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The horror known as Sconda – aka Scott/Wanda romance - continues to roam the countyside since Van Helsing was busy with Dracula, Frankenstein and Wolfman (and counting the opening weekend cash intake).
:Indicates private thoughts:
Out of the Blue – Chapter 4 – Settling Down
The four members of the Brotherhood walked out the front entrance of the mansion in the cool night in response to Wanda's request for a private conference.
The Scarlet Witch sat down first on the steps, then Fred sat next to her. Lance leaped up on the stone railing, getting a good view back into the rec room – specifically to get a glimpse of Kitty. She had seated herself at the bay window so he could see her – she knew darn well he just could not get enough of her. Todd stayed close to the front entrance – a whole lot of insects were flying around the lights above the doors.
Todd caught a bug – a big one and it crunched mightily as he brought it into his mouth. "Welcome to Baldie's Bug Buffet, yo!" Fred watched his friend staying away from Wanda and could not understand it. He had not lost her after all – but Todd seemed to be afraid to step back into her view.
Wanda got right to the point, "Xavier has asked us to come live here again."
Lance waved his arm and shouted, "No way! Not gunna happen. Not today, not this week -"
Wanda interrupted his tirade, "There's a new twist – we get our own house. They'll build one for us. We don't have to answer to anybody here except for when we use the training areas. Otherwise we're on our own." She kept her sentences short to make sure the boys could keep up.
Lance was stunned. "Our own house? Behind the lasers and the brick wall?" No more worrying about the humans bothering Kitty as she came to see him. She'd be right around the corner.
Fred asked, "Will they make bigger doorways and a huge kitchen?" The Brotherhood house was made around the 1900's – when people were shorter and not as wide as him. Crouching through tiny doorways was taking its toll on his back.
Todd hopped over, "Gotta have a big screen, yo. Keep up to date on , uh, world events and stuff. Yeah, that's it." A mosquito was making its way towards Wanda, but his tongue snatched it from the air above her.
Lance was still in a dream state, "Our own house." No Ororo shouting about laundry to be done. No Logan making him wash dishes. No Hank sticking needles in him. No Jamie screaming about Lance hogging the game system. No Scott growling at him around every corner. And Kitty just a walk away....
Fred continued his shopping list, "How about a big garage? And some decent tools?" Working on the Jeep in the rain and cold was not high on his list of favorite things to do and it always needed something fixed. With a good work area, he and Lance could really soup up their wheels into a sweet ride with all the body shop tricks he learned working at the monster truck shows.
Todd nailed three other bugs that were approaching his friends. "Yo, Lance – no messing up the ceiling in the new pad, you crackhead!" Fred and Wanda laughed together at the joke, much to his surprise.
In Lance's head, he and Kitty were skipping in the fields, swirling among the flowers, laughing happily like those goofy people in those sappy TV commercials. Oh yeah, life was good. Then Kitty gave him that special 'Come here' look as she dragged him into the high grass.
Todd was enjoying himself immensely – grabbing another flying pest, "Good one, yo. I could get used to this." Wanda watched him for a minute – he wasn't just gorging himself on the bugs. He was eating those that came near his friends – keeping them from mosquito bites and who knows what stings. A small smile appeared on her face, and Fred looked at Todd thinking, :Now looks like the time to make the move, little buddy.:
Wanda looked back towards the party in the rec room. Maybe a new setting would be good for all of them – a brand new start. And the ability to chose their own path. With that thought, she said, "So it seems like you guys are up for this. I know Pietro isn't here but I'd like to ask Xavier to make a room for him. I'll tell King Geek now if that's OK with you."
Fred saw his chance, "Yeah, go ahead Wanda, we'll catch up. Oh and a big freezer in the kitchen – make that two!" Fred waited till she was out of site then started on his friend. "So Todd, what's with you and Wanda?" The bug collecting stopped for a moment as Todd responded, "What do you mean, yo?"
