Disclaimer: Chapter 1 holds the secret. (I no, I'm lazy and don't change
this part). But, I also don't own , from last chapter, any of the movies we
rented or anything like that. I don't own, from this one, Tootsie Pops,
Walden Books, Spirited Away (that one's from Hayao Miyazaki!), Yeah,
basically, I own nothing. I kind of own Lisa and Fay and Mikey, but not
really. I DO own me. Sort of. I'm Angela. I think. I don't own Sharpies
either. I really don't wanna get sued, so I don't own anything!!
A/N: Okay kiddies, in case you haven't figured it out, what I do when
starting to type a new chapter is take the previous one, change the chapter
number and name, and delete everything but the author's notes and
disclaimer. Just telling you so you don't think I'm a complete idiot when
you see how much I repeat myself in these two sections. Thank you all again
for your replies!! E-mail with ideas and any other comments at
jupitergurl02@hotmail.com are STILL appreciated! (I haven't had anyone
respond to this yet. sobs)
Yeah, I know the last three chapters kinda were sucky as far as author notes and stuff goes, but I was lazy. Basically, I'd been working on them and everyone had been bugging me to update so when I finished I got all excited and posted them without doing anything but spell check. ^_^;; Well, hopefully this one will be better (If it ever gets finished for lack of ideas...). This chapter will be crap. I haven't even started it and I know it will be crap. I'm taking all the leftover ideas that I've gotten or that people (mainly Lisa) have given me and cramming them into this chapter while also having me leave the brotherhood. So yeah, enjoy it (I hope. I think it really WILL be crap...)
Chapter 15, Parting is Such Spicy Sorrow
Angela walked into the kitchen wearing a yellow outfit and a white apron over it that used to say Kiss the Cook. It now read in black Sharpie, 'Kiss the Cook and She'll Hurt You Severely.' Pietro stood up from the table and approached her, giving her a hug and then stopped, reading the apron. He let go.
"Uh, does that apply to me?" he asked. Angela giggled and kissed his cheek, blushing when everyone else looked at her. Logan and Kurt chose that moment to walk in from loading up the moving truck with all of Angela's junk. [1] They sat down at the table and Angela glared at Logan. She stepped forward, making a big production of it, and Lisa, Mikey, and Fay exchanged scared glances.
"All right, as you've all probably heard, I'm leaving. Today. I'm sorry, it has nothing to do with any... well, it kinda has something to do with Pietro, but not really any of you. Maybe Logan." Logan glared back at her and she stuck her tongue out. Everyone sweatdropped. "So anyway, I am going to make a going away lunch for everyone!" she exclaimed, suddenly cheerful. "How does Ramen sound?" Kurt and Logan nodded anxiously.
"Ja, Ramen sounds great! Moving boxes is hard vork!" he said. Logan nodded in agreement.
"Uh, well, actually, we're not really hungry," said Lisa cautiously. The other mutants muttered their agreement, standing and leaving. Angela blinked. She looked hurt, but then smiled.
"Pietro will eat my food, right?" She said, looking to him hopefully. He stepped away a little.
"Uh, actually, Todd and I were gonna go prepare for your arrival, weren't we Todd?" he asked loudly. Todd nodded and they left. Angela pouted for a moment, then smiled.
"Oh well, more for you two, then, right?" said Angela. "Oh, I got some chopsticks, too! Here they are!" she set them in the middle of the table. They were the packaged kind that would be found in Chinese restaurants. Lisa blinked.
"Angela, where'd you get these?" she asked.
"Okay!" said Angela, ignoring her. "All we have is Oriental flavored. I hope you guys are hungry!" she said, skipping over to the oven.
"Um, Lisa, I don't sink I can use chopsticks," said Kurt, a little embarrassed.
"Sure you can!" said Lisa. Angela heard and looked over her shoulder.
"Yup, we've tested the theory!" [2] she said happily. Lisa blushed deeply.
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Kurt, confused.
"Uh, nothing! Come one Fay, Mikey, let's go, uh, do stuff!" she said, dragging them out of the room. Kurt blinked after them, confused. Angela made the Ramen and drained the water, then served it, using only her plastic chopsticks. She added the flavor packets and mixed them up in each bowl and then set them in front of Kurt and Logan. They hesitantly took the chopsticks and tried to eat it. Logan failed terrifically and got a fork. When Angela went into her room to make sure they didn't forget anything, they looked at each other nervously.
"You first," said Kurt.
"No, you first, elf. I'm bigger and I have claws," said Logan. Kurt sighed and tried a few noodles. "Well?" Logan inquired. Kurt didn't reply and Logan didn't notice how his eyes watered. "Well, you're not dead yet, so it must be okay," he said, trying a big mouthful. He cried out as Kurt went and got them both a large glass of water.
"Zis is horrible!" he said after gulping down half the glass. "Too spicy!"
"Shut up, elf! She'll hear you," said Logan.
"But shouldn't we be honest with her? She's my friend," said Kurt.
"Yeah, but if she thinks we like it, maybe she'll make it for Magneto," said Logan, setting his bowl down on the floor. The puppy walked over happily, licked the noodles, then whined. Logan sighed and picked up the bowl, dumping it down the disposal. He grabbed Kurt's and quickly did the same for him. Angela chose then to come back in, catching Logan just sitting down. She blinked, then smiled.
