Sneaking in the Movies

"Well at least one good thing came out of yesterday's mess," Peter grumbled. "General Hawk promised that the Misfits wouldn't show up at the mansion for at least a few days."

"Yeah I could really use the peace and quiet," Kitty sighed. They were sitting in the living room.

"Well…as long as things are quiet," Peter gulped. "Um…"

"What is it Peter?"

"Kitty…would you like to go see a movie tonight?" Peter asked.

"Really?" Kitty blinked. "Cool! I've been dying to see the new Arron Stanley fic!"

"Then it's a date!" Peter smiled.

"Great!" Kitty jumped up. "I gotta go figure out what to wear!" She left the room.

Remy overheard this and smirked as he walked in. "I take it all went well?"

"Yes. Thanks for lending me the money to take Kitty out," Peter said.

"No problem," Remy grinned. "That's what friends are for."

"I can't believe it! A whole night alone with Kitty!" Peter sighed dreamily.

"The best part is there's no way Avalanche will ever know," Remy grinned. "Gambit made sure of that by bribing Jamie."

"Are you sure he won't find out?" Peter asked.

"Trust me," Remy walked out the door with him.

However no one noticed that hiding on the ledge on a nearby open window was a certain green and yellow parrot. "Awk! Oh boy! Dirt!" Polly happily squawked. He was wearing some kind of mini harness with a metallic button. Using his beak he pushed the button and he teleported back outside the Misfit house.

Polly flew around squawking. "This just in! This just in! Newsflash! Newsflash! Extra! Extra! Read all about it!" He flew into Lance's room where he was waiting.

"You got something?" Lance asked the bird.

"Awk! I got the jackpot!" Polly squawked. "Metal Man's taking Kitty on a date tonight! They're going to the movies! Staring Arron Stanley in his latest role the critics say is laugh out loud funny! I give it two wings up! Awk!"

"Thanks Polly," Lance gave him a cookie. "I knew I could count on you!"

"When you absolutely positively need a job done, I'm your bird!" Polly squawked. "Unlike a certain bald turkey around here that does nothing!" He stuck a tiny tongue out at Freedom, Spirit's bald eagle companion who was outside. At this the eagle shrieked. Polly bristled. "Same to you buddy!"

"Okay what are you up to now?" Pietro asked as he zipped in. "What's that on the bird?"

"Trinity cooked up a transporter device for Polly so he could go spy on the X-Men," Lance told him.

"Sneaky," Pietro grinned. "I like that."

"Yeah and it's a good thing too!" Lance told him. "Kitty's going on a date with Peter tonight at the movies!"

"So what are you gonna do?" Pietro asked. "We're not supposed to go over there for a little while. Well at least until Shipwreck's wounds heal."

"We're not supposed to go over to the X-Mansion," Lance told him. "But no one said anything about not going anywhere else."

"Oh I know I should resist the temptation," Pietro grinned. "I mean I really should let you annoy the X-Geeks all by your lonesome."

"But you're not are you?" Lance grinned.

"You bet I won't!" Pietro laughed. "Besides, something tells me the two of them won't be alone anyway!"

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"Scott why are we here?" Jean groaned. "I don't even like Arron Stanley movies!"

"Well somebody's gotta keep an eye on Kitty," Scott told her. They were up in the balcony above them, hidden in the back from view.

"I thought you liked Peter?" Jean asked.

"I do, it's just well…" Scott began.

"It's just Scooter boy can't resist playing big brother," Tabitha smirked as she popped up in the seat behind him. "Hey Sammy you owe me five bucks!"

"What are you two doing here?" Jean asked.

"Well uh…" Sam scratched his head. "We were…"

"We wanted to see the show," Tabitha grinned as she swiped some of Scott's popcorn. "And I don't mean the one on the screen."

"Hey are those Ju Ju Bees?" Bobby popped up and snagged them from Scott. "Thanks man!"

"Who said you could have some?" Scott snapped.

"Yeah you need to share," Kurt popped over and snagged some. He was in his human disguise thanks to his holowatch.

"Is everybody from the mansion here?" Scott asked, exasperated.

