Jean sighed as she leaned against her locker. Her hand fell to her side
after glancing at the time. When she saw Scott coming out of his classroom
she raised her free hand and called for his attention.
"Scott!" His head turn toward her and he came in her direction.
"What's up?" Jean pushed her things into her locker then slammed it shut.
"It's Kurt , Rogue and Kitty! I think something may be wrong with them." Scott scoffed and rolled his eyes behind those shades of his.
"Oh, come on, Jean. You know those three. They're probably in the Cafeteria by now. You know Kurt never misses that."
"No Scott. I already checked. They weren't there when i went and Mr. Williams said Kitty never came back from taking Rogue and Kurt to the principal's office." Scott raised an eyebrow.
"Whoa. Principal's office?" He looked down the hall to the brown door with "Principal" lettered on it. "...Mystique." He sneered. He quickly turned to face Jean. "Go call the others, tell them to meet here in the hall.I'm paying Mystique a visit."
Jean nodded and replied with an 'okay.' She took off running down the opposite end of the hall but stopped. She came back up and grabbed Scott by his arm and turned him around. She pecked him a quick kiss along his lips and warned him.
"Be careful."
Scott, in slight shock nodded then watched as Jean ran back down the hall. Her hair crowning that evil angelic head of hers. He turned to face the principal's door.
Jean leaned up against a locker and shut her eyes.
"Professor! Professor!!" She screamed internally. Charles winced, placing a hand to his temple.
"Jean. Jean, calm down. What's wrong?"
"It's Kurt, Kitty and Rogue! We can't locate them anywhere!"
"Where are Scott and the others?"
"They're being called upon as we speak. Scott went ahead to confront Mystique. He thinks she has something to do with their disappearance." Jean looked down on her two-way pager, typing frantically, trying not to create misspelled words with her panic.
"Stay where you are. Logan, Storm and I are on our way."
"Okay."
Quicksilver dashed through the hall then turned to circle Jean in a spinning frenzy. He stopped abruptly and caught the red-head.
"Heybabe. Gotyourmessage. what'sup?" Jean arched a brow. Evan ran up out of breath and reached for Pietro's hand. Of course, Pietro proved to be too fast for him.
"Give that back!" Evan yelled as he lunged toward Pietro to claim his two- way.
"Gottacatchmefirst. haha." Pietro took off down the hall then back, and watched as the trail of papers fell gently toward the ground behind him.
"Ooh. Slow aren't we?" He pressed an elbow against Evan's shoulder and leaned against him. Jean frowned and pulled Evan from under him. She took off for the principal's office.
"There's no time for that now. The others are in trouble."
* * *
"As you all know, Bayville High doesn't tolerate rude or disruptive behavior." Ms. Darkholme warned as she leaned against her desk. Rogue, Kurt, and Kitty all stared at the dark brown eyes behind the shifty eye- wear.
"Like, I was NOT disruptive. I just came to drop these two off." Kitty protested, looking over to Rogue and Kurt.
"Uh...I'm sorry. I vas sleeping again.--ow!" Rogue gave a slight glare as Kurt rubbed his arm. She nervously grinned to Mystique.
"What Kurt means is that he was helping me study for Mr. Williams' Quiz 'n ah guess he was speakin' too loud. A common mistake, yah'know."
Ms. Darkholme directed her eyes on Rogue and searched her face for any sign of a lie or indifference to her protest. She simply "Hmmed" and turned toward the large window behind her. Staring at the wavering trees, she folded her hands behind her back.
"I suppose it was common." She started. "Mistakes are often made by many people." She slightly glanced back. She knew they were more than just the average 'people'. She shut her eyes and sighed. "You may return to your classrooms, then."
Kitty was the first to rise. "And me?"
Mystique sighed once more. "Yes. You too, Pryde."
Kitty gave a shrilled "Yes!" and walked toward the door. Kurt was behind her.
"Rogue." Ms. Darkholme called, looking out the window once more. With her gloved hand against the door, Rogue halfway turned to face her. "Just a minute of your time?"
Rogue arched a brow then turned fully around with a sigh. She crossed her arms and looked upon the woman with her back toward her. What was it this time? It seemed that she was always the one to be called on by the principal. Never anyone else. And why when she's called on, there's so much secrecy going on between her and Ms. Darkholme?
