Here we go again. I think you folks will like where I'm going with the
animal thing. It'll start out a little weird, but a lot of mayhem will come
of it, I assure you.
This chappie is dedicated to The Uncanny R-man who always seems to brighten my day.
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Alex wandered downstairs with X23 just as the front doorbell rang. Shrugging, he and his girlfriend opened it, only to come face to... um... wood... with a LARGE crate. And it seemed to be growling...
"IT'S HERE!!!" Alex yelled happily, starting to push the box inside the house. "Hey, Three, a little help?"
"Right." She went and start pushing as well.
"IT'S HERE!!!" the blonde yelled once more, hoping for better results. He got them.
"What's here?" Scott asked as he and Jean entered the room. Split seconds later, Ray, Amara, Wanda, Pietro, Todd, Tabitha, Fred, and Lance came in from the other direction.
"What are you doing here?" Scott asked, immediately.
"IT'S HERE!!!" Ray yelled, going to help his friends push it inside.
"We're gonna crash here a while." Tabby explained. "Our house is havin' some repairs done."
"Oh no you're not!" Cyclops disagreed.
"Aw, come on, Cyke." Tabby pouted. "Have a heart."
"How long, Tabby?" Jean asked.
"A week or so, tops. Scout's honor." She said, crossing her heart and looking rather angelic for once.
Scott sighed. "Alright. Fine whatever. This completely goes against my better judgment, though."
"Yeay!" Tabby cheered.
That's about the time the three teens got the large crate into the house.
"Finally!" Alex exclaimed.
"I can't believe it's here." Ray agreed.
"I fear to ask, but... What is it?" Amara asked.
"There should be a wild animal in this box. We're starting an exterminator service." Ray said proudly.
"WHAT?!?" Scott and Jean yelled at the same time. "You can NOT have an animal in the mansion!" Scott added.
"Ok, I'm gonna let it out. Everyone back!" Alex said, presumably ignoring his older brother. Everyone, knowing that the Hawaiian boy might actually do something that crazy, jumped up on furniture or hid. Alex climbed on top of the box and signaled for X23 to open it.
"What's going on down here?" Sam asked as he and Amanda came back into the room. "It sounds like WWIII in here!"
"Get down!" Scott yelled, him and Jean grabbing the younger teens and putting them behind the couch.
Fourteen pairs of eyes watched as the box slid open. They all gasped. Alex and Ray screamed.
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"Alright, Cajun, spit it out already." Rogue commanded, a little annoyed. She was sitting on Remy's bed and he was pacing front of her.
He sighed. "Cher, as you well know, Gambit and de other guys were listenin' to the young ladies' conversation last week."
"Ya mean spyin'." She interrupted.
"Not in so many words, cher." He smiled. "Anyway, you have been very understanding through all of dis and Remy would like to thank you for being so forgivin' by taking you out to dinner tonight."
Rogue looked at him suspiciously. "Why?"
"Well, see, Remy has reservations for two at Nourriture de Fantaisie, but there's only one Remy."
"You got a reservation at Nourriture de Fantaisie?!" Rogue exclaimed, eyes wide. "Are ya crazy? That's the most expensive place in town!"
"Yeah, it'd be such a shame ta waste it..." he stated off-handishly.
"Alright, Ah'll go." Rogue said, not being able to mask the excited tone in her voice. Only the richest people got into Nourriture de Fantaisie as a rule of thumb and here she was going tonight!
Remy opened his bedroom door, letting her out with a short bow. "Be ready by 7."
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"They sent us a GIRAFFE?!?!" Ray exclaimed. "How could a giraffe kill pests?" He hit himself on the forehead. "And we wasted a whole winter's pay on that." Ray went up to touch the giraffe only to jump back as it snapped at him. "Ah! It tried to bite me!"
"Hey!" Tabby exclaimed, clearly impressed. "That thing's got spirit!" She walked up reached out her hand.
"Tabby! No!" Ray yelled as the giraffe lowered it's head near her. Instead of biting her, though, it let her pet it.
"Awesome!" she yelled, climbing up on it's back. "See, Berserker, you just gotta know how to reason with them."
-
Kurt kicked a rock. He had been looking for Kitty all over, but hadn't seen heads nor tails of his best friend. Or, at least, he hoped they were still best friends. Anyway, he had given up on finding her and was now trying to walk off his frustrations.
sniffle
"Huh?" Kurt looked up in the direction he had heard the noise. "Katzechen! How did you get in zat tree? Are you crying?"
"I climbed," she answered dryly, choosing to ignore the latter question.
Kurt ported up next to her. "Hey, are you okay?" He asked in a low voice, putting his hand over hers.
She yanked hers away quickly. "No, Kurt. I'm not."
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Rahne sniffed the air and suddenly turned into a wolf, surprising Jamie.
"What is it, Rahne?" he asked. She barked. "Uncle John's in a burning barn?!" She growled. "Sorry, I mean, Ray's being chased through the antechamber by a giraffe!" he exclaimed. She barked happily. "Wait a minute... Ray's being chased through the antechamber by a giraffe? Since when do we have antechambers?"
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"Tabitha! That's mine!" Ray yelled, chasing the girl on the animal. "Wait! Don't touch that!"
"Oh, don't be such a baby, Ray!" the blonde responded. "It's not every day you get to ride a live giraffe!"
"Yes, but why do you have to go through my BEDROOM!"
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Next time on Of Second Shots and Summer Plots:
"But Katzechen-!"
"Listen, Kurt." She snapped. "Sometimes things just don't work out exactly like we want them to and there's nothing we can do to change it. We can't just go back to how things were before! I'm sorry, okay?" And with that, she was gone.
