Shifting Sands
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "No matter what the species, men are men!"
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Yey hoorah to my readers...i really don't say it enough, so i should now. LOVE YOU GUYS!
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Chapter 9 - Losing the lost
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Xavier sighed as he moved away from Cerbero. It had been a month since Tabitha had disapeared..he had called her mother, and found she hadn't been there once. Something was very wrong here...he couldn't pick up her mutant signature, which meant one of three things, she was either not using her powers, at all, someone was blocking the signal, or....he didn't want to think of possiblity number three. At the breakfast table, conversation had been a little morose. Depsite how wild she was...they were starting to miss Tabby, she added a whole lot of fun to the place, it wasn't the same without her.
"Piotr still can't find Sidney either", said Kitty, "the Acolytes and Brotherhood have looked all over for her and haven't got a clue where she is"
Ray coughed in his hand and fidgeted uncomfortably.
"What's wrong with you?", asked Rogue, cocking her head at him.
"Nothing, absoloutely nothing", said Ray quickly...a little TOO quickly.
"Ray.....do you know anything about Sidney?", asked Kitty, then crossed her arms, "'cause if you do, you should really speak up, because the Brotherhood are sick with worry"
"Ja, she's family...sort of", said Kurt, flicking his tail.
Ray winced, great they were ganging up on him.
"I promised i wouldn't say", he said weakly, then sighed, "she's with the Morlocks"
"The Morlocks!", said Kitty, "why didn't i think of that sooner?!"
With that, she stood up and headed for the door.
"Where are you going?", asked Ray, blinking, "you..you can't do down there, they wouldn't let you in!"
"I'm going to tell the Brotherhood", said Kitty, "they need to know where she is"
Ignoring Ray's protests, Kitty left the house, heading for the Brotherhood Boarding house.
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".....I suppose i'll have this..not that it does alot"
Amara plodded ahead of her Chaperones, half-heartedly putting items in her shopping basket
"Why are we here?", asked Forge, dully looking around the clothing store they were in.
"Because Amara's missing her best friend and she needs cheering up", said Storm, "and nothing cheers Amara up more than shopping...even if it's not actually working"
"Okay, let me re-phrase that", said Forge, "why am I here?"
"Because you wanted to keep me company", said Storm, "and didn't want me to to watch a teenager in an emotional state alone, you said so yourself"
"I did?"
"Yes, we discussed it", said Storm with a nod, "i thought about bringing you, i decided it was a good idea, you followed"
"Oh", said Forge, then sighed, "if anyone asks, i put up a fight"
"Yes dear", said Storm, then looked over at Amara, who was sighing sadly at a Pashmena, "She needs a father figure, go talk to her".
Forge blinked a few times, HIM? He was soooooo not a father figure.
"No", he replied.
Storm crossed her arms and tapped her foot.
"Forge, Honey, Go talk to her", she said, giving a very dangerous false smile reserved for those about to be frazzled.
"I don't want to".
"FORGE!".
Forge winced as he heard thunder rumble ominously.
"You know...one of these days, i'll win one of these 'descusions'", he said, sloping off to Amara.
"Yeah, that'll happen", said Storm with a snort, wandering off to another section of the shop.
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Meanwhile, in the dark sewerage systems under Bayville, the Brotherhood, Piotr and Pyro were searching around for Sidney.
"I'm telling you, the Sheila isn't here", said Pyro, a small ball of flame floating in front of him, keeping their path alit, "the Valley girl made a mistake"
"Kitty DIDN'T make a mistake", growled Lance, "she wouldn't, i know her better than anyone, even YOU tin-man"
Piotr rolled his eyes, Lance had been more than slightly testy with him all the time they were walking..it was getting a little tedious. If things weren't bad enough, Todd had been giving him daggers, blaming HIM for Sidney's disaperance.
"It is not my fault", he said.
"I'm not the one who ran off after someone else while still had feelings for me", said Todd.
"It seems to me, that was exactly what you did", shot back Piotr.
Todd narrowed his eyes, yeah, and now Wanda had gone to sulk in her room and refused point blank to come out.
"Man, it's creepy down here", said Pietro, "i wish Freddy wasn't on an imaginary date with his imaginary girlfriend, we could have used him"
"Well, well well, looks like we have intruders"
The group paused to see Calisto walk out from the shadows, keeping her..err eye on them all warily. Scaleface was close behind.
"What do you want here?", she said.
"We're here to see Sidney!", saiud Pietro, zipping to the front, "and we're not moving until we get her!"
Scaleface gave a low growl, making Pietro flinch.
"I mean...please fetch her"
"I'm already here", Sidney appeared the saem way Calisto had, Morph and Lucid following.
"SID!", said Todd happily, "man, we thought we lost you!"
"Nce to see you cared", replied Sidney flatly.
"We can't have people keep coming down here, Sidney", said Calisto, "it isn't safe for the others"
"Don't worry about it", said Sidney, "they were just leaving, right guys?"
The others looked between them.
"Sidney...are you not coming with us?", aksed Piotr.
"No".
