Starfire- The Amara/John pairing in this chapter was written just for you.
Hope you like it. I've never done their pairing before and I wasn't going
to but sense you brought it up I figured why not?
Wiccamage-Thanks for the tips. About her not calling home its because the power was out and she couldn't call because the phone was dead. Its in one of the other chapters. Luckily I was going to explain why she was so tired in this chapter. I'll try and go easy on the lap thing.
And now for our featured presentation.
CHAPTER 5 Awaken the Valley Girl
Good news mon petite." Remy said brightly. What? Are ya gonna get a decent hair cut?" She asked sarcastically as he walked into the room.
"Nope. De powa came back on while ya nodded off so Remy called de mansion o' yours an' explained de situation." He told her. "An' what be wrong wit Remy's hair?" He asked, pulling his hand through it.
Rogue's eyes widened. "Ya did what!? Are Ya'll insane?" She asked him in shock.
"But Remy tought de fille would be happy an' maybe smile fo' him if he did it." He said hopefully.
Rogue's lips stayed scowling at him.
"That's like sendin em inta the enemy field lines without ammunition. There's Anti-Mutant people all ova thah damn city." She exclaimed.
"Chere calm down. Dat Professa o' yo's told Remy dat half de people on yo' team are out dere looking fo' ya already. So de soona' dat Wolvie man comes an' picks ya up de soona' yo' team will be safe back home, oui?" He explained.
"Ah guess that does make some sense." She agreed, now more calmed down.
"But how'd ya know mah phone number?" She inquired.
"Oh, Remy read it in yo' lil phone book."
"And where'd ya get that?" She asked.
"From yo coat pocket." He replied as if it were no big deal.
"You went through mah stuff??" She asked, alarmed.
"Oui, how else did ya tink Remy was gonna entertain himself while ya were sleeping?" He asked playfully, grinning at her.
Rogue just rolled her eyes. There was silence for a minute until she broke it.
"Gambit?" She asked.
"Please mon chere, call dis Swamp Rat Remy." He said playfully.
She rolled her eyes at him. "Fine. Remy."
"Oui petite?" He replied.
"Why'd ya do it? Why'd ya go ta all that trouble an' everything just to make sure Kitty and Ah were safe and that the Prof knew where we were?" She asked, looking down at her gloved hand.
"Cause it makes y' happy." He answered.
"Why? Why would ya go through all this trouble ta make meh happy?" She asked.
"Cause mon belle femme. When yo' happy, Remy be happy. An' all he wan' in return is one lil ting." He said slyly.
"Oh? And what's that?" She asked, eying him suspiciously,
"A smile on dat pretty lil face o' yo's." He said, lifting her head up by her chin.
"That's it?" Rogue asked, smiling at him weakly.
"Oui chere dat be it." He said and lifted her up and put her next to him on the couch. She was sitting on the chair before.
"An' maybe a kiss." He added.. She replied by smiling up at him, and getting inches to his face.
"Pucker up." She whispered to him.
He looked at her, a little surprised at her change in personality.
She then quickly stuffed a pillow in his face.
"Wort' a try." He told her.
"So when am ah goin home?" She asked.
"Soon as yo' Wolverine gets here. Xavier said he'd be dere in about an hour. Dere was some riot trouble dey had ta break up." Remy explained.
"Oh okay. Well then maybe I should get up and.and get.up.and." She trailed off, falling asleep yet again.
He'd figured out that she was hit with one of those dart tranquilizers that weakened her and the effects were taking their toll on her. He'd found a handful of darts near hers and Kitty's body when he took them. The drug was obviously making her not being able to stay awake that long.
"Damn drug. How Remy supposed ta flirt wit de fille if she keeps fallin asleep on him?" He asked himself.
He smiled at her and stroked her hair while shed slept. His heart felt a little heavier when he thought about the fact that she wouldn't be there with him anymore soon.
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"They're WHERE!?" Scott asked into his com link.
"I said they've been taken in by one of the Acolytes in an apartment building near the area you and Night Crawler are in." Beast repeated over the link.
"Are they okay? Why are they there? If he hurt either one of them I sware I'll."
"Scott calm down. Mine swezter ond' Kitty are safe if ze Professor says zat zey are safe." Kurt told him, taking the link from the older boy.
"He did say zat zey vere safe ya?" Kurt asked Beast.
"Yes. The boy will not harm either of the girls. He was the one who called the mansion in the first place to tell us where Rogue was." Beast said, sounding a little surprised even though he'd already heard about it.
"Vhere did you say zey vere?" Kurt questioned.
"They're in the building that has the apartments over the coffee house on the corner of Bay Ridge Lane and Sunnyside Avenue." Beast said.
"Zats not too far avay from vhere ve are." Kurt said, looking around them.
"Yes I know, but don't go looking for them. Wolverine is already on his way there." Beast informed them.
"But why? We're closer." Scott asked, taking back the communicator.
"Because we need you to find Amara and the others. They're looking for Rogue somewhere by the pizza palace and according to Jean they've run into a bit of trouble with some unfriendly anti-mutant citizens." The older man explained.
"We're on it Mr. McCoy." Scott said, ending the transmission.
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"Get outta here ya mutie freaks." The people shouted.
The teens tried their best to ignore the jeers and hooting but it was getting harder. Bobby clenched his fists tightly and Amara just shut her eyes and breathed in and out deeply. Jubilee just held her head high and kept looking straight forward. They were all on a mission and none of them were going to let these jerks get to them. At least they wouldn't show it.
