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X-TREME X-23—Don't worry! I'm currently working on chapter 15, so I think in chapter 16 or somewhere around there, she'll pop up. I also forgot another character I wanted to add. Dani. Those show's completely rock! Yay! Do you agree with me that Remy looks like Trent? I swear, he does!
Ish-And-A-Half—I used to think it was pronounced Isha-haaaand-dan-dalf. Ishandahalf. I can spell it now too! Yay! War cries! DEATH TO THE WENCHES! You'll find out the answers to your many questions in... I think in chapter 8. Or 9. One or the other. When's your birthday? For I will sure try to get you an Australian man whore, or a British one. I got the pip pip thing from Full House, because this one guy with the mullet was going to meet the queen. Things I do when I'm bored in Colorado. They include start this fic. I would type more, but I have to get off to make way for my sister. Who does remind me of Betsy. Only she's not a purple-haired ninja. She's a bitch. At 12. That's pretty pathetic.
RikaTabithaStarr—I would survive the party by... Ah... Um... Er... Aherum... Eeeu.... Um... Killing Betsy. Yes. I would. No, I'd spend the entire time mingling with the guests, trying to get blackmail information and plot the demise of Betsy. That's what I would do! Or I'd just call Wanda and John. Either way works for me! Yay! Remy is one hot lovable ass. And it's probably pretty damn tight too. Wait, who am I kidding! It's a great ass. I love my comics. Did you notice that all the guys in comics have nice packages? This is something I find out in my spare time, when I'm done gushing that Remy looks like Tom Cruise in Boomerang (I don't know what issue of X-Treme X- Men.)
Pandora's Sorrow—Yeah, the chapters plots move slowly, but later it picks up. We start the party in this chapter, and I just have a random danger room session. Yeah, I'll have Wanda quiz Remy about what he thinks about Rogue in 15, because I'm working on that chapter right now. I'm sorry you feel cheated... Now I feel bad! Wow, you're mean. Kidding, kidding. I love you. Rocky Horror Picture Show is a movie made in 75, and it's a cult classic movie. People go to the movie, dress up as the characters, talk to the screen, and act the movie in front of the screen! When I go to New York for a week, I'm going to see one of their midnight showings. New York has some of the best casts, so, it'll be such a party! Go rent Rocky Horror Picture Show! But beware! It's a musical, but a kick ass musical.
SickmindedSucker—You amuse me to no end. And that's a good thing. Warren is actually currently at the mansion, but if I've failed top mention him in a way other than Paige's little crush, that's because, as of now, he's visiting Moira MacTaggart on Muir Island. Yes. That is where he is. OOOh! Brilliant idea! I have more time to write today... No,I have less... Oh... hell... Because my rehearsal starts at 12, the play is at 7, and then there is a cast party until midnight. So, does that make it less time? Or more time?
DemonRogue13—I say groovy, so I felt like having Wanda say it. So that is why Wanda got to say groovy.
Star-of-Chaos—No, I don't feel too bad for them to have to deal with Rogue. I feel bad for them having to deal with Logan.
DemonicGambit—Well, we do know for sure that she loves him, but that's not the reason that Remy's not dead. You find out in a few chapters why.
Rogue arrived at the Danger Room a few minutes before the Newest Recruits showed up.
"Nice of you to join me," Logan said, looking at Rogue.
"Yeah, Ah know." Rogue rolled her eyes. "What's keepin' 'um?"
"No clue," Logan replied gruffly.
"'Prolly Betsy sayin' that since she's so 'High an' Mighty,' that they get the session off. Ah've been here longer than her, an' they respect her more!"
"Now, I know you don't like Betsy, but that's no reason to-" Logan stopped and sighed. "Whom I kidding? You'll go on bad mouthing her anyway. Carry on.
"But the question is, why? She's older, yeah, but they go ta here ta seek advice on when they have trouble with their powers, Ah know Paige did, when she couldn't control her shedding, an' it's annoyin' as hell! Sure, she has a solid X-Man background, but Piotr doesn't! Remy doesn't! Ororo was a thief in Kenya before she came here! Errugh!"
