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 [Lucifer talking] Lucifer is in control

[Luna talking] Luna is in control

[(Damen talking to either)]

Rastaban: The couples are Amy and Pietro, Athena and Damon, Lauren and Sam, Chloe and Pyro, Bill and Amara, Charisma and Remy, Ray and Jennifer, and finally Anne and Warren (I'm so happy about this one!). I hope you guys like my selections! The vote is for a separate sequel. I'll make sure the couples are established in this fic.

Lute: Sorry it's so short.

Emerald: Welcome to the chapter that I consider 'Deeper Looks'.

Zozma: This is all in order; each scene happens right after the other. On to the story…

Scene: Outside the Institute

                "I don't know. I mean like now we're going to have the Acolytes and, like, the Brotherhood join up with us. So maybe, like, it's too dangerous to go out." Kitty was talking to Athena and Alexandria.

                "Well, if we can get all the girls rounded up, maybe it wouldn't be so dangerous. I just want to get out of the house." Athena replied.

                "Alexandria?" Kitty said to the older girl. Alexandria was in deep thought.

                "Hm…wha' di' Ah miss, Kittencat?"

                "Like, whether or not it's, like, safe to go shopping."

                "Hey! You have lots of money, right?" Athena and Kitty looked hopeful.
                "Yeah, Ah do. Yah wan' me tah buy everyt'in' foahr yah?"

                "Just the expensive stuff! Please!" Both girls asked.

                "Why no'? Ain't got not'in' bettah tah do."

                "You are the, like, greatest!" Kitty said hugging Alexandria and jumping up and down.

                "Jus' tell me when yah'll gonna go shoppin', eh?"

                "Of course. Come on Kitty, we have to convince everyone else." Athena and Kitty raced back to the mansion, hoping to convince Rogue, Anne, and every other X-girl to come shopping with them.

                "Chere! It is lovely tah see yah!"

                "Ragin' Cajun. Wha' yah doin' here?"

                "No' happy tah see me? Mee' a frien' o' mine. Charisma dis be Alexandria, Alexandria dis be Charisma." Both women sized each other up. [She gots shining mahogany hair, deep sparkling brown eyes. Definitely his type.] Alexandria thought. [This girl has hard black eyes and long ebony colored hair. She looks like someone Remy would like. Did Remy and her have something going on?] Charisma thought.

                "Mademoiselles?" Remy asked.

                "Why yah here? How'd yah ge' here?" Alexandria asked them, nodding at Charisma.

                "Why are we on th' X-men's turf?" Charisma turned towards Remy.
                "Yoahr mah enemies? Brothers or Acolytes?" Alexandria arched an eyebrow.

                "Oui, Acolytes. Yah a X-man den?" Remy and Charisma tensed up.

                "Yeah. Ah'm a X-man. X-woman if yah wanna be correc'. Ragin', nice seein' yah, really. I gotta go. Take care yahself. Ah t'ink yah might know wanna de newbies here. …Trey Huebner ring a bell?"

                "Yeah, dat's an ole' frien' o' Remy's. Charisma, le's go. Alexandria gave us her blessin'." Remy snorted. Charisma nodded and turned to Alexandria.

                "I'll take care of him for you, Alexandria." Charisma smiled. Remy looked insulted.

                "Yah do dat, Charisme (French for Charisma)." Alexandria smiled back and started walking back to the mansion.
                "Ex-girlfriend?"

                "Yah coul' say dat. She's scare' o' me."

                "Can't imagine why."

                "Watch it, Charisme." The duo laughed and walked back to the secret base of Magneto's Acolytes.

Scene: Inside the Institute

                "Desiree?" Kurt bamfed into the kitchen.

                "What?" Desiree looked surly.

                "Err…I vas vondering, if you vould come vith me and the girls to the mall. It vould be fun! And Keehty vanted me to ask you vhen I saw you."
                "When you saw me?"

                "If I saw you! I meant if not vhen!" Kurt blushed under his fur.
                "Why are you going to the mall?"

                "They have these great arcade games! I find them enjoyable. I figured you vould want to…hang out." Kurt blushed even more as he finished his explanation.

                "…Sure, why not? I'd like to get some CDs anyway."

                "Then it's settled. You're coming with us!" Kurt grinned happily before bamfing out of the kitchen.

                "De Elf has a crush on yah. Ah t'ink yah have one on him. Yah outta tell him." Trey and Jamie came in looking for a snack.

                "I know." Desiree turned bright red.