* * *
"Okay. He's late." Tori grumbled as she looked to her digital watch. A high- tech little thing that could also display current wind patterns, pictures and play her favorite songs. She sighed, lifting those gray eyes over the courtyard. She noticed Jean running hurriedly across the campus with Evan right behind her. As she turned and started to walk, Kurt BAMFed infront of her.
"Wagner!" Tori jumped, taking a single step back.
"Sorry I'm late, Tori. Uh...I vas held up." He nervously rubbed the back of his head. Tori nodded.
"Zhat's okay." She smiled. "Are we still doing zhe usual tonight?"
"Sure." Kurt grinned. "You know I'd never pass that up."
"Great." She added pulling him along by his hand.
Rogue ran up to them, out of breath. Tori and Kurt both stopped and stared at her as she regained her breaths of air. Rogue ran a hand through her two- toned hair and straightened.
"Hey guys. Ah see you two couldn't wait for me, could'yah?"
Tori shrugged while Kurt fiddled around with a bag of potatoe chips.
"Sorry. Hey, Ma Chere, would you like to spend zhe evening with Kurt and I? We're going out...somewhere."
Rogue raised a brow. "You an' Kurt? What about Kitty? Yah'll know how she is."
Tori smirked as she looked over to Kurt.
"Ma Chere, do you really think zhat I haven't already taken zhat into consideration?" she briefly giggled. "Kitty will have her hands full by tonight."
Rogue smiled as she tilted her head. "Really...? Fine. Then Ah guess ah can come."
"Great." Tori smirked.
* * * "Mystique!" Scott yelled as he pushed open the principal's door. Rogue, leaned against Ms. Darkholme's oak wood desk with her arms crossed. Scott walked further into the room.
"Lahke, what do YOU want?" the red head asked rolling her eyes.
"Good, Rogue, you're safe. Where's Kurt and Kitty?"
"How would Ah know? Ah'm not their caretakers."
"And Mystique?" Scott asked stopping infront of her. She pushed herself from off of the desk and walked over to the window. Still her arms were crossed.
"She left a few minutes ago. Some kid had a problem within one of the bathrooms or somethin'." She brought a gloved hand to her lips and pondered. "I did hear that Kurt and Kitty had something planned ahfta school. Somethin' about the new X2 Movie."
"Thanks Rogue. Well, I gotta go. Jean and I have some plans of our own." Scott yelled as he rushed out of the door. "I'll meet up with you later okay?"
"Whatever." the red head shrugged, keeping her stare on the outside scenery of the window. Through the corner of her eye she watched the dark haired man leave. Standing near the window the young Rogue's visage altered into that young woman with dark brown hair and glasses. Ms. Darkhome/Mystique watched as Scott ran along the courtyard to catch up to Jean and Evan.
"Professor! Jean! False alarm. Rogue and the other's are safe." Jean's voice answered back through his watch communicator.
"Then why did Mr. Williams say that Kitty didn't return back to class?"
"Not sure. Rogue said that Kitty and Kurt mentioned something about plans for the movies. Maybe they got a bit sidetracked." He looked around and spotted Evan and Jean coming out of the Gymnasium. He waved in their direction. "Over here!"
* * * Later on that evening...
"Brakes!!" Logan yelled as he braced his hands against the dashboard. Kitty smashed her foot on the brakes, making the car abruptly stop. Grumbling, Logan hurriedly unbuckled his restraints, worked his side of the door, and forcefully pushed it open. Kitty blinked as the slamming door rocked the car.
"Like, Logan! What's with the temper?" She watched as he grumbled some more and made his way around the car.
"Out of the car, half-pint! Driving session's over!" Kitty winced at his tone of voice and unbuckled her seatbelt.
"Like, okay. You don't have to throw a tantrum. I'm a beginner for god's sake." She muttered, stepping out of the driver's side. Logan got in and waited for her to get in on the other side.
*I swear that Arcane's going to owe me for this. Three extra hours in training and no brake-time. That'll show her.* He thought. Kitty grasped the door as the car increased its speed. She watched as they weaved between cars and ran a couple of red lights.
"Logan! Slow down!"
To Logan's surprise, he didn't notice the sudden increase. Not to mention, the angry drivers left behind sending their screams and yells after him. He took his foot off the gas and let the car decrease on its own. Kitty still clung to her door.
"Sorry 'bout that, squirt. Uh...I was thinking about someone."
Kitty scoffed throwing her head to a tilt.
"Weird way to, like, express a thought. Who ever you were thinking of must suck." She laughed. Logan glanced over to her.
