I do NOT, I repeat do NOT own X-men: Evolution. Some wonderful people at Warner Bros. and Marvel Comics does. I wanted to make a few corrections on my 1st chapter. In the beginning I meant Marvel Comics, not DC comics. And in the part where Iris meets Kurt and gives him a cold shoulder, I accidentally put the name Evan when I meant Kurt all along. Now that we're finished with THAT I would just like to say I was ever soooooooo happy when I received my 3 reviews. And ever so quickly too! Now I get to post the second chapter of my fic. So here it A reminder that I own Iris and a villain who's coming up in the story.

"talking" = talking in a normal voice //thinking// = character thinking ~telepathy~ = talking telepathically

I dedicate this chapter to Em again, Christine, Andie and especially Neva who all supported me in my writing.

Chapter 2: Searching for Trouble

//Great. More mutants.// "What do you guys want? If you're just looking for trouble, go find it somewhere else." Iris called out to the Brotherhood of Mutants.

"Oh, but you see, it's you we want to find," answered Lance stepping out from the group. "We know what you are."

"Woopdydoo," replied Iris sarcastically, "So you know that I'm a mutant. What are you going to do about it bub."

"Yo, so you are a mutant," Todd said triumphantly, "I knew I was right."

Pietro flashed next to Iris's side and leaned his elbow on her shoulder. "Wow, you're a feisty one aren't you. I just love tough women you know," he said, winking charmingly before taking a loud bite from the apple. Iris glared at him, eyes taking on a vicious glowing yellow. Pietro seeing this leapt back.

"Woah, now that's what I call a look that kills," he announced. Todd hopped up to Iris. "So that's all that you can do? Change your eye color?" Todd said in disbelief. Iris looked down at him, eyes clearly showing disgust.

"Don't judge a book by its cover you filthy amphibian," she unfeelingly. "Now if you gentleman don't mind," she continued stooping down to grab her knapsack, "I'll take my leave." She twirled around and took a step forward.

Fred, signaled by Lance, immediately grabbed her and pinned her up against a tree. "Lemme go you freak," Iris snarled, emotions now being clearly imprinted upon her face. "So the cold-blooded chick can feel anger," Lance astounded in a sarcastic way. "That's good for the cause that we're asking you to join."

"What cause?"

"We're all mutants you see," Lance said grandly, sweeping an arm dramatically to indicate his friends. "We're a team that believes mutants are superior than the normal human beings and so should be eliminated. We're recruiting members and we would like for you to join."

Iris rolled her eyes. "Have you guys ever thought of the reason for your team's smallness." she said through gritted teeth. "Oh, but I nearly forgot. All of your brains combined probably couldn't even produce one understandable idea."

"Hey!" said all of the boys except Fred.

"Listen," said Lance temptingly as he advanced toward Iris, "We know what's it like to be a mutant and have to hide from others. That's why we mutants should all stick together, right? So how about you crash at our place? Deal?"

"I don't believe she wants to stick with you idiots Lance," a new voice uttered. Everyone turned around to see Scott, Jean, Kurt and the rest of the X-men standing there.

"This is just perfect," snarled Iris feeling really ticked off, "MORE mutant freaks."

"Hey you're like one too so you shouldn't like go around insulting yourself," Kitty protested.

"You know what, this is getting really tiresome so I think I'm gonna have to blaze," replied Iris and then kneed Fred hard in the gut. Fred immediately let go of her and doubled up, wheezing.

"Seems like Fred is losing his touch," Evan smirked at the surprised Brotherhood team.

"Get her, she's running away!" an enraged Lance shouted at Pietro.

"Okey dokey boss," responded Pietro sassily before streaming off at top speed.

"And that leaves you to us," Lance turned back to the X-men, "Hope you X- geeks can beat us three."

"Make that four," Tabitha said stepping out of a tree's shadows. (Author's note: I've just watched today's X-men Evolution show and saw Tabitha making her first appearance, so I decided to add her to my story.( Back to the fanfic!)

"Vhat are YOU doing here," Kurt said dumbfounded.

"Helping these guys," Tabitha replied jerking a finger to the other boys, then created a small bomb with her powers. "Let's rumble," she said before throwing the bomb at the X-men. * * * * * Pietro raced towards the running Iris, easily catching up with her. "So where are you going dollface?" he asked jauntily and swerving to a stop in front of her.

"Get out of my way speedy," snapped Iris, eyes now a demonic red, landed a punch on his face, breaking his nose and making it bleed. Pietro caught off guard fell back on his butt and gingerly touched his nose.

"Why you b****," he muttered darkly when he saw the blood. But when he looked up, she was already gone.

