Little Lance, Happy at Last

"Oh come on Mr. Logan," Kitty pleaded as she walked in with him. "I didn't make that big a dent in the mayor's car! He went totally ballistic for no reason!"

"I will not kill her…" Logan muttered to himself. "I will not kill her."

"Hey Logan we got a situation here," Rogue popped her head out. "And bring Kitty too! This is kinda her fault as well."

"Oh what did you do now half pint?" Logan rolled his eyes. "Is not nearly killing me and getting the Institute another lawsuit enough for one day?"

"I didn't do anything!" Kitty protested.

"Actually you didn't," Kurt told her. "But you do have a little visitor."

"KITTY!" Little Lance cried out as he ran up to her. He gave her a hug around her knees. "KITTY!"

"Oh god no…" Kitty went pale. "This isn't what I think it is, is it?"

"Hi Kitty," Little Lance blinked at her with wide eyes. "Did you miss me?"

"What are you doing here?" Kitty asked.

"Mojo tossed the little guy out into our dimension," Scott folded his arms.

"He was mean to me," Little Lance sniffed. "He was going to hurt me so I ran away. Can I live with you?"

"What?" Kitty yelped.

"Oh no!" Logan groaned. "Any of the others tag along?"

"No just him," Rogue told him.

"That's a relief," Logan muttered. "Is that portal contraption still broken?"

"Afraid so," Scott glared at Forge. "Thanks a lot Forge!"

"Hey I told you the dragon did it!" Forge snapped.

"Oh that's right! Blame Lockheed!" Kitty fumed.

"Well it's true!" Forge snapped.

"It is not!" Kitty snapped.

"Is too!" Forge shouted.

"Is not!"

"Is too!"

"STOP YELLING!" Little Lance screamed. "IT HURTS MY HEAD!"

The ground began to shake. Things started falling off the shelves. Kurt managed to grab a vase but another one broke. The other X-Men tried to stop more things from breaking. Jean used her telekinetic abilities and got a few objects of art. Jamie multiplied and caught more objects.

"I've heard of temper tantrums but this kid has the granddaddy of them all," Forge muttered.

"Lance calm down," Kitty knelt down next to him. "Lance please don't cry. We didn't mean to make you upset."

"No more yelling?" Little Lance sniffed.

"No more yelling," Kitty sighed as she let him hug her. "What do we do with him? We can't throw him out on the street. Maybe we should take him over to the Misfits?"

"Oh no," Logan got an evil glint in his eye. "He's not going anywhere for a while. At least until the Professor gets back. Until then Half Pint he's your responsibility!"

"What?" Kitty blanched.

"Fine with me!" Rogue waved as she left the room. "Just keep him out of my room."

"Yeah I think I can handle that," Scott nodded.

"But…but…" Kitty pleaded.

"Well you are the reason he's here in the first place," Remy said. "And look how well he responds to you."

"A little too well if you ask me," Peter growled.

"Guys!" Kitty gulped. "Mr. Logan you can't be serious!"

"Oh yes I am," Logan grinned. "From now on you are in charge of taking care of him. It's called payback kid. And now if you excuse me, I think I'm going out to work on my bike." He left laughing.

"Yeah I can't think of a better punishment for your driving," Jean snickered.

"Yay! I get to stay with Kitty!" Little Lance hugged her.

"Why me?" Kitty rolled her eyes.

"Probably all your karma from bad driving," Scott snickered.

"Shut up Scott!" Kitty glared at him.

"Yeah shut up Scott!" Little Lance glared at him. "Don't be mean to Kitty!" He then went over and kicked him in the shin.

"YEOWWWW!" Scott yelled.

"Good boy," Kitty grinned at Little Lance.

"Can we go play now?" Little Lance asked sweetly.

"Okay I guess I could play with you," Kitty sighed.

"No right now you need to get him some supplies," Jean told her. "He needs clothes and toys."

"How about a little straightjacket?" Scott grumbled.

"I guess we're off to a trip to the mall kiddo," Kitty sighed. "Hey I need a ride! Or at the very least someone to ride with me."

This was a cue for everyone else to leave the room. Jean looked around and saw that even Scott had run for his life. "Hey it was your idea to take them to the mall!" He shouted.

"Come on Jean," Little Lance tugged at her hand. "Let's have Kitty drive us to the mall!"

"Me and my big mouth," Jean moaned.

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Two hours later Jean stormed in. "If I ever get in a situation where my life depends on Kitty's driving, just do me a favor and let me die in peace!" She shouted to everyone in the living room.

"I thought it was cool the way Kitty jumped those cars!" Little Lance ran in.

"You weren't exactly a perfect angel either young man!" Jean whirled on him.

"What did he do?" Scott asked.

"Turn on the 6 O'clock news!" Jean stormed upstairs. "You'll find out!"

"Jean come back here!" Kitty lugged several bags in with her. "You could have at least helped me carry the stuff in you jerk!"

"Bite me!" Jean shouted as she left.

"Well that's a new one," Rogue chuckled. "So what did happen?"

"Well we got to the mall in record time and already Jean is spazzing for some reason," Kitty grunted as she put the bags down.

"Yeah it was fun!" Little Lance grinned. "Do you know how fast her SUV can go?"

"Well anyway," Kitty continued as she sat on a chair. "We get in the mall and we start to get him some clothes. Of course he decides to wander away in the middle of it."

"I can't help it," Little Lance told her. "Clothes are boring! She wanted me to try on shoes! Shoes! Can you believe it?"

"The next thing we know the entire place is shaking!" Kitty went on.

"I was hungry and the mean man wouldn't give me an ice cream cone," Little Lance sniffed.

"Long story short we had to feed him," Kitty continued. "At that moment some of those cheerleaders Jean used to hang out with show up and started making comments. And of course he had to do something about it!"

"I was defending your honor," Little Lance said. "It was funny when I used my powers to knock that one cheerleader into a fountain!"

"Yeah it was so funny security asked us to leave," Kitty glared at him. "Well then he runs off and the next thing we know we're chasing him and a hundred security guards are chasing us throughout the entire mall! And of course he's wrecking everything with his powers. It was a total disaster!"

"I can imagine," Scott winced.

"Well somehow we managed to catch him and get him out of there before the cops arrived," Kitty sighed.

"Yeah it was cool to hear their sirens!" Little Lance climbed up on Kitty's lap. "And then we drove right through this guys house to make a getaway!"

"It was a shortcut," Kitty told them.

"Wow Kitty can you teach me to drive like you?" Little Lance asked happily. "I can't wait until our first driving lesson!"

"I can't wait until the Professor comes back and sees this," Rogue snickered.

"This is gonna be harder than I thought," Kitty moaned.