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(Er...maybe not...)
A/N: As promised, here is chapter eight, shortly after chapter seven. Now, I warn you, I planned this while taking notes during my sociology class so it may turn out even worse than I thought. Or better. We'll soon see won't we? Now, onto the story! Don't forget to click on that nifty little button down at the bottom there and review before you leave!
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"I'm doing this for Rogue, I'm doing this for Rogue, I'm doing this for Rogue..."
Evan glanced up the next day and saw Pietro staring up at the sky and he could almost hear the sarcastic remarks come flying from the young man's mouth. He resumed his mantra.
"I'm doing this for Rogue, I'm doing this for Rogue, I'm doing this for Rogue...." He sighed and made his way to where a very depressed looking Pietro sat.
"Hey Maximoff!" he called. Pietro didn't even spare him a glance. "Maximoff! Hello? Anyone in there or is your brain on a permanent vacation?" Evan waited, sure that the remark would get some kind of response. When none came, he frowned. This was worse than they had all thought. This was bad. "Hey, come on Quicksilver! I bet you can't even beat me at one game of basketball!" Evan threw the ball in Pietro's direction and watched with some satisfaction when Pietro caught it. Finally, a reaction.
"Get lost Daniels." Pietro replied, throwing the ball back at him without even glancing his way.
The satisfaction disappeared and Evan frowned. Pietro had basically just turned down a challenge. And a challenge to beat him at something.
Okay, so this was really bad.
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Scott looked up as Evan walked back in and shook his head. Scott sighed. Evan had been their biggest way to try and get Pietro out of this depression or whatever it was. After all, Pietro never missed his chance to insult Evan. He looked at the new recruits who nodded and began walking outside.
If they couldn't even get Pietro to roll his eyes and call them dorks then something serious was going to have to be done.
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"Woohoo!" Bobby yelled as he created an ice slide to go from one side of the yard to the other. He jumped off and turned to look at the other recruits. "I win! Yeah!" Rahne growled at him, sounding remarkably like she did when she was in wolf form and Bobby grinned a little nervously.
Roberto ran over to pick up a ball and drew strength from the sun. Suddenly he threw the ball and Rahne ran after it, transforming as she went. She was followed shortly by Sam, who thought it might be fun to jump in the air and use his powers to catch the ball.
He crashed into the wall for all of his efforts.
"Aw, man." he complained as Rahne picked up the ball in her mouth and ran back to Roberto.
"And Rahne wins!" Jubilee exclaimed, her eyes darting towards Pietro to see if he was even paying attention. Quickly, she created some fireworks, hoping that the noise would get him to look up, even if it was to say that they were annoying him. Her shoulders slumped a bit when they barely got any reaction from him at all. They were doing whatever they could and so far, none of it was working.
"Amara!" Bobby shouted. "Knock it off!"
Amara laughed. Bobby was busy making ice sculptures while Amara was close behind him, melting them down to puddles of water. And it was beginning to annoy him.
"Come on Roberto! Please? Just throw the ball to me once!" Jamie said.
"No. You wouldn't be able to handle it." Roberto replied, looking down at Jamie. Jamie rolled his eyes.
"Did I say use super strength or anything like that? Nooo. I said throw the ball to me! Please? Come on!" Jamie looked up at him, hopefully, and then grinned. "I'll just bug you until you do." Roberto sighed.
"Fine. Start running." he told him, giving in. Jamie made a victorious fist and punched it into the air.
"Yes!" he exclaimed as he broke into a run. He turned around and stopped as Roberto threw the baseball to him. Looking up, Jamie took a step back so that he'd be able to catch the ball...just as Rahne ran behind him. "Oof!" he grunted as he fell to the ground, causing six other Jamies to appear as Rahne transformed back into her human self. Then he looked up happily and held up the ball. "I caught it!"
Roberto shook his head.
"Amara, I swear if you don't stop it right now I'm going to..." Bobby threatened as his hands began to ice up. She smiled smugly and stuck her tongue out at him. In response, Bobby shot ice at her. She shrieked and ducked. Satisfied, Bobby turned around and created another ice sculpture.
Five seconds later, it was nothing more than a puddle.
"AMARA!"
Pietro stood up and walked inside, passing Scott, Kitty, and Evan as he headed upstairs to his room. Outside the new recruits all looked at each other.
"So...does that mean that we did it?" Sam asked. They all exchanged glances again and shrugged before continuing what they had started.
