Chapter Three: Unwanted Guests Are Hard To Get Rid Of

The Brotherhood filed inside and all ran in different directions.

"I wonder what they have in the kitchen?" Fred said.

"Chere wait up." Remy said as he followed Rogue.

"Might as well do some exploring." John said and wandered off.

Kitty turned to Lance. "So why are you guys here?"

"Thanks to Quicksilver, the Toad, and Blob we all got kicked out of the house. It was too much for Mystique and Magneto to handle."

"Total bummer."

"Yeah but hey, at least I got to see you. I'd say that's a perfect ending for the year."

Kitty couldn't help but giggle. "Oh Lance you're so sweet."

There was a sudden crash and a very angry voice coming from the kitchen. "Two minutes." Lance groaned. "Two minutes and already they're causing trouble."

Kitty looked at him. "Wanna go see how bad it is?"

"Sure why not?" Lance sighed.

Meanwhile…

"Did you miss me chere?"

"About as much as I miss a headache." Rogue snapped. "What are you doing here anyway swamp rat?"

"You want to talk to dis swamp rat for a bit? Gambit missed you you know."

"Yeah. Like I believe that one." She said, her voice laden with sarcasm.

"Somethin wrong chere?"

Rogue glared at him, "Don't call me 'chere.' Understand?"

"Why not, chere?"

"Cause if ya don't stop, swamp rat, you aren't exactly gonna be a man anymore. I'm not a girl ya want ta mess with."

His eyes twinkled, "Is that so?" Rogue nodded. Gambit bent down, his hot breath whisking by her ear. Rogue was frozen in her spot. Remy then whispered, "Gambit likes taking risks." Rogue stood up.

"What the hell do ya think you're doing?" She had gotten into a fighting stance.

The Cajun smirked and shrugged, "Gambit don't know." Mischief flashed in his eyes, "He's being friendly?"

"Why are you here? Don't you have any places left to steal from?" She snapped at him.

To her surprise Remy gently took her gloved hand and kissed it. "Funny thing to say when it is you that has stolen my heart."

For a moment Rogue felt her mouth twitch into a smile but she hid it quickly. "Gee that's original." She snapped pulling her hand away. "You're hopeless you know that?"

"Gambit like dat. It real pretty."

"Huh?"

"Dat smile. It real pretty, chere. Gambit missed dat smile de most."

"Does it look like I care?"

"Fine, Gambit knows where he's not wanted."

"HA! If you knew then you wouldn't have bothered me in the first place!"

"Calm down chere. I'll go," Remy looked back at her with a smile, "For now." Rogue glared at him.

"Adieu, ma chere." And he strode off to some other part of the mansion.

Rogue stood there for a moment, then she started continuously hitting the wall with her fist screaming. "Rrrgh! I hate him! I hate him! I hate him!"

Meanwhile in the kitchen….

"Pietro how many times have I told you to stop it with the whip cream pranks!?"

It seemed that Pietro covered the entire kitchen and had been running from John (who he accidentally covered in whipped cream also) when both of them had slid on the floor and crashed into one of the food cupboards. The entire kitchen was a mess to say the least. Food was all over the place. Fred was just sitting there munching on snacks as if nothing happened.

"Yeah mate." John said darkly. "You got us kicked out of one house you want us kicked out of here too?"

"That was not entirely my fault."

Suddenly Kurt appeared in the middle of the table in a puff of smoke.

"Kurt what are you--" Kitty began.

"Shh. He's after me."

"Ah hah!" Todd yelled in triumph as he came into the kitchen spotting Kurt. "There you are!" Kurt gave a little 'eep' before teleporting out of the kitchen.

"You can run but you can't hide! Just wait until I get my hands on you you Blue Rat! I'll hunt you down and tear you into so many pieces they'll have to invent a new number to count em all!" Then he bounded out of the kitchen.

Lance whistled. "Okay then." He turned back to Pietro. "Pietro if you're gonna pull pranks at least do something original."

"Who says I'm not original? Miss Perfect is about to get a very interesting surprise."

There was a yell from upstairs but it wasn't Jean's. Pietro went pale as he heard a howl of murderous rage. "Please tell me that wasn't…"

A few moments later Logan came in the kitchen covered with what looked like Melted marshmallow, chocolate, and gram cracker bits. He was close to resembling a human smore.

"Where is he?" Logan growled.

John was having extreme difficulty containing his laughter. He accidentally let of a snort of mirth. In a few seconds Logan had him pinned up against the wall with his claws out.

"Hey hey, don't look at me." He said hastily no longer laughing with those claws inches away from his face. "It was Quicksilver who rigged up that little trap not me."

Logan looked over at Pietro who looked as if he was about to be sick all over the kitchen. "Come here a minute kid." Logan growled.

Pietro darted behind Lance. "Lance, help me!"

Lance shook his head. "Sorry Pietro, you're on your own this time."

"I'llbegoingnowbye!" Pietro shouted and zipped out of the kitchen as fast as he could.

"Come back here you little punk!" Logan roared chasing after him.

"You think that was wise mate?" John asked looking a little concerned.

"Don't worry, I doubt if Mister Logan will do anything to him." Kitty assured him.

Fred was still sitting there on the floor munching on food not realizing what had just happened.

Somewhere else in the mansion….

Kurt looked around the bed room. No one appeared to be in there yet for some reason... He looked up and saw Todd clinging on the ceiling. He was about to teleport but too late. Todd had leapt on top of him and the two started wrestling on the floor.

"I finally have you! Prepare to die!" Suddenly someone came bursting into the room and locking the door behind them. The two looked up and saw Pietro breathing heavily looking as though he was about to have a heart attack.

"Please! Somebody help me!" He said frantically.

"Yo Pietro what's wrong?" Todd asked.

"WellIriggedatrapsee?" Pietro said in a hurried, panicked voice. AnditwassupposedtobeforRedbutitwasn'theritwasWolverineandnowhe'safterme!"

"What do expect us t do about it?" Kurt asked.

"Hide me! Save me! Do anything!"

"No way yo!" Todd said in a strangled voice. "I got on his bad side once I'm not doing it again."

"Me neither." Kurt said nervously. "He is not the type of person you want to make angry." Suddenly claws started slashing through the door. "Gotta go seeya!" Kurt said before teleporting both him and Todd out of the room.

"Thanks for nothing!" Pietro yelled.

Logan had smashed through the door and was now bearing down on Pietro. "I didn't mean it! I swear! Please! Spare me!" Pietro said dramatically.

Logan backed Pietro against the wall.

He put his fist near Pietro's throat and two blades shot out on either side of his head. He thought he was going to faint.

"Do you know what I do to people who make me angry punk?" Logan growled.

"I have a pretty good idea." Pietro's voice came out squeaky.

"Back off."

Pietro looked to see his sister Wanda standing there, her hands crackling with blue energy. "He may be a pain but he's still my brother."

Logan retracted his claws. "Then keep him under control." He snarled and walked out of the room.

Pietro took a deep breath. "Thanks sis. I owe you one."

She glared at him. "Next time I won't step in to help."

Suddenly metal shields closed over the windows as an alarm sounded. "What's going on?" Pietro asked a little panicked.

"I don't know!" Wanda said.

Suddenly a computer voice rang throughout the entire mansion. PRIMARY LOCK DOWN INITIATED.

Uh oh. This doesn't look good. What caused this to happen? Find out next chapter!