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A/N: Thanks for all the reviews! I loved them and I hope you enjoy this chapter. And if you like this story I might recommend reading my new one 'Watching' you might like that one as well. Just a suggestion Wink, now on with the story….
A/N: Another Side notes I will be doing this in Rogue's perspective instead of from a Narrator like I have been doing. Just to let ya'll know.
Dinner wasn't anything fantastic, just the left over hamburgers that John had made for the party. Mystique had left as soon as the kids were cleaned up and ready for bed, saying something about getting home to wash her hair or something.
Dinner it seemed was going to be a quite affair as I looked at the people at the table. The children it seemed really didn't mind. Charlie hadn't been fazed at all it seemed as she smiled gleefully at all the leather clad people before her.
"Robert don't chew with your mouth open," John told our youngest as he took the burger from him and cut it in half.
"I wasn't," Iceman said without realization of who John was speaking to.
"Not you ice for brains, my son," John said with a roll of his eyes as he handed RJ back his plate. At that almost everyone smirked, snorted or giggled behind there hand.
"Hey daddy? Did you or Mommy ever wear stuff like that?" RJ asked as he continued to openly stare at the five strangers at the table.
"Your mom did, I wore something a little different," John said as honestly as possible. I looked at him with a knowing smile. He had tried so hard to make sure the kids never really knew about his younger years.
"That is like so cool!" Charlie squealed in delight as she ate one of her potato chips. I cringed at the shrieking sound, she sounded so much like Kitty it was scary. I looked around the table and watched as RJ started puckering his lips up as he made small and large smoke rings.
"Robert what did I say about blowing smoke rings at the table?" I asked our son who immediately stopped and gave me that innocent smile that his father also adorned just as proudly.
"Ah it isn't that bad hun, let the kid have a little fun," John said with a wave of his hand as he ate his burger. I raised that all knowing eyebrow of mine and sighed at his antics. He was so much like the children sometimes.
"He can have all the fun that he want's to after dinner. Actually why don't we all play after dinner. I'm in the mood for a good show," I said with a sigh, I know that John was getting agitated and that letting off a little steam might do him and the kids some good.
"Really!?" Charlie asked excitedly as she clapped her hands together.
"Only if your father thinks it's okay that is," I said sheepishly as I looked at my husband who had a similar smile on his face.
"Hell yea we can!" He said just as excited as Charlie.
"Can Daddy turn me on fire?" Charlie asked and I couldn't help laughing at her. If anyone else had heard that they might think we were doing child abuse or something.
"Sure he can," I told her with a smile. I looked over to silent x-men as they chewed there food methodically all in deep thought. I couldn't help but wonder what there presence here would eventually do to my sheltered children.
"Rogue?" Storm called to me breaking the x-men of there silent reviver.
"Yes Ororo," I said as I picked up my plate and walked over the kitchen sink.
"What exactly can your children do?" She asked and I couldn't help but smile at her curiosity. She was always so silently curious at the mansion, always waiting for the newest gossip, even if she did so quietly.
"Well Charlie over here can control and become the fire; we think she might be able to fly after a little more training and a little more involving. We also think she might in time be able to move with the fire, change her shape and what not kind of like Mystique," I paused to smile fondly at my daughter.
"Then little Robert over here he can only do smoke rings right now. He hasn't mutated yet, but we think he might breathe fire or something like that," I said with a slight laugh at how proud my son looked at the mention of his amazing smoke rings.
"Then we've got Wanda and Todd's kids, who might as we'll be ours to as much as there over here," John said like it was a problem. But I knew he loved having Todd's kids over to play with.
"Julian is like a water sprite I guess you could say he's got Charlie's exact power except instead of fire its water. The mutant doctor we all see said that Julian developed the water because of how close of a relationship he and Charlie have. He also said that since they both developed at such a young age that they will both have a remarkable power," I said as I looked at Charlie who had gotten up and was looking intently at Wolverine.
"Then little Becca hasn't even shown a power yet, but Wanda said she developed late too and look at how wonder witch turned out," John said sarcastically. I looked at John and gave him that raised eyebrow.
"And Tabby is green and has black eyes like Toad, she's kind of like RJ too because that won't be her power. It's just its side effect," I finished off as I picked up the rest of the dishes from the table.
"This is all very interesting," Storm said as she looked at us with a thoughtful expression.
