Queen of Random: Woohoo! No more exams! And very little school, too! That
means I have a lot of time to just write, and write, and write. . . not
just fanfiction, either. I've just ressurected a few of my novel ideas,
which I have had in the works for several years. Don't woryy, faithful
readers! I will still be writing these stories! Oh, and thank you to those
of you who have been making suggestions, they have been taken on board, and
you may see them later on. Now, where did I put that baby name book?
Role Reversal
Chapter Eight: Touch of a Rogue
Carter looked at Katrin and Kurt with a look of disgust on his face. "How can you two even eat those?" he asked, as the two German mutants devoured another two burgers.
"What?" asked Katrin, "Is this bothering you?"
"Yes!" replied Carter, indignant. "You know I'm a vegetarian!"
"So is Kitty," remarked Kurt, somehow managing to get the words around the half burger that was in his mouth.
"Oh. Now that's just disgusting."
"Well, you could always go and find the others," suggested Katrin. She looked at Carter, a wicked grin on her face. "I'm sure Lana would like to see you."
"Knock it off!" Carter looked around the food court. "Where are the others?" he asked, impatient.
Kurt shrugged his shoulders, and took another bite of his burger. "Don't know," he said, this time swallowing before speaking.
"Hey!" said Katrin. "There's Roué and Rogue!" She pointed to one end of the food court, where the two teenagers seemed to be painfully out of place amongst the other teenagers.
Roué seemed to be the first of the two to notice the trio sitting at a table in the middle of the food court. He nudged Rogue, and she smiled when she saw the group of teenagers waiting for them.
"So," asked Katrin when Rogue and Roué had pulled up chairs and joined the group. "What did you get?" She gestured to the bag that Roué had been carrying.
"Not much," replied Roué. "Just the basics."
"Ja," said Katrin to Kurt, in German. "Ich denke, daß das Kleider schwarz sind."
"What did she say?" asked Carter. "We don't speak German."
Kurt and Katrin both laughed, and Kurt said, "She said, 'I think that the clothes are black'."
"Oh," said Carter. "You're probably right," he added, laughing. He looked around, then phased a hand through the shopping bag, and pulled out a black jacket. "Looks like you're right, Katrin."
"Put that back!" said Rogue, grabbing for the jacket at the same time that Roué did. Both were distracted, and so did not notice that their sleeves rode up as they reached out, leaving a patch of bare skin on their arms, which came into contact with each other.
All the teenagers drew in their breath, and Rogue and Roué snatched their arms back.
Then they all realised something.
"Hey! You two can touch each other!"
Rogue and Roué stared at each other blankly.
"Hey!" repeated Carter. "You two can touch each other!"
Rogue immediately took off one of her gloves, and held out her hand. Roué followed suit, and took Rogue's bare hand with his own. "We can touch each other!" he said, shocked. Rogue laughed, and so did Roué.
"Well, it's nice to know that something good has come of this," remarked Katrin.
"Ja."
"Now if only you two could stop eating those burgers!"
*
"I never thought I would say this," remarked Tonya, "but I stink."
"And what's wrong with that, yo?"
"Nothing," said Ward. "Nothing at all."
"Hey!" replied Todd, indignant. "I find that offensive, yo!"
"Can we just leave?" asked Wanda, annoyed. She was not happy about two Todds hanging around, even if one was female, and clean. She was also very upset about that fact that her Doppelganger was dating Todd's Doppelganger.
"As you wish, snookums," said Todd, looking around the shop, where the four mutant teens had finished buying the last of Tonya's clothes. They had bought Ward's clothes earlier in the day.
"Let's go, yo," said Tonya, noticing the anger that was building up in Wanda's eyes. Although she had the ability to quell the same anger in Ward's, it did not mean she could do the same for his Doppelganger.
"Fine," said Wanda, before stalking out of the clothing shop.
"Wait for me, cuddlebumps!"
*
"Wow," Pietro, a look of awe on his face. "Look at those two go."
"Almost as fast as you, huh?"
"No way!" retorted Pietro. "They could never keep up with me, no matter how fast they can eat."
What Pietro and all the other teenagers, minus Petra, who had last been seen about twenty minutes beforehand (and only by Pietro, who was the only one capable of noticing her), still running away from the group of teenage guys, (although, she had managed to tell Pietro that she would be losing them pretty soon, and had mentioned something about a river), were watching was Freddy and Fredericka. Like Kurt and Katrin, they were at home in the food court, and were eating enough food to feed a small country.
