Oooh, here we go again. Thanks for the review, Mischievous One, sure, I'll
continue. I agree with you, Pietro is a great character to do angsty stuff
with, because he has such a weird family. I like doing stuff with Todd and
Lance, too, but I don't put a lot of it up. Be forewarned, though, Pietro
won't have it easy in this fic. No, not at all. Poor Pie Pie. And his team-
mates won't either. Actually, no one will have it easy.
Pietro: I hate her. Eric: I don't. John: Ofcourse you don't, boss man, you have all the power you could dream of! Eric: Not quite. Mýa: Would you all shut up and get on with the fic? John: WAITWAITWAITWAITWAIT! Mýa: *groans* what now, John? John: Are you gonna be in this fic? Mýa: Nope, I'm stuck in an elevator in 'The Portal' John: Are we gonna be in that? Mýa: No, you're busy here. John: That ain't fair, mate! What about Speedy? Mýa: Uh.what about him? He gets in two fics because. Pietro: Because I was here first! John: Blah! Go on, get on with it.
Sorry for that *ahem* small interruption, now we'll get on with what you REALLY want to read!
***
"John, you bloody fool! I can't believe that TINY brain of yours DID THIS!" Eric Lensher, master of magnetism, yelled at the young, cowering boy, "You numb skull.I should take that Flame Thrower off you and shove it up you're- "
"Calm down, father, you know he was just practising his powers!" Pietro ran up behind his father, patting him on the back trying to calm him down.
Eric took this into consideration. "Hmm.maybe your right, Pietro, but how will Gambit feel, sharing a room with Pyro?"
Remy heard this bit, and walked over to them, curiosity getting the better of him, "Wha'.exactly.did John do?" Remy cocked his head to a side.
"Umm.I'm outa here, mate!" John whimpered, getting up.
"No, John, you tell Remy what you did, and we'll call it quits." Smirked Eric, wondering exactly WHAT Remy, who was reaching for a pack of cards and his staff as he spoke, would do with John.
"Er, I'm saying this in advance," John began, trembling, "I'm sorry, Remy, I really am."
"What," Remy growled, "Did y'all do? What does it have ta do with Gambit?"
"Are you sure you want to know?" sighed John. Gambit nodded. "I.uh.I burned a hole through your wall."
Eric and Pietro walked off, chuckling, hearing explosions and yelling, and lots of screaming, as they walked on.
***
"Wanda, dear, what would you say if.if I said I could go and get your brother back for you?" Raven asked, already knowing the answer, but just wondering.
The lights flashed dangerously. "I'd say," Wanda said dangerously, "You're life was in danger."
"Ok, I was just wondering." Raven added, walking quickly out of the room.
"THERE ya are, yo!" Todd hopped in, "I was wonderin' where mah baby would be!"
"For the last time, Toad," Wanda moaned, the lights flashing once more, "Don't EVER call me THAT!"
"Awww.buttercup!" Todd tried.
"NOT THAT EITHER!" Wanda screamed, "YOU CALL ME WANDA! OR THE SCARLET WITCH!"
"OK, Wanda-kins, I'll call you that." Todd said, affectionately.
The lights broke.
"Ok Wanda, I'll be out of here!" Todd hopped quickly out of the room.
Wanda gave a satisfied chuckle. That always worked.
***
"Remy.I'm sorry mate." John tried.
"Does Remy hear a voice?" Remy wondered aloud, "Remy tinks he hears an annoying sound."
"Would someone MIND TELLING ME what the hell is going on between you two?" Piotr scratched his head.
"Remy hates Allerdyce's GUTS!" Remy replied.
"Don't see why YOUR complaining, CAJUN!" John yelled.
"If you didn't do this to annoy Remy," Remy began, "Remy wouldn't HAVE anything to complain ABOUT!"
"Mate, I-" John began.
Piotr let out a frustrated noise. "DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE WORD 'MATE' IN YOUR SENTANCES?" he shouted at John, and then turning to Remy, "AND DO YOU ALWAYS TALK IN THE THIRD PERSON PRESENCE?"
He stormed out of the room, putting his fist through a wall on the way.
