Summary: Summary? What summary?

Authors: Brakish & Rogue31

Disclaimer: We'd like to own em' but we don't, like many other things.

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X-Duds
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Chapter 8: Afternoon Activities
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An afternoon in the Xavier Institute. Kitty sat in the living room with
Evan, Ororo, and Rogue, flipping channels on the television. Evan sat there
happily on the sofa with action figures he apparently brought to the school.
"Put it to the Candy Bar Squad! Candy Bar Squad! We love the candy bars!"

Rogue sat on the far edge of the sofa. "Yeah right! We're not watching
that!"

Evan frowned, "B-But... if Joe doesn't see the Candy Bar Squad every day, he
goes on a furious rampage!" He fell over as if someone jumped on him. He
patted an invisible friend. "It's ok, Billy... Joe hasn't lost it yet."

Rogue blinked, her eyes widened. "Uh... where exactly ARE your friends
here...?"

Evan snickered. "Oooh! Bob likes you!"

At the moment Rogue screamed and ran out the room. Ororo smiled in
satisfaction. "Yes! Yes! More air for me!"

Kitty switched the channel to "The Candy Bar Squad" for Evan and his...
friend's... enjoyment. She watched as the moving candy bars connected to
make the ultimate candy bar to destroy the evil vegetable monster. Evan's
eyes widened as he moved closer to the television screen, with his action
figures and a happy smile on his face.

Kitty gasped. "It's a sign!!" she jumped up, throwing a lamp at the
television. Kitty cheered in her victory. Evan slowly looked back at Kitty.
"Why'd you do that?! Bob is crying now!"

Kitty placed her hands on her hips and laughed diabolically. "The panda
thought it could trick me!"

Ororo blinked. "... Panda?"

Kitty continued her laughing, and suddenly fell off the sofa. Evan gasped.
"No, Joe!! No rampage!"

Kitty screamed atop her lungs. "Eeeeeeek! The pink polar bear strikes
again!" She looked at Ororo in caution. "Get as much peanut butter as you can
get from the house!"

Ororo shrugged and ran into the kitchen, soon returning with peanut butter
and handing it to Kitty. Kitty squealed and ran behind a chair, soon eating
the peanut butter. Evan blinked. "Why are you eating peanut butter?"

Kitty laughed. "The polar bear will NEVER suspect the peanut butter!"

Whether it was the nervous feeling around Kitty during her out bursts or just plain fear of what she might do that forced Evan and Ororo to leave the room…rather quickly didn't matter. Away…that's all that was needed. Away from Kitty.

Evan passed Jean in the hall. She scrambled something around before she looked up at Evan. "Hello," she greeted.

"Hi! Bob also says hi. Billy and Joe would say hi too but they went to go get their baseball gloves. We're going to play catch," Evan declared.

"Well then, don't let me keep you waiting," Jean said.

Evan smiled and skipped away. "All clear," she said next to her.

Scott popped his head out of the whole. "So how far are we?" she asked. Held up his spoon, smiling.

"A little further and we'll be out."

"Great! Okay, keep digging while I keep watch."

"Why can't I keep watch and you dig for a change?"

"Because silly, you can't see. It makes perfect sense for you to dig and get all dirty while I stay up here, keeping clean and watching so no one knows of our plan of escape."

"Wow, Jean. You're so smart."

"Yes, well I can't argue with you on that. Now, aren't you suppose to be doing something?"

Scott lowered back into the whole. Hitting his head on the way down.

"It won't be long now," Jean said, "not long at all. Scott will finishing digging the hole all the way outside and I'll be free! Free!" She stood, arms out stretched as she smiled. A figure caught her attention out of the corner of her eye.

Jean slowly turned to find that Rogue had just overheard her conversation. "Free?! Scott's digging an escape hole and we'll be able to leave this place?" Rogue asked, eyes wide in aw.

NO! The rest must not know. Then Xavier will know we've all escaped. They must stay here, for my sake. She thought.

"What? Is that what I said. No, no…you see I was just uh…dreaming, yes dreaming. And I must have dreamt some crazy dream. You know how that goes," Jean lied.

"No, Scott's down there digging an escape route out of this hell whole isn't he, isn't he! Well no lie will stop me from escaping with you. No way," Rogue declared, crossing her arms.

An evil smile crept upon Jean's face, "I'm sorry. Let's hug to make up," she said, inching towards Rogue. Frightened, Rogue screamed and ran out of the room. Laughing, Jean returned to her thoughts of freedom.

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"Billy, stop goofy off catch the ball will you," Evan said. He had just thrown the ball to Billy, who wasn't paying attention and missed the ball. "Okay, throw it back," Evan said, "Nice throw. Here catch Joe." The imaginary ball soared and found its way to Joe.

Kurt observed Evan from the window. Evan was running around the yard, acting as though he were catching something and then throwing it back. Kurt couldn't help but be somewhat amused by the show of stupidity.

Then Evan turned, LOOKING AT HIM. Eyes wide Kurt glanced around, hoping he was looking at someone else. There wasn't anyone else around. Then Evan waved at Kurt. He couldn't take it, he turned and ran but not without bumping into the already screaming and running for her life, Rogue.

They collided and fell to the ground. Rogue looked at Kurt, Kurt had made contact with Rogue when running into her, all that had just happened sank in. After a moment of silent shock they both got up and ran, screaming through the halls.


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"What a lovely day. Tra-le-la," Xavier said, spinning his wheel chair, giggling.

Then out of nowhere screaming came and it got closer until, Bam! Xavier was thrown from his wheelchair when he looked up he saw Kitty. "What the hell are you doing?" he demanded.

Kitty giggled then answered, "Well Kurt and Rogue were running around screaming I thought that's what everyone else was doing, plus it really scares the little blue bunny."

"The…little…blue…bunny?" Xavier said, eyeing her.

Nodding her head excitedly she smiled. "LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU!" he yelled.

Kitty turned and screamed. "NO! My un-penetrate-able peanut butter force field has been breached! Quick, we must find the jelly!" she declared, grabbing and shaking Xavier.

"In the cell below. It's mark Logan's Cell," he said.

Kitty nodded and got up. "I must go. To Logan's Cell," she said and ran downstairs.

Xavier waited, waited and waited. A loud scream was heard followed by a roar. He laughed.

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Okay sorry for the MAJOR delay folks. I've been stumped on brilliant ideas and inspiration and so has Brakish. Hoping this speed bump will help clear the air for the next chapter.

Chapter 9:The Change