First few weeks in the group weren't too difficult. It was the first time the brothers had lived in such a large setting outside of war. But this wasn't such a hectic one.
This particular day the group was rather bored with no given assignment and a ton of free time.
"Ugh!" Wade laid on the floor, "Uuuuuugh! I'm bored! Doesn't anyone want to do something?"
Logan was happily married to his book whilst his brother laid on his lap and played sudoku. John was quietly listening to his music. Fred wasn't doing much of anything, Bradley was playing with a toy train.
"You can't all possibly not be bored!"
"Not all of us have the attention span of a gnat," Bradley marked.
"Come on," he crawled to the new comers, "Be entertaining."
"Ever played rugby?" Vic asked from his book.
"I've heard of it." Wade nodded some.
"Find us a ball and we'll play," he shrugged.
"A ball...a ball?" he looked about the compound and rushed away.
"Do you really think he'll find a ball?" Logan turned the page.
"Do I really care? That's what you should be asking."
X
It was about twenty minutes before Wade returned with a soccer ball, "Will this do?"
"Where did you get that?" Fred looked.
"Found it outside. So rugby?"
Victor looked and stretched out, "Alright," he stood, tapping his brother's leg, "Lets go."
"Fine fine," he stood.
The group congregated outside and listened to the rules. Basically it was like football without helmets. Or at least that was how they were gonna be playing it today.
Teams were made and the men took to the ball, slamming and crashing into each other. Except John who cheated by using his powers to avoid being tackled.
"Stop cheating!" Fred face planted into the dirt trying to grab the ball.
He smirked and got a goal, "I never heard that using powers was cheating. Round two?"
"Lets go," Wade wiped the dirt from his face as the ball was brought back over.
"Round two it is."
Stryker could hear the noise coming from outside. He peeked out to see what these mutants were doing and where they could be. Of course they were in a field playing about like children. He rolled his eyes, as long as they weren't causing him any trouble what reason did he have to care?
X
John grunted as he hit the ground. This is what happens when he doesn't use his powers.
"You ok?" Fred helped him up, "That certainly got the blood flowing," he smirked.
Wade just laid on the ground, "At least you guys try to do fun stuff instead of be super bland."
"Well," Stryker looked at his mercs, "Now that you've leveled the area you might want to wash before you have your meal."
The group, covered in dirt and sweat, piled into the shower area.
Laughing erupted over the game and minor arguments over who won. All silly little things and guys just being guys.
"Only reason you even got that first point was because John was phasing," Logan told Brad.
"Well what about the other three we got?" he smirked.
"What about the five we made?" he smirked back.
"Where did you get that ball any way?"Fred looked down to Wade.
"Oh, some kids left it in the soccer field." he smiled.
A shout from Victor interrupted the conversations and brought all eyes on the brothers.
"It was a mosquito," Logan smiled nervously at his brother, who was now sporting a bright red palm print on his left buttock.
X
"Are you gonna eat?" Bradley glanced to Vic's plate as he pushed the veggies about.
"I did eat," he scoffed.
"He doesn't like broccoli," Logan waved his fork.
"Because it's gross," he pushed his plate to his brother.
"I'm with him on that one, but I don't like most vegetables," Wade shrugged.
"It's not gross, it's delicious," Logan took his brother's plate, he loved broccoli, "Cauliflower is gross."
"Blasphemy," Vic took Logan's plate, eating the veggies he'd picked over, Cauliflower of course.
"It needs cheese, then it would be great," John told them, "My moms would melt cheese on her broccoli and potatoes. Now that was great."