ME: Yay! I'm back from the dead! Let's throw a party!
Van: Cool! I'll get the music!
Jasper: When did you die?
Celeste: No parties!
ME: Fine. Ok everyone, here's a cookie for being so patient with me. Gives you all a huge cookie.
(Nightdragon13): Yo. Glad you like it. Always nice to hear I have fans.
Van: Actually, they're my fans. I'm just willing to share them with you.
ME(Darkygurl11/Darky): Bite me.
(NAT): Thanx. And Kingdom Hearts is the coolest game in history! I want it!
(Agent-G): Hi. I fuckin' hate my computer. It's a bitch! And thank you for telling people about my fic. I now have all these new people reviewing for it. I feel popular!
(yae yang0): Glad you like it, and actually I love the Brotherhood. They're all so funny... Toad's my second favorite character. However, they do have a nasty habit of picking fights whenever they can.
(ldypebsaby): Ha Ha! I like you—
Van: You like everyone! Get a life.
ME(1dypebsaby): As I was saying, that Angel-ending thing sucked. I did however like the, "I wanna slay a dragon" line.
(greenberrypie): I'm glad you enjoyed my fic. You didn't have to read it, but thanks. Lonna and Celeste haven't disappeared, they just don't have important parts yet. YET! My writing can be quite unpredictable, but what can I say? I'm an unpredictable human being. It's a gift. As far as gaining control of her powers... Lonna, we wish you luck.
Lonna: Thank you.
Me: Did you really read all my chapters at once? Wow! My stuff can get pretty long and this one is no exception...
Van: Mental Note—Never offer to paint the house! It's a surefire way to bore yourself to death!
ME: Ok. Now that we've all learned something we'll discuss more sensible things. NAT, I email you for a reason. When you get an email that asks a question, answer it. Don't leave me hangin'. It's just not cool.
Dude, I spent all last night going back and reading my other chapters. It's interesting how much my writing style has evolved (thought I'm not sure if it's for better or worse) and I kept asking myself, "How did I come up with that line?" or "Where did that come from?" But what's really odd is: I liked what I saw. So there.
Also when I was in Colorado we saw a huge peacock right by the side of the road. It was just there. I didn't know peacocks lived in the Rockies...
In this chapter there will be a variety of confusing concepts, but that's ok cuz all will be explained in time. This is just a taste of things to come. Also, this chapter will give you an idea of Steven's power, since I was never very clear on that.
AND NOW...
(The moment we've all been waiting for!)
Chapter 12
(Feels like forever...)
(Actually, it's only chapter 11, but I dun care.)
Lonna
"You're not seriously gonna do this right?" I asked Jaeger. "You're so gonna die."
"No I won't. It's perfectly safe."
"You're not even wearing a helmet! Don't die before your dance. Kurt'll get pissed."
Guess what we're doing—Evan, Bobby, Jaeger, and I? We drained the pool, had Bobby make a nifty little ramp, and gave Jaeger Evan's skateboard. Now she's moments away from death because Bobby told her to go down the ramp he made out of ice and into the empty pool for a "science project." She's a dip. A blond dip.
"She won't die," Bobby assured me. "Why would I tell her to do anything potentially life threatening?"
Evan laughed. Not a good sign.
"What's going on?"
Yay! Jasper's come to save his sister!
"I'm about to kill myself for Bobby's science project and Evan's gonna video tape it."
Jasper smiled. "Cool, me next."
I'm surrounded by idiots! Pretty soon I'll be the only one left. First Jaeger, then Jasper, then Bobby, then Van, then Scott, then Ray, then—
"One, two, three—Go Jaeger! Go!" Bobby yelled.
"Don't break my skateboard," Evan said. "Or I'll kill you."
If she doesn't kill herself first that is...
Van
"Ok, before you hit me, just let me say: I don't have a date yet. You don't have a date yet.... Let's compromise..."
Rogue slowly dropped the book she was reading. "Why would Ah want ta go anywhere with you?"
"I know you want me," I told her. "I think you know it too."
"That's exactly why Ah don't like you. You're full of it."
No I'm not... Am I? Hmmmmmm...?
I thought about. Rogue glared at me for leaning on her chair, but I ignored it. Am I "full of it?" Is that what pissed Jaeger off too? Because I'm full of it? Maybe I should ask...
So I left to find Jaeger... and smacked into Lonna instead.
"Hey Lonna, am I 'full of it?'"
"We're all gonna die!!!"
"I asked you a question! 'Am I full of it?' Are you listening at all?"
She looked about ready to murder me. "Are you listening!?!" she demanded. "Jaeger's dead and Jasper's next! I'm getting out of here before my turn comes around!"
Jaeger died? Cool!
She ran away. "Wait," I called. "Where's the body?"
"The pool!" she yelled over her shoulder.
Off to the pool.
(A/N: I saw Spider-Man 2 yesterday! It was cool. I saw the Dr. Oct guy. He has the coolest tentacles. I've decided that if I become a mutant, I want
those and the ability to speak to cats. That way I can tell Tabitha to
"STOP SCRATCHING ME!!!!!!!")
