Weeeeee I finally wrote Chapter 3. Both my readers must be thrilled. Er yea, don't worry I'm already done with Chapter 4, although i need to go back and rewrite some parts. Sorry about how long it took. Yeah, I finished this a week or two ago, and the day I was going to upload this the site died, so it took much longer than expected.

CHAPTER 3: Sleep Depravation and Evil Plotting

BAYVILLE HIGH OFFICE: 10:37 AM WEDNESDAY

"Doctor's appointment, you say?" The woman at the desk was highly skeptical. 'How unhealthy are these kids?' She thought. This time a tall, blonde woman was requesting the presence of the McGinnis children.

"Yes. You see, Will has this strange rash and Violet might have caught it..."

"Er...they'll be here in a few minutes, Mrs..."

"McGinnis." The blonde woman replied, smiling. Well, at least she actually looked enough like Will to pass herself off as his mother, although when it came to Violet she was still doubtful. Those two kids just looked nothing alike, anyway. This so-called "Mrs. McGinnis" sat down in one of the chairs in the corner.

Violet and Will entered the office, looking for Bob or Logan. Finding neither, Violet turned to the secretary.

"I thought you said we had an appointment."

"You do. Mrs. McGinnis is here to pick you up." She gestured towards the strange blonde woman. Will and Violet were used to going with strangers, because Bob often sent some of his 'acquaintances' to give them rides. They left with "Mrs. McGinnis" without question. Mystique smiled to herself as they got into her car.

HOME OF THE BROTHERHOOD: 4:25 PM WEDNESDAY

"What should we do with them?" Pietro asked, arms crossed as always.

"I dunno, Mystique just dropped them off and left." Lance said, not really sure why Mystique had trusted the brotherhood with her mysterious cargo. For a moment they all just stared at the two people, pondering their purposes. One was a tall blonde boy, the other a brunette girl a bit on the short side. They didn't seem very important or powerful. The guy was wearing a green sweatshirt with a penguin on it, and the girl had a black Hello Kitty t-shirt and dark blue jeans. They didn't look too intimidating, at least.

Still, something just wasn't right about them. Their wrists and ankles were tied together with phone cords, they were in a strange place surrounded by people they've never seen before, and they looked as though everything were completely normal and they were in no danger whatsoever.

"Hey, I'm kinda hungry. Do you guys have any food around here?" The blonde one asked, looking around the room.

"No, and if we did we wouldn't share any with you." Pietro frowned at him.

"I heard you can run pretty fast...maybe you could run to the store and get some snacks. I'll give you some money if you want." He offered, fidgeting around. Trying to reach his wallet was proving exceedingly difficult.

"Shut up, already." Lance snapped. Whoever these people were, they were really starting to annoy him.

"Get us some damn food or I'm going to hurt you severely." The girl said grimly, looking very irritated and hungry.

"You can't do anything to us, you're all tied up. Go ahead, try and get me." Pietro taunted, running around her in circles. She growled and glared at the silver haired youth evilly. 'If you want to play games, that's fine with me,' she thought. After a moment, she looked at her blonde companion, jerked her head towards Pietro, and winked. He nodded and grinned. Suddenly, everyone started blinking rapidly. Seconds later the entire brotherhood was blind. However, they quickly regained their sight.

"That was weird." Freddy said.

"No kiddin', bro." Toad agreed, rubbing his eyes. Pietro felt a strange presence on his shoulder, and when he turned his head to see what it was he found himself staring at a disembodied hand. He let out a high pitched scream, and before anyone else had turned to look at him the hand had dissolved into little ribbons of dust and floated away.

"What's the matter, girly boy?" The brunette smiled sinisterly, and Pietro watched as her hand reappeared on her wrist.

"You..." he trailed off, clenching his fists angrily.

XAVIER INSTITUTE: 4:27 PM WEDNESDAY

"Hey Kitty, do you know where the new kids are? I need some help with my homework." Kurt asked, hanging upside down with the help of his tail.

"You mean, like, Violet and Will?"

"Ja, ja."

"I don't know. I, like, don't think I saw them come home from school." Kitty replied, starting to get worried.

