Teacher Training
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "Look, the tigers are just playing tag with the antelope.....with their teeth!"
*****
Hellooo my faithfull reviewers. Firstly, i appologise for the typo in the last chapter. Logan quipped the comment, not Lance. It has been changed ;)
Trunksblue - I clock Gambit, Pyro and Colossus in their late teens, raging from about 17-19, so they aren't adults :P. Oh i would LOVE to tell you Forge's real name, i really would. Sadly, it has never, ever EVER been revealed. Not once. *Mutters* Evil Marvel.
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Chapter 17 - Shallow in the deep end.
****
"Well, i feel stupid".
Sabertooth rolled his eyes at Jason, who was trying to keep himself within five feet of Rabid at all times. Rabid however, decided she liked her saviours and was trotting along with them, making the odd, raspy not-quite- a-purr sound that tigers make.
"Just think of the good we're doing, Jazz!", said Sabertooth proudly, patting Rabid on the head.
"Oh, yes", said Jason, "releasing a 600 pound, carnivorous predator into a town full of people, soooo much good....and don't call me Jazz!".
"Oh, she won't kill anyone, Jazz!", said Sabertooth, "maybe just....maul them a little".
"Well, i'm convinced!", said Jason sarcastically, "hey, while we're at it, lets release a whole tank-full of flesh-eating pirahnas into the lake!".
"Now you're just being stupid", said Sabertooth, stopping and smiling at Rabid, waving his hand, "go on, be free, live long and prosper, the world is your oyster!".
"Oh boy", said Jason, shaking his head.
Rabid blinked at Sabertooth, not moving. Sabertooth sighed and cleared his throat. Well, maybe it had to be done in a certain way.
"Born Free, as free as the wind blows", sang Sabertooth, "as free as the grass grows, born free to follow your heart".
Despite Sabertooth's...stunning preformance, Rabid didn't budge an inch.
"Maybe we both need to sing", said Sabertooth.
"I am NOT singing 'Born Free' to a tiger", said Jason pointedly.
Sabertooth gave a dangerous growl. Jason gulped, his life or his dignity, oh what a choice!
"Stay free, where no walls devide you", Jason sang half-heartedly, while Sabertooth launched into it happily, "you're free as a roaring tide, so there's no need to hide".
Rabid blinked at them both. Jason stopped singing, sighed, and gave Sabertooth a poke. Sabertooth, however, was still in full song.
"Born Free, and life is worth...", he paused, glaring at Jason, "WHAT?!!".
"It's not working", said Jason, pointing at Rabid, who had sat down in front of them, washing a huge paw.
"Oh", said Sabertooth, "eeerr...maybe if we just...walk away".
Both mutants turned around and started to walk away slowly. That was until they noticed Rabid trotting after them.
"....Ok, we have a problem", said Jason.
******
Logan sighed contentedly. He was sitting in Hank, Jason and Forge's room for some peace and quiet. Magneto and Xavier were grilling that odd Cajun kid, Storm, Mystique and Forge were in the pool, Hank was on a date with Shannon, Angel had gone on another 'Cookie search' and he hadn't seen hide nor hair of Jason or Sabertooth. Life was good. So, he had ransacked the room trying to find Forge's I.D in an attempt to get his real name, but it appeared that Forge could hide stuff....really well. Never mind. He closed his eyes, enjoying the silence. It was then he heard the buzzing. He opened one eye to see a wasp buzzing around the room. He grunted and closed his eyes again. But now he had noticed the wasps precense, the buzzing had seemed to get louder. How was he supposed to sleep with that going on?. Logan gave an anoyed shout, throwing the first available object at the wasp. Unfortunately, it was Forge's prostheic arm, which he'd taken off to go swiming. Logan watched in sheer horror as the arm missed the wasp, then promptly sailed through the open window.
"No, no, no, no!".
