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Chapter 8
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7:56
"I still don't think just sitting them next to each other is going to do anything..." Sam grumbled as he left the room after Roberto.
"Do you do anything besides complain?" Roberto asked. "Sheesh. It's not all about Sam you know. You are so selfish sometimes."
Sam stomped past him and into the TV room.
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Scott, Jean, and Alley came down the stairs to find the room empty save for a note on the front door.
"Oh, I guess we're the first ones here..." Scott said.
"What's this?" Jean wondered, reading the note. "It says here for us to go downstairs to the lower levels and follow the arrows on the floor."
"There are arrows on the floor down there?" Scott asked. He shrugged. "Okay, let's go."
CRASH
"Alley!" Jean yelled after turning to see the brunette next to a broken plant pot. "Now you're all dirty!"
"Sorry, Jean." Alley apologized.
Sighing, Jean took the little girl's hand. "Let's go change your shirt. We'll be right back, Scott."
Scott laughed and started to clean up the mess.
As soon as they had gone up the stairs, Ororo and Logan came down the stairs, both holding a hand of a little girl in a blue dress.
"Hello, Scott." Ororo greeted. "What happened?"
"Our kid knocked over one of your plants. We're really sorry, Ororo." Scott apologized. "You're supposed to go downstairs and follow the arrows."
"Okay." Logan said, scooping up Anna. She giggled. "Let's go, 'Ro. Cyke c'n clean it up."
Reluctantly, Ororo followed her 'family'.
Next, Rogue came down the stairs, holding a little boy wearing a green shirt and black pants.
"Hey, Scott." She acknowledged. The little boy waved.
"Hey," he replied. "Aren't there supposed to be four of you?"
"There are." Remy answered, coming down the stairs holding a little girl wearing a green shirt and black skirt. "It's all clean, Cher."
"Thanks, Cajun." Rogue responded. "So, what's up, Cyke?"
"We're supposed to meet downstairs. Just follow the arrows once you get down there." He replied.
"Thanks." Remy said, him and Rogue going off in the direction on the elevator.
Bobby and Jubilee came down the stairs next, followed by a boy in a blue shirt.
"Go down stairs. Follow the arrows." Scott stated.
Bobby shrugged and they left.
"Toad! Stop doing that! If I have to go change her because you made her throw up, I swear I'll hex you so hard you won't be able to walk for a week!"
"I'd say Wanda's coming..." Scott muttered. And of course, an instant later, Todd ran down the stairs, carrying a little girl in a pink dress. "Go downstairs and follow the arrows."
"Thanks!" he replied, running again.
"Get back here!" Wanda yelled, chasing him.
Scott sighed and went to throw away some of the glass. When he came back, Kitty and Kurt were already reading the note. Kurt was holding a little girl with a yellow shirt and Kitty was holding a puppy.
"Oh, hi Scott!" Kitty addressed her leader. "We were just heading down. Where's Jean?"
"She had to change Alley. We'll be down shortly." Scott answered, starting to clean again.
"Alright. See you later!" Kurt said, putting his hand on Kitty's shoulder and porting away.
"Bye." Scott responded, knowing they couldn't hear him any longer.
Next, Tabby, Pietro, Betsy, and Warren came down the stairs, followed by a little boy in a gray shirt and a little girl with a pink shirt and a blue skirt.
"Go downstairs and follow the arrows." Scott said before they could ask anything. The four teens shrugged and did what they were told.
A little boy with brown hair wearing a red shirt suddenly popped up behind Scott, causing him to fall.
"Guess what I got?" he said happily.
"What?" Scott asked, picking himself up.
"Moneys!" he yelled, showing Scott his quarter.
"That's great, kid."
"Kyle! There you are!" Rahne yelled, coming down the stairs quickly. "I FOUND HIM, JAMIE!" she yelled.
Am instant later, Jamie was down the stairs, too. Rahne scooped up the little boy.
"You scared Mommy and Daddy!" Jamie scolded. Kyle laughed. "It's not funny."