Wanda was halfway up the hall and forgot to tell the boys about having to live in a camper or the garage. She started back outside when she heard Todd say, "I dunno 'bout Wanda no more. It seems like I'm getting nowhere yo, so since she's moving on, so am I." She hesitated holding the door open a crack, listening to the boys outside.
Fred pushed harder, "She's moved on? How do you know that?" Todd pointed towards the rec room, "This whole engagement to goggle boy thing. She likes them preppy, I guess. That's just not me, yo – I'm too street for that."
In his dream, Lance and Kitty were going at it pretty good when he heard Todd say 'goggle boy'. He imagined the grass above him was cut down a red optic weedwacker blast and Lance jumped up shouting, "Go get your own nookie, you perv!"
Lance realized Scott was not there, just Todd and Fred staring at him like he was insane. "Uh, what are we talking about?"
Fred pointed at Todd saying, "Todd's too scared to talk to Wanda since this marriage joke started." An evil grin appeared on the large teen's face. "Ya know, Lance, I hear Toad legs taste just like chicken."
Lance knew a good lead in when he heard one. "Oh, really? Are ya chicken, Todd?" Lance brought his hands to his armpits and crouched down. "Hey look at me, I'm in that new kung fu movie – eatin' bugs, hoppin' chicken." Lance strutted around like a barnyard hen while Fred got up to copy him. Both boys circled, bobbing their heads up and down while clucking. Todd's yellow teeth were clenched tight as he growled, "Cut it out, yo or I'll let the bugs feast on yer chicken blood." The taunting continued for a couple of more minutes – the cackling alternating between laughing and chicken imitations.
Lance and Fred stopped to catch their breath from all the hooting and hollering. Lance then got serious for a second, "Look, man, just talk to her. You've chased her for so long - just give it a try one more time. Hey, it worked for me and Kitty – I thought we were totally over. It just might be your turn, so take your best shot before some X-geek does. If I were you, I'd make a move before Speedy gets back – he's usually the reason she's so grumpy."
Wanda let the door close and walked again towards the rec room. :So he hadn't given up yet. Not that it mattered.: But for some reason she shot a glance back outside towards the boys, her eyes focusing on Todd.
Lance walked towards the front entrance, "C'mon, guys. That sub sandwich is calling my name." Fred lightly punched Todd on the shoulder as they followed him, "You can do this – don't give up."
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Scott walked up to Kurt, who was cutting a large piece off of the giant sub sandwich on the snack table. Scott whispered, "Dude, I need a quick transport upstairs to my room when you get a chance." He had seen Jean by the stairs leading to the dorm rooms and knew he'd get caught. The German lad pointed to the sandwich and warned it, "Don't go anywhere, I'll be right back."
Kurt grabbed his older friend on the shoulder and they bamfed upstairs into the hallway outside the boys' rooms. Scott walked into his room and closed the door behind him.
The younger teen waited in the hallway wondering what could be so important that his friend needed to come upstairs right now.
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Sam saw Scott and Kurt disappear and made his move. He walked over to the drinks table, poured a glass of diet caffeine free soda and walked up to Kitty with it. He said, "I saw you were getting low and thought I'd get you a refill." Kitty smiled and was about to say thanks when Sam stepped to her other side and said, "Hey Lance, thanks for the tip on that gasket material. My bike's engine has been running a lot better with it."
Lance smiled, "Hey, farm boy! No problem, man. Though I guess this means you owe me a test drive on it."
Sam whispered out of Kitty's earshot, "Yeah, sure. Say, rumor has it you guys are coming to live here. Is it true?"
Before Lance could answer, Charles called from the center of the room. "If I may have everyone's attention, please?" Conversations stopped and the teens turned towards the professor. "I have some great news. The faculty and I have extended an invitation to the Brotherhood to join us on the mansion grounds in their own house, and they have graciously accepted. Please join me in welcoming them here."
