I'll just go over the basics, Cameal Rose/Chameleon is my own charrie, so you can't go and use her without my permission. Same goes for Ashley Creed/Talon, so don't even think about it dude. As far as the X-men and Brotherhood goes, I don't and will never own them, so yea. Enjoy the fic! (I hope ya do, since it took me a year to finish typing and writing!)
"Crouching Toad, Hidden Chameleon"
"Part 3 : Vanishing Cameal"
It was a Thursday, and Cameal had already been attending high school for the past week….
After much practice, Cameal has been able to remain in her "Normal" appearance for extended periods of time. Now thanks to Mystique/Principle Darkholm, she was able to have all the same classes as Todd.
Cameal and Todd walked to the lockers, "Um…" Cameal said as she stood in front of her locker. Todd laughed a bit and looked over her shoulder and said "Need me to show you again?", Cameal turned to him and nodded, looking down all embarrassed. "Okay, now pay attention.." Todd said as he showed her once again how to open her locker, but in the hallway….among the swarming crowds off teenagers….they were being watched. After they both put their text books in their lockers, Cameal and Todd made their way over to the Cafeteria. "We have lunch now, right Todd?" Cameal asked as they walked into the lunch room, "Yeah! I'm sure Freddy and the others are waiting for us yo!" he said with a smile. When they spotted their table and began heading over, Todd was suddenly hit on the cheek by a speeding spitball. "Ugh..!!" he cried out in disgust as he wiped the spitball off his face, "Are you ok Todd??" Cameal said just before she looked around to see who the culprit was. "Yeah…" Todd said with a groan but was interrupted by the sound of laughing coming from behind them. When they turned around, they saw Duncan and his jock friends holding straws, laughing like a group of Hyenas. Cameal glared at them, "so…they did it.." she said as she began to approach them. "Whoa! Hold it Cameal!" Todd said in a nervous tone as he grabbed her arm and pulled her back, "That wasn't right, they should apologize!" she said as she looked to him. "Believe me, you do NOT want to mess with those guys!" Todd said as he pushed her back towards their table. Freddy, Lance, and Pietro greeted them as the two walked over and pulled up a chair to sit down, but a few tables over….the X-Men were eyeing them. "So….that's her?" Scott said as he looked over at Cameal. "She's kinda cute!" Kurt said with a grin, Ashley growled and kicked Kurt's leg under the table. "Ow! What did I do?" Kurt said in a confused tone, Kitty rolled her eyes "But why would she be hanging around with a group like the Brotherhood? Especially someone like Toad" she said with a shudder. "So what's the plan?" Rogue said as she rested her chin on the palm of her hand, "When we get her alone…" Scott said. "We ask her to come to the Institute, maybe then we can get her to join us!" he finished. "Ok!" everyone said, "But we can't let the Brotherhood know" Scott said as he looked to all of them, and they nodded in response.
At the moment… Todd and Cameal were just leaving the lunch line with their trays of food. "Mmm…." Cameal said as she looked down at her food, licking her lips. "It's ok I guess.." Todd said as they walked back towards their table. Suddenly, someone's foot slid out from under one of the tables and tripped Todd. He let out a girlish shriek as he fell flat on his face and onto his lunch tray. When Cameal saw it happen, she quickly dropped her tray onto an empty table and ran over to him. "Todd!" She cried out as dropped down beside him and tried to help him up. "Owww….." Todd groaned as he sat up and held his head, "Are your ok???" Cameal said in a worried voice. "Yeah….I gu-" he paused as he realized that his shirt was covered in smushed cafeteria food, "Ewww…just my luck!" Todd said with a frown. Cameal growled a little and turned around to see Duncan standing over them, laughing. "Did you have a nice trip Tolansky?" Duncan snickered as he loomed over Todd, Cameal stood and got in his face. "What do you want?" Duncan said as he looked down at her, "I want you do apologize to Todd you Asshole!!" Cameal said, glaring at him. "What did you call me!?" he said, getting pissed off. "An Asshole you deaf Fuck! now apologize to him!" She shouted in his face, Todd blinked, speechless as he watched how fearless Cameal was towards a huge scary jock such as Duncan. "Why you…!!!" Duncan growled as he grabbed Cameal by the shirt collar and held her up. All the students in the cafeteria gasped as they watched her narrow her eyes at him and say "Fuck You…". Duncan shook in rage and pulled his arm back, about to throw a punch, when Scott grabbed his wrist, preventing him from doing so. "Not today Duncan, now let her go…" Scott said as he kept a tight, firm grip on him. Duncan looked to Scott, then back to Cameal and dropped her. He then yanked his hand away from Scott and turned to him, "You win this round Summers…But next time she won't be so lucky…" Duncan said as he stormed off, followed by his jock buddies. Cameal stuck her tongue out at Duncan as he left the lunch room, suddenly, the sound of clapping and cheers rose from the students around her. Cameal blinked a bit and turned around to see everyone in the lunch room was applauding her victory. Cameal blushed a little out of shyness then helped Todd up and made him take a bow with her to the others around her. She then turned her attention to Scott and walked over to him. "Thanks for the help!" Cameal said as she looked up at him, "No problem! I know Duncan can be a real Jerk, a lot" Scott