-Chapter 4: The Three Day Weekend-
"I have news from the boys!" Alley exploded one morning in mid-September. All the
girls were getting ready for classes in Hailey's room. Hailey stopped applying the jade green eye liner to Dawn's eyes, both looking towards Alley. The rest of the room stopped as well, Carmen holding a green cami that she picked out for Hailey and Stephanie in the middle of French braiding Julia's hair. It was silent, for once.
"Well, aren't you going to tell us?" Blitz asked from where she was reading a book on make-up and different ways to apply it.
"Ok," Alley said, all excited and the like. "Hunter told Luke who told Jack who told me that he kinda has a crush on Carmen!"
"He who?" Hailey asked.
"He Hunter!" Alley exclaimed.
"Luke told me something like that, too!" Stephanie said, continuing with the French braid. Carmen blushed a bit and went back to picking out outfits.
"Oh, the drama..." Julia said sarcastically, fiddling with her eyeshadow.
-class-
"Well, class," Wanda said, passing out review sheets. "I believe you are all aware of the first three day weekend this weekend. You will be allowed to borrow cars this weekend instead of having to get a ride from one of us. I'm sure you're all very excited about that." the teens immediately errupted in a burst of chatter. "Now, I'm gonna let you talk today BUT IF AND ONLY IF you finish this review sheet. It won't be that hard if you paid attention. Get started!"
Let's just say the teens worked very quickly. Little chatterboxes, these people are. 25 minutes into class and everyone was finished.
"Let's go shopping!" Alley said. "I saw some pants at American Eagle the other day that I'd really like to try on."
"I wanna get a haircut. I'm not feeling this blue anymore..." Haley said, lifting up a chunk of blue hair.
"I need a haircut, too. My wings are drooping!" Blitz said.
"My hair is just getting grotesquely long." Dawn added.
"What about our rooms? Are we going to finally paint them this weekend?" Stephanie asked.
"It would be reasonable." Julia added.
"Then it's set!" Carmen said. "Este fin de semana, vamos a compras-"
"English, please."
"This weekend, we'll go shopping, get haircuts, and decorate our rooms!"
"Oh, and a movie night on Saturday!" Alley put in.
"Sounds like a plan to me! Let's do it!" Dawn said as the girls began talking...again.
...across the room...
"You do realise they're gonna make us go shopping with them." Jack said, glancing at
his sister.
"They best not. I've got my own agenda." Chris said with a smirk.
"Like what?" Luke asked.
"I dunno." Chris answered with a shrug.
"Well, shopping can't be that bad...can it?" Hunter asked.
"You don't know my sister like I do." Jack said.
"We're screwed aren't we." Jason stated more than asked.
"Pretty much yea."
The boys simultaniously groaned and set to thinking of excuses. Then they watched
in slight interest as John Allerdyce walked in and up to Wanda, who's mood was brightened. They watched idly as John whispered something in her ear before giving her a quick kiss and walking back out.
"Wonder what that was about." Chris asked, expressionless.
"Dunno." Luke answered.
"We're starting to sound like girls...talking about people's love lives..." Jason said.
"We need to go play a video game or something...kill, steal, and destroy." Chris said.
"What are you, Satan?" Jack asked with mild amusement.
"Grand Theft Auto." Chris answered.
-Danger room-
"Today, we're going to be doing something a little different after our sprints." Logan
said. The kids groaned at still having to do sprints, but somewhat hopeful that they wouldn't be sparring with the merciless senior X-Men. "You all have the special privilage to start using the Danger Room like it was meant to be used. As for now, I want a suicide run to warm up. GO!" Logan said. The teens started running line to line to line and then some as Logan watched like the dictator he was.
After about 7 more sprints, the teens were all breathless and standing by the wall of the Danger Room as Logan explained exactly what was going down.
"We have been doing hand-to-hand combat for a few weeks now, so I hope you have developed some sense of coordination. Today, you will not be fighting against humans, exactly. Wanda, John, wanna give us an example?" Logan said. Wanda and John walked out to the center of the large room.
"What level, petite?" Remy asked Wanda over the intercom.
"What do you think?" she asked John, cracking her back and shoulders.
"Let's start with a four, we still got a workout after this. Plus we wouldn't want to scare
them." he responded. She nodded and held up four fingers to Remy in the control room. Remy's fingers expertly ran over the controls and the simulation was started. With spinning spiked frisbees.
Let's just say the students were a bit surprised. Especially when Wanda's hands started glowing blue for the first time. Then they were scared.
John and Wanda easily dodged the flying disks and lasers. The robots were relatively simple as well. They destroyed them one by one, watching themselves and watching each other. They looked out for each other and worked as a perfect team.
"That is what you will now be learning to do." Logan said as the simulation ended and the couple walked back with the rest of the X-Men. "Teamwork. Look to the person on your left and the person on your right. They are your teammates. You are all on one team and must learn to work together. What you just saw was a level four simulation out of twenty-five. What they just did was nothing. You all will start with a maze simulation on level two." Logan explained. The teens were none too excited about having lasers fired at them.
...10 minutes later...
"What was that?" Logan said as the teens stood guiltily in front of him. "I'll tell you what it was. That was the most uncoordinated, inexperience, downright horrible display of mutant ability I have ever seen in my life! You couldn't even last 10 minutes on a level 2! A LEVEL 2! You couldn't watch yourselves or each other! You're going back to individual training until I figure out what to do with you." he stalked away, fuming. He's not very patient you see.
"Ok, then," Scott said, going into leader mode. "well, let's break up for individual training then. We'll mix things up a little bit. Julia go with Rogue, Melanie (Blitz) with Ray, Dawn with John, Haley with Jean, Chris with Pietro, Jack with Ororo, Luke with myself, Carmen with X23, Stephanie with Kitty, Alley with Wanda, Hunter with Piotr,and Jason with Remy. Ok, pair up and get training!"
The teens all moved (slightly nervous) towards their assigned senior X-man. Training was surely not going to be fun after their poor display in the maze (which was sure to be brought up often).
-Haley and Jean-
"Ok, Haley, do you need to stretch or anything before we get going?" Jean said with a slightly condescending look. Haley perked one perfectly manicured eyebrow.
"I think I'm good." she said, placing her hands on her hips and her mental shields up.
