Ok!… here we go! Chapter 15 ^_^
I'll try to post the next one soon…
A Lovers Feud
By: Alex Destine
Chapter 15
"Oh my god, I just can't believe Mystique's got so many beauty salon appointments…" Pietro was looking over his legal guardian's personal agenda and loving every minute of it.
"I know, it's like can't she like morph her hair style?… oh! oh! look at this! It's Darkholme's evaluation of our teachers!" Kitty had converted to the evil side so Pietro felt rather proud of himself.
"Let me see!" he rushed over to her side and started to search for his teachers' names.
"Aha! Mr. Smith… evil 'right before lunch' teacher… sorry, but you're not passing this evaluation." Pietro then began to grade his own teacher.
"You know, it's been a while already… maybe we should just like, do what we came here for." She wasn't exactly looking forward to getting caught.
"Oh, right… well, let's just add another beauty appointment for her Friday schedule. Here Kitty, you write it!" he handed her the agenda and pen.
"WHAT?! Why me!?" she pushed it back.
"Cause you're the girl with the feminine handwriting… Mystique will know for sure if I wrote it." He pushed it again.
"But like, my hand writing is nothing like hers!" she took the agenda and placed it on the desk.
"Well, we could always add something on her computer schedule… and maybe change our grades or something." Pietro was hopeful Kitty would go along with that.
"Good idea! Oh, like the first part of it, not the second."
"You and your morals…" he winked at her as he searched for Mystique's personal files.
"Perhaps a beauty appointment is a bit dull, we need something that will guarantee she'll be away for a while… oh! I know." Immediately Pietro began to type the words: 'The Boss' on for Friday.
"Like, 'The Boss'? what is that?" Was it some sort of secret Brotherhood code or something like that?!
"Umm, well… Mystique will probably think someone from the Board of Education is coming."
~~ Or if she's really paranoid she'll believe Magneto will pay a visit on Friday and she'll be so freaked that she'll completely forget about the play!… yeah, I'm evil.~~ thought Pietro as he began searching for the grades files now.
"Oh… that makes sense."
~~ Like, Really Kitty… get a clue! 'Secret code or something'? What was I thinking? As if there's some sort of mastermind behind the Brotherhood that is even more powerful then Mystique… get real!~~ Kitty was mentally kicking herself as she waited for Pietro to finish on the computer.
"Hey, want to check your grades?" he asked wanting to continue with the damage to Mystique's office.
"Like, I already know my grades! Can we just go?" an odd feeling of déjà vu came over her.
"Well, I know I've a perfect score… cause there's no way I'm below that…. Except for that evil grade right before we started the rehearsals that made me start to beat on the lockers. So let's change that one, shall we?" Pietro continued typing.
"We really should be leaving now, you know…"
"What do you think, an A or an A+?"
"Pietro!"
"Ok, ok… let me just see the guy's files… ooh, Lance had an 68 on a history test, let's change that to an 86. And wont you believe it! Todd really did have an A on that last test! Now let's change those flunking grades from before into a decent high C or low B and done!" Pietro was happily typing away.
~~ They should worship the ground I walk on for this… well, they should do that regardless… ~~ the white haired boy knew he would be getting away with a lot of pranks because of this.
"Ok, since your friends wont be flunking now, can we just go?"
"Daniels definitely doesn't deserve that high grade…"
"Don't you DARE Pietro!" she gave him 'the look'.
"Ah! Ok, ok… stop that! We can go now…" he turned off the computer and headed toward the door.
He slowly opened it to see if the coast was clear… their escape plan would've been perfect except for one small detail…
"Oh no… Mystique's back!" they quickly closed and locked the door.
"So let's run out of here!" Kitty was near a panic.
~~ We're going to get caught, I'm going to be known as a criminal and my life will be ruined!~~ Kitty wasn't ready for the life of a runaway.
"I can't do that, she'll know it was me for sure…" Pietro would not admit his master plan had a few holes in it… just a few un-thought of minor details
~~We're going to get caught, I'm gonna get grounded and my weekend will be ruined!~~ Pietro wasn't ready to accept defeat though…
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"What in the world happened here!?!" Mystique was furious.
"Sorry Ms. Darkholme… the strangest thing happened. A strong wind came by and flew everything away. We're trying to pick things up as quickly as possible." Her secretary was almost near a heart attack.
"Well that's not quick enough… do it faster! As for you child delinquents, get in my office!" She wanted to run away from the mess her secretary had on her desk and pretend competent people surrounded her as soon as possible.
"All we did was cut class…" said Rogue as she wondered how they allowed demented people to run a school.
"I didn't even do anything!" Claudia was outraged, what would people think of her.
Mystique unlocked her door and rushed inside her office to get away from the nightmare that was out there. She looked around the place and was thankful that whatever mess had occurred out there hadn't affected anything in here. The shape shifter then turned toward the young children she had collected.
Rogue looked incredibly mad…
~~ No surprise there… ~~ thought Mystique.
Claudia was there too…
~~ Why was she here again? Oh yes, wanted to 'talk' to me about something. ~~ Mystique rolled her eyes at that one.
