Animal I Have Become

Kinda excited doing this story! I mean, if you haven't noticed, it was a shame that the Brotherhood's powers didn't get stronger like Jean Grey's or Rogue's and stuff…well, for this story it's just meant for our Avalanche!!! By the way I do not own Avalanche or any X-men characters….I can only dream….

Part Two: Roar For More

For the rest of the day, the earth shaking Avalanche had spent his entire day normally as he endured the painful throbbing of his head. As he spent time looking over and fixing his jeep, Lance had to stop for a good ten minutes just to clutch his head and steady himself. The day was hell to him and soon, all he just wished for was a week's worth of constant sleep. Anything to get rid of this pain. Aspirin didn't help, not like the Brotherhood home had any to begin with, but Lance had decided to use some of that head healing crap that Pietro used whenever he was suffering from a headache or two. Bad choice. Right after one small tablet, Lance soon began to feel that his head was being knocked by every angle and he cursed at it.

"How about you go see a doctor, yo?" Toad asked as he picked at his toes.

"Oh yeah sure, idiot," Lance snarled as he laid on the couch with a hand on his head, "like we have the money to and see a doctor!"

"It was just a suggestion, yo." Toad replied.

"Want something to eat?" Fred offered as he flipped through the channels.

"Fuck that," Lance answered, "all you ever feel like eating is fucking pizza and shit. And would you please fucking pick a station to watch already?! And dial down the decibel!"

"It's already fucking soft!" Fred shot as he flipped the TV off.

"Lance, just go take a nap already, dammit!" Wanda hissed as she removed the headphones that she was listening to. "I'm sick of hearing your constant bitching!"

"Shit, I just can't take this pain!" Lance snarled as he tossed in the couch.

"Blob, just take him up to his room," Pietro said as he gave the thumb up. Fred nodded and immediately grabbed Lance from the run down couch.

"Hey! What the hell?!" Lance exclaimed as he was lifted from his spot.

"Lance, you need to take your bitching else where!" Fred yelled as he carried him over his shoulder. Reaching Lance's room, Fred knocked down the door, tossed Lance onto his bed and left the room, slamming the door behind him. Coming down the stairs, Fred gave a sigh, "Damn, what's up with Lance? Since our fight, all he's been doing is complaining of that damn headache of his."

"You know him," Pietro explained coolly as he went back to reading the paper, "anytime he does his earthquakes he gets a backlash for it."

"Man I just hope it goes away, yo." Toad piped up as he began to clip his toenails, "This attitude of his is worse than usual."

Somebody get me through this nightmare…I can't control myself…Help me believe it's not the real me…Somebody help me tame this animal…

Lance looked wearily through the darkness of his room. This constant throbbing pain soon got worse right after he had that meeting with that double of his. Even after a long afternoon nap, the pain of his head came back in an almost instant. How he wanted to take his mind off of this! This irritating pain that was annoying the hell out of him!

"C'mon, Lance! Let me out!!" It roared in his head.

"Shut up, shut up," Lance whispered to himself as he placed the pillow over his head, "just shut the hell up!" He soon began to feel his head sweat as the throbbing soon got worse. This was now becoming unbearable. Looking up at the phone that lay on his messy nightstand, Lance decided to give a call to his favorite lady, Kitty Pryde. He knew that whenever he had talks with her there would be nothing else on his mind but her, 'Yeah…Kitty will get my mind off of this,' Lance thought to himself as he dialed the number. Holding the phone next to his ear as he laid on his bed, Lance waited for his girl to pick up. After a few rings, she finally answered.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Kitty, it's me." Lance answered.

"Lance!" Kitty exclaimed, "What's with the special call?"

"Just wanted to have a talk with you," he confessed as he looked up at the ceiling, "are you busy?"

"No, not really," Kitty replied, "just lying down and cuddling against my dragon. You?"

"I'm fine. What're you wearing?" Lance asked with a grin.

"Lance!" Kitty exclaimed with a blush.

"Hey, hey! Don't front," Lance soothed as he felt the pain die down, "there's no one else around. I promise."

"Still…"

"C'mon, Kitty, just this once."

"Well," Kitty began slowly, tone changing, "I'm wearing something pink."