"Nice mental shield. Very strong." Jean said, looking strait into her eyes. Haley stared back, unafraid. Suddenly, Jean thrust out a hand and, using her telekinesis, sent Haley spinning into the air. Her plan, though, not so efficient.
"WEEEEEEEEEEEE! FASTER!"
-Dawn and John-
"Ok, shiela, show me whatcha got." John said with a smile. Dawn smiled and pulled off one of her lime green volleyball gloves. John watched with mild interest until she snapped and a flame appeared at her fingertips. He was slightly more interested then.
"FIRE!" he screamed excitedly.
"Obsessed much." Dawn replied. She made the flame into a ball of fire in her palm and made to throw it at Pyro. However Pyro, being Pyro, could see this and quickly stole the flame away from her.
"What! YOU STOLE MY FIRE!" Dawn said, shocked.
"It's what I do." John said with a smirk before making the fire into a ribbon and sending it in a very complex and intricate pattern in the air.
"Whoa, how do you do that?"
"Very carefully."
-Chris and Pietro-
"Ugh." Chris groaned as he missed Pietro again. He didn't give up, though, and sped towards Quicksilver using his superspeed. In slo mo, this is what happened.
Just as Chris reached Pietro, he flip kicked towards the older speedster, spun on the ground, and punched before continuing on the run. I want to say he actually made contact this time, but I'm not a very good liar. What happened is as Chris was flip kicking, Pietro ducked so that Chris's leg flew over his head. As Chris punched, Pietro dipped under the arm and moved to the back of the younger and tapped him on the back of the head as he sped off.
"Dude," Chris said, gasping for air. "you show no mercy, man."
"You call my girlfriend sexy and you don't get mercy." Pietro said with a smirk.
"Can you let that go and frickin' teach me how to fight!" Chris said exasperatedly.
"Maybe in a little bit." came the reply.
-Blitz and Ray-
"STAY STILL YA PANSY!" Blitz cried as Ray narrowly avoided an electric blast.
"I don't get paid enough for this..." he said as he carefully absorbed a blast and sent it back, hitting the blonde in the arm. She looked from her arm to Ray and then back to her arm. Then back to Ray.
"Oh no you didn't."
-Carmen and X23-
"Good Carmen! That's it! Oh, wait." X23 lightly punched the girl's shoulder. "Be sure to watch yourself as well as your attacker."
"Ok, I'll try." she came at X23 again, but only seemed to be attacking half-heartedly.
"Hold up, hold up. Why aren't you attacking at full force?" X23 asked.
"I...I don't want to hurt you." Carmen said, looking at X23 guiltily.
"Hun, you won't hurt me." X23 replied with a smile.
"Jean said that last week but I still put a bruise on her shoulder!"
"Well that's Jean's fault for not getting out of the way fast enough. It's ok, even good to hurt us. That means your getting better. Now, I want you to come at me with full force."
"Ok."
-Hunter and Piotr-
"You do not talk much, do you friend?" Piotr said as he tried to punch the youth. Hunter easily moved out of the way and tried to attack...well, Colossus.
"I'm kinda shy, unless it's a sport." Hunter said as he continued to try and hit Piotr. "I may be quiet off the field but on...I'm one of the most competitive people you'll meet."
"I see. What sport you play?" Piotr asked and Hunter continued to evade his attacks.
"Soccer." Hunter said, finally landing a punch on Piotr's side. But Piotr, being Piotr, barely noticed it.
"I see. That how you evade me. I see boys play soccer; it is very agressive, da?"
"Pretty much." Hunter went in for another attack. When you play soccer you're not easily winded, you see. And, if you're competitive, you're not gonna give up anytime soon. Giving up was not something Hunter was planning to do anytime soon.
-Jason and Remy-
"URGH WHY CAN'T I GET IN YOUR FRICKIN' MIND!" Jason yelled after many minutes of frustration.
"B'cuz Remy's got ment'l shi'lds, dats why." Remy replied, still shuffling his cards idly. "T'day Remy gon' teach y' how t' fight wit'out y' mutation."
"I'm not likin' the sound of this..." Jason said, looking at Remy skeptically. Remy simply smirked quite an evil smirk.
"Y' shou'dn'."
-Stephanie and Kitty-
Kitty phased through the ground as Stephanie aimed a punch at her, making her miss. However, as Kitty phased back up and tried to knock Stephanie's legs out, Stephanie turned into a "ghost", which made Kitty's hands go right through her legs.
"That's totally it! You're getting it like so fast!"
"Uh, thanks. I try." Stephanie responded.
-Julia and Rogue-
Julia and Rogue both went back and forth, attacking and defeneding in turn.
"You've really got the hang of this." Rogue said, trying to kick Julia.
"I got a lot of crap at school." Julia responded, doing a quick 1-2 punch combo.
"People just don't like to accept those different to them." Rogue said.
"That's for sure." Julia said as she continued to try and hit Rogue.
-Jack and Ororo-
"Don't get distracted, child." Ororo said as she easily formed a small thundercloud above her head. Jack, try as he might, could not master the small movement. Instead, the students could begin to feel the beginnings of a raging thunderstorm outside of the Institute.
"No, child, you must concentrate. Feel your way through the air and look for the molecules. Bring them together to form the cloud. Relax. Take your time. There is no need to rush through this. If you rush, it will do nothing but hurt you. When you most need it, you won't be able to do it. So just slow down and work at your own pace."
Jack took a calming breath and began again, trying to feel his way molecule by molecule through the air, searching for what he needed. It took him a while, but by the end of the session he seemed to get the hang of it.
-Luke and Scott-
"Concentrate, Luke! You have to concentrate before your blast!" Scott said, sending another blast toward the youth. Luke spun out of the way, narrowly missing it. He sent a blast at Scott, who sidestepped out of the way.
"Think before you blast!" another blast, another sidestep.
"THINK!" another blast, just slightly to the side...
BAM!
Scott got knocked over flat on his back as a light ray hit him square in the chest.
"Nice...concentration..." he said as he got up. Luke "accidentally" sent another blast that hit Scott in the shoulder.
"Hey man that wasn't cool." Scott said, trying to sound all hip with the terms.
"It was an accident. My bad." Luke responded before getting into fighting position again.
-Alley and Wanda-
"C'mon! Use your powers to their full ability!" Wanda said as her and Alley got into a
hand-to-hand combat.
