Chapter 50: Couple's Week at the Institute.
It was a good week or so since the fiasco that happened with Laura and Logan, and everyone was, thankfully, finally returning to normal. Though right now, the few couples of the Institute decided to take this time to spend time together after everything that happened, and the single people were just trying to enjoy time to themselves.
One of these people was Gavin and Amanda, who were right now spending time with Damian. The blonde haired woman was very much enjoying the fact that she had a grandson to dote on, especially one as adorable as the blue skinned infant currently on her lap.
"Oh just look at you! You're so cute and precious!" The Shirakumo matriarch gushed as she tickled Damian's cheeks, causing him to let out gurgly laughs of delight.
"Gwema!" He chirped, He was learning to talk much quicker than most kids his age, which made Gavin swell with pride with how smart his son was for his age.
"That's right, honey!" She smiled, kissing his cheek. "By the way, Gavin, where's your brother?" Amanda questioned.
"I think he's spending time with Roxy." The boy answered with a shrug.
"Are you telling me one of my boys started dating and I never heard about it?!" The woman said incredulously.
"Don't blame me mom!" The pseudo vampire said defensively.
"I'm not… Though I'm definitely having a talk with this Roxy girl." Amanda stated with narrowed eyes.
(Elsewhere)
Said girl was walking down the streets of Bayville with Devin before she suddenly sneezed, shivering as the feeling of suspicion that someone was talking about her as she leaned against Devin as they walked.
"Something wrong?" Devin asked in concern.
"I feel like someone was talking about me just now… And I suddenly feel the urge to avoid your mom all of a sudden." She replied with a nervous shiver.
"Well she is a bit of a 'helicopter mom'." The boy shrugged. "Hey Roxy, are you sure you're okay? Ever since what happened during The Gathering, you've been avoiding talking about it a lot." He said in concern. The grey skinned scorpion girl sighed, figuring that this would happen sooner or later.
"Remember when I mentioned some weird gates after my mind was cleared up?" She asked, getting a nod in return. "When my mind was under the influence of the one behind it, I just barely managed to get a name." She explained.
"And what was the name?" Devin asked.
"Un Sabah Nur, the first mutant. He also goes by the name Apocalypse, and he's…" Here, she seemed to hesitate. "... My grandfather." She revealed, causing Devin to look at her in total shock.
"Seriously?!" The boy gasped, causing her to nod.
"I think one trait we have in common is that we both have grey skin." The girl told him, she then got a moist towelette out of her pocket and wiped her mouth with it, revealing that underneath her usual lipstick, her lips were naturally blue. "And blue lips." She added.
"Did the rest of your brothers know about this?" The metal mutant asked.
"No, we only knew that one of our ancestors was from Egypt on our dad's side, but we never knew what his name was." Roxy replied, shaking her head.
"Well… This complicates things drastically." The youngest Shirakumo child muttered before shaking his head. "Whatever. Let's just enjoy our walk for now." He said.
"Thanks, Devin." His girlfriend smiled as she leaned up and kissed him on the cheek.
(Elsewhere)
Johan and Bast were now right in the middle of grabbing something at the same Gaza restaurant they had gone to before, the catwoman using this time to spend time with her friend and, of course, get ready for a big exam she had in her med class.
"I hope you're ready for that exam. I hear the medical types are pretty tough in certain areas." The green eyed man told his friend.
"I've been studying pretty much all month, I think I'll be fine." She told him before she put her books away and then decided to eat what she had ordered.
Johan nodded before he started tapping his foot. "Hey… Bast?" He asked her as she looked up at him from her Shawarma.
"Yeah?" She responded.
"I've been wondering about this for a while now but do you think that after you finish your classes, we could have our next 'outing' turn into… A date?" He asked her slightly nervously. The Gazan catwoman looked at him in surprise at his question before she gave him a warm smile.
"I'd love that." She replied, causing him to look at her with wide eyes before smiling back at her.
"Okay, then. Looks like we have a plan." He nodded while he did a German dance in his head out of happiness.
(Elsewhere)
In the streets of New York, Laura was walking around and looking around. Ever since she was finally able to be free from HYDRA, she had spent that time exploring her surroundings.
As she did, she caught the scent of something delicious. Deciding to follow it she found herself reaching Stan's Hotdog stand.
"Hi, can I get one of those, please?" She asked the man politely as Logan walked up next to her.
"Heh, o' course ya can. What do ya want on it?" Stan asked with a smile.
