Chapter 11
Jealousy, Love, and COPS?
Day 7... The Final Day
The antics of the day before had ended up postponing the competition until the following afternoon. Ororo had zapped Logan a few times before he finally gave in and 'rescued' Forge from the cruise ship he'd attached him too. As for the X23 and her 'men,' the fight wasn't yet settled to be honest. Due to the events, the fight had seemingly been postponed until Logan saw them near her again, which Todd had sworn not to even go near her, well Pietro had too... but that didn't mean he'd actually hold to his promise. Kitty knocked on Lance and Pietro's door early in the morning. Which resulted in a bitter looking Pietro opening the door and glaring at her. Before he could lecture or argue, she'd phased through him to where Lance was asleep. Pietro cut her off in a flash of silver and red (pajamas), and had a very angry face.
"If you were going to wake him up, then you could have phased in here and not woken ME up," he grumbled.
"No what would be the fun in that?" asked Kitty, with a smirk.
"Leave..." said Pietro, arms crossed.
"No..." she phased through him and sat gingerly on Lance's bed.
Pietro rolled his eyes and grabbed his clothes to go take a shower, it was far to early for PDA, even if it was technically in private. Kitty gave him a thankful smile as he closed the door. She snuggled up to him, trying to figure out how she could wake him up while having a little fun. She smirked and began to nuzzle his neck in soft kisses. Lance started to squirm and snicker, so she'd found his ticklish spot.
"Lance," she whispered.
"Sleeping," he groaned, and let out a swat as he hugged more to his blankets, she perced her lips which faded into a devious smile.
She wrapped her arms around his neck and fought off a giggle, as her face became a fair pink as she nipped his ear. In mid morning groan, he became stiff, she bit his ear instead of her lip on accident. She knew he was awake now, his breathing was less heavy, and his mouth seemed to be forming some sort of question.
"Pietro, that sure as hell better not be you," said Lance in a low growl, Kitty nearly burst into laughter, but before she could say anything, Pietro was next to her.
"Did you like it," said Pietro seductively, Lance sat bolt up right, eyes a lit with terror, Kitty fell off the bed with tears of laughter as Lance threw a pillow at the snickering Pietro.
Wanda awoke with a rapid knock at her door. She climbed out of bed, ready to hex whoever was at her door at this ungodly hour. The sky wasn't even pink yet. She glared at Tabitha, who'd fallen asleep with her headphones on. She looked out the peep hole, but didn't see anything. She opened the door, but there was no one there. She looked up and down the hallway, then closed the door, the moment she did another knock came. She swung the door open, hex ready in hand, eyes narrowed. Jean backed away, eyes wide.
"I didn't meant too.." Jean was cut off.
"Was that you?" asked Wanda, her hand still glowing.
"I was going for a swim when I saw your door close, so I figured you were up.... I wanted to know if you wanted to go swimming with me, I hate going by myself," said Jean, with a friendly smile, as the glow in Wanda's hand faded.
"Uh, might as well," said Wanda, "Come in, I have to get my swimsuit."
Logan walked down the hall muttering to himself. This was ridiculous, so what if he'd duct taped Forge to a mast, he'd only gone around the island a few times and he'd been perfectly fine. In defense, Forge had been getting on his nerves from the time he arrived, so he was lucky he was still alive. Logan knocked on Ororo's door and coughed nervously, as she opened the door.
"Listen 'Ro, I'm not gonna pretend I'm sorry for doing it, but...." Logan groaned as he handed her a flower with a roll of his eyes.
"Logan, not everything can be forgiven by a flower or plant with me," said Ororo with a glare, "You duct taped my friend to a cruise ship!"
"I brought cheese cake," said Logan, holding up a box.
"..... Your still not completely forgiven," grumbled Ororo, letting him in as she took the cheesecake.
It was near afternoon and the Brotherhood were planning on departing with the Acolyts to the airport in a short time, deciding to share a vehicle. As there time was also up in the resort, the X-men had packed all their bags and transported them the the Jet. Alex sat on the bench outside the hotel talking to Scott.
"We're not leaving for another four hours, so did you want to do something?" asked Scott , balancing on the back of the bench.
"I think you should do what we talked about," said Alex with a smirk.
"When its the perfect moment.... maybe..." said Scott with a small sigh, "Come on, lets get an float or something."
"Fine," sighed Alex with a slight smile as they headed towards the hotel's restaurant passing by Jean and Wanda.
"I say just do it," said Wanda with a groan.
"But its... well... when the moments right," said Jean with a half smile.
