"The Morning After"
Golden eyes flutter to awaken and tan limbs twist and turn underneath their covers. Vashoba Munroe Wagner is finally awake.
"It's about time. I thought you'd never wake up."
Her exaggerated stretch fest is interrupted by her annoying twin brother, Static.
"Fuck off, Static."
"Such language, Vashoba. I would have expected more from you."
The booming voice of Dr. Henry McCoy filled the room and Vash sprang upright.
"Hank?!" Vash sputtered. "I am so sorry."
Vash turns to her left to find her brother snickering in delight. She looked down at her bandaged forearms and hands and felt around in the back of her head. She found some stitches on the left side.
"I'm in the med lab again?" she asked.
"Yep." Static answered with a smile. "Third degree burns and thirty-seven stitches."
"What happened this time?" Vash groaned.
"Well, you took a bit of a fall." Hank answered.
"I'll say." Static added.
[Elsewhere..]
Another pair of golden eyes stared attentively in the direction of Ororo Munroe.
"I have not been avoiding you, Kurt." Storm insisted.
This response received a raised eyebrow. She countered with a frustrated sigh.
"Well maybe I have, just a little bit." She said. "But you have to understand, this isn't exactly normal circumstances."
"Of course, Sturmliebe, but," Kurt began.
She hated it when he added "but" to the end of any sentence. Why couldn't he just agree with her and leave it alone? Then again, it wasn't in Kurt's nature to leave anything alone. It was one of the things she loved about him.
"You can not just run away when ever something is wrong." He continued. "This is something that concerns the both of us. I think that we should work it out together."
"So, you believe that boy." Storm said, she was obviously taken aback with just the thought.
"Liebe, it is not that I believe him." Kurt said as he stumbled for the right phrasing. "But it is possible that he is telling the truth. You know as well as I do that there are some things in this world that are beyond explanation."
Storm was visibly defeated. She slumped down in her seat at the kitchen table. This was completely against her nature and it had Kurt a little worried. He gestured to the door and they began to walk down the hall leading to the med lab.
"After today we will know the truth anyway." He began, trying his best to sound cheerful. "Hank is administering the DNA test today."
"Yay." Storm added quite dryly. "We get to find out if we're parents today."
"You know what that means don't you?" Kurt added with a mischievous grin.
Storm raised a suspicious eyebrow.
"And what is that?"
"We will have to get married."
Storm stopped dead in her tracks.
The Rec room was a buzz with noise when Rogue walked in. There was a crowd of students surrounding Kitty Pryde and Jubilation Lee. Rogue could only guess what had everyone so excited.
"Kitty Pryde, ya can't hold wader!" Rogue shouted above all the noise. Her southern accent was ever more prominent when she was angry.
Bobby Drake ran up to her, took her by the arm, and led her back out into the hall.
"So, you did tell Kitty and Jubilee all that stuff." Bobby whispered.
"Ah was tired Bobby." Rogue whined. "You know what happens when I'm sleepy."
"You know that the others aren't gonna be happy about this." Bobby scolded. "They're never gonna let us in on one of their secret interrogations again."
"Some secret interrogation," Rogue groaned. "Everyone knew 'bout it."
"So Bobby, what do you have on our little wager?" a southern twanged voice interrupted their discussion.
Rogue and Bobby turned around to see their resident game shark, Sam "Cannonball" Guthrie.
"What the hell are you talking about, Sam?" Rogue asked.
Sammy could tell she was kind of upset so he stepped back a little.
"We got a bet going on." The blonde haired boy offered with a full grin. "So what do ya say Marie? Are the twins Kurt and Storm's kids or no? Bob-O here says they are and he already put twenty bucks down to back it up." Sam raised the box he was holding up for Rogue's examination.
Rogue stared first at Sam then at Bobby in mute shock, mouth wide open.
"Bobby!" She finally erupted. "How could you bet on people's lives like that?"
"Well, I spent all night with him, Marie." Bobby answered. "He does remind me an awful lot of Kurt. I figure it was a sure bet."
Sam nodded in agreement. Rogue let out a defeated sigh.
"Fine!" Rogue said just about scream.
Then Rogue did something neither of the boys would have ever expected. She reached deep down in her blouse and produced a twenty-dollar bill.
"Ah say Kurt and Storm are parents." She said as she slapped the money into Sam's hand.
"That a girl." Sam said with a huge smile and added the money to the box he was holding. "Sounds like a sure bet ta me guys." He added as he went back to the Rec Room to join the others.
Bobby stared at Rogue with a small grin on his face.
"What?" Rogue asked. "If you get ta be irresponsible then so do I."
"I love it when you get all reckless." Bobby joked as he playfully tickled her.
"Cut it out, Bobby!" Rogue giggled. Regaining her composure, she added as she reentered the Rec Room, "Let's go see how bad Kitty twisted the story."
