Room Mate Ruminations
Disclaimer: Same as before.
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After dinner had ended in yet another food fight, Akima sat tiredly on the bed in Cover Girl's room. The former model had been gracious enough to move an extra bed into the room for Akima to sleep in.
"It's a lot to take in, isn't it?" Cover Girl asked.
"If I survived Earth being blown up, living adrift in space, being chased around the universe by the Drej, and being captured by the Heartless I can survive this." Akima replied.
"I do have to go downstairs to the girls' room for their little sleepover." Cover Girl said.
"I"ll go with you." Akima replied.
At the sound of shouts and shrieks Cover Girl turned around, "Maybe I'll head down there in an hour or so, when their batteries are wound down."
"The way those kids go, I think we'd have fallen asleep where we sit before they even are the least bit tired." Akima replied, "When I lived on the New Houston drifter colony kids used to play all the time, but they didn't have as much wide open spaces as they do on planets."
Cover Girl said, "I can't imagine that kind of life. When I was a little girl I never liked small areas. I would have hated to be surrounded by rusted spaceship hulls all my life."
"Well, I got used to it." Akima replied, "When the Titan created a new planet for us, we felt a great relief, maybe our struggles were over. That's when the Heartless attacked us."
"We tried to resist them." Akima continued, "My fiance, Cale was the leader of the resistance movement. We were discovered and the Heartless captured and executed hundreds of our resistance and we nearly were on the verge of going out until the Gamma unit sent an eight man team to help us out."
Akima related the entire story. How the Gamma unit had helped the Resistance mount more and more effective strikes against the Heartless. How she and Bilby had fallen in love after he had comforted her over Cale and the near death of the dream of a New Earth.
"You seem to be fairly popular with the men of the base." Akima observed.
"Being a former runway model will do that for you." Cover Girl said, "They can make us wear uniforms, put rifles in our hands, and tell us to take hills but you can't take the girliness out of us. You seem to be able to balance both fairly well."
"Yeah, well life in the drifter colony didn't exactly cotton to sexism." Akima replied, "But anyway you seem to be on good terms with a lot of them, but you don't know which one's right for you. I'll give you a hint, he's right in front of your face and you'd never expect him to be the one."
"Who pray tell would that be?" Cover Girl asked coyly.
"Shipwreck." Akima said, rather straightforwardly.
Cover Girl looked like she had been told that she had a rare and incurable skin condition and had three days left to live, "Shipwreck? You think that I'm a matched set with Shipwreck. How much did he pay you to say that?"
"You insult me." Akima said, "I can practically feel a certain chemistry between you two. He covers it by acting like his usually Neanderthal womanizing self and you cover it by clobbering him with heavy objects."
"YEOW! OWW! NOT THE LIGHTNING AGAIN! ORORO HAVE MERCY!" came the agonized scream from downstairs.
Akima smiled coyly, "See, I saw you wince when you heard Shipwreck."
"I was wincing because Ororo really let him have it this time." Cover Girl protested.
"It really must burn you up when he starts chasing other women, doesn't it." Akima said.
"What?" Cover Girl asked, shocked.
"I can see the signs. I could see them when you and Shipwreck got into that pillow fight earlier today. Admit it, you enjoyed it." Akima replied, "I could see you blushing like a new bride on her wedding day."
"I was 'blushing' because I was raving mad at that moronic, egotistical...airbag." Cover Girl protested.
"Don't you think Shipwreck's been through enough heartache?" Akima asked honestly.
"How do you know?" Cover Girl asked.
"Bilby told me and what I didn't know, I asked Althea." Akima replied.
More lightning flashed, "YEEAAGGGHHH!!!" Shipwreck shouted. From the window, Akima and Cover Girl could see Shipwreck being chased around by a tiny storm cloud that fired bolts of lightning at random into his rear end.
Cover Girl felt a flash of anger, 'Ohh you African High Riding Snob, at least I don't give Shipwreck THAT much grief when he hits on me.'
She didn't notice her fist clenched and her jaw tightened. She turned to see Akima smiling like a Cheshire Cat, "See."
"It's not what you think. It's just that I'm mad at Shipwreck for being such a..."
"Natural flirt." Akima finished, "He hasn't gotten any sort of indication from you and thus he doesn't feel like he's got any strings attached involving you."
"Did Bilby tell you all of that too?" Cover Girl asked.
