The X-Men are all busy. Ororo is still sulking over the cow incident early
this morning, and somewhere over in Australia there's now a slight problem
with blizzards. Katherine is at her desk, with some kind of paperwork. Kurt
is still sleeping, snoring loudly again, unaware of the rain cloud over
him. Jean is busy brushing her hair and putting on her makeup (again).
Logan, aka Wolverine, hasn't yet returned from his little adventure last
night. Ororo is now assuming her friend picked up some woman in a bar and
went back to her place, and hasn't got up yet.
The sixth and final member of the group, the professor (well, that's what he calls himself; it's doubtful he's a REAL professor) is apparently nowhere. Until the siren goes.
The siren is incredibly loud, and irritating, and was installed to inform the X-Men they needed to get their uniforms on and get ready to go out somewhere to some kind of emergency they could help with, like when there was too much pizza at the nearest Pizza Hut.
Kurt groans, and swears under his breath in German. He's just been woken from a wonderful dream involving Jean and Ororo to a loud 'BEE BEE BEE BEE BEEEEEP!" Without even bothering to sit up, he teleports down to the changing room immediately.
And so Kurt is the first one there, quickly followed by Katherine, and then Ororo. Jean is nowhere to be seen.
"JEAN!" Ororo yells in the general direction of upwards. "STOP PUTTING ON THAT MAKEUP AND GET DOWN HERE, NOW!"
And so, a few minutes later, Jean appears. "You expect me to go out like this?" She's horrified. "I can't! I look so awful!"
"Jean, Jean, Jean," Ororo says soothingly. "You look fine. Really." She's really still in a bad mood with Katherine, but she's heard Jean go on about her face before, and isn't keen on hearing it all again.
While the women were arguing, Kurt is already changed, and is watching the three of them with anticipation.
"Turn around, Kurt," Katherine tells him sharply. He sighs and turns to face the other wall, and then smirks when he catches sight of the mirror there.
"Kurt Wagner, close your filthy yellow eyes," Ororo snaps.
"Ach," Kurt complains, but does it anyway. Well, squints.
"I hate these uniforms," Jean moans, as she pulls her Standard X-Men Uniform off the shelf. "They make my butt look big."
Ororo stares for a moment. "Oh, it does not."
Kurt can't help himself. "Nein, Jeanie, it doesn't."
"Kurt!" Jean squeals. "Stop watching!"
Katherine smoothes her uniform down and pulls her dark brown hair into a ponytail, glaring at the others for being so useless. Ororo is still trying to turn her trousers in the right way and Jean's fussing with her hair. Kurt is watching them through the mirror, thoroughly enjoying it.
And then Xavier appears. "You're ready? Radical." He stares around. "Where's the Wolvie dude?"
" 'Wolvie' went off to kill Spider-Man and never came back. Probably got arrested," Ororo answers angrily. "What is this about, Charlie?"
The professor insisted they call him Charlie. He pauses. "I was a bit hungry, wanted some donuts."
"You got me out of bed for your donuts?" Kurt snorts.
"You can have donuts too, Crawler dude," Charlie says, hopefully. "Come on then, I'm hungry. I'll wait here. You can take the X-Van."
* * * * * * * *
Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, Storm and Jean Grey go outside to the X-Van. The X-Van is a bit of a joke really. After Charlie spent nearly all their money on uniforms, they'd had to buy a cheap van to travel in. It's a beat-up looking white thing, a bit bashed up on one corner, and one of the lights is held on with industrial strength tape. Kurt offers to drive while the others sit in the back.
"I wanna drive," Ororo insists. "I'm a better driver than you."
"You're the reason half our van is held together with tape!" Jean argues. "They'll give a driver's licence to anyone these days."
"You need a licence to drive?" Ororo asks incredulously. "Oops." She forgets to sulk and just looks sheepish.
"Just shut up, all of you, we have a mission," Kurt says. All the women shut up and sit down, and Kurt slams his two-toed foot on the accelerator.
"Do you have to ALWAYS do that?" Ororo inquires. "You'll get arrested one of these days."
"That reminds me," Jean butts in. "We ought to go bail Wolvie out."
Katherine tosses her ponytail. "Only if it doesn't take too long. I've got paperwork to do."
There's a squeal of breaks as an old woman walking a dog steps out to cross the road. "Oops," Kurt mutters. "That was close."
