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Chapter 4:
Back in Bayville…
It was a bright warm slightly windy day, but it wasn't just any day; it was finally Valentine's day and everyone was even more excited than they were the day before!
On the way to school, Kitty was talking non-stop about it, "OH MY GOSH!- this is so cool, two Valentine's days is two counties, like how cool is that!?" The little Valley-girl squealed and giggled, with Rogue on her right resembling the living dead, Anya on her left, Kurt in the passenger seat, and Jean driving. The older girl yawned after Kitty had finally stopped talking long enough for her to hear her own thoughts let alone others', and respectfully responded, "…Oh-yeah, its great Kitty." Jean was looking almost as tired as Rogue, she was well dressed and primped up for the day, but she had small bags around her eyes, and she could barley stay awake. She slumped over the steering wheel and closed her eyes for a bit snoring, until she heard the sound of a car horn honking.
She swerved quickly avoiding the passing car and yelled 'Sorry' out the window, then sighed. Kitty's excitement turned into worry for her friends. She hadn't seen Jean so tired, since she had to cram for her first semester exam when she started college.
"Yikes-Jean, like when was the last time you and Rogue slept?" Rogue groaned in annoyance putting two fingers in between her brows, "DON'T-even ask!- Logan had us up till dawn trainin' in the danger room, as punishment for our 'Paris Romance Dates'." Kitty made an 'yeesh' face. Rogue looked way worst than Jean; her eyes were sagging, her hair needed a good brushing, and the only makeup she had on was her dark purple lipstick. And her clothes; she was in such a rush that she mixed and matched her dark purple short-sleeve shirt that came over her shoulders, her black silver studded collar, short black skirt and black tights, heeled boots, and long black gloves. It didn't look bad at all, but she could've really used a brush and some eye shadow. "Well that's what you get for-…wait, 'Dates'?-what do you mean 'Dates'?" Kitty asked looking confused.
Jean gave a very shamed look as she kept her eyes on the road, and explained what Rogue meant, "Umm-well, you see…Scott and I kinda had our own little romantic field trip right before we found you and Kurt." Kitty got an angry face and practically shouted, "What!?"
While Jean cringed as she was being scolded by Kitty. "It was a moment of weakness, It was Valentine's day, in Paris!-We couldn't help ourselves…" Then she gave a calming sigh of reassurance and continued, "But don't worry Kitty, after several hours of evasive maneuver training, battle simulations, and fifty games of X-treme mutant dodge ball, I think we've learned our lesson, right Rogue?-Rogue?" Jean darted her eyes in the direction of the back seat for an answer, accept Rogue was slouched over against the window sleeping, and snoring like a drunken sailor. Jean could hear her slumber so she darted her eyes back towards the road and said, "…I'll take that as a yes."
Kitty folded her arms and leaned roughly against the seat and resumed her complaining. "I can't believe you did that, I mean it's like totally romantic and everything, but seriously! We could've like died or something!-right Kurt?" the little elf meekly said, "Yeah, sure." and then went back to being strangely quiet.
He was staring at the rearview mirror in his window, cause he could see Anya's reflection clearly. She was also given an image inducer, so she was now normal looking, with pale skin, and a small frame much like Kitty's. She also had long dark red hair that was let down with two strands braided around to the back, a white long-sleeve sweater that came over her shoulders, with a pink tank top underneath, and a soft pink scarf, blue jean and brown boots. He wanted to talk to her, he didn't want it to seem awkward. He was so nervous he couldn't think of anything to say, until finally he took a deep breath and figured he'd think of something once he got her attention, so he sacked up and turned to her, only to be flushed with embarrassment because her face was pressed against the side of his seat, with her lovely dark brown eyes staring at him.
He gasped and whipped his head back and started sweating as if he was in a sauna. Anya got little curious to why Kurt was behaving like this, so she gently put a hand on his shoulder and asked, "Are alright Kurt?" He hastily nodded and hummed a 'yes' looking and tense as a petrified rabbit. Anya then got shy as she pushed back some of her hair back and asked, "Umm, Kurt?- do you … do you think- I look better in this form?" She ask shyly, while subconsciously batting her eyelashes, which made Kurt even more nervous. He swallowed hard and tried to loosened his neckline of his shirt, trying to think of something that wouldn't offend her, but it was really hard to think with her staring at him the way she was, she was like and innocent kitten. Kurt sweated and squirmed until he finally opened his mouth and began to speak, "W-well-umm, I think-that…you look- *BANG*-OW!-*groans*!" he was cut off by Jean making a sharp turn into the School parking lot, causing him to hit his head on the dashboard.
