Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men, I don't own reality t.v. shows, all I own in
this world is Kat/Acidwash. Which is nothing more than a fictional
character, so you could say I own absolutely nothing.
-O-tay, chapter 6. I'm hoping to get this one done faster than the last chapter. There should be only a couple more chapters until I finish this story, but I'm thinking about a possible sequel, so ya never know...
-Chapter 6: Beautiful Meltdown
"Hey Scott," Kat said as he walked into the kitchen. She had been once again digging through the cupboards looking for a snack as he walked in. Jean and Kitty sat at the kitchen table with Kitty jabbering away about school and friends while Jean poked at her bowl of melting ice cream disdainfully. But seeing Scott, she seemed to perk up and smile.
"Oh, hey Kat." Scott said looking at Jean. Kat just smiled as she watched the reaction between them. She had come to learn through every day life around the institute, that the two were just a little more than friends. She realized that the people she had once dreaded facing, were slowly and subtlety becoming her friends. She was amused by Scott with his leader-like attitude that just masked a typical awkward teenager, she had played pranks with Kurt, rode bikes with Evan and even had a fairly decent conversation with Jean on how reality shows were too fake to be anything short of scripted. She didn't even really have the urge to act in front of them, with the exception of one or two authoritive mutants that she was still a little unnerved by.
"Um, Kat, the professor vants to see you." Said Kurt as he entered the now semi-crowded kitchen. Kat felt her stomach ball up in a knot. She stood up from the floor and looked at Kurt nervously before leaving to head toward the professor's stage.
~*~*~
As Kat headed down the hall she remembered that it would take more than physical acting to fool a telepath. As it was he probably knew that she was planning on trying her best at not looking nervous in front of him. but she would sit calmly in front of him, listen to what ever he had to say, nod and leave. Before she knew it, she was reaching for the door handle. She took one deep breath and then walked in.
"Ah, hello Kat." The professor greeted her in a pleasant and gentle tone. His caring nature helped, but she was still somewhat edgy. Figures of authority had always made her uncomfortable. She had never really had any good incidents with them and they had always accused her of doing something wrong just by the way she looked.
"Please take a seat," Kat did as she was told. "I wanted to talk to you about your academic status. I understand you have made some new friends at your school recently and-"
Mr. Logan, or Wolverine as he was sometimes called, who had been leaning against the back wall of the professor's office walked over and slammed his hand down on the desk. Kat wondered if he realized just how hard he had hit the desk. "Cut to the chase Chuck," he said as he turned to stare at the very intimidated Kat who was working very hard to hold her 'you-don't-scare-me' look on her face. "You cut class with Pietro Maximoff, one of the brotherhood, and we wanna know why," he paused for a moment to look at the professor and then back to Kat, "Well I wanna know why anyway."
She sat for a moment thinking of the best thing to say. She could feel the venom in her veins pulse through her as she looked at the professor and abandoned her original idea of just making something up. The first thing that came to mind seemed safest.
"He dared me too." Sputtered Kat, not believing that she had just said something that brainless. Feeling the same way, Logan raised an eyebrow at her. "Right," he muttered, but before he could say anything else, the professor cut him off.
"Well, whatever the reason, I would prefer that you stay in school and as you might have already heard, the brotherhood, is, well, a little dangerous. I realize that you're still fairly new here, and still adjusting, but that does not give you the right to skip school. So as punishment, you will be training every morning with Mr. Logan and some of the other students." He smiled compassionately, in his father-like smile as if "he-was- doing-it-out-of-love" and dismissed Kat.
~*~*~
"So-" said a slick and confident voice from the other side of the locker door. Kat slammed the door shut as hard as she could and glared angrily at Pietro.
"You jerk, I've got to train in the mornings now ALONG with having to train in the afternoon. Why did I ever listen to you?" she yelled.
Pietro just looked at her. He was completely satisfied with this out come. Just what he wanted. "I didn't force you to do anything, so technically, it's not my fault or problem that you got caught." He replied coolly and turned to walk away.
Kat was too speechless to yell back at him. She felt her eyes start to glow bright green, as they often did when she got mad, and ducked to the bathroom before anyone saw.
~*~*~
Pietro lay on his back on his bed at home. He smiled to himself. His plan was set. Kat had played into his hands. It couldn't have gone more smoothly if he wanted it to. It would be cake to zip in, lock down the mansion and then blow the 'danger room' sky high, with all the X-Nerds inside. It wouldn't take him long to crack the codes and bust the security system. He was truly a genius. Pietro even happily snickered at how easy it was to sway Kat into telling him about the danger room and some about how it worked. In the end she had falling for him. They always fell for him. After all he was the irresistible, handsome and witty Pietro Maximoff. The challenge had been won.
