When I grow up...

By Todd Fan

Disclaimer: "I'm going to miss you, Krusty. Me and all the other Sideshows. Except Sideshow Bob. In the midst of our sorrow, we can take solace in the fact that your elevated blood alcohol level probably helped you burn up quicker."

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How do all, here's another crazy, crazy chapter. I warn you, I was listening to my Simpsons soundtracks while writing this (long live Sideshow Mel!) so it's probably a little more insane than usual.

VinGirl - If you mean Remy OR Rogue, then they'll show up seperately, but if you mean them as a couple, I'm afraid it's not going to happen. I'm still on my Romy ban (stubborn, aren't I?)

Asteria - Turkeys and bunnies? Oh my!!!

Rurouni Tyriel - Ian having his own 'Angel and Devil' oh that image is too good to pass up! Well, I can't do anything with Hydra, as I haven't seen season 4 (evil, evil UK!) and don't really know the characters.

Nessie6 - More comic offspring? Tee hee!

The Son of Logan and Ororo - Yup, gotta say you lost me there. I only have the Exiles comics Forge appears in (due to that weird obession of mine)...why is he ALWAYS evil in them?

Draco-luver - Oooh some people having control of their powers? Mwhahaha!

Shanie S - Forge making Mystique and Storm have a dance off for his affections? Groovy baby! I SO want to see the new S&H movie. Nope, Chucky can't walk. Ahh Rogue/Pyro. Interesting, I think I can make something up ;)

Pirate_kit - Not a challenge, bwhahahahahaha! Ahem. Drunken kareoke singing is fun

Elf - Yup, Pyro's popped up a bit, but we could always have more Pyro!

Chaotic Dreamer - Go Monty Python! One weird challenge coming up!

InsaneBunneh - Pyro and a...wombat, alrighty roo!

Chaotic Boredom - One 'Poccy coming up!

Both BaronOBeefDip and Seimosuchus want a chunky bloated Nightcrawler. Well, I aim to please!

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Chapter 6 - Victories and defeats

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Somewhere, deep in the middle of nowhere, the greatest mutant on the planet, the FIRST mutant on the planet, was plotting his schemes.

"I'll take over the world, I tell you, the world!!! Bwahahahahaa hough".

Apocalypse coughed.

"Awww, man, I swallowed my retainer".

....A teenager taking over the world just wasn't....scary. A younger Mesmero sat, combing his hair over.

"Yes, sir", he said, "and I'm sure they'll all tremble at your wrath".

"They'd better!", said Apocalypse, "...I have a craving for food that's high in fat and meat with questionable origins".

"You would be wanting fast food then, sir", said Mesmero.

"Faaa-sst foo-ood", sounded out Apocalypse, "yes, to the Apocalypsemobile!!!"

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"I love to love, but my baby just loves to dance" [1]

Forge sang happily with glee along with an 8-track he'd 'modified' from a public telephone. Part of his glee was due to the two women having a dance- off in front of him. He didn't notice Dani until she was right in front of him.

"Forge"

"Stop, I'm spinning like a top, we'll dance until we drop, but if I have my way...", he sang on.

"FORGE!!!!"

"....Oh, hi Dani", said Forge, knocking off his 8 track, "take five ladies!"

Storm and Mystique promptly collapsed on each other. Dani blinked at them, before shaking her head.

"Hi....you're old by the way", she said.

"Yeah, I know", said Forge smugly, then frowned, "what do you want?"

"I want you to help me find my grandfather", she said, smiling as sweetly as she could, "pllleeeaaase?"

"No"

Dani frowned.

"Awww, come on, a favour from one Cheyenne to another". [2]

"No", repeated Forge, "Black Eagle hates my guts and I'm kinda busy with the ladies".

Dani narrowed her eyes. She wasn't taking 'no' for an answer.

"Help me find him, NOW, Forge!", she snapped.

Forge blinked as several rabbits appeared around him. [3]

"BUNNIES!!", he shouted leaping up, "Okay, okay, I'll help you. Get rid of 'em!!!!"

Dani smiled sweetly, the bunnies vanishing.

"Thank you, Forge", she said.

"...That was low", muttered Forge, heading off to find Black Eagle

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"Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl", , sang a still very drunken Sam on the kareoke in the bar, "with yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there". [4]

Rogue rolled her eyes as the bar visitors clapped their hands, singing along to the tune. She shook her head, getting up to go, bumping into a man at the same time, making skin-to-skin contact.

"Oh, a'hm sorry", said Rogue.

"Neh", replied the man, walking off.

Rogue paused. She'd. Just. Touched. Someone. And they'd remained concious!

"A'h can touch!!!", she squealed, then glanced around at the almost empty bar, "awww"

She paused, pondering on this. What if it was temporary? She'd need to take advantage of this quickly. Now, who could she use who wouldn't want any personal ties afterwards?, just in case it went again?.

"Damn, where's Pietro when ya need him?!!!", she snapped, then blinked as she saw Pyro sitting on his own, "...well, that's better than nothing".

She grinned walking over to him. He had made a wombat out of fire on the desk, and having it dance across the table.

"Hi St.John", said Rogue, batting her eyes, "what'cha doin'?"

"Makin' a pet wombat", replied Pyro, "his name is Wommie".

He paused, blinking up at her.

"....Have you got somethin' in your eye, Sheila?".

"Rogue, it's Rogue", said Rogue, "R-O-U-G-E. Easy enough, isn't it?".

Okay, Rogue, this is not the way to get what you want. She gave him a sweeter smile.