"You guys must have been really hungry!" she said. "Well, Itadakimasu!" she said happily, picking up her chopsticks and eating her entire bowl quickly, not drinking any water. Kurt and Logan both blinked as she slurped the last noodles down. "Gochisousamadeshita," she said, standing and taking their bowls and putting them in the sink with her own. [3] She turned back to them and smiled. "I'm gonna go teach Remy to play euchre. Wanna come?" she asked.
"Actually, we better finish packing your stuff, Zappy," said Logan. Angela glared.
"Don't call me that! My name is Jupiter!" and she stormed off. Kurt blinked.
"Wow, she's kinda still mat at you huh?" he said. Logan shrugged, standing and going to the frige to fix them both a sandwich. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Okay, Remy, this is how it works. If spades is called as trump, then the highest card is the Jack of spades. The second highest card is the Jack of clubs because it's the same color. Then the rest of the spades are highest. Got it?" She didn't wait for a response. "Good. Now, since I dealt, you get to choose weather or not you want this to be trump." As she was explaining, Remy sat and stared with a blank look on his face. There was a flutter of curtains as Pietro zipped in.
"Heyguys, whatareyoudoing? CanIplay?" he asked. Angela giggled, jumping up to hug him. He hugged back, then glared at Remy. "What is he doing here?" he demanded.
"Oh, it's fun! I'm teaching him euchre!" she said happily. Remy stood.
"Actually, I changed m' mine. I don' wan t' play n'more." He left them and Angela smiled, still hugging Pietro.
"What are you two lovebirds doing in here?" asked Lisa, walking into Angela's empty room. Angela pushed Pietro away, blushing deeply.
"Nuthin'!" she exclaimed defiantly. Lisa smiled.
"Here, I brought us some Code Red, want some?" Angela and Pietro accepted the bottles greatly. "Oh, guess what, Angela!"
"What?"
"Kurt and I are going on our first date!" said Lisa proudly. "We're going to the movies to go see Spirited Away. Heh, I finally got him to go see an anime!" she said triumphantly. She and Angela gave each other a high five.
"Cool! When ya going?" Angela asked her.
"Tomorrow."
"No fair! Pietro! I want you to take me on a date!" Angela whined.
"Okay! Let'sgo!" he said, pulling her from the room. Her eyes widened in surprise as she was dragged away. Lisa blinked, then looked at the empty bottle of Code Red on the floor.
"Uh... Oh..." she said, stepping out of the room and shutting the door. Mikey walked by and Lisa whistled innocently.
"Hey Lisa, what's up?" he asked.
"Oh, nothing," she said, heading off the help Kurt. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Did you hear?" asked Amara. Jamie blinked.
"Hear what?" he asked.
"Angela's leaving!" said Rhane.
"Oh, that's sad," said Ray. "We didn't even have time to get to know her.
"I hear she's going out with one of the guys in the Brotherhood!" said Roberto in disgust.
"Speaking of which," said Amara, crossing her arms across her chest. Todd hopped up to them, looking uneasily from each angry face to the next.
"Uh, hey guys?" he said. They all turned from him and kept walking. He shrugged and hopped into the mansion, running into Lisa. "Hey, have you seen Pietro or Angela anywhere? Mystique needs them for a meeting or somethin'." he said.
"What? Me? Why would I have seen them?" she asked. Todd blinked.
"You know, you're a horrible lyer," said Jean. She was walking down the steps and holding Scott's hand. Lisa glared.
"It's not nice to read someone's mind," she said.
"Sorry," said Jean. "Oh, the Professor wants to see you and Angela. He said he found something weird from both of your blood tests," she said absently. Scott sighed.
"Come on, we're gonna be late, let's go!" he insisted.
"Sorry, bye guys! Luck, Lisa!" she said as she was ushered out of the mansion by an insistent Cyclops.
"What do ya think baldy found wit' ya blood tests yo?" asked Todd.
"I dunno," said Lisa. "Nothing too bad I hope. Wanna come with me?"
"Sure. Got nuthin' better ta do," said Todd.
"What about the meeting you said Mystique was calling?" asked Lisa.
"Oh, dat? I was lyin'. I jus' wanted someone to talk to." He smiled, his teethe looking less yellow since he started brushing. Lisa shrugged and they made their way to the Professor's office. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Thisissogreat!" said Angela, having already mastered Pietro-speak. She leaned against him as they sat on the park bench. He smiled and put an arm around her.
"Yeah," he said, smiling. Angela pulled away.
"Okay,donesnuggling! Whatnow?" she asked.
"Idon'tknow. Snuggling'stooboring. Weneedsomeaction! Oh! Iknow! Let'sgoseeifwecanfitsquarepegsintoroundholes!" suggetsed Pietro.
"Naw! Let'sgoseehowmanylicksitreallytakestogettothecenterofaTootsiePop!" suggested Angela. She stopped. "Waitaminute, Idon'tevenlikeTootsiePops." she said, then started to giggle maniacally. Pietro joined in and the pigeons which were on a nearby statue flew away. The park had cleared of people long ago, and whenever anyone new came, they left soon after hearing the incessant chattering of the two hyper teens.
"Okay, sowhatdowedo?" asked Pietro.
"Iknow!" said Angela, standing triumphantly. She ran off toward the book store, dragging Pietro with her. "Tada!" He looked around, blinking.
"Books...?" he asked.
"Yup! Aren'ttheygraet!?"
