Besides Kitty, Evan and Scott, no one knew what happened between Rogue and Pietro. Rogue made sure of that. Rogue was in her room and Kitty and Evan were in the Kitchen whispering.
"That was like so cool, Rogue and Pietro!"
Evan rolled his eyes.
"Sure Kitty. Whatever. He's up to no good, all he has to do is just give me an excuse to kill 'em."
Now it was Kitty's turn to roll eyes.
"Oh please. You know you like her. Anyway..."
Kitty leaned forward and whispered lower.
"You got the tape?"
Evan's frown turned into an evil smirk.
"Yeah I got it.
Kitty smiled as she wrapped her hair around her finger.
"This is just perfect."
The two exchanged evil maniacal smiles as they slipped the tape into the recorder. AS they discussed what they were going to do, Scott and Jean walked in on them.
"What is perfect?"
Scott and Jean had just come from the danger room and were starving. Kitty and Evan froze.
"What? Is there something on my face?"
Scott's eyebrows arched as Kitty and Evan scrambled with something and started to cheese at him. Slowly they made their way to the door. They started whispering even lower.
"Oh no! We can't like, let them know what we're doing!"
Evan understood.
"Yeah, clear your mind of it and pretend to think of something else."
"Okay."
Jean stared at the two with amusement. He laughed inside at the sight. The classic cartoons...what was it? Elmer Fudd, yeah, that's it.
They had just reached the door when Scott stopped them.
"So, I take it you're going to spy on Rogue now right?"
Scott looked at the duo sternly. His fists slightly clenched. They both winced. Scott put down the bottle of water he had gotten from the fridge. Jean finished her bottle and smiled wickedly.
"You know that's invasion of privacy, I really don't think the professor would agree with this."
Scott said this in a matter-of-factly, way. His glasses slipped and he pushed them up on his nose. Kitty suddenly found something interesting on the rather dirty floor....
-Uh oh! Caught! -
It was clear that Scott was about to continue, but Jean intervened.
"Do you know what would happen if she found out? First, she'd absorb you to see how much you know and then tell Professor Xavier. More than likely you'd have to do the X-jet, because we all know that Rogue is Logan's favorite!"
Jean was enjoying herself, Scott, however, was dead serious. Kitty had smirked and looked at Evan, then to Scott. She put on her 'Valley Girl' face.
"I know, I'm sorry. But like, it isn't my fault! Evan suckered me in!"
"WHAAAATT!?!?!?!"
Evan's jaw literally hit the floor. Kitty had set him up! Evan's spikes grew out and he turned to face her, but to his mild surprise, she had phased through the door. Spike blinked.
"Shit."
Jean scoffed at his misfortune.
"Yes, you are in deep shit."
"I guess they're right when they say, 'There is no honor among thieves.'"
Jean and Evan both rolled their eyes. Scott tried to continue but Spike didn't seem to want to listen. They were soon arguing and such. Jean shook her head.
"Alright you two. We won't tell under one condition..."
Evan was defeated.
"Yeah, sure, what is it?"
Jean's normally sweet face turned evilly crazy. She had a look that of a maniac. Both young men gulped.
"The term is that we get to go along with you."
"WHAAAAAATTTTTTTT?????"
Scott was flabbergasted.
-What the hell is Jean thinking? Is she insane? -
Scott made a move to answer but found he couldn't move. Jean continued her bargain, circling around Evan like a vulture.
"You must follow all of my orders and let me go with you whenever or wherever you plan to spy, is that clear?"
Jean's authoritive voice made Evan stand alert. He was sweating bullets.
-What did I get myself into? Ohhh Kitty's gonna get it.-
"Yeah Jean. Whatever you say. I never did take you for the spying type."
Evan was a little interested in why all of a sudden Miss 'perfect' had a sudden interest with the Goth. Jean's eyebrows arched slightly when she answered him.
"I am, only when I want to."
