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Authoress Note of Big Importance: *grovels* I'm sorry I've not updated lately. But you know how it with the holiday season! Things go NUTS!
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The next morning, Magneto paced back and forth, back and forth in front of his Acolytes – Chibis included – who were all lined up.
Magneto soon paused and glared down at Chibi-Pyro.
Behind him, Chibi-Magneto mocked his every move, even right down to the classic hands-clasped-behind-the-back technique and angry glare.
Chibi-Gambit grinned.
"Do you know exactly what was in that notebook you burned?" Magneto asked coolly.
Chibi-Pyro shook his head. His eyes flickered to Magneto's right, where Chibi-Magneto was tapping his fingers and thumb together, indicating that Magneto 'never shut his trap'.
Chibi-Pyro suddenly found it very hard not to burst out laughing just then.
"It was full of crucial information about the X-Men!" Magneto cried, throwing his arms wide.
Chibi-Magneto did the same, except in a much more comical way.
Colossus snorted, and Magneto spun to face him.
Chibi-Magneto spun around a few times for emphasis, then fell on his butt in mock-dizziness.
Gambit chuckled, and Magneto turned to face his Chibi, who was now back on his feet. Chibi-Magneto stared back innocently, and Magneto scratched his head in confusion.
"WHAT is so funny?!" he demanded.
The Acolytes and their Chibis shrugged.
"Something is going on here," growled Magneto, "and I aim to find out what." He stomped off towards his office, and Chibi-Magneto stomped in place, imitating the Gremlin from that one Twilight Zone eppie.
Chibi-Magneto stopped his stomping just a second before Magneto suddenly stopped and looked back over his shoulder.
The Acolytes waved cheerfully.
Magneto looked pained and continued onward to his office.
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Rogue sighed.
Chibi-Rogue sighed more deeply.
This made Rogue slightly angry, and so she sucked in a huge lungful of air.
She was just ready to use it to create the biggest, deepest sigh ever heard when the bamf that everyone knows resounded in the air, signaling the arrival of everyone's favorite blue fuzzy elf, Kurt!
Erm . . . actually . . .
"Hiya, sis!" called Chibi-Nighty, peering over their shoulders carefully. "How ya doin'?!"
Rogue accidentally swallowed the air (it IS possible!) and now had the hiccups.
Chibi-Nighty blinked at what they were looking at, then fell over backwards onto his tail, laughing hysterically.
Chibi-Rogue kicked him off the bed. Literally. "Whaddya mean, 'sis'?"
Rogue quickly managed to explain, between bursts of hiccupping.
"Oh. . .!" said the Chibi. "Wow."
Chibi-Nighty grinned up at them both.
"Rogue and Gambit, sittin' in a tree, nearly k-i-s-s-ack!"
Chibi-Rogue had grabbed the end of his tail and pulled. Hard.
"Letgoletgoletgoletgoletgo!" he cried, trying to pull away. "Please!"
Chibi-Rogue let go and Chibi-Nighty went flying forward, hitting a dresser.
He sat up and rubbed his head. "Owie . . ."
Kurt bamfed in. "Hiya, sis!" Then, glancing around, he spotted his Chibi rubbing his head. "Vhat did you do to him?!"
"Hic!-Nothing!" said Rogue indignantly.
"It doesn't look like nothing," answered Kurt suspiciously, giving his sisters a good doubtful look.
Rogue held her ground, staring back just as angrily. "Well, if yer Chibi hadn't just appeared and scared the livin' beejeezus out of us, mah Chibi wouldn't have done what she did!"
"Uh . . . huh . . ." said Kurt slowly, eyeing them further as his Chibi bamfed to his side.
Chibi-Rogue caved. She couldn't help it – she wasn't as strong-willed as her taller counterpart when it came to confrontations.
"Ah admit it!" she cried. "Ah pulled his tail 'cuz he was singing that kissin' song about meh and Remy!"
There was suddenly one of those short, uncomfortable silences in which they all stared at each other uncertainly, before the silence was broken by both Kurt and Chibi-Nighty flinging their hands to their mouths in a weak attempt to stifle their sudden, insane laughter.
"That's good!" complimented Kurt between bursts of laughter.
"Thanks," returned Chibi-Nighty. Rogue and Chibi-Rogue exchanged looks of frustration before whipping off their gloves.
"Ack!" cried Kurt and Chibi-Nighty, quickly ceasing their laughter and bamfing away.
Rogue and Chibi Rogue looked at each other and giggled, right before their door was flung open and Kurt and Chibi-Nighty returned.
"What now?!"
"Attack of the Jamies!" squeeked Chibi-Nighty, diving under the bed. Rogue picked up her Chibi and they both peeked out the doorway.
The hall was infested with Jamies and Chibi-Jamies alike.
Chibi-Storm floated over the crowd carefully, surveying the situation and attempting to find a remedy, while Chibi-Wolvie continued his Stitch-like trek across the ceiling, still avoiding Logan.
