Note: Here I am, apologizing once again about being so late in updating. This time it was not entirely my fault. The computer rejected the mouse. Weird, ja? Then it wouldn't let me us the internet. That lasted maybe two weeks. I know, I could have at least wrote out the story so I would have it ready when the computer did start behaving, but I've been busy, and working without the mouse would have been inconvenient. Yes, I'm a lazy bum, I know.
Disclaimer: I do not claim to own anything that belongs to Marvel. When I take over the world, then I will claim to own the X-Men.
Shout out's: Rogue 151- I'm more of a Piotr/ Kitty fan also, but if I can't have that Kurt/Kitty is my next favorite couple. Thanks for telling me Rogue's real name!
Auramistealia- glad it was worth the wait. :)
Suzaka- I don't get Vh1 but that would have been interesting...exams, ugg. I feel your pain.
De-Femme-O-Da-Night- JB! Your alive! Glad to have you back, and I'll try to do more "Kurts" stuff.
StormHeart- thank you for contributing to the roguehobbit fund. Unfortunately, you can't buy comics with imaginary money.
Nightcrawler03- Arcade is one unusually person. Weird does apply to him. Kitty with Kurt...hmm, we'll see...
Stephanie-Priz- I have an idea, (bum bum bum) so it might not be a Kurty...I'll see if I can get my idea to work. But it's not going to be a Lancitty. Thanks for reviewing!
Georgia Peach- Maybe he doesn't. I couldn't find it anywhere. Here's more story, sorry it took so long.
A.J. Starhiker- the graphic novel I'm taking this from is # 4, is there a five? I've looked for it, but I don't think it's out yet. Yeah, this is after the Brood Saga, and before Kitty goes off with Logan. Thank you for reviewing!
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"When I spy my third eye it's extremely high voltage, that's why I need ruby quartz glasses, cause when I glance there's a chance that I might blast the masses....I walk through walls and inanimate obstacles by educing the reduction of cells and molecules....The telepath delivers verses with no postage..."
-Linkin Park
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Chapter 15: Change of Plans
"Pyro, Gambit need you to deliver dis."
John looked up from refueling his flamethrowers. "To who?"
"De X-Men, but if you hurry you won't have to go all de way to de mansion and be missed by Magneto."
"I thought you were going to the mansion at four?"
"Things have changed. Magneto wants us to go with him to his "friends" (meaning the Acolytes had to be there to look intimidating so the poor man would do what Magneto told him)place around dat time. De hideout will be empty. And dis way we have an alibi when de machine is stolen."
"Alroight, wheah are the X-Men now?"
"Le enfants should be comin' home from school soon. If you stop dem on the road, give dem dis, and return as quickly as you can you won't be missed."
John took the papers from Remy. Then he thought of something. "Why can't Colossus go?"
"Because Gambit told you." said Remy, as he left the room.
"Wot does tha' 'ave to do with anything?!" yelled John.
~*~x~*~
"Wait, Evan is your nephew?" ~Kitty asked from the back seat of Ororo's car as she and Kitty waited for Rogue to come out of the school. Risty (who had arrived at school after lunch) had flagged her down and Rogue had still been talking to her when Kitty and ~Kitty had left the building.
Ororo had come to the school to pick up the X-Men who wouldn't fit in Scott's car, since ~Kurt was at the Institute, having another discussion about his teammates in his universe with the Professor.
Ororo had been talking about her sister and her brother in law, and for clarification had said they were Evan's parents. "Yes, didn't you know?"
"No, the Ororo in my dimension didn't have any living relatives. Wait, how could you have been a goddess in Africa, and have a sister in New York?"
Ororo did not get a chance to answer that mind boggling question because Rogue jumped into the car at that moment.
"Like, what took you so long?" asked Kitty, turning around to look at Rogue from the front seat. Ororo pulled out of the parking lot, and started back towards the mansion.
"Ah had ta convince Risty that today would not be a good day for her ta come over ta the Institute without givin' her a reason why."
"Was she suspicious?" asked Ororo.
