I turn to you

by Todd fan

Disclaimer: I own Sidney, thats about it. Well, not counting all of the other characters i created, but, you get the idea...

Dum dum dum dum! Now its time to pay homage to my reivewers!

Muffin elf - Yes, Todd the ragamuffin :). Daniel be a bad father, i think he nbeeds therapy...

Bradleigh - Poor Evie poo!. Mmmmmm, i don't know... i'll have to think........

Eileen - Awww shucks, thanks :)

Okay people, it's my birthday tomorow, so you HAVE to review this chapter, okay?. Please.... I appologise in advance if any guys out there find this chapter insulting. It is actually the same sort of senario i face whenever i go ANYWHERE with my father as navigator. I would also like to apologise to postal workers, mechanics and Mc Donalds staff...yes...well..



Chapter 10 - Why men should never be left in charge of a map.



Bastet awoke a few hours later with a yawn. She sleepily looked out of the window, only to discover that the jet was no longer moving. She looked down to see they had landed in the middle of a desert, miles away from anything. Outside, Sabertooth and Logan were yelling at each other, thank god for sound-proof glass. Bastet sighed and stood up, walking to the back of the jet where a few of the younger mutants had woken up.

"What's happening?", she asked Kitty.

"They stopped about half an hour ago", said Kitty with a sigh, "they have been out there arguing for, like, ages".

"Yeah", said Pietro, crossing his arms, "i'm fed up. This is taking WAY too long. I can't take it!. Ineedtogetout. Youhereme? Ineedtogetout!".

"Calm down Speedy", muttered Lance, he looked like he hadn't long woken up, he turned to Bastet, "you gotta let him out before he gets cabin fever".

"Okay", said Bastet with a sigh, "you can all go out".

"I think i'll pass yo", said Todd, gesturing to the desert outside, "i'm part amphibian. I don't do well in arid conditions".

"Fine, stay in here then", said Bastet, rolling her eyes, "i'll go and find out what's going on".

She opened the door, only to jump aside in shock as a manic Pietro dashed past her, laughing like a hamster on helium. She shook her head as she watched him dash around the sand dunes. She stepped out into the blazing sun and walked over to where Logan and Sabertooth were arguing, a map placed in front of them on a rock.

"What is going on?", she said, putting her hands on her hips.

"Ask Mr Navigator here", said Sabertooth, glaring at Logan, " 'I know a shortcut' he says. 'It'll get us there in half the time' he says. Well ya forgot ta mention we'd be bogged down in the middle of the Sahara desert didn't ya runt?".

Bastet turned to glare at Logan.

"We're LOST?", she asked, her tail swishing.

"We are NOT lost", said Logan, studying the map, "i know exactly where i am. I just.....don't know where the everywhere else is".

Bastet threw her hands in the air.

"I can't belive you!", she said, "i gave you specific instuctions on where to go. What is it with you guys?. You have to be so macho and find the way yourselves. And you won't even admit you got us lost, even if we blatantly ARE!".

"I'm not lost", said Logan again, "just give me a sec to get my bearings".

"Get your bearings?", said Sabertooth, "how can you get your bearings?. You've never been here before in ya life!".

"Just shut up and go check on the kids", muttered Logan, "Quicksilver disapeared over that sand dune, i can't hear or smell him anymore. Who knows where he is?".

Sabertooth walked off, muttering that he wasn't a babysitter. Bastet sighed and looked at the map.

"Okay, do you have any idea where we are?", she asked Logan.

"Well.....", said Logan, "i think we are somewhere in this general area".

He moved his hand over the map, showing the entire area of the desert.

"Oh, well that's just great", said Bastet saracastically, "you unbeliveable, stupid, idiotic......MAN!".

She stormed off back into the Blackbird, slamming the door behind her. This woke up the remaining mutants.

"Are ve there yet?", asked Kurt sleepily rubbing his eyes, he looked out of the window, "i guess not".

"Why are we in the middle of a desert?", asked Evan.

"The great Wolverine got us lost", said Bastet bitterly, "thats the last time i trust a guy with anything. EVER!".

"Hey, were'd Pietro go?", asked Lance, "wasn't he with you".

"He ran off by himself", said Bastet, "Sabertooth went after him".

"Sabertooth?", asked Lance worriedly.

"Yeah", said Bastet, looking confused, "why would that be a......".

"GET BACK HERE YA LITTLE RUNT OR I'LL TEAR YA TA SHREADS!".

"Oh", said Bastet, "i guess we better go get him. Come on guys".

Evan, Kurt and Lance stood up. Todd and Kitty remained sitting, Bastet glared at them.

"Well?", she said, crossing her arms, "you comming?".

"I really thought i was clear the first time yo", said Todd, "let me explain it in math for ya. Me plus desert minus water equals BAD. Got it?. Unless ya want ta heave my unconcious body around that is...".

"Okay okay, Frog boy stays", said Bastet with a sigh, then turned to Kitty, "what about you missy?".

"Are you, like, crazy?", asked Kitty, "there is, like, totaly no way i'm going out there. That heat is, like, bad for my complexion".