But what she found most entertaining was how young Alvers and Mr. Matthews kept giving each other the 'evil eye'. They almost got into a fight in the middle of the hallway for reasons (to her) still unknown (however, the name Rogue was mentioned a few times…) But the whole idea of her Avalanche having some sort of a 'friendship' with one of Xavier's kids… well that was just ridiculous!
"Well Claudia, before I start handing out those much loved and treasured detention slips for these three perhaps you'd like to tell me what was so important." Said Mystique as she sat down on her very expensive executive chair…. Funny, she hadn't placed her agenda there…
Lance was not a very happy person right now. He couldn't get detention! He had a job to get to! Of course, he could always try to talk sweetly to his legal guardian… but that would never work. He could also simply skip it… but he wasn't looking forward to the endless, pointless missions Mystique would send him on as punishment.
The dark haired senior simply waited as his classmate continued to talk about her play. She sounded so excited and giddy… almost as if she were acting on it herself.
~~ That's weird, Pietro hasn't mentioned a thing about the play. I would've thought he'd be tormenting us with his nonstop babble all this week. ~~
As Lance waited he continued to keep himself busy by thinking of the many things he would do to the white haired boy for his stunt during lunch… and he was also curious about this great plan Summers had.
~~ Man! That stupid Summers! Now he decides to come up with half-baked ideas for those two… if I only had the chance I'd throw him and his stupid red shades right out Darkholme's window. Yeah, yeah that's what I'd do! I'd throw him right there next to Pietro and …. Pietro? ~~
"What the hell?…" Lance just couldn't stop himself.
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"Oh god… I think he saw me." Said Pietro as he moved away from the window.
"Like, WHO? Lance or Duncan?!" Kitty had enough trouble keeping her balance, she didn't need to be told they've been spotted.
"Lance… I think. You know Kitty, you should've had a more useful power, like teleporting or levitation. If you did then we wouldn't be stuck here on the ledge of the third floor of our school's main building!" Pietro slowly moved his hand to brush off one of his long white bangs that was being moved by the strong wind.
"Like, you have some nerve! So like, your power was like, you know, totally useful?!? I didn't see you making any escape routes!" Kitty wanted to get far away from her 'wonderful boyfriend' right now.
"Yeah, yeah whatever… now we either jump down or wait till everyone leaves the office. Which one you want to do?" the young sophomore wasn't a very patient person.
"As if 'jumping down' was an option… Pietro, are you nuts? I'm like, so not jumping from a third floor!" she wanted to get home today in one piece.
"It's not that bad Kitty… I think we could make it…"
"Then you jump."
"…. Umm…. Ok, so we wait till they all leave the office … I still think you should've had better powers. "
Kitty gave him 'the look'.
"Would you stop looking at me like that, please?!"
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"Mr. Alvers…. Is there something you'd like to say?" Mystique had no idea what had gotten into her oldest recruit.
~~ Perhaps young Maximoff really is on drugs and had decided to share with his teammates… that's exactly what I need, a happy drug to spread around the Brotherhood.~~
"Umm?… oh! Nothing, nothing…. Sorry about that." Lance's face had flushed a little as he acknowledged his outburst.
"So… anyway Ms. Darkholme… the play will be truly fantastic and I can't wait for Friday. I just need you to come by today's rehearsal so you may choose the best place for the judges table." Claudia was all smiles and sweetness.
"Right… right…. I'm afraid I wont be able to make it today Claudia… and I believe the Vice Principal will be the one attending to the play on Friday." Someone as busy as Mystique surely had more important things to do then attend to each and every after-school activity.
"But Ms. Darkholme…." How could she do this to Claudia!?
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"Alright! This is better then I thought! Did you hear that Kitty?" Pietro's plan was working!… well, not because of anything he did on Mystique's computer, but the important thing was she wasn't showing up on Friday!
"I'm not talking to you." Kitty was still angry.
Pietro sighed as he realized he had to patch things up.
~~ Honestly… I say one thing she doesn't like and suddenly it's the silence treatment. ~~
"Kitty?…. sweetie… I already said I'm sorry." Imagine! Pietro Maximoff… apologizing!
"Well, I still haven't like, forgiven you!" she would've crossed her arms to accentuate her mood, but she thought it wiser to be holding the building since the ledge wasn't exactly a very safe place to hang around.
"Well,… I just wanted you to know that Mystique isn't coming on Friday, so we're saved on that one." Pietro turned toward the window trying to get close without getting spotted.
"Well I don't care and … she isn't? Oh! Like, totally cool!" if she was going to be stuck out there she might as well know they were saved from Darkholme.
"Like, what else is going on? Why is Rogue there?" Kitty moved closer to Pietro to see if she could take a look.
"I don't know yet, but knowing Mystique she was probably just bored." The white haired boy was dying to know though what had gotten Lance in trouble, he'd be bothering him about it for weeks.
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"But all the students have been working so hard and we have a very talented cast for this play!" Claudia needed Darkholme to attend on Friday… she was the scariest Principal around! Everyone else would be too scared of her to give them a bad evaluation.
