Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I've been kind of busy.
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As they headed for the mall, the group of mutants split up. Lance and Kitty went off by themselves. Scott would have followed if Jean had not tugged him in a different direction. Kurt, Kellie, Tabitha, and Pietro grouped together, while Todd and Rahne were walking off in a different direction. Of course, Bobby and Jubilee went after them, searching for some good gossip material. Rogue and Remy decided to go to a movie, and Ray and Roberto had gone of with some of their non-mutant friends. Fred was left with Tabitha and Amara, who had decided to go on a shopping spree and use Fred as the bag carrier.
"Why me?" said Fred.
"Awww! We really appreciate this Freddy! We'll buy you some pizza later, Ok?" said Tabitha, pulling her best cute face.
"Oh…ok."
"Thanks Freddy!"
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Todd and Rahne were walking in through the malls, both unsure of themselves. They tried to talk lightly, and found that it was easy to talk to each other. Bobby and Jubes followed behind stealthily, on the lookout for gossip or potential blackmail material. As Todd and Rahne rounded the corner, Duncan Mathews and his cronies were watching the News broadcast (something rare for their IQ) with great interest. It was about the Mutant Registration Act.
"I sure hope we get rid of those damn freaks," said Duncan.
"Yeah, they're really screwing life up for everyone. Just look at what happened to that guy," said one of the jocks, pointing to a testimony.
The man had apparently been attacked by a group of merciless mutants. He 'miraculously' escaped unharmed due to some FOH officers.
"You know what," said Duncan, "I wonder if that punk Tollenskey is a mutant."
"Hey you know what, I bet he is!"
"Yeah, just look at the way he's always hopping around. It's like he's some kind of frog."
Todd spotted them, and quickly turned around to start walking, but was spotted by the jocks.
"Hey! There he is now! C'mon guys, let's go ask him if he's a mutant!" said Duncan, "Tollenskey! Come here you freak!"
They ran right towards Todd, who quickly burst into a dead sprint, hoping to find somebody to protect him. He spotted Rogue inside a Goth store and quickly ran to her.
"Rogue! Help! …Duncan…behind…chasing.!" He tried to say.
Rogue looked behind him and saw Duncan and his gang searching through the stores one by one.
"Get down and keep quiet," she said.
Todd hid underneath a rack of black, garish clothing. Duncan came in puffing.
"Man, I gotta quit smoking." He said under his breath.
He saw Rogue standing over next to a rack of clothes, "Hey! You! You seen Tollenskey around here?"
"Why? He run off with your girlfriend again?"
"No! And it's none of your business why I wanna see him you pale faced bimbo!"
Duncan fell to the ground gasping as Remy removed his foot from Duncan's stomach.
"Care to rephrase that last one mon ami?"
"I….ain't scared of you either your river rat!"
Remy lowered his sunglasses, allowing his piercing red on black eyes to show. "Are you sure?"
Duncan backed away stammering, "I just wanna know w-where Tollenskey went."
"Remy no care what you want de frog for. Leave. Now," Remy said in a dangerous voice, moving closer to Duncan.
Duncan backed out the door, then turned and ran to the right. He didn't make it far tripping on something and falling flat on his face. Remy quickly retracted his staff and hid it inside his trench coat. Rahne came running up, but still breathing normal (being part wolf had it's advantages). "Did ye see Todd coom in here?"
"I'm right here, yo." Said Todd, coming out from the clothes.
"Are ye ok?"
"Yeah I'm good."
He turned to Remy and Rogue, "Thanks you guys. I really couldn't deal with that today."
"You're welcome Todd, we'll be seeing ya."
"Ok. Later."
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Back at the mansion:
Daniel was becoming very restless. The medicine that Hank had made was very effective. So effective that Daniel wanted to get up right now. Hank had told him that he should stay in bed for at least a day, and it was driving him crazy.
**Screw this! I am sooo getting out of here!** he thought.
He limped down the hall silently.
He got past the rec room, past the kitchen, almost to the door…
"If anyone in sick bay goes outside the house, I'm gonna let Wolverine go bring them back." Hank called from upstairs.
