Thicker than Water
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "Well, trouble's my middle name. Actually, my middle name is 'Marion', but I don't want you spreading that around".
*** Love my reviewers. Yup yup. Oh Draco-Luver, Evan is still with the Morlocks. Alex's codename is Havok, from what i gather, he stores thermal energy which shoots from his hands..apparently, he and Scott's powers are imune to each other.Yes Forge WAS very happy to have someone else bath Max..for good reason, as you shall see whoahahahahhaha!.
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Chapter 14 - The zen of bathing a dog.
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"Yeah, this is a REALLY good hand".
Remy gave a heavy sigh. For the past hour, he'd been trying to teach Jamie and Gina the finer points of playing poker. They weren't getting the hang of it, not by a longshot.
"Non", said Remy, "de way you bluff is to make your oponent tink you have a bad or good hand. Dat is too obvious".
"Or i could be TRYING to be obvious to throw you off scent", said Jamie with a smirk.
"You are too smart for your own good, Mon Ami", stated Gambit, "Remy can't belive he's reduced to playing card games with Pre-Teens".
"Hey, who are you calling a Pre-Teen?!", snapped Gina, before sighing, "can we please play a game of 'go-fish'?".
"Remy don't play 'go-fish'", said Remy.
"Do you talk in third person ALLLLLL the time?", asked Jamie, "man, and i thought i had a multiple personality".
Remy made a funny frustrated noise before dropping his cards on the table and storming off.
"Man, i thought he'd never leave!", said Gina, picking up the card, shuffling them like a pro and dealing them.
"Yeah, like we need to be taught how to play poker", said Jamie, "i'll raise you five netctarine smashes".
*****
Sidney meanwhile had left the 'safety' of the mansion to go and talk to Duncan. She had been given a comunicator and been told only to be gone for a short period of time. Whatever that dampener could do, it had spooked both Magneto and Xavier pretty badly, especially if it made them actually agree to become one unit for a while. But Sidney had other problems to worry about. She stopped outside Duncan's large house and took a deep breath, walking up to the door and ringing the bell. Duncan appeared moments later, smiling happily when he saw Sidney. Before he could speak, Sidney raised a clawed hand.
"Look, Duncan, you're not going to like what i'm going to say", she said, "and i can't stay here for long, it's not safe for mutants at the moment".
Duncan's face fell slightly before sighing.
"You're gonna turn me down, aren't you?".
"Sorry", said Sidney with a sigh, "you caught me at the worst possible time. Maybe if you asked a different time, it may have been different. But right now, it's just too arkward".
"Yeah.....i guess i shouldn't have taken you off guard like that", said Duncan, "it doesn't change how i feel about you....hey if you ever get through what you're going through...".
Sidney nodded.
"You sure have come along way from the mutant-hating Jock you were", she said.
"I never hated mutants", said Duncan with a shrug, "just a select few".
"Gimmie an S, Gimmie a C Gimmie an O, T, T", said Sidney with a laugh, "yeah, Summer's is pretty terrible".
Her communcator blipped, telling her to return back home. She sighed.
"I'm being called back", she said, "hey, you gonna be okay?".
"Yeah", said Duncan, a little down-hearted.
Sidney sighed, giving him a kiss on the cheek before morphing into a cat and running off towards the mansion. Duncan watched her go with a sigh, touching his cheek before going back inside.
*****
At the Institute, Rogue had managed to fill the downstairs bath. She had checked the water, laid out towels and dog shampoo, now all she needed was the dog.
"Here Max!", she shouted, then whistled, "come here boy!".
Nothing. Rogue sighed, walking out of the bathroom to see Max hadn't moved from his place in front of the Common Room's fire. She walked over to him and clapped her hands in an attmempt to get the dog excited.
"Come on Maxy boy! Come on", she said in the high voice that people always seemed to speak in around babies and animals, "see what a'hve got for you. Come on boy! Come on!".
Max raised an eyebrow at her before huffing and closing his eyes. Rogue frowned, the feeling that she had been duped starting to enter her mind. She looked at Max, Max looked at her. Rogue groaned, Max was much too large for her to pick up and carry. She leaned down, grabbing his bandana and giving it a gentle tug.
"Come ON Max", she said, pulling.
Max pulled his head back, refusing to budge. Rogue pulled a face, letting go of his bandana and pushing him from behind, the dog started to slide along the floor. Rogue grinned, now she was getting somewhere. Huffing and puffing all the way, she eventually managed to slide Max into the bathroom. Max took one look at the full bath and stood up. He looked at Rogue, then looked at the bath before turning tail and starting for the door. Rogue dove in front of him, closing the door before he could get out. Max looked at her, realising that his escape route was now gone. He lowered his ears and stared at Rogue like she had run over him with a truck.
"A'hm sorry boy", said Rogue, "blame your master. It's his fault".