"Did I ever say a'h love a man with an accent?", she said, then ran a hand through his hair, "and with red hair".

Pyro blinked a few times.

".....No thank you, I choose conciousness".

Rogue pouted then opted for the easy way out. She tackled the poor lad to the floor and gave him a big smooch.

"I'm...not dead", said Pyro, "alright, I scored!!!!"

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Meanwhile, in another part of the bar, Jamie and Ian were still staring each other out. Neither had noticed that Torpid had gotten bored and wandered off on her own.

~Dare him to make a castle out of beer-mats~, 'said' David, ~he can't do it, honest!!~

Jamie grinned.

"Make a castle out of beer mats", he callanged Ian.

Ian's. Face. Fell. He grabbed a few and attempted on making the perfect castle...sadly, the beer mats just slid along the table. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't do it. He hung his head in shame. [5]

"Hah!", said Jamie triumphantly, "I win. Did'ya see, Torpid? Did'ya.....Torpid?"

He paused, no Torpid.

"Awww, damn!!!", said Jamie, "If no one's here to see my mortal enemies defeat, then what's the point of defeating him?"

Ian frowned, glaring at Jamie. Unseen to the human photocopier, to figures had appeared on either side of Ian's head. David on one side, in angel garb, while Lucas sported a devil number on the other shoulder.

"Punch him, you know you want to", said Lucas.

"No, that is a bad idea, violence never solves anything", said David.

"It does in cartoons"

"This is NOT a cartoon!!!"

"Go on, Ian, he's dissing you, AND he scared your girl off, I say, punch him".

"No, Ian, don't!!!"

Ian paused for a while, considering who to listen to. Eventually, he opted for the one he always listened to, punching Jamie square in the jaw. Jamie blinked, then five Jamie's blinked, the five Jamies got over their shock, then GLARED at Ian.

"...Oh poo", said Lucas.

"I TOLD you so!", said David.

Ian gave a nervous smile, backing up.

"RUN AWAY, RUN AWAY!!!", said Lucas and David in unison.

And run Ian did....Jamie hot on his tail.

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Meanwhile, in the gutbomb, Kurt was drowning his sorrows in fast food. He had so much sorrow that he'd gained an extra clothes size just by drowning them. He glanced up as Noctune and Wanda walked over.

"Sorry about your girlfriend, Kurt that is not...", she paused as Wanda glared at her, "and never, ever will be my father"

"That's okay", said Kurt, "maybe if I crawl under a hole and die, she'll forgive me"

"Or, you could try and explain this...err..Noctune is from a very, very different world", tried Wanda, "and she has NO competition from me, because I find you one of the least attractive people on the planet....and I have Toad flirting after me".

"...That's so painfull, and yet...so sweet", said Kurt, "danke".

"Hey, i'll talk to her if you want", said Wanda turning around...right into a man in a turkey costume, "ARGGGHHHH!!!" [6]

Wanda jumped onto a table, hexing the poor man.

"Killit, killit, killit!!!", she said hysterically, until the man gave a groan and stopped moving.

"Vanda, that vas a man promoting the new Chicken-not-McBurger", said Kurt.

"Oh", said Wanda, looking at the unmoving man before shrugging, "oh well....I'll...go talk to Amanda".

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Meanwhile, Black Eagle was having a GREAT time, skipping along the side- walk with Agatha. Little did he know he was being followed. Forge was waiting, inches of jumping out on the 'old' man, before a strnage noise came from above and a teenage boy with red and hite hair, and a glowing eye fell on him.

"Oww", said Forge.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I err...", Nate glanced around at the unfamiliar surroundings, "I appear to be lost" [7]

"Yeah..most people who end up in Bayville ARE lost", said Forge picking himself up.

He had about a second to stand before Nate squealed, giving him a bear-hug.

"FORGE!!!", he said happily, "you're alive!!!!"

"Yes", said Forge, "...and you know me, wait, do I owe you money? 'Cause if I do, you'll have to wait three to four months to get it".

"No", said Nate, "I'm Nate. Boy, in the world I'm from you're dead...but in this...odd world, you're not, yey!!"

Nate gave Forge another hug.

"Please stop hugging me", said Forge.

Nate did as he was told, bouncing from foot to foot like an excited puppy.

"Oh, I've missed you SO much...well, the toher you, anyway, please, please, please can we do something?!!!"

"But I gotta go chase..", Forge trailed off, the kid looked like he was in the presence of greatness, Forge srugged, "..err...okay then".

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[1] - I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) - By Tina Charles in 1976

[2] - For those of you who haven't read any of my other fics, or read the comics, Forge and Danielle are both from the same tribe, the Cheyenne.

[3] - Again, this has appeared in other fics. In my fanfic world, Forge has a crippling phobia of rabbits. (Due to one trying to eat his hair when he was a small child)

[4] - Copa Cobanna....by so many people it's scary. One of the most poular songs for kaeroke..right with I Will Survive.

[5] - How does Todd Fan know this? Because she does it every time she goes to the pud, and it really is hard to do...'course, being drunk might have something to do with that.

[6] - Yup, I like giving people phobias, Wanda has a phobia of turkeys. (Due to one pecking her when she was a small child).

[7] - From the Age of Apocalypse series (and after it too). Nate Grey is the genetically created child of Jean and Scott by Sinster. After he got out of the labs, he joined Forge's band of rebels. Forge became a surrogate father for him...until Forge was brutally murdered. Incidentally, AOA Forge was almost all bionic, he'd been roughed up, alot.

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And with that, I finnish this chapter. Do review and send in those requests. Until next time...