"Uh, sure, I guess," said Pietro, shocked into normal speach.
"Let's go!" Angela shouted, earning many angry glares from the patrons of the book store. She went to work on devouring all the manga and then skipped off to the fantasy section. Pietro sighed a little, trying to have fun. He read all the manga as well, thus gaining a better knowledge of her psychotic-ness as well as a love for the graphic Japanese comic books. After a while Angela went to the counter with 5 books. Pietro blanched.
"Uh, do you have money for those?" he asked nervously.
"Of course not," she said. He turned even more white than usually. "Oh, don't worry! I have gift cards!" she said happily. She took the three gift cards out of her wallet, fanned them like cards, then smiled wickedly. Pietro stepped back, knowing what this might entail. "Moon... Gift Card..." she spun around, holding the cards in one hand. She bent her elbow across her chest, the cards now somewhere in the vicinity of her ear. "ELIMINATION!" She threw the cards at the man behind the counter. He blinked in confusion as the cards bounced off his Walden Books employee shirt with a name tag reading Chris. The manager, having witnessed all this, stepped toward them.
"Miss, we're going to have to ask you to stop attacking our employees whenever you pay for something with a gift card. It's not that we don't appreciate it, it's just that every time you come in here, one of our employees ends up having a breakdown in the back room." Angela blinked, looking to Pietro as if for interpretation.
"Come on, Jupiter," he said, taking her books and putting them in the bag while the still-stunned Chris watched. Pietro ushered her out of the store with slight protestation.
"I don't understand, Pietro. Don't they like my Sailor Moon attacks? I mean, after all, I am Jupiter, right?" she asked, sounding childish and confused. The sugar was slowly waring off and the after effects of confusion, sluggishness, and a massive headache were setting in.
"Of course you are," said Pietro, walking her to the Brotherhood mansion. "Now let's go home. I wanna see you in that tiny skirt!" he said happily. Angela blushed angrily. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Hey, Prof, what's up?" said Lisa, walking into his study with Todd beside her. He looked a bit uneasy, watching the light glint of the professor's shiny head.
"Ah, yes, hello Lisa. Where is Angela? I need to speak to her as well," he said, rolling toward them.
"Well, actually, I don't know where she is to tell the truth. The last I saw she and Pietro went off somewhere on a sugar-high date together," said Lisa. The Professor looked a bit confused, so Lisa explained to him about the Code Red and what had progressed from there.
"I see," said Xavier, seeming a bit disappointed. "Well, I had really wanted to tell you both at the same time..." he said.
"Whatsa matta, yo? It's ha own blood," said Todd, crossing his arms across his chest.
"Yes, that's true Todd, but the problems are so similar, I believe it would be easier for them if they were together," he said.
"Well, it isn't anything bad is it?" asked Lisa, a bit concerned.
"Oh, no, not at all. You're a perfectly healthy mutant," said the Professor reassuringly. Lisa sweatdropped.
"I still think we should change the word 'mutant.' It sounds so negative," she commented. The Professor sighed.
"Well, perhaps I could try to locate her using Cerebro," he said, more to himself than his guests. He nodded. "All right, I will call you back here when I've located Angela. And don't worry, it's nothing serious," he said. Lisa and Todd nodded, walking out of the office. Lisa bumped into Kurt who had heard that the Professor wanted to see her.
"Vhat did he vant?" he asked, sounding concerned. Todd made a face.
"This is gross, yo. I'm leavin'," he said, hopping off.
"He didn't say," said Lisa, ignoring the Toad. "Something about some blood test results for Angela and I, but he didn't want to tell me without her there. He said not to worry and it's nothing to do with any medical problems or anything. Weird."
"Ya," said Kurt, staying silent for a moment. "Oh, don't vorry! I'm sure it's nothing!" he said, clapping her on the back happily. She was taken by surprise and nodded after catching her balance again.
"I'm sure you're right," she said, though she was still a bit doubtful. "Let's go find the others," she suggested.
"Okay, ve've finished packing all of Angela's things," he said, leading them toward the kitchen. "I'm hungry. Vhy didn't you vorn me about Angela's cooking?" he asked, sounding a bit hurt.
"Well it's not like there was any time. I told the others while you were out packing with Logan and she was still asleep. Fay had already known, I told her about my experience with it." Lisa smiled. "I remember this one time when we made brownies and she came over when I was getting ready to cut them. I told her to go get a knife from the drawer and she dropped it, nearly hitting both of our feet with the blade! She is definitely not to be trusted in the kitchen," said Lisa, smiling. Kurt looked a bit scared.
"And I let her cook lunch for us?" he asked disdainfully.
"Well, actually, she did make some cookies for Creative Writing club one time that were pretty good," said Lisa. Kurt looked doubtful. "Hey, I said they tasted good, I wasn't there for the baking part." Kurt smiled. They came across Fay and Mikey in Evan's room. There were art supplies everywhere and Mikey and Fay were both working on a card. Lisa and Kurt exchanged scared glances.
"Hey guys," said Evan. he was using one of his Spykes to pick his fingernails while he laid sprawled out on his bed.
"Uh, hey," said Kurt. "Vhat's going on here?" he asked.
"We're makin cards for Angela," explained Mikey. "We needed a big room and Spyke offered for us to use his. What do you think?" said Mikey, holding up a 'sorry to see you go' card.
