Without Masks

X-men: Evolution fanfic, sequel to "Triangle," and Lover100 fanfic challenge

Disclaimer – Rosaline, Madison, Adryen, and all other original characters are mine. The world of X-men, and its characters, belong to Marvel Comics though. I'm just borrowing the place to give them somewhere to live :)

Notes – This is a couple of things. 1) my contribution to the Lover100 fanfic challenge over on Livejournal. Of course, I picked Rosaline/Madison as my pairing. 2) A sort-of sequel to "Triangle." All the prompts for the challenge are different, and as such, this will be a very…abstract story, time-wise. It's really going to be a bunch of short stories strung together. There's no real chronological order, but all stories will take place during Rosaline and Madison's time away from Bayville, or during the future events I listed in the Extras. I think that pretty much covers it. Enjoy!

Frustration

As they exited the movie theatre and stepped onto the busy New York sidewalk, Madison groaned, expressing her dissatisfaction for the hundredth time.

"I can't believe we sat through that whole thing!"

"Oh come on, it wasn't all bad," Rosie replied, taking her hand as they walked. "Layla's powers were almost like mine, so I liked that. I can't make a non-apple tree produce apples, though.....at least not yet."

She snorted in response. "They didn't mention that they were mutants, not even once! And they even explained away some of their powers by saying so-and-so got dumped in a vat of toxic waste! What absolute shit!"

The plant witch steered her uncharacteristically enraged girlfriend toward the subway entrance. "But honey, what the X-men are doing as costumed heroes is clearly catching a positive light, since people are actually making superhero movies now."

"Yeah, but superhero-esque stuff has existed forever," she noted as they climbed down the stairs and got in line. "Just look at Zorro."

"But Zorro didn't have any superpowers, and everyone in Sky High did."

"Not everyone. Ron Wilson Bus Driver was power-less until he got dumped in toxic waste and somehow miraculously survived."

Rosie smirked. "Well, maybe he was secretly played by Logan."

Madison paused, then shuddered and bit her lip to keep from laughing. ".....All right, I might be able to stomach that filth of film after all, just for that mental image."

She grinned and pulled her through the turnstile, happy to have calmed her down a little.