Thicker than Water
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "HELLO! I've got like three pounds of underwear on here".
***
Hi my reviewers, lookie who I caught!
Angel: For the love of God, help me!
Yep, i managed to snag him in my head last night. Whoahahahhahahhaha
*Reads reviews while stroking Warren's arm*
Stupidx -Good question, the Triplets were held in Stokes because they are shapeshifters, they could turn themselves into something like a flea and get out...hence why they are in Stokes'.
Okay, the bit where Forge gives away one of his ways to pick up a date is kinda inspired from the Friends episode 'The One Where Joey Dates Rachel'.
****
Chapter 25 - Break-in
***
Back at the church, the fight was still well underway. Imitate had been taken out, but so had Lance and Hank. Pickles had taken to the air, Warren hot on his trail. The two flew above the church, resembling an almost biblical battle scene. Vivian smirked, and turned on the dampener.
"And now, mutants", she said ominously, "it is time for you to fall".
*Is it, Vivian?*.
Vivian paused, putting a hand to her head, she glanced over to Xavier, who had a hand to his temple.
"Get out of my head!", she hissed, "this WON'T work!".
*Vivian, why are you doing this really?*, Xavier continued, *Is it becasue of what you suffered through at the Black Womb?*
"I'm giving you FIVE seconds to get out!".
*You feel like you have been robbed of a normal childhood, growing up in that lab..don't you?*.
Vivian hissed angrily.
"Okay, that's it, you're going down", she said, charging up the dampener, only to have it ripped from her hands with a metalic hum.
"Sorry, i can't let you do that", said Magneto, where he floated above her
****
Back in the mansion, Sidney and Piotr were organising various pictures, deciding what would be good to take to the fair, when the lights suddenly blinked out.
"What the?".
Sidney sighed, her feline eyes glowing in the dark.
"Well....that puts an end to that", she said, "remind me to claw their eyes out later".
In another part of the mansion, Storm gave a frustrated sigh.
"Logan SAID he'd payed the eletric bill", she muttered.
"Must be a blow out", said Forge, heading off to find the fusebox, "i'll fix it".
"Bobby Drake, you are a genius!", said Bobby, flipping the fuse in his hand.
Had it not been pitch black, he would have seen alot of eyes giving him alot of deadpan looks.
"You are so full of yourself", came Kitty's voice, she glanced up as she heard Wanda yelling about the lights being out, "okay...now what?".
"I....didn't think of anything past this", said Bobby with a shrug.
"Query: How are we supposed to spy on Self-Carer Forge and Self-Friend Storm without light?", asked Warlock.
"E.T here has a point", said Ray, "you're an idiot...you know that, Bobby?".
"Well EXCUSE me!", saisd Bobby, "but at least i tr..".
He trailed off as the lights came back on.
"Oh....he fixed it".
"A mutant with the ability to understand machines fixed a broken fuse", quipped Tabby, "geee, i never saw that one coming".
"There, that should do it", said Forge, closing the fuse box, "the only thing that could have caused that was someone ripping a fuse out...why on Earth would someone do that?".
Storm shrugged and then blinked...noticing the library. She took in the scene for a second before beckoning Forge over and pointing to the room. It was filled with snow, littered with candles, and a single table in the middle of it all, 'The Way You Look Tonight' could be heard playing faintly.
"I believe we have been 'set-up'", said Storm.
Forge chuckled and shook his head.
"What was your first clue?", he asked, "that DOES explain the fuse".
He paused, then said quietly.
"They're watching us....aren't they?".
"Without a doubt".
"I think it's time for a little game of 'call my bluff'", said Forge, before adding louder, "I have to admit, they've gone through alot of trouble".
Storm blinked at him for a second as if he had gone mad, then gave an evil smirk.
"Yes..they have", said Storm, "it would be a shame to waste their good efforts".
With that, the two of them headed off to the table. Kitty did a happy dance.
"Oh yeah, this is good, who's ace?".
"We're ace!", chimed in Roberto, as he watched Forge pull a chair back for Storm to sit down.
Suddenly, a little flame hopped around the room, lighting each candle.