"Sheesh.whats got him in a twist?" John rolled his eyes.
"Don ask Remy, Mon Ami, Remy don't have dat sorta temper." Remy replied, "Now, Remy wants to know if you wanna play poker with him?"
"Ok." John replied, "It could be cool, y'know, sharing a room."
"Remy agrees," smiled Remy, dealing out the cards, "Remy and John can talk about girls, play poker, everyting! Remy tinks dat'll be cool."
***
"YOU SHUT UP!" Lance grabbed Todd's neck.
"Hey, its only fair man!" Todd protested, "She called you a hood, I call her a-"
"DON'T.YOU.CALL.HER.THAT.AGAIN!" yelled Lance, the house shaking, "Moran."
"Sheesh, and I though 'abuse the toad day' went by already!" Todd complained, "And I only called her a-"
"Don't say it!" Lance stomped his foot, the ground under Todd broke.
"I did NOT call her an X-Geek," Todd snorted, "I called her a-"
"I know what you called her!" Lance shrieked, "I DO NOT NEED REMINDING!" even more ground broke.
"I didn't even call her a b****!" Todd hopped out of the way.
"I KNOW!" replied Lance, the house shaking even more dangerously, "I KNOW!"
"She called you a HOOD, man, and you are STILL sticking up for her!" Todd tried to keep his balance, succeeding.
"I know," sighed Lance softly, sitting down, "I know."
Todd realised he had hurt his friend deeply. "Lance, I'm sorry man. I didn't mean ta hurt ya!"
"I know you didn't, Toad," Lance replied, "It's just.I miss her.that's all."
"Wow, you care about her almost as much as I care for Wanda!" Todd said in amazement, "And that's sayin' something!"
"You better not let her here you saying that," Lance tried to smile, but failed miserably, "God knows what she'll do!"
"I guess," Todd sighed, "I just wish.I just wish she'd like me, y'know, not even in the way I like her. Just enough to call me Todd, not Toad, Todd."
"Man, she hurts you, doesn't she?" Lance asked.
"Sometimes." Todd sighed again, "Sometimes even without realising it.I mean, I'm sure she doesn't mean it, but she does. Same with Kitty?"
"Yeah." sighed Lance. Suddenly, some lightbulb flashed on in his head, "Hey, why do WE keep chasing THEM when all they do is turn around and reject us?"
"I dunno," replied Todd, "Why?"
"No, I asked you because I thought you might know," Lance sighed, "But we shouldn't bother!"
"Nah, man, we shouldn't!" agreed Todd, "But the problem is, we're always gonna do it, no matter how much we try not to, we always will."
"I guess.your right." Lance closed his eyes, "Your right."
***
'Why does he do this?' Pietro thought to himself, 'If it's not me, its John. If its not John or me, its Remy. And if its not John, me or Remy its Piotr. And even after that, he can still find some other poor soul to torment.'
Pietro closed the window and door, suddenly wishing he were someone else. He lay down on his bed and closed his eyes tight.
'It's not fair. He threw Wanda in the nut house when we were younger,' he turned on his side, 'And she'll never forgive him for it. Or me. It wasn't even my fault. I tried to stop him, I really did, but I couldn't. I was too young. I cried and cried, watching her go.'
Pietro sighed, turning again. He heard a door slamming shut, and someone shouting to keep the noise down.
'THEY don't understand,' he murmured, 'The brotherhood did, but they don't. I wouldn't even justify them by telling them. They don't have feelings. I swear, even though they are like me, we couldn't be more different. Father's just using me, like he'd use her if she were to let him.'
As there was a lot of noise, Pietro got up, groaning, and opened his door. "Would you all PLEASE be quiet? Some of us are trying to SLEEP!" with that, he closed his door again, making sure to let them know how annoyed he was, and lay back down. Not that he could sleep.
'I just wish I wasn't me,' thought Pietro, running a hand through his pale silver hair, 'I don't care if girls can't resist me, I hate being me. I don't even care if I have to give up my powers. I would give anything to be someone else, just for a day, to see what it would be like not to have any worries, or any dark shadows. Maybe someday they'll just.drift away.'
As he thought those thoughts, Pietro DID just drift away.to sleep.
