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Sooner or later school finally ends for the day. Everybody is whooping for joy as Friday comes to an end, and exams are finished. Kitty, Kurt, and Evan come sprinting towards Scott's car. Rogue walks by, going for a ride with Risty, her best bud. Scott and Jean come walking calmly towards Scott's car and Scott is so happy that he can take Jean home in his car. "Like hurry up!" Kitty yells. "Yeah, the time is ticking!"Evan chips in. "OK, all right, I'm coming." sighs Scott. He unlocks the trunk and everybody started to toss their bags in, too preoccupied with Friday night ideas to notice someone was there. Kitty, Kurt and Scott threw their bags in with quite a force. After it landed, two squeaks of protest froze them in their tracks. There were two sneezes, and Erick and Erica appeared on the bags with a soft plop. Startling Kitty once again, she opened her mouth to shriek. "YII--" Her scream was muffled by Kurt's fuzzy hand. "SHH! You're going to get us in trouble!" Scott glared at the stowaways. "What do you think you were doing?" He whispered menacingly. Erica tried her best to look completely innocent. Even though she might look strange, she still has those cute-kid-puppy-dog-eyes that few could resist. "It vas an axe..affe...der unfall..ummm.." She stammered, trying to remember her English she often ignored. "Not our fault." Erick finished. She looked at him gratefully. "Uh..Scott?" Jean interrupted Scott's disciplinary lecture, much to the relief of others. "We better get out of here. I'm sure some people are wondering why you are talking to your car trunk." Scott looked up and saw some of the football seniors snickering in his direction. He blushed and grabbed Evan's limp backpack and placed it gently next to Erica. He had his hand on the trunk when there was a loud thump of a hop. "Yo, Summers. Whacha doin'?"
"Go away Toad, nobody wants you here." Jean said angrily. "Aww..whatsa matter. Don't want me to see what's in the trunk?" Toad asked after seeing Kurt, Scott and Jean standing in front of the open car trunk. "Yeah, Summers, what's in the car? I saw ya arguning with it. Some of us were wondering if you're crazy." Lance stepped into view. "Just...go..away..." Scott said slowly. "Ja, zhere's nothing to see." Kurt added. "Mind if I, take a look?" To the horror of the Xavier students, a huge earthquake started up. Knocking them to their feet, the ground shuddered as if it were about to be ripped apart A wave of ground picked up Scott's beloved car and rolled directly in front of Toad. Toad poked his head inside the car. "There's nuthin' there! Just some cummy ol' backpacks." He said miserably. The X-men breathed a sigh of relief. "Now get outta here before I make you a fried toad!" Scott threatened. "Not if there's a crowd!" Lance crowed. "Hey whazzat?!" Kurt held his breath as Toad shuffled the backpacks around. Sooner or later they're going to be found. And there's nothing they can do about it. "YEOWCH!!" Toad yelped, sucking his fingers and hopping around. "OWOWOWOWOWOW!" Evan snorted with laughter, but was soon silenced by one of Scott's death glares. Lance glanced at Toad. "What's the matter with you?"
"There's something alive in there! It hurts!" Toad refused to answer any more as he jammed his fingers in his mouth. Lance sighed and strode over to the car. Kurt and Scott sprinted over to block his view. " Show's over." Kurt said sternly. "Whatcha gunna do, fuzzy? Scare me with you looks?" Lance taunted. "Move it." Kurt and Scott stayed put. "Scott!" Jean called. Before she or he could even reply, a whoosh of air confirmed their worst fears. "Heyscottyboy!Isthiswhatyourehiding?" Pietro stood in front of them, holding Erica by her tail. "OWOWOWOW! Leggo! You're hurting me!" She cried out, tears streaming down her face. "Leave her alone! She's just a little kid." Kurt protested. "Wrong,blueboy!" He paused to speak slower. "We're taking her anyway." Scott had his hand on his visor, ready to fire. "Blast me, and you'll hurt the kid too. Syonara slowpoke!"
With that, he zoomed off. "Jean!" Scott yelled. "I'm on it!" She called back. Pietro was already at the fence that connected to the school and the parking lot. Erica was too stunned as she was whisked away at superspeed to react of any sort. Not like she could do anything either. Especially when one's tail was constantly being jerked from side to side. Without warning, he jerked back. The momentum was too much, and Erica flew out of his grasp and sailed into the crowd that was watching the whole episode. Several of the students scattered, but not quickly enough for Erica to cannonball straight into Duncan. With a yell, they both sank into the crowd. All hell broke loose right then and there. People became a screaming mob, running in every which way, trying to escape what their imaginations had imprinted in their minds. Shouts of "Demon!" were also heard. Erica ran trying to avoid stomps on her feet, hands, and tail. She finally found refuge behind a large tree. Trembling with fear, she curled up into a ball.