**Son of a…**
Daniel stomped as loudly as he could back to the infirmary, and door made a resounding Boom as he slammed it shut. Hank smiled as he watched National Geographic. "I guess maybe I shouldn't have given him so much of that medicine."
Daniel went over to a mirror to see how bad it was. His ribs still ached and his shoulder hurt every time he moved his right arm. His face was about the same. There was a large scar on his shoulder and arms, and his chest was pretty cut up as well. "Damnit! Now I won't be able to tan" he laughed at himself. His thoughts drifted towards the nightmare he had. He didn't know what they meant, but he prayed that there wouldn't be a case of déjà vu. There were some horrible images that he would have rather forgotten, and something familiar about them. He shrugged and tried to get some sleep, but his scalp was itchy. He sighed and just sat there staring off into oblivion.
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Back at the mall….
Freddy was now carrying out 15 bags from assorted stores, and Boomer and Amara now had to keep up their end of the bargain.
"Let's see….. I'll take meals 1 though 6, 8 large fries, 3 large milkshakes, and a dozen apple pies. Do you guys want anything?"
Boomer and Amara stared at him. "Um….not thanks Freddy."
Fred got his meal and brought it over to the larger tables and started eating. Since he was around girls h didn't eat as noisily as he sometimes did, after all, that wouldn't be nice.
"Good thing the professor let's you guys have your own credit cards."
"Yeah, but if we max it out, we have to do the advanced survival course with Logan."
"Ouch."
"Want a fry?"
"Not right now Freddy, we're in public."
Boomer and Amara looked at her in shock. "Amara….you've never had a French fry?"
"A what?"
Freddy looked like he was about to faint. Boomer was still shocked. She knew Amara came from a small country, but she was the princess and all, shouldn't she have seen the world.
"You guys never went out to eat at McDonalds or anything?"
"We didn't have a McDonalds, and even if we did, my dad never let me out of the palace."
At this Freddy did faint.
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Lance and Kitty were walking by themselves at the park. They had grown tired of the mall and the anti-mutant news on every television set. Now they were just glad to have some time alone. They walked around through the trees, the flowers blooming in the spring warmth.
"I can't believe that people are getting so angry about mutants."
"Yeah, like, it's so unfair. That Kelly guy has got some issues."
"You know, he looks a lot like Principal Kelly."
"Yeah I noticed that. I wonder if there, like, related."
"Well there's one good thing about those two."
"Like, what?"
"They're not here now."
They stopped walking and turned to face each other. They leaned close together, their mouths almost touching...when a noise in the bushes started laughing.
"Hey! Whose there!"
Now four voices were laughing so hard the bush was shaking. Lance held up his hand and Pietro, Tabitha, Kelly and Kurt came tumbling out.
"Wanna tell me what the hell you guys are going here?"
"Not really, no," said Kelly.
Lance glared, but she just smiled and the group ran off.
"When I get my hands on Pietro I'll…"
Kitty laughed, "As if THAT will ever happen. The only way you could, like, catch him was if he was asleep. And even then he'd probably give you a run for your money."
They laughed and sat on a park bench to watch the sunset.
Around 7 everyone went home. Brotherhood and x-men parted ways, and everyone slept soundly. Xavier however, was still up at Cerebro.
**Must find more mutants! Must be stronger! Must not let HIM get them!** he ranted to himself inside his head. He was searching the globe for more mutant signatures. Most signatures were found in the concentration camps. Yes, they are already in operation. He didn't even give a second thought to them. It was their fault they were caught. They should have come to him! As you can imagine, he was not the most rational person right now. His ranting and raving continued into the night.
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Logan and Storm were still awake. They were watching the news, both disgusted by Senator Kelly's actions. After about an hour-long, anti- mutant, blatantly racist conference, he got a standing ovation. Logan knew he shouldn't have voted for him…
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Sorry this chapter is a little shorter. But this was a good place to stop for now. I'm gonna try to write more, smaller chapters then leave you guys hanging for 2 weeks trying to get a larger one in. R/R, and hopefully I'll have the next chapter up soon.