He ran to the window and looked out of it, he couldn't see anything on the street. He gave a whimper before running out of the room, racing down the stairs until he got outside. Okay...no arm on the floor. If there was no arm on the floor, and no arm in the room, then that meant....
"You dropped Forge's prosthetic limb on the hotel ledge?"
A few minutes later, Hank was staring at Logan, crossing his arms. He was not too happy. He had been having a lovely not-a-date with Shannon when Logan had crept up to his table and dragged him away.
"It's not like i did it on PURPOSE!", defended Logan, waving his arms around, "It was the wasp, THE WASP!!. And who leaves a stupid window open anyway?".
"Ok, no need to panic", said Hank, deciding not to point out that HE had been the one who had left the window open, "We just find Storm, Angel or Magneto and get them to fly out and get it".
"I TRIED!", snapped Logan, "Magneto won't open the door, Angel's who knows where and Storm is with Forge, and i CAN'T LET FORGE KNOW!!!".
"No", said Hank with a sigh, "i guess you can't really tell a person you have thrown something of such value as a artifical limb, which allows them to contiune life as normally as possible, out of a window and onto a hotel ledge".
Logan blinked, several times.
"I'm going straight to Hell...aren't i?".
Hank decided to neither deny or confirm that statement.
"I'll go figure this out", he said, "stay here".
With that, he walked out, leaving Logan to worry about how long Forge was able to hold a grudge for...he'd heard it was a long time...
*****
Meanwhile, across the hall, Magneto and Xavier were watching Gambit as he fidgeted nervously in a chair. Magneto took a deep breath
"Remy, why are you here".
Remy blinked before starting to cry.
"Okay, you broke Remy!", he said, panicked, "Remy tell you EVERYTHING. You win!!!"
Mganeto and Xavier exhanged glances.
"Gambit", said Xavier slowly, "we haven't asked you anything yet....".
"Oh", said Gambit, stopping, "....Remy knew that".
"So?", asked Xavier gesturing Remy to continue.
Remy heaved a sigh.
"It was all that stupid Kitty's fault with her reckless driving", he said, shaking his head, "poor Piotr. Anyway....things got broken and..well...Gambit here to win back some money".
"Gambit, we left you with sufficent funds....", said Magneto.
"Non", said Remy, "not after the shopping trip....and the Sea Monkies".
Xavier blinked.
"Sea Monk...no...no i don't want to know", he said, then gave a soft whimper, "please tell me my home is still standing".
"Qui", said Remy, "...it's a little more...slanted now, but it's still there".
Magneto sighed, going into is wallet and handing Gambit his credit card.
"If i see: A, Toys , B, Alcohol, or C, Anything flamable, on the bill for this", he said ominously, "i will hold you personally responsible. Are we clear?".
Gambit took the card, looked at it and gave his best 'I'm a good boy, really' smile. Being a thief, he couldn't pull it off, so it looked like a rather manical smirk.
"How did you get here, anyway?", asked Xavier, "surely you didn't take a bus".
"Non", said Gambit, "Remy...errrr...borrowed Scott's car. It's not like he can use it".
Xavier suddenly felt a deep swell of dread for his prize student.
"Please go home, Gambit", he said, "and don't let Pyro burn..anything"
"A little late", Gambit muttered under his breath.
"WHAT?".
"Nothing, tra la la", said Gambit, "no inferno's at the Xavier mansion. No sir'ee".
"Please, PLEASE go home".
****
Meanwhile, Forge, Mystique and Storm, were enjoying the pool. Okay, so Storm was watching Clint do his class dreamily while her companions told her she was being an idiot, but that counted as enjoying..right? After his class was over, Clint grinned, swimming over to them.
"Hey glad you see you decided to check..out..the...pool", he said trailing off, staring and Forge.
"What?", said Forge, raising an eyebrow.
"Hey, you're missing an arm, MISSING AN ARM!!", said Clint, pointing wildly.