"Come on. We've got searching to do." Amara said, walking past the people who were glaring at her.
They turned the corner onto a desserted street.
"Wonder where all the people are." Amara said curiously.
"Maybe they're all locked up inside their nice, safe houses away from the horrible mutants." Bobby said scowling.
"Or maybe they all beat it cause they knew we'd be here to teach you punks a lesson and they didn't want to get in our way." A gruff voiced man said, stepping out of the shadows with a group of men behind him.
He grabbed Jubilee by the arm and pulled her close to his chest, raising a sharp knife blade to her throat.
She let out a scream and Bobby and Kitty whirled around to see what she was screaming. Bobby's eyes widened. Jubilee's eyes were piercing with fear and it wasa burning a hole through his heart.
"Let her go!" Bobby said in a low voice through gritted teeth. He was clenching his fists so hard at this point that his hands were startubg to turn purple.
"I don't think so. I think I wanna keep the little girl for myself. Either that or I play slice and dice with her throat." He said with full intention of doing what he threatened.
"Your about to spend your last seconds on earth in a giant ice cube." Bobby said threateningly as his hands turned to ice.
"Bobby no!" Amara shouted.
"Don't do it. If you do then your only making what people say about mutants true." Jubilee said before the man put a hand over her mouth to shut her up.
Bobby looked into Jubilee's eyes once more. He sighed and calmed down.
"Is there a problem here?" Cyclops asked, shooting right next to the man's foot with his optic blasts.
"Scott!" Amara and Bobby exclaimed in unison.
"I think you should let her go." Scott said, putting his hand to his glasses again and taking aim.
"And what if I don't?" The man asked.
"And if you don't then I'll have no choice but to take you out." Scott said, blasting the knife in the man's hand.
The men all stumbled back, releasing Jubilee in the process.
"Just you wait. We'll be back for you. This isnt over." The man insisted before he and his friends retreated with the little dignity they had left at that point.
"I know, and I'll be waiting for you." Scott said in a quiet tone to himself before going over to help Bobby and Amara with Jubilee.
When the man let go of Jubilee it was more like he'd thrown her at them and she stumbled and landed on her ankle.
"Ow!" Jubilee winced, trying not to show how much she was hurting.
"Its sprained." Scott confirmed, looking at her injury which was already swelling. "No really its fine. We need to go get Rogue and Kitty." Jubilee said, trying to look happy and healthier then ever.
Scott gave her a skeptical look and raised his eyebrow. "Your sure?" He asked.
"Positive." She assured him.
Scott was at that point holding her up so she wouldn't fall but he let go after what she said and she fell flat on her face on the pavement.
"Okay.so maybe it hurts a little." She admitted.
Bobby, you'll have to let Jubilee lean on you until we get to the car. Amara, you and I will take the lead incase there's anymore unwelcoming neighbors." Scott said.
"Where's Kurt? He'd come in handy with Jubilee here." Amara said, motioning to the other girl who was trying to balance one foot on the ground and one foot off while leaning on Bobby and walk all at the same time.
"He's back at my car. His Holowatch malfunctioned on the way here so he's staying away from the crowds until he can get it fixed. It'll be easier for us to get out of here in one piece without him drawing attention at the moment. People are kind of high on tension about mutants lately if you haven't noticed." Scott explained.
"Oh." Amara replied. They just kept walking on until they reached a street corner and.
"Bobby look out!" Jubilee shouted.
"OW!"
"OOF!"
"I told you to look out!" Jubilee complained.
Cyclops and Magma turned around to see what was wrong now. Bobby and Jubilee had tripped over the uneven pavement and when Jubilee fell she'd taken the Ice mutant down with her this time.
Scott sighed in exasperation and they helped them up.
"You want me to take her?" Scott offered.
"No, I've got it under control." Bobby insisted.
"We're just slowing down a little." Jubilee put in.
"I know you can't really do anything about your ankle Jubilee, but we really need to be going faster. Once Rogue and Kitty are back at the mansion we're going on lock down so the faster the better." Scott told them.
He'd already filled them in about Rogue and Kitty's whereabouts and after about a zillion questions that he'd already said he couldn't answer they'd finally left it alone, at least until they got back to the mansion.
"Got it covered Scott." Bobby assured the leader.
"Jubilee get on my back." He told her, bending down so she could climb on.
"What!? No! I'm not getting carried around like a little kid." She said firmly.
Scott groaned in aggravation. This wasn't supposed to be happening to him. He was the co leader of a powerful well trained group of mutants, not a babysitter for genetically altered preteens that were going through their first phases of hormones.
"Just get on his back. No one thinks you're a little kid. Your ankle is twisted, you have an excuse. And we need to get out of here ASAP so no arguments." Scott told her.
She opened her mouth to say something but then thought better of it and settled on scowling at Bobby while she wrapped her arms around his neck and he stood up.
"I'm too heavy for you." She protested.
"No your not. I'm fine." He guaranteed her.
She sighed and gave up. Obviously even if he did want to keel over from her being too heavy he would keep a straight face so non of this macho-ness was hurt.
"Your such a guy." She commented at how macho he was being.
"Thank you." He answered, turning his head and grinning at her. "Wait, what about Tabby?" Amara asked.
"Tabby?" Scott asked, turning around to look at them.
"Yeah, she's still at the Pizza Palace." Bobby explained.
"Why? You three were supposed to go alone." Scott told them.
"We were.But then we remembered something." Jubilee replied.
"What?" Scott asked.
"None of us can drive." Bobby answered for her.