Minutes later, I found myself looking down at Jaeger, who's currently lying in the pool. She looks... pissed in a way I cannot describe. It makes me very happy she doesn't have a gun or she would go on a killing spree.
"What happened!?!"
I turned and faced a horrified Celeste. Lonna must've alerted the authorities. Logan stood behind her, but he didn't look too upset. (He and Jaeger have... issues. Jaeger likes to piss the poor man off.)
"Nothing... yet," Jaeger spoke. "But Bobby's about to die slowly and painfully."
Bobby whimpered. Poor Bobby.
Celeste relaxed a bit when Jaeger showed signs of life. "But how did you...?"
"Bobby told me too."
And you listened?
Jaeger slowly stood up and climbed out of the pool. I looked at Bobby, but he wasn't there. Must've run off while he still could. Smart man.
Celeste healed Jaeger, so now she's rarin' ta' go, and I still need to ask her about being "full of it."
So I followed her inside. She runs pretty fast when she's pissed. No wonder she's called Jaeger.
But I finally cornered her. "Jag," I asked. "Am I 'full of it?'"
She looked at me like I was an idiot. "Of course not Van," she said sarcastically. "Why whatever gave you that crazy idea?"
"Rogue. But really, am I full of it?"
"Yes."
"Ok. Thanks."
At least she's honest. But I've got an hour to convince Rogue to go with me, so I need to act fast!
Acting fast didn't work, so I've now resorted to begging.
"I'm really not such a bad guy," he pleaded. "Just gimme a chance!"
"Like ya said before, you could get any girl in the country to go with you, why me?"
"No-duh! I like you!"
"Then do me a favor an stop talkin' to me!"
After a couple more minutes of begging and pleading we worked out an agreement. Rogue will go with me as long as we don't dance. She's not going for me, she's going because wants to see Jaeger in a dress. She still hates me.
But there's still hope.
Steven (A/N: Did ya'll know that butterflies where actually called flutterbies,
but someone mixed it up and the name stuck? It's true!)
I watched the little butterfly flutter from flower to flower. It doesn't even know I'm here, how sad...
I crouched, coiled the muscles in my legs, and pounced, catching perfectly between my paws. Too easy.
"What are you doing down there?" Tabitha asked above me. "We're all ready to show those people how to party and you're down there playing with bugs."
o.0(A/N: That means he's embarrassed.)
I released my catch and shifted back to my human form... well, mostly. I kept the cat ears, eyes, and tail. A cat is one of my favorite forms.
"Sorry," I said. "I was bored."
"Well you need to find a better way to kill time Cat-Man. Let's go already!"
I followed her out of the house, shifting the rest of my body back to normal. As I climbed into the car I was greeted by Toad.
"What took ya, yo?" (A/N: "Yo" Ha-Ha! I love that!)
"Cat-Boy here was playing with a butterfly," Tabitha laughed.
o.0
Everyone started laughing when she said that. Everyone except Regan that is.
"Yeah, that's great," she said. "Can we just hurry up and go? The sooner I can get away from you freaks the better!"
She doesn't like mutants much. I think that's got something to do with me...
Skyler
(A/N: Is this annoying you? That's ok, me too... Ok, keep in mind that Skyler's a seven year-old who's not from this world. The confusing stuff's
about to kick in.)
"HM HM HM, HM HM HM, HM HM HM, HM HM..."
That's "Jingle Bells." I heard someone singing it a long time ago. When it was all cold and snowy. Krismis I think.
I like to sing while I work. And this work is important, that's what Spencer says. He said, "You can't mess this up or the metalman will have our heads!"
I don't know what he wants my head for, but it sounds bad so I better not mess up.
"HM HM HM, HM HM HM, HM HM HM, HM HM..."
I don't remember the words 'cept "Jingle Bells, Jingles Bells."
Almost done...
Who are the X-men anyway? Are they evil? Do they like the song "Jingle Bells" too? Can I be an X-men someday?
Yay! I'm done!
"You have to fight these X-men people," I told my new friend and held up a picture of who I was talking about. Spencer says that we need to destroy them before they destroy us. I dunno what's really going on, but if Spencer says...
Steven
I shot out my long tongue and knocked over the punch bowl with it. It spilled all over some girl's dress.
Toad laughed beside me. "Nice shot."
"Thanks."
Since I can mix'n'match animal traits with myself and other forms, I took on a toad's tongue and general build so I can do anything Toad can. It's a lot of fun!
!!!
It's the X-people! Maybe they've seen Regan. I hopped over toward they were sitting and flipped onto their table.
"Holy matrimony! What's your issue!?!"
What's my issue? I thought it was problem...
"Hi," the blond girl said. "Can we help you?"
"Nope."
"Then leave," the southern girl piped up.
"Have any of ya'll seen my sister?"
"Regan?" asked "Lestat." "I thought she was going with Jasper."
"Jasper didn't have zhe guts to ask her out," said the guy with blue hair. "Zhat's vhy he said he vasn't coming."
"Oh yes, I see."
I sighed. "Nevermind..."
I hopped away.
"Bye, bye!" said Lestat.
Van
As I waved goodbye to the little short guy Jaeger and Kurt left, leaving me and Rogue all alone... awkward...