"If she was, she didn't let on. He's coming at four, right?"
Assuming that Rogue meant Gambit, Ororo said "Yes, that is the plan-" she was interrupted as a red headed individual wearing civilian cloths jumped out from behind the foliage that lined the road, and stood waving his arms frantically. Ororo slammed on the brakes, causing everyone to be flung forward in their seats.
John meandered up to the door of the car and knocked on the window. After pushing her long white hair out of her face, Ororo rolled down the window and glared at him.
"'Ere you go," he said, handing Ororo a pile of papers, and pointing to one slip. "tha's from Gambit. Theah's been a little change o' plans. No worriers, though. You should be able to 'andle it."
Having said that, he winked at them all and rushed over to where he had first emerged. Before he made it to the bush, he tripped over a stick. "I'm okay!" he yelled then scrambled into the shrubbery.
"What a strange young man." said Ororo.
Kitty took the piece of paper from Ororo and read it aloud, imitating Gambit's accent. "Dere's been a slight change of plans. Here is de layout of de hideout and location. You will attack de building at five o'clock. Magneto will be occupied. You may have to deal with Sabertooth. Take de machine with you. Don't forget what de Acolytes have done for you. You owe us. Deepest regards, Gambit."
"Humph." said Rogue.
"We have to attack Magneto's lair?" asked ~Kitty, sounding worried.
"Don't worry about it now. Lets go tell the Professor." Ororo said as she started driving again.
~*~x~*~
When the rest of the team heard about the new plan, there were conflicting opinions on what should be done.
"It's a trap." said Logan and Scott at the same time. Rogue rolled her eyes, but made no comment.
"It could be, but I do not believe it is. Never the less, we will take steps in case it is a trap," said the Professor, "The X-Men will be split into two groups. One will remain here, in contact with the others. They will be the backup. The rest will go to the hideout, but remain hidden until Magneto leaves. If he does so, then they will attack and retrieve the machine. Is that acceptable to everyone?"
"Who's going?" asked Evan.
"If it is agreeable to ~Kurt and ~Kitty," he gestured at said people, "they will go, since that machine is critical to them." Both ~Kitty and ~Kurt nodded, neither wanted to be kept behind.
The Professor continued, "Logan, Jean, and Kitty will join them. The backup team will be Ororo, Scott, Kurt, Evan, and Rogue. Don't argue with me," he said, as Scott and Kurt opened their mouths, "we do not have much time to get ready. I want the first team there by four o'clock. Kitty, find uniforms for ~Kurt and ~Kitty. Everyone get changed, and met back here, then we will study these blueprints."
Everyone started for the various places the had last seen their uniforms. Kitty led ~Kurt and ~Kitty towards a storage room, where she thought they had some extra uniforms. "Since Kurt is going to be on the second team, two Nightcrawlers won't be a problem. What about our codenames though?" Kitty asked ~Kitty.
"Hmm, two Sprites would be confusing." said ~Kitty.
Kitty looked confused. "Sprite?"
~Kurt asked "That's not your codename then?"
"No, mine is Shadowcat."
"No problem then." said ~Kitty.
Upon reaching the storage room, Kitty began looking in one of the closets. "Here ~Kitty, this looks like it would be your size." she held up a plain, dark blue uniform with a yellow belt, gloves, and boots. On the shoulders were circular emblems with a red background and a black 'X' on it. (The basic 'New Recruit' uniform) Continuing her search, Kitty pulled out another uniform, held it up and looked at ~Kurt. Seeing how smaller the uniform was in comparison to him, she put it down and pulled out another, with the same result.
"Hmm," she said, after looking at the last uniform. "All the uniforms were made for teenagers. You don't have Mr. Logan's build, I don't think you would fit into anything of his."
"Danke." Kurt said sarcastically, but with a trace of a smile.
"I didn't mean it that way...it's just Mr. Logan is shorter then you and more..."
"Muscular?" supplied ~Kitty helpfully.
~Kurt hit ~Kitty on the head with his tail, that sounded like a whiplash, but stopped it from hitting her to hard.
