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A Charming Evolution
X-men Evolution 1: Something Good and Something to Worry About
It was Friday morning. The sun was up once again as if promising everyone a wonderful day, well, maybe not everyone.
Kitty woke up a little later than she usually did. She still felt sleepy and wished she'd stay in bed the whole day. Her bed was just so soft and luring her back to sleep.
'If only I could stay in bed longer,' Kitty thought.
She groaned as she remembered that the others wouldn't certainly agree with her idea. With that, she soon got up and readied herself for the day ahead.
Everyone seems to be minding their own businesses as Rogue, Kurt, and Evan entered the kitchen. Logan was very busy reading the newspaper that he didn't even bothered to look up when they came in. Ororo on the other hand, was focused on watering the hanging plants by the window. Laughter suddenly erupted from the corner of the room. It was Jean and Scott and they were seated beside each other at the far end of the table. Both of them were laughing about something. Rogue was wondering what they're talking about but she didn't dare to ask. All of a sudden, Ororo's voice was heard.
"Good morning to the three of you," she said smiling.
"Morning too, Auntie O," replied Evan as he sat himself on a chair at the opposite side of Jean and Scott. Both of them smiled at him.
"Good morning too, Ororo," Rogue and Kurt said in unison.
Rogue took a seat beside Kurt who was already busy eating his breakfast. She filled her plate with pancakes the same way Kurt did a while ago and began to eat.
"Isn't Kitty up yet?" Ororo asked as she finished watering her plants.
"Ah'm not sure. Last time Ah saw her, she was still in bed having a good night's sleep," answered Rogue.
"I was just wondering because she usually wakes up earlier."
"Ah just think she's tired 'coz of the Danger Room session last night."
At that moment, Kitty suddenly entered the kitchen.
"Good morning, guys,"
"Good morning too, Kitty," everyone said in unison.
"Oooh, pancakes! Did you leave some for me?" Kitty asked as she took a seat beside Rogue.
"Vell, of course!" Kurt replied.
The Professor soon came and was greeted by everybody. The X-men were already about to leave when the Professor cleared his throat to announce something. All turned their heads, looking at him.
"Ororo, Logan, Hank, and I will be gone for the rest of the day. We have an important meeting to attend to," explained the Professor. The X-kids looked at each other and shrugged.
"It's fine with us," said Bobby, looking at the others who were nodding their heads.
"Oh, by the way," continued the Professor. "Since there will be no one left here for the rest of the afternoon, I take you Jean and Scott to take full responsibility here while we're away. That would be after you arrive from school. We'll be back before 6pm. I expect to see everything in order when we come back."
"Yes, Professor." Jean and Scott answered. And with that they left for school.
The students of Bayville High were all smiles that day. Nothing would seem to take those away not even listening to Principal Kelly's boring end-of-term speech as another school year ended. At last, what they were waiting for came.
"I think that's all. I congratulate all of you for doing a job well done and I look forward to seeing you once again next school term."
Principal Kelly ended his speech finally. As if on cue, the students quickly got up and left the hall immediately. Everyone was jumping for joy as if heaven granted a miracle.
"Wahoo, school year's finally over!" said Evan happily.
"Yeah, good thing. We all deserve this break anyway. You know, after all we've been through this year. A lot of unexpected things happened especially 'coz people already know about us," Kitty said facing the others.
"Kitty's right," muttered Rogue. The others nodded their heads in agreement.
"Guys, I think we have to go. The Institute's kinda deserted right now," Scott finally said looking at his watch. They all agreed and followed him down the hallway.
Students swarmed the corridors of the school. Everyone were saying goodbye to their friends as if they'll never see each other again. As the X-men passed, not everybody acknowledged their presence. Whispers were heard and some gave them unwanted glances while the others didn't even seem to care. The X-men just ignored them. They didn't mind anyway. They went on walking and finally made their way out the hallway.
"Oh, hi guys!" greeted Bobby as he opened the door. One by one, they entered. Evan went hurriedly to the kitchen as Kitty then collapsed on the sofa near her looking tired.
"Finally, a break!" she sighed, hugging one of the sofa's pillows.
"Hey, do ve have any snacks? I'm very hungry right now," Kurt said.
"By the way, where are the others?" Jean asked, looking around.
"They're in the kitchen having some snacks. I guess you'd better join us, Kurt," Bobby offered making his way towards the kitchen.
"Of course, I vill. Who says I von't?"