"Well, shoot," said Logan from the end of the loooong hallway, watching his Chibi scamper away. He paused and reflected upon this for a moment because, as we all know, Logan actually has a very sensitive and philosophical soul that just doesn't get released very much.
Then he went for a beer.
Rogue slammed the door shut and ran to the window, flinging it open wide. She and her Chibi both stuck her head out the window, in a desperate call for help.
"REMY! "
Meanwhile, over at the Acolyte headquarters . . . .
"Did you hear that?" asked Remy carefully, jerking his head up.
Chibi-Gambit also raised his head at the same second. "I heard something."
"I didn't hear anything," growled Sabretooth, glaring at John, who was dangling a cat toy above Sparky's head. Sparky batted at it as Sabretooth continued, "And we all know I have the best hearing, being half-cat and all."
"I heard something," insisted Remy, standing up and reaching for his staff.
"Me too," added his Chibi, who imitated his movements.
Chibi-Pyro grinned from his corner, having just received an idea from inspiration-land, and reached for his flamethrower. He lifted the nozzle and pointed it carefully in Remy's direction.
Just as man and chibi were about to walk out the door, a figure wreathed in flame appeared suddenly in front of it.
"There is no life . . . in the void," the figure said, speaking in a very deep, very frightening voice.
Chibi-Gambit screamed shrilly. "Oh my God! The Dark Lord is masquerading as Rogue! And by Dark Lord, I don't mean Voldemort or Chuckles, or even Melkor!!"
Remy sighed and lightly smacked the back of Chibi-Gambit's head with his staff. As the Chibi rubbed the sore spot, Remy said, "Don't be silly, Chibi, it's simply Pyro kidding around and being an idiot."
They both looked over at John, who was still playing with Sparky.
"You must help me, Remy," said the fire-Rogue, now in a voice much like that of Carrie Fisher. "You're my only hope."
The two looked over at Chibi-Pyro, who wasn't moving his mouth, but they could guess what was going on.
Remy threw his staff at him.
BONK!!!!!
"Ow!" said fire-Rogue, now in Chibi-Pyro's voice. She stared at Chibi-Gambit. "Did you say the V-word?"
"Voldemort?"
"GASP!" screeched fire-Rogue/Chibi-Pyro. Everyone else in the room sighed in exasperation, with the exception of Sabretooth.
"He's right, you know," said Sabretooth. "Saying the V-word anywhere has actually now achieved the equivalence of saying Macbeth in a theatre."
The other Acolytes stared at the half man, half cat creature, dumbfounded. They couldn't remember the last time Sabretooth spoke so clearly. And the words he used! It was amazing!
Chibi-Magneto was just getting ready to say something, when the door rang. He floated over to it and turned the knob.
Duncan and his cronies stood there, the cronies cracking their knuckles. Chibi-Magneto flexed his hand, ready to call about fifty steel bars to his aid if necessary, when Duncan held out what looked to be a plate heaped with cookies.
"Would you like some cookies, young man?" asked Duncan in an obviously fake sweet old lady voice. His cronies looked perplexed – which was almost all the time, so that wasn't anything new.
"Cookies!" cried Chibi-Pyro, leaping out the door and stuffing his mouth full.
A/N: I'm listening to my Pirates soundtrack, and it just got to Captain Jack's entrance! Fwee! Useless bit of conversation material, but hey. ^_^
Chibi-Magneto called the bars, and watched Duncan and Company fly away into the distance.
Chibi-Pyro put the remaining cookies into his jumpsuit for later. Chibi-Magneto watched this spectacle, utterly aghast.
"Don't eat those!" warned Chibi-Magneto. "They could be poisoned!"
"Oh, come on," said Chibi-Pyro. "It's not like they came from Snow White's evil stepmother . . . person lady."
A twig snapped nearby, and both Chibis spun towards the sound, ready to defend themselves if need be, and expecting the evil witch-lady to come at them. But that isn't what happened . . .
The area seemed to be empty of all life, and the Chibis turned to return to the abandoned warehouse when suddenly 625 (whom I affectionately call Sandwich Boy) came out of the foliage, carrying his usual cargo.
"Sandwich?" he offered, holding out a sandwich invitingly. Chibi-Pyro sprang forward and snatched it.
"Mmmm!" said Chibi-Pyro. "My favorite! Mayo, lettuce, and tuna wrapped in a piece of bologna!"
A/N: Eww . . .
Sandwich Boy beamed. "You too? Hey, try this cheese and mustard combo!"
Chibi-Magneto merely blinked at his insane henchman and the failed experiment, then trudged inside as Remy and Chibi-Gambit dashed out the door, waving their staffs and screaming something about being Rogue and Chibi-Rogue's knight in shining armor. Chibi-Magneto shook his head at his other crazy henchman, who happened to be not just any kind of crazy, but love-crazy.
A/N: Why are all of Magneto's henchmen men in Evolution? In the movies he's got Mystique working for him, but here they're all guys. Anyone know why?