                "That would be nice. Be careful, he and Amanda are still friends and she likes him a lot; her parents have strictly forbidden her from seeing him. It's a wonder she hasn't asked him out. She's barely allowed in the same school as him." Jamie said as pulled down the peanut butter from the cupboard.

                "I got ya." Desiree nodded her head before leaving. *Jamie? Kitty and Athena are looking for you* The Professor sent a message to Jamie. *What for? I didn't do anything, if it's about Kitty's shoes, Bobby dyed them, not me* *They didn't say*

                "I have to go see Kit and 'Thena. Sorry." Jamie said and ran off, running into Rogue on the way. She watched as seven Jamies ran up the stairs.

                "Chere, how nice tah see yah." Trey pulled some grape jelly out of the refrigerator.

                "Hm? Oh. It's yah. What yah doin'?" She asked.

                "Makin' lunch. Wan' some?"
                "Shure." Trey smirked flirtatiously, as he made two sandwiches. He handed Rogue one.

                "Ah think yah make th' best PB and J sandwich that Ah evah had."

                "T'ank yah, chere. Yah said dat one o' de Acolytes was botherin' yah. Which one?" [Please not be Remy. Please not be Remy]

                "Remy LeBeau, or Gambit as he's known in battle. He's Cajun like yah."

                "Ah know him."

                "Yah do?" Rogue scooted her chair closer to him.
                "Oui. We use' tah work tahget'er. Den Marie died. An' I lef' de Guil'."

                "Marie?"

                "Marie Jameson. She was mah girlfrien'. Mah fathah, Tom Huebner was one o' de top leaders o' de Thieves Guil', worke' close wit' Jean-Luc. On a raid by de Assassins, he was kille'. When Ah found Marie, she…had been shot an' was dyin'. She gave me dis cross. Den she died…" He clutched the cross around his neck.

                "Oh. Ah'm…Ah'm sorry."

                "Don' have tah be, chere. Yah didn' shoot her."

                "Ah know, but…" Rogue trailed off. The two sat there in silence. Trey smiled softly.

                "T'anks foahr listenin' 'bout mah ole' girlfrien'. Mos' girls wouldn'." Rogue grinned slightly back.
                "Anything yah got tah say, I'd listen to."

Scene: Outside The Institute

                "Ryka, are you sure you wanna do this, yo?" Todd asked the mysterious girl.

                "Yes, Kurt is my…friend. Like you and Captain Ginyu."

                "Okay, but remember the X-men don't like us Brotherhood, yo. They think we're always gonna do something bad, yo."

                "If I ask for Kurt, he won't be upset to see me." Ryka and Todd continued up the long drive way to the Institute. Todd stopped and hid. Ryka stared at him.

                "Yo, this just a conversation between you and Kurt, right? I don't wanna intrude and cause a bunch of trouble. Okay, I do wanna cause a bunch of trouble, yo." Ryka nodded and went up to the door and rang the bell. Inside, Rogue, who was still in the kitchen with Trey, heard the shrill bell.

            "Ah'll get it, Ah'll get it." She muttered as she ran to the door to see who would dare bother 'evil' mutants.

                "Who is it?" She asked when she opened up the door.

                "I need to talk to Kurt, Skunkhead." Ryka said.

                "Lahke Ah'm gonna let yah."

                "Rogue? Who is it?"

                "It's…Ryka."
                "Ryka? Vell, how nice to see you!" Kurt exclaimed when he bamfed down stairs.

                "Kato, I need to talk to you."

                "About vhat Ryka? Did something happen?"

                "…"

                "Rogue, can you~"

                "No, Ah don' trust her."

                "Okay fine. I can ignore Skunkhead. It's Lord Maboroshi; she's been acting weird. I'm worried, I think she's sick."

                "Vhat? Have you talked to Lance? He's the leader, right?"

                "Yes, he is, but he hasn't had the chance to check on her. I asked Todd…to come with me here."

                "Vell, go get him. I vill get Hank and maybe we can convince her to let us give her a medical examination."

                "…Thank you, Kato."

Scene: Institute: Danger Room.

                Trey had wandered to the Danger Room after his conversation with Rogue.  He saw Anne in the Danger Room, going a city simulation. The city had barely any trees.
                "Scott? May Ah train wit' Anne?"
                "No, but ya can train with Dryad, Morpheus." Scott replied.

                "Very funny." Trey suited up and went into the Danger Room.

                "Hey Trey! Or should I say Morpheus."

                "Call me Morpheus, Scott seems to have dis t'in' 'bout callin' us by our code names."