"Nah the rest of them said something like they had better things to do," Tabitha munched on some more of his popcorn. "What I have no idea."

"I knew I should have listened to Rogue and stayed home," Jean groaned.

"I knew those X-Geeks would be here!" Lance grumbled as he watched them from the other side of the movie theater. He put down the binoculars he was holding and looked at Pietro, Wanda, Althea, Xi, and Todd. "We gotta do something! Hey where's Freddy?"

"At the concession stands, where else?" Pietro told him.

"I gotta ask this," Wanda said. "Is there ever gonna be a time when one of us goes out on a date and everyone else doesn't tag along to spy on us?"

"Yeah, like that's gonna happen," Pietro snickered.

"Xi I need a huge favor," Lance asked. "Could you please go down there and see what they're talking about?"

"Are you nuts?" Todd asked. "What am I saying?"

"All right," Xi nodded.

"You mean you're really gonna do it?" Wanda asked.

"Why not?" Xi grinned. "Besides, there are perks to being invisible. I think I might pay a visit to the X-Men as well." He turned invisible and went on his way.

"I have a feeling that the X-Geeks are in for a surprise," Pietro grinned. "Give me those binoculars!" He swiped them from Lance.

"This is gonna be good!" Wanda cackled.

Meanwhile the X-Men were sitting over in their corner of the theater, completely unaware of the Misfits' presence. "Look if you guys want some more popcorn go buy your own!" Scott snapped. "Don't forget why we're here!" It started to get dark, indicating the previews were about to begin.

"Scott you are like way too tense about this you know that?" Tabitha said as she sipped some of Scott's soda. Suddenly she let out a squeal. "HEY!"

"SHHHH!" The others shushed her.

"Tabitha, you want the whole theater to know we're here?" Bobby asked.

"Yeah well then maybe you should keep your paws off me!" Tabitha turned on him.

"What?" Bobby asked. "I didn't do anything!"

"Well somebody pinched me on the shoulder!" Tabitha snapped. She glared at Sam on the other side of her.

"Wasn't me," Sam held up his hands defensively.

"Yeah well it better not be you," Tabitha turned in her seat to face Sam with her back to Bobby. Bobby shrugged and went back to watching the previews. "I mean it, hands…OFF!" Tabitha yelped.

"What?" Sam asked.

"You pervert!" Tabitha whirled around and smacked Bobby. "So it was you!"

"I didn't do anything!" Bobby defended.

"Oh yeah, then who snapped my bra?" Tabitha snarled.

"What?" Sam gasped. "Hands off you jerk!" He reached over to grab Bobby by the collar. "I mean it!"

"Hey I didn't do anything!" Bobby protested.

"Yeah right!" Tabitha snapped.

"Will you guys keep it down?" Jean hissed.

"Well tell him to keep his grabby hands to himself!" Tabitha snapped.

"I'm telling you I didn't do anything!" Bobby snapped.

"Move it before I blow you up into itty bitty ice cubes!" Tabitha snapped.

"Fine," Bobby left his seat and sat next to Kurt and right behind Jean. Things were fine for a few seconds when…

"Hey!" Jean leapt up. She put her hand on the back of her neck. "Real mature Bobby!"

"What?" Bobby asked.

"What'd he do?" Scott asked her.

"He put an ice cube down my back!" Jean told him.

"I did not!" Bobby snapped. No one noticed an ice cube being lifted by something invisible from Kurt's drink.

"Bobby will you act your age for once?" Scott groaned.

"Yikes!" Kurt leapt up. "That's cold! Oh very funny!"

"What?" Bobby asked.

"Bobby if you can't stop clowning around then get out of here!" Scott snapped. "You're gonna blow our cover!"

"I didn't do anything!" Bobby said loudly.

"SHHHHHH!" Several patronizers as well as X-Men shushed him.

"Fine I'm out of here," Bobby started to leave. He was almost out of the aisle when something punched him in the arm. "OW! All right who did that?"

"Did what?" Tabitha asked.

Bobby glared at her, as she was the one closest to him. "Okay if that's the way you wanna play," He growled. He used his powers to freeze her drink solid.

