Toad Tower Blues

Sasha Waybright was bored, annoyed and hungry. Wherever they were, wifi did not exist, cleanliness was clearly not a priority and the only food they gave her was a sloppy gruel made from insects.

Luckily, Captain Grime had decided she and the laser boy weren't going anywhere, so she only had one leg chained and could at least do some exercise as she tried to make sense of what had happened.

Said laser boy, Lucas, was counting/singing '99 bottles of pop' to pass the time. He was already up to 24.

"Will you shut up and let some of us try and enjoy solitary confinement?" She snapped.

"What ya going to do if I don't?" Lucas responded with a knowing smirk.

"Oh, lay off! I'm having a rough day." Sasha groaned after a moment of thought.

"Oh, YOU'RE having it rough?" Lucas snapped. "I landed smack dab here two hours before you showed up and they only hung me up the right-side this morning!"

"Says the guy who could've busted out whenever he wanted." Sasha retorted.

"Like I told Grime; I don't know where we are or where I would go…." Lucas reminded her, the sighed and looked away. "And then there's you."

"What's your problem with me, anyways?" Sasha asked. "What, not a fan of blondes?"

"Problem's not with you, Waybright." Lucas clarified. "It's with your old man: The second coming of Graydon Creed."

A moment of silence overtook the room before Sasha groaned. Of course, her father was the cause.

"Guessing you're a mutant?"

"What did you think?"

"Hey, with all the superheroes and supervillains popping up, anyone can get anything." Sasha retorted.

"…Out of curiosity, what did you think happened if I wasn't a mutant?" Lucas asked in genuine curiosity and delighting when Sasha found herself on the spot.

"I-I dunno…" She thought aloud. "Maybe…you got into an accident, the only eye donors were mutants or something, or one of them is Odin's missing eye…"

"…Huh. Actually? Those'd be pretty good origins." Lucas admitted. "Not bad for a…"

"You say blonde and I WILL find a way to out of this cell and kick your butt." Sasha cut in. "Sides, my friends are huge manga and comic nerds, you pick up a thing or two."

"…I was going to say cheerleader." Lucas responded.

"What, got a thing against those?" Sasha asked.

"No, not really." Lucas admitted. "Just thought your kind was above such stuff."

Her kind?

HER KIND?!

HE HAD THE AUDACITY TO…?!

"Hey buddy!" Sasha snapped. "You know the golden rule, right? Cause that attitude ain't helping make me like you."

"Why WOULD I like the daughter of a racist moron?" Lucas added.

"Hey, I hate him too!" Sasha remarked. "Only good thing he's ever done since becoming party leader is make sure mom gets child support! Well, that Molly Joe, but…"

Lucas had the sense to breathe and look shameful.

"…I'm sorry. Really. I…I shouldn't have…"

"Yeah, but…I understand." Sasha said. "Honestly, kind of nice to just…actually KNOW and talk to ano….ther…crud.

She'd spoken too soon. Suddenly, it then all clicked to Lucas.

"….Oh my…You're one of us?"

Seeing no reason to hide this and knowing he'd probably pester until he saw it, Sasha sighed and relaxed, her hair suddenly turning from blond to blackish brown.

"That is all I can do." She admitted. "Still: Daddy wasn't exactly understanding that his own daughter was what he got rich off of hating. Mom and Sven at least don't care…shame Keith and Lance flip-flop."

"…I assume those're your stepbrothers?"

Sasha smirked.

"I get along way better with MJ." She remarked. "Sweet, adorable, actually uses her head…Besides, dad lost custody of her to grandpa, so she's safe."

Lucas smiled at that.

"Well then, Sasha Waybright? Permit me the offer of becoming a friend? At least we find ours and get out of here?"

"…If I could leave? I'd shake your hand." Sasha remarked.

"…I COULD try and join you, but…boy…cute girl…"

"Oh, so NOW you think I'm cute?" Sasha teased, delighting in Lucas tensing and shutting up. After a laugh, she tried to make conversation with a simple question: "You got siblings?"

"Two brothers, who were with me before we landed here; Danny and Tony." Lucas smiled warmly before his smile vanished. "…There used to be more of us…."

The cells went deadly quiet at that, the only sound being Sasha's hair turning to its true brown hue.

TO BE CONTINUED….

Going to be evil and leave it there.

X-Men fans? Be honest; you are probably less surprised than you should be; Mr. Sinister is not exactly known for his caring nature.

And now, once again and with more clear instructions, I leave the door open for fan-created OC mutant siblings for our trio. They will show up both in flashbacks for sure, possibly in the current time as well (still working that out).

The rules for any OC in this that they need to have at least one canonical X-Men 'parent', preferably one who has appeared in the movies but if not we can make it work, as well as having a fitting code name tied to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round table.

(Before you ask, yes, these are going to be plot relevant, especially in season three/flashbacks)

You can go nuts on monster suggestions, no rules on those aside from mentioning the episode you'd like to see them in. If you're willing, I'll happy co-write said episodes with you. We DO already have plans for at three separate Wendigo episodes, but like I said, anything else is fair game.

On the Amphibia side of things; yes, this is a story were Sasha's father is the 'bad' parent. I've done it with her mother in 'Owlphibia' so now we're even. And the additional drama of being a mutant when her father is, as Lucas said, the second coming of Graydon Creed? Me thinks perhaps that drama has led to some of Sasha's…issues?

Next time, we return to Anne, Danny and the Plantars!