Maria sighed as she rubbed her throat. The battle was hard on her and the other Caras. They were lucky that the X-Men had frightened them off.
Jonas was lying on the ground. "You worried us." Maria spoke up.
"You attacked Ryan!" Leilee yelled out.
"I better go." Maria said as she turned invisible again. "I'll go and see how's the others going. I heard we got a couple of new members."
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Logan and Jamar were headed down to the medlab when Logan heard Leilee yell at Jonas./ What is Jonas doing outside?/ He thought. He turned to Jamar and said,"Jonas is outside. It might be bad. You wanna help?"
"Yeah. He's probably upset about Sammi. Let's go." Jamar said as they headed out the door.
They got to the forest and saw Leilee about to attack Jonas who was still on the ground in shock.
"What's going on?" Logan asked as Jamar helped Jonas up.
"HE ATTACKED RYAN!!" Leilee yelled at Logan.
"Don't yell, kid. I'm standing right here. And from what I hear this Ryan was the red dragon. And if she was then SHE attacked first, the other day and after she delt with Jonas she moved on to Sammi. So today when she showed up, He was protecting, not attacking." Logan said looking right at Leilee. Leilee just stood there opened mouth.
"You don't have anything to say about that do you? He was protecting his territory, and not just Sammi. Us, You and the house. So if your going to yell at him, do it later. Because right now he has to be in the Medlab in case Sammi wakes up."
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Leilee turned bright red as her eyes filled with tears. "DAMNIT JONAS! When you threw your DAMN hissy fit, you hit the wall, and you destroyed the Danger Room controls! I had that F***ing b***h Mystique locked in there under special code! But since you destroyed the f***ing controls, The doors opened and she GOT OUT!!!!I actually caught her by MYSELF when she was in SABRETOOTH'S FORM! I was scared $#!+less. She was going to KILL ME! But I captured her and we could have found out what the bad guys PLAN WAS!" The tears were pouring down her face as she turned and ran off towards the Mansion.
Remy turned to go after her as the others stayed, staring either after her or at him.
Leilee
Maria walked in and fell asleep on the corner of the couch. Teb and Angelo walked in and sat down and turned on the tv. The tv woke up Maria, who had turned herself invisible. she figured this girl with Ange was one of the new visitor. she made herself visible.
"Hi."
"WHAT THE FU**" Teb screamed and jumped up.
"Oh, sorry bout that, I forgot I made myself invisible."
Teb stood there with her mouth wide open. she looked at Angelo who was laughing at her. She made a mental note that she would have to get him back for that. Teb sat back down and introduced herself. She hated being so polite with everyone. That’s why she never leaves Angelo’s side, he’s the only one she really connects with here.
/And he’s cute, too./ she though with a grin.
"What are you smiling about chica?" Ange asked and snapped Teb back into reality.
"Uhhh... nothing..." she said and blushed.
Maria smiled a knowing smile.
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By this time, Leilee was stuffing shirts, shorts, pants, blanket and other necessities into a bag. Next to her was another bag filled with food and supplies for someone who was going to be away from civilization for a while. Tears were running down her face and she felt like she was going to hit something. Or someone. She had to get out. She picked up her bags, unlocked the door, and walked right into Remy's chest.
"Excuse me, she muttered, trying to step around him.
"Non, chere. I can't do that."
"Fine." She turned and walked back into her room, locking the door behind her.
As she settled on the bed, the door opened and Remy walked in. "WE have to talk."
Leilee
Remy strode over to the side of the bed; his red eyes flashing angrily as he looked down at her...Leilee had never seen him so angry. It was making her angry. She opened her mouth to speak, to tell him to take a hike, but he put a finger to her lips to silence her.
"I know you're hurt, angry, and afraid, but this isn't just about you, you're not in this alone...there are ten other people out there who are in the very same boat that you are...lost, alone, angry, hurt and afraid; just trying to make it in a world where no-one knows the rules." Gambit said, sharply.
Then his eyes softened.