Freddy let out a belch. "Top that," he challenged his Doppelganger.
Fredericka smiled, and let out an even louder one. "Done."
"Okay," said Lana. "Now that we have finished that - display, let's get going."
"But what about Petra?"
"She can make it back to the Institute on her own," said Scott.
"Let's just worry about ourselves until then," finished Scarlett.
"Now that's just wrong," whispered Todd to Tonya.
"What do you mean?"
"I know we are supposed to be each other, yo, but that is just scary."
"Scarier than soap?" asked Katrin, dropping the hated cleaning product in Todd's lap.
"Ahh!" Todd let out his girly scream, which got a few odd looks from the Doppelgangers.
"Hey!" said Katrin. "He sounded just like Tonya!"
"What do you mean, yo? He did not sound just like me!"
"Really?" asked Pietro, and before Tonya could react, he had stomped on her foot. Tonya opened her mouth, and let out the same scream Todd had done moments before.
"See, same scream," said Katrin.
Tonya and Todd, obviously upset with what had just happened - Todd, for having his masculinity question, and Tonya, because Pietro had stepped on her foot - both let their tongues loose onto the world, grabbed the half- full cola cups that were on the table, and Tonya launched one cup at Katrin. Todd, following suit, launched his at Kurt.
"Ach, nein!" shouted the two German mutants in unison. "Now we're all wet!"
"Well, that's what you get for making fun of people," reprimanded Scarlett.
"Oh, shut up!"
Katrin looked down at herself. "This is going to take ages to dry. And I'm gonna be all sticky, too."
"Well," replied Kurt, "at least our holowatches are still functioning."
"Good point."
"Pity the images aren't that great," came Petra's voice from behind the group.
"Finally got rid of them?" asked Pietro.
"Sure did," came the reply. "Made just like the Pied Piperess of Hamlin, and dropped them all in a river. They all look a lot like these two, actually."
"Well, now that you're back," said Lana, annoyed, "let's all get going. You've caused enough problems as it is, Petra."
"Fine! You slowpokes can just catch up to me!" With that, Petra ran off around the corner.
Everyone winced as the sound of a collision echoed from around that very corner.
"Come on," said Scott wearily. "Let's go get her."
Everyone ran around the corner to find Petra sitting on the ground, yelling furiously (and at a rate only Pietro could comprehend) at a set of girl quintuplets, about the age of twelve.
The jaws of all the X-Women dropped as they recognised the girls.
"Jaimee?!"
Role Reversal
Chapter Eight: Touch of a Rogue
Carter looked at Katrin and Kurt with a look of disgust on his face. "How can you two even eat those?" he asked, as the two German mutants devoured another two burgers.
"What?" asked Katrin, "Is this bothering you?"
"Yes!" replied Carter, indignant. "You know I'm a vegetarian!"
"So is Kitty," remarked Kurt, somehow managing to get the words around the half burger that was in his mouth.
"Oh. Now that's just disgusting."
"Well, you could always go and find the others," suggested Katrin. She looked at Carter, a wicked grin on her face. "I'm sure Lana would like to see you."
"Knock it off!" Carter looked around the food court. "Where are the others?" he asked, impatient.
Kurt shrugged his shoulders, and took another bite of his burger. "Don't know," he said, this time swallowing before speaking.
"Hey!" said Katrin. "There's Roué and Rogue!" She pointed to one end of the food court, where the two teenagers seemed to be painfully out of place amongst the other teenagers.
Roué seemed to be the first of the two to notice the trio sitting at a table in the middle of the food court. He nudged Rogue, and she smiled when she saw the group of teenagers waiting for them.
"So," asked Katrin when Rogue and Roué had pulled up chairs and joined the group. "What did you get?" She gestured to the bag that Roué had been carrying.
"Not much," replied Roué. "Just the basics."
"Ja," said Katrin to Kurt, in German. "Ich denke, daß das Kleider schwarz sind."
"What did she say?" asked Carter. "We don't speak German."
Kurt and Katrin both laughed, and Kurt said, "She said, 'I think that the clothes are black'."
"Oh," said Carter. "You're probably right," he added, laughing. He looked around, then phased a hand through the shopping bag, and pulled out a black jacket. "Looks like you're right, Katrin."
"Put that back!" said Rogue, grabbing for the jacket at the same time that Roué did. Both were distracted, and so did not notice that their sleeves rode up as they reached out, leaving a patch of bare skin on their arms, which came into contact with each other.