said as he looked in the direction of where Duncan made his exit. "I can tell" She said with a laugh, Todd was watching the conversation and was getting a little ticked off by Scott's presence around her. "I don't think I learned your name yet?" Cameal said as she took a moment to think. "I'm Scott Summers" he said as he extended a hand out to her, Cameal smiled and shook his hand, "Nice to meet ya Scott, I'm Cameal Rose!" she said with a smile. "Same! And those guys at the table behind me are my friends" He said, turning around and pointing to them. Cameal poked her head out from behind Scott and waved to them, they all smiled and waved back to her. Scott turned to her again and said "So Cameal, why don't you come and hang out with -" he was suddenly interrupted by Todd hopping in-between them, "Why don't you butt-out Shades!" Todd said with a growl. Cameal blinked in confusion and said "What's wrong Todd?", "I'll tell you what's wrong! Summers here is trying to take you away from the Brotherhood!" Todd said as he glared up at Scott. "Geez Tolansky, I was just trying to be nice!" Scott said as he turned around and walked back over to his table. Cameal frowned and looked to Todd, "What the hell did you do that for Todd??" she said as she crossed her arms, "I was protecting you!" he said, crossing his arms as well. "He just helped me out! He was just trying to make friends, sheesh!" Cameal said as she pouted while looking in the opposite direction, Todd looked down a little then said "Sorry…..But that's not how I see it yo" he said as he turned his back to her and walked away. She watched him and frowned, "I don't get why he's being so uptight about this" Cameal thought to herself. Then she heard a voice whisper from behind "Psst! Cameal…!", she turned around to see Scott signaling for her to come over to his table. She blinked a bit and looked over to the table where the rest of the brotherhood boys to see if they were watching. When she saw the coast was clear, she quickly snuck over to his table. "What's up Scott?" Cameal said curiously, "Can I meet you outside after school? I want to walk to you about something" Scott said, also keeping a look-out for the other brotherhood boys. "Uh…Ok!" Cameal said with a shrug, the Xavier students all smiled to one another as Scott replied "Great! Then I'll see you out in front later". She nodded in response and walked back over to her table, snatching the lunch tray she abandoned from the table where she dropped it earlier.
Later…….
The last bell of the day rung to release all students from their classes. Cameal walked out of her Biology class room with Todd running out after her, still begging for her forgiveness. "Come on Cameal, I said I was sorry yo!" Todd said as he moved so that he was walking backwards in front of her, "Hmph! Well you should of said that earlier!" she said brushing his shoulder with her own as she shoved past him though the crowds of people. He muttered "I thought I did….", he then saw her get farther away from him, "Wait Cameal!" Todd called out to her as he rushed to catch up to her while she continued to walk. "Please forgive me??" He pleaded, "I'll think about it, but now I have to use the bathroom" Cameal said as she pushed the girls bathroom door open and walked in. "I'll wait here…." Todd said with a depressed sigh as he leaned back against the wall next to the doorway. Cameal let out a sigh as the door closed behind her, she then smiled as she realized that the bathroom was empty. She then closed her eyes, and her appearance faded away to reveal her true self once more. "It's about time I got to take a break" She said as she opened to her eyes and gazed at her reflection in the bathroom mirror. Suddenly the flashback of her secret conversation with Scott went through her mind. "I wonder if I should go…" Cameal said to herself, then she remembered about how Todd was acting like a jerk and she was quick to make a decision. "Ok then, I'll go just for the hell of it! I'm sure the guys and Wanda can survive without me for a little while" She said as she took on her normal appearance once more. But then she remembered that Todd was waiting for outside for her to come out. "Damn! I forgot that Todd's still out there…so how do I get out of here without him knowing? He'll surely see the door open by itself if I attempted to sneak out while invisible.." Cameal said as she tried to think of a way around this little problem. Suddenly she heard the voices of a group of girls approaching from outside the door, a grin spread across her lips as she got a clever idea. Just as the girls pushed the door open, Cameal, who was silently backed against the wall next to the doorway, went invisible and made a dash for the open door as soon as they were out of the way. But just a moment before she was completely outside, she heard one of the girls say "Ugh! I Can't believe that little wart Tolansky tried to talk to us! He's like, sooo ugly!". This pissed Cameal off to no end. So the moment before the door began closing, Cameal swung her tail up and hit the preppy snob directly on the back of the head, causing her to go flying forward and land flat on her face. Cameal chuckled and slipped out the door silently as the other girls shrieked before bending down to help the loudmouth up. Before leaving, Cameal stopped in front of Todd, a frown of guilt appeared in her expression as she saw how sad he looked. "Forgive me Todd…" Cameal whispered as she turned his back to him and made her exit. Todd frowned as he glanced at a clock on the wall, "Damn, how long does it take to pee???" he said to himself as he continued to wait.