"Running away when things are bad, doesn't help...it just makes it harder to go back...harder to face what your running from. Stay and face the pain. Don't let it chase you away. Stay here and face it with me...I am always here for you...don't run from me."
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Leilee stared at him. Most people would leave her the hell alone in this state, because she had a tendency to throw things, but dammit, he was just too cute to hit.
"I wasn't running away. I was.....separating myself from the others for their own safety. I was NOT pouting."
Remy just looked at her.
She sighed. "Ok. I was pouting. I do it when I get upset."
Remy still stared at her.
"You want me to explain myself, don't you?"
Remy nodded.
Leilee rolled her eyes. "Ok. I'll spill. I didn't mean to go atom bomb on Jonas, I was just really upset, you know? I mean, I'm nearly killed by tall blonde and smelly, I don't sleep all night, because I keep seeing him when I close my eyes, then, I see you in the hallway, but it turns out it's not you, it's Mystique, and I confront her, and she turns into HIM, and tries to kill me, and I actually knock her out and capture her, only to have Jonas let her out in a tantrum and I know it was an accident, but It just pisses me off, and I'm not making any sense, Am I?"
Remy smiled. "It's ok, chere," he murmured as he kissed her forehead.
"I guess It's time for me to go apologize, right?"
"That's a start, petite. That's a start."
As the two walked out, Leilee said, "You realize when you get really mad, you don't speak in the third person anymore, right?"
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As Leilee said that, Gambit just smiled, and linked arms with her...they walked down the hallway arm in arm.
*****
~Medlab~
Rogue and Beast helped Jonas back inside to the medlab. Jonas's dragon healing factor was doing a better job of healing Jonas than anything Beast could give him; Beast decided to leave Jonas unhooked from the I.V., but he cautioned Jonas to stay in bed for another day.
Jonas laid back in bed, and closed his eyes; relieved that he didn't have to face anymore needles...he would've thrown everyone out of the room if they had tried that again.
*****
~Kitchen~
After the battle, the four Caras that were outside had merged into one Cara...but was still seperate from the Cara in the medlab. When Jonas threw his temper tantrum, the inside Cara followed him...and met up with the Cara who was outside...they merged back into one Cara.
After Beast and Rogue helped Jonas inside, Cara took Athena by the arm and led her inside to the kitchen...they both had bumps on the back of their heads the size of goose-eggs from being slammed into the wall by Sabertooth; Cara was feeling absolutely lousy.
Athena sat down at the kitchen table, watching Cara as she worked. Cara fixed up a couple of ice sacks and handed one to Athena, then she got the bottle of aspirin and a couple of glasses of water. Then she sat down at the table.
"Okay...our conversation about the party got interrupted by Sabertooth...let's pick up where we left off." Cara said as she opened the bottle of aspirin.
~All available X-Men and....others please report to the war room immediately for debriefing.~ the Professor sent a telepathic message on the mind link.
Both Cara and Athena groaned, threw the aspirin into their mouths and took off at a run.
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Teb and Angelo groaned. Those lazy bums.
"Aw, come on guys, maybe it’s good news." Maria said and jumped up.
Teb and Angelo dragged themselves after Maria to the war room.
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The Professor sat in his hover chair, looking around at the newly rebuilt war room. It hadn't taken very long to rebuild...they'd had a lot of practice.
As the members of both teams began to trickle in, the Professor moved his hover chair to the head of the round table. Amanda walked in; neither she nor the Professor could look at one another. They just sort of looked at everything else but each other.
/This is going to be a rather trying meeting.../ they both thought to themselves. They both kept their minds closed to one another as well.
When the last of the members from both teams that could still walk arrived, the Professor looked around at the inhabitants of the room.
"First order of business," the Professor said, "The danger room controls have been severely damaged...all training must be done outside until we can get it repaired. Also, everyone must help clean up the grounds...they have been severely damaged as well by the battle."
All the occupants of the room groaned...the Professor gave them a look, and everyone shut up.
He turned to Amanda.
"Amanda, your team handled themselves rather well during battle, but they still need a lot of work...and more discipline," he said, as he thought of Jonas's hand in Ryan's near death, and the damaged medlab.