"I'm afraid I'm a little busy Claudia, the Vice-principal will do just fine." Mystique wanted to get on with her wonderful detention slips.
"You really should see how good Pryde is, she's surprised us all for a freshman." The play-god needed her evil Principal to extract fear from the judges.
~~ Pryde?…. Now, that name sounds familiar… where have I heard that before? ~~ thought Mystique as Claudia kept babbling.
Rogue didn't like this… surely Kitty didn't wish Mystique to show up. She looked up and was rather surprised to find Lance's worried brown eyes meeting her own. In an instant of, what could only be called, "telepathic" communication they both knew what the other one was thinking and they also knew what they had to do.
"…and Maximoff is such a hit with all the girls and the set is simply wonderful." Claudia stopped when she felt a soft-gloved hand rest on her shoulders.
"Now, now Claudia… Ms. Darkholme is just too busy to come for a silly play. You have to understand that." Rogue was trying to lead the 'play-god' toward the door, but Claudia would have nothing of it.
"But I need Darkholme there!" Claudia moved close enough to whisper in Rogue's ear. "Who do you think will intimidate the judges!?!"
"Did you say…. Maximoff?" Mystique's eyes narrowed, why hadn't she been informed of her charges activities? Surely she didn't concern herself with every single thing the Brotherhood did on their free time… but, as she had earlier told Lance, young Maximoff was 'special'.
"You know Ms. Darkholme, Duncan over here hasn't been behaving at all!" Lance was trying to make a distraction.
"What are you talking about Alvers!?!" Duncan's brown eyes held an immense dislike for the other senior.
~~ Why is he butting into everything I do today?! It was none of his business if I had a score to settle with that Goth chick and now this! … Someone is going to get a very nasty surprise. ~~ Duncan's list of future victims was growing today.
"Duncan went to the boys locker room and wrote: 'If you wanna have a good time, call Darkholme at 555-6985'… I swear he did." Lance was trying to look all innocent.
"I DID NOT! Take that back Alvers!"
"You have been getting some weird messages on your machine recently, haven't you?" In all honesty, it had been Pietro and Todd who had prank-called Mystique like a 1000 times when they were bored, but Lance wasn't going to say that.
"Really Mr. Alvers… and I suppose you had nothing to do with this incident in the boys bathroom?" the shape shifter had been looking for whoever thought that calling her every five minutes was fun.
"I was an innocent bystander." Which was true anyway, although he did laugh his head off along with Freddy.
"He's lying Ms. Darkholme! I swear it wasn't me!" Duncan wasn't having a very good day.
"Well Mr. Matthews, I guess I'll be seeing a lot more of you after school. Now get out before I decide to call your parents!" Mystique watched as Duncan left her office with a grim look on his face. As he walked out he managed to go between Rogue and Claudia and casually shoved the young mutant aside.
"Hey! Watch it you jerk!" the brown haired girl crossed her arms and stared daggers at the jock.
"I'll be seeing you later." He said as he finally left the office.
"Yeah, bet on it…" Rogue was going to take care of that annoying football player if it was the last thing she did.
"As for you Claudia…" said Mystique, capturing everyone's attention once again. "Maybe I will be coming to this play on Friday. It sounds… promising."
"Oh great!" Claudia was so happy. "You're going to love it Ms. Darkholme, I guarantee it!"
"Yes, I'm sure. Now leave before I change my mind."
After the now happy Claudia left an eerie silence fell on the last two remaining young mutants, surely their time to die had come at last.
~~ Oh good GOD! Since when am I so dramatic!?! ~~ thought Lance as he mentally kicked himself. What's the worse he could get from Mystique anyway…
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"Damn it, damn it, damn it!" Pietro would've screamed out of pure frustration but he guessed whispered curses would have to do.
"Ok… like, that's not good. Why does Claudia like, want Mystique to show up so bad?" Kitty, although also a bit frustrated, wasn't going to start throwing a tantrum.
"She wants to intimidate the judges with Mystique! I don't know about you, but I feel insulted! What?! Doesn't she trust our awesome acting abilities!?!"
"Yeah like, now I am insulted!" she hadn't thought of it that way.
"We have to get out of here! I'm going crazy and I have to find Claudia and kill her!"
"… Umh… Pietro, killing her wont solve anything… but we do need to get down from here." The young freshman was trying very hard to find some way down from their current position that didn't involve breaking their necks.
"Like, I know!" she closed her eyes and started to focus on the only one of her friends that could possibly hear her at this moment.
~~ Jean... JEAN! Like, listen to me, ok? I like totally need you. ~~
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"The answer would be 3,564." She answered sweetly while showing off her shinning emerald eyes and her astounding red hair.
"Very good Miss Grey." ~~My, what a perfect student! It was because of young ladies like her that teaching had become my calling. ~~ thought Jean's math teacher as he continued with his class.
"So if we all look at our books on page 342 we will see that our next problem is rather complicated but still manageable. We must multiply the 78 times the amount of time that's stated in the problem, this will give us the answer to the first part. Does anyone have the answer to that one?"
