A change in the air
By Todd fan
Disclaimer: "Wait...am i the old stoner?".
Thanks to all my great reviewers.
Chapter 10 - The trials and tribulations of teenage mutants
As the brotherhood burst thorught the doors, Sidney let the boys jump through first. She chuckled as she heard them scare off a good deal of the student population. She then took a deep breath and walked in. She heard people gasp in shock and whisper. The word 'freak' appeared a few times. Sidney just put her head in the air and walked proudly after her teammates. She had been waiting all of her life for this, she wasn't about to be scared off by a bunch of idiots. As the group walked on, they were stopped in their tracks by Duncan. Sidney let off a small growl.
"Hey guys", said Duncan, then noticed Sidney, "whoah.....who the heck are you?".
"Who do you think?", said Sidney, narrowing her eyes, "lets face it, not many girls hang out with these idiots".
"Sidney?", said Duncan, blinking, he gave a nervous chuckle and back away a few steps.
"And the jock wins a prize", said Sidney with a smirk.
Duncan gave a nervous laugh then put a hand through his hair.
"Listen...i want to make a deal with you guys", said said, giving one of his winning smiles.
"We don't make deals with you Mathews", said Lance, starting to walk away.
"Wait..", said Duncan, "you all hate Summers as much as i do right?".
Lance stopped in his tracks.
"I'm listening", he said, looking over his shoulder.
"You can't be serious Rocky!", said Sidney, "he's...he's... Duncan!".
"Look, i just want to hear what he wants to say, thats all", said Lance.
"Well i'm not going to be a part of it", said Sidney, turning to Todd and Fred, "guys?".
They both looked at thier feet.
"What!", said Sidney, her tail flashing angrily, "you're gonna be chummy with blockhead, after the way he treated you two?. You're both as crazy as Rocky".
With that, she stormed off, muttering to herself as she went.
"Can't belive they'd do that....", she said, "idiots, the lot of...".
She stopped when she noticed Kurt trying to look inconspicious, with his image inducer on. Sidney sighed and walked over to him.
"Kurt?", she said.
Kurt almost jumped three fett in the air and spun around to see Sidney.
"Sidney...err.....hi!", he said, looking around wildly, "no one saw you right?".
"What are you talking about Fuzzy?", she asked, "and why is your image inducer on?. I mean, theres not much point is there?".
"But...people don't know i'm a mutant", said Kurt, "i can be normal".
"Normal?", said Sidney, her eyes wide in disbelief, "normal is what....who you are. You're lying to yourself Kurt. Besides, people will suss out you're on of us as soon as they see you with the X-men".
"I've been avoiding them", said Kurt, looking at the ground.
"What the heck is wrong with you?", said Sidney, "they're your friends and teammates. You can't just pretend you don't know them. You're not acting like the Kurt i know".
"Vell the Kurt you know vould be having things thrown at him right now", muttered Kurt.
"I'm not having things thrown at me", said Sidney, "and i'm just as freaky looking as you are. I didn't have to come like this today Kurt. I could have done like you have, but i didn't want to. I wanted to stand proud with my teamates. I wanted to be proud of being a mutant, not ashamed".
"I'm not ashamed", said Kurt.
"Doesn't like like that from where i'm standing", said Sidney, "think about what i said, huh Kurt?".
With that, she walked off. Kurt watched her go and sighed. He looked at his image inducer. His finger hovered near the button, then he shook his head and walked off.
After that, Sidney had gone home. Wanda still hadn't arrived home yet and the guys were doing....whatever it was they were doing with Duncan. Sidney sighed and flicked on the TV. Every channel had mutants on it. The news were broadcasting the battel with the sentinal, and then showed the X-men defeating Jugernaught. Another channel had a talk show, people arguing abut how dangerous muants were. Sidney noticed a few mutants in the debate team, trying to explain that mutants were harmless. Another channel had a stand- up comedian telling jokes about mutants.
"I went to get a burger today. There was a mutnats serving", he said, chuckling, "instead of asking 'you want fries with that?', he said, 'you want radiation with that?".
Sidney frowned as she heard the crowd roar with laughter. Mutants had been exposed for less than a wekk, and already they were being mocked. Sidney switched off the TV angrily. It was at that point that the rest of her team burst in.
"Have fun with Duncan Doughnuts?", she said inocently, looking at her out- of-breath teamates with a smirk.
"Those damn X-geeks", muttered Fred, walking into the kitchen.
"And that backstabbin' Kelly yo", said Todd.
"I hate to say i told you so but....", started Sidney.
"Then don't say it", said Lance sadly, sitting down and putting his head in his hands.
Sidney blinked and immediately stopped laughing, Lance didn't look good.
"Lance?", she asked, worriedly, "are you....okay?".
