Chapter 71: National Lampoon's Mutant Vacation.
In the weeks following the fiasco on Asgard, everyone was finally able to get back to normalcy and relax, and right now most of them were also trying to pack for a big vacation to the Bahamas that would be happening in a few days.
"Oh man, this vacation is just what we need." Gavin said with a grin, looking forward to spending time with Rogue and Damian.
"Ah know, after everything's that happened it'll be nice to get away from all the nonsense we've been dealing with lately." Rogue nodded as she helped pack Damian's clothes and his extra strength sensitive skin sunblock. "And…" She said as she hugged him from behind and kissed his neck. "Ah'm looking forward to having some alone time with you, Gav." She added with a purr. The young billionaire shuddered at his girlfriend's kiss before he looked back at her with a grin.
"And I'm looking forward to making you scream my name all. Night. Long." He whispered huskily, causing the girl to shiver in anticipation.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile, Johan and Bast were busy packing up for the trip, too. The two had already finished most of the packing, so now they were taking a shower so that they could pack their toiletries into their luggage and have it ready for when they left.
Though the caveat to that situation was, they were taking the shower together. Needless to say, they couldn't keep their hands off each other.
"Look at you, being so sexy." The cat woman purred, drinking in every inch of her boyfriend's body. When she saw what was in between his legs, she shivered in anticipation. She could hardly wait.
Johan, meanwhile, was holding the cat girl close and as tightly as possible to him and nuzzled his face into the thin coat of fur that covered his girlfriend's body and hummed happily as he felt her tail stroke him.
"You feel so amazing. You're the greatest woman I've ever met." He murmured, relishing in the feeling of her body against his. Bast giggled as she stroked his hair.
"You're not so bad yourself." She purred as she pressed her B-cup breasts against him while hugging him and letting out catlike purrs.
Subconsciously, Johan's hands drifted down to his feline girlfriend's heart shaped ass and gave it a light squeeze, causing the medic to let out a small gasp as she felt herself press her ass into his hands while her tail coiled around his right arm. His hands felt so right on her body.
"You're really soft." He sighed as he continued to knead her ass flesh and stroking her fur. The woman let out a moan of pleasure, relishing in the feeling.
"Don't stop…" She moaned. Deciding to return the favor, she started stroking his member, causing him to groan in pleasure.
"Come here." The soldier said as he picked her up and pushed her against the shower wall and pushed himself inside her. The two gasped and moaned as he started thrusting. "You were sure to take a pill, right?" He asked.
"Yeah, yeah we're good." She nodded before he continued to thrust fast and hard, the warm water raining down on them as moans and steam filled the bathroom.
(Elsewhere)
In the office of Emma Frost, the blonde psychiatrist was in the middle of one of her many sessions with Marcus. This was to help him get a handle on his habit of having 'episodes' where he lost himself in his base instincts and lost control of his powers as a result. Especially since he no longer had drugs to use as a crutch.
"Well, the good news is, I am glad to say that you've made outstanding progress, Marcus." The blonde said as she looked at her clipboard after she finished another psychic checkup.
"Glad to hear it." The man nodded. Though subconsciously, his eyes were drifting away from the icy blue eyes of the woman before him and slowly made their way down towards her exposed ample cleavage, which was visible due to it being pushed up by her corset tight business shirt and vest.
Emma noticed this but didn't draw attention to it, opting to continue her notes. The former White Queen had noticed the man's attraction towards her about a month into their sessions and she made sure it remained one sided for the sake of professionalism, but… As time went on she slowly started to feel an attraction of her own develop towards him that progressively grew stronger with every psychic session. However, for the sake of professionalism she abstained from acting on it.
"If I'm right, you should be fully recovered by late February to early March. A very good sign." The woman mused.
"That's good." Marcus nodded. "Hey, the others are gonna be taking a cruise to the Bahamas. Do you want to come with us? Cuz ya kinda look like you could use a break."
The platinum blonde mulled the offer over in her mind. She had been working quite a lot and rarely got a break. This cruise sounds like the thing she needs.
"That… Actually sounds like a good idea." She nodded. "I'll clear up my schedule so I can attend."
"Great. I'll let the others know." The former addict nodded.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile on the opposite side of town from Johan's house, Katerina and Romano were also packing. Well, Katerina was, Romano was in the shower washing up after his shift at the mechanic shop. He was afraid he wouldn't be able to go because of his shift hours, but luckily for him Bwronson said he'd cover for him. Now he could spend a lot of time with his sexy eldritch girlfriend.
As said woman finished packing everything they needed, Romano came out of the bathroom, a towel wrapped around his waist.
"Hey, sweetheart. Are we ready?" He asked as he went to grab some fresh clothes.
"Just finished packing up, babe." She nodded, turning around and walking up behind him, her breasts pressing up against his back through her tank top. "I bet you can't wait to see me in a bikini, can you?" She purred sexily.
"Yeah." He nodded as he tried to get dressed. "How do you even walk around with those things?" He asked, feeling her breasts press on him.
"Years of practice, honey. Years of practice." The eldritch woman replied in a cool tone. As he pulled a shirt on, Romano turned around and kissed her deeply, he really did love this woman.
(Elsewhere)
Back at the Institute, Devin had just finished his packing and was helping Roxy bring hers to the garage ahead of time so she wouldn't forget.
"I can't believe this is actually happening." The grey skinned girl mused.
"What, that we're going on a cruise together?" He asked.
"The gang going on a cruise at all." The scorpion girl replied. "It makes me realize that I've never been on one." She added.
"Guess this'll be something you can rub your brother's faces in when you get back then." The boy chuckled. Roxy chuckled with him.