HOME OF THE BROTHERHOOD: 5:05 PM WEDNESDAY

The X-Men were gathered outside the brotherhood's house, costumed and ready for a fight. Everyone held their breath as Scott knocked on the door. A moment passed and there was no response, but at last the door slowly opened.

"Hey Scott, fancy meeting you here." Violet said cheerfully.

"You're ok?" He asked, surprised.

"Yeah."

"What about the brotherhood?"

"They're ok. See?" She opened the door wider to reveal quite a humorous scene. Fred, Toad, and Lance were unconscious, while Pietro was hog-tied and hanging from the ceiling. To top that off, sitting atop his head was a pair of white boxers with red hearts. To say the least, he didn't look too happy. He especially didn't look too happy when Will turned on the ceiling fan.

XAVIER INSTITUTE: 5:07 PM WEDNESDAY

"Now that you're part of the team, I think it's time you choose your codenames." Scott declared.

"Well, I think they're kind of pointless because not everyone has one," Bob said, looking at Jean, "but if it's that important, call me Traitor Blade."

"Ok, my codename will be Li." Will decided.

"Um," Violet thought for a moment, "how about you call me Lucifer."

XAVIER INSTITUTE: 11:23 PM WEDNESDAY

"I don't know, Jean, I don't really trust the new students." Scott stated as they walked down the hall.

"Oh Scott, give them a chance. They can't be that bad." She replied. 'That's what you think,' Will thought to himself as he watched from the shadows. They stopped when they reached Jean's room.

"Goodnight, Jean."

"Goodnight, Scott." She kissed him on the cheek before going into her room and closing the door. Will, full of anger and jealousy, watched Scott smile and walk away. He stood there in the shadows for a long time, seething with rage. He'd make sure Scott and Jean would hate each other by the end of the month, or his name wasn't William McGinnis.

He was about to leave his hiding place and go to bed when he heard a creaking noise. He turned his head and saw someone tiptoeing down the hall. When the person came closer he was able to see them more clearly, and he realized it was Violet. Dressed all in black, she was trying hard not to be seen.

"Wait, why am I sneaking around when I can just use my powers." She observed, and immediately dissolved into her particle form. Will sighed, Violet was up to her old antics again.

OUTSIDE THE XAVIER INSTITUTE: 11:31 PM WEDNESDAY

Violet stood underneath a large oak tree, tapping her foot impatiently. 'He should be here by now,' she thought. She took off her oversized sweatshirt and sweatpants, revealing her black tank top and leather pants. She stuffed the extra clothing into her backpack and looked at her watch. He usually wasn't late. Her irritated thoughts were interrupted by the loud rumbling of a motorcycle. She looked up and saw him waiting for her. Finally! She jumped onto the bike behind him.

"Let's go have some fun." She smiled devilishly.

BAYVILLE HIGH: 12:46 PM THURSDAY

It was lunch break, and Violet couldn't concentrate on her food. With only two hours of sleep, she had had trouble staying awake through most of class.

"Hey there. You don't look too happy, is somezing wrong?" Kurt asked, sitting down next to her.

"I'm just tired. I didn't sleep well last night." She yawned.

"Oh, vhat vas ze matter?"

"Uh...I was having some weird dreams." It seemed she had to lie to Kurt every time she talked to him.

"Oh, vell if you ever need to talk, just come to ze fuzzy man."

"Um, sure." She said. Kurt smiled and started wolfing down his food at an alarming rate. However, he was snapped out of his eating trance when Violet's face fell into her food.

"Are you ok?" He asked, concerned. He felt relieved when he heard her snoring. He finished eating and started debating whether or not he should wake her up. She looked so peaceful when she was sleeping. Then he noticed her arm was starting to dematerialize. He panicked; what if someone had seen? He quickly took off his jacket and threw it over her head and arms.

"Violet, vake up!" He said, shaking her. She muttered something incoherently and went back to snoring. Kurt looked around the cafeteria and saw Amanda walking towards him. 'Of all the people in the school...'

"Hey Kurt." She greeted him cheerfully. He jumped and stood up between her and the sleeping one.

