~~A/N: Hello faithful readers! Greetings and welcome to Chapter Four!

We'd like to dedicate this chapter to Alex and Anna, our little friends… we love you people! Also to RogueVampyr, who has reviewed every single chapter of ours! THANKS HEAPS!!!

CHAPTER 4.

Scene: Costume and makeup room. KAT is fussing around a rack of costumes, checking baskets, finding makeup, etc. SCOTT enters first, sauntering in with a relaxed air. He flops elegantly down in one of the chairs. Kat turns around and sees him.

KAT: Good. First one here.

She pulls his outfit: a tuxedo, off the rack.

KAT Go put this on.

She gestures at the changing rooms over on the left. Scott takes the tux with a grin and vanishes into the change rooms. Next to enter is STORM. Kat looks up as she enters. Taking a pair of black, close-fitting pants that flare out at the bottom, a white shirt, black jacket and a pair of black heels, she points Storm in the direction of the (female) dressing rooms. BOBBY wanders in next. Kat looks at him and grins.

KAT: OK, Bobby boy… this is for you.

She produces a pair of black leather pants, a tight black T-shirt, a black leather bikie jacket and a pair of black boots. Bobby takes the ensemble with a grin and heads to change. 

ROGUE enters, humming softly.

KAT: Hi Marie… This is for you. The change rooms are over there.

She gestures with one hand, while with the other she pulls off the rack a pair of black leather pants, a black long sleeved top, a short black jacket and a pair of black high-heeled boots. Rogue takes it with a raised eyebrow, then wanders into the female change rooms.

Next JEAN arrives and wanders over to Kat.

JEAN: OK, what am I wearing?

KAT whispers something in her ear.

Beat.

Evil grins erupt on both their faces. 

The DIRECTOR swans in and notes the smirks. She turns her Discman off and pulls her earphones out

DIRECTOR: What's so funny?

Kat whispers in her ear.

Beat.

The Director's face breaks into a similar grin.

DIRECTOR: Good one. Now where's my gear?

Kat passes her a sensible skirt, sensible shoes, a jacket and white shirt. She puts her Discman down on a bench and vanishes into the changerooms.  Jean wanders back to the main hall to keep learning her lines. Next PYRO, MAGNETO, MYSTIQUE, PROFESSOR X, NIGHTCRAWLER, and a young Asian girl wander in.

KAT: Ah! Right! Pyro…

She passes him an outfit similar to Bobby's.

KAT: Magneto…

A simple, yet elegant black suit, white shirt, black tie.

KAT: Mystique…

A black vest and black hot pants.

KAT: Professor…

A black business suit.

KAT: Nightcrawler…

White lab coat over grey pants and a blue shirt.

KAT: And Alex!

She passes the Asian girl a black knee-length skirt with a light mauve silk shirt and a black jacket and heels.

PYRO: (to Alex) Who're you?

KAT: This is Alex. She's a friend of ours. The Director promised her a cameo.

DIRECTOR: (emerging from the changerooms, dressed as Moneypenny) Sure did!

She hugs Alex before dropping into a chair in front of the mirrors along one wall.  Pulling out a hairbrush she starts brushing her long brown hair before twisting it into a knot at the back of her head, secured with hairpins. The newly arrives X-people look at her weirdly before going in to dress. Alex grins and follows. Kat slips over to the Director/Moneypenny and gives her a simple makeup job. The finished product? A perfect, simple-yet-classy look. The Director/Moneypenny checks herself out in the mirror, and is satisfied with it. A stream of muffled swearwords is heard, getting gradually louder as it comes closer. The door is kicked open and LOGAN enters, the TWINS behind him. Logan's hair is slightly damp: he's come from the gym after a shower. The Director/Moneypenny grins.

DIRECTOR: (sarcastically) So glad you decided to grace us with your presence, bub. Now go get dressed.

The Wolverine looks really pissed off at her but can't really do anything because of the Twins. He takes the bag Kat throws at him and goes to dress.

DIRECTOR: Twins? Would you go find Jean and take her to the transports?

KAT: And take these too, will you?

Kat hands them a rack of costumes each, and they exit.

