Chapter 7
Bonnie's Crush
The relaxation for the five new X-Men came in various forms, for Kim, and Ron, it was a game of one-on-one at the basketball court, for Brick, and Monique, it was a friendly game of tennis, and for Bonnie, it was a quick dip in the swimming pool, which is where she was found by two young men, about her age, one appeared to be Hispanic, and the other was a tall young man, with spiked brown hair,
"Hello, beautiful." the Hispanic looking man said, looking at Bonnie, and handing her a towel, but Bonnie's eyes had locked onto the young man standing next to him,
"Hi, handsome." Bonnie said, walking up to the young man,
"Uh, howdy." the young man said, he had a deep southern accent to his voice,
"What are your names?" Bonnie asked, now acknowledging the young man to her left,
"I'm Bobby Cortez, and this is Sam Guthrie." the Hispanic looking young man said, pointing first, to himself, then, to the man to his right,
"What do they call you?" Bonnie asked, now, wrapping a sarong around her waist, and sitting down in a deck chair,
"I'm called Sunspot." Bobby said,
"And 'round here, they call me Cannonball." Sam added, still unable to take his eyes off the tanned beauty,
"Sit down, I'm not gonna bite." Bonnie said, pointing to two deck chairs on either side of her,
"What do they call y'all?" Sam asked,
"My real name is Bonnie Rockwaller, but my code name is Wildfire." Bonnie said, still looking at Cannonball, unable to take her eyes off of the young man to her right,
"What's your ability?" Sam asked, still entranced by the beauty beside of him,
"I can create fire, and control thermal pockets in the air, you?" Bonnie asked, staring at Cannonball as though she had seen God himself,
"I can create these powerful blasts, that allow me to pass through anything, without damaging 'em, I can also throw it at any enemy that decides to come after me." Cannonball replied, the looks he was giving Bonnie was intense,
"What about you?" Bonnie asked, once again, acknowledging Sunspot,
"My body is able to absorb solar energy, and produce a black energy that can encase my body, and it also gives me superhuman strength." Sunspot said, smiling widely,
"I take it, from the sound of your accent, that you're not a city guy." Bonnie said, still smiling at Cannonball,
"Nah, not really, I was born in the Smoky Mountains in east Tennessee." Cannonball said,
"And he never saw a big city, until he came here." Bobby said,
"Interesting, very interesting." Bonnie said, still unable to take her eyes off Cannonball,
"I think it's gettin' a little hot 'round here." Cannonball said, getting up from his chair,
"Care to walk with me?" Bonnie asked, now standing, and offering her arm to Cannonball,
"Sure, just where did you have in mind, ma'am?" Cannonball asked,
"Just around the back lawn, I think my friends would like to meet you." Bonnie said, smiling,
"Okay, I guess I can do that." Cannonball said, placing his arm inside of Bonnie's.
On the basketball court:
"What's the score?" Ron asked, as he checked the ball to Kim,
"Ten to nothing, my favor." Kim said, now posting up on the outer perimeter, and taking a shot, the ball went into the basket, without touching the rim,
"Make that twelve to nothing, my favor." Kim replied, smiling,
"Would you look at this." Ron said, looking at the direction of the swimming pool, Bonnie was heading their way, arm-in-arm with a young man that neither of them had seen,
"Hey, guys." Bonnie said, as she walked up to Kim and Ron,
"Hey, Bonnie,'s up?" Kim asked, nodding to the man that was hanging on her arm,
"Oh, this is Sam Guthrie, they call him Cannonball." Bonnie said, looking at the young man, and back to Kim, a big smile on her face,
"Hi, I'm Kim Possible, my code name is Shockwave." Kim replied,
"I heard o' y'all," Cannonball replied, "y'all are that teenager that goes all over the world, helpin' people, am I right?"
"I used to be, until I found out I'm a mutant." Kim said,
"What about y'all, who are you?" Cannonball asked, looking at Ron,
"Ron Stoppable, they call me Staticfire." Ron said, shaking hands with the tall young man,
"Pleasure to meet y'all, Bonnie tells me that y'all are friends o' hers." Cannonball said,
"Yep, we all came here together, about a couple of weeks ago." Kim said,
"How long y'all been X-Men?" Cannonball asked,
"About a week." Kim replied,
"I kinda thought that, I ain't seen y'all 'round the mansion, or in classes, why's that?" Cannonball asked,
"We graduated High School before we came here." Kim said, smiling, in the back of her mind, she was thinking,
'Looks like Bonnie's in love, the look she's giving Sam is the same one that I give Ron whenever I look at him.'
