(Really special note. This is in the Marvel universe.) {Oof! I have got to work on my landings.} Erica groaned. Erick slid off of her and helped her up. {Where are we?} She looked around. {Some sort of marketplace. Reminds me back at home. We better get hiding.} A huge mob was parading through the town. Several of them were holding up signs. "Down with mutants! We are the rulers of the universe! Out with the gene-freaks!" they chanted. {Of all the places we had to land, it had to be here!} Erick complained. "Look! It's one of them muties!" an elderly man pointed at the twins. "Gettem!" Others cried. {I wish we were back home! Hold on!} Erick grabbed his sister's arm. *PSHOO* they disappeared before the mob could get them.
{Nice place!} Erica commented. The chair they landed in was very comfortable. A very, very well-known voice called out. "X-men to Cerebro. We have two unidentified mutants in the mansion. Try to find them as soon as possible." {Nuts! Now they think we're the enemy! Split up and meet back here. If not, try to make it in that vent over there.} Erica yelled, running in to another room, while Erick sprinted into another.
*SNIKT* Erica turned in dismay at that sound. Wolverine was charging towards her, claws raised. "YIKES!" she shrieked. *SHH* *SHH* "Ugh!" as if luck was against her, she landed underneath his face. Wolverine stared at her in surprise before being kicked in the face by her flailing feet. He backed off of her for a few seconds. That was all she needed, and she dashed off.
Running blindly, Erick ran straight into the Adult Nightcrawler. They wrestled together and became a jumble of fur and tail. "Leggo!" he protested. "Not on your life!" he argued. Erick struggled to get free of this madness. He went limp and Nightcrawler lost his grip on him. Erick slithered away and, much to Nightcrawler's astonishment, he teleported. *SHH* *PSHOO*
The twins met in the kitchen. Sliding on the slippery tile, their momentum carried them forwards. "EEK!" Erica screamed and pointed ahead. A laser blast narrowly missed Erick. He looked up and saw Cyclops firing away at them. Unfortunately, they were heading straight towards him. Using their hands and feet, they dodged most of the laser beams. One nicked Erica in the tail and the other hit Erick on the hand. Legs far apart, Cyclops labored to get a lock on the elusive twins. Much to his surprise and to the twin's amusement, they shot under his legs. As he turned around to blast them, they teleported to escape this freaky guy.
The Dazzler was running down the corridor, looking for the unknown mutants. Where could they be? Something crashed into her, providing her answer. Before she could react, they disappeared again.
They ended in some empty room. Panting hard from their experiences from the X-men they paused to catch their breath. {Everybody's older. Cyclops is a grown-up. There are some really strange people there we had never seen before.} Erica gasped. Erick nodded. {There was this guy I ran into. Didn't look at him too closely, but I swear he reminded me of Kurt.} {Wouldn't be shocked. This is another dimension, fuzzy!} Loud, I mean, EXTREMELY LOUD footsteps thumped close by. She gulped nervously. {I don't like the sound of that. Let's go to the vent!} *SHH* *PSHOO* They vanished a second before Colossus crashed in. He stared suspiciously at the smoke that lingered in the air. He clomped back to find the others.
{We're here!} Erica exclaimed triumphantly. Erick groaned and started trying to open the vent. Erica helped him, and by the time they managed to pry it open, several members of the X-men had arrived. They dashed quickly inside. "How are we suppose to get them now?" Wolverine asked. "Hey, elf. Do you think you can fit in the vents?" Nightcrawler shook his head dejectedly. "The vents are too small for me." "Maybe I can nail 'em with my laser blasts. Everybody, stand back. This could get messy." Dazzler groaned. What is this with men and exploding stuff? Storm came flying in. "I can probably get them out." She said serenely. "What are you talking about?" Cyclops asked. "I can use my wind powers to force them out. Be ready to catch them." Rumbling outside could be heard as the wind picked up and forced its way into the vents.
It had gotten harder and harder to stay in the vents. The twins tried to walk against the wind, but it was too powerful for them. Erick could already feel himself loosing his grip. Erica was having an even harder time. Being lighter than he was, the wind buffeted her mercilessly. "Ach. I can't hold on!" As if to prove that, the wind blew her off the vent and down the chute they climbed up. Against his instincts, he let go.