"You don't say!", said Forge, his voice dripping with a venomous sarcasm, "i THOUGHT something was missing! Now i know what. Well, it MUST be lying around here somewhere".
Clint backed away.
"Sorry", he said, "i....eerrrrr".
"Does that freak you out?", asked Mystique, raising a questioning eyebrow, she was getting more than a few fair stares herself, a blue woman often did.
Clint opened and closed his mouth, looking over to Ororo for support. Ororo did not look pleased with his reaction. Damn, they were all ganging up on him.
"I....uh....no", he lied, "nope, not one little bit..heh heh".
Ororo had lived with teenagers long enough to know when someone was covering the truth.
"You are quite possibly the smallest person in the world", she said, them promptly swam off to the oposite end of the pool.
"Was it something i said?", asked Clint, lookign at the not too-happy Mystique and Forge, "err..never mind".
Mystique was about to make a comment when she noticed a big, but furry hand waving in a desperate bid to get her attention. She sighed, swimming off to find Hank hiding behind one of the plastic trees that was supposed to make the place look like a tropical lagoon (A/N, the swimming pool across the road from my house is exactly like this) but it really, really didn't.
"What is it?", she asked, "afraid to get your fur wet?".
"No", said Hank, "look, Logan's had an...accident and we need you too keep Forge distracted until we can sort it out".
"Why?....what did he do?".
Hnak sighed.
"He threw Forge's arm out of the window and it's stuck on a ledge", he said, "we have to wait until we can get a hold of a flyer to get it off".
"Man", said Mystique, shaking her head, "it's a bad day for Forge and his arm".
"I know!", said Hank, "so you and Ororo keep him distracted, okay?".
With that, he started to head off.
"Wait, how are we supposed to distract him?!!!", Mystique called after him
"I don't know", said Hank, "use your instincts!".
*****
Oh boy, what fun is this? I shall remind you all happily that once this fic is over, you will find out EVERYTHING that happened in the mansion while the adults were away. Chapters like this serve as teasers for that one ;) Well, do review, until next time....
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "Look, the tigers are just playing tag with the antelope.....with their teeth!"
*****
Hellooo my faithfull reviewers. Firstly, i appologise for the typo in the last chapter. Logan quipped the comment, not Lance. It has been changed ;)
Trunksblue - I clock Gambit, Pyro and Colossus in their late teens, raging from about 17-19, so they aren't adults :P. Oh i would LOVE to tell you Forge's real name, i really would. Sadly, it has never, ever EVER been revealed. Not once. *Mutters* Evil Marvel.
*****
Chapter 17 - Shallow in the deep end.
****
"Well, i feel stupid".
Sabertooth rolled his eyes at Jason, who was trying to keep himself within five feet of Rabid at all times. Rabid however, decided she liked her saviours and was trotting along with them, making the odd, raspy not-quite- a-purr sound that tigers make.
"Just think of the good we're doing, Jazz!", said Sabertooth proudly, patting Rabid on the head.
"Oh, yes", said Jason, "releasing a 600 pound, carnivorous predator into a town full of people, soooo much good....and don't call me Jazz!".
"Oh, she won't kill anyone, Jazz!", said Sabertooth, "maybe just....maul them a little".
"Well, i'm convinced!", said Jason sarcastically, "hey, while we're at it, lets release a whole tank-full of flesh-eating pirahnas into the lake!".
"Now you're just being stupid", said Sabertooth, stopping and smiling at Rabid, waving his hand, "go on, be free, live long and prosper, the world is your oyster!".
"Oh boy", said Jason, shaking his head.
Rabid blinked at Sabertooth, not moving. Sabertooth sighed and cleared his throat. Well, maybe it had to be done in a certain way.
"Born Free, as free as the wind blows", sang Sabertooth, "as free as the grass grows, born free to follow your heart".
Despite Sabertooth's...stunning preformance, Rabid didn't budge an inch.
"Maybe we both need to sing", said Sabertooth.
