Quantum leaped
By Todd fan
Disclaimer: Nope, i don't own Quantum Leap or X-men: evolution. Darn. I DO own Sidney and Tally, and everyone else you know are my characters, i get fed up of listing them.
Okay, i forgot to put this up in the last chapter. You really should read my first fic 'I turn to you' before you read this, or you wont know some of the characters.
Lets give praise to my reviewers shall we?
Eileen - Oooooooooohhhh....Close, so very, very close.
Sioned136 - I'm glad to see plently of Quantum leap fans out there. I diminishes the 'old' feling :) Well, Sam doesn't leap into a female, but it it very hirailous who he leaps into. Considering Sam's personality. As for Jean, she's taken care of.
Another quantum leap fan - Hey chucks, all will be revealed in this chapter. I will be nice to Pietro, only my character, Sidney, doesn't like him much.
Shadow - Don't worry about not knowing the Scottish red head. She is Tally, one of my own creations. If you want to know more about her, read my first fic 'I turn to you', the catgirl, Sidney also started life there.
Atomicpigeon - Glad you like it. I appologise for the speeling mistakes, but i don't have a spell-check on my computer. I do proof-read all of my chapters before they get put up, but sometimes little mistakes go past me.
Amber-goddess - I'm glad you like it. You will be pleasantly surprised who Sam has leapt into.
Chapter 2 - I'm a what!
Sam stared at his reflection in the mirror, turning his head this way and that. The person before him was a teenage boy. He had the most intense blue eyes that Sam had ever seen. His hair was a silver-white and slicked back, with two bangs on either side of his head. His face was long and streamlined, but still quite handsome. Sam had an ominous feeling he'd leapt into a lady charmer. He heard a familiar whoosing noise which anounced the arrival of his best friend and guide, Al. As always, he had a cigar in one hand and his hand link to the quantum leap accelerator's computer, Ziggy, in the other.
"Hey Sam", he said, looking around the bathroom, "boy are these nice digs".
"I just saw a girl walk through a solid wall Al", said Sam, leaning on the sink, "where...when...the heck am i?".
"Okay", said Al, pressing a few buttons on his hand link, "its June 16th, 2002. Your name is Pietro Maximoff, boy is that a classy name. You know my third...no, wait, my second wife's brother's brother in law had a friend......".
"Al", warned Sam, he was in no mood for Al's commentary on life right now.
"Sorry", said Al, taking a puff out of his cigar, "Your sixteen years old, a sophmore at Bayville high, in case that didn't give you any clues, you are in Bayville, New York and...that can't be right".
"What?", said Sam looking up, he had a feeling of dread in the pit of his stomach .
"You...Pietro, is a mutant", said Al, "he also goes by the codename Quicksilver".
"A mutant?", said Sam with a sigh, he'd been locked in the quantum time loop for a long time. He had found out about mutants from Al a while ago, who like to keep Sam posted about major events happening in Sam's time. They had been found out when a weather crew spotted them being attacked by some giant robot, about a year or so after the time Al had said they were in. He was shocked by the way the world had reacted to mutants, Sam never had stood for prejujice. He was surprised at how close he was to his own time, he was only out by about a couple of years. Heck, he could walk right up to the Quantum Leap project site in New Mexico and everyone he knew would be there, of course, he would be in someone else's body, but still...
"Yep", said Al, " and don't you go geeting any ideas about going to Stallions Gate. You know that would REALLY screw up the future".
Sam's face fell, sometimes it seemed Al knew him TOO well. Al was pushing buttons on the hand link.
"Ziggy says that your power is.....Oh come on, work you stupid..".
Al hit his hand link a few times, making it choke out a few beeps.
"Oh here we are, you have super speed, that's usefull", he said with a smile, "you are in Xaviers school for gifted youngsters. Apparently it's a school for young mutants to learn how to control their powers".
"Great", said Sam with a sigh, "man of all the people i've leapt into, this is the wierdest".
"Weirder than Bobo?", asked Al with a raised eyebrow.
"Maybe not weirder than Bobo", said Sam, remembering the time he had leapt into the body of a chimpanzee, "any clue as to why i'm here?".
"Not yet", said Al, "but....".