"So..." I started. "You come here often?"
She looked at me like I was an idiot. I get that look a lot. "Sure," she said at last.
I nodded. Normally I'm so good at this. Guess I'm just afraid of screwing up...
"Is Lestat a good guy, or a bad guy?" I asked her. "I never got that."
"Ya haven't read Anne Rice?"
"I don't normally read. It's against my religion."
"Well," she said. "In 'Interview with the Vampire' Lestat seems really bad, but when ya read 'The Vampire Lestat' ya find out that he's really a great guy."
"Are those books any good?"
She laughed. "Why else would Ah read em?"
Ahhhh...
"You should give em a try."
"Like I said, I don't read. I hate it."
"You're really missing out."
I just shrugged.
Hey that's weird. I just had a conversation with Rogue that didn't involve me getting insulted. Cool.
Lonna
"Jasper, you don't need a date to go to a dance."
"Yes I do!"
"Look, you wanna go right?"
He shrugged.
"So go! ...Just take Jamie and me with you."
"I'm not going, and I'm definitely not taking you two."
"Jasper! Get a life!"
Jamie nodded beside me. He hasn't anything yet, but mental support is what really counts... right?
"Jasper," I said calmly as possible. "Van is going with Rogue. The chances of Rogue turning him down for a dance are, oh... ninety-nine percent. Van will then have to find someone else to hit on."
"Yeah," Jamie finally decided to join us. "So he's gonna go up to your sister—"
"Exactly," I finished. I think it's better to let it hang. That way Jas can come up with his own ideas and torture himself. He's good at that.
"Jaeger can take care of herself," he said but in a I'm-not-so-sure kinda' way. "I told Kurt to look after her."
"What's Kurt gonna do!?! Tell Van to go hit on his sister!?!"
Jasper shut up. Why is he so difficult!?! Why!?!
Hmmm.... "!?!" I do that a lot don't I?
"Look," I said, gaining control of my temper. "No one has to know you're there. Just take a peek. Make sure Van's not harassing your sister. But take Jamie and me."
"Why?"
"Because it's every middle schoolers' dream to go to a high school dance."
He sighed. "Ok, let's go."
YES!!!
Steven
I've spotted that X-person with the sunglasses! He scares me... I'm debating whether or not I should just avoid him....
!!!
He's talking to Regan! Why? Why's he talking to my sister?
That red-head is there too. What are they talking about?
"Hey," Toad said. "Whacha' lookin' at?"
"Hold on." I shifted my ears to a cat's and strained to hear what they were saying.
"He's really not here?" Regan asked.
"Nope," Red-head said. "Sorry."
"We thought he'd be going with you," said the Sunglass Kid. "But if you don't know where he's at neither do we."
"Oh, ok. It's just that my date's a jerk so I thought that if Jasper was here I could talk him into dancing with me."
JASPER!!!
What makes that guy so special? Why does she obsess over him? She hardly even knows the bastard! I'll bet she doesn't even realize that every one in the little X-people group is a mutant, including Jasper!!! I'll bet that if she knew what he was she wouldn't think so highly of him! She'd be even more pissed if she knew he had horns and wings and a tail!!! At least that what Toad said...
I shifted my ears back to normal and said to Toad, "Let's go outside for a while."
He gave me an odd look, but shrugged it off. And with that we hopped outside, but not without bugging Lance first.
See, he's going with a goody-goody X-person. What's her name? Kat? Kitty? Oh well, we gave them a hard time—teasing, annoying them, the usual—before leaving the building.
"What's wrong, man?" Toad asked me.
"I hate that Jasper kid!"
I shot my tongue at a tree. Hey, I need to beat up something; I might as well make something that won't hit me back.
He sighed. "So do we! He's an X-man!"
I just growled, shot another tree, this time winding my tongue around it and tugging at it. There's no way I can pull it out, but I'll try.
"All you gotta do is show your sister what he looks like. That'll while that stupid smile off his face!"
"Yeah." I shot my tongue out again at what I thought was a tree, but it felt... odd. Not tree-like at all. But I can't see what it is. I kept my tongue wrapped around it so I wouldn't forget where it was and started to shift my eyes.
"I mean, if Regan saw his true colors... she'd hate him!"
Oh my God.
"She'd never speak to him again!"
That's not possible.
"She'd probably kill the guy for lyin' to her!"
But... it's alive... but not really alive...
"And then—"
"Thsut up," I said through a tongue full of bone.
"Huh? What is it, man?"
I slowly unwound my tongue and stepped back. It moved again. I swear to God I've never been so freaked out in my life!
"You're starting to freak me out Steve. What's goin' on?"
"I think now would be a good time to go inside."
He gave me a quizzical look.
"There's a dead thing out there."
"What is this? 'The Sixth Sense'?"
"I'm not kidding."
"This isn't funny Steve! What's goin' on?"
I grabbed his shoulders and shook him. "This isn't a joke! There's a dead T- rex out there that's..."
"A dead what!?!"
"It's not really dead, it's...."
"What?"
"It's—"
And then I was struck by such incredible pain that swore for a moment I was dead, but somehow I managed to live...
"What did you do!?!" Toad screamed at me in terror.