This chappie is dedicated to The Uncanny R-man who always seems to brighten my day.
--
Alex wandered downstairs with X23 just as the front doorbell rang. Shrugging, he and his girlfriend opened it, only to come face to... um... wood... with a LARGE crate. And it seemed to be growling...
"IT'S HERE!!!" Alex yelled happily, starting to push the box inside the house. "Hey, Three, a little help?"
"Right." She went and start pushing as well.
"IT'S HERE!!!" the blonde yelled once more, hoping for better results. He got them.
"What's here?" Scott asked as he and Jean entered the room. Split seconds later, Ray, Amara, Wanda, Pietro, Todd, Tabitha, Fred, and Lance came in from the other direction.
"What are you doing here?" Scott asked, immediately.
"IT'S HERE!!!" Ray yelled, going to help his friends push it inside.
"We're gonna crash here a while." Tabby explained. "Our house is havin' some repairs done."
"Oh no you're not!" Cyclops disagreed.
"Aw, come on, Cyke." Tabby pouted. "Have a heart."
"How long, Tabby?" Jean asked.
"A week or so, tops. Scout's honor." She said, crossing her heart and looking rather angelic for once.
Scott sighed. "Alright. Fine whatever. This completely goes against my better judgment, though."
"Yeay!" Tabby cheered.
That's about the time the three teens got the large crate into the house.
"Finally!" Alex exclaimed.
"I can't believe it's here." Ray agreed.
"I fear to ask, but... What is it?" Amara asked.
"There should be a wild animal in this box. We're starting an exterminator service." Ray said proudly.
"WHAT?!?" Scott and Jean yelled at the same time. "You can NOT have an animal in the mansion!" Scott added.
"Ok, I'm gonna let it out. Everyone back!" Alex said, presumably ignoring his older brother. Everyone, knowing that the Hawaiian boy might actually do something that crazy, jumped up on furniture or hid. Alex climbed on top of the box and signaled for X23 to open it.
"What's going on down here?" Sam asked as he and Amanda came back into the room. "It sounds like WWIII in here!"
"Get down!" Scott yelled, him and Jean grabbing the younger teens and putting them behind the couch.
Fourteen pairs of eyes watched as the box slid open. They all gasped. Alex and Ray screamed.
-
"Alright, Cajun, spit it out already." Rogue commanded, a little annoyed. She was sitting on Remy's bed and he was pacing front of her.
He sighed. "Cher, as you well know, Gambit and de other guys were listenin' to the young ladies' conversation last week."
"Ya mean spyin'." She interrupted.
"Not in so many words, cher." He smiled. "Anyway, you have been very understanding through all of dis and Remy would like to thank you for being so forgivin' by taking you out to dinner tonight."
Rogue looked at him suspiciously. "Why?"
"Well, see, Remy has reservations for two at Nourriture de Fantaisie, but there's only one Remy."
"You got a reservation at Nourriture de Fantaisie?!" Rogue exclaimed, eyes wide. "Are ya crazy? That's the most expensive place in town!"
"Yeah, it'd be such a shame ta waste it..." he stated off-handishly.
"Alright, Ah'll go." Rogue said, not being able to mask the excited tone in her voice. Only the richest people got into Nourriture de Fantaisie as a rule of thumb and here she was going tonight!
Remy opened his bedroom door, letting her out with a short bow. "Be ready by 7."
-
"They sent us a GIRAFFE?!?!" Ray exclaimed. "How could a giraffe kill pests?" He hit himself on the forehead. "And we wasted a whole winter's pay on that." Ray went up to touch the giraffe only to jump back as it snapped at him. "Ah! It tried to bite me!"
"Hey!" Tabby exclaimed, clearly impressed. "That thing's got spirit!" She walked up reached out her hand.
"Tabby! No!" Ray yelled as the giraffe lowered it's head near her. Instead of biting her, though, it let her pet it.
"Awesome!" she yelled, climbing up on it's back. "See, Berserker, you just gotta know how to reason with them."
-
Kurt kicked a rock. He had been looking for Kitty all over, but hadn't seen heads nor tails of his best friend. Or, at least, he hoped they were still best friends. Anyway, he had given up on finding her and was now trying to walk off his frustrations.
sniffle
"Huh?" Kurt looked up in the direction he had heard the noise. "Katzechen! How did you get in zat tree? Are you crying?"
"I climbed," she answered dryly, choosing to ignore the latter question.
Kurt ported up next to her. "Hey, are you okay?" He asked in a low voice, putting his hand over hers.
She yanked hers away quickly. "No, Kurt. I'm not."
-
Rahne sniffed the air and suddenly turned into a wolf, surprising Jamie.
"What is it, Rahne?" he asked. She barked. "Uncle John's in a burning barn?!" She growled. "Sorry, I mean, Ray's being chased through the antechamber by a giraffe!" he exclaimed. She barked happily. "Wait a minute... Ray's being chased through the antechamber by a giraffe? Since when do we have antechambers?"
-
"Tabitha! That's mine!" Ray yelled, chasing the girl on the animal. "Wait! Don't touch that!"
"Oh, don't be such a baby, Ray!" the blonde responded. "It's not every day you get to ride a live giraffe!"
"Yes, but why do you have to go through my BEDROOM!"
--
Next time on Of Second Shots and Summer Plots:
"But Katzechen-!"
"Listen, Kurt." She snapped. "Sometimes things just don't work out exactly like we want them to and there's nothing we can do to change it. We can't just go back to how things were before! I'm sorry, okay?" And with that, she was gone.