"I know, i know", said Sam, "Ziggy's working on it".
"You talking to yourself Speedy?", came a voice from the door.
Sam spun around to see a tall teenage boy leaning on the doorframe, Sam hadn't even heard the door open. He had long, shaggy brown hair and brown eyes, his apperance wasn't exactly neat, he grinned at Sam.
"Thats Lance Alvers", said Al, "he's one of Pietro's best friends, also known as Avalanche, guess what he can do".
"Hi...Lance", said Sam, "i didn't hear you come in".
"Your getting stranger every day you know that Speedy?", said Lance with a chuckle, walking into the room and straight through Al, "the Prof sent me up, it's time for dinner".
"I'll be down in a sec", said Sam.
"Well, in your case thats literal", muttered Al, Sam shot him a look.
"Okay man", said Lance and headed in the direction of the dinning room.
Sam sighed and turned to Al.
"How many kids are in this place?", he asked.
Al gave a nervous chuckle.
"Errr on Ziggy's count, twelve, and three adults".
"Oh great", said Sam, "how am i supposed to know all of those names and powers?".
"Look, i'll go and talk to this Pietro guy in the waiting room", said Al, "just, mingle".
"Yeah right...mingle", said Sam as he watched Al leave for the holographic projector room back in his own time.
He looked at his reflection for a while longer before heading out. He walked down the stairs, heading towards the sound of voices. He finally made it to a big dining room, where a huge group of teenagers were eating and chatting. Sam took a deep breath and entered the room, only to walk straight into someone, knocking them to the ground.
"Hey watch it Maximoff!".
Sam looked down to see a blonde-haired kid in skate-boarding gear.
"Oh i'm really sorry", said Sam, holding out a hand to help the guy up, "My fault, i wasn't looking where i was going".
The boy looked at Sam as if he'd grown an extra head.
"What are you trying to pull?", said the boy, knocking Sam's hand away and standing up for himself.
"Nothing", said Sam, wondering what the kid's problem was, "i just said i was sorry".
"You okay Speedy?", said a voice from the table.
Sam turned to see a boy that very much resembled an amphibian.
"Yeah...i'm fine", said Sam, walking over to an empty seat and sitting down before he could get himself into any more trouble.
The frog-like boy shrugged. A fly started buzzing around his head. The boy stared at it for a second. Suddenly, he shot out a huge green tounge, grabbing the fly and eating it. Sam surpressed a squeal of shock.
"What have i told ya about doin' that at the table Frogger?", said who Sam recognised as 'Mr. Logan'.
The boy gave a nervous chuckle.
"Sorry", he said, "it's a tough habit ta break".
Sam meanwhile was trying to stay calm, this was way out of his depth.
*BAMF*
Suddenly, in a cloud of smoke and brimstone, a teenage boy appeared in the chair next to Sam. Sam wasn't freaked out by the fact that this boy had come out of thin air. The fact that the guy was furry, blue and had a tail was what made Sam fall off his chair. The elf-like boy looked at Sam from his chair.
"Sorry Pietro", he said, Sam recongnised he had a German accent, "i didn't mean to freak you out".
"Its...okay", said Sam, pulling himself up and sitting back down, "i guess i'm a little...edgy today".
"You got that right", said Lance, "your being nice to Daniels. Your freaked out by Todd and Kurt. Your talking to yourself. Are you comming down with something?".
"No", said Sam, "i think i just need so rest".
"You? Rest? A'h never thought ah'd hear that in ma'h lifetime", said a southern girl clad in goth gear.
"Yeah, i thought that you would, like, never say something like that", piped up Kitty.
"What's cassaonva done this time?", came a voice from by the door.
Sam turned to see a teenage girl. She was very beautifull and had the most amazing green eyes that he'd ever seen. Suddenly, the girl pressed a button on the watch on her wrist. There was a fizz and what was once a teenage girl was now a teenage...cat-girl. Sam blinked.
"He's been acting weird all morning Sid", said the frog boy, who Sam assumed was either Kurt or Todd, from what Lance had said.
"He acts weird twenty four seven Todd", said 'Sid'.
Sam smiled, the frog-boy was Todd. That meant the blue guy was Kurt. He was starting to get the hang of this.