"Oh.right." Scott said, forgetting about that detail when he gave out the assignments.
"So she's still at the Pizza Palace?" Scott asked.
They all nodded. She said she'd stay there incase Rogue or Kitty went there if they were awake. Plus she's asking around about them to see if anyone saw them." Amara explained.
"Oh.well then Amara you and Bobby go get her and bring her to my car. Its on the corner by the Bayville Bakery." He said, taking Jubilee from the younger boy.
Bobby frowned a bit.
"Why do I have to go?" Bobby whined.
"I got stuck with the crazy blonde last time." He sulked.
"Go. I'm strong enough to carry Jubilee back to the car without any hassle and none of us are to be alone in public during all this mess." Scott explained.
"Fine, lets get going." Bobby said. He turned around to walk with Amara to see that she was already walking up the sidewalk.
"Hey wait up." Bobby called, running after her.
Scott just readjusted Jubilee in his arms and walked toward the way to the car.
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.Walking on the Wild Side.
Get out of the fire if you can't stand the heat
Walking on the Wild Side..
"Oh bloody hell, the Sheilas are in control of the Juke Box." Pyro said, walking into the Pizza Palace.
"I will go get the beverages. You can wait here for our pizza order." Piotr said before walking out of the building and leaving Pyro alone.
"Hey wait a minute." Pyro said, but his teammate was already gone.
"Who listens to this crap anyways?" She thought aloud.
"I do. You got a problem with that?" Someone said, tapping him on the shoulder.
Pyro turned around to see a blonde girl with a mischeveous look on her face.
"Because if you want I can fight you for the next song." She suggested, rubbing her hands together.
"No thanks, I'll just stick to tuning you and your 'girl power' song out thank you very much." Pyro said, turning around to face front in the line.
"What ever." She replied in a bored voice.
"Hey Amara! Back so soon. Did we find Rogue and Kitty yet?" Tabitha asked, running up to her friend who had just entered the room, knocking into John in the process.
"Rude." John murmured, ready to tell off the girl for bumping into him and spilling his soda all down the front of his shirt.
He turned around, ready to give the blonde girl a piece of his mind.or burnt hair, whichever came first, when he stopped dead in his tracks at the site before him.
"Blimey." He breathed, taking in the beauty in front of him.
"What a Sheila!" She said to no one in particular.
'His smile turned into a frown when he noticed that the girl he was looking at was also the girl that the rude blonde was with.
"Of all the rotten luck." He murmured to himself.
"Hey wait a minute, I know them. They're part of that X-men group." He said aloud to himself.
'I bet they're out looking for the other two Sheilas that Remy's got back at his place." Maybe I should tell them where their teammates are.' He thought.
"Hey, Mr. Rude much, quit your staring you block-head looser." The Blonde snapped at him, bringing him back to reality.
He quickly looked away. 'Or maybe not.' He thought to himself deciding not to give out the information he knew.
"Tabbitha where have we seen him before?" Amara asked.
"I don't know. Probably from one of your classes or something." Tabby answered.
"Scott wants you outside with Bobby ASAP so you'd better go and get the down low from him. We found Rogue but um.its kind of hard to explain. Just ask Bobby to fill you in." Amara said, pushing the other mutant toward the door.
"Hey wait! What about the Pizza I ordered?" Tabby asked, stopping in the door frame.
"Just go on. I'll wait for the food." Amara told her.
"Alright, alright. You don't have to go all Summers on me." Tabby said, putting her hands up in defense.
"That was low." Amara said joikingly when she was compared to their Military like team leader.
"It's a Large cheese pizza with sausage, pepperoni, and anchovy." Tabby added.
"Yuck! You eat anchovies?" Amara asked the other girl, scrunching up her face in disgust.
"No way. Wild blue yonder Boy called in a request when I picked up his signal on my com link and told him where I was." Tabby explained before walking out the door.
Amara sighed and rolled her eyes, taking her place in line behind the red haired boy she'd seen before.
'Where have I seen him before? I just know I have.' She thought to herself.
She was thinking about everything going on in her life at that moment and didn't realize it when she felt a hand brush up against the back pocket of her jeans. She jumped and jerked around to see who it was. It was a man who was just standing there innocently.
"Oh excuse me miss, I didn't mean to bump into you like that." He said.
"Oh no that's okay." She said turning around.
"Hey, how old are you little lady?" The man asked, tapping her on the shoulder.
"Not old enough." She told him, turning back around and staring at the back of the boy in front of her who she thought she saw staring at her again before she turned back around.
"Hey my friends and I are having a little party, you wanna join? It'll be a whole lot of fun." He assured her.
"No, really that's okay. I'm really busy right now." She told him, turning around yet again.
John's ears were perked as he listened to the conversation going on behind him.
"He wanted to make the man leave her alone. He could have made the man leave her alone but he wasn't going to let himself get a crowd drawn to him. It was bad enough he was a mutant in a crowded restraunt but if they found out he wasn't human they might not give him his pizza, and that just wasn't right.
Amara felt a hand on her backside again and she whirled around to find the man still standing there innocently. She glared at him but then took a deep breath and calmed herself.
"Please refrain from doing that sir." She said politely. 'The men on her Island would never treat her like this. It was so disrespectful and degrading. Not to mention she was more then a little uncomfortable.
"Okay this is the last ti I offer. The party is gonna be the best." He said.
"I already told you no, now please leave before." Amara trailed off. She couldn't use her powers in public and she couldn't cause a scene because it would attract unwanted attention that she really didn't need right now.
