As night falls over Pride Rock aka Bayville, Scott notices Lance about to go into the inner cavern with the lionesses; he jumps in front of Lance with a growl and intimidates him away from the cavern opening as he goes inside 'cause Scott wants everyone to know he's the big pimp daddy of bayville! Lance walks out onto the rocks to sleep. Kitty goes out to speak to him.
"Hey... uh, thanks for saving me today." She looks at him shyly.
"What kind of hunter are you, anyway-- Princess? You almost got yourself killed out there." He smirks taunting her.
"What!"
"You wouldn't last three days on your own." Lance gets in her face.
"Oh... and I suppose you could teach me?" She asks provoked.
"Heh...yeah."
Scott shouts from the cavern entrance.
"Kitty!"
"Coming!" She turns back to Lance looking him in the eyes. "All right--
impress me. We start at dawn." Kitty walks back to the cavern; Lance
continues speaking to himself.
"I look forward to it." He chuckles.
We see Pietro and Mystique sitting watching from a nearby hill.
"Oh... oh... d-d-did you see that! He let her go! If that were me--"
"Hush. The fire-rescue worked perfectly, and Scott fell for it. Now,
the closer Lance gets to the daughter, the closer he gets to Scott! And
once he has Scott alone... rraaagh!" Mystique emphasizes her point by
swatting a young tree from its trunk.
Scene shifts to Pride Rock, midnight. Scott is dreaming of the moment
when his father died. He is at the top of the ledge, reaching down for
Xaivor, who is just out of reach.
"Scott! Scott! Help me!"
"Father!"
Magneto is above Scott, laughing on the rocks against the moonlight.
"Dad... just... a little... farther..." He carrys on reaching down.
Magneto latches on to Scott's upper foreleg with his claws.
"Gotcha! ...Trust me."
"Scott!" Xaivor yells not caring that he's dying just happt he got some lines.
Xaivor slides down and into the gorge.
"Nooooooooooo" Scott moans like a little school girl.
Scott turns on Magneto, above him; Magneto, laughing, slowly morphs into Lance.
"Lance.."
Lance suddenly lets go, throwing Scott down after the bald dude. He is
still laughing. At the moment of impact, he wakes, panting. He looks
around in fright, calms himself, and goes back to sleep next to
Jean-his dream in real life.
The next morning. Scott stretches, and then descends to the valley
floor, where he walks slowly toward the water hole. Lance is above him,
hiding behind a rock; his teeth and claws are bared, ready to strike.
Suddenly, Kitty jumps in front of him, from around the front of the
rock grinning.
"G'morning!" She laughs. "I'm ready for my first lesson."
Lance is stunned; he takes several moments to disguise his previous mindset and intentions.
"Surprised ya, huh?" Kitty is jumping around on her pawtips, very frisky.
"Meow Lance is getting some action tonight!" Pietro laughs from of stage.
Lance looks back toward the water hole; Scott is gone.
"Hey, c'mon. Let's go!" Kitty laughs. "This is stupid! I would notice if he was trying to off my father!"
"Kitty you are blinded by love! Act like it!" A script promply smacks her.
"Whatever."
Lance-who suprisingly is following the script most likely under threats
of Kitty holding out on him if he doesn't-is still dumbstruck. After
one last glance after his lost opportunity, he turns and follows Kitty.
New scene: Lance is attempting to teach stealth to Kitty and is waiting for her to sneak up on him. We hear her saying "Ow" in the underbrush a few times; Lance is smiling bemusedly to himself.
"Three... two..." He rolls his eyes anticipating the pounce. "one..." He ducks.
"Gotcha!"
Kitty leaps full over Lance's evasion, and tumbles over on the ground. Lance steps over to her head, looking down at her.
"You could hear me... huh?" She asks slightly emmbarrased. "You know if
i had my power this wouldnt have happened." Lance gets hit by a script.
"HEY! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!"
"Yeah..." Rahne nods slowly from a directors chair where she's using
Duncan Mathews as a foot stool and is sipping a iced mocha she just got
from Sam her OCCAS(See chapter 4). "But it's hard to hit people from
this angle when they're on the ground. Now carry on!"
"Only... a lot. You're still breathing too hard. Relax... feel the
earth under your paws... so it doesn't shift and make noise." Kitty
follows his example. A flock of birds interrupts them, alighting beyond
a nearby hill. "Watch the master."
"Yeah right Lance we all know who wears the pants in your relationship." Wanda smirks from off stage.
"Shut up." Lance growls.
Lance runs silently down into a gully, then up the other side. Leaping
over the ridgetop, he pounces with claws fully extended right down on
top of Bobby, who is foraging for bugs there.
"Aaaahhhh!"
Lance freezes in the position in which he hits the ground, with his
mouth open; he skids to a halt with Bobby between his forelegs.
"Don't lie Bobby we know you like it!" Ray calls from off stage.
"IM NOT GAY!"
"Yah, right. Carry on," Rahne waves a hand.
"Don't eat me! Please! I... I... I never really met your tyrant. I
mean, uh--Magneto. Magneto. Oh, heck of a guy. A little moody, but,
I..."
