Shadowy continued slinking down the hallways, followed by Chibi-Xavier in his Chibi-wheelchair, Chibi-Mystique, and Chibi-Iceman. The three Chibis fully expected her to go charging down into the main hall of the Institute, so when she led them out the back door, they were surprised.
"What are you doing?" Chibi-Iceman questioned.
"We're going for back-up," answered Shadowy, snapping her fingers. In an instant, the four were standing inside the Brotherhood house. They had only stood there for a second when Chibi-Toad and Chibi-Wanda strolled through the door, holding hands. They blinked upon seeing the X-Men Chibis and their creator.
"Aww!" cooed Shadowy when she saw the two. "I'm so glad this trip was worthwhile."
Chibi-Toad and Chibi-Wanda grinned.
"We need you to come to the Institute with us," Shadowy continued.
"Why?"
"Xavier has everyone building a teleporter to send all you Chibis away," said Shadowy grimly. "We have to stop him."
Chibi-Toad and Chibi-Wanda exchanged glances, then nodded.
"Of course we'll help," said Chibi-Wanda, sounding much nicer than her taller counterpart.
"Yah, we don't want to be sent away," added Chibi-Toad. Shadowy nodded, then walked past them to push open the door and enter the kitchen. Everyone in the kitchen looked up to see who had caused the sound.
Shadowy waved.
The Chibis waved back.
"Who're you?" asked Buttercup.
"Shadowy Figure," said Shadowy, bowing. "Of course, that's not my real name, but Shadowy just sounds so cool, don't you think?"
Buttercup nodded.
When she had entered, the Chibis had all leapt up, with the exception of Chibi-Wolvie, who was still hiding away in the oven.
Chibis Toad, Wanda, Mystique, Iceman, and Xavier followed her in. The taller Todd stared down at his Chibi enviously. Wanda was still miffed, as usual.
Shadowy pointed her index finger at the Chibis at the table, imitating Uncle Sam. "I need you."
The Chibis saluted.
"What for?" asked Chibi-Avalanche.
"Xavier," began Chibi-Xavier grimly, "is building a teleporter to send us all away."
"Why?!" everyone cried.
"I took his Head Cream." Chibi-Xavier shrugged.
Everyone blinked. "Huh?"
"The cream he uses to make his head look so shiny."
"Ah," said everyone, thinking what a weirdo Xavier was. Chibis Avalanche, Quicksilver, and Blob went into a huddle to talk about the mission Shadowy had just charged them with and whether or not they should accept it.
It didn't take them too long to reach a decision.
"We'll come," offered Lance. Shadowy shook her head.
"No, you'll just drool over Kitty the entire time."
Lance grinned sheepishly.
"Anyway, this is something the Chibis have to take care of themselves."
Chibis Avalanche, Quicksilver, and Blob separated and looked to Shadowy.
"We'll come," said Chibi-Quicksilver. Shadowy clapped her hands happily, then walked over to the oven and opened the door. Chibi-Wolvie waved.
"He was here the whole time?!" Logan couldn't believe it. How had he managed to miss that?!
"Yeah," answered Chibi-Wolvie proudly. He allowed Shadowy to lift him out and stand him on top of the stove, where he made the mistake of looking down.
"Whoa," he said, covering his mouth and feeling dizzy, "this is so high up!"
Shadowy quickly relocated him to the floor.
"That's better." Chibi-Wolvie sighed.
"We need you," Shadowy began.
"I know," he answered. "I heard the whole thing. And I'll be glad to help."
Logan stomped out the back door, muttering angrily.
Shadowy looked around at her quickly growing army of Chibis. "Okay," she said, "time to go get the Acolyte Chibis."
"Why didn't you get them to help you when you were stuck in the burning bush?" asked Chibi-Xavier. This question earned snorts and giggles from the Chibis and their taller halves.
Shadowy glared around at them all. "It's not funny."
"But you should be immune to burning foliage," giggled Chibi-Mystique.
"I am, but it was still an unpleasant experience," said Shadowy angrily. Then she answered Chibi-Xavier, "I had to free you first. That way they don't think I was some sort of psychopathic nut."
