled absently, as they look under the tables.

The child wasn't in here either, it was too much for her distraught mother, who had honestly held in her anguish rather well throughout the evening.

"HOW IS MY BABY GONE ANYWAYS! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS HASN'T HAPPENED BEFORE SINCE NO ONE KNOWS WHERE SHE IS! PAIGE YOU WERE TO WATCH HER! YOU PROMISED TO FOLLOW HER AND MAKE SURE SHE GOT TO HER DADDY, BUT INSTEAD YOU SAT IN THE DINING ROOM MAKING OUT WITH YOUR STUPID BOYFRIEND! NO GUY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN A BABY! I WASN'T EVER THIS IRRESPONSIBLE! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU ALL! HOW COULD SHE HAVE JUST WALKED OFF AND NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU NOTICE! ALL OF YOU ARE GOING TO KEEP LOOKING UNTIL SHE'S FOUND! IF HANK HADN'T SENT US IN SEARCH OF THOSE GIRLS WE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT SHE HAD WANDERED OFF SOONER! ALL OF YOU ARE TERRIBLE AT LOOKING FOR CHILDREN! WHERE IS SHE!? I AM NOT CALMING DOWN! SCREW THIS! HOW DID SHE GET LOST WHEN THERE ARE LIKE TWENTY-SEVEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ADULTS IN THIS HOUSE AND NONE OF YOU SAW HER!? HOW DID YOU MISS HER? THERE'S THAT MANY ROOMS IN THE HOUSE! WE'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THREE FREAKIN HOURS! SHE'S NOT THAT HARD TO SEE! SHE'S A FIRESTARTER! MY GOD! I JUST WANT MY BABY BACK!" Rogue rant turned into a sob. "Someone find my baby now, please."

Remy hugged his wife, trying to comfort her, while Wade stared at her wide-eyed, and Paige did her best to look invisible.

"Wow...that was epic...I haven't heard a rant like that...since the last time someone ate the last taco." Wade stated in awe. Which was clearly the wrong thing to say, judging by the anger in Remy's face. The southerner's anger increased when his wife left the room in tears a moment after Wade's outburst.

"DID YOU JUST COMPARE MY BABY TO A TACO?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU! HOW DARE YOU DOWNPLAY MY DAUGHTER TO THE SAME LEVEL AS A DAMN TACO! THAT'S IT, WE ARE NEVER EATING TACOS IN THIS HOUSE AGAIN UNTIL YOU SHUT UP AND FIND MY DAUGHTER! YOU ARE ALL IDIOTS, AND WHEN WE FIND HER I'M SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING JUST MOVING THEM ALL HOME! AT LEAST WE NEVER LOST A CHILD, EVEN IF MY FATHER DID DRIVE US ALL INSANE!" Remy raged before leaving the room himself.

Wade stared dumb founded after them. While Logan stormed over to him. "Great, Wade. You just had to start talking, didn't you? Sometimes I wish someone would just sew you mouth shut! Now I gotta go calm them down and make sure they don't quit! I HATE that touchy-feely crap!" Logan said as he started to walk past him, intent on calming down the parents.

"OH LIKE IT'S MY FAULT! EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS MY FAULT! JUST GET MAD AT ME! NO, I'M TIRED OF THIS! YOU SAY THE SAME STUPID CRAP AS ME AND JUST BACK OFF AND MUMBLE TO YOURSELF! BUT ME! I HAVE TO SAY SORRY! WE'RE ALL PSYCHOPATHS! I MEAN WHO'S THE IDIOT WHO LOST NINJA-SLAYER IN THE FIRST PLACE! DID SHE GET LOST WHILE SHE WAS IN DAYCARE? NO! SCREW YOU GUYS! I ONLY GOT ONE AND A HALF TACOS! WHICH IS MY FAVORITE FOOD! WE WENT ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE FOR NOTHING! THIS IS BEEN A BAD DAY AND ONCE AGAIN EVERYTHING IS MY FAULT!" Wade screamed, getting in Logan's face.

