Author's Note: Hello again. This is the sequel to Some Secrets Are Worth Keeping. This story will probably make more sense if you read that one first.

Ages:

Etienne LeBeau, Nathan Summers-17

Alana LeBeau, Daniel Alvers-16

Rachel Summers, Callie Alvers, Jenna Tolansky-15

Jayme Maximoff, Anya Rasputin, Jessie Allerdyce-14

Hannah Drake, Shane Allerdyce, Mya Alvers-13

Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men: Evolution.

"Etienne Nicolas LeBeau!"

"Shit. She found it." Etienne made a break for the door. He ran into a very solid object.

"What'd ya do this time, Et?" The object turned out to be his father.

"Nothin. I swear." Remy cocked an eyebrow, knowing that his son had to have done something to have Rogue after him.

"Sure." Father and son regarded each other for a moment. Etienne easily rivaled Remy in height and looks. Remy had his son beat when it came to their builds, though. Remy was solidly muscled from years of training, while Etienne was still building muscle after his three and a half years at the Institute.

"Etienne, ya grounded." Rogue appeared next to her son.

"Dammit."

"What'd he do, chére?" Rogue handed Remy the report card she held in her hand.

"Y' failin?"

"No. Not yet, anyway."

Remy sighed and looked at his son. "Et, I know y' don't like school, but y' can do better than this. Hell, I did better than this."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know the whole thing. I'm ruining my future. I'm not fulfilling my potential. I've heard all of it from my teachers."

"Then why the hell are ya still failin?" Rogue couldn't understand for the life of her how the boy could program a danger room session and hack into security databases, but couldn't make a decent grade in anything but gym.

"None of it interests me."

"It's yah senior year. Ya got one semester left."

"How long am I grounded for?"

"Until yah grades come up. And if they don't, we ain't goin back to N' Awlins for yah Spring Break."

"That's not fair! You can't do that."

"Sugah, Ah can do whatever it takes to get ya outta high school."

"Dad?"

"She's right."

"Hey, Mama…" Alana's voice trailed off when she saw both of her parents and Etienne in the foyer. "Never mind. I'll ask later."

Rogue turned her attention to her daughter. "No, go ahead. We can finish this in a minute. Etienne, Ah know that yah tryin to sneak off."

"Shit. How do you always know?"

"Mother's instinct. And watch ya mouth."

"But…" At a look from Remy, Etienne decided against arguing. "Yes, ma'am." He came back over to his parents and fell silent.

"What'd ya need, sugah?"

"I was wonderin if I could go dress shopping with Callie, Jenna, and Rachel for the Spring Formal?"

"Sure. Ah don't see a problem with it."

"Thanks." Alana hugged her mother.

"Are you coming, Lana?" A brunette stuck her head into the room. The girl was the spitting image of Kitty.

"Yeah. See you later. Have fun, Et." Etienne gave his black haired sister an evil glare. Alana had gotten sick of being asked about the white streaks, so she had dyed her hair black the year before. It really set off her green eyes and flawless skin.

"Now where were we? Oh yeah. If ya don't bring yah grades up, no trip." Rogue was really hoping that this would get through to Etienne. The boy had been getting in and out of trouble in school for years, concerned about everything but his grades. He had come close to being expelled several times.

"Fine. I'll try. Am I done?" Rogue nodded Remy smiled as his son retreated to his room.

"Y' think this will work?"

Rogue shrugged and sighed. "It was worth a try. There's not really any place he can go but up."

Remy put an arm around his wife and pulled her in for a kiss. "Y' know who he reminds me of?"

"No. Who?"

"Me when I was his age."

"Honey, when ya were his age, ya had a fiancé and were tryin to find a way out of the Guild."

"Y' think I got out by being good?" Remy smirked at her. He really didn't look a day over thirty five. Few people would guess that he was forty four. Then again, most people would never guess that the green eyed beauty next to him was forty. "He'll be fine, chére."

Etienne flopped on his bed. His roommate was nowhere to be seen, so he turned on his stereo and cranked the music up loud. He really hated it when his parents got on him about his grades. No, he didn't really try, but a big part of that was because he was so much like Remy. The girls were more important than the grades.