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As they headed for the mall, the group of mutants split up. Lance and Kitty went off by themselves. Scott would have followed if Jean had not tugged him in a different direction. Kurt, Kellie, Tabitha, and Pietro grouped together, while Todd and Rahne were walking off in a different direction. Of course, Bobby and Jubilee went after them, searching for some good gossip material. Rogue and Remy decided to go to a movie, and Ray and Roberto had gone of with some of their non-mutant friends. Fred was left with Tabitha and Amara, who had decided to go on a shopping spree and use Fred as the bag carrier.
"Why me?" said Fred.
"Awww! We really appreciate this Freddy! We'll buy you some pizza later, Ok?" said Tabitha, pulling her best cute face.
"Oh…ok."
"Thanks Freddy!"
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Todd and Rahne were walking in through the malls, both unsure of themselves. They tried to talk lightly, and found that it was easy to talk to each other. Bobby and Jubes followed behind stealthily, on the lookout for gossip or potential blackmail material. As Todd and Rahne rounded the corner, Duncan Mathews and his cronies were watching the News broadcast (something rare for their IQ) with great interest. It was about the Mutant Registration Act.
"I sure hope we get rid of those damn freaks," said Duncan.
"Yeah, they're really screwing life up for everyone. Just look at what happened to that guy," said one of the jocks, pointing to a testimony.
The man had apparently been attacked by a group of merciless mutants. He 'miraculously' escaped unharmed due to some FOH officers.
"You know what," said Duncan, "I wonder if that punk Tollenskey is a mutant."
"Hey you know what, I bet he is!"
"Yeah, just look at the way he's always hopping around. It's like he's some kind of frog."
Todd spotted them, and quickly turned around to start walking, but was spotted by the jocks.
"Hey! There he is now! C'mon guys, let's go ask him if he's a mutant!" said Duncan, "Tollenskey! Come here you freak!"
They ran right towards Todd, who quickly burst into a dead sprint, hoping to find somebody to protect him. He spotted Rogue inside a Goth store and quickly ran to her.
"Rogue! Help! …Duncan…behind…chasing.!" He tried to say.
Rogue looked behind him and saw Duncan and his gang searching through the stores one by one.
"Get down and keep quiet," she said.
Todd hid underneath a rack of black, garish clothing. Duncan came in puffing.
"Man, I gotta quit smoking." He said under his breath.
He saw Rogue standing over next to a rack of clothes, "Hey! You! You seen Tollenskey around here?"
"Why? He run off with your girlfriend again?"
"No! And it's none of your business why I wanna see him you pale faced bimbo!"
Duncan fell to the ground gasping as Remy removed his foot from Duncan's stomach.
"Care to rephrase that last one mon ami?"
"I….ain't scared of you either your river rat!"
Remy lowered his sunglasses, allowing his piercing red on black eyes to show. "Are you sure?"
Duncan backed away stammering, "I just wanna know w-where Tollenskey went."
"Remy no care what you want de frog for. Leave. Now," Remy said in a dangerous voice, moving closer to Duncan.
Duncan backed out the door, then turned and ran to the right. He didn't make it far tripping on something and falling flat on his face. Remy quickly retracted his staff and hid it inside his trench coat. Rahne came running up, but still breathing normal (being part wolf had it's advantages). "Did ye see Todd coom in here?"
"I'm right here, yo." Said Todd, coming out from the clothes.
"Are ye ok?"
"Yeah I'm good."
He turned to Remy and Rogue, "Thanks you guys. I really couldn't deal with that today."
"You're welcome Todd, we'll be seeing ya."
"Ok. Later."
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Back at the mansion:
Daniel was becoming very restless. The medicine that Hank had made was very effective. So effective that Daniel wanted to get up right now. Hank had told him that he should stay in bed for at least a day, and it was driving him crazy.
**Screw this! I am sooo getting out of here!** he thought.
He limped down the hall silently.
He got past the rec room, past the kitchen, almost to the door…
"If anyone in sick bay goes outside the house, I'm gonna let Wolverine go bring them back." Hank called from upstairs.