"Kitty....i...i think....it's...we're..over", said Lance, his face full of pain.
"What?", said Sidney, walking over and putting an arm around his shoulder, "why?".
"She..she called me a 'hood", said Lance, putting a hand over his eyes, "and...and then i told her i would never be good enough for her. The....the look on her face. Man i've wreaked it".
"Hey, calm down Rocky", said Sidney, giving him a pat on the back, "if she treated you like that...well... maybe she's not worth being with".
"But it still hurts", said Lance, narrowing his eyes.
"Awww you poor puppy", said Sidney, giving him a hug.
"How could i let her string me along like that?", said Lance, shaking his head, "i'm an idiot".
No one spoke.
"Hear that?, that's the sound of no one disagreeing with you", said Todd, which earned him a glare from Sidney, "what?. Sensitivity 'aint my strong suit yo".
"I know", said Sidney, shaking her head, she then turned back to Lance, "you want me to make you some hot chocolate?".
"That would be good", said Lance sadly.
"Okay then", said Sidney, patting Lance on the head and walking into the kitchen.
It was at that point that the phone rang. Todd walked over and picked it up.
"Brotherhood house. How can i make ya day filled wit' happiness?", he said, "oh yeah..she's here".
He put his hand over the phone and shouted into the kitchen.
"Yo Sid, it's fer you".
Sidney walked out and took the phone from Todd.
"Hello?", she said, blinking, "oh hi Al. What do you mean?. But i.... Yeah, but. You can't belive everything they say on the news. But i'm not....Oh really?. Well...you ..you.. you should have German subtitles!".
She slammed down the phone.
"Jerk!", she said to the phone.
"What was that all about?", asked Lance, blinking.
"That was Big Al", said Sidney, "apparently, he doesn't want 'creepy mutant scum' working in his club".
"He fired you?", said Todd, wide-eyed.
"Pretty much", said Sidney sitting down, "well, my stepping stone to my singing career has just sunk. Man....now i'm depressed".
"It's like living in the grim mansion", muttered Freddy, "cheer up guys".
"Pietro would have known the right thing to say", said Lance with a sigh.
"Yeah, he could always spout a stupid comment that would make me laugh", said Sidney with a small smile, "you know...i miss him".
"Yeah....me too", said Lance.
Thats it for now. I probably wont post up until after the next episode, but please review. Until next time...
By Todd fan
Disclaimer: "Wait...am i the old stoner?".
Thanks to all my great reviewers.
Chapter 10 - The trials and tribulations of teenage mutants
As the brotherhood burst thorught the doors, Sidney let the boys jump through first. She chuckled as she heard them scare off a good deal of the student population. She then took a deep breath and walked in. She heard people gasp in shock and whisper. The word 'freak' appeared a few times. Sidney just put her head in the air and walked proudly after her teammates. She had been waiting all of her life for this, she wasn't about to be scared off by a bunch of idiots. As the group walked on, they were stopped in their tracks by Duncan. Sidney let off a small growl.
"Hey guys", said Duncan, then noticed Sidney, "whoah.....who the heck are you?".
"Who do you think?", said Sidney, narrowing her eyes, "lets face it, not many girls hang out with these idiots".
"Sidney?", said Duncan, blinking, he gave a nervous chuckle and back away a few steps.
"And the jock wins a prize", said Sidney with a smirk.
Duncan gave a nervous laugh then put a hand through his hair.
"Listen...i want to make a deal with you guys", said said, giving one of his winning smiles.
"We don't make deals with you Mathews", said Lance, starting to walk away.
"Wait..", said Duncan, "you all hate Summers as much as i do right?".
Lance stopped in his tracks.
"I'm listening", he said, looking over his shoulder.
"You can't be serious Rocky!", said Sidney, "he's...he's... Duncan!".
"Look, i just want to hear what he wants to say, thats all", said Lance.
"Well i'm not going to be a part of it", said Sidney, turning to Todd and Fred, "guys?".
They both looked at thier feet.
"What!", said Sidney, her tail flashing angrily, "you're gonna be chummy with blockhead, after the way he treated you two?. You're both as crazy as Rocky".
With that, she stormed off, muttering to herself as she went.
"Can't belive they'd do that....", she said, "idiots, the lot of...".
She stopped when she noticed Kurt trying to look inconspicious, with his image inducer on. Sidney sighed and walked over to him.
"Kurt?", she said.
Kurt almost jumped three fett in the air and spun around to see Sidney.
"Sidney...err.....hi!", he said, looking around wildly, "no one saw you right?".
"What are you talking about Fuzzy?", she asked, "and why is your image inducer on?. I mean, theres not much point is there?".
"But...people don't know i'm a mutant", said Kurt, "i can be normal".