"AGH! NOT MY SELF-PORTRAIT! AMARA, YOU'RE DEAD!!!"
Rahne sighed and glanced over at Sam. "He's been hanging around Pietro way too much."
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Scott sighed and looked at Kitty. "I guess that means we're up next." She nodded and looked up in the direction Pietro had gone in, her gaze more than a little skeptical.
"Okay. Let's like do it." she said. She and Scott walked up the stairs and then came to a stop outside of Pietro's room. Kitty knocked and when there was no answer, she tried turning the knob, only to find it locked. She and Scott exchanged one last look before she took a deep breath, took hold of his arm, and phased them into the room.
Once they were through, they were met by the sight of Pietro pacing back and forth, obviously agitated. He turned to glare at them.
"Don't you people understand the meaning of a locked door?" he demanded. "Let me give you a hint: it means that the person, mainly me, wants to be left alone!"
"We just wanted to see if you like wanted to talk about it." Kitty said. Pietro sighed and shook his head.
"No, I really don't." Scott opened his mouth to say something and Pietro cut him off. "Don't say anything, Summers. I know what all of you guys are trying to do, sending Daniels out there first and then all the others out there to do mess around. As you can see I'm fine. Thanks for the effort and all that. So, could you please just leave?" Pietro turned away from them, resuming his pacing as his mind began to race. Why was he being so much nicer to them than he had been to Rogue? Wait, he'd covered that earlier. The whole guilty moron theory. Right.
As they watched Pietro continue to pace, it was obvious that he wasn't going to say anything else to them or listen to what they had to say. Scott motioned to the door and Kitty nodded, phasing them through once again so that Pietro could keep his door locked.
Kitty looked at Scott as they walked back downstairs. "Well that was a total bust." she sighed. Scott nodded, frowning a bit. He didn't like to see anyone on the team like this and Pietro was no exception. At that thought, Scott stopped. Did he really think of Pietro and Wanda as part of the team? Even after everything he had said to Rogue about Pietro? He glanced back at the stairs and thought of how everyone, Evan included, had barely hesitated to try and help get Pietro back to himself.
Well, it looked like he had two more teammates...whether they knew it or not. Scott sighed as he thought of something he never thought he would think.
Now all he had to do was get Rogue and Pietro talking to each other again.
A/N: As promised, here is chapter eight, shortly after chapter seven. Now, I warn you, I planned this while taking notes during my sociology class so it may turn out even worse than I thought. Or better. We'll soon see won't we? Now, onto the story! Don't forget to click on that nifty little button down at the bottom there and review before you leave!
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"I'm doing this for Rogue, I'm doing this for Rogue, I'm doing this for Rogue..."
Evan glanced up the next day and saw Pietro staring up at the sky and he could almost hear the sarcastic remarks come flying from the young man's mouth. He resumed his mantra.
"I'm doing this for Rogue, I'm doing this for Rogue, I'm doing this for Rogue...." He sighed and made his way to where a very depressed looking Pietro sat.
"Hey Maximoff!" he called. Pietro didn't even spare him a glance. "Maximoff! Hello? Anyone in there or is your brain on a permanent vacation?" Evan waited, sure that the remark would get some kind of response. When none came, he frowned. This was worse than they had all thought. This was bad. "Hey, come on Quicksilver! I bet you can't even beat me at one game of basketball!" Evan threw the ball in Pietro's direction and watched with some satisfaction when Pietro caught it. Finally, a reaction.
"Get lost Daniels." Pietro replied, throwing the ball back at him without even glancing his way.
The satisfaction disappeared and Evan frowned. Pietro had basically just turned down a challenge. And a challenge to beat him at something.
Okay, so this was really bad.
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Scott looked up as Evan walked back in and shook his head. Scott sighed. Evan had been their biggest way to try and get Pietro out of this depression or whatever it was. After all, Pietro never missed his chance to insult Evan. He looked at the new recruits who nodded and began walking outside.
If they couldn't even get Pietro to roll his eyes and call them dorks then something serious was going to have to be done.
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"Woohoo!" Bobby yelled as he created an ice slide to go from one side of the yard to the other. He jumped off and turned to look at the other recruits. "I win! Yeah!" Rahne growled at him, sounding remarkably like she did when she was in wolf form and Bobby grinned a little nervously.
Roberto ran over to pick up a ball and drew strength from the sun. Suddenly he threw the ball and Rahne ran after it, transforming as she went. She was followed shortly by Sam, who thought it might be fun to jump in the air and use his powers to catch the ball.
