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Ch.11- home sweet home

The boys had been looking for a house for days and so far they none of them had been suitable. The first one had a large fire place and a gas stove, it was immediately out of the question. The second one was to small John said the table in the kitchen wasn't sturdy enough (at which Piotr and Remy shuttered). The house they were now driving away from was to close to town and if one of Johns fires geo out of control then the whole community would go up in flames. As Remy drove down the street Piotr sat in the front passenger seat and looked through the news paper for another house while John sat in the back and played with his lighter.

"I think I have found one comrades."

"What's da address?"

"685 Midnight Road, turn up here"

He pointed to a narrow dirt road and Remy obliged by making a left and driving for about twenty minuets through heavily wooded areas until they came to an old house that was nestled set in the middle of a clearing.

The building of Victorian design. It stood at two stories, the windows were cracked and the glass in some were missing. Te dark gray paint was pealing and the shutters that weren't missing were hanging slightly tilted on their hinges.

"What do ya think boys? Wanta take a look?"

Remy asked as he parked the car and studied the house.

"Lets do it mates!"

John was just happy to get out the car and the other two were happy to get away from a cooped up John. When Remy found the front door locked he smirked and within seconds it opened with a small explosion. Once inside the three found themselves in large hall, directly in front of them was a staircase, to the left was a door and to the right further away was another door. To cover more ground the three separated with John going left, Remy walking up the stairs and Piotr taking the door to the right. After they had explored enough the three met back at the front door.

"Da upstairs needs work but besides dat it's alright, Ah counted five rooms up dere so space isn't going ta be a problem."

"The first floor is in good condition, a few windows need to be replaced and the walls need a couple coats of pain, but besides that it too is in good shape."

"Kitchen is good, nice strong table."

Remy shook his head at John assessment of the kitchen. The three then found their way to the back yard. It was obvious that the grass hadn't been cut in years and the flower garden was over run with weeds, an old fence was falling apart in some places but still looked salvageable. A shed was situated near the edge of the woods and a small wood pile was leaning next to it.

"What do ya say boys? Dis be a good home for us?"

"It looks good to me mates."

"Da, I like it."

With that decided Remy called the retaliator and set up a meeting for latter that day. While they waited for the man to arrive the boys further explored the house. The noise of a car coming down the road alerted the three to his arrival. They gathered on the front porch and watched as a large man with a bald head wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase stepped out of his car and.

"Are you here for the house?"

He asked as he walked towards the three mutants.

"Yes."

Remy shook the man's hand listened to the sales man talked about the history of the house and what improvements needed to be made. Piotr and John walked behind the two and halfway through the tour slipped away to the back yard. Half an hour later paperwork was being signed by Remy (as he was the only one who was in the country legally) and with that the man handed him the deed along with all the keys.

"Congratulations, you are now the proud owner of a house."

With out another word he shook Remy's hand and strolled out to his car and he soon disappeared down the road.

"Comrades, I believe we may have found ourselves in trouble."

Remy slung his arms around Piotr and John as he beamed at the old house in front of them.

"Non, dis place is gona shine by the time we finish with it."

"I hope you're right mate."

The next week was spent fixing up the place. The rooms were cleaned out and the broken or missing windows were replaced. The walls were painted with flame-retardant paint and much of the flooring was in good enough condition to leave it alone. To pay for the repairs John hacked into several of the Friends of Humanity bank accounts and transferred what they need to fix up the place and to make it livable.

The living room contained a large couch that was pushed against the wall opposite the TV, next to the couch was an over stuffed chair. Bookshelves lined the other walls and Piotr had insisted they have at least two shelves dedicated to Russian literature.

The basement was made into their weight/training room. The Kitchen was just large enough for a weeks worth of food and the three planed to eat else where so it wasn't that big of a deal (they also didn't want to risk walking in on John and Wanda).

The rooms were made to fit its occupant.

Remy's room had been painted black with playing cards painted along the ceiling by Piotr one after noon. The carpeting was dark red and his furniture was painted black. His bed was in the far corner of the room next to a window, across the room next to another window was dresser and on the other side of the window was a desk. On the desk sat pictures of Remy's family, Rogue, and one of himself, Piotr and John. Next to his bed was a night stand that held some cards, an alarm clock and the lamp he stole from Magneto.

Down the hall was Piotr's room. It had been painted blue with some of his painting already hanging on the walls. His paint supplies were laying around the room and an easel was set up next to the window that looked out over the woods. His furniture had been refinished and stained a dark oak. His bed was against the wall and next to it was a night stand that contained a several art books and a few paint brushes. His dresser was in-between two windows and his desk against a window to allow light in. On his desk he had more brushes, paint bottles, pencil sketches, pictures of his family back in Russia were pinned to the walls along with one of Kitty, and another of himself with Remy and John.

John's room was at very end of the hall, Remy and Piotr took extra precautions to make sure all the furniture, the wood flooring and the paint on his walls were flame-retardant. His dresser was a reddish orange color that matched his bed and desk. His bed sat next to his desk against the wall farthest from the door while his dresser was next to the door. Papers were scattered across his desk, floor and bed in piles of his half written books (the only paper that was allowed in his room because they new he wouldn't burn them). From under the mountains of papers pictures of Wanda and the boys could barely be seen. His walls were painted the same weird red-orange and looked a lot like fire.

The three made sure that every room had a fire-extinguisher and a sprinkler system was going to be installed at the end of the month.

By Friday they were all exhausted from weeks worth of work. Sitting on the chair was Piotr, his hair and cloths contained specks of almost every color of paint used in the house. John was stretched out on the couch his fingers bandaged from him missing the nails as he attempted to re-attach the shutters and doors. Remy was in the shower washing off a layer of ash and soot that he had managed to completely cover himself with as he was fixing the furnace. Just as Remy was walking into the living room after his shower the phone rang from the kitchen.

"Da phones work'in"

He looked at John and waited for him to get up.

"What? You're up why don't you get it mate?"

"Cuse da phones in da kitchen and Ah plan to spend as little time in dhere as possible. Now move fire boy!"

"It didn't bother you when you didn't know mate."

John mumbled as he jumped off the couch to answer it. It was the phone company calling to make sure the connection was correct. After that was settled John decided to call Wanda.

Phone conversation-

"Hello?"

"Eh shelia, miss me?"

"John? Where have you been? Are you ok? Why haven't you called in three days!?"

"Sorry shelia, the phone went all screwy and it's been so busy around here that there hasn't been much time."

"How's the house coming? When can me and the girls come over and see it?"

"Don't know, how 'bout tomorrow night?"

"Sure, I can't wait to see you."

"By Luv."

"By John."

-Ending Phone conversation

He hung up and went back to the living room.

"We're having the girls over tomorrow night mates!"

He waited for a reply but didn't get one because Remy and Piotr had fallen asleep and were snoring gently.

"Dam it Remy, you took my spot."

In defeat John sat in the other chair that was on the other side of the couch and soon he too was asleep.

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