"Cool," said Lisa. "Mind if we join you guys?" she asked. They shook their heads and she and Kurt knelt on the floor amidst the art supplies and paper. "So Fay, why are you making her a card?" asked Lisa, looking over at the all-black paper with red letters on it. Fay smiled, holding it up to show them. It read 'Welcome to the dark side.' Lisa and Kurt sweatdropped.
"Muahahahaha!!" Fay laughed wickedly. "Gaze upon my wonderfully evil creation!" Kurt and Lisa sighed, each picking up a piece of white paper to start on their cards. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"What is your deal, Speedy?" asked Lance angrily. He was standing in the kitchen and making a sandwich when Pietro zipped in. His back was to him so he didn't notice Angela was with him. "You've been zipping in and out all day! Was the trip that hectic? I pity you, man," he said, turning. He nearly dropped his sandwich. "What the hell is she doing here?" he demanded.
"Uh, hey Lance?" said Pietro uneasily. Lance narrowed his eyes and Pietro eeped, stepping behind Angela to hide. "Guess what! I got us a new member!" he said happily.
"Really? Who?" asked Lance, his anger melting into curiosity.
"Geez, geode, you are dense!" said Angela, rolling her eyes. "So which room's mine?" she asked. Pietro smiled and took her upstairs to show her the room. Lance stood there a moment, not comprehending what had just happened, then he yelled up the stairs.
"Pietro, you idiot! You brought another girl into the 'Hood? You can't do that! it's the Brotherhood! Not the Brother-and-sisterhood! Damnit," he sighed, sitting down at the table with his sandwich. Freddie came down out of his room and went to the frige.
"What's all the yelling about?" he asked.
"Pietro scored us a new member," said Lance angrily, tearing into the sandwich.
"Oh really? That's cool," said Freddie, closing the frige and going to the cupboard to get a bag of chips.
"No it's not!" said Lance angrily, glaring at him. "It's that new chick from the mansion!" he growled.
"Who, the one who did the water thing to Pietro?" asked Fred dumbly.
"No, stupid, why would he get her? It's the other one, the one who zapped Fay's water demon to vapor."
"Oh, her. She scares me," said Fred.
"Tell me about it," agreed Lance. "I thought Pietro was scared of her, too. Oh well, I guess we could use the help. I mean, it's not like we've ever won a battle against the X-geeks, maybe this will help."
"Maybe." Pietro chose then to run downstairs with Angela in tow, babbling quickly before going outside. It took a moment to decipher Pietro speak and Lance was the one to translate it to Freddie.
"Something about going to the mansion because the Prof wanted them or something. He called Angela the chick... You don't think they're," began Lance.
"Going out?" asked Freddie in disbelief. "No way." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Finally," said Lisa, walking into the Professor's study. Her hands were full of dried Elmer's and covered in different marker colors.
"Sorry!" said Angela. She was already in the room sitting in a big comfy chair next to Pietro.
"Where were you anyway?" asked Lisa.
"Pietro was showing me the town and we went to the park and we went to the Brotherhood and I saw my room and Lance was really mad!" she said, not quite as fast as she had been speaking before, but it still took a minute for Lisa to understand. She sighed and took the remaining chair.
"Girls, I have some information that might shock you," said the Professor. They both looked to him and he rolled over to a cabinet, searching for something. "As you know, we took some blood from both of you before you left. Mr. McCoy has run some tests on it and has found some... similarities, between you and some of the other mutants here," explained the Professor, holding out a paper to each of them. The girl scanned the paper, both looking up at him.
"I don't understand," said Lisa.
"Yeah, what's it mean?" asked Angela.
"It means," said the Professor, "that you are related to one of the students here. Angela, you are related to Ray which would explain your similar powers. Same with you, Lisa. You are related To Bobby."
"But I don't get it, I don't have any brothers or sisters," said Angela, holding out the paper back to the Professor.
"Yeah, and my only brother is at home. I don't think he has any mutant powers," said Lisa.
"No, not brothers and sisters," explained the Professor. "Rather distant cousins. The similarities are few, but they are there all the same. Angela, Ray is on your father's side of the family, and Lisa, Bobby is distantly connected to your mother's."
"Well that makes sense," said Angela. "I mean, I have people on my Daddy's side I don't even know about! If I had to get presents for everyone on that side of the family at Christmas time, we'd be broke!" she laughed.
"Angela, this is kinda serious," said Lisa. "I mean, you have family at the mansion now."
"Yeah, isn't it great?" she asked.
"But you're not going to be living at the mansion anymore," reminded Pietro. Angela's smile faded.
"Oh yeah," she said. She perked up again. "Oh well, it can't be helped. If I can still be friends with you, Mikey, and Kurt, then there's no reason why I can't still be friends and cousins with Ray, right Lisa?" Lisa shrugged and nodded.
"I guess you're right. Well, thanks for the info, Professor. Have you told Bobby or Ray yet?" she asked. The Professor shook his head.
"But I will. I'll call them in later today. By the way, where's Kurt, Lisa?" the Professor asked. Lisa smiled.
"Kurt's down in the infirmary, having Professor McCoy get the glue out of his fur. Who would have thought it would stick together so bad?"