[In the Med Lab.]
"You have got to be shitting me."
"It's true, Vash." Static said laughing. He had always found his sister's tendency to use obscenities amusing.
"So you're telling me that we are somehow in the past. And we haven't even been born yet?" Vash continued.
"Absolutely." Static replied.
He was obviously amused by the whole situation. Vash, on the other had was visibly shaken. She ran her finger through her long jet-black hair.
"You have got to be shitting me." She gasped.
Hank chuckled, he was also now finding Vash's penchant for obscenities amusing.
"So, you're like 'Past Hank'?" Vash asked.
"I suppose." Hank answered.
Vash let out a pained sigh.
"This can not be happening. How could this happen?" Vash said breathlessly, face in hands. "Is this a joke? Are you fucking with me, Static?" She said, now angrily staring down her brother.
"No!" Static retorted. "I don't know how it happened. But it did."
Something in his eyes told Vash that her brother was telling the truth.
"We should make the most of this, Vash." Static said, his voice lowering to a whisper. "We have them back."
[In The Rec Room.]
"So does he have a tail or not?"
"No, he does not have a tail."
"Well, Kitty said he did."
"Well, Kitty is a liar."
"I am not a liar!"
"Well, excuse me. Ah often confuse big mouths with liars."
"Would you guys cut it out?!" Bobby said, finally deciding to step in.
Rogue crossed her arms and stared angrily at Kitty.
"Berzerker, Kitty never told you that Static had a tail." Jubilee groaned.
The Rec Room debates had been going on for a solid hour now. Everyone wanted to know everything about their new visitors. Except for Cannonball, who was sitting quietly in the corner counting money.
"Well, I for one do not feel, at ease when there are strangers wandering around the mansion." Amara interjected.
"Yeah," Jamie added. "Are they Storm and Kurt's future kid's or not?"
"Well, Dr. McCoy is doing a DNA test today." Bobby answered.
"Bobby!" Rogue hissed.
"Well, we're already up shit creek anyway." He whispered back. "Why not enjoy the scenery?"
At that statement Rogue couldn't help but laugh, but the hilarity was soon interrupted by one the professor's mental messages.
*"Bobby, Rogue, I would like to see you two in my office."*
"Shit!" they groaned in unison.
[In the Med Lab.]
"So, Hank," Kurt said trying his best at small talk. "How are things?"
He, Storm and Hank were waiting for the computer to finish analysising the DNA results.
"Well, it seems that Static's sister, Vashoba can be quite a handful." Hank said with a chuckle. "She has quite a mouth on her."
"Really?" Kurt asked somewhat curious.
"Oh my, yes." Hank continued. "She curses like a sailor."
Kurt found this just hilarious, but Storm on the other hand was not amused. She was anxious to find out the results and Kurt and Hank's small talk just annoyed her more.
"How long will this take, Hank?" She asked, impatiently.
"Well, there is no way to tell. The software was designed for normal humans." He answered. "It might take a little longer for mutants."
"And where are the children?" Kurt asked.
"They are in the back room." Hank replied. "Vash is trying to convince Static that she is well enough to walk and he is trying to convince her that she isn't"
"Were her injuries that bad?" Kurt asked. He was concerned; after all she could very well be his future daughter.
"She has third degree burns on her arms and hands and had to get a few stitches." Hank answered. "She is very lucky; she heals very quickly. She could have very well blown her eardrums."
"Then, maybe they were wrong." Storm said. The hope was evident in her voice. "Maybe they are Logan kids instead of ours, Kurt."
Just as Storm finished her sentence the computer finished its analysis.
"Well I guess we'll find out now then, won't we?" Hank replied.
[In Xavier's Office..]
Bobby and Rogue each had their own chair in front of the professor's desk. Bobby nervously fidgeted in his seat, while Rogue tried her best to stay cool, calm and collected. They steeled themselves for their reprimands, but none came. Xavier just folded his arms in front of him and gave them a warm smile of greeting. Bobby exhaled.
"I just thought that you'd like to know that you won the bet." Xavier began. "You can run off and tell the others."
Bobby and Rogue sat in shocked silence.
"Professor!" Rogue began. "We are so-"
Before she could finish the professor cut her off.
"There is nothing to be sorry about." He added with another warm smile. "Now run along now and collect your winnings from Sammy."
"Yes, sir." Bobby said.
He quickly grabbed Rogue's gloved hand and led her out of the professor's office. And once they were outside, he let out another sigh of relief.
"Bobby," Rogue said aghast. "That was awful."
Bobby just slumped against the wall and stared at the floor.
"They're never gonna trust us again." Rogue muttered.
"Well, at least we won." Bobby said, trying his best to be cheerful.
"Shut up, Bobby!"
She gave him a swift kick in the leg and continued walking down the hall that led to the Rec Room.