He crashed into the wall for all of his efforts.
"Aw, man." he complained as Rahne picked up the ball in her mouth and ran back to Roberto.
"And Rahne wins!" Jubilee exclaimed, her eyes darting towards Pietro to see if he was even paying attention. Quickly, she created some fireworks, hoping that the noise would get him to look up, even if it was to say that they were annoying him. Her shoulders slumped a bit when they barely got any reaction from him at all. They were doing whatever they could and so far, none of it was working.
"Amara!" Bobby shouted. "Knock it off!"
Amara laughed. Bobby was busy making ice sculptures while Amara was close behind him, melting them down to puddles of water. And it was beginning to annoy him.
"Come on Roberto! Please? Just throw the ball to me once!" Jamie said.
"No. You wouldn't be able to handle it." Roberto replied, looking down at Jamie. Jamie rolled his eyes.
"Did I say use super strength or anything like that? Nooo. I said throw the ball to me! Please? Come on!" Jamie looked up at him, hopefully, and then grinned. "I'll just bug you until you do." Roberto sighed.
"Fine. Start running." he told him, giving in. Jamie made a victorious fist and punched it into the air.
"Yes!" he exclaimed as he broke into a run. He turned around and stopped as Roberto threw the baseball to him. Looking up, Jamie took a step back so that he'd be able to catch the ball...just as Rahne ran behind him. "Oof!" he grunted as he fell to the ground, causing six other Jamies to appear as Rahne transformed back into her human self. Then he looked up happily and held up the ball. "I caught it!"
Roberto shook his head.
"Amara, I swear if you don't stop it right now I'm going to..." Bobby threatened as his hands began to ice up. She smiled smugly and stuck her tongue out at him. In response, Bobby shot ice at her. She shrieked and ducked. Satisfied, Bobby turned around and created another ice sculpture.
Five seconds later, it was nothing more than a puddle.
"AMARA!"
Pietro stood up and walked inside, passing Scott, Kitty, and Evan as he headed upstairs to his room. Outside the new recruits all looked at each other.
"So...does that mean that we did it?" Sam asked. They all exchanged glances again and shrugged before continuing what they had started.
"AGH! NOT MY SELF-PORTRAIT! AMARA, YOU'RE DEAD!!!"
Rahne sighed and glanced over at Sam. "He's been hanging around Pietro way too much."
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Scott sighed and looked at Kitty. "I guess that means we're up next." She nodded and looked up in the direction Pietro had gone in, her gaze more than a little skeptical.
"Okay. Let's like do it." she said. She and Scott walked up the stairs and then came to a stop outside of Pietro's room. Kitty knocked and when there was no answer, she tried turning the knob, only to find it locked. She and Scott exchanged one last look before she took a deep breath, took hold of his arm, and phased them into the room.
Once they were through, they were met by the sight of Pietro pacing back and forth, obviously agitated. He turned to glare at them.
"Don't you people understand the meaning of a locked door?" he demanded. "Let me give you a hint: it means that the person, mainly me, wants to be left alone!"
"We just wanted to see if you like wanted to talk about it." Kitty said. Pietro sighed and shook his head.
"No, I really don't." Scott opened his mouth to say something and Pietro cut him off. "Don't say anything, Summers. I know what all of you guys are trying to do, sending Daniels out there first and then all the others out there to do mess around. As you can see I'm fine. Thanks for the effort and all that. So, could you please just leave?" Pietro turned away from them, resuming his pacing as his mind began to race. Why was he being so much nicer to them than he had been to Rogue? Wait, he'd covered that earlier. The whole guilty moron theory. Right.
As they watched Pietro continue to pace, it was obvious that he wasn't going to say anything else to them or listen to what they had to say. Scott motioned to the door and Kitty nodded, phasing them through once again so that Pietro could keep his door locked.
Kitty looked at Scott as they walked back downstairs. "Well that was a total bust." she sighed. Scott nodded, frowning a bit. He didn't like to see anyone on the team like this and Pietro was no exception. At that thought, Scott stopped. Did he really think of Pietro and Wanda as part of the team? Even after everything he had said to Rogue about Pietro? He glanced back at the stairs and thought of how everyone, Evan included, had barely hesitated to try and help get Pietro back to himself.
Well, it looked like he had two more teammates...whether they knew it or not. Scott sighed as he thought of something he never thought he would think.
Now all he had to do was get Rogue and Pietro talking to each other again.