"Before what little girl?" He asked, getting closer,
"Before her boyfriend turns around and gets angry." John said, snaking his arm around Amara's waist and pulling her over to him.
Amara was so shocked she didn't know what to do. She just sat there and watched it all play out.
"Oh sorry man, didn't know you and her were together." The other man said, putting his hands up in front of him to show no hard feelings as he backed away.
The man grabbed his drink and walked out of the restraunt.
Thanks for that." Amara said to her savior quietly.
"No problem Sheila. Just doin my part for society and all that." He said.
"Um.my names Amara. Not Sheila." She corrected him.
He laughed and grinned down at her. "I'm from Australia Amara. Down under we like to call girls sheilas. Its like slang I guess." He explained.
"And my names John by the way." He added.
"Oh." Amara said, feeling a bit foolish.
John realized that he still had his arms wrapped around her waist and immediately released her.
Amara was blushing madly.
"No really, it was nice, what you did. Not that many guys would do that." She told him, smiling graciously. His heart did flips when she smiled at him.
"Oh gosh." She exclaimed.
He looked at her curiously.
"What?" He asked.
"Your shirt. Its.soaked." She said, pointing to the boy's shirt.
"Oh yeah, your friend accidentally bumped into me and I spilt it on myself." He explained.
"Oh I'm sorry about that. Tabby is a wild girl if I ever saw one. She's not really one to slow down for anyone when she's in a hurry." Amara apologized.
"No worries Amara." He assured her, flashing her a smile.
"Still, let me help you/" She insisted, grabbing a handful of paper towels from the counter and walking back over to him.
"You don't have to. It was only an accident after all." He told her.
"No really I insist. Besides its not like I have anything better to do waiting for my food to be ready." She said.
She took a paper towel and wiped off his shirt. She stopped when she got to his chest. He was wet so his body was outlined and his features were more clear.
"Oh.sorry." She said, pulling away from him and turning red in the cheeks.
"I'm sorry but do I know you from somewhere? You seem so familier/ Do you go to Bayville High. She asked.
"No, my boss has me home schooled. Maybe next year though." He told her.
"Oh, so where I've seen you before then?" She asked..
Uhhh..couldn't tel ya. Oh look my orders ready. Nice meeting you Amara, bye." John said grabbing the pizza and leaving quickly.
"Hmm.I wonder what that was about." She mused.
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Kitty opened her eyes and sat up. She groaned in pain as the blood rushed to her head and she fell forward and sideways a bit landing in her lap.
She realized suddenly that she couldn't feel her head in her lap, which meant either one of two things; One, she was in an accident which she did remember and she now had numb legs from an injury and couldn't feel her head in them. Two being that she had just planted her head in someone else's lap.
Kitty was actually hoping that her legs were just numb. She didn't want to open her eyes and find her head resting on someone else's legs. The thought not only horrified her but also embarrassed her.
Slowly. Kitty opened her eyes and lifted her head to see whom it was she was practically sleeping on.
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A loud shriek filled the apartment, making Remy and Rogue cover their ears.
"And that'd be mah cue." Rogue said, pointing to the door where Kitty's screams were coming from.
:Oui, maybe ya betta go calm her down a bit." He said, lifting the Goth up and walking over to his bedroom.
"Ah already told ya. Ah can walk. Ah feel fine" She reminded him.
"Oui, Remy heard ya \de first time, but dat don' mean he gonna believe ya." He said, opening the door and setting the Goth down next to the bed.
"Kitty calm down." She said to her friend. Kitty got quiet and stared at her.
"What happened? Rogue where are we?" Kitty asked. Feeling light headed.
"Well you fell asleep and just used my lap as a pillow and- Ow!" Pietro exclaimed as Rogue elbowed him in the ribs. Kitty looked absolutely mortified.
"I was just kidding. Lighten up Roguey." Pietro said, rubbing hid ribs.
"Remy tinks dat de filles should be alone fo' dis. We be waitin outside." Remy said, dragging Pietro out the door by his collar.
"Aw but I wanna see the Kitty-kat have a spaz attack." Pietro wined.
:C'mon Pietro." Gambit said, dragging him out the door and closing it. He winked at Rogue once before he left.
"Rogue?" Kitty asked. The Goth girl turned to face her. "What's going on?"
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"Hey mates, we're back!" Pyro announced as the aroma of hot pizza filled the air.
"Good for you. The human banshee is awake." Pietro said, grabbing a drink from Piotr.
The two Acolytes looked at him as if he were crazy.
"De X-girl. She be awake." Remy explained.
"Oh." Pyro and Collosus said together.
"Banshee?" Pyro asked the speed demon.
"Oui. She fell ova when she got up too fast an'landed in Pietro's lap. Imagine how loud she screamed when she saw it was him." Remy explained.
"It wasn't that bad!" Pietro protested.
"Remy believes de fille's exact words were 'Get away from me you like creep.'" Remy recalled, amused at the look Pietro was giving him.
"Ha ha. Blimey Quick Silver. You've got all the Sheilas wantin you." John said sarcastically. He couldn't contain his laughter.
"Aw shove it Alderdyce." Pietro said grumpily, throwing a pillow at his teammate.
"The poor girl must have been scared when she woke up and saw you Pietro." Piotr said to the younger boy.
"Well wouldn't you be if you woke up with Pietro in your face?" John asked, laughing even harder.
The boys stopped laughing and joking when their fun was broken by the voice of a worried young girl.
"Rogue?.Rogue?.ROGUE!?"
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Hahahahaha!
I m sooo evil!