A minute later, Scott re-enters, tux on and immaculate. The Director/Moneypenny looks him over and grins while he does the same.

DIRECTOR: (grinning) Good evening James.

SCOTT: (grinning back) Good evening Moneypenny.

Kat throws him a comb and he sits in front of the mirror fixing his rather unruly hair. A few minutes later, with a little gel, Scott's hair is perfect, and James Bond is ready. A voice from behind them announces:

BOBBY: (off-screen) Look out world, Jason Frost is on the loose!

He makes his entrance, smirking. And damn, does he look good. Like a biker bad-boy. Kat tosses him a comb and some gel, and he steps in front of the mirror. A moment later, his blonde hair is gelled back, Draco Malfoy style as Kat lightly applies a dusting of powder to stop him looking so pale.

Rogue then re-enters.

ROGUE: Ah feel like a refugee from 'Dark Angel'.

BOBBY: (admiring her new look) Am I complaining? You look stunning, Lucy Wilde.

ROGUE: Charmed.

A soft laugh sounds behind them as Rogue drops into a makeup chair. It's Storm. She looks simply fab in her outfit, she takes a seat next to Rogue and starts brushing her hair. Kat heads over to Rogue and applies a thin like of kohl around her eyes, a little bit of dark eye shadow and red lipstick.

A few minutes later, Professor X wheels out, followed by Nightcrawler. Both of them need no makeup, so they sit around chatting to everyone. Not long after that, Magneto emerges, followed by Mystique. She has morphed into a tall, pale, black-haired woman. Magneto pulls up a chair and sits down while she stands.

As soon as Magneto is seated, Pyro emerges. He has mussed up his hair and put in one red contact. He immediately goes over to Bobby and they stare at each other and both do bad-boy poses. Rogue looks from one to the other with a grin.

ROGUE: Ah think Ah've died and gone to heaven.

The Director/Moneypenny looks up from gazing in the mirror and looks at them.

DIRECTOR: Amen.

Bobby and Pyro smirk.  

ALEX: (coming out in her gear) Hey, when's Anna getting here?

DIRECTOR: Not sure. Kat, do you know?

KAT: Soon. She had to pick something up first.

Speak of the devil. ANNA promptly walks in carrying a pile of cloth. Everyone stares, even more so when ELLADAN and ELROHIR, Elrond's twin sons, enter behind her. She sees them all staring at her Twins.

ANNA: What? Kat said the Director had some so I could too!

The Director/Moneypenny glares at Kat, who smirks.

DIRECTOR: Remind me to hurt you.

She clears her throat.

DIRECTOR: Is everyone ready?

KAT: No, Logan's not.

Speak of the devil. The Wolverine re-enters, costumed and ready.  Kat nods.

KAT: Now we're ready.

DIRECTOR: OK. Kat and Anna: I want the rest of the costumes loaded ASAP.

KAT: There's just this bit left. Elladan and Elrohir can take them.

She indicates two racks of costumes. The Director/Moneypenny nods.

DIRECTOR: My Twins are also loading stuff. Everyone else: Follow me!

She sweeps out of the room followed by the X-Gang and Alex. She leads them down corridors, through rooms, past stuff, before they emerge from a side door. Two sleek, shiny shuttles are waiting. Kat, Anna and the elf-twins are busy loading the last of the costumes onto the second transport. The Director/Moneypenny herds the cast onto the first transport.

DIRECTOR: Everyone sit tight, make yourselves comfortable, and here we go!

Once everyone is settled, belts on and all that, the Director heads into the cockpit, where the Twins are waiting.

DIRECTOR: OK, let's go!

The first transport takes off as Kat and co. finish loading the second. Anna finishes checking something off, and the sound of Elvish swearwords reach her ears. She turns to see Elladan and Elrohir attempting to bring a llama on board! Both Twins are trying to pull the thing inside, but it's not co-operating. Anna watches, laughing hysterically. Kat emerges from the transport and takes in the scene. She sighs and walks over to them.she takes the llama's halter and it calms down immediately. She calmly leads it on board.

ANNA: A llama?

KAT: (grinning) You'll see…

They enter the transport and zoom away.

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