"You're not why should I!" Alley responded. Superstrength isn't as fun as it seems.
"Because it's not my job to beat you up it's to teach you how to fight!"
"Hit me with your best shot!" Alley challenged.
"Ok." Wanda's hands glowed blue and soon the teen was trapped in a weak hex
force. Well, weak in Wanda's terms. Alley struggled a bit, but couldn't get out.
"You won't be able to get out. My hexing power is very strong." Wanda said, idly holding the teen in place. Alley scrunched into a ball before exploding in a blast of strength and power, breaking free of Wanda's hold. She landed on her feet and stood there, breathing hard.
"That," Wanda said, walking over and placing her hand on the younger girl's shoulder. "is using your powers to their full ability."
...1 hour later...
"Ok everyone I think that's enough. You can all go shower now." Jean said after about an hour and a half of session. The teens all nodded and walked slowly towards the locker rooms. The adults were the only ones left.
"They're looking better." Jean said with optimism.
"They couldn't last against a sentinal, though." X23 said.
"Don't be such a pessimist." Jean said.
"I'm just being realistic." X23 replied before walking to go get some water.
"What time is it?" Rogue asked, changing the subject.
"6 o'clock." someone random answered.
"We're still working out at 8, right?" Wanda asked as she gathered her stuff.
"Yea, 8 sharp." Scott said as she started up the stairs to get some food. The teachers gathered all of their things and made their way to get food and rest a bit before their own workout. Rogue and Remy were the last ones in there.
"Chere y' wanna go 'n' eat somet'in'?" Remy asked.
"Nah, Ah got somethin' i need to take care of she said with a smile and a wink. Remy cocked his head slightly to the side in confusion. Rogue, seeing his confusion, tilted her head back the slightest bit towards the entrance to the girls' shower room, where Julia was patiently waiting.
Remy slowly and quickly glanced his mesmerizing eyes up and spotted the teen.
"D'accord. Remy see y' in a bit, chere." Remy said, giving Rogue a kiss and walking out. Rogue walked over to Julia and leaned against the wall in front of her.
"Didja need somethin', sugah?" she asked. Julia rubbed the back of her neck and blushed a bit.
"Erm...do you think that...you could...you know..." she said.
"Ah'm afraid Ah don't." Rogue said with a slight smile. Julia bit her lip.
"Couldyoushowmehowtocontrolmypowers?" she asked quickly. If Rogue hadn't hung
out with Pietro so much, she would've needed to ask her to say again.
"You don't like ahskin' for help, do ya?" Rogue asked. Julia nodded. "Ok. What'd you say we met in here every Tuesday night and Thursday night to help you gain control? Sound good?"
"Yes, thank you." Julia said with an actual smile. Rogue smiled and lightly hit the side of the younger girl's shoulder.
"Go take a shower, hun." she said. Julia nodded again and walked into the room as Rogue went back upstairs.
-zip ahead a few hours, until like...midnight-
Hunter sat in the kitchen, slowly snacking away at a bowl of ice cream. Chocolate chip cookie dough, if you were wondering.
He couldn't sleep. Granted, he never really could sleep, but tonight it was different. Tonight, he was deep in thought, about many things. One was something Piotr had said during their little spar.
"You do not talk much, do you friend?" he had asked. It was true, Hunter didn't talk much. But he had always been kinda quiet, except with his friends. These people were friends, yet he was still quiet.
"Maybe mutation affects hormones..." he said to himself.
"Nope, they don't." came a female voice. Hunter looked up to see Wanda walk into the kitchen.
"What are you doing up so late?"
"Couldn't sleep." Hunter said with a shrug.
"Whatcha thinkin' about?" Wanda asked as she opened up the refrigerator and
grabbed a bottle of water, sitting down across the counter from the younger boy.
"Life. In general."
"That sounds pretty deep."
Hunter shrugged again. "Not really. Would you say I'm overly quiet?"
Wanda was a bit taken aback. "Quiet, but not overly I don't think. Why?"
"No reason." he went back to the ice cream in his bowl.
"Yes there is." Wanda insisted. "It's a girl, isn't it?" she said with a sly smirk. Hunter
lowered his head and fought to conceal a smile.
"HA! I was right! Well, who is it? And why is she keeping you awake, huh? HUH?"
Wanda said.
"I don't wanna say-..."
"You can tell me anything. Really. Right now, I'm not your teacher. Just a friend. I'd like to know what's bothering you."
"Ok...well, I kinda like this girl, but I'm too shy to ask her out or anything." Hunter said, his ice cream being quite fascinating. Wanda nodded and took another sip of water.
"Ya wanna know a secret?" she asked. Hunter looked up, confusion evident behind his glasses. "I used to be quiet."
"Somehow, I can't see that." Hunter answered.
"No, no! It's true. When I first came here, I didn't say a word for 2 weeks. So you're way ahead of me, bud."
"How did you...well, become like you are?"
"I started going out with John. You'd be surprised what going out with someone could do." she said, getting up and getting a plastic bag out of the cupboard.
"So you're saying I should ask her out."
"I'm saying you should do what you feel is right. Maybe hang out with her a bit, become comfortable around her. Find a common interest. That sorta stuff." Wanda began filling the bag with ice.
"Sounds resonable enough." Hunter finished his snack and put the dish and spoon in the dishwasher. Just then, footsteps were heard coming up the stairs. X23 soon rounded the corner.
"Wanda what the he...ck is taking so long? Logan is saying Rogue dislocated it."
"Me and Hunter were having a profound conversation on the meaning of life."
"Life means getting the ice to Rogue before I take said life away from you."
"Now, now, X, no death threats in front of sensitive ears." Wanda feax-scolded.
"Believe me, I've heard worse. You'd be surprised what some guys say to others on a soccer field." Hunter said. Wanda finished with the ice and got a dishtowel out to go with it. Her and
X23 began walking towards the Danger Room entrance.
"Hunter, you wanna come see a real Danger Room simulation?" X23 asked. Hunter shrugged and followed the two women downstairs.
Upon arriving downstairs, the three were met with Rogue and Remy on a bench with Scott almost groveling for forgiveness with Jean standing nearby. Logan was looking at Rogue's shoulder.
"Dislocated?" Wanda asked, tossing the ice to Remy.