"Yeah it is." She grinned before kissing him on the cheek. "And you're gonna have to rub me down with lotion, okay?" She purred. Devin felt himself blush at the images assaulting his mind. Namely of Roxy lying on her stomach with her swimsuit straps undone and her back bare for him to rub.
"Oh." He said in his native language.
(Elsewhere)
In another room of the Institute, Logan and Chelsea were also packing for the cruise while Laura was in the middle of keeping an eye on Drake and Damian while getting her things together. The little kids in the middle of a bit of a tug of war with the blanket in the playpen they were in.
"I hope they don't rip that blanket…" The mini wolverine muttered.
"You know if that little boyfriend of yours and his posse are going?" Chelsea asked in a teasing manner, which got the attention of the girl's father.
"Yeah, do ya?" He asked in his own trading tone. This caused Laura's face to turn vermilion at the mention of Peter and the word boyfriend in the same sentence.
"Mom!" The girl yelled in embarrassment.
"What? It's an honest question." The Dragon queen replied innocently, though the gleam in her eyes said otherwise.
"Well don't say embarrassing stuff like that!" She snapped. "And yeah, Peter and the others are going to since it's their vacation week. Why do you wanna know?" The green eyed girl questioned.
"Just curious…" Chelsea shrugged. 'Curious about whether or not I'll have plenty of teasing material!' She thought with a slight cackle.
Logan meanwhile was hiding the way he felt about the situation. Don't get the wrong idea, he liked Peter just fine. He was a good kid who had a good head and heart, and he respected the kid's integrity. But like any father with a daughter at dating age, he was of course apprehensive.
"Well, I guess he needs a vacation every now and then, given his line o' work." He shrugged.
"Trust me, with the year he's had? It's long overdue." Laura sighed before turning around and holding up two swimsuits. "Which do you think? The yellow and blue striped bikini? Or the black backless one piece?" She asked her stepmom. Said parent looked between them before pointing at the one piece.
"That one." She said. "It shows a lot less… hold on, did you say backless?" Chelsea asked as she realized that detail.
"Yep." The girl nodded. Chelsea then pointed at the bikini.
"Wear that one, but you better cover up. No way are we letting you let some pervert get a free look at what you have." She told her.
"Fair enough." Laura shrugged before packing it up. Chelsea sighed as she packed her own swimsuit, and then Drake's which was a pair of tiny trunks with little dragon eggs on them.
"Alright that should-oh now that's just adorable." The blonde said as she turned around and saw the two toddlers lying down in the play pin with the blanket they were fighting over draped over them and the two of them were hugging their stuffed animals in between them as they faced each other in their sleep. Laura turned to the toddlers and had to stop herself from squealing in adoration.
"So cute!" She whispered with a smile. The parents decided not to disturb them and just kept packing, they were probably tuckered out anyway.
(Elsewhere)
"So you want me to go to the Bahamas with you?" Tabitha asked Ray as he stood outside her apartment door.
"Well, not me specifically, Amara was the one who was wondering. I'm just relaying the message." The boy shrugged. "She would have told you herself but she's busy helping Pele and Kai get packed." He added awkwardly.
Ever since the two woke up together after Oktoberfest, things had been a little awkward between the two because of the fact that they had clearly screwed each other.
This was gonna be a strange vacation for them.
(Elsewhere)
"I can't wait to get near the ocean again! It'll be just like home again!" Kai smiled, remembering the times they spent on the beach as kids in Hawaii.
"Easy for you to say sis, your powers are water based, mine are land. So I don't do well off dry ground." Pele retorted as she packed her things as well.
"Same." Amara added as she packed her stuff. That was something both girls had in common.
(Later)
It was the day of the trip and everyone had gotten onto the boat, though unfortunately a few people weren't able to make it. Evan, Beast and Bronson being two of them. Regardless though everyone was settling in well.
Right now, Gavin had decided to take a seat in a lounge chair on the deck, his copy of Dracula in hand, wide brimmed fedora and sunglasses on and his attire simply being a pair of red swim trunks and a Hawaiian shirt.
As the boy read his book in relative peace he also watched Damian splashing around in the shallow end of the pool with his floaties and swimsuit on.
"Looks like Damian's having fun." Rogue commented as she sat on the chair beside him. Gavin nodded as he turned the page of his book before his girlfriend dangled a bottle of sunblock in his face. "Mind rubbing me up, hon?" She asked, this brought his attention to what she was wearing.
Rogue was clad in a two piece swimsuit that was colored yellow and green and had the X-Men logo on the left cup. It also had an opening at the bottom of the chest area showing a bit of underboob. Lastly the bottom part was a little skimpy but not too much. And she also had an arm band with the X-men logo on a charm, this was a power dampener that Beast made for her. This also left her body exposed for him to drink in.
"Like what you see?" She teased with a smirk, noticing that he was staring and loved it. Gavin nodded as he put his book down before taking the bottle and squeezed the lotion on one hand and started rubbing it on her arms as he got behind her.
"Alright, lay face down, you little minx." The pseudo vampire told his girlfriend. The southern minx did so and he began rubbing her down, making sure his technique was as sensual as possible, causing the girl to let out small gasps and moans of pleasure.
Meanwhile, Johan and Bast were busy doing a little sunbathing, the couple already having their sunblock applied. The soldier was clad in a pair of black and green swim trunks while the cat woman was clad in a dark purple backless one piece swimsuit.
Bast purred happily as she laid with Johan in a hammock the ship had for guests to use, her eyes closed as she napped in the sun with him. However, her blissful nap was interrupted when her acute hearing picked up some people talking about her behind her back.
"What the heck is up with her? She looks like a freak." Some idiot said.
"What's that dude thinking, even being that close to her?" Another idiot wondered.
