Fred clutched his head in pain. "What the hell was that?"
Pietro rolled his eyes. "Fred, that was a psy-chic message," he said slowly. Then he nudged Lance. "Easy for it to bring a sudden headache when there's nothing inside his head to absorb the sound."
"I heard that."
"I'm sure you did," Tabitha said, rolling her eyes. Then she noticed Remy and Pietro looking pale. "What?"
"HE'S in there..." Pietro said in a small voice.
Rogue slapped her palm against her forehead. "Oh, foh Gawd's sake..."
"Chere, please?" Remy wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close, looking like he was holding her for the hell of it, but he wasn't fooling anyone. She was his human shield.
"Get the hell offa me. Ah'll go in first, make sure that Wolvie -" A gasp from both boys, and then an eye rolls from the girls "-isn't in there. If he is, Ah'll politely ask him ta leave, all raht?"
"Non! I can't let y' risk yer life like dat! Y' mean too much t' me!"
"Awww.... That's so sweet," Tabitha said with a small smile.
Rogue took a moment, pinching the bring of her nose, ignoring the fact that Remy's arms were still clinging to her waist.
Rogue took a moment, pinching the bring of her nose, ignoring the fact that Remy's arms were still clinging to her waist. "Usually Ah wouldn't mind this, but the whole pathetic thing really ain't you, Remy. Ah'm goin' in."
He squeezed tighter. "Non."
"Remy..." she chided ominously.
Another notch tighter. "Non."
"Dammit, Remy, stop this."
"Y' ain' goin' in dere."
She'd had enough. "What if Ah told ya they made the whole story up?"
"I wouldn' believe y' because dey jus' tol' y' dat t' make y' t'ink we're insane."
"Ya are insane foh believin' it!" She looked at Tabitha. "Jesus, you go in then. Get Wolvie the fuck outta there so Ah can breathe again!" She was quite exasperated.
Pietro grabbed Tabitha when she started to move forward. "Noooo!!!She'sannoying!!!He'llgetherforsure!!!Wecan'taffordtoloseanotherBrotherhoodchick!!Youguysoutnumberusasitis!!!"
Tabitha looked torn between being flattered and insulted. "Speedy, I-"
"No!!"
"But-"
"No!!!!"
"Then you go in!" she screamed at Lance, the tension getting to her. Lance recoiled, as if struck by the pitch of her voice.
"Me?" He stepped slightly in front of them, looking back to see if they were serious. Remy squeezed Rogue a bit tighter again, and Pietro just stared at him with wide eyes. "Wait, why can't Fred go? He's the strong one."
"You're the leader, dumbass. You come in peace or whatever," Todd said, snickering.
"Um... well, as the leader I order you to go."
"WHAT?!" He looked at Lance as if he'd grown another head with five extra noses. "That ain't fair, yo!"
Lance crossed his arms over his chest and smirked. "I think it's about fair."
"Rocky, it isn't. In actuality, he's just as annoying as me sometimes, so he'd probably get clawed too," Tabitha defended.
"Hey!"
"You know it's true."
Todd looked at his feet. "Yeah..." he mumbled.
"So it's settled. Lance, you're going in."
"Dammit to hell!" He threw his hands up in the air, causing a mild tremor throughout the estate. Then he stomped ahead of them all. There was silence for a couple minutes after he'd gone.
"I hope he lives, yo. I really don't want to be the one to explain to Kitty what happened to her boyfriend," Todd muttered.
Tabitha glared at him. "You're not helping."
Before anything further could be said Lance came back. "He said it's perfectly safe to come in, and that if he really wanted to kill you he would have already beheaded you in the middle of the night."
Remy and Pietro looked horrified.
"I'mneversleepingagain."
"Lance! Did ya have ta tell 'em that?" Rogue demanded, irritated. She pulled out of Remy's grasp finally and strode up to Lance. She suspended herself in the air so she was at perfect eye level with him. "Ah don't know why Ah bother." She glared at him intently before going ahead of them all into the foyer. Remy once again became her shadow.
The rest of them shrugged and followed the couple. The professor smiled as he saw them. "Good, you're all here. I know we've occasionally had our differences, but I'd like to give you a little something for Christmas. I've made arrangements at La Rose Cristal for you to have lunch at a private table in the back where you can order whatever you want. My treat."
