Alright, I've finally gotten into the mood to update this story! Sorry it took so long, but whenever I tried to write this chapter, my brain just shut down. I was suffering from a deadly case of writers' block.it was horrible. shudders
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I hope you enjoy this encounter with the Brotherhood!
Chapter 4: Meet the Brotherhood
As soon as the words came out of Xavier's mouth, the students and adults were up and rushing out of the room. While the older teens and adults headed for their rooms, the others, who Rogue gathered were the "new recruits" that Scott had just yelled at, run to the windows, sigh, and then plop themselves onto the furniture. Wanting some answers, Rogue followed them, Nicoletta opting to take a glance out the window.
"Wha's goin' on?" she asked a smaller boy.
He looked up to her, startled, "You're talking to me?"
Rogue chuckled, "Yeah sugah. Can ya tell meh wha's goin' on?"
The girl beside him sighed, "Jamie's not much of a talker, but I am. Name's Jubilee."
Rogue nodded, "So wha's with all the commotion?"
"Well the Brotherhood's just arrived. They're these other mutants who don't share in the Prof's dream. They tend to do bad things and it's our job to stop them. I guess you could call us enemies."
"Oh..So why aren't ya'll getting' ready ta faght?"
"We're all still new here and the adults feel that we aren't experienced enough," Jubilee replied with annoyance. She obviously didn't share those same thoughts.
"Tha sucks."
"Tell me about it."
"So Ah take it tha all the people out there are the Brotherhood?" a voice came from behind the two.
"Yeah," Rogue replied to her sister, "The othahs are gonna go faght them."
Nicoletta chuckled, "Sounds lahke fun. Think daddy'll let us join?"
"No."
The occupants in the room turned to find Logan in his suit. His girls took one look and burst out laughing.
"Spandex? Ah pity ya'll," Rogue mumbled between laughs.
"Can it Stripes. And I mean it, both of you stay in here."
Nicoletta frowned, "But-"
"No. We have to see how good you are in the Danger Room before you go around kicking any butt," Logan said before disappearing.
Rogue and Nicoletta looked at each other, "Danger Room?"
Jubilee sighed, "Let me explain"
Shadow stood ready with the Brotherhood as the X-men began to appear.
"Took you X-geeks long enough," he sneered at Scott, "We were starting to think you had all run away like the little babies you are."
"You wish Shadow," Scott shot back, "What are you doing here?"
"Us? We're here to have some fun, right guys?"
The Brotherhood nodded, racing towards the X-men. The two teams collided, falling into their normal battles.
Xavier stood watching his X-men, not to concerned about the threat. Sure the Brotherhood was strong, but his X-men were better prepared. The two teams always seemed to be getting into little spars like this. If only he could help the Brotherhood to see his dream.
Footsteps brought him out of his thoughts, and he found Rogue and Nicoletta standing to his right.
"I thought Logan told you to stay inside?" he questioned the girls.
Rogue shrugged, "Daddy's always too protective. Besides, it's not lahke weh're fightin', weh're jus' watchin'."
Xavier smiled. They were just like their father, stubborn.
"So, who are these Brotherhood guys?" Nicoletta asked.
Xavier thought for a moment, "Very well. I see no harm in telling you."
He pointed to the spot where Kitty was engaged in battle with a green haired girl.
"That there is-"
It was obvious to Kitty that the Brotherhood had been training since the last time they had battled. Ivy was definitely stronger and faster. Not only was Ivy using her trademark whip, but she kept trying to grab Kitty with the knee length grass she had produced. The moment Kitty phased through the tangles the grass more grabbed her. There was no time for her to think!
"Oh poor Kitty," Ivy chided, "The grass too much for you?"
Kitty gave no reply, but frowned at Ivy before deciding to phase into the ground. At this point, the ground was her safest bet.
Ivy frowned, she wasn't supposed to do that! "Get out of the ground you stupid Cat!"
"I am, like look down!"
Ivy glance down just in time to see Kitty start phasing her into the ground. Soon all that could be seen of the plant girl was her head.
