Shifting Sands
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "Oxygen's for losers"
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Hey all, i appologise deeply for this chapter being so late.. filler chapters can be such a pain, no?
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Chapter 10 - Rosemary
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A few days later, Pietro Maximoff gave a bored sigh as he channel hopped. Of course, Pietro's version of channel hopping was making the channels blink by faster than anyone else could see, making the channels blend into one another seamlessly.
"And on todays show..."
"...no, Marcy, don't leave..."
"....the cake in the oven any longer than..."
"....fifty meters long in...."
"...other news, doctors descovered that..."
"...the kitten played with the yarn all day long"
Pietro groaned, turning the TV off. Bored, bored, boooorrreeed!!. He glanced up when the doorbell rang, oh well, it might just keep him occupied if it was a salesman..he could see how long it would take him to make the guy run off crying. When he opened the door, however, it was VERY obvious this wasn't a salesman. Standing by the door was a beautifull red-headed girl. Her blue eyes studied Pietro for a moment before giving a smile.
"Hi", she said, "i'm here for....."
"Hi", said Pietro, dumbfounded, "i'm Pretty Girl.....i mean, i'm Pietro"
He shook himself out of his state of shock to give her a leerly grin.
"Pietro Maximoff, at your service my lovely lady", he said with a mock bow, "what does a beauty like you want around here, need a cup of sugar?"
The girl rolled her eyes at him.
"Errrr no", she said, "he warned me you'd be like this"
Pietro blinked.
"Who warned you?"
"Freddy", said the girl, holding out a hand "i'm Rosemary"
"Rosemary?", squeaked Pietro, backing away from her, "you're REAL?!!..and so so so hot....nah, you can't be Freddy's girl!"
Rosemary crossed her arms, frowning at him.
"Yeah, i'm real", she said, "and i am, as you so crudely put it, 'Freddy's girl'".
"No way", said Pietro, narrowing his eyes in suspicion, "how much is he paying you to say this?"
"He's not!", said Rosemary, "why would he be paying me to say the truth you egotistical little.....weasel!"
"Oh...i see you've met Pietro".
Freddy smiled as he walked down the stairs and headed to the door. Rosemary shoved past Pietro to give Freddy a hug. Leaving Pietro gaping like a fish for a while.
"Told you she was real", said Freddy with a grin.
"But but..she so...", Pietro stammered, "i..i haven't dated THIS one yet...how did that happen? I've dated EVERYONE in Bayville"
"I moved into town a few weeks ago", said Rosemary, "Freddy was nice enough to help me find the mall. We got to talking and..well.."
She hugged his arm happily. Pietro blinked, heck no, this was NOT happening!! This was some sort of sugar induced illusion, yeah, he'd eaten too many of those chocolate brownies again.
"..That's scary", said Pietro, then smiled, "wouldn't you rather have ME show you around?. I can do it soooo much faster"
"No thank you", said Romsemary, "i prefer to date guys i can snuggle up to. Come on Freddy, the movie'll start soon"
As she led him out the door, Freddy gave Pietro a little salute, smirking. Pietro blinked as the door shut. He'd just been put down....for the Blob. Pietro screamed. He kept screaming until Todd moped past him and collapsed on the couch.
"What's wrong with you, Frog-Boy?", he asked, "you just missed Freddy's hot girlfriend, oh so hot..it's not fair!!!"
Todd blinked at him twice before sighing and crossing his arms.
"All women do is just break your heart", he said, "they don't care, none of them do! They just rip your heart out of your chest and dance on it in front of you, DANCE!!!"
"..Still peeved about Sid, huh?", said Pietro, arching an eyebrow.
"And worse still!", Todd carried on, "Wanda won't talk to me!"
"Awwwww, she'll come around, that's what Wanda's like", said Pietro, "she held a gruge over me stealing her favorite pen for....oh wait, she's still mad at me over that"
Pietro paused.
"Well...good luck, Toad", he said, Patting Todd on the shoulder and running off, leaving Todd to drown his sorrows in bad TV shows.