He stuck out his bottom lip and pouted. Rahne hugged him. "But at least yer alright."
"Go downstairs and follow the arrows." Scott commanded. Jamie mock saluted and they ran off.
Finally, Jean and Alley came back downstairs. This time, Alley was wearing a purple shirt with her jeans.
"That sure took a long time." Scott stated. "Let's go."
The three of them traveled downstairs and followed the arrows (which they found to be on the floor), until they reached a door. Jean opened it and found almost everyone else already sitting on the couches with their family's names on them. Jean and Scott found their couch and sat down, pulling Alley down next to Scott.
After a few moments, Amara and Ray entered the room, dragging a little boy with a black shirt behind them. They both looked as mad as Magneto at an FoH meeting. Everyone, needless to say, made sure they were well out of their way.
Once the angry teens had sat sown, Professor Xavier wheeled in.
"Good morning, students." He greeted. "I just wanted give you all your daily schedules." Random groans were heard around the room. "Don't worry. There will still be plenty of free time. But, as you know, real families have places they have to be at certain time and we are trying to make this as realistic as possible. Every family, and, in some cases, certain people, will have their own unique places to be at different times. These tasks can range anywhere from going to the store, to having dinner with another family, to taking your child to the park. Samuel, please pass out the schedules." Sam went around the room, distributing the papers to the right places. "You will get a new schedule at the beginning of every new week. For now, though," he hit a switch and one of the walls rolled back, revealing a little playroom with a LOT of toys, "I'd like you all to sit here and let the kids play for a while." He rolled away, Sam and Roberto following.
The kids ran off to explore the toys.
"Hey, what's wrong, girl?" Tabby asked Amara.
Amara growled in frustration.
"He's a little monster." Ray answered for her in the calmest voice he could muster, which, evidently, wasn't all that calm.
"He can't be that bad." Kitty replied.
"Oh, he is." Amara stated, motioning to where Jordan was pulling Kelly's hair. Kelly smacked him. "Jordan! Get over here! Now."
Jordan came over. "Yes, Mama?"
"Why did you pull her hair?" Amara asked.
"She wouldn't let me play with the blocks with her!" he answered.
"I don't care if she threw a dead cockroach at you. You do NOT hurt her or anyone else for that matter. You come get a grown up. Understand?" she scolded.
"Yes, Mama." He said, hanging his head.
"Now go apologize and if you do it again, you're dead meat, Mister." Amara commanded. The little boy scampered away and did what he was told.
"That was good, Amara." Ray complimented.
"Thanks."
After about an hour, every family had left the room to go to various events on their schedules.
That's when Roberto and Sam came back.
"Alright, so not exactly a failure, but not exactly what Ah'd call a success..." Sam stated.
"Must you continue to be a pessimist?" Roberto asked. "It worked great!"
"Alright, then Ah was obviously oblivious as to what we were doing." Sam replied. "Care to clue me in?"
Roberto sighed and hit his forehead, as if the answer should have been apparent. "We were just trying to see where we stood with each of the pairs. We needed to know what we had to work with and what needed help. For instance, Jean and Scott don't need any help, but Kurt and Kitty are in an alarming position."
"What do ya mean?" Sam asked. "Kurt and Kitty are best friends!"
"Exactly." Roberto answered. "They've gotten to a point where they're comfortable. Neither one of them is going to want to take the risk of ruining their friendship. Well, not without a little help, anyways."
"Oh, Ah understand." Sam replied. "But Ah do wish you'd explained all of this earlier so Ah coulda helped."
Roberto sighed again. "I thought I had." He walked out of the room. "Come on."
Sam scurried after him.
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The first group chappie since chapter 2, but I'd like to think it went smoothly. Now, I sure hope that anyone who wasn't sure what Sam and Roberto's mission was knows now. If I haven't been blatantly obvious enough, I'm sorry. This will be a long fanfiction, so you'll figure it out eventually.
Review and help keep my psyches full! They feed off of compliments and constructive criticism, you know.