***
"So we're agreed then?" Lance marched up and down the living room with Todd right behind him.
"Uh huh," Todd nodded, then realised something, "Agreed on what?"
Lance slapped his forehead, stopping and Todd hopped right into him.
"Just come on," he dragged Todd by the scruff of his neck to the kitchen, where they got to work on some posters.
***
"Do you have your eye on anyone, mate?" John asked Remy when they had finished their poker game and been ushered upstairs to bed.
"Qui, Mon Ami, guess." Remy smirked.
"Wanda?" asked John.
"Non." Smirked Remy once more.
"Uhhh.is she one of the X-Men?" John asked the obvious.
"Qui." Grinned Remy like an idiot.
"Jean Grey." John guessed immediately.
"Non, non." Remy laughed.
"Umm.Kitty Pryde?" John asked.
"Non, a bit too young," Remy shook his head.
"Is it" John thought, "Jubilation Lee?"
"Too young." Remy rolled his eyes.
"Hey! I like her a bit!" John shot back, "Rahne Sinclair? Amara Aquilla? Tabitha Smith?"
"Non," Remy's eyes twinkled, "NON and non."
"But that just leaves.it really couldn't be." John was totally shocked, "Rogue?"
"QUI!" Remy jumped up, excitedly, "QUI! QUI! QUI! Remy is in love with de Rogue!"
***
YAHOO! The first chapter! Would have had it quicker except I forgot to save.not too bad for Pietro.yet! *laughs evilly* So there you are, review or.you'll never find out what Lance and Todd are up too, OR what Remy is gonna do about Rogue!
Remy: Nothing. Rogue: Y'all have a bad maind, Mýa! Mýa: Looks like I MAY have a slight problem. Remy: You can say dat again! Remy and Chere don't like each other! Mýa: Did you just call her 'Chere'? Remy: NON! Mýa: Rogue and Remy up a tree! DOING SOMETHING THEY SHOULDN'T BE! Rouge: *removes glove* Remy: *begins to charge a card* Rogue: Y'all are a bit hypa fr y'r own good, Mýa. Remy: Remy agrees, Chere. Remy and Rogue: *approach Mýa* Mýa: NO! SAVE ME! IM TOO YOUNG TO DIEEEEE!!!!!
Pietro: I hate her. Eric: I don't. John: Ofcourse you don't, boss man, you have all the power you could dream of! Eric: Not quite. Mýa: Would you all shut up and get on with the fic? John: WAITWAITWAITWAITWAIT! Mýa: *groans* what now, John? John: Are you gonna be in this fic? Mýa: Nope, I'm stuck in an elevator in 'The Portal' John: Are we gonna be in that? Mýa: No, you're busy here. John: That ain't fair, mate! What about Speedy? Mýa: Uh.what about him? He gets in two fics because. Pietro: Because I was here first! John: Blah! Go on, get on with it.
Sorry for that *ahem* small interruption, now we'll get on with what you REALLY want to read!
***
"John, you bloody fool! I can't believe that TINY brain of yours DID THIS!" Eric Lensher, master of magnetism, yelled at the young, cowering boy, "You numb skull.I should take that Flame Thrower off you and shove it up you're- "
"Calm down, father, you know he was just practising his powers!" Pietro ran up behind his father, patting him on the back trying to calm him down.
Eric took this into consideration. "Hmm.maybe your right, Pietro, but how will Gambit feel, sharing a room with Pyro?"
Remy heard this bit, and walked over to them, curiosity getting the better of him, "Wha'.exactly.did John do?" Remy cocked his head to a side.
"Umm.I'm outa here, mate!" John whimpered, getting up.
"No, John, you tell Remy what you did, and we'll call it quits." Smirked Eric, wondering exactly WHAT Remy, who was reaching for a pack of cards and his staff as he spoke, would do with John.
"Er, I'm saying this in advance," John began, trembling, "I'm sorry, Remy, I really am."
"What," Remy growled, "Did y'all do? What does it have ta do with Gambit?"
"Are you sure you want to know?" sighed John. Gambit nodded. "I.uh.I burned a hole through your wall."