Bobby shot an icy blast at Avalanche as the boy cracked the ground beneath him again. The shot went flying off into the air, nearly hitting Storm, as Bobby lost his balance.
"This is getting really old Lance," he said as another quake landed Bobby on his butt.
Lance just laughed as he let out another quake, "You're just mad because you're losing."
"I'll show you mad!" Bobby yelled, sliding towards Lance on a sheet of ice. He rammed into Lance and lost his balance, sending both of them tumbling to the ground.
Lance recovered first, grabbing Bobby by the neck, "Now you're gonna get it."
Out of no where, a flash of lightning appeared, hitting Avalanche in his back. He fell to the ground, stunned.
Bobby looked up to see Storm overhead, "Thanks."
"No problem child."
Making sure Avalanche would be out for a while, Bobby coated him in a nice layer of ice before going to help Kurt subdue the slimy Toad.
Storm turned her attention back to Spyder as he tried to escape his own web, which she had wound around him using the wind.
"Just give it up already."
Sweetie laughed as Jean chucked another rocked at her, "You can't hit me that way Jeannie. Now it's my turn."
Sweetie disappeared as Jean blinked her eyes. The redhead placed her hands on her temples, trying quickly to locate the mutant.
"I'm right here Jean," a voice whispered into her ear.
Jean whipped her head around, coming face to face with Sweetie and her pretty glowing pink eyes.
"No!" Jean screamed as the hypnotic eyes grabbed hold of hers.
"It's time to take a nap Jean."
"No," Jean struggled, "I'm not tired. You can't make me."
"You are tired. Sleep Jean."
Jean's eyes fluttered before closing completely. Sweetie smirked, releasing he hold on Jean. The girl wound be out for a good hour.
"That was almost too easy," she murmured out loud, before a rock hit her on the head.
Sweetie fell to the ground unconscious and Jean opened her eyes.
'Sweet dreams.'
Bamf!
Kurt teleported out of the way of Toad's sickening projectiles. Why did he always get the gross little guy?
"Yo, where'd you go Fuzzie?"
"Behind you," Kurt said as he kicked Toad in the gut. The boy landed face first in the ground, instantly pushing himself face up.
"You're gonna pay for that!" Toad cried, snapping his tongue out at Kurt, catching the blue boy off guard. Toad's tongue wrapped around Kurt's ankle, preventing him from teleporting away.
"Gross! This will never come out!" Kurt cried as his leg was coated with the slimy spit.
Toad smiled, now he was in control of the fight. He had been tired of hopping away from Kurt.
Pulling Kurt closer, Toad released the ankle and grabbed Kurt by the shoulders with his hands. Kurt paled as Toad created a large projectile and sent it at his face. IT hit him dead center and Kurt could no longer see or breathe.
"Take that Yo!"
This was not good. Kurt tried to pry the gunk off his face, but the it was stuck to hid fur tightly.
"Heh. You won't be able to get tha-"
Kurt heard something hard hit the ground. The next thing he knew, he felt hands helping him pry off the gooey mess.
"You okay Kurt?"
Kurt looked up to find Bobby offering him a hand, "Yeah. I'm fine."
Nearby, Toad lay frozen on the ground.
The Blob rushed toward Wolverine once more, his energy fading. No matter how hard he hit the older man, he never hurt him. Blob just couldn't comprehend what Logan's healing factor was doing. He punched the man in the ribs, a loud crack audible. Blob smirked, he had broken the Wolverine's ribs. Wolverine fell onto the ground, getting up immediately as the healing factor kicked in.
"Now you did it bub."
The Wolverine growled, and the enormous Blob turned, running away form the angry man. He didn't get that far. Logan knocked the fat boy to the ground, retracting his claws and punching him square in the head. Too bad Blob didn't have any healing factors.
The leaders of the X-men and Brotherhood once again squared off, determined to show who was the better fighter. Shadow wasted no time in transforming, his black wings and eyes appearing.