Cliff-hanger!!!!!
Hope you all liked it.
Kitty's finally up. YAY!
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Wiccamage-Thanks for the tips. About her not calling home its because the power was out and she couldn't call because the phone was dead. Its in one of the other chapters. Luckily I was going to explain why she was so tired in this chapter. I'll try and go easy on the lap thing.
And now for our featured presentation.
CHAPTER 5 Awaken the Valley Girl
Good news mon petite." Remy said brightly. What? Are ya gonna get a decent hair cut?" She asked sarcastically as he walked into the room.
"Nope. De powa came back on while ya nodded off so Remy called de mansion o' yours an' explained de situation." He told her. "An' what be wrong wit Remy's hair?" He asked, pulling his hand through it.
Rogue's eyes widened. "Ya did what!? Are Ya'll insane?" She asked him in shock.
"But Remy tought de fille would be happy an' maybe smile fo' him if he did it." He said hopefully.
Rogue's lips stayed scowling at him.
"That's like sendin em inta the enemy field lines without ammunition. There's Anti-Mutant people all ova thah damn city." She exclaimed.
"Chere calm down. Dat Professa o' yo's told Remy dat half de people on yo' team are out dere looking fo' ya already. So de soona' dat Wolvie man comes an' picks ya up de soona' yo' team will be safe back home, oui?" He explained.
"Ah guess that does make some sense." She agreed, now more calmed down.
"But how'd ya know mah phone number?" She inquired.
"Oh, Remy read it in yo' lil phone book."
"And where'd ya get that?" She asked.
"From yo coat pocket." He replied as if it were no big deal.
"You went through mah stuff??" She asked, alarmed.
"Oui, how else did ya tink Remy was gonna entertain himself while ya were sleeping?" He asked playfully, grinning at her.
Rogue just rolled her eyes. There was silence for a minute until she broke it.
"Gambit?" She asked.
"Please mon chere, call dis Swamp Rat Remy." He said playfully.
She rolled her eyes at him. "Fine. Remy."
"Oui petite?" He replied.
"Why'd ya do it? Why'd ya go ta all that trouble an' everything just to make sure Kitty and Ah were safe and that the Prof knew where we were?" She asked, looking down at her gloved hand.
"Cause it makes y' happy." He answered.
"Why? Why would ya go through all this trouble ta make meh happy?" She asked.
"Cause mon belle femme. When yo' happy, Remy be happy. An' all he wan' in return is one lil ting." He said slyly.
"Oh? And what's that?" She asked, eying him suspiciously,
"A smile on dat pretty lil face o' yo's." He said, lifting her head up by her chin.
"That's it?" Rogue asked, smiling at him weakly.
"Oui chere dat be it." He said and lifted her up and put her next to him on the couch. She was sitting on the chair before.
"An' maybe a kiss." He added.. She replied by smiling up at him, and getting inches to his face.
"Pucker up." She whispered to him.
He looked at her, a little surprised at her change in personality.
She then quickly stuffed a pillow in his face.
"Wort' a try." He told her.
"So when am ah goin home?" She asked.
"Soon as yo' Wolverine gets here. Xavier said he'd be dere in about an hour. Dere was some riot trouble dey had ta break up." Remy explained.
"Oh okay. Well then maybe I should get up and.and get.up.and." She trailed off, falling asleep yet again.
He'd figured out that she was hit with one of those dart tranquilizers that weakened her and the effects were taking their toll on her. He'd found a handful of darts near hers and Kitty's body when he took them. The drug was obviously making her not being able to stay awake that long.
"Damn drug. How Remy supposed ta flirt wit de fille if she keeps fallin asleep on him?" He asked himself.
He smiled at her and stroked her hair while shed slept. His heart felt a little heavier when he thought about the fact that she wouldn't be there with him anymore soon.
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"They're WHERE!?" Scott asked into his com link.
"I said they've been taken in by one of the Acolytes in an apartment building near the area you and Night Crawler are in." Beast repeated over the link.
"Are they okay? Why are they there? If he hurt either one of them I sware I'll."
"Scott calm down. Mine swezter ond' Kitty are safe if ze Professor says zat zey are safe." Kurt told him, taking the link from the older boy.
"He did say zat zey vere safe ya?" Kurt asked Beast.
"Yes. The boy will not harm either of the girls. He was the one who called the mansion in the first place to tell us where Rogue was." Beast said, sounding a little surprised even though he'd already heard about it.
"Vhere did you say zey vere?" Kurt questioned.
"They're in the building that has the apartments over the coffee house on the corner of Bay Ridge Lane and Sunnyside Avenue." Beast said.
"Zats not too far avay from vhere ve are." Kurt said, looking around them.
"Yes I know, but don't go looking for them. Wolverine is already on his way there." Beast informed them.
"But why? We're closer." Scott asked, taking back the communicator.
"Because we need you to find Amara and the others. They're looking for Rogue somewhere by the pizza palace and according to Jean they've run into a bit of trouble with some unfriendly anti-mutant citizens." The older man explained.
"We're on it Mr. McCoy." Scott said, ending the transmission.
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"Get outta here ya mutie freaks." The people shouted.
The teens tried their best to ignore the jeers and hooting but it was getting harder. Bobby clenched his fists tightly and Amara just shut her eyes and breathed in and out deeply. Jubilee just held her head high and kept looking straight forward. They were all on a mission and none of them were going to let these jerks get to them. At least they wouldn't show it.
"Come on. We've got searching to do." Amara said, walking past the people who were glaring at her.
