Shifting Sands
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "On the perversity meter of 1 to 10, you just hit a 73!"
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Incidentally, i remind everyone that this is sorta AU, as such my Magneto did not 'die'....not that i've seen the episode that it happens in anyway... *sniffle*....bet he's a horseman.
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Chapter 3 - Hearts Change
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"I'm telling you dude, she winked at me".
Roberto rolled his eyes. All he had wanted was a peacefull walk by himself, but nooooooo! Bobby had tagged along, the guy couldn't take a hint if it was smacked across his face.
"Bobby, she didn't wink at you, she had an eye infection", he pointed out, "it was all puffy and red...or didn't you notice that?".
"Oh, shut up, what do YOU know?", said Bobby, "you haven't had a date since....hey, you never HAVE had a date!".
Roberto cleared his throat uneasily.
"I have my reasons", he said sadly,before noticing Warlock stapling 20 posters on one tree, ".....poor guy".
Bobby followed Roberto's line of vison and sighed.
"Awww, come on, lets help him", he said as they approched the young alien, "hey 'Lock...how's it going?".
Warlock gave a small, saddened sigh.
"Self misses Self-Pet terribly", he said, "Self is..distraught. Self-Carer Forge said that maybe if Self puts up these printed pictures, someone will find Self-Pet, and bring him back to Self".
Bobby and Roberto blinked as they saw every tree in the park covered with about 30 lost pet posters...each.
"....Okay, Warlock...i'm gonna show you how to spread stuff around a weeeee bit", said Bobby, "but first, lets go to the mall. I know how we can jazz up these posters REAL good, make them eye-catching".
Warlock grinned, giving Bobby a hug.
"Thank you Self-Friend Bobby", said Warlock.
"You coming Roberto?", asked Bobby as he tried to pry the alien off him.
"Actually, i'm going to pass", said Roberto, "going to just...carry on walking for a bit".
"Your loss", said Bobby with a shrug, as he headed off towards the mall.
"Self-Friend Roberto looks...sad, upset, withdrawn", said Warlock, "is there anything Self can do to make Self-Friend feel better?".
"Mm?", said Roberto, the shrugged, "no, i'll be fine, 'Lock....just remembering, is all".
Warlock blinked, before shrugging and heading after Bobby...he wanted to get his dog back.
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"Sidney...can we go home and forget about all of this?....please?", asked Freddy weakly as Sidney wandered around the mall, still dragging him along with her, "you won't find anything my size, honest".
"Who said i was getting you clothes?"
"You did.....five minutes ago", replied Fredy dryly.
"Phhhft, details", said Sidney with a wave of her hand, "appearance doesn't matter anyway".
"You're just saying that because you realised that nothing will fit me", pointed out Freddy.
"Nope, not true", said Sidney, pulling him to the food court, "look at all these free ladies, just waiting for a nice guy to come and swoop them up".
"Let him", said Freddy, "i'm going home".
"STAY - PUT", said Sidney with a growl.
Freddy considered making a break for it...but she could probably run ALOT faster than he could. He gave a defeated sigh and stayed where he was.
"Good", said Sidney, "now, i'm gonna go ask a..few...".
She trailed off into silence. Freddy blinked, folowing her line of vison to where Piotr and Kitty walking across the other side of the mall....hand in hand. Freddy turned to look at Sidney, who sighed softly.
"I already knew", she said quietly for Fred's benifit, "he told me last night...that's why i was out so late, telling him all the things she liked...stuff like that".
"But......you like him still, don't you?", asked Fred.
Sidney gave a nochalant shrug.
"That doesn't matter", she said, "Kitty grabbed him first...no biggie. We're still good friends".
"You...gonna be okay?", said Freddy, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"I'll be fine", said Sidney, unconvincingly "....just dandy"
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After yet another 'phone-battle' with Kurt, Jamie had walked away victorious, and was currently talking with Gina. Kurt frowned from the other side of the room,, Jamie had CHEATED. That he had, a wall of mulitples surrounded the main Jamie, seperating Kurt from the phone with a living barrier. He COULD just port in the middle...but he'd let Jamie finish talking.....he didn't want to get grounded again.