The door behind Jean swung open and Evan ran his ass out of there. Scott's body untensed as placed a very strong hand on Jean's shoulder.
"Jean, what's wrong with you? We cant follow her like that. It's wrong. The Professor would not like it."
Jean's eyebrows knotted together slightly, not in confusion, but in slight anger.
"Oh what? So you can follow everyone and I cant? That's very hypocritical! Besides, I have a good reason why."
Scott fumbled with his words for a moment.
"Well, I mean, its good for the team in most cases."
He scratched his head, yeah, he was being an ass about it. Then he thought of the last part of her sentence. Scott's confused expression eased as he let her continue.
"It's been known to me for a while that Rogue has been pondering whether to go back to the Brotherhood. I think there is something going on there, with the new girl somehow connected with Rogue Mystique."
Jean paused to let him grasp the whole meaning of her words. When he had nodded his head, she continued.
"Now, out of the blue, Pietro starts to mess with Rogue. I've seen the looks and smiles. I was convinced when I 'heard' about the parking lot. I don't really know if he likes her, I tried reading his mind but its just too fast. But my point is, what if he's trying to recruit her? If he is and she is considering it, then she might go with him. If that is true, then Pietro will come around more for her and he might leak some information to Rogue about the Brotherhood."
Scott had long since started eating a sandwich while Jean explained her divinely right reason for spying on Rogue. When she finished he understood perfectly. He eyed her warily.
"I get what you're saying but shouldn't we be looking after Rogue's well being?"
Jean lightly tilted her head to the side in thought.
-What he's saying IS true but, she doesn't care about anything...but I guess we should..-
Jean straightened up and put her hands on her hips. She must have taken a long time to think about it because Scott regarded her with a look of slight distaste.
-I don't blame him, this isn't something you should have to think about..-
"Yeah, we will, but we cant help it if he is using her, right? Look let's go before we get anymore conspirators."
Scott ran a hand through his hair.
-This is going to be bad, I can feel it in my bones.-
"Yeah, lets go."
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The wind blew softly on the Institute grounds. The night was calm, the perfect picture of peace, good and innocence. But there was one figure on the grounds that stood out like a sore thumb. He was nothing like his surroundings. He wasn't calm, surely not perfect, peaceful or innocent.
Pietro stood outside of the kitchen window with binoculars, perched up in a tree. He had watched the whole scene, he couldn't hear them, but he got the jist of it. He was so fast that the sensors could not pick him up. Besides, he had battled there so many times before, so he almost knew where everything was. He wasn't stupid. But, he didn't let anyone catch on.
The scene had switched from Evan and Kitty to Evan, Kitty, Scott and Jean to just now Jean and Scott. He rolled his eyes. Pietro leapt from his post in the tree and crept so he could hear. He listened intently and smirked devilishly sly.
-So they are going to follow us eh?-
The wind tugged at his ripped jeans and he noticed the time. Even bad-ass Pietro had to come before nine.
-Damn training sessions-
He stood up from his crouched position when they left. his voice floated on the breeze.
"Fine, follow us. I always get what I want. So go on, play your games, let's just hope you can keep up."
With his mission semi complete (because he was hoping to get a glimpse of Rogue), he sped off, careful not to trigger any sensors. He was _at_the_gate_ when the familiar *shink* sounded behind him.
-Damn-
Pietro had forgotten that one tiny weeny sensor....
Logan.
"Doh!"
Logan got into his fighting stance and circled around him, cornering the boy.
"Don't you know it. What the hell are you doing here, runt?'
Pietro sweated heavily. There was no escape. Logan's body blocked his exit. Pietro gulped, and backed up to the wall. This just HAD to happen. This ruined his day.
-I hate my life-
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Thank-you for the reviews. Im sorry there was no Rogue or Pietro/Rogue, but as sucky as this chapter was, it was important. There will be lots of action later. Thank-you for reading, again, Im VERY lazy so forgive me for ANY misspelling at all. Please review. ^-^!!