Kids Today

A short time later, unaware of the events in the Lab, Rogue walked into her room and saw a strange sight. Someone was in her closet tossing clothes out. "Hey! What are you doing?"

Ororo poked her head out of the closet. "Hey Rogue! Just grabbing something that'll fit me!"

"Storm?" Rogue gasped. "Is that you?"

"Well yeah I mean how many other girls with white hair are there around here?" The teenage Ororo grumbled as she rifled through Rogue's clothes. "I swear Rogue you are the only girl around here with any taste in clothes! If I had to wear any of Kitty's things I would have had to throw up! And you don't wanna know what Jean wanted me to wear! Bleach! You don't mind do you? I mean you wouldn't want me to suffer through fashion withdrawal would you?"

"Uh no…"

"Thank you thank you thank you!" Ororo chimed happily. She grabbed some clothes and went behind the closet to change.

"What happened?" Rogue blinked.

"Well Forge made this gizmo and it went off and ka-blam! Next thing I know my clothes don't fit me anymore! I mean I wanted to lose weight but honestly!" She appeared. She was wearing a black tank top with a black mesh, a red skirt with black leggings. "What do you think? Needs accessories?"

"Uh yeah…" Rogue found this experience very weird. "Knock yourself out."

"Thanks. Oh I love this choker!" She grabbed a black choker with a lightning symbol on it. Then she grabbed a silver belt. "Perfect! You got any black lipstick I can borrow?"

"FORGE!" Rogue stormed out of her room. "FORGE WHERE ARE YOU YA LITTLE RAT? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE THIS TIME YOU…." She had stomped downstairs and went into the living room. "FORGE WHAT…In the world?"

On the couch was a teenage boy who looked very familiar. He was wearing jeans and a blue T-shirt. He was munching on pizza with one hand and was playing a video game with the other. "YEAH! ALL RIGHT! COOL! TRASH 'EM!"

"Who…the…?" Rogue blinked.

"Hey yo Roguey!" The boy called out. "Hey you got any thing to drink?"

"Here you go Shipwreck…" Jean sighed as she brought in a coke.

"SHIPWRECK?" Rogue's jaw dropped.

"Yeah it's me," Shipwreck waved. "Cool! Coke!" He grabbed it from Jean and shook it a bit. It splattered all over the place, dousing Jean and Rogue as well. But Shipwreck didn't mind the splatter. "Ah shaken not stirred! Just the way I like it!"

"Oh yuck!" Rogue groaned. "Thanks a lot!"

"Don't you have any manners at all?" Jean asked.

"Not really," Shipwreck chugged the soda down.

"Cool! Soda!" Ororo skidded into the room. "I want some!"

"Yeah I could go for a refill!" Shipwreck burped. "Get us some more will ya Jean? And maybe some chips this time too!"

"Yeah and some pretzels!" Ororo chimed in.

"How about cookies?" Shipwreck asked her.

"Yeah!" Ororo said.

"Do I look like your maid or something?" Jean snapped.

"Well yeah," Ororo snickered. "Hey! Cool game! I wanna play!"

"First we get the snacks," Shipwreck told her.

"Good plan," Ororo ran into the kitchen with Shipwreck behind her. "I can trash you later."

"Yeah right!" Shipwreck laughed as he ran after her.

"HEY!" Jean shouted after them. "No running in the…" Something crashed. "Hallway…"

"Man this is so weird," Rogue grumbled.

"You think this is weird?" Althea entered the room with Todd and Forge. "Forge tell me now, are they going to be stuck like this?"

"Good news," Forge said. "It's not permanent. In fact it'll wear off once they tire themselves out and have a good night's sleep. I think."

"YOU THINK!" Althea grabbed him by the shirt. "MY FATHER HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A FIFTEEN YEAR OLD KID AND YOU THINK IT'LL WEAR OFF? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF I THOUGHT YOU NEEDED SOME LOOSE TEETH?"

