Thicker than Water
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "Ding. Fifth floor, sporting goods, hardware, evil sorcereresses".
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Chapter 13 - Moving in.
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The Xavier Institute had certainally become more....crowded as of late. Despite what Magneto had originally thought, the Brotherhood and Acolytes had moved in with very little fuss. Of course, moving in and getting along with each other were two VERY different things. Sabertooth and Logan had tried to kill each other the moment they had laid eyes on each other, but Sidney managed to break it up by threatening to drive their bikes off the edges of cliffs. They had decided it would be better to come to a truce, than risk losing their belvoved motorcycles. Not only had the Brotherhood, X-Men and Acolytes moved into the Mansion, but it was also presently occupied by Mystique, Destiny, Forge, Angel and Alex. Ray had been sent down to the Morlocks to convince them to come up for their own safety, but Calisto had sent him away, claiming that she and her group were perfectly safe in their tunnels, and were'nt about to go live with 'topsiders'. The others had decided that this was probably for the best, as they were having a hard enough time ajusting as it was, they didn't need freaky looking, and slightly bitter mutants surrounding them too. Todd had managed to convince his grandmother to let Gina stay too, promising that he would keep an eye on her....though Jamie had that covered. Moira had put Muir Island on Red Alert, as had Tally with Avalon. Of course, the house was not only filled with mutants, but animals too. Lockheed was less than impressed to descover that Wanda had brought Ebony with her, as Forge had brought Max. Both standing their grounds in saying they were NOT going to leave their beloved companions at home. Ebony had taken one look at Max, hissed and stalked off to sulk in a corner. Max, completely bewildered by all of this had simply gone to slump down by the fire.
"I am suprised at how well our charges are handling all of this", said Magneto where he and Xavier sat in the study.
"Yes", said Xavier, "i would have expected at least one small war by now".
BOOM! A bang resounded through the house.
"You were saying?", said Magneto with a sigh.
In the Common Room Alex and Remy were having a 'discussion'. Granted, this discussion involved yelling at each other and things blowing up, but it was a discussion non-the-less.
"What do you MEAN surfings dead?!", said Alex, "it is a GREAT sport!".
"Dat's not a sport", said Remy, "dat's idiots ridin' de waves on ironing boards!".
"Take that back!".
"Non!".
Suddenly both boys gave a groan and slumped to the floor unconcious. Jean stood behind them holding her hand to her head.
"Thank God someone eventually did that", said Mastermind, "they were giving me a migrane".
"I doubt it will last long", said Mystique with a sigh, "someone is BOUND to start arguing soon. My bet is on Scott and Lance".
"Nah, the money's on Sabertooth and Logan", said Pyro, "they are gonna rip each other to shreds. Heh heh".
"Ten bucks on those two", said Bobby, jerking his thumb to where Rogue was trying to appologise to Forge.
"Come on, a'h SAID a'h was sorry", said Rogue, "it was..an act of desperation!".
"Huh", said Forge crossing his arms, unimpressed.
"Man, how long can you hold a grudge for?", she said.
"Longer than twenty years", said Forge with a dangerous smirk.
"Oh...great", said Rogue, "come on. PLEEEEAASSEE? I'll do anything!".
She gave the best puppy-dog expression she could. Forge raised an eyebrow.
"Okay, if you give Max a bath, we'll call it even", he said, pointing at the old dog lying in front of the fire, before raising his right arm, "i can't get this wet and it's really hard to bathe a dog with one arm".
"Done", said Rogue quickly, "he's over twenty years old...a'h mean, how hard can he be?".
"Yeah...you tell yourself that", said Forge, giving a wicked chuckle before walking away.
"Hey, with all these over eighteen year old's around, i'll have plenty of people to take me driving!", said Kitty suddenly, "wow, and i thought i wouldn't get any more volunteers. Everyone around here is always so busy".
Every person eighteen years or over, looked up worriedly. Each one suddenly found a very very good reason to leave the room.