Much to the relief of the other mutants, Prof. X appeared, the Brotherhood disappeared. Kurt ran off with Jean to locate Erica. He found her behind an old oak, head between the knees, crying softly. Her shirt was ripped in several places. "Hey!" He called out gently. She looked at him, her eyes widening. She started backing away from him. Puzzled, Kurt stepped closer to her. "Go awaway!" She shrieked and ducked beneath a nearby bush. He nearly slapped himself in his stupidity. She had never seen him with his holowatch on. Of course she would be scared to death of him. Checking to make sure there was nobody nearby, he turned his precious holowatch that hid him from the world at large. "It's me, Kurt!" He called out again, this time louder. A sneeze and sniff later, Erica teleported behind him. Her eyes brimmed with tears. {Kurt?} He knelt down next to her and picked her up. {Ja.} She breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed a cheek next his. He looked at her in surprise. {You're furry too!} Erica gave him a big grin. {And softer.} She looked around and shuddered. {Are the bad guys gone?} Kurt ran his fingers through her hair. {Ja, they're all gone. It's time for us to go.} She hugged his neck as he teleported to the car. {There were so many. So much yelling and stomping. I don't want to go there ever again.} The memories still frightened her, and she sobbed into his chest. Prof. X looked at him, worried. "It's OK, Profezor. She's just scared. I'll take her back." Not waiting for an argument, he vanished with a *BAMF*.
"No fair! How come she gets the best way to get home?" Erick whined to himself in back of the professor's car. *Because you weren't responsible enough to leave when you had the chance. I'm disappointed in you, Erick. You should know better than this.*
Erick cringed as the sudden use of telepathy was used.
*I can't help it! Eferyfink vas going too fast for me!*
*You're older than her.*
*Ja, by fwree minutes.*
*We will discuss this later, once everyone is together.*
Professor X, who held a record for somehow being ready and getting everyone that he needed in the same room in an amazing 30 seconds. The twins and Kurt were sitting on the same couch together, Scott was standing, and Jean was sitting on a comfy overstuffed chair. They all glanced at the professor, waiting. "We shall start on the top. Twins, would you care to explain how you got into this mess in the first place?" Erick and Erica cast dark looks at each other. "Vellll....." She started. "Uh, ve vere munching on da cimonim rolled. I sneezed an' vent to ah...somefink....
"Ve didnae know vhere ve vere. Zhen zhe car start moving, an ve couldn't get back. Ve got scawred an vaited for help."
"You could have asked, you know."
"Ve dinnit know!"
"An ich habe grossen Hunger!" At all the confused looks on the non-German speaking people, Kurt quickly translated. "They, ah, are very hungry. Zhey haven't eaten since brekfix." Prof. X sighed. "You can take them to go and eat something, Kurt." Kurt smiled cheerfully. "All right! Let's eat!" He grabbed the twins and disappeared. The scent of brimstone lingered in the air, making others wrinkle their nose in disgust.
For once, the nearly-always-busy kitchen was silent and empty.
{What do you want to eat?}
{Everything!}
"OK......"
Kurt then sets out three plates and begins to build three burger gut-bombs. The twins go sit on the chairs by the table while looking all around them, fascinated at the idea that they could live here (in the mansion). Kurt begins to hum under his breath, thinking that this wasn't so bad. Another set of footsteps can be heard in the kitchen. The twins quickly slide off their chairs and under the table.
"KURT, LIKE WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!!" Kitty screeched at Kurt, mortified at the thought of him eating three burger gut-bombs. Both Kurt and the twins wince at the sound.
"oh, umm guten tag, Keety." Kurt blushed while trying to look for the twins, making sure that they weren't the source of the screaming. "Kurt, look at me. These like aren't healthy for you. You like don't care about what you eat. Don't you like care about like what you eat? You, like should be punished for eating MY breakfast." Momentarily, Kurt was caught off guard at this statement. Here he was, getting screamed at by a girl that he liked, for something that he didn't do. ::sigh:: Girls are so confusing.
"Keety, theses aren't for me, vell, except for one, and zhat's for the loss of mein lunch."
Kitty was surprised at this statement and felt ashamed at her outburst. "so, if they aren't like for you, who are they, like totally for?" Once again, Kurt was caught off guard. How is he going to explain this to her? He already knew that she had a hard enough time with him, and she screamed at them several times at the latest visitors, so how was he supposed explain this?
"Well, Kurt, I'm like, waiting."
"Er.., ummm, tut mir leid, frauline."
{Twins!}
Kitty looked at Kurt quizzically, wondering whom he was calling. There was a small, but a quick flash of blue, and there they were, hiding behind Kurt's pants. Each one poked their head out on the side of his pants.
"EEEEEEKKKK!" screamed Kitty (again). Both the twins hide behind Kurt, each holding their hands over their ears in hopes of blocking out the sound. Even Kurt covered his ears.
Then there was a pause. The sudden silence allowed momentary relief for the victims of Kitty's screams. Somebody softly crying broke the silence. The twins couldn't stand it anymore. Here they were at a very nice place, with people that accept them for who they were, even with one looking like them. And, now somebody screams at them more than twice in a row. Kurt knelt down and started try to soothe them by hugging them, in the process he manages to glare at Kitty. Kitty, still shocked about what she had seen and done, sulked off to her room. After Kitty stalked off, Kurt decided they had enough problems.
{So do you want to eat or what?}
sniffs {JA!}
{That's the way I like it!}
The fuzzy trio sat down, and proceeded to eat a well-deserved meal.