Shifting Sands
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "Fare thee well, mortal busboy"
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Happy Guy Fawkes Night for those who celebrate it......uky horrible firewoks *shudders*.
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Chapter 8 - Love grows
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The next morning dawned on a much quieter Brotherhood house. With Sidney absent, there was alot less....bizareness going on...plus there were no longer the morning bathroom rights fights that she and Wanda would have. Freddy had got himself up early, and made himself an early breakfast, as silenlty as he could. He then grabbed a coat and snuck towards the door, not wanting to be...
"Ooooh someone's dressed up"
.....spotted. Freddy paused by the door, glancing at the handle. He could run....but Pietro would catch him...damn.
"...Nowhere"
"Uh huh", said Pietro, disbeievingly, "then why are you wearing good, CLEAN clothes?"
"Because i'm going....", Freddy gave a sigh, "i'm going to see Rosemary"
Pietro blinked.
"And Rosemary is......."
Freddy cleared his throat and said something under his breath. By now, this had attracted the attention of the rest of the house, who had all come out of their rooms to look at him curiously.
"Didn't quite grasp that, Freddy", said Lance.
"She's my girlfriend, okay?"
The room went silent, before Pietro, Lance and Todd collapsed in laughter, rolling around on the floor.
"Yeah, pull the other one!", said Todd, "it's got bells on it!!!"
"You know, you can't go waving around an imaginary girlfriend, Blob", said Pietro, wiping tears of laughter from his eyes, "because that would be a whole new level of looserness for you"
"She's NOT imaginary", growled Fred, "she's real!".
"Hey, guys, give him a break!", snapped Wanda, "he can have a girlfriend if he wants one, which none of YOU have right now! Go on Freddy"
Freddy nodded a thanks to Wanda and left the house, the other guys blinking in shock.
"Yeah, well i WOULD have a girlfriend if metal man hadn't stolen her!", said Lance, crossing his arms, "thanks for opening up a wound!"
"I could have ANY girl i wanted!", defended Pietro
"Yeah!", said Todd, then paused, "wait...Poopsie...aren't YOU supposed to be my girlfriend?"
Wanda narrowed her eyes, before making a 'harumph' sound and stalking out of the room.
"That....can't be good", said Todd.
****
Meanwhile, at the Xavier Institute breakfast table, Warlock was trying out his new 'attitude'. He had changed the shape of his hair, so it was now a punked up mowhawk and had given himself a tattoo of a snake on his arm (okay, so he morphed himself a tattoo..but it was kinda the same, right?). He was currently sitting with his feet up on the table, his arms crossed.
"Feet off table, ALF", said Logan, walking in with a cup of coffee.
Warlock instantly started to do as he was told, until Bobby shook his head. Warlock gulped, took a deep breath and looked at the table.
"No".
Logan very almost chocked on his coffee...Warlock was the GOOD teen, he did as he was told, without question. He couldn't have gone bad, he COULDN'T!!.
"Beg your pardon?", said Logan, arching a brow.
Warlock cleared his throat.
"Self does not wish to takes Self's feet off the table", replied Warlock, not making eye-contact with Logan, "Self is comfy"
Logan blinked again, before staring at Bobby in horror.
"You brainwashed him!!".
"Did not!", said Bobby, "he's become a real teenager is all!"
"That's just......wrong", said Logan, shaking his head, "...you really are evil"
"I didn't DO anything!", said Bobby, "i just...helped him along".
Logan looked at him in complete and utter shock, then blinked as Storm walked in, humming happily to herself.
"Good morning, everyone", she said cheerfully.
"Ororo......", started Logan, before stopping himself, "no..no i don't think i want to know this one.."
***
"Got any threes?"
Gambit was quiet for a very long time, before giving a defeated sigh.
"Pyro...we're playing poker", he said, "not, Gambit repeats, N-O-T 'Go Fish'".
"Go Fish?, okay!", said Pyro, picking up a card from the pile.
Remy groaned, banging his head against the table, shifting his head to the side as he watched Piotr pace back and forth past the card table.
"Mon Ami, you better stop before you bore a hole in de floor, non?", he said.
Piotr turned his head and shrugged.
"I am concerned for Sidney", he said, "i am not knowing where she is....she could be hurt"
Remy blinked a few times.
"Are you SURE you don't like her?", he said, "because it looks very much to Gambit dat..."
Piotr narrowed his eyes, silencing the Cajun, before going back to his pacing.