They turned the corner onto a desserted street.
"Wonder where all the people are." Amara said curiously.
"Maybe they're all locked up inside their nice, safe houses away from the horrible mutants." Bobby said scowling.
"Or maybe they all beat it cause they knew we'd be here to teach you punks a lesson and they didn't want to get in our way." A gruff voiced man said, stepping out of the shadows with a group of men behind him.
He grabbed Jubilee by the arm and pulled her close to his chest, raising a sharp knife blade to her throat.
She let out a scream and Bobby and Kitty whirled around to see what she was screaming. Bobby's eyes widened. Jubilee's eyes were piercing with fear and it wasa burning a hole through his heart.
"Let her go!" Bobby said in a low voice through gritted teeth. He was clenching his fists so hard at this point that his hands were startubg to turn purple.
"I don't think so. I think I wanna keep the little girl for myself. Either that or I play slice and dice with her throat." He said with full intention of doing what he threatened.
"Your about to spend your last seconds on earth in a giant ice cube." Bobby said threateningly as his hands turned to ice.
"Bobby no!" Amara shouted.
"Don't do it. If you do then your only making what people say about mutants true." Jubilee said before the man put a hand over her mouth to shut her up.
Bobby looked into Jubilee's eyes once more. He sighed and calmed down.
"Is there a problem here?" Cyclops asked, shooting right next to the man's foot with his optic blasts.
"Scott!" Amara and Bobby exclaimed in unison.
"I think you should let her go." Scott said, putting his hand to his glasses again and taking aim.
"And what if I don't?" The man asked.
"And if you don't then I'll have no choice but to take you out." Scott said, blasting the knife in the man's hand.
The men all stumbled back, releasing Jubilee in the process.
"Just you wait. We'll be back for you. This isnt over." The man insisted before he and his friends retreated with the little dignity they had left at that point.
"I know, and I'll be waiting for you." Scott said in a quiet tone to himself before going over to help Bobby and Amara with Jubilee.
When the man let go of Jubilee it was more like he'd thrown her at them and she stumbled and landed on her ankle.
"Ow!" Jubilee winced, trying not to show how much she was hurting.
"Its sprained." Scott confirmed, looking at her injury which was already swelling. "No really its fine. We need to go get Rogue and Kitty." Jubilee said, trying to look happy and healthier then ever.
Scott gave her a skeptical look and raised his eyebrow. "Your sure?" He asked.
"Positive." She assured him.
Scott was at that point holding her up so she wouldn't fall but he let go after what she said and she fell flat on her face on the pavement.
"Okay.so maybe it hurts a little." She admitted.
Bobby, you'll have to let Jubilee lean on you until we get to the car. Amara, you and I will take the lead incase there's anymore unwelcoming neighbors." Scott said.
"Where's Kurt? He'd come in handy with Jubilee here." Amara said, motioning to the other girl who was trying to balance one foot on the ground and one foot off while leaning on Bobby and walk all at the same time.
"He's back at my car. His Holowatch malfunctioned on the way here so he's staying away from the crowds until he can get it fixed. It'll be easier for us to get out of here in one piece without him drawing attention at the moment. People are kind of high on tension about mutants lately if you haven't noticed." Scott explained.
"Oh." Amara replied. They just kept walking on until they reached a street corner and.
"Bobby look out!" Jubilee shouted.
"OW!"
"OOF!"
"I told you to look out!" Jubilee complained.
Cyclops and Magma turned around to see what was wrong now. Bobby and Jubilee had tripped over the uneven pavement and when Jubilee fell she'd taken the Ice mutant down with her this time.
Scott sighed in exasperation and they helped them up.
"You want me to take her?" Scott offered.
"No, I've got it under control." Bobby insisted.
"We're just slowing down a little." Jubilee put in.
"I know you can't really do anything about your ankle Jubilee, but we really need to be going faster. Once Rogue and Kitty are back at the mansion we're going on lock down so the faster the better." Scott told them.
He'd already filled them in about Rogue and Kitty's whereabouts and after about a zillion questions that he'd already said he couldn't answer they'd finally left it alone, at least until they got back to the mansion.
"Got it covered Scott." Bobby assured the leader.
"Jubilee get on my back." He told her, bending down so she could climb on.
"What!? No! I'm not getting carried around like a little kid." She said firmly.
Scott groaned in aggravation. This wasn't supposed to be happening to him. He was the co leader of a powerful well trained group of mutants, not a babysitter for genetically altered preteens that were going through their first phases of hormones.
"Just get on his back. No one thinks you're a little kid. Your ankle is twisted, you have an excuse. And we need to get out of here ASAP so no arguments." Scott told her.
She opened her mouth to say something but then thought better of it and settled on scowling at Bobby while she wrapped her arms around his neck and he stood up.
"I'm too heavy for you." She protested.
"No your not. I'm fine." He guaranteed her.
She sighed and gave up. Obviously even if he did want to keel over from her being too heavy he would keep a straight face so non of this macho-ness was hurt.
"Your such a guy." She commented at how macho he was being.
"Thank you." He answered, turning his head and grinning at her. "Wait, what about Tabby?" Amara asked.
"Tabby?" Scott asked, turning around to look at them.
"Yeah, she's still at the Pizza Palace." Bobby explained.
"Why? You three were supposed to go alone." Scott told them.
"We were.But then we remembered something." Jubilee replied.
"What?" Scott asked.
"None of us can drive." Bobby answered for her.
"Oh.right." Scott said, forgetting about that detail when he gave out the assignments.