Two very small figures shot out of the vent like a cannon at Colossus and Nightcrawler. The impact knocked Nightcrawler off his feet, but Colossus remained immobile. The metal giant grasped Erica tightly with his huge hand. Nightcrawler was having some difficulties trying to pin Erick. After several unsuccessful attempts, he managed to do so. He stared in shock at Erick, and Erick did the same. "You look like my kid brother or something!" Nightcrawler exclaimed. Erick blinked. {What happened to your hair?} He ran his hand through his thick curly hair. {Nothing. What are you talking about?} Erick started to answer, but was interrupted by Erica. {Let go!} She protested at Colossus. She was so small, that all he needed to do was hold her with one hand. "Who could think that someone so small could cause so much trouble?" he remarked with a Russian accent. Erica tried to teleport away, but he was so much bigger than she was, nothing happened. "I'll let go if you promise not to run away." He said sternly. Erica nodded in her agreement. He lightly placed the diminutive elf on the ground. She glared at Erick, then shifted her gaze to Nightcrawler. Her eyes widened in astonishment. Wolverine rolled his eyes. Just what we need, two kids. Nightcrawler stared at her in amazement. {Who are you?} {The question is, who are you?} Erick settled the questions by answering himself. {This is Erica, my twin sister. My name is Erick.} His yellow eyes glowed with sincerity. "Nightcrawler, you can let him up." Erica gawked at the approaching figure of Professor X entering the room. "I suppose you could explain why you are here." He said. Erica then teleported on Colossus's shoulders to get a better view. "Umm..." she started. She fidgeted while trying to think of a possible explanation, if that was at all possible. "We're waitin'...." Wolverine said. Her tail twisted with anxiety as she tried to discuss about their interesting adventures. "Uh, you von't believe zhis but..." "Ve're from anuder dimension!" Erick finished. The room was silent. "Ve are! Really! ::Sigh:: {See what happens when you try to talk to adults? They never listen.}" Erica whined. {Hey!} Nightcrawler called out indignantly. {We're not all that bad!} "Sez you!" Erick 'ported onto his shoulders. {Another thing. I am going to go crazy if I change form in another dimension!} She complained. "Mind keepin' it in English?" "I say zhat it iz annoyin' to change size in different dimensions." "You serious about this dimension thing?" "uh-Ja! It's not like ve'd fit in here..." she looked at Nightcrawler. "Never mind." "So, what dimension are you from?" Erica glanced at Erick. She was too busy admiring her reflection off of Colossus to answer."Zhey have names?" he asked. "This is not getting anywhere!" Wolverine rudely interrupted. Prof. X glared at him before continuing on. "What is your dimension like?" Erick breathed a sigh of relief. Now they were getting somewhere....I hope. "It's like here, 'cept almost everybody is a teenager. Mistah Colossus ofer here vorked vif Magneto vhere ve vere. Umm, Missus Storm vas a teacher at zhe institute, zhe sparkly lady vas not zhere, not yet....Kurt and Scott vere teenagers, 'cept Kurt had straight hair, and vell, Scott didn't change nope, niene, nada. Still same ol' borin' leader." "Hey!" he shouted. Erick ducked behind Nightcrawler's head. Erica snickered and continued. "Mistah Logan, or Volverine, vhatever, he vasn't any different. Alvays vants to slice and dice, vhat a scary personality." "Why you--" he grumbled. His claws popped out to express his anger. A loud beep from Cerebro broke the discussion. "It seems a mutant was discovered. X-men, leave at once." Kurt and Colossus put down the twins and rushed towards the X-Jet. "The X-men are so predictable." Magneto replied to Juggernaut. "Time to visit your dear brother. He seems to have gotten a little gift for us. It is time to pick it up." They disappear into the shadows.
Prof. X smiled kindly at the bewildered twins. "Come now. I want you to see Cerebro." He wheeled over to a room. Erick and Erica take alternate turns teleporting after him. They enter a room full of machinery. "Wow!" Erick exclaimed. Erica nodded in agreement. This was definitely better than the one back home. Prof. X looked at the screens, satisfied that his X-men could do the job. "Warning!" Cerebro's alarms went crazy. The professor gasped as he saw Magneto and Juggernaut plowing through the automated defenses. "He's after Cerebro.." he murmured. Erick prodded him in the arm. "Niene. He vants us...Ve didn't tell all of zhe truf. Ve have power he vants." Xavier looked at him in surprise. "You be best off running away from him. He manipulates metal, you know." BAM! CRASH! "Too late!" Erica squeaked. Juggernaut came blasting through. "Aren't you going to welcome me home, Charles?" he asked. He easily pushed aside the terrified twins and set out to harass his stepbrother. The twins dashed across the room, looking for an escape. Magneto stopped directly in their path. "I have been waiting for this..." Metal poles and debris from the wall surround them. The twins grabbed each other in fear. {I want to get out of here!} Erick yelled. *PSHOO*