With that she pushed the old dog into the water. Max immediately started to scramble up the side of the bath, trying to get out. Rogue pushed him back in and started to get him wet...though she seemed to be only suceeding in soaking herself. She pushed back the hair that had caked itself to her face and started applying the shapoo to the suddenly very active dog. Max seemed to calm down, or rather give up the fight, allowing Rogue to lather up his greying fur. Rogue smiled. She had done it. She had faced the beast, she had tamed it, and she had WON!. It was then that something sharp and heavy dropped onto the top of her head. It took her a few minutes to realise that it was Ebony...and Ebony's claws were digging into her skull.
"Owwwwwww!", she screamed, trying to pluck the cat off her head.
Ebony hung on for dear life, then noticed Max, giving an allmighty yowl, he started to try to claw the dog from his position on Rogue's head. Rouge frailed about wildy, trying to get the possesed beast off her head, while Max panicked and jumped out of the bath, showering water everywhere. He pushed past Rogue, making her lose her ballance and fall backwards into the bath with a splash. Ebony freaked out as soon as he hit the water with Rogue, leaping off her and landing on the dog. Max gave a yelp and ran head first into the closed door. Rogue pulled herself out of the bath and quickly opened the door, allowing both animals to run, soaking, through the house. She stood up, her head hurting, her back hurting...heck, everything was hurting. She glanced around the bathroom. Water was everywhere, as was the doggie shampoo, blood and lots of hair.
"A'h think a'hm gonna cry", said Rogue
***
After the bathroom had finally been cleared and she had her wounds treated, Rogue returned to the common room to find a now dry Max sleeping by the fire again. Ebony was a little way off, sitting on the windowsill. Both acted as if nothing had happened.
"Why you little furballs!", said Rogue, "a'h gonna murder you!".
Max looked up and wagged his tail happily as Forge came into the room.
"Hey, you got him clean!", said Forge, "i'm impressed not many people can get him int...".
He was cut off by Rogue who gave him a glare that would have sent Logan diving for cover.
"That is NOT a dog", she said icily, "that is the spawn of the Hound of the Baskervilles".
"Have a little...trouble?", asked Forge with a smirk, "you should try doing it one handed. Hey, now i have justice for you zapping me. Waddya know, the system works".
Rogue gave a growl and stormed out of the room, muttering under her breath. A few seconds later a resounding SLAM was heard through the house as she closed her door. It was opened seconds later with a yell and a yelp.
"AN A'H MEAN STAY OUT!".
Lockheed stared at the door as it was slammed in his face. All he was doing was chewing up some old vampire novel....that was on Rogue's bed. He gave the dragon equivalent of a shrug before trotting off down the corridor...humans were weird.
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In case you are wondering, Rogue's bathtime 'fun' is drawn from a real-life experience...yeah, i just HAD to pick animal care for a profession..didn't i?. Anyhoo, please do review, until next time....
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "Well, trouble's my middle name. Actually, my middle name is 'Marion', but I don't want you spreading that around".
*** Love my reviewers. Yup yup. Oh Draco-Luver, Evan is still with the Morlocks. Alex's codename is Havok, from what i gather, he stores thermal energy which shoots from his hands..apparently, he and Scott's powers are imune to each other.Yes Forge WAS very happy to have someone else bath Max..for good reason, as you shall see whoahahahahhaha!.
***
Chapter 14 - The zen of bathing a dog.
***
"Yeah, this is a REALLY good hand".
Remy gave a heavy sigh. For the past hour, he'd been trying to teach Jamie and Gina the finer points of playing poker. They weren't getting the hang of it, not by a longshot.
"Non", said Remy, "de way you bluff is to make your oponent tink you have a bad or good hand. Dat is too obvious".
"Or i could be TRYING to be obvious to throw you off scent", said Jamie with a smirk.
"You are too smart for your own good, Mon Ami", stated Gambit, "Remy can't belive he's reduced to playing card games with Pre-Teens".
"Hey, who are you calling a Pre-Teen?!", snapped Gina, before sighing, "can we please play a game of 'go-fish'?".
"Remy don't play 'go-fish'", said Remy.
"Do you talk in third person ALLLLLL the time?", asked Jamie, "man, and i thought i had a multiple personality".
Remy made a funny frustrated noise before dropping his cards on the table and storming off.
"Man, i thought he'd never leave!", said Gina, picking up the card, shuffling them like a pro and dealing them.
"Yeah, like we need to be taught how to play poker", said Jamie, "i'll raise you five netctarine smashes".
*****
Sidney meanwhile had left the 'safety' of the mansion to go and talk to Duncan. She had been given a comunicator and been told only to be gone for a short period of time. Whatever that dampener could do, it had spooked both Magneto and Xavier pretty badly, especially if it made them actually agree to become one unit for a while. But Sidney had other problems to worry about. She stopped outside Duncan's large house and took a deep breath, walking up to the door and ringing the bell. Duncan appeared moments later, smiling happily when he saw Sidney. Before he could speak, Sidney raised a clawed hand.
"Look, Duncan, you're not going to like what i'm going to say", she said, "and i can't stay here for long, it's not safe for mutants at the moment".
Duncan's face fell slightly before sighing.
"You're gonna turn me down, aren't you?".
"Sorry", said Sidney with a sigh, "you caught me at the worst possible time. Maybe if you asked a different time, it may have been different. But right now, it's just too arkward".
