Nope don't own X-men, I wish I did!!!!
Ch.13-
Logan stood outside the old Victorian house that sheltered the former Acolytes. It was early in the morning and according to his watch it was 4:23. In one hand he held a megaphone and in his mouth was a cigar, sitting on the hood of his truck was a CD player that was on pause. Without taking the cigar from his mouth Logan pressed the ON button of the megaphone and un-paused the CD player. Suddenly the still night was broken by the trumpeting sound of the military's wake up call as it blared from the CD players' speakers into the megaphone. An evil smirk danced in Logan's eyes.
Inside-
When the music blasted through the air it woke up the sleeping mutants with a start. Kitty, startled by the sudden noise, phased herself and Piotr though the couch and halfway into the floor, upstairs Wanda hexed John off the bed that they had been sharing, causing him to swear loudly, and down in the living room Remy had begun charging up the chair that he and Rogue had been sleeping in. Once the initial confusion wore off, and Kitty phased herself and Piotr out of the floor while Remy took back the charge so not to blow up the chair John and Wanda met the other four in the hallway to figure out what was going on. All the meanwhile the trumpets continued to blast into their ears.
"We're under attack!"
John declared loudly as he searched for a lighter in his pajamas only to discover that he had no pockets. Rogue looked out the window in the door to see what was making the noise.
"John, it's just Logan."
She shouted above the music.
"Even worse, we're under attack from Wolverine!!"
Wanda shook her head as she lead John back to his room, passing on a quick "Good luck" before they disappeared from sight.
Rogue rolled her eyes and went out the front door, followed closely by Kitty.
"What the hell are you doing?"
She shouted from the porch, hands on her hips and a glare in her eyes.
"Yea like what's the idea?"
They waited on the porch for an answer as Logan clicked the off button and began walking towards them.
"I came to get the two of you, now lets go."
Rogue walked down the steps and stood in front of Logan, hands on her hips and a glare on her face.
"Couldn't ya find a quieter way of doing it?"
"I could, but where's the fun in that?"
Kitty could see a fight in the making and quickly went to Rogue's side, grabbed her by the elbow and pulled her towards the house, calling back to Logan over her shoulder,
"Like give us a minuet to get out stuff."
As they disappeared inside Remy and Piotr were left alone facing one extremely scary looking Wolverine.
"You do know that I can smell them on you."
He growled, his eyes flashing with the promise of an extremely painful death if they made so much as one tear fall from one of the girls eyes.
Remy and Piotr exchanged looks and Remy began to shuffle cards nervously.
"If ether one of you hurt them you'll have me to deal with."
As a warning he shot out three adamantium claws and then just as quickly they were retracted as the girls came out of the house.
"Let's go Logan, good by Remy, Ah'll see ya later."
She kissed him quickly and then headed towards Logan's truck.
"Like by Piotr, call me later?"
"Da, see you soon."
He hugged and kissed her quickly on the cheek. Logan followed after the girls and gave the two boys one last warning look before he climbed into his truck and drove off with the girls who fell asleep shortly after he pulled onto the main road.
The weeks passed by and, while no one was really sure how they had managed it, Rogue and Kitty had convinced Remy and Piotr to join them and the rest of the mansion for Thanksgiving. Not willing to suffer alone the two had forced John to come along, the fact that Wanda was going helped in getting him to go.
"Are ya sure this is a good idea mates?"
"Da, do you think they will like having their former enemies sharing a meal with them?"
"Look, Rogue said she cleared it with da professor and da Wolverine."
After five minuets of debate they finally knocked on the front door and were greeted shortly after by Logan and Storm. Logan quirked an elbow and asked bluntly,
"What are you doing here?"
He was elbowed sharply in the side by Storm.
"I mean, thanks for coming."
He spoke as though it was killing him to say it. Storm however smiled at the three young men and stepped aside for them to enter.
"Welcome to our home, we are glad you could make it, aren't we Logan?"
"Ecstatic"
Once passed the two adults they headed towards the living room. Upon their entering they were given a couple double takes but most of the students had grown used to seeing the three around the mansion. That is except for Scott and Jean.
"What are you doing here?"
Remy smirked,
"Is dat all you X-men can say when you see us?"
Scott had his hand on his visor and was looking angry, everyone could tell a confrontation was about to go down when Kitty phased through the door.
"Like there you are!"
Kitty ran over and wrapped her arms about Piotr.
"Come on, I want you three to meet our newest student."
Without so much as another look towards Scott the three followed her into the kitchen. Rogue and Wanda were there and they were pulling out plates for the dinner. Sitting at the table was a boy with dark hair and dark eyes that were set off by his pale skin, he was dressed in black pants, a black long sleeved turtle-neck, over the turtle-neck he wore a black jacket and on his hands were gloves. Remy immediately thought of Rogue when he saw him.
"This is Kevin."
Kitty brought them over to the guy.
"Hello, names Remy."
When Remy extended his hand out to Kevin it wasn't shook right away. Remy gave him a knowing look
"Dis one be just like Rogue, afraid of contact."
He thought to himself as Rogue came over and laced her gloved hands with his.
