Thanks to:PomegranateQueen – Hope you like the Rietro!
Oceanbang – Jamie shows up in this chapter – but I couldn't use the others because I ran out of partners for them!
Bobtheheadlesschicken – That would be pretty funny, if some one like Lance was convinced Jean and Scott were still going out but she's going out with him…I could get behind something like that, lol!
Furygrrl – I think it's Margali, but I was too lazy to look it up…'Sweet merciful crap' is from an episode of 'The Simpsons', I've used the expression at least once a day ever since I heard it! And more Jeance here!
XEvo Chic – I was pretty scared by the idea too, I can't recall Juggy having a lady-friend since before he was Juggy. I blame the skintight brown spandex, that's not a good look for anyone, not with his hips.
XME – Yeah, Kurt is a hypocrite! He did the deed first after all. I wondered how many people would point that out!
The Son of Logan and Ororo – Marvel should have brought in Psylocke! A whole chapter where I didn't have to edit out all the shouts of "Bloody hell!" would be great.
Rage-girl-05 – Poor Juggy gets no love! Now he does…but yeah, it's still scary!
King-Kold – Poor Mr Sefton is right, he seemed so harmless, lol. Glad you liked!
Steph14Wales – Yay, romantic Juggy! Y'know, I struggled to think of a single romantic Juggy moment anywhere and when I checked the Bible According To Purity (uh, Ultimate X-Men, hee hee), I was distracted by the pic of Blob in purple undies.
Rogue14 – Eye soap! It burns and purifies, lol. Glad you liked it!
Holly Potter – The Rietro up in T-minus 12 seconds to go! My laptop's slow enough without an explosion adding to that!
Southern Goth Gal – The 'chases parked cars' idea was from a memory of a Garfield book with that picture in (Odie chased the cars though!). And I bet Rahne would have gotten more screen time if she'd joined the Acolytes.
DemonMaiden – Rogue and Pietro use the special collar Beast gave them in chapter 20! Although how they deal with Magneto may not be so easy to explain…Can't you just see Juggy doing the hip wiggling?
Song idea is from Furygrrl - thanks!
Disclaimer: All these chapters later, and still nothing is mine.
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"…So we coloured the water and now everything should get back to normal!" explained Scott.
"Normal?" Todd looked rather sad. "Does this mean it's the end for me and my Kitty?"
"What he means is we won't be singing all the time," said Lance. "I'm not splitting up with Jean."
"And I'm moving into the Brotherhood house," announced Jean. "I'm sure it just needs a woman's touch, no offence Wanda."
Lance looked uncertain. "Uh, yeah…"
"And we're going to be blissfully happy and spend days making love!"
"Yeah!"
"And have lots and lots of children!"
"Uh…"
The image of a brood of children with red mullets made the watchers shudder.
"And I'll make Lance the happiest man alive!"
"Every night and twice on Sundays?"
"Yes!"
"Oh Jean!"
"Oh Lance!"
"Oh get a room," growled Logan as the couple fell into each other's arms.
Jamie and Dorian ran into the room and stopped as they saw the smooching.
"EEEEW!"
"What's been going on here?" asked Jamie."And why is the water green?"
Dorian looked confused. "And why is that furry guy touching my moms butt?"
"There are perfectly good answers to those questions," replied Storm. "But first…"
"Wait," said Logan suddenly, sniffing the air. "There's some one here!"
The group turned to look at the door, seeing the little girl with the oversized hands enter the room.
"It's only Torpid," said Evan. "Whatcha doing here?"
Torpid did a remarkably vivid mime to indicate that the sewers had become Callisto's personal dominatrix den. Evans eyes glazed and he began to drool.
"Uh, hi!" said Dorian, creeping shyly up to Torpid. "Do you like…stuff?"
"Hey Leech! I saw her first!" Jamie marched up to the pair.
"When?"
"When we hid in the sewers from the Sentinel! So there!"
"Well, she likes me better!"
"She does not!"
"Does too!"
Jamie: Every night she walks right in my dreams
Since I met her from the start
I'm so proud I am the only one
Who is special in her heart
The girl is mine
The doggone girl is mine
I know she's mine
Because the doggone girl is mine…
Torpid looked at Jamie in confusion as Dorian glowered.
Dorian: I don't understand the way you think
Saying that she's yours not mine
Sending roses and your silly dreams
Really just a waste of time
Because she's mine
The doggone girl is mine
Don't waste your time
Because the doggone girl is mine…
Leech got down on one knee, giving Torpid a beseeching look.
Dorian: I love you more than he
Take you anywhere…
Jamie: But I love you endlessly
Loving we will share…
"Uh, Mrs Leech, can you put a stop to zis?" asked Kurt hopefully.
Jamie and Dorian: So come and go with me
Two on the town…
"Dorian!" snapped Mrs Leech. "You're too young to take a girl out on the town!"
Jamie: But we both cannot have her
So it's one or the other
And one day you'll discover
That she's my girl now and forever…
Dorian: Don't build your hopes to be let down
Coz I really feel it's time…
"Dorian!" Mrs Leech tried again. "It's not time! Not until you're 18!"
"You're new boyfriend isn't even 18 yet," pointed out Tabby.