"Hope you're not too scared," Shadow snarled, "Or it'll be a quick fight."
"I'm not scared of anything," Scott shot back with a optic blast.
"We'll see about that."
Xavier, Rogue and Nicoletta watched intently as the X-men beat the Brotherhood. The girls watched as their dad brought down the giant Blob without much trouble before turning their attention elsewhere. Rogue found her eyes wandering towards Kitty, where the teen had just put Ivy into the ground. 'Tha was a quick fight.' Kitty began to walk away, but stopped suddenly, turning around as the green haired girl said something. Rogue watched surprised as Ivy lifted herself above the ground with giant roots.
"Ah'd hate ta be Kitty raght now."
Nicoletta turned her attention to Scott as he battled the now demon looking Shadow. It was fun to watch the trade off of Scott's optic blasts and Shadow's quick footwork. Both guys seemed equally matched and neither was willing to back down. This was definitely about pride.
Scott allowed himself to smirk as his optic blast hit Shadow in the chest.
"Is that all you've got?"
Scott frowned, "What?"
"You're weak Summers," Shadow laughed, "My team has been practicing. We've gotten a lot stronger."
Shadow stared at Scott, feeling his emotions while dodging the blasts being thrown at him. He knew it was there somewhere. 'Where are you hiding it Summers?' Ah, there it was, fear. Shadow lifted his hand and a black mist began to flow out.
Scott saw it coming, but could not escape before the mist consumed him. He was thrown into a nightmare. Shadow stood there, waiting to see how it affected Scott.
In a flash, three playing cards landed next to Shadow, exploding on contact. He barely moved in time.
"Dat's not nice homme."
Shadow frowned turning to face the attacker, "Would you care to try Gambit?"
Remy shook his head, "Nah, Remy'll pass."
With Shadow's link cut off, Scott woke up instantly.
"Now look what you did Remy, Scott here's woken up" Shadow chided.
"Remy?" Scot asked before he caught sight of the thief, "What are you doing here? Did you defeat Chameleon?"
"Chameleon?" Remy shrugged, "Remy couldn' find de homme."
"What do you mean you couldn't find him?" Scott shouted.
"Simple, Remy didn' see de homme. Do you see 'im?"
Scott glanced quickly around, "No."
Their eyes fell on Shadow. "Alright, where is Chameleon?"
"Do you really want to know?"
"Yes!"
Shadow smirked, "He's meeting your new friends."
"New friends?" Scott echoed. What was he talking about. Realization hit Scott and he turned to the mansion. Xavier was standing there with Logan's daughters. Remy followed Scott's gaze, taking off the moment he saw what was going on. Unknown to the three, Chameleon was standing right behind them, getting ready to attack.
Nicoletta and Rogue watched with interest as Shadow took down Scott with the black mist. They were even more intrigued when the Cajun dropped out of the tree to help Scott. Now however, Scott was fighting Shadow fiercely and Remy was running towards them.
But why? The Professor seemed to have the same question. They watched as he closed his eyes for a moment. Reopening them in a hurry, "Girls, behind us!"
Rogue and Nicoletta spun around, Standing right behind them was a boy with a lizard tail, half blending into the surroundings.
"Hello," he greeted them before lunging at Nicoletta. Chameleon never reached her. In an instant, Rogue had ripped off her glove and grabbed hold of the boy for a second. She released him quickly and he fell to the ground unconscious. Remy was there a moment later, staring in shock as Rogue sprouted a tail much like the boy's.
"Merde. Wha did ya do to da homme chere?"
Rogue however was too busy clutching her head in pain.
She screamed loudly catching the attention of all before disappearing, blending into the background.
The X-men took the advantage of the distracted Brotherhood, knocking those still standing out cold, before rushing to Xavier and Rogue.
Alright, that's the end of this chapter. Yeah, Rogue and Nicoletta really didn't fight, but I promise they'll have a lot more action in up coming chapters! Sorry if any (or all) of the fighting was lame, this is my first time writing an action scene like this. Review! I'll try to update soon!
-Les723
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