"I just graduated this year too, I'm hopin' that th' professor'll let me in." Cannonball said, still smiling,
"Keep at it, and I'm sure that you'll make it, Cannonball." Kim said,
"You know where Brick, and Monique are at, K?" Bonnie asked,
"Yeah, they're at the tennis courts." Kim said, smiling,
"Coolness, catch you later, K." Bonnie said, leading Cannonball away from Kim and Ron,
"See y'all later." Cannonball said, walking beside of Bonnie, a huge smile on his face,
"Can you believe that one?" Kim asked, looking back at Ron, who looked stunned,
"The city girl, and the hick, talk about a classic case of oil and water." Ron said, shaking his head,
"I know." Kim said, laughing slightly, but not at what she saw, but at the remark that Ron had made.
It did sound as though Cannonball had been brought up somewhere in the deep south, but Kim didn't want to intrude on the man's past, for all she knew, it was probably as rough as the one she had to endure over the last eight months before coming here.
At the tennis court:
Monique and Jean were in the far court, with Cyclops, and Brick in the near court, both playing a friendly game of tennis against their current opponents, Monique was currently matched up with Jean, while Cyclops had Brick,
"Thirty, fifteen." Monique said, preparing to serve, when, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Bonnie walking their way, with a young man hanging off her arm,
"Woah, Bonnie didn't waste any time, did she?" Monique said, looking at the young man,
"I don't know," Brick replied, looking at the two, "I think this one is different."
"How so?" Monique asked,
"Look at the look on Bonnie's face, she looks as if she's found Adonis himself." Brick replied,
"I got a hunch you're right." Monique replied,
"Monique, you're not supposed to read minds without permission." Jean said,
"I didn't have to read her mind, Jean, I read her face." Monique replied,
"Hi, guys, I thought you'd be alone." Bonnie said, looking at Brick and Monique, then, over to Cyclops and Jean,
"Oh, that's no problem, Bonnie, we can leave the four of you alone, if you want." Jean said,
"That's okay, Jean, I just wanted to introduce Sam here to Brick, and Monique." Bonnie said,
"Hi, Sam." Brick said, extending his hand to the tall young man,
"Howdy, I'm Sam Guthrie, they call me Cannonball." Sam said, taking Brick's hand, and giving a firm handshake,
"Brick Flagg, they call me Mold." Brick replied,
"Why's that?" Cannonball asked,
"I'm able to mold any part of my body into certain objects that I need." Brick replied,
"Wow, and what about you, ma'am?" Cannonball asked, looking over at Monique,
"Monique Jackson, but my code name is Dream Weaver." Monique said, smiling,
"Dream Weaver, your powers must have somethin' to do with dreams." Cannonball said,
"Yeah, I can go into the minds of others, and make their wildest dreams, and their worst nightmares come true." Monique replied,
"So, you're telepathic, then?" Cannonball asked,
"To a certain extent." Monique replied,
"How's that?" Cannonball asked,
"I can read minds, and control a person's thoughts, but that's about the extent of my power, the rest is for my primary ability, which gives me my code name." Monique replied,
"Cool, that's got to be out of sight." Cannonball said, in a thick southern accent,
"It was nice to meet you, Sam." Brick said, smiling at the young man,
"Nice to meet y'all too, anywhere else, Bonnie?" Cannonball asked,
"How about, to lunch, I'll see if I can get Ron to whip up one of his famous Seven Layers of Heaven cakes for us all, and maybe, make some of his Montreal Steaks." Bonnie said, hoping that Ron would cooperate,
"You're gonna try to get Ron into the kitchen?" Jean asked,
"You haven't lived, until you've tasted some of his cooking." Bonnie replied, smiling back at Jean, and leading Cannonball off in the direction of the basketball courts,
"What did she mean by that?" Cyclops asked, looking at Brick, and Monique,
"Back in school, whenever someone wanted to have a real fancy meal at home, and attempt to get a man, or a woman, they'd always call Ron to do the cooking for them, because that man can cook up a storm." Monique said, smiling,
"So, what's going on?" Jean asked, looking at Monique,
"I'd say, Bonnie's found herself a man." Monique replied,
"Love at first sight." Brick said,
"I guess that opposites do attract." Cyclops said, smiling, then, no longer able to hold himself, he began to laugh.
Okay, okay. I know I said I was going to have them fight The Brotherhood in this chapter, but thanks to captainkodak1, and ranmamasaki, I had to do this one, the refined fashion plate city girl, and the backwoods country boy, what an interesting combination.
In the next chapter, Cannonball becomes an X-Man, and the friends go into battle against The Brotherhood, and this time, it's no lie, also, Bonnie, and Cannonball get closer in their relationship, and Psylocke is introduced, this is a teenaged version of Psylocke, so don't boo me for what I'm about to say, Psylocke is going to have a major case of the hots for Ron, until Kim steps in between the two, and explains that Ron is already spoken for.
Keep the reviews coming.
Doug