"I hear that", said who Lance had refered to as 'Daniels'.
"You promised you'd be nicer to him Evan", said Scott, "at least Pietro's making an effort".
Sam sighed, well at least he wouldn't have to call the guy 'Daniels' now, though he had a feeling it was expected of him. He suddenly felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end. He turned to see a girl with red hair staring at him intentely. She seemed to be concentrating very hard. She sighed and closed her eyes.
"Whats wrong Jean?", asked the Scottish girl.
"I....don't know", said Jean with a sigh, "i'm detecting a strange pressence here, but i can't put my finger on what it is".
"I wish i could help ya Red", said 'Mr Logan', "but the professor ain't home fer another week yet. Ya can talk with him when he gets back. I'm no good with this physcic mumbo-gumbo".
Sam blinked. Well, at least he knew now that this Jean girl was physcic.
"I guess so", said Jean with a sigh, she put her hand in front of her.
Suddenly the plate across the table raised into the air and floated next to her. Sam blinked again. Okay, she was Phsycic and telekenetic. He sighed and looked at the meal in front of him. He couldn't remember the last time he'd had a decent meal. He grabbed a few rolls and some sausages, only to be descovered he was being stared at.
"Errr....Pietro", said Todd, "why are ya eatin' sausages?. Ya say they mess up ya 'delicate metablolism'".
Sam looked down at his sausages. Great, he'd leaped into a picky eater.
"Yeah....", said Sam, "well, i'm..really hungry today, thats all".
With that, he ate the sauasages anyway. With any luck, he'd be out of here in no time.
By the time dinner was over, Sam had learned every mutant's name in the house, just by listening in on conversations. Everyone was taking their dishes away to be washed. The gothic girl who called herself Rogue stood up and started to walk towards the kitchen. Unfortunately, she lost her footing and fell over. Sam, being the gentleman that he was, instantly walked over to help her up. Just before he could touch her, she jerked away from him.
"Have ya'll gone loco Speedy?", she said, "unless ya'll want to be in la la land fer the next few hours".
"She's right Sam, touching her isn't a good idea", came the voice of Al.
Sam turned his head in Al's direction, the turned back to Rogue.
"Sorry", he said, then backed away, motining for Al to follow him.
"You really have put yourself in the deep end here", said Al, "if you had touched that girls, she'd have knocked you out for the count. She absorbs peoples 'life force', their memories and skills. In the case of mutants, their powers. When she does it though, the person she touches gets knocked unconcious".
Sam was about to reply when Todd's head suddenly shot up.
"Hey, did anyone hear that?", he asked.
Al stopped dead.
"Oh boy. Can you hear me?", he shouted.
Todd narrowed his eyes before shaking his head.
"Man, i gotta lay off those bugs yo", he said, "i swear i heard a voice just then".
"Hearing vices is never a good sign Frogger", said Logan, then sniffed the air, "but i can smell something....A ciga,r i think....".
Al looked down at the cigar in his hand as if it were poison.
"I think we'd better go outside", said Al, walking through the wall quickly.
Once they were outside Sam stared at Al.
"What's going on?", he said, "why can they hear and....smell you?. I thought only young kids, animals and the mentaly infirm could. Do we have to include mutants now?".
Al shook his head, he was busy tapping the hand link's buttons.
"No", he said, "the mutants that heard, and smelt me have animal genes, so they only get breif glimpes, sounds or smells of me. It shouldn't be a problem, we just have to be more carefull.".
"Oh", said Sam, "so i don't suppose Ziggy knows why i'm here yet?".
"Sorry", said Al, "i did talk to that Pietro guy. I tell you, he makes me look tame. He's really cocky and a ladies man, plus he has an ego the size of Texas, so your going to have to talk like......".
Al trailed off, staring at something with a huge grin on his face. Sam looked in the direction Al was staring to see Orono putting out the garbage then going back in. Al gave a chuckle.
"I haven't seen a goo....".
"Don't start Al", warned Sam.
"Well i'm giving you lessons buddy", said Al, "like i said, your going to have to act like this Pietro guy, which means you have to be, well....a ladies man".
