While the Adults are Away

By Todd Fan

Disclaimer: "I have short-term memory loss. It runs in my family...or at least i THINK it does...come to think of it....where IS my family?"

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Oh dear lord, someone else has been added to the mix...if you can't tell by the title....welll he's from Hawaii....how many brothers do we know from Hawaii (who i believe donned a Sea Turtle costume for the movie 'Finding Nemo') it's none other than Alex!

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Chapter 12 - Brotherly Love

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"Spin, spin, spin, spin, spin!"

Pyro laughed manically as he spun the small computer chair around and around, Jamie tied to it, his eyes screwed shut.

"I'm gonna huuuuuuuuurrrrl", he warned.

"ALLERDYCE!".

As Scott yelled at him, Pyro jumped, pushing the chair away from him. Momentum carried Jamie and the chair, still spinning, into an opposite wall, resulting in a dog-pile of dazed, and rather ill-looking Jamies.

"What?", said Pyro inocently, "i wasn't doing anything".

"You were trying to kill Jamie!", said Scott, pointing at the pile of Jamie's.

"Oh stop being such a sitck in de mud", said Remy from where he was teaching Roberto how to cheat at poker.

"I am NOT a stick in the mud!", said Scott, "i'm just responsible. Tell them, Jean!".

Jean cleared her throat.

"Well...err...".

Scott was frankly betrayed.

"I'm not a stick in the mud, i'm not!!!", he said, "i just have a healthy respect for the rules. Rules are fun, rules are good".

"Rules are boring", intoned Pyro, "man, if you're THIS bad, i'd hate to see the rest of the Summers gene pool".

"I'll have you know that the rest of us are just as repsonsible.....well the other one of us", admited Scott.

"Alllooooo-haaaaa!".

....As if on cue, the front door opened and Alex staggered in, laden with suitcases.

"Alex?", said Scott, blinking, "what are you doing here?....are those suitcases".

He gave a happy squeak.

"YOU'VE COME TO LIVE WITH US!!!", he cheered, pulling Alex into a bear hug.

Alex gasped for breath before struggling out of his brothers reach.

"No, i'm not", he said pointedly, "i'm just here while they fix my house. I had a little.....errrr accident and blew up half of it. Mom and Dad are staying with Aunt Gerald, but she has this little yappy dog that's got a nervous disposition...so she wouldn't let me in the house".

"Oh", said Scott, slightly deflated, "awww".

"You have an Aunt Gerald?", piped up Jamie

"Yeah, that's the thing to focus on", said Roberto, rolling his eyes, "she should meet my aunt

Alex glanced around at the party decorations and grinned.

"Tubular, a Luou!", he said, "bring on the beers and women!".

Remy blinked, looking at Scott.

"Dis irrisponsible, beach-bum, party-animal is YOUR brother?"

"...Yes", replied Scott.

Remy considered this.

"Wow....Gambit met de wrong brother first", he said as Alex went dancing off.

"Alex, what about your suitcases?!!!", said Scott.

"Oh just put them in a guest room, dude, thanks", replied Alex, waving off Scott before going back to partying.

Scott looked at the suitcases and sighed, picking them up. Great, just great.

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Meanwhile, Bobby was having the BEST time making a fountain of ice in the middle of the common room. His plan was to pump all the punch through it, then lure the ladies over to him and his wonderfull offering, proving his worth as a man.

"It's never going to work", said Sam.

Bobby gave an indignant snort.

"This is a great idea, i ALWAYS have great ideas!"

Sam blinked his single eye.

"Even that time when you decided to try and sell your liver on EBay?".

"Hey, i could have had sone top-notch bidding on that!", defended Bobby, "i was THIS close to being able to afford that Mustang"

"Yes.....we're lucky that Mr McCoy pointed out that your liver is a SLIGHTLY vital organ...aren't we?"

"Well, i didn't know!", said Bobby, "i've never been that good with Geology"

"Biology", said Sam.

"Potato, potato", said Bobby with a shrug, "pass me the punch bowl"

Meanwhile, Tabitha and Rogue had been cornered by Alex, who was delighting himself by telling them of his surfing advntures, chicks DUG that...right?

"And then i was on this totally tubular wave, and i totally rocked the pipeline!".

Both girls smiled and nodded at Alex, trying to see interested. Alex smiled and wandered off, heading to find out where the punchbowl had gone.

"Did you understand a WORD he said?", asked Rogue.

"I'm SURE he was trying to comunicate with us", said Tabby, "i'm.....just not exactly sure HOW yet".

"If comes back, a'hll zap him and we run like crazy", said Rogue.

"Yes...but then YOU'LL talk like him", pointed out Tabby.

"Damn", said Rogue, "okay, blow him up instead....or blackmail him with those pictures of Scott we took when Jean got him into a dress"

"Of course, you're a genius!", said Tabby, "what younger sibling could resist the temptation of blackmailing their older brother or sister?"

There was a small cough, interupting all ativity. Kitty was standing on top of the stairs, grinning proudly.

"Presenting, the wonderfull, newly designed, X23!"

X23 stepped out in a strappy-top and skirt. Her hair had been put up in a bun and Kitty and Amara had dabbed her with lipstick. Every guy in the room, including those already with girlfriends, smiled. X23, however, was less than impressed.

"I look like princess bubbleyarn".

"Pretty girl", said Ray with a sigh, then blinked, "i mean...torture..how cruel!"

"You know...for a phsycopathic killer with Logan's DNA....she cleans up pretty good", mused Kurt.

"You're all going to DIE", said X23 darkly...obviously the effects from the weedoll were begining to wear off......there would be pain for someone that night, oh yes there would.

"Hey, guys", piped up Amara, shaking an empty beer can upside down, "We need more alchohol and beers".

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Yey, another chapter done and dusted. Do review, until next time....