"Ah think Ah'll go with Kurt. Ah'm kinda hungry too," Rogue said, turning on her heels to follow Kurt.
"Hey, guys! Wait for me!" Kitty muttered, standing up.
Scott watched them leave the hall. He then turned around to see Jean smiling.
"Looks like everybody's hungry," she said.
"Yeah, no doubt about that," he replied.
Jean nodded her head. "I'll just go to my room for a while. I forgot I have something to do,"
"Ok," Scott said, watching her go up the stairs.
"I think I'll fix my car instead," he told himself as he went outside.
Several minutes later, Jean came down looking for Scott. She didn't find him in the hall and neither was he in his room. So she decided to look for him in the kitchen.
'Maybe he got hungry too,' she thought. Just then, Kitty and Rogue came out from the kitchen. They were giggling and Kitty was munching a cookie.
"Guys, have you seen Scott?" Jean asked.
"No, we didn't. Why?" Kitty said, still facing Rogue.
"Nothing. I was just wondering since he's just here awhile ago."
"Maybe he's in the garage or something," Rogue answered as she and Kitty faced her.
"Maybe—" Jean cut her sentence short as she noticed the both of them staring at her with eyes wide open.
"What?" she asked curiously.
"Uh, J-J-Jean…" Kitty said, her voice shaking as she pointed a trembling finger at Jean.
"What is it?"
"J-Jean, th-there's s-someone be-behind ya," Rogue finally said as she managed to finish Kitty's sentence.
"C'mon guys, I have no time for jokes," she said, placing her hands on her hips.
"This ain't no joke! Really,"
Just then, Kurt came out carrying a pile of snacks.
"Hey, this stuff is so good," he said, taking a bite on the sandwich. As he looked up, he stopped on his tracks; the pile of food he was carrying fell as he saw an unusual creature behind Jean. Its appearance was indescribable. A ball of fire came out from its hands. Jean's eyes narrowed as she noticed the look Kurt was giving her. It was the same as Kitty and Rogue's. All of a sudden, a creature appeared in front of them from nowhere. Jean was awestruck. She couldn't believe what she was seeing right now. She moved nearer to it to make sure it wasn't just a dream.
"DUCK!" Kurt shouted as the creature behind Jean threw the fireball. He teleported her just in time before the fireball hit her. Kitty and Rogue did what Kurt said.
BAAAMMMM!!!
"Sorry guys. I should've listened," Jean apologized.
"It's alright. All we should worry about right now is how to get rid of these monsters," Kitty replied.
"You're right. Ok guys, let's do it!"
And so the fight began. The creatures were throwing fireballs on their direction as the four of them used their powers to avoid it.
In the kitchen, Bobby and the others were wondering what that noise was.
BAAAMMM!!!
"What was that?" Bobby asked.
"Looks like there's a commotion going on," Jamie, also known as Multiple, said.
"I think you're right," Evan replied.
"Let's go look," Ray, also known as Cannonball, suggested.
"Good idea," Bobby said as they heard another crash.
BAAAMMMM!!!
"Bad move, man!" Kurt said as another fireball missed him, smashing the vase instead.
Just then, Ray, Jamie, Evan, and Bobby came out. A fireball went flying towards Bobby but Ray noticed it before it reached him.
"Bobby, look out!"
BAAAMMMM!
The fireball missed Bobby and hit the wall instead.
"Whoa!" Bobby said as he quickly moved away. "Thanks! That was a close one."
"Look at what's happening," Jamie said incredulously.
They saw Kurt, Jean, Kitty, and Rogue battle some unusual creatures.
"C'mon, let's go help them," Ray said as the four of them ran towards the others.
"Uh-oh. Guys, looks like these monsters are increasing in number!" Rogue shouted out.
"I see you're right!" replied Jean, seeing that three more creatures appeared. She was busy deflecting her enemy's fireballs using her telekinetic ability.
CRASH!
"Whoops! I could already imagine what the Professor would say the moment he sees this," muttered Kitty as the giant vase near her fell and crashed into pieces.
Scott was awestruck the moment he opened the mansion's doors. There was chaos. He saw the others battling some odd creatures. Fireballs were raining down on them. The scenario made the Institute's main hall looked like a battlefield. Then, he saw a fireball hit the wall.
BAAAMMM!!!
"W-what is going on in here?" he finally managed to say.
"Scott, there's no time to explain!" Jean replied, deflecting a fireball.
"I need to know."