"Oh, great", said Sam, "did you pick up anything else usefull?".
"Yep", said Al, "you...Pietro, is a member of 'The Brotherhood Of Mutants'. You guys are actually rivvals to most of the people living in this house. Your team includes Todd Tolenski, Lance Alvers, Fred Dukes and Sidney Cagney. Your in the house because your own house got burned to the ground by some nutcase called, get this, Pickles".
"Well, maybe i'm here to get a new house?", offered Sam.
"Sorry, your not", said Al, "that already happens a month from now. I don't know what your here to do but i'll keep you posted okay?".
"Okay", said Sam.
"And remember act like a cocky egotistical ladies man".
"I don't know how to You know i'm not like that".
"Well, if your faced with a situation", said Al, "ask yourself what I'D do".
"Great advice Al" muttered Sam as he watched his friend leave.
He didn't notice a small cat leap off the wall where she had been watching the pair. He opened the door only to be stopped by the cat. He looked down.
"Hey there little kitty", he said, stooping down to pick her up.
The cat gave a hiss and her eyes glowed. Sam stood back, this didn't look good. Within seconds the cat was no longer standing there, Sidney was.
"You should know not to call me anything like that by now Peety", she said, swishing her tail, then her eyes narrowed suspisously, "who were you talking to just then?".
Sam blinked, she saw Al. Of course she could see Al, she had been a cat. He refained himself from slapping his head. He decided to think of something quick.
"Oh, some guy who had lost his way", he said with a shrug.
"I'll say", said Sidney, "he disapeared into thin air, just like Kurt, without all the smoke".
Sam gluped, he had to think fast. He decided to take Al's advice. He reached into the tiny bit of his mind that still housed a little of Al's personailty from the time they simo-leaped. He brought it out.
"Maybe you were just seeing things", he said, "i heard cat vision isn't all that great".
Sidney gave a growl but then chuckled.
"There's the old Pietro", she said, "i was worried we'd lost you for a second there".
Sam grinned, well at least he had a way to get around the personailty problem. He walked into the house and just hoped he could leap out soon.
There you go people. You like so far?. Well remember to review. Until next time....
By Todd fan
Disclaimer: Nope, i don't own Quantum Leap or X-men: evolution. Darn. I DO own Sidney and Tally, and everyone else you know are my characters, i get fed up of listing them.
Okay, i forgot to put this up in the last chapter. You really should read my first fic 'I turn to you' before you read this, or you wont know some of the characters.
Lets give praise to my reviewers shall we?
Eileen - Oooooooooohhhh....Close, so very, very close.
Sioned136 - I'm glad to see plently of Quantum leap fans out there. I diminishes the 'old' feling :) Well, Sam doesn't leap into a female, but it it very hirailous who he leaps into. Considering Sam's personality. As for Jean, she's taken care of.
Another quantum leap fan - Hey chucks, all will be revealed in this chapter. I will be nice to Pietro, only my character, Sidney, doesn't like him much.
Shadow - Don't worry about not knowing the Scottish red head. She is Tally, one of my own creations. If you want to know more about her, read my first fic 'I turn to you', the catgirl, Sidney also started life there.
Atomicpigeon - Glad you like it. I appologise for the speeling mistakes, but i don't have a spell-check on my computer. I do proof-read all of my chapters before they get put up, but sometimes little mistakes go past me.
Amber-goddess - I'm glad you like it. You will be pleasantly surprised who Sam has leapt into.
Chapter 2 - I'm a what!
Sam stared at his reflection in the mirror, turning his head this way and that. The person before him was a teenage boy. He had the most intense blue eyes that Sam had ever seen. His hair was a silver-white and slicked back, with two bangs on either side of his head. His face was long and streamlined, but still quite handsome. Sam had an ominous feeling he'd leapt into a lady charmer. He heard a familiar whoosing noise which anounced the arrival of his best friend and guide, Al. As always, he had a cigar in one hand and his hand link to the quantum leap accelerator's computer, Ziggy, in the other.
"Hey Sam", he said, looking around the bathroom, "boy are these nice digs".
"I just saw a girl walk through a solid wall Al", said Sam, leaning on the sink, "where...when...the heck am i?".