"I am NOT singing 'Born Free' to a tiger", said Jason pointedly.
Sabertooth gave a dangerous growl. Jason gulped, his life or his dignity, oh what a choice!
"Stay free, where no walls devide you", Jason sang half-heartedly, while Sabertooth launched into it happily, "you're free as a roaring tide, so there's no need to hide".
Rabid blinked at them both. Jason stopped singing, sighed, and gave Sabertooth a poke. Sabertooth, however, was still in full song.
"Born Free, and life is worth...", he paused, glaring at Jason, "WHAT?!!".
"It's not working", said Jason, pointing at Rabid, who had sat down in front of them, washing a huge paw.
"Oh", said Sabertooth, "eeerr...maybe if we just...walk away".
Both mutants turned around and started to walk away slowly. That was until they noticed Rabid trotting after them.
"....Ok, we have a problem", said Jason.
******
Logan sighed contentedly. He was sitting in Hank, Jason and Forge's room for some peace and quiet. Magneto and Xavier were grilling that odd Cajun kid, Storm, Mystique and Forge were in the pool, Hank was on a date with Shannon, Angel had gone on another 'Cookie search' and he hadn't seen hide nor hair of Jason or Sabertooth. Life was good. So, he had ransacked the room trying to find Forge's I.D in an attempt to get his real name, but it appeared that Forge could hide stuff....really well. Never mind. He closed his eyes, enjoying the silence. It was then he heard the buzzing. He opened one eye to see a wasp buzzing around the room. He grunted and closed his eyes again. But now he had noticed the wasps precense, the buzzing had seemed to get louder. How was he supposed to sleep with that going on?. Logan gave an anoyed shout, throwing the first available object at the wasp. Unfortunately, it was Forge's prostheic arm, which he'd taken off to go swiming. Logan watched in sheer horror as the arm missed the wasp, then promptly sailed through the open window.
"No, no, no, no!".
He ran to the window and looked out of it, he couldn't see anything on the street. He gave a whimper before running out of the room, racing down the stairs until he got outside. Okay...no arm on the floor. If there was no arm on the floor, and no arm in the room, then that meant....
"You dropped Forge's prosthetic limb on the hotel ledge?"
A few minutes later, Hank was staring at Logan, crossing his arms. He was not too happy. He had been having a lovely not-a-date with Shannon when Logan had crept up to his table and dragged him away.
"It's not like i did it on PURPOSE!", defended Logan, waving his arms around, "It was the wasp, THE WASP!!. And who leaves a stupid window open anyway?".
"Ok, no need to panic", said Hank, deciding not to point out that HE had been the one who had left the window open, "We just find Storm, Angel or Magneto and get them to fly out and get it".
"I TRIED!", snapped Logan, "Magneto won't open the door, Angel's who knows where and Storm is with Forge, and i CAN'T LET FORGE KNOW!!!".
"No", said Hank with a sigh, "i guess you can't really tell a person you have thrown something of such value as a artifical limb, which allows them to contiune life as normally as possible, out of a window and onto a hotel ledge".
Logan blinked, several times.
"I'm going straight to Hell...aren't i?".
Hank decided to neither deny or confirm that statement.
"I'll go figure this out", he said, "stay here".
With that, he walked out, leaving Logan to worry about how long Forge was able to hold a grudge for...he'd heard it was a long time...
*****
Meanwhile, across the hall, Magneto and Xavier were watching Gambit as he fidgeted nervously in a chair. Magneto took a deep breath
"Remy, why are you here".
Remy blinked before starting to cry.
"Okay, you broke Remy!", he said, panicked, "Remy tell you EVERYTHING. You win!!!"
Mganeto and Xavier exhanged glances.
"Gambit", said Xavier slowly, "we haven't asked you anything yet....".
"Oh", said Gambit, stopping, "....Remy knew that".
"So?", asked Xavier gesturing Remy to continue.
Remy heaved a sigh.
