Perfect By Nature
Chapter XVIII: Trouble is Brewing
By: Michelle
"Bobby, Watch the Munchkin Land for a second?" Logan ordered. "One the students clogged the fucking toilet."
"Alright Logan." Bobby replied and continued to play one on one basketball with Piotr.
"Bobby can we play." Jamie asked him.
"No Jamie." Bobby brushed him off. "You and Evan sit there and be quiet."
"But we want to play." Jamie whined.
"Ya'll are too little." Bobby answered.
"Drake." Piotr said to him. "Kitty, Jubes, and Rogue are coming."
Bobby's eyes widened. "Quick. Let's take off our shirts."
They both took off their shirts and tossed them to the side.
"Look at Bobby and Piotr." Jubilee whispered to her friends. "They think they are so macho with their shirts off."
"And you're complaining because…" Rogue asked.
"I'm not complaining." Jubilee blew a bubble with her gum. "Can you say eye candy?"
"Like totally." Kitty smiled as they stopped by the basketball court.
Rogue smiled as she looked at Bobby all sweaty. "Playing hard boys."
"We're not boys Rogue." Bobby replied. "We're men."
"Da." Piotr agreed. "Men."
"Na uh." Jamie added. "Mr. Logan said you have to have hair on your chest to be a man."
Piotr and Bobby looked at their hairless chest. "That's not true."
"Yes huh." Evan nodded. "Mr. Logan and Professor and Mr. Kurt gots hair on their chest and they're men."
Kitty, Jubilee, and Rogue began to giggle. Looks like Bobby and Piotr's macho man ego's just burst. "We'll see you boys later."
"Bye Rogue." Bobby sighed and turned to Piotr.
"Those little eight year old monsters just ruined it for me." Piotr shook his head. "I was so close to asking Kitty out."
"No you weren't." Bobby replied.
"Ok, I wasn't." Piotr answered. "But they ruined the moment."
'I know what you mean." Bobby folded his arms.
"Please play a game with us."
"Come on Bobby, Piotr. Please."
Bobby exchanged glances with Piotr. Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
We need to get them out of our hair. Piotr held his head high.
"Alright guys." Bobby said innocently. "We'll play a game with you."
"Yeah." Evan jumped around.
"How about Hide and Seek?" Piotr asked.
"Yeah." Jamie's eyes lit up. "We hide first."
"No problem." Bobby and Piotr answered.
"Now." Bobby said to them. "We are going to turn around and count to 100, and then we are going to come find you."
"OK."
"Ready." They both turned around. "One…two…"
"Come on Evan." Jamie whispered. "I know the bestest spot to hide."
"Ok."
"…Eight…nine…Do you think they are gone?"
"Yep." Bobby turned around. "Alright, you remember what the score was."
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"What the fuck is going on?"
"Guys, get ready."
Kurt looked around at the conditions of the Turtles' lair. There was a fog thickening around them. Then, he noticed the lights flickering around. It has to be her. "Ororo."
Splinter could sense two presences in the room as he walked out of his room. He had felt this presence before, briefly when he was talking to Kurt.
Ororo could hear his voice but she couldn't see him. Kurt where are you? Are you alright? She could see his eyes glowing thru the thick fog. Then, she saw a giant rat.
Splinter stood before a man in a wheel chair and a woman with pearled eyes. We mean no harm. Your friend was attacked by our enemy. My students brought him here after he was knocked unconscious.
"Sensei." Leonardo called to him.
Xavier stared into the old rats eyes. It was one of your students that entered our mansion. He was the one trying to defend us.
"Professor." Ororo turned her head slightly to see him in deep thought.
Yes. Splinter kept his eyes on the man in the wheelchair. Our enemy sent a spy to your school, so my student went to investigate. I hope we didn't alarm you.
"No Professor, Storm you don't understand." Kurt rushed in front of Splinter. "There is no need for a fight."
"Storm." Professor said and looked up at her.
Ororo glanced at him and called off the fog. Her pearled eyes returned to their sapphire color and the lights stopped flickering.
"Now we can see the asses we are kicking." Raphael said as he twirled his sais.
"No Raph." Leonardo said to him. "Put up your sais. They are not here to fight."
Raphael gave them a look before returning his sais to his belt.
"Professor, this is Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michaelangelo, Venus, and Splinter." Kurt explained as he stepped forward. "They are mutants too."
"So, I see." Xavier replied practically lost for words. "I am Professor Charles Xavier and this is Ororo Munroe, also known as Storm."
"It is nice to meet both of you." Splinter said as he extended his hand. "I am Splinter. Kurt has told us much about you and the school you have created to teach and house young mutants."
"It is nice to meet you too." Xavier smiled and shook Splinter's furry hand. "But I must be honest when I say I'm curious."