*****
Rainfall
~Medlab~
Jonas groaned and turned on his side, ignoring the stabbing pain. "Call me Kid again, I’ll show you."
He took a careful breath and felt more pain. "Damn, I can't even breathe right." he said and opened his eyes.
"You get used to the pain." Logan said and rested back looking amused.
Jonas looked up at him, rather irritated by the statement. "Pain? Been there, done that... I have felt more pain then you may think in my life."
He rested back on to the bed. "I may not be close to your pain, but I don't need a lecture about it."
"Was not about to give you one, Rogue told me about some of that stuff." Logan said and stood up and started to walk over to Sammi.
"Rogue? What does she know?" Jonas asked puzzled, watching him as he walked over to Sammi.
Logan pointed to his eye. "Ye saw the bruise on her eye, ye did that. No glove, full body contact... only for a second but..."
"That’s why I was so damn dizzy." Jonas asked concerned.
"Probably." Logan said and pulled a blanket up over Sammi.
"She is really going to be alright, isn’t she?" Jonas asked and pulled himself up on his elbow.
"Yeah, Blue said so, for his sake he better be right." Logan said pulling up a chair to sit closer to Sammi.
"Do you think we will find Creed?" Jonas asked his eyes suddenly turned serious.
Logan looked back in to his cold eyes. "Ye plan on going one on one with him."
Jonas rested back and closed his eyes. "No, I’m planing to kill him." he said cold. "Adamantium or not, Victor Creed is going to die for this."
"Listen, Creed is a killer, a murdering bastard, he don’t have one thing that I would let him live for. But ye don't hunt down and kill... not even him."
Logan stood up, looking at Jonas who was still laying down eyes closed. "Yer not like Creed are you? you let Ryan live... yer no killer you could not even kill when yer instincts was telling you too, that is not weakness... THAT is a strength."
Logan looked down at the floor. "A strength I wish I had at times."
Jonas felt a little stupid, Logan was right he could maybe kill in self-defense, but in cold blood, no.
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~War Room~
"Discipline?" Maria asked in confusion.
"Yes. All of you still need to work with your powers." Xavier said calmly. "I noticed what you did in the battle. Trying to combat a group of mutants by yourself is courageous but very impulsive."
"I had to do what I had to do." Maria replied, "Besides, my invisibility could protect me."
"Sabertooth could've mauled you in a second. Even with the sonic scream." Scott said, "You should've wait for the others."
"Yes sir." Maria said as she looked down in shame. She began to turn transparent as she faded away.
"Are you still there?" Amanda asked as she waved her hand over Maria's seat.
"Yeah. Go on."
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~Medlab~
Jamar walked into the medlab. He saw Logan and Jonas and asked,"Is she up yet?"
"No, and probably not for a few more hours." Logan said as he walked over to him. Jamar sat down in the chair and looked at the IV that ran into her hand and said,"She's not going to like that you know. She hates needles."
"So do I." Jonas said as he walked over to where Jamar and Logan were. "When I first got here and Hank wanted a blood sample, I freaked. Then She dropped in and landed on Hank. She bought me sometime, but not enough. When Hank said he wouldn't let me leave without one, she said she had a way to kinda get over my fear." Jonas sat down in another chair and continued, "She had me watch her eyes and then she flashed me."Jonas chuckled at the memory.
"She what? That's it she's grounded." Logan said looking at Sammi.
"Don't be mad at her, Logan. She did the same thing for me when we were kids. She uses the element of surprise a lot." Jamar said.
Jonas picked up her hand and held it his and said," I know." He felt a gentle and weak squeeze from her hand. " I think she waking up. She just squeezed my hand.
Logan looked up at her closed eyes and saw movement under her lids, and then they slowly opened.
"You all really need to learn about volume control." Sammi said as she blinked her eyes.
Logan started laughing. "If your the teacher, can Jubilee join the class?"
"Not a good idea. I might throw her in the lake again." Sammi said with a half smile.
Jonas got up and leaned over her and said, "Promise me you won't do that again."
