Drama

Ever seen a REALLY bad soap opera?  You haven't seen bad soap operas until you see what you're about to read.  …Did that make any sense?  Oh well!  This is REALLY REALLY bad.  You are now entering the Twilight Zone where nothing makes sense!

"I don't understand it!" cried Pietro as he bent down in a track starting position, ready to burst into a jolt of speed.  He stood up and began running.  He was pretty fast but nothing short of extraordinary.  As a matter of fact, he ran exactly how a person would run without being affected by the mutant gene.  "Why can't I run fast?!"

"Maybe this anti-teleportation field affects your running powers as well?" suggested Lance.

"I don't think so, Lance." Said Scott dramatically.  "I believe that when we all touched the Geometric Nucleus, our mutant powers were stripped from us.  My mutant powers worked perfectly well earlier but look at this…"

Scott reached his hand up to the rim of his specially made sunglasses.  He firmly grasped them and slid them off his nose, keeping his eyes closed tightly. 

"You mean…?" said Bobby slowly as Scott slowly opened his eyes to reveal the kind green eyes that have been hidden for so long beneath the red sunglasses.

"Yes." Said Scott with a nod.  "Our mutant powers were taken along with our vampire powers."

Everyone gasped.  Lance, Pietro and St. John fainted.  Scott secretly cheered on the inside.  Kitty, Remy and Bobby were entirely indifferent.

"Hey!" said Kurt.  "If my mutant power was taken away, how come I'm still freakish looking?!"

"Remy always liked his power." Said Remy.  "But he's not particularly upset about losing it."  He took that opportunity to look in a small pool of water that they just so happened to be standing next to at the time.  "Remy's eyes still red."

"There's no problem with this!" said Scott.  "And now I'll do the thing that I've been waiting to do all my life!  I promised myself that when I could finally see without my sunglasses or protective eyewear, I would do…THIS!!"  Then Scott pulled a little fuzzy box out of his pocket and got on one knee, presenting the box to Kitty.  "Will you marry me Kitty?"

"Oh wow!" said Kitty.  "How can I say no to those green eyes?!  YES!!"

"Kitty!" yelled Lance, stomping over.  "All this time I thought we were promised to each other!!"

"Oh my, Lance…" said Kitty with a distressed look on her face.  "Had I but known you felt the same about me, I would have thought a bit before saying yes to Scott.  I love him but…but…I also love you!"

Kitty could no longer hold her tears within her.  She stood up and promptly ran away sobbing with her face buried within her hands.

"You bastard!" Scott yelled as he stood up and punched Lance. 

"Who's the bastard here, Scott?" asked Lance as he rubbed the blood from his nose.  "You know how I feel about Kitty!"

Scott bit his lip.  "Yes but…I can't help it." Said Scott as he clenched his fist.  "I love her so much!  I couldn't keep it within me anymore!  It was all a matter of who got to her first!"

"You think you're all special with your sexy green eyes!" Lance cried, trying as hard as he could to hold back his sensitive tears.  "Leave some of the good girls to us with less to brag about!"

Meanwhile, Remy was taking this opportunity to make the moves on Kitty.  "It's all right, chéri." Said Remy, putting his hands on her shoulders.

"Oh thank you, Remy!" said Kitty.  "You've always been like a big brother to me!"

"I just can't stand to see you sad." Said Remy.

"Hey, what do you think you're doing?!" demanded Bobby.  "Can't you see she's upset enough?!"

"Remy just trying to make her happy." Remy answered.

"Well, she doesn't look very happy!" said Bobby.

"Stay out of this!" Remy yelled.

"Both of you!" Kitty screamed, putting her hands on her head.  "Stop fighting!!  I hate to see brothers fight!!"

"Brothers?!" gasped Remy and Bobby.

"Yes!" said Kitty.  "I wasn't supposed to tell you!  But…I found out years ago!  You two are actually brothers!"

"Gaaaasp…" said Remy and Bobby.

"Remy never knew." Said Remy.

"Bobby never knew either." Bobby agreed.

"Are you mocking Remy?" asked Remy.

"No, I love you, brother!" said Bobby, hugging Remy.  They embraced in a big brotherly…embrace.
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"Where the hell did THAT come from?!" Beast demanded out of nowhere.

"No swearing Mr. PG-13!" said Professor Xavier.  "I just thought I'd get a little soap operay to add to the drama."

"Oh." Said Beast.  "That actually adds a nice touch."

"I knew you'd like it." Said Professor Xavier.

"What about Kurt, St. John and Pietro?" asked Beast.  "We have to somehow intertwine them in some sort of sick and twisted way."

"I know, Hank." Said the professor.  "I was getting there.  It'll come to me."

"So will Kitty go for Scott or Lance?" asked Beast.

"I was thinking that she could chose neither!" said Professor Xavier with a smirk.  "I was going to have Kurt attempt suicide because he feels that his mutant power was the only thing keeping him happy.  He could say something along the lines of 'without it, I am just an hideous demon!' and then Kitty could fall in love with him!"

"Better yet!" exclaimed Beast.  "Have her PRETEND to love him!  She could live a lie and it could fester within her until she cracks!"

"What about St. John and Pietro?" asked Professor Xavier.

"They could confess their love to each other." Said Beast.

"Pietro's already had a screwed up enough love life throughout this story." Said Professor Xavier.  "Let's leave him alone."

"All right." Said Beast.  "They should be related in some way.  But not brothers because that's already been done."

"So?"

"We can't do it TWICE." Beast yelled.  "How about… father and son?"

"Father and son, Hank?" asked Professor Xavier.  "I don't think so."

