Jean leaned her back against a tree, with a note pad in her lap, and a pencil in her hand. "Okay, what kind of skit can we come up with?" She asked her cabin mates, as well as the boy cabin mates sitting around her.
"Well, we can do kind of like a Breakfast Club rip off!" Tabitha grinned.
Elizabeth raised her eyebrow at her, as she leaned back, placing her hands on the grass behind her. "The Breakfast Club?" She asked.
"Yeah, why not?" Tabitha shrugged.
Jean raised her eyebrow, looking around at the others, waiting for approval. "Better than nothing, I guess." Rogue sighed.
Jean shrugged, and wrote it down on the note pad. Kitty looked at her hands in disgust. "Oh geez. My hands are like, so pruny from the stupid dishwashing!" She hissed.
Wanda raised an eyebrow as she heard a commotion from behind her. She turned to look, and saw Toad, trying to play a game of basketball on the court. She nudged Elizabeth next to her, and gestured towards the courts. Elizabeth looked at her, in confusion, and then at what Wanda had wanted her to see. Toad was then knocked to the ground after he made a shot in the basket. "Get out of here, you stupid freak!" They heard Duncan hiss at him, as he snatched the ball from Toad.
Elizabeth's eyebrows narrowed with rage. She looked at Wanda, "Let's go." She whispered.
Wanda nodded, and the two girls stood up, walking towards the court. "Uhm, girls! We're trying to have a conversation here! Hello!" Jean said, trying to get their attention.
The two girls ignored her, which caused the other mutants and two humans that sat with them, to turn their attention towards the direction where Wanda and Elizabeth had left to. "Hey, isn't that Duncan?" Kitty asked.
"Hey, what's he doing to Toad?" Lance snapped.
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Toad rubbed the back of his head, groaning, as he hit the concrete. He looked up angrily at Duncan, and a few of his friends, Kenny and David. Duncan snatched the ball away from him, "You heard me! Get lost!" Duncan snapped.
"Why don't we pull his tongue out, and see how far it goes!" David laughed.
Toad shot up to his feet, "You wanna start somethin' yo?!" He growled.
Duncan placed the ball in Kenny's hands, and shoved Toad back onto the ground, "What'd you say freak?" Duncan snapped.
Suddenly, Duncan was pushed back, "Why don't you pick on someone your own size, Barbie?!" Elizabeth hissed, as she shoved him.
Duncan looked up at Wanda and Elizabeth, as they stood in front of Toad, guarding him. Toad looked up at the two girls with shock. "What, like you?" Duncan grinned.
"Why not? I'll be more than happy to shove your foot down your throat where it belongs, you gas hazard!" Elizabeth growled at him.
Wanda stared at him, clenching her fists. Duncan attempted to shove Elizabeth, but she grabbed onto his arms, and kicked his stomach. She then slapped his face away from her. "You punk!" Elizabeth snapped.
Kenny and David attempted to go for them, but then screamed as Toad's slime was shot into their faces. Suddenly, Pietro pushed David onto the ground, "Whoops! Too slow!" He grinned, crossing his arms.
"Problems?!" Scott asked, as the others stood behind Toad, Elizabeth, and Wanda.
Kenny and David wiped the slime from their faces in disgust. Duncan glared at Elizabeth, and attempted to rush at her, but stopped, as Brian immediately stood in front of him. "Nah uh. Touch her, and answer to me, dickhead!" Brian threatened.
Pietro crossed his arms, glaring at Duncan. "And me!" He added.
"Touch any of them, and you answer to all of us, creep!" Rogue hissed, as she stood next to Brian.
"What is going on?" They heard.
"Ugh, not again!" Kitty groaned.
"Them! They rushed us!" Duncan immediately said, pointing to the two girls being guarded by the other mutants.
"That is not true! We only came to Todd's aide because he was being threatened by these three morons!" Elizabeth defended.
"You guys made a pact to not use your powers." The girls' counselor Cathy warned.
"We didn't! Duncan tried getting at Betsy, and she only defended herself normally!" Wanda snapped at her.
Cathy looked at the three boys. "Come with me, boys. Let's have a talk with the head counselor." Cathy said, glaring at them.
Duncan looked at Elizabeth, and leaned towards her, "Watch your back bitch!" He hissed.
Brian immediately grabbed his neck, and wrapped his hand around his throat, "I don't think I heard you correctly!" He growled.
Duncan grabbed onto the fingers wrapped around his throat. "Brian! Let go!" Elizabeth yelled, grabbing onto her twin's arm.
Brian's blue eyes glared with rage, at Duncan's comment towards his twin sister. "No one calls my sister a bitch!" Brian hissed.
"Brian! Brian, hun, let him go." Rogue said, calmly, placing her hand on his shoulder.
Cathy walked towards them. Elizabeth turned to her, "No, let me handle this, okay?" She immediately said, sensing that Cathy wanted to punish Brian as well.
Brian's face turned red with anger, and Elizabeth grabbed onto the fingers wrapped around Duncan's neck. "Brian, luv. Come on. Let him go. You can't control your strength, Brian. Please?" Elizabeth said, trying to calm him.
Brian eased, and stiffly unwrapped his fingers from Duncan's throat. Duncan immediately backed away, grabbing onto his own neck. "What the hell?!" Duncan snapped.
"Duncan, David, and Kenny. Follow me, please." Cathy ordered.
Brian and Duncan glared at each other. Pietro walked to stand next to Brian and Elizabeth. The mutants glared at them, with anguish on their faces. "Leave Toad alone!" Peter snapped, as he clenched his fists, flexing the proof of his strength on his arms.
Duncan continued to stare at Brian, and turned finally, walking away, following his friends and Cathy towards the head counselor's office. "I'm going to kill that asshole!" Brian snapped.
"No, Brian." Pietro spoke up. Brian then looked at him. Pietro grinned, "Let's all have revenge in a fun way!" Pietro grinned, rubbing his hands together.
"Come on, guys. Why don't we go for a swim and cool off?" Jean suggested.
"Yeah, sounds good." Scott added.
Elizabeth and Wanda looked behind them at Toad. Toad stared up at the two girls, with a shocked, yet, thankful look on his face. "You okay, Toad?" Wanda warmly asked him.
"W-Why'd you guys do that?" Toad asked, confused.
Elizabeth and Wanda looked at each other, and shrugged. "Toad, you okay?" Scott asked.
"Toad, we're just sick and tired of seeing you get picked on." Elizabeth said, as she walked away.
"Yeah. I mean, come on, Toad. I felt kinda bad for ya." Wanda sheepishly said, as she followed Elizabeth.
Toad watched the others leave, to walk towards their cabins, to change for the lake. He stared after them, confused. Wow. They actually care, he thought to himself. He smiled then, and hopped towards the boys, to follow them back to the cabin.
AN- This is a chapter to build up a momento for Toad to start thinking about tryin ta get a hold of Wanda's heart while they go on the 5 mile trail walk as mentioned in Chapter 11...plus....I admit...I like Toad...I feel SOOOO bad for him. Poor guy never gets a good break...Just ta let you guys know where I'm going with this chapter! Thanks for your reviews!! I LOVE YOU ALL! *hands everyone lollipops and sodas* MUAH!