Akima nodded. "Remind me to strangle him when I get the chance." Cover Girl said.
Akima gave her a mock glare, "You're gonna have to go through me first." Akima replied.
"Well aside from the fact that you think I've got a thing for Shipwreck, you're not that bad as far as room mates go." Cover Girl replied, "It beats living in the same room with Shana and Allie. Those two would get into arguments almost every single day. By the way, call me Courtney when I'm off duty."
"Shana and Allie?" Akima asked.
"They're Scarlet and Lady Jaye respectively. You haven't met them yet." Cover Girl said, "They used to argue so much I moved in with Jinx for a while and when Falcon popped in when one of us was partially undressed one time too many I started sleeping in the motor pool for a while, then I wound up here."
"What drew you to Bilby?" Cover Girl asked.
"It was the way he believed so passionately in his mission to free my world. I could see how he was fighting for very personal reasons. I thought it was awsome that he was willing to risk his life so that no other world would have to suffer what he went through." Akima replied.
"Help me! Help me! Awk!" came another shriek from outside.
Cover Girl opened the door to find Polly smelling of smoke with several singed feathers. "Awk! General alarm! General alarm! Awk!" Polly shouted.
"What's the alarm." Cover Girl asked.
"Awk! Triplets experimenting with flamethrower again. Awk!" Polly replied.
"Oh no, not again." Cover Girl replied, "You'd best stay here before yet another disaster comes around."
"I'm going to bed anyway." Akima replied, "I haven't seen a more crazy or jury rigged household in my entire life."
Cover Girl turned the lights off as she left the room. "Courtney, could you do me a favor and leave one of the lights on. I spent too much time in the dark between being blindfolded and shoved into dark cells when I was in the hands of the Heartless." Akima replied.
"Sure." Cover Girl replied and left the beside lamp on.
Akima yawned and closed her eyes. It really had been a long and busy day, but at least she knew she had found safety and very possibly a home.
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Up next. The Keyblade makes an appearance along with two very familiar faces. More X-men and Misfit mayhem and some elements of plot soon to follow. RoguefanKC I didn't post this in the X-men Evolution section because most of the time I've put fics in there they get buried and forgotten within a few days (Of course I ran into blocks writing several of them but this one's different.)
Disclaimer: Same as before.
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After dinner had ended in yet another food fight, Akima sat tiredly on the bed in Cover Girl's room. The former model had been gracious enough to move an extra bed into the room for Akima to sleep in.
"It's a lot to take in, isn't it?" Cover Girl asked.
"If I survived Earth being blown up, living adrift in space, being chased around the universe by the Drej, and being captured by the Heartless I can survive this." Akima replied.
"I do have to go downstairs to the girls' room for their little sleepover." Cover Girl said.
"I"ll go with you." Akima replied.
At the sound of shouts and shrieks Cover Girl turned around, "Maybe I'll head down there in an hour or so, when their batteries are wound down."
"The way those kids go, I think we'd have fallen asleep where we sit before they even are the least bit tired." Akima replied, "When I lived on the New Houston drifter colony kids used to play all the time, but they didn't have as much wide open spaces as they do on planets."
Cover Girl said, "I can't imagine that kind of life. When I was a little girl I never liked small areas. I would have hated to be surrounded by rusted spaceship hulls all my life."
"Well, I got used to it." Akima replied, "When the Titan created a new planet for us, we felt a great relief, maybe our struggles were over. That's when the Heartless attacked us."
"We tried to resist them." Akima continued, "My fiance, Cale was the leader of the resistance movement. We were discovered and the Heartless captured and executed hundreds of our resistance and we nearly were on the verge of going out until the Gamma unit sent an eight man team to help us out."
Akima related the entire story. How the Gamma unit had helped the Resistance mount more and more effective strikes against the Heartless. How she and Bilby had fallen in love after he had comforted her over Cale and the near death of the dream of a New Earth.
"You seem to be fairly popular with the men of the base." Akima observed.
"Being a former runway model will do that for you." Cover Girl said, "They can make us wear uniforms, put rifles in our hands, and tell us to take hills but you can't take the girliness out of us. You seem to be able to balance both fairly well."
"Yeah, well life in the drifter colony didn't exactly cotton to sexism." Akima replied, "But anyway you seem to be on good terms with a lot of them, but you don't know which one's right for you. I'll give you a hint, he's right in front of your face and you'd never expect him to be the one."