"It's alright," Ororo smiles. "I'll sort it out."
There's a high-pitched scream as a bolt of lightning appears from nowhere and hits the woman.
"That wasn't what I meant," Kurt sighs wearily.
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No old ladies were hurt in the making of this chapter!!!
The sixth and final member of the group, the professor (well, that's what he calls himself; it's doubtful he's a REAL professor) is apparently nowhere. Until the siren goes.
The siren is incredibly loud, and irritating, and was installed to inform the X-Men they needed to get their uniforms on and get ready to go out somewhere to some kind of emergency they could help with, like when there was too much pizza at the nearest Pizza Hut.
Kurt groans, and swears under his breath in German. He's just been woken from a wonderful dream involving Jean and Ororo to a loud 'BEE BEE BEE BEE BEEEEEP!" Without even bothering to sit up, he teleports down to the changing room immediately.
And so Kurt is the first one there, quickly followed by Katherine, and then Ororo. Jean is nowhere to be seen.
"JEAN!" Ororo yells in the general direction of upwards. "STOP PUTTING ON THAT MAKEUP AND GET DOWN HERE, NOW!"
And so, a few minutes later, Jean appears. "You expect me to go out like this?" She's horrified. "I can't! I look so awful!"
"Jean, Jean, Jean," Ororo says soothingly. "You look fine. Really." She's really still in a bad mood with Katherine, but she's heard Jean go on about her face before, and isn't keen on hearing it all again.
While the women were arguing, Kurt is already changed, and is watching the three of them with anticipation.
"Turn around, Kurt," Katherine tells him sharply. He sighs and turns to face the other wall, and then smirks when he catches sight of the mirror there.
"Kurt Wagner, close your filthy yellow eyes," Ororo snaps.
"Ach," Kurt complains, but does it anyway. Well, squints.
"I hate these uniforms," Jean moans, as she pulls her Standard X-Men Uniform off the shelf. "They make my butt look big."
Ororo stares for a moment. "Oh, it does not."
Kurt can't help himself. "Nein, Jeanie, it doesn't."
"Kurt!" Jean squeals. "Stop watching!"
Katherine smoothes her uniform down and pulls her dark brown hair into a ponytail, glaring at the others for being so useless. Ororo is still trying to turn her trousers in the right way and Jean's fussing with her hair. Kurt is watching them through the mirror, thoroughly enjoying it.
And then Xavier appears. "You're ready? Radical." He stares around. "Where's the Wolvie dude?"
" 'Wolvie' went off to kill Spider-Man and never came back. Probably got arrested," Ororo answers angrily. "What is this about, Charlie?"
The professor insisted they call him Charlie. He pauses. "I was a bit hungry, wanted some donuts."
"You got me out of bed for your donuts?" Kurt snorts.
"You can have donuts too, Crawler dude," Charlie says, hopefully. "Come on then, I'm hungry. I'll wait here. You can take the X-Van."
* * * * * * * *
Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, Storm and Jean Grey go outside to the X-Van. The X-Van is a bit of a joke really. After Charlie spent nearly all their money on uniforms, they'd had to buy a cheap van to travel in. It's a beat-up looking white thing, a bit bashed up on one corner, and one of the lights is held on with industrial strength tape. Kurt offers to drive while the others sit in the back.
"I wanna drive," Ororo insists. "I'm a better driver than you."
"You're the reason half our van is held together with tape!" Jean argues. "They'll give a driver's licence to anyone these days."
"You need a licence to drive?" Ororo asks incredulously. "Oops." She forgets to sulk and just looks sheepish.
"Just shut up, all of you, we have a mission," Kurt says. All the women shut up and sit down, and Kurt slams his two-toed foot on the accelerator.
"Do you have to ALWAYS do that?" Ororo inquires. "You'll get arrested one of these days."
"That reminds me," Jean butts in. "We ought to go bail Wolvie out."
Katherine tosses her ponytail. "Only if it doesn't take too long. I've got paperwork to do."
There's a squeal of breaks as an old woman walking a dog steps out to cross the road. "Oops," Kurt mutters. "That was close."
"It's alright," Ororo smiles. "I'll sort it out."
There's a high-pitched scream as a bolt of lightning appears from nowhere and hits the woman.
"That wasn't what I meant," Kurt sighs wearily.
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No old ladies were hurt in the making of this chapter!!!