Cheers rang out from the Institute residents as they welcomed their new neighbors. As conversations started back up, Wanda decided to stay by Kitty since she was the person she knew best – and Scott was nowhere in sight. Lance, of course, was attached to Kitty's hip.
Fred and Todd wandered over to the snack table to see Jamie grab the last fudge-covered cookie. Todd whined, "Yo, that ain't fair - him gettin' the last good one." Jamie wolfed it down when he worried they might wrestle it out of his grip. Then he smiled with chocolate covered teeth and whispered, "I know where Miss Ororo keeps them stashed but I'm not strong enough to get past the lock on the top cabinet." Fred smiled back and said, "A lock? Is that all? Lead on, little man, lead on."
Wanda watched the boys sneak into the kitchen and then heard Kitty finish what she was rambling on about now with the other girls. "The best part of the movie was at the end – she says you can tell if he's the right guy by his kiss. And so they do and she knows he's the right one then." Lance interrupted the collective female sigh, "No way, the best part is when he see these girls all walking around half naked." Bobby had tuned Kitty out but woke up when he heard the key word. "Did you say naked?"
The thought bounced around in Wanda's head :You can tell if he's the right guy by his kiss.: Could it really be just that simple?
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Kurt's tail twitched impatiently and his curiosity got the better of him. He quietly opened the door and snuck in behind his friend.
He saw Scott take out the ring box from his sock drawer and open it to sneak a peek. Kurt shouted, "I knew it! You're going to ask Jean all along, aren't you?" Scott jumped in surprise and the ring box fell to the floor, giving Kurt a good view of the diamonds set in a classy gold band. "Jeez, Kurt, I'm nervous enough as it is! Cut me some slack without the creeping up and shouting."
Scott bent down to pick up the ring and held it up for his friend to see, "Do you think she'll like it?"
Kurt looked at the ring and whistled, "She'll love it. How much did that set you back?"
Scott smirked, "Don't ask, but I did have some help. Let's just say the piggy bank is as empty as it gets."
The older boy closed the ring box then sat on his bed and appeared to be depressed. Kurt asked, "You should be jumping for joy! So why the long face?" Scott pointed to the calendar on the wall, "April Fool's day – how does that grab you for an anniversary date of the day I ask her to marry me? I guess I should wait till later this week to try."
Kurt knew the girls would kill him if he let this chance slip through his fingers. :Oh no – this was something they all needed to see. Or our fearless leader might get cold feet.: Kurt pointed to the clock by Scott's bed. "Look - It's 10:30 already – so wait till after midnight then ask her."
Scott brightened up, "Hey, that just might work. All we have to do is keep the party going till then. But we should get back before someone gets suspicious."
His blue friend smiled, "Or makes off with my sandwich!" Kurt transported them back downstairs just outside the rec room. Sure enough - Kurt noticed his 'quick snack' has disappeared, but that was OK – he had something more urgent to do.
He walked over to the stereo system, put in a dance mix CD and shouted, "Who's ready to party with the fuzzy dude?" as the music began to play. Couples paired off onto the dance floor.
Scott found Jean and held her hand leading her to a quieter corner in the hallway. Jean teased him, "So the team leader will play while the telepaths are away? You and Wanda – you sly dog. You almost had me going."
Scott smiled back at her. "I have to admit that we had a lot of fun pulling this together. Everyone hammered me with pranks this morning and it was sweet revenge getting them back tonight."
Jean asked the question that was bothering her all night. "So how did the two of you hook up in the first place? I don't see you surviving a walkup to the front door of their house to say – Can I see Wanda?"
He settled against the wall starting his tale, "I was in the mall minding my own business...."
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Author's note: After this chapter, things get a little more serious as I try to explain how this horror came to be. I'm going to post the remaining chapters all together at once and get back on track with the humor.
This might get a little confusing since we essentially are starting a flashback from Scott's point of view with additional events from the Brotherhood's perspective.
The movie by the way is 'Forty Days and Forty Nights' – I'm pretty sure it's rated R and Scott says you shouldn't watch it until your seventeen.