"But you are a psychopathic nut," Chibi-Wolvie pointed out.
"That's true," said Shadowy, growing more frustrated by the second, "but the Acolytes can't know that."
"Why not?" asked Chibi-Iceman.
"I just told you!" screamed the fully irked Authoress.
"Hey!" shouted Zim, appearing once more. "Haven't you learned your lesson by now not to use 'irk' in your narration?!"
Shadowy turned her glaring on him, and Zim was slightly startled to see steam coming out of her nose and ears, and the veins bulging out on her forehead in a very Saiyan-like way. Zim is a very proud Irken, plus very naïve, and will stand his ground under most circumstances, but even this stubborn Irken knew when to back down when he was up against an angry sub-sub-sub-sub-Maia/Authoress.
He ran away.
The Chibis backed away, and the Brotherhood ran out the back door. The Powerpuff Girls followed them after Bubbles and Buttercup blew kisses to Chibi-Quicksilver and Chibi-Wolvie, respectively.
"I think we should call Rincey," muttered Chibi-Xavier to Chibi-Quicksilver. Chibi-Quicksilver nodded and left.
He returned not more than five seconds later, and took his place among his fellow Chibis.
"Did you find him?" asked a very panicked Chibi-Xavier.
"No," whispered Chibi-Quicksilver. "His secretary said he went to her Phantom of the Opera fic to take care of another Chibi problem."
The other Chibis sighed, gulped, and looked back up.
Shadowy was nowhere in sight.
"Uh . . . where'd she go?" asked Chibi-Wolvie.
"I don't know," said Chibi-Xavier. "What about her other henchman-thing?"
"Doing research on his re-animation of a dead author," said Chibi-Quicksilver promptly.
"Crud," said the other Chibis.
"We should go talk to the Acolytes and return to the Institute," mused Chibi-Xavier. "Perhaps she'll return and we can plan our revenge."
And so, they left the Brotherhood house and wandered the streets, looking for Chibi-Magneto. While doing so, they earned many strange looks from other pedestrians, who wondered why this group of 'kids' were out alone in this big and dangerous city.
Thanks to Chibi-Xavier's telepathy, it didn't take them too long to find Chibi-Magneto and Co.
They burst out laughing when they saw Magneto's new outfit. Magneto's reaction was to glare unhappily.
Chibi-Magneto waved, and took a second look at them. "Why are all of you together?"
"We need you to help us destroy something," said Chibi-Mystique.
Chibi-Magneto nodded. "Shadowy told us about the teleporter." He glanced around. "Where is she, anyway?"
"Got P'Oed and went away somewhere," said Chibi-Quicksilver.
"Because some of us," Chibi-Xavier motioned to Chibi-Mystique, Chibi-Iceman, and Chibi-Wolvie, "were asking stupid questions."
"That's no reason to get mad like that," Chibi-Pyro said.
"You weren't there," said Chibi-Avalanche, shivering.
Chibi-Magneto paused for a second. "We'll help you, but only if you do something for us."
"What?" asked a very wary Chibi-Xavier. Chibi-Magneto took off his helmet to answer him by thought rather than speech, so as to keep the suspense going. After Chibi-Xavier relayed the request to the other Chibis, they all nodded.
"Wonderful!" said Chibi-Magneto, motioning to Chibi-Pyro, Chibi-Colossus, and Sparky. "Come on, you lot."
Magneto, Pyro, Colossus, and Sandwich Boy had watched all this in silence, and when the group of Chibis turned to go, they fell into step behind them, curious as to how all this would play out.
About an hour later, they reached the front gate to the Institute, and Chibi-Iceman showed them a secret entrance in a broken part of the fence that the students used to get out at night and evade the notice of the teachers. Little did they know that Ororo and Logan often used this exit as well.
A/N: Lady LeBeau, this should sound familiar to you. XD
Since it was getting to be dark, the Chibis and Magneto, Colossus, and Pyro didn't have much trouble sneaking up to the building and around to the front entrance. They were, however faced with a slight dilemma of actually getting in. It proved to be less than slight when Chibi-Iceman came up with the solution. He motioned for everyone else, except Chibi-Wolvie, to go around back and he'd let them in the back way. After they disappeared into the darkness, Chibi-Iceman and Chibi-Wolvie knocked on the door. Chibi-Jean answered it.