"Okay", said Al, pressing a few buttons on his hand link, "its June 16th, 2002. Your name is Pietro Maximoff, boy is that a classy name. You know my third...no, wait, my second wife's brother's brother in law had a friend......".
"Al", warned Sam, he was in no mood for Al's commentary on life right now.
"Sorry", said Al, taking a puff out of his cigar, "Your sixteen years old, a sophmore at Bayville high, in case that didn't give you any clues, you are in Bayville, New York and...that can't be right".
"What?", said Sam looking up, he had a feeling of dread in the pit of his stomach .
"You...Pietro, is a mutant", said Al, "he also goes by the codename Quicksilver".
"A mutant?", said Sam with a sigh, he'd been locked in the quantum time loop for a long time. He had found out about mutants from Al a while ago, who like to keep Sam posted about major events happening in Sam's time. They had been found out when a weather crew spotted them being attacked by some giant robot, about a year or so after the time Al had said they were in. He was shocked by the way the world had reacted to mutants, Sam never had stood for prejujice. He was surprised at how close he was to his own time, he was only out by about a couple of years. Heck, he could walk right up to the Quantum Leap project site in New Mexico and everyone he knew would be there, of course, he would be in someone else's body, but still...
"Yep", said Al, " and don't you go geeting any ideas about going to Stallions Gate. You know that would REALLY screw up the future".
Sam's face fell, sometimes it seemed Al knew him TOO well. Al was pushing buttons on the hand link.
"Ziggy says that your power is.....Oh come on, work you stupid..".
Al hit his hand link a few times, making it choke out a few beeps.
"Oh here we are, you have super speed, that's usefull", he said with a smile, "you are in Xaviers school for gifted youngsters. Apparently it's a school for young mutants to learn how to control their powers".
"Great", said Sam with a sigh, "man of all the people i've leapt into, this is the wierdest".
"Weirder than Bobo?", asked Al with a raised eyebrow.
"Maybe not weirder than Bobo", said Sam, remembering the time he had leapt into the body of a chimpanzee, "any clue as to why i'm here?".
"Not yet", said Al, "but....".
"I know, i know", said Sam, "Ziggy's working on it".
"You talking to yourself Speedy?", came a voice from the door.
Sam spun around to see a tall teenage boy leaning on the doorframe, Sam hadn't even heard the door open. He had long, shaggy brown hair and brown eyes, his apperance wasn't exactly neat, he grinned at Sam.
"Thats Lance Alvers", said Al, "he's one of Pietro's best friends, also known as Avalanche, guess what he can do".
"Hi...Lance", said Sam, "i didn't hear you come in".
"Your getting stranger every day you know that Speedy?", said Lance with a chuckle, walking into the room and straight through Al, "the Prof sent me up, it's time for dinner".
"I'll be down in a sec", said Sam.
"Well, in your case thats literal", muttered Al, Sam shot him a look.
"Okay man", said Lance and headed in the direction of the dinning room.
Sam sighed and turned to Al.
"How many kids are in this place?", he asked.
Al gave a nervous chuckle.
"Errr on Ziggy's count, twelve, and three adults".
"Oh great", said Sam, "how am i supposed to know all of those names and powers?".
"Look, i'll go and talk to this Pietro guy in the waiting room", said Al, "just, mingle".
"Yeah right...mingle", said Sam as he watched Al leave for the holographic projector room back in his own time.
He looked at his reflection for a while longer before heading out. He walked down the stairs, heading towards the sound of voices. He finally made it to a big dining room, where a huge group of teenagers were eating and chatting. Sam took a deep breath and entered the room, only to walk straight into someone, knocking them to the ground.
"Hey watch it Maximoff!".
Sam looked down to see a blonde-haired kid in skate-boarding gear.
"Oh i'm really sorry", said Sam, holding out a hand to help the guy up, "My fault, i wasn't looking where i was going".
The boy looked at Sam as if he'd grown an extra head.
"What are you trying to pull?", said the boy, knocking Sam's hand away and standing up for himself.
"Nothing", said Sam, wondering what the kid's problem was, "i just said i was sorry".
"You okay Speedy?", said a voice from the table.