The horror known as Sconda – aka Scott/Wanda romance - continues to roam the countyside since Van Helsing was busy with Dracula, Frankenstein and Wolfman (and counting the opening weekend cash intake).
:Indicates private thoughts:
Out of the Blue – Chapter 4 – Settling Down
The four members of the Brotherhood walked out the front entrance of the mansion in the cool night in response to Wanda's request for a private conference.
The Scarlet Witch sat down first on the steps, then Fred sat next to her. Lance leaped up on the stone railing, getting a good view back into the rec room – specifically to get a glimpse of Kitty. She had seated herself at the bay window so he could see her – she knew darn well he just could not get enough of her. Todd stayed close to the front entrance – a whole lot of insects were flying around the lights above the doors.
Todd caught a bug – a big one and it crunched mightily as he brought it into his mouth. "Welcome to Baldie's Bug Buffet, yo!" Fred watched his friend staying away from Wanda and could not understand it. He had not lost her after all – but Todd seemed to be afraid to step back into her view.
Wanda got right to the point, "Xavier has asked us to come live here again."
Lance waved his arm and shouted, "No way! Not gunna happen. Not today, not this week -"
Wanda interrupted his tirade, "There's a new twist – we get our own house. They'll build one for us. We don't have to answer to anybody here except for when we use the training areas. Otherwise we're on our own." She kept her sentences short to make sure the boys could keep up.
Lance was stunned. "Our own house? Behind the lasers and the brick wall?" No more worrying about the humans bothering Kitty as she came to see him. She'd be right around the corner.
Fred asked, "Will they make bigger doorways and a huge kitchen?" The Brotherhood house was made around the 1900's – when people were shorter and not as wide as him. Crouching through tiny doorways was taking its toll on his back.
Todd hopped over, "Gotta have a big screen, yo. Keep up to date on , uh, world events and stuff. Yeah, that's it." A mosquito was making its way towards Wanda, but his tongue snatched it from the air above her.
Lance was still in a dream state, "Our own house." No Ororo shouting about laundry to be done. No Logan making him wash dishes. No Hank sticking needles in him. No Jamie screaming about Lance hogging the game system. No Scott growling at him around every corner. And Kitty just a walk away....
Fred continued his shopping list, "How about a big garage? And some decent tools?" Working on the Jeep in the rain and cold was not high on his list of favorite things to do and it always needed something fixed. With a good work area, he and Lance could really soup up their wheels into a sweet ride with all the body shop tricks he learned working at the monster truck shows.
Todd nailed three other bugs that were approaching his friends. "Yo, Lance – no messing up the ceiling in the new pad, you crackhead!" Fred and Wanda laughed together at the joke, much to his surprise.
In Lance's head, he and Kitty were skipping in the fields, swirling among the flowers, laughing happily like those goofy people in those sappy TV commercials. Oh yeah, life was good. Then Kitty gave him that special 'Come here' look as she dragged him into the high grass.
Todd was enjoying himself immensely – grabbing another flying pest, "Good one, yo. I could get used to this." Wanda watched him for a minute – he wasn't just gorging himself on the bugs. He was eating those that came near his friends – keeping them from mosquito bites and who knows what stings. A small smile appeared on her face, and Fred looked at Todd thinking, :Now looks like the time to make the move, little buddy.:
Wanda looked back towards the party in the rec room. Maybe a new setting would be good for all of them – a brand new start. And the ability to chose their own path. With that thought, she said, "So it seems like you guys are up for this. I know Pietro isn't here but I'd like to ask Xavier to make a room for him. I'll tell King Geek now if that's OK with you."
Fred saw his chance, "Yeah, go ahead Wanda, we'll catch up. Oh and a big freezer in the kitchen – make that two!" Fred waited till she was out of site then started on his friend. "So Todd, what's with you and Wanda?" The bug collecting stopped for a moment as Todd responded, "What do you mean, yo?"