"Great...Pyro's helping them too", said Storm.
"You have to admit, the guy saves on matches", said Forge, raising an eyebrow as the flame flickered away into nothing.
Forge sat down, then glanced at a piece of rope by the table, a note attatched to it.
"Pull me", he read, then glanced at Storm, who shrugged.
Forge took a deep breath, and pulled the rope, both adults going for the duck and cover under the table. A wheely cart trundled up to them, with champane in an ice-bucket and two champane flukes with it.
"Classy", said Forge with a chuckle, "those kids are sneaky. Though..i wonder where they got the champane from".
"I'll give you three adamantium clawed guesses", said Storm.
"Really?", said Forge, "i always had Logan down as a beer drinker".
"Champane is a secret passion of his", said Storm, "don't let Sabertooth find out".
*****
Back at the chruch, Vivian hissed angrily at Magneto, lashing out with her tenticles, only to feel something grab her from behind.
"You're not goin' anywhere, toots", growled Sabertooth.
Vivian gave a hiss wrapping a tenticle on Sabertooth's arm. Sabertooth winced but gave a cruel chuckle.
"Not as effective on someone wit' healin' powers, huh?", he said.
"LET ME GO!", she shouted.
"You heard the lady!", shouted Juggernaught, slamming into Sabertooth and knocking him away from Vivian.
"A little HELP here", snarled Sabertooth as he tried to fight off the invunerbale.
There was a metalic humm again and the clips of Juggernaught's helmet unfastened themselves, the helmet lifting into the air. Xavier took the oportunity in a second, sending out a physcic blast, knocking his brother out. Vivian started to back away, looking for an escape route. She suddenly backed into something and screamed in pain and shock. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she dropped to the floor, Rogue stood behind her.
"Ah've wanted to do THAT for ages", she said smugly, then gave a yelp of suprise as Angel dropped onto the ground from the sky.
They all glanced up to see Pickles had gone.
"Damn it, we lost Pickles!", snarled Logan.
"Let's get these back into Stokes", said Xavier, "we have to tend to our injured as well, we will be prepared for Pickles if...when he choses to attack again".
"Hey", said Kurt suddenly, "vhere's Dagger?".
****
"That works?...seriously?".
Forge laughed and nodded.
"Oh yes", she said, "...or maybe it only worked in the seventies...not sure if it would now".
"So simple", said Storm with an amused chuckle, "you pretend you recognise them, then appologise for getting it wrong, then tell them about this made up person. What a conversation starter, i bet it snagged you a few lady- friends".
"Oh yeah", said Forge rolling his eyes with a chuckle, "all..one of them".
Storm raised an eyebrow.
"One?", she said, "you expect me to believe that in your lifetime, you have only had ONE girlfriend?".
"Well...yeah", said Forge with a shrug, "Tyler was my high school sweetheart..then i got zapped into Middleverse. I tried looking her up, but i couldn't find her".
"Well, you are out now", said Storm, then, before she even thought about what she was saying, "you can find someone else...".
"Come on 'Ro, look at me", said Forge with a sigh, "i'm a thiry six year old in a seventeen year olds body. I'm too old to date people who LOOK my age and people that ARE my age think i'm too young for them. It's a lose- lose situtation".
"Perphaps all you need is to find someone that knows all that, and understands it".
"And where would i find someone like that?".
"You'd be suprised".
There was suddenly a VERY loud crash resounding from somewhere in the mansion, accompanied by the sound of the security alarms going off.
"Uh oh", said Forge, "sounds like we've got company".
****
In the Common Room, everyone gathered to see what had happened.
"Where's Sidney?", asked Piotr, suddenly realising she wasn't behind him...he was sure she was there a second ago.
"And Wanda", said Todd, blinking.
"Hi there, guess who's back?".
Everyone turned to see Dagger, poised over the unconcious forms of Wanda and Sidney, a stun gun in her hands.
"Guess i was too quick for them", she said with a smirk, then smiled at the others, "okay muties, who wants to play?".
****
Yey, another chpater done. There are about 2 chapters left of this fic now. Yup yup. Please do review. Until next time...