"Aww", said Kitty sadly.
Logan walked into the room, saw Kitty with her keys and panicked. He turned his head to see Angel entering from the kitchen, he smirked and whispered in Kitty's ear before running away as quickly as one with adamantium laced bones could. Destiny, who had seen no reason to leave the room, as she would be useless to Kitty as a driving instuctor anyway walked over to where she assumed Warren was.
"You will go on the trip of your lifetime", she said in a far off voice, before snapping out of it, smiling at him and walking away with an evil chuckle.
"What trip?", asked Warren, confused, "a cruise?".
"Heeeeey Angel", said a voice behind him, "Mr Logan said that you offered to take me driving".
Angel turned around to see Kitty holding up some keys. He blinked then shrugged, how bad could it be?
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Sidney was sulking outside, watching the fireflies zip along. She gave a soft sigh, had Todd been there, he'd want to eat them. But Todd wasn't there, he was on a date..with Wanda. She closed her eyes, trying to think of a way around her present situation. Not only did she have to deal with watching Todd be happy with one of the people she hated most in the world, but now she had Duncan professing his love to her. She flicked her tail, she was backed into a corner and she hated it. A voice dragged her out of her thoughts. She blinked, looking up to see Mystique.
"Huh?".
"I said it's getting cold out here", repeated Mystique, "you were miles away".
"Yeah", said Sidney, "i was just...thinking".
"I'm suprised that you're not hanging around with Toad", said Mystique, "you two were always insep...".
"He's on a date with Wanda", said Sidney, flattening her ears.
"Oh", said Mystique, then sighed, "not as easy as you first think is it? Seeing soemone you care about with someone else?".
Sidney closed her eyes and shook her head, looking up again to see Mystique had seated herself next to her.
"And now i have Duncan telling me he loves me", said Sidney, "just out of the blue! No warning, nothing!".
"Duncan Mathews?", said Mystique, shaking her head in disbelief, "huh, who would have guessed it?".
"I wouldn't", said Sidney, then sighed, "i don't know what to do".
"Well", said Mystique, taking a deep breath, "you do what you want to do. What you feel is right. I the end, you have to ask yourself, will YOU be happy with whatever decison you make?".
Sidney mulled this over for a second before nodding.
"You're right", she said, "i'd better go talk to the poor fool, before he worries himself sick".
She then caught Mystique off guard by giving her a hug. Mystique blinked in shock before giving her a gentle squease back.
"Thanks, Aunt Raven", said Sidney.
Mystique semed to savour the words for a second before chuckling.
"If your Uncle hears to call me that. it'll be both our heads", she said, "go on, go talk. But tell Charles you're going first".
Sidney nodded and took off. Mystique watched her go, before giving a soft smile.
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Piotr had been sitting quietly in the common room. Unlike the rest of his comrades, he felt no need to get caught up in the fuss of moving. This was a nice place, and it felt good not having to be fighting others of his own kind for once. They all had a common enemy and that enemy was...He was brought of of his trance as a wide-eyed, shakey and very pale Warren walked in. His normally well groomed hair was mussed up and his feathers had gone a very off-white, unhealthy colour and were begining to droop.
"You look like you have seen a ghost", commented Piotr, "are you okay?".
Angel gave a small whimper, before clearing his throat and gathering all the regality he had left to muster. He smoothed back his hair and ruffled his wings.
"I think i need to lie down", he said, in a odd far-away voice, walking shakily off, leaving a trail of feathers behind him.
"You are moulting", said Piotr.
"I know", said Angel, not turning back, "believe me, i know".
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*Giggles* What do you think? Yes, i have brought Gina back, to show i still love Jamie. And don't worry, Angel won't be alone in his terror, many, many mutants will suffer the wrath of Kitty behind the wheel. Yup. How did you like the Sidney/Mystique bonding? And as for Duncan and Sidney....well, you'll have to wait and see, won't you?. Until next time...
