Hey, here's another chappie for you people who continue to read despite my strange out take on everything. Love you all!

This chappie is dedicated to Lady Farvey. Thanks for all the nice things you've ever said to me! You know, in about four chappies, I should be all caught up in these...

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The first morning the kids spent on their own was a hectic one. Jean, Kitty, and Rogue had left at about 6am for the grocery store, saying they'd be back soon. It was now 9:38 and Scott was starting to get worried. He decided to call them.

"Hey, Scott. What's up?" Jean voice answered on the other end.

"Like you don't know, Redd," Scott replied. "Where are you three?"

"Aw, are the monsters hurting my Scottie?" Jean said in a mock-sympathetic voice.

"Jean..."

"We just got to the store."

"But you left three and a half hours ago!"

"Ya'll never said which store..." he heard Rogue say in the background.

"Yeah, or like which state." Kitty giggled.

"Jean, what they mean?" Scott asked, a panicky tone slipping into his voice.

"Well..." Jean started. "Hey!" She yelled as Rogue stole the phone.

"Cyke, we're at a Super Wal-Mart in New Jersey. We'll be back whenever we decide to be. Don't worry about us. Good luck with the monsters, whatever that means. Red sends her love. Buh-bye." Rogue said, hanging up before Scott or Jean could protest further. She tossed it back to Jean.

"That wasn't very nice, Rogue." The telepath stated as she put away her phone.

"Well, Ah had to do somethin'." Rogue replied. "Ah was gonna die if Kit asked me how another pink frilly thing looked on her."

"Hey!" Kitty yelled, coming out of the dressing room in her normal clothes.

"So, what did you gals do last night?" Rogue asked, choosing to ignore her friend.

"Before or after we found out there was an elephant in our backyard?" Jean asked.

"An elephant and a zebra." Kitty corrected.

"After." Rogue replied.

"Scott and I watched a movie in the den." The redhead answered.

"I went to bed early," Kitty added.

Rogue sighed. "Yer not still hidin' from Kurt, are ya?"

Kitty didn't respond, but instead changed the subject. "So how did your date go?"

"I told him I couldn't go out with him." Rogue replied.

"What?!" Kitty exclaimed. "Like why did you do that?!"

"Why do ya think?!" Rogue snapped. "I can't touch him! Why would he wanna be with someone he can't even kiss without endin' up unconscious? He's got plenty of girls throwin' themselves at him that he can do a lot more with."

"But he wants you." Jean replied, putting a hand on her friend's shoulder.

Rogue shrugged it off. "Whatevah."

-

Wanda sat in the chair of Todd's hospital room, lightly sleeping. The events of the previous night haunted her uneasy rest.

Wanda got up and ran over to where Todd's body had flown. She knelt down by him and started shaking him. "Say something!"

"Oh my... Did he just get hit by that car?" a man yelled from the curb. "Do you want me to call 911?"

"No, I want you to stand there and look stupid. Oh wait, you're already doing that!" She replied, frustrated.

The man looked offended, but pulled out his phone, anyway. His wife said something to him and then hurried over to Wanda and Todd.

"Calm down, Hun. Yelling at people is not going to help him."

Wanda looked up at the woman and glared, ignoring the tears that were starting to form in her eyes. "Will you just get some help, already?" She turned back to Todd. "Please be okay..."

Suddenly, a knock came on the door and a nurse came in, waking Wanda from her sleep.

"Are you authorized to fill out his medical forms?" the lady in blue asked.

Wanda nodded and took the forms.

The nurse looked at her sympathetically. "He'll be okay once he wakes up. Don't worry too much. He didn't suffer too much damage."

Wanda sighed. "I know. I can't help worrying about him, though."

The nurse nodded and left the room.

Wanda looked down at the forms and, for the first time, realized that she hadn't called the mansion. She groaned and got up to find a payphone.

-

"Hey-has-anyone-seen-my-sister?" Pietro asked, coming into the living room.

"Todd's missing, too." Fred replied, off-handedly.

Pietro thought about that for a moment and shrugged. "But-have-you-seen-Wanda?"

The phone rang and Evan answered it.

"Hello?" Pause. "Dude! Where have you been all night? People are getting worried." Pause. "What? Whoa, calm down. I'll put Pietro on."

Quicksilver ran over and took the phone.

"Wanda!" he exclaimed. "What?!" He hung up.

"So, where is she?" Fred asked.

"Toad-got-hit-by-a-car!"

Fred's eyes widened. "What?!"

"Come-on-get-your-jacket! Wanda-says-if-we-don't-get-to-the-hospital-soon-she'll-maim-me! You-wouldn't-wanna-be-responsible-for-the-bruising-of-this-handsome-face-would-you?" Pietro asked, running around, getting ready. "Where-the-hell-is-Alvers?"

-

"Hey!" Scott yelled, coming into the dinning room and finding the place trashed. "What do you kids think you're doing?!"

Ray, Amara, Roberto, Sam, Bobby, and Jubilee looked over at him.

"Get him!" Bobby called, leading the others in rushing the field commander of the X-Men.

2 minutes later...

Scott was tied to a chair, his mouth gagged and his hands bound behind him. "Mmmff!!!"

Amara giggled.

-

"Did you kids hear that?" Tabitha asked, happily.

Jamie shook his head. "Hear what?"

"It sounded like a leader being tied up!" she exclaimed. "And since Lance has been out all night, it's gotta be Cyke!"

"So.. what does that mean?" Jamie asked.