[1] Yes, I admit, most of my stuff IS junk. [2] Okay, imagine this; half day. I go home with Lisa. I make Ramen for lunch and we use Lisa's chopsticks to eat it. The conversation turns to Kurt's ability to use chopsticks, there's tape involved, and, in the end, the answer is: Yes, indeed, Kurt can use chopsticks. [3] Okay, itadakimasu means thank you for the food, I think. It's just what the Japanese say before eating. Slurping is polite in Japan and I LOVE my Ramen that way, but once I made it for Lisa and she couldn't eat it, even with drinking 2 glasses of milk. But! Lisa is such a great friend that she's helping me out big time by doing the whole next chapter! I hope you enjoy it and I will post it when I get it!
Yeah, I know the last three chapters kinda were sucky as far as author notes and stuff goes, but I was lazy. Basically, I'd been working on them and everyone had been bugging me to update so when I finished I got all excited and posted them without doing anything but spell check. ^_^;; Well, hopefully this one will be better (If it ever gets finished for lack of ideas...). This chapter will be crap. I haven't even started it and I know it will be crap. I'm taking all the leftover ideas that I've gotten or that people (mainly Lisa) have given me and cramming them into this chapter while also having me leave the brotherhood. So yeah, enjoy it (I hope. I think it really WILL be crap...)
Chapter 15, Parting is Such Spicy Sorrow
Angela walked into the kitchen wearing a yellow outfit and a white apron over it that used to say Kiss the Cook. It now read in black Sharpie, 'Kiss the Cook and She'll Hurt You Severely.' Pietro stood up from the table and approached her, giving her a hug and then stopped, reading the apron. He let go.
"Uh, does that apply to me?" he asked. Angela giggled and kissed his cheek, blushing when everyone else looked at her. Logan and Kurt chose that moment to walk in from loading up the moving truck with all of Angela's junk. [1] They sat down at the table and Angela glared at Logan. She stepped forward, making a big production of it, and Lisa, Mikey, and Fay exchanged scared glances.
"All right, as you've all probably heard, I'm leaving. Today. I'm sorry, it has nothing to do with any... well, it kinda has something to do with Pietro, but not really any of you. Maybe Logan." Logan glared back at her and she stuck her tongue out. Everyone sweatdropped. "So anyway, I am going to make a going away lunch for everyone!" she exclaimed, suddenly cheerful. "How does Ramen sound?" Kurt and Logan nodded anxiously.
"Ja, Ramen sounds great! Moving boxes is hard vork!" he said. Logan nodded in agreement.
"Uh, well, actually, we're not really hungry," said Lisa cautiously. The other mutants muttered their agreement, standing and leaving. Angela blinked. She looked hurt, but then smiled.
"Pietro will eat my food, right?" She said, looking to him hopefully. He stepped away a little.
"Uh, actually, Todd and I were gonna go prepare for your arrival, weren't we Todd?" he asked loudly. Todd nodded and they left. Angela pouted for a moment, then smiled.
"Oh well, more for you two, then, right?" said Angela. "Oh, I got some chopsticks, too! Here they are!" she set them in the middle of the table. They were the packaged kind that would be found in Chinese restaurants. Lisa blinked.
"Angela, where'd you get these?" she asked.
"Okay!" said Angela, ignoring her. "All we have is Oriental flavored. I hope you guys are hungry!" she said, skipping over to the oven.
"Um, Lisa, I don't sink I can use chopsticks," said Kurt, a little embarrassed.
"Sure you can!" said Lisa. Angela heard and looked over her shoulder.
"Yup, we've tested the theory!" [2] she said happily. Lisa blushed deeply.
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Kurt, confused.
"Uh, nothing! Come one Fay, Mikey, let's go, uh, do stuff!" she said, dragging them out of the room. Kurt blinked after them, confused. Angela made the Ramen and drained the water, then served it, using only her plastic chopsticks. She added the flavor packets and mixed them up in each bowl and then set them in front of Kurt and Logan. They hesitantly took the chopsticks and tried to eat it. Logan failed terrifically and got a fork. When Angela went into her room to make sure they didn't forget anything, they looked at each other nervously.
"You first," said Kurt.
"No, you first, elf. I'm bigger and I have claws," said Logan. Kurt sighed and tried a few noodles. "Well?" Logan inquired. Kurt didn't reply and Logan didn't notice how his eyes watered. "Well, you're not dead yet, so it must be okay," he said, trying a big mouthful. He cried out as Kurt went and got them both a large glass of water.
"Zis is horrible!" he said after gulping down half the glass. "Too spicy!"
"Shut up, elf! She'll hear you," said Logan.
"But shouldn't we be honest with her? She's my friend," said Kurt.
"Yeah, but if she thinks we like it, maybe she'll make it for Magneto," said Logan, setting his bowl down on the floor. The puppy walked over happily, licked the noodles, then whined. Logan sighed and picked up the bowl, dumping it down the disposal. He grabbed Kurt's and quickly did the same for him. Angela chose then to come back in, catching Logan just sitting down. She blinked, then smiled.
"You guys must have been really hungry!" she said. "Well, Itadakimasu!" she said happily, picking up her chopsticks and eating her entire bowl quickly, not drinking any water. Kurt and Logan both blinked as she slurped the last noodles down. "Gochisousamadeshita," she said, standing and taking their bowls and putting them in the sink with her own. [3] She turned back to them and smiled. "I'm gonna go teach Remy to play euchre. Wanna come?" she asked.
"Actually, we better finish packing your stuff, Zappy," said Logan. Angela glared.
