Thicker than Water
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "We're supposed to be at home, David. We're supposed to be in colour"
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Yey, i love my reviewers, i truly, truly do!. This chapter, you will FINALLY learn why i called Max, Max...unless you already figured it out..in that case, just act suprised.
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Chapter 21 - A new discovery
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Magneto gave a sigh of contentment from where he relaxed in what he had descovered to be the most comfortable chair in the house. He closed his eyes, getting ready to just take a nice break....no such luck. He felt someone tap his shoulder.
"What is it?", he asked irritably.
He opened one eye to see Kitty grinning at him....and she was holding...car keys!!!
"Forge said that you wanted to take me out on my next driving lesson", she said, "he told me how MUCH you wanted to go last time".
"He...did?", said Magneto, giving a nervous chuckle, "well...i...i".
"I'm ready now, if you like!", said Kitty, happily, grabbing his arm and pulling him out of this chair sanctuary, "lets go!".
Magneto gave a heavy sigh as he was dragged along, passing the common room on the way, he saw Forge watching TV with some of the students. Forge cast Magneto a huge grin and gave a wave which suggested he had claimed his revenge. Magneto narrowed his eyes, making Forge's watch stop before being dragged away by Kitty.
"I can easily fix it!", Forge shouted in a sing-song voice.
"You happy now, Mon Ami?", asked Gambit.
"Oh yeah", said Forge, revenge is sweet.
Max plodded into the roof and collapsed on Sam's legs. Sam barely noticed, giving the dog a pat on the head as if by pure instinct, not taking his eyes off the TV.
"Dat guy has been around animals for too long", said Remy, "and dat dog is VERY grey".
"My friends bought him for me just before the seventy eight science fair", said Forge, "'course he was only a puppy then, kinda a 'good luck' thing".
He glanced down at the dog.
"I think he was defective, he certainally didn't save me from Middleverse", he said, "my friends named him for me too".
"Ahh, so THEY'RE the ones to blame for calling an inocent creature Maximillian", said Bobby.
"They named him after the Bionic Dog", said Forge, he was graced by blank looks, "from the Bionic Woman?...a TV show?...a Seventies show?".
Still nothing.
"Okay, go ahead, MAKE me feel old", said Forge, crossing his arms.
Suddenly, Tabby giggled.
"The Bionic Dog!. I get it!", she said, "you have a bionic arm. Man, that's rich!".
"Yeah...my friends thought so too", said Forge, rolling his eyes, "i never did get them back for that....neh".
Remy glanced up at John who was stumming 'Kumbya' for all he was worth.
"John, i t'ink Sidney's in de garden", he said, "you can stop now".
"Yeah...but what if she catches me?", said John, still playing and speaking in an almost-whisper, "she didn't say i could stop playing yet".
"What happened to you?", asked Remy, shaking his head, "you used to be a scary, freaky fire-wielding maniac..now you a slave to some girl?! Shame on you...".
"REMY LEBEAU!".
Gambit glanced up, hearing Rogue shouting.
"Coming chere!", he said, getting up and pelting towards her voice for all he was worth.
"Pot, kettle, black", said John, "at least i'm just scared of Sidney, i'm not a lovesick fool over her!".
"No, that prize would go to Piotr", chuckled Ray.
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The mutant in question was currently sitting quietly in the garden, sketching two cats who were playing amongst the flowers and trees. One of the cats was Ebony, and the other hew knew was Sidney. Even in a feline form, she had a grace that stood her apart from even Ebony, who wasn't really a cat either. Piotr had heard Wanda mention something about him being a creature from another dimension, who chose to take the form of a cat. He chuckled as he finished off the sketch of the two not-really-cats, while his life-subjects had chased each other up a tree and were both currently basking in the warmth of the Afternoon sun.
"Hey".
Piotr nearly jumped out of the skin. Man, how many times was this going to happen to him before he'd get used to it?!. He turned around to see Jamie.
"Cool picture", the youngster said distractedly, "have you seen Gina?".