"I sure would like to get in that little kitty's pussy though, not gonna lie." A lecherous douche bag said crudely.
These comments made her start to nuzzle deeper into her boyfriend, hoping to disappear. Johan noticed this and heard where the comments were from before he got up and marched over to the morons and gave them a glare that promised pain.
"Alright, assholes. You have five seconds to apologize for the shit you were spewing about my girlfriend before I get violent!" He growled as he cracked his knuckles, his glare being particularly fierce towards the guy who had made the lewd comment about Bast. "Especially you." He growled.
"I'd like to see you make us!" The first idiot laughed… And was promptly decked in the face by a pissed off Johan, leaving him with a broken nose. The second moron tried to punch him, but he was judo tossed into the pool. The pervert tried to attack from behind with a right hook, but the obviously experienced soldier whirled around and caught him by the wrist and crushed it in his hand, causing him to let out a small scream of pain.
"Last chance, punks!" The green streaked man growled.
"Okay! Okay! We're sorry!" The pathetic excuse for a man cried in pain before he was tossed to the floor.
"Good! Now get lost!" Johan barked before the three ran off, crying at their humiliation. The man let out a huff before he went back to his girlfriend, who had a flattered smile on her face.
"My hero." She teased as she lay next to him.
"Only for you, babe. Only for you." Johan chuckled as they resumed their sunbathing together.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile with the Howletts, Logan was reading the paper in a lounge chair while Chelsea was lying on her stomach with her bikini top and bottom untied to not cause tanlines. Laura was of course on babysitting duty with Drake, who was busy eating some ice cream while sitting on his big sister's lap.
Laura had a skirt covering her bottom half a loose fitting crop top on her upper half, and she didn't like it. She preferred to show more skin.
"Hey, Laura." The voice of Peter greeted from her left, causing her to turn and face him. He was clad in a pair of red and blue swim trunks and had a lei around his neck.
"Hey Peter." She replied as the boy sat next to her, giving Drake a rub on the head, who hummed happily as he chewed on his ice cream cone.
"Well this trip seems to be going pretty smoothly." The web slinger notes as he sat next to her at the edge of the pool.
"Yeah. Here's hoping that it stays that way." The girl nodded.
Chelsea meanwhile turned her head to face Logan as she continued to sunbathe, giving her husband a sly smirk. "Hey Logan, mind helping me tie my straps back?" She asked with a slight purr. Logan looked at her with a smirk.
"You minx… Heh, sure." He chuckled as he moved to tie her strings. Though as his rough hands moved over her smooth skin, the blonde let out pleasured growls, hums and moans as he did, squirming every few seconds, which made tying the strings a bit difficult.
"Hey, stop moving Scales, I can't get these things on you if you keep squirming like that!" He snapped at the woman.
"Sorry, but your hands feel good." She replied as she felt her man finally tie her swimsuit back together. Though as soon as he did, he then started massaging her back and other areas, which caused her to start to relax and moan in pleasure. "Ooooh yeah, right there babe." She sighed in content.
(Elsewhere)
Amara and Pele groaned in discomfort as they laid in their beds. They hadn't been feeling like themselves since they got on board the ship, and they didn't like it.
"This sucks…" The fire girl groaned. Amara was more or less in the same boat while Tabitha tried to help her with her nausea with some medicine.
Luckily for them though, Kai came into the room with Emma and Bast in tow. Emma's study may have been mostly psychology, but contrary to popular belief, she was also a very well versed doctor as well.
"Alright you two, what's the matter?" The cat woman questioned.
"We think it may be our powers, they make it where we don't do well away from dry land for long periods of time." Pele explained, looking down at her mechanical arm.
"And it sucks big time." Amara added.
"I can tell." Emma nodded.
"Hopefully we should reach the Bahamas soon. You'll be fine when we get there." Tabitha said.
"In the meantime though, I think it'd be best if you two keep an eye on them for now." Emma told the other girls.
"And If you need anything Pele, me, Chelsea, Marcus and Romano are here if you need us." Bast added.
"Thanks." The girl nodded. With that the ladies all went out of the room to go get some food and saw that Ororo was waiting. And apparently Katerina was trying to put on a coconut bra on with the help of Romano.
"Do I even wanna know?" Bast questioned.
"The bikini I packed turned out to be a full cup size too small." Katerina explained. "So I had to buy this one at the ship's gift shop after the other one… popped off." She added awkwardly.
"Oh… Not fun." Emma cringed. She had that happen to her a few times and it was not enjoyable. Speaking of swimsuits, hers was a very revealing one if one we're being honest. That meant that it was basically a V-shaped string bikini that was joined together by a white collar around her neck. It was her favorite vacation suit.
"Yeah, exactly." The silver-blue eyed woman nodded as she was finally able to put the top on. "Anyway, wanna get something to eat?" She asked.
"Yeah, let's go." The others nodded.
(Later)
Later that night everyone was mostly trying to unwind after the busy day they had and such, and one such pair trying to do just that was Jean and Scott. The two had had much alone time lately due to school and their responsibilities as instructors at the Institute, so needless to say they really wanted a quiet moment alone together.
"It sure is nice to finally have some time to ourselves, isn't it?" The shaded boy asked his red haired girlfriend.
"Yeah. It really is." The girl nodded, her hair flowing freely like it was made of fire. Ever since she harnessed the power of the Phoenix Force, Jean had become much more confident, and it seemed to make her hair seem much more lively than usual.
"You don't get a view of the stars like this back in Bayville." Scott mused as he looked at the sky, enjoying the sight of the stars.
"No, we sure don't." Jean nodded as she leaned up to the boy and gave him a soft kiss on the lips.
