Say Hello to Our Little Friend
"I'm so glad you decided to take me to the park Forge," Jamie said happily.
"Hey it's a perfect place to try out my newest version of my motorized kite," Forge grinned. "I think I finally got the kinks out of it."
"Yeah Professor X was really mad when the last one crashed through his study window," Jamie said as he held the kite.
"I don't know why," Forge shrugged. "And I didn't use that much plutonium to power it. Well this one should work."
Suddenly the ground started to shake. "What was that?" Jamie yelled. "It felt like…"
"Avalanche?" Both boys said at the same time. They ran towards its source. However to their surprise they only found a five-year-old boy.
"I don't see him," Forge looked around.
"Maybe that kid over there saw him," Jamie pointed. He went up to the boy. "Hey kid…"
"GO AWAY!" The boy shouted and flew out his hands. Immediately a tremor knocked Jamie on his butt, creating several clones of him.
"What…?" The boy whimpered.
"Hey there easy kid!" Forge held his hands up. "We're not gonna hurt you. We're mutants too. Where's your mother?"
"Don't have one," The boy sniffed. "I'm alone."
"You mean nobody takes care of you?" Forge asked. The boy shook his head. "What's your name?"
"Uh…Lance," The boy sniffed.
"Wow, his name and powers are just like Avalanche's!" Jamie remarked. "He even looks a little like him too!"
"Huh?" Little Lance blinked.
"How would you like to meet some folks just like you?" Forge grinned.
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"Hey I'm off to grab a burger," Scott called out to the kids in the living room. "Anyone want to come?"
"I don't think the roads are the safest place right about now," Rogue told him. "Logan's giving Kitty a driving lesson."
"Never mind," Scott sighed.
"Scott! Scott!" Jamie ran in. "You'll never guess what happened! We found this kid in the park! He's a mutant like us!"
"What?" Scott said.
"Yeah Forge is bringing him in," Jamie grabbed him by the arm and started to drag him to the door. "Come on!"
"This I have to see," Kurt went with them.
"Here we go little guy," Forge led Little Lance in by the hand. "The Institute!"
"Cool!" Little Lance grinned. "Where's Kitty?"
"How do you know Kitty?" Rogue asked. "Wait…is it just me or is there something familiar about this kid?"
"What's your name kid?" Remy asked.
Little Lance grinned. "Take a guess!" Then he shot out a small tremor, which shook the house.
"Oh my god…" Rogue went pale. "I just remembered where we saw this kid before!"
"That's one of Lance's clones!" Scott yelled.
"His what?" Forge asked.
"That's right you weren't there when it happened," Kurt said. "Remember when we were sucked into Mojoworld a while back?"
"Oh yeah with that crazy guy who wanted you guys to star in some television shows," Jamie said. Then he looked at Little Lance. "Wait a minute…then that means…"
"Okay just what the heck are you doing here?" Scott picked him up by the back of his shirt and glared at him.
"Put me down!" Little Lance screamed. "Put me down!"
"Not until you tell us what's going on!" Scott told him.
Little Lance glared at him. Then he started to bawl. "THEY THREW ME AWAYYYYYY! WAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"What?" Kurt blinked.
"They said that I was…de…defective (sob)," Little Lance cried. "That they had tons of me and one weak one wasn't gonna be missed and…and…" He sobbed loudly.
"You mean Mojo just threw you away?" Jean asked.
"He was gonna…re…recycle me," Little Lance sobbed. "But I got away! I got nowhere else to go!"
"Creep," Rogue folded her arms. "It would be just like Mojo to do something like that!"
"Well Mojo can have him back," Scott said. "We have the portal thing so we can send him back!"
"NOOOOOOOO!" Little Lance sobbed.
"Scott put him down," Jean ordered. She then took Lance from him. "There, there…we won't send you back."
"WHAT?" Scott yelled.
"Come on Scott," Jean said. "He's just a little kid!"
"Correction," Scott said. "He's a little copy of Avalanche! I say we send him back where he belongs!"
"Uh Scott…" Forge played with his fingers. "We really can't do that. The uh…portal machine…well it kinda doesn't work anymore."
"How did that happen?" Kurt asked.
"Well I wanted to see how it worked so I took it apart," Forge gulped. "Then Lockheed kinda got into the mess and melted some of the wires…"
"Oh man," Scott muttered.
"I'm hungry," Little Lance sniffed. "I'm cold and I want Kitty."
"Oh for crying out loud!" Scott groaned.
"Come on," Jean stroked Little Lance's hair. "We'll get you something to eat."
"You don't hate me?" Little Lance blinked at her.
"Of course not," Jean said.
"Now just hold on a minute…" Scott said. "We need to think about this."
"Scott what is there to think about?" Rogue asked. "Even if he is Lance's clone he's still just a baby!"
"I am not a baby!" Little Lance pouted. "I'm five! I'm a big boy!"
"Of course you are," Jean said. "Scott you know we can't let him go. We have to take him in."
"Why us?" Remy said. "Hey he's a Misfit now! Send him to the Misfits!"
"NO!" Little Lance clung to Jean. "I wanna stay here with Kitty and the nice lady!"
"It's okay," Jean patted him on the back. "Of course you can stay here."
"Well at least until Storm and the Professor get back," Kurt shrugged. "They'll be back from Washington D.C. tomorrow night. We can decide what to do with him then."
"Might as well," Jean said. "Come on kiddo. You like peanut butter and jelly?"
"My favorite!" Little Lance crowed.
"I have a bad feeling about this," Scott muttered as he followed the others into the kitchen.
"Oh come on Scott," Kurt said. "How much trouble can a baby Avalanche be?"
"Do you really wanna know the answer to that question?" Scott grumbled.
Little Lance made an evil grin when no one was looking. This was going to be easier than he thought. He couldn't wait until Kitty came home. Then he knew he'd be able to stay with her forever.