"Um…" She said as she looked at the options. She then decided to go with a hotdog with chili, sauerkraut, and lastly some onions and mustard. "I'll take the Brooklyn dog." She told him.
"I'll pay for it, too." Logan inputted. Stan nodded before he began throwing the requested order together.
"I thought you were going to spend some time with Chelsea today?" Laura asked as her food was prepared.
"She said she wasn't feeling well so she decided to stay at the Institute." He explained. When Stan handed Laura her hotdog, the green eyed girl almost jumped out of her skin when Spider-Man suddenly appeared behind Stan.
"Hey, Stan. What's up?" The web linger greeted.
"Not much Spidey, what about you?" The man asked as he started making the neighborhood hero his usual.
"Eh, I just got finished stopping the Shocker from robbing the bank again. I tell you, once you've done this superhero thing long enough, it gets really boring." He shrugged before he noticed Logan and Laura. "Hey Logan, who's the new kid?" He asked.
"Hey spidey. New kid's my daughter, and I'm showing her the sights." The scraggly mutant explained, getting an unseen look of surprise from Spider-Man.
"Really?" The boy asked as he looked Laura over, who gave him a 'don't interrupt me while I'm eating' look before nodding. "Yeah, I see the resemblance." He nodded as he took his hotdog and pulled up his mask so he could eat it.
"How old are you, anyway? You sound like you're around my age." Laura asked as she ate half of her hotdog.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, well… I'll actually be turning sixteen in a couple weeks." The boy explained nervously, and with a bit of embarrassment.
Laura nodded as she sniffed the air to make sure he wasn't lying. When she concluded that he wasn't, she decided that he was most likely trustworthy. After all, if Logan could trust him, why can't she?
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Spider-Man." Laura told him with an impromptu smile Kitty helped her with for social interactions.
"You too, Laura." The boy said, scratching the back of his neck nervously, a slight blush creeping its way onto his face underneath his mask. Logan took note of this. He was going to have to keep an eye on these two from now on.
(Elsewhere)
At a hospital outside of Bayville, Marcus was visiting the still comatose Carol Danvers with Rogue, and was dropping off a few small things to have for when she woke up.
"I'll be sure to tell the rest of the group you're hanging in there, don't worry." The man told the unconscious woman.
"And for what it's worth, Ah'm sorry about getting you in this mess in the first place." Rogue apologized sadly.
Though unseen to the two, Carol heard both of them, and she was slowly trying to forgive and forget what happened as her body and mind continued to recover.
(Elsewhere)
Romano was taking a break in the garage with Katerina while the German American woman brought them both a beer.
"So you haven't been in a serious relationship your entire life, just a bunch of one night stands and gangbangs?" The man asked.
"That's pretty much the gist of it. Kinda hard to maintain an actual relationship when you're a mutant in the shape of an Old One." The woman shrugged.
"I kinda figured it was because of your work at SHIELD." Romano shrugged.
"That too." Katerina nodded. The duo toasted before downing their beverages. Romano stopped drinking before he started thinking.
"So would you ever consider entering a relationship with someone? Just out of curiosity." He asked. "I mean would that actually be something you'd wanna do?"
The German American hummed thoughtfully before she turned to Romano. "You offering?" She asked.
"Well, not exactly, but I mean we've known each other for what, four months? I wouldn't see the harm in going on one date to see how things go." The light controlling mutant shrugged.
"When should we have our date, then?" The younger Sever sibling asked.
"Well, we have some extra downtime, so why not sometime this week?" He suggested.
"Sounds good to me." She smiled.
(Elsewhere)
In the bathroom of one of the personal rooms, Chelsea sat on the toilet with a white bar shaped device in her hand and looked at it in shock and disbelief.
"No… No way, it can't be…" She said as she looked at the device in her hands. What was the device? A pregnancy test. And what were the results of said test? They were positive. "... I'm… pregnant." She said to herself in shock as she dropped the test on the floor with a clicking sound.
The question that was in her mind now was, what was she going to do about it?
Dragon Emperor0: Uh Oh, looks like Chelsea's biggest fear has just been realized… I really hope she doesn't do anything rash.
ThermalsniperN7: Yeah. This is a pretty sensitive situation here, and she needs to be really careful… But I have a feeling that her fear will make her act out.
Dragon Emperor0: Which means that Gavin and the others will have to make an intervention. This is it people, the moment that will make or break Chels's relationships with everyone she's come to care about and love! Let's hope that everything works out. Then after that, comes the Day of Reckoning we've all been dreading…
ThermalsniperN7: And it's gonna be something else. See you guys next time.