**Son of a…**
Daniel stomped as loudly as he could back to the infirmary, and door made a resounding Boom as he slammed it shut. Hank smiled as he watched National Geographic. "I guess maybe I shouldn't have given him so much of that medicine."
Daniel went over to a mirror to see how bad it was. His ribs still ached and his shoulder hurt every time he moved his right arm. His face was about the same. There was a large scar on his shoulder and arms, and his chest was pretty cut up as well. "Damnit! Now I won't be able to tan" he laughed at himself. His thoughts drifted towards the nightmare he had. He didn't know what they meant, but he prayed that there wouldn't be a case of déjà vu. There were some horrible images that he would have rather forgotten, and something familiar about them. He shrugged and tried to get some sleep, but his scalp was itchy. He sighed and just sat there staring off into oblivion.
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Back at the mall….
Freddy was now carrying out 15 bags from assorted stores, and Boomer and Amara now had to keep up their end of the bargain.
"Let's see….. I'll take meals 1 though 6, 8 large fries, 3 large milkshakes, and a dozen apple pies. Do you guys want anything?"
Boomer and Amara stared at him. "Um….not thanks Freddy."
Fred got his meal and brought it over to the larger tables and started eating. Since he was around girls h didn't eat as noisily as he sometimes did, after all, that wouldn't be nice.
"Good thing the professor let's you guys have your own credit cards."
"Yeah, but if we max it out, we have to do the advanced survival course with Logan."
"Ouch."
"Want a fry?"
"Not right now Freddy, we're in public."
Boomer and Amara looked at her in shock. "Amara….you've never had a French fry?"
"A what?"
Freddy looked like he was about to faint. Boomer was still shocked. She knew Amara came from a small country, but she was the princess and all, shouldn't she have seen the world.
"You guys never went out to eat at McDonalds or anything?"
"We didn't have a McDonalds, and even if we did, my dad never let me out of the palace."
At this Freddy did faint.
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Lance and Kitty were walking by themselves at the park. They had grown tired of the mall and the anti-mutant news on every television set. Now they were just glad to have some time alone. They walked around through the trees, the flowers blooming in the spring warmth.
"I can't believe that people are getting so angry about mutants."
"Yeah, like, it's so unfair. That Kelly guy has got some issues."
"You know, he looks a lot like Principal Kelly."
"Yeah I noticed that. I wonder if there, like, related."
"Well there's one good thing about those two."
"Like, what?"
"They're not here now."
They stopped walking and turned to face each other. They leaned close together, their mouths almost touching...when a noise in the bushes started laughing.
"Hey! Whose there!"
Now four voices were laughing so hard the bush was shaking. Lance held up his hand and Pietro, Tabitha, Kelly and Kurt came tumbling out.
"Wanna tell me what the hell you guys are going here?"
"Not really, no," said Kelly.
Lance glared, but she just smiled and the group ran off.
"When I get my hands on Pietro I'll…"
Kitty laughed, "As if THAT will ever happen. The only way you could, like, catch him was if he was asleep. And even then he'd probably give you a run for your money."
They laughed and sat on a park bench to watch the sunset.
Around 7 everyone went home. Brotherhood and x-men parted ways, and everyone slept soundly. Xavier however, was still up at Cerebro.
**Must find more mutants! Must be stronger! Must not let HIM get them!** he ranted to himself inside his head. He was searching the globe for more mutant signatures. Most signatures were found in the concentration camps. Yes, they are already in operation. He didn't even give a second thought to them. It was their fault they were caught. They should have come to him! As you can imagine, he was not the most rational person right now. His ranting and raving continued into the night.
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Logan and Storm were still awake. They were watching the news, both disgusted by Senator Kelly's actions. After about an hour-long, anti- mutant, blatantly racist conference, he got a standing ovation. Logan knew he shouldn't have voted for him…
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Sorry this chapter is a little shorter. But this was a good place to stop for now. I'm gonna try to write more, smaller chapters then leave you guys hanging for 2 weeks trying to get a larger one in. R/R, and hopefully I'll have the next chapter up soon.