"Suite yourself," yawned Wanda, "I am not looking forward to home."
"Tell me about it," said Tabitha, walking up behind her, "One bathroom, dirty clothes, slime, graffiti, and I think there might be something living in the chimney. But! It's home."
"I still haven't figured that out yet," said Wanda rubbing her head.
"Tabitha," said Sam, walking over to them, Wanda and Jean looked at each other and departed from the two.
"Hey Sammy!" smiled Tabitha.
"Listen... I was thinking.. well since it got interrupted, if maybe you'd go on.. ohm.. a.." Sam looked down shyly, but his eyes shot open as Tabitha gave him a simple kiss on the lips.
"How about this weekend we go to the movies," said Tabitha.
"Yeah!" said Sam, as she walked away, "Shucks.."
"See you later Sam," smiled Tabitha, as she jumped in the jeep next to Pietro.
"Robbing the cradle, are we?" asked Pietro with a glare.
"Jealous?" asked Tabitha, with a smirk.
"Of a kid, no." said Pietro with a roll of the eyes.
"Of a kiss?" asked Tabitha.
"Will you two shut your cake holes," said Lance, "Where's Pyro?"
"Where do you think?" asked Fred, pointing over to were a loud slap sound erupted from.
"My god," groaned Wanda, as Pyro jumped in, a large red hand print across his face.
"Not quite what I expected from a goodbye snog," said Pyro beaming as he rubbed the red print.
"Progress," said Todd, with a smile.
"Dear god, your his adviser?" asked Pietro, eyes wide.
"Practice make perfect, it was progress, yo." said Todd, looking behind them as Lance started up the jeep.
"Remy, agrees, wit de Toad. In Remy's world, dat was considered foreplay," said Remy, leaning back against his seat.
"Well I personally enjoyed this vacation," said Fred, putting on sunglasses and smiling as Lance put the car in gear.
"Of coarse you did, you haven't been slapped, abused, threatened, drowned, maimed, bound, or scared," said Todd, indicating to everyone in the area.
"That's because I know better," said Fred proudly.
"Hey, did you guys wanna stay till after the competition, Scott said they could give you a ride?" said Alex, leaning over the side of the jeep.
"He offered?" asked Tabitha, brow raised.
"Well...." Pyro beamed.
"I dink for de sake of Pyro's life, Remy dinks we should get going," said Remy grabbing the back of Pyro's shirt.
"Yeah, sorry Alex, but were still tryin' to avoid Wolverine, yo." said Todd, watching as the man in question walked out of the hotel.
"Enough said, see ya around bros," said Alex, waving and heading back towards the X-men.
"For being Summers kid brother, he aint half bad," said Pietro, with a murmur of agreement from the others.
Scott gave a sigh of relief as the Brotherhood drove off, he'd been hoping they'd say no. He didn't think Alex would actually ask them, but then again he'd never spent a lot of time with the Brotherhood like the rest of them had. He was glad they'd been able to stay to watch the competition in an hour.
"They said, no," sighed Alex, taking his drink from Scott's hand.
"Bummer," said Scott, though his smile betrayed him.
"I have to go warm up, you wanna come with?" asked Alex, jerking his thumb towards the beach.
"Sure, why not... hey I never did get to meet your friend," smirked Scott, "How about today?"
"Lorna... nah, she couldn't stay long, her parents were only here for a few days, she had to leave this morning... Oh, by the way, bro, would you mind filming me, I told her I'd send her some footage," said Alex, hopefully.
"Sure, but don't crash and burn," said Scott with a smirk.
The X-men cheered Alex on as he caught a pretty good wave, and managed to stay on when two of the other five competitors fell off their board. Kurt had taken the camera from Scott as Jean had slightly distracted him with a conversation. They'd started to walk off a ways as the final half of the competition was waiting to get started. Scott grabbed them both a soda and they sat at one of the benches and watched everyone else talk.
"Scott, ever think about marriage?" asked Jean, causing Scott to nearly choke on his soda.
"Marriage.. hem, well yeah, a few times really.." said Scott with a slight smile.
"Ever thought about us and marriage?" asked Jean, her face blush-less and unembarrassed.
"Yeah... those are the few time," said Scott with a chuckle.
"So... do you want to get married?" asked Jean, with a smirk.
"Are you proposing to me?" asked Scott, mouth agape and eyes wide, though, only Jean could tell that.
"Yeah... I guess I am," chuckled Jean, as Scott put his arm around her.
"My gosh, this is all so sudden... I haven't even thought about the dress," Scott joked.