"EVERYTHING IS YOUR FAULT! YOU'RE THE REASON WHY WE WENT ON THE WILD GOOSE CHASE! YOU'RE THE REASON WHY EVERYTHING ALWAYS HAPPENS! YOU UPSET ROGUE! AND HOW DARE YOU SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ROGUE! YOU'RE AN IDIOT WHO ALWAYS MESSES EVERYTHING UP! JUST SHUT UP FOR ONCE! AND PAIGE WAS SUPPOSED TO WATCH HER, BUT SHE DIDN'T! DO YOU EVER EVEN LISTEN?" Logan returned, threatening Wade with his claws.

"FINE! I'LL PACK MY BAGS AND LEAVE! YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD FRIEND, LOGAN! I'M GOING TO LEAVE AND NEVER COME BACK! SCREW THIS PLACE AND SCREW ALL OF YOU! JUST SCREW YOU! AND ONE MORE THING! I ALWAYS GET IN TROUBLE! SOMETIMES I WONDER IF YOU PEOPLE EVEN CARE ABOUT ME!" Wade stated, storming towards the door. However, before he could actually leave, Storm stood in his path.

" OH YOU ARE SUCH A TEENAGE GIRL WADE! OH I'LL PACK MY BAGS AND LEAVE! AND I'M NEVER COMING BACK." Logan grumbled. Wade opened his mouth to reply.

Storm cleared her throat, punctuated with a bolt of lightning.

Storm glared at them all. They all managed to look humbled before she began. "Shut up, all of you! We won't find her with everyone screaming. Wade, calm down - you're not going anywhere. Logan, apologize to Wade. You have been friends far too long to end of a little fight. I'LL go calm down the Lebeaus. But shame on you all, everyone knows the parents are always overwrought in these scenarios. In fact, they held up fairly well through all of this. Paige, I am adding detention with me to whatever punishment you were already given, for your irresponsibility. Henry, next time you ask a fellow teacher to retrieve a student for you, do not leave their students or children unattended."

With that, she whirled and headed out of the room, intent on finding the southerners and their lost daughter.

Wade, momentarily taken back, as he had never been lectured by the weather witch before, apologized to Logan, and they headed out in search of the child again,.

They walked past the living room and noticed Julien and Jonothon sitting on the couch. To be more accurate, Julien was face down on the couch, with Jonothon sitting on top of him.

"What are you doing?!" Logan questioned the boys.

"Julien saw Mr. Wagner outside of the laundry room and began his craziness again. I had to restrain him. I've been waiting for hours for someone to come by," Jonothon explained, to the blinking Logan. "I wasn't able to check either the Laundry room or the therapist's office."

Wade and Logan stared at them a moment, before Logan yelled: "YOU CHECK THE LAUNDRY ROOM, I'LL CHECK THE OFFICE."

They ran in the direction of the unchecked rooms. Storm, Remy, Rogue, and Jamie were standing in the hallway and followed them. Storm and Remy following Logan, while Rogue and Jamie followed Wade.

Wade, Rogue, and Jamie burst through the laundry room door, and came to a halt just inside. In the center of the floor, laid a large furry brown and white mound, curled around the sleeping child, her head on it's back, and the animal's head across her stomach.

Rogue steped forward and gently extracted her daughter from the dog, while Jamie yelled: "OH, WE'VE FOUND TINY!"

"Oh... that's not a chupacabra, it's a dog...never mind," Wade said, while putting down the swords he had drawn.

Rogue re-adjusted her daughter on her hip. " hank you everyone for helping me find my daughter. I need to get the kids to bed."

Rogue walked calmly out of the room, and past the crowd that had gathered with Jamie's scream.

Remy, spotting his daughter, calmly followed his family, stating to Logan as he passed: " Please ignore my earlier resignation. I may have overreacted."

Everyone stared after them for a moment before turning back to the laundry room door. Jamie led the large puppy out into the hall, and everyone looked at Logan.

"That mutt protected Squirt for the entire evening, and made sure she didn't go nowhere or nothing... I guess we could bend the rule for a security detail... but y'all gotta keep it clean," Logan said as the children cheer.