"Look at the bright side Al," Todd pointed out. "For once your Dad's acting his age."

"You guys have got to see this…" Scott walked in. "They're in the kitchen and…you have to see this for yourself."

They walked into the kitchen. The radio was blaring 'You Drive Me Crazy' by Brittany Spears. Shipwreck and Ororo were dancing around and eating at the same time.

"Storm and Shipwreck are dancing and eating to Brittany Spears…" Tabitha blinked. "That is wrong on so many levels."

"There's only one thing we can do," Todd shrugged. "Xi get the camera."

"You have a point," Althea sighed. "At least we can get some blackmail out of this!"

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"I can't believe I fell for that stupid trick," Remy stormed into the house, soaking wet. "Stupid Shipwreck and his water balloons."

"Hey Remy!" Ororo flounced in. "What are you doing?"

"Planning a watery grave for Shipwreck," Remy growled.

"Aw, poor baby," Ororo put her arms around him. "You know you really are cute when you're wet."

"Uh Storm…" Remy gulped. "What are you doing?"

"That's what I wanna know!" Rogue walked in.

"Just wanna give a kiss to my boyfriend," Ororo grinned.

"YOUR BOYFRIEND?" Rogue shouted.

"THIS IS NOT MY IDEA!" Remy shouted.

"First she takes my clothes then she takes my boyfriend!" Rogue screamed.

"Gotcha!" Ororo let go of Remy laughing. "That was so funny!"

"What?" Rogue glared at her.

"Oh come on Rogue, like I'd ever really steal him from you," Ororo laughed holding her sides. "Remy you should have seen your face!"

"Ha, ha…" Remy growled.

"Come on it was just a joke," Ororo pouted.

"Jokes like that can get someone killed!" Remy said. "Namely me!"

"Oh don't be such a stick in the mud," Ororo groaned. "I think I'll try it on Scott next!" She bounced out of the room.

Forge, Todd and Althea walked in. "Have you seen either Storm or Shipwreck?" Forge asked.

"Storm the teenage temptress was just in here," Rogue grumbled. "I don't care what she said, I don't believe it was a joke for a minute!"

"Uh oh," Forge groaned. "I was right!"

"What?" Remy asked. "Do I want to know?"

"The ray has one other…side effect," Forge cringed. "It kind of made their hormones a little…unstable."

"Define 'unstable'," Rogue glared at him.

"STORM GET YOUR HAND OFF MY BUTT!" Scott could be heard screaming.

"Does that answer your question?" Forge sighed. "They're gonna be a bit…flirtatious for the day."

"WONDERFUL! GREAT! JUST GREAT!" Althea shouted. "NOW MY FATHER IS GOING TO BE MORE HORMONAL THAN EVER!"

"Oh my god!" Remy's jaw dropped. "Forge what have you done?"

"SHIPWRECK I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DID THAT!" Jean could be heard shouting.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?" Remy shouted as they ran into the kitchen.

In the kitchen Shipwreck had his arms around Jean and was hugging her tightly. Scott was hiding under the table. "Scott you can get up now!" Jean snapped. "She's chasing after Sam now! Now give me a hand here!"

"How about a kiss?" Shipwreck raised his eyebrows.

"GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME YOU CREEP!" Jean shouted.

"Oh god…" Althea groaned. "I don't believe this!"

"Yeah I thought Shipwreck would have better taste than that," Todd mused.

"FORGE YOU ARE GOING TO DIE!" Jean shouted as she shoved Shipwreck away from her.

"TAKE A NUMBER!" Althea shouted.

"HOLD IT! NO!" Scott got up and got between them. "You can't kill Forge! At least not until those two are back to normal! Or whatever passes for it."

"Look all we gotta do is tire them out and let them get some sleep," Forge said. "How hard can that be?"

"Uh Forge…" Todd picked up several discarded candy bar wrappers and pixie sticks. "They ate all these didn't they?"

"Okay…this might take all day," Forge gulped.