Was This Trip Really Necessary?
Several minutes later everyone was sitting in the kitchen, either drinking coffee or hot cocoa. "Well this is something I never expected," Rogue grumbled as she glared at Pietro.
"Bit of a shock for us as well," Wanda said.
"I thought Hawk said none of the Brotherhood besides Mystique could be found?" Logan asked.
"Well," Roadblock scratched his head. "Technically…"
"So what are you doing here?" Scott asked.
"Training," Todd told him. "Like we said."
"The Joes took us all in," Wanda explained.
"Oh great," Jean grumbled. "Just when I thought the Joes couldn't get any more psychotic…"
"Watch it!" Wanda snarled.
"That's enough," Ororo said. "Well at least now we know what's going on here."
"Yeah as usual these losers are causing us trouble for no reason," Remy snapped.
"Gambit that's enough!" Ororo said. "We're guests here!"
"Uninvited guests," Todd grumbled.
"Speaking of losers where's Daniels?" Pietro looked around. "I don't see him here! What? He break a leg or something?"
The X-Men tensed up. "What?" Pietro noticed. "What'd I say?"
"Spyke's not an X-Man anymore," Scott told him.
"What?" Todd nearly choked on his hot cocoa. "What happened?"
Ororo looked sad. "His mutation was progressing. He wasn't able to control his powers or his temper."
"His spikes got stuck out on the outside of his body," Jean said sadly. "He could make new spikes but he can't retract them into his body anymore. He didn't take it too well. And he had trouble when other people reacted."
"So what?" Pietro asked. "Is he in jail? Oh please tell me he's in jail!"
"Pietro!" Roadblock warned.
"What?" Pietro asked. "I was just asking!"
"He went to the Morlocks," Bobby said.
"The sewer dwellers?" Lance gasped.
"Oh man!" Pietro grinned. "This is great! I've been dying for some good news!"
"Pietro!" Rogue snapped.
"Lance I now totally forgive you for calling the X-Geeks and robbing me of my beauty sleep," Pietro smiled. "It was worth it to find out how low Evan sunk!"
"Why you little…" Remy growled. "You always were a spiteful little punk!" He lunged at him but Pietro easily dodged him. "I don't care who's brother you are! You deserve your butt kicked!"
"Brother?" Mercer asked. "What do you mean?'
"He means Wanda!" Tabitha snapped. "I ain't afraid of her!" She glared at Wanda and started to power up.
"Go ahead and try," Wanda growled.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Logan shouted.
"THE LOT OF YOU SETTLE DOWN!" Sarge shouted. The kids settled down. "The last thing we need right now is another fight breaking out! Pietro apologize!"
"What for?" Pietro asked.
"For being an insensitive jerk!" Rogue snapped.
"Fine! Sorry you found out Daniels was a washout," Pietro shrugged.
"Why you…!" Rogue snapped standing up.
"Forget it Chere," Remy put his hand on her shoulder. "He ain't worth it."
"I need some fresh air!" Rogue stomped outside.
"I hope you're happy Lance!" Kitty snapped.
"Me?" Lance blinked. "What did I do?"
"You caused all this that's what you did!" Kitty snapped.
"Oh look it's time for a moonlight stroll," Roadblock looked at his watch. "Anybody care to join me?"
Most of the others got the hint. Except for Pietro. "What? And miss this fight?"
"Come on Kitty why don't we talk outside?" Lance sighed. "Alone!"
"Fine with me!" Kitty followed him to the back.
The tension in the room could be cut with a knife. "You said something about Cobra doing something with the X-Men's DNA," Logan decided it was time to change the subject.
"Boring!" Pietro yawned. "I'm gonna have some fun!" He sped off.
"Oh brother," Althea sighed. "Come on Toad. We'd better stop him before he causes more trouble."
"Yeah he's probably gonna spy on Lance and Kitty anyway," Todd shrugged as he got up.
"I'd better come to," Wanda sighed.
"So will I," Jean glared at them.
"Yeah no way we're gonna leave them with you losers around!" Bobby snapped.
"Are you gonna start that again?" Todd snapped.
Meanwhile Rogue was fuming outside. "Well I take it none of your friends know about our little family secret. Don't they sis?" Pietro sped up to her.
"You just keep your big fat mouth shut you stupid hummingbird!" Rogue snapped.
"Fine like I really want to admit that I'm related to an X-Geek," Pietro held up his hands. "Well two if you count Blue Boy!"
"His name is Kurt and if you tell him…" Rogue made a fist.
"My, my keeping secrets are we?" Pietro snickered. "The others I get but your own brother? That's just not right. You're acting more like Father every day!"
"You take that back!" Rogue lunged at him.
Pietro tsked and dashed out of her reach. "Temper, temper," He wagged his finger. "You and Wanda really are alike!"
"Yeah we both wanna kill you!" Rogue tried to hit him again.
"Now, now," Pietro dodged her. "You have to admit that I have a point. I mean not telling Kurt is something Magneto would do. By the way have you seen the jerk?"
"No," Rogue told him. "You're annoying enough!"
"It is my right," Pietro snickered as he leapt out of the way again. "It's in the code of brothers. Thall shalt annoy thy sister!"
"Rogue!" Kurt teleported between them. "Oh there you are!" Kurt growled at Pietro. "Why don't you leave my sister alone?"
"Isn't that sweet?" Pietro said in a syrupy voice. "Baby brother is being all protective. Does Big Sister have anything to say at this warm family moment?"
"Yeah I'm gonna kill you!" She snarled.
"Rogue!" Scott and the others ran up. "Is he bothering you?"