"Who pray tell would that be?" Cover Girl asked coyly.
"Shipwreck." Akima said, rather straightforwardly.
Cover Girl looked like she had been told that she had a rare and incurable skin condition and had three days left to live, "Shipwreck? You think that I'm a matched set with Shipwreck. How much did he pay you to say that?"
"You insult me." Akima said, "I can practically feel a certain chemistry between you two. He covers it by acting like his usually Neanderthal womanizing self and you cover it by clobbering him with heavy objects."
"YEOW! OWW! NOT THE LIGHTNING AGAIN! ORORO HAVE MERCY!" came the agonized scream from downstairs.
Akima smiled coyly, "See, I saw you wince when you heard Shipwreck."
"I was wincing because Ororo really let him have it this time." Cover Girl protested.
"It really must burn you up when he starts chasing other women, doesn't it." Akima said.
"What?" Cover Girl asked, shocked.
"I can see the signs. I could see them when you and Shipwreck got into that pillow fight earlier today. Admit it, you enjoyed it." Akima replied, "I could see you blushing like a new bride on her wedding day."
"I was 'blushing' because I was raving mad at that moronic, egotistical...airbag." Cover Girl protested.
"Don't you think Shipwreck's been through enough heartache?" Akima asked honestly.
"How do you know?" Cover Girl asked.
"Bilby told me and what I didn't know, I asked Althea." Akima replied.
More lightning flashed, "YEEAAGGGHHH!!!" Shipwreck shouted. From the window, Akima and Cover Girl could see Shipwreck being chased around by a tiny storm cloud that fired bolts of lightning at random into his rear end.
Cover Girl felt a flash of anger, 'Ohh you African High Riding Snob, at least I don't give Shipwreck THAT much grief when he hits on me.'
She didn't notice her fist clenched and her jaw tightened. She turned to see Akima smiling like a Cheshire Cat, "See."
"It's not what you think. It's just that I'm mad at Shipwreck for being such a..."
"Natural flirt." Akima finished, "He hasn't gotten any sort of indication from you and thus he doesn't feel like he's got any strings attached involving you."
"Did Bilby tell you all of that too?" Cover Girl asked.
Akima nodded. "Remind me to strangle him when I get the chance." Cover Girl said.
Akima gave her a mock glare, "You're gonna have to go through me first." Akima replied.
"Well aside from the fact that you think I've got a thing for Shipwreck, you're not that bad as far as room mates go." Cover Girl replied, "It beats living in the same room with Shana and Allie. Those two would get into arguments almost every single day. By the way, call me Courtney when I'm off duty."
"Shana and Allie?" Akima asked.
"They're Scarlet and Lady Jaye respectively. You haven't met them yet." Cover Girl said, "They used to argue so much I moved in with Jinx for a while and when Falcon popped in when one of us was partially undressed one time too many I started sleeping in the motor pool for a while, then I wound up here."
"What drew you to Bilby?" Cover Girl asked.
"It was the way he believed so passionately in his mission to free my world. I could see how he was fighting for very personal reasons. I thought it was awsome that he was willing to risk his life so that no other world would have to suffer what he went through." Akima replied.
"Help me! Help me! Awk!" came another shriek from outside.
Cover Girl opened the door to find Polly smelling of smoke with several singed feathers. "Awk! General alarm! General alarm! Awk!" Polly shouted.
"What's the alarm." Cover Girl asked.
"Awk! Triplets experimenting with flamethrower again. Awk!" Polly replied.
"Oh no, not again." Cover Girl replied, "You'd best stay here before yet another disaster comes around."
"I'm going to bed anyway." Akima replied, "I haven't seen a more crazy or jury rigged household in my entire life."
Cover Girl turned the lights off as she left the room. "Courtney, could you do me a favor and leave one of the lights on. I spent too much time in the dark between being blindfolded and shoved into dark cells when I was in the hands of the Heartless." Akima replied.
"Sure." Cover Girl replied and left the beside lamp on.
Akima yawned and closed her eyes. It really had been a long and busy day, but at least she knew she had found safety and very possibly a home.
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Up next. The Keyblade makes an appearance along with two very familiar faces. More X-men and Misfit mayhem and some elements of plot soon to follow. RoguefanKC I didn't post this in the X-men Evolution section because most of the time I've put fics in there they get buried and forgotten within a few days (Of course I ran into blocks writing several of them but this one's different.)