"So she's still at the Pizza Palace?" Scott asked.
They all nodded. She said she'd stay there incase Rogue or Kitty went there if they were awake. Plus she's asking around about them to see if anyone saw them." Amara explained.
"Oh.well then Amara you and Bobby go get her and bring her to my car. Its on the corner by the Bayville Bakery." He said, taking Jubilee from the younger boy.
Bobby frowned a bit.
"Why do I have to go?" Bobby whined.
"I got stuck with the crazy blonde last time." He sulked.
"Go. I'm strong enough to carry Jubilee back to the car without any hassle and none of us are to be alone in public during all this mess." Scott explained.
"Fine, lets get going." Bobby said. He turned around to walk with Amara to see that she was already walking up the sidewalk.
"Hey wait up." Bobby called, running after her.
Scott just readjusted Jubilee in his arms and walked toward the way to the car.
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.Walking on the Wild Side.
Get out of the fire if you can't stand the heat
Walking on the Wild Side..
"Oh bloody hell, the Sheilas are in control of the Juke Box." Pyro said, walking into the Pizza Palace.
"I will go get the beverages. You can wait here for our pizza order." Piotr said before walking out of the building and leaving Pyro alone.
"Hey wait a minute." Pyro said, but his teammate was already gone.
"Who listens to this crap anyways?" She thought aloud.
"I do. You got a problem with that?" Someone said, tapping him on the shoulder.
Pyro turned around to see a blonde girl with a mischeveous look on her face.
"Because if you want I can fight you for the next song." She suggested, rubbing her hands together.
"No thanks, I'll just stick to tuning you and your 'girl power' song out thank you very much." Pyro said, turning around to face front in the line.
"What ever." She replied in a bored voice.
"Hey Amara! Back so soon. Did we find Rogue and Kitty yet?" Tabitha asked, running up to her friend who had just entered the room, knocking into John in the process.
"Rude." John murmured, ready to tell off the girl for bumping into him and spilling his soda all down the front of his shirt.
He turned around, ready to give the blonde girl a piece of his mind.or burnt hair, whichever came first, when he stopped dead in his tracks at the site before him.
"Blimey." He breathed, taking in the beauty in front of him.
"What a Sheila!" She said to no one in particular.
'His smile turned into a frown when he noticed that the girl he was looking at was also the girl that the rude blonde was with.
"Of all the rotten luck." He murmured to himself.
"Hey wait a minute, I know them. They're part of that X-men group." He said aloud to himself.
'I bet they're out looking for the other two Sheilas that Remy's got back at his place." Maybe I should tell them where their teammates are.' He thought.
"Hey, Mr. Rude much, quit your staring you block-head looser." The Blonde snapped at him, bringing him back to reality.
He quickly looked away. 'Or maybe not.' He thought to himself deciding not to give out the information he knew.
"Tabbitha where have we seen him before?" Amara asked.
"I don't know. Probably from one of your classes or something." Tabby answered.
"Scott wants you outside with Bobby ASAP so you'd better go and get the down low from him. We found Rogue but um.its kind of hard to explain. Just ask Bobby to fill you in." Amara said, pushing the other mutant toward the door.
"Hey wait! What about the Pizza I ordered?" Tabby asked, stopping in the door frame.
"Just go on. I'll wait for the food." Amara told her.
"Alright, alright. You don't have to go all Summers on me." Tabby said, putting her hands up in defense.
"That was low." Amara said joikingly when she was compared to their Military like team leader.
"It's a Large cheese pizza with sausage, pepperoni, and anchovy." Tabby added.
"Yuck! You eat anchovies?" Amara asked the other girl, scrunching up her face in disgust.
"No way. Wild blue yonder Boy called in a request when I picked up his signal on my com link and told him where I was." Tabby explained before walking out the door.
Amara sighed and rolled her eyes, taking her place in line behind the red haired boy she'd seen before.
'Where have I seen him before? I just know I have.' She thought to herself.
She was thinking about everything going on in her life at that moment and didn't realize it when she felt a hand brush up against the back pocket of her jeans. She jumped and jerked around to see who it was. It was a man who was just standing there innocently.
"Oh excuse me miss, I didn't mean to bump into you like that." He said.
"Oh no that's okay." She said turning around.
"Hey, how old are you little lady?" The man asked, tapping her on the shoulder.
"Not old enough." She told him, turning back around and staring at the back of the boy in front of her who she thought she saw staring at her again before she turned back around.
"Hey my friends and I are having a little party, you wanna join? It'll be a whole lot of fun." He assured her.
"No, really that's okay. I'm really busy right now." She told him, turning around yet again.
John's ears were perked as he listened to the conversation going on behind him.
"He wanted to make the man leave her alone. He could have made the man leave her alone but he wasn't going to let himself get a crowd drawn to him. It was bad enough he was a mutant in a crowded restraunt but if they found out he wasn't human they might not give him his pizza, and that just wasn't right.
Amara felt a hand on her backside again and she whirled around to find the man still standing there innocently. She glared at him but then took a deep breath and calmed herself.
"Please refrain from doing that sir." She said politely. 'The men on her Island would never treat her like this. It was so disrespectful and degrading. Not to mention she was more then a little uncomfortable.
"Okay this is the last ti I offer. The party is gonna be the best." He said.
"I already told you no, now please leave before." Amara trailed off. She couldn't use her powers in public and she couldn't cause a scene because it would attract unwanted attention that she really didn't need right now.
"Before what little girl?" He asked, getting closer,
"Before her boyfriend turns around and gets angry." John said, snaking his arm around Amara's waist and pulling her over to him.