~Kitty pretended to be in pain, rubbing the top of her head with her hand.
"I guess you could just ware something that wouldn't inhibit your movement, like, lose cloths or something." suggested Kitty.
"Vhat about the sweatshirt and pants I vore for the practice session in the Danger Room?"
"That would work."
~*~x~*~
The assault team was outside Magneto's hideout at 4:12. ~Kurt and ~Kitty had double checked that everyone's codename were the same as in their dimension besides Kitty's and Jean's. They didn't get a chance to ask why Jean did not have a codename because Gambit, Pyro, Colossus, and Magneto had just exited the building.
A couple minutes later, Wolverine sniffed the air to verify that they had left the area. Waving them forward he stood up, and slowly walked to the door. Jean followed directly behind him, with Shadowcat, Sprite, and Nightcrawler bringing up the rear. Wolverine stared at the door, remembering what a second note from Gambit, that had been in the pile of papers, had said about how if anyone used force to open the door, an alarm would notify whoever was inside that security had been breached. It would also notify Magneto, via a small beeper like device. Gambit had stolen it off of Magneto's person, so all the X-Men had to worry about was whoever was inside.
SNIKT. Wolverine's claws popped out of his knuckles and he made four swipes at the heavy metal door. After kicking in the damaged area he and the rest of the assembled X-Men could hear an alarm going off.
"Let's go." he said and entered Magneto's lair.
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Good citizens of fanfiction.net, I'm sorry to tell you this, but the chapters will not be coming any faster. I have a research paper due December 5th. I hate them with a passion. I loath them with every fiber of my being. I am a procrastinator. I will be very busy up to that day, and most likely will not have a new chapter up until after I hand in that paper. I truly regret that. I would much rather be writing fan fiction then a research paper.
My friend Danielle also has a research paper due. Monday. This coming Monday. In two days. That Monday. She hasn't started on it yet. So, she has asked that all you nice people would pray for her. She doesn't do well under stress, so she's going to need all the help she can get.
Thanks for listening to me gripe, if you read all that. Now do me one last favor, review! Reviews make writing fan fiction worth while as I'm sure you know.
~:b~
roguehobbit
Disclaimer: I do not claim to own anything that belongs to Marvel. When I take over the world, then I will claim to own the X-Men.
Shout out's: Rogue 151- I'm more of a Piotr/ Kitty fan also, but if I can't have that Kurt/Kitty is my next favorite couple. Thanks for telling me Rogue's real name!
Auramistealia- glad it was worth the wait. :)
Suzaka- I don't get Vh1 but that would have been interesting...exams, ugg. I feel your pain.
De-Femme-O-Da-Night- JB! Your alive! Glad to have you back, and I'll try to do more "Kurts" stuff.
StormHeart- thank you for contributing to the roguehobbit fund. Unfortunately, you can't buy comics with imaginary money.
Nightcrawler03- Arcade is one unusually person. Weird does apply to him. Kitty with Kurt...hmm, we'll see...
Stephanie-Priz- I have an idea, (bum bum bum) so it might not be a Kurty...I'll see if I can get my idea to work. But it's not going to be a Lancitty. Thanks for reviewing!
Georgia Peach- Maybe he doesn't. I couldn't find it anywhere. Here's more story, sorry it took so long.
A.J. Starhiker- the graphic novel I'm taking this from is # 4, is there a five? I've looked for it, but I don't think it's out yet. Yeah, this is after the Brood Saga, and before Kitty goes off with Logan. Thank you for reviewing!
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"When I spy my third eye it's extremely high voltage, that's why I need ruby quartz glasses, cause when I glance there's a chance that I might blast the masses....I walk through walls and inanimate obstacles by educing the reduction of cells and molecules....The telepath delivers verses with no postage..."
-Linkin Park
~~~~~~~~
Chapter 15: Change of Plans
"Pyro, Gambit need you to deliver dis."
John looked up from refueling his flamethrowers. "To who?"