All the teenagers drew in their breath, and Rogue and Roué snatched their arms back.
Then they all realised something.
"Hey! You two can touch each other!"
Rogue and Roué stared at each other blankly.
"Hey!" repeated Carter. "You two can touch each other!"
Rogue immediately took off one of her gloves, and held out her hand. Roué followed suit, and took Rogue's bare hand with his own. "We can touch each other!" he said, shocked. Rogue laughed, and so did Roué.
"Well, it's nice to know that something good has come of this," remarked Katrin.
"Ja."
"Now if only you two could stop eating those burgers!"
*
"I never thought I would say this," remarked Tonya, "but I stink."
"And what's wrong with that, yo?"
"Nothing," said Ward. "Nothing at all."
"Hey!" replied Todd, indignant. "I find that offensive, yo!"
"Can we just leave?" asked Wanda, annoyed. She was not happy about two Todds hanging around, even if one was female, and clean. She was also very upset about that fact that her Doppelganger was dating Todd's Doppelganger.
"As you wish, snookums," said Todd, looking around the shop, where the four mutant teens had finished buying the last of Tonya's clothes. They had bought Ward's clothes earlier in the day.
"Let's go, yo," said Tonya, noticing the anger that was building up in Wanda's eyes. Although she had the ability to quell the same anger in Ward's, it did not mean she could do the same for his Doppelganger.
"Fine," said Wanda, before stalking out of the clothing shop.
"Wait for me, cuddlebumps!"
*
"Wow," Pietro, a look of awe on his face. "Look at those two go."
"Almost as fast as you, huh?"
"No way!" retorted Pietro. "They could never keep up with me, no matter how fast they can eat."
What Pietro and all the other teenagers, minus Petra, who had last been seen about twenty minutes beforehand (and only by Pietro, who was the only one capable of noticing her), still running away from the group of teenage guys, (although, she had managed to tell Pietro that she would be losing them pretty soon, and had mentioned something about a river), were watching was Freddy and Fredericka. Like Kurt and Katrin, they were at home in the food court, and were eating enough food to feed a small country.
Freddy let out a belch. "Top that," he challenged his Doppelganger.
Fredericka smiled, and let out an even louder one. "Done."
"Okay," said Lana. "Now that we have finished that - display, let's get going."
"But what about Petra?"
"She can make it back to the Institute on her own," said Scott.
"Let's just worry about ourselves until then," finished Scarlett.
"Now that's just wrong," whispered Todd to Tonya.
"What do you mean?"
"I know we are supposed to be each other, yo, but that is just scary."
"Scarier than soap?" asked Katrin, dropping the hated cleaning product in Todd's lap.
"Ahh!" Todd let out his girly scream, which got a few odd looks from the Doppelgangers.
"Hey!" said Katrin. "He sounded just like Tonya!"
"What do you mean, yo? He did not sound just like me!"
"Really?" asked Pietro, and before Tonya could react, he had stomped on her foot. Tonya opened her mouth, and let out the same scream Todd had done moments before.
"See, same scream," said Katrin.
Tonya and Todd, obviously upset with what had just happened - Todd, for having his masculinity question, and Tonya, because Pietro had stepped on her foot - both let their tongues loose onto the world, grabbed the half- full cola cups that were on the table, and Tonya launched one cup at Katrin. Todd, following suit, launched his at Kurt.
"Ach, nein!" shouted the two German mutants in unison. "Now we're all wet!"
"Well, that's what you get for making fun of people," reprimanded Scarlett.
"Oh, shut up!"
Katrin looked down at herself. "This is going to take ages to dry. And I'm gonna be all sticky, too."
"Well," replied Kurt, "at least our holowatches are still functioning."
"Good point."
"Pity the images aren't that great," came Petra's voice from behind the group.
"Finally got rid of them?" asked Pietro.
"Sure did," came the reply. "Made just like the Pied Piperess of Hamlin, and dropped them all in a river. They all look a lot like these two, actually."
"Well, now that you're back," said Lana, annoyed, "let's all get going. You've caused enough problems as it is, Petra."
"Fine! You slowpokes can just catch up to me!" With that, Petra ran off around the corner.
Everyone winced as the sound of a collision echoed from around that very corner.
"Come on," said Scott wearily. "Let's go get her."
Everyone ran around the corner to find Petra sitting on the ground, yelling furiously (and at a rate only Pietro could comprehend) at a set of girl quintuplets, about the age of twelve.
The jaws of all the X-Women dropped as they recognised the girls.
"Jaimee?!"