"Is it hot?" Lance asked as he soon began to imagine.

"Hmm…I wouldn't really say that," Kitty said, "maybe something…see through?"

"Are you serious?!" Lance exclaimed as he jumped up, "Are you really wearing that?!"

"Silly! No way!" Kitty giggled.

"Damn baby," Lance sighed as he laid back down, "got my hopes up."

"Don't get them too up now," Kitty spoke, "It's nothing special anyway. Just my nightwear."

"Going to bed already?"

"Not anymore since that I'm talking with you."

Lance gave a chuckle, but it was short lived as the pain soon came back at him. He gave a small growl and put a hand to his head, hoping that it would quickly go away. "S-so," he went on, "what're you doing tomorrow?"

"Nothing in particular," Kitty replied. After hearing a small sound of pain come across the phone, she was starting to become a little worried. "Lance, are you okay?"

"Of course I am," he winced, "just thought that you would be interested in seeing a movie or something." Lance soon began to toss and turn madly in his bed, the house shaking.

"You know I would," Kitty answered, "I'd love to see a movie with you." She still felt something was wrong.

"Alright then, hey Kitty, I'm sorry but I have to go now." Lance lied as he turned all the more in his bed, "I'll catch you tomorrow, alright?"

"Alright Lance, I love you."

"Love you too, baby, 'night." With that, he quickly shut off the phone and soon fell to the floor. The house soon began to rock madly and Lance felt as if his head would burst. With the violent shaking and his head pounding, it was the worst combination Lance had ever felt. No more now did he want the name, 'Avalanche' or the power to cause the ground to shake. Not at this moment, no.

"Lance! What the hell, man?!" Toad yelled as he broke down the door.

"Back…the fuck off!" Lance shot as the house continued to shake.

"Seriously, Lance," Fred started, "cut this shit out!!"

"It's not me!" Lance shouted back. 'For the love of god,' he thought to himself, 'please stop this already!'

"Like hell!" Toad snapped as he dodged the falling pieces of rubble, "Who else here causes the house to shake like this?"

But Lance didn't get to answer. From the shaking, from the throbs, finally, the mighty Avalanche fainted and fell into the abyss of darkness once more.

Somebody help me through this nightmare…I can't control myself…Somebody wake me from this nightmare…I can't escape this hell…

"I see that you couldn't handle the day today," his double greeted as Lance stood in front of the gate.

"Cut the crap," Lance spat, "by the end of tomorrow, the house will be in shambles because of you!"

"Because of me?" his double asked innocently. "Lance, Lance, Lance," he began as he slowly shook his head with a smile forming on his lips, "you of all people should know that you can't have one without the other." He slowly slipped a hand between the bars of the gate and looked at the boy, "But you of all people would know that it would stop if you just let me out."

"Fuck that."

"Huh? You cant be serious," the double laughed out, "by tomorrow and the next day and the day after that, it'll only get worse. Plus, what if you happen to run into the X-men? You'll be wishing that you had busted me out."

Lance thought about this for a moment. He knew he couldn't go on like this, for the past few days now it was just becoming much more unbearable and he hated it. He couldn't even have a regular day because of this! And the conversation he had with Kitty didn't work either. He sighed and looked down, he had no choice.

His double looked up and smiled, he knew what Lance was choosing and decided to further his chances of being released. "Think of it this way Lance," he explained, "you're just getting stronger. No harm in that, right? Isnt that what you've always wanted? To beat the hell out of those fucking X-men and claim Kitty as your own? Isnt that what you want?"

'Guess I have no choice on this one,' Lance thought to himself. Looking up, he then gave a nod. "Alright then, come on out."

"So it's settled," the double grinned. And with that, the gates opened and the double disappeared. Lance soon felt himself become filled with unbelievable power and felt his body grow heavy for a bit. He felt something heavy enter him, a wild animalistic feeling grew and his body felt enveloped into this desire. "Good choice, Lance," the double's voice whispered, "good choice."

I just noticed that I tend to do these stories/chapters late at night when I should be sleeping. How am I supposed to help that!? Well, hopefully I will be getting back to my sleeping schedule. R&R and I hope that you enjoyed this chappie!