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "HELLO! I've got like three pounds of underwear on here".
***
Hi my reviewers, lookie who I caught!
Angel: For the love of God, help me!
Yep, i managed to snag him in my head last night. Whoahahahhahahhaha
*Reads reviews while stroking Warren's arm*
Stupidx -Good question, the Triplets were held in Stokes because they are shapeshifters, they could turn themselves into something like a flea and get out...hence why they are in Stokes'.
Okay, the bit where Forge gives away one of his ways to pick up a date is kinda inspired from the Friends episode 'The One Where Joey Dates Rachel'.
****
Chapter 25 - Break-in
***
Back at the church, the fight was still well underway. Imitate had been taken out, but so had Lance and Hank. Pickles had taken to the air, Warren hot on his trail. The two flew above the church, resembling an almost biblical battle scene. Vivian smirked, and turned on the dampener.
"And now, mutants", she said ominously, "it is time for you to fall".
*Is it, Vivian?*.
Vivian paused, putting a hand to her head, she glanced over to Xavier, who had a hand to his temple.
"Get out of my head!", she hissed, "this WON'T work!".
*Vivian, why are you doing this really?*, Xavier continued, *Is it becasue of what you suffered through at the Black Womb?*
"I'm giving you FIVE seconds to get out!".
*You feel like you have been robbed of a normal childhood, growing up in that lab..don't you?*.
Vivian hissed angrily.
"Okay, that's it, you're going down", she said, charging up the dampener, only to have it ripped from her hands with a metalic hum.
"Sorry, i can't let you do that", said Magneto, where he floated above her
****
Back in the mansion, Sidney and Piotr were organising various pictures, deciding what would be good to take to the fair, when the lights suddenly blinked out.
"What the?".
Sidney sighed, her feline eyes glowing in the dark.
"Well....that puts an end to that", she said, "remind me to claw their eyes out later".
In another part of the mansion, Storm gave a frustrated sigh.
"Logan SAID he'd payed the eletric bill", she muttered.
"Must be a blow out", said Forge, heading off to find the fusebox, "i'll fix it".
"Bobby Drake, you are a genius!", said Bobby, flipping the fuse in his hand.
Had it not been pitch black, he would have seen alot of eyes giving him alot of deadpan looks.
"You are so full of yourself", came Kitty's voice, she glanced up as she heard Wanda yelling about the lights being out, "okay...now what?".
"I....didn't think of anything past this", said Bobby with a shrug.
"Query: How are we supposed to spy on Self-Carer Forge and Self-Friend Storm without light?", asked Warlock.
"E.T here has a point", said Ray, "you're an idiot...you know that, Bobby?".
"Well EXCUSE me!", saisd Bobby, "but at least i tr..".
He trailed off as the lights came back on.
"Oh....he fixed it".
"A mutant with the ability to understand machines fixed a broken fuse", quipped Tabby, "geee, i never saw that one coming".
"There, that should do it", said Forge, closing the fuse box, "the only thing that could have caused that was someone ripping a fuse out...why on Earth would someone do that?".
Storm shrugged and then blinked...noticing the library. She took in the scene for a second before beckoning Forge over and pointing to the room. It was filled with snow, littered with candles, and a single table in the middle of it all, 'The Way You Look Tonight' could be heard playing faintly.
"I believe we have been 'set-up'", said Storm.
Forge chuckled and shook his head.
"What was your first clue?", he asked, "that DOES explain the fuse".
He paused, then said quietly.
"They're watching us....aren't they?".
"Without a doubt".
"I think it's time for a little game of 'call my bluff'", said Forge, before adding louder, "I have to admit, they've gone through alot of trouble".
Storm blinked at him for a second as if he had gone mad, then gave an evil smirk.
"Yes..they have", said Storm, "it would be a shame to waste their good efforts".
With that, the two of them headed off to the table. Kitty did a happy dance.
"Oh yeah, this is good, who's ace?".
"We're ace!", chimed in Roberto, as he watched Forge pull a chair back for Storm to sit down.
Suddenly, a little flame hopped around the room, lighting each candle.