When she got outside….
Cameal snuck behind a tree and re-appeared in her "normal" appearance. She then walked out from behind the tree and looked around. Cameal spotted Scott standing next to his car out in front of the school and smiled. She quickly scanned the area around with her eyes for any of the other brotherhood boys one last time before making her way over. "Cameal!" Scott greeted her, "I'm glad you were able to make it" he said with a smile. "Yeah, I was able to sneak away" Cameal said with a laugh, "So, what didja wanna meet me here for anyways?" she said with an expression of curiosity. Scott went silent for a moment before speaking, "Um…..would you mind…If you came with me and my friends?" he said, trying not to sound like a kidnapper, as he looked to Kurt and Ashley who were watching them from the back of the car. Cameal frowned slightly, feeling a bit uneasy about the idea, especially from the way Scott said it. "We promise not to do anything weird" Kurt said with a goofy smile, "Pwease?" Ashley said with sad, pleading eyes. Cameal gave herself a minute to think it over, as she did, she looked to Scott, "We won't make you if you don't wanna" Scott said in assurance. "Well when you put it that way….." Cameal said, finally cracking a smile, "Ok!" she said, smiling to them. "Alright!" Kurt said as he gave Ashley a high five, "Yay!" Ashley said with a giggle, "Thanks Cameal" Scott said as he opened the front passenger seat for her before he walked around to the other side. "Thanks!" Cameal smiled to him as she got into the car, closed the door and buckled herself in, then they were off. Cameal sighed contently as the wind blew through her hair, "So, where are you taking me?" she said as she looked to Scott, Kurt and Ashley. "We got to Institute! Where we live!" Ashley said in a cheerful voice, Cameal blinked a bit in confusion, "Oook…?" she said with a brow raised. "Uh, what Ashley means is The Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters" Scott said as he drove. "Gifted?" Cameal blinked again, "Um…well…" Kurt trailed off, and they all fell silent. "Oh hey! Were here!" Scott broke the silence as they approached the large metal gates of the institute. "Whoa…." Cameal said with eyes widened and jaw dropped in awe as they drove up to the gigantic mansion. Scott dropped them off and drove off to go park his car. "Follow Follow!" Ashley said as she ran up to the big glass front door and opened them for the new guest and Kurt. "Thanks" Cameal said to Ashley as she walked in, Kurt went after, followed by Ashley. Cameal looked around as she stopped in the middle of the foyer, "Nice isn't it?" Kurt said as he walked up next to her. "I'll say…" Cameal said, looking to him, "Indeed it is Ms. Rose" an unfamiliar voice said to her. Cameal blinked in confusion, "Did you say something?" she said to Kurt. Kurt blinked with a shrug and said "Wasn't me", Cameal then glanced over at Ashley who gave her the same response. "I did" the voice said as it came from her right. Cameal turned to see a man in an electric powered wheelchair coming towards her from down a hallway. "Greetings, I'm Professor Charles Xavier…. Welcome to my institute " Xavier said with a warm smile as he came up to Cameal, "Um….Hi!" she said with a smile in return. "I would like to discuss something with you Ms. Rose, if you don't mind that is?" that voice echoed in Cameal's head, which caused her to once again look around in confusion a little before laying her eyes back on the Professor. "H-How did you….?" Cameal said in a somewhat freaked out and confused voice, "That's what I would like to talk to you about, follow me please" Xavier said as his wheelchair turned and began heading down the hallway from which he came from before. Kurt and Ashley followed him, Cameal stood there for a moment before shrugging and following after them all.
Back at School….
Todd was becoming very impatient after a half hour had passed by. Finally, he couldn't take anymore of the waiting. "Ok! That's It!!" Todd growled as he stood up and knocked the bathroom door open with his foot. "Cameal!!!" Todd shouted as he looked around the empty bathroom. "Come on out! I'm tired of waiting and I want to go home!!" He yelled as he searched through all the empty stalls. When he was finished looking, Todd blinked a little, "Cameal…?" he said as he stood there all alone in the bathroom. Todd let out a heavy sigh as he exited the girls bathroom, but as he did a janitor that was passing by stopped and gave him a weird look. Todd glared at the guy and said "Say ANYTHING….and your DEAD", then he continued walking. So….with a heavy heart, Todd walked home…..all alone.. .
