It's so hard to be a teen-mutant-superhero By: Umbravulpes

Disclaimer: Woe is me, for I still do not own anything. Not even the West Side Story or Aida.

SCENE 2

In the hallway of Bayville High

(The walls are decorated with sickeningly colourfull posters of the up and coming Huge Halloween Dance/Costume Party)

(LANCE is skipping down the hall, you heard me folks, skipping)

*COULD BE (West Side Story)*

*LANCE*

Could be!

Who knows?

There's something due any day

I will know, right away

Soon as it shows

It may come connanballing down

Through the sky

Gleam in its eye, bright as rose

Who knows?

It's only just out of reach

Down the block, on a beach

Under a tree

I got a feeling there's a miracle due

Gonna come true, comin' to me...

Could it be, yes, it could

Something's comin', something good

If I can wait!

Something's comin',

I don't know what it is

But it is gonna be great!

With a click, with a shock ,

Phone'll jingle, door will knock,

Open the latch!

Something's comin',

Don't know when

But it's soon

Catch the moon,

One-handed catch!

Around the corner,

Or whistlin' down the river

Come on, deliver to me!

Will it be?

Yes, it will!

Maybe just by holding still,

It'll be there!

Come on, something,

Come on in,

Don't be shy,

Meet a guy,

Pull up a chair!

The air is humming

And something great is coming!

Who knows?

It's only just out of reach,

Down the block, on a beach,

Maybe tonight...

Maybe tonight...

Maybe tonight...!

(LANCE turns around a corner and bumps into KITTY)

LANCE:

Oh! Sorry Kitty-Kat.

KITTY:

Like, what's with the world today? Is it like a "Bump Into Kitty"-day and someone forgot to tell me?

(A big awkward silence ensues)

LANCE:

So...ah...uhm... Are you gonna go to Halloween party tonight?

KITTY:

Like duh, of course! Why?

LANCE:

Cause, I was just thinking... that...that I'd...(determined sigh) Would go to the party with me?

(Cute blushing ensues) (A/N: I just love saying "ensues")

KITTY:

Well... I don't know... I wasn't really going to bother getting a date but... Sure.

LANCE:

So will go with me? Thanks Kitty!

(LANCE skips away happily, and runs into alamppost)

LANCE:

What the hell is a lamppost doing inside a school?!

(LANCE starts to skip again, what is it with this guy and skipping?)

(ROGUE walks to her locker, looking as hostile as ever)

ROGUE:

I hate my locker. It get's to have a busier social life than me!

(ROGUE smacks her head repeatedly on her lockerdoor)

(MYSTIQUE morphs from the lamppost to Raven)

ROGUE:

What are you doing here?

MYSTIQUE:

I want to talk.

ROGUE:

Not another one of those "lets work together and take over the world"- speeches?

MYSTIQUE:

No, this is a "I'm showing some affection by warning you"-speech.

ROGUE:

Oh great...

MYSTIQUE:

I'll be going away for no apparent reason. But before that I have to reveal something shocking.

ROGUE:

How much to you think that my delicate teenage psyche can handle? I hope you're prepared to pay for my therapy.

MYSTIQUE:

Sounds fair enough. Now for the shocking revelation! (dramatic music) You know how you were sort of adopted by me?

ROGUE:

Yeah, how could I forget? (thinking) Maybe if I took some pills.

MYSTIQUE:

Well the reason why I adopted you was that I knew your parents. (dramatic music)

ROGUE:

Figures...

MYSTIQUE:

Will you at least pretend to be shocked.

ROGUE:

Okay. I'm SO shocked!

MYSTIQUE:

Yes! I knew your biological parents!

ROGUE:

But what happened to them?!

MYSTIQUE:

They were killed!

ROGUE:

OH NO! Why oh why?

MYSTIQUE:

An evil mutant named Purgatory killed them. He hates all mutants and is determined to make us all suffer horrendously and die!

ROGUE:

So? That's what all the crazy anti-mutant people try to do.

MYSTIQUE:

But he is really powerfull and can cause you terrible pains with his impressive mutantpowers! Your mother and father tryed to protect you and Purgatory killed them. You're the only mutant to have survived Purgatory's attack. That how you got your scar. (dramatic music)

ROGUE:

What scar?

MYSTIQUE:

The p-shaped scar that's on your left heel.

ROGUE:

I thought that was just a freaky birth-mark.

MYSTIQUE:

Alas! It is a scar left behind by Purgatory's vicious powers of painmaking! And I happen to know, that Purgatory has been spotted nearby!

ROGUE:

Right, real interesting. I will now end this discussion by saying that I hate you.

MYSTIQUE:

But I am your mother.

ROGUE:

Adoptive mother. And not a very good one at that.

MYSTIQUE:

But non the less your mother.

*LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON/ LIKE MOTHER, LIKE GIRL (Aida)*

*MYSTIQUE*

Don't come on so cocksure girl, you can't escape your genes

No point in feeling pure girl, your background intervenes

Listen good and listen straight, you're not the master of your fate

To this you must be reconciled, you'll always be your mother's child

At times acclaimed, at times reviled

You'll wind up doing just what I've done

Like mother, like girl

*ROGUE*

Don't assume your vices get handed down the line

That a parent's blood suffices to condemn the child's design

I've done wrong, I can't deny, but at least I know that I

Shouldn't blame that on my stock, this may come as quite a shock

I'm no chip off any block, I wouldn't wish those words on anyone

Like mother, like girl

*MYSTIQUE*

Girl you're nervous, take my hand

All is settled,all is planned

You've got the world at your command

I don't think you understand

*ROGUE*

I appreciate too well

The squalor at which you excel

it isn't very hard to tell

Evil's a distinctive smell

*MYSTIQUE*

She's lost all sense of reason, and why?

Cause of mankind

That is the road called treason,

Some doors are slamming shut

Just like me she's found that flesh can excite but will enmesh

Once I rid her of this blight.

Once this threat's out of sight.

Then I think she'll see the light.

She won't walk back to mommy she will run.

Like mother, like girl...

MYSTIQUE: (hugs ROGUE)

Oh, that's my Rogy-Vogy! Mommy's gonna go now. Bye bye!

(MYSTIQUE mophrs into gigantic, pink wasp and flies away)

ROGUE:

Family-counceling, that's what I need, family-counceling.

Authors Note: Ooooh, the suspense, the awesome suspense! What will happen? Only the voices in my head know. Please review! If you don't review, I'll be your best friend and then you'll be sorry.