Title: Facing the enemy
The shadow slowly creeps up behind a figure that is in deep thought. The gun is shifted towards her back and before that, a young girl screamed out a piercing scream that the man got shocked and carelessly drops his gun. Peprica turns around and she receives a whack against her body. With the hard whack, Peprica falls to the ground with a loud thud. All the kids huddled towards one side frightened.
The figure then descends to the ground and picks up his gun. Peprica looks up and brushes her hair aside and crawls towards the bench and tries to get up. Just as she got up, she felt a strong arm grab her two arms and lift her up in the air.
"LET ME GO!" Peprica shouted loudly as she tried to struggle free from the grip. With that, Peprica gets flunked to the ground.
"Where is the Eagle's eye?" The man said with deep greediness in his voice.
Peprica slowly crawls towards a tree and pulls herself up. Then, the man turns her around and presses her against the tree with his hand on her shoulder and the other hand pointing his gun at her. Peprica places her two hands on his arm that is pressing her against the tree and tries to break free.
"I'm asking you a question, where's the Eagle's eye?" The man said. His face is covered by a mask so Peprica couldn't see who it is but she found his voice very familiar.
"Unnhh! I don't know what you are talking about! But I do know I am not going to stay here and face you! Take this Creep! HI-YAH!" Peprica then kicks his where the sun don't shine and immediately, the man let's go, freeing her to fight.
The man backs up and drops his fun and falls to the ground. Peprica then balances herself and rubs her shoulder. She then looks up and ties up her hair quickly in a ponytail. The man reaches for his gun and gets up. Now, it's a face off between a mutant and an unknown person who she has no idea what he's talking about.
The man then aims his gun at her and one last time, ask her the same question. "Where is the Eagle's eye?" The man said.
"Listen, I have no idea what you are talking about! But even so, I will not let you go so easily!" Peprica then runs forward and the man fires an energy beam at her. But before the beam hit her, Peprica leaps high into the air and then kicks him to the ground.
The man falls to the ground and Peprica lands behind him. The kids behind her were speechless, seeing something they have never seen before.
The man gets up and faces Peprica, getting ready to fight again. He takes his gun and aims for her again but then, something hit his gun and freezes up. In shock, he drops his gun onto the grass. He looks up to see mutants from the Xavier Institute standing with the kids. Jubilee, Amara and Bobby stands ready while Jamie and Sam take the kids to safety. Ray and Roberto runs over to Peprica and stand beside her, ready to attack.
"Who wants popsicles!" Bobby shouted out like an ice cream man.
Amara's hands light up with fire while Jubilee's hands have sparks surrounding her hands.
"Still want to play?" Amara hissed.
"Lookie, it's eight against one, wow, now do you think we should even the odds or continue?" Peprica says.
The man backs up a bit knowing he is out matched against the mutants. With that, he presses a button on his watch and he blasts off into the sky.
Mystique opens the envelope and reveals a letter. She unfolds the letter and sits on her bed.
Dear mother,
A carnival is coming in three days from tomorrow; do you wish to join me? It could be a great time to spend with one another. I hope you are not busy because I do want to have some mother and son time. This way, it would be better for us to communicate. Let me know as soon as possible so I can purchase tickets for us.
Love,
Kurt (Son)
Mystique smiles with happiness knowing how much her son wants to reconnect with her again. It is like any mother's wish to keep in touch with their children through thick and thin. Mystique felt like the luckiest mother in the world to have a son like Kurt. Though they are separated, she knows that Kurt will always have her in his heart.
Mystique then opens her bedside drawer, puts the letter back into the envelope and places it in the drawer. After closing it, Mystique walks over to the window and opens the window to let the evening breeze come in. She looks out into the evening sky that is setting in, guessing that life has turned for the better, especially when the one she loves is right by her side.
Back at the institute, Peprica arrives and made a deal with the New Mutants not to let a word out about the fight back at the park. After dinner, Peprica goes up and takes a bath.
After a good bath, Peprica heads down to the living room where she sees the New Mutants watching Mr. Bean. Jamie sees her and just as Ray is about to sit down next to him, Jamie pushes him away.
"AHH!" Ray then falls on top of Roberto causing the popcorn to fly like chickens.
"My popcorn!" Roberto shouts.
"My back!" Ray shouts as he rolls onto the floor.
"Keep it down!" Amara says with her sight focused on the TV.
Jamie brushed the seat next to him and Peprica sat down next to him. "Hey, chips?" Jamie asks a bit nervous. Peprica looks at the bowl of chips then looks up at Jamie and smiles.
"Sure."