"Kevin, this is Remy, the one by Kitty is Piotr and the one by the stove is John."
He looked them over and his eyes rested on John with a questioning look.
"Is he supposed to be sticking his hand in the oven?"
"John!! Get you hand out of there this moment!!"
Wanda yelled at him and the others laughed at the two. The girls went back to getting the cups and silverware ready while Remy, Piotr and John (who had been banished from the stove by Wanda) sat down next to Kevin.
"So, what is your power comrade?"
Piotr asked, wanting the uncomfortable silence to end. The boy remained silent for a few seconds before responding.
"If anything organic comes in contact with my skin it decays."
Remy, nodded his head while saying,
"So you be just like my bella Rogue."
John, still missing the stove began playing with his lighter while listening to the conversation.
"I guess. Only I don't absorb them, instead I end up destroying their skin and if I hold on for too long what ever it is I'm holding will completely wither away and die."
Those sitting around the table relaxed into a more comfortable silence and this time it was John who broke the silence.
"So why you are in the kitchen mate?"
A fire kangaroo bounced just above the table as John waited for an answer.
"I don't like crowds, and it's more entertaining in here."
Suddenly as if to prove his point a plate was hexed across the room and the guys could see Bobby running out the door with a handful of cookies.
"You're right about that mate."
"Perhaps we should go help with dinner."
Piotr stood up and the others followed him to help set the table.
The large dinning table was full of food and people. At the head sat the professor and on either side of him was Storm and Logan, Scott and Jean were next to Storm and across from them sat Kurt and Amanda. The New Mutants were in the middle seats and near the other end sat John, Wanda, Rogue, Remy, Piotr and Kitty, on the end sat Kevin because he didn't want to be sandwiched in-between two people and risk danger to them.
"So where you from mate?"
Kevin looked at John who was shoveling food into his mouth like he had been starving for days. A panicked look crossed his face and seeing this Rogue stepped in to help.
"He doesn't really like ta talk about it much."
John nodded, still cramming as much food as possible into his mouth.
"That's alright mate."
The dinner ended and while the rest of the x-men and new mutants drifted into the kitchen with their plates Rogue, Kitty and Wanda began cleaning up. Remy, Piotr, John and Kevin had been volunteered by the girls to do the dishes and while Piotr and John washed the plates and cups at the sink while Remy and Kevin dried them and put them away.
"How you been getting along with da X-men?"
Remy asked Kevin as he whipped dry a plate.
"It's ok, there's too many people here for my liking but it's way better then the street's."
Remy let out a short laugh and nodded in agreement.
"Ah know what you mean. The street's an't a place you want to be if you're a mutant, especially when you got powers you can't control."
"You lived on the streets?"
"Yep. Ah lived on the wonderful streets of New Orleans with a group of kids my age, we stole from tourists and managed to find enough food to survive."
Kevin stopped drying a cup and focused his attention on Remy.
"For how long?"
"Until I was about ten, then I was adopted."
They stayed quiet for a wile.
"How long were you on your own?"
"About two years, when my powers developed I was kicked out of the house, the Professor found me in Virginia a week ago and offered me a place here."
They finish with the dishes and sat down at the kitchen table again. The girls had also finish and while Kitty and Piotr slipped away to the gardens Wanda and Rogue were sitting down at the table. When Rogue was about to sit in the chair next to Remy he scooted over at the last minuet and she ended up sitting in his lap.
"Remy, let me go."
She was trying to stand up but his arm around her waist held her in place.
"Now chere, quit move'in around so much."
She stopped moving and he loosened his grip on her, the moment he did she shot up and
ran out of the room with Remy following close behind, he paused at the door long enough to say to Kevin,
"We talk later, oui?"
Kevin smirked and nodded then watched the mutant chase after Rogue. Remy followed down the hall until she turned a corner and for a moment he thought she had disappeared, that is until she tackled him from behind. They rolled around on the ground and ended with Rogue sitting on top of Remy.
"Ello chere, Ah new you liked ta be on top."
There was a loud crash from the kitchen and Rogue got off Remy just as Logan
came running down the hall past them.
"What the hell was that?!"
He kicked the door open and they found John and Wanda on top of the kitchen table, Wanda's blouse was unbuttoned and John's shirt was off.
"Get the hell off the table, we have to there!"
Rogue stated rather loudly as the couple redressed and vacated the table. Logan growled and let his claws slide out.
"You have one minute to be gone, I suggest you use it."
His low growl left no room for argument and soon the pare along with Remy and Piotr were leaving the Institutes' grounds.
"What is wrong wit da two of you? In the X-men's kitchen of all places. It's a good thing dat Kevin had gone to help move tables or he be scared for life."
Wanda ignored Remy.
"We didn't even get a chance to do anything."
"Just think love, there's always Christmas and New Years."
Wanda smirked and drew closer as John slung his arm around her shoulders.
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AN: Kevin isn't my character, he's from the New X-Men Academy X. I really like him so
I added him into my story. Tell me if you want to see more of him.
AN Part II: I am sosososososososoooooooo sorry it took so long.