~~ Jean, like ….. JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN!!! ~~
"AAH! GOOD GOD, BE QUIET!!!! ……………." Jean's hands flew to her hears as she tried to block out the high-pitched sound of Kitty's scream. Unfortunately her hands wouldn't do any good since the scream had been directed at her mind, and even worse, she was the only one who heard it.
"Miss Grey, perhaps you should go see the Principal right now." The teacher's narrowed eyes were enough for Jean not to push it.
"I'm so sorry professor." She said as she walked out the door, her face red with embarrassment.
~~ Kitty, are you all right? Are you being attacked? It's the Brotherhood, isn't it?! Tell me where you are and I'll bring help! ~~ Jean only hoped she wasn't too late.
~~ Oh, like Jean! You heard me, good. Everything's like fine, you know. I just have this tiny problem and I was wondering if you could make Mystique like, leave her office for a little while? I'll explain everything later, ok? ~~ Kitty hoped her friend would help her.
~~ ………….. so, you're all right…… there's no attack? ~~ Jean couldn't believe this.
~~ Umh, yeah, everything's fine…. Oh and Pietro says hi. ~~
~~ I've just been sent to the Principals office over a false alarm!??!!? ~~
~~ Really? Like, that's even better! That's just where I need you to go. Just get rid of Mystique for a while, ok? Thanks! Bye! ~~ and just as quick, Kitty was out from her mind.
"I can't believe this is happening to me! She better do my house chores for a month for what I'm doing!" Jean had never been sent to the Principals! What would the Professor say?!
"And what exactly are you doing?" came the unexpected sweet germen accent as the young mutant teleported in front of the red head.
"Kurt! What are you doing here? You're supposed to be in class."
"Oh, um… skipping. Don't tell Scott!" Kurt pouted to win her over; he knew he'd never hear the end of it from their team leader.
"Oh fine… just don't do this often. Now I have to go to the office since Kitty got me into trouble." Jean turned around making her long red hair move gracefully from side to side.
"Mind if I join you, I'm kind of bored." And also curious as to how all this came to happen.
"Fine." Jean didn't stop or turn but simply kept going her way. She was after all a bit angry.
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The rainy day went on and the wind kept blowing regardless of anyone, nevertheless a young boy was sitting on a tree branch over looking the school landscape. He knew he would catch a cold if he stayed there for too long… yet he didn't feel like getting down.
~~ I'll just stay here the rest of the day… not like I'm missing anything important. Although Lance will kick my ass if he knew I was skipping… again. But he has to understand yo! It's not easy being a tad smaller in size then those jocks… well, maybe a bit more then just a tad… but that's not the point yo! ~~
After Pietro had left in a mad rush over the whole 'mashed potato incident', Lance had locked himself up in the boys' bathroom and Freddy had gone off to his afternoon classes, Todd suddenly found himself all alone. After his encounters with Duncan he just didn't feel safe like that so he decided to skip for a while. No way Duncan would find him on his favorite hiding spot.
~~ I'm such a genius yo! Hiding on the top of the trees, no one looks up here. ~~
Todd had been keeping himself busy by jumping from tree to tree for a while, he would've continued if he hadn't seen what he thought he saw.
~~ That's not Pietro, is it? ……. Oh god, it is. ~~ the amphibian freshman jumped to the nearest tree he could find from where his (very trouble making) friend was apparently trapped.
"So this is where you need to hide so Lance doesn't find you?" Todd laughed a little at the expressions of surprise and shock that came over Pietro's and Kitty's faces.
"I can't believe you're skipping!!" said Pietro still surprised to see his friend.
"I can't believe you're too!" mocked Todd.
"Hey Todd, can you like, get us down from here, you know?" Kitty would take any help she could get.
"That's a little hard yo. I mean, I can jump there and back again, but that's cause I'm Todd the Great. You two will probably fall and break your necks." He said as he jumped to the ledge to join his friends.
"Wow, you're so endlessly wise Todd the Great… anything constructive you can do for us then?!" Pietro had crossed his arms and was now impatiently waiting for Todd's great answer.
"Why don't you phase through the wall?… Hey, is that Lance in there with Mystique?" Todd briefly wondered what Lance had done to be in there? After all, he had behaved himself lately.
"Why do you think genius!? Make Mystique go out of her office and we'll do just that!"
Pietro needed to get out of that ledge! He was starting to go mad!
"How am I supposed to do that yo?!? I'm Todd the Great, not Todd the Amazing Mind-Controller."
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"Are you crazy!?!? What if we get caught?" Kurt didn't want to do this, he just didn't!
"Everything's alright Kurt, don't worry. Kitty needs Mystique out of her office so I'm guessing she's in some sort of trouble. Now remember, wait until she walks out for you to teleport."
After that Jean began to use her powers to levitate objects around the office. Papers were flying everywhere as the paperweights were also seen floating about. The different reactions from the students and teachers who were witnessing this ranged from shocked to scared and some even to the point of unconsciousness.