"We need a lot more moments like this." Scott sighed as they started walking… And suddenly spotted several giant ice sculptures. "What the-?" He got out, causing the redhead to look in the direction he was looking and soon saw the ice sculptures.
"Bobby." Jean said in annoyance.
Meanwhile, at the front of the ship, said boy was using his powers to make ice sculptures to try and make Amara and Pele feel better.
"And here's one I wanna make to commemorate Spring Break." The boy grinned as he started making a sculpture of a girl in a sundress dancing.
"How's that one, you two?" Tabitha asked the two girls.
"It's alright, I guess." Pele shrugged.
"Yeah." Amara nodded.
"Alright, Bobby. Give us another one." The blond bomber told the boy. The ice user thought for a moment before snapping his fingers.
"Okay, name this movie." He said as he got on the rails and made an iceberg in front of the ship.
"Uh, are you sure putting it in front of the ship was a good idea?" Kai asked nervously. This realization was quickly taken by the two lavamancers who started gathering as much lava as they could muster and fired at the iceberg, trying as quickly as possible to melt it enough to where Kai could move it out of the way by using her powers to move the water.
"Phew…" The group sighed in relief as the ship drifted past the mass of ice and left it out of sight and out of mind. At least until…
"BOBBY!" Jean and Scott yelled, causing the cryomancer to jump and nearly fall over if he hadn't been caught by the others.
"Uh, hey guys." He greeted nervously.
"What are you doing up here?!" Scott snapped.
"Just making ice sculptures to make Amara and Pele feel better." He explained, shaking under the shaded teen's gaze.
"We're supposed to be keeping things low profile here, the last thing we need is-." Scott started to say before he was interrupted.
"The last thing we need is another one of your stupid lecturers, Scott." Gavin said, causing everyone to turn towards him as they saw him sitting in a chair and reading his book with a reflector shining moonlight on him as if he were sunbathing. "Now move, you're in my light." He told the shaded teen.
"When did you even get there?" Amara had to ask.
"I've been here the whole time." The boy shrugged. "Plus, low profile isn't a luxury Bast has. At least she has Johan around to make her feel loved." He added with a shrug. "Besides, the new laws prohibit harassment of Mutants, remember? Who cares if they know or not."
"He's got you there, Scott." Pele commented. Scott sighed in aggravation.
"Just, don't cause anymore trouble, okay?" The man said as he and Jean left. Gavin rolled his eyes as he continued reading. He and Scott had essentially been in a bit of a 'I can't stand him' relationship since the desert incident with Mystique, making their relationship like how Scott and Lance's was back in the day.
Speaking of Lance…
Said walking Richter scale was currently on the deck with Kitty on the ship's dance area, the two were in the middle of a slow dance.
"This is nice." The girl sighed as they danced, the brunette laying her head on the boy's chest.
"Huh? Oh, Y-Yeah… it is." Lance nodded nervously, he wasn't really paying attention because he had been too focused on the fact that they were so close together. "Hey… Kitty?" He asked her.
"Hm?" Said girl responded.
"Be honest with me, are we actually dating, or is this just another limbo thing like when I first came to the X-men? Cuz I don't think you ever really said." The boy questioned. It was true, ever since he had become an X-man he and kitty would flirt and occasionally go out together, but they never made anything official. Which really confused him.
Kitty frowned slightly at his question. "I… don't know. I feel like we should be dating, but I'm not sure." She explained.
"Well, you wanna change that?" Lance asked as he wrapped his arms around her waist.
"You know what? I would like to change that." The intangible girl nodded with a smile. After she said this, she rose herself on her toes and kissed Lance softly on the lips, her arms wrapping around his neck.
(Elsewhere)
Gavin sighed as he put his book in his satchel and went back to his room where he saw Rogue sleeping in their shared bed with Damian in her arms.
'How did my life change so much?' He thought with a smile. A few years ago, he never would've thought this would happen. And now look at him; he had a girlfriend that would one day become his wife, and he had an adorable son in his life.
The pseudo vampire sighed as he crawled into bed with them and held them close. As long as he had these two with him, life was perfect.
(The next morning)
Everyone was getting breakfast at the buffet on the ship, and they were all having a rather pleasant morning, save Amara and Pele for obvious reasons.
Though it wasn't nearly as bad as it was for Ray and Tabitha who were eating in a very awkward silence. Said awkwardness was so palpable that it was starting to annoy the crap out of the Howletts who were sitting at the same table as them.
"Okay, I'm just about fed up with this silence." Chelsea consented, her voice laced with annoyance.
"Yeah seriously guys. You've been acting weird around each other this entire trip, what gives?" Laura questioned as she tried to get Drake to eat some fruit. The baby of course refusing to do so.
"Um… Oh jeez, How do we say this…?" Ray muttered nervously. "Ya remember that rager we had during Oktoberfest?" He asked the three.
"What about it?" Logan questioned with a raised eyebrow as he ate some ham.
"Well when we woke up the next morning, we were both at my apartment, and evidence suggests that we, well…" Tabitha said as she made a rather lewd hand gesture, which Laura shielded Drake's eyes from.
"... Oh." Was all the dragon queen could say with slightly wide eyes.
"Well that at least explains the awkwardness." Logan shrugged.
Meanwhile, everyone else was trying their level best to enjoy their breakfast, but unfortunately they were prevented from doing so because an obnoxious woman was making a scene about how her food turned out.
"Why is she even throwing a fit over it?" Rogue muttered in distaste at the woman's behavior.
"Because some people are idiots." Johan muttered in reply, him and his sister being at the same table as her, Gavin and Damian. Bast was currently sitting with Ororo.
"My sentiments exactly." The pseudo vampire nodded in agreement. This caused Damian to suddenly grin in a mischievous manner that usually only meant one thing: absolute absurdity.