"Great...Pyro's helping them too", said Storm.
"You have to admit, the guy saves on matches", said Forge, raising an eyebrow as the flame flickered away into nothing.
Forge sat down, then glanced at a piece of rope by the table, a note attatched to it.
"Pull me", he read, then glanced at Storm, who shrugged.
Forge took a deep breath, and pulled the rope, both adults going for the duck and cover under the table. A wheely cart trundled up to them, with champane in an ice-bucket and two champane flukes with it.
"Classy", said Forge with a chuckle, "those kids are sneaky. Though..i wonder where they got the champane from".
"I'll give you three adamantium clawed guesses", said Storm.
"Really?", said Forge, "i always had Logan down as a beer drinker".
"Champane is a secret passion of his", said Storm, "don't let Sabertooth find out".
*****
Back at the chruch, Vivian hissed angrily at Magneto, lashing out with her tenticles, only to feel something grab her from behind.
"You're not goin' anywhere, toots", growled Sabertooth.
Vivian gave a hiss wrapping a tenticle on Sabertooth's arm. Sabertooth winced but gave a cruel chuckle.
"Not as effective on someone wit' healin' powers, huh?", he said.
"LET ME GO!", she shouted.
"You heard the lady!", shouted Juggernaught, slamming into Sabertooth and knocking him away from Vivian.
"A little HELP here", snarled Sabertooth as he tried to fight off the invunerbale.
There was a metalic humm again and the clips of Juggernaught's helmet unfastened themselves, the helmet lifting into the air. Xavier took the oportunity in a second, sending out a physcic blast, knocking his brother out. Vivian started to back away, looking for an escape route. She suddenly backed into something and screamed in pain and shock. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she dropped to the floor, Rogue stood behind her.
"Ah've wanted to do THAT for ages", she said smugly, then gave a yelp of suprise as Angel dropped onto the ground from the sky.
They all glanced up to see Pickles had gone.
"Damn it, we lost Pickles!", snarled Logan.
"Let's get these back into Stokes", said Xavier, "we have to tend to our injured as well, we will be prepared for Pickles if...when he choses to attack again".
"Hey", said Kurt suddenly, "vhere's Dagger?".
****
"That works?...seriously?".
Forge laughed and nodded.
"Oh yes", she said, "...or maybe it only worked in the seventies...not sure if it would now".
"So simple", said Storm with an amused chuckle, "you pretend you recognise them, then appologise for getting it wrong, then tell them about this made up person. What a conversation starter, i bet it snagged you a few lady- friends".
"Oh yeah", said Forge rolling his eyes with a chuckle, "all..one of them".
Storm raised an eyebrow.
"One?", she said, "you expect me to believe that in your lifetime, you have only had ONE girlfriend?".
"Well...yeah", said Forge with a shrug, "Tyler was my high school sweetheart..then i got zapped into Middleverse. I tried looking her up, but i couldn't find her".
"Well, you are out now", said Storm, then, before she even thought about what she was saying, "you can find someone else...".
"Come on 'Ro, look at me", said Forge with a sigh, "i'm a thiry six year old in a seventeen year olds body. I'm too old to date people who LOOK my age and people that ARE my age think i'm too young for them. It's a lose- lose situtation".
"Perphaps all you need is to find someone that knows all that, and understands it".
"And where would i find someone like that?".
"You'd be suprised".
There was suddenly a VERY loud crash resounding from somewhere in the mansion, accompanied by the sound of the security alarms going off.
"Uh oh", said Forge, "sounds like we've got company".
****
In the Common Room, everyone gathered to see what had happened.
"Where's Sidney?", asked Piotr, suddenly realising she wasn't behind him...he was sure she was there a second ago.
"And Wanda", said Todd, blinking.
"Hi there, guess who's back?".
Everyone turned to see Dagger, poised over the unconcious forms of Wanda and Sidney, a stun gun in her hands.
"Guess i was too quick for them", she said with a smirk, then smiled at the others, "okay muties, who wants to play?".
****
Yey, another chpater done. There are about 2 chapters left of this fic now. Yup yup. Please do review. Until next time...