As all chaos broke loose on top of her tiny desk, Darkholme's secretary began to panic and decided to call on her boss so she could deal with the ghosts that haunted her and her working space.
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"I hope you understand that for cutting class and showing disrespect toward your Principal you will be severally punished. And Rouge, don't think the good Professor will bail you out of this one. I'll make sure you kids learn your lesson."
Mystique kept on talking as Lance and Rogue looked at each other and simultaneously rolled their eyes.
"Does she mean the lessons we'll be missing from school because of her?" Rogue whispered to Lance, careful not to let Mystique catch her.
"I guess, personally I still feel we're being cheated out of our important education." He whispered back trying to sound serious and concerned. This only made Rogue begin to giggle.
"Oh god, you sounded just like Scott!"
"I did not!" Lance felt insulted.
"Are you two talking while I'm talking to you?" such disrespect toward their principal.
Suddenly the door was opened and through it came a very frantic secretary. Her hair was a mess and her chest was heaving up and down, when she turned the three mutants saw the woman's face was pale and her eyes wide.
"Ms. Darkholme…. Umh… we have some problems… out in the office." She said in a low voice. "We… we need you out there."
Her secretary's almost dead tone of voice, her pale face and the calmness that usually followed a shock were scaring Mystique and she simply followed the alarmed woman to the door.
"Um… well, you two stay here, I'll be back shortly." Mystique had no idea what was wrong but she knew that screaming at her secretary in her current state wasn't wise.
After Darkholme left Lance and Rogue simply looked at each other. They were relieved they didn't have to listen to Mystique's speech about their lack of respect; they both had heard it before from many different people on many different occasions.
Now Lance realized it was the perfect opportunity to check if he was indeed seeing things or if it really had been the white haired brat who was hanging outside. Rogue was staring at him as he moved forward to unlock the window.
"What are you doing?" she asked as Lance opened it.
"You'll see…" he answered as he stock his head outside and came face to face with non other then … Todd?
"AAAHH!!" he screamed as he grabbed onto Pietro, who then had to grab onto Kitty so they didn't fall.
"What are you doing here?!" Lance pushed them against the wall and Kitty phased them through.
Just as Pietro, Kitty and Todd came into the office, Jean and Kurt teleported inside as well. Now the seven mutants were staring at each other wondering why each of them had somehow ended up inside Mystique's office.
"Well, what a happy reunion this is…" said Rogue as she sat down on one of the very uncomfortable chairs.
"Kitty, what were you guys doing out there? You could've gotten hurt!" Jean walked over to the young freshman in a protective manner.
"I was like, alright, you know." Kitty tried to brush Jean's worries off.
"Let me guess Pietro, new make-out place?" Lance now had his arms crossed as he waited for an answer.
"Our make-out spots are none of your business!" Pietro stuck out his tongue at the older mutant.
"Like, we do not even have a make-out spot!" Kitty just wanted to make that point clear.
"Todd, why are you here? Shouldn't you be in class?" Lance had now turned his attention to his youngest charge.
"I was yo! I… I just asked for a pass to go to the bathroom and suddenly I saw those two." It was the best Todd could come up with.
"Oh, so now you're savage man. Going to the tree tops to use the bathroom, are we?" Pietro began to play with Todd's dark blonde hair.
"Hey! Cut that out yo!" he tried to push the sophomore but that was nearly impossible.
"Rouge, why are you here?" As the oldest X-men in the room, Jean felt she had to know what happened to each of them.
"None of your business, Jean." Rogue crossed her legs and arms as she bowed her head down but kept her eyes focused on the red head.
~~ Man, she'd look so cute if she pouted right now… What am I thinking?!?!~~ Lance started to smack his forehead against the palm of his hand.
"I was just curious Rogue… if you really are in trouble I could always help you." Jean put on one of her most winning smiles.
"I don't want any help from you!" Rouge's statement made Jean's smile fade. "Why are you here then, little Miss Perfect?"
"Well I,…. I got sent here by my math teacher." Jean admitted in shame.
"Oh god, like why did he like, do that?" Kitty felt so bad for her friend right now.
"Because of you actually!" Jean was upset now. "You ruined my perfect record!"
"What?!? Like, how I do that?" Kitty placed her hands on her hips demanding an explanation.
"Ah! Isn't little Todd cuuuuuute!" Pietro moved fast as he pinched Todd's cheeks.
"Ow! Quit it yo! Lance! Tell him to stop!"
"Waah! Waah!… Lance! Tell him to stop!" mocked Pietro.
"Oh, you're so gonna get it yo!" Todd began to shoot his tongue out trying to catch the annoying speedster.
"You can't catch me!" the white haired boy began to run around the room.
"I'm like sorry, you know, but how was I supposed to know you were in the middle of math class?!"
"That's not the point Kitty. You didn't have to send me such a loud mental message!"
"I didn't know it was loud!" Kitty was now whining.
"Man Kitty… you're so cool! You got Jean in trouble!" Rouge was having fun though.
"I'm not in trouble! It was a misunderstanding!" Jean would not have anything damage her record.
"The Professor is gonna lynch ya!" Rouge was smiling happily as she balanced herself on the wooden chair.