Sam turned to see a boy that very much resembled an amphibian.
"Yeah...i'm fine", said Sam, walking over to an empty seat and sitting down before he could get himself into any more trouble.
The frog-like boy shrugged. A fly started buzzing around his head. The boy stared at it for a second. Suddenly, he shot out a huge green tounge, grabbing the fly and eating it. Sam surpressed a squeal of shock.
"What have i told ya about doin' that at the table Frogger?", said who Sam recognised as 'Mr. Logan'.
The boy gave a nervous chuckle.
"Sorry", he said, "it's a tough habit ta break".
Sam meanwhile was trying to stay calm, this was way out of his depth.
*BAMF*
Suddenly, in a cloud of smoke and brimstone, a teenage boy appeared in the chair next to Sam. Sam wasn't freaked out by the fact that this boy had come out of thin air. The fact that the guy was furry, blue and had a tail was what made Sam fall off his chair. The elf-like boy looked at Sam from his chair.
"Sorry Pietro", he said, Sam recongnised he had a German accent, "i didn't mean to freak you out".
"Its...okay", said Sam, pulling himself up and sitting back down, "i guess i'm a little...edgy today".
"You got that right", said Lance, "your being nice to Daniels. Your freaked out by Todd and Kurt. Your talking to yourself. Are you comming down with something?".
"No", said Sam, "i think i just need so rest".
"You? Rest? A'h never thought ah'd hear that in ma'h lifetime", said a southern girl clad in goth gear.
"Yeah, i thought that you would, like, never say something like that", piped up Kitty.
"What's cassaonva done this time?", came a voice from by the door.
Sam turned to see a teenage girl. She was very beautifull and had the most amazing green eyes that he'd ever seen. Suddenly, the girl pressed a button on the watch on her wrist. There was a fizz and what was once a teenage girl was now a teenage...cat-girl. Sam blinked.
"He's been acting weird all morning Sid", said the frog boy, who Sam assumed was either Kurt or Todd, from what Lance had said.
"He acts weird twenty four seven Todd", said 'Sid'.
Sam smiled, the frog-boy was Todd. That meant the blue guy was Kurt. He was starting to get the hang of this.
"I hear that", said who Lance had refered to as 'Daniels'.
"You promised you'd be nicer to him Evan", said Scott, "at least Pietro's making an effort".
Sam sighed, well at least he wouldn't have to call the guy 'Daniels' now, though he had a feeling it was expected of him. He suddenly felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end. He turned to see a girl with red hair staring at him intentely. She seemed to be concentrating very hard. She sighed and closed her eyes.
"Whats wrong Jean?", asked the Scottish girl.
"I....don't know", said Jean with a sigh, "i'm detecting a strange pressence here, but i can't put my finger on what it is".
"I wish i could help ya Red", said 'Mr Logan', "but the professor ain't home fer another week yet. Ya can talk with him when he gets back. I'm no good with this physcic mumbo-gumbo".
Sam blinked. Well, at least he knew now that this Jean girl was physcic.
"I guess so", said Jean with a sigh, she put her hand in front of her.
Suddenly the plate across the table raised into the air and floated next to her. Sam blinked again. Okay, she was Phsycic and telekenetic. He sighed and looked at the meal in front of him. He couldn't remember the last time he'd had a decent meal. He grabbed a few rolls and some sausages, only to be descovered he was being stared at.
"Errr....Pietro", said Todd, "why are ya eatin' sausages?. Ya say they mess up ya 'delicate metablolism'".
Sam looked down at his sausages. Great, he'd leaped into a picky eater.
"Yeah....", said Sam, "well, i'm..really hungry today, thats all".
With that, he ate the sauasages anyway. With any luck, he'd be out of here in no time.
By the time dinner was over, Sam had learned every mutant's name in the house, just by listening in on conversations. Everyone was taking their dishes away to be washed. The gothic girl who called herself Rogue stood up and started to walk towards the kitchen. Unfortunately, she lost her footing and fell over. Sam, being the gentleman that he was, instantly walked over to help her up. Just before he could touch her, she jerked away from him.
"Have ya'll gone loco Speedy?", she said, "unless ya'll want to be in la la land fer the next few hours".