"Bobby!" Kitty arrives frowning. "What are you doing here?"
"Kitty! Thank goodness! Ohh! Hey... for once, we're not following ya.
This just happens to be the best smorgasbord in the Pride Lands. Bugs
everywhere!" He indicates the field of bugs, with the flock of Jaminal
birds eating contentedly away. "But, you don't call for a reservation,
and-- yeesh!" Turning toward the Jaminal birds. "Get outta here, ya
scavengers. Go on! Shoo! Shoo!"
Bobby tries to scare away the birds; he waves his arms at one unconcerned bird, who bites Bobby's nose.
"Oh!... oh!... oh." He cries in pain his nose glowing red.
Freddy rushes down the hill, and back up, scattering birds, who come
back to land right where they were. Kittu watches with amusement, Lance
with bewilderment. We switch back to Freddy, who is standing with a
dozen or so birds sitting on his back.
"Ohh...Bobby, I'm getting tired. I gotta lose some pounds!"
"No kidding..." Says Remy who is still hear for no reason exept i
wanted him here because if i didnt bring him sometime I would have many
Remy fans wanting to kill me.
"Shoo! Go on! Shoo! Shoo!" Bobby yells trying to get the birds off Freddy.
"Jelously. Typical." Sam shakes his head.
"I AM NOT GAY!"
Kitty and Lance trot back down the hill, Kitty laughing partly 'cause
its in the script, partly at Bobby pretending he's not gay.
"I sware i'm not gay! I have crushes on girls! Tell them Jubes! Jubes knows im not gay!"
"Jubilees a fag hag!" Amara yells at the top of her voice.
"CAN WE GET ON WITH THIS!" Rahne asks throwing a script at Kitty, not noticing her eye twitch and her lion teeth being beared.
"Hey! Maybe he can help. Ya think?" Freddy asks looking at Lance.
"Shoo!" Bobby manages to scare the last bird off Freddy's tail. "Oh!
Yeah... there's an idea. Right. Let the vicious Outsider-- Hey! Wait! I
have an idea!" He jumps down off of Freddy "What if he helps?" He
points at Lance.
"What?" Freddy seems to forget that was his idea.
"You wanna lend a voice? Huh?" He's not getting threw to Lance. "Grrr. Guh... Roar! Work with me!"
"Like this!" Kitty lets out a roar, scattering the birds.
"Wooo hoo! C'mon, do it again! Do it again!" Bobby jumps up and down like a kid on a sugar rush.
Lance roars this time, sending the birds into a rout.
"Yee-haa!" Bobby is really happy now. Like a gay guy in a prada shoe sale.
"Heeeeeeeeeeeeey!"
Hush Bobby.
Kitty and Lance run down the hill, sending birds flying in every direction. Lance is still clueless.
"Why are we doing this? What's the point of this training?" Sounding more like Scott than himself.
"Training? This is just for fun!" Kitty laughs.
"Fun?" He asks as though he's never heard the word before.
Bobby and Freddy run by; Bobby is hanging on to a bird's leg, getting carried up into the air.
"Ya gotta get out more often. Fun! Yeee-haa! Ha ha ha ha... Woooo-hoo!"
"Yeee-haa! Yeee-haaa!" Lance says slowly gettin the idea.
The group runs down between a row of rocks; it is blocked at the end by a number of Jaminal rhinos.
"Yeeeee-haaa!" Lance yells again.
They notice the rhinos and come skidding to a halt; they notice the
birds all sitting on top of the rhinos' heads. The birds are pretty
evil looking actually.
"Uh-oh." Kitty gulps.
The lions, Bobby and Freddy turn tail and run back the way they came; the rhinos are in hot pursuit.
"Hang Rhino." Bobby says to Freddy, as Freddy turns a corner using the edge of a small overhang.
Lance and Kitty turn sideways into a crevice in the rocks, where they hide while the rhinos pass by. They laugh with delight.
"What a blast!" Lance breaths.
"Oh... sorry." Freddy blushes.
"You're okay, kid..." Bobby gives Lance a noogie.
"Achem." Lance growls.
"You're ok.." He moves away.
They now try to squeeze out of the crevice. Amid "'Scuse me, pardon me"
from Bobby, Kitty's muzzle brushes up against Lance's. They look at
each other, both quite embarrassed.
"Um... s-sorr-- uh..." Kitty mummbles.
Bobby and Freddy have extricated themselves and are some way up the pathway.
"Hey! Are you two comin' or what?" Bobby yells back unaware of the moment they just had.
Lance and Kitty walk off, side by side and laughing. Purrs soon mix with their laughter.
"Cut!" Rahne kicks Duncan as she gets up. "Ray, get me my scripts, Sam
my coffee and Roberto, get over hear and get ready to swap saliva."
"Yes Rahne!" The all nod and go there seperate ways.
"Being director is fun!" Rahne sighs smiling. "Oh and next scene is a
big musical number so Kurt, Kitty and Lance rest your voices and no
adlibing Kurt. I know the song sounds like 'In your panties' but stick
to the words!"
R&R people! It feeds my creativity! Think of it as a late christmas/early new years present!