Dandelions: 1000   X-Men: 1

Disclaimer: The X-men aren't mine.  I think you've figured that out by now.

Author's Note:  Again this chapter is dedicated to my sis.  She so great…but she made me put these thanks for her…I can't get something for nothing.  I happen to think this chapter is great, and it's, in my opinion, the funniest, but well…I have strange opinions.  I hope you enjoy and get loads of laughs from this one.  Read and Review s.v.p!  And now…the insanity continues…

~*thoughts*~

Chapter 18

*** Storm and Jean outside picking dandelions***

~*Free! Free at least from that horrid rhyme. Those two won't try and make me join them now. They've learned; they'll keep their distance. I can proceed to garden in peace, and with pleasant company*~

            Storm glanced over to Jean, glad she had decided to remain silent. The quiet was thrilling; she had company, without the chatter.  Jean was absorbed in thought; however, it was not as pleasant as Storm's.

~* What in the world has come over that idiot? I can't believe he attacked me with dandelions. DANDELIONS! He must be stressed. Things have been a bit difficult for him lately, with the X-men being so hard on him. It still doesn't excuse him for acting like a psycho-maniac. He's attacked me twice now.  Why not attack Wolverine or Iceman or someone who's been picking on him, not the only person taking his side!  Sometimes that man gets on my last nerve and makes me wonder…I can't think about this anymore. I need something less infuriating. What is that line that little kids say? Heads fall off…  no, that's not right.*~

            "Storm?"

            "Yes."

            "Do you know what that rhyme is that little kids say? Something about heads falling off?" Jean took Storm's silence as a no, and began pondering it out herself. " Momma…something, something…and its head fell – no, not fell – POPPED. That's it! Momma had a baby and it's head popped off! Do you remember that rhyme Storm? It was so fun. I remember when I was a kid, saying it and popping of the heads. Momma had a baby and its head * popped * off."

            The sky was beginning to darken, and Storm was visibly shaking with rage.

            "Umm…Storm? Is something wrong?"

            "I will have no more of that rhyme." Storm said through clenched teeth.

            " O-kay…I won't say it anymore. I was just trying to get into a better line of thought. Sorry."

            The sun came back as Storm regained her composure. "Forgive me, I didn't mean to take my anger out on you, but I have been listening to that all day. Iceman and Colossus have been saying it repetitively."

            "Oh. But it's just so fun to say. You should try, and then maybe you'll change your mind. Here," Jean held out a dandelion to Storm with a friendly smile on her face. Storm refused the flower. Jean frowned, "You're missing out. It really is fun. Momma had a baby and it's head *popped* off." Jean began to laugh at her newfound game. Storm returned to brooding once again, but Jean was saved by her wrath by a high-pitched girly scream. Both women turned to find the source of the scream to be none other then Cyclops.

            Cyclops was running after Iceman and Colossus, who had just stolen all his dandelions and were proceeding to pop the heads off while dodging their so-called leader.

            " NOOOO! You can't do that! They're my army! MURDERERS! LEAVE THEM BE OR ELSE!" The 'or else' got the two to turn around and regard Cyclops with a curious look. Their mistake was seen instantly when Scott pounced on them pulling the dandelions from their grasps. " You can't have them!!!" He shrieked. "They're my army and will only respond to me." Cyclops laughed in a way that was surely supposed to be sinister, but instead made him out to be an escaped mental patient. "You're going to be their next victims now! DEATH BY DANDELIONS!" Scott charged back at them, surprisingly knocking both from their feet, shoving the dandelions fiercely into their faces. His effort was found to be in vain though, as Iceman froze the flowers and Colossus shattered them with ease.

            " You were saying, o-fearless one?" Said Bobby as he pulled himself up and faced his defeated attacker.

            " You…you…how…you beat my army. They were invincible. How could this happen? I trained them so well. I taught them everything I knew…they should have won. THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN UNSTOPPABLE!" Cyclops fell to his knees in defeat weeping, while Iceman gloated at finally beating Cyke.

            Jean shook her head at the pathetic display before her. ~* No wonder the X-men have a reluctant faith in him*~. She then proceeded to walk away with Storm, pretending she couldn't hear his wails.