Amara was so shocked she didn't know what to do. She just sat there and watched it all play out.
"Oh sorry man, didn't know you and her were together." The other man said, putting his hands up in front of him to show no hard feelings as he backed away.
The man grabbed his drink and walked out of the restraunt.
Thanks for that." Amara said to her savior quietly.
"No problem Sheila. Just doin my part for society and all that." He said.
"Um.my names Amara. Not Sheila." She corrected him.
He laughed and grinned down at her. "I'm from Australia Amara. Down under we like to call girls sheilas. Its like slang I guess." He explained.
"And my names John by the way." He added.
"Oh." Amara said, feeling a bit foolish.
John realized that he still had his arms wrapped around her waist and immediately released her.
Amara was blushing madly.
"No really, it was nice, what you did. Not that many guys would do that." She told him, smiling graciously. His heart did flips when she smiled at him.
"Oh gosh." She exclaimed.
He looked at her curiously.
"What?" He asked.
"Your shirt. Its.soaked." She said, pointing to the boy's shirt.
"Oh yeah, your friend accidentally bumped into me and I spilt it on myself." He explained.
"Oh I'm sorry about that. Tabby is a wild girl if I ever saw one. She's not really one to slow down for anyone when she's in a hurry." Amara apologized.
"No worries Amara." He assured her, flashing her a smile.
"Still, let me help you/" She insisted, grabbing a handful of paper towels from the counter and walking back over to him.
"You don't have to. It was only an accident after all." He told her.
"No really I insist. Besides its not like I have anything better to do waiting for my food to be ready." She said.
She took a paper towel and wiped off his shirt. She stopped when she got to his chest. He was wet so his body was outlined and his features were more clear.
"Oh.sorry." She said, pulling away from him and turning red in the cheeks.
"I'm sorry but do I know you from somewhere? You seem so familier/ Do you go to Bayville High. She asked.
"No, my boss has me home schooled. Maybe next year though." He told her.
"Oh, so where I've seen you before then?" She asked..
Uhhh..couldn't tel ya. Oh look my orders ready. Nice meeting you Amara, bye." John said grabbing the pizza and leaving quickly.
"Hmm.I wonder what that was about." She mused.
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Kitty opened her eyes and sat up. She groaned in pain as the blood rushed to her head and she fell forward and sideways a bit landing in her lap.
She realized suddenly that she couldn't feel her head in her lap, which meant either one of two things; One, she was in an accident which she did remember and she now had numb legs from an injury and couldn't feel her head in them. Two being that she had just planted her head in someone else's lap.
Kitty was actually hoping that her legs were just numb. She didn't want to open her eyes and find her head resting on someone else's legs. The thought not only horrified her but also embarrassed her.
Slowly. Kitty opened her eyes and lifted her head to see whom it was she was practically sleeping on.
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A loud shriek filled the apartment, making Remy and Rogue cover their ears.
"And that'd be mah cue." Rogue said, pointing to the door where Kitty's screams were coming from.
:Oui, maybe ya betta go calm her down a bit." He said, lifting the Goth up and walking over to his bedroom.
"Ah already told ya. Ah can walk. Ah feel fine" She reminded him.
"Oui, Remy heard ya \de first time, but dat don' mean he gonna believe ya." He said, opening the door and setting the Goth down next to the bed.
"Kitty calm down." She said to her friend. Kitty got quiet and stared at her.
"What happened? Rogue where are we?" Kitty asked. Feeling light headed.
"Well you fell asleep and just used my lap as a pillow and- Ow!" Pietro exclaimed as Rogue elbowed him in the ribs. Kitty looked absolutely mortified.
"I was just kidding. Lighten up Roguey." Pietro said, rubbing hid ribs.
"Remy tinks dat de filles should be alone fo' dis. We be waitin outside." Remy said, dragging Pietro out the door by his collar.
"Aw but I wanna see the Kitty-kat have a spaz attack." Pietro wined.
:C'mon Pietro." Gambit said, dragging him out the door and closing it. He winked at Rogue once before he left.
"Rogue?" Kitty asked. The Goth girl turned to face her. "What's going on?"
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"Hey mates, we're back!" Pyro announced as the aroma of hot pizza filled the air.
"Good for you. The human banshee is awake." Pietro said, grabbing a drink from Piotr.
The two Acolytes looked at him as if he were crazy.
"De X-girl. She be awake." Remy explained.
"Oh." Pyro and Collosus said together.
"Banshee?" Pyro asked the speed demon.
"Oui. She fell ova when she got up too fast an'landed in Pietro's lap. Imagine how loud she screamed when she saw it was him." Remy explained.
"It wasn't that bad!" Pietro protested.
"Remy believes de fille's exact words were 'Get away from me you like creep.'" Remy recalled, amused at the look Pietro was giving him.
"Ha ha. Blimey Quick Silver. You've got all the Sheilas wantin you." John said sarcastically. He couldn't contain his laughter.
"Aw shove it Alderdyce." Pietro said grumpily, throwing a pillow at his teammate.
"The poor girl must have been scared when she woke up and saw you Pietro." Piotr said to the younger boy.
"Well wouldn't you be if you woke up with Pietro in your face?" John asked, laughing even harder.
The boys stopped laughing and joking when their fun was broken by the voice of a worried young girl.
"Rogue?.Rogue?.ROGUE!?"
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Hahahahaha!
I m sooo evil!
Cliff-hanger!!!!!
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Kitty's finally up. YAY!
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