"Yeah.....i guess i shouldn't have taken you off guard like that", said Duncan, "it doesn't change how i feel about you....hey if you ever get through what you're going through...".
Sidney nodded.
"You sure have come along way from the mutant-hating Jock you were", she said.
"I never hated mutants", said Duncan with a shrug, "just a select few".
"Gimmie an S, Gimmie a C Gimmie an O, T, T", said Sidney with a laugh, "yeah, Summer's is pretty terrible".
Her communcator blipped, telling her to return back home. She sighed.
"I'm being called back", she said, "hey, you gonna be okay?".
"Yeah", said Duncan, a little down-hearted.
Sidney sighed, giving him a kiss on the cheek before morphing into a cat and running off towards the mansion. Duncan watched her go with a sigh, touching his cheek before going back inside.
*****
At the Institute, Rogue had managed to fill the downstairs bath. She had checked the water, laid out towels and dog shampoo, now all she needed was the dog.
"Here Max!", she shouted, then whistled, "come here boy!".
Nothing. Rogue sighed, walking out of the bathroom to see Max hadn't moved from his place in front of the Common Room's fire. She walked over to him and clapped her hands in an attmempt to get the dog excited.
"Come on Maxy boy! Come on", she said in the high voice that people always seemed to speak in around babies and animals, "see what a'hve got for you. Come on boy! Come on!".
Max raised an eyebrow at her before huffing and closing his eyes. Rogue frowned, the feeling that she had been duped starting to enter her mind. She looked at Max, Max looked at her. Rogue groaned, Max was much too large for her to pick up and carry. She leaned down, grabbing his bandana and giving it a gentle tug.
"Come ON Max", she said, pulling.
Max pulled his head back, refusing to budge. Rogue pulled a face, letting go of his bandana and pushing him from behind, the dog started to slide along the floor. Rogue grinned, now she was getting somewhere. Huffing and puffing all the way, she eventually managed to slide Max into the bathroom. Max took one look at the full bath and stood up. He looked at Rogue, then looked at the bath before turning tail and starting for the door. Rogue dove in front of him, closing the door before he could get out. Max looked at her, realising that his escape route was now gone. He lowered his ears and stared at Rogue like she had run over him with a truck.
"A'hm sorry boy", said Rogue, "blame your master. It's his fault".
With that she pushed the old dog into the water. Max immediately started to scramble up the side of the bath, trying to get out. Rogue pushed him back in and started to get him wet...though she seemed to be only suceeding in soaking herself. She pushed back the hair that had caked itself to her face and started applying the shapoo to the suddenly very active dog. Max seemed to calm down, or rather give up the fight, allowing Rogue to lather up his greying fur. Rogue smiled. She had done it. She had faced the beast, she had tamed it, and she had WON!. It was then that something sharp and heavy dropped onto the top of her head. It took her a few minutes to realise that it was Ebony...and Ebony's claws were digging into her skull.
"Owwwwwww!", she screamed, trying to pluck the cat off her head.
Ebony hung on for dear life, then noticed Max, giving an allmighty yowl, he started to try to claw the dog from his position on Rogue's head. Rouge frailed about wildy, trying to get the possesed beast off her head, while Max panicked and jumped out of the bath, showering water everywhere. He pushed past Rogue, making her lose her ballance and fall backwards into the bath with a splash. Ebony freaked out as soon as he hit the water with Rogue, leaping off her and landing on the dog. Max gave a yelp and ran head first into the closed door. Rogue pulled herself out of the bath and quickly opened the door, allowing both animals to run, soaking, through the house. She stood up, her head hurting, her back hurting...heck, everything was hurting. She glanced around the bathroom. Water was everywhere, as was the doggie shampoo, blood and lots of hair.
"A'h think a'hm gonna cry", said Rogue
***
After the bathroom had finally been cleared and she had her wounds treated, Rogue returned to the common room to find a now dry Max sleeping by the fire again. Ebony was a little way off, sitting on the windowsill. Both acted as if nothing had happened.
"Why you little furballs!", said Rogue, "a'h gonna murder you!".
Max looked up and wagged his tail happily as Forge came into the room.
"Hey, you got him clean!", said Forge, "i'm impressed not many people can get him int...".
He was cut off by Rogue who gave him a glare that would have sent Logan diving for cover.
"That is NOT a dog", she said icily, "that is the spawn of the Hound of the Baskervilles".
"Have a little...trouble?", asked Forge with a smirk, "you should try doing it one handed. Hey, now i have justice for you zapping me. Waddya know, the system works".
Rogue gave a growl and stormed out of the room, muttering under her breath. A few seconds later a resounding SLAM was heard through the house as she closed her door. It was opened seconds later with a yell and a yelp.
"AN A'H MEAN STAY OUT!".
Lockheed stared at the door as it was slammed in his face. All he was doing was chewing up some old vampire novel....that was on Rogue's bed. He gave the dragon equivalent of a shrug before trotting off down the corridor...humans were weird.
******
In case you are wondering, Rogue's bathtime 'fun' is drawn from a real-life experience...yeah, i just HAD to pick animal care for a profession..didn't i?. Anyhoo, please do review, until next time....