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I'm Back! It took me almost two weeks, but I got back. I know I only said it would take a couple of days to get back on track after I got back, but then I got homework that I wasn't given beforehand, and I got really tired and slept most of Monday away, and then I had to catch up on other stuff, and it's just been a really busy week!  But I'm back, and I'll try to get myself back on track, really I will.

Embarrassment: Something that happens to everyone at least ONCE in their lives, whether caused by themselves, by someone else, or watching your cousin dancing the funky chicken at Prom.

Makes me glad I have no cousins near me, in a way.

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Rahne sniffed the air, following the winding scent. Wherever Kitty was at the moment, she was close. She was already picking up some of Kitty's actual scent.

Rounding a corner with Jean following closely behind, Rahne almost ran straight into one of the odd looking tree people. The person huffed and snorted at her, but she ignored it.

As she kept on padding, unconsciously waving her brown tail, she began to hear an outraged voice. She stopped, almost tripping Jean as she struggled not to fall over her, and pricked her ears to the angry voice. To her wolven ears, the spoken words didn't seem to make sense.

She walked towards the voice, concentrating on the words, trying to translate them from her canine ears into human speech.

"DDDDTHIEF! EEEEFFFFHHHH! EEEEEAFTER IIIIIIIBBBBEEEEEE!"

A thief? She thought she caught that word, but she wasn't sure. It was hard picking out words.

Jean placed her hand on her back and she paused and looked back at her. It was obvious Jean wanted to say something.

Not bothering to move into an alleyway, she shifted halfway into her were form, slightly embarrassed at the fact of her clothes not fitting quite right. She needed to get into something better.

"That guy was yelling about a thief that ran through a wall. That has to be Kitty! Can you tell where she is?"

"Donnn't Knnorrw." Her voice growled through her teeth. Not only was her throat causing her to snarl and growl, but it was hard to talk through those teeth.

People, as strangely looking as she knew they thought she was, stopped and stared at the two girls talking. Some of them just walked past her without a second glance, but others gawked.

Apparently wolf people are unique in all places. That other wolf that wanted to be her husband apparently didn't get out much.

"Sniff around for her or something! She can't be far!"

"AIIIIEEEE!"

One of the tree people began screaming so high pitched that Rahne clapped her hands over her ears to take the edge off. It was only made worse by her sensitive hearing.

Jean yelled and pointed at something, but Rahne was too busy trying to plug her ears to look.

 Sounds came out of her before she could stop it. She started howling, if anyone could call it that, at the top of her lungs, trying to drown out the other horrid noise, or at least cause enough noise to get the other people to shut up.

It worked on Jean. She ran off soon after Rahne started.

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She had seen Kitty rush through the tree person. Now she had to run to catch up with her. She would have asked Rahne to help. Unfortunately, the younger mutant in question was howling her head off and contributing to the cacophony.

Jean weaved in and out of people, trying to concentrate her mind. She didn't have a chance, even if Cerebro was on her head and she had the Professor's powers, to be able to contact anyone with all of that noise.

/Kitty!/

Her mental voice still wasn't strong enough yet. Looking around, she found she couldn't find a trace of Kitty, even though she was still hearing the loud screams and howling.

Frowning, she slowed and finally stopped. She took one more glance around, then lifted herself into the air. Witnesses to this feat gasped and pointed. Jean ignored them. She got this sort of reaction all the time back in Bayville.

/KITTY!/

"OWW! Who just yelled in my head?" Kitty's head popped out halfway up a wall in a nearby building.

"Kitty!" She flew towards her.

"Jean! I am like, so glad to see you!" Kitty smiled at her. He clothes were ripped, and her face dirty. "You would not believe the days I've had. First, I ran away from these goblins thing, they were so gross, and then-"

"Save it for later. We have to go. Grab my hand, I'll get Rahne and we can go someplace where people aren't running after you and staring at me!" Jean grabbed Kitty's outstretched hand and pulled her after her. They both floated up into the sky and Jean immediately started calling for Rahne.

