An X-men Evolution Christmas Carol
By HazelEyes 401
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Disclaimer: I don't own X-men Evolution this show belongs to Marvel. I don't own the story A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
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Chapter 7: Christmas Day
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Logan tore himself away from the window as he looked around his room noting there was no indication that any ghosts had visited last night. Speaking of last night . . .
"What day is it?" Logan asked again as he ran to the door of his room. He hoped that he didn't miss Christmas Day so he could repair all of the damage he had done. Running out into the hallway he bumped into Laura.
"LOGAN, watch where you're going!" Laura snapped at him as he had thrown her into the wall.
"Laura! Oh, you're here and alive." Logan exclaimed in amazement as he gave Laura a big hug as she struggled to free herself.
"LOGAN PUT ME DOWN." Laura growled as her claws protruded from her fists notifying Logan that he had pushed her too far.
"I'm sorry Laura. I'm just so glad to see you." Logan babbled causing Laura to blink in confusion.
"What are you talking about, Logan? You saw me yesterday." Laura stated as her claws retracted back into her hands.
"Yesterday. . . Laura, what day is it?" Logan asked as he placed his hands on her shoulders and staring into her eyes.
"It's December 25, Christmas Day." Laura answered as a warm smile and joyous laugh erupted from Logan. Laura stepped back from the usually grumpy mutant and stared at him skeptically.
"It's CHRISTMAS!! The ghosts did it all in one night! Oh, I have to go . . . Merry Christmas, Laura." Logan cheerily called out to the smaller girl as she stared after the burly man her face a blanket of confusion.
"What has gotten into him?" Laura asked the empty hallway.
Logan jogged down the hallway feeling as light as a feather in his joy. He was running so happy that he almost ran right over Kitty.
"Ow careful Mr. Logan," Kitty exclaimed to her teacher as she saw him so happy on Christmas Day.
"Oh, Spirit it's you!" Logan hugged Kitty as she tried to get over her shock of seeing Logan laughing and running on Christmas Day and now hugging her and calling her a spirit.
"Well, Mr. Logan, I like know I can walk through walls but that's no reason to call me a spirit." Kitty stated as he stood back from the monster bear hug he had given her.
"That's right, Kitty. Thank you." Logan beamed as a memory popped into his head.
"Hey you're supposed to have Christmas with Lance and the Brotherhood, right?" Logan asked causing Kitty's eyes to grow in shock.
"Y-Yes, that's right. Professor Xavier said it was okay since we couldn't go home to like see our families." Kitty nervously responded as Logan's genuine smile of joy grew.
"Of course, but why don't you invite them to spend Christmas here at the Institute. There's more room here than in that little house and we will have more cause to celebrate!" Logan's generous offer shocked Kitty.
"I-I guess so. Are you serious, Mr. Logan?" Kitty asked not sure if Logan was in his right mind or not (at this point Kitty was beginning to think Professor Xavier or Jean may have been playing in Logan's mind during his sleep).
"Yes, I'm serious. There should be no fighting on Christmas! This is a day to celebrate! All fighting can wait until tomorrow." Logan exclaimed as Kitty brightened up and jumped for joy. Logan laughed along with Kitty as she bounced up and down the hallway.
"So, Kitty, make sure to call Lance and get them to have the party here and make sure they know the Acolytes are invited too." Logan explained as Kitty beamed at her teacher as she ran down the hallway laughing and bouncing all the way. Logan followed her with his eyes as he laughed too, not remembering when he had been so happy.
"Now for Rogue," Logan mused to himself as he thought of ways to surprise his dear friend and her boyfriend.
"They are definitely coming here for Christmas. I will not have them celebrate by themselves." Logan stated with confidence as he moved toward the garage when he suddenly realized what he was wearing.
"I can't go out in that snow in my pajamas." Logan looked down at his red fleece pajama pants and his matching shirt wearing a t-shirt underneath. After a second look he turned around and ran to his room to change.
In the meantime, Kitty continued skipping through the mansion and singing when she bumped into Professor Xavier, well, it was more like phase through a surprised professor.