"I'll try." Sammi said with a half smile again.
"I guess I can work with that." Jons said as he leaned down and kissed her. When He got up she said," Tell me the good news. Someone finally got Creed declawed."
"'Fraid not, darlin'." Logan said with a smile. He was happy she seemed back to her old self.
"Shoot." She said,"What about the others are they OK?"
"Yeah. They’re fine. And I think you need more rest. I do, too." Jonas said as he got up on the bed next to her.
"We're going to get something to eat. We'll bring something down later for you two. Come on Jamar." Logan said as he left.
Jamar got up and started walking towards the door and turned around and said,"I've been quiet til now. If you ever do that again, I'll kill you personally. Got that, sis?"
"Sure. Fine. Whatever you say big brother." Sammi said sarcastically.
Jamar turned and followed Logan upstairs. When they were out of earshot Sammi asked," How are you, really?"
"I freaked a little when I woke up but I'm great now that you up. I was worried. I was afraid I was going to loose you." Jonas said turning his head towards her.
"Good." Sammi said.
"What do you mean "good"?" Jonas asked.
"Now, you know how I felt when I smelled your blood for the second time. I don't know what I would do if I lost you, and that scares me."
"I know what you mean. It scares me, too. Well, we need to get some rest or Hank is going to skin both of us." Jonas said with a smirk.
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~War Room~
Amanda watched as Maria faded from sight, and began to grow so angry she saw red. Who did Xavier think he was? Not only have they been doing well as a team, they had to save themselves half the time because the big bad X-men hadn't been much help. Amanda's temper had reached well beyond the boiling point and almost everyone could sense it because she hadn’t bothered to hide it. Maria had stopped fading and had returned to see the anger on Amanda's face. She knew it wasn't going to be pretty.
"HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT !" exclaimed Amanda whose voice had become cold and very unlike her own.
Charles looked stunned. He could not believe the anger he was sensing from her. She was radiating with it. He had a feeling that he had unleashed something he shouldn't have. Despite it, he had to admit she was beautiful when she was angry.
"I cannot believe you have the nerve to berate us for doing something that any X-Man would have done. I admit we don't have your years of experience of getting beat up, chased by Sentinels, manhandled by Magneto, and having our house be blown up more times then the Bulls win the championship, but we know how to save our friends. We handled the situation the same way any of you would have. I mean it isn't like any of you think about what could happen before you try to rescue anyone. I mean it was your bright idea to wipe Magneto's mind. Look what came about from that lovely decision, Onslaught!"
Charles faced had gone pale right from the mention of it. He felt shocked that she knew about it. What else did she know? His confusion started to fade, being replaced by his own anger. She had no idea what she was talking about. The X-men were only trying to help them.
"Really, Xavier. How many of my people have been hurt? Where was the help then? We protected ourselves, our friends, and your X-men. So don't get angry or superior to me. And don't you dare insult my team again or I'll show you what it feels like to have someone erase your mind, because anything you could do I can do better."
With that Amanda left the room leaving awake of silence in the house.
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Teb and Angelo looked at each other.
"Whoa..." Teb said sarcastically, "I like her." she smiled.
Xavier glared at her.
"Heh...heh...hmpf..."
"You may go." said Xavier.
Teb hightailed it outta the room, Xavier gave her the creeps.
“Chica, wait up, where are you going?"
"I was going to change clothes. These are all dirty from cleaning in."
"Ok chica, I’ll see you later."
Teb showered and got dressed, she put on some more of Anges baggy pants, but this time she opted for a wife beater. it was a nice day. she walked down the stairs and jumped over the back of the couch onto Ange's legs.
"Ouch, why hello chica.....whoa chick!"
"What?"
"Nada."
"Whatever." Teb said and pulled her red hair into a pony tail and watched tv with Angelo.
The two watched a re-run of Punky Brewster and then Charles in Charge and fell asleep.
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~War Room~
After the debriefing, Cara stayed behind to talk to Xavier.
"Professor?" she asked tentatively.
