Disclaimer: X-Men = Marvel's, Ilehana Xavier and Ori = Corrinth's, Golan =
Star's, Blaze and all other OCs = Lamby's
A/N: All reviews very much appreciated.
Scene 09
"I need to talk to you, Blaze." Gambit spoke hastily as they moved away from the other finalists.
"Sure," Blaze replied, shaking her mane of red hair back from her face as if to dispel the anxiety Jonnie's actions had caused. What did she care if Gambit and Rogue broke up? Mentally she scolded herself for that thought, of course she cared, Gambit was her friend and she'd give anything for him to be happy. "But not now, okay?" She smiled at him, an infective grin of a girl who loved to dance. "Maybe after we've shown these kids how to party!"
Jonnie's arm dropped, the music reached a new level of loudness and Blaze's awareness of the other contestants, the watching crowds, even Gambit dimmed as her eyes half-closed. The music throbbed relentlessly through her blood like the fire that she was made of. She didn't wave her arms about vaguely or stamp her feet like so many of these kids, her whole body moved with the music, she breathed with it, and Gambit found it impossible not to dance with her, much too fast and way too close.........
Rogue and Quicksilver could not have been more the opposite, each determined to show the other up they were disjointed and uncomfortable. Although hating to be beaten, they were both rather glad when their numbers were called out by a bored sounding Principle Kelly.
"Bad luck Rogue," Scott consoled his friend as she extracted herself from the dance floor. "Hey at least you lasted longer than me and Jean, by a few hours!"
"Huh." Rogue didn't laugh, pushed passed Scott and made her way to the base of the DJ podium. Jonnie gave her a hand up, green eyes sparkling. Rogue's eyes were just angry.
"Don't ask me why I did that." He told her, leaning close to shout in her ear over the noise of the music. "You're too good for him Rogue, let the redhead have him; she's about cheap enough."
"I don't like people who try an' run my life for me!" Rogue shouted back.
"Not even people who care about you? People who want nothing but the best for you Rogue?" Jonnie/Mystique replied, making Rogue drop her eyes, ashamed and impressed equally by the new student's honesty about his feelings for her. He smiled and she returned it, before he spoke again. "Here, have a go at this!" He pulled her in front of him and showed her how to work his DJ-technology. "This whole thing's a piece of cake!" He flicked on the microphone for the loud speaker and called out over the music as Rogue accommodatingly turned down the volume. "I think we have our champions people!"
Blaze and Gambit glanced about vaguely as the music stopped and they realised they weren't alone, but surrounded by people......... There was only one other pair on the dance floor; Berserker was talking sweetly to little Eliza, making her giggle and blush. Blaze wasn't surprised when Ray and Eliza were called up to the stage to be declared winners, turned to Gambit with a smile and a shrug.
"Looks like I'm dumped."
"Never mind eh Petite, there be plenty more rats in the swamp." He consoled her, patting her bare shoulder with his hand.
"Huh, looks like you're not far behind me swamp rat." Blaze pointed out sombrely, nodding to where Rogue and Jonnie were stood side by side on the podium. "I'm sorry Remy."
"People ain't always who you t'ink they are." He replied quietly, frowning. Blaze didn't pick up on it.
"Well, I'd best go offer my congratulations." She ducked out from under the hand he had rested on her shoulder and wandered off towards Berserker. "Catch up with you in minute with some drinks?" She called back over her shoulder, to which Remy nodded. Rogue seemed to have the knack of being a DJ as she put on a new track, letting all the competition losers party again. Jonnie had disappeared, but still Remy couldn't find the backbone to go get confirmation off Rogue that he was dumped. He wandered off, finding a quiet spot to do some thinking before Blaze reappeared. He didn't have long to mull things over.
"Poor you, Gambit." Her voice was harder than he had expected, more like the fire-consumed Blaze than the comparatively chilled version she'd been since accepting the Xaviers' help. "You just have no luck trying to fit in anywhere, do you?"
"What do you mean?" He asked, confusion plain on his face as she stepped very close to him, looked up and smiled coldly.
"You've betrayed Magneto, he will never let you work for him again. In fact if I know anything about him he will want you dead........."
"But you........." Gambit didn't understand, but Blaze put a cool finger to his lips to quiet him.
"And now Rogue has gone and decided you're not good enough for her either. Why should she want to spend time with a back-stabbing thief with whom she has nothing in common?" Blaze dropped her smile; pupils narrow as she caressed his jaw with her fingers. "So I guess the question is, just where do you belong?"
"I was hopin' you could tell me that?" Remy asked pointedly, unthinkingly lowering his mouth to hers. He wasn't surprised when she stepped away, hand dropping to her side. It just wasn't his day.
"Not with me." Blaze was almost laughing at him that he could even think it. "I'm an X-Man, Gambit, something you can never be. Heart, body, soul I belong with the Xaviers, and you just can't compete........." She turned her back on him and walked away, Mystique's cold sneer on her lips.
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"Here let me introduce you to my friends." Berserker guided Eliza towards the approaching X-Men. Scott, Jean, Kitty, Golan and Blaze were all smiling as they were introduced, but the smiles didn't last long as Eliza's original date tapped Ray on the shoulder.
"What do you think you're doing with my girlfriend, Ray?" The teenager sneered, meeting Berserker's eyes levelly. Putting his hands to Ray's chest, the boy pushed him backwards and slightly off balance. "Keep your scummy mutey eyes off of her, unless you want me to gauge them out for you?"
"Hey its not my fault she'd rather be seen with me than you, Mikey. You can't blame a girl for having taste." Ray seethed back, putting himself between Mikey and Eliza.
"Don't do this, Berserker........." Jean warned as Scott came to his team member's side and put a calming hand on his arm. Berserker shrugged him off, coming to a fighting posture as Mikey did the same.
"Mikey, Ray, please don't fight." Eliza begged, but even as Berserker did as she asked and dropped his fighting stance, Mikey was taking matters into his own hands.
"This scum's a mutant! He cheated in the contest and now he's brainwashing my girl!" He shouted louder than the music, making everyone in the hall look over at them. Someone took the accusations to heart, shouting out "Lets get him!" As one the crowd surged forward. The X-Men, Cyclops leading and dragging Berserker, detached themselves from the crowd to regroup below the stage. Rogue leapt down to join them in facing off most of the rest of the school, while the smarter students began to leave. Cyclops was relieved to see Kurt ushering the other X-Men away unnoticed.
"What are you stood around back here for?" Mystique's voice made Quicksilver and Avalanche jump to attention in the corner they were lounging in. "Get over there now!" She nudged them both forward, not allowing them a second to think about it.
Gambit had been leaving. The school, Bayville, there didn't seem like any reason to stick around anymore. But the sound of voices raised and threatening mutants gave his bad mood something to writhe against, so he too moved to pick a fight, arriving besides the X-Men at the same time as Quicksilver and Avalanche.
"We don't want to hurt you!" Jean shouted out, scared by the bloodlust in the eyes of her fellow students. She hadn't realised so many of them hated mutants this badly. Rogue was less surprised, noting Maria by Mikey's side with a scowl on her face and actually armed with what looked like a chair leg. The X-Men might not want to hurt them, but they sure as anything wanted to hurt the X-Men.........
A/N: All reviews very much appreciated.
Scene 09
"I need to talk to you, Blaze." Gambit spoke hastily as they moved away from the other finalists.
"Sure," Blaze replied, shaking her mane of red hair back from her face as if to dispel the anxiety Jonnie's actions had caused. What did she care if Gambit and Rogue broke up? Mentally she scolded herself for that thought, of course she cared, Gambit was her friend and she'd give anything for him to be happy. "But not now, okay?" She smiled at him, an infective grin of a girl who loved to dance. "Maybe after we've shown these kids how to party!"
Jonnie's arm dropped, the music reached a new level of loudness and Blaze's awareness of the other contestants, the watching crowds, even Gambit dimmed as her eyes half-closed. The music throbbed relentlessly through her blood like the fire that she was made of. She didn't wave her arms about vaguely or stamp her feet like so many of these kids, her whole body moved with the music, she breathed with it, and Gambit found it impossible not to dance with her, much too fast and way too close.........
Rogue and Quicksilver could not have been more the opposite, each determined to show the other up they were disjointed and uncomfortable. Although hating to be beaten, they were both rather glad when their numbers were called out by a bored sounding Principle Kelly.
"Bad luck Rogue," Scott consoled his friend as she extracted herself from the dance floor. "Hey at least you lasted longer than me and Jean, by a few hours!"
"Huh." Rogue didn't laugh, pushed passed Scott and made her way to the base of the DJ podium. Jonnie gave her a hand up, green eyes sparkling. Rogue's eyes were just angry.
"Don't ask me why I did that." He told her, leaning close to shout in her ear over the noise of the music. "You're too good for him Rogue, let the redhead have him; she's about cheap enough."
"I don't like people who try an' run my life for me!" Rogue shouted back.
"Not even people who care about you? People who want nothing but the best for you Rogue?" Jonnie/Mystique replied, making Rogue drop her eyes, ashamed and impressed equally by the new student's honesty about his feelings for her. He smiled and she returned it, before he spoke again. "Here, have a go at this!" He pulled her in front of him and showed her how to work his DJ-technology. "This whole thing's a piece of cake!" He flicked on the microphone for the loud speaker and called out over the music as Rogue accommodatingly turned down the volume. "I think we have our champions people!"
Blaze and Gambit glanced about vaguely as the music stopped and they realised they weren't alone, but surrounded by people......... There was only one other pair on the dance floor; Berserker was talking sweetly to little Eliza, making her giggle and blush. Blaze wasn't surprised when Ray and Eliza were called up to the stage to be declared winners, turned to Gambit with a smile and a shrug.
"Looks like I'm dumped."
"Never mind eh Petite, there be plenty more rats in the swamp." He consoled her, patting her bare shoulder with his hand.
"Huh, looks like you're not far behind me swamp rat." Blaze pointed out sombrely, nodding to where Rogue and Jonnie were stood side by side on the podium. "I'm sorry Remy."
"People ain't always who you t'ink they are." He replied quietly, frowning. Blaze didn't pick up on it.
"Well, I'd best go offer my congratulations." She ducked out from under the hand he had rested on her shoulder and wandered off towards Berserker. "Catch up with you in minute with some drinks?" She called back over her shoulder, to which Remy nodded. Rogue seemed to have the knack of being a DJ as she put on a new track, letting all the competition losers party again. Jonnie had disappeared, but still Remy couldn't find the backbone to go get confirmation off Rogue that he was dumped. He wandered off, finding a quiet spot to do some thinking before Blaze reappeared. He didn't have long to mull things over.
"Poor you, Gambit." Her voice was harder than he had expected, more like the fire-consumed Blaze than the comparatively chilled version she'd been since accepting the Xaviers' help. "You just have no luck trying to fit in anywhere, do you?"
"What do you mean?" He asked, confusion plain on his face as she stepped very close to him, looked up and smiled coldly.
"You've betrayed Magneto, he will never let you work for him again. In fact if I know anything about him he will want you dead........."
"But you........." Gambit didn't understand, but Blaze put a cool finger to his lips to quiet him.
"And now Rogue has gone and decided you're not good enough for her either. Why should she want to spend time with a back-stabbing thief with whom she has nothing in common?" Blaze dropped her smile; pupils narrow as she caressed his jaw with her fingers. "So I guess the question is, just where do you belong?"
"I was hopin' you could tell me that?" Remy asked pointedly, unthinkingly lowering his mouth to hers. He wasn't surprised when she stepped away, hand dropping to her side. It just wasn't his day.
"Not with me." Blaze was almost laughing at him that he could even think it. "I'm an X-Man, Gambit, something you can never be. Heart, body, soul I belong with the Xaviers, and you just can't compete........." She turned her back on him and walked away, Mystique's cold sneer on her lips.
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"Here let me introduce you to my friends." Berserker guided Eliza towards the approaching X-Men. Scott, Jean, Kitty, Golan and Blaze were all smiling as they were introduced, but the smiles didn't last long as Eliza's original date tapped Ray on the shoulder.
"What do you think you're doing with my girlfriend, Ray?" The teenager sneered, meeting Berserker's eyes levelly. Putting his hands to Ray's chest, the boy pushed him backwards and slightly off balance. "Keep your scummy mutey eyes off of her, unless you want me to gauge them out for you?"
"Hey its not my fault she'd rather be seen with me than you, Mikey. You can't blame a girl for having taste." Ray seethed back, putting himself between Mikey and Eliza.
"Don't do this, Berserker........." Jean warned as Scott came to his team member's side and put a calming hand on his arm. Berserker shrugged him off, coming to a fighting posture as Mikey did the same.
"Mikey, Ray, please don't fight." Eliza begged, but even as Berserker did as she asked and dropped his fighting stance, Mikey was taking matters into his own hands.
"This scum's a mutant! He cheated in the contest and now he's brainwashing my girl!" He shouted louder than the music, making everyone in the hall look over at them. Someone took the accusations to heart, shouting out "Lets get him!" As one the crowd surged forward. The X-Men, Cyclops leading and dragging Berserker, detached themselves from the crowd to regroup below the stage. Rogue leapt down to join them in facing off most of the rest of the school, while the smarter students began to leave. Cyclops was relieved to see Kurt ushering the other X-Men away unnoticed.
"What are you stood around back here for?" Mystique's voice made Quicksilver and Avalanche jump to attention in the corner they were lounging in. "Get over there now!" She nudged them both forward, not allowing them a second to think about it.
Gambit had been leaving. The school, Bayville, there didn't seem like any reason to stick around anymore. But the sound of voices raised and threatening mutants gave his bad mood something to writhe against, so he too moved to pick a fight, arriving besides the X-Men at the same time as Quicksilver and Avalanche.
"We don't want to hurt you!" Jean shouted out, scared by the bloodlust in the eyes of her fellow students. She hadn't realised so many of them hated mutants this badly. Rogue was less surprised, noting Maria by Mikey's side with a scowl on her face and actually armed with what looked like a chair leg. The X-Men might not want to hurt them, but they sure as anything wanted to hurt the X-Men.........