Golden eyes flutter to awaken and tan limbs twist and turn underneath their covers. Vashoba Munroe Wagner is finally awake.
"It's about time. I thought you'd never wake up."
Her exaggerated stretch fest is interrupted by her annoying twin brother, Static.
"Fuck off, Static."
"Such language, Vashoba. I would have expected more from you."
The booming voice of Dr. Henry McCoy filled the room and Vash sprang upright.
"Hank?!" Vash sputtered. "I am so sorry."
Vash turns to her left to find her brother snickering in delight. She looked down at her bandaged forearms and hands and felt around in the back of her head. She found some stitches on the left side.
"I'm in the med lab again?" she asked.
"Yep." Static answered with a smile. "Third degree burns and thirty-seven stitches."
"What happened this time?" Vash groaned.
"Well, you took a bit of a fall." Hank answered.
"I'll say." Static added.
[Elsewhere..]
Another pair of golden eyes stared attentively in the direction of Ororo Munroe.
"I have not been avoiding you, Kurt." Storm insisted.
This response received a raised eyebrow. She countered with a frustrated sigh.
"Well maybe I have, just a little bit." She said. "But you have to understand, this isn't exactly normal circumstances."
"Of course, Sturmliebe, but," Kurt began.
She hated it when he added "but" to the end of any sentence. Why couldn't he just agree with her and leave it alone? Then again, it wasn't in Kurt's nature to leave anything alone. It was one of the things she loved about him.
"You can not just run away when ever something is wrong." He continued. "This is something that concerns the both of us. I think that we should work it out together."
"So, you believe that boy." Storm said, she was obviously taken aback with just the thought.
"Liebe, it is not that I believe him." Kurt said as he stumbled for the right phrasing. "But it is possible that he is telling the truth. You know as well as I do that there are some things in this world that are beyond explanation."
Storm was visibly defeated. She slumped down in her seat at the kitchen table. This was completely against her nature and it had Kurt a little worried. He gestured to the door and they began to walk down the hall leading to the med lab.
"After today we will know the truth anyway." He began, trying his best to sound cheerful. "Hank is administering the DNA test today."
"Yay." Storm added quite dryly. "We get to find out if we're parents today."
"You know what that means don't you?" Kurt added with a mischievous grin.
Storm raised a suspicious eyebrow.
"And what is that?"
"We will have to get married."
Storm stopped dead in her tracks.
The Rec room was a buzz with noise when Rogue walked in. There was a crowd of students surrounding Kitty Pryde and Jubilation Lee. Rogue could only guess what had everyone so excited.
"Kitty Pryde, ya can't hold wader!" Rogue shouted above all the noise. Her southern accent was ever more prominent when she was angry.
Bobby Drake ran up to her, took her by the arm, and led her back out into the hall.
"So, you did tell Kitty and Jubilee all that stuff." Bobby whispered.
"Ah was tired Bobby." Rogue whined. "You know what happens when I'm sleepy."
"You know that the others aren't gonna be happy about this." Bobby scolded. "They're never gonna let us in on one of their secret interrogations again."
"Some secret interrogation," Rogue groaned. "Everyone knew 'bout it."
"So Bobby, what do you have on our little wager?" a southern twanged voice interrupted their discussion.
Rogue and Bobby turned around to see their resident game shark, Sam "Cannonball" Guthrie.
"What the hell are you talking about, Sam?" Rogue asked.
Sammy could tell she was kind of upset so he stepped back a little.
"We got a bet going on." The blonde haired boy offered with a full grin. "So what do ya say Marie? Are the twins Kurt and Storm's kids or no? Bob-O here says they are and he already put twenty bucks down to back it up." Sam raised the box he was holding up for Rogue's examination.
Rogue stared first at Sam then at Bobby in mute shock, mouth wide open.
"Bobby!" She finally erupted. "How could you bet on people's lives like that?"
"Well, I spent all night with him, Marie." Bobby answered. "He does remind me an awful lot of Kurt. I figure it was a sure bet."
Sam nodded in agreement. Rogue let out a defeated sigh.
"Fine!" Rogue said just about scream.
Then Rogue did something neither of the boys would have ever expected. She reached deep down in her blouse and produced a twenty-dollar bill.
"Ah say Kurt and Storm are parents." She said as she slapped the money into Sam's hand.
"That a girl." Sam said with a huge smile and added the money to the box he was holding. "Sounds like a sure bet ta me guys." He added as he went back to the Rec Room to join the others.
Bobby stared at Rogue with a small grin on his face.
"What?" Rogue asked. "If you get ta be irresponsible then so do I."
"I love it when you get all reckless." Bobby joked as he playfully tickled her.
"Cut it out, Bobby!" Rogue giggled. Regaining her composure, she added as she reentered the Rec Room, "Let's go see how bad Kitty twisted the story."