"Is he still doing that?", asked Jason, walking in and raising an eyebrow.
"Heeeeeeyyyyy Jas!!!", said Pyro cheerfully, "want to play Go Fish? I'm beating Remy!"
"Poker, we are playin' POKER!!!", snapped Remy.
"See what a sore loser he is!", said Pyro in a not-very-whispering voice, "wanna play?"
"..No thank you", said Jason, "last time i was foolhardy enough to spend time with you i had to be doused with flame-retardant chemicals"
Pyro gave a giggled, flinging and arm over Jason's shoulder.
"Good times, huh Jas?"
"No", said Jason, brushing him off, "and don't call me 'Jas'".
"Okay, Jas", said Pyro, getting bored and starting to make a house of cards.
"Are you being sure that you cannot find her?", asked Piotr desperately.
"I TOLD you", said Jason with a defeated sigh, "i'm an Illusionist, not a physcic, my phsy abilites aren't strong enough to find someone..especially if we have no clue where she is"
"Calm yourself", said Remy, patting Piotr on the shoulder, "Sabertooth is looking for her..and she's his niece, i t'ink she can survive on her own, non?"
"Yes...", said Piotr, unsure, "but i still wish i could be doing something to help her"
"And make sure that Sabes doesn't tear you into little bitty pieces", said Remy with a chuckle.
Piotr was about to reply when manical cackling made the three mutants turn to see Pyro had set fire to his house of cards. Jason, Piotr and Remy blinked a few times, before Jason ever so calmly strolled off, grabbing one of the ten fire extinguishers in the room, and turning it on Pyro's 'burning house of cards'. Fires had become so commonplace in the Acolyte base...the group could put them out in their sleep...and often HAD.
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"All i'm saying is, we could REALLY use some sort of meals-on-wheels service down here. Call 1-800 SEWERSERVICE".
Sidney rolled her eyes at Morph as they walked down the tunnels.
"No one is ever gonna deliver food down here, Morph", she said, "you know, the fear of the freaky looking mutants?"
"We're not freaky looking", said Morph, "we're the unique and interesting ones"
"Can you be serious, even ONCE?".
"Nope, seriousness is for losers", replied Morph, "i prefer to be happy and joyfull".
Sidney blinked a few times.
"Even in this dump?"
"Even here, why a few twinkle lights, this place could be Buckingham Palace sweetheart", said Morph, waving his hands around.
Sidney chuckled, shaking her head.
"You are one of a kind, you know that?".
"Well so are you", said Morph, giving her a poke, "nothing like a physcotic cat-girl to wake you up in the mornings".
"Quiet you", said Sidney with a playfull growl, morphing herself into a tiger and knocking him to the ground.
"Toushe", replied Morph, taking the form of a white tiger and taking a playfull swipe at her.
Sidney gave the feline equivalent of a laugh, flicking her tail around before running off through the sewers. It wasn't long before Morph easily caught up with her, tackling her down and pinning her.
"I win", said Morph with a grin, she and he changing back to their original forms at the same time.
"Oh?", said Sidney, flicking her tail around his back, "and what do you win?".
"This", replied Morph, closing his eyes and leaning down, giving her a soft kiss.
"Mmm", said Sidney when he pulled away, "i was wondering how long it would take you to have the guts to try for my heart".
"And did i win it?", asked Morph, arching an eyrbrow.
"Maybe, i haven't decided yet", said Sidney.
With that, she giggled, giving him a kiss on the nose before morphing into a housecat, squirming from under him and trotting away. Morph blinked before smirking and watching her go with a small sigh.
"Morph".
Morph paused, glancing up to see a shadowy figure standing in one of the tunnels. Morph gave a squeak of fear, getting to his feet and walking over.
"Y..yes sir?".
"How goes the search of the tunnels?", asked the figure, "have you found the weakpoints yet?".
"J...Just give me more time, sir", said Morph, "the tunnels, heh heh, they're pretty long. Longer than a Blue Whales intestine, if ya' know what i mean?".
"I am in NO mood for jokes", growled the figure, "just keep your eyes on your mission. Try to ignore....distractions, huh?".
"Yes, sir", said Morph quietly, looking to the ground.
"Good",. said the figure, "don't fail me, Morph".
With that, he vanished into the shadows as quickly as he had appeared, leaving Morph standing alone.
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And another chapter down and dusted. Do reveiw. Until next time..