"Come home, Sidney", said Todd, "please"
"I AM home!", snarled Sidney, "and i have been treated alot better here than anywhere else, at least i don't have guys walking out on me down here!"
Piotr cleared his throat sheepishly.
"I did not know you felt that way about me", he said, "i honestly did not"
"Well, i did", said Sidney, then added icily, "note DID, past tense...i found someone else"
"You...have?", said Todd and Piotr in unison, blinking.
"You have?", asked Morph, bewildered.
"Yes, i have", said Sidney, moving to stand beside Morph, amongst the gathered Morlocks, "this is my home now, and this is where i'm going to stay, so you all might as well leave, it was a wasted journey"
"But....Sid", started Todd.
"GO!", snarled Sidney.
The assembled Brotherhood and Acolytes looked at each other, before turning back and heading back the way they came. Todd stood to watch her for a second, pleading her with his eyes. When Sidney just looked away, he sighed and hopped after his team mates.
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"Well i tried to talk to her, and she ignored me and went off to cry", said Forge as he wandered back to Ororo, "at least i tried"
Well he HAD, it wasn't his fault his people skills had disintergated to a level where he couldn't hold a decent conversation with another person (other than Ororo) for longer than five minutes. He stopped dead when he saw Ororo had her head pressed up against a store window, cooing at the things in display. Closer inspection proved that said items were baby toys and clothes, which were making Ororo make very odd squeaky noises. That was enough to set alarm bells in Forge's head, not good, NOT GOOD.
"Ororo......", he said carefully, "step away from the window"
Ororo paused and cocked her head at a pair of tiny little baby booties
"Awwwww", she said, "that is the cutest wittle thing ever!".
Forge looked at the booties, then back at Ororo.
"No".
"Awwwww", said Ororo again, her voice going a decible higher, "but they are so...".
"No!", said Forge, leading her away from the baby store, shaking his head, "no, no, no".
"But..."
"No".
"I was not....."
"Oh yeah you were, I know that look, still, no".
"I was only looking", protested Ororo, "well, okay i was looking and gazing into a distant future"
She gave another happy sigh, making Forge whimper.
"Quit it", he said, "i'm gonna win this one"
"That's what you think", said Ororo with a teasing grin, sauntering off.
Forge blinked.
"What does that mean?", he said.
Storm grinned, she LOVED messing with his head, it was like a sport for her.
"You're a genius, you figure it out", she said kryptically.
Forge blinked a few times as Ororo headed off with Amara to the exit...what the heck?. Nope, he would NEVER undestand women.
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Tee hee, why do i keep torturing Forge? I do not know, i guess it's fun, heh heh. Do review. Until next time..
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "No matter what the species, men are men!"
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Yey hoorah to my readers...i really don't say it enough, so i should now. LOVE YOU GUYS!
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Chapter 9 - Losing the lost
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Xavier sighed as he moved away from Cerbero. It had been a month since Tabitha had disapeared..he had called her mother, and found she hadn't been there once. Something was very wrong here...he couldn't pick up her mutant signature, which meant one of three things, she was either not using her powers, at all, someone was blocking the signal, or....he didn't want to think of possiblity number three. At the breakfast table, conversation had been a little morose. Depsite how wild she was...they were starting to miss Tabby, she added a whole lot of fun to the place, it wasn't the same without her.
"Piotr still can't find Sidney either", said Kitty, "the Acolytes and Brotherhood have looked all over for her and haven't got a clue where she is"
Ray coughed in his hand and fidgeted uncomfortably.
"What's wrong with you?", asked Rogue, cocking her head at him.
"Nothing, absoloutely nothing", said Ray quickly...a little TOO quickly.
"Ray.....do you know anything about Sidney?", asked Kitty, then crossed her arms, "'cause if you do, you should really speak up, because the Brotherhood are sick with worry"
"Ja, she's family...sort of", said Kurt, flicking his tail.
Ray winced, great they were ganging up on him.
"I promised i wouldn't say", he said weakly, then sighed, "she's with the Morlocks"
"The Morlocks!", said Kitty, "why didn't i think of that sooner?!"
With that, she stood up and headed for the door.
"Where are you going?", asked Ray, blinking, "you..you can't do down there, they wouldn't let you in!"
"I'm going to tell the Brotherhood", said Kitty, "they need to know where she is"
Ignoring Ray's protests, Kitty left the house, heading for the Brotherhood Boarding house.
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".....I suppose i'll have this..not that it does alot"
Amara plodded ahead of her Chaperones, half-heartedly putting items in her shopping basket
"Why are we here?", asked Forge, dully looking around the clothing store they were in.
"Because Amara's missing her best friend and she needs cheering up", said Storm, "and nothing cheers Amara up more than shopping...even if it's not actually working"
"Okay, let me re-phrase that", said Forge, "why am I here?"
"Because you wanted to keep me company", said Storm, "and didn't want me to to watch a teenager in an emotional state alone, you said so yourself"
"I did?"
"Yes, we discussed it", said Storm with a nod, "i thought about bringing you, i decided it was a good idea, you followed"
"Oh", said Forge, then sighed, "if anyone asks, i put up a fight"
"Yes dear", said Storm, then looked over at Amara, who was sighing sadly at a Pashmena, "She needs a father figure, go talk to her".