Fred's mouth just about dropped through the floor and into the subbasements. "Uhh..." was the most intelligent thing he could imagine to say with thoughts of food dancing through his head.
"Ya can't be serious." Rogue was awestruck. It was a very nice gesture, of course, but sending the seven of them out to lunch was just plain insanity.
"I think staying within the confines of the institute when so many of you are such free spirits is insanity, Rogue. Go on, enjoy yourselves. The limo is awaiting you out front."
A collective jaw gaping went around the room. "LIMO?"
"Yes, a limo." A pause. "Well, you're not going to just stand there all day, are you?" There was a mad rush out the door by Fred, with Tabitha close behind.
"I looove limos!"
Todd was next, stopping briefly by the professor. "Thanks, yo."
"You're welcome, Todd."
Then the only ones left were Lance, Pietro, Rogue and Remy.
Lance had buried his hands in his hair. "This is a BAD idea..."
"I'm sure it will be quite alright, Lance. They should be able to behave themselves for a few hours."
Lance looked at him. "You really don't know them, do you? Thanks, though. It's cool of you."
The professor nodded to him, and Lance walked out, muttering "baaad idea" under his breath.
"Thanksforlunch." Pietro spoke quickly, with a glance at the man in the wheelchair before looking warily at Logan who was standing next to the door. He edged forward cautiously. Logan smiled. This was not at all reassuring to Pietro. He stopped.
"Boo!"
Pietro let loose a sharp yelp that rivaled Todd's usual girly scream and ran from the room at double his usual speed. Remy was ready to do the same at his own running speed, but Rogue kept an arm out in front of him. "Was that really necessary?"
"You know ya would've done the same thing." Logan smiled.
Rogue bit her lip. "Yah, ya're raht. Let's go, Remy. We'll leave the nice Wolverine alone." She led him out the door. "Thanks, Professor." Remy echoed her.
"Have fun."
When everyone had piled into the limo and gone, Logan stood by the window with Xavier. "You do realize what you've just done, right?"
Xavier laughed. "Indeed I do."
"Then why'd you do it?"
"My house has had enough damage done to it in the last thirty-six hours, thank you, Logan."
Pietro rolled his eyes. "Fred, that was a psy-chic message," he said slowly. Then he nudged Lance. "Easy for it to bring a sudden headache when there's nothing inside his head to absorb the sound."
"I heard that."
"I'm sure you did," Tabitha said, rolling her eyes. Then she noticed Remy and Pietro looking pale. "What?"
"HE'S in there..." Pietro said in a small voice.
Rogue slapped her palm against her forehead. "Oh, foh Gawd's sake..."
"Chere, please?" Remy wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close, looking like he was holding her for the hell of it, but he wasn't fooling anyone. She was his human shield.
"Get the hell offa me. Ah'll go in first, make sure that Wolvie -" A gasp from both boys, and then an eye rolls from the girls "-isn't in there. If he is, Ah'll politely ask him ta leave, all raht?"
"Non! I can't let y' risk yer life like dat! Y' mean too much t' me!"
"Awww.... That's so sweet," Tabitha said with a small smile.
Rogue took a moment, pinching the bring of her nose, ignoring the fact that Remy's arms were still clinging to her waist.
Rogue took a moment, pinching the bring of her nose, ignoring the fact that Remy's arms were still clinging to her waist. "Usually Ah wouldn't mind this, but the whole pathetic thing really ain't you, Remy. Ah'm goin' in."
He squeezed tighter. "Non."
"Remy..." she chided ominously.
Another notch tighter. "Non."
"Dammit, Remy, stop this."
"Y' ain' goin' in dere."
She'd had enough. "What if Ah told ya they made the whole story up?"
"I wouldn' believe y' because dey jus' tol' y' dat t' make y' t'ink we're insane."
"Ya are insane foh believin' it!" She looked at Tabitha. "Jesus, you go in then. Get Wolvie the fuck outta there so Ah can breathe again!" She was quite exasperated.
Pietro grabbed Tabitha when she started to move forward. "Noooo!!!She'sannoying!!!He'llgetherforsure!!!Wecan'taffordtoloseanotherBrotherhoodchick!!Youguysoutnumberusasitis!!!"
Tabitha looked torn between being flattered and insulted. "Speedy, I-"
"No!!"
