Chapter Four
The boys woke up the next day at 12:00. They got out of the tent. They looked over at the x-mens camp. They were talking.
"I wonder what they are talking about,'' Todd said.
"They could be talking about anything,'' Lance said, then grinned.'' Why don't you find out?"
"Are you kidding, yo?" Todd asked.
"No,'' Lance said,'' I dare you to over there. You can't back down, or I'll tell everyone your secret.''
"You wouldn't?"
"I would.''
Todd got up and slowly walked over to the x-mens camp.
"What's his secret?" Pietro asked.
"I have no idea,'' Lance said.
"Hi everyone,'' Todd said.
"What do you want?" Scott asked.
"Just to say hi,'' Todd said,'' And wondering what you are doing today?"
"None of your business,'' Logan said.
"You should just go back over to your camp,'' Kathy said,'' You are not welcome here.''
"Can't we just talk?" Todd asked.
"Why would you want to talk to us?" Kathy asked.
"I wasn't talking about talking to them,'' Todd said,'' I want to talk to you.''
"One minute,'' Kathy said.
The x-men began to whisper. A minutes later Kathy stood up.
"Lets go talk,'' Kathy said.
Kathy grabed Todds arm and led him into the woods. The brotherhood watched.
"What do you think is going to happen?" Fred asked.
"She might hang him,'' Steve said,'' Lets hope she don't kill him.''
Kathy led Todd to the river. She sat down. Todd sat down next to her. They were silent for about two minutes.
"So,'' Kathy said,'' Want to swim?"
"Okay,'' Todd said.
Kathy smiled and stood up, so did Todd. Kathy quickly pushed Todd into the water.
"Hey,'' Todd said,'' It's cold.''
Kathy jumped in, splashing Todd as she did.
"It's not cold,'' Kathy said floating down the river.
Todd followed her. They floated down the river for about five minutes. Kathy went under the water. Todd stoped, but Kathy didn't come back up. He stood there for a minute before going under. He looked all around, but didn't see her. He came back up and was met with a handful of mud. He quickly whipped the mud off his face and looked at the person. It was the other x-men.
"Having fun?" Scott asked wipping the mud off his hand.
Todd got out of the water and headed back to camp. It took him nearly an hour to find camp. He sat down in his chair.
"What happened?" Lance asked, trying not to laugh.
"Kathy pushed me into the river,'' Todd said,'' Then the other x-men came and Scott through mud at me.''
The others burst out laughing. Todd went in the tent and got a pair of his new clothes on.
"Was the water cold?" Fred asked as Todd sat down.
"Ya,'' Todd said.
"What are they doing?" Steve asked.
They looked over at the x-men. They had their tubes out and were walking back into the forest.
"Lets follow,'' Pietro said.
"But why?" Lance asked.
"I need to get them back,'' Todd said.
"I'm staying here,'' Fred said,'' I don't want to get in trouble with them.''
They got up and slowly followed the x-men. They watched as the x-men got on their tubes and floated down the river. The brotherhood followed.
"I go it,'' Pietro said.
Pietro explained his plan.
"This is nice,'' Kitty sighed.
"I vonder vhat the brotherhood are doing,'' Kurt said.
Just then the x-mens tubes fliped over. When they came out of the water, the brotherhood were on next to them. The x-men grabed their tubes, before they could float away.
"Why did you do that?" Logan demanded.
"Because we can,'' Lance said.
"And you don't mess with one of our members,'' Pietro added.
Kathy grined and the water behind the brotherhood rose up. The brotherhood turned around and the water crashed down on them. They came up a few seconds later. The x-men were laughing.
"What?" Lance asked.
"Your hair,'' Kitty laughed.
Jean took a mirror out of her pocket and showed them. Steves hair was red, Lances hair was yellow, Todds hair was light green, and Pietros hair was pink. The brotherhood ran back to camp screaming. It took them twenty minutes to find the camp. Fred burst out laughing at them. They sat down in their chairs.
"My hair,'' Pietro whined,'' My nice white hair. It's ruined.''
"It should come out,'' Lance said running his hands through his hair.
"NO IT WON'T,'' Pietro shouted,' MY HAIR IS RUINED. WHY PINK? I HATE PINK.''
"Calm down Pietro,'' Steve said,'' Kathy did this to me once before and it came out, after a month.''
"A month,'' Pietro yelled,'' I can't go around with my hair like this for a month.''
"I'm sure she will take it out,'' Todd said.
"NO SHE WON'T,'' Pietro shouted,'' SHE'LL LEAVE IT LIKE THIS, JUST TO MAKE ME MADE. SHE STIL HASN'T FORGIVEN ME FOR CALLING HER A MUTANT KILLER.''
"SHUT UP,'' Lance shouted,'' I'm sick of your whining.''
Pietro was silent the rest of the time. It was getting dark. They could hear the x-men laughing. They went to bed after eating some of Freds cooking.
"Great,'' Steve said as he laied down on his blanket.'' Kathy is going to pay for this.''
"What if it wasn't Kathy?" Todd asked.
Lance and Pietro went to sleep. Steve and Todd stayed up for another hour before going to sleep.