"Oh, hi Amanda. I didn't see you coming." He forced himself to smile.

"What are you doing?" She asked, noticing Kurt was poking Violet with a spork behind his back.

"Vell, uh, you see-" He started to make up an explanation.

"MIM! NO!!" Violet screamed, falling backwards off the bench. Every head in the cafeteria swiveled around to look in her direction.

"Violet, you've got some food on your face." Kurt observed, looking down at the now wide-awake girl on the floor.

"Shut up, elf." She growled.



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Jean and Scott were sitting together, enjoying a pleasant lunch. Will sat by himself, watching them from afar. Occasionally small bits of their conversation would find their way to his ears, which irritated him even more. He should be there, talking to Jean. He should be there, sharing his lunch with her. Not Scott. HIM. A plan started to form in his mind. He sat there, drinking some milk Bob had stolen, his anger nursing the sinister plot. All he needed was an accomplice...

His scheming was interrupted by a loud scream. It sounded like Violet yelling "Mim! No!". She must have been having one of her nightmares again. Then he smiled to himself; he had found just the person he was looking for. When Violet wanted to, she could look and act just like anyone else. But once you really got to know her, you'd find out that buried underneath the usually calm, cool self that she showed to the world, there was a complete maniac. It had been there, caged up inside ever since that fateful day. They all had been affected by Mimi's death, but in different ways. Will had gotten his split personalities, the happy normal boy and the vengeful, twisted menace, and Bob had just totally desensitized himself from any emotions he may have had left.

"Summers, your happy days are numbered." He said to himself, smirking.

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The final bell of the day rang, and all the students of Bayville High were eager to get away from the school as fast as they possibly could.

"I can't believe I fell asleep during math." Violet said, stifling a yawn.

"I can." Kurt laughed.

"Oh! Kurt, before I forget, could you tell everyone I'm going to a friend's house to work on the big science project, and I won't be home until 7-ish?"

"Sure."

"Thanks. Crap," she said, looking at her watch, "I have to go meet her at the coffee shop right now. I'll talk to you later."

"Goodbye." He waved at her as she left. Of course, he didn't believe a word of what she said, but he wanted to.

BAYVILLE FAST FOOD RESTARAUNT: 4:47 PM THURSDAY

"Hi Will, how's it going?" She sat down across from him, chewing on a french fry.

"Hey Vi. Er, not too good."

"Hm?" She raised an eyebrow, unable to speak because her mouth was full of food.

"Well, I had that dream last night." He said, poking his cheeseburger with a straw.

"You mean about Mim?"

"Yeah...it was pretty bad."

"I know how you feel. I've been having that dream every night for the past three weeks." Violet took a huge bite out of her burger and they both sat chewing in silence for a few minutes.

"Hey, I've got a little proposition for you," Will said, changing the subject, "What would you say if I offered you some money to, well, wreak some havoc on a certain couple?"

"Hell, I'd do it for free."

"Great. I need you to use your...special powers on Scott."

"You mean I don't get to use my 'happy couple whoopin' stick'?"

"Sorry, maybe next time."

"Ok, no problem."

"Thanks Vi. Remember, no one can know."

"You're secret's safe with me, as long as you tell no one of my little nighttime escapades."

"My lips are sealed." They both grinned and went back to eating. A few minutes later Violet heard a motorcycle drive by. She looked at the window and saw him waiting in the shadows across the street.

"I gotta go, my ride's here." She took one last sip from her soda and stood up.

"See you later."

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

"Sorry to keep you waiting, I had some business matters to attend to."

"It's a fair payback for how late I was last night." He was leaning against the side of a building, helmet underneath his arm.

"Shall we go?" Violet smiled.

"Certainly." They both hopped onto the motorcycle and were gone, leaving behind only a cloud of smoke.

End Chapter 3

Wooo, plot development! Mysterious stuff, many questions will be answered in the next chapter. What is Will planning against Scott? Why isn't Bob involved with the story? Who has Violet been sneaking out to see? I know. ^_^

Again, sorry for the long wait, hopefully it was worthwhile.

Ta ta for now.

-- Winterblight