"Sorry Kurt, I almost lost that spot" Jean apologized as poor Kurt began rubbing his head continuing to express his agony, "AH!-Precious skull", he reached for the door handle and fell out the car like an idiot. As everyone unbuckled their seatbelts, Jean turned towards the back facing everyone, "Now remember Anya you're an exchange student visiting for the day. Once we get those bozos off your back, we'll get your transcript in order, then you'll be able to attend school permanently, alright?" Anya smiled and nodded in agreement, and bolted excitedly out of the jeep, and awkwardly stepping over a groaning Kurt on the ground. Kitty came out dragging Rogue by the arm seeing as she couldn't get her to wake up. "Come on Rogue!" she grunted, as she struggled to pull her toward the school.
Back at the Mansion…
Professor Xavier, Hank, and their good friend and ally Warren were doing some follow up research on Anya, discovering something uncanny about her genetic alterations. "Incredible, her mutation is almost similar to Kurt's." Said Hank, "Indeed, as are the alterations to it, are we sure they're not related Professor?" Angel asked with a little concern. Charles held his chin and responded assuring Warren, "Yes, I'm quite certain. Their genetic mutation maybe similar, but their mitochondrial DNA, is definitely different. They couldn't even be distant cousins." Warren made a small sigh of assurance and looked toward the computer.
Beast continued typing and analyzing their new findings trying to find anything else that may have been missed. "I'll keep searching to see if I can find anything about these mutant scientist hunting her down." He said. "Good Idea Hank, Warren will you stay and assist him, I believe I may have someone in mind who can help shed some light on the subject of Anya's mutation being altered. I'll leave Logan in charge of the mansion." Warren smiled and said, "You can count on us Professor." Xavier smiled back before turning and rolling off in search of Storm.
On his way out, he caught her walking towards the living room holding a bag of ice to her temples. "Storm I need you to- are you alright?" The kind older man asked with concern. "UUUGH!-after dealing with what I had to go through last night, I can't say that I am. What can I do for you Professor?" he suddenly raised a hand and recanted, "Oh-no, if you're unwell, then I'll just ask Logan." Storm sighed and leaned against a table, "Professor, its fine, I'm sure I'll be able to manage. What is it that you need?" he smiled graciously then went serious as he informed her, "I need information that may help us uncover some facts about the mutants hunting Anya, so I'm going to visit an 'old friend'." Storm quickly gave an unconcerned face and said, "No. Whenever you say you're visiting an 'old friend', it always turns out to be Magnus, and every time you drag one of us along, you both end up playing some long-winded game of chess while we die of boredom."
Charles just rolled his eyes and sighed, "Look Storm, he might be able to help us uncover some facts to help Anya, and either you or Logan has to come with me, that's how it works-or you could stay here and watch the mansion, note: the young ones will be home before me. Storm narrowed her eyes and felt a rush of dread come over her. She took a deep breath and said, "Fine,- Logan! Get me some Aleve!" this was clearly going to be a long day for her.
Back at the School…
It was lunchtime at Bayville High, and Rogue was finally awake, and back to normal, [or at least as normal as she'd ever be], she leaned against a wall next to Anya facing the lunch yard, where all the other student were. All of their classmates were partaking in the wondrous joys of exchanging cards, candies, and tokens of love to one another. Rogue was so appalled she could gag. Among the students exchanging gifts was Kitty, who was giving out tiny bouquets of five lollipops tied together with red, pink, or white bows with cute little Valentine's cards attached to them.
Rogue watched on as she took her sip of a soda, as did Anya. She had also fixed her hair and makeup, when she was awake long enough to do so, thanks to Kitty coming prepared with a brush and a Rogue's makeup. She flipped her hair in annoyance thinking about how rudely that shrew just took her stuff without permission, but then silently sighed and smiled a little at the fact that she did it for her, and finally got over it. She then noticed the little brunette girl coming their way.
"Hey Rogue! Anya! Don't think I forgot about you two." Kitty reached into the bag and pulled two tiny lollipop bouquets for the both of them. "Oh-Thank You Kitty, that's so sweet of you!" Said a very excited Anya. "Yeah thanks Kitty." Rogue also thanked her, only less enthusiastic. Kitty then leaned against the wall too looking so accomplished, then she turned to Anya and asked, "So Anya, are you like really from Paris, you don't sound like you are?" The slightly taller red-haired girl giggled a bit and responded, "No, I'm actually from Russia, I was only hiding Paris to escape the hunters." The little Valley-girl became fascinated and wanted to know more about this new mutant, not merely out of curiosity, but because the new foreigner seemed to have a lot in common with the team's own fuzzy blue elf.