                "Gotcha."

                "All right, you two. I'm putting you in Central Park. This should play to both of your strengths. Morpheus, don't under estimate your opponent this time."

"Whatever."
               

BATTLE BEGINS

                Dryad concentrated on the trees. They shared their durability. Right on time, too, as Morpheus rapidly circled Dryad, looking for a weak spot. He grinned and charged two cards. He threw one at a tree and one at Dryad's feet.

                Dryad yelled, as she stumbled backwards, her concentration broken slightly. Morpheus closed his eyes and concentrated on her mind. He slowly erased all her memories of how to control her powers.

                "Hey! What did you do?" Morpheus didn't answer as he sent another charged card, blasting Dryad into a tree. She shrieked. The tree pushed her to her feet. Morpheus slammed her into the tree again, this time racing right in front of her and throwing the card. Dryad was knocked out cold.

                BATTLE ENDS

                "Morpheus, change her memories back." Logan growled at him.

                "Ah already did." Morpheus replied. "Ah wan' a rematch with Athena and Myesha."

                "Whenever you're ready." Logan muttered as he went back into the hallway.

Scene: Institute Second Hallway outside of Danger Room

                "Hey Logan?"

                "What?"

                "What…why…nevermind."
                "What is it, kid?"

                "Nothing. Do you think this is serious?"

                "What's serious?"
                "Magneto wanting to join up with us. Does that mean something…bigger, than you guys have handled, is happening? Something we can't face?"

                "I don't know. Creed…he won't admit it, but he's worried."

                "Humans have finally decided to turn against mutants. That thing that Anne heard and now the Acolytes wanna team up."

                "When Chuck decides to tell us what's happening, he'll tell us."

                "When?"

                "When we need to know."

                "We need to know now!"

                "You aren't usually this talkative."

                "So?"

                "…nevermind." Logan got up and left again.

                "Where's the runt?" Victor asked.

                "He just left."

                "What's your mutation?"
                "I have a layer of metal beneath my skin."

                "Admantium?"
                "Maybe."

                "Neat."
                "Do you know…what's happening?"

                "You worried?"

                "No. Kinda. Yeah."

                "The humans are mobilizing."

                "Reassuring."

                "Ain't it though?"

                "So we're gonna die?"
                "Pretty much. Ain't it great?"

                "You seem obsessed with death and carnage."
                "You have any better ideas?"
                "No."

                "Thought so."

                "…"

Scene: Acolyte Base (Brotherhood have moved in)

                "I don't get! Where are they?" Pyro looked around some more.

                "Who?" Bill looked at him.
                "Everyone! Amy, Lance, Pietro, Todd, Ryka, Remy, Charisma, Chloe, Jennifer, Mike, Kyle, Piotr, Wanda, uh…who'd I forget?"

                "I don't know. Ryka and Todd went to visit someone. You forgot Mystique."

                "So?"

                "Hey! What's that?"

                "This? It's a note. I can't read it."

                "What do you mean?"

                "It's in a foreign language."
                "What language?"
                "'ere. Can you read it, mate?"
                "No. It's Gaelic."

                "It's…gay?"

                "Gaelic! It's a language."

                "I believe you."

                "Come on, let's watch Scooby-Doo!"

                "Alright!" The two mutants sat down in front of the TV. Bill pocketed the note.
                "Scooby-Dooby-Doo, Where Are You? We got some work to do now." St. John sang along.

                "Scooby-Dooby-Doo, Where Are You? We need some help from you now." Sang Bill. The two grinned and both sang the song, 

                "Come on Scooby-Doo, I see you, pretending you got a sliver. But you're not fooling me, 'cause I can see the way you shake and shiver. You know we got a mystery to solve, so Scooby-Doo, be read for your act. Don't hold back! And Scooby-Doo if you come through you're gonna have yourself a Scooby Snack! That's a fact! Scooby-Dooby-Doo, here are you. You're ready and you're willing. If we can count on you, Scooby-Doo, I know you'll catch the villain." Both broke into fits of laughter and forgot the note, too into the show.

Zozma: Okay…

Emerald: That was awesome!

Ildon: Emerald, you are awful at fight scenes.
Emerald: Bite me!

Ildon: I'll pass

Zozma: You know the routine. Read and Review!

Emerald: Trivia. Did any of you know that Alexandria is my character? She's awful, isn't she?

Zozma: Did you know?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Bye! *Exit Zozma, Emerald, Ildon, Rastaban, and Lute*