"Who is the mutant doctor you are seeing?" Pete asked in his ruff Russian accent that reminded me of Kurt.
"Oh well I guess everyone knows him," I said thoughtfully as I remembered Alcatraz and who was there.
"It's Dr. Hank McCoy and we sometimes have to see Moira Mctaggart, like when Charlie first developed. She's only one besides Wanda and Pietro that has two mutant parents, so we were a little weary about what to do about having her torching the house," John said as he tapped the his fingers on the used table.
"Wait so you've been seeing McCoy too?" Bobby said in exasperation, throwing his hands up into the air.
"Did everyone know where you were except the four of us?" Bobby asked still completely peeved at the fact.
"Oh just let it go Bobby, really your making a big deal out of nothing," Kitty admonished as she looked at her boy friends with discontent at his constant berating on the fact that his ex had moved on with his ex-best friend.
"I have a question," Bobby said as he watched Logan try to get Charlie to leave him alone. Ignoring his girlfriend's plea, who just rolled her eyes and silently asked for Rogue's forgiveness.
"Why does you kid have my name?" Bobby asked and both John and I cracked up laughing.
"Sorry, it's just when we first got together we both vowed that we would name our first son after you," I snorted out as I continued to laugh.
"What? Why?" Bobby asked confused at the laughing couple.
"Well if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have left to find John. Kissing Kitty out by the fountain was a great push in the right direction. So we just wanted to thank you," I said with smile.
"So you named your kid as a joke?" Pete asked sitting next to Kitty who I noticed he was staring at the entire time.
"Basically," John said with that casual smirk he used to wear so much as a kid.
"You all are demented or something! Your kid is like scared for life now!" Bobby said with a groan as he looked over at the child with his name sake. RJ just smiled his usually innocent smile at Bobby.
"Well it was a good idea at the time," John said as he got up from the table and started washing the dishes I sat over there a few minutes before.
"Is John doing the dishes?" I heard Kitty whisper to Storm and I snorted.
"John does the dishes every other night," I said as I leaned over and kissed him, he turned to me and smiled a glint in his eyes that I loved and knew meant mischief later.
"Marie you better get this kid away from before I skewer her," I heard Logan growl out from the table.
"Now Logan that is no way to treat your granddaughter," I heard Storm chastise him. I looked over and Charlie was all but poking him. I smiled and let a slight giggle slip between my lips.
"Charlie, leave Logan alone," I told her as she looked at me with that sad pout that I know she got from me.
"But mom…, he's got really weird hair and he kind of looks like Grandpa Victor," at that I nearly toppled over in laughter.
"Sugar if Logan and Grandpa were anything alike I would be shocked, now get away from him," I said with a wave of my hand.
"What do you mean by Victor, cause it better not be the Victor I know," Logan said with that raised eyebrow.
"Oh it's that one alright, unless you know more than one," I said with an evil grin.
"So you're telling me that you let MY granddaughter hang out with that mangy good for nothing over grown excuse of a cat?" Logan almost yelled out. At that I walked right on over to him and with a jabbing finger to his large muscular chest I let my anger be know by his sudden out burst.
"First off you ain't a grandfather to her, second off Victor is actually a good man once you get past all the hair and bad attitude and he absolutely loves Charlie. Has since birth, bought her first teddy bear too," I told him as I ushered Charlie over towards her father.
"EW…someone's gonna get it now!" I heard RJ say from behind my back.
"RJ your next if you keep that up mister," I said without turning around to look at him. Logan just raised that stupid eyebrow up at me and I thought I was going to lose it.
"Don't you even dare raise that eyebrow at me Logan because I know you know I'm right," I told him and that's when I heard Charlie's two cents.
"Ew… are so grounded,"
"Charlie you want your cake or would you prefer to join your brother?" I asked knowing what the answer would be.
"Logan I can't believe your letting your own daughter talk to you like that!" I heard Bobby say with a snicker and at that exact moment I thought he was going to kill him.
"It ain't my fault I didn't know she was my daughter Ice-dick! So shut that trap of yours before I make sure you never open it again, got it bub," Logan growled out to Bobby with a pointed metal claw. I watched a Bobby noticeably gulped and with a nod of his head sat silently back in his seat.