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "Ding. Fifth floor, sporting goods, hardware, evil sorcereresses".
***
You reviewers are the best....you know that, right?
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Chapter 13 - Moving in.
****
The Xavier Institute had certainally become more....crowded as of late. Despite what Magneto had originally thought, the Brotherhood and Acolytes had moved in with very little fuss. Of course, moving in and getting along with each other were two VERY different things. Sabertooth and Logan had tried to kill each other the moment they had laid eyes on each other, but Sidney managed to break it up by threatening to drive their bikes off the edges of cliffs. They had decided it would be better to come to a truce, than risk losing their belvoved motorcycles. Not only had the Brotherhood, X-Men and Acolytes moved into the Mansion, but it was also presently occupied by Mystique, Destiny, Forge, Angel and Alex. Ray had been sent down to the Morlocks to convince them to come up for their own safety, but Calisto had sent him away, claiming that she and her group were perfectly safe in their tunnels, and were'nt about to go live with 'topsiders'. The others had decided that this was probably for the best, as they were having a hard enough time ajusting as it was, they didn't need freaky looking, and slightly bitter mutants surrounding them too. Todd had managed to convince his grandmother to let Gina stay too, promising that he would keep an eye on her....though Jamie had that covered. Moira had put Muir Island on Red Alert, as had Tally with Avalon. Of course, the house was not only filled with mutants, but animals too. Lockheed was less than impressed to descover that Wanda had brought Ebony with her, as Forge had brought Max. Both standing their grounds in saying they were NOT going to leave their beloved companions at home. Ebony had taken one look at Max, hissed and stalked off to sulk in a corner. Max, completely bewildered by all of this had simply gone to slump down by the fire.
"I am suprised at how well our charges are handling all of this", said Magneto where he and Xavier sat in the study.
"Yes", said Xavier, "i would have expected at least one small war by now".
BOOM! A bang resounded through the house.
"You were saying?", said Magneto with a sigh.
In the Common Room Alex and Remy were having a 'discussion'. Granted, this discussion involved yelling at each other and things blowing up, but it was a discussion non-the-less.
"What do you MEAN surfings dead?!", said Alex, "it is a GREAT sport!".
"Dat's not a sport", said Remy, "dat's idiots ridin' de waves on ironing boards!".
"Take that back!".
"Non!".
Suddenly both boys gave a groan and slumped to the floor unconcious. Jean stood behind them holding her hand to her head.
"Thank God someone eventually did that", said Mastermind, "they were giving me a migrane".
"I doubt it will last long", said Mystique with a sigh, "someone is BOUND to start arguing soon. My bet is on Scott and Lance".
"Nah, the money's on Sabertooth and Logan", said Pyro, "they are gonna rip each other to shreds. Heh heh".
"Ten bucks on those two", said Bobby, jerking his thumb to where Rogue was trying to appologise to Forge.
"Come on, a'h SAID a'h was sorry", said Rogue, "it was..an act of desperation!".
"Huh", said Forge crossing his arms, unimpressed.
"Man, how long can you hold a grudge for?", she said.
"Longer than twenty years", said Forge with a dangerous smirk.
"Oh...great", said Rogue, "come on. PLEEEEAASSEE? I'll do anything!".
She gave the best puppy-dog expression she could. Forge raised an eyebrow.
"Okay, if you give Max a bath, we'll call it even", he said, pointing at the old dog lying in front of the fire, before raising his right arm, "i can't get this wet and it's really hard to bathe a dog with one arm".
"Done", said Rogue quickly, "he's over twenty years old...a'h mean, how hard can he be?".
"Yeah...you tell yourself that", said Forge, giving a wicked chuckle before walking away.
"Hey, with all these over eighteen year old's around, i'll have plenty of people to take me driving!", said Kitty suddenly, "wow, and i thought i wouldn't get any more volunteers. Everyone around here is always so busy".
Every person eighteen years or over, looked up worriedly. Each one suddenly found a very very good reason to leave the room.
