Televisions, Cartoons, And Mutants

An odd series by Jamie

I dedicate this to Kel, whom puts up with my rantings about Evolution.

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"Honestly Kellie!" Came the girlish squeak from one side of the lay-z-boy plaid sofa.

"But Jamie! You have to admit Kurt is uber sexy!" The brunette exaggerated pointing at the television, with large arm movement, swooning over the blue demon on the screen. The credits were now flashing to the both of them. The weekly episode of X-Men Evolution was now over.

"If you call claws and tails sexy." A pillow collided with Jamie's head after the statement. A fit of giggles erupted from the both of them.

It was a running tradition between the two ladies to sit and quietly and watch the show lounged out on the rundown couch. A bowl of popcorn and Kellie dominating over the remote, would leave them to view the re-run of their favorite animated show on Cartoon Network. Though both were a little old to watch superheroes with mutant powers, they both got a kick out of mocking all the characters. Especially Kellie's favorite indigo teleporter, Kurt Wagner. Or also known as 'The Nightcrawler'.

"Well.." Jamie began, her voice lowering. She looked at the tellie one last time, catching a glimpse of Kurt.

"I knew you'd come around.." Kellie winked from her position leaded up against the sofa's armrest, a matching plaid pillow wrapped in her hands.

"He's still blue --"

"But sexy."

"But the tail!" Jamie protested. What was cute - or in fact sexy - about a blue creature thing? Sure, he could teleport but --

"Just extra leverage." Kellie straightened up in her seat, a confident smirk playing on her lips. She would find a way to make all the abnormal things Jamie could mention about Kurt seem sexual and better than what the seventeen year old pointed out.

Jamie though wasn't as optimistic. She quirked a brow to Kellie skeptically. " You just want to get him into bed with you.." She taunted. Kellie's mind wasn't that clean.

Kellie threw another pillow blushing madly. "He's just a cartoon character, J.." But just the thought made her giddy, and she placed her hands on her cheeks to cover up her beat red face.

Jamie ducked, coming back up with a mischievous smile on her face. It wasn't always one could get Kellie to blush furiously like that. Then imitating the German accent of the voice actor for the Nightcrawler, she cried, "Neener neener neener!" Jamie even stuck out her tongue, and crouched Nightcrawler-style to do a better impression.

"Jamie, why you little --" She threatened maliciously. Kellie immediately advanced on the shorter girl only to be interrupted by the sudden downpour of rain outside. After a moment of silence, they both rose cautiously from the couch, pressing their faces to the window, soft fog circles developed on the pane of glass as they breathed, watching as if they had never seen rain before. On cue they both looked to one another then back outside. With a heavy sigh, Jamie was the first to pull away from the glass. Kellie soon followed, cantering her head to the side, staring at her buddy. "What is it Jamie?" She questioned with slight concern.

"I left my windows down." She answered flatly. And turning back to the window, she whimpered as she watched her 98 Taurus become a pool. Inside and out.

Kellie fought back the smile creeping onto her lips before bursting out laughing and falling to the ground, holding her stomach. It was a good minute until she calmed down. Though the torrential downpour had yet to do so.

"Are you done?" Jamie asked with a frown.

Wiping a tear from the corner of her eye, Kellie nodded slowly. Burned by Kellie laughing at her misfortune, Jamie dug a hand into the half eaten bowl of popcorn, now resting on the coffee table. Kernels of popcorn flew in the air, and landed in the brunettes hair. Kellie began to advance in a counterattack, but once again was disturbed by now the loud crack, and flash of light. A small yelp came from both of the girls, both running to cling onto each other. They looked around the living room where they were in, before pulling away with a nervous laugh.

"We're so retarded Kel." Jamie stated with a snicker.

Kellie shook her head in agreement. Realizing the television hadn't blown yet from the lightning strikes, Kellie took up the incentive to shut off before it happened. As Kellie clutched the device, Jamie had sauntered over to the 'tube'. Patting her hand upon it, she glanced over to Kellie.

"Maybe Kel, we should think about getting a new --" Cut off by another strike of lightning and sound of thunder, a large spark came from the post outside the window, and the power to the inside of the house was gone. Kellie and Jamie were now sitting in the dark.

An crash then a screaming 'ouch' came from Kellie, before a lamp flickered on. Jamie was sprawled on the floor, but no sooner was that mentioned did she sit up, shaking off the horrid headache she had received. Placing a hand to her forehead she cringed, and her face looked like she just ate a lemonhead hard candy. Peering over to Kellie, her face faltered. Kellie's mouth was agape, her eyes wide, and not a face Jamie was used to seeing on her friend.

"Kel, what is it?" She asked, then surveyed the room around her. Jamie's facial expression suddenly matched Kellie's. This surely wasn't the living room they were in just moments ago. It was a hallway. Deep red rugs, wooden paneled walls, oil paintings decked the walls, and another body was in front of the both of them. A potted plant was crashed and broken on the ground. Obviously it was the 'thing' Kellie had run into. It wasn't Kellie though who had turned on the light, for Kellie was feet away from the small table that the lamp was situated on. To be honest, the figure in front of them kind of looked like --

"Um, like Kurt? Like, who are these people?" A overly chipper voice echoed down the hall to another figure. A young man with a cerulean complexion, perched forward from the shadows, to come up beside the other girl clad in capris and a lavender shirt. The boy simply shrugged.

"Professor said that they were new recruits. We have to being them to his office." The heavy European accent was evident coming from the demon-look boy. He crawled over, and helped Jamie off the floor, while the other girl with Kurt approached Kellie. Jetting out a hand to shake, she grinned cheerfully.

"My name is Kitty Pryde. Like, welcome to the X-Men."