Xavier looked up from what he was doing...and looked at Cara with slight irritation on his face. Cara gulped; she knew this was bad timing, but she had to do it anyway.
"Professor, I know this is bad timing, but I need to ask you...could we have a party?" Cara asked nervously.
The Professor raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Cara went on, before Xavier could say anything.
"There really wasn't a better time to ask you, after all, we've had a battle every other day since we got here...but that's kind of usual for the X-Men, and you all still get out once in a while, and try to relax. Everyone has been extremely stressed out lately...I think that a party would help everyone... Athena does catering, she's really good. We all could pitch in, and you wouldn't be bothered... Please Professor, May we have a party?" Cara finished... she had on her earnest puppy dog face, which few people could resist.
Xavier was no exception... plus he was very tired, and he knew that Cara probably wouldn't let up on him until he said yes, so.....
"Alright Cara, you may have a party..." anything else that he might have said was interrupted by a sudden shout from Cara.
"YIPPEE!!!" she shouted, and grabbed Xavier in a bear hug...she ran out of the room leaving a very surprised and shocked Xavier behind.
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==Sabretooth's safe house, next morning. == “So where is this wonderful breakfast you promised me.” Ryan woke up feeling slightly better then she did the day before. She still didn’t feel like running a marathon but that was left for another time. Ryan tried to get up to see what Victor was doing but fell back to the bed in pain.
“Don’t try to get up yet frail, you're still injured pretty bad.” Victor said walking over to her and fluffing the pillow for her so she would be a little more comfortable. Once again he wanted to laugh at the mental image of him being domestic. HE was making breakfast and fluffing this girl’s pillow. When did he become such a wuss?
“What are you smiling at?” Ryan teased.
“You’ve turned me into a pussycat. I would never do something like this for anyone before.”
“Then my job is done here… I can go home now.”
“The hell you can. I still owe you breakfast. How does deer bladder on sourdough bread sound?”
“Really gross.” Ryan said as her face echoed the comment.
“Good leaves more for me then. I’ll make you some strawberry pancakes then.”
With that Victor got up and walked to the kitchen to begin breakfast. Once again he laughed at himself being domestic. “I don’t know how long this will last but I guess I can enjoy while it’s here” He murmured to himself.
Le Fae
~Safe House, Later~
“You mean to tell me you have never….” Ryan let the sentence trail off in disbelief. She could not believe what she was hearing.
“Never. Why do I look like someone who would?” Victor said smiling. He had made her breakfast and had begun discussing both their pasts.
“I just find it hard to believe. I would have thought that maybe when you were a kid you would have watched it.”
“When I was a kid Frail Scooby Doo wasn’t on… and I didn’t get to watch many cartoons.” Victor said the last part low and Ryan barely heard it.
“Why not?” Ryan asked him looking concerned.
“I don’t want to talk about it frail.” Victor growled as a warning to lay off the subject.
“Alright I don’t need a truck to fall on me to take a hint… I get the picture. So how old are you by the way? You don’t look old.” Ryan said trying to change the subject. She knew that she could push Victor farther then most people but she still had to be careful around him.
“Older then you think I am. I have a son who is older then you.”
“Gross, you pervert! What are you doing with a kid like me?” Ryan said teasing him.
“Having a mid life crisis. What are you doing with an old fart like me?”
“I always liked older men.”
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==X-Mansion, In the medlab== Sammi woke up. She just wasn't tired anymore and she didn't hurt that much. She looked around and saw Jonas sleeping. /I'm hungry. I need food./ She thought as she sat up, that's when she noticed the IV. /I’m gonna shave Hank for this./ She thought as she took it out. She got out of bed and walked quietly to the door. She grabbed Hank's lab coat as she walked out. Outside the door she put it on, and thought,/I hate hospital gowns./
She walked in to the living room and saw Angelo and Teb sleeping. She was sitting on his lap and in their sleeping stat their heads had ended up only a few inches away from each other.
Sammi couldn't resist,"How cute." She said and woke Angelo up. He looked at her and blushed.