"I'll catch you later," he said with an air of revenge then sped back to his friends. * * * * *

The fight though had broken off very quickly as after Tabitha's explosion, the Brotherhood had run away in the chaos and smoke

"Why, those cowards," Scott coughed out, "Running away from a fight."

"Well they were outnumbered," said Jean placing a hand on Scott's shoulder to calm him down. The school bell then rung, indicating the end of class.

"We'll find the new kid later," ordered Scott, "Let's get back to class." The X-men went their separate ways, unknowingly being watched by Iris from the tree's branches. She leapt down athletically and remarked, "Amazing how one can become from a being loner in school to being wanted by everyone." * * * * * The Brotherhood of Mutants met outside of Lance's car after school.

"Yo, what do we do now Lance?" asked Toad who sat upon of the car's hood.

"I don't know yet, but I do know that you had better get your slime OFF MY CAR!" Lance said angrily. "Alright, alright, stop being so picky," muttered Todd jumping down.

"I bet the new kid's still around," commented Tabitha as she leaned against the car casually, "So let's spread out and search for her."

"I'll stay here," Fred immediately said as he shoved some chips into his mouth.

"Aw Fred....can't you stop thinking with your stomach and instead, with what's in-between your thick skull," Pietro said knocking on Fred's head for emphasis.

"What's in-between my skull?" asked Fred stupidly with his mouth full of chocolate. Everyone groaned at Fred's stupidity.

"Alright then, Fred you stay here, Todd check the gym, Pietro the classrooms, Tabitha the library and I'll check the other places left," ordered Lance. The mutants went their ways.

"Where do you think they're going," asked Jean to the X-men.

"Thay're lookin' for the new kid o' course," snorted Rogue at the popular redhead's stupidity. Jean, sensing Rogue's thoughts about her question, frowned at her.

"Okay guys, so let's spread out and find...." Scott looked questioningly at Kurt.

"Iris," Kurt supplied.

"Right Iris," Scott said. The X-men fanned out through the school. * * * * * //Now if I was a mutant who didn't want others to find me, where would I hide?// Todd thought. He leapt into the gym and looked around. He saw a dark, human-like form underneath the bleachers. "Yo! I've gotcha now!" he said ecstatically. Jumping onto the bleachers frog-like he peered into it.

"Hey! Back off you pervert!" a senior's voice hollered and lashed a hand out between the bleacher's stairs. A girl stared out worriedly behind the senior's back.

//So, the new mutant ain't the gym.// Todd thought discontentedly, //There's only a couple makin' out there.// * * * * * Lance sprinted through the halls peering around every corner. He was starting to become frustrated as all he wanted to do was go home and watch some TV. He crashed into someone.

"Hey watched where you're going," he shouted.

"I think you should watch where you're going," Scott's voice replied.

"Shades, if I were you, I would just round up your team and scuttle back to your fancy mansion," growled Lance, " 'cause the new mutant's ours."

"We saw her first," Scott said, "So hands off."

"Let's just see who gets to her first," smirked Lance then ran off. Scott dashed into the opposite direction. * * * * * Iris sat down on the auditorium's stage behind a curtain. She sighed in relief, happy to be in solitude again. //This is just perfect.// she smiled to herself taking out a drawing pad and pencil. She smoothed a blank paper down, enjoying its unruffled, creamy texture. //Now what to draw.// she mused tapping a finger on her nose. She suddenly grinned, eyes swiftly shifting into a humorous turquoise. //How about speedy here.// She started sketching a picture of Pietro sitting on his rump and touching his nose in pain.

"Didn't think I'd find you here sugah," Rogue's voice rebounded in the large auditorium. Iris looked up and sighed. A mutant had found her. She got up and placed her drawing pad in her backpack, all in one swift motion.

"Why can't you guys just leave me alone?" demanded Iris, eyes switching from humor to a dark forest green of disbelief.

"We just wanna help," defended Rogue. She changed her voice to a sincere tone, "I know how hard your life's been like. Why dontcha just let us help you?"

"I don't need help," Iris said stoutly, "I just need to be alone. And about knowing how hard life's been to me," Iris rolled her eyes. "Think again sis."

"Fine," growled Rogue taking off a glove, "Let's do this the hard way then." She grabbed Iris's hand, waiting for powers and memories to be sucked in. Instead, nothing happen.

"Nice try," Iris sneered then mist-like fog erupted her hands and swirled around Rogue.

"What the..." Rogue gasped as a feeling of frigidity, pierced through every pore of her skin. Rogue opened her mouth to scream in pain when the frostiness disappeared. She opened her eyes to find herself all alone, kneeling on the stage and trembling uncontrollably. * * * * * Iris raced towards the same grove of trees where she was at lunchtime. Grabbing the nearest branch on a tree, she swung herself up and climber higher. After she was a certain long distance from the ground and hidden in- between the leaves, she stopped and seated herself comfortably. Iris could have easily camouflaged herself using her powers, but it took time and energy. Taking out her sketch pad again, she started adding detail to Pietro's surprise on his face.

