Regina: Sorry it's taken me so long to update this particular story, but I
have been busy building my Amyro website, Burning Souls, and have just
completed my first Amyro fic, Trial by Fire. But I have now written the
next bit of Role Reversal, so happy reading!
Role Reversal
Chapter Fifteen: Farewell to the Friends
"Sorry to interrupt, girls," interrupted Form, "but Forge and I have an announcement."
"Girls?"
"It's like when we say 'guys'," guessed Scott. "Right?"
The Doppelgangers nodded.
Everyone, including the adults, who had finally returned from their important business, looked at the pair. "Are you ready?" asked Form, using a cloth to get the last traces of grease off her hands.
Everyone nodded. "Sure."
"We finally fixed the machine!" Forge and Form announced together.
"You did?! I thought you said it would take a lot longer!"
"How did you do it?"
"We can go home now!"
"Thank goodness! I didn't know how much more I could take of these freaks!"
"Charles!"
"What?"
"So?" asked Scarlett. "When will we be able to go home?"
"As soon as you want," replied Forge.
"Woohoo!" shouted Carter. "Let me at it!"
"Why are you so excited?" asked Petra blandly.
Carter jerked a thumb in Lana's direction. "Her. She won't stop following me. Maybe when we're home, we can stay a fair distance apart."
Lana's jaw dropped. "What? How can you say that, after everything?"
"Like this: Her. She won't stop following me. Maybe when we're home, we can stay a fair distance apart."
The ground began to rumble beneath everyone.
"Okay," said Lance, "you can't blame this on me."
"Oh, yeah?" asked Lana. "Well, I can blame this on you! This is all your fault! I was just following that stupid plan of yours -"
"Technically, that would be your plan as well."
"Shut up, Petra! As I was yelling," Lana continued, "I was just following that stupid plan of yours, the one you said would help me get Carter, and it's all backfired!"
"Hang on," said Carter. "What plan?"
"His plan!"
"Lance," asked Kitty. "Is this true?"
"Well, it seems the earth isn't going to move tonight."
"Pietro!"
"Unless it's just -"
"Petra!"
"Sorry!" the speed demons replied in unison. Not that they meant it.
"Maybe it's a good thing that we fixed the machine," Forge muttered to Form. "We'd all go insane."
Form nodded thoughtfully. "Although it's a bit late for them," she replied, inclining her head towards the group.
Forge nodded, too. "Let's just get this over with." He stepped forward, interupting the arguing teens. "Follow us."
Everyone followed Forge and Form down into the lab, where the machine had, true to their word, had been fixed.
"Cool," said Evan.
"Let's get this show on the road," added Eva.
"Okay," said Forge, and he and Form began what appeared to be a complicated procedure of turning on buttons and flicking switches (this was merely just for show. It was already set up when the X-Men and co. showed up).
Suddenly, there was a flash of white light, and the wall in front of them glowed with it.
And then the Doppelgangers saw something.
"Home," whispered Katrin.
"After you," said Form, gesturing to the portal.
Scarlett and Grey looked at each other. Then, without speaking, they took each other's hand, and walked through the portal, looking back at Scott and Jean briefly before disappearing out of sight.
The others took their time to say goodbye.
"Miss you."
"It was fun."
"Not so fast, Petra, you're coming with us whether you like it or not!"
"Put me down, Colossa! Let go! Stop laughing Flame-Boy, if I'm going down, you're coming with me!"
And then, before anyone else realised it, the Doppelgangers were gone.
"I think we'll be going now, Charles," said Magneto. With a swish of his cape, he started to walk off. "Sabertooth, Gambit, Colossus, Quicksilver, Pyro."
All of the named mutants followed him. Save one.
"Pyro!"
Pyro still didn't move.
"Pyro!"
Nope.
"Flame-Boy?"
"You rang?"
"Oh, man!" shouted all the teens as one.
Okay, after exchanging Flame-Boy for the real Pyro, Magneto, his henchmen, and the Brotherhood all left.
And everything went back to normal.
Or so it seemed.
"Kurt! Phone call!"
"Got it!"
After a hurried and secretive conversation, Kurt went to speak to the X- Men.
