Waya Entered from the hall "Well Moonstar is gone, I guess that's all of them." She stood behind the couches where the rest of the kids where sitting. Outside teh sound of a car leaving the drive could he heard.
"How dull."
Jayden and Jaden said in unison. They rolled their eyes and leaned back against the back of the couch in one quick motion together. "Perhaps we should've..." Jaden began, followed by Jayden finishing quickly, "...put a bell on them or something."
Mime creeped into the room carefully, lifting his feet high to avoid whatever spectres he may accidentally step on. He smoothed himself an invisible chair and sat down on it daintily. He glanced at the twins and waved slightly, giving a small smile.
The twins kept their eyes relaxed with a smug grin on their faces.
Jayden rose his left hand while
Jaden rose his right to give Mime a wave in response, "Yo." They stood up, "I suppose all there is to do now is pawn all this stuff." the two said together, looking over at the arcade wall.
Rhydian walked into the rec room in time to hear their comment. "Why would we do that??" he asked in disbelief. "You guys aren't seriously thinking of closing this place down are you??"
Waya looked at the twins "So that's it?" She growled "Our parents are missing, dead for all we know and all you two can do is joