Chapter 3
Wanda popped the trunk on her car and put some bags in it. "Who's riding with me?"
"Tabby and Ah. Kitty and Kurt are ridin' with Lance." Wanda nodded and looked back up at the house.
"It's weird I am half expecting my dad or Mystique to show up and ruin our plans."
"Ah knew it was a good idea ta take stuff down there every weekend till we graduated." Wanda nodded and felt a gush of wind rush by her. She turned and saw Pietro drop his duffle bag in her trunk. She tried to keep her trademark glare on her face, but she feel a grin start to cross her face.
"Ya gotta sit in the back with Boom-Boom. Ah already called shot gun, speedy." He nodded and got in the back, uncharacteristically slow. As if he were still debating something.
"What's with him?" Tabitha asked Wanda.
"Let's just say it's hard to cut ties." Tabitha looked at her strangely, but Wanda ignored it.
"You can just follow me Wanda." Lance said quickly.
"What? I've driven this a few times. I think I know the way."
"It's just that sometimes girls aren't very good with directions."
"How about I lead?" Rogue asked quickly.
"No." Wanda and Lance both said simultaneously.
"Last time you lead us anywhere, we nearly got shot at. I'll tell ya what Lance. I'll race ya." Wanda said with the girls piling into the car.
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Pietro sat in the back singing under his breathe to the song on the radio. He felt the car speed up. As they hit the interstate. Rogue rolled down her window.
"Hey rock head, see ya there." Rogue screamed as they passed Lances jeep. After they were far ahead of Lance, Tabitha reached up to the front hitting Wanda in the head trying to reach further.
"What the hell? You do realize I'm driving?"
"Yeah," She responded as she turned the radio off.
"What are ya doin' Tabby?" Rogue asked her annoyed. Tabitha leaned against the two seats in front of her.
"You brother better not be looking at my ass." Wanda chuckled slightly and shook her head. "Anyway, Rogue, I just realized that Wanda and Pietro have never played the Mutant power sex game."
"I think the term for you is Nymphomaniac." Wanda said sarcastically.
"Actually it is kinda fun." Rogue said quickly. "But it really isn't a game. It is more like a discussion. We just discuss how certain mutant powers are an asset in the sack."
"Oh," Wanda said somewhat quietly. "A telepath would always know what you want."
"Ewwwwwwww," Rogue said sickened. "That makes me think about Jean and Scott."
"Except his abilities aren't going to help him at all." Pietro piped in.
"I doubt Scott and Jean are going at it. I doubt he knows where to stick it."
"Tabby!!!! No one is that naive." Wanda said chuckling.
"Lance wouldn't have to move."
"Lucky bastard," Pietro said under his breath.
"PIETRO! I don't want to here it. It's gross." Wanda shrieked. She didn't want to know that much about her brother's sex life, no one should.
"It isn't my fault, it would be easier for me to stay still, than try to be slow."
"So you do, do everything fast?" Tabitha asked lifting an eyebrow at him.
"Nah, speed gives you endurance." Wanda made a gagging noise.
"Y'all need to shut it before Wanda has an aneurysm."
"I just learned more about my brother, than any girl should ever know."
"What about you, Wanda? What are your powers anyway?"
"I can control probability fields, so lets just say there are endless possibilities and probabilities." She said with a smirk.
"Now, I-know-too-much."
"We're even." She said smiling at him mockingly, noticing Lance speeding up next to her. "Hold onto something." She said pressing on the gas pedal, speeding up. Tabitha was thrown back into the back seat.
"I have one." Wanda said, after losing Lance again. "The metal guy that could come in handy." She looked and saw this look of pure shock on Pietro's face.
"Come-on-Wanda! You said we were even." She smiled at him smugly as if to say 'not a chance in hell.' "I know." He said. "Telekinesis. You wouldn't have to move."
"You're just lazy, Pietro!" Wanda shouted softly, not noticing Tabby and Rogue looks of amusement.
"I'm not lazy." She rolled her eyes, and seemed to be thinking.
"Angel?" Rogue shouted, when she saw Wanda's inability to come up with another mutant.
"Who?" Wanda asked
"Mutant with wings. Ever wonder what it's like to have sex in midair?"
"Kitty!" Pietro said quickly.
"Huh?" Tabby said confused.
"Her powers are the *best* birth control ever. She could you know just phase through." The whole car erupted into laughter. Soon they settled down, everyone trying to think of another mutant.
"We'll my powers aren't really sex friendly." She said with a pout.
"Neither are mine." Rogue spoke up.
"Listen Rogue one day when you can control it, all that accumulated knowledge you have absorbed from people is gonna come in handy." Tabby said.
"Ah guess that gives me somethin' to look forward to." She said kinda indifferently. Rogue looked back out the window and smiled slightly. Tabitha sighed and then she shuddered.
"I just realized that if Todd bathed his tongue...."
"EW EW EW LALALALA!" Wanda screamed. "I am currently driving at 85 miles an hour. If you finish that statement I will not hesitate to speed up and drive into a tree." She said glaring.
"Okay, Okay, Touchy." Tabitha said, crossing her arms.
"That was gross." Pietro told her.
"It is all part of the game."
"Oh my god! I jut realized we left Toad and Blob at that house by themselves for the whole summer."
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"So we're just gonna walk up to the front door and say, 'Hi, we decided to follow you here, would you be kind enough to let us stay.' And people say I'm insane." Pyro huffed.
"Who is more insane the leader or follower?"
"You had my life in your hands!" He replied defensively. Gambit looked at him.
"How did ya' escape?"
"I was drivin' like a maniac, and he was keeping up like the car the damn thing was made out of catnip, and then I looked back in time to see that one X-man attack him. I swear they stalk each other. It's like they're in love."
"Stalkin' means yo in love?"
"Apparently, look at you." He said coldly.
"What da real reason ya didn't want ta come?"
"I don't want to talk about it, mate. Let's just say Pennsylvania will do shit to my hair." Gambit rolled his eyes.
"Dis is it."
"How about I move over to the drivers seat? That way when they attack you can just jump in."
"Why would dey attack Remy?"
"You're forgettin' I've seen Mag's daughter in action, mate." Gambit got out, dragging Pyro behind him.
"Remy sure things have changed." He said letting go of Pyro and letting him stand beside him on the porch. He scowled. "Smile ya don't wanna scare 'em." He said pushing the doorbell. Pyro pouted instead. Remy stood there waiting for the door to open.
"Oh mah God!"
"Who is it?" Tabitha asked.
"The swamp rat and that fire guy."
"Too bad they show up after we have unpacked everything." Tabitha said angrily. Rogue rolled her eyes. As the doorbell rang again.
"Is anyone going to get it?" Wanda yelled, coming down the stairs in a big red robe, toweling off her hair. She pushed past them and opened the door. "What do you want?" She said slightly pissed off. Tabitha walked out the door and circled both of the acolytes looking them up and down.
"Is she makin' you as nervous as she is me?" Pyro whispered.
"What do you two want?" Tabitha asked.
"We noticed dat ya seemed to be on a vacation, and Remy thought...." Tabitha cut him off.
"How old are you two?"
"21 and 22." She lifted an eyebrow.
"You can stay." Wanda and Rogue's eye got huge.
"What?!?"
"They can buy alcohol." She said simply.
"Let me get this straight. They could be potentially dangerous, but that's ok because they can beer?" Wanda glared, mostly at John.
"I thought most Sheila's had little robes." Gambit hit him on the back of the head.
"Good my name isn't Sheila then."
"Sorry, P'tite, John-boy sometimes doesn't know how ta act. It's has ta do wid de fact dat de he lived under the hole of the ozone layer." Gambit said quickly.
"Tabitha, what are you thinking they do work for my father?"
"Ummm.. P'tite so do you." Wanda turned to him hands balled up into fists and glowing. Pyro slightly grimaced.
"I warned ya mate."
"Warned him about what I don't know who the hell you are." She said she turned her attention back to Gambit, but they could tell that she was going to say was to the both of them.
"I am his daughter. I never had a choice, but as you can see the second I had a choice. I left." She studied both of their faces. "My brother fears me in a rage. That should tell you what I get like in a rage and if you try anything I will go into a rage." Gambit wanted to laugh. He spent some time with Quicksilver at the base and it wouldn't take a lot to scare the brat. Rogue sighed defeated.
"Tabs you're tellin' Lance and the others that they're staying." Rogue held out her hand. Gambit took it and kissed it. She pulled it away, and then held it out again. "Pay up. Everyone is paying even share."
"Of course, chere." He said reaching into the pocket of his trench coat and pulling out a wad of cash.
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"What movie?" Lance asked pulling out a box movies everyone brought with them.
"Hey guys, ummm... two of the Acolytes are gonna stay with us." Tabby said quickly, leaving the room.
"Did she just, like, say what I think she did?" Pietro took off after her.
"Boom-Boom, you better be kidding!" He called after her stopping in the foyer. He stopped in time to see Rogue count the money up.
"Welcome to our humble abode. Upstairs third door on the right." She said. Tabitha linked her arms with both of the Acolytes, while Pietro and Wanda just rolled their eyes, mirroring each other's movement. She took one final glance at John and walked back upstairs to the room she shared with Rogue. Pietro took back off into the living room.
"She said what you thought she said." He said answering Lance's question. He just shrugged. Lance hit play. "What are we watching?"
"Swordfish." Pietro's eyes got huge.
"Ain't the one where Halle Berry goes topless?" Kitty giggled.
"Once Bobby had that reaction to a movie at the institute and Storm overheard him, she made him read some feminism book that said that women weren't objects. I agree with her." She finished as Wanda and Rogue entered the room.
"And here's the living room." Tabitha said letting go of the Acolytes. "Is this all we're gonna do sit around and watch movies." She said stepping in front of the TV. She heard various groans. "I wanna go out."
"Tabby, we've had a long day. And we're tired."
"I am going. It is dirty work, but someone has to find what bar in this town serves to minors." She walked out letting the other occupants settle down, noticing that Pietro was gone. The movie finally showed through all the previews.
"I swear Hugh Jackman is, like, totally hot." Kitty said looking at the screen.
"What?!?" Lance said loudly.
"Gawd Kit, that guy is about as hot as Logan is." Rogue said rolling her eyes.
'Note to self, rogue doesn't like Hugh Jackman.' Gambit thought to himself for the first time noticing that John was lying on his stomach on the floor.
"He is hot." Wanda said quickly.
"LOGAN!?!"
"Lord no, Hugh Jackman, but I like him better when he isn't acting. Something is so hot about that Australian accent." Pyro rolled over and sat up quickly.
"So ya lioke Australian accents." He said putting it on kind of thick. She looked at him for a moment.
"O shush, I'm trying to watch Hugh Jackman." John turned back around and continued to watch the movie dejectedly. "I wonder if he plays rugby." Wanda said absentmindedly. John groaned. Damn Australian stereotypes.
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"O come on let me go. I can't be stuck here with the losers. I can carry you quickly away from bouncers and security."
"No, Pietro, what if we do get in somewhere, and people think we are together?" She said showing a shudder.
"So you think your too good for me."
"Nah your just to fast."
"Please, I'll resort to cute puppy eyes." He said. She looked like she was going to hesitate. He let his eyes get big and pouted. She giggled.
"Fine you can tag along, but I'm on the market."
"Of course, ya think I want you." She looked at him angrily as he left the room. "We're leaving in an hour." She called after him.
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She was going to kill Kitty and Wanda for refusing to help with the dishes. She didn't expect any of the guys to, but still... it was like they did it on purpose, now she had to deal with the Cajun watching her every move as she washed dishes and handed them to him to dry. This was going to be horrible if he thought that a woman is sexy when she does the
"Ya don't talk much." She scoffed.
"Yes, Ah do. Only ta someone who doesn't show up on a vacation uninvited."
"Ah, the blonde..."
"Is a lush." She said finishing his sentence. "She shouldn't be making any decisions."
"Den why didn't ya so no?" Her eyes narrowed at him.
"Ah had Wanda ta threaten y'all, Swamp Rat." She took off the dish gloves and let them flop on the counter. She crossed her arms in an attempt to keep her hands away but also let them air out. "If he sent you..." Gambit shook his head.
"He didn't even know we were leavin'." Rogue looked at him in shock because for some reason she believed him. She couldn't explain it, but she did.
"Whatever," she mumbled under her breath. "Just play nice. That's a warnin', Cajun." She said pushing past him. She turned back around and looked at him slightly confused. "The two of you left the other guy?" She had heard Logan in the danger room once. He explained that the metal guy would be the only the only one he saw leaving Magneto. She didn't know how he knew, nor did she ask, but she trusted that statement. Gambit nodded.
"He threw us out da door."
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Rogue just didn't understand. She had to get out of that house and into the fresh air. After the movie, Lance decided it would be fun to play the mutant manifestation game. You just went around talking about how your powers manifested. When he realized that Tabby and Pietro where gone, and that Rogue and Remy didn't want to talk about it. He decided to nix it. It wasn't interesting with only a handful of people. The strange thing was though that when he brought it up, Wanda had a hard time placing when her powers had manifested. So, he decided to light up instead. Kitty just didn't seem like the type of person to put up with that type of thing. She brought her knees up to her chest in the rocking chair on the front porch and laughed. It was funny thinking about what Kitty would ever be like high. She had this silly mental image of Kitty halfway phasing her hand through a wall, and saying 'ohhhhhh it's all, like, tingly.' And then she would giggle. After all Kitty wouldn't be Kitty without the giggle. She'd been around the brotherhood house enough for Wanda to know that. She quickly let the thought out of her head. Kitty and Kurt would never get high with Lance.
"What's so funny?" Wanda groaned. She hadn't seen him out on the other side of the porch. He was just standing there, well actually more like leaning against the siding of the house, smoking. 'Well, at least he has the decency to do it outside the house.' She thought. She just didn't like the smoke.
"Nothing. Just a funny thought. Didn't want to play Lance's game?"
"Nah. Why you out here?"
"Clearing my head. Rogue is gonna go ballistic when we have to get groceries again tomorrow." She said wanting to change the subject. "From what I hear Kurt is an endless black hole, my brother has to eat, Lance is gonna have the munchies... ecetera. Lucky Pietro and I cleaned out dad's account for us before we left." He laughed at that. "What so funny?" He shook his head.
"Nothing." She rolled her eyes, thinking about how this was a bad idea. No peace anywhere, but at least it was better than being stuck with Blob and Toad for the summer.
"Did you have a nice trip down?" She looked at him. Why was he being so nice? He worked for her father. Those people generally weren't nice.
"Let's just say I found out a lot of things I didn't want to know about certain people's mutations." He looked at her with a confused expression. "Mutant Sex Game, don't ask. Tabby's idea."
"The blonde?" Wanda nodded. "She scares me." Wanda laughed at that. She had too. An acolyte afraid of Tabby, that was just hilarious. Wait why was she laughing? She abruptly stopped, receiving another confused look from the acolyte.
"She's harmless." Wanda said quickly. "What's your name? I know your code-name, but what is you REAL name."
"John. But Remy said that earlier." He replied, sitting in the rocking chair beside her. She tensed. She liked her space, and she wondered if he was suicidal. No one came this close to her willingly, but then she remembered. It wasn't like he was a brotherhood member. He had no idea about her little ticks.
"I didn't know that was your name. It could be one of those names he calls himself." He looked at her, quizzically, and she really felt her space being invaded, but she didn't exactly want to hex him. "Ok, it was an excuse. I was really pissed off about the robe comment, and what your friend said after ward to really care to remember." A very uncomfortable silence hung in the air. 'Never thought I'd be happy to see Pietro.' She thought to herself when she saw her brother and a drunken Tabby walk up the driveway.
"Ok I have numbers from a Steven, a Ryan..." She said counting on her fingers. The two of them sat down on the steps of the porch.
"Did you have fun?"
"Oh yeah we did. Mel's down the street doesn't ID, and it has Karaoke on Wednesday nights." Wanda nodded.
"Sounds fun."
"Ok speedy, your turn to count." Tabitha said smugly. He quickly counted the pieces of paper he had.
"Eleven."
"What? No way did you beat me." She squealed. "I got nine." She said taking the numbers from him. "Rachel, Donna, Amy, Andrea..." She looked slightly confused. "Andrea Marks!" She flipped through her papers. "Look, Andrea Marks."
"That doesn't count then. You only got eight." John and Wanda looked at each other.
"It does to count. It is a phone number. Even if it is a member of the same sex. When did she slip me her number?" Pietro rolled his eyes. She crumpled up the sheet of paper.
"Wait!!" He said grabbing her hand before she tossed it. "Could be hot." Wanda shook her head and groaned. Tabitha hit him on the head hard. "OW!"
She left with a "humph", walking past Rogue.
"What was that about?" She asked.
"They were arguin'." John said simply. Wanda rolled her eyes.
"Pietro happened to proposition her with a threesome." Rogue glared at him.
"What? I was joking, sheesh." He replied defensively. Rogue chuckled and sat down letting her back rest against the railing.
"I can't believe no one came after me. I was clearly upset." Tabitha said, walking back on the porch and sitting down in her spot before.
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AN: Sorry this took so long. I wanted to get chapter four done before posting this, but I have finals and I have to pack my dorm room, and if I do write anything it will be the last chapter of what now?
I was watching swordfish and at the beginning when Halle berry's character first meets Hugh Jackman's he kicks he out of the house and gets an attitude. I was like "Nu uh, Storm will eletrocute your adamantium ass." I knew I wasn't watching X-men.
epona04- I love Pyro also. He is the reason I love Jonda. He is sarcastic, but also goofy and I think wanda needs goofy.
DemonRogue13- I think it will probably be a romy, but the random silliness will probably end with this chapter. I see Romy as more serious, and if you have read any of my other stuff it is angsty dramatic stuff. So I have found my balance. So I think there will be romyness
giniaTM- I also love Rietros, well the one that I was able to enjoy. I just hate how most Rietros ruin both rogue and Pietro's personalities. My plan right now is romyness.
Witch-uk- I am glad you like Pyro... in what now? I don't like my Pyro, but it fits... he hasn't had time to become his normal sarcastic self, but he will return. I love Pyro.... YAY!
Amieva- thanks for your help with the mutant sex talk... I can't believe i forgot about angel.
Wanda popped the trunk on her car and put some bags in it. "Who's riding with me?"
"Tabby and Ah. Kitty and Kurt are ridin' with Lance." Wanda nodded and looked back up at the house.
"It's weird I am half expecting my dad or Mystique to show up and ruin our plans."
"Ah knew it was a good idea ta take stuff down there every weekend till we graduated." Wanda nodded and felt a gush of wind rush by her. She turned and saw Pietro drop his duffle bag in her trunk. She tried to keep her trademark glare on her face, but she feel a grin start to cross her face.
"Ya gotta sit in the back with Boom-Boom. Ah already called shot gun, speedy." He nodded and got in the back, uncharacteristically slow. As if he were still debating something.
"What's with him?" Tabitha asked Wanda.
"Let's just say it's hard to cut ties." Tabitha looked at her strangely, but Wanda ignored it.
"You can just follow me Wanda." Lance said quickly.
"What? I've driven this a few times. I think I know the way."
"It's just that sometimes girls aren't very good with directions."
"How about I lead?" Rogue asked quickly.
"No." Wanda and Lance both said simultaneously.
"Last time you lead us anywhere, we nearly got shot at. I'll tell ya what Lance. I'll race ya." Wanda said with the girls piling into the car.
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Pietro sat in the back singing under his breathe to the song on the radio. He felt the car speed up. As they hit the interstate. Rogue rolled down her window.
"Hey rock head, see ya there." Rogue screamed as they passed Lances jeep. After they were far ahead of Lance, Tabitha reached up to the front hitting Wanda in the head trying to reach further.
"What the hell? You do realize I'm driving?"
"Yeah," She responded as she turned the radio off.
"What are ya doin' Tabby?" Rogue asked her annoyed. Tabitha leaned against the two seats in front of her.
"You brother better not be looking at my ass." Wanda chuckled slightly and shook her head. "Anyway, Rogue, I just realized that Wanda and Pietro have never played the Mutant power sex game."
"I think the term for you is Nymphomaniac." Wanda said sarcastically.
"Actually it is kinda fun." Rogue said quickly. "But it really isn't a game. It is more like a discussion. We just discuss how certain mutant powers are an asset in the sack."
"Oh," Wanda said somewhat quietly. "A telepath would always know what you want."
"Ewwwwwwww," Rogue said sickened. "That makes me think about Jean and Scott."
"Except his abilities aren't going to help him at all." Pietro piped in.
"I doubt Scott and Jean are going at it. I doubt he knows where to stick it."
"Tabby!!!! No one is that naive." Wanda said chuckling.
"Lance wouldn't have to move."
"Lucky bastard," Pietro said under his breath.
"PIETRO! I don't want to here it. It's gross." Wanda shrieked. She didn't want to know that much about her brother's sex life, no one should.
"It isn't my fault, it would be easier for me to stay still, than try to be slow."
"So you do, do everything fast?" Tabitha asked lifting an eyebrow at him.
"Nah, speed gives you endurance." Wanda made a gagging noise.
"Y'all need to shut it before Wanda has an aneurysm."
"I just learned more about my brother, than any girl should ever know."
"What about you, Wanda? What are your powers anyway?"
"I can control probability fields, so lets just say there are endless possibilities and probabilities." She said with a smirk.
"Now, I-know-too-much."
"We're even." She said smiling at him mockingly, noticing Lance speeding up next to her. "Hold onto something." She said pressing on the gas pedal, speeding up. Tabitha was thrown back into the back seat.
"I have one." Wanda said, after losing Lance again. "The metal guy that could come in handy." She looked and saw this look of pure shock on Pietro's face.
"Come-on-Wanda! You said we were even." She smiled at him smugly as if to say 'not a chance in hell.' "I know." He said. "Telekinesis. You wouldn't have to move."
"You're just lazy, Pietro!" Wanda shouted softly, not noticing Tabby and Rogue looks of amusement.
"I'm not lazy." She rolled her eyes, and seemed to be thinking.
"Angel?" Rogue shouted, when she saw Wanda's inability to come up with another mutant.
"Who?" Wanda asked
"Mutant with wings. Ever wonder what it's like to have sex in midair?"
"Kitty!" Pietro said quickly.
"Huh?" Tabby said confused.
"Her powers are the *best* birth control ever. She could you know just phase through." The whole car erupted into laughter. Soon they settled down, everyone trying to think of another mutant.
"We'll my powers aren't really sex friendly." She said with a pout.
"Neither are mine." Rogue spoke up.
"Listen Rogue one day when you can control it, all that accumulated knowledge you have absorbed from people is gonna come in handy." Tabby said.
"Ah guess that gives me somethin' to look forward to." She said kinda indifferently. Rogue looked back out the window and smiled slightly. Tabitha sighed and then she shuddered.
"I just realized that if Todd bathed his tongue...."
"EW EW EW LALALALA!" Wanda screamed. "I am currently driving at 85 miles an hour. If you finish that statement I will not hesitate to speed up and drive into a tree." She said glaring.
"Okay, Okay, Touchy." Tabitha said, crossing her arms.
"That was gross." Pietro told her.
"It is all part of the game."
"Oh my god! I jut realized we left Toad and Blob at that house by themselves for the whole summer."
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"So we're just gonna walk up to the front door and say, 'Hi, we decided to follow you here, would you be kind enough to let us stay.' And people say I'm insane." Pyro huffed.
"Who is more insane the leader or follower?"
"You had my life in your hands!" He replied defensively. Gambit looked at him.
"How did ya' escape?"
"I was drivin' like a maniac, and he was keeping up like the car the damn thing was made out of catnip, and then I looked back in time to see that one X-man attack him. I swear they stalk each other. It's like they're in love."
"Stalkin' means yo in love?"
"Apparently, look at you." He said coldly.
"What da real reason ya didn't want ta come?"
"I don't want to talk about it, mate. Let's just say Pennsylvania will do shit to my hair." Gambit rolled his eyes.
"Dis is it."
"How about I move over to the drivers seat? That way when they attack you can just jump in."
"Why would dey attack Remy?"
"You're forgettin' I've seen Mag's daughter in action, mate." Gambit got out, dragging Pyro behind him.
"Remy sure things have changed." He said letting go of Pyro and letting him stand beside him on the porch. He scowled. "Smile ya don't wanna scare 'em." He said pushing the doorbell. Pyro pouted instead. Remy stood there waiting for the door to open.
"Oh mah God!"
"Who is it?" Tabitha asked.
"The swamp rat and that fire guy."
"Too bad they show up after we have unpacked everything." Tabitha said angrily. Rogue rolled her eyes. As the doorbell rang again.
"Is anyone going to get it?" Wanda yelled, coming down the stairs in a big red robe, toweling off her hair. She pushed past them and opened the door. "What do you want?" She said slightly pissed off. Tabitha walked out the door and circled both of the acolytes looking them up and down.
"Is she makin' you as nervous as she is me?" Pyro whispered.
"What do you two want?" Tabitha asked.
"We noticed dat ya seemed to be on a vacation, and Remy thought...." Tabitha cut him off.
"How old are you two?"
"21 and 22." She lifted an eyebrow.
"You can stay." Wanda and Rogue's eye got huge.
"What?!?"
"They can buy alcohol." She said simply.
"Let me get this straight. They could be potentially dangerous, but that's ok because they can beer?" Wanda glared, mostly at John.
"I thought most Sheila's had little robes." Gambit hit him on the back of the head.
"Good my name isn't Sheila then."
"Sorry, P'tite, John-boy sometimes doesn't know how ta act. It's has ta do wid de fact dat de he lived under the hole of the ozone layer." Gambit said quickly.
"Tabitha, what are you thinking they do work for my father?"
"Ummm.. P'tite so do you." Wanda turned to him hands balled up into fists and glowing. Pyro slightly grimaced.
"I warned ya mate."
"Warned him about what I don't know who the hell you are." She said she turned her attention back to Gambit, but they could tell that she was going to say was to the both of them.
"I am his daughter. I never had a choice, but as you can see the second I had a choice. I left." She studied both of their faces. "My brother fears me in a rage. That should tell you what I get like in a rage and if you try anything I will go into a rage." Gambit wanted to laugh. He spent some time with Quicksilver at the base and it wouldn't take a lot to scare the brat. Rogue sighed defeated.
"Tabs you're tellin' Lance and the others that they're staying." Rogue held out her hand. Gambit took it and kissed it. She pulled it away, and then held it out again. "Pay up. Everyone is paying even share."
"Of course, chere." He said reaching into the pocket of his trench coat and pulling out a wad of cash.
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"What movie?" Lance asked pulling out a box movies everyone brought with them.
"Hey guys, ummm... two of the Acolytes are gonna stay with us." Tabby said quickly, leaving the room.
"Did she just, like, say what I think she did?" Pietro took off after her.
"Boom-Boom, you better be kidding!" He called after her stopping in the foyer. He stopped in time to see Rogue count the money up.
"Welcome to our humble abode. Upstairs third door on the right." She said. Tabitha linked her arms with both of the Acolytes, while Pietro and Wanda just rolled their eyes, mirroring each other's movement. She took one final glance at John and walked back upstairs to the room she shared with Rogue. Pietro took back off into the living room.
"She said what you thought she said." He said answering Lance's question. He just shrugged. Lance hit play. "What are we watching?"
"Swordfish." Pietro's eyes got huge.
"Ain't the one where Halle Berry goes topless?" Kitty giggled.
"Once Bobby had that reaction to a movie at the institute and Storm overheard him, she made him read some feminism book that said that women weren't objects. I agree with her." She finished as Wanda and Rogue entered the room.
"And here's the living room." Tabitha said letting go of the Acolytes. "Is this all we're gonna do sit around and watch movies." She said stepping in front of the TV. She heard various groans. "I wanna go out."
"Tabby, we've had a long day. And we're tired."
"I am going. It is dirty work, but someone has to find what bar in this town serves to minors." She walked out letting the other occupants settle down, noticing that Pietro was gone. The movie finally showed through all the previews.
"I swear Hugh Jackman is, like, totally hot." Kitty said looking at the screen.
"What?!?" Lance said loudly.
"Gawd Kit, that guy is about as hot as Logan is." Rogue said rolling her eyes.
'Note to self, rogue doesn't like Hugh Jackman.' Gambit thought to himself for the first time noticing that John was lying on his stomach on the floor.
"He is hot." Wanda said quickly.
"LOGAN!?!"
"Lord no, Hugh Jackman, but I like him better when he isn't acting. Something is so hot about that Australian accent." Pyro rolled over and sat up quickly.
"So ya lioke Australian accents." He said putting it on kind of thick. She looked at him for a moment.
"O shush, I'm trying to watch Hugh Jackman." John turned back around and continued to watch the movie dejectedly. "I wonder if he plays rugby." Wanda said absentmindedly. John groaned. Damn Australian stereotypes.
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"O come on let me go. I can't be stuck here with the losers. I can carry you quickly away from bouncers and security."
"No, Pietro, what if we do get in somewhere, and people think we are together?" She said showing a shudder.
"So you think your too good for me."
"Nah your just to fast."
"Please, I'll resort to cute puppy eyes." He said. She looked like she was going to hesitate. He let his eyes get big and pouted. She giggled.
"Fine you can tag along, but I'm on the market."
"Of course, ya think I want you." She looked at him angrily as he left the room. "We're leaving in an hour." She called after him.
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She was going to kill Kitty and Wanda for refusing to help with the dishes. She didn't expect any of the guys to, but still... it was like they did it on purpose, now she had to deal with the Cajun watching her every move as she washed dishes and handed them to him to dry. This was going to be horrible if he thought that a woman is sexy when she does the
"Ya don't talk much." She scoffed.
"Yes, Ah do. Only ta someone who doesn't show up on a vacation uninvited."
"Ah, the blonde..."
"Is a lush." She said finishing his sentence. "She shouldn't be making any decisions."
"Den why didn't ya so no?" Her eyes narrowed at him.
"Ah had Wanda ta threaten y'all, Swamp Rat." She took off the dish gloves and let them flop on the counter. She crossed her arms in an attempt to keep her hands away but also let them air out. "If he sent you..." Gambit shook his head.
"He didn't even know we were leavin'." Rogue looked at him in shock because for some reason she believed him. She couldn't explain it, but she did.
"Whatever," she mumbled under her breath. "Just play nice. That's a warnin', Cajun." She said pushing past him. She turned back around and looked at him slightly confused. "The two of you left the other guy?" She had heard Logan in the danger room once. He explained that the metal guy would be the only the only one he saw leaving Magneto. She didn't know how he knew, nor did she ask, but she trusted that statement. Gambit nodded.
"He threw us out da door."
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Rogue just didn't understand. She had to get out of that house and into the fresh air. After the movie, Lance decided it would be fun to play the mutant manifestation game. You just went around talking about how your powers manifested. When he realized that Tabby and Pietro where gone, and that Rogue and Remy didn't want to talk about it. He decided to nix it. It wasn't interesting with only a handful of people. The strange thing was though that when he brought it up, Wanda had a hard time placing when her powers had manifested. So, he decided to light up instead. Kitty just didn't seem like the type of person to put up with that type of thing. She brought her knees up to her chest in the rocking chair on the front porch and laughed. It was funny thinking about what Kitty would ever be like high. She had this silly mental image of Kitty halfway phasing her hand through a wall, and saying 'ohhhhhh it's all, like, tingly.' And then she would giggle. After all Kitty wouldn't be Kitty without the giggle. She'd been around the brotherhood house enough for Wanda to know that. She quickly let the thought out of her head. Kitty and Kurt would never get high with Lance.
"What's so funny?" Wanda groaned. She hadn't seen him out on the other side of the porch. He was just standing there, well actually more like leaning against the siding of the house, smoking. 'Well, at least he has the decency to do it outside the house.' She thought. She just didn't like the smoke.
"Nothing. Just a funny thought. Didn't want to play Lance's game?"
"Nah. Why you out here?"
"Clearing my head. Rogue is gonna go ballistic when we have to get groceries again tomorrow." She said wanting to change the subject. "From what I hear Kurt is an endless black hole, my brother has to eat, Lance is gonna have the munchies... ecetera. Lucky Pietro and I cleaned out dad's account for us before we left." He laughed at that. "What so funny?" He shook his head.
"Nothing." She rolled her eyes, thinking about how this was a bad idea. No peace anywhere, but at least it was better than being stuck with Blob and Toad for the summer.
"Did you have a nice trip down?" She looked at him. Why was he being so nice? He worked for her father. Those people generally weren't nice.
"Let's just say I found out a lot of things I didn't want to know about certain people's mutations." He looked at her with a confused expression. "Mutant Sex Game, don't ask. Tabby's idea."
"The blonde?" Wanda nodded. "She scares me." Wanda laughed at that. She had too. An acolyte afraid of Tabby, that was just hilarious. Wait why was she laughing? She abruptly stopped, receiving another confused look from the acolyte.
"She's harmless." Wanda said quickly. "What's your name? I know your code-name, but what is you REAL name."
"John. But Remy said that earlier." He replied, sitting in the rocking chair beside her. She tensed. She liked her space, and she wondered if he was suicidal. No one came this close to her willingly, but then she remembered. It wasn't like he was a brotherhood member. He had no idea about her little ticks.
"I didn't know that was your name. It could be one of those names he calls himself." He looked at her, quizzically, and she really felt her space being invaded, but she didn't exactly want to hex him. "Ok, it was an excuse. I was really pissed off about the robe comment, and what your friend said after ward to really care to remember." A very uncomfortable silence hung in the air. 'Never thought I'd be happy to see Pietro.' She thought to herself when she saw her brother and a drunken Tabby walk up the driveway.
"Ok I have numbers from a Steven, a Ryan..." She said counting on her fingers. The two of them sat down on the steps of the porch.
"Did you have fun?"
"Oh yeah we did. Mel's down the street doesn't ID, and it has Karaoke on Wednesday nights." Wanda nodded.
"Sounds fun."
"Ok speedy, your turn to count." Tabitha said smugly. He quickly counted the pieces of paper he had.
"Eleven."
"What? No way did you beat me." She squealed. "I got nine." She said taking the numbers from him. "Rachel, Donna, Amy, Andrea..." She looked slightly confused. "Andrea Marks!" She flipped through her papers. "Look, Andrea Marks."
"That doesn't count then. You only got eight." John and Wanda looked at each other.
"It does to count. It is a phone number. Even if it is a member of the same sex. When did she slip me her number?" Pietro rolled his eyes. She crumpled up the sheet of paper.
"Wait!!" He said grabbing her hand before she tossed it. "Could be hot." Wanda shook her head and groaned. Tabitha hit him on the head hard. "OW!"
She left with a "humph", walking past Rogue.
"What was that about?" She asked.
"They were arguin'." John said simply. Wanda rolled her eyes.
"Pietro happened to proposition her with a threesome." Rogue glared at him.
"What? I was joking, sheesh." He replied defensively. Rogue chuckled and sat down letting her back rest against the railing.
"I can't believe no one came after me. I was clearly upset." Tabitha said, walking back on the porch and sitting down in her spot before.
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AN: Sorry this took so long. I wanted to get chapter four done before posting this, but I have finals and I have to pack my dorm room, and if I do write anything it will be the last chapter of what now?
I was watching swordfish and at the beginning when Halle berry's character first meets Hugh Jackman's he kicks he out of the house and gets an attitude. I was like "Nu uh, Storm will eletrocute your adamantium ass." I knew I wasn't watching X-men.
epona04- I love Pyro also. He is the reason I love Jonda. He is sarcastic, but also goofy and I think wanda needs goofy.
DemonRogue13- I think it will probably be a romy, but the random silliness will probably end with this chapter. I see Romy as more serious, and if you have read any of my other stuff it is angsty dramatic stuff. So I have found my balance. So I think there will be romyness
giniaTM- I also love Rietros, well the one that I was able to enjoy. I just hate how most Rietros ruin both rogue and Pietro's personalities. My plan right now is romyness.
Witch-uk- I am glad you like Pyro... in what now? I don't like my Pyro, but it fits... he hasn't had time to become his normal sarcastic self, but he will return. I love Pyro.... YAY!
Amieva- thanks for your help with the mutant sex talk... I can't believe i forgot about angel.