"That means we can take Georgie, Stephie, and Carl inside!" Tabby exclaimed. "Let's go!"

She got onto Georgie's back, Rahne climbed onto Stephie, and Jamie rode Carl inside the front door.

-

Yawning, Lance wandered in the back door and took off his moustache. He went upstairs and flopped down on the bed he was now claiming.

-

Kurt looked up from his book as Evan scrambled into their room and shut the door behind him.

"Trust me, man, you do NOT want to go out there," Spyke said, sitting on his bed and catching his breath. "It's madness.

Kurt raised an eyebrow. "Vhat happened?"

"Kitty, Jean, and Rogue left. That's all, and now the place is all chaotic and junk!" The he added, "An elephant almost stepped on my skateboard!"

"Vhere's Scott?" the German boy wondered.

Evan shrugged. "It's every mutant for themselves down there, man."

-

"She-said-room-453," Pietro stated. The speed demon and Freddy wandered around, finding it after a few minutes. They knocked and went inside.

"Finally!" Wanda exclaimed as they came in. "What kept you? Where's Lance and Tabitha?"

"Oh! Tabitha!" Fred said, turning to Pietro. "I knew we were forgetting something..."

"Oh-well.-What-happened?" Pietro asked his sister.

She rolled her eyes. "Like you care. Just give me his insurance card." He handed it to her and she began filling out the rest of the forms.

"Is he gonna be okay?" Fred asked.

Wanda sighed and looked up at the Blob. "They said he would be."

"Do-you-need-us-anymore?" Pietro asked, impatiently.

Wanda's jaw dropped. "Pietro Maximoff! You conceded little... Er!" She took a deep breath. "Just get out."

"Wanda, I-"

"I said," she started, forming a hex bolt in her hand, "GET OUT!"

"Okay-okay!-Come-on-Blob!" Pietro said, racing from the room.

"Tell him to get well soon for me," Fred said, leaving after Pietro. Wanda nodded and hit the 'push for help' button.

"Yes?" a voice came over the speaker.

"Hi. I finished filling out those forms, can someone come and get them?"

-

Alex and X23 sat in the living room, once again bored.

"Well, we wouldn't be bored if you'd stop writing us that way..." Alex muttered.

Hey! You're not supposed to pay attention to me! I'm the narrator!

"So...?" X23 asked.

Hey, watch it missy! I could send you two to Alaska, never to be heard from again!

"Sorry," they answered.

That's better.

Anyway... Alex and X23 sat in the living room, once again bored.

"Why don't the others ever hang out with us?" Alex asked.

X23 looked at him oddly. "I don't know."

"We should make a club. 'The People who people forget club'. Yeah, that's good. I can be the president and you can be the vice." Alex said.

X23 shrugged. "Okay. Don't clubs normally have more than two people in them?"

"Well..." Alex started, "Nobody pays attention to Jamie and Rahne. Or Blob. Or... I don't know, but I'm sure we could get more people." He got an odd glint in his eye. "Then maybe we could take over the world... yes... Mwahahahaha!!!"

"Right..." X23 nodded slowly. She stood up and backed out of the room.

-

"We're back!" Kitty announced, coming in the front door, closely followed by Jean and Rogue. They all stopped dead in their tracks. "Whoa... I think we might have the wrong house."

"Lordy, what happened here?" Rogue wondered aloud.

Jean took several deep breathes before speaking. "What the hell is going on in here?!?!" She yelled.

Everyone stopped and stared at her.

"Um... Hey, Jean..." Bobby greeted, weakly.

"Where is Scott?" the redhead asked in a scary voice.

"Well... would you believe we don't know?" Amara asked. The telepath glared at her. "I'm guessing not..."

"He's in the dining room." Sam answered.

"If any of you move an inch while I'm in there, even one single inch, I'll let Scott loose on you in the DR at 4AM for the next thirteen days. Clear?" Jean asked, starting toward the dining room.

"As crystal, boss lady." Ray stated.

"Good." She opened the door. "Rogue, watch them."

-

A half hour later, Jean and Scott had gathered the new recruits and Tabby in the den.

"What you nine did today was completely unacceptable." Jean started. "It was irresponsible and childish, not to mention unethical. You can't go around tying people up and wrecking other people's homes!"

"And, as a punishment, Jean and I have decided that you have to clean the entire house." Scott added.

"The entire house?" Bobby asked, unbelieving.

"Yes." Scott replied, glaring.

"Okay," Bobby squeaked.

-

Kitty heard a knock on her bedroom door. She got up and answered it.

"Kurt!" she exclaimed, surprised to see him standing there.

"Katzechen, we need to talk." He replied, stepping past Kitty. "I'm not sure what gave the impression that I didn't like you, but..." he sighed and took a step closer to his friend. Kurt looked at the girl in front of him for a minute before bringing his face closer to her and brushing his lips against hers. After a moment, she relaxed and kissed him back.

"Whoa, what did Ah miss?"

Both teens broke away, blushing, and looked at Rogue as she came in.

"Don't you ever like knock?" Kitty asked, suddenly finding it very important to rearrange the knick-knacks on her dresser.

Rogue laughed. "It's mah room, too."

"Um... I'm gonna go. See you later, Katzechen! Bye, Rogue!" Kurt waved, porting out.

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Next time on Of Second Shots and Summer Plots:

"Whoa! Look what I found!" Bobby stated, rummaging through the closet of one of the guest rooms.

"What is that?" Jubilee wondered.

"It looks like blueprints to me..."