"Oh, you have NO Idea, half-pint."
"Scott!" His head turn toward her and he came in her direction.
"What's up?" Jean pushed her things into her locker then slammed it shut.
"It's Kurt , Rogue and Kitty! I think something may be wrong with them." Scott scoffed and rolled his eyes behind those shades of his.
"Oh, come on, Jean. You know those three. They're probably in the Cafeteria by now. You know Kurt never misses that."
"No Scott. I already checked. They weren't there when i went and Mr. Williams said Kitty never came back from taking Rogue and Kurt to the principal's office." Scott raised an eyebrow.
"Whoa. Principal's office?" He looked down the hall to the brown door with "Principal" lettered on it. "...Mystique." He sneered. He quickly turned to face Jean. "Go call the others, tell them to meet here in the hall.I'm paying Mystique a visit."
Jean nodded and replied with an 'okay.' She took off running down the opposite end of the hall but stopped. She came back up and grabbed Scott by his arm and turned him around. She pecked him a quick kiss along his lips and warned him.
"Be careful."
Scott, in slight shock nodded then watched as Jean ran back down the hall. Her hair crowning that evil angelic head of hers. He turned to face the principal's door.
Jean leaned up against a locker and shut her eyes.
"Professor! Professor!!" She screamed internally. Charles winced, placing a hand to his temple.
"Jean. Jean, calm down. What's wrong?"
"It's Kurt, Kitty and Rogue! We can't locate them anywhere!"
"Where are Scott and the others?"
"They're being called upon as we speak. Scott went ahead to confront Mystique. He thinks she has something to do with their disappearance." Jean looked down on her two-way pager, typing frantically, trying not to create misspelled words with her panic.
"Stay where you are. Logan, Storm and I are on our way."
"Okay."
Quicksilver dashed through the hall then turned to circle Jean in a spinning frenzy. He stopped abruptly and caught the red-head.
"Heybabe. Gotyourmessage. what'sup?" Jean arched a brow. Evan ran up out of breath and reached for Pietro's hand. Of course, Pietro proved to be too fast for him.
"Give that back!" Evan yelled as he lunged toward Pietro to claim his two- way.
"Gottacatchmefirst. haha." Pietro took off down the hall then back, and watched as the trail of papers fell gently toward the ground behind him.
"Ooh. Slow aren't we?" He pressed an elbow against Evan's shoulder and leaned against him. Jean frowned and pulled Evan from under him. She took off for the principal's office.
"There's no time for that now. The others are in trouble."
* * *
"As you all know, Bayville High doesn't tolerate rude or disruptive behavior." Ms. Darkholme warned as she leaned against her desk. Rogue, Kurt, and Kitty all stared at the dark brown eyes behind the shifty eye- wear.
"Like, I was NOT disruptive. I just came to drop these two off." Kitty protested, looking over to Rogue and Kurt.
"Uh...I'm sorry. I vas sleeping again.--ow!" Rogue gave a slight glare as Kurt rubbed his arm. She nervously grinned to Mystique.
"What Kurt means is that he was helping me study for Mr. Williams' Quiz 'n ah guess he was speakin' too loud. A common mistake, yah'know."
Ms. Darkholme directed her eyes on Rogue and searched her face for any sign of a lie or indifference to her protest. She simply "Hmmed" and turned toward the large window behind her. Staring at the wavering trees, she folded her hands behind her back.
"I suppose it was common." She started. "Mistakes are often made by many people." She slightly glanced back. She knew they were more than just the average 'people'. She shut her eyes and sighed. "You may return to your classrooms, then."
Kitty was the first to rise. "And me?"
Mystique sighed once more. "Yes. You too, Pryde."
Kitty gave a shrilled "Yes!" and walked toward the door. Kurt was behind her.
"Rogue." Ms. Darkholme called, looking out the window once more. With her gloved hand against the door, Rogue halfway turned to face her. "Just a minute of your time?"
Rogue arched a brow then turned fully around with a sigh. She crossed her arms and looked upon the woman with her back toward her. What was it this time? It seemed that she was always the one to be called on by the principal. Never anyone else. And why when she's called on, there's so much secrecy going on between her and Ms. Darkholme?
* * *
"Okay. He's late." Tori grumbled as she looked to her digital watch. A high- tech little thing that could also display current wind patterns, pictures and play her favorite songs. She sighed, lifting those gray eyes over the courtyard. She noticed Jean running hurriedly across the campus with Evan right behind her. As she turned and started to walk, Kurt BAMFed infront of her.