Sammi nodded towards the kitchen and started to walk that way. She opened the door and said,"Mac and Cheese? Bobby must have cooked." She grabbed the bowl and took it to the counter as Angelo walked in.
"What are you doing out of bed?" He asked as he came up to her.
"I was hungry. Besides, I wasn't tired anymore." She said as she made herself a bowl."You want some?"
"No I had enough before. You want some coffee, chica? I'm making." He said as he started to make the coffee.
"Sure."
After everything was done they sat at the table and talked.
"So, you really like her, don't ya?" Sammi asked watching Angelo's eyes glaze over for a moment.
"Si."
"Then I'm going to give you some advice. Go for it. Tell her. We don't know how long we are going to be here. Carpe Deum. Got it?" Sammi said pointing her finger at him.
"Maybe I should." Angelo said as he thought it over.
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Jonas snapped his eyes opened, breathing heavy... it had been a nightmare.
He felt rested turned over on his side... and almost freaked "SAMMI!"
Jonas jumped out of bed and put his hand on where Sammi had been sleeping. It was still warm.
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Sammi sat and was drinking some of Angelo's coffee when the door slammed opened, revealing Jonas, looking a mixture of concern and anger.
Also dressed only in his lower uniform...
Sammi turned around. "Good morning."
"You are supposed to be resting, remember?" Jonas said looking pleadingly at her.
"I don't like that place, besides I feel fine." Sammi lifted her cup of coffee. "Want some?"
Jonas sighed and dropped on a chair. "No, I don't drink Coffee... don't scare me like that please."
Sammi only smiled and turned back to her coffee.
"You missed the big Amanda and Xavier thing on the debriefing." Angelo said "Never heard any one talk back to baldy that way."
"Amanda... Xavier?" Sammi and Jonas said at the same time.
"Yep, Xavier was rather mad at that fight I figure, and the other stuff around here, guess she didn't like him hacking on you guys."
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Leilee walked in, yawning. She had changed into her PJs, which consisted of some black boxers and a white tank that said, "Boys are great. Every girl should own one." She walked over to the fridge and grabbed a diet pepsi, and took a deep sip.
"Mmmmm.....NutraSweet and Caffeine. There's nothing like it in the morning. Morning y'all"
Sammi smiled at her as Jonas and Angelo continued their conversation. "Good morning. How was you time with Gambit?" she asked as Leilee slid into a chair.
Leilee blushed. "Peachy. I played him at pool last night. Kicked his butt royally. Then we played blackjack for a little bit." She turned a little redder. "We fell asleep on his bed."
"Sammi grinned, but said nothing else. Leilee, finally noticing Jonas, swallowed hard and said, "Who want's breakfast? I'll make omelettes."
Everyone's eyes lit up at the prospect of real food.
As Leilee started cooking, she said casually. "Jonas? Can I talk to you for a sec?"
"Sure."
As Leilee scrambled some eggs and added milk, she took a deep breath. "I just have to say, I'm sorry. I really flew off the handle. I was really and truly out of line. Can you hand me the salt and pepper?"
As He passed her the spices, she smiled. "Thanks. But, I want to make it up to you. So, if you want, I'll get Remy to take Logan and Rouge to Harry's. This'll give you and her some time alone. If you want, of course." she said with a tenative smile.
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Maria came into the kitchen almost grinning madly.
"Maria?" Lielee asked, "What's that grin about?"
"Nothing. Just have a wonderful idea on how to practice my projected invisibility."
"Whoa!" Jonas and Angelo exclaimed as they turned red as they looked down.
"Not like that!" Maria exclaimed making sure her voice won't shatter the glass. Scott entered the room and Maria pointed to him. "Observe."
He was dressed in civilian clothes with his usual pair of shades on his face. The group of teens glanced at him. "What now?" he asked.
"Just want to see something." Maria replied as she put her hand to her temple and focused. Scott's ruby quartz glasses vanished and everyone blinked in surprise.
"Wow." Leilee muttered as they stared, "So, that's what he looks like without the shades on."