Chapter 8
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7:56
"I still don't think just sitting them next to each other is going to do anything..." Sam grumbled as he left the room after Roberto.
"Do you do anything besides complain?" Roberto asked. "Sheesh. It's not all about Sam you know. You are so selfish sometimes."
Sam stomped past him and into the TV room.
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Scott, Jean, and Alley came down the stairs to find the room empty save for a note on the front door.
"Oh, I guess we're the first ones here..." Scott said.
"What's this?" Jean wondered, reading the note. "It says here for us to go downstairs to the lower levels and follow the arrows on the floor."
"There are arrows on the floor down there?" Scott asked. He shrugged. "Okay, let's go."
CRASH
"Alley!" Jean yelled after turning to see the brunette next to a broken plant pot. "Now you're all dirty!"
"Sorry, Jean." Alley apologized.
Sighing, Jean took the little girl's hand. "Let's go change your shirt. We'll be right back, Scott."
Scott laughed and started to clean up the mess.
As soon as they had gone up the stairs, Ororo and Logan came down the stairs, both holding a hand of a little girl in a blue dress.
"Hello, Scott." Ororo greeted. "What happened?"
"Our kid knocked over one of your plants. We're really sorry, Ororo." Scott apologized. "You're supposed to go downstairs and follow the arrows."
"Okay." Logan said, scooping up Anna. She giggled. "Let's go, 'Ro. Cyke c'n clean it up."
Reluctantly, Ororo followed her 'family'.
Next, Rogue came down the stairs, holding a little boy wearing a green shirt and black pants.
"Hey, Scott." She acknowledged. The little boy waved.
"Hey," he replied. "Aren't there supposed to be four of you?"
"There are." Remy answered, coming down the stairs holding a little girl wearing a green shirt and black skirt. "It's all clean, Cher."
"Thanks, Cajun." Rogue responded. "So, what's up, Cyke?"
"We're supposed to meet downstairs. Just follow the arrows once you get down there." He replied.
"Thanks." Remy said, him and Rogue going off in the direction on the elevator.
Bobby and Jubilee came down the stairs next, followed by a boy in a blue shirt.
"Go down stairs. Follow the arrows." Scott stated.
Bobby shrugged and they left.
"Toad! Stop doing that! If I have to go change her because you made her throw up, I swear I'll hex you so hard you won't be able to walk for a week!"
"I'd say Wanda's coming..." Scott muttered. And of course, an instant later, Todd ran down the stairs, carrying a little girl in a pink dress. "Go downstairs and follow the arrows."
"Thanks!" he replied, running again.
"Get back here!" Wanda yelled, chasing him.
Scott sighed and went to throw away some of the glass. When he came back, Kitty and Kurt were already reading the note. Kurt was holding a little girl with a yellow shirt and Kitty was holding a puppy.
"Oh, hi Scott!" Kitty addressed her leader. "We were just heading down. Where's Jean?"
"She had to change Alley. We'll be down shortly." Scott answered, starting to clean again.
"Alright. See you later!" Kurt said, putting his hand on Kitty's shoulder and porting away.
"Bye." Scott responded, knowing they couldn't hear him any longer.
Next, Tabby, Pietro, Betsy, and Warren came down the stairs, followed by a little boy in a gray shirt and a little girl with a pink shirt and a blue skirt.
"Go downstairs and follow the arrows." Scott said before they could ask anything. The four teens shrugged and did what they were told.
A little boy with brown hair wearing a red shirt suddenly popped up behind Scott, causing him to fall.
"Guess what I got?" he said happily.
"What?" Scott asked, picking himself up.
"Moneys!" he yelled, showing Scott his quarter.
"That's great, kid."
"Kyle! There you are!" Rahne yelled, coming down the stairs quickly. "I FOUND HIM, JAMIE!" she yelled.
Am instant later, Jamie was down the stairs, too. Rahne scooped up the little boy.
"You scared Mommy and Daddy!" Jamie scolded. Kyle laughed. "It's not funny."