"Hey, Et, you mind turning that down?" Nathan Summers came into the room wearing his uniform. His brown hair was sweat soaked and there was a tired look to his blue eyes.

"Sorry." Etienne pushed the volume button on his remote and the music died down. "You just finish training?"

"Yeah. With Dad."

"Better yours than mine or my grandpa."

"I've had training with Logan before. I thought he was going to kill me." He glanced at his best friend. "Something wrong?"

"Mom found my report card."

Nathan winced. "Sorry."

"Yeah. She's gonna call off the trip to Louisiana if I don't bring my grades up."

"That's kind of harsh, isn't it?"

"My Dad's behind her on this. That makes it harder."

"Your dad usually stands by your mom's decisions."

"Yeah, but usually he's as excited as me about visiting the South."

"I've got to go down there sometime."

"I think you'd get along with my cousin, Colette."

"Colette?"

"Yeah. She's seventeen, blond, real pretty."

"Sounds great. I'm going to take a shower. I have a date tonight."

"Go, Nate."

"Yeah, I'm sure you have two." Etienne grinned at his friend. Nathan shook his head and went down the hall to the bathroom.

Etienne turned the stereo back up. Someone knocked on the door and he groaned. "Who is it?"

"It's me."

Etienne rolled off the bed and went to answer the door. "Hey, babe. What do ya need?"

"My brother here?" Rachel Summers came in and looked around to make sure that her brother wasn't there.

"Nope. Aren't you supposed to be with Lana?"

"I begged out." She pushed some of her long red hair out of her emerald eyes. Etienne grinned and leaned in to kiss her. Rachel responded, meeting him half way.

They ignored the knock on the door. "Hey, Et?" Remy stuck his head in and groaned when he saw his son kissing Scott's daughter. He walked in to stand behind her and cleared his throat. They jumped apart and looked at him. Rachel blushed and hurried out of the room.

"What do you want, Dad?"

"I was gonna come talk to y', but apparently the subject is gonna change now." He seated himself backwards in Etienne's desk chair. "How long have y' been datin her?"

"Who? Rachel? I'm not."

"She just a make out partner?"

"No. Yes. I don't know."

Remy chuckled. "Y' know the first rule of bein a player right?"

"No."

"Don't play the girls y' live with. Specially not when they have powers and their father is an instructor. That's just askin to get y' ass kicked."

"Thanks for telling me now."

"Sorry. Y' mom was hopin ya wouldn't end up bein a player. She's already dealt with a few." Etienne cocked a brow in question. "What? Y' never heard some of the stories bout me and Henri?"

"I have, but I don't know if I believe them."

"Ask your mom one day."

"You came in here for…"
"Et, y' know that y' mom has reasons for everything she does."

"You came up here to tell me that?" Remy gave the boy a hard look. "Sorry, sir."

"She really doesn't want to take away this trip. She loves the South as much as the rest of us. But we've tried everything to get through to y'. None of it's worked."

"I know." At Remy's look of confusion, he continued. "It's not your fault. It's mine. The only part of my grades I care about is when you and mom find my report cards. I'm just not interested in school all that much."

"Ya know all the stuff they're teachin ya in the classes ya have. All ya have to do is put some thought into it and you'd passing with A's. Even if ya didn't, ya live in a school filled with geniuses. Ya could ask Hank or Jean or Logan if ya needed help with history or science. Piotr could help ya with whatever ya chose to ask him."

"Will it get ya'll off my back if I promise to try?"

"Yeah. At least bout your grades. Ya still gonna have some explainin when it comes to the girls." Remy stood to leave.

"Damn."

"And ya better watch your mouth round the younger kids."

"Yes, sir." Remy closed the door behind him. Etienne shook his head as the door closed and turned the music back up. He grabbed the notebook out of the backpack next to his bed, deciding he needed to do his homework after all. He had just started on his English paper when someone else knocked.

"For the love of God! How many people can knock on my door in ten minutes?" Etienne yanked the door open to se Wolverine standing there. "Uh, hi."

"Ya okay, kid?"

"Fine, why?"

"You were supposed to be in the danger room ten minutes ago."

"Shit. I knew I forgot something."

Logan cocked and eyebrow. "You're mom let you talk like that?"