Scott put his hand to his face to feel his glasses still there only invisible. The reddish tint was gone. He looked around and got out a mirror to stare at himself.
"Say, he does look like Gambit without the glasses." Maria said smiling. "This is too cool."
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~Mansion Grounds~
"Hey, Athena! He said yes to the party!!!" Cara said excitedly as she tracked Athena down...she was outside in the garden admiring Storm's flowers.
Athena smiled...and her eyes glowed. She LOVED planning parties.
*****
~in the kitchen~
Cara and Athena walked into the kitchen, discussing the plans for the party.
Sammi, Leilee, Jonas, Maria and Scott all looked over at them...
"What Party?" they all asked at the same time.
"Xavier said that we could have a party...Oh my heck...Scott! Where's your visor?" Cara asked, surprised to actually see Scott's eyes for once.
"Maria made it invisible...Now, what about this party...When is it?" said Sammi.
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Teb woke up and first realized Angelo wasn’t there. She sat up and shuffled into the kitchen where she heard voices. She went in rubbing her eyes and saw everyone sitting around drinking coffee and eating omelets.
"TEB!" Cara exclaimed. "We’re going to have a party!"
"Ok." Teb said in shock at the very loud welcoming. She noticed Scott’s goggles were gone but figured it was better not to ask in this house. She saw Ange and Jonas, and walked over to them.
"Hey." she said and nudged Angelo to share his food.
"Hello Chica, be so kind as to let me take you to this party?" Ange asked in a dramatic tone.
"I’d love to." she said in a similar tone. "Hey, can we invite GenX? I sorta miss Jono."
"Si, I miss mi amigos too."
"The more the merrier" Cara said, she was obviously excited.
"So," Sammi said with a wicked grin on her face, "What were you two doing that tired you out like that?" she asked Teb and Angelo.
Angelo almost choked on his coffee and Teb who was obviously confused with the excitement in the kitchen said "Watching Punky Brewster."
"How romantic." Sammi said under her breath to Angelo who glared at her.
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Sammi looked up and caught the look from Angelo and decided it was time to make an exit.
"What time is it?"
"About 8:00. Why?" Scott asked confused because no one had asked what the time was before.
"8 o'clock. Sorry, I have something important to do. I want to help with the party, so let me know what you need me to do." And with that Sammi was up and walking into the living room.
She sat down and thought, /Please, let them get cartoon network here./
She was in luck and just in time for Sailor Moon. The theme song came on and she sang along with it,"Fighting evil by moonlight. Winning love by daylight. Never running from a real fight. She is the one named Sailor Moon."
Jubilee came into the room, saw Sammi watching Sailor Moon and sat on the couch next to her.
"I thought I was the only one in this house that watches this."Jubilee said singing along with Sammi.
"Nope. I love this. Its just that my cable company back home got rid of the network so I can't watch it. I really missed it." Sammi said smiling at Jubilee."Guess what? The prof said we can have a party."
"Alright. That is soo awesome." Jubilee said looking back at the TV.
Sammi did the same til she heard Jonas come in. She patted the couch next to her and He sat down. He looked at the TV and then back at Sammi and Jubilee.
"I thought you had something important to do." He said watching the cartoon.
"Sailor Moon is important. Now be nice." Sammi said smiling and kissing him on the cheek.
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The Sailor Moon song caught Teb’s ear and she ran into the living room.
"AHH this is even better then Punky Brewster!" Teb screamed.
"You like it too?" Jubilee asked.
"Heck yea, I like dragon ball z better though. I may act like a hard ass but I’m really a nerd."
The others laughed and they watched Sailor Moon.
TEB
The group was in the middle of Sailor Moon dusting off a villain with her moon wand when Amanda enter the room. The cheering group all quieted as she passed. Amanda didn't notice the stares from her group nor the X-men as she headed to the fridge to get a glass of Orange juice. In the mood she was in, everyone in a twenty mile radius would suffer the worst headache in the world if she didn't get her orange juice. Luckily there was a full carton.