"Nothing I can't handle!" Rogue snapped.
"Pietro give it a rest!" Althea snapped. "As much as I'd love to see you keep annoying the X-Geeks here we have bigger problems. Like Cobra."
"Cobra?" Kurt asked.
"Yeah we tried to tell you before," Althea said. "We found out that…"
"LANCE YOU ARE SUCH A JERK!" Kitty's voice echoed through the desert.
"Kitty!" Peter ran off towards the voice.
"Ooh! A fight between the lovebirds!" Pietro sped ahead of him.
"Come on let's go," Althea sighed. Soon they all saw Lance and Kitty fighting.
"I said I was sorry! I didn't mean it like that!" Lance groaned. "But for crying out loud what did you expect? I mean it's not like Daniels and I were best friends or anything!"
"It's not funny that we lost some of our friends!" Kitty snapped.
"It's not like anybody died is it?" Lance groaned. "Is it? Who else is gone?"
"Rahnee and Jubilee are also gone," Kitty snapped. "Their parents sent them back home. I don't know how many more of us are going to be left! I'm amazed I was able to convince my parents to stay this long! And it's all your fault!"
"What?" Lance shouted.
"Everybody knows about the mansion now," Kitty snapped. "And you destroying Bayville High certainly didn't help!"
"That was an accident!" Lance shouted. "My powers have been evolving too! Just like Spyke! What? It's okay if he causes some damage when he can't control his powers but it isn't if I do it?"
"You have to admit Kitty he has a point," Pietro sped up.
"Go away Pietro!" Lance snapped.
"Yeah get lost you loser!" She shouted.
"Don't call him a loser!" Lance snapped.
"Yeah only we can say that!" Todd said.
"That's right!" Lance said.
"Well he's just another jerk like you!" Kitty snapped. "So naturally you'd defend him!"
Lance looked like he had been hit in the stomach. "You don't mean that!" He grabbed her arm.
"TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF HER!" Peter grabbed Lance.
"Hey back off!" Lance broke free and shoved him. "This is none of your business!"
"Actually it is my business where Kitty is concerned," Peter growled.
"Peter it's okay I can handle him," Kitty held his arm.
"I'm not going to leave you alone with him!" Peter snapped.
"I can take care of myself," She reassured him.
"Yeah Pete back off," Tabitha said. "No need to play the overprotective boyfriend."
"Boyfriend?" Lance blinked.
"Boyfriend?" Todd and Althea said together.
"Boyfriend?" Wanda and Pietro asked.
"Boyfriend!" Fred gulped.
"Yeah boyfriend," Tabitha smirked. "They've been an item for over a month now."
"WHAT?" Lance yelled.
"Oh this is really getting good," Pietro rubbed his hands together. "Do tell Tabby!"
"Tabitha…" Jean growled.
"Yeah she got over you real quick Rocky," Tabitha grinned an evil grin. "In fact I think it really started about a day after that Asteroid M incident. At the pool party."
"Pool party?" Lance looked at the two of them.
"Yeah he helped put sunscreen all over Kitty's body," Tabitha smiled.
"Sunscreen?" Lance said in a shocked voice. He glared at Peter.
"Oh yeah they couldn't keep their hands off each other," Tabitha smirked.
"Will you shut up!" Kitty screamed at Tabitha. "Just because you and Ray are on the rocks doesn't give you the right to mess with other people's lives!"
"I'm just telling him the truth," Tabitha said sweetly. "Unlike you."
"I DON'T BELIEVE THIS!" Lance screamed. "I've been suffering thorough sleepless nights worrying about you and you're making time with another guy behind my back!"
"Hello!" Kitty snapped. "We broke up! Remember?"
"We did?" Lance blinked.
"Oh god," Todd grumbled. "Love isn't blind, it's stupid!"
"Well you're an expert on that," Rogue snapped.
"You are cruising for a bruising," Wanda growled. "I don't care if we are…"
"Wait a minute!" Gambit said quickly. "Maybe we should all leave them alone!"
"What's the difference? We can hear them just as easily inside?" Althea said.
"You…" Lance growled at Peter. The ground began to shake. "You backstabbing jerk!" He sent out a tremor at him that knocked him down.
"This is the real you isn't it?" Kitty snapped. "You just act like a jerk when things don't go your way! You're nothing but a hood!"
Lance felt like his heart had been torn out. Rage built inside of him. "That's right! I'll never be good enough for you!" Lance shouted. The ground started to shake again.
"Here we go again," Pietro sighed. "I got dibs on Gambit!" He slugged him. Soon all the kids were fighting with each other.
The adults came outside and watched the commotion. "Why am I not surprised?" Ororo groaned as she held her head in her hands.
"Every single time they get together they have to fight don't they?" Roadblock sighed.
"Okay why is Kitty fighting with Tabitha?" Cover Girl asked. "Aren't they on the same side?"
"Tabby broke up with Ray because she caught him flirting with her," Logan sighed. "Of course she only has eyes now for Pete there but that didn't stop Miss Time Bomb from blaming her. "
"Oh," Cover Girl watched.
"Shouldn't we do something?" Mercer asked as the kids fought.
"Nah," Sarge sighed as he grabbed some scotch. "Let 'em fight it out on their own."
"You got any more?" Logan sighed.
"Help yourself," Sarge poured him a glass.
Looks like for now Lance and Kitty are history! In case you couldn't tell I wrote this chapter when 'Mainstream' came out! That's just the way this story is going in my head so far. Are they really over for good, or am I just messing with everyone's heads (Including my own)? But won't it be fun to find out?