/Rahne! Stop howling and get over here, I found Kitty!/

The noise, which had still been audible even from the distance they were, suddenly dipped in intensity. She gave some mental directions to the wolf girl, who apparently found them very useful, as she appeared not three minutes afterward in her full wolf form.

"Let's blow this popsicle stand! Woohoo!"

"I'm not above accidentally dropping you, Kitty." She warned as she started flying over the buildings to find a quiet place to settle for awhile.

"You're no fun." Kitty pouted, then cheering up and waving to the metamorph following at her dogged* pace.

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"Wow, howling like that took a lot out of me. I'm tired. But hey, Kitty, what were you stealing?"

"I wasn't stealing! I was taking what I needed without paying. Besides, I was hungry and didn't have money."

"It's okay, Kitty," Jean assured her. "We all have to do what we need to. I'm sure a bit of food here and there can be replaced."

"Wow. This must really be serious if you're saying stealing is okay. Oh! I bet you guys are wondering why I'm here. Well, a couple miles out of town, I woke up and these like, freaky little green goblins were carrying me, so I phased out of them and ran away. They didn't run after me, I'm surprised. Anyway, I was like, starving so I started stealing food. I was gonna look for other people, but I didn't, like no anyone, and who's gonna help a girl that's been stealing hunh? I was saving up food to take with me so when I left I would have something to eat, I have an okay stash, some of it's moldy, like, eww! But it's all I could get, I hope you guys know I was gonna make sacrifices for you and—"

"Kitty, we get it. We've been having trouble ourselves. I got chased around by a wolf that wanted me to marry him, and Jean threw robed guys around, and Danny is wandering around here somewhere."

"Danny's here too? How'd that happen? Which group caught her?"

"The details are a little weird. But you should see the new friend she picked up. He's cool."

"HE? As in, male he? Is he cute?"

"Uh…" Jean glanced at the sky. "I don't really think he'd be your type."

"Wow, it's getting pretty dark. Think we should find a hotel? You guys did bring money, right?"

Both Rahne and Jean decided to ignore this question.

"SNNNNNEEEEEEEKKKKRROOROROOOEWOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"What. Was. That?" Rahne jumped to her feet and looked around frantically.

"It sounds…"

"Like, a really big something?" Kitty finished Jean's halting sentence.

"Wanna draw straws and see what it is? Loser gets to go first?" Rahne said jokingly, trying to smooth down the raised hairs on her neck.

"We have to find Danny. Whatever that is, she could be in trouble." Jean said, pulling Kitty along as she walked towards the sound.

"Danny can hide better than any of us, and she knows where to run. I don't think she's like, in any real danger." Kitty protested, pulling herself free. "Besides, how much you wanna bet she had a hand in it?"

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A/N

Yes, I know, it's really short, but I wanted to get at least a little something out there, and  I have to confess, it's easier for me to write for Danny than for the other mutants. It'll be something I'll work on in the future.

PrincessOfWildfire: I'm glad you like Ivan, and I know the snot thing was gross, but I figured it would be unexpected, and it is kind of fun to write for.

Asteria: As far as everything is going right now, it's just a 'giant booger' *snurkle* that's pretty descriptive actually, heh. I hope you liked this chapter!

Chaotic Dreamer: Figures as soon as I put out a giant booger monster people would congratulate me on it. Anyway, thank you very much! I like him myself, really.

Arain Rowan/Arin Ross/Anee: Heh, yes, cats are really cool. A mucus ball monster for yourself, Arain? It might ooze everywhere. I hope you liked this chapter!

Laureate: Oh, good! I know you follow my stories, so I tend to watch your reactions pretty closely. I'm glad you like Ivan too, I like glasses a lot, and he always struck me as sophisticated, so they were a quick addition. Dex? Well, maybe. I have been toying with the idea of giving him a role in my stories, but I don't know how to make it work. Herman thanks you for the spider!

Anon(girl): I'll be working on getting back to the Camping effect. I wanted to update this first. Anyway, I'm glad you recognize Ivan, and I hope you like this chapter, and I'm glad that little substitute worked so well for you!

Herman shall take the reviews, check out his sunglasses! That bulb must be getting pretty bright…