Slumber Party
"I can't believe we're stuck here for the night," Evan grumbled as the boys settled into the barracks. The girls were sequestered with the female Joes.
"Yeah all this trouble because of Toad," Bobby grumbled.
"You know it's not like I asked you guys to come here!" Todd spat.
"What are you doing here anyway?" Evan asked him.
"I'm here on a ballet scholarship," Todd quipped. "What do you think I'm doing here?"
"So…you're not a prisoner?" Scott asked.
"Duh!" Todd rolled his eyes. "I'm not the one under house arrest here! You are!"
"We just can't figure out what you are doing here, that's all," Kurt said.
"What is so hard to figure out?" Todd snapped. "The Joes saved my life and took me in! End of story!"
"Well now we know how the Joes knew so much about us," Scott groaned.
"Yeah the Toad blabbed everything," Kurt hit his pillow in order to get more comfortable. "The three most reliable ways of relaying information: telephone, television, tell Toad!"
"Well then here's the latest newsflash," Todd snapped and blew a raspberry.
"All right that's enough!" Roadblock settled in. Falcon was also in to watch them. "Now everybody get some sleep! I don't wanna hear no peep!"
"Peep," Bobby snickered.
"He made a noise!" Todd shouted. "Punish him! Punish him!"
"Snitch!" Bobby threw his pillow at Todd. It hit Remy.
"What was that for?" Remy snapped.
"My aim was off!" Bobby snapped.
"We're not getting any sleep tonight are we?" Falcon groaned.
"No we are not," Roadblock sighed.
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Meanwhile the females were having fun of their own. Scarlet, Jinx and Cover Girl were assigned to watch the X-Girls. "Well this is going to be fun," Scarlet sighed. "But I have to admit, the kids have guts."
"They invaded a military base!" Cover Girl told her.
"Well they thought a mutant was being held here against his will," Jinx said. "You can't really blame them for wanting to help."
"It's that professor I'm not that crazy about," Scarlet sighed. "Some of these girls are far too young to see combat."
"Miss Scarlet," Kitty asked. "I think this is too big for me," She indicated her pajamas which were very large.
"Well I guess we'll have to fix that," Scarlet sighed. "They went into the next room. "All right which one of you set that bed on fire?"
Rogue came in, she looked like she was either going to cry or destroy something. "I wanna ask you something," She said to Jinx. "Is it true? Mystique being my mom?"
"I'm going to go help Scarlet," Cover Girl left quickly.
Jinx sighed. "Yes it's true. Where did you hear that?"
"Toad," Rogue sniffed.
"Come here," Jinx gave her a careful hug. "It's okay kid. What happened?"
"We got into a fight and I was gonna hit him and Toad then blurted it out that I was acting like my mother," She sighed.
"Oh dear," Jinx sighed. "When it comes to Mystique Toad has a sore spot for her. For obvious reasons. Don't be too angry with him. He nearly died at her hands more than once. Okay he shouldn't have been the one to tell you but…It's better that you know now."
"I'm not gonna cry," Rogue sniffed. "I'm too angry to cry. I'm madder at her than at Toad. How could she use me like that?"
"I have no idea. She is one twisted lady that's for sure. Maybe you'd better talk about this with the Professor tomorrow," Jinx said.
"Yeah," Rogue sighed. "I don't know if I can sleep."
"Do you want to talk with your friends a bit?" Jinx asked. "Or sit up with me?"
"No I just want to get to bed and try to sleep," Rogue sighed. "I'll deal with this in the morning. You know something, Toad was right about one thing, in a way…I always suspected that she treated me different because she kind of cared about me. Maybe I did know somehow."
"For what it's worth kid, you're nothing like your mother," Jinx told her. "Trust me on this." She gave Rogue a smile.
"You know I didn't know if I liked the idea of you dating Logan," Rogue said. "But you're nice. I like you."
"I like you too kid," Jinx smiled. "Now let's get some sleep." They went into the next room. "SCARLET WHAT ARE YOU AND KITTY DOING WITH THOSE WATER BALLOONS?"
"Uh…Explaining the theory of gravity?" Scarlet gulped.
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Morning came quickly. Instinctively Todd got up early. Already Roadblock was out of bed. He poked his head out the window and saw why. There was Roadblock talking with Xavier and Logan. "Three guesses what that's about," Todd muttered to himself. Angrily he took off.