"It was all that stupid Kitty's fault with her reckless driving", he said, shaking his head, "poor Piotr. Anyway....things got broken and..well...Gambit here to win back some money".
"Gambit, we left you with sufficent funds....", said Magneto.
"Non", said Remy, "not after the shopping trip....and the Sea Monkies".
Xavier blinked.
"Sea Monk...no...no i don't want to know", he said, then gave a soft whimper, "please tell me my home is still standing".
"Qui", said Remy, "...it's a little more...slanted now, but it's still there".
Magneto sighed, going into is wallet and handing Gambit his credit card.
"If i see: A, Toys , B, Alcohol, or C, Anything flamable, on the bill for this", he said ominously, "i will hold you personally responsible. Are we clear?".
Gambit took the card, looked at it and gave his best 'I'm a good boy, really' smile. Being a thief, he couldn't pull it off, so it looked like a rather manical smirk.
"How did you get here, anyway?", asked Xavier, "surely you didn't take a bus".
"Non", said Gambit, "Remy...errrr...borrowed Scott's car. It's not like he can use it".
Xavier suddenly felt a deep swell of dread for his prize student.
"Please go home, Gambit", he said, "and don't let Pyro burn..anything"
"A little late", Gambit muttered under his breath.
"WHAT?".
"Nothing, tra la la", said Gambit, "no inferno's at the Xavier mansion. No sir'ee".
"Please, PLEASE go home".
****
Meanwhile, Forge, Mystique and Storm, were enjoying the pool. Okay, so Storm was watching Clint do his class dreamily while her companions told her she was being an idiot, but that counted as enjoying..right? After his class was over, Clint grinned, swimming over to them.
"Hey glad you see you decided to check..out..the...pool", he said trailing off, staring and Forge.
"What?", said Forge, raising an eyebrow.
"Hey, you're missing an arm, MISSING AN ARM!!", said Clint, pointing wildly.
"You don't say!", said Forge, his voice dripping with a venomous sarcasm, "i THOUGHT something was missing! Now i know what. Well, it MUST be lying around here somewhere".
Clint backed away.
"Sorry", he said, "i....eerrrrr".
"Does that freak you out?", asked Mystique, raising a questioning eyebrow, she was getting more than a few fair stares herself, a blue woman often did.
Clint opened and closed his mouth, looking over to Ororo for support. Ororo did not look pleased with his reaction. Damn, they were all ganging up on him.
"I....uh....no", he lied, "nope, not one little bit..heh heh".
Ororo had lived with teenagers long enough to know when someone was covering the truth.
"You are quite possibly the smallest person in the world", she said, them promptly swam off to the oposite end of the pool.
"Was it something i said?", asked Clint, lookign at the not too-happy Mystique and Forge, "err..never mind".
Mystique was about to make a comment when she noticed a big, but furry hand waving in a desperate bid to get her attention. She sighed, swimming off to find Hank hiding behind one of the plastic trees that was supposed to make the place look like a tropical lagoon (A/N, the swimming pool across the road from my house is exactly like this) but it really, really didn't.
"What is it?", she asked, "afraid to get your fur wet?".
"No", said Hank, "look, Logan's had an...accident and we need you too keep Forge distracted until we can sort it out".
"Why?....what did he do?".
Hnak sighed.
"He threw Forge's arm out of the window and it's stuck on a ledge", he said, "we have to wait until we can get a hold of a flyer to get it off".
"Man", said Mystique, shaking her head, "it's a bad day for Forge and his arm".
"I know!", said Hank, "so you and Ororo keep him distracted, okay?".
With that, he started to head off.
"Wait, how are we supposed to distract him?!!!", Mystique called after him
"I don't know", said Hank, "use your instincts!".
*****
Oh boy, what fun is this? I shall remind you all happily that once this fic is over, you will find out EVERYTHING that happened in the mansion while the adults were away. Chapters like this serve as teasers for that one ;) Well, do review, until next time....