"I am sooo sorry!" Kitty wailed as she approached the gang's usual lunch table.
"What's the matter, Katzchen?" Kurt looked at her with concern as she sat down.
"I accidentally brought the picture to school, and Amy saw it!" Kitty cried. "I'm so stupid! You can, like, totally kill me now!"
She looked at Kurt through watery eyes. His holographic face was pale.
"Told you it was a bad idea," Scott shook his head.
"Nobody wants to hear from you right now!" Jean told him angrily.
"Amy saw you, Kurt," Kitty sniffled. "She's going to find out who you are."
Kurt shook his head slowly. "Nein..." he said, thinking the problem through. "Amy made me Vice President. She'll want me to find out who it's a picture of. I'm going to have to point to somebody."
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Lance read the poster on the cafeteria wall. "Brotherhood Against Mutant Fiends, Bayville High chapter of Junior Friends of Humanity. First meeting this Wednesday after school in the gym."
"They can't steal a brotherhood's name like that, yo," Toad complained.
"Can't go Wednesday, busy, got a date with my mirror," Pietro said in that way that only he could.
Lance shook his head. "We gotta be there," he said. "Anyone who doesn't show up without a real good reason will be an instant target."
**********
"Operation New Blue Demon is underway," Evan interrupted his humming of the "Mission: Impossible" theme long enough to say that much.
Kurt felt terrible, despite the fact that he had just finished lunch. He was about to frame someone, and that person's life was going to suddenly not be a whole lot of fun.
The pair entered the boys' bathroom and went into two of the stalls. If the restroom was as busy as usual after lunch, their plan would work. They waited quietly for someone to go into the third stall.
Bingo. Kurt didn't know who it was, and really didn't want to. He felt bad enough without knowing whose life he was making miserable. He left his stall, stood in front of a sink, and turned off his image inducer.
Some other boy came in, spotted Kurt instantly, yelled, and ran out. That was Kurt's second cue. He teleported away to a secluded corner of the school grounds.
With perfect timing, the unwitting scapegoat came out of the middle stall and headed for the sink. Evan listened closely as the fourth boy burst back in with a gang of friends.
The mob seemed to recognize the lone boy. "Demon!" shouted one of its members.
"What?"
"Don't play stupid," said another voice. "We saw you, Lander. You're finished."
The group exited, leaving poor Lander to wonder what he had done wrong. Evan casually left the bathroom. Mission completed.
**********
Kurt wanted to die, but had enough sense to turn his hologram back on first. Slowly he walked back into the building.
"What's the matter, Katzchen?" Kurt looked at her with concern as she sat down.
"I accidentally brought the picture to school, and Amy saw it!" Kitty cried. "I'm so stupid! You can, like, totally kill me now!"
She looked at Kurt through watery eyes. His holographic face was pale.
"Told you it was a bad idea," Scott shook his head.
"Nobody wants to hear from you right now!" Jean told him angrily.
"Amy saw you, Kurt," Kitty sniffled. "She's going to find out who you are."
Kurt shook his head slowly. "Nein..." he said, thinking the problem through. "Amy made me Vice President. She'll want me to find out who it's a picture of. I'm going to have to point to somebody."
**********
Lance read the poster on the cafeteria wall. "Brotherhood Against Mutant Fiends, Bayville High chapter of Junior Friends of Humanity. First meeting this Wednesday after school in the gym."
"They can't steal a brotherhood's name like that, yo," Toad complained.
"Can't go Wednesday, busy, got a date with my mirror," Pietro said in that way that only he could.
Lance shook his head. "We gotta be there," he said. "Anyone who doesn't show up without a real good reason will be an instant target."
**********
"Operation New Blue Demon is underway," Evan interrupted his humming of the "Mission: Impossible" theme long enough to say that much.
Kurt felt terrible, despite the fact that he had just finished lunch. He was about to frame someone, and that person's life was going to suddenly not be a whole lot of fun.
The pair entered the boys' bathroom and went into two of the stalls. If the restroom was as busy as usual after lunch, their plan would work. They waited quietly for someone to go into the third stall.
Bingo. Kurt didn't know who it was, and really didn't want to. He felt bad enough without knowing whose life he was making miserable. He left his stall, stood in front of a sink, and turned off his image inducer.
Some other boy came in, spotted Kurt instantly, yelled, and ran out. That was Kurt's second cue. He teleported away to a secluded corner of the school grounds.
With perfect timing, the unwitting scapegoat came out of the middle stall and headed for the sink. Evan listened closely as the fourth boy burst back in with a gang of friends.
The mob seemed to recognize the lone boy. "Demon!" shouted one of its members.
"What?"
"Don't play stupid," said another voice. "We saw you, Lander. You're finished."
The group exited, leaving poor Lander to wonder what he had done wrong. Evan casually left the bathroom. Mission completed.
**********
Kurt wanted to die, but had enough sense to turn his hologram back on first. Slowly he walked back into the building.