"Really? Well how'd you get all the way out there?" Anya smiled and made a flapping motion with her hands indicating that she used her mutation to fly. "Oh." she responded with a blush. "I was orphaned when I lived in Russia, I don't really know who my parents were, but as far back as I could remember I had lived in an orphanage for young girls. I had to stay in the loft so that no one else would see me, but I learned to walk and dance from watching the girls…" At this point even Rogue was becoming interested in the girl's life story, so she turned her body towards the girls' direction and listened.
"When I got a little older, I tried teaching myself to use my wings and fly by watching the bats in the loft, I got the hang of it after a few months, then I finally left the orphanage and never looked back. Unfortunately, some of the locals saw me and hunted me down trying to prove that I existed. And the others people,- they came only a few months ago, and since then I've been hiding from everyone." Kitty began to sniff and tear up after heard such a bold tale. A poor young mutant girl who was practically raised to hide from the world was now suppose to adjust to everything and learn that not everyone is out to hurt her. "Oh my gosh, that's like,*sniff* the saddest thing I've ever heard. *sniff*"
Kitty said whipping her eyes a little. That's when she got a thought.
"You know Anya, Kurt has kind of a similar story." Anya tilted her head a little and asked, "Really?" The other nodded. Rogue was behind Kitty signaling Anya not to listen to her.
"Yep and I totally think you two should like really get to know each other." Rogue began using her hand to make cutting motions to her neck indicating that she cut off the conversation, but Anya just looked confused at her as Kitty put smiled and waited for an answer. "Well-…I don't know, I mean-I don't even think he likes me." Kitty got a shock expression on her face as if to say, 'what!?'
"Why on earth would you think that?" Anya folded her arms into an embrace and looked away shyly. "Its just that, every time I try to talk to him he acts like he's trying to ignore me, and then when he does acknowledge me, he gets all strange, as if he wants to get away from me."
The determined little brunette matchmaker wasn't having it, she had a feeling that Anya was the answer to Kurt's potentially sad and lonely Valentine's day, and she was going to do her best to make it the best one for them yet. "Don't worry Anya, I think I have any idea…!" she pulled the red-haired girl by the arm and linked it to her own, and walked off with her talking away, with Anya looking back at Rogue with confusion. Rogue put a hand to her forehead and sighed, "This isn't gonna end well."
With the guys…
Kurt, and Spyke were sitting at a lunch table at the other side of the yard. Spyke noticed that Kurt was acting strange; he was using his fork to fiddle with his food while wearing this discouraged look on his face. Spyke finally broke the silence, and asked, "Dude, what's up with you?" Kurt almost didn't notice he had said anything to him until he casually darted his eyes upward and saw both of the guy looking at him. "…Hmm?- Oh! Sorry, yeah- I'm fine. Just a little distracted is all." He said as he resumed playing with his spaghetti and meatballs. The other just sighed and rolled his eyes, "Kurt, are you still all broken up about Amanda?" The troubled little soul just shrugged and continued fiddling his fork around.
He wasn't thinking about all of that heartbreak stuff, in fact he had completely forgotten about any of that when he met Anya. Now she was the only thing on his mind. He was all messed up about how stupidly he acted in front of her. He was use to acting like a fool around people, especially his friends, but whenever he was around Anya, he just couldn't help but feel embarrassed when he doofed up in her presence. Like earlier: he would have told her human form was pretty, but her mutant form was the form he liked the most. Maybe it was the pressure of having everyone around,- he didn't know, he just wanted to actually talk to Anya without something conveniently crazy happening. The next thing he knew he was pushing two strings of spaghetti together, hooking them to each other into the shape of a heart, then he smiled, as he imagined an image of Anya fitting perfectly inside it from head to chest, surrounded by romantic light and roses…
Suddenly that image was interrupted by screaming teens in the parking lot.
With Kitty and Anya…
Kitty was still talking to Anya when they noticed the students screaming and running pass them. Kitty took Anya by the hand and lead her to a location near the happening. It was the most dangerous mutant the X-Men had ever faced…
The Juggernaut.- The team had dealt with this madman before, they even enlisted the aid of the Brotherhood once. He was that unstoppable, and he still is now. The massive force of destruction, strength, and bad case of helmet head was pillaging everything in sight and headed straight for the school. "Oh no, we'd better call Jean and Scott.