Back at the Xavier Institute…….
Cameal was in the professors office, along with some of the other students, waiting for something to happen or someone to talk. The silence was broke after Prof. Xavier approached her, "Ms. Rose….we know that you're a mutant.." he said as he stopped before her. Cameal gasped and backed up a few steps in fear, "Don't tell me your….anti-mutant protestor people…" she said in a frightened tone. Xavier chuckled a bit and shook his head no, "Actually, it's the other way around" his voice once again echoed through her head. Cameal blinked, finally figuring it out, "You mean…your all..?" she said looking around at everyone present in the room. They all smiled and nodded in response, "Then……is it ok….if I lose the disguise?" Cameal said shyly as she looked at them again. The students gave each other glances, but Xavier smiled and said "It's alright Ms. Rose, you may". Cameal smiled as her normal appearance faded away to reveal her true form, the students were silent as they stared in awe and amazement. "Whoa! I didn't know you had an Image Inducer!" Kurt said as he teleported up to her and smiled to her. Cameal let out a squeek when he popped up in front of her out of nowhere , but she then raised a brow at him and said "a Image what?". Xavier laughed a little and patted Kurt on the shoulder as he came up next to them. "It's just one of her powers Kurt" Xavier said as he gave Kurt's shoulder a pat, Kurt blinked in confusion as he overlooked her, "Oooh…..Kool!" he said as Ashley joined him at his side. Cameal smiled and nodded "Yeah! I can do that and some other kewl things too" she said, giggling a little. "Me and Kurt have same problem with appearance too, but since we no have powers like you, we have to use watch thingy to do that!" Ashley said as she hugged Kurt's arm. "Ooooh…can I see? If you don't mind that is?" Cameal said to the pair in curiosity, Ashley and Kurt smiled to each other and switched their image inducers off. Cameal blinked in amazement as she beheld their true forms. "Dude! Your like, a big cute fuzzy kitty!" Cameal said with a giggle as she looked at the Catlike mutant, Ashley smiled in a cute way and said "Me know". But when Cameal got a look at Kurt, she raised a brow and tilted her head slightly in confusion, "Um…..er…..what are you supposed to be?" she said as she looked him over. "Uh….well…" Kurt said, trying to think of something to say, "He's an Elf" Logan interrupted, wearing a grin on his face. "Logaan…!" Kurt whined at him, "A Fuzzy Blue Elf!" Ashley added with a giggle as she hugged Kurt's arm and nuzzled his cheek with her own. Everyone began laughing and giggling together as Kurt blushed in embarrassment. As Cameal laughed along, she began to think to herself, "Maybe it's not so bad here….." she said in her mind, but then she felt her heart ache in longing and loneliness for her beloved Todd, also feeling bad for abandoning him at school like that. She then turned her head and looked out the window and whispered "Todd…..".
Back at the Brotherhood….
The door swung open and hit the wall with a loud "WHAM!", which caused everyone in the house to stop what they were doing and poke their heads out from the rooms they inhabited. "Hey! Toad's back!" Freddy said as he came out from the kitchen to greet him, "Hey dude, where've you been??" Freddy said looking down at him. But Todd didn't look so happy, he was breathing heavy, with a pissed off "I want to kill someone" expression upon his face. Freddy blinked a little "Um, are you feeling ok Todd?" he said as he got a look at Todd's face, "NO" Todd said as he stomped in and headed upstairs. "What's his problem? Lance said as he came out from the living room and watched Todd go up the set of stairs, "No clue" Freddy said with a shrug. "Cameal!!" Todd shouted as he burst through his own bedroom door, but once again, he found the room was empty. "Come on out Cameal! We need to talk yo!" Todd said as he started searching through his room, but found that there wasn't a trace of her anywhere. Todd's anger faded as he began to worry, he soon hopped out of his room and went back downstairs to look for her. "Cameal!" Todd called for her as he went into the kitchen, but Freddy was the only one in there and he was busy making himself some sandwiches. When Freddy heard Todd, he turned around to face him "What's up Toad?" he said as he held a big plate that was piled high with sandwiches. "Freddy man, ya gotta help me yo! I can't find Cameal anywhere, have you seen her?!?" Todd said jumping onto him and grabbed Fred by the shirt collar all panicked. "Whoa there Toad, clam down man" Freddy said as he set his sandwiches down on the counter then plucked Todd off him and set him down on the floor. "Sorry yo, but I haven't seen her" Todd said as he looked up at him," Um….wasn't she supposed to be with you or something?" Freddy said in a somewhat confused voice. Todd blinked a little then looked down, Fred was right….. and it made him feel guilty. Freddy felt bad for the little guy and put his hand on Todd's shoulder, "Don't worry Todd, I'm sure Pietro and Lance could tell ya" he said as he pointed to the living room. Todd finally cracked a smile and said "Thanks Fred, your always there for me yo". "Ah, no problem man" Freddy said patting Todd on the shoulder, "Later yo!" Todd said as he waved by to Freddy and hopped into the living room to find Lance and Pietro.