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "Fare thee well, mortal busboy"
***
Happy Guy Fawkes Night for those who celebrate it......uky horrible firewoks *shudders*.
***
Chapter 8 - Love grows
******
The next morning dawned on a much quieter Brotherhood house. With Sidney absent, there was alot less....bizareness going on...plus there were no longer the morning bathroom rights fights that she and Wanda would have. Freddy had got himself up early, and made himself an early breakfast, as silenlty as he could. He then grabbed a coat and snuck towards the door, not wanting to be...
"Ooooh someone's dressed up"
.....spotted. Freddy paused by the door, glancing at the handle. He could run....but Pietro would catch him...damn.
"...Nowhere"
"Uh huh", said Pietro, disbeievingly, "then why are you wearing good, CLEAN clothes?"
"Because i'm going....", Freddy gave a sigh, "i'm going to see Rosemary"
Pietro blinked.
"And Rosemary is......."
Freddy cleared his throat and said something under his breath. By now, this had attracted the attention of the rest of the house, who had all come out of their rooms to look at him curiously.
"Didn't quite grasp that, Freddy", said Lance.
"She's my girlfriend, okay?"
The room went silent, before Pietro, Lance and Todd collapsed in laughter, rolling around on the floor.
"Yeah, pull the other one!", said Todd, "it's got bells on it!!!"
"You know, you can't go waving around an imaginary girlfriend, Blob", said Pietro, wiping tears of laughter from his eyes, "because that would be a whole new level of looserness for you"
"She's NOT imaginary", growled Fred, "she's real!".
"Hey, guys, give him a break!", snapped Wanda, "he can have a girlfriend if he wants one, which none of YOU have right now! Go on Freddy"
Freddy nodded a thanks to Wanda and left the house, the other guys blinking in shock.
"Yeah, well i WOULD have a girlfriend if metal man hadn't stolen her!", said Lance, crossing his arms, "thanks for opening up a wound!"
"I could have ANY girl i wanted!", defended Pietro
"Yeah!", said Todd, then paused, "wait...Poopsie...aren't YOU supposed to be my girlfriend?"
Wanda narrowed her eyes, before making a 'harumph' sound and stalking out of the room.
"That....can't be good", said Todd.
****
Meanwhile, at the Xavier Institute breakfast table, Warlock was trying out his new 'attitude'. He had changed the shape of his hair, so it was now a punked up mowhawk and had given himself a tattoo of a snake on his arm (okay, so he morphed himself a tattoo..but it was kinda the same, right?). He was currently sitting with his feet up on the table, his arms crossed.
"Feet off table, ALF", said Logan, walking in with a cup of coffee.
Warlock instantly started to do as he was told, until Bobby shook his head. Warlock gulped, took a deep breath and looked at the table.
"No".
Logan very almost chocked on his coffee...Warlock was the GOOD teen, he did as he was told, without question. He couldn't have gone bad, he COULDN'T!!.
"Beg your pardon?", said Logan, arching a brow.
Warlock cleared his throat.
"Self does not wish to takes Self's feet off the table", replied Warlock, not making eye-contact with Logan, "Self is comfy"
Logan blinked again, before staring at Bobby in horror.
"You brainwashed him!!".
"Did not!", said Bobby, "he's become a real teenager is all!"
"That's just......wrong", said Logan, shaking his head, "...you really are evil"
"I didn't DO anything!", said Bobby, "i just...helped him along".
Logan looked at him in complete and utter shock, then blinked as Storm walked in, humming happily to herself.
"Good morning, everyone", she said cheerfully.
"Ororo......", started Logan, before stopping himself, "no..no i don't think i want to know this one.."
***
"Got any threes?"
Gambit was quiet for a very long time, before giving a defeated sigh.
"Pyro...we're playing poker", he said, "not, Gambit repeats, N-O-T 'Go Fish'".
"Go Fish?, okay!", said Pyro, picking up a card from the pile.
Remy groaned, banging his head against the table, shifting his head to the side as he watched Piotr pace back and forth past the card table.
"Mon Ami, you better stop before you bore a hole in de floor, non?", he said.
Piotr turned his head and shrugged.
"I am concerned for Sidney", he said, "i am not knowing where she is....she could be hurt"
Remy blinked a few times.
"Are you SURE you don't like her?", he said, "because it looks very much to Gambit dat..."
Piotr narrowed his eyes, silencing the Cajun, before going back to his pacing.