Meanwhile back at the Institute…
Jean and Scott had a session with the new mutants, and they were getting ready to do a lecture on ingenuity skills, before going outside to demonstrate, that is until Hank came in with the phone. "Jean, Scott, you'll have to cut your session short this evening. There's a problem at the school." The two instructor looked at each other with worry and ran off to get suited up and look for Gambit, [for positive reinforcement].
Gambit was in the den watching the same German soap opera Kurt was watching yesterday when he was all depressed. He didn't understand the language, but he still liked the drama. "Remy!-we have to-…!" Jean rushed in then immediately stopped and gave an annoyed expression as if to say 'seriously?' the sensitive Cajun just had his eyes glued to the T.V. with tears in his eyes, Jean then walked up to him casually trying to get his attention. "*sniff*, how many times does that man have to cheat on her, till she realizes she's better off without him? *sniff*…" He sobbed a bit while whipping his eyes with a tissue before noticing Jean. "…- I'm sorr' did you need somethin'?" The poor girl just raised a hand to her face and did a one-handed face palm followed by a sigh. [so much for positive reinforcement.]
At the School…
The main focus at the moment was evacuating the school safely. They had to get every teacher, student, and janitor out ASAP, before Mr. Unstoppable could reach the building. Rogue called for everyone to exit safely and swiftly, and Kitty and Anya both directed them to the back of the school to escape, that was when the boys showed up. Kurt ported the two younger girl as Rogue ran up to them. "We got everyone upstairs, in the gym, and in the vocational buildings out, what's next." "we need to wait for Scott and Jean." Kitty then blurted "there's no time for that, we need to do something now!" Rogue frowned and looked back at the approaching menace, realizing that the younger X-Man was right, but they couldn't just rush in blindly and risk getting anyone hurt. "Kitty, you and Evan go and try to hold him off, don't fight just keep him busy, I'll try and contact the Professor." Anya walked up and said, "I can help too!" everyone looked her a bit skeptical.
"Are you sure Anya?" the young girl put on her game face and deactivated her image inducer; wearing a newly given X-man uniform.
"I can try." she said changing her tough girl mode to slightly timid. Her uniform resembled her old short brown dress; sleeveless and attached to a hooded shawl, accept this wasn't a dress, it was a dark violet one piece jumpsuit with a shorter green hooded shawl, black gloves and black shoes that formed around her two toes only with a bit of heel on the bottom.
Rogue couldn't argue with the girl's guts, so she accepted her offer to help. "Okay, but be careful Anya. Remember don't fight just stall him. Kurt, go and make sure everyone is out of way." Unfortunately Kurt was too busy staring at Anya in her new uniform. "Kurt!" called Rogue, Kurt quickly snapped out of his trans, "Oh!- Sorry, right, make sure everyone's out of harms way-got it." he did a quick salute to his sister and teleported out of there pronto. Everyone else finally left to do their part, while Rogue stayed, using all her will to send a telepathic message to Professor X.
Meanwhile with the Professor and Storm…
Charles and his dear old friend/ex-enemy Magnus were playing a good ol' game of chess; laughing and talking about the old days, [when they still had their youth and hair], while Storm laid on a chair looking like the dead, although Charles was too busy having fun with their game to realize he'd been there long enough. That's when Rogue contacted him. He quickly switched to serious mode and answered the telepathic message. "Rogue, what's wrong!?" "Professor, it's the Jugger-Nut, he's back, Scott and Jean are on their way but we don't know how long it'll be till they get here."
The Professor cringed in anxiety and told her, "We'll be there as soon as we can, in the meantime just tell everyone to hold him off." She agreed with an 'okay', and rushed out to find Kurt and enlist his cooperation against the bloated-bucket-head. Charles then told Magneto, "Sorry Magnus, we'll need to cut this short, my student need me to save their hides- again. As he rolled away he passed Storm's splayed out corpse-like body, "Come on Ororo, we have to go save the kids." for a few minutes she didn't even appear conscious.
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Meanwhile…
Kurt was searching for any body who may be lurking around the potential war zone, all the while he was practically dancing and swaying in harmony, [so, he kind of wasn't really looking], but he was acting as if had found something; something wonderful. He picked up a red rose, possible left by on of the students, and smelled it happily. "*sighs*, fake roses never smelt so beautiful." He said gazing up wards at the heavens with this feeling of overwhelming happiness. Suddenly, Rogue came out looking for him. "Kurt, did you find anyone?" Kurt smiled and stared at his rose, and said, "Yeah I did." he sounded delirious and weird, and it was freaking the heck out of the girl. She grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him roughly. "Get a hold of yourself man what's wrong with you?" Kurt just smiled and said, "Rogue, I think I'm in love."…Rogue did a face-palm.
To Be Continued…