Jean was the oldest girl in the room, surely she knew better… but in her traumatized state of mind she did the first thing she felt like doing. Using her powers she moved Rouge's chair away from her causing the southern girl to land very unlady like on the floor.
"Oh that's it! You're so gonna get it Red!" she said as she took off one of her gloves.
"Hey guys…. Guys! You're not like, going to fight, are you? It's not that big a deal right?!…. GUYS!" Kitty moved to the side since she didn't wish to be in the middle of this argument.
Todd had thrown some green slime on the floor and as Pietro kept running around the room he eventually landed on the sticky pile of goo.
"Eeeeeww! This is so gross! Todd, I'm gonna kill you if this junk doesn't get off my shoes!… Ouch!" A projectile made out of paper had hit Pietro.
Todd meanwhile had taken a pile of important documents from Mystique's desk and had started to crush them into tiny balls in order to hit his housemate.
"Don't you ever pinch my cheek again yo!" he threw another one.
"Cut that out! Lance! Tell him to stop!"
"Waah, waah… Laaaaaaaaance….. make evil Todd stop hurting me!" mocked Todd.
"I know where you live, … since I live there too! … And I'm gonna go into your room at night and I'm gonna do such evil things that I swear not even Freddy will….. not even Lance will recognize you!"
"I'm scared yo…" Todd kept throwing paper balls.
"Lance?…" Kurt was afraid of the mayhem that had suddenly erupted inside the tiny room and he was trying to get the attention of the oldest, as so far, the calmest of them all. "Lance! Um… I think we need to stop them from killing each other… Lance?"
~~ Why on Earth do I keep thinking about Rouge so much?!?!? ~~ Lance would've kept thinking about the brown haired girl if a paper ball hadn't suddenly hit him.
"What the…? What's going on here!?!?!"
"He started it!" yelled both Todd and Pietro at the same time.
The youngest Brotherhood member continued his onslaught as Pietro kept shielding himself from the annoying paper balls.
Unfortunately for Todd the stickiness of his goo was wearing off and the white haired boy managed to pry his foot loose. However, one of the paper projectiles, which was intended for Pietro, suddenly found its way toward Jean's head.
"HEY! What do you think you're doing?!" the red head now turned and was starring daggers at the young freshman.
"Oh… sorry 'bout that." Not that he didn't enjoy it either way.
"Way to go Todd! You're in my book of heroes now." Rogue smiled at her former team member, which had the effect of making Todd's pale face, turn a light shade of red.
"Hey Todd, are you alright?" Kurt had noticed the boy's facial expressions.
"I'm fine yo… I.. I was only… OUCH!" Todd already knew who hit him. "Why you do that yo?!"
"Why did I do that?… Why did I do that!?!? As if you need an answer!" Pietro would not be the last one hit.
"GUYS!… look at this mess!" Lance have had enough. "Mystique's coming back soon you know!"
"Like, where did all these paper balls come from anyway?… Oh uh…" Kitty stared at what used to be a very organized desk.
"Todd, you didn't use Mystique's papers, did you?" Jean already knew the answer though.
"Oh man… you are in so much trouble my friend…." Kurt was only glad he wasn't a part of the whole mess.
"You're so irresponsible Todd… honestly, no dessert for you!" Pietro had his arms crossed trying to look like a father figure.
"Shut up Pietro!" Todd was being a very disobedient son.
Meanwhile Lance was calmly rubbing the sides of his head.
~~ This is not my life… this is not my life… ~~ he thought over and over as he felt a headache coming. It suddenly faded away as his ears picked up a sweet southern accent.
"Hey Lance… are you alright?" the brown haired girl was now standing right next to him with a concerned look on her face.
"Uh… yeah, YEAH! I'm fine…" it was strange having Rouge so close to him, yet nice at the same time.
A moment of blissful silence had come over the room. Lance saw nothing other then the young girl standing next to him, he felt nothing other then complete confusion if he should still be angry with her for leaving him or if he should be happy that she still cared. But this moment was soon shattered as he felt a paper ball land on his head.
He didn't say anything, his only movement came from his eyes as they traveled from the brown haired girl toward a white haired pest.
"I DIDN'T DO IT!" Pietro shouted as raised his hands defensively. "Why do you always think everything that goes wrong is somehow my fault?!"
"Experience, maybe…" said Kurt while showing a playful smile.
"I'm not talking to you, blue boy… Besides, we all saw Todd throwing that ball! Didn't we!?"
"I didn't see anything…" Kurt was simply not getting involved
"I'm not playing these games Maximoff… now, what are we going to do about this mess?" Jean was not going to act like a child and start pointing fingers.
"Kitty, you saw him throw it, didn't you?" only his girlfriend could save him now.
"Um, like… I was busy picking up the mess… but I'm like totally sure you didn't throw it Pietro." Kitty hadn't been paying attention at all.
"Gee, thanks Kitty… come on Todd! Tell him you threw it!"
"I don't know what you're talking about… I was standing here minding my own business…"
"LIAR!!"