"Don't call me that! My name is Jupiter!" and she stormed off. Kurt blinked.
"Wow, she's kinda still mat at you huh?" he said. Logan shrugged, standing and going to the frige to fix them both a sandwich. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Okay, Remy, this is how it works. If spades is called as trump, then the highest card is the Jack of spades. The second highest card is the Jack of clubs because it's the same color. Then the rest of the spades are highest. Got it?" She didn't wait for a response. "Good. Now, since I dealt, you get to choose weather or not you want this to be trump." As she was explaining, Remy sat and stared with a blank look on his face. There was a flutter of curtains as Pietro zipped in.
"Heyguys, whatareyoudoing? CanIplay?" he asked. Angela giggled, jumping up to hug him. He hugged back, then glared at Remy. "What is he doing here?" he demanded.
"Oh, it's fun! I'm teaching him euchre!" she said happily. Remy stood.
"Actually, I changed m' mine. I don' wan t' play n'more." He left them and Angela smiled, still hugging Pietro.
"What are you two lovebirds doing in here?" asked Lisa, walking into Angela's empty room. Angela pushed Pietro away, blushing deeply.
"Nuthin'!" she exclaimed defiantly. Lisa smiled.
"Here, I brought us some Code Red, want some?" Angela and Pietro accepted the bottles greatly. "Oh, guess what, Angela!"
"What?"
"Kurt and I are going on our first date!" said Lisa proudly. "We're going to the movies to go see Spirited Away. Heh, I finally got him to go see an anime!" she said triumphantly. She and Angela gave each other a high five.
"Cool! When ya going?" Angela asked her.
"Tomorrow."
"No fair! Pietro! I want you to take me on a date!" Angela whined.
"Okay! Let'sgo!" he said, pulling her from the room. Her eyes widened in surprise as she was dragged away. Lisa blinked, then looked at the empty bottle of Code Red on the floor.
"Uh... Oh..." she said, stepping out of the room and shutting the door. Mikey walked by and Lisa whistled innocently.
"Hey Lisa, what's up?" he asked.
"Oh, nothing," she said, heading off the help Kurt. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Did you hear?" asked Amara. Jamie blinked.
"Hear what?" he asked.
"Angela's leaving!" said Rhane.
"Oh, that's sad," said Ray. "We didn't even have time to get to know her.
"I hear she's going out with one of the guys in the Brotherhood!" said Roberto in disgust.
"Speaking of which," said Amara, crossing her arms across her chest. Todd hopped up to them, looking uneasily from each angry face to the next.
"Uh, hey guys?" he said. They all turned from him and kept walking. He shrugged and hopped into the mansion, running into Lisa. "Hey, have you seen Pietro or Angela anywhere? Mystique needs them for a meeting or somethin'." he said.
"What? Me? Why would I have seen them?" she asked. Todd blinked.
"You know, you're a horrible lyer," said Jean. She was walking down the steps and holding Scott's hand. Lisa glared.
"It's not nice to read someone's mind," she said.
"Sorry," said Jean. "Oh, the Professor wants to see you and Angela. He said he found something weird from both of your blood tests," she said absently. Scott sighed.
"Come on, we're gonna be late, let's go!" he insisted.
"Sorry, bye guys! Luck, Lisa!" she said as she was ushered out of the mansion by an insistent Cyclops.
"What do ya think baldy found wit' ya blood tests yo?" asked Todd.
"I dunno," said Lisa. "Nothing too bad I hope. Wanna come with me?"
"Sure. Got nuthin' better ta do," said Todd.
"What about the meeting you said Mystique was calling?" asked Lisa.
"Oh, dat? I was lyin'. I jus' wanted someone to talk to." He smiled, his teethe looking less yellow since he started brushing. Lisa shrugged and they made their way to the Professor's office. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Thisissogreat!" said Angela, having already mastered Pietro-speak. She leaned against him as they sat on the park bench. He smiled and put an arm around her.
"Yeah," he said, smiling. Angela pulled away.
"Okay,donesnuggling! Whatnow?" she asked.
"Idon'tknow. Snuggling'stooboring. Weneedsomeaction! Oh! Iknow! Let'sgoseeifwecanfitsquarepegsintoroundholes!" suggetsed Pietro.
"Naw! Let'sgoseehowmanylicksitreallytakestogettothecenterofaTootsiePop!" suggested Angela. She stopped. "Waitaminute, Idon'tevenlikeTootsiePops." she said, then started to giggle maniacally. Pietro joined in and the pigeons which were on a nearby statue flew away. The park had cleared of people long ago, and whenever anyone new came, they left soon after hearing the incessant chattering of the two hyper teens.
"Okay, sowhatdowedo?" asked Pietro.
"Iknow!" said Angela, standing triumphantly. She ran off toward the book store, dragging Pietro with her. "Tada!" He looked around, blinking.
"Books...?" he asked.
"Yup! Aren'ttheygraet!?"
"Uh, sure, I guess," said Pietro, shocked into normal speach.
"Let's go!" Angela shouted, earning many angry glares from the patrons of the book store. She went to work on devouring all the manga and then skipped off to the fantasy section. Pietro sighed a little, trying to have fun. He read all the manga as well, thus gaining a better knowledge of her psychotic-ness as well as a love for the graphic Japanese comic books. After a while Angela went to the counter with 5 books. Pietro blanched.
"Uh, do you have money for those?" he asked nervously.