"Nothing," I managed to get out. "I didn't do anything!"
I looked back at our attacker, but it was ignoring us now. It was peaking through a window into the gym. What's it looking for?
"Let's get out of here!" Toad said, utterly terrified.
"But... what about Regan?"
"You're sister's fine, man! Let's just scram!"
The skeletal monster slowly moved itself around the wall, pushing its nose to it like it was... testing it out....
I got a bad feeling about this.
The Creature stepped back for a moment, then swung its tail into the wall!!! It's not trying to get in is it? My sister's in there!
I turned to where Toad was, but he was gone. Can't blame him. This isn't exactly a friendly looking creature. Guess it's up to me.
I shifted to a cheetah and ran at full tilt back to the gm doors. I shifted to my human form as I neared them and pushed them open. All I could see was people spazzing out and screaming. I looked at the wall my little friend was at and saw that it coming close to breaking the thing down. I gotta get Regan out. Fast.
"Regan!" I yelled. "Regan!"
No answer. Big surprise. I couldn't even hear myself over everyone else's noise.
So I shifted from human to wolf and went to look for her. Now I know I probably don't have tons of time, but I can't just find her by running around and biting ankles, so I smelled the air, seeking out her sent.
There was another crash. I need to concentrate...
Aha! Got it!
I took off, howling at people to get out of my way. The only problem with that is.... Well, there's already a monster trying to break in and now there's a wolf running around in the school. It only made matters worse, but that's not really important. What is important is that I find Regan!
Which I just did. I shifted to human and ran the rest of the way.
"Regan," I panted. "We gotta go!"
Lonna
"Jasper, Jamie and I can't fly, could you at least slow down a bit?"
"But—"
"Van's not gonna like, make it with your sister ok?" Jamie huffed.
"Yeah Jas," I agreed. "Van's not that crude."
"Fine." He landed his feet on the ground beside us. "I'll hoof it."
"Ok, good," Jamie said as he sat down. "Can we take a bit of a break? Lonna and I've been running since we left the Institute."
Jas sighed like he was so put out with us, but nodded.
So James and I huffed and puffed till we couldn't anymore. Then Jas said, "Can we go now?"
I nodded. "But you can run faster than us. We're still tired. So keep a steady pace, ok?"
He nodded. "Let's just go already!"
And we were off running again. Although Jas didn't keep a steady pace, Jamie and I managed to keep up with him pretty well. Well... ok, not that well, but we could still see his wings. Yeah, you heard me. His WINGS!!! The dumbass didn't bother to bring his stupid watch! That idiot. We've already been the cause of two car accidents. I guess seeing two kids chasing after a guy who looks like Lucifer doesn't happen everyday.
Especially not when the kids are yelling things at him like, "Hey! Slow down!" and "Wait up, man!"
Great. Now the whole world thinks I'm a devil worshipper. Figures.
I think Jas noticed he left us a bit far behind and stopped while we caught up. "Thanks," Jamie gasped. I just gulped down air. Yeah, I stopped breathing a little while ago. Running like this can do that to ya.
"Man ya'll'er slow."
I'm gonna hit him. I swear to God, I'm gonna hit that evil, no-good, son of a—
"Let's go," Jamie said between breaths. "We're almost there."
I nodded. I'll have time to get some air in my lungs later. No one died from a little lack of air.
As we neared the building all I saw at first was a cheetah running toward the doors of the gym. No if that isn't odd get this. About feet away it transformed into a human!!!
"Hey that's Regan's brother..." Jasper noted.
After this little incident I heard a loud BANG and noticed what I'm gonna call a big... dead... T-rex... skeleton....
"Um, Jasper," I squeaked. "I don't think this is such a good idea...."
Jamie nodded soundlessly beside me. I'm not the only one who's freaked out.
"MY SISTER'S IN THERE AND YOU COWARDS WANNA JUST LEAVE!!!"
Ahhhhhhhhh! He's pissed!
He grabbed our shoulders and dug in his claws. Ow, ow, ow, ow. "We are going in there and getting my sister and everyone else out of there. Ok?"
We nodded. Jasper's scary when he's mad. I'd rather face a dinosaur skeleton than him right now.
He smiled a cruel smile. "Alright then. Let's go shall we?"
ME: Sorry to just, like cut it short like that, but this was getting long, my computer's on the fritz, and I'm sure you're all about to kill me for taking so long.
Van: Yes we are. Die you foolish mortal, DIE!
Jaeger: You spaz.
Regan: What a cliffhanger. What happens to me!?!
Lonna: I do that a lot. "!?!"
ME: Yes you do.
Jasper: ...Hi Regan...
Regan: Uh, hi.
ME: Oh get a room! Anyway, I hate to say this but, I'm gonna wait till we get our new computer to type another chapter, so...
Van: Don't say it! I'll kill you if you say it!
Rogue: And Ah'll help!
ME: Wait, where'd you come from?
Rogue: Ah live in this stupid thing too!
ME: You mean the computer?
Rogue: Yeah, so yah better git a new one before I'm forced the put you in a coma!
ME: But if you put me in a coma... how could I write anyway?
Rogue: Death glares.