"I can't believe Bobby would advertise that Forge would give a twenty thousand dollar reward for anyone who just SAW his dog".
Kurt blinked as Hank and Logan walked in.
"Yes...well he did", said Logan with a slight chuckle, "Forge says his phone hasn't stopped ringing for hours"
"I had nothing to do vith it!!!", said Kurt quickly, "completely inocent!!!".
The two adults blinked at him.
"Oooookay", said Logan, "but Bobby isn't...and Sam decided he'd 'help' by flying past ALLLL the windows of that huge appartment block and stick a poster on each one so people could read it from the inside".
Hank shook his head with a sigh.
"First Ororo, now Samuel...i'm telling you, something is making all of our responsible residents turn the other way", he said, "i do hope not it's not catching".
"Until i see the Professor in a conga line, i'll have hope for this place", said Tabby, walking past with a slightly manical giggle.
"Oooookay", said Kurt, backing away, "you're slightly more deranged than usual, Tabby".
"Nope, i'm just in a good mood, Kurt", said Tabby with a wink, before sauntering off.
"Did she just call you Kurt?", asked Logan, "what happened ta 'Blue'".
"I don't know", said Kurt, "she hasn't flirted vith me for ages, thankfully....but she hasn't blown anything up either".
"Boom Boom hasn't caused a major explosion?", asked Hank, his eyes bogging, "oh dear....it's making the responsible ones into care-free luantics and the care-free lunatics into responsible ones".
"I don't vanna be responsible!", screamed Kurt in a panic.
*BAMF*
".....You brought that one on yourself, Henry", Hank said to himself with a sigh....Kurt would really have to learn the meaning of the term 'speculation'.
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Sidney sighed as she headed to the front door of the Brotherhood house. Freddy had managed to escape her by hiding in the food court, so she had to cancel her 'romance lesson' and defeatedly walk home. She wasn't in the mood for fun now anyway....man, did EVERY guy she fell for HAVE to fall for someone else? Life did sucketh. As she opened the door and headed inside, it got just that LITTLE bit worse.
"Hello, Miss Cagney".
Sidney paused, before noticing a figure sitting in the living room.
"Magneto....what are you doing here?".
"Actually, i'm looking for your Uncle", said Magneto, "he's been....slacking off in his duties as of late, and i was wondering where on Earth he keeps running off to".
"Well, as you can see, he isn't here", said Sidney, "i haven't seen him for ages either..so that makes two of us".
"And you have no clue where he is?".
"Uncle Vic never tells me where he's going", said Sidney, "he like the freedom to just...go".
"Well he'd better START showing up", said Magneto, standing up, "oh tell my son to have the team ready by nine tonight. I'll send some orbs to pick you all up".
Sidney paused, flicking her tail in confusion.
"Ok.....for what?".
"Does Pietro tell his team ANYTHING?", said Magneto with a frustrated sigh, "i would have been better sending Gambit in. You are all having an organised attack on an Anti-Mutant organisation".
"An...attack?", asked Sidney, blinking, "what do you mean?".
"We go in, we burn their headquarters to the ground", said Magneto, "how hard is it?".
"What if there are people inside?".
"Then there will be a few less mutant-haters in the world", said Magneto remorseless.
"But...we can't go about hurting inocent people!", said Sidney, "no matter how anti-mutant they are....".
"That is not for you to decide", said Magneto, "you are part of MY team, and as such, you follow MY orders. If you have a different opinion, then leave. You're here by your own free will".
"Unlike Piotr", said Sidney with a snort.
"I'll chose to ignore that coment", said Magneto darkly, heading for the door.
"I'm not going on that misson", said Sidney as he was leaving.
"Then you need to THINK about which side you're on", replied Magneto, stepping out of the house and closing the door behind him.
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Okay, before the Lancitty lynch mob comes to get me, i will proudly hold up my 'i love Lancitty' badge....be patient my friends, be patient. Do review. Until next time...