"But-"
"No!!!!"
"Then you go in!" she screamed at Lance, the tension getting to her. Lance recoiled, as if struck by the pitch of her voice.
"Me?" He stepped slightly in front of them, looking back to see if they were serious. Remy squeezed Rogue a bit tighter again, and Pietro just stared at him with wide eyes. "Wait, why can't Fred go? He's the strong one."
"You're the leader, dumbass. You come in peace or whatever," Todd said, snickering.
"Um... well, as the leader I order you to go."
"WHAT?!" He looked at Lance as if he'd grown another head with five extra noses. "That ain't fair, yo!"
Lance crossed his arms over his chest and smirked. "I think it's about fair."
"Rocky, it isn't. In actuality, he's just as annoying as me sometimes, so he'd probably get clawed too," Tabitha defended.
"Hey!"
"You know it's true."
Todd looked at his feet. "Yeah..." he mumbled.
"So it's settled. Lance, you're going in."
"Dammit to hell!" He threw his hands up in the air, causing a mild tremor throughout the estate. Then he stomped ahead of them all. There was silence for a couple minutes after he'd gone.
"I hope he lives, yo. I really don't want to be the one to explain to Kitty what happened to her boyfriend," Todd muttered.
Tabitha glared at him. "You're not helping."
Before anything further could be said Lance came back. "He said it's perfectly safe to come in, and that if he really wanted to kill you he would have already beheaded you in the middle of the night."
Remy and Pietro looked horrified.
"I'mneversleepingagain."
"Lance! Did ya have ta tell 'em that?" Rogue demanded, irritated. She pulled out of Remy's grasp finally and strode up to Lance. She suspended herself in the air so she was at perfect eye level with him. "Ah don't know why Ah bother." She glared at him intently before going ahead of them all into the foyer. Remy once again became her shadow.
The rest of them shrugged and followed the couple. The professor smiled as he saw them. "Good, you're all here. I know we've occasionally had our differences, but I'd like to give you a little something for Christmas. I've made arrangements at La Rose Cristal for you to have lunch at a private table in the back where you can order whatever you want. My treat."
Fred's mouth just about dropped through the floor and into the subbasements. "Uhh..." was the most intelligent thing he could imagine to say with thoughts of food dancing through his head.
"Ya can't be serious." Rogue was awestruck. It was a very nice gesture, of course, but sending the seven of them out to lunch was just plain insanity.
"I think staying within the confines of the institute when so many of you are such free spirits is insanity, Rogue. Go on, enjoy yourselves. The limo is awaiting you out front."
A collective jaw gaping went around the room. "LIMO?"
"Yes, a limo." A pause. "Well, you're not going to just stand there all day, are you?" There was a mad rush out the door by Fred, with Tabitha close behind.
"I looove limos!"
Todd was next, stopping briefly by the professor. "Thanks, yo."
"You're welcome, Todd."
Then the only ones left were Lance, Pietro, Rogue and Remy.
Lance had buried his hands in his hair. "This is a BAD idea..."
"I'm sure it will be quite alright, Lance. They should be able to behave themselves for a few hours."
Lance looked at him. "You really don't know them, do you? Thanks, though. It's cool of you."
The professor nodded to him, and Lance walked out, muttering "baaad idea" under his breath.
"Thanksforlunch." Pietro spoke quickly, with a glance at the man in the wheelchair before looking warily at Logan who was standing next to the door. He edged forward cautiously. Logan smiled. This was not at all reassuring to Pietro. He stopped.
"Boo!"
Pietro let loose a sharp yelp that rivaled Todd's usual girly scream and ran from the room at double his usual speed. Remy was ready to do the same at his own running speed, but Rogue kept an arm out in front of him. "Was that really necessary?"
"You know ya would've done the same thing." Logan smiled.
Rogue bit her lip. "Yah, ya're raht. Let's go, Remy. We'll leave the nice Wolverine alone." She led him out the door. "Thanks, Professor." Remy echoed her.
"Have fun."
When everyone had piled into the limo and gone, Logan stood by the window with Xavier. "You do realize what you've just done, right?"
Xavier laughed. "Indeed I do."
"Then why'd you do it?"
"My house has had enough damage done to it in the last thirty-six hours, thank you, Logan."
