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Chapter 4: Backstage Players
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"Hey, guys, guess what my father just sent me!" Pietro Maximoff cried as he ran into the Brotherhood Boarding House, waving an envelope about. Todd Tolansky, Lance Alvers, and Fred Dukes sat in the living room, watching television, completely ignoring the cries of their team leader. "Aren't you guys the least bit curious?"
"If it doesn't have anything to do with food, I'm not interested," Fred stated.
"They're backstage passes to the Alison Blaire concert this Tuesday!" Pietro crowed with a grin, waving the envelope about some more. The other Brotherhood members groaned loudly.
"What kind of punishment is this, yo?" Todd whined, "what makes him think we'd want to go see some teeny bopper singer?"
"It might not be so bad, she's pretty hot," Lance grinned. Fred just rolled his eyes, shaking his head.
"So how does this fit in with our plans to take down the X-Men and become a part of Magneto's team?" Fred asked, looking to Pietro.
"You losers didn't let me get that far, did you?" The silver haired teenager said with a sigh, "now listen... my father was tipped off by a friend of Alison's that she's been exhibiting mutant powers."
"So we're going to go try and recruit her?" Lance said.
"You're a bona fide genius, Lance! You deserve a cookie for that!" Pietro said sarcastically, "we're going to need all the help we can get to take down the X-Men. Now, I'm going to go work on my sales pitch." With that he sped upstairs, leaving the three other teenage boys alone.
"Yeah, gonna go work on his father's propaganda," Lance grunted, turning his attention back to the TV, "well, I for one wouldn't mind having someone new around here to maybe balance out the sanity."
"C'mon, Lance... look at our luck with female members of the team. Rogue turned traitor, Tabby was just plain nuts, and Scarlet Witch was---" Fred's list was cut off by Todd.
"Beautiful beyond reason," the green boy grinned sappily. Fred slapped his own forehead, shaking his head.
"I'm surrounded by idiots," he groaned.
"This from the biggest genius in the Brotherhood?" Lance chuckled.
"Hey! At least I don't have an Alison Blaire poster in my room... right next to the picture of Kitty on the night table!"
"Shut up, wide load," Lance growled. The arguing continued on in this fashion for several minutes until Pietro was forced to come downstairs after a series of sudden earthquakes interrupted his train of thought.
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Meanwhile, in the X-Mansion, the construction of which had just drawn to a close, another cry was heard throughout the place.
"Yes!" Amara Aquilla cried, rushing downstairs into the large family room to find most of the other X-Men sitting around the big screen TV. "Guys, guess what! I just won four backstage passes to the Alison Blaire concert!" She squealed in delight, hopping up and down. Kitty was the first X-Man to respond.
"Wow! Really? That's so cool! Who are you going to take with you?"
"Well, um... I was going to ask you first, since I know you're a fan of hers," Amara said, seeming to put serious thought into this.
"All right!" Kitty said, bouncing on her toes happily. It had been a while since she had been to a concert, and from what she had heard on MTV, this tour was simply awesome.
"Tabby, would you like to go?" Amara asked the blonde-haired mutant girl.
"You bet, Amara, babe! It'd be a blast!" She grinned, "thanks for inviting me!" The other X-Men remained quiet, apparently rather uninterested.
"Rogue?" Amara asked, "how about you?"
"Oh, no way I am going to some teeny bopper concert. Get tickets to a Rob Zombie concert and maybe we'll talk, sugah." Rogue replied, turning her attention back to the TV.
"Hey, I'll go vith you," Kurt said, "I think I could stand suffering through a couple hours of cute girls dancing up on stage. Would give the fuzzy man a chance to shake his tail!" He grinned, demonstrating his dancing technique, which earned him a few odd looks.
"Great!" Amara beamed, "the concert is on Tuesday, I hope you guys don't have other plans then...." The three fellow X-Men shook their heads, indicating that they did not. Amara, Kitty, Tabby, and Kurt would be at the Bayville Arena that Tuesday night. Little did they know that they would have familiar, and very much unwanted, company.