Looking around the toddler saw a woman wearing a fancy sun hat with feathers in it and he teleported one of his hands above it using one of his portals before plucking a feather and then making another portal right underneath Drake's nose and started tickling it.
Upon feeling his nose getting tickled, the dragon hatching started to giggle at the sensation before he felt a sneeze start to build up.
"Eh eh eh ehh ehhh AH-CHOOOO!" The tyke sneezed, transforming into his dragon form and hocking and acid loogy at the woman's plate, causing it to dissolve along with the table and make the woman jolt up and bump into a waiter and knock over his tray carrying a plate of flaming Bananas Foster, which caught one of the tables on fire.
"What the-?!" Laura yelped in surprise at the sudden occurrence. She then looked at Drake who was now back to normal, some left over snot dripping from his nose.
"Drake…" Chelsea groaned as she used a napkin to wipe her son's nose. "I told you, warn us next time you need to sneeze." She told the boy, who looked a little saddened by upsetting his mother.
"And now we gotta put up with those people complaining…" Logan groaned. Meanwhile at Gavin's table, Damian was laughing his little butt off at the insanity that was unfolding.
"Really, Damian?" Gavin sighed, figuring this was his doing.
"This kid is a little menace." Johan said as the blueberry continued to laugh until he started letting out little hoarse coughs. Rogue was quick to give him some water to soothe his throat somewhat while Gavin pat his back.
After the commotion subsided, the same obnoxious woman who had been causing this problem, started to harass the families about the actions of the two toddlers.
"All of you need to discipline those gremlins you call your kids!" She ranted without care for her words. It got so bad that Damian and Drake started crying. This led to Gavin getting pissed off before he stood up and glared at the woman angrily.
Though this was no ordinary glare, oh no. This was something much worse. This particular glare was part of his special fear technique called Bloodlust Binding, a sort of intimidation tactic he reserved for when he was really angry.
"You made my son cry, you whelp! Do you know what happens when people make him cry…?! I make them scream for mercy!" He hissed, his presence making everyone but his friends and family find it hard to breathe.
"Gavin, calm down." Johan said as he put his hand on the boy's shoulder. "Let me handle this." He offered. Gavin looked at him before he reigned in his anger and let everyone breathe again before he nodded. The man then glared at the woman. "You do realize that you are, by law, prohibited from harassing mutants, right? I could have you detained in your cabin for this since I'm the one in charge of enforcing the laws in question." He stated, his glare unwavering.
"You're bluffing, there's absolutely no way." The woman snapped.
"Do I look like I'm bluffing?" The soldier retorted with a stern look. The woman wanted to argue, but she was too intimidated by the look in his eyes to even try. Instead, she just huffed and stomped off. "Hmph." He grunted.
"Good riddance." Rogue huffed. Needless to say the rest of the crowd was glad that the woman was gone, but unfortunately they were also a little annoyed that the two kids partially responsible for making her leave had caused such a ruckus. Though the majority of them simply decided to let it go since the culprits were just two years old.
(Later)
Gavin, Rogue, Kitty and Bobby were walking somewhere when the southern belle asked a question.
"Hey Gavin, did we ever introduce Emma to Damian?" She asked, causing him to pause.
"I… don't think so, actually. We should do that." He mused.
"I agree." Bobby nodded.
"Same." Kitty chirped.
Though as the group had come to this conclusion, Emma, who was in the hot tub area of the boat, was relaxing in her vacation swimsuit. This got her various sets of lecherous looks from the men who were in the area.
'Some people have no self control…' She sighed internally, her telepathy causing her mind to be bombarded by the many sexual fantasies that the men were thinking of enacting on her. Each more depraved than the last. 'I rest my case.' She added. The therapist was starting to wonder if she should leave right now and come back when there were less people.
Luckily for her though, Marcus had come back with a pair of drinks. One being a beer for himself and the other being a gin martini for her. The sight of the man seemed to be enough to make the perverse onlookers leave, and allowed the blonde a brief moment of relief.
"Here you go." The man said as he gave the platinum blonde her drink and sat next to her in the hot tub.
"Thanks." She nodded in gratitude. "It's truly exhausting having to deal with the pervasiveness of the masses." She sighed.
"Then why don't you just wear a less skimpy swimsuit?" He asked.
"If only it were that simple…" Emma sighed. "No, besides, I don't like to restrict myself in the coverings of cloth. My body is one of my best assets, so I might as well show it."
"You know, we could pretend to be a couple to show that you're of limits." Marcus offered with a smirk as he imagined the jealous looks of everyone perving on her.
"I'll have to decline that notion… Even if the image of a dozen jealous people amuses me greatly." The telepathy declined with a small grin as she picked up said image in his mind.
"Worth a shot." The recovering addict shrugged. "... Think this trip will help with my recovery in some way?" He asked after a moment.
"Provided the correct type and amount of relaxing stimuli, yes, I believe it will help you significantly." Emma nodded. Her mind may have been on his mental well-being but she also couldn't help but let her eyes wander elsewhere.
Marcus had a well built body, and she couldn't deny it. She drank in his muscles, which looked to be a runner's build, if she was correct. If she was honest, it suited him.
Likewise, the molecular manipulator was checking out his therapist. She said her body was her greatest asset, and it was true. She was an absolute beauty.
"Hey Ms. Frost." Gavin said as he and the others walked up to them, the boy having Damian ride on his shoulders. The toddler was wearing a breathable long sleeve shirt, pants and an amigasa wide brimmed straw hat to protect his sensitive eyes and skin from the harsh sunlight.
"Oh, hello Ga-" The therapist started before noticing Damian. "... Is that a toddler?" She asked.