Wanda was halfway up the hall and forgot to tell the boys about having to live in a camper or the garage. She started back outside when she heard Todd say, "I dunno 'bout Wanda no more. It seems like I'm getting nowhere yo, so since she's moving on, so am I." She hesitated holding the door open a crack, listening to the boys outside.
Fred pushed harder, "She's moved on? How do you know that?" Todd pointed towards the rec room, "This whole engagement to goggle boy thing. She likes them preppy, I guess. That's just not me, yo – I'm too street for that."
In his dream, Lance and Kitty were going at it pretty good when he heard Todd say 'goggle boy'. He imagined the grass above him was cut down a red optic weedwacker blast and Lance jumped up shouting, "Go get your own nookie, you perv!"
Lance realized Scott was not there, just Todd and Fred staring at him like he was insane. "Uh, what are we talking about?"
Fred pointed at Todd saying, "Todd's too scared to talk to Wanda since this marriage joke started." An evil grin appeared on the large teen's face. "Ya know, Lance, I hear Toad legs taste just like chicken."
Lance knew a good lead in when he heard one. "Oh, really? Are ya chicken, Todd?" Lance brought his hands to his armpits and crouched down. "Hey look at me, I'm in that new kung fu movie – eatin' bugs, hoppin' chicken." Lance strutted around like a barnyard hen while Fred got up to copy him. Both boys circled, bobbing their heads up and down while clucking. Todd's yellow teeth were clenched tight as he growled, "Cut it out, yo or I'll let the bugs feast on yer chicken blood." The taunting continued for a couple of more minutes – the cackling alternating between laughing and chicken imitations.
Lance and Fred stopped to catch their breath from all the hooting and hollering. Lance then got serious for a second, "Look, man, just talk to her. You've chased her for so long - just give it a try one more time. Hey, it worked for me and Kitty – I thought we were totally over. It just might be your turn, so take your best shot before some X-geek does. If I were you, I'd make a move before Speedy gets back – he's usually the reason she's so grumpy."
Wanda let the door close and walked again towards the rec room. :So he hadn't given up yet. Not that it mattered.: But for some reason she shot a glance back outside towards the boys, her eyes focusing on Todd.
Lance walked towards the front entrance, "C'mon, guys. That sub sandwich is calling my name." Fred lightly punched Todd on the shoulder as they followed him, "You can do this – don't give up."
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Scott walked up to Kurt, who was cutting a large piece off of the giant sub sandwich on the snack table. Scott whispered, "Dude, I need a quick transport upstairs to my room when you get a chance." He had seen Jean by the stairs leading to the dorm rooms and knew he'd get caught. The German lad pointed to the sandwich and warned it, "Don't go anywhere, I'll be right back."
Kurt grabbed his older friend on the shoulder and they bamfed upstairs into the hallway outside the boys' rooms. Scott walked into his room and closed the door behind him.
The younger teen waited in the hallway wondering what could be so important that his friend needed to come upstairs right now.
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Sam saw Scott and Kurt disappear and made his move. He walked over to the drinks table, poured a glass of diet caffeine free soda and walked up to Kitty with it. He said, "I saw you were getting low and thought I'd get you a refill." Kitty smiled and was about to say thanks when Sam stepped to her other side and said, "Hey Lance, thanks for the tip on that gasket material. My bike's engine has been running a lot better with it."
Lance smiled, "Hey, farm boy! No problem, man. Though I guess this means you owe me a test drive on it."
Sam whispered out of Kitty's earshot, "Yeah, sure. Say, rumor has it you guys are coming to live here. Is it true?"
Before Lance could answer, Charles called from the center of the room. "If I may have everyone's attention, please?" Conversations stopped and the teens turned towards the professor. "I have some great news. The faculty and I have extended an invitation to the Brotherhood to join us on the mansion grounds in their own house, and they have graciously accepted. Please join me in welcoming them here."
