Manipulating Evolution

Chapter 5:

I don't own any of these super awesome characters…and I am sad. Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up, ProFool and I went to Mammoth Mountain for a super fun snow filled President's Day weekend! Woot! Woot!

A quick and funny anecdote for you all: While we were in Mammoth ProFool and I decided to go sledding as the snow was choice and ProFool was wearing this super awesome Wolverine looking snow suit. We found a really steep hill to sled down, so ProFool got on her little tiny orange sled and started down the hill. The next thing I knew, the little orange sled had stopped, but ProFool was still sliding! It was sooooooooo funny! She had these really cool Toad goggles on too, and she was screaming. It was awesome! I almost died, I was laughing so hard!

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When Lance reached the Institute Pietro had already learned how to use Cerebro pretty well, and was practicing locating mutants in the area. Lance walked into the room and plopped down in a chair looking very depressed.

"What's wrong with you?" Pietro asked, turning away from Cerebro.

"I think Kitty likes Todd." Lance sighed.

Pietro snorted, "Kit-Kat, like Todd? That's like an oxymoron!"

"Yeah, but think about it," Lance said, "she's usually afraid of him, cause he has webbed toes and fingers, smells, and has a long tongue. But now without his normal mutation…"

"He doesn't have any of that." Pietro filled in.

Lance nodded.

"Well, what makes you think that she likes him?" Pietro asked.

"When we were out looking for Wanda they were talking together and Kitty kept taking my power, but she never took Todd's, and when I left they were discussing what they have in common." Lance stopped and looked like he was about to cry.

"Wow…" Pietro said.

"Man, you've gotta find your sister soon!" Lance exclaimed, standing up, "Cause if Todd gets his mutation back Kitty won't like him anymore!"

Pietro sat thinking for a second, and then he shook his head, "No."

"What?!" Lance yelled, "Why the heck not?!"

"Think about it, if I get Wanda back here so we can talk to her she'll see Kitty, who suddenly likes Todd…so then what about Wanda? If Kitty can like Todd without his mutation then Wanda could too, and if both of them like Todd…you'll be minus a girl friend." Pietro explained.

"Crap!" Lance yelled, "What if one of us finds her and talks her into switching us back before she sees Kitty and Todd?"

"Yeah, but who could convince her to switch us back?" Pietro questioned.

Lance smiled and ran out to his jeep.

Pietro shook his head and went back to playing with Cerebro.

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Lance drove up to Magneto's lair and ran inside. There he found Magneto sitting in a large chair holding his mouth shut.

"Magneto! You need to help us!" Lance yelled, "Wanda switched our powers and you're the only one who can convince her to switch us back."

"Why'd thee sthwith our powerths?" Magneto asked as his extra long toad tongue fell out of his mouth and wagged around.

"Cause she got mad at us." Lance answered, trying not to laugh at Magneto's tongue.

"Well, where ith Wanda?" Magneto asked.

"Uh, well, we don't really know. She kinda left after she switched our powers and Xavier can't find her with Cerebro cause he and Pietro switched powers." Lance answered.

"Darn her!" Magneto yelled as he hopped out of his chair.

Lance snorted.

"Well, I guesth you and I will hathe to find her." Magneto said as he hopped toward the door. "I can't thit around like thith. We'll hathe to go to the Inthtitute and sthee ith sthomeone can thind her."

Lance's stomach hurt from keeping his laughter in, "Xavier's teaching Pietro to use Cerebro, so he might be able to find her for us."

"Good, then let'sth get going." Magneto said as he hopped out the door.

Lance held his breath to keep from laughing as he followed him out the door.

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Todd and Kitty were wandering around the park still in search of Wanda. Earlier, on their way through downtown Bayville, the two had passed most of the other mutants and Kitty, for the fun of it, had stolen all of their powers.

"You know what?" Kitty asked.

"What?" Todd said, looking up from the rock he was kicking.

"I, like, totally like this power, cause it's so…I dunno, powerful." Kitty said.

"Yeah, I like mine too!" Todd said as he sent two bikes smashing into each other. "You know, with powers like these we could take over the world, yo!"

"You know what, we, like, totally could!" Kitty laughed.

"We could start with Bayville!" Todd smiled.

Kitty grinned mischievously, "Yeah! No one will, like, call us weak now!"

Todd knocked two kids from their bikes and him and Kitty grabbed them.

"Let's do this, yo!" Todd laughed as the two of them rode off.

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Remy and Rogue were walking on the other side of the park still in search of Wanda. Remy had made many attempts to hold Rogue's hand, but sadly he hadn't gotten a hold of it.

"Have ya caught onto Wanda's sent yet?" Rogue asked.

"Na, dis scent tracking ting is harder than it looks, Chere." Remy answered. He looked over at Rogue and smiled. "Ya have pretty eyes."

Rogue blushed, "Ya really think so?"

Remy nodded, took Rogue's hand, and pulled her toward him for a kiss. A second before their lips met John ran up to Remy, followed by Bobby.

"Save me!" John yelled, "He wants to train me to use this freakish ice power!"

Bobby rolled his eyes, "It's not that bad."

"Maybe for you! You have my glorious power!" John yelled, as he grabbed Remy's coat collar, "Ya gotta find Wanda, mate! I'm goin' crazy!"

"You were already crazy." Bobby mumbled.

"What was that?" John asked.

"Nothing, can I borrow your lighter?" Bobby asked.

"NO!" John yelled.

Rogue shook her head, "Ah hope the prof is having better luck trainin' Pietro!"

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