Neb: I do not own X Men Evolution

"Ow my head, what the hell happened," Ricky wondered as he woke up in the clinic room.

"Rogue's powers, I told you about that before," Avalanche replied as he laid back on a chair.

"Did you wait this whole time for me, I'm touched," Vibrant smiled.

"Yea right, more like used you as an excuse to ditch class," Avalanche laughed.

"Glad to see your up Vibrant," Mystique spoke up as she entered the room in her principle form. "They wanted you to be in the hospital, but I knew it wasn't that serious."

"Where is Rogue," Vibrant asked.

"She is dealing with your memories right now, apparently you've seen a lot of action as a kid," she explained.

"Yea, well have you ever had your parents stick a Shotgun in your face," Vibrant replied.

"Of course I have, it happened alot to older generations of mutants and it was rare to the younger ones," Mystique explained.

"Rare to us, no my life was pretty rough also, my parents couldn't stand me," Avalanche laughed.

"They didn't shoot at you or force you to use your powers to break into places," Vibrant spoke up. Avalanche stayed quite after that until Mystique became angry.

"I thought you were suppose to be in class, get out!" Avalanche booked it out of the room.

"Now you head to class to and if anyone asks, that was normal for you and you forgot to take vitamins that help prevent that."

"Alright then, thanks for the talk," Vibrant smiled. He got out of bed and headed for his next class until he saw Rogue outside waiting for him. "Rogue, pleasant day isn't it."

"Your nuts to beh smiling at meh now after what ah did," she responded. "Summers it the one you should be smiling at, he helped you when you were knocked out."

"I know, what a shift in character for him, do you have a thing for him by the way," Vibrant asked.

"Ah don't have anything for Summers," she growled.

"Excellent, then lets get a bite to eat after school, just you and me," he smiled.

"Why would you want to do that," she asked suspiciously.

"Cause you know everything about me and I hardly know anything about you silly," he smiled.

"Stop smiling at everything, that's so weird," she responded.

"I know, I'm a weird person, but just put up with it for one burger," he asked.

"Fine, just one and that's it," she decided.

"Excellent, can't wait," he smiled causing her to get angry.

"Stop smiling!"

"I can't it's the only comfort I have left in life," he grinned before walking into class.

"Ricky, are you OK," one of the girls in the room asked.

"I'm fine, I'm fine, just forgot to take some vitamins."

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Later that day Rogue and Ricky had both spent the day at a burger shop out of town. The reason why it was out of town was so the other Brotherhood members wouldn't drop by and make fun of them.

"So Rogue, what kind of music do you listen to," Vibrant asked.

"Rock, Metal, a few other genres I wouldn't say in public," she replied while drinking a chocolate milk shake. "What is yours?"

"I like some songs from metal, not a whole lot. Rock yes, but I've always been more of a Jazz fan."

"Jazz? Really?"

"Why, Jazz isn't so bad," he smiled.

"A lot of people are into more pop music," she replied.

"I'm not most people," he grinned. "I do like pop, but Jazz is my jam."

"Different from the crowd, Ricky you surprise me."

"How so?"

"Well after everything in your life you put up with, you're actually listening to music and try to act normal, how do you do it," she asked.

"My second dad taught me how to get over things like that, he said that the past was trivial and we just have to keep moving forward with a smile on our faces." Ricky smiled to himself and then looked up at Rogue. "He then abandoned me after the biggest heist we were going to pull on a museum. I felt devastated as I waited at the foster home once more, but then it clicked. He did teach me what I should do when he abandons me, so I kept that smile on my face."

"Great story then, I'm sorry about what happened to you," Rogue smiled.

"Don't worry about it, I'm just happy someone who seen what I've seen helped me deal with it, even if it was from a memory snatching ability," Ricky grinned. "I'll pay for this dinner,and next time you want to have something to eat, I'll be waiting."

"Ah'd like that," Rogue smiled. Ricky grinned again when he though he was suppose to lean in closer and kiss her, but then he stopped when he realized what that would do. "Ah new you couldn't possibly understand how ah feel, no one does," She cried before running out of the burger shop.

"Rogue wait, I'm sorry, I forgot," Ricky yelled after her. "Dammit!" Vibrant got up and saw her drive off in the car back to the Brotherhood house. "Well, looks like I'm walking." As he began walking home he came to realization. "I don't understand her, she understands me cause she seen what I've been through but our pains are different, she's closer to Summers actually with the power to hurt people they go near if they lose the glasses and gloves." He smiled as an Idea popped in his head. He turned towards a cat and smiled at it as it watched him. He knew it was Mystique, he could feel her following them as soon as they got in the car and left. He wasn't sure why she was spying on them, but he didn't care. "I have an Idea," he said to the cat. "One that will get the leader of the X men on our side."

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Vibrant sat in front of a fire place watching it as Mystique walked in the room. It was around twelve when he finally got home and she had her eyebrow raised questioningly at him.

"How do we get the leader on our side," she asked.

"Romance between two people with similar scenarios should do it," he responded as he stared at the fire. He felt the particles that moved from withing the fire, bouncing around faster and faster as the flames flickered. He lifted his hand in the air and felt the particles above it. He began making them vibrate and then move back and forth faster and faster until fire was over top of his hand. He kept the fire in the air above his hand so he wouldn't get burned.

"Your powers are growing," she responded.

"Yea, who would have thought," he smiled. "When Summers is on our side, the moral of the X men will lower and Rogue gets to be happy, he gets to be happy, they get to be miserable and the Brotherhood wins."