"OK! That's it! I don't care who threw it… but we all have to pick this mess up." Lance began to help Kitty pick up the mess and soon the others joined in.
Jean, using her mental powers, made the remaining chaos of papers fly up and land on top of Mystique's desk. That office had certainly seen better days.
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~~ What have I ever done to deserve this?… ~~ thought an extremely tired Mystique as she made her way toward her office. The thought of now having to deal with her oldest recruit and the ex-Brotherhood member was enough to give her a headache.
~~ I just want to finish with this unholy day and go home…~~
As she approached the door that leads to her office she kept hearing these strange noises. Something was going on inside and she was going to find out who was responsible. She turned the knob and was now starting to set foot on the carpeted floor when suddenly the door was roughly shut on her face.
"What in the world?!!?" she began to pound and kick at her door. "How dare you little monsters lock me out of my office!"
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"Good god Kurt! What's wrong with you?!" Todd & Rouge were staring at the blue X-men as he kept the door shut by leaning his body weight against it.
"Don't you think Mystique will be even angrier now that you aren't letting her go into her office?" Rouge looked at her team member with a disapproving stare.
"Hey! I panicked!… It was the only thing I could think of." Since Kurt hadn't really been thinking.
"Alright… so the only ones that should be here are Rouge, Jean and myself, right?…" Lance looked around the room to make sure he had everyone's attention. "So the rest of you better find a way to get out of here. Now!"
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"You bunch of ungrateful brats! I will destroy you! I will crush you and then I'll be happy again!…"
"Um… Ms. Darkholme?… Ma'am, you're scaring the other children, not to mention the faculty." Her secretary seriously needed to be paid better for this job.
"Oh… of course. I will just have to kill them silently…" why didn't she think of that solution before?
Suddenly the pressure that had been applied against the door was gone. As Mystique slowly opened her door she braced herself against the chaos she had expected to see. Instead she found Lance and Rouge quietly sitting down the same way she'd left them… except for one additional member.
"Ms. Grey?… what are you doing here?" Darkholme kept looking all around her office expecting the worst. "And why on Earth is that window opened?"
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"Ouch! Quit stepping on my foot yo!" Todd was having a hard enough time standing on that ledge, he didn't need people stepping on him as well.
"Sorry about that… but someone is crushing my tail!" Kurt also found it very uncomfortable.
"Like, we are so going to fall this time! Pietro, what are we going to do?!" Kitty hung onto the poor white haired boy for dear life as she tried her best not to look down.
"Well here's a thought… you'll forgive me if it sounds stupid or something but… can't blue boy teleport us down?" Pietro waited for the realization to dawn on the rest of them.
"Oh yeah… I forgot I could do that… ouch! Now someone is pulling my tail!" Kurt complained as he pulled his tail free from any further harassment.
Soon the four mutants were gone from, the now very hated ledge, in a gentle cloud of smoke while Lance, Rouge and Jean were left behind to suffer the wrath of…
"WHAT HAPPENED TO MY PAPERS?!?!?!?!?!?!" … a very angry Principal.
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The rain had subsided throughout the day but the dark clouds still remained, threatening to bring more showers down upon the unlucky students who had forgotten to bring their umbrellas. Fortunately for most of them, school had already been proclaimed finished for the day as the echoes of the last bell still rang inside the hallways.
Hundreds of noisy students filled the parking lots as they all had the same thing on their minds… to get away from that building as soon as possible.
And with these same ideas inside their heads, two young mutants were patiently waiting for the owner of the car that was meant to take them home.
"Hey… when's Lance supposed to get here again?" asked Freddy as he continued pacing around in circles.
"Freddy, would you stop doing that? You're driving me crazy… Besides, Lance should be here any minute…. I think." Todd still had his hair and clothes wet after his little adventure trying to get Pietro and Kitty away from Mystique's office. It seemed Kurt had the brilliant idea to teleport them right into the middle of the pool.
"Man, if Lance doesn't get back soon, I'm gonna freeze to death out here!" He knew he should've stayed home today…
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"LANCE! I said I was sorry already! Now really, come on! I have to go! You have no idea what type of psycho Claudia turns into if I'm late for rehearsal." Pietro was now being dragged by a very stubborn Lance to goodness knew where… the white haired boy had already apologized for the mashed potatoes, the life-time of detention he had caused other people and for the huge mess of papers on Mystique's desk (even though those had been Todd's fault, not his).
However, all this wasn't enough for Lance apparently and now the young speed demon feared for his life as the older (and stronger) boy continued to pull on his arm.
"Honestly Pietro, you can be such a baby! I just need you to come with me for a little while… it's the least you could do, you know."
"Actually, the least I could do is not go with you since that would require the least amount of work…" this only earned him an evil stare. "Ok fine…"
After what seemed like forever for someone like Pietro, he noticed they had arrived at the back of the school building. There wasn't a soul in sight around the place and the cold and humid weather didn't help him feel comfortable.
~~ Lance could kill me right now and Todd would only be able to find me by the smell of my corpse… well now there's a lovely thought… ~~ Pietro eyed the older mutant wearily.