[In the Med Lab.]
"You have got to be shitting me."
"It's true, Vash." Static said laughing. He had always found his sister's tendency to use obscenities amusing.
"So you're telling me that we are somehow in the past. And we haven't even been born yet?" Vash continued.
"Absolutely." Static replied.
He was obviously amused by the whole situation. Vash, on the other had was visibly shaken. She ran her finger through her long jet-black hair.
"You have got to be shitting me." She gasped.
Hank chuckled, he was also now finding Vash's penchant for obscenities amusing.
"So, you're like 'Past Hank'?" Vash asked.
"I suppose." Hank answered.
Vash let out a pained sigh.
"This can not be happening. How could this happen?" Vash said breathlessly, face in hands. "Is this a joke? Are you fucking with me, Static?" She said, now angrily staring down her brother.
"No!" Static retorted. "I don't know how it happened. But it did."
Something in his eyes told Vash that her brother was telling the truth.
"We should make the most of this, Vash." Static said, his voice lowering to a whisper. "We have them back."
[In The Rec Room.]
"So does he have a tail or not?"
"No, he does not have a tail."
"Well, Kitty said he did."
"Well, Kitty is a liar."
"I am not a liar!"
"Well, excuse me. Ah often confuse big mouths with liars."
"Would you guys cut it out?!" Bobby said, finally deciding to step in.
Rogue crossed her arms and stared angrily at Kitty.
"Berzerker, Kitty never told you that Static had a tail." Jubilee groaned.
The Rec Room debates had been going on for a solid hour now. Everyone wanted to know everything about their new visitors. Except for Cannonball, who was sitting quietly in the corner counting money.
"Well, I for one do not feel, at ease when there are strangers wandering around the mansion." Amara interjected.
"Yeah," Jamie added. "Are they Storm and Kurt's future kid's or not?"
"Well, Dr. McCoy is doing a DNA test today." Bobby answered.
"Bobby!" Rogue hissed.
"Well, we're already up shit creek anyway." He whispered back. "Why not enjoy the scenery?"
At that statement Rogue couldn't help but laugh, but the hilarity was soon interrupted by one the professor's mental messages.
*"Bobby, Rogue, I would like to see you two in my office."*
"Shit!" they groaned in unison.
[In the Med Lab.]
"So, Hank," Kurt said trying his best at small talk. "How are things?"
He, Storm and Hank were waiting for the computer to finish analysising the DNA results.
"Well, it seems that Static's sister, Vashoba can be quite a handful." Hank said with a chuckle. "She has quite a mouth on her."
"Really?" Kurt asked somewhat curious.
"Oh my, yes." Hank continued. "She curses like a sailor."
Kurt found this just hilarious, but Storm on the other hand was not amused. She was anxious to find out the results and Kurt and Hank's small talk just annoyed her more.
"How long will this take, Hank?" She asked, impatiently.
"Well, there is no way to tell. The software was designed for normal humans." He answered. "It might take a little longer for mutants."
"And where are the children?" Kurt asked.
"They are in the back room." Hank replied. "Vash is trying to convince Static that she is well enough to walk and he is trying to convince her that she isn't"
"Were her injuries that bad?" Kurt asked. He was concerned; after all she could very well be his future daughter.
"She has third degree burns on her arms and hands and had to get a few stitches." Hank answered. "She is very lucky; she heals very quickly. She could have very well blown her eardrums."
"Then, maybe they were wrong." Storm said. The hope was evident in her voice. "Maybe they are Logan kids instead of ours, Kurt."
Just as Storm finished her sentence the computer finished its analysis.
"Well I guess we'll find out now then, won't we?" Hank replied.
[In Xavier's Office..]
Bobby and Rogue each had their own chair in front of the professor's desk. Bobby nervously fidgeted in his seat, while Rogue tried her best to stay cool, calm and collected. They steeled themselves for their reprimands, but none came. Xavier just folded his arms in front of him and gave them a warm smile of greeting. Bobby exhaled.
"I just thought that you'd like to know that you won the bet." Xavier began. "You can run off and tell the others."
Bobby and Rogue sat in shocked silence.
"Professor!" Rogue began. "We are so-"
Before she could finish the professor cut her off.
"There is nothing to be sorry about." He added with another warm smile. "Now run along now and collect your winnings from Sammy."
"Yes, sir." Bobby said.
He quickly grabbed Rogue's gloved hand and led her out of the professor's office. And once they were outside, he let out another sigh of relief.
"Bobby," Rogue said aghast. "That was awful."
Bobby just slumped against the wall and stared at the floor.
"They're never gonna trust us again." Rogue muttered.
"Well, at least we won." Bobby said, trying his best to be cheerful.
"Shut up, Bobby!"
She gave him a swift kick in the leg and continued walking down the hall that led to the Rec Room.