Mix N' Match
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS!!! (Lily and Lannie do :D) I do own The Guru though… lol
A/N: I finished off with a cliff-hanger before so I bet you're dying to find out what's next…lol. Sorry Lily… :D
Enjoy reading this chapter!!
Stories so far: Later Years: Rise of the TwinsX-Men: A New Time Arises and Family Bonding.
Chapter Two
Lily was falling to her death. She could feel the adrenaline pumping through her body for one last time, her heart thumping wildly. Flashes of her life sped by, making her appreciate her life as an adventure any person would die for. Lily finally let her life past and acknowledged the fact that she might never see her family and friends ever again.
The ground was coming by fast. Any minute now there will be nothing more left of her body. Lily closed her eyes waiting for the inevitable. She felt the wind digging in her face, her limp body nearing the ground.
That's when she felt strong arms lifting her back up. She opened her eyes and saw the rows of bookshelves across the horizon. She laughed with glee, the near-death experience making her wilder. Lily looked back at her saviour and grinned at the sight of Tyler Simms.
Tyler Simms was also part of the X-Men team. He had messy brown hair with highlights of blonde and light reddish-orange as well as brown eyes. Long, feathery white wings sprouted from his back, enabling his ability to fly with such grace. His powers also included regeneration capabilities that allowed him to grow and fold the wings at will without harm, as well as some other things.
Tyler, or Haven for the other X-Men, grinned at her, glad that his trick hadn't made her angry. He hadn't thought of it knowing that one of the main characters in Later Years: Rise of the Twins loved to feel the rush of adrenaline in every possible occasion.
Tyler gently deposited her on the top of a bookshelf. Lily turned to him, frowning.
"That was a fun ride," Lily lectured, "but next time warn me before doing anything life-threatening."
"Lily, you perfectly know that this life-threatening experience was what made it interesting," Tyler retorted before flying off.
"Wait, you annoying pert!"
But he was gone.
There was no way down the bookshelf. If the chair had seemed high, then there was no word to describe how high she stood at. Tyler had deliberately left her stranded there to piss her off. Not cool. Definitely not cool.
"The stupid bastard," Lily muttered under her breath. "How could he just leave me here after almost killing me?!"
Just then, a green form dashed under her feet. She tumbled on it and was soon soaring across the bookshelves of the library a second time. The green form under her was actually a green eagle. It looked back at her with the silliest of grins on its face.
"Beastboy!" Lily cried out. Beastboy was part of the Teen Titans and one of the characters of Family Bonding. "You two planned this didn't you? I'm not the damsel in distress and I never will be, understood? What was the point of this anyways?"
"But, I thought this would please you!" Beastboy whined.
Lily actually liked this attention, but she'd rather die than admit it. So she dodged the question, "I need to check on Sam and Kelly."
"They are already there, don't worry."
There meant the place where all the characters from all the books gathered. Of course, if all the books' characters sprang to life at night, the library would be flooded by them. Only the characters from that dusty old corner sprang to life. Once a night, they would gather to be together, like the big family they had always been for centuries.
The rest of the trip went in silence. Lily admired the only place she'd ever known. She turned a blind eye to its imperfections, taking them in as part of her home. After all, The Guru was part of what humans from the outer world called dirt.
Beastboy landed in the highest point of the library; in the third floor, at the very topmost bookshelf. Three of these high bookshelves were assorted so that they formed a triangle, its corners touching each other. Beastboy and Lily peered down the hole to the abyss the bookshelves formed. A faint light could be seen with Beastboy's amazing eagle vision. At the bottom of it, that's where they would all be. Odd place to meet if you ask me.
Beastboy, changed back to normal, glanced at Lily and smirked. "Ready for the descent?"
"Anytime."
They both jumped at once, without looking back, not even imagining what would happen to them at the end of the fall.
The two laughed maniacally, their childish sides taking over. The rush of air in their faces, the churning sensation in their stomachs, and the nausea of having their hearts in their throats all made it an exhilarating ride down. The adrenaline pumping through their veins made it impossible for them to foretell their fate of such silly act.