"I believe she said somethink about teaching Amara how to make pasta", said Piotr, "so i think they would be in the kitchen....God help the kitchen".
"Oh", said Jamie, then tried to look casual, "hey, if there was a girl you really liked, but you didn't know how to tell her...what would you do?".
Piotr blinked and cleared his throat.
"I think you are askink the wrong person", he said, he could barely sort out his own feelings, let alone someone else's too.
"Oh....okay", said Jamie with a shrug, "no biggie....errr..you know anyone who..err..would know".
"Remy or Pietro", said Piotr, without a seconds thought, "if they do not know anythink about courting, then we are all in big trouble".
"Okay", said Jamie, scratching his head and walking off, trying to decide which of the current 'realationship experts' to ask advice from.
Piotr watched him walk off with a chuckle, a chuckle that aburptly stopped when something landed on his head. He tried to find out what had dropped on him without tilting his head, but found that impossible. The thing jumped off his head and onto the ground in front of him, showing to be a cat. The cat mewed and changed into Sidney, causing Piotr to nearly fall off the back of the bench in shock.
"Sorry about that", said Sidney with a chuckle, "i have a nasty habit of freaking people out who aren't used to me changing".
"Err..yeah...heh heh", said Piotr, rubbing the back of his neck with his hand.
Sidney glanced down, noticing his picture.
"You really should try getting these into the next local art exhibit", she said, "they usually have one in the county fair. I think they really could win you something, or at least you'd be able to sell a ton of them".
Piotr really wished he could convert into his metalic form to hide the blush he knew would show if she kept talking like that. Luckily for him, the sound of screeching tyres made Sidney look up. Saved by the bell....or in this case the scream. Kitty pulled up in the diveway and skipped out of the car, saying what a cool instuctor Magneto was and how she couldn't wait to go with him again. Sidney glanced into the X-Van at Magneto, who was sat rigid. She opened the door and the old man fell out.
"You okay Mags?", she asked.
"Car..bad", was he could say, he shook his head and blinked, as if just coming around from a bad dream, "that was...wrong....terribly, terribly wrong....i need a stong, stiff drink!".
With that, he stumbled off towards the mansion, looking very shaken indeed. A laughing from above made Sidney look up, to see Warren flapping around, obviously enjoying Magneto's suffering.
"Hey you're up in the air again!", she called up, "wing's all better i take it?".
Warren landed next to her with an easy grace.
"Yes, thank you", he said, "and now i know that if SHE shows up, i can just take off, she can't catch me if i'm airbourne!".
"Good thinking", said Sidney with a chuckle, turning to go back to her conversation with Piotr, only to find he had gone, "oh....".
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Meanwhile, in the dock yard, Sabertooth and Logan had got bored, very quickly. The two young women were just sitting around idly. Nothing had happened for hours.
"I say we go in there and cut 'em ta shreds", said Sabertooth.
"Chuck said ta watch them, an' that's what were gonna do", said Logan, though secretly, he agreed, he wanted to go home.
Suddenly, a whistling sound made both mutants glance up. Something fell from the sky, and crashed into a bunch of trash cans a few feet away, making a big clatter. Sabertooth quickly glanced inside, noting that both girls were gone.
"Well, that was worth the effort", he quipped, "they've scattered. That damn banging musta spooked 'em".
Logan wasn't listening to him, he had gone to the trash cans and was rooting around them, suddenly he stooped down and picked up an odly shaped piece of yalleow and black metal.
"What the heck's that?", Sabertooth asked, stalking over.
"It's a bit'a machinery", replied Logan, the machinery flashed and shook in his hands, "whoah".
Logan gave it a poke, it shuddered again.
"That's....weird", said Sabertooth, "can you smell....living stuff from that too?".
Logan nodded.
"I think we'd better take this back ta the Institute".
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Oh yeah, Todd Fan's bringing back another original comic character! *Does a happy dance* Who? Find out in the next chapter!. Please review..until next time...