"What are you two doing out here?" she asked. "We're almost done with the project."
Chibi-Iceman and Chibi-Wolvie walked in.
"We stepped outside for a minute and got locked out," lied Chibi-Iceman. Chibi-Jean shrugged, and quickly scanned their minds. She blinked.
"Is that true?"
"What?"
Chibi-Jean leaned towards them and whispered, "We're building a teleporter so Xavier can send us away?"
Chibi-Wolvie nodded. "Tell the others. We've got backup around back."
Chibi-Jean returned his nod with a nod of her own and went back to the teleporter to inform the others.
Chibi-Iceman and Chibi-Wolvie carefully evaded Xavier and tried to get to the kitchen, when suddenly a wheelchair blocked their way.
"Where have you two been?" demanded Xavier.
"Got locked out," said Chibi-Iceman firmly. Chibi-Wolvie nodded.
"Where are you going?"
"To the kitchens."
"We're hungry," added Chibi-Wolvie. Xavier studied them intently. And just when they thought they were doomed, Xavier waved a hand.
"All right," said he, "but come right back."
They nodded, relieved, and dashed down the hall to the kitchen, wondering why Xavier hadn't caught them when Chibi-Jean was able to catch the lie right away.
While they were in the kitchen, Chibi-Wolvie searched the cupboards for some spare Swoops while the other Chibis, plus Magneto and the other Acolytes entered.
Being careful to try and keep their thoughts down, they moved quickly and quietly back towards the main hall, where Chibi-Jean and the others should be waiting. They were lucky, for when they were about to turn into the hall, they saw that Chibi-Nighty was waiting.
"Vhat are we going to do?" asked Chibi-Nighty slowly.
"Do we even have a plan?" asked Chibi-Colossus suddenly.
"Who cares?" retorted Chibi-Quicksilver. "Lets get in there and kick some butt!"
"We can't do that!" shot back Chibi-Xavier. "Chibi-Nightcrawler, gather the Chibis and meet us upstairs."
"Whose room?"
"Yours."
"Okay!" said Chibi-Nighty, who turned and bounced back into the hall carefully to relay the message.
*~*~*~*~
Lady LeBeau - Hee, I'm glad you like Shadowy. :D
Hehe, Bucket Head . . . Gotta keep that one in mind. . .
The other Chibis might be Hobbits . . . . you'll hafta wait an' see . . .
Rincey. Yea, got it from Rincewind. XD ('Course, I guess that means I can't use the name in any of my original stuff, huh?)
Heh, Mags and His Diabolical Plots . . . . wait. Hasn't that general idea been done already? Hmm . . .
Maybe Xavier decided he like applesauce better. XD
YES! Dippy Denethor's death scene in the movie was a much appreciated change from the book!!!!
*huggles Chibi-Faramir* Heh . . .
Revenge Plots Rock!
MORE COOKIES! *dives into the box*
Chaotic Dreamer - Hey, you can't ever have too much sugar. Despite what the dentists may say . . .
S. Mark Gunther - Hehehe, quite demanding, aren't you? ;D I hope you found this chapter more to your liking. And I'm glad you like Bubbles/Chibi-Quicksilver. ^_^
Invader ZaiFae - Well, thank you very much! ^^ Naw, you're very funny!
Mythos . . . I know it is Janella and all, but can ya send me a little description of her? And her uniform and specifics about her ability?
FernGully!! I haven't seen that movie in YEARS . . .
Heh, as least Insanity is a Virtue . . . . OHMYGOD! That should SO be a bumper sticker!
I'm glad ya like Shadowy! (Did you ever see chappie five of Currently? . . . I really need to get the next chappie of that written . . .)
Don't worry, Chibi-Xavier will get his revenge. XD
Sickminded Sucker - *giggles at your speech-like thingy* Extremely incredibly adorable Chibis . . . . Very good description, I must say. ^_^
Torture Scott and Jean . . . Gotcha.
Chaotic Boredom - *claps happily* Yay! My fic is weird! That's the best kind of fic, doncha know. ^_^