As they neared the bottom—which seemed like forever—the dust particles got bigger and bigger, cushioning their fall. They slowly descended the last couple of feet, their laugh dieing off. They set feet on the ground and looked around them. A big phosphorescent bracelet was wrapped in the middle of the wide room. At least a score of people sat gathered around the big 'bonfire'.
Lily walked over to Sam and Kelly, who were sitting mere inches away from the bracelet, seeing who could lay their hands on it for the longest time. When they spotted Lily, they ran to her and hugged her.
"Riley and Rain were awesome today, Lily." Sam said. "They made loops in front of us!!"
"I wish I could fly like them one day," Kelly piped in.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever, go tell that to your mother." Lily just waved them off.
Sam and Kelly ran away to come back few seconds later, a look of disgust and surprise in their faces.
"Aunt Lily!! Mom is cheating on Dad!!" Kelly panted.
"We saw her making out with Hunter!" Sam added.
"They were actually kissing!"
They both looked at each other and grimaced.
"Wait, Kellyly, if Mom was making out with Hunter, then Hunter would be cheating on Riley, too," Sammy pointed out.
At this, they both dashed to Riley.
"Riley, Mom is cheating on Dad by making out with Hunter which means that he is cheating on you by making out with Mom," the twins said at the same time.
Riley Mackay was part of Later Years: The Rise of the Twins like Lily, Sam, and Kelly. She had been going out with Hunter ever since she got rescued by them after almost drowning while surfing with them. She always thought that if her relationship with Hunter wasn't going too good, she would do the breaking up since Hunter was so shy on the topic. So she had every reason to be angry and surprised by this sudden change.
Riley stood up, enraged. She stomped to where Tori and Hunter were but was stopped by Lily.
"We better tell Blake first," Lily suggested. Riley nodded and the two headed to Blake, Tori's husband, but Sam and Kelly had beaten them.
"Dad, Mom is cheating on you by making out with Hunter which means that he is cheating on Riley by making out with Tori," they both said.
It took a while for the information to dig in. He stared stupidly at his daughters, unable to react to such news. Before he could say anything, he was pulled up by his daughters and Riley.
Sam and Kelly led them to a busy couple. They were deeply engrossed with their kissing that they didn't realize the attention they were drawing. A deep shade of crimson coloured their cheeks when Riley cleared her throat. An awkward silence filled the atmosphere, until—
"I think you owe us an explanation," Riley said coldly.
The five rangers hovering over them had expected many reactions, but not what the young adults did. Tori and Blake had looked at each other, shocked at being questioned for doing what normal couples usually do. The two looked back up at the expectant rangers, their blue eyes puzzled.
"Umm...well…we…" Tori mumbled, looking at Hunter for support.
Right then, two figures added themselves to the rangers. Not looking at them, Lily said, "Tori, Hunter, could you help us get something out of these…" She hadn't finished her sentence when she looked at the newcomers, her mouth wide open. She kept looking back at the Tori and Hunter that were sitting against the back of the bookshelf to the newcomers, who just happened to also be Tori and Hunter. She mumbled something of how cloning wasn't possible before having her twin nieces pulling her shirt to get her attention.
"How could you say that Mommy was making out with Hunter, when it was actually Family Bonding Tori making out with Family Bonding Hunter," Sam said.
"But…I wasn't sayi—" Lily began.
"And how could you spread a fake rumour to Riley and Dad, making them believe that their husband/wife was cheating on them and making a hill out of a mountain," Kelly added.
"It's not that, dummy!" Sam retorted. "It's making a mountain out of a hill."
Just when she finished her sentence, darkness draped them like a black sheet and a silence accompanied it. Every one settled down their backs to the back of the bookshelf, awaiting The Guru.
"Is everyone present?" a voice boomed, echoing through the room.
A deafening roar unlike any other answered.
ROAR.
A/N: so there it is… sorry for the long wait, I kept forgetting I had the chapter pending… plz R&R!!