"Of course not," she said. He turned even more white than usually. "Oh, don't worry! I have gift cards!" she said happily. She took the three gift cards out of her wallet, fanned them like cards, then smiled wickedly. Pietro stepped back, knowing what this might entail. "Moon... Gift Card..." she spun around, holding the cards in one hand. She bent her elbow across her chest, the cards now somewhere in the vicinity of her ear. "ELIMINATION!" She threw the cards at the man behind the counter. He blinked in confusion as the cards bounced off his Walden Books employee shirt with a name tag reading Chris. The manager, having witnessed all this, stepped toward them.
"Miss, we're going to have to ask you to stop attacking our employees whenever you pay for something with a gift card. It's not that we don't appreciate it, it's just that every time you come in here, one of our employees ends up having a breakdown in the back room." Angela blinked, looking to Pietro as if for interpretation.
"Come on, Jupiter," he said, taking her books and putting them in the bag while the still-stunned Chris watched. Pietro ushered her out of the store with slight protestation.
"I don't understand, Pietro. Don't they like my Sailor Moon attacks? I mean, after all, I am Jupiter, right?" she asked, sounding childish and confused. The sugar was slowly waring off and the after effects of confusion, sluggishness, and a massive headache were setting in.
"Of course you are," said Pietro, walking her to the Brotherhood mansion. "Now let's go home. I wanna see you in that tiny skirt!" he said happily. Angela blushed angrily. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Hey, Prof, what's up?" said Lisa, walking into his study with Todd beside her. He looked a bit uneasy, watching the light glint of the professor's shiny head.
"Ah, yes, hello Lisa. Where is Angela? I need to speak to her as well," he said, rolling toward them.
"Well, actually, I don't know where she is to tell the truth. The last I saw she and Pietro went off somewhere on a sugar-high date together," said Lisa. The Professor looked a bit confused, so Lisa explained to him about the Code Red and what had progressed from there.
"I see," said Xavier, seeming a bit disappointed. "Well, I had really wanted to tell you both at the same time..." he said.
"Whatsa matta, yo? It's ha own blood," said Todd, crossing his arms across his chest.
"Yes, that's true Todd, but the problems are so similar, I believe it would be easier for them if they were together," he said.
"Well, it isn't anything bad is it?" asked Lisa, a bit concerned.
"Oh, no, not at all. You're a perfectly healthy mutant," said the Professor reassuringly. Lisa sweatdropped.
"I still think we should change the word 'mutant.' It sounds so negative," she commented. The Professor sighed.
"Well, perhaps I could try to locate her using Cerebro," he said, more to himself than his guests. He nodded. "All right, I will call you back here when I've located Angela. And don't worry, it's nothing serious," he said. Lisa and Todd nodded, walking out of the office. Lisa bumped into Kurt who had heard that the Professor wanted to see her.
"Vhat did he vant?" he asked, sounding concerned. Todd made a face.
"This is gross, yo. I'm leavin'," he said, hopping off.
"He didn't say," said Lisa, ignoring the Toad. "Something about some blood test results for Angela and I, but he didn't want to tell me without her there. He said not to worry and it's nothing to do with any medical problems or anything. Weird."
"Ya," said Kurt, staying silent for a moment. "Oh, don't vorry! I'm sure it's nothing!" he said, clapping her on the back happily. She was taken by surprise and nodded after catching her balance again.
"I'm sure you're right," she said, though she was still a bit doubtful. "Let's go find the others," she suggested.
"Okay, ve've finished packing all of Angela's things," he said, leading them toward the kitchen. "I'm hungry. Vhy didn't you vorn me about Angela's cooking?" he asked, sounding a bit hurt.
"Well it's not like there was any time. I told the others while you were out packing with Logan and she was still asleep. Fay had already known, I told her about my experience with it." Lisa smiled. "I remember this one time when we made brownies and she came over when I was getting ready to cut them. I told her to go get a knife from the drawer and she dropped it, nearly hitting both of our feet with the blade! She is definitely not to be trusted in the kitchen," said Lisa, smiling. Kurt looked a bit scared.
"And I let her cook lunch for us?" he asked disdainfully.
"Well, actually, she did make some cookies for Creative Writing club one time that were pretty good," said Lisa. Kurt looked doubtful. "Hey, I said they tasted good, I wasn't there for the baking part." Kurt smiled. They came across Fay and Mikey in Evan's room. There were art supplies everywhere and Mikey and Fay were both working on a card. Lisa and Kurt exchanged scared glances.
"Hey guys," said Evan. he was using one of his Spykes to pick his fingernails while he laid sprawled out on his bed.
"Uh, hey," said Kurt. "Vhat's going on here?" he asked.
"We're makin cards for Angela," explained Mikey. "We needed a big room and Spyke offered for us to use his. What do you think?" said Mikey, holding up a 'sorry to see you go' card.
"Cool," said Lisa. "Mind if we join you guys?" she asked. They shook their heads and she and Kurt knelt on the floor amidst the art supplies and paper. "So Fay, why are you making her a card?" asked Lisa, looking over at the all-black paper with red letters on it. Fay smiled, holding it up to show them. It read 'Welcome to the dark side.' Lisa and Kurt sweatdropped.