"Yep. He's my son, and I wanted to introduce you to him since I don't recall ever getting the chance to." He nodded as he set his son on the ground before he walked to the edge of the hot tub and sat down next to the telepathic woman. "So, Emma Frost, meet Damian Qrow Shirakumo." He said as the toddler looked into Emma's eyes and giggled at her, causing her to smile.
"Oh, aren't you adorable." She cooed as she gently rubbed one of his cheeks, causing him to giggle more as he held her hand to his face.
"Aw, he likes you." Rogue giggled.
"That was a given. Let's face it." Marcus commented with a grin as the blue skinned toddler rubbed his face into the psychiatrist's hand. Emma smiled at him before lifting herself out of the water, leaving only her feet in, and dried herself off a bit with a towel before setting a fresh one on her lap and placing Damian on it before hugging him and kissing him on the forehead.
"Pretty lady." The little boy giggled. This caused everyone to laugh since that's exactly what he called Frig when he met her.
"Kid's not wrong." Bobby chuckled. Just as he said that though, Tabitha and Kai came up to them, with Amara and Pele in tow, the latter two looked absolutely horrible.
"Oh, hey you- Oh man, you two don't look so hot." Marcus began before noticing how horrible the two heat users looked and grew concerned.
"We need to get Amara and Pele off this boat and onto dry land ASAP." Kai told them. As if by some god given miracle, seconds later, the captain addressed the ship.
"Attention passengers, this is your captain speaking. We've got some bad weather ahead of us. As a result, we won't be able to reach the Bahamas as soon as we thought. So we'll be dropping anchor at the nearby island and wait it out there. My apologies for the inconvenience." The captain announced before the intercom shut off. The group of mutants glanced at each other.
"... Excursion anyone?" Gavin offered.
"Not like we got anything better to do." Tabitha shrugged.
"Then let's go." The pseudo vampire said as they had Bobby make a boat out of ice so they could leave, leaving Damian with Emma so he wouldn't have to be traveling around so much.
"You think we should tell Ororo?" Marcus asked as the two went to get changed.
"I think we should." Emma nodded as Damian happily nuzzled himself against her bosom. "Come on, Damian, I'll let you help me pick out my outfit." She smiled.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile on the other side of the boat, Kurt, Kitty, Lance, Laura and Peter all heard the announcement and were thinking of checking the island out themselves. Especially Peter since the rest of his team kinda left him hanging to do their own things.
"How are we gonna get over there?" The web slinger wondered. That's when they slowly turned to face Kurt.
"Me? Vhat am I, a taxi?" The blue fuzz ball questioned.
"How else are we supposed to get over there?" Lance shrugged.
"... Fine, grab on." Kurt sighed, but as he was about to teleport, Drake suddenly came waddling up behind him and due to his dragon sight seeing through Kurt's image inducer, he saw his tail wagging in front of him. Soon instinct took over and…
CHOMP!
"Yow!" Kurt yelped as he teleported to the island, and as soon as they arrived, he lifted his tail after turning off his watch and found that Drake was dangling from it in his dragon form.
"Ouch." Kitty winced. Laura quickly ran over and tried to get her little brother off Kurt's tail.
"Drake, no! Bad dragon! Let go of Kurt's tail now!" She ordered the hatchling as she tried to pull him off the teleporting Mutant's tail. Easier said than done since he refused to budge.
"Try scratching him between the wings!" Kitty exclaimed. This gave Peter the idea to do just that with some ice from the water canteen he had with him and as soon as he did…
"Yipe!" Drake yelped as he let go of the tail and flew directly into Laura's arms, shivering like mad and trying to get warm by crawling underneath her shirt.
"Thanks. Zhat actually hurt a lot." The fuzball said as he rubbed his tail.
"Sorry Kurt, Drake's instincts can sometimes make him a little chomp happy." The girl sighed as her brother turned back to normal, still under her shirt and shivering.
"Sissy, fweezing…" He whimpered, before turning to Kurt. "Sowey." He added.
"Don't vorry about it." The teleporter replied softly as he patted the tyke on the head. With that out of the way the group then continued to explore the island.
(Elsewhere)
"Where did Drake go?" Logan wondered as he and Chelsea looked around for their son.
"Laura's missing too." Chelsea noticed as well. "Where could they have gone?"
"There you are." Came the voice of Ororo from behind them, prompting them to turn and face her.
"What's up Ororo? Hey, you haven't seen Drake and Laura anywhere?" The blonde asked.
"No, but Gavin, Rogue, Tabitha, Bobby, Kai, Pele and Amara have gone to the nearby island since our local lava users haven't been feeling well." The atmobender replied, having already been informed by Emma of their whereabouts.
"Oh…" Chelsea nodded before looking at Logan. "You think they're...?" She wondered aloud.
"Probably." The scraggly man nodded.
"I'll fly us over." The dragons said as her wings came out. In a way, she was glad she went to Asgard since her powers evolved as a result. She was never really able to transform her body parts this well before without her concentrating really hard.
It was a good turn out, she had to admit.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile back on the island, Jean and Scott had seemingly also gone to the same island to get some alone time… Only to bump into the two groups of kids minutes later.
"What are you guys even doing here?" The shaded ten sighed.
"A mission of mercy. Pele and Amara haven't been doing so well, so we brought them here to make them feel better." Bobby explained.
"Seriously these two looked like they were about to keel over, the poor things." Rogue said as she hugged Pele.
"Okay, that I can believe since I saw them like that." Jean commented with a nod.
"We're thinking about finding some hot springs and relaxing in them. Wanna join us?" Pele offered.
"No thanks." Scott said before he noticed a familiar looking winged blonde landing outside the market. "But they probably would." He said as Chelsea and Logan walked around the town looking for them.