"Vhat are you drawing there?"

Iris nearly fell out of the tree, her heart jumped in surprise. She glared bright golden eyes at Kurt who was lounging on the branch next to her.





"Why the hell do you guys always have to follow me?!" she shrieked.

"Temper, temper," remarked Kurt, shaking a finger at her.

"You think my temper's BIG! Then take this you blue German elf!" and with that Iris pushed Kurt out of the tree. He yelled, startled, but teleported in time to appear safely on the ground. During this Iris had twirled upside down on the branch like a bat and somersaulted through the air to the ground. She shot off like a bullet, leaving behind a dazed Kurt. * * * * * Iris now ran to the parking lot. Quickly checking the few cars that were there for an open window, she got lucky and found one. It was Lance's car. Unluckily though, Fred was there eating away like the pig he was.

//Great. I need to make a diversion.// thought Iris. Fred hadn't noticed her yet, so busy was he eating. She crawled cat-like, hidden by the car next to Lance's. Concentrating, mist gyrated around her hands, then sped off to a spot few feet away from Fred. Conjured through the mist was a triple-layer cake, complete with icing and decorative fruit. Fred sniffed the air and turned his head in the direction of the sweet.

"CAKE!" he squealed like a kid and trundled off to it, his body shaking the ground. Iris sniggered softly at the easiness of the task and wasted no time into breaking into Lance's car. And guess what! The keys were left in the car!

//Man, this is getting way too easy!// Iris thought.

Revving up the engine, she put the car in reverse and raced out of the parking, right under Lance's nose.

"Hey! Get back here with my car!" he screamed shaking his fist. His eyes rolled into the back of his head as he forced the earth to tremble. But the car was too fast for him since it got away from the area of ground he controlled. Fuming, Lance turned to Fred who was stuffing his face.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP HER!" he screamed with same amount of vigor as an exploding volcano. Fred didn't stop to reply, but his hand did. It shot out and pinned Lance by the neck against a nearby tree.

"Grarg....ack...kack..." Lance sputtered. Fred kept on eating as if the world was coming to an end. * * * * * Scott used his communicator watch to tell the team to get back in front of the school. After the X-men were assembled, stories spouted out.

"My powers didn't work..."

"She saw who I was..."

"She stole Lance's car...."

"I couldn't find her..."

Scott put his hand up for silence. He pointed at Rogue and Kurt. "You two said that you encountered her. What's your story?"

Rogue answered trembling, she was still shaky after her near-death experience of coldness. "She was immune to mah powers and made me feel co...." there she broke off shivering. Scott scratched his thoughtfully. So this new mutant was immune to Rogue's power and had also made Rogue frightened. Both nearly impossible things to do. He pointed at Kurt.

Words tumbled out the blue-furred elf. "She saw vhat I vas...she kicked me...I fell..." Scott shook his head. This mutant could see through holograms then. She must be really powerful then...

"YOU LASER-EYED FREAK!"

Scott looked up to see Lance stomping towards him. Now what? Lance poked a finger at Scott's chest. "You told her to do it, didnacha! You told her to go off and steal my...I'LL KILL YOU FOR THIS SUMMERS!" Lance screamed, spit flying from his mouth. Todd, Tabitha, Pietro and Fred (who was still eating the cake) all stood a respectable distance away from their mad, bomb-exploding leader. Scott raised his hands in defense.

"What did I tell who to do?" he asked raising eyebrows questioningly.

"YOU TOLD THAT B**** MUTANT TO STEAL MY CAR!" Lance exploded.

"Now what here a second earth boy," Scott said annoyed, "I didn't tell anyone to do anything to you."

"LIAR! I SAW HER STEAL MY CAR RIGHT UNDERNEATH MY NOSE!" Lance shrieked, his face reddening out of control. Evan sniggered. Lance shot a death look at him.

"Your car got stolen Avalanche?" Evan said using Lance's code-name, "I'm sorry man, but I can't imagine your car being a car 'cause it's just..."

"WHY YOU LIL' BAS...." Lance screamed, temper now way out of its boundaries.

"No one told me it was your car you know. I just needed a getaway." a voice piped up. Everyone turned in that direction to see Iris.

Oh look! Iris came baaaack! Is Lance going to kill her? What does Iris have up her sleeve? To find out guys I need two more reviews, ok! Can someone also please enlighten me on the last names of all the characters and the personalities of the bad guys? I'd appreciate your help. Thanks then. Ji jien! (mandarin for bye)