When he got there….
Todd found Lance and Pietro on the couch, fighting over the TV remote. "It's MY turn to pick the Damn channel!!" Lance growled as he tugged on one end of the remote, "No way! YOU got to last time!" Pietro glared at him as he tugged back from his end of the remote. "Why You…!" Lance growled as he went to lunge at Pietro, but Pietro being as fast as he is, dodged Lance's attack effortlessly. Instead of nailing Pietro, Lance got a pillow, when he realized it he blinked in confusion. Pietro was standing a foot away from the couch, chuckling as he held the TV remote high above his head. "Ha Ha! Too slow Lance" Pietro said as he laughed, but that soon ended when suddenly the remote was snatched from his hand by Todd's tongue. "Hey!" Pietro growled as he turned to see Todd waving the remote in his hand. "Grrr..! Give that - ACK!!" Pietro cried out as Lance jumped on Pietro's back and made him fall flat on the ground. "Ow!! What the hell was that for?!?" Pietro yelled at Lance, "Give me the Goddamn remote!!" Lance yelled back. Pietro lifted his arm and pointed to Todd who now had the remote in his possession. "Give it back Toad!" Lance growled as he made a move to grab the remote back from Todd. "First….you both gotta answer me this one question yo" Todd said as he quickly pulled it back out of Lance's reach. "Fine!" They both said as they shoved each other off themselves and sat in front of Todd, waiting to hear his question. "Ok…." Todd said as he crouched down in front of them, "Have either of you seen Cameal since we got out of skool today??" he said as he narrowed his eyes at the both of them. "No, now give it!" Lance said as he once again attempted to snatch the remote away. Todd pulled it away once more then looked to Pietro, "Uh….I think I might of saw her leave with some of the X-Geeks in summers' car right after school got out" Pietro said as he thought for a moment. "WHAT?!?" Todd exclaimed as he grabbed Pietro by the shirt collar and shook him. "Where did they go?!?!" Todd said as he shook him, "Sorry! Question answered, now for my reward!" Pietro said with a grin as he grabbed the remote out of Todd's hand and made a dash for the couch. "Damn! Thanks a lot Toad!" Lance growled vengefully as he turning to Todd, but Todd was already halfway upstairs, retrieving his battle uniform. A few minutes later, Todd quickly came hopping down the stairs and headed straight for the door. Just before he got there, Wanda came walking through the door. "Wanda, get outta the way yo!" Todd shouted as he leaped out the door after Wanda stepped aside to get out of his way. "Sorry Wanda, but I have to go!" Todd shouted to her as he disappeared into the woods. Wands had an eyebrow raised for a moment till she finally just shrugged and walked into the house. "If I'm right, and I hope I am, they'll be at the institute!" Todd thought to himself as he headed for the Xavier Institute.
At the moment…… Cameal was in the Rec. Room, sitting with the group of students, having nice conversations.