Van: Beware! It's the stare of doom!!
Van: Cool! I'll get the music!
Jasper: When did you die?
Celeste: No parties!
ME: Fine. Ok everyone, here's a cookie for being so patient with me. Gives you all a huge cookie.
(Nightdragon13): Yo. Glad you like it. Always nice to hear I have fans.
Van: Actually, they're my fans. I'm just willing to share them with you.
ME(Darkygurl11/Darky): Bite me.
(NAT): Thanx. And Kingdom Hearts is the coolest game in history! I want it!
(Agent-G): Hi. I fuckin' hate my computer. It's a bitch! And thank you for telling people about my fic. I now have all these new people reviewing for it. I feel popular!
(yae yang0): Glad you like it, and actually I love the Brotherhood. They're all so funny... Toad's my second favorite character. However, they do have a nasty habit of picking fights whenever they can.
(ldypebsaby): Ha Ha! I like you—
Van: You like everyone! Get a life.
ME(1dypebsaby): As I was saying, that Angel-ending thing sucked. I did however like the, "I wanna slay a dragon" line.
(greenberrypie): I'm glad you enjoyed my fic. You didn't have to read it, but thanks. Lonna and Celeste haven't disappeared, they just don't have important parts yet. YET! My writing can be quite unpredictable, but what can I say? I'm an unpredictable human being. It's a gift. As far as gaining control of her powers... Lonna, we wish you luck.
Lonna: Thank you.
Me: Did you really read all my chapters at once? Wow! My stuff can get pretty long and this one is no exception...
Van: Mental Note—Never offer to paint the house! It's a surefire way to bore yourself to death!
ME: Ok. Now that we've all learned something we'll discuss more sensible things. NAT, I email you for a reason. When you get an email that asks a question, answer it. Don't leave me hangin'. It's just not cool.
Dude, I spent all last night going back and reading my other chapters. It's interesting how much my writing style has evolved (thought I'm not sure if it's for better or worse) and I kept asking myself, "How did I come up with that line?" or "Where did that come from?" But what's really odd is: I liked what I saw. So there.
Also when I was in Colorado we saw a huge peacock right by the side of the road. It was just there. I didn't know peacocks lived in the Rockies...
In this chapter there will be a variety of confusing concepts, but that's ok cuz all will be explained in time. This is just a taste of things to come. Also, this chapter will give you an idea of Steven's power, since I was never very clear on that.
AND NOW...
(The moment we've all been waiting for!)
Chapter 12
(Feels like forever...)
(Actually, it's only chapter 11, but I dun care.)
Lonna
"You're not seriously gonna do this right?" I asked Jaeger. "You're so gonna die."
"No I won't. It's perfectly safe."
"You're not even wearing a helmet! Don't die before your dance. Kurt'll get pissed."
Guess what we're doing—Evan, Bobby, Jaeger, and I? We drained the pool, had Bobby make a nifty little ramp, and gave Jaeger Evan's skateboard. Now she's moments away from death because Bobby told her to go down the ramp he made out of ice and into the empty pool for a "science project." She's a dip. A blond dip.
"She won't die," Bobby assured me. "Why would I tell her to do anything potentially life threatening?"
Evan laughed. Not a good sign.
"What's going on?"
Yay! Jasper's come to save his sister!
"I'm about to kill myself for Bobby's science project and Evan's gonna video tape it."
Jasper smiled. "Cool, me next."
I'm surrounded by idiots! Pretty soon I'll be the only one left. First Jaeger, then Jasper, then Bobby, then Van, then Scott, then Ray, then—
"One, two, three—Go Jaeger! Go!" Bobby yelled.
"Don't break my skateboard," Evan said. "Or I'll kill you."
If she doesn't kill herself first that is...
Van
"Ok, before you hit me, just let me say: I don't have a date yet. You don't have a date yet.... Let's compromise..."
Rogue slowly dropped the book she was reading. "Why would Ah want ta go anywhere with you?"
"I know you want me," I told her. "I think you know it too."
"That's exactly why Ah don't like you. You're full of it."
No I'm not... Am I? Hmmmmmm...?
I thought about. Rogue glared at me for leaning on her chair, but I ignored it. Am I "full of it?" Is that what pissed Jaeger off too? Because I'm full of it? Maybe I should ask...
So I left to find Jaeger... and smacked into Lonna instead.
"Hey Lonna, am I 'full of it?'"
"We're all gonna die!!!"
"I asked you a question! 'Am I full of it?' Are you listening at all?"
She looked about ready to murder me. "Are you listening!?!" she demanded. "Jaeger's dead and Jasper's next! I'm getting out of here before my turn comes around!"
Jaeger died? Cool!
She ran away. "Wait," I called. "Where's the body?"
"The pool!" she yelled over her shoulder.
Off to the pool.
(A/N: I saw Spider-Man 2 yesterday! It was cool. I saw the Dr. Oct guy. He has the coolest tentacles. I've decided that if I become a mutant, I want
those and the ability to speak to cats. That way I can tell Tabitha to
"STOP SCRATCHING ME!!!!!!!")