"Forge has invited us to his place. He says he's got a surprise for us."
"Why do I get a bad feeling about this?"
Role Reversal
Chapter Fifteen: Farewell to the Friends
"Sorry to interrupt, girls," interrupted Form, "but Forge and I have an announcement."
"Girls?"
"It's like when we say 'guys'," guessed Scott. "Right?"
The Doppelgangers nodded.
Everyone, including the adults, who had finally returned from their important business, looked at the pair. "Are you ready?" asked Form, using a cloth to get the last traces of grease off her hands.
Everyone nodded. "Sure."
"We finally fixed the machine!" Forge and Form announced together.
"You did?! I thought you said it would take a lot longer!"
"How did you do it?"
"We can go home now!"
"Thank goodness! I didn't know how much more I could take of these freaks!"
"Charles!"
"What?"
"So?" asked Scarlett. "When will we be able to go home?"
"As soon as you want," replied Forge.
"Woohoo!" shouted Carter. "Let me at it!"
"Why are you so excited?" asked Petra blandly.
Carter jerked a thumb in Lana's direction. "Her. She won't stop following me. Maybe when we're home, we can stay a fair distance apart."
Lana's jaw dropped. "What? How can you say that, after everything?"
"Like this: Her. She won't stop following me. Maybe when we're home, we can stay a fair distance apart."
The ground began to rumble beneath everyone.
"Okay," said Lance, "you can't blame this on me."
"Oh, yeah?" asked Lana. "Well, I can blame this on you! This is all your fault! I was just following that stupid plan of yours -"
"Technically, that would be your plan as well."
"Shut up, Petra! As I was yelling," Lana continued, "I was just following that stupid plan of yours, the one you said would help me get Carter, and it's all backfired!"
"Hang on," said Carter. "What plan?"
"His plan!"
"Lance," asked Kitty. "Is this true?"
"Well, it seems the earth isn't going to move tonight."
"Pietro!"
"Unless it's just -"
"Petra!"
"Sorry!" the speed demons replied in unison. Not that they meant it.
"Maybe it's a good thing that we fixed the machine," Forge muttered to Form. "We'd all go insane."
Form nodded thoughtfully. "Although it's a bit late for them," she replied, inclining her head towards the group.
Forge nodded, too. "Let's just get this over with." He stepped forward, interupting the arguing teens. "Follow us."
Everyone followed Forge and Form down into the lab, where the machine had, true to their word, had been fixed.
"Cool," said Evan.
"Let's get this show on the road," added Eva.
"Okay," said Forge, and he and Form began what appeared to be a complicated procedure of turning on buttons and flicking switches (this was merely just for show. It was already set up when the X-Men and co. showed up).
Suddenly, there was a flash of white light, and the wall in front of them glowed with it.
And then the Doppelgangers saw something.
"Home," whispered Katrin.
"After you," said Form, gesturing to the portal.
Scarlett and Grey looked at each other. Then, without speaking, they took each other's hand, and walked through the portal, looking back at Scott and Jean briefly before disappearing out of sight.
The others took their time to say goodbye.
"Miss you."
"It was fun."
"Not so fast, Petra, you're coming with us whether you like it or not!"
"Put me down, Colossa! Let go! Stop laughing Flame-Boy, if I'm going down, you're coming with me!"
And then, before anyone else realised it, the Doppelgangers were gone.
"I think we'll be going now, Charles," said Magneto. With a swish of his cape, he started to walk off. "Sabertooth, Gambit, Colossus, Quicksilver, Pyro."
All of the named mutants followed him. Save one.
"Pyro!"
Pyro still didn't move.
"Pyro!"
Nope.
"Flame-Boy?"
"You rang?"
"Oh, man!" shouted all the teens as one.
Okay, after exchanging Flame-Boy for the real Pyro, Magneto, his henchmen, and the Brotherhood all left.
And everything went back to normal.
Or so it seemed.
"Kurt! Phone call!"
"Got it!"
After a hurried and secretive conversation, Kurt went to speak to the X- Men.
"Forge has invited us to his place. He says he's got a surprise for us."
"Why do I get a bad feeling about this?"