"Kitty, it's good to see you so cheery this morning. May I ask what has got you into this spirit?" The professor kindly asked the bouncy girl.
"It's Mr. Logan. I like don't know how but he has finally gotten into the Christmas Spirit. He like totally surprised me just now when he wanted me to invite the brotherhood and Acolytes to have Christmas here instead of at the brotherhood house. Oh!" In the midst of Kitty's babbling she had forgotten that she had to ask for Professor Xavier's permission.
"Um, Professor Xavier, is it alright for the Brotherhood and Acolytes to spend Christmas with us?" Kitty asked the professor as she nervously fiddled with her hands behind her back. Professor Xavier laughed at seeing Kitty so nervous but his laughter relieved Kitty of her fears.
"Of course it's alright. I have wanted to invite Magnus and everyone over for years but I didn't know how some of them would take it."
"YEAH!!" Kitty jumped and shouted excitedly. "Thank you, Professor!"
"You're welcome, Kitty." Professor Xavier called out to Kitty. "Who knows this may turn old enemies into new friends."
Kitty ran down to the kitchen to call Lance and tell him the good news. Professor Xavier went to do the same for Magnus in his office, eagerly anticipating the celebration.
As the mansion started getting ready to celebrate Christmas with several surprise guests, Logan was traveling down the path he took last night with Christmas Present to go to Gambit's house.
'They are going to be surprised to see me. Should I be my grumpy self? Maybe, it might scare them too much if I openly welcome Gambit. That's what I'll do, I'll scare him a bit since I won't get the chance for too long.' Logan paused in his thoughts as he remembered the ring that Gambit had given to Rogue and what it all meant. Logan sighed as he rode on his snowmobile as the roads were still too perilous to drive his motorcycle.
'I was so angry at Gambit for taking her away from me that I was tearing Rogue apart and making everyone miserable. I won't be so angry anymore, I promise Rogue.' Logan silently promised Rogue in his head as he sobered from his Christmas joy high.
'My foolish actions nearly made me lose Rogue for good. I will change. But that just means I get to torture the Cajun for a few more times before they make it official.' Logan's grin returned to his face this time with a tinge of cruelty as he anticipated the Cajun's reaction to his surprise visit.
Logan schooled his face as he neared Gambit's apartment, quickly placing the normal disapproving scowl to cover his happy face. He even growled a little to get him in the mood as he pulled into the parking lot, scowling at the snowmobile that Rogue had traveled in to get here, he dismounted and looked up at the rooms. Now which room was it again? That's right the third one from the right. Logan spared a quick smile as he stomped up the stairs in his angry face and banged his fist on Gambit's door. Inside the apartment he could hear Gambit grumble something about someone knocking this early in the morning. Logan also heard Rogue inside the apartment calling for him to answer the door before he heard a hair dryer start up. Logan growled again to get in the mood as Gambit opened his door.
Gambit took one look at Logan and started turning white as a ghost as all of the blood drained from his face. First of all Gambit answered the door in only his sweat pants, strike one. Second of all, Gambit heard Rogue in the bathroom so he certainly knew Logan had heard also, strike two. Third, Logan now knew where he lived and could now come over whenever he wants making strike three. Gambit quickly though of anything he could do, here was Logan not two feet in front of him while his bo staff, cards and trench coat were on the couch way out of reach. Realizing there was nothing he could do but wait he slowly counted the number of seconds he probably had left to live or at least walk on two legs. Gambit nearly passed out when he heard the bathroom door open and Rogue call out to him as she walked into the hallway and into full view of Logan. The short scream broke the silence as Logan stared at Gambit and Rogue in complete silence.
'Yep, I am dead and on Christmas too. It is a sad, sad day for this Cajun.' Gambit thought to himself as he stared at Logan, far too scared to look back to see what Rogue was wearing and being reminded of what he was not wearing.
"Seriously, Stripes?" Logan questioned as he took in Rogue's wardrobe. "Rudolph the red nosed reindeer?" Logan referred to her white sweater with the character Rudolph leading Santa's sleigh as it flew through snow, it's nose flashing to the tune of "Dashing Through The Snow".