He stuck out his bottom lip and pouted. Rahne hugged him. "But at least yer alright."
"Go downstairs and follow the arrows." Scott commanded. Jamie mock saluted and they ran off.
Finally, Jean and Alley came back downstairs. This time, Alley was wearing a purple shirt with her jeans.
"That sure took a long time." Scott stated. "Let's go."
The three of them traveled downstairs and followed the arrows (which they found to be on the floor), until they reached a door. Jean opened it and found almost everyone else already sitting on the couches with their family's names on them. Jean and Scott found their couch and sat down, pulling Alley down next to Scott.
After a few moments, Amara and Ray entered the room, dragging a little boy with a black shirt behind them. They both looked as mad as Magneto at an FoH meeting. Everyone, needless to say, made sure they were well out of their way.
Once the angry teens had sat sown, Professor Xavier wheeled in.
"Good morning, students." He greeted. "I just wanted give you all your daily schedules." Random groans were heard around the room. "Don't worry. There will still be plenty of free time. But, as you know, real families have places they have to be at certain time and we are trying to make this as realistic as possible. Every family, and, in some cases, certain people, will have their own unique places to be at different times. These tasks can range anywhere from going to the store, to having dinner with another family, to taking your child to the park. Samuel, please pass out the schedules." Sam went around the room, distributing the papers to the right places. "You will get a new schedule at the beginning of every new week. For now, though," he hit a switch and one of the walls rolled back, revealing a little playroom with a LOT of toys, "I'd like you all to sit here and let the kids play for a while." He rolled away, Sam and Roberto following.
The kids ran off to explore the toys.
"Hey, what's wrong, girl?" Tabby asked Amara.
Amara growled in frustration.
"He's a little monster." Ray answered for her in the calmest voice he could muster, which, evidently, wasn't all that calm.
"He can't be that bad." Kitty replied.
"Oh, he is." Amara stated, motioning to where Jordan was pulling Kelly's hair. Kelly smacked him. "Jordan! Get over here! Now."
Jordan came over. "Yes, Mama?"
"Why did you pull her hair?" Amara asked.
"She wouldn't let me play with the blocks with her!" he answered.
"I don't care if she threw a dead cockroach at you. You do NOT hurt her or anyone else for that matter. You come get a grown up. Understand?" she scolded.
"Yes, Mama." He said, hanging his head.
"Now go apologize and if you do it again, you're dead meat, Mister." Amara commanded. The little boy scampered away and did what he was told.
"That was good, Amara." Ray complimented.
"Thanks."
After about an hour, every family had left the room to go to various events on their schedules.
That's when Roberto and Sam came back.
"Alright, so not exactly a failure, but not exactly what Ah'd call a success..." Sam stated.
"Must you continue to be a pessimist?" Roberto asked. "It worked great!"
"Alright, then Ah was obviously oblivious as to what we were doing." Sam replied. "Care to clue me in?"
Roberto sighed and hit his forehead, as if the answer should have been apparent. "We were just trying to see where we stood with each of the pairs. We needed to know what we had to work with and what needed help. For instance, Jean and Scott don't need any help, but Kurt and Kitty are in an alarming position."
"What do ya mean?" Sam asked. "Kurt and Kitty are best friends!"
"Exactly." Roberto answered. "They've gotten to a point where they're comfortable. Neither one of them is going to want to take the risk of ruining their friendship. Well, not without a little help, anyways."
"Oh, Ah understand." Sam replied. "But Ah do wish you'd explained all of this earlier so Ah coulda helped."
Roberto sighed again. "I thought I had." He walked out of the room. "Come on."
Sam scurried after him.
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The first group chappie since chapter 2, but I'd like to think it went smoothly. Now, I sure hope that anyone who wasn't sure what Sam and Roberto's mission was knows now. If I haven't been blatantly obvious enough, I'm sorry. This will be a long fanfiction, so you'll figure it out eventually.
Review and help keep my psyches full! They feed off of compliments and constructive criticism, you know.