Minutes later, I found myself looking down at Jaeger, who's currently lying in the pool. She looks... pissed in a way I cannot describe. It makes me very happy she doesn't have a gun or she would go on a killing spree.
"What happened!?!"
I turned and faced a horrified Celeste. Lonna must've alerted the authorities. Logan stood behind her, but he didn't look too upset. (He and Jaeger have... issues. Jaeger likes to piss the poor man off.)
"Nothing... yet," Jaeger spoke. "But Bobby's about to die slowly and painfully."
Bobby whimpered. Poor Bobby.
Celeste relaxed a bit when Jaeger showed signs of life. "But how did you...?"
"Bobby told me too."
And you listened?
Jaeger slowly stood up and climbed out of the pool. I looked at Bobby, but he wasn't there. Must've run off while he still could. Smart man.
Celeste healed Jaeger, so now she's rarin' ta' go, and I still need to ask her about being "full of it."
So I followed her inside. She runs pretty fast when she's pissed. No wonder she's called Jaeger.
But I finally cornered her. "Jag," I asked. "Am I 'full of it?'"
She looked at me like I was an idiot. "Of course not Van," she said sarcastically. "Why whatever gave you that crazy idea?"
"Rogue. But really, am I full of it?"
"Yes."
"Ok. Thanks."
At least she's honest. But I've got an hour to convince Rogue to go with me, so I need to act fast!
Acting fast didn't work, so I've now resorted to begging.
"I'm really not such a bad guy," he pleaded. "Just gimme a chance!"
"Like ya said before, you could get any girl in the country to go with you, why me?"
"No-duh! I like you!"
"Then do me a favor an stop talkin' to me!"
After a couple more minutes of begging and pleading we worked out an agreement. Rogue will go with me as long as we don't dance. She's not going for me, she's going because wants to see Jaeger in a dress. She still hates me.
But there's still hope.
Steven (A/N: Did ya'll know that butterflies where actually called flutterbies,
but someone mixed it up and the name stuck? It's true!)
I watched the little butterfly flutter from flower to flower. It doesn't even know I'm here, how sad...
I crouched, coiled the muscles in my legs, and pounced, catching perfectly between my paws. Too easy.
"What are you doing down there?" Tabitha asked above me. "We're all ready to show those people how to party and you're down there playing with bugs."
o.0(A/N: That means he's embarrassed.)
I released my catch and shifted back to my human form... well, mostly. I kept the cat ears, eyes, and tail. A cat is one of my favorite forms.
"Sorry," I said. "I was bored."
"Well you need to find a better way to kill time Cat-Man. Let's go already!"
I followed her out of the house, shifting the rest of my body back to normal. As I climbed into the car I was greeted by Toad.
"What took ya, yo?" (A/N: "Yo" Ha-Ha! I love that!)
"Cat-Boy here was playing with a butterfly," Tabitha laughed.
o.0
Everyone started laughing when she said that. Everyone except Regan that is.
"Yeah, that's great," she said. "Can we just hurry up and go? The sooner I can get away from you freaks the better!"
She doesn't like mutants much. I think that's got something to do with me...
Skyler
(A/N: Is this annoying you? That's ok, me too... Ok, keep in mind that Skyler's a seven year-old who's not from this world. The confusing stuff's
about to kick in.)
"HM HM HM, HM HM HM, HM HM HM, HM HM..."
That's "Jingle Bells." I heard someone singing it a long time ago. When it was all cold and snowy. Krismis I think.
I like to sing while I work. And this work is important, that's what Spencer says. He said, "You can't mess this up or the metalman will have our heads!"
I don't know what he wants my head for, but it sounds bad so I better not mess up.
"HM HM HM, HM HM HM, HM HM HM, HM HM..."
I don't remember the words 'cept "Jingle Bells, Jingles Bells."
Almost done...
Who are the X-men anyway? Are they evil? Do they like the song "Jingle Bells" too? Can I be an X-men someday?
Yay! I'm done!
"You have to fight these X-men people," I told my new friend and held up a picture of who I was talking about. Spencer says that we need to destroy them before they destroy us. I dunno what's really going on, but if Spencer says...
Steven
I shot out my long tongue and knocked over the punch bowl with it. It spilled all over some girl's dress.
Toad laughed beside me. "Nice shot."
"Thanks."
Since I can mix'n'match animal traits with myself and other forms, I took on a toad's tongue and general build so I can do anything Toad can. It's a lot of fun!
!!!
It's the X-people! Maybe they've seen Regan. I hopped over toward they were sitting and flipped onto their table.
"Holy matrimony! What's your issue!?!"
What's my issue? I thought it was problem...
"Hi," the blond girl said. "Can we help you?"
"Nope."
"Then leave," the southern girl piped up.
"Have any of ya'll seen my sister?"
"Regan?" asked "Lestat." "I thought she was going with Jasper."
"Jasper didn't have zhe guts to ask her out," said the guy with blue hair. "Zhat's vhy he said he vasn't coming."
"Oh yes, I see."
I sighed. "Nevermind..."
I hopped away.
"Bye, bye!" said Lestat.
Van
As I waved goodbye to the little short guy Jaeger and Kurt left, leaving me and Rogue all alone... awkward...
"So..." I started. "You come here often?"