"She's right Sam, touching her isn't a good idea", came the voice of Al.
Sam turned his head in Al's direction, the turned back to Rogue.
"Sorry", he said, then backed away, motining for Al to follow him.
"You really have put yourself in the deep end here", said Al, "if you had touched that girls, she'd have knocked you out for the count. She absorbs peoples 'life force', their memories and skills. In the case of mutants, their powers. When she does it though, the person she touches gets knocked unconcious".
Sam was about to reply when Todd's head suddenly shot up.
"Hey, did anyone hear that?", he asked.
Al stopped dead.
"Oh boy. Can you hear me?", he shouted.
Todd narrowed his eyes before shaking his head.
"Man, i gotta lay off those bugs yo", he said, "i swear i heard a voice just then".
"Hearing vices is never a good sign Frogger", said Logan, then sniffed the air, "but i can smell something....A ciga,r i think....".
Al looked down at the cigar in his hand as if it were poison.
"I think we'd better go outside", said Al, walking through the wall quickly.
Once they were outside Sam stared at Al.
"What's going on?", he said, "why can they hear and....smell you?. I thought only young kids, animals and the mentaly infirm could. Do we have to include mutants now?".
Al shook his head, he was busy tapping the hand link's buttons.
"No", he said, "the mutants that heard, and smelt me have animal genes, so they only get breif glimpes, sounds or smells of me. It shouldn't be a problem, we just have to be more carefull.".
"Oh", said Sam, "so i don't suppose Ziggy knows why i'm here yet?".
"Sorry", said Al, "i did talk to that Pietro guy. I tell you, he makes me look tame. He's really cocky and a ladies man, plus he has an ego the size of Texas, so your going to have to talk like......".
Al trailed off, staring at something with a huge grin on his face. Sam looked in the direction Al was staring to see Orono putting out the garbage then going back in. Al gave a chuckle.
"I haven't seen a goo....".
"Don't start Al", warned Sam.
"Well i'm giving you lessons buddy", said Al, "like i said, your going to have to act like this Pietro guy, which means you have to be, well....a ladies man".
"Oh, great", said Sam, "did you pick up anything else usefull?".
"Yep", said Al, "you...Pietro, is a member of 'The Brotherhood Of Mutants'. You guys are actually rivvals to most of the people living in this house. Your team includes Todd Tolenski, Lance Alvers, Fred Dukes and Sidney Cagney. Your in the house because your own house got burned to the ground by some nutcase called, get this, Pickles".
"Well, maybe i'm here to get a new house?", offered Sam.
"Sorry, your not", said Al, "that already happens a month from now. I don't know what your here to do but i'll keep you posted okay?".
"Okay", said Sam.
"And remember act like a cocky egotistical ladies man".
"I don't know how to You know i'm not like that".
"Well, if your faced with a situation", said Al, "ask yourself what I'D do".
"Great advice Al" muttered Sam as he watched his friend leave.
He didn't notice a small cat leap off the wall where she had been watching the pair. He opened the door only to be stopped by the cat. He looked down.
"Hey there little kitty", he said, stooping down to pick her up.
The cat gave a hiss and her eyes glowed. Sam stood back, this didn't look good. Within seconds the cat was no longer standing there, Sidney was.
"You should know not to call me anything like that by now Peety", she said, swishing her tail, then her eyes narrowed suspisously, "who were you talking to just then?".
Sam blinked, she saw Al. Of course she could see Al, she had been a cat. He refained himself from slapping his head. He decided to think of something quick.
"Oh, some guy who had lost his way", he said with a shrug.
"I'll say", said Sidney, "he disapeared into thin air, just like Kurt, without all the smoke".
Sam gluped, he had to think fast. He decided to take Al's advice. He reached into the tiny bit of his mind that still housed a little of Al's personailty from the time they simo-leaped. He brought it out.
"Maybe you were just seeing things", he said, "i heard cat vision isn't all that great".
Sidney gave a growl but then chuckled.
"There's the old Pietro", she said, "i was worried we'd lost you for a second there".
Sam grinned, well at least he had a way to get around the personailty problem. He walked into the house and just hoped he could leap out soon.
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