"Yup. But doesn't feel like anything else is broken. We'll just pop it back in and ice it for a while." Logan answered. Jean looked horrified at the thought, and Scott would have if he could show more expression. Rogue, however impassive she looked, still slowly grabbed Remy's hand. A quick 1-2-3 and Rogue rolled her shoulder back into the socket with Logan's help. The ice was immediately placed on top.
"Well thanks Scott now we have to do one on one since two of our teammates are out." X23 said sarcastically.
"Two? But only Rogue is hurt..." Jean said.
"Like Remy gon' leave 'is chere by 'erself when she 'urt." Remy said.
"I didn't mean to! She didn't move the direction I thought she would! I'm sorry!"
Scott said.
"Chill out, Scott X's just being sarcastic." Wanda said. "Who's going first?"
"You and John." X23 said, casually leaning against the wall between Pietro and Hunter.
"Mmk. C'mon, Pyro." Wanda said, dragging her fiance out to the middle of the floor.
"Aww, sheila, do we hafta? I always lose..." John complained. Wanda ignored it.
"14, right Scarlet?" Logan said from the control room.
"Yea. Kick the music on, too." Wanda said. Logan rolled his eyes and pressed the
start button. The Black Eyed Peas "My Humps" came on, and X23 started bouncing around to it like a teenager again. Pietro smacked her in the backside with the back of his hand.
"Act your age." he said with a smile.
"Please, Pietro, not in front of the children!" X23 said, making dramatic gestures towards Hunter. The teen just shook his head and looked back towards Wanda and John.
"Next CD!" Wanda yelled. Logan laughed and changed. The Darkness "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" soon blared from the speakers.
"That's better. Start simulation." Wanda said, her hands immediately turning blue. John's flamethrowers spouted a bit of fire, which was soon turned into a large ball by John. Blue met orange as the two sent their powers at each other at the same time. The others watched for a few seconds as the battling forces went back and forth. Then the Danger Room kicked up.
The floor began moving, large blocks going different heights. There was constant motion and the couple had to disconnect for fear of falling off the towering blocks.
Hunter watched in nothing short of amazement as the two fought each other and the Danger Room itself. Blocks rose and fell, and John and Wanda battled on. Back and forth the attacks went, both looking evenly matched. That is, until John decided he would be sneaky.
John jumped onto the floor between blocks, and he knew Wanda was on the other side. He prepared his flame throwers, then waited until the block lowered.
WOOSH!
Fire flew into...an empty space?
"Whot!" John exclaimed. He was soon enveloped by a pulsing blue light. "AWW DANGIT!" he screamed.
"HA! I WIN!" Wanda said. The simulation stopped, the floor going back to its normal flatness. Wanda let John go and the two went to get a drink of water.
"Think you're ready for that?" John asked Hunter.
"Please tell me you're kidding." the teen said.
"Well we're done now, so unless you wanna try..."
"I'm not gonna lie, that's a bit too intense for me." Hunter replied. Wanda laughed.
"You'll work up to it eventually." she said.
"Well, Ah don't know 'bout the rest o' y'all, but Ah'm gonna shower and go ta bed. Ah'll be here at 10 if y'all wanna work out." Rogue said, getting up from the bench she was sitting on.
"Remy won' hea' of it, chere. Y' ain't workin' dat shouldah till at leas' Mond'y." Remy said. Rogue rolled her eyes.
"Whateva ya say, Swamprat." Rogue said. Everyone knew that she was going to be in the Danger Room the next morning.
"The kids start redoin' the rooms tomorrow. Shouldn't someone be supervising?" Logan asked.
"Yup. Thanks for volunteering, Logan!" X23 said, quickly running into the shower room. Everyone quickly followed.
"Wha-" Logan started, but found only Hunter in the room. Hunter smiled, waved, then took off away from the Danger Room.
"I hate when they do that." Logan said as he stalked off to his room.
-The Next Day (Saturday)-
"SHOPPING DAY!" Haley yelled as she ran through the corridor. She banged on each door individually. After all, it was at least 9 a.m. She ran down the girls' hallway with minimal complaint, but the boys' was a different story.
"WAKE UP IT'S SHOPPING DAY!" she said.
"SHUT UP HALEY!" Jason yelled when she banged on his door.
"oh, touchy in the morning..." Haley said, looking at the door as if it was a repulsive.
She soon shrugged and went back to her room to do her makeup.
"Good morning, Julia!" Haley said while adding a soft touch of baby blue eyeshadow to match the v-neck sweater she was wearing. "Are you excited about going shopping today?"
"I suppose." Julia said, taking her spot in Haley's overstuffed chair, adjusting her blue jeans and vintage-looking Coheed and Cambria tshirt that had a black longsleeve under it. All of the sudden Blitz popped into the room, still in her pajamas.
"Is Carmen in here!" she asked. Haley and Julia blankly stared.
"Do you see her?" Julia finally said. Blitz looked around the room real quick.
"DANGIT!" she ran back out of the room and down the hall. Almost immediately, Alley rounded into the room wearing blue jeans and a red "Dr. Pepper" shirt.
"What's up with her?" she asked, poking a thumb in Blitz's direction. Julia and Haley shrugged.
"Oh. Ok. Well, Haley will you do my makeup?"
"Is the sky blue?" Haley answered, pulling out all of the makeup she owned (which is A LOT) and sitting Alley on the edge of the bed.
"Buenas dias, chicas." Carmen said, coming softly into the room. She was wearing blue jeans and one of those langerie-inspired tank tops. It was green.
"Are you aware Blitz is looking for you?" Julia said, never looking up from a book that she conjured up from...well, the spot next to the chair where she left it.
"No, why-"
"CARMEN I NEED YOUR HELP!" Blitz said, pulling Carmen out of the room by the wrist.
"Well then." Haley said, going back to beautifying Alley.
"Hey guys." Stephanie said, coming into the room. What was she wearing, you ask?
Why, she was wearing jeans with a white boy beater shirt.
"Why hello there, Steph." Haley said. She was feeling very talkative this morning.
"Fini!" she said, stepping back to admire her work.
"That looks awesome I'm not gonna lie." Stephanie said, looking over Alley's face.