"Wonder what brings them here…" Gavin mused.
"Let's ask." Rogue said as she walked toward them. "Hey you two, what're you guys doing here?" She asked as they approached the two.
"Oh, hey Rogue. We think Laura and Damian got here somehow. Seen them anywhere?" Chelsea asked. As if on cue, Drake immediately started squirming in Laura's grip to try and get to his mom and dad.
"Momma, Dada!" He said happily. This caused them to snap their heads at the sound of his voice. They then ran towards them and the little guy was quick to start hugging on mom and nuzzling his dad. Though this kinda made Laura feel like chopped liver… Right before she was pulled into the hug.
"Okay seriously you two, you need to stop running off so much." Chelsea told her kids. "Because one, every time Drake disappears, collateral damage and candy theft follows." She added as she looked at her two year old who simply buried himself into her chest. "And two, the last time you disappeared, some psycho shoved you in a pain tank full of crazy chemicals." She finished. "Seriously, with a track record like that it's a wonder we even let you out of the house at all."
"Please never mention what happened to me." Laura said with a shiver. "Anyway, we're gonna try to find some natural hot springs here. Wanna join us?" She asked.
"No, I'm still water logged from the pool." The dragon queen told her. "I think me and Logan will just take Drakey here for some shopping. Whaddya say buddy?" She asked him.
"Yay!" The toddler giggled.
(Later)
After leaving to find the closest hot spring, Pele and Amara immediately started feeling better after sitting down in the warm pools, the same went for Kai oddly enough, who seemingly seemed to get even more energized than usual.
"What's got you all hyped up?" Gavin asked the aquamancer.
"I'm not sure, I think it might be the water. Every time I get in natural springs or hot water I always feel energized. Though natural hot springs like this also tend to make me feel… well, risqué if I stay in them too long." Kai replied with a bit of a blush.
"So it makes you literally feel steamy?" Bobby guessed.
"Y-yeah…" The girl nodded, her blush growing. Pele meanwhile wasn't paying attention and instead decided to dive underwater with Amara following her. As they neared the bottom of the spring, they found a fissure, and when they got closer to it, they felt something happen that caused the water to heat up even further.
"Is it just me, or is it starting to get hot in here?" Gavin asked.
"Yeah, I'm starting to feel like water does inside a kettle!" Kai yelped.
"Ow!" Laura yelped as she got out of the water, burns and blisters healing, popping and healing again in a matter of seconds. "Now I know how my tea bags feel when I make it in the morning." She said while shuddering.
"Everyone out!" Lance exclaimed as he quickly got out of the water. As everyone climbed out they soon noticed that they were down two people.
"Where's Amara?" Tabitha questioned.
"And Pele?" Kai said in worry. That's when two in question surfaced, their powers active. "There you two are!" She sighed in relief.
"We need to leave, now!" Amara said in alarm.
"Yeah, we don't know how but somehow we may have woken up the-!" Pele started to say before…
RUMBLE!
The volcano started rumbling with activity. This caused everyone to become alarmed.
"Okay, time to bobsled!" Bobby said as he made an ice slide for everyone.
"No need to tell me twice, lead the way popcicle!" Lance said as they booked it out of there. As soon as they reached the town everything was shaking.
"Lance! What did you do now?!" Jean yelled as the others ran up to them.
"Why is it every time when there's a shake in the area, everyone assumes it's me?" The boy complained.
"Let's just keep these people safe!" Logan exclaimed as he ran into the fray.
Rockslides started to occur, and Scott, Lance and Gavin were on the job trying to bust, deflect or block the debris. Laura and were slicing up any that got past them as was Jean. Amara and Pele were trying to make a wall to block further slides, Kurt was teleporting people to safety while Chelsea flew them. Bobby tried to make a second ice wall, Tabitha and kitty were getting people from tight spaces. And little Drake was trying to breathe acid on the rocks that were blocking the evacuation path with Rogue's help.
"That should do it." Gavin called as the quaking stopped, leaving the locals to look at the people who saved them in surprise.
"We should probably le-" Scott started to say before the people they saved started cheering. "Huh?" He said as they all looked at the islanders in confusion.
"I didn't exactly expect this good of a reception outside of the states." Logan commented.
"Same." Gavin nodded. "Not gonna lie, it does feel nice to make a good first impression like this." He added.
It was then that the group was treated by the locals to a party as thanks for saving them and the market, though Amara and Pele did feel slightly responsible for what had occurred, which weighed on them a bit.
"Something wrong, you two?" Scott asked.
"I think we may be the reason the Volcano acted up." Amara told him.
"What do you mean?" The teen asked in confusion.
"When we were in the hot springs, our powers acted up when we got near an underwater fissure. After that… Well, you know what happened." Pele explained with a sigh.
"Yeah, when we touched the fissure and it suddenly started resonating with our powers, like we're connected to it or something." Amara added.
"Connected?" Jean asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah. It's hard to explain." The Hawaiian girl nodded. Suddenly, the volcano rumbled again, getting everyone's attention. They looked and saw that the top was starting to smoke, and those who knew about volcanos knew what that meant.
"Jesus Mother Fucking Christ…" Gavin said before he was smacked in the head by Laura while Chelsea covered Drake's ears.
"Language! There's a child here!" The girl scolded.
"A child that would be safer on the ship right now, I might add." Gavin rebuked.
"Good point." Chelsea nodded before she transformed and left for the ship. Right as she did though, the volcano popped its top. When that happened, the islanders started panicking again.
"Quick! Everyone stop the lava!" Scott exclaimed as he used his eye beam to knock over a pillar, only for the molten rock to go around it. Bobby tried to make an ice wall to stop it… But the lava melted it. That was bound to happen.