"And like, after that, Kurt was sooooo got blue fur in the pool!" Kitty teased Kurt, who gave her a glare, "Did not!" Kurt said as he pouted. Cameal laughed a bit then sighed, "I hope Todd and the others aren't mad at me for sneaking out like this…." she said, frowning a little as she looked down towards the ground. "Heh! What, that slime ball Tolansky?" Evan chuckled, "Like he gives a crap about anything but himself!" he said as Kurt gave him a high five for the crack on Toad. Cameal narrowed her blood red eyes at him "Do tell Evan, how well do YOU know Todd?" she said in an annoyed tone as she crossed her arms. Evan snickered "Enough to know he's an ugly little bastard who couldn't get a girlfriend, or a matter of fact, REAL friends if he wanted to!" Evan said as he started to laugh. Cameal's eyes burned with flames of rage, no one but NO ONE can verbally or even physically assault the one she loved. Cameal stood up, walked up to Evan and stared him down with a death glare. Evan raised an eyebrow and said "What?", "SLAP!!" the sound resonated in the room when Cameal slapped him dead across the face with her whip-like tail. "AHHHH!!!!" Evan cried out in pain as he clutched his left cheek, which was badly bleeding because of Cameal's tail hitting him so hard (and everyone knows that If you hit someone hard enough with a whip that it cuts you badly). Everyone in the room was left speechless and in shock from her actions, Evan then stood up and shoved her hard. "What The Fuck Was That For?!?!" Evan yelled as his spikes surfaced from his skin, Cameal, more pissed off then ever, showed no fear as she walked right back up to him and stuck her face right in his. "You got what you deserve" Cameal said in a loathing voice, "NO ONE talks trash about Todd and gets away with it, not even a dickhead like you" she narrowed her eyes at him and growled. Evan shook with rage, for never in his whole life was he ever insulted this badly by a member of the Brotherhood, especially with one who was in love with one of the people he hated most of all. "THAT'S IT!!!" Evan yelled as he shoved her hard once again and all his spikes protruded from his body, "I don't care who the hell you are, but NO ONE does that shit to me without getting a beating!!" he shot a spike from his arm. which landed next to where she stood. A fanged grin spread across her face as she got into her fighting position, "Bring it on…" her tail uncurled slightly and swayed behind her. "Heh…" Evan said as he returned the grin , "With pleasure.." he said in a cool tone. But just as he was about to take a take a swing at her, Scott , Jean, Ashley, and Kurt finally made their move. The four jumped on Evan and attempted to restrain his arms and spikes. "Let me go Dammit!!" Evan shouted as he struggled to get free from their grip. "What the hell is wrong with you Evan?!?" Scott said as he held onto his right arm, "Violence no is good!" Ashley whimpered as she pulled back on his shoulders and the large spikes that extended out of his back. "GRR!" Evan growled as he continued to trey and get free, "Stop Evan!!" Jean said as she helped to restrain him, "Yeah dude, calm down!" Kurt said as he held onto his left arm. Unfortunately, their combined strength wasn't enough to subdue him for long, for Evan broke loose from his captors' grasp. When their hold on Evan gave away, Jean, Kurt, Scott, and Ashley all fell back onto the floor. Kurt blushed as Ashley landed on top of him in an awkward position, But he soon snapped out of it and turned his attention to Evan who shot four more of his spikes at Cameal. Cameal dodged the incoming projectiles with ease by flipping backwards and landing in a crouched position. "If that's all you got…" Cameal said with a smirk as she walked toward him, her image slowly beginning to fade away as she closed in. "Then your in deep shit" Cameal said as she disappeared into nothingness, Evan blinked in confusion as he frantically looked around, "Where is she!?!" he said, turning around. "Right here" a voice said from behind, and just as he turned around, Evan was sent flying back into the wall. Everyone else gasped, looked to one another and nodded, taking their current situation seriously as they went on high alert for the rogue Cameal. "Evan!" Kitty cried out as she ran over to him as he pried himself out of the wall, "Are you ok?" she said, looking to him. "Damn! She's stronger than she looks!" Evan said as he dusted himself off, "Well not all girls are like, weak you know!" Kitty said with a frown, "But now that Cameal is invisible, she's going to be hard to beat.." she said as she looked around for any sign of the Lizard-girl. As the students were on the lookout for Cameal, Logan, Storm, and Logan entered the room, "What happened??" the Professor said as he looked to his students. "It's Cameal Professor!" Scott said as he ran over to them, "Ja! She's gone crazy!" Kurt said as he bamfed next to Logan. "Calm down" Xavier said as he looked over to Scott, "Now, where is she?" Xavier said to him, "She pulled off her disappearing act, so we don't where she is" Rogue said as she came up and stood next to Scott. "Alright, now stay calm, I don't believe she has left the room yet" the Professor said as he peered around the room. Just as Xavier finished talking, Logan felt something scaly brush against him as it ran by. "Ah! What the hell?!" Logan let out a startled cry as he reacted quickly by retracting his metal claws and swiping them at it, "Logan Stop!!" Storm and Xavier shouted to stop him. But it was too late, for when Logan lifted his hand, blood could clearly be seen dripping from his claws. "Arggghhh!!!" Cameal's voice cried out in pain as she re-appeared and fell to her knees, clutching her side, which was gushing blood. "Ohh yeah! Logan, you are my man!" Evan cheered as he went over to Logan and gave him a pat on the shoulder. "Evan! How can you say that?! She's hurt!!" Kurt yelled at him as he and Ashley ran past him to aid the injured