~~ 'Back of the building after school' he said… he chooses the time and place and… he's not here! I'm going to shake the ground under his feet so hard that he'll… ~~ his thoughts were suddenly interrupted as he heard his name being called.
"Lance?….yeah, I have to get going… was there anything you wanted to show me in here?" Pietro felt safe since he was far away enough for him to make a run for it should the other mutant try anything.
"… You stay right here… I'll be right back." And with that Lance walked away leaving a very confused sophomore behind.
"HEY! What part of 'I'm late for rehearsals' didn't you understand!?" how dare he just leave him all alone in this dark, gloomy place… he wasn't scared though…
Any normal day Pietro would've just left and gone back to do his things, but seeing as how he had gotten Lance into so much trouble that day he decided not to risk it and stayed put as he'd been told.
~~ But I'll only give him 5 minutes!… FIVE! And then that's it! ~~ the white haired boy leaned against the wall waiting.
After 35 seconds…
"I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE!….." Pietro was about to loose his mind. Surely whatever Lance wanted to do could wait until they were both back home.
All he wanted was to turn around as run as fast as he could, but just as he was about to move he felt something grabbing his arm with such force that it frighten him.
"AAAAAHHHH!" he screamed before he could stop himself.
"God! Pietro, honestly! You'd think I was going to kill you…" came the sweet voice of the girl who was now beside him.
"Mallory? … Hey…. Haven't heard from you in a while… so, how are you?" the white haired boy was trying to calm himself down. Frighten by a little girl… if Lance had been here he'd never hear the end of it.
Meanwhile, Mallory was paying close attention to every detail that was Pietro. His baby blue eyes, as he looked anywhere except her own green ones. His fast breathing, almost as if he was made nervous by her presence.
~~ He's such a sweetie! ~~ she thought as she held on tighter to his arm.
"I'm fine Pietro… definitely better then when I hurt my leg." She said as her head rested on top of his shoulder.
"Well… that's nice…" he said as his eyes wandered around looking for any excuse to leave that place. He soon realized how soft Mallory's long, red curls were against the exposed skin of his neck.
At any other moment that might've been a very nice way to start his after school activities… but things had changed. This was definitely not the position a guy with a girlfriend was supposed to be found in unless it was with said girlfriend.
"Um Mallory… I have to go. I'm late for rehearsals…" he tried to detached his arm from the very strong grip.
"Oh yeah… that play. How are things going with that? After my accident Claudia had to go for the understudy… such a shame really… I hope that little freshman didn't give you such a hard time." She tighten her grip.
"Actually, you'd be surprised at what a great actress that 'little freshman' turned out to be." He said through gritted teeth trying not to loose his temper with the girl.
"You know… if you want, we could go somewhere else. I mean, I'm sure you know all your lines so missing one little rehearsal isn't going to hurt anybody." Mallory was blinking her cute emerald eyes as her face began to inch closer and closer to the young boy.
"Umm…. That's ok Mal… I really should be going." He wouldn't be able to get his arm back unless he practically pushed the girl to the ground… he wouldn't do that, of course. Besides, knowing her she'd probably just grab his leg.
"Wow Pietro… you're so good at playing hard to get. What can I do to change your mind?" Her voice was so close to his ear that it began to give him Goosebumps. He realized he had to be a little more serious with her if he was ever going to get out.
"Mal… you probably don't know this, but I have a girlfriend now… so I can't just be here like this… with you… and… oh please don't cry…."
Mallory had loosened her grip and was now with her head down staring at her shoes. Pietro would've gladly fled the scene… but he couldn't just leave the poor girl close to tears.
"I'm not crying… but I have to say, I'm terribly disappointed. Is there anything I can do to change your mind?" she asked keeping her head bowed.
"No Mal… I'm sorry. But hey! There are lots of guys out there who would die to be with you! Why, I'm sure Duncan would follow you around like a puppy if you gave him a chance." He had to try at least…
"Duncan already does that and I treat him like dirt…"
"Well there you go! The perfect couple!" he began to inch away from the red head when suddenly she said:
"You leave me no choice…" Her eyes were narrowed and her sweet smile was gone.
"What?" that creepy feeling washed over him once more as he imagined Mallory holding a pointy knife.
However, what she did would cause him more concern that a pointy knife would ever do. At a speed that even blinded Quicksilver, Mallory threw her arms around Pietro's neck and soon he felt the unmistakable feeling of her lips against his.
He didn't move, instead he closed his eyes and waited for his brain to function before anything else.
~~ Oh my God… *flash* If anyone came right now… *flash* how would I explain this? *flash* Would they believe me? *flash* Of course not…. *flash* Would they tell Kitty? *Flash* Of course yes… *flash* AND WHAT THE HECK IS THAT FLASH I KEEP SEEING?!?!?!?! ~~
Pietro opened his eyes and soon found the worst combination of people he could ever not hope for; Mallory in his uninvited arms and Evan…
…with a camera…..
…a camera…
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Notes from Alex:
Tee-hee! =^_^= (-- yeah… that's all I wanted to say…)