"Normal?", said Sidney, her eyes wide in disbelief, "normal is what....who you are. You're lying to yourself Kurt. Besides, people will suss out you're on of us as soon as they see you with the X-men".
"I've been avoiding them", said Kurt, looking at the ground.
"What the heck is wrong with you?", said Sidney, "they're your friends and teammates. You can't just pretend you don't know them. You're not acting like the Kurt i know".
"Vell the Kurt you know vould be having things thrown at him right now", muttered Kurt.
"I'm not having things thrown at me", said Sidney, "and i'm just as freaky looking as you are. I didn't have to come like this today Kurt. I could have done like you have, but i didn't want to. I wanted to stand proud with my teamates. I wanted to be proud of being a mutant, not ashamed".
"I'm not ashamed", said Kurt.
"Doesn't like like that from where i'm standing", said Sidney, "think about what i said, huh Kurt?".
With that, she walked off. Kurt watched her go and sighed. He looked at his image inducer. His finger hovered near the button, then he shook his head and walked off.
After that, Sidney had gone home. Wanda still hadn't arrived home yet and the guys were doing....whatever it was they were doing with Duncan. Sidney sighed and flicked on the TV. Every channel had mutants on it. The news were broadcasting the battel with the sentinal, and then showed the X-men defeating Jugernaught. Another channel had a talk show, people arguing abut how dangerous muants were. Sidney noticed a few mutants in the debate team, trying to explain that mutants were harmless. Another channel had a stand- up comedian telling jokes about mutants.
"I went to get a burger today. There was a mutnats serving", he said, chuckling, "instead of asking 'you want fries with that?', he said, 'you want radiation with that?".
Sidney frowned as she heard the crowd roar with laughter. Mutants had been exposed for less than a wekk, and already they were being mocked. Sidney switched off the TV angrily. It was at that point that the rest of her team burst in.
"Have fun with Duncan Doughnuts?", she said inocently, looking at her out- of-breath teamates with a smirk.
"Those damn X-geeks", muttered Fred, walking into the kitchen.
"And that backstabbin' Kelly yo", said Todd.
"I hate to say i told you so but....", started Sidney.
"Then don't say it", said Lance sadly, sitting down and putting his head in his hands.
Sidney blinked and immediately stopped laughing, Lance didn't look good.
"Lance?", she asked, worriedly, "are you....okay?".
"Kitty....i...i think....it's...we're..over", said Lance, his face full of pain.
"What?", said Sidney, walking over and putting an arm around his shoulder, "why?".
"She..she called me a 'hood", said Lance, putting a hand over his eyes, "and...and then i told her i would never be good enough for her. The....the look on her face. Man i've wreaked it".
"Hey, calm down Rocky", said Sidney, giving him a pat on the back, "if she treated you like that...well... maybe she's not worth being with".
"But it still hurts", said Lance, narrowing his eyes.
"Awww you poor puppy", said Sidney, giving him a hug.
"How could i let her string me along like that?", said Lance, shaking his head, "i'm an idiot".
No one spoke.
"Hear that?, that's the sound of no one disagreeing with you", said Todd, which earned him a glare from Sidney, "what?. Sensitivity 'aint my strong suit yo".
"I know", said Sidney, shaking her head, she then turned back to Lance, "you want me to make you some hot chocolate?".
"That would be good", said Lance sadly.
"Okay then", said Sidney, patting Lance on the head and walking into the kitchen.
It was at that point that the phone rang. Todd walked over and picked it up.
"Brotherhood house. How can i make ya day filled wit' happiness?", he said, "oh yeah..she's here".
He put his hand over the phone and shouted into the kitchen.
"Yo Sid, it's fer you".
Sidney walked out and took the phone from Todd.
"Hello?", she said, blinking, "oh hi Al. What do you mean?. But i.... Yeah, but. You can't belive everything they say on the news. But i'm not....Oh really?. Well...you ..you.. you should have German subtitles!".
She slammed down the phone.
"Jerk!", she said to the phone.
"What was that all about?", asked Lance, blinking.
"That was Big Al", said Sidney, "apparently, he doesn't want 'creepy mutant scum' working in his club".
"He fired you?", said Todd, wide-eyed.
"Pretty much", said Sidney sitting down, "well, my stepping stone to my singing career has just sunk. Man....now i'm depressed".
"It's like living in the grim mansion", muttered Freddy, "cheer up guys".
"Pietro would have known the right thing to say", said Lance with a sigh.
"Yeah, he could always spout a stupid comment that would make me laugh", said Sidney with a small smile, "you know...i miss him".
"Yeah....me too", said Lance.
Thats it for now. I probably wont post up until after the next episode, but please review. Until next time...