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "On the perversity meter of 1 to 10, you just hit a 73!"
****
Incidentally, i remind everyone that this is sorta AU, as such my Magneto did not 'die'....not that i've seen the episode that it happens in anyway... *sniffle*....bet he's a horseman.
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Chapter 3 - Hearts Change
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"I'm telling you dude, she winked at me".
Roberto rolled his eyes. All he had wanted was a peacefull walk by himself, but nooooooo! Bobby had tagged along, the guy couldn't take a hint if it was smacked across his face.
"Bobby, she didn't wink at you, she had an eye infection", he pointed out, "it was all puffy and red...or didn't you notice that?".
"Oh, shut up, what do YOU know?", said Bobby, "you haven't had a date since....hey, you never HAVE had a date!".
Roberto cleared his throat uneasily.
"I have my reasons", he said sadly,before noticing Warlock stapling 20 posters on one tree, ".....poor guy".
Bobby followed Roberto's line of vison and sighed.
"Awww, come on, lets help him", he said as they approched the young alien, "hey 'Lock...how's it going?".
Warlock gave a small, saddened sigh.
"Self misses Self-Pet terribly", he said, "Self is..distraught. Self-Carer Forge said that maybe if Self puts up these printed pictures, someone will find Self-Pet, and bring him back to Self".
Bobby and Roberto blinked as they saw every tree in the park covered with about 30 lost pet posters...each.
"....Okay, Warlock...i'm gonna show you how to spread stuff around a weeeee bit", said Bobby, "but first, lets go to the mall. I know how we can jazz up these posters REAL good, make them eye-catching".
Warlock grinned, giving Bobby a hug.
"Thank you Self-Friend Bobby", said Warlock.
"You coming Roberto?", asked Bobby as he tried to pry the alien off him.
"Actually, i'm going to pass", said Roberto, "going to just...carry on walking for a bit".
"Your loss", said Bobby with a shrug, as he headed off towards the mall.
"Self-Friend Roberto looks...sad, upset, withdrawn", said Warlock, "is there anything Self can do to make Self-Friend feel better?".
"Mm?", said Roberto, the shrugged, "no, i'll be fine, 'Lock....just remembering, is all".
Warlock blinked, before shrugging and heading after Bobby...he wanted to get his dog back.
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"Sidney...can we go home and forget about all of this?....please?", asked Freddy weakly as Sidney wandered around the mall, still dragging him along with her, "you won't find anything my size, honest".
"Who said i was getting you clothes?"
"You did.....five minutes ago", replied Fredy dryly.
"Phhhft, details", said Sidney with a wave of her hand, "appearance doesn't matter anyway".
"You're just saying that because you realised that nothing will fit me", pointed out Freddy.
"Nope, not true", said Sidney, pulling him to the food court, "look at all these free ladies, just waiting for a nice guy to come and swoop them up".
"Let him", said Freddy, "i'm going home".
"STAY - PUT", said Sidney with a growl.
Freddy considered making a break for it...but she could probably run ALOT faster than he could. He gave a defeated sigh and stayed where he was.
"Good", said Sidney, "now, i'm gonna go ask a..few...".
She trailed off into silence. Freddy blinked, folowing her line of vison to where Piotr and Kitty walking across the other side of the mall....hand in hand. Freddy turned to look at Sidney, who sighed softly.
"I already knew", she said quietly for Fred's benifit, "he told me last night...that's why i was out so late, telling him all the things she liked...stuff like that".
"But......you like him still, don't you?", asked Fred.
Sidney gave a nochalant shrug.
"That doesn't matter", she said, "Kitty grabbed him first...no biggie. We're still good friends".
"You...gonna be okay?", said Freddy, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"I'll be fine", said Sidney, unconvincingly "....just dandy"
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After yet another 'phone-battle' with Kurt, Jamie had walked away victorious, and was currently talking with Gina. Kurt frowned from the other side of the room,, Jamie had CHEATED. That he had, a wall of mulitples surrounded the main Jamie, seperating Kurt from the phone with a living barrier. He COULD just port in the middle...but he'd let Jamie finish talking.....he didn't want to get grounded again.