She looked at me like I was an idiot. I get that look a lot. "Sure," she said at last.
I nodded. Normally I'm so good at this. Guess I'm just afraid of screwing up...
"Is Lestat a good guy, or a bad guy?" I asked her. "I never got that."
"Ya haven't read Anne Rice?"
"I don't normally read. It's against my religion."
"Well," she said. "In 'Interview with the Vampire' Lestat seems really bad, but when ya read 'The Vampire Lestat' ya find out that he's really a great guy."
"Are those books any good?"
She laughed. "Why else would Ah read em?"
Ahhhh...
"You should give em a try."
"Like I said, I don't read. I hate it."
"You're really missing out."
I just shrugged.
Hey that's weird. I just had a conversation with Rogue that didn't involve me getting insulted. Cool.
Lonna
"Jasper, you don't need a date to go to a dance."
"Yes I do!"
"Look, you wanna go right?"
He shrugged.
"So go! ...Just take Jamie and me with you."
"I'm not going, and I'm definitely not taking you two."
"Jasper! Get a life!"
Jamie nodded beside me. He hasn't anything yet, but mental support is what really counts... right?
"Jasper," I said calmly as possible. "Van is going with Rogue. The chances of Rogue turning him down for a dance are, oh... ninety-nine percent. Van will then have to find someone else to hit on."
"Yeah," Jamie finally decided to join us. "So he's gonna go up to your sister—"
"Exactly," I finished. I think it's better to let it hang. That way Jas can come up with his own ideas and torture himself. He's good at that.
"Jaeger can take care of herself," he said but in a I'm-not-so-sure kinda' way. "I told Kurt to look after her."
"What's Kurt gonna do!?! Tell Van to go hit on his sister!?!"
Jasper shut up. Why is he so difficult!?! Why!?!
Hmmm.... "!?!" I do that a lot don't I?
"Look," I said, gaining control of my temper. "No one has to know you're there. Just take a peek. Make sure Van's not harassing your sister. But take Jamie and me."
"Why?"
"Because it's every middle schoolers' dream to go to a high school dance."
He sighed. "Ok, let's go."
YES!!!
Steven
I've spotted that X-person with the sunglasses! He scares me... I'm debating whether or not I should just avoid him....
!!!
He's talking to Regan! Why? Why's he talking to my sister?
That red-head is there too. What are they talking about?
"Hey," Toad said. "Whacha' lookin' at?"
"Hold on." I shifted my ears to a cat's and strained to hear what they were saying.
"He's really not here?" Regan asked.
"Nope," Red-head said. "Sorry."
"We thought he'd be going with you," said the Sunglass Kid. "But if you don't know where he's at neither do we."
"Oh, ok. It's just that my date's a jerk so I thought that if Jasper was here I could talk him into dancing with me."
JASPER!!!
What makes that guy so special? Why does she obsess over him? She hardly even knows the bastard! I'll bet she doesn't even realize that every one in the little X-people group is a mutant, including Jasper!!! I'll bet that if she knew what he was she wouldn't think so highly of him! She'd be even more pissed if she knew he had horns and wings and a tail!!! At least that what Toad said...
I shifted my ears back to normal and said to Toad, "Let's go outside for a while."
He gave me an odd look, but shrugged it off. And with that we hopped outside, but not without bugging Lance first.
See, he's going with a goody-goody X-person. What's her name? Kat? Kitty? Oh well, we gave them a hard time—teasing, annoying them, the usual—before leaving the building.
"What's wrong, man?" Toad asked me.
"I hate that Jasper kid!"
I shot my tongue at a tree. Hey, I need to beat up something; I might as well make something that won't hit me back.
He sighed. "So do we! He's an X-man!"
I just growled, shot another tree, this time winding my tongue around it and tugging at it. There's no way I can pull it out, but I'll try.
"All you gotta do is show your sister what he looks like. That'll while that stupid smile off his face!"
"Yeah." I shot my tongue out again at what I thought was a tree, but it felt... odd. Not tree-like at all. But I can't see what it is. I kept my tongue wrapped around it so I wouldn't forget where it was and started to shift my eyes.
"I mean, if Regan saw his true colors... she'd hate him!"
Oh my God.
"She'd never speak to him again!"
That's not possible.
"She'd probably kill the guy for lyin' to her!"
But... it's alive... but not really alive...
"And then—"
"Thsut up," I said through a tongue full of bone.
"Huh? What is it, man?"
I slowly unwound my tongue and stepped back. It moved again. I swear to God I've never been so freaked out in my life!
"You're starting to freak me out Steve. What's goin' on?"
"I think now would be a good time to go inside."
He gave me a quizzical look.
"There's a dead thing out there."
"What is this? 'The Sixth Sense'?"
"I'm not kidding."
"This isn't funny Steve! What's goin' on?"
I grabbed his shoulders and shook him. "This isn't a joke! There's a dead T- rex out there that's..."
"A dead what!?!"
"It's not really dead, it's...."
"What?"
"It's—"
And then I was struck by such incredible pain that swore for a moment I was dead, but somehow I managed to live...
"What did you do!?!" Toad screamed at me in terror.