"Not usually. Give me two minutes to change." Etienne shut the door and scrambled to find his uniform. He pulled on the black and red bodysuit and opened the door back up, securing the straps on his boots. "Okay. I'm ready."

"Ya get an extra session two days this week for being late."

"Yeah, I know."

"You should, as many times as you've missed sessions. You really need to start being more responsible, kid."

"Not you too."

Logan glanced at the boy out of the corner of his eye. "What d'ya mean?"

"Mom and Dad jumped on me about my grades."

"Again? You're almost eighteen. People shouldn't have to get on you constantly."

"Huh?"

"I shouldn't have to track you down when you're supposed to be training. Stripes and Gumbo shouldn't have to hound you about your grades. You should have everything figured out by now."

"I don't."

Logan shrugged as they got into the elevator. "Don't know what to tell you. You've got to figure it out for yourself."

"Thanks a lot."

"No problem. Now get your ass in there so I can start this simulation."

"Yes, sir." Etienne went into the danger room to join the other kids unlucky enough to have a session with Logan that day. "Hey, Danny. Hey, Anya, Jessie, Jayme." Etienne gave each of the girls a practiced grin. They all blushed and shyly looked away. Yep, he was his father's son.

"Nice to see you, Et. Glad you could join us."

Logan bit back a grin at the boys show of the smart ass attitude that Scott had hated in the boy's father when thye were in high school. "You ready to start or do ya want to stand around all day?"

"Go ahead." Etienne got into position to fight whatever obstacle would arise first. Anya powered up into her Countdown form. Flames surrounded her and her body glowed a bright orange. Jessie calmly waited. She never worried much since she could take out whatever got in her way with no problems. She'd just blow it up with one of her fireballs. Jayme was ready for the attack and Daniel was lazily leaning on the wall. There wasn't much he could do at the moment anyway.

"Run sim." The computer responded to Logan's voice. The metal walls of the danger room faded away. The kids found themselves in an open field. The grass was waist high, enabling anything ot hide without being seen.

"Anya, stay with Jayme. I get the feeling that her power won't be much use in this setting. Daniel, go with them and scope out the house up ahead. Report back on your coms. Jessis, you're with me. We're going to cover them."

"Aye Aye, captain." Daniel and the two girls crept quietly through the grass to the old house.

"Nightshade, it appears to be abandoned. We're going in." Etienne heard some noise on the other end.

"Mesa, come in." Silence. "Mesa, do you read?" More silence. "Dammit, Danny, answer me!"

"Nightshade, this is Mesa. We've got company."

"We're on our way." Etienne motioned to Jessie and they ran across the field. Daniel came flying out the open door. A person dressed in solid black followed him, attempting to pin him to the ground. Danny struggled and swung at the person's head. His fist connected solidly with their jaw and they rolled off of him.

"Countdown, this is Nightshade. What's your status?"

"We're making our way towards the objective."

"Roger. I," Etienne got knocked flat by another person clad in black. He faked a punh, only to knock their legs from under them with the bo staff that he kept on his belt. The person got to their feet and lunged at him again. He sidestepped, keeping his eyes on them the whole time.

"Nightshade, are you there?"

Etienne hit his attacker with an energy beam, successfully knocking them out. "I'm here."

"We have the objective and are proceding out."

"Ten four." Etienne, Daniel, and Jessie continued fighting the people that came at them from nowhere. There were several lying on the ground already. Anya and Jayme came running out of the house with the small black box that Wolverine had told them to retrieve. "Let's go." Etienne took off running with Danny and Jessise close behind.

Their attackers pursued them. Etienne threw a few energy blasts at them, knocking a few of them down. Anya threw some of her bombs over her shoulder at them, disabling several more. Daniel finished them off when the ground lurched beneath their feet, throwing them off balance. The ground then cracked underneath them, causing them to fall into the gaping hole left by his earthquake.

"Simulation complete." The scenery faded away and the teens all bent over trying to catch their breath. Logan walked in and gave them a nod of approval.

"I think ya could've done that with no powers, but ya're learining to control them better. Now hit the showers."

Okay, here's the next chapter. Sorry it took a while to get up. I am suffering from some writer's block mixed with sleep deprivation. Anyway, I've also put up the bios, so now you'll know who can do what and what they look like. Thanks reviewers! R&R!