Jamie: I know she'll tell you I'm the one for her
Coz she said I blow her mind…
"That's enough! We're trying to talk here!" Evan tapped Torpid on the shoulder. "Pick one of them."
Torpid looked from one boy to another, took off her gloves and froze both of them.
"Thank you," said Kitty gratefully. "I just wanted to tell you all that Todd and I didn't mean anything to happen between us – well, except sex…"
"Too graphic Kitty!" announced Wanda, nauseated.
"…But after discovering the benefit of a man with a six-foot tongue, I've decided to ask him to move into the mansion with me!"
"She can't resist me," said Toad smugly. "It's my cologne."
"And I'm going to move into the Brotherhood house so I can be with Freddy!" said Amara. "He's such a big cuddly teddy bear, I couldn't live without his love!"
"We're not moving anywhere," said Scott. "Tabby and I both live in the mansion and we can be together without the aggravation of moving our stuff."
"I'm taking St John into the forest with me," X23 told them.
"You're letting him near a load of dry timber?" Gambit sighed. "Bye-bye Bayville!"
"You talk about me like I'm some kind of fire-obsessed nut!" Pyro looked hurt. "I already handed my notice in and it's time I had a change of scenery."
"Well, Remy gonna take Dani to New Orleans for Mardi Gras.""That's not 'til February mate."
"We got plenty o' ways to occupy our time!"
"Hey, you can't just quit," said Magneto furiously. "Now that Colossus lives on a farm with Mystique, I'll only have Rahne as an Acolyte!"
"We'll be far too busy to take over the world lover!" Rahne nipped his neck and Magneto shut up temporarily.
"I have exciting news too!" revealed Sam. "Agatha's moving into the mansion! She's gonna be a New Recruit!"
There was too much wrong with that sentence to begin to correct it.
"Well I'm moving into the sewers with Caliban." Jubilee revealed her new-look boyfriend, complete with blonde wig and shades. "Isn't he adorable?"
"I vill be moving in with Mrs Leech to be a new father for Dorian!" said Kurt.
"And I'm going to live in Mississippi with Irene," said Bobby happily.
"I need Acolytes!" whined Magneto. "Whom will I order around if I have no lackeys?"
"Evan will move in with me," proclaimed Gabrielle. "We will move to Scotland where I will heal his mind!"
"And Roberto and I are going steady now," declared Taryn. "He's a great trophy boyfriend!"
"And now I have Ray, I no longer have to spend all my time gardening," said Ororo. "Goodbye sexual frustration!"
"Thanks Storm," said Gabrielle as Evan began rocking himself back and forwards again.
"My children shall be my Acolytes!" Magneto could see Wanda with her arm through Logan's, but he was still one short. "Where is Pietro?"
"He left you a note," replied Ray, handing the sheet of paper he'd found in the kitchen to Magneto and standing well back.
Magneto read it through carefully, then raised his eyes to meet Storms."What kind of a school are you running here!? First your instructor seduces my innocent and virginal daughter, now one of your students kidnaps my son!"
Magneto stormed off into the control room, followed by the others who knew good entertainment when they saw it. He grabbed the intercom and bellowed, "Magneto to the X-Jet, come in!"
"What's up sugar?" Rogues voice came back over the airwaves.
"What's all this nonsense about you and Pietro eloping?"
"Yeah, we took the jet and we're heading to Las Vegas. We'll be back after the honeymoon – say a month?"
"A MONTH!" A vein in Magnetos temple throbbed. "You turn that jet 'round and get my Acolyte back here NOW!"
"Sorry, can't. Nothing on the jet to drink but green water anyway."
In the background they could all hear Pietro singing.
Pietro: I found a reason for meeee
To change who I used to beeee
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you…
"I think I ought to get him to Vegas as soon as possible, see if we can earn enough money busking to cover the cost of Elvis doing the nuptials. No, not Juggy. We'll be back when the money runs out or the water wears off. See you soon – dad"
There was a click as Rogue turned off the radio. Magneto let out a string of swears, cut off when Rahne took hold of his hand."I'll tell ye what lover. Ye can order me around."
Magneto looked sulky. "Promise?"
"Of course!"
"We'll…OK!"
"As long as I don't have to be an Acolyte," said Wanda.
"Everything worked out for the best!" Lance put an arm around Jeans waist. "Me and Fred and Pietro get our girls living in our house, we get rid of Toad…"
"Hey!"
"…And we still have no adult supervision!" Lance grinned happily.
"Just one thing bub." Logan grinned and drew Wanda closer to him. "I've been asked to move in with my girlfriend too – and I've accepted."
Lance voiced the thought for all the Brotherhood. "NOOOOOOOOOO!!"
The End!!
Song is 'The Girl Is Mine' by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney. Pietro sings 'The Reason' by Hoobastank. Weirdly, there was no reason for him singing that. It was just on as I was typing. Two minutes earlier and he would have been singing something by AC/DC.
Author Note: Thank you to everyone who read and reviewed! I'm on hiatus until about the 8th August now, because I'm going on holiday (spreadin the sickness down South!). My next fic will be the sequel to 'Manipulating Evolution'. Hope you all enjoyed this one!