Just a nonsense chapter, getting to know the Brotherhood in their natural environment, and some of Sunshine's mutant abilities. How fun ^___^

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It was nine o' clock at night at the Brotherhood and everyone was in the living room, watching a scary movie that Lance had rented.

On the couch from left to right was Lance, Pietro, Sunshine, Todd, and Freddy was on the floor because the couch was too small, but he didn't mind since he had a big tub of popcorn. The movie was about a serial killer and had lots of gore and blood in it.

Sunshine was freaking out, fidgeting and shaking in her seat, biting her knuckle to keep herself from screaming in fright. "You're acting like a cocaine addict. Stop it." "G-go buy yourself a vowel skinny."

She didn't like Pietro much even though she had just met him a few hours ago.

As the serial killer on the movie raised his machete to stab his next victim in the back, Sunshine squeaked, "Food!" and ran into the kitchen, not wanting to see any more blood for the day.

She leaned on the dirty counter and tried to regain her composure. She hated scary movies because they always gave her nightmares, and sometimes it was so bad that she wouldn't be able to sleep for weeks on end, fearing a homicidal maniac will gut her in her sleep.

"Hey 'Shine, you okay?" Toad asked from behind her, putting a hand on her shoulder. She jumped a little from his touch, but saw that it was only he and smiled softly. "Y-yeah. I'm alright," he smiled back, not willing to tell her that horror flicks scared him as well.

Trying to uphold her excuse, she searched for anything edible in the lower cabinets, since she couldn't reach the higher ones. There was a buzzing in her ear and she shooed away the fly with her hand before she realized something. Food!

In a flash, she hand shot out and grabbed the fly, but also caught something wet and sticky. It was long and green, and her eyes followed it until they rested on Toad. It was…his tongue?! She let go of it and he sucked the insect back into his mouth, giving her a meek laugh, cringing.

She looked very surprised and he braced himself for the loud scream that was to come, but it never did. In it's place was a huge Cheshire cat grin and Sunshine gave a very enthusiastic, "Cool!" and hopped up and down on her feet.

"That is so cool!" she calmed herself and looked around, then padded over to him and whispered, "Can you do it again?" "Uh, sorry babe, but ya' hands taste like soap. No offense,"

"None taken." She had taken a shower earlier and enjoyed every minute of it. She hadn't had a decent shower or bath in months, and it felt good to wash off the entire dirt and blood that had caked on her skin and in her hair, as well as loosening taut muscles.

For some reason she had also brought duct-tape into the bathroom with her, but no one dared to question her. She renewed the wrappings on her hands as well.

Since the washer shred her only clothes, she had to wear a dark blue tee shirt of Blob's, that sank all the way to the floor and also slipped down and exposed her milky white shoulders. She tugged it back up for about the millionth time as she wiped the slime off her hand.

Many thoughts ran through her brain about what you could use Toad's tongue for, mainly swinging and grabbing onto things, but also several dirty thoughts that made her blush and roll her eyes in spite. She mentally kicked herself for thinking such things.

"You were thinking about my tongue weren't you?" "…Uh…um, yes. Sorry." Her cheeks grew even redder and she fiddled with her bangs. No sense in lying right? "Ah, it's okay. I get that a lot," he slurred slightly, watching his new housemate with much amusement.

"I bet you're a real Casanova, no?" "Think ya just answered ya own question doll-face," Pet names. They always made her feel so awkward. "Please don't call me such names. They make me uncomfortable,"

Toad inwardly winced, silently berating himself for making her stay an unpleasant one, which also led to another thought of how to introduce Sunshine to Mystique, and to see if she could join the Brotherhood.

But he had to know something first. "What kind of mutant powers do you have?" instead of telling, she demonstrated by ripping off a cabinet door, then literally taking a bite out of it! "I ca' eet an'thin'!" she mumbled while she chewed, being mindful of splinters.

She giggled at Toad's bug-eyed expression, then saw a doorknob sitting on the counter and took it, biting off most of it, the sound of metal squeaking and she swallowed. "I can also bite through just about anything," "Can you bite through a person?" she heard Lance ask.

The other three Brotherhood members were standing there at the kitchen door, having seen Sunshine's mutant abilities. "What about a bank vault?" Pietro was behind her, then in front of her. "Can you eat security cameras?"

"Yes, yes and yes, but I've never have nor tried," "Is that all you can do?" Sunshine wanted to punch the silver-haired teen right between the eyes, but didn't want to risk being thrown back onto the streets and feigned a smile for him.

"I can do much more motor-mouth. Much more," she brushed past him and headed for the living room, but he was once again in front of her, "Why can't you show us now huh? Or is that really all ya got?" he ran a few circles around her to try and intimidate her, but she remained unfazed.

"Come on, scared or something?" catching the back of his shirt, she got right in his face as she opened her mouth in a gruesome snarl, showing that her top two front teeth and bottom were long and sharp as she let out a high thin hiss, looking like some kind of monster out of a horror picture.

"AAH!" Pietro disappeared and everyone laughed, especially Sunshine. "What, scared or something?!" she taunted, holding her stomach from laughing so hard, and then thought with a big smile, maybe her stay here won't be so bad.

"You know you're sleeping on the couch!" "ACK!"

Is Pietro hitting on here or what? O_o;; I leave that for you viewers to decide.