"Wagner!" Tori jumped, taking a single step back.
"Sorry I'm late, Tori. Uh...I vas held up." He nervously rubbed the back of his head. Tori nodded.
"Zhat's okay." She smiled. "Are we still doing zhe usual tonight?"
"Sure." Kurt grinned. "You know I'd never pass that up."
"Great." She added pulling him along by his hand.
Rogue ran up to them, out of breath. Tori and Kurt both stopped and stared at her as she regained her breaths of air. Rogue ran a hand through her two- toned hair and straightened.
"Hey guys. Ah see you two couldn't wait for me, could'yah?"
Tori shrugged while Kurt fiddled around with a bag of potatoe chips.
"Sorry. Hey, Ma Chere, would you like to spend zhe evening with Kurt and I? We're going out...somewhere."
Rogue raised a brow. "You an' Kurt? What about Kitty? Yah'll know how she is."
Tori smirked as she looked over to Kurt.
"Ma Chere, do you really think zhat I haven't already taken zhat into consideration?" she briefly giggled. "Kitty will have her hands full by tonight."
Rogue smiled as she tilted her head. "Really...? Fine. Then Ah guess ah can come."
"Great." Tori smirked.
* * * "Mystique!" Scott yelled as he pushed open the principal's door. Rogue, leaned against Ms. Darkholme's oak wood desk with her arms crossed. Scott walked further into the room.
"Lahke, what do YOU want?" the red head asked rolling her eyes.
"Good, Rogue, you're safe. Where's Kurt and Kitty?"
"How would Ah know? Ah'm not their caretakers."
"And Mystique?" Scott asked stopping infront of her. She pushed herself from off of the desk and walked over to the window. Still her arms were crossed.
"She left a few minutes ago. Some kid had a problem within one of the bathrooms or somethin'." She brought a gloved hand to her lips and pondered. "I did hear that Kurt and Kitty had something planned ahfta school. Somethin' about the new X2 Movie."
"Thanks Rogue. Well, I gotta go. Jean and I have some plans of our own." Scott yelled as he rushed out of the door. "I'll meet up with you later okay?"
"Whatever." the red head shrugged, keeping her stare on the outside scenery of the window. Through the corner of her eye she watched the dark haired man leave. Standing near the window the young Rogue's visage altered into that young woman with dark brown hair and glasses. Ms. Darkhome/Mystique watched as Scott ran along the courtyard to catch up to Jean and Evan.
"Professor! Jean! False alarm. Rogue and the other's are safe." Jean's voice answered back through his watch communicator.
"Then why did Mr. Williams say that Kitty didn't return back to class?"
"Not sure. Rogue said that Kitty and Kurt mentioned something about plans for the movies. Maybe they got a bit sidetracked." He looked around and spotted Evan and Jean coming out of the Gymnasium. He waved in their direction. "Over here!"
* * * Later on that evening...
"Brakes!!" Logan yelled as he braced his hands against the dashboard. Kitty smashed her foot on the brakes, making the car abruptly stop. Grumbling, Logan hurriedly unbuckled his restraints, worked his side of the door, and forcefully pushed it open. Kitty blinked as the slamming door rocked the car.
"Like, Logan! What's with the temper?" She watched as he grumbled some more and made his way around the car.
"Out of the car, half-pint! Driving session's over!" Kitty winced at his tone of voice and unbuckled her seatbelt.
"Like, okay. You don't have to throw a tantrum. I'm a beginner for god's sake." She muttered, stepping out of the driver's side. Logan got in and waited for her to get in on the other side.
*I swear that Arcane's going to owe me for this. Three extra hours in training and no brake-time. That'll show her.* He thought. Kitty grasped the door as the car increased its speed. She watched as they weaved between cars and ran a couple of red lights.
"Logan! Slow down!"
To Logan's surprise, he didn't notice the sudden increase. Not to mention, the angry drivers left behind sending their screams and yells after him. He took his foot off the gas and let the car decrease on its own. Kitty still clung to her door.
"Sorry 'bout that, squirt. Uh...I was thinking about someone."
Kitty scoffed throwing her head to a tilt.
"Weird way to, like, express a thought. Who ever you were thinking of must suck." She laughed. Logan glanced over to her.
"Oh, you have NO Idea, half-pint."