Kai: I'm happy with the turn out of this story so far ^^
Gambit: Glad your happy Chere
Kai: Ah Remy you know I love ya. But you asked for it
Gambit: D: How th' hell?
Kai: I'm playing with the Alpha Beta system. Logan and Lae are both animal based. Logan sees her as a Beta that needs to be protected
Gambit: D: Those poor people
Kai: Logan the over protective father figure. Yay! ^^
Gambit: D: Dat is not a good thing!
Kai: ^^ It is to me
Gambit: D: Your cruel Cher!
Kai: *rolls eyes* Anyways you will noticed in this chapter that Laelia has alot of nicknames. Her mutant name is Siren so her friends call her names similar.
Gambit: They are Sy, Pixie, Pix, and Lae. And I sometimes call her Nymph and Minx when we're playing pranks
Warren: That's quite the ammount of nicknames
Kai: XD you should see how many I actually have
Logan: Forgetting something Kit.
Kai: Oh! I wanna thank those who added this to their favorites. Makes me happy to know someone is enjoying this.
Gambit: Other than her, she means
Kai: *smacks* ^^ Also I'm sorry if Rogue seems OOC I'll be explaining that in this chapter
Gambit: Reviews are greatly welcome Cheres
Kai: Enjoy! ^^ ((END A/N))
The lunch room was loud and boisterous as usual. Lae walked in arm linked with Rogue's searching for the familiar feathered and blue faces of their group. A loud crash and almost insane laughter caught their attention.
Rogue nudged Lae with their interlaced arms, "Looks like Remy made it back."
Lae's bi-colored eyes clashed with Remy's red and she released a nervous chuckle. "Do ya think he hates me?"
Rogue hummed in thought. "I'm not too sure. Lets find out."
Laelia mewled in despair as Rogue lead her over to their group. Rogue used to be such a shy girl, very nervous about being too close to a person, till she met Lae. Laelia stood up for her when others made fun of her gift, and refused to leave her side till she joined her make shift pack. Sometimes she couldn't tell if it was a good thing or a bad thing. Right now it was looking more to the bad side of things.
Remy was scowling when they finally made it over, and the thump from before was Warren laughing on the ground.
"Dang Pix you didn't have to sick Mr. Anger Management on him." Warren announced after his laughing fit settled. "But after I saw our Pixie running through the halls drenched to the bone. I guess she had a right."
Remy scowled harder, "C'mon homme, can't ya be on m'side?"
Warren shook his blonde head, "Your just lucky she isn't Pyro."
Lae chuckled nervously, "Rem if I apologize will things be cool again?"
"An apology ain't gon' be enough Pix."
"Hmmmm. How about a kiss?" Lae stared at Remy, who looked up in thought before turning to her with a smirk.
"Sounds good Cher."
Lae leaned across the table and placed a small Peck on Remy's cheek. Pulling away she chuckled at Remy's pout.
"Dat ain't a real kiss."
"Has to be good enough unless you want the Alpha on the hunt again." Her eyebrow raised as her eyes darted of to a section of the lunch area.
Remy glanced over and paled, 'Yeah I forgive ya Cher."
Warren looked over and refrained from laughing, though his wings fluttered with amusement. Logan was leaning against the wall, next to the only exit, arms crossed over his broad chest, glaring into Remy's skull.
A tray of food settled down at their current table, "Vhy is Logan glaring at Remy?" A heavily German accent questioned.
"Kurt!" Lae jumped up to hug the final member of her pack, which was returned in kind. Kurt's tail swished back and forth, and Lae restrained herself against batting at it. She sighed, "Man I wish I could have a tail."
At everyone's dead silence she realized she said that out loud. She pulled away from Kurt and spun back to the table, "Don't look at me like that." Her lips pursed into a pout.
"Cher why would you want a tail?"
"Oh hush Cajun! They're awesome!"
Kurt chuckled from behind her and patted her head, "Maybe one day."
She tilted her head back and smiled up at Kurt, "I'll work on that."
Remy and Warren moaned about their little pixie wanting another appendage, most likely going to be used to wack them.
Rogue chuckled quietly, "How about we get lunch. After all Nightcrawler is the only one who has food." She pointed out.
Lae straightened up, "Sounds good." She rounded the table and pulled Rogue up to her feet, "Lets go!" She chirped. Rogue squeaked as the room spun from the forward momentum.
As Lae skipped across the room dragging Rogue with her, the males of her pack just watched with small smiles. Though they made sure their eyes were alert for any intruding males. Pack mentality is after all carried within all living creatures, mutants just acted on their instincts more so than their human counterparts.
"You know, even though Logan is scary protective. Its fun being with Siren." Warren glanced at the other boys watching their heads nod in agreement.
"Logan i can deal without, but she helped Rogue open up. That girl's shell used to be larger than de galaxy."
"Its a gut thing. Lae needed a Frauleine as a freund." Kurt sat down next to Warren, who started to sneak food off his plate. "I vould hate to see them torn apart."
The three males continued to watched the two females of the pack. Laughing as Lae piled food on their plates.
"Sweet! They got CAKE!"
The boys shared a collective chuckle at Lae's outburst. Remy just shook his head, "As if she e'en needs sugar."
The girls finally made their way back over with enough food to feed an army. Lae sat down between Kurt and Rogue, with Remy on the other side of the dark haired girl. Lunch was spent with lively chatter and passed around jokes. Hands jumping between plates, stealing their favorite items. Lae smiled at her pack, this group was a mix of different characters but she loved them with her whole heart. Nothing could tear them apart and she would love to see someone try. The thought of separation caused her eyes to darken in misery, and her inner cat's ears to flatten to her skull.
A pack animal without a pack would eventually die, the separation messes with their mind. The feeling of loneliness is painful, she's felt it and knows it. Before coming to the institute, she was alone. Her parents didn't understand why she would just sit by the window staring at the forest far off in the distance. Didn't understand the pain she felt, or the wishes she made to find the place she belonged.
'Wishes that eventually came true,' She thought with a smile.
Now that she's here, she knows there is nothing in the world that feels as good as having your pack with you. Knowing that they will be with you for better or worse, their own private Brotherhood of sorts.
"Siren, Vat is on your mind?"
She smiled at Kurt's question and leaned against him. "Just thinking about what I would do without all of you."
"No need to think Dat way Chere! Ya can't get rid of us!" Remy cheered.
Kurt wrapped his tail around Lae's waist, giving her a sense of security and peace. Letting her lean further into his embrace, snuggled beneath his arm.
"Yeah we're your pack!" Warren slammed his glass against Remy's in a makeshift oath. Rogue smiled slightly and tapped her own glass against theirs. Lae grinned her cat like smile, and nudged Kurt. They picked up their glasses and clanked them all together.
Remy smirked. "To th' Pack!" And everyone chimed along.
"The Pack!"