Forge blinked a few times, HIM? He was soooooo not a father figure.
"No", he replied.
Storm crossed her arms and tapped her foot.
"Forge, Honey, Go talk to her", she said, giving a very dangerous false smile reserved for those about to be frazzled.
"I don't want to".
"FORGE!".
Forge winced as he heard thunder rumble ominously.
"You know...one of these days, i'll win one of these 'descusions'", he said, sloping off to Amara.
"Yeah, that'll happen", said Storm with a snort, wandering off to another section of the shop.
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Meanwhile, in the dark sewerage systems under Bayville, the Brotherhood, Piotr and Pyro were searching around for Sidney.
"I'm telling you, the Sheila isn't here", said Pyro, a small ball of flame floating in front of him, keeping their path alit, "the Valley girl made a mistake"
"Kitty DIDN'T make a mistake", growled Lance, "she wouldn't, i know her better than anyone, even YOU tin-man"
Piotr rolled his eyes, Lance had been more than slightly testy with him all the time they were walking..it was getting a little tedious. If things weren't bad enough, Todd had been giving him daggers, blaming HIM for Sidney's disaperance.
"It is not my fault", he said.
"I'm not the one who ran off after someone else while still had feelings for me", said Todd.
"It seems to me, that was exactly what you did", shot back Piotr.
Todd narrowed his eyes, yeah, and now Wanda had gone to sulk in her room and refused point blank to come out.
"Man, it's creepy down here", said Pietro, "i wish Freddy wasn't on an imaginary date with his imaginary girlfriend, we could have used him"
"Well, well well, looks like we have intruders"
The group paused to see Calisto walk out from the shadows, keeping her..err eye on them all warily. Scaleface was close behind.
"What do you want here?", she said.
"We're here to see Sidney!", saiud Pietro, zipping to the front, "and we're not moving until we get her!"
Scaleface gave a low growl, making Pietro flinch.
"I mean...please fetch her"
"I'm already here", Sidney appeared the saem way Calisto had, Morph and Lucid following.
"SID!", said Todd happily, "man, we thought we lost you!"
"Nce to see you cared", replied Sidney flatly.
"We can't have people keep coming down here, Sidney", said Calisto, "it isn't safe for the others"
"Don't worry about it", said Sidney, "they were just leaving, right guys?"
The others looked between them.
"Sidney...are you not coming with us?", aksed Piotr.
"No".
"Come home, Sidney", said Todd, "please"
"I AM home!", snarled Sidney, "and i have been treated alot better here than anywhere else, at least i don't have guys walking out on me down here!"
Piotr cleared his throat sheepishly.
"I did not know you felt that way about me", he said, "i honestly did not"
"Well, i did", said Sidney, then added icily, "note DID, past tense...i found someone else"
"You...have?", said Todd and Piotr in unison, blinking.
"You have?", asked Morph, bewildered.
"Yes, i have", said Sidney, moving to stand beside Morph, amongst the gathered Morlocks, "this is my home now, and this is where i'm going to stay, so you all might as well leave, it was a wasted journey"
"But....Sid", started Todd.
"GO!", snarled Sidney.
The assembled Brotherhood and Acolytes looked at each other, before turning back and heading back the way they came. Todd stood to watch her for a second, pleading her with his eyes. When Sidney just looked away, he sighed and hopped after his team mates.
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"Well i tried to talk to her, and she ignored me and went off to cry", said Forge as he wandered back to Ororo, "at least i tried"
Well he HAD, it wasn't his fault his people skills had disintergated to a level where he couldn't hold a decent conversation with another person (other than Ororo) for longer than five minutes. He stopped dead when he saw Ororo had her head pressed up against a store window, cooing at the things in display. Closer inspection proved that said items were baby toys and clothes, which were making Ororo make very odd squeaky noises. That was enough to set alarm bells in Forge's head, not good, NOT GOOD.
"Ororo......", he said carefully, "step away from the window"
Ororo paused and cocked her head at a pair of tiny little baby booties
"Awwwww", she said, "that is the cutest wittle thing ever!".
Forge looked at the booties, then back at Ororo.
"No".
"Awwwww", said Ororo again, her voice going a decible higher, "but they are so...".
"No!", said Forge, leading her away from the baby store, shaking his head, "no, no, no".
"But..."
"No".
"I was not....."
"Oh yeah you were, I know that look, still, no".
"I was only looking", protested Ororo, "well, okay i was looking and gazing into a distant future"
She gave another happy sigh, making Forge whimper.
"Quit it", he said, "i'm gonna win this one"
"That's what you think", said Ororo with a teasing grin, sauntering off.
Forge blinked.
"What does that mean?", he said.
Storm grinned, she LOVED messing with his head, it was like a sport for her.
"You're a genius, you figure it out", she said kryptically.
Forge blinked a few times as Ororo headed off with Amara to the exit...what the heck?. Nope, he would NEVER undestand women.
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Tee hee, why do i keep torturing Forge? I do not know, i guess it's fun, heh heh. Do review. Until next time..