Eric and Pietro walked off, chuckling, hearing explosions and yelling, and lots of screaming, as they walked on.
***
"Wanda, dear, what would you say if.if I said I could go and get your brother back for you?" Raven asked, already knowing the answer, but just wondering.
The lights flashed dangerously. "I'd say," Wanda said dangerously, "You're life was in danger."
"Ok, I was just wondering." Raven added, walking quickly out of the room.
"THERE ya are, yo!" Todd hopped in, "I was wonderin' where mah baby would be!"
"For the last time, Toad," Wanda moaned, the lights flashing once more, "Don't EVER call me THAT!"
"Awww.buttercup!" Todd tried.
"NOT THAT EITHER!" Wanda screamed, "YOU CALL ME WANDA! OR THE SCARLET WITCH!"
"OK, Wanda-kins, I'll call you that." Todd said, affectionately.
The lights broke.
"Ok Wanda, I'll be out of here!" Todd hopped quickly out of the room.
Wanda gave a satisfied chuckle. That always worked.
***
"Remy.I'm sorry mate." John tried.
"Does Remy hear a voice?" Remy wondered aloud, "Remy tinks he hears an annoying sound."
"Would someone MIND TELLING ME what the hell is going on between you two?" Piotr scratched his head.
"Remy hates Allerdyce's GUTS!" Remy replied.
"Don't see why YOUR complaining, CAJUN!" John yelled.
"If you didn't do this to annoy Remy," Remy began, "Remy wouldn't HAVE anything to complain ABOUT!"
"Mate, I-" John began.
Piotr let out a frustrated noise. "DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE WORD 'MATE' IN YOUR SENTANCES?" he shouted at John, and then turning to Remy, "AND DO YOU ALWAYS TALK IN THE THIRD PERSON PRESENCE?"
He stormed out of the room, putting his fist through a wall on the way.
"Sheesh.whats got him in a twist?" John rolled his eyes.
"Don ask Remy, Mon Ami, Remy don't have dat sorta temper." Remy replied, "Now, Remy wants to know if you wanna play poker with him?"
"Ok." John replied, "It could be cool, y'know, sharing a room."
"Remy agrees," smiled Remy, dealing out the cards, "Remy and John can talk about girls, play poker, everyting! Remy tinks dat'll be cool."
***
"YOU SHUT UP!" Lance grabbed Todd's neck.
"Hey, its only fair man!" Todd protested, "She called you a hood, I call her a-"
"DON'T.YOU.CALL.HER.THAT.AGAIN!" yelled Lance, the house shaking, "Moran."
"Sheesh, and I though 'abuse the toad day' went by already!" Todd complained, "And I only called her a-"
"Don't say it!" Lance stomped his foot, the ground under Todd broke.
"I did NOT call her an X-Geek," Todd snorted, "I called her a-"
"I know what you called her!" Lance shrieked, "I DO NOT NEED REMINDING!" even more ground broke.
"I didn't even call her a b****!" Todd hopped out of the way.
"I KNOW!" replied Lance, the house shaking even more dangerously, "I KNOW!"
"She called you a HOOD, man, and you are STILL sticking up for her!" Todd tried to keep his balance, succeeding.
"I know," sighed Lance softly, sitting down, "I know."
Todd realised he had hurt his friend deeply. "Lance, I'm sorry man. I didn't mean ta hurt ya!"
"I know you didn't, Toad," Lance replied, "It's just.I miss her.that's all."
"Wow, you care about her almost as much as I care for Wanda!" Todd said in amazement, "And that's sayin' something!"
"You better not let her here you saying that," Lance tried to smile, but failed miserably, "God knows what she'll do!"
"I guess," Todd sighed, "I just wish.I just wish she'd like me, y'know, not even in the way I like her. Just enough to call me Todd, not Toad, Todd."
"Man, she hurts you, doesn't she?" Lance asked.
"Sometimes." Todd sighed again, "Sometimes even without realising it.I mean, I'm sure she doesn't mean it, but she does. Same with Kitty?"
"Yeah." sighed Lance. Suddenly, some lightbulb flashed on in his head, "Hey, why do WE keep chasing THEM when all they do is turn around and reject us?"