"Lemme see!" Alley said, running over to the mirror. "I'm pretty sure I love it!" she said. Just then Dawn came into the room, hands in her jean pockets and styling in a greyish-blue volleyball tournament tshirt, along with the lime green gloves she always wore.
"Hi!" she said, plopping down on one of the beds. "Anyone seen Blitz?"
"She kidnapped Carmen about 5 minutes ago. She should be back soon." Stephanie answered from where she was exploring Haley's makeup collection. "Is this white eye liner?"
"It is indeed. If you put that along your lower lashes and then the color of your eyes along your upper lashes, it'll bring out the whites of your eyes and make you seem more awake." Haley said knowledgably. (tis true, by the way) Stephanie raised her eyebrows and then started putting on the eyeliner.
"Ok I'm back!" Blitz said, jumping onto the bed next to Dawn in jeans and a volleyball tshirt.
"Where's Carmen?" Julia asked, looking up from the book for a moment.
"I sent her on a little errand..." Blitz said with quite an evil little smirk.
"Sweet mo what did you do?" Dawn said.
...boys hallway...specifically, Hunter's room...
"Gosh what could possibly be taking so long!" Jason complained.
"I know man girls take FOREVER to frickin' get ready." Jack agreed.
"Honestly what could they possibly be doing?" Carmen said from where she appeared
in the corner.
"I don't kn-WHAT THE HECK!"
"How did you get in here!"
"Why are you here?"
"Hehe adios amigos!" Carmen said, slipping back through the shadows.
"Scared the crap out of me..." Chris said.
"You hafta admit, it was pretty clever." Hunter said.
"Shut up lover boy." Jason replied.
...girls hallway...
"HA! That's helarious!" Blitz said as Carmen retold the story.
"And they didn't even notice you?" Dawn asked, laughing.
"Not until I said anything, and I was standing there for at least dos minutos." Carmen
said.
"Boys are pretty unobservant, I'm not gonna lie." Haley said, organizing her things and
tossing a stick of chapstick into her purse. "Are we ready to go now?"
"Yup let's bounce y'all!" Alley said.
"Someone go get the guys." Stephanie said.
"I will!" Carmen said, walking down the hall and banging on the door. She opened it
without waiting for a reply.
"Come on, estamos saliendo." she said, sticking her head into the room. She gave a quick, flirty wink to the guys before turning and running down to where the other girls were. They soon collaberated and went down to the garage, where they found the keys to the cars they were to take.
"DRIVE TIME!" Blitz said, grabbing a set of keys.
"Ooooh no you don't, Blitz." Dawn said, acting as if she was approaching a wild animal. "Put the keys down, and no one get's hurt."
"No! My keys!" Blitz said, holding the keys to her chest.
"Blitz come on we don't have time!" Haley said, holding her hand out.
"Ugh. Fine." Blitz said, sighing exasperatedly and rolling her eyes. She handed the keys to Haley reluctantly.
"Ok let's split up into cars. We have 12 people and 3 cars. I'll drive one." Haley said.
"I'll drive." Luke said.
"I'll drive, too." Jason said.
"Ok, well let's split up and get going!" Haley said. The teens split up and went on their way.
...later, at the mall...
"No." Jack said, speaking for all the guys.
"C'mon guys it's just a store."
"I refuse to step foot inside that...that...sex shop!" Chris said.
"Sex shop? It's just-" Stephanie started.
"We don't care! Men are not meant to go into places like that!" Luke said.
"Oh for heaven's sake it's just Victoria's Secret." Dawn said sensibly.
"Absolutely not!" Jason said.
"Come in or face the consequences." Blitz said, narrowing her eyes and giving a very
devious smirk.
"And what would those be, huh?" Jason said, stepping up close to her.
"Well, stay outside and you'll see." she said, still smirking.
"I think we'll take our chances." Chris said, pulling Jason away from the blonde girl.
Blitz shrugged and hmphed.
"Suit yourself." Blitz and the other girls walked in. All of them.
"Are you kidding me?" Jason said.
"Well, let's find a bench and sit down. We may be here a bit." Hunter said, walking to the nearby bench and sitting down. The other guys nodded and followed him to sit down.
"Dude, I can't believe you carry her bags for her." Jason said to Luke.
"It's what good boyfriends do. Not that you would know." he said.
"That's a burn." Jack said.
"What are you implying?" Jason said.
"Well, let's see. You flirt with every girl you see, all you think about is girls, you tell us of how you easily dated 3 or 4 girls at one time-"
"Ok ok I get the picture. But that doesn't mean I wasn't a good boyfriend to them!" he countered.
"Whatever you say, dude." Luke said, shaking his head.
"Let's switch the topic, shall we?" Hunter said.
"Yea, like to when you're gonna ask Carmen out." Chris said.
"When Jason asks Blitz out." Hunter said with a smile.
"WHAT! I don't even like her-"
"Oh please you obviously flirt with her more than the others." Jack said, laughing.
"Not my fault she flirts back." Jason said, crossing his arms in a very unmanly
manner.
"Yea whatever. Dude is it me or was that Danger Room thing totally brutal?" Luke
said.
"Are you kidding me! And it was a frickin' level 2! I've never been more humiliated in
my life..." Chris said.
"Only cause you sped strait into a wall." Jack said.
"And it wouldn't have been that bad...except you were trying to show off for X23." Luke said.
"You all are losers." Chris said, pulling out his iPod and putting one headphone in.
"What we did was nothing. I saw Pyro and Scarlet Witch take on each other on a level 14." Hunter said.
"What! When was this!" Jason exclaimed.
"About midnight last night. Couldn't sleep." Hunter responded.
"What was it like?" Jack asked him.
"We're so screwed." Hunter responded. All the guys started looking a bit worried.
"People get hurt, man. Cyclops dislocated Rogue's shoulder. This is some serious training, whatever we're training for..."
Awkward silence.
More awkward silence.
"OH MY GOSH IT'S BEEN LIKE 5 YEARS!" Chris said.
"Dude, it's been like 15 minutes." Hunter responded. Just then Julia came out of the store carrying a small pink bag with "Victoria's Secret" emblazed upon the side.
"Are they done!" Chris asked excitedly.
"Nope. I was the first one out. Scoot over." Julia said, moving into a spot next to the speed demon.