Cheers rang out from the Institute residents as they welcomed their new neighbors. As conversations started back up, Wanda decided to stay by Kitty since she was the person she knew best – and Scott was nowhere in sight. Lance, of course, was attached to Kitty's hip.
Fred and Todd wandered over to the snack table to see Jamie grab the last fudge-covered cookie. Todd whined, "Yo, that ain't fair - him gettin' the last good one." Jamie wolfed it down when he worried they might wrestle it out of his grip. Then he smiled with chocolate covered teeth and whispered, "I know where Miss Ororo keeps them stashed but I'm not strong enough to get past the lock on the top cabinet." Fred smiled back and said, "A lock? Is that all? Lead on, little man, lead on."
Wanda watched the boys sneak into the kitchen and then heard Kitty finish what she was rambling on about now with the other girls. "The best part of the movie was at the end – she says you can tell if he's the right guy by his kiss. And so they do and she knows he's the right one then." Lance interrupted the collective female sigh, "No way, the best part is when he see these girls all walking around half naked." Bobby had tuned Kitty out but woke up when he heard the key word. "Did you say naked?"
The thought bounced around in Wanda's head :You can tell if he's the right guy by his kiss.: Could it really be just that simple?
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Kurt's tail twitched impatiently and his curiosity got the better of him. He quietly opened the door and snuck in behind his friend.
He saw Scott take out the ring box from his sock drawer and open it to sneak a peek. Kurt shouted, "I knew it! You're going to ask Jean all along, aren't you?" Scott jumped in surprise and the ring box fell to the floor, giving Kurt a good view of the diamonds set in a classy gold band. "Jeez, Kurt, I'm nervous enough as it is! Cut me some slack without the creeping up and shouting."
Scott bent down to pick up the ring and held it up for his friend to see, "Do you think she'll like it?"
Kurt looked at the ring and whistled, "She'll love it. How much did that set you back?"
Scott smirked, "Don't ask, but I did have some help. Let's just say the piggy bank is as empty as it gets."
The older boy closed the ring box then sat on his bed and appeared to be depressed. Kurt asked, "You should be jumping for joy! So why the long face?" Scott pointed to the calendar on the wall, "April Fool's day – how does that grab you for an anniversary date of the day I ask her to marry me? I guess I should wait till later this week to try."
Kurt knew the girls would kill him if he let this chance slip through his fingers. :Oh no – this was something they all needed to see. Or our fearless leader might get cold feet.: Kurt pointed to the clock by Scott's bed. "Look - It's 10:30 already – so wait till after midnight then ask her."
Scott brightened up, "Hey, that just might work. All we have to do is keep the party going till then. But we should get back before someone gets suspicious."
His blue friend smiled, "Or makes off with my sandwich!" Kurt transported them back downstairs just outside the rec room. Sure enough - Kurt noticed his 'quick snack' has disappeared, but that was OK – he had something more urgent to do.
He walked over to the stereo system, put in a dance mix CD and shouted, "Who's ready to party with the fuzzy dude?" as the music began to play. Couples paired off onto the dance floor.
Scott found Jean and held her hand leading her to a quieter corner in the hallway. Jean teased him, "So the team leader will play while the telepaths are away? You and Wanda – you sly dog. You almost had me going."
Scott smiled back at her. "I have to admit that we had a lot of fun pulling this together. Everyone hammered me with pranks this morning and it was sweet revenge getting them back tonight."
Jean asked the question that was bothering her all night. "So how did the two of you hook up in the first place? I don't see you surviving a walkup to the front door of their house to say – Can I see Wanda?"
He settled against the wall starting his tale, "I was in the mall minding my own business...."
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Author's note: After this chapter, things get a little more serious as I try to explain how this horror came to be. I'm going to post the remaining chapters all together at once and get back on track with the humor.
This might get a little confusing since we essentially are starting a flashback from Scott's point of view with additional events from the Brotherhood's perspective.
The movie by the way is 'Forty Days and Forty Nights' – I'm pretty sure it's rated R and Scott says you shouldn't watch it until your seventeen.