"Y-Y-Yeah . . . R-Remy gave it to me." Rogue nervously stated as she adjusted the hem of the sweater over her dark jeans while her socked feet twitched on the hallway before she got the nerve to speak to him. (A/N: minds out of the gutter readers)
"What are ya doing here, Logan?" Rogue finally asked as she quickly glanced between Logan and Gambit at the door.
"I am here to take you back to the Mansion." Logan bluntly stated igniting Rogue's temper.
"WHAT! Logan don't ya care that it's Christmas!" Rogue shrieked at the older mutant while Gambit stayed stunned in silence.
"Of course, that's why you're dragging the Cajun with you." Logan's equally blunt statement shocked Rogue into calm and Gambit out of his stare.
"What did you say?" Rogue and Gambit asked at the same time not believing their ears. Gambit stepped back as Logan barked a laugh and began chuckling scaring the Cajun even more, so Gambit made sure Logan was far away as possible.
"I said that you are coming to the mansion to celebrate Christmas and Gambit is invited too." Logan chuckled as he enjoyed playfully torturing Gambit.
"Seriously?" Gambit asked as Rogue walked forward to stand beside Gambit in the living room ten feet away from the front door.
"Yes, I'm serious. I won't have the two of you spending Christmas alone. This is a time to celebrate with friends, so I expect both of you at the mansion at noon, sharp. Don't be late." Logan merrily invited the pair as he started laughing again completely scaring Gambit out of his skin.
"Oh and before I forget I want you to tell everyone at the mansion the good news. Merry Christmas!" Logan called from the front door as he started to leave. Rogue made sure to hid her hands behind her back as Gambit started to wobble on his feet.
No one moved until they heard Logan's snowmobile start up and drift off in the distance. Gambit heaved a sigh of relief and collapsed on a nearby chair while Rogue continued staring at the open front door to view a beautiful snow dusted city beyond the parking lot.
"Chere, are we dead?" Gambit asked as he looked up at Rogue still frozen at the spot.
"No, we're not." Rogue slowly answered.
"Then what the heck was that?" Gambit gestured to the front door. "I saw my life flashing in front of my eyes and I was sure he was going to kill me."
"Ah don't know but I think we better do as he says." Rogue strongly recommended as Gambit caught her meaning and flew to his room to get ready to leave.
Logan still chuckled to himself as he was driving back toward the mansion. He was certainly going to enjoy today.
Back at the mansion everyone was preparing for the largest Christmas gathering anyone could remember. At first the atmosphere was a little tense but everyone got along when Toad slipped on a banana peel in the kitchen causing everyone to laugh and lighten the whole mood. Kurt made sure to stuff the rest of the banana in his mouth as he bamfed out of the kitchen, hoping no one noticed the peel slipped out of his hand. Magneto and the Acolytes walked into the mansion as everyone started singing Deck the Halls and other Christmas Carols being led by Storm in the spacious dining room.
"Good morning to all." Magneto walked in hanging up his jacket and directing several floating silver plates to their proper places at the dining room table.
"Good morning, Magnus. I'm so glad you could come on such short notice." Charles Xavier warmly accepted his old friend as Magnus smiled and returned the invitation.
"As am I, Charles, it's not every day that you get to spend a stress free holiday with friends and family." Magnus warmly replied as he walked up to Charles. Pyro and Colossus filed in carrying several big boxes full of surprises.
Soon after them, Gambit walked in with Rogue right behind him. Kitty was the first to greet them as she squealed and ran to Rogue giving her a big hug not even caring she had just blown off Wanda who shrugged her shoulders in indifference.
"Rogue, I'm so glad to see you. It's wonderful that you decided to come back. This Christmas will be perfect now that everyone is here to celebrate." Kitty excitedly chattered as Rogue looked around the room.
"Kitty, have you seen Logan lately?" Rogue asked as Kitty became pensive.
"Not lately, but like there's something going on with him today," Kitty noted to the couple.
"You're telling us, petite." Gambit interrupted as he continued scanning the room searching for Logan.
"What do you mean?" Kitty asked.