"How about twins?" said Beast.

"They don't look the same…and they're not the same age…and Pietro already has a twin…" Professor Xavier said, counting off his fingers.  "Besides, wouldn't that be the same thing as being brothers and you just seem to be so offended by two people being brothers."

"How about this?" said Beast.  "They were neighbors when they were little and used to be best friends…"

"But…?" Professor Xavier led.

"But…" Beast pondered.  "One of them moved away.  Pietro did when they put Wanda in the nuthouse."

"All right, sounds good." Professor Xavier said, turning back to the computer.
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"I can't believe this is happening to me…" Kurt sighed as he stared into the same pool of water Remy looked in earlier.  "My powers were what kept me alive.  They keep me happy.  Without them, I am just a hideous demon!"

Kurt then smacked his reflection and turned away in disgust.  He suddenly felt slight pressure on his shoulders and he turned around to see Kitty behind him with her hands rested on both sides of his neck. 

"What's wrong, Kurt?" she asked, wiping her own tears from eyes to hide the fact that she had also been crying.

"It's nothing…" said Kurt quietly.  "It's just that…being able to teleport was like making up for looking like this!"

Then he turned around and looked at Kitty who flinched.

"It's not so bad, Kurt…"

"Yes it is," said Kurt, turning his head away.  "With the ability to teleport, I could escape the angry mobs!  Now…"

"Don't worry about it, Kurt!" said Kitty, kneeling down and hugging him.  "You know who you're TRUE friends are!"

Meanwhile, St. John and Pietro were still complaining about losing their powers.

"I guess it's all for the better." Said St. John with a sigh.  "It's my punishment for being too obsessed with the flame."

"I've had my powers ever since I was a little kid!" Pietro narrated.  "I remember racing the kids back home on Walnut Street…maybe I used it too much for my own benefit."

"Hey, I grew up on Walnut Street too!" said St. John.

"Really?" said Pietro.  "I only stayed there until I was about seven.  Then we had to move because my sister was sent to the nuthouse."

"Hey, my best friend moved away when I was seven!" said St. John.

"You're joking!" Pietro exclaimed.

"Now that I think about it…I DID have a little Albino friend who could run at inhumane speeds!" St. John said.

"I'm not Albino." Said Pietro.

"You look it." Said St. John.

Pietro paused.  "Hey!" he said suddenly.  "You're Johnny!  From up the street!  Why didn't I see it before?  How could I forget that I had a friend who liked to burn things?"

"I didn't have my powers back then." Said St. John.  "You moved right before my powers manifested."

"How could I have missed that?" Pietro sighed.  "We were best friends."

"We have SO much catching up to do!" St. John declared.  "Do you remember the time when I tried to burn down Mrs. Johanson's house?!"

"How could I forget?" Pietro said, putting his hands on his hips.  "It was my idea after all!"

"Yeah, that mean old lady took our Frisbee!" said St. John.  "She probably still has it too!"

"She never gave it back?" Pietro gasped, slapping his cheeks.  "Was it that yellow and red one…?"

"It was!" St. John answered.

"We used to play with that thing every day!" Pietro laughed.

"When you left, things just weren't the same anymore." St. John explained.  "I never went on any adventures because the only other kids in the neighborhood were girls."

"That's too bad." Said Pietro.  "I went ahead to lead a very screwed up and secluded life where I had limited friends and free time."

"Me too!" said St. John.  "But you think YOU'RE screwed up?  I'm more psychotic than your sister!"

"Yeah…" said Pietro.  "I guess when people are separated from me then they go insane!"

Meanwhile, Scott and Lance were still arguing over Kitty.

"Stop flaunting your sexy green eyes at me!" Lance commanded.  "I'll never amount to you, Scott!"  Lance gasped and covered his mouth.

"What was that?" Scott asked.

"Nothing!" Lance said, turning away.

"You just said I was sexy!" Scott said.  "Again!"

"I did not!"

"Yes you did!  You said it just a second ago!"

"It's not true!"

"I heard you!"

"Well…" said Lance hesitantly as he leapt forward and wrapped his arms around Scott.  "I love you!!"
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Beast didn't say anything.  Professor Xavier just stopped typing, turned to Beast and folded his hands patiently.

"Okay." Said Beast.  "Why?"

"I support these two." Professor Xavier answered.  "I think they would be good for each other and could potentially bring the X-Men and the Brotherhood together."

"Wait…you mean in real life?" Beast said, his eyes bulging.  Professor Xavier nodded.  "Please don't do anything to influence that.  People could probably end up killing each other because of this.  What about Jean?  What about Kitty?  Besides, this is turning back into a slash."

"I'm getting tired of drama." Professor Xavier confessed.  "It's just plot after plot and nothing really is happening.  I want something to happen."

"Maybe they could go on a quest to get their powers back." Beast said.

"No…" said Professor Xavier.  "Maybe they should have to LEARN their powers again!"

"Where would they learn something like that?" asked Beast.  "Here?"

"No, they're on the Planet Torgo, silly!" said Professor Xavier.

They pondered for a moment.

"Maybe they could learn at Hogwarts!" said Professor Xavier AND Beast at the very same time.  Actually, Beast thought of it initially and Professor Xavier liked the idea so he tried to steal it by reading Beast's mind but Beast said it so he didn't sound like he was the soul provider of the idea.

"But…hm…that would be a crossover." Said Beast.

"That's fine." Said Professor Xavier.  "I have no problems with crossovers."

"Neither do I." Beast agreed.

"Then a crossover is next!" Professor Xavier declared.