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "We're supposed to be at home, David. We're supposed to be in colour"
***
Yey, i love my reviewers, i truly, truly do!. This chapter, you will FINALLY learn why i called Max, Max...unless you already figured it out..in that case, just act suprised.
***
Chapter 21 - A new discovery
****
Magneto gave a sigh of contentment from where he relaxed in what he had descovered to be the most comfortable chair in the house. He closed his eyes, getting ready to just take a nice break....no such luck. He felt someone tap his shoulder.
"What is it?", he asked irritably.
He opened one eye to see Kitty grinning at him....and she was holding...car keys!!!
"Forge said that you wanted to take me out on my next driving lesson", she said, "he told me how MUCH you wanted to go last time".
"He...did?", said Magneto, giving a nervous chuckle, "well...i...i".
"I'm ready now, if you like!", said Kitty, happily, grabbing his arm and pulling him out of this chair sanctuary, "lets go!".
Magneto gave a heavy sigh as he was dragged along, passing the common room on the way, he saw Forge watching TV with some of the students. Forge cast Magneto a huge grin and gave a wave which suggested he had claimed his revenge. Magneto narrowed his eyes, making Forge's watch stop before being dragged away by Kitty.
"I can easily fix it!", Forge shouted in a sing-song voice.
"You happy now, Mon Ami?", asked Gambit.
"Oh yeah", said Forge, revenge is sweet.
Max plodded into the roof and collapsed on Sam's legs. Sam barely noticed, giving the dog a pat on the head as if by pure instinct, not taking his eyes off the TV.
"Dat guy has been around animals for too long", said Remy, "and dat dog is VERY grey".
"My friends bought him for me just before the seventy eight science fair", said Forge, "'course he was only a puppy then, kinda a 'good luck' thing".
He glanced down at the dog.
"I think he was defective, he certainally didn't save me from Middleverse", he said, "my friends named him for me too".
"Ahh, so THEY'RE the ones to blame for calling an inocent creature Maximillian", said Bobby.
"They named him after the Bionic Dog", said Forge, he was graced by blank looks, "from the Bionic Woman?...a TV show?...a Seventies show?".
Still nothing.
"Okay, go ahead, MAKE me feel old", said Forge, crossing his arms.
Suddenly, Tabby giggled.
"The Bionic Dog!. I get it!", she said, "you have a bionic arm. Man, that's rich!".
"Yeah...my friends thought so too", said Forge, rolling his eyes, "i never did get them back for that....neh".
Remy glanced up at John who was stumming 'Kumbya' for all he was worth.
"John, i t'ink Sidney's in de garden", he said, "you can stop now".
"Yeah...but what if she catches me?", said John, still playing and speaking in an almost-whisper, "she didn't say i could stop playing yet".
"What happened to you?", asked Remy, shaking his head, "you used to be a scary, freaky fire-wielding maniac..now you a slave to some girl?! Shame on you...".
"REMY LEBEAU!".
Gambit glanced up, hearing Rogue shouting.
"Coming chere!", he said, getting up and pelting towards her voice for all he was worth.
"Pot, kettle, black", said John, "at least i'm just scared of Sidney, i'm not a lovesick fool over her!".
"No, that prize would go to Piotr", chuckled Ray.
****
The mutant in question was currently sitting quietly in the garden, sketching two cats who were playing amongst the flowers and trees. One of the cats was Ebony, and the other hew knew was Sidney. Even in a feline form, she had a grace that stood her apart from even Ebony, who wasn't really a cat either. Piotr had heard Wanda mention something about him being a creature from another dimension, who chose to take the form of a cat. He chuckled as he finished off the sketch of the two not-really-cats, while his life-subjects had chased each other up a tree and were both currently basking in the warmth of the Afternoon sun.
"Hey".
Piotr nearly jumped out of the skin. Man, how many times was this going to happen to him before he'd get used to it?!. He turned around to see Jamie.
"Cool picture", the youngster said distractedly, "have you seen Gina?".