"I don't get it. Why do girls have such a facination with that store?" Jack asked as he watched his sister put a bra against her shirt that obviously had nothing to do with support. He grimaced and turned away.
"It's not really a fascination. I mean, their stuff really is good. Plus they come in cute colors and patterns." Julia explained. All the guys turned to her and stared."What?"
"'Cute' doesn't seem like something you would say." Luke said.
"Maybe you should get to know me a little better, then." Julia said, looking back at them and giving a smirk.
"You mean you're not a hard-core rocker chick that wishes death upon the world?" Jason asked stupidly. Luckily Hunter noticed the stupidity and hit him in the back of the head.
"Not angry, just quiet." Julia responded, looking a little hurt at the comment.
"Anyways, Miss Understood, we're all having a movie night tonight. I assume you'll be joining us?" Chris said.
"Hey man I said I was quiet not antisocial." Julia said with a fake shocked expression. However, there was laughter in her voice.
"Well then it's settled. We'll-"
"Be going to Sears now." Stephanie interrupted.
"Sears? For what?" Jack asked.
"We're painting our rooms this weekend, remember?" Haley reminded him.
"Today we're just getting samples, though. We have hair appointments in and hour
and a half." Alley said, pulling Julia up onto her feet. "C'mon, Julz. Maybe if you move, these useless lumps will too." Alley said with a smile. The girls then proceded to walk away from the boys at an unnaturally fast pace.
"Hey guys! Wait up!" Luke called as the boys tried to gather their things and hurry after the racing females. They just laughed and walked faster. So the guys started to jog slightly after the girls. They started sprinting. And lemme tell ya, some of those girlies are pretty dern fast. Dawn, Blitz, and Julia were all in the lead, until someone failed to notice the "wet floor" sign.
Blitz, being the graceful person that she is, totally slid all over before falling. Dawn, who was right behind her, tripped over her outstretched...well, body, and literally flying over the other girl and landing hard on her butt. Julia, who foresaw the commotion, tried to stop. But it was a really wet floor and the girl never stood a chance. She slid in mid-turn and landed hard on her stomach. Dawn was sitting up, but that didn't matter when Carmen slid and crashed strait into her.
The rest of the teens followed as such:
Stephanie successfully stopped, but was soon crashed into by Luke, who was about to celebrate that he had caught up. They both fell on top of Blitz.
Jason pulled to a stop too quickly and fell flat on his back. Alley tripped over his shoulder and Jack tripped over her. They kinda started a new pile of bodies.
Haley then tripped over this new pile of bodies and landed on Blitz's pile. Hunter flipped over this pile (by accident) and landed with his legs over Carmen (not so much an accident). Chris tried to stop, but slid and flipped, landing on top of Julia.
Everyone just kind of stopped, waiting for the commotion to calm down. It was only when the dust had settled and the metaphorical birds settled back in their metaphorical trees did anyone try to move. And only from great necessity.
"Chris?" Julia said quietly.
"Yea?" he responded.
"I can't breathe." she said.
"My bad!" Chris said, rolling over to an empty section of floor.
"I feel your pain." Blitz said. After all, she had a good 3 or 4 people laying right on top of her. Then came the renewed chaos of trying to get up. Many minutes (and when I say many, I mean MANY) minutes, the 12 teens managed to upright themselves. Only then did they venture into the paint isle.
"Sweet mother of all things chocolate, look at all the COLORS!" Dawn exclaimed, looking around like a kid in a candy store. Or me in a candy store. Take your pick.
"Ok Dawn we only got about 30 minutes before we need to leave for the hair salon. Let's move it y'all!" Haley said. She's very good at organizing things.
The girls all started looking at the various colors, taking samples here and there.
"How many shades of yellow should Blitz take?" Blitz said to herself.
"ALL OF THEM!" Dawn said, running by with about 20 samples of bright greens. Blitz shrugged and started grabbing random samples of yellow.
30 minutes and way too many colors for a strait person (no offense to anyone out there...its kinda an inside joke), the teens were ready to go get haircuts. Well, the girls were at least.
But first, the boys' punishment. And oh what fun did the girls have.
"GET THAT THING OUT OF MY FACE! ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE ME CRASH, WOMAN?" Luke exclaimed and
Stephanie showed him a metallic blue bra she had bought.
"And burn." Julia said as she too brought out her newly bought langerie for inspection. Luke simply drove a little bit faster as Jack determidely looked out the window.
...car #2...
"Stop distracting me with that...that...THING!" Jason said as Blitz showed Dawn, who was in the back seat, the white and polka dotted lace trimmed boyshort underwear she had bought.
"See, all you had to do was stand there inside the store, but nooo...you had to take the HARD way out..." Dawn said with a smirk. Jason was rather...distracted with the handling of women's undergarments around his face. Chris simply laughed. He was receiving minimal torture.
...car #3...
"Look! It came in STRIPES!" Carmen said, showing hot pants pajama bottoms to Alley, who was in the front seat. Hunter, ever being a gentleman, looked out the window and prayed to whoever was listening that they would get to the hairdressers' soon.
"I got something like that, only in a camisol. It's kinda low cut, but I tend to get warm at night." Haley said.
Hunter started praying harder.
...at the hairdressers'...finally...
"SWEET MOTHER!" Jason said, exploding out of the car as soon as it was parked.
"Oh come on it wasn't that bad." Dawn said, grabbing her purse and getting out of the car.
"Not that bad? YOU'RE A GIRL!" Luke said.
"I think I've been scarred for life..." Hunter said, staring strait ahead of him.
"COME ON HALEY'S TIRED OF LONG BLUE HAIR!" Haley said, herding everyone into the hair salon.
"I don't particularly wish to be here." Chris said as all the guys congregated in the doorway.
"Me either." Jack agreed.
"Fine. Leave. All I care about is gettin' a frickin' hair cut. Just don't take our bags." Haley said, turning around and walking up to the front counter.
"Hi, may I help you?" The girl at the counter asked.
"Yes, I'm Haley Benson. I'm here for a cut and color?" Haley said sweetly. The girl smiled and looked at the appointment book.
"Mmhmm right this way!" she said, leading Haley to a hairdresser who had bubblegum pink hair and bright blue eyes.
"Hey, I'm Sami." she said, sitting Haley down in the chair. "What do you want me to do?"