"I knew I shouldn't have become an evil mutant tyrant," Chibi-Magneto muttered to himself as he walked back inside the latest headquarters, "I should have taken that training at sea that Mom insisted upon. Then I could have been an evil mutant pirate."
"Pirate!" squeeked Sparky gleefully. John squeeked gleefully as well in response to Sparky's gleeful squeek.
"Sparky's first word!" he cried. "Quick! Anyone got a video camera?!"
There was no response to this question, as the rest of the Acolytes preferred to ignore him when possible.
"Piratepiratepirate!" cried Sparky, starting on what would quickly develop into a temper tantrum. Chibi-Magneto recognized the signs, but not what to do. So he did the only logical thing, which was to call a parent, even if that parent wasn't the best parent in the world.
"MAGNETO!"
Meanwhile, Remy and Chibi-Gambit hurried through Bayville, answering some faint inner call, wondering why in the world Rogue might need them.
When I say 'hurried', you imagine them running down a street, right? Well, they were hurrying a different way, for they'd extended their staffs as far as they could go and were vaulting the rooftops of the commercial part of town. Isn't that spiffy?
So they reached the Institute just a few minutes faster, and gave the shopping citizens quite a show to watch.
They banged open the front doors of the Institute, then stopped short, staring stupidly at the sight that greeted them.
Mutants and Chibis were all over the place, working together to do . . . . something. Remy and Chibi-Gambit had absolutely no idea what it was, except that it involved a lot of wood and hammering.
Chibi-Gambit stopped Chibi-Jean, who was passing by and being followed by a very heavy load of wood.
"What's going on here?" he asked simply. Chibi-Jean used her powers to smack him away.
"Don't bother us right now!" she stated rudely, and continued onward. As she disappeared around a corner, Chibi-Gambit could just make out her saying something along the lines of, "I should've been the one to help the jet and stop the flood, instead of whatshername. I know I wouldn't've died . . ."
Chibi-Gambit stood where he was, trying to make some sense out of the strange statement, when Remy strode forward, picked him up, set him on his shoulders, and kept walking, all in one fluid motion. Nifty.
"We must find Rogue," he reminded the Chibi.
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ZaiFae - Eh, for hobby, for fun, what's the diff? ^_~
*waits for the medics . . . and waits . . . and waits . . . and waits . . .* I don't think they're coming, ZF.
Hehe, Shadowy-spotting skillz. When I wrote 'spotting', it came out 'spooting'. Funny, ne?
Yah! Pyro rocks! And so does Gambit! ^_^ Hmm . . . well, we could always cut out some charas if we have to, or we could have a chappie devoted entirely to character description/thingies. . .?
Yay! Pyro/Gambit goodiness for Tequila! YAY!
Well, yeah, we do, but your writing style is FAR superior. Yup. ^^
*nods sagely* Yes . . . wouldn't want to get in trouble for being online . . . cuts down on fanfic time, y'know.
Hmph. 'Bout time those medics showed up. Oh! Speaking of which, I got X2 on DVD for Christmas! Yay! ^_^ AND I saw Return of the King last week!!!!!!!!!! *sigh* So wonderful, yet so sad . . .
mikadacrazy1 - Thank you! ^_^ Hmm . . . mind if I use that idea? I've got LOTS of ideas for it already . . .
Pyro Tsunami - Love the name! ^^ Thank you, here's your regularly scheduled update! ^^;
Forgotten Havok - Hmm . . . well, it does sound as though you'll take good care of a Chibi-Gambit . . . hmm. *whips out present from behind back* *presents it to you and your Alter Ego* Enjoy! ^_^
MoonlightPhoenix3 - *watches you huggle your Chibi-Colossus* ^_^
Hehe, thank you! I don't even know how the PPG made their way back into the fic like this . . . and now, Bubbles may show up a lot more. . .
Jack da Monkey is da King of All da Monkeys, isn't he? ^^
*shrugs* Hey, exclamation points rule!
Chaotic Boredom - Here is more general chaos coming! ^^
Well, with Chibi-Sabre - erm, Sparky, you can never tell what he'll do next. And cats hurt people on accident, so . . . *winks* My cat (who is actually the kindest, sweetest, most docile cat you'll probably ever meet) likes to stretch out his claws, nearly got me in the leg the other day.
That's a LOT of 'MINE!'s. XD
Hmm . . . Jack da Monkey being da Father of all da Flying Monkeys . . . who's the Mom?
Heh, da King of the Flying Monkeys . . . It would actually work, since Jack da Monkey is still undead . . .
Hehe, a revolt. I like!
Hey, completely random and pointless associations are what makes the world go round! ^_~
Speak Tha Mind - Well, imagine the Movie Sabretooth being shrunk about . . . oh, ten times so that he's two feet tall, and add some adorable Chibi-goodness (AKA anime eyes and impossibly cute cuteness) to him, and you've got Sparky!
*sadly* I cannot draw worth pennies, and as such, no pic to go with the description. Sorry.