"Not good enough", said Bastet, "come on, don't make me drag you out".

"I'd like to see you try", said Kitty with a chuckle.

"Okay, you asked for it", said Bastet.

She ran over to Kitty and went to grab her arm, only to phase right through it. She tried a few more time before looking contemplatively at Kitty.

"Okay, you win", she said with a sigh, "but you two get to hold him down once we get him inside".

"Lucky us", said Todd sarcastically, "why don't ya just poke red hot needles under our fingernails while ya at it?".

"Oh, it won't be that ba...", said Bastet, her words were cut off by manical laughter across the dunes followed by a roar, "ok, maybe it will be".

With that, the group set off out the Blackbird. Kurt gave a yelp of pain the second his feet touched the sand.

"Ach. That is hot!", he said, rubbing his feet, "can't ve just let Sabertooth get Pietro?".

"Nope", said Bastet, "now don't be a wimp, come on move it".

The group plodded onwards towards the sound of Pietro's manical laughter and Sabertooth's cursing and roaring. It didn't take them long to find the pair. Sabertooth was sitting on the ground while Pietro was running circles around him, laughing and giggling. The normally tough-as-nails mutant looked as if he was ready to cry.

"I just can't catch him", said Sabertooth, looking mornfully up at the group, "me!, one of the best assasins on the planet and i can't catch a hyperactive teenager. Maybe i'm loosing my touch".

"I doubt that", said Bastet, eyeing Pietro, "i think the heat's got to him. Will someone stop him please?".

"I mean, if i can't catch a sixteen year old, what chance do i have with an adult?", said Sabertooth, putting a clawed hand to his forehead, "I've been an assasin all my life. I don't know what i'd do. What could i do?".

Any mutants near Sabertooth edged away slowly, it seemed that he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Lance looked at Pietro and sighed. He half- heartedly flicked his hand, causing the sand underneath Pietro's feet to give way, trapping the speedy muant up to his neck in sand.

"Hey no fair!", said Pietro, squirming to get out.

"Thank you Lance", said Bastet, "come on Creed, pick up the kid so we can go back to the jet".

"I might be forced to be a postal worker. Or a mechanic. Or, god help me, i might have to work in Mcdonalds!", said Sabertooth, putting his head in his hands, it was obvious they would get no help from him.

"Fine, i'll do it", said Bastet with a sigh, picking up the sqirming Pietro and carrying him towards the jet.

The other students stared at Sabertooth for a while before following her. As they neared the jet, Kitty phased through and ran up to them with a look of panic on her face.

"Whats wrong Kitty?", asked Lance.

"It's Todd", said Kitty, pointing at the jet, "he's fainted or something!".

"Oh boy", said Bastet, "this is NOT my day".

The mutants ran into the jet, Pietro still babbling away to himself. Sure enough, Todd was passed out in one of the chairs. Bastet put Pietro in a chair.

"Evan", she said.

"Got it", said Evan.

Before Pietro could escape again, Evan shot out a few spikes, pinning him to the chair. Bastet walked over to Todd and felt his forehead.

"Todd?, hello, can you hear me?", she shouted, then turned to Kitty, "what did you do to him?".

"Nothing!", said Kitty defensively, "he asked what the time was and then just....passed out!".

"Oh just great", said Bastet, "have we got any liquid on this jet?".

"Errrrrrrrr", said Kurt with a nervous laugh, "ve did have But ve had a party and, vell, ve drank eet all and negleted to tell ze professor about eet".

"Briliant", said Bastet, banging her head on the wall, "look, you guys watch him and Mr Heatstroke over there. I'm going to talk to Logan and get us outta here".

She climbed out of the Blackbird, the sounds of Sabertooth crying somewhere in the distance, and headed towards Logan, who was still looking at his map.

"Do you know where we are yet?", she asked him.

"Not....exactly", said Logan, "but i'm working on it".

"We have no time", said Bastet, "it's now or never".

"Why?", asked Logan, with a sigh.

"Why? Why?", said Bastet manically, "i'll tell you why. I have an assasin who is going through a mid-life crisis. I have a sixteen-year-old Speed Demon who has sunstroke. I have a fifteen-year-old amphibian boy who has passed out from dehydration. And to top it all off, i am lost with a bunch of teenagers in the middle of a desert with the fate of the universe at stake. Thats WHY!".

Logan blinked and backed away slightly.

"Oh", he said, "i'll go get in the jet".

"You do that", said Bastet, "i'll go get Mr Happy".

She headed off in the direction of Sabertooth's rants and soon found herself dragging him along.

"Whats the point?", he wined, "i'm all washed up. Game over!".

"I'll give you 'game over' in a minute", muttered Bastet under her breath.

She pushed Sabertooth into the jet and walked to the cockpit.

"We ready"?, said Logan.

"Yes, lets go already", said Bastet.

Logan pressed the starter button on the jet. Wrrrrrrrrrrphtphphthptt. Logan frowned and tried again. The engine made a spluttering sound and died.

"Errr...i think we got us a problem", said Logan.



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