"I dunno," replied Todd, "Why?"
"No, I asked you because I thought you might know," Lance sighed, "But we shouldn't bother!"
"Nah, man, we shouldn't!" agreed Todd, "But the problem is, we're always gonna do it, no matter how much we try not to, we always will."
"I guess.your right." Lance closed his eyes, "Your right."
***
'Why does he do this?' Pietro thought to himself, 'If it's not me, its John. If its not John or me, its Remy. And if its not John, me or Remy its Piotr. And even after that, he can still find some other poor soul to torment.'
Pietro closed the window and door, suddenly wishing he were someone else. He lay down on his bed and closed his eyes tight.
'It's not fair. He threw Wanda in the nut house when we were younger,' he turned on his side, 'And she'll never forgive him for it. Or me. It wasn't even my fault. I tried to stop him, I really did, but I couldn't. I was too young. I cried and cried, watching her go.'
Pietro sighed, turning again. He heard a door slamming shut, and someone shouting to keep the noise down.
'THEY don't understand,' he murmured, 'The brotherhood did, but they don't. I wouldn't even justify them by telling them. They don't have feelings. I swear, even though they are like me, we couldn't be more different. Father's just using me, like he'd use her if she were to let him.'
As there was a lot of noise, Pietro got up, groaning, and opened his door. "Would you all PLEASE be quiet? Some of us are trying to SLEEP!" with that, he closed his door again, making sure to let them know how annoyed he was, and lay back down. Not that he could sleep.
'I just wish I wasn't me,' thought Pietro, running a hand through his pale silver hair, 'I don't care if girls can't resist me, I hate being me. I don't even care if I have to give up my powers. I would give anything to be someone else, just for a day, to see what it would be like not to have any worries, or any dark shadows. Maybe someday they'll just.drift away.'
As he thought those thoughts, Pietro DID just drift away.to sleep.
***
"So we're agreed then?" Lance marched up and down the living room with Todd right behind him.
"Uh huh," Todd nodded, then realised something, "Agreed on what?"
Lance slapped his forehead, stopping and Todd hopped right into him.
"Just come on," he dragged Todd by the scruff of his neck to the kitchen, where they got to work on some posters.
***
"Do you have your eye on anyone, mate?" John asked Remy when they had finished their poker game and been ushered upstairs to bed.
"Qui, Mon Ami, guess." Remy smirked.
"Wanda?" asked John.
"Non." Smirked Remy once more.
"Uhhh.is she one of the X-Men?" John asked the obvious.
"Qui." Grinned Remy like an idiot.
"Jean Grey." John guessed immediately.
"Non, non." Remy laughed.
"Umm.Kitty Pryde?" John asked.
"Non, a bit too young," Remy shook his head.
"Is it" John thought, "Jubilation Lee?"
"Too young." Remy rolled his eyes.
"Hey! I like her a bit!" John shot back, "Rahne Sinclair? Amara Aquilla? Tabitha Smith?"
"Non," Remy's eyes twinkled, "NON and non."
"But that just leaves.it really couldn't be." John was totally shocked, "Rogue?"
"QUI!" Remy jumped up, excitedly, "QUI! QUI! QUI! Remy is in love with de Rogue!"
***
YAHOO! The first chapter! Would have had it quicker except I forgot to save.not too bad for Pietro.yet! *laughs evilly* So there you are, review or.you'll never find out what Lance and Todd are up too, OR what Remy is gonna do about Rogue!
Remy: Nothing. Rogue: Y'all have a bad maind, Mýa! Mýa: Looks like I MAY have a slight problem. Remy: You can say dat again! Remy and Chere don't like each other! Mýa: Did you just call her 'Chere'? Remy: NON! Mýa: Rogue and Remy up a tree! DOING SOMETHING THEY SHOULDN'T BE! Rouge: *removes glove* Remy: *begins to charge a card* Rogue: Y'all are a bit hypa fr y'r own good, Mýa. Remy: Remy agrees, Chere. Remy and Rogue: *approach Mýa* Mýa: NO! SAVE ME! IM TOO YOUNG TO DIEEEEE!!!!!