"De X-Men, but if you hurry you won't have to go all de way to de mansion and be missed by Magneto."
"I thought you were going to the mansion at four?"
"Things have changed. Magneto wants us to go with him to his "friends" (meaning the Acolytes had to be there to look intimidating so the poor man would do what Magneto told him)place around dat time. De hideout will be empty. And dis way we have an alibi when de machine is stolen."
"Alroight, wheah are the X-Men now?"
"Le enfants should be comin' home from school soon. If you stop dem on the road, give dem dis, and return as quickly as you can you won't be missed."
John took the papers from Remy. Then he thought of something. "Why can't Colossus go?"
"Because Gambit told you." said Remy, as he left the room.
"Wot does tha' 'ave to do with anything?!" yelled John.
~*~x~*~
"Wait, Evan is your nephew?" ~Kitty asked from the back seat of Ororo's car as she and Kitty waited for Rogue to come out of the school. Risty (who had arrived at school after lunch) had flagged her down and Rogue had still been talking to her when Kitty and ~Kitty had left the building.
Ororo had come to the school to pick up the X-Men who wouldn't fit in Scott's car, since ~Kurt was at the Institute, having another discussion about his teammates in his universe with the Professor.
Ororo had been talking about her sister and her brother in law, and for clarification had said they were Evan's parents. "Yes, didn't you know?"
"No, the Ororo in my dimension didn't have any living relatives. Wait, how could you have been a goddess in Africa, and have a sister in New York?"
Ororo did not get a chance to answer that mind boggling question because Rogue jumped into the car at that moment.
"Like, what took you so long?" asked Kitty, turning around to look at Rogue from the front seat. Ororo pulled out of the parking lot, and started back towards the mansion.
"Ah had ta convince Risty that today would not be a good day for her ta come over ta the Institute without givin' her a reason why."
"Was she suspicious?" asked Ororo.
"If she was, she didn't let on. He's coming at four, right?"
Assuming that Rogue meant Gambit, Ororo said "Yes, that is the plan-" she was interrupted as a red headed individual wearing civilian cloths jumped out from behind the foliage that lined the road, and stood waving his arms frantically. Ororo slammed on the brakes, causing everyone to be flung forward in their seats.
John meandered up to the door of the car and knocked on the window. After pushing her long white hair out of her face, Ororo rolled down the window and glared at him.
"'Ere you go," he said, handing Ororo a pile of papers, and pointing to one slip. "tha's from Gambit. Theah's been a little change o' plans. No worriers, though. You should be able to 'andle it."
Having said that, he winked at them all and rushed over to where he had first emerged. Before he made it to the bush, he tripped over a stick. "I'm okay!" he yelled then scrambled into the shrubbery.
"What a strange young man." said Ororo.
Kitty took the piece of paper from Ororo and read it aloud, imitating Gambit's accent. "Dere's been a slight change of plans. Here is de layout of de hideout and location. You will attack de building at five o'clock. Magneto will be occupied. You may have to deal with Sabertooth. Take de machine with you. Don't forget what de Acolytes have done for you. You owe us. Deepest regards, Gambit."
"Humph." said Rogue.
"We have to attack Magneto's lair?" asked ~Kitty, sounding worried.
"Don't worry about it now. Lets go tell the Professor." Ororo said as she started driving again.
~*~x~*~
When the rest of the team heard about the new plan, there were conflicting opinions on what should be done.
"It's a trap." said Logan and Scott at the same time. Rogue rolled her eyes, but made no comment.
"It could be, but I do not believe it is. Never the less, we will take steps in case it is a trap," said the Professor, "The X-Men will be split into two groups. One will remain here, in contact with the others. They will be the backup. The rest will go to the hideout, but remain hidden until Magneto leaves. If he does so, then they will attack and retrieve the machine. Is that acceptable to everyone?"
"Who's going?" asked Evan.
"If it is agreeable to ~Kurt and ~Kitty," he gestured at said people, "they will go, since that machine is critical to them." Both ~Kitty and ~Kurt nodded, neither wanted to be kept behind.