"Why don't ya just shut up, Scott, and help us in here!" shouted Rogue. She absorbed the creature's powers so that she's now capable of throwing fireballs and acquired some of its appearance.
"Ugh, this is too gross!" she said with disgust as she looked down on the creature's unconscious form.
"Absorbing a monster's powers isn't a good idea at all."
Scott came running towards them, blasting the fireballs that came his way. All of them were very busy fighting and deflecting the fireballs. Soon, two of those odd creatures were the only ones left.
"I think there's only two left," Scott told the others. They looked around to see that the other three's bodies lay on the floor, dead.
"Ah don't think so. Look!" Rogue pointed her finger at Multiple seeing that he isn't the only one increasing but also the odd creatures as well, as five of them appeared from nowhere.
"It seems like this game isn't over yet," Scott said. "C'mon, let's go!"
Scott ran towards Multiple with Rogue behind him. Another crash was heard and this time, the glass windows smashed into pieces. A fireball was thrown once again. Unfortunately, it landed on the curtains causing it to burst into flames. The X-kids were so focused on battling their enemies that they didn't notice it at first. But after awhile, Evan, smelling the smoke, turned around to see where it had come from. The sight of the curtains burning greeted him.
"Guys, I think we have a problem," he shouted.
"What is it?" the others replied.
"The curtains are burning!"
"Oh no!" all of them said as they saw what Evan meant.
"Quick! Someone put it out!" Scott yelled as he blasted a fireball.
Bobby froze the burning curtains without second thought before it engulfs the whole Institute in flames. However, it made the curtains looked more like a glacier covering the windows.
"Bobby, what did you do?" Kitty said.
"I have no choice. There's no time to get water. And besides, ice could be a substitute," he explained.
"Fine. C'mon, let's join the others."
The fight went on and the X-kids didn't notice that an hour or so had already passed. Fortunately, only one of the odd creatures was left this time.
"Ha! There's no escaping now!" Evan told it. It was staring at them, a fireball on its hands as if ready to release it anytime. There was no use though since all of them were now surrounding it. There really ain't no escape!
Bobby surprised the creature as he turned the fireball into an ice ball. It slipped from the creature's hands and fell on the floor with a loud…
CRASH!!
"Now, let's get him!" Scott yelled.
The others agreed, ready to attack.
A black Rolls Royce stopped in front of the Institute. Its passengers came out from the car, one by one. Logan, Ororo, Hank, and the Professor made their way up the front steps. The sun had already set an hour ago and it left an impression that the X-kids were already having their dinner. Suddenly, they heard a loud noise coming from the inside.
"Another one of their parties, I guess," Ororo sighed.
Hank, however, noticed the broken windows.
"It seems that they're having a wild party," he said. Ororo looked at him and saw what he meant.
"They're in for it this time," she warned.
"I smell trouble," Logan said, sniffing the air.
Ororo opened the door quietly. The Professor went in first. The three of them followed and they were surprised at the sight that greeted them.
The X-kids were having a good time torturing the remaining creature. Bobby already froze its left arm while its right was busy throwing fireballs at them.
"That won't work, I'm telling you!" he said.
"Jean, go for it!" Scott yelled. Jean, using her telekinetic ability, let the fireballs return to the creature. The impact was so strong that the creature exploded into pieces.
"Hooray!!" the boys shouted with glee.
"Yuck!" Kitty said, looking at her shirt that was now splattered with the creature's blood.
"'Dis is our most disgusting enemy to date," Rogue added.
"Guys, good work!" Scott told them.
"Yeah!"
Realization suddenly dawned on them as they looked around the main hall. The vases and statues were already on the floor, scattered into pieces. The paintings were burnt and even the walls. The windows too, were broken and the curtains remnants were turned to ice. The main hall looked like a complete mess. Everyone swallowed the lump on his or her throat.
"U-uhm, guys, how will we clean this up?" Kitty asked.
"That's the problem. We should clean this mess up at once before the Professor and the others arrive," Scott told them.
"S-Scott, Ah think we don't have to," Rogue said, looking at the four adults who had just arrived. The others turned around to see what Rogue had meant. Indeed, she was right! There they are standing by the doorway. A look of surprise and disbelief were on Ororo and Beast's faces. Logan was looking around the room with narrow eyes and the Professor had no reaction at all.
"P-P-Professor!" Scott said nervously.
"Uh-oh…looks like we're in trouble," Jean muttered not taking her eyes away from the four adults.
"Yeah. We're in big, big trouble," Kitty added, nodding her head.