"Hey what's the big idea?" Tabitha snapped.

"You started it!" Bobby snapped.

"Did not!" Tabitha stood up rapidly.

"Did too!" Bobby snapped.

"You are way outta line pal!" Sam snarled.

"What you gonna do something about it?" Bobby snapped.

"Will all of you shut up?" Scott snapped.

"Kurt!" Jean yelled. Her hair and dress were splattered with soda.

"I didn't do it!" Kurt yelled.

"Oh yeah right!" Jean snapped.

"Will all of you knock it off?" Scott snapped. "We're gonna get…"

"SCOTT? JEAN? WHAT ARE ALL OF YOU DOING HERE?" Peter yelled.

"Spotted," Scott groaned.

"I don't believe this!" Peter snapped. "I can see you spying on Avalanche? But me?"

"Down in front!" Lance beaned Peter in the back with some M&Ms.

"What the…?" Peter turned around. "YOU!"

"Lance!" Kitty squealed.

"Kitty!" Lance stormed up to them.

"Lance!" Peter growled.

"Peter," Lance growled back.

"Lance…Peter!" Kitty warned.

"Kitty," Peter brushed her aside.

"Peter!" Kitty warned.

"Kitty!" Lance yelled.

"Lance!" Kitty tried to get between the two of them.

"Rocky!" Tabitha threw some popcorn at Lance.

"Janet! Dr. Scott! Brad!" Pietro quipped as he zipped over and threw some candy at Tabitha.

"Tabitha?" Kitty's jaw dropped. "Pietro?"

"Pietro!" Tabitha growled.

"Tabitha…" Sam warned grabbing her arm.

"Sam?" Pietro looked at the two of them.

"Sam?" Peter asked.

"Pietro!" Lance growled.

"Alvers!" Scott got out of his seat.

"Summers!" Lance snapped.

"Scott!" Kitty yelled.

"Scott," Jean tried to pull Scott back. She glared at Pietro. "Pietro!"

"Jean…"Kitty growled.

"Well now that we know we're all here," Pietro quipped. "Let's get on with it shall we?"

"You were spying on us!" Kitty stamped her foot as she glared at Lance.

"And it's a good thing I did!" Lance told her. "Besides I'm not the only one! Looks like Summers here doesn't even trust his own team mates!"

"Well I knew you'd pull a stunt like this!" Scott got in his face.

"Oh yeah blame me," Lance said sarcastically. "That's what you always do when you don't have a good reason!"

"Yeah and what reason do you have for being here?" Peter snapped.

"Are you out of your mind?" Lance whirled on him. "If you think for one minute that I'm…"

"THAT'S ENOUGH! ALL OF YOU!" Ororo appeared as she walked down the aisle. "It's a good thing I decided to keep an eye on all of you!"

"Storm!" Kitty yelled.

"Storm?" Pietro gulped.

"Storm!" Shipwreck popped up from the seats. His head still had a bandage on it.

"Shipwreck!" Ororo yelped in fright.

"Here we go again," Pietro remarked.

"How did you…? What are you doing? Following me everywhere I go?" Ororo shouted.

"Yeah and this time we decided to follow him," Low Light appeared in the theater with Cover Girl. "Told you. You owe me five bucks."

"WHAT IS THIS?" Kitty yelled. "DOES EVERYBODY HAVE TO FOLLOW US WHEREVER WE GO?"

"Well that's the way it seems to go, doesn't it?" Pietro smirked.

"WHO ASKED YOU?" Everyone yelled at him. Then they proceeded to argue.

The patrons at the theater watched as the mutants bicker. "Somebody call the management and get those freaks out of here!" One teenager remarked. "I can't watch the movie with all this racket!"

"TABITHA NO! YEOW!" Bobby yelled as Tabitha chased him around.

"This will teach you to make time with Kitty behind my back!" Lance yelled as he tackled Peter. Soon the two of them were brawling in the aisles.

"NOT THE LIGHTNING!" Shipwreck yelled as Storm chased him. "NOT THE LIGHTNING!"

"Forget the movie," Another teenager said. "This show is a lot better!"