"I can't believe Bobby would advertise that Forge would give a twenty thousand dollar reward for anyone who just SAW his dog".
Kurt blinked as Hank and Logan walked in.
"Yes...well he did", said Logan with a slight chuckle, "Forge says his phone hasn't stopped ringing for hours"
"I had nothing to do vith it!!!", said Kurt quickly, "completely inocent!!!".
The two adults blinked at him.
"Oooookay", said Logan, "but Bobby isn't...and Sam decided he'd 'help' by flying past ALLLL the windows of that huge appartment block and stick a poster on each one so people could read it from the inside".
Hank shook his head with a sigh.
"First Ororo, now Samuel...i'm telling you, something is making all of our responsible residents turn the other way", he said, "i do hope not it's not catching".
"Until i see the Professor in a conga line, i'll have hope for this place", said Tabby, walking past with a slightly manical giggle.
"Oooookay", said Kurt, backing away, "you're slightly more deranged than usual, Tabby".
"Nope, i'm just in a good mood, Kurt", said Tabby with a wink, before sauntering off.
"Did she just call you Kurt?", asked Logan, "what happened ta 'Blue'".
"I don't know", said Kurt, "she hasn't flirted vith me for ages, thankfully....but she hasn't blown anything up either".
"Boom Boom hasn't caused a major explosion?", asked Hank, his eyes bogging, "oh dear....it's making the responsible ones into care-free luantics and the care-free lunatics into responsible ones".
"I don't vanna be responsible!", screamed Kurt in a panic.
*BAMF*
".....You brought that one on yourself, Henry", Hank said to himself with a sigh....Kurt would really have to learn the meaning of the term 'speculation'.
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Sidney sighed as she headed to the front door of the Brotherhood house. Freddy had managed to escape her by hiding in the food court, so she had to cancel her 'romance lesson' and defeatedly walk home. She wasn't in the mood for fun now anyway....man, did EVERY guy she fell for HAVE to fall for someone else? Life did sucketh. As she opened the door and headed inside, it got just that LITTLE bit worse.
"Hello, Miss Cagney".
Sidney paused, before noticing a figure sitting in the living room.
"Magneto....what are you doing here?".
"Actually, i'm looking for your Uncle", said Magneto, "he's been....slacking off in his duties as of late, and i was wondering where on Earth he keeps running off to".
"Well, as you can see, he isn't here", said Sidney, "i haven't seen him for ages either..so that makes two of us".
"And you have no clue where he is?".
"Uncle Vic never tells me where he's going", said Sidney, "he like the freedom to just...go".
"Well he'd better START showing up", said Magneto, standing up, "oh tell my son to have the team ready by nine tonight. I'll send some orbs to pick you all up".
Sidney paused, flicking her tail in confusion.
"Ok.....for what?".
"Does Pietro tell his team ANYTHING?", said Magneto with a frustrated sigh, "i would have been better sending Gambit in. You are all having an organised attack on an Anti-Mutant organisation".
"An...attack?", asked Sidney, blinking, "what do you mean?".
"We go in, we burn their headquarters to the ground", said Magneto, "how hard is it?".
"What if there are people inside?".
"Then there will be a few less mutant-haters in the world", said Magneto remorseless.
"But...we can't go about hurting inocent people!", said Sidney, "no matter how anti-mutant they are....".
"That is not for you to decide", said Magneto, "you are part of MY team, and as such, you follow MY orders. If you have a different opinion, then leave. You're here by your own free will".
"Unlike Piotr", said Sidney with a snort.
"I'll chose to ignore that coment", said Magneto darkly, heading for the door.
"I'm not going on that misson", said Sidney as he was leaving.
"Then you need to THINK about which side you're on", replied Magneto, stepping out of the house and closing the door behind him.
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Okay, before the Lancitty lynch mob comes to get me, i will proudly hold up my 'i love Lancitty' badge....be patient my friends, be patient. Do review. Until next time...