"What DON'T I want you to do!" Haley said. "I'd like about 4 inches off so it's right below my shoulders, layers, angle bangs, and a new color. What do you think?"
"I'm thinkin' purple." Sami said. Haley smiled and nodded enthusiastically.
...back at the front counter...
"Hello I'm Blitz I'm just here for a cut." Blitz said rather unspaztically as the girl came back.
The girl looked over the appointment book quickly.
"Ok Blitz, Jenn is gonna be helping you, but she's still with a costomer, if you wait for a minute, she'll be with you in a second. She's the brunette woman with the strait across bangs working with the platinum blonde." the girl pointed out Jenn to Blitz, who nodded, smiled, and sat down.
"Alrighty, next?"
"Hola, Carmen?" Carmen said. After a quick look-over, the girl nodded.
"Right this way." she led Carmen to a man wearing tight leather pants and a black shirt. He was quite tan.
"Hola chica! ¿Qué quiere Ud.?" the man asked. Carmen got excited that someone spoke Spanish in this place (even if it was a gay hairdresser...literally), and immediately rattled off what she wanted. The two spent the rest of the time conversing in Spanish.
...front counter...
"OK EVERYONE GET IN AN ORDER!" the lady yelled. A sudden rush of 7 girls isn't very happy, you see. "I'm gonna tell you who will be working with you, then you will all get a haircut and look very pretty and I'm gonna get paid extra! Ok?"There was a chorus of "ok"'s as the remaining four girls got situated.
"I have a Dawn here next. Go to the very last chair with the red-haired woman. Her name is Angelina." Dawn walked out of the line and skipped to the girl. She loves haircuts.
"Alley is going to be with Jasmine as soon as she's finished. She's the African-American woman three chairs from the end. She'll come get you when you're ready." Alley nodded and sat down.
"Stephanie and Julia will both get cuts from Lalaine, the girl with really dark brown hair and angled bangs. She's the second chair from right here. Julia is going first." the girl sighed and took a deep breath as everyone settled into their assigned places.
...hour or two later, at the mansion...with the boys...
"Dude, you are so going down." Hunter said as Link slashed at Pikachu on the
screen.
"Nu uh. Pikachu can beat Link any day!" Jason retorted as Pikachu kept trying to hit
Link.
"Then why am I beating you so bad?" Hunter replied with a smirk.
"NEVER FEAR! PEACH IS HERE!" Chris said, jumping down as a princess in a pink
dress (if you don't get it, they're playing super smash bros. melee).
"I wonder about you sometimes." Jack said as a little pink Kurby started puffing around the screen.
"I'm not the one playing as Zelda." Chris said.
"SHEIK!" Jack yelled back.
"Zelda is Sheik retard." Luke said, making Donkey Kong throw Pikachu off of the
stage.
"Oh no you didn't-" Chris said, pressing random buttons to make Pikachu come back
faster.
"Haha someone only has 2 lives left!" Hunter said as Link started going after Pikachu
again.
"You can just shut up." Chris said as the poor Pokemon got absolutely slaughtered.
"See, we need to do this more often. Without the girls." Jack said.
"How much you wanna bet Blitz could totally annihalate us in video games." Jason
said.
"Oooh thinkin' of her, eh?" Luke said with a smirk as Donkey Kong began to pulverize
Peach.
"Pssht no I just think that she would be most likely to beat our butts." Jason covered.
Or at least tried to.
"We all beat you at everything." came a female voice. The game was paused as the
guys spotted the girls standing in the doorway.
"You're back already?" Chris whined.
"Don't act so excited." Julia said, walking in and settling on a recliner.
"MELEE!" Blitz said, jumping onto the couch behind the boys.
"Toldja she'd play." Jason said.
"No you said she'd beat our butts." Luke pointed out.
"Oh heck no I suck at video games. Dawn's the one to talk to for that." Blitz said as
Dawn walked in.
"Talk to me for what...MELEE! Dude, whoever's Pikachu is getting killed." Dawn said as she evaluated the game.
"SHUT UP!" Jason said.
"Haha, you only have one life left now!" Hunter said as Link knocked Pikachu off of the edge.
"DANGIT!" Jason said.
"HERE'S PEACHY!" Chris said, attacking Donkey Kong.
"GAH! SAVE ME FROM THE PINK THING!" Luke said. Every time Donkey Kong tried to hit Peach, Toad (the nintendo one) popped out and was used as a shield. "That's just cheap!"
"TAKE THAT!" Jack yelled as Sheik started pummeling Peach.
"It's princess vs. princess!" Jason said as he tried to fight off the merciless Link.
"SHEIK!"
"WHATEVER!"
"Ok, good luck with that..." Blitz said as her and Dawn skipped out of the room. The
rest of the girls, losing interest in something as guyish as video games, had left a few minutes before then. Julia had even slipped out before then.
"AND PIKACHU MEETS AN UNTIMELY DEMISE!" Hunter yelled as Pikachu fell off of the edge again.
"Dude, you're so going down next DR session." Jason said as he crossed his arms in
a huffy way.
"And who will be next!" Hunter said as Link jumped over to join the other three living
Nintendo characters.
...a couple hours later...
"MOVIE TIME!" Dawn said, launching herself onto the couch.
"Hold on! I've almost got him!" Jason said as Pikachu hit Link once. Then Link
proceeded to absolutely annihalate him.
"No you don't." Haley said, coming in and turning off the TV and GameCube. There was a general outburst as the game disappeared.
"You guys promised a movie night and that's what we'll be doing." Alley said, standing next to Haley and placing her hands on her hips.
"We never promised a movie night..." Jack said, puzzled.
"You did now." Carmen said as she searched through a stack of DVD's.
"Oh no. We are not gonna let you all pick the movies." Chris said, super-speeding over to the stack.
"Relax. Carmen isn't gonna pick all chick flicks." Stephanie said, taking a seat on the couch after Dawn sat up on the other end. Haley came and sat between them, her now purple hair in a ponytail.
"Just 'The Notebook'." Carmen said as she tossed the movie to Alley.
"No no no! Let's watch 'Red Eye'!" Alley said.
"Notebook!"
"Red Eye!"
"Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants!" Blitz said, jumping in on the action.
"Do what?" the argument stopped. Blitz shrugged.
"Soccer guys are kinda hott." she replied.