-O-tay, chapter 6. I'm hoping to get this one done faster than the last chapter. There should be only a couple more chapters until I finish this story, but I'm thinking about a possible sequel, so ya never know...
-Chapter 6: Beautiful Meltdown
"Hey Scott," Kat said as he walked into the kitchen. She had been once again digging through the cupboards looking for a snack as he walked in. Jean and Kitty sat at the kitchen table with Kitty jabbering away about school and friends while Jean poked at her bowl of melting ice cream disdainfully. But seeing Scott, she seemed to perk up and smile.
"Oh, hey Kat." Scott said looking at Jean. Kat just smiled as she watched the reaction between them. She had come to learn through every day life around the institute, that the two were just a little more than friends. She realized that the people she had once dreaded facing, were slowly and subtlety becoming her friends. She was amused by Scott with his leader-like attitude that just masked a typical awkward teenager, she had played pranks with Kurt, rode bikes with Evan and even had a fairly decent conversation with Jean on how reality shows were too fake to be anything short of scripted. She didn't even really have the urge to act in front of them, with the exception of one or two authoritive mutants that she was still a little unnerved by.
"Um, Kat, the professor vants to see you." Said Kurt as he entered the now semi-crowded kitchen. Kat felt her stomach ball up in a knot. She stood up from the floor and looked at Kurt nervously before leaving to head toward the professor's stage.
~*~*~
As Kat headed down the hall she remembered that it would take more than physical acting to fool a telepath. As it was he probably knew that she was planning on trying her best at not looking nervous in front of him. but she would sit calmly in front of him, listen to what ever he had to say, nod and leave. Before she knew it, she was reaching for the door handle. She took one deep breath and then walked in.
"Ah, hello Kat." The professor greeted her in a pleasant and gentle tone. His caring nature helped, but she was still somewhat edgy. Figures of authority had always made her uncomfortable. She had never really had any good incidents with them and they had always accused her of doing something wrong just by the way she looked.
"Please take a seat," Kat did as she was told. "I wanted to talk to you about your academic status. I understand you have made some new friends at your school recently and-"
Mr. Logan, or Wolverine as he was sometimes called, who had been leaning against the back wall of the professor's office walked over and slammed his hand down on the desk. Kat wondered if he realized just how hard he had hit the desk. "Cut to the chase Chuck," he said as he turned to stare at the very intimidated Kat who was working very hard to hold her 'you-don't-scare-me' look on her face. "You cut class with Pietro Maximoff, one of the brotherhood, and we wanna know why," he paused for a moment to look at the professor and then back to Kat, "Well I wanna know why anyway."
She sat for a moment thinking of the best thing to say. She could feel the venom in her veins pulse through her as she looked at the professor and abandoned her original idea of just making something up. The first thing that came to mind seemed safest.
"He dared me too." Sputtered Kat, not believing that she had just said something that brainless. Feeling the same way, Logan raised an eyebrow at her. "Right," he muttered, but before he could say anything else, the professor cut him off.
"Well, whatever the reason, I would prefer that you stay in school and as you might have already heard, the brotherhood, is, well, a little dangerous. I realize that you're still fairly new here, and still adjusting, but that does not give you the right to skip school. So as punishment, you will be training every morning with Mr. Logan and some of the other students." He smiled compassionately, in his father-like smile as if "he-was- doing-it-out-of-love" and dismissed Kat.
~*~*~
"So-" said a slick and confident voice from the other side of the locker door. Kat slammed the door shut as hard as she could and glared angrily at Pietro.
"You jerk, I've got to train in the mornings now ALONG with having to train in the afternoon. Why did I ever listen to you?" she yelled.
Pietro just looked at her. He was completely satisfied with this out come. Just what he wanted. "I didn't force you to do anything, so technically, it's not my fault or problem that you got caught." He replied coolly and turned to walk away.
Kat was too speechless to yell back at him. She felt her eyes start to glow bright green, as they often did when she got mad, and ducked to the bathroom before anyone saw.
~*~*~
Pietro lay on his back on his bed at home. He smiled to himself. His plan was set. Kat had played into his hands. It couldn't have gone more smoothly if he wanted it to. It would be cake to zip in, lock down the mansion and then blow the 'danger room' sky high, with all the X-Nerds inside. It wouldn't take him long to crack the codes and bust the security system. He was truly a genius. Pietro even happily snickered at how easy it was to sway Kat into telling him about the danger room and some about how it worked. In the end she had falling for him. They always fell for him. After all he was the irresistible, handsome and witty Pietro Maximoff. The challenge had been won.