"This is literally getting us-!" The ice boy said before a large torrent of water swept onto him and soaked the lava and him in the process, courtesy of Kai. "... Nowhere." He added flatly as he spat out a small mackerel.
"Sorry!" The girl apologized.
With Amara and Pele, a fissure was starting to open before the former of the two used their powers to seal it. Then they suddenly felt something calling out to them.
"You feel that?" Pele asked her roommate.
"Yeah. Let's go." Amara nodded. With that, the two girls started heading for the volcano's crater.
"Hey, where did Amara and Pele go?" Lance yelled as he avalanched a bunch of rocks into a space where Jean was keeping the lava held.
"I don't know!" Tabitha called back as she used her powers to make some holes for lava to flow into.
(Elsewhere)
Chelsea landed on the boat and was met by Emma and Ororo, The former now wearing a white skirt with sleeveless V neck, an outfit Damian helped her pick out.
"Ladies, we have a big problem." She told the two.
"I think it's hard not to see what it is." Emma said as she looked at the erupting volcano.
"I'll get over there and help." Ororo nodded as she went to quickly get changed into her uniform.
"Emma, keep an eye on Drake for me. I need to go help the others." The blonde requested as she handed her son to the blonde who held him in her free arm while Damian was in the other. With that done the Dragon Queen flew away to help with the volcano.
(Meanwhile)
Amara and Pele had just made it to the crater of the volcano, and stared into the lava like they were in a trance. Storm, who had been pouring rain onto the lava to cool it, saw them.
"Amara, Pele, get away from there!" She called out to them, but her words fell on deaf ears. The two girls dove into the lava and they then started to concentrate and focus, and as they did, they started forcing the Volcano's lava to retreat back underground and the lava that was above ground to cool and harden rapidly.
Everyone looked at the now hardened lava in confusion.
"Um… What?" Gavin wondered in a baffled tone. Kai, however, had a pretty good idea of what happened.
"I think Amara as Pele did this." She said.
"Well thank god for that." Lance sighed as he fell to the ground in exhaustion. Soon after the lava receded, the two girls came walking down the mountainside with Ororo behind them.
"Hey, you two. Nice job. How'd you stop the lava?" Bobby asked.
"We jumped into the crater." Pele shrugged, causing everyone to look at the two girls in shock and disbelief.
"What?!" Kitty exclaimed with wide eyes.
"Yeah, exactly!" Lance nodded, his eyes just as wide.
"Just go with it…" Amara sighed.
"Either way, it looks like you two gained a better understanding of your powers." The pseudo vampire noted.
"Yeah, looks like it." The two nodded.
(Later)
After everyone was back on the ship they all decided to sit down for dinner with the others. "Well, I think that was a pretty fun side trip." Bobby said cheerfully. This got a chorus of agreements. "And we should never do anything like that again." He added.
"Seconded." Kai chirped with a nod.
"Motion carried." Gavin added.
"Yeah, but still, you lot just proved that mutants can be exceptionally helpful in natural disasters. That's gonna be a great piece of info for the future." Johan told them.
"Not to mention it'll improve the image of mutants worldwide." Katerina added.
"Here's hoping." Gavin nodded as they all started eating again.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile at the Institute, Xavier was in the middle of playing chess with Bronson who had stopped by while Hank read a book in an armchair.
However this was interrupted when the doorbell rang. "You expecting any visitors, Professor?" Bronson asked.
"No, not that I'm aware." Xavier responded.
"Who could that be, then?" Hank wondered before he went to answer the door. When he reached the door, he opened it and found a small girl, who looked to be barely older than 10 or 11. She was around 4'6" with black hair, a skin tone similar to Laura's and had green eyes like her as well. Additionally she had two shallow scars going down her face at her eyes as well.
Next the little girl's attire. She was wearing a pair of black shorts and a black long sleeve shirt and a pair of long yellow stockings with the left having black tiger stripes and the other having pink Xs on them. Lastly, she had on cute purple boots with mint green laces.
Though what really surprised Hank was the fact that the girl was holding an actual living breathing baby wolverine in her arms. The little guy even had a collar and tag on him.
"Hi! Can I come in?" She asked in a cheerful tone.
"Um… Yes you can." The beast like man nodded dumbly as he let her into the Institute and brought her to Charles. "Charles, it seems we have a guest." He told the telepath.
Xavier turned to face them and saw the girl and the baby wolverine. "Hello, to whom am I having the pleasure of meeting?" He asked as he rolled himself over towards her. The girl smiled cheerily as she shook his hand whilst her furry companion squirmed and swatted at said hand.
"I'm Gabriella Zelda Kinney, but you can call me Gabby." The girl introduced herself as she held up her pet. "And this is Jonathan, my pet wolverine I rescued from a group of Poachers in Canada." She added as said critter tried to get back towards her.
"My name is Charles Xavier. May I ask how you got here?" He asked.
"Oh! My friend Wade Wilson dropped me off. I was supposed to come here to meet with my older sister but I got lost." Gabby explained.
"Who's your sister?" Bronson asked.
"Hmm? Oh! Right! Her name's Laura." The girl told the three as Jonathan crawled on top of her head.
The Howletts were in for a big shock when they got back.
Dragon Emperor0: And there we are folks, the Segway into the episode that will be replacing X-23 in our story. The chapter will be called "Origin: Honey Badger." Yes, that is Gabby's canon codename, do not me. It's adorable.
ThermalsniperN7: I agree. An adorable girl like Gabby deserves an adorable codename. Also, sorry it took so long to get this chapter done.
Dragon Emperor0: Lag, Family things and a good night sleep got in the way this time. We'll try to be quicker next time. Anyway guys, see you guys next week!