"Shut up... so... will you?" asked Jean, snuggling up to him, meanwhile the rest of the X-men had joined Alex in his victory cheers.
"That vas a nice one Alex," said Kurt, giving him his camera.
"Do you think it'll impress Lorna?" asked Alex, as he put his surf board up.
"Totally," said Bobby, "Where's Scott... oh..."
"Are him and Jean making out again?" asked Jamie, with a roll of his eyes.
"Like always," said Kitty with a giggle.
"Your one to talk, what did you and Lance do after you woke him up?" asked Jubilee.
"Yeah, really?" asked Ray, brow raised.
"That's like, none of your business what we do in private... or in front of Pietro," said Kitty with mock anger, as she tried not to laugh at everyone's expressions.
The Brotherhood seemed to all groan as they arrived home late that evening, only to toss their bags near entrance and go plop down in the living room. Wanda's nose crinkled, she'd forgotten the odor she'd be headed back too, suddenly she felt the need to vacate to her room. Todd had gone to check the answering machine, something they'd decided to get a few days before leaving, Pietro was working on his new master plan to avoid Logan during his conquest of X23. Tabitha and Fred had decided to watch some television, as Lance waited for Todd to finish his phone listening so he could order pizza.
"Wonder where Mystique is?" asked Wanda, coming down the stairs.
"Who left us thirty seven messages?" asked Pietro, brows furrowed.
"...Who the hell is Azazel?" asked Lance, "And why's he locked in a dumpster?"
Remy clung to the couch in the Acolytes living quarters for dear life, regretting the fact he'd agreed to let Pyro drive them back. They'd nearly hit three pedestrians, several parked cars, took out a stop sign, and an admittance that Pyro had no license. Sabertooth came walking in with some of his homemade chicken, and froze.
"Your back?" asked Sabertooth, looking around.
"Yeah, were back," said Pyro, diving into a chair.
"Oh... goody," grumbled Sabertooth, backing into the kitchen.
"Vicky, have you seen the barbeque sauce?" came an unfamiliar female voice.
"Ah... hehe.... if you two breath a word of this to Magneto," growled Sabertooth.
"We saw nothing, and heard nothing," said Remy, Pyro nodded.
"Good... now... Fee, were going... elsewhere," said Sabertooth to the women in the kitchen.
"Awkward..." said Pyro, "Wonder where Monkey is?"
"Forget Mastermind, were is Magneto?" asked Remy, looking down the empty hallway.
The X-men arrived home late that evening, but still for the most part awake. The Recruits had decided to watch some television, while Kitty called Lance on the phone. Rogue, Scott, Jean, and Kurt had gone into the kitchen to get a late night snack. Logan was talking to Beast near the doorway to the living room.
"So anything good happen around here?" asked Logan, as Ororo walked passed them.
"Nothing as usual," smiled Beast.
"Oh My GOD!" came a yell from Ray.
"Guys! Get in here!" yelled Rahne.
"This is so wrong," Roberto muttered.
The rest of the X-men ran in to see the Recruits watching COPS... not just any episode either. On the screen was Magneto, flying in the air, and dropping every so often. Anything metal was bending in his path as he laughed like a mad man. The cops were commenting on what to do, while he began to speak.
"I feel pretty, oh so pretty," sang Magneto drunkenly.
"Magnus! Get down right now!" came a yell from the ground as the camera focused in on Charles, Beast, Mastermind, and Sabertooth chasing Magneto by ground, and Warren by air.
"Magneto, please before this airs on COPS!" yelled Beast.
"You shall never catch MAGNETO MASTER OF MAGNETS!" yelled Magneto.
"I told you not to let him have that last Rum and Coke!" yelled Sabertooth, "But Noooo, don't listen to Sabertooth, he doesn't know anything!"
"Warren, can you get him?" asked Mastermind.
"Almost!" yelled Warren, who then proceted to tackled Magneto out of the air.
"We got an FUI, Flying Under the Influence on Main," came the cops voice.
"Sir, there is no such thing as and FUI," came dispatch.
"We got an Erik "Magneto" Lencherr..." said the cop.
"Oh.... FUI it is then," came dispatch.
"....." Charles and Beast backed out of the room.
"If this is nothing, I'd hate to see something," said Ororo, eyes wide.
"Somebody, please tell me they taped that?" asked Kurt.
"Oh yeah," said Jubilee.
"Guys... why is their a pair of underwear in the DVD player?" asked Sam.
THE END
*whistles and sweeps up popcorn* well... that's all people.... Till next time, GT out!