"You know I really should think about changing my name," I heard Bobby whisper to him self. At that John started to laugh uncontrollably and nearly toppled over from his fits of laughter.
"Okay lets just go outside and play," I said with a roll of my eyes as the children clambered happily towards the backyard. The x-men soon followed us until we were all seated in the back yard.
"Okay now Ember lets start out small and work our way up," I watched as John directed our daughter. A smile gracing her already lovely features when her dad called her by her specially picked out code name.
We had chosen it by accident, when she was little John use to say she was his little spitfire. But as the years wore on and she started to develop her mutation, it slowly became his little Ember.
Immediately John lit his lighter, a newer one I had gotten him for our first Christmas together. We all watched as John's excited face was mirrored by his daughters, passion filled eyes with a fire only they would be able to carry.
John made a small globe of fire, like he used to when she was littler and had Ember control it to her liking bringing towards her like an old friend. She let it swirl around her and carry her up a little bit into the air. Before it started to become one with her, it was an amazing sight to say the least.
John kept producing more and more fire and our little Ember started to become more of like a fire sprite or fairy. It was an astonishing sight to see her completely engulfed in the flames. She giggled as if the fire tickled her pleasantly as she became one with it.
RJ, who was sitting in my lap clapped madly for his sister. He did it every time John and she did a little show. I smiled gleefully and also clapped along with my youngest as we continued to watch the little show before us.
"Yo ice-boy why don't you come play too?" John asked as he started making little creatures for Charlie to play with as she danced around our backyard. I looked at him then with look of pride I don't think I've given to him since RJ was born. He was finally growing up, letting his old fears die and letting the new take over.
"Really?" I heard Bobby ask from behind me, I turned and smiled at him encouragingly.
"No I just said it so I could be a complete dick, yes I meant it," John said agitated as he created a large dragon for Ember to ride on. I watched as Bobby approached slowly as if John was going to attack at any minute.
After a few cautious steps I watched as Kitty walked up to him and shoved him into the area that John and Charlie where playing in. He turned into his ice figure as he started to create a statue of a princess.
"MOM! Look at how cool that is," RJ said with a pointed finger as Bobby finished his ice princess.
"Yes I know sweetheart," I said as we watched as Bobby started to build some sort of fort like thing.
Minutes later we had ourselves a huge tower in which Bobby placed his beautifully sculpted ice princess. So now we had our scene, our dragon and the beautiful princess.
"Now all we need is our knight in shinning amour," I heard Storm say behind me with a chuckle as we all turned to stare at Pete.
"What me?" Pete said with a shocked expression of being invited to take part in the play.
"Yes you!" Kitty said as she like Bobby shoved him into the fray. After almost getting hit with a ball of fire from the dragon, Colossus instantly turned into his metal form. I couldn't help but laugh at the men as the defended the ice castle.
"Where the camera when you need it?" Storm laughed hysterically behind me and I too joined in at her comment. It really was a funny sight.
"Alright now we need some beautiful heroines in the mix too now," I heard John say as he looked at me with those mischievous eyes and I almost couldn't stop the no that was coming out of my voice.
"Kitty since our ice princess isn't really holding up, would you like to do the honors?" John asked and I almost died from laughter when Kitty did a deep bow.
"Why of course my good sirs and lady, I would love to be your new princess," and with that she walked out with a proud walk towards the tower. Colossus holstered her up as Bobby placed the ice crown on the top of Kitty's head and all was well in the land of mutants.
Storm, Logan, RJ and I watched the little play take action with a deep depth. Everyone was taking there part to heart as they battled my husband and daughter to protect the damsel in distress. For some reason I couldn't get this all out of my head of how close to real life this all was.
It was really nice to finally enjoy an evening with the out the fear of getting in trouble for using there powers. I think it did everyone a lot of good, as I watched as Bobby heroically die to protect Kitty who was saved at last from the ferocious beast by Colossus.
A/N: Yep! I'm ending it there only because I have no idea where I am going to take this story next. I am having a major writers block and was amazed I got this much out. I hope you enjoyed my little "play" don't know where that came from.
Also a question for my readers:
What should RJ's name eventually be in upcoming chapters?
Haze, Faze or blur
I have a really funny twist to his powers. Just a hint, there not like John's at all. Also, should the Allerdyce's have another child?
So stay tuned for the next chapter and thanks again for all the wonderful reviews!