"Nothing," I managed to get out. "I didn't do anything!"
I looked back at our attacker, but it was ignoring us now. It was peaking through a window into the gym. What's it looking for?
"Let's get out of here!" Toad said, utterly terrified.
"But... what about Regan?"
"You're sister's fine, man! Let's just scram!"
The skeletal monster slowly moved itself around the wall, pushing its nose to it like it was... testing it out....
I got a bad feeling about this.
The Creature stepped back for a moment, then swung its tail into the wall!!! It's not trying to get in is it? My sister's in there!
I turned to where Toad was, but he was gone. Can't blame him. This isn't exactly a friendly looking creature. Guess it's up to me.
I shifted to a cheetah and ran at full tilt back to the gm doors. I shifted to my human form as I neared them and pushed them open. All I could see was people spazzing out and screaming. I looked at the wall my little friend was at and saw that it coming close to breaking the thing down. I gotta get Regan out. Fast.
"Regan!" I yelled. "Regan!"
No answer. Big surprise. I couldn't even hear myself over everyone else's noise.
So I shifted from human to wolf and went to look for her. Now I know I probably don't have tons of time, but I can't just find her by running around and biting ankles, so I smelled the air, seeking out her sent.
There was another crash. I need to concentrate...
Aha! Got it!
I took off, howling at people to get out of my way. The only problem with that is.... Well, there's already a monster trying to break in and now there's a wolf running around in the school. It only made matters worse, but that's not really important. What is important is that I find Regan!
Which I just did. I shifted to human and ran the rest of the way.
"Regan," I panted. "We gotta go!"
Lonna
"Jasper, Jamie and I can't fly, could you at least slow down a bit?"
"But—"
"Van's not gonna like, make it with your sister ok?" Jamie huffed.
"Yeah Jas," I agreed. "Van's not that crude."
"Fine." He landed his feet on the ground beside us. "I'll hoof it."
"Ok, good," Jamie said as he sat down. "Can we take a bit of a break? Lonna and I've been running since we left the Institute."
Jas sighed like he was so put out with us, but nodded.
So James and I huffed and puffed till we couldn't anymore. Then Jas said, "Can we go now?"
I nodded. "But you can run faster than us. We're still tired. So keep a steady pace, ok?"
He nodded. "Let's just go already!"
And we were off running again. Although Jas didn't keep a steady pace, Jamie and I managed to keep up with him pretty well. Well... ok, not that well, but we could still see his wings. Yeah, you heard me. His WINGS!!! The dumbass didn't bother to bring his stupid watch! That idiot. We've already been the cause of two car accidents. I guess seeing two kids chasing after a guy who looks like Lucifer doesn't happen everyday.
Especially not when the kids are yelling things at him like, "Hey! Slow down!" and "Wait up, man!"
Great. Now the whole world thinks I'm a devil worshipper. Figures.
I think Jas noticed he left us a bit far behind and stopped while we caught up. "Thanks," Jamie gasped. I just gulped down air. Yeah, I stopped breathing a little while ago. Running like this can do that to ya.
"Man ya'll'er slow."
I'm gonna hit him. I swear to God, I'm gonna hit that evil, no-good, son of a—
"Let's go," Jamie said between breaths. "We're almost there."
I nodded. I'll have time to get some air in my lungs later. No one died from a little lack of air.
As we neared the building all I saw at first was a cheetah running toward the doors of the gym. No if that isn't odd get this. About feet away it transformed into a human!!!
"Hey that's Regan's brother..." Jasper noted.
After this little incident I heard a loud BANG and noticed what I'm gonna call a big... dead... T-rex... skeleton....
"Um, Jasper," I squeaked. "I don't think this is such a good idea...."
Jamie nodded soundlessly beside me. I'm not the only one who's freaked out.
"MY SISTER'S IN THERE AND YOU COWARDS WANNA JUST LEAVE!!!"
Ahhhhhhhhh! He's pissed!
He grabbed our shoulders and dug in his claws. Ow, ow, ow, ow. "We are going in there and getting my sister and everyone else out of there. Ok?"
We nodded. Jasper's scary when he's mad. I'd rather face a dinosaur skeleton than him right now.
He smiled a cruel smile. "Alright then. Let's go shall we?"
ME: Sorry to just, like cut it short like that, but this was getting long, my computer's on the fritz, and I'm sure you're all about to kill me for taking so long.
Van: Yes we are. Die you foolish mortal, DIE!
Jaeger: You spaz.
Regan: What a cliffhanger. What happens to me!?!
Lonna: I do that a lot. "!?!"
ME: Yes you do.
Jasper: ...Hi Regan...
Regan: Uh, hi.
ME: Oh get a room! Anyway, I hate to say this but, I'm gonna wait till we get our new computer to type another chapter, so...
Van: Don't say it! I'll kill you if you say it!
Rogue: And Ah'll help!
ME: Wait, where'd you come from?
Rogue: Ah live in this stupid thing too!
ME: You mean the computer?
Rogue: Yeah, so yah better git a new one before I'm forced the put you in a coma!
ME: But if you put me in a coma... how could I write anyway?
Rogue: Death glares.
Van: Beware! It's the stare of doom!!