"Is he still doing that?", asked Jason, walking in and raising an eyebrow.
"Heeeeeeyyyyy Jas!!!", said Pyro cheerfully, "want to play Go Fish? I'm beating Remy!"
"Poker, we are playin' POKER!!!", snapped Remy.
"See what a sore loser he is!", said Pyro in a not-very-whispering voice, "wanna play?"
"..No thank you", said Jason, "last time i was foolhardy enough to spend time with you i had to be doused with flame-retardant chemicals"
Pyro gave a giggled, flinging and arm over Jason's shoulder.
"Good times, huh Jas?"
"No", said Jason, brushing him off, "and don't call me 'Jas'".
"Okay, Jas", said Pyro, getting bored and starting to make a house of cards.
"Are you being sure that you cannot find her?", asked Piotr desperately.
"I TOLD you", said Jason with a defeated sigh, "i'm an Illusionist, not a physcic, my phsy abilites aren't strong enough to find someone..especially if we have no clue where she is"
"Calm yourself", said Remy, patting Piotr on the shoulder, "Sabertooth is looking for her..and she's his niece, i t'ink she can survive on her own, non?"
"Yes...", said Piotr, unsure, "but i still wish i could be doing something to help her"
"And make sure that Sabes doesn't tear you into little bitty pieces", said Remy with a chuckle.
Piotr was about to reply when manical cackling made the three mutants turn to see Pyro had set fire to his house of cards. Jason, Piotr and Remy blinked a few times, before Jason ever so calmly strolled off, grabbing one of the ten fire extinguishers in the room, and turning it on Pyro's 'burning house of cards'. Fires had become so commonplace in the Acolyte base...the group could put them out in their sleep...and often HAD.
*******
"All i'm saying is, we could REALLY use some sort of meals-on-wheels service down here. Call 1-800 SEWERSERVICE".
Sidney rolled her eyes at Morph as they walked down the tunnels.
"No one is ever gonna deliver food down here, Morph", she said, "you know, the fear of the freaky looking mutants?"
"We're not freaky looking", said Morph, "we're the unique and interesting ones"
"Can you be serious, even ONCE?".
"Nope, seriousness is for losers", replied Morph, "i prefer to be happy and joyfull".
Sidney blinked a few times.
"Even in this dump?"
"Even here, why a few twinkle lights, this place could be Buckingham Palace sweetheart", said Morph, waving his hands around.
Sidney chuckled, shaking her head.
"You are one of a kind, you know that?".
"Well so are you", said Morph, giving her a poke, "nothing like a physcotic cat-girl to wake you up in the mornings".
"Quiet you", said Sidney with a playfull growl, morphing herself into a tiger and knocking him to the ground.
"Toushe", replied Morph, taking the form of a white tiger and taking a playfull swipe at her.
Sidney gave the feline equivalent of a laugh, flicking her tail around before running off through the sewers. It wasn't long before Morph easily caught up with her, tackling her down and pinning her.
"I win", said Morph with a grin, she and he changing back to their original forms at the same time.
"Oh?", said Sidney, flicking her tail around his back, "and what do you win?".
"This", replied Morph, closing his eyes and leaning down, giving her a soft kiss.
"Mmm", said Sidney when he pulled away, "i was wondering how long it would take you to have the guts to try for my heart".
"And did i win it?", asked Morph, arching an eyrbrow.
"Maybe, i haven't decided yet", said Sidney.
With that, she giggled, giving him a kiss on the nose before morphing into a housecat, squirming from under him and trotting away. Morph blinked before smirking and watching her go with a small sigh.
"Morph".
Morph paused, glancing up to see a shadowy figure standing in one of the tunnels. Morph gave a squeak of fear, getting to his feet and walking over.
"Y..yes sir?".
"How goes the search of the tunnels?", asked the figure, "have you found the weakpoints yet?".
"J...Just give me more time, sir", said Morph, "the tunnels, heh heh, they're pretty long. Longer than a Blue Whales intestine, if ya' know what i mean?".
"I am in NO mood for jokes", growled the figure, "just keep your eyes on your mission. Try to ignore....distractions, huh?".
"Yes, sir", said Morph quietly, looking to the ground.
"Good",. said the figure, "don't fail me, Morph".
With that, he vanished into the shadows as quickly as he had appeared, leaving Morph standing alone.
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And another chapter down and dusted. Do reveiw. Until next time..