"Aww", said Kitty sadly.
Logan walked into the room, saw Kitty with her keys and panicked. He turned his head to see Angel entering from the kitchen, he smirked and whispered in Kitty's ear before running away as quickly as one with adamantium laced bones could. Destiny, who had seen no reason to leave the room, as she would be useless to Kitty as a driving instuctor anyway walked over to where she assumed Warren was.
"You will go on the trip of your lifetime", she said in a far off voice, before snapping out of it, smiling at him and walking away with an evil chuckle.
"What trip?", asked Warren, confused, "a cruise?".
"Heeeeey Angel", said a voice behind him, "Mr Logan said that you offered to take me driving".
Angel turned around to see Kitty holding up some keys. He blinked then shrugged, how bad could it be?
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Sidney was sulking outside, watching the fireflies zip along. She gave a soft sigh, had Todd been there, he'd want to eat them. But Todd wasn't there, he was on a date..with Wanda. She closed her eyes, trying to think of a way around her present situation. Not only did she have to deal with watching Todd be happy with one of the people she hated most in the world, but now she had Duncan professing his love to her. She flicked her tail, she was backed into a corner and she hated it. A voice dragged her out of her thoughts. She blinked, looking up to see Mystique.
"Huh?".
"I said it's getting cold out here", repeated Mystique, "you were miles away".
"Yeah", said Sidney, "i was just...thinking".
"I'm suprised that you're not hanging around with Toad", said Mystique, "you two were always insep...".
"He's on a date with Wanda", said Sidney, flattening her ears.
"Oh", said Mystique, then sighed, "not as easy as you first think is it? Seeing soemone you care about with someone else?".
Sidney closed her eyes and shook her head, looking up again to see Mystique had seated herself next to her.
"And now i have Duncan telling me he loves me", said Sidney, "just out of the blue! No warning, nothing!".
"Duncan Mathews?", said Mystique, shaking her head in disbelief, "huh, who would have guessed it?".
"I wouldn't", said Sidney, then sighed, "i don't know what to do".
"Well", said Mystique, taking a deep breath, "you do what you want to do. What you feel is right. I the end, you have to ask yourself, will YOU be happy with whatever decison you make?".
Sidney mulled this over for a second before nodding.
"You're right", she said, "i'd better go talk to the poor fool, before he worries himself sick".
She then caught Mystique off guard by giving her a hug. Mystique blinked in shock before giving her a gentle squease back.
"Thanks, Aunt Raven", said Sidney.
Mystique semed to savour the words for a second before chuckling.
"If your Uncle hears to call me that. it'll be both our heads", she said, "go on, go talk. But tell Charles you're going first".
Sidney nodded and took off. Mystique watched her go, before giving a soft smile.
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Piotr had been sitting quietly in the common room. Unlike the rest of his comrades, he felt no need to get caught up in the fuss of moving. This was a nice place, and it felt good not having to be fighting others of his own kind for once. They all had a common enemy and that enemy was...He was brought of of his trance as a wide-eyed, shakey and very pale Warren walked in. His normally well groomed hair was mussed up and his feathers had gone a very off-white, unhealthy colour and were begining to droop.
"You look like you have seen a ghost", commented Piotr, "are you okay?".
Angel gave a small whimper, before clearing his throat and gathering all the regality he had left to muster. He smoothed back his hair and ruffled his wings.
"I think i need to lie down", he said, in a odd far-away voice, walking shakily off, leaving a trail of feathers behind him.
"You are moulting", said Piotr.
"I know", said Angel, not turning back, "believe me, i know".
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*Giggles* What do you think? Yes, i have brought Gina back, to show i still love Jamie. And don't worry, Angel won't be alone in his terror, many, many mutants will suffer the wrath of Kitty behind the wheel. Yup. How did you like the Sidney/Mystique bonding? And as for Duncan and Sidney....well, you'll have to wait and see, won't you?. Until next time...