"Don't go tearing your hair out over the matter, Stripes," Logan placed a hand gently on Rogue's shoulder. "Ah, here come the straglers now," Logan said, cracking his knuckles as the Newest Recruits entered. Xavier had finally cracked and allowed them to design their own uniforms, but they had to be approved by him before he would send them out to be made.
Lorna wore a purple body suit that was low cut in front, going backwards into a cape. It appeared that she wore boots that went up to mid thigh, because she had black straps connecting one part of the fabric to the other, over a purple backing.
Paige had on a red skirt, with a black mid-drift bearing tanktop, and a leather jacket, with black stockings that went up mid thigh, and boots. Alex's costume consisted of a black suit, with white straps on it, very basic, except for the black and white swirl on his chest.
Jay's consisted of red pants with a red tanktop connecting together, and red arm bands. The red had stripes of orangeish yellow along the seams, and a few accents of blue were there, much like Paige's. The cuckoos all had light blue skirts or dark blue pants, with a light blue mid-drift bearing top. And Illyanna had a red tanktop/pant body suit, gray gloves, and a nice sheath for her sword.
"So, today, since you were late, we're gonna run you a level 10, got it?" Logan faced the crowd to much groaning. "An' Rogue here'll show you how it's done. Rogue?" Logan handed the floor to her.
"Okay," Rogue pressed a button and an 3D model appeared before them with blinking dots to represent them. "First, ya'll have ta get through the forest surrounding the temple un-seen. But watch out, tha bad guy, fer this run, Apocalypse, has spies everywhere. Ya'll have ta avoid him. Ya'll can beat 'im though, since, Ah'm sure ya'llve heard, we beat him. We owe a lot o' that ta Cannonball and Colossus," Rogue said, looking at Paige, Jay, and Illyanna. "And of course Havok, who nicely showed up ta help us.
"But once ya get ta tha temple in tha middle o' tha' course, tha goal is t' git t' the center of tha temple, dodging quite a few Indiana Jones like booby traps," Here the model showed the inside of one of the passages, with arrows shooting out every few feet.
. "An' once ya'll get t' tha center, Magik'll teleport y' out. But y' have t' grab the diamond at tha center. The diamond was Shadowcat's idea, she called it tha Orkenstone of Thrain, an' if y' don't get tha diamond, ya'll will have failed, n' will have ta start all over again. But watch out fer Apoc." Rogue finished.
"Special bonus points to whoever tells us where the Orkenstone of Thrain is from, the Half-Pint still hasn't told us," Logan said. The group nodded, and Illyanna teleported them all out of the de-briefing room.
"So, are you going to complain anymore?" Logan asked, sitting in a chair, and propping his feet up on one of the control desks.
"Maybe, coffee?" Rogue offered, glancing at the coffee pot that Logan had installed their one day on a whim. A good whim.
"Black," Logan said as Rogue poured him a cup. She brought it over to him, and sat down besides him. "So, whadya say we give these Newbies a run for their money?" Logan smirked.
"Give 'um five more minutes ta git ta tha temple." Rogue said, leaning up against the control panel and taking a sip of her coffee.
"Move!" Celeste grumbled, as they all tried to get through the jungle uncensored.
"I would if you would!" Esme snapped back.
"It wasn't me!" Mindee said stenly. "It was Phoebe."
"No! It was Sophie!"
"Nope! Esme!"
"Shut up all of you or I will rip out your earrings," Lorna said, turning to the closest cuckoo, Esme. [1]
"You're mean," Esme stuck out her tongue.
"Be quiet!" Alex said annoyed at the six bickering girls. "Polaris, especially you! I expected better out of you!"
"Not my fault!" Lorna huffed. "They started it!"
"Lor—I mean, Polaris, stop arguing with them," Paige begged. "Do want to have to run this again if we get caught?"