lizard-girl. Cameal managed to open one of her tightly shut eyes and quickly knock the two onto their backs with her tail before they reached her. "D-Don't…come near..me ..!" Cameal said as she struggled to scoot back away from them. "We is so sorry sorry Cameal…" Ashley said as her slightly large cat ears bent down in sadness, "We really didn't mean for this to happen…" Kurt said as he tried getting closer to her once more. She could see that they were telling the truth as she looked into their eyes, but Cameal knew that she couldn't take anymore chances. Cameal then turned away and made an attempt to drag herself away from them, "Wait!" Jean called out as she made a dive for Cameal, managing to get a hold of her leg. "Let go of me!!!" Cameal cried out as struggled to get free of Jean's grip, then suddenly, everyone froze in their places as turned as something burst through one of the windows on the opposite side of the room. "CAMEAL!!!" A familiar voice called out to her, Cameal's eyes lit up as she lifted her head up and looked past Jean to see Todd crashing through the glass window. "Todd!" Cameal cried out happily as he landed on the floor in his Toad-style crouch while everyone else was still ducking to avoid the vast shower of glass fragments. "What the hell is he doing here?!?" Evan said as he charged himself at him, Toad smirked as he jumped at Evan, sliming him in the face a second before landing on his head and jumping for the next person in line. Toad continued this process, hopping from person to person as he used their heads as stepping stones to get to Cameal. Just when he was about to reach her, Toad was pounced on by Kurt. Cameal let out a small gasp then shot her tongue and tail at the fuzzy blue Kurt, grabbing him by both arms. Then with all her strength, despite her overwhelming pain and blood loss situation, Cameal lifted Kurt off Toad and threw him into a cushioned chair. Kurt cried out as he flew through the air, but to his surprise, he received a soft landing. When Kurt looked up again, he could see Cameal doubled over in pain from putting too much strain on herself. "Cameal!!" Toad cried out in a panicked voice as he rushed to her side, "Are you ok?!?" he said, helping her sit up. "Todd…you…came for me…" Cameal said as tears began forming in her eyes, with a deeply touched expression upon her face. "Hey, someone's gotta rescue the Damsel in distress, might as well be me yo!" Toad said with a big toothy grin, Cameal laughed a little then winced in pain. "Cameal?…Cameal, what's wrong??" Toad said as he helped to keep her from falling over, Cameal slightly leaned over to the side and slowly lifted up the side of her shirt a little, revealing the deep slashes that Logan gave her. "Aw man…what the hell did they do to you??" Toad said as he lifted his head up and glared at everyone around them in the room, "Todd…it hurts…" Cameal said with a small sniffle as she clung to him a little, the pain tormenting her. "Hey! Leave her al-" Scott started to shout at Toad, but was quickly silenced by a wad of green slime in his face as Scott attempted to reach Cameal. "Come on, we have at get you outta here!" Toad said as he lifted the Lizard-girl up onto his back, taking her arms and wrapping them around his neck. Toad blinked when he felt Cameal gently tighten her hug on his neck, "Hop like the wind….Toad…" she said weakly, ready to go. His expression became serious almost instantly as he crouched down and leaped off. He dodged people to-and-fro, trying to reach the broken window he came in through. Suddenly, Evan jumped out in front of Toad and shot some of his projectile spikes at him. Toad let out a girlish scream before he jumped out of the way and stuck himself to the wall. Toad looked around frantically, looking for an escape root. He spotted it when he saw the students attempting to make an attack formation. "There!" Toad said with a grin as he once again played stepping stones with their heads till he made it to the window, making one last final leap through the window, landing outside to freedom. Evan rushed to the window, watching Toad hop away with Cameal on his back. "Get back here!!! I'm not through with you!!" Evan shouted as he climbed up onto the windowsill , about to jump down and go after them, when a voice from behind said "That will be far enough Evan!". He blinked, turning around to see Professor Xavier there before him, "What?? They're getting away!!" Evan said as he glanced back outside. "Let them go, I think you've done quite enough!" Xavier said, giving him a disappointed but angry look. "But I'm not done with her yet! That little bitch has to pay for what she did to me!!" Evan growled, forming a fist with one hand as his other covered the wound on his cheek. "And who's fault do you think that is?" Kitty said as she came up next to Xavier with her arms crossed. "Yeah, if you just would of kept your freaken mouth shut, none of this would of happened!" Rogue said as she and the others glared at him. "Er…." Evan said as a sweat drop rolled down the back of his head, "As a suitable punishment, Evan - you are hereby sentenced with cleaning the X-Jet , everyday of the week for a month" Xavier said as his wheelchair turned around and rolled away."As for the rest of you" Xavier said as he was leaving the room, "Intensive training with Logan every morning for a week" He finished as he exited the room. Evan snickered and laughed a bit, but everyone turned around and gave him death glares as they started walking towards him. Evan swallowed hard before turning around and running for the broken window, trying to climb out. But the students grabbed him and pulled him right back in. Toad grinned with a laugh as he heard the sounds of Evan getting the beating of his life, he then turned around and hopped away. But as Toad make his exit, Evan's voice could be heard shouting from the mansion, "I'll get you for this Cameal!! One way or another!! I'll make you pay!!".
Later on in the Brotherhood Household….