With her drink in hand, Amanda headed to her group. She noticed an empty chair and sat down. She felt the eyes of everyone focus on her then dart away when they thought she noticed. It wasn't until after the cartoon was over that someone spoke to her.
"Amanda?" asked Cara.
"Yes, I know about the party and I think it's a good idea. In fact I was going to suggest that you and I go get the decorations while Jonas and Sammi clear the area so we'll have room to dance. Leliee and Maria can pick the music while everyone else works on the food. Agreed?"
Everyone nodded their heads. Amanda silently wonder if it was because they agreed with her plan or that they were afraid at what she would do if they didn’t. Amanda pondered this as she went upstairs to change.
She hadn't meant to say half the things she said, it was just that Charles had pushed the wrong buttons. She cared about her group and couldn't stand by and listen to Charles berate them. Still, she should have held her tongue especially since she realized how special he was to her. It was so typical of her to push people she cared about away. Maybe she could talk to him at the party, though he may not be to happy about the damage she had done outside. Who knew that she could create psychic weapons that could create small crators in a garden when she was upset? She really needed to control her temper.
A.C.
Leilee sat up and stretched after watching Sailor Moon. "Goddess, I love that show. I have Sailor Moon posters and manga at home. I love going into Chinatown at home and getting stuff."
The room fell silent for a minute, everyone reflecting on their family and friends left behind. Or at least, until Bobby ran in.
"DID I hear something about a party?!"
"Yup," said Sammi with a smile.
"Ohmyg**, we gotta buy an outfit for the party!" said Jubilee and she jumped up. "I don't know what to wear!"
Leilee grinned. "I have an idea. Let's do a costume party. It'll be fun especially with the Handy Dandy Sh'iar costume design kit. We'll have a prize for best costume! It'll be fun! And we can go as whoever we want!"
Leilee
Amanda and Cara had just come out of the store after getting the decorations when Cara asked her about her costume. Amanda had been informed of the idea and had thought it would be a lot of fun, for everyone else.
"I haven't thought of one. The truth is that I don't really like costumes." confessed Amanda.
"Don't like costumes, then what do you call what you wear when we're in battle?" Shouted Cara
"I call it a uniform and don't talk so loud."
"Sorry." replied Cara sheepishly.
"I don't know what to go as." replied Amanda.
"I know the perfect costume that will go with your dark hair and blue eyes."
"What?" asked Amanda cautiously.
"A genie."
"No way are you getting me into one of those small costumes." Declared Amanda.
"It will be great. I'll help with your hair and I'm sure the other girls will help."
"I thought this was going to be a contest."
"You'll be the judge, so what you wear doesn't count. I love to be creative. Besides, as our leader you have to be a good representative of us."
"Why do I have the feeling I'm being set up for something."
"You’re not. Besides, it will be fun and we'll have the advantage because you'll favor us over the X-men. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!"
"Don't try the puppy dog eye trick with me."
Cara smiled she knew she had her. Now all she had to do was set the plan into motion.
A.C.
Teb and Angelo were walking down the chip isle in the supermarket.
Teb,"all right, lets make this short and sweet. we need 2 super party bags of regular chips, pretzels with and without salt, 2 or 3 bags of tortilla chips, bbq chips, cheese puffs, chedder pop corn, regular pop corn...."
"Chill chica, I think that’s enough variety."
"No... now for dip."
Ange sighed as she threw about 5 different flavors of dip into the cart, he hated shopping for food.
"Alright, now to the veggies. We need carrots, cucumbers, celery broccoli.."
"Chica, who’s going to eat this when they have a shopping cart full of junk food?"
"Look, there’s going to be a lot of people there, many of whom are teenagers, girl teenagers, and not every girl pigs out on crap like we do."
"Oh" sighed Angelo in defeat.
The two got some other things they needed, soda and a few things they had on a list the other members had asked for and headed to the check out.
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Leilee slipped into her costume and inspected herself in the mirror. It fit well. Thank the goddess for all those years of dancing. If she wasn't this fit, she'd never be able to pull this costume off. And best of all, It'd make Remy swallow his tongue. All she needed was some help and an apple......
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