Disclaimer: I don't own the X-Men! *cries* How many times must I endure the torture of saying this?!
Brie - Yes, they are both great movies! But Pirates rocks!
Chaotic Boredom - Sanity is overrated. X2 WAS good. . . Yes, Captain Jack be the bestest pirate EVA! And the evil monkey whose name was awesome rocked too!
Oh, and I got your drawing. It's cute! ^_^ But then I think I accidentally deleted the mail – but not before I downloaded the pic, thankfully – and couldn't reply. Sorry!
IMpuLsIvE THouGhTS - Ah, okay. I read both your fics. I just haven't gotten to review them yet. As for the other two mutants, I couldn't even begin to guess.
Invader ZaiFae - Remy be threatening to detonate YOUR head? Shouldn't Remy be threatening to detonate MY head? Yes, wizardess. ^^ So go see PotC if you still can! (If you can't, it comes out Dec. 2. ^_^) You gonna LOVE Captain Jack!!!!!!!!!! Whoa, I'm updating! See?
MistralMikasha and MikoIshtar - WOW! You sure do change your name a lot! Eeek! Chibi-Nighty doll! *squeeze* Almost as huggable as the original! ^_^
Rogue14 - Yep, the movies. Don't the movies rock? ^^
Wizardess Gal - Okay, so he's the copy one. Hehe. Imagine about twenty copies of Jamie, and twenty copies of Chibi-Jamie all running around. Does he have a codename? Oh, purple? Purple's a good color! A purple cow? *tries to imagine that* I wonder if the milk would be purple too, like in those ads where the cow is brown, the milk is chocolate milk. *shrug* ^_^
They had, luckily, made it into the theater just in time to see the preview for Hidalgo. Which was a very, VERY lucky thing for them, because the Authoress is looking forward to seeing that movie, and would be very peeved if such a thing should be missed. Which it wasn't. Fortunately for the characters.
The ads were soon over, and thus, the movie began. For a two and half hour movie, it went like this. *snaps fingers*
After the end of the movie, when the credits began to roll, they all stood up to leave, and try to figure out some other way of keeping their Chibis occupied.
"You're going to miss something if you leave now," said Todd. He eyed the uneaten popcorn that was about to be thrown away. "Can I have that?"
Kitty tossed it to him.
"What are we going to miss?" She asked.
"An added scene."
"Cool," the X-Men said, and sat back down beside their Chibis, who hadn't even moved.
After what seemed an eternity of waiting, the credits finally ended and everyone was treated to an extra tidbit of Pirate-y goodness.
"Cool!" Everyone said. Then when the scene was over, they all stood up again and walked out.
"Where to now?" asked Scott.
"How about that new amusement park?" suggested Kitty. "I've heard it's supposed to be fun."
They all agreed with Kitty, and thusly decided to spend the rest of the afternoon there. The X-Men were relatively surprised to find that Magneto's crew (Do they have a name for themselves?) and the Brotherhood tagged along with them.
Amusement parks meant only one thing to the Chibis.
Sno-cones!
They arrived there in less than ten minutes, paid for their tickets, and entered the park.
They lost their Chibis in a matter of minutes.
"Oh no!" Jean exclaimed theatrically. "They're all alone somewhere –" She pointed into the distance "out THERE!"
"They can take care of themselves," said Gambit. "They are us, aren't they?"
A crowd of bobbing heads indicating their agreement answered him.
"Good," he said. "Then let's go have fun. Perhaps we'll run into them somewhere."
Depending on one's point of view, Magneto, Mystique, and Prof. X would either be happy or royally ticked to see them all hanging out together.
Actually, Prof. X would be happy to see it no matter who's POV it is.
And so, they went on the Ferris wheel, Merry Go Round, and a host of other rides.
The hours slid by like rain. Horrible analogy, huh?
By nine, all three of their bosses had called in to yell at them for staying out so late. They were horrified to learn that the Chibis had gone missing.
"What if they're hurt?!" had been Mystique's somewhat strange response, given her own current situation with her two kids. Although I think she really does care, she's just reluctant to show any kind of tenderness.
"What if their powers are seen by someone?!" had been Prof. X's response. Which is sort of understandable, although his reply should have been more along the line of Mystique's. But Magneto's response had taken the cake.
"What if they fell through some kind of time warp and are now starting a kind of mutant colony in the far distant past?" had been Magneto's reply.
At that last one, everyone had exchanged glances of amusement.
As it was, they finally found all the Chibis asleep at a picnic table, hundreds of sno-cone wrappers littering the ground around the table, and a little old dude screaming his lungs out about the litter and cost of the cones.
Colossus and Blob easily took care of the money problem. The little old dude ran away when they approached him.
Pyro had fun getting rid of the litter. I think that one goes without saying.
Then they all picked up their Chibis and went home.
***
Logan was getting close. He could feel it deep in his adamantium-coated bones. Then he paused. Did his Chibi have adamantium bones too?
He hadn't seen the Chibi's claws, if it had any.
He sniffed. Ah, hopefully just around that bend. With a carefully calculated running leap, he hopped around the corner.
Nothing was there!
Logan stamped his foot in frustration. Where was that little squirt?!
Something hit the top of his head and held onto his hair. With a gasp, Logan popped out his claws and reached upwards.
Adamantium clashed against adamantium and what looked like a two-foot tall ball bounded from his head and took off down the hall.
Well, at least he knew now that his Chibi had his same advantages.
He chased after, muttering under his breath.
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Chibi-Wolvie grinned. This was such a fun game! His taller counterpart made a good opponent.
And especially with that last confrontation in which he was hiding on the chandelier and had seen Logan pass underneath. That had been great!
Chibi-Wolvie had considered using his claws to slice the cord to the chandelier and let it fall, but that had seemed too Phantom of the Opera-ish to him. But now that he thought back on it, he thought maybe it would have been fun to do just that.
He resolved to do that at the next chandelier he came across. Shouldn't be too long, the things were everywhere.
He could hear Logan growling away behind him. He grinned more, not realizing that Logan was getting pretty mad by now – not that he was ever not mad, but you know what I mean.
He wondered if Logan could see him. He turned around quickly. Yup, he probably could. Chibi-Wolvie sped up, then turned down a side corridor, nearly running into Ororo.
"Logan's looking for you," she said.
Chibi-Wolvie looked back. Logan was gaining fast. He jumped up to a chandelier and looked down. He wouldn't cut this one down. Not while she was around.
"Please don't tell him I'm up here," he begged. "We're playing hide-and-seek."
Ororo raised an eyebrow. "Really," she said. He nodded.
Chibi-Storm giggled. "That's a fun game, isn't it?"
Ororo grinned. "All right. I won't say anything."
"Thanks!" Chibi-Wolvie said, then ducked as Logan turned the corner.
"Have you seen that mini-me of mine?" He asked. Ororo shook her head.
"No," she said. Chibi-Storm giggled.
"What's with her?" Logan asked, motioning to the Chibi.
"I just saw the funniest cartoon," Chibi-Storm lied. "It was about these kids with super powers who try to live regular lives, but are actually kinda sorta superheroes in their spare time."
"It was actually very funny," agreed Ororo. Logan stared at them both for a second, then walked away, muttering under his breath.
Ororo and Chibi-Storm grinned at each other, then walked away.
Chibi-Wolvie sent them a mental thank-you, then hopped from one chandelier to the next, following Logan.
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