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To Be Continued
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Chapter 4: Backstage Players
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"Hey, guys, guess what my father just sent me!" Pietro Maximoff cried as he ran into the Brotherhood Boarding House, waving an envelope about. Todd Tolansky, Lance Alvers, and Fred Dukes sat in the living room, watching television, completely ignoring the cries of their team leader. "Aren't you guys the least bit curious?"
"If it doesn't have anything to do with food, I'm not interested," Fred stated.
"They're backstage passes to the Alison Blaire concert this Tuesday!" Pietro crowed with a grin, waving the envelope about some more. The other Brotherhood members groaned loudly.
"What kind of punishment is this, yo?" Todd whined, "what makes him think we'd want to go see some teeny bopper singer?"
"It might not be so bad, she's pretty hot," Lance grinned. Fred just rolled his eyes, shaking his head.
"So how does this fit in with our plans to take down the X-Men and become a part of Magneto's team?" Fred asked, looking to Pietro.
"You losers didn't let me get that far, did you?" The silver haired teenager said with a sigh, "now listen... my father was tipped off by a friend of Alison's that she's been exhibiting mutant powers."
"So we're going to go try and recruit her?" Lance said.
"You're a bona fide genius, Lance! You deserve a cookie for that!" Pietro said sarcastically, "we're going to need all the help we can get to take down the X-Men. Now, I'm going to go work on my sales pitch." With that he sped upstairs, leaving the three other teenage boys alone.
"Yeah, gonna go work on his father's propaganda," Lance grunted, turning his attention back to the TV, "well, I for one wouldn't mind having someone new around here to maybe balance out the sanity."
"C'mon, Lance... look at our luck with female members of the team. Rogue turned traitor, Tabby was just plain nuts, and Scarlet Witch was---" Fred's list was cut off by Todd.
"Beautiful beyond reason," the green boy grinned sappily. Fred slapped his own forehead, shaking his head.
"I'm surrounded by idiots," he groaned.
"This from the biggest genius in the Brotherhood?" Lance chuckled.
"Hey! At least I don't have an Alison Blaire poster in my room... right next to the picture of Kitty on the night table!"
"Shut up, wide load," Lance growled. The arguing continued on in this fashion for several minutes until Pietro was forced to come downstairs after a series of sudden earthquakes interrupted his train of thought.
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Meanwhile, in the X-Mansion, the construction of which had just drawn to a close, another cry was heard throughout the place.
"Yes!" Amara Aquilla cried, rushing downstairs into the large family room to find most of the other X-Men sitting around the big screen TV. "Guys, guess what! I just won four backstage passes to the Alison Blaire concert!" She squealed in delight, hopping up and down. Kitty was the first X-Man to respond.
"Wow! Really? That's so cool! Who are you going to take with you?"
"Well, um... I was going to ask you first, since I know you're a fan of hers," Amara said, seeming to put serious thought into this.
"All right!" Kitty said, bouncing on her toes happily. It had been a while since she had been to a concert, and from what she had heard on MTV, this tour was simply awesome.
"Tabby, would you like to go?" Amara asked the blonde-haired mutant girl.
"You bet, Amara, babe! It'd be a blast!" She grinned, "thanks for inviting me!" The other X-Men remained quiet, apparently rather uninterested.
"Rogue?" Amara asked, "how about you?"
"Oh, no way I am going to some teeny bopper concert. Get tickets to a Rob Zombie concert and maybe we'll talk, sugah." Rogue replied, turning her attention back to the TV.
"Hey, I'll go vith you," Kurt said, "I think I could stand suffering through a couple hours of cute girls dancing up on stage. Would give the fuzzy man a chance to shake his tail!" He grinned, demonstrating his dancing technique, which earned him a few odd looks.
"Great!" Amara beamed, "the concert is on Tuesday, I hope you guys don't have other plans then...." The three fellow X-Men shook their heads, indicating that they did not. Amara, Kitty, Tabby, and Kurt would be at the Bayville Arena that Tuesday night. Little did they know that they would have familiar, and very much unwanted, company.
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To Be Continued
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