Todd (back in his regular clothing) slowly opened the door to his room and poked his head in. "Cameal?" He said in a soft spoken voice to see if she was awake, but she still lied upon his bed, undisturbed. Cameal had fainted from blood loss on the way to the house, and Todd was afraid that she was going to die, but Mystique quickly attended to her wounds as soon as he got there, so now there were bandages where her wounds were located. He slipped in quietly, shutting the door slowly behind him, making sure it didn't make any noise. Todd walked to the bedside , kneeled down and rested his arms on the edge of the bed as he watched over her. He then moved his hand and rested it on hers, he then blinked when he felt her hand turn and close around his. When he looked up, he saw Cameal looking at him with a smile. "Hey Babycakes! How are ya feeling?" Todd said with a grin, Cameal blushed, for that was the first time he ever called her that. "I'm fine…" She said as she attempted to sit up, "Hold it right there yo!" Todd said , stopping her. "What?" Cameal said in a confused tone, "Your in no condition to be movin' around yo!" he said, lying her back down on the bed. "But…." She said as she tried to get up again, "It doesn't hurt anymore" Cameal said as she sat up all the way, looking down at her bandages. "It doesn't?" Todd said as he leaned over to take a better look, he then slowly peeled away the tape that held up one side of the bandage up and let it fall. They both blinked in confusion when instead of seeing a deep open wound, there was a large, greenish-red skin bubbled over it. "What the hell is that??" Cameal said as she stared down at it, "No clue yo, it looks like a scab" Todd said as he reached over to touch it, when suddenly it fell off. The wound was gone, no scars, no trace of a wound ever being there, and it confused the two of them. "Uh, well, guess you don't have to worry about injuries anymore" Todd said as a sweat drop rolled down the side of his head. "Yeah…" Cameal said, looking down, Todd blinked a little, " What's wrong Babycakes?" he said as he looked at her. She blushed again and said "I'm….sorry", Todd blinked again, "What for?" he said in a confused tone. "For not listening to you…I'm such an Idiot…!!" Cameal said with a sniffle, tears started to form in her eyes. Todd restrained her hands as she started to hit herself on the head with her fists, she then looked up at him with teary eyes. "Your not an Idiot…I'm the one who should apologize…" he said , looking down at her with a serious look. He then released one of her hands to bring his own to her cheek, "Todd…" Cameal said as she felt his thumb move to wipe away the tears under her eyes. Suddenly, their eyes met and locked, Cameal then felt her heart begin to overflow with her love for him. Then, as if their bodies had been turned into attracting magnets, they slowly began to lean toward each other. "Todd….I…" Cameal trailed off as they were about to kiss. Then, suddenly out of nowhere, a fly that was silently sitting on the wall, flew over and landed at the foot of the bed, turning into Mystique. "Well, well, what do we have here?" Mystique said as a fanged grin spread across her face, Cameal and Todd stopped dead in their tracks/positions when they heard her voice. The two then slowly turned their heads to see Mystique looming over them, arms crossed, and with an evil grin upon her face. "Was I interrupting something?" She said, looking down at them, Cameal and Todd said nothing as they looked down, both blushing a dark shade of red. And to make things worse, the two of them suddenly heard giggling coming from the doorway. Todd was the first to look over to see the Brotherhood Boys poking their heads in through the open doorway, laughing their heads off. "OOoooo, Looks like Toad's got himself a girlfriend!" Pietro said as he suddenly appeared next to Todd and gave him a nuggie on the head. "Oww!! Hey knock it off Pietro!" Todd cried out as he squirmed to get away, "What a cute couple they make!" Freddy laughed as he pointed and laughed at the two. "Come on Cameal, why don't you give Toad his Hero's Kiss? Just give him a lick?" Lance said as he stuck his tongue out and made a slurping noise. A large vein popped out of the side of Cameal's head as she stood up on the bed, fire rising up behind her. "LAAANNCCCEEE….!!!!!" Cameal roared as she leaped at him, "Oh shit!" Lance cried out as he jumped out of the way and started running down the hallway. "Get back here you Bastard!!!!!!!!" Cameal growled as she ran after him on all fours, "Ohh, Lance is really in for it now! And here I thought my sister was scary?" Pietro said as he watched Cameal run out after him. Todd managed to squeeze his way out of Pietro's hold and hop over to the doorway, "Come on guys, lets go stop Cameal before she catch's Lance and tries to Kill him, or WORSE" Todd said as he looked to Freddy and Pietro. Mystique laughed as she watched the boys go out after them, she just tagged along behind them to see what would happen.
To be Continued
Will Cameal and Todd ever Kiss?
Well, you'll just have to wait until I manufacture the next fic! ;P
Hope you enjoyed! >