"Perhaps I should explain."
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"That tree is bigger than the school." Evan said as he looked up.
"I know." Jaime replied. "Ain't it cool? Mr. Logan found a bird's nest in it one time I saw him climb it."
"Have you ever climbed it before?"
"No." Jamie replied as he began climbing. "You ain't a scaredy-cat are you?
"No." Evan replied as he followed Jamie's lead. "But won't Mr. Logan get mad."
"Yeah." Jamie kept climbing. "But Ms. Munroe just says it's because he's cranky like a grizzly bear."
"Yeah." Evan agreed. "And he's hairy like one too."
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Kurt found it hard to even look at Ororo. Yet, there were so many things he wanted to say to her. But, he still had that pain in his heart from her rejection. I just don't understand. I thought there was something there. I thought she was feeling the same things that I was.
Ororo sighted. She almost didn't want to look at him or the hurt in his eyes. How could I be so cold hearted? I was too busy thinking about my own feelings to notice his. Why couldn't I be honest with him and tell him what I feel?
As both of their eyes finally met, neither of them heard what Splinter and Xavier were talking about. They didn't hear the origin stories of the Turtles or the X-men. They didn't hear the discussion about mutation. They didn't even hear about the threat of Dragon Lord and his Rank army. Alls they could hear was the sound of each others breathing.
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"Come on Evan." Jamie said as he climbed higher in the tree.
"Jamie." Evan looked up at him from the branch he was on. "Don't you think we are high enough?"
"Na uh." Jamie shook his head. "Bobby and Piotr are going to find us if we don't go higher."
"OK." Evan began climbing higher. "If you say so."
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"I've felt this dragon's presence around my school for a few days now." Xavier said after Splinter cleared up the story. "But I have been stumped as to what its intentions are. I think it is after Cerebro, the device I use to locate mutants. However, after what you are telling me, it sounds like it was after more."
"We are not sure what it was after either." Donatello added. "Raphael and Venus overheard the Dragon Lord reciting a spell the other day."
"And what was the spell?" Xavier asked.
"I'm not really sure." Venus replied. "The language in which he spoke is an ancient dialect. I can barely understand him, let alone translate it with the help of my scrolls." She explained. "I'm a little over half way through, but I still haven't made must progress. The only thing I am sure of is that the spell has something to do with power."
"Power." Xavier thought for a moment. That could mean a lot of things."
"Well Professor." Donatello addressed. "You said this Cerebro machine can locate both mutants and humans."
"Yes Donatello. It can."
"And it requires a powerful mind to operate."
"Yes, it does." Xavier replied. "I am one of the few who can operate it. If it was to fall into the wrong hands, the consequences would be devastating. Just by concentrating hard enough, one can wipe out an entire race."
"You know, Dragon Lord is quite powerful." Leonardo reminded them. "After all, Dragon Lord used his mind to break through the Realm of Dreams to free himself from his mirror prison."
"Dragon Lord wants to take over the world again." Donatello reminded them as he held his arm. "If he was to use Cerebro, he could wipe out all human and mutants and take back the world."
"All that is true." Venus stepped in. "But why would he attack Kurt?"
Yes, why would he. Xavier thought to himself.
"Maybe, he was just trying to distract us." Leonardo suggested. "You know, trying to confuse us with his plan."
I think there is more to this. Splinter thought to himself.
"Yes Maybe." Xavier folded his hands. "But if that's the case, then my school is in danger. Logan is its only line of defense besides the security system."
Donatello walked over to his computer and looked at the screen. "The dragons are stationary at the moment."
"That don't mean they ain't preparing for an attack." Raphael added. "Dragons ain't stupid and they don't give up that easily."
"Raph's right." Leonardo agreed. "They might be waiting for the right moment. Most probably after sunset to avoid being seen."
"Perhaps Professor, we should go to your school." Splinter suggested. "Your X-men are not use to such a mystical enemy. Together, we can fight back and defeat Dragon Lord before he defeats us."
"I couldn't agree with you more."
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"Why haven't Bobby and Piotr found us yet?" Evan asked from the branch he was sitting on.
"I don't know." Jamie shrugged. "Maybe they are looking at girls again."
"If they are looking at girls again, we are going to be up here for fifty million years." Evan reminded him. "Let's climb down."
Jamie's eyes widened as he looked down. "Whoa."
"Jamie."
"Yeah."
"I'm scared."
"Me too."
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Alright. That's the end of this chapter. Jamie and Evan are mischievous. Looks like Bobby is going to get into some more trouble. Oh well. I ain't really a Bobby/Iceman fan.
Anyways. Thanks for the reviews. See you next chapter.
Michelle