"Muahahahaha!!" Fay laughed wickedly. "Gaze upon my wonderfully evil creation!" Kurt and Lisa sighed, each picking up a piece of white paper to start on their cards. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"What is your deal, Speedy?" asked Lance angrily. He was standing in the kitchen and making a sandwich when Pietro zipped in. His back was to him so he didn't notice Angela was with him. "You've been zipping in and out all day! Was the trip that hectic? I pity you, man," he said, turning. He nearly dropped his sandwich. "What the hell is she doing here?" he demanded.
"Uh, hey Lance?" said Pietro uneasily. Lance narrowed his eyes and Pietro eeped, stepping behind Angela to hide. "Guess what! I got us a new member!" he said happily.
"Really? Who?" asked Lance, his anger melting into curiosity.
"Geez, geode, you are dense!" said Angela, rolling her eyes. "So which room's mine?" she asked. Pietro smiled and took her upstairs to show her the room. Lance stood there a moment, not comprehending what had just happened, then he yelled up the stairs.
"Pietro, you idiot! You brought another girl into the 'Hood? You can't do that! it's the Brotherhood! Not the Brother-and-sisterhood! Damnit," he sighed, sitting down at the table with his sandwich. Freddie came down out of his room and went to the frige.
"What's all the yelling about?" he asked.
"Pietro scored us a new member," said Lance angrily, tearing into the sandwich.
"Oh really? That's cool," said Freddie, closing the frige and going to the cupboard to get a bag of chips.
"No it's not!" said Lance angrily, glaring at him. "It's that new chick from the mansion!" he growled.
"Who, the one who did the water thing to Pietro?" asked Fred dumbly.
"No, stupid, why would he get her? It's the other one, the one who zapped Fay's water demon to vapor."
"Oh, her. She scares me," said Fred.
"Tell me about it," agreed Lance. "I thought Pietro was scared of her, too. Oh well, I guess we could use the help. I mean, it's not like we've ever won a battle against the X-geeks, maybe this will help."
"Maybe." Pietro chose then to run downstairs with Angela in tow, babbling quickly before going outside. It took a moment to decipher Pietro speak and Lance was the one to translate it to Freddie.
"Something about going to the mansion because the Prof wanted them or something. He called Angela the chick... You don't think they're," began Lance.
"Going out?" asked Freddie in disbelief. "No way." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Finally," said Lisa, walking into the Professor's study. Her hands were full of dried Elmer's and covered in different marker colors.
"Sorry!" said Angela. She was already in the room sitting in a big comfy chair next to Pietro.
"Where were you anyway?" asked Lisa.
"Pietro was showing me the town and we went to the park and we went to the Brotherhood and I saw my room and Lance was really mad!" she said, not quite as fast as she had been speaking before, but it still took a minute for Lisa to understand. She sighed and took the remaining chair.
"Girls, I have some information that might shock you," said the Professor. They both looked to him and he rolled over to a cabinet, searching for something. "As you know, we took some blood from both of you before you left. Mr. McCoy has run some tests on it and has found some... similarities, between you and some of the other mutants here," explained the Professor, holding out a paper to each of them. The girl scanned the paper, both looking up at him.
"I don't understand," said Lisa.
"Yeah, what's it mean?" asked Angela.
"It means," said the Professor, "that you are related to one of the students here. Angela, you are related to Ray which would explain your similar powers. Same with you, Lisa. You are related To Bobby."
"But I don't get it, I don't have any brothers or sisters," said Angela, holding out the paper back to the Professor.
"Yeah, and my only brother is at home. I don't think he has any mutant powers," said Lisa.
"No, not brothers and sisters," explained the Professor. "Rather distant cousins. The similarities are few, but they are there all the same. Angela, Ray is on your father's side of the family, and Lisa, Bobby is distantly connected to your mother's."
"Well that makes sense," said Angela. "I mean, I have people on my Daddy's side I don't even know about! If I had to get presents for everyone on that side of the family at Christmas time, we'd be broke!" she laughed.
"Angela, this is kinda serious," said Lisa. "I mean, you have family at the mansion now."
"Yeah, isn't it great?" she asked.
"But you're not going to be living at the mansion anymore," reminded Pietro. Angela's smile faded.
"Oh yeah," she said. She perked up again. "Oh well, it can't be helped. If I can still be friends with you, Mikey, and Kurt, then there's no reason why I can't still be friends and cousins with Ray, right Lisa?" Lisa shrugged and nodded.
"I guess you're right. Well, thanks for the info, Professor. Have you told Bobby or Ray yet?" she asked. The Professor shook his head.
"But I will. I'll call them in later today. By the way, where's Kurt, Lisa?" the Professor asked. Lisa smiled.
"Kurt's down in the infirmary, having Professor McCoy get the glue out of his fur. Who would have thought it would stick together so bad?"
[1] Yes, I admit, most of my stuff IS junk. [2] Okay, imagine this; half day. I go home with Lisa. I make Ramen for lunch and we use Lisa's chopsticks to eat it. The conversation turns to Kurt's ability to use chopsticks, there's tape involved, and, in the end, the answer is: Yes, indeed, Kurt can use chopsticks. [3] Okay, itadakimasu means thank you for the food, I think. It's just what the Japanese say before eating. Slurping is polite in Japan and I LOVE my Ramen that way, but once I made it for Lisa and she couldn't eat it, even with drinking 2 glasses of milk. But! Lisa is such a great friend that she's helping me out big time by doing the whole next chapter! I hope you enjoy it and I will post it when I get it!