"I believe she said somethink about teaching Amara how to make pasta", said Piotr, "so i think they would be in the kitchen....God help the kitchen".
"Oh", said Jamie, then tried to look casual, "hey, if there was a girl you really liked, but you didn't know how to tell her...what would you do?".
Piotr blinked and cleared his throat.
"I think you are askink the wrong person", he said, he could barely sort out his own feelings, let alone someone else's too.
"Oh....okay", said Jamie with a shrug, "no biggie....errr..you know anyone who..err..would know".
"Remy or Pietro", said Piotr, without a seconds thought, "if they do not know anythink about courting, then we are all in big trouble".
"Okay", said Jamie, scratching his head and walking off, trying to decide which of the current 'realationship experts' to ask advice from.
Piotr watched him walk off with a chuckle, a chuckle that aburptly stopped when something landed on his head. He tried to find out what had dropped on him without tilting his head, but found that impossible. The thing jumped off his head and onto the ground in front of him, showing to be a cat. The cat mewed and changed into Sidney, causing Piotr to nearly fall off the back of the bench in shock.
"Sorry about that", said Sidney with a chuckle, "i have a nasty habit of freaking people out who aren't used to me changing".
"Err..yeah...heh heh", said Piotr, rubbing the back of his neck with his hand.
Sidney glanced down, noticing his picture.
"You really should try getting these into the next local art exhibit", she said, "they usually have one in the county fair. I think they really could win you something, or at least you'd be able to sell a ton of them".
Piotr really wished he could convert into his metalic form to hide the blush he knew would show if she kept talking like that. Luckily for him, the sound of screeching tyres made Sidney look up. Saved by the bell....or in this case the scream. Kitty pulled up in the diveway and skipped out of the car, saying what a cool instuctor Magneto was and how she couldn't wait to go with him again. Sidney glanced into the X-Van at Magneto, who was sat rigid. She opened the door and the old man fell out.
"You okay Mags?", she asked.
"Car..bad", was he could say, he shook his head and blinked, as if just coming around from a bad dream, "that was...wrong....terribly, terribly wrong....i need a stong, stiff drink!".
With that, he stumbled off towards the mansion, looking very shaken indeed. A laughing from above made Sidney look up, to see Warren flapping around, obviously enjoying Magneto's suffering.
"Hey you're up in the air again!", she called up, "wing's all better i take it?".
Warren landed next to her with an easy grace.
"Yes, thank you", he said, "and now i know that if SHE shows up, i can just take off, she can't catch me if i'm airbourne!".
"Good thinking", said Sidney with a chuckle, turning to go back to her conversation with Piotr, only to find he had gone, "oh....".
*****
Meanwhile, in the dock yard, Sabertooth and Logan had got bored, very quickly. The two young women were just sitting around idly. Nothing had happened for hours.
"I say we go in there and cut 'em ta shreds", said Sabertooth.
"Chuck said ta watch them, an' that's what were gonna do", said Logan, though secretly, he agreed, he wanted to go home.
Suddenly, a whistling sound made both mutants glance up. Something fell from the sky, and crashed into a bunch of trash cans a few feet away, making a big clatter. Sabertooth quickly glanced inside, noting that both girls were gone.
"Well, that was worth the effort", he quipped, "they've scattered. That damn banging musta spooked 'em".
Logan wasn't listening to him, he had gone to the trash cans and was rooting around them, suddenly he stooped down and picked up an odly shaped piece of yalleow and black metal.
"What the heck's that?", Sabertooth asked, stalking over.
"It's a bit'a machinery", replied Logan, the machinery flashed and shook in his hands, "whoah".
Logan gave it a poke, it shuddered again.
"That's....weird", said Sabertooth, "can you smell....living stuff from that too?".
Logan nodded.
"I think we'd better take this back ta the Institute".
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Oh yeah, Todd Fan's bringing back another original comic character! *Does a happy dance* Who? Find out in the next chapter!. Please review..until next time...