Peprica grabs a handful of chips and one by one eats them. "Soo…thank anyway, for rescuing me."
"It was nothing, hey; we friends got to stick together. It was all of us that scared him off." Bobby said
Peprica then felt a lift of weight from her heart. "All of you came down for me? And after all I have said; you guys still consider me your friend?"
The others turned around and looked at Peprica. "You were right and we were wrong, after thinking much about what you said, we think we should appreciate our teachers more." Amara says as she stuffed some popcorn into her mouth.
"Hey, we have our differences and we shouldn't let that put us on a battle field." Sam said.
Peprica's eyes were shimmering as tears welled up, she never felt so happy in her life. After her shouting at them, they still stuck up for her. Jamie took a tissue and gives it to Peprica. She wipes away her tears and then looks up.
"Now I know I won't have to face any enemy alone because I've got you guys." Peprica says. All of the X-kids smiled as they resumed back to watching their comedic show. Outside the living room, Professor Xavier smiles.
Upstairs, Kurt is walking towards the bathroom with his towel and nightclothes in his hand. Just then, Kitty exits the bathroom with her towel around her shoulders. Just as she walks past, Kurt suddenly realizes what Wanda told him.
"Kitty!" Kurt said.
Kitty turned around and replies, "yeah?"
"Lance wants his sweater back from you. That is all." After that, Kurt walks into the bathroom.
Kitty stood at the spot feeling uneasy. She then runs back to her room to see Rogue on her bed, reading Remy's letter over and over again.
"Rogue! You've got to help me!" Kitty pleads as she jumps onto Rouge's bed. Rogue puts the letter aside and looks at Kitty with a confused look on her face.
"Ah? You need help from me?" Rouge said. Then, Rogue bursts out laughing and slaps her hand on her forehead.
"What!" Kitty shouts irritated.
"This is like the first time ah hear you say you need mah help, ah mean, you always seem to have things under your control and you never really like to ask for help…especially in cooking!" Rouge laughs out loud.
Kitty looks at Rouge feeling irritated. Then, Kitty takes the pillow and starts whacking Rogue.
"Hey! AH! Ah said…hey! Alright! Alright! Ah will cut it out if it makes you happy!" Rouge said shielding herself from the pillow.
Kitty then puts the pillow down and sits on Rouge's bed, hugging her knees. Rouge first puts away her precious letter then settles down.
"Okay, what help do ya need?" Rouge says.
Kitty softly bites her lip and then looks up at Rouge. "You see, Lance wants his sweater back…but umm…it kinda got in an accident…"
Rogue tilts her head one side and looks at her. "It's completely wrecked right?" Kitty lets out an uneasy smile and looks at Rouge. "More like burnt…?"
Rogue looks at Kitty for a second and Kitty looks at Rouge for a second and then, Rouge bursts out laughing again.
Again, Kitty got irritated and reaches for Rouge's pillow. Quickly, Rouge lay on her pillow. "Alright, okay, fine! Continue."
Kitty looks at Rouge and then continues her story. "I was trying to whip up a delicious fried chicken. Feeling warm, I took of Lance's sweater. He lent me his because I forgot to bring mine and I was freezing cold in the auditorium. Anyway, I was stupid to leave the sweater near the frying pan and you can guess what happens next."
"Ouch…" Rouge says.
Kitty then grabbed Rouge's pillow and stuffs her face in it. Then she lifts her head out and looks at Rouge. "What am I to do! I can't let Lance know or he will never talk to me ever again!" Kitty says and then stuffs her face back into the pillow again. Then she lifts her head up again and says, "I'm Doomed!" Then back into the pillow again.
Rouge looks at Kitty who looks so stressed out. "Why not just buy a new one?" Rouge asks.
Kitty looks at Rouge and frowns. "Logan is coming back tomorrow and Professor Xavier is going out of town for just two days…sigh he won't let me go out. He would want to run Danger Room Sessions for the next few days…I don't think I can come up with a good excuse to cover up the days…"
"Oh…why not just tell Lance the truth, ah am sure he won't be upset." Rouge said, trying to lighten Kitty up.
Kitty looks at her and then Rouge shrugs, "okay, maybe he will get upset."
Moment of silence...
"Maybe very upset, but a couple of days of not talking to you isn't that bad right?" Rogue says.
Kitty looks at her and then lets out a loud wail.
From downstairs, Ray could hear someone wailing. He looks up at the ceiling and says, "Who's watching Cry of the Banshees?"
Next chapter: Bad day
Author: Sorry but anyway, here's the story! I don't know if it is any good but the next chapter is mostly about Kitty having a bad day.