"Hunter plays soccer!" Jason said. Hunter shook his head and smacked his palm to
his forehead.
"And you wish you did. Now shut up wilst we pick a movie." Blitz replied with a smirk.
"We'll get popcorn!" Haley said, jumping off the couch and pulling Stephanie up with
her.
"OK!" Alley announced a few minutes later. Haley and Stephanie returned with a
couple bowls of popcorn. "We have made a decision! We have decided to watch Pirates of the Caribbean. No complaints or someone will get hurt."
Needless to say, everyone complied. Haley and Stephanie tried to return to their seats on the couch, only to find that they had been stolen by Chris and Jason.
"Oh no you didn't." Haley said.
"We did." Jason replied.
"On your feet, lose your seat." Chris said, taking a handful of popcorn from the bowl Haley was holding. Haley rolled her eyes and settled on the floor with a few other people. Blitz came up to Jason and kicked him lightly in the leg.
"You're taking up the whole couch." she told him.
"So?" he responded. Blitz shrugged and jumped on top of Dawn.
"Well then." Dawn said, adjusting Blitz body so her bony butt wasn't poking into her thighs.
"Are you serious?" Chris asked. Both girls shrugged.
"Eh, why not?" Dawn said, then turned to face the screen.
"This is gonna be a long movie..." Jack whispered to himself.
...the next day...
"PAINT DAY!" Blitz yelled as her and Dawn skipped back into the house, carrying
buckets of paint and bags of painters tape and brushes.
"How can they have that much energy?" Jack said, dragging his feet.
"Because we didn't stay up to 3 a.m. playing video games." Alley said sensibly.
"Jason was determined to beat Hunter." Chris said.
"And did he?" Haley asked.
"Frankly, no."
"I WAS CLOSE!" Jason yelled.
"No you weren't." Hunter responded.
"No, no I wasn't..."
"Well, come on, let's get painting!" Carmen said, leading the group up the stairs. The
girls followed as the guys walked a bit slower.
"Anyone here not happy that they didn't buy paint?" Chris asked. No one answered.
"Sweet. Video games anyone?" Jason asked.
"NO!" was the unanimous response.
...an hour later...
"PUMP IT!"
"LOUDAH!"
"PUMP IT!"
"LOUDAH!"
"PUMP IT!"
"LOUDAH!"
"TURN UP YA RADIO!"
"BLAST YA STEREO RIIIIIIIIIIGHT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!"
"What in the name..." Luke asked as he made his way to Stephanie's room. He
slowly opened the door to what he believed was Dawn's room. He was met with the sight of a basically perfectly painted room (it was a greenish color) with all of the furniture in the middle. A stereo was placed on the bookshelf. Dawn and Blitz were basically spazzing out to the Black Eyed Peas "Pump It." Blitz was jumping around and Dawn was breakin' it down.
"You know, I don't wanna know anymore..." Luke said as he closed the door and continued down the hall. He found the right door, but was roughly pulled in before he could knock.
"What the heck?" he asked as he stumbled into the room.
"I didn't want anyone to see you come in, silly!" Stephanie said. "You'll be helping me paint."
she added, brandishing a pair of paint rollers.
"Aww, no-"
"Yes. It'll be fun! C'mon!" Stephanie insisted, thrusting a paintbrush into his hand.
Luke sighed but complied, taking the roller.
"You owe me for this." he said, opening up the can of soft gold paint and pouring some in.
Stephanie just shrugged and the two went to work on the first wall. Up, down. Roll, roll. Rollin' rollin' rollin', though the streams are swollen, keep them doggies rollin', rawhide...
Ahem, anyways...By the time the pair had gotten to the third wall, they were just a little bit tired of painting. However, that's when things got interesting.
"You just got paint on my hand." Stephanie said.
"No I didn't." Luke answered, still painting.
"Yes you did." Stephanie insisted, placing her hands on her hips. The roller, still in her
hand, got gold paint on her jeans.
"No I didn't, but you just got paint on your jeans." Luke said. She looked so shocked that Luke could only laugh. That is, until she ran the roller from his face to his waist. He gave her a look that said, in the words of Blitz, 'Oh no you didn't.'
"Oh. It's on, now." Luke said, brandishing his paint roller as a sword.
"Hit me with your best shot, hott stuff." Stephanie replied. Luke smirked, then quickly plunged his hand into the paint. He then flicked his hand at Stephanie, covering her in many gold dots. Stephanie then attacked with the roller again, rolling everywhere she could reach, be it hair, chest, back, or legs. They were both covered with paint on their upper bodies when Luke got a brilliant idea. Being a man, he simply grabbed Stephanie around the waist and lifted her over his shoulder.
"Ha HA! What now?"
"THIS!" Stephanie reached her paint-covered hand down, placing it square on his butt. She pulled it away so that there was a large, gold handprint on Luke's jeans. He dropped her and twisted his body to see the hand print.
"Makes them kinda cute, I'm not gonna lie." Stephanie said as she admired her artwork.
"Oh, that's it." Luke grabbed Stephanie around the waist and was putting a handprint
on her jeans when...
"WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON HERE!" a voice yelled. The teens, in a very compromising position, looked at Logan. "C'mon, you two. We're gonna see the Professor about this little...mess!" Logan said. Luke and Stephanie looked at each other, with matching scared expressions. He slowly grabbed her hand as they walked down the hall.
"WHOA! SEXY JEANS, STEPH!" Blitz yelled as they walked by. Dawn laughed at the two. Logan glared.
'This doesn't look good...' Luke thought as they made their way down to the lower levels.
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well, that's the end of chapter four! hope you liked it. in the next chapter, the kids find out exactly what they're fighting against. and it doesn't end very happy.
if you have ideas or anything, send 'em on in! i'm runnin low. also, i need a few characters to make up the new bhood and acolytes. no more than 5 or so, it's hard enough to keep track of the 12 we have. however, it will be at least another chapter before we meet them.
hollas:
jamie-skellington: you know, a race sounds mighty interesting...hmm... :)
yaya bitchy fish: blitz pretty much is me on a sugar high...only in a prettier form. do you have advice for taking it 'one oc at a time'?
rogueforareason: aww thanks muffin! hope you liked this one!
bant: THANKS! i love your enthusiasm. it makes me happy.
well, y'all, review! hope everyone enjoyed this!