"He showed up at Remy's doorstep and we both nearly had a heart attack." Rogue explained as Kitty grew shocked. "Ah thought Logan was going ta kill Remy but instead he invited us over so we came."
"Wow, that's strange. You know, this morning Mr. Logan like called me a spirit." Kitty explained as said mutant burst into the room wearing a Santa's outfit with red hat to top it all off and beaming with joy.
"MERRY CHRISTMAS!" Logan yelled to the gathering making everyone stop and stare, everyone except for Pyro.
"That's right, Merry Christmas to everyone! That's the right spirit, Wolvie." Pyro boldly walked up to the mutant and patted him on the shoulder as they both laughed together. The rest of the room started chuckling, after making sure Logan wasn't going to kill them, and grew to a roar of laughter and joy.
Logan strode to Gambit and Rogue with his beaming smile causing Gambit to grow a little paler.
"Now you two, isn't there something you want to tell everyone?" Logan asked as Gambit and Rogue shared shocked looks. They both wanted to know how Logan found out.
"So, like what's going on." Kitty walked up and looked between the pair as Gambit stared at Logan, Rogue kept glancing between Gambit and Logan.
"Are ya really okay with this, Logan?" Rogue quietly asked as Kitty began piecing the puzzle together.
"Yes, Stripes. I'm okay with it as long as Gambit remains a gentleman." Logan was interrupted when Kitty squealed as she realized what happened.
"IT FINALLY HAPPENED! Oh, he finally asked you!" Kitty's joyful statement spread to Rogue and Gambit as they started to smile.
"So are we gonna hear this good news, mate? Or do you wanna play charades?" Pyro asked and Gambit held Rogue's hand as he addressed the large Christmas party.
"Everyone, yesterday I asked Chere to marry me, and she said yes." Gambit's proclamation made Rogue blush and the girls cheer as they swarmed Rogue demanding details and the guys started talking to Gambit. All of the words were drowned out in the noise as the party also became an engagement party.
"Oh, please, YTC. Can't we go to the party for a few minutes before our forms fade?" The voice of Christmas Present begged Christmas Yet To Come as he chuckled in agreement. The three spirits floated through the ceiling into the dining room to gaze at all of the friends rejoicing on this very special day.
"My friends, we have succeeded once again." Christmas Past summarized.
"Yea, I wonder who the boss wants us to change next year?" Christmas Present queried as she started swaying as the large group began singing Christmas Carols once again.
"I don't know but I'll certainly miss this form." Christmas Past stated as he looked down at his form.
"Yeah, I like this form." Christmas Present swayed and started dancing with the group, no one notices of course since they were ghosts.
"We'll just let that be a surprise." Christmas Yet To Come chuckled as he stared at Logan laughing with the group. Logan turned toward the windows at the east end of the room and spotted all three spirits floating above the floor and enjoying the party.
"There they are," Logan stood pointing to thin air, "the spirits of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet To Come." Professor Xavier looked at Logan oddly as he glanced at blank air.
"If ya ask me, I think someone put a few 'spirits' in his drink last night, mate." Pyro joked to Gambit and Colossus causing the pair to crack up laughing. Logan turned to the trio and laughed along with them.
"I could get used to that laugh." Christmas Present stated for the group as they all smiled glad to witness the party.
"Yes, but now it's time to go." Yet To Come stated as his form began morphing into a black hooded cloak now that their job was done.
"I'm going to miss this form." Christmas Present lamented as her from morphed into a green shimmering cloak.
"Yes, as will I." Christmas Past agreed as his form was the last to change.
All three ghosts disappeared as flashes of light into a giant Christmas wreath floating above the mansion.
. . . And so ends this tale of a Christmas Carol. The three ghosts have once again turned a miserable scrooge into a good hearted man. This change of heart has always, and will continue to be, cherished by those who are Ebenezer Scrooges. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
A/N: WOOHOO!! *leaps for joy at the first finished multi-chaptered story* Finally, this story is finished, my Christmas bug has been satisfied and I can continue writing some other stories. Please review and before I forget . . .
When Rogue was in Gambit's apartment, *head slap for all the naughty thinkers* get your heads out of the gutter.
MERRY CHRISTMAS. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.