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Meanwhile, down in the Morlock tunnels, Sidney was trying to teach Artie how to play 'Paper, Rock, Scissors'. The kid wasn't too bad at it and, judging from the thought bubbles above his head, he was enjoying himself. Thye had entered their 'super, duper death-match showdown', when Morph apeared, chuckling as he leaned on the wall to watch them.
"Hey, mind if i steal your sparring partner for a second?", he asked.
Arite gave a mute giggle, gaving Sidney a wink and ran off.
"If i didn't know any better", said Sidney, blinking, "i'd say that kid just 'said' something suggestive".
"He's been hanging around Scaleface again", said Morph with a chuckle, before clearing his throat, "...actually, that was something i wanted to talk to you about.."
"Uh oh", said Sidney, raising an eyebrow with a small smile, "do we have some issues, Mr Sidney?"
"Oh...err, well...just about a few days ago...when the others came to try and get you back", stammered Morph, thankfull that he could use his powers to hide the fact he was blushing.
"Go on", said Sidney, crossing her arms.
"So....when you said you found someone else", Morph paused, "..did you mean it?".
"No, i just wanted to get rid of my old team mates", said Sidney.
"Oh", said Morph, visibly deflating.
Sidney laughed, taking his arm in hers.
"Of course i meant it", she giggled, "i'm a notoriously bad liar..ask Evan"
"So you really want to be with me?", he asked, smiling.
"Really really", said Sidney, leaning up and giving him a kiss, "who else can i have come with me to taunt Caliban?"
"Which reminds me, i think he's due a taunt", chuckled Morph, "he's got off scott-free for days"
"Well, that simply won't do", said Sidney, "lets see if we can make him scream this time!"
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"But moooooooom"
Kitty paced up and down the Common Room, talking to her mother on the phone. As she paced, she phased THROUGH Sam's legs, which were resting on the coffee table.
"Don't mind me", said Sam dryly, "not like i'm resting or anything"
Kitty didn't hear him, she was too busy arguing.
"Well fine, yeah, whatever!"
She slammed the phone down nto it's cradle, promptly breaking it into pieces.
"Ooopsie", said Kitty sheepishly.
"That's the fifth time that's happened this week", said Logan, crossing his arms, "and it's only Tuesday"
"Sorry!", said Kitty, "i really, really am. I'll pay for it with my allowance and..."
She paused at the sound of the door opening.
"..Or i'll beg Forge to fix it"
She vanishe dout of the Common Room and re-aperared a few minutes later, dragging Forge along. She pointed at the phone and gave her best 'sweet smile'.
"Have you got a personal vendetta against phones or something?", said Forge, sighing as he started to fix the thing, AGAIN.
"At least it keeps her from bakin'", muttered Loagn.
"HEY!", said Kitty, then pouted, "no, i'm just mad whenether i talk to my parents. Mom's always laying down new rules since this whole 'mutant outing' thing happened...i can barely leave the house!!!"
"All parents are like that", said Sam, not moving from his comfortable spot, "ma'h Ma' sure is".
"Mine were the same when i was your age", said Forge, still working on the phone, "'Don't play that music so loud, Dont go to the Disco on a school night, Don't leave cystalic fusion rocket booster packs where people can trip over them'"
Kitty blinked.
"That...really didn't help"
"Hey, it was worth a shot", said Forge with a shrug.
There was suddenly a LOUD rumble of thunder.
"Uh oh", said Logan with a snigger, looking at Forge, "what did you do THIS time?".
"Birthday, Aniversary, Valantines", Forge counted off on his fingers, "nope, can't think of it...i don't THINK it's me....".
"You are SO whipped!", said Logan grinning.
"Rather whipped than frazzled", repiled Forge, finishing off the phone, "When you date a woman who controls the weather with her emotions, the words 'tread carefully' could NOT be more sacred".
"Wtuusshh!", said Logan, making a whipping motion with his hand.
"I HEARD THAT LOGAN!!!", came Storm's voice for somewhere in the mansion, "may i remind you, that you have metal bones with are good conductors of eletricity!!!"
Loagn gave a whimper, cleared it over with a cough and promptly left the room to not-hide.
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There we go, hopefully, there won't bee TOO long a wait for the next chapter, bad TF, laggined behind! Do review, until next time....