"No," Lorna shuffled her feet. "I honestly hate it when you give me guilt trips like that, Husk."
"What can I say?" Jay snickered. "She got it from mom."
Rogue and Logan were now on their fourth cup of coffee.
"How long does it take a group of 10 people to get to a temple?" Logan asked, slightly annoyed.
"Ah'd hate ta see how long it takes 'um ta git ta church," Logan looked at Rogue, who just smiled. "Ah'm hungry. Got anythin' ta eat?"
"No, Shades cleared it all out when he was with the X-Factor."
"Why do they insist on bein' called that?" Rogue wondered.
"Beats me."
"Finally! Ve are here!" Illyanna said as they arrived at the temple. "Havok, you are de field leader, vhat should ve do next?"
"I think we should… Ah… dude… split into two groups. That'll work," Alex said, smiling. "Let's have… Esme, Sophie, Phoebe, Ickarus and Magik in one group, and Polaris, Husk, Celeste, Mindee, and me in the other. We'll use the Cuckoos to talk to each other. Good? Good! Let's go!" Alex said, sounding quite a bit like his brother.
"I think him and Scott should have stayed long-lost brothers," Paige whispered to Illyanna and Lorna. They giggled.
"Vell, may de best team survive," Illyanna said solemnly as she took off with her group.
"Don't worry, we will," Paige grinned as her group started off down a tunnel.
"Hey, anyone up here?" A soft knocking came at the door.
"Come in," Logan said, draining his 5th cup of coffee.
"Ya know, Betsy's party's gonna start in an hour," Jubilee said as she walked through the door.
"Me, carin'," Rogue pointed at her face, which clearly showed no sign of wanting to go to Betsy's party. Jubilee wrinkled her nose, then turned to Logan.
"So, Wolvie," Jubilee bobbed her head up and down to invisible music. "What's goin' on down there?" Jubilee pointed to the Danger Room below, which was now a few passages in the pyramid.
"Newest Recruit torture," Rogue explained. "Kitty's program. They have ta get ta the center and Magik'll teleport 'um out."
"Niiiiiiiiiicccccceeeeee. So glad we didn't have anything like that for us," Jubilee smiled.
"Yeah, that's cause Logan's too lazy ta think up anythin' other than 'dodge the speeding bullets', in fact, we still did that, up until 6 months ago, when Ah got smart."
"Oh, sounds intriguing, what did you do?"
"It was Kurt's idea, evah seen Tha Matrix?"
"Almost," pant pant. "There," pant pant. Yes, that was the battle cry of the Newest Mutants as they faced their final obstacle. For this one, they had all teamed up again and they had to dodge flaming arrows, figure out a code to open the door to get to the Orkenstone, and the teleportation area, and not to mention, battle the evil robots.
"Dis," Illyanna dodged an arrow, and slammed her sword into the stomach of one robot. "Sucks!"
"Picking up American terms, are we?" Lorna said, as a green glow surrounded her hands, bending the tips on some of the arrows to be nice and blunted.
Jay, who was taking most of the hits for the team, on account of his healing factor, looked ready to kill someone. So, he decided to vent his anger on the statue. He flew up, and round kicked it's head, sending it flying off into the distance. The statue then disappeared. "Gotta love holograms," Jay frowned.
"Finally!" Logan stood up and looked over the battered Newest Recruits. "Took you…" He looked at his watch.
"Two hours," Rogue finished. "Not too bad fer ya first time through."
"You mean ve haff to go again?" Illyanna looked on in disbelief.
"No, but that's not to say that you won't go through it in the future," Jubilee smiled.
"Yay, the future," Alex rolled his eyes.
"Now hurry and shower up! Betsy's party is half an hour," Logan said sternly as they all trouped off to shower and change and spruce up.
"Come on, Trinity, let's go," Jubilee said, grabbing Rogue by the arm and dragging her out of the room.
1—That was how Magneto killed Esme in New X-Men, after she joined the Brotherhood