The Professor continued, "Logan, Jean, and Kitty will join them. The backup team will be Ororo, Scott, Kurt, Evan, and Rogue. Don't argue with me," he said, as Scott and Kurt opened their mouths, "we do not have much time to get ready. I want the first team there by four o'clock. Kitty, find uniforms for ~Kurt and ~Kitty. Everyone get changed, and met back here, then we will study these blueprints."
Everyone started for the various places the had last seen their uniforms. Kitty led ~Kurt and ~Kitty towards a storage room, where she thought they had some extra uniforms. "Since Kurt is going to be on the second team, two Nightcrawlers won't be a problem. What about our codenames though?" Kitty asked ~Kitty.
"Hmm, two Sprites would be confusing." said ~Kitty.
Kitty looked confused. "Sprite?"
~Kurt asked "That's not your codename then?"
"No, mine is Shadowcat."
"No problem then." said ~Kitty.
Upon reaching the storage room, Kitty began looking in one of the closets. "Here ~Kitty, this looks like it would be your size." she held up a plain, dark blue uniform with a yellow belt, gloves, and boots. On the shoulders were circular emblems with a red background and a black 'X' on it. (The basic 'New Recruit' uniform) Continuing her search, Kitty pulled out another uniform, held it up and looked at ~Kurt. Seeing how smaller the uniform was in comparison to him, she put it down and pulled out another, with the same result.
"Hmm," she said, after looking at the last uniform. "All the uniforms were made for teenagers. You don't have Mr. Logan's build, I don't think you would fit into anything of his."
"Danke." Kurt said sarcastically, but with a trace of a smile.
"I didn't mean it that way...it's just Mr. Logan is shorter then you and more..."
"Muscular?" supplied ~Kitty helpfully.
~Kurt hit ~Kitty on the head with his tail, that sounded like a whiplash, but stopped it from hitting her to hard.
~Kitty pretended to be in pain, rubbing the top of her head with her hand.
"I guess you could just ware something that wouldn't inhibit your movement, like, lose cloths or something." suggested Kitty.
"Vhat about the sweatshirt and pants I vore for the practice session in the Danger Room?"
"That would work."
~*~x~*~
The assault team was outside Magneto's hideout at 4:12. ~Kurt and ~Kitty had double checked that everyone's codename were the same as in their dimension besides Kitty's and Jean's. They didn't get a chance to ask why Jean did not have a codename because Gambit, Pyro, Colossus, and Magneto had just exited the building.
A couple minutes later, Wolverine sniffed the air to verify that they had left the area. Waving them forward he stood up, and slowly walked to the door. Jean followed directly behind him, with Shadowcat, Sprite, and Nightcrawler bringing up the rear. Wolverine stared at the door, remembering what a second note from Gambit, that had been in the pile of papers, had said about how if anyone used force to open the door, an alarm would notify whoever was inside that security had been breached. It would also notify Magneto, via a small beeper like device. Gambit had stolen it off of Magneto's person, so all the X-Men had to worry about was whoever was inside.
SNIKT. Wolverine's claws popped out of his knuckles and he made four swipes at the heavy metal door. After kicking in the damaged area he and the rest of the assembled X-Men could hear an alarm going off.
"Let's go." he said and entered Magneto's lair.
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Good citizens of fanfiction.net, I'm sorry to tell you this, but the chapters will not be coming any faster. I have a research paper due December 5th. I hate them with a passion. I loath them with every fiber of my being. I am a procrastinator. I will be very busy up to that day, and most likely will not have a new chapter up until after I hand in that paper. I truly regret that. I would much rather be writing fan fiction then a research paper.
My friend Danielle also has a research paper due. Monday. This coming Monday. In two days. That Monday. She hasn't started on it yet. So, she has asked that all you nice people would pray for her. She doesn't do well under stress, so she's going to need all the help she can get.
Thanks for listening to me gripe, if you read all that. Now do me one last favor, review! Reviews make writing fan fiction worth while as I'm sure you know.
~:b~
roguehobbit