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "Oxygen's for losers"
****
Hey all, i appologise deeply for this chapter being so late.. filler chapters can be such a pain, no?
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Chapter 10 - Rosemary
***
A few days later, Pietro Maximoff gave a bored sigh as he channel hopped. Of course, Pietro's version of channel hopping was making the channels blink by faster than anyone else could see, making the channels blend into one another seamlessly.
"And on todays show..."
"...no, Marcy, don't leave..."
"....the cake in the oven any longer than..."
"....fifty meters long in...."
"...other news, doctors descovered that..."
"...the kitten played with the yarn all day long"
Pietro groaned, turning the TV off. Bored, bored, boooorrreeed!!. He glanced up when the doorbell rang, oh well, it might just keep him occupied if it was a salesman..he could see how long it would take him to make the guy run off crying. When he opened the door, however, it was VERY obvious this wasn't a salesman. Standing by the door was a beautifull red-headed girl. Her blue eyes studied Pietro for a moment before giving a smile.
"Hi", she said, "i'm here for....."
"Hi", said Pietro, dumbfounded, "i'm Pretty Girl.....i mean, i'm Pietro"
He shook himself out of his state of shock to give her a leerly grin.
"Pietro Maximoff, at your service my lovely lady", he said with a mock bow, "what does a beauty like you want around here, need a cup of sugar?"
The girl rolled her eyes at him.
"Errrr no", she said, "he warned me you'd be like this"
Pietro blinked.
"Who warned you?"
"Freddy", said the girl, holding out a hand "i'm Rosemary"
"Rosemary?", squeaked Pietro, backing away from her, "you're REAL?!!..and so so so hot....nah, you can't be Freddy's girl!"
Rosemary crossed her arms, frowning at him.
"Yeah, i'm real", she said, "and i am, as you so crudely put it, 'Freddy's girl'".
"No way", said Pietro, narrowing his eyes in suspicion, "how much is he paying you to say this?"
"He's not!", said Rosemary, "why would he be paying me to say the truth you egotistical little.....weasel!"
"Oh...i see you've met Pietro".
Freddy smiled as he walked down the stairs and headed to the door. Rosemary shoved past Pietro to give Freddy a hug. Leaving Pietro gaping like a fish for a while.
"Told you she was real", said Freddy with a grin.
"But but..she so...", Pietro stammered, "i..i haven't dated THIS one yet...how did that happen? I've dated EVERYONE in Bayville"
"I moved into town a few weeks ago", said Rosemary, "Freddy was nice enough to help me find the mall. We got to talking and..well.."
She hugged his arm happily. Pietro blinked, heck no, this was NOT happening!! This was some sort of sugar induced illusion, yeah, he'd eaten too many of those chocolate brownies again.
"..That's scary", said Pietro, then smiled, "wouldn't you rather have ME show you around?. I can do it soooo much faster"
"No thank you", said Romsemary, "i prefer to date guys i can snuggle up to. Come on Freddy, the movie'll start soon"
As she led him out the door, Freddy gave Pietro a little salute, smirking. Pietro blinked as the door shut. He'd just been put down....for the Blob. Pietro screamed. He kept screaming until Todd moped past him and collapsed on the couch.
"What's wrong with you, Frog-Boy?", he asked, "you just missed Freddy's hot girlfriend, oh so hot..it's not fair!!!"
Todd blinked at him twice before sighing and crossing his arms.
"All women do is just break your heart", he said, "they don't care, none of them do! They just rip your heart out of your chest and dance on it in front of you, DANCE!!!"
"..Still peeved about Sid, huh?", said Pietro, arching an eyebrow.
"And worse still!", Todd carried on, "Wanda won't talk to me!"
"Awwwww, she'll come around, that's what Wanda's like", said Pietro, "she held a gruge over me stealing her favorite pen for....oh wait, she's still mad at me over that"
Pietro paused.
"Well...good luck, Toad", he said, Patting Todd on the shoulder and running off, leaving Todd to drown his sorrows in bad TV shows.
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Meanwhile, down in the Morlock tunnels, Sidney was trying to teach Artie how to play 'Paper, Rock, Scissors'. The kid wasn't too bad at it and, judging from the thought bubbles above his head, he was enjoying himself. Thye had entered their 'super, duper death-match showdown', when Morph apeared, chuckling as he leaned on the wall to watch them.
"Hey, mind if i steal your sparring partner for a second?", he asked.
Arite gave a mute giggle, gaving Sidney a wink and ran off.
"If i didn't know any better", said Sidney, blinking, "i'd say that kid just 'said' something suggestive".
"He's been hanging around Scaleface again", said Morph with a chuckle, before clearing his throat, "...actually, that was something i wanted to talk to you about.."
"Uh oh", said Sidney, raising an eyebrow with a small smile, "do we have some issues, Mr Sidney?"
"Oh...err, well...just about a few days ago...when the others came to try and get you back", stammered Morph, thankfull that he could use his powers to hide the fact he was blushing.
"Go on", said Sidney, crossing her arms.
"So....when you said you found someone else", Morph paused, "..did you mean it?".
"No, i just wanted to get rid of my old team mates", said Sidney.
"Oh", said Morph, visibly deflating.
Sidney laughed, taking his arm in hers.
"Of course i meant it", she giggled, "i'm a notoriously bad liar..ask Evan"
"So you really want to be with me?", he asked, smiling.
"Really really", said Sidney, leaning up and giving him a kiss, "who else can i have come with me to taunt Caliban?"
"Which reminds me, i think he's due a taunt", chuckled Morph, "he's got off scott-free for days"
"Well, that simply won't do", said Sidney, "lets see if we can make him scream this time!"
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"But moooooooom"
Kitty paced up and down the Common Room, talking to her mother on the phone. As she paced, she phased THROUGH Sam's legs, which were resting on the coffee table.
"Don't mind me", said Sam dryly, "not like i'm resting or anything"
Kitty didn't hear him, she was too busy arguing.
"Well fine, yeah, whatever!"
She slammed the phone down nto it's cradle, promptly breaking it into pieces.
"Ooopsie", said Kitty sheepishly.
"That's the fifth time that's happened this week", said Logan, crossing his arms, "and it's only Tuesday"
"Sorry!", said Kitty, "i really, really am. I'll pay for it with my allowance and..."
She paused at the sound of the door opening.
"..Or i'll beg Forge to fix it"
She vanishe dout of the Common Room and re-aperared a few minutes later, dragging Forge along. She pointed at the phone and gave her best 'sweet smile'.
"Have you got a personal vendetta against phones or something?", said Forge, sighing as he started to fix the thing, AGAIN.
"At least it keeps her from bakin'", muttered Loagn.
"HEY!", said Kitty, then pouted, "no, i'm just mad whenether i talk to my parents. Mom's always laying down new rules since this whole 'mutant outing' thing happened...i can barely leave the house!!!"
"All parents are like that", said Sam, not moving from his comfortable spot, "ma'h Ma' sure is".
"Mine were the same when i was your age", said Forge, still working on the phone, "'Don't play that music so loud, Dont go to the Disco on a school night, Don't leave cystalic fusion rocket booster packs where people can trip over them'"
Kitty blinked.
"That...really didn't help"
"Hey, it was worth a shot", said Forge with a shrug.
There was suddenly a LOUD rumble of thunder.
"Uh oh", said Logan with a snigger, looking at Forge, "what did you do THIS time?".
"Birthday, Aniversary, Valantines", Forge counted off on his fingers, "nope, can't think of it...i don't THINK it's me....".
"You are SO whipped!", said Logan grinning.
"Rather whipped than frazzled", repiled Forge, finishing off the phone, "When you date a woman who controls the weather with her emotions, the words 'tread carefully' could NOT be more sacred".
"Wtuusshh!", said Logan, making a whipping motion with his hand.
"I HEARD THAT LOGAN!!!", came Storm's voice for somewhere in the mansion, "may i remind you, that you have metal bones with are good conductors of eletricity!!!"
Loagn gave a whimper, cleared it over with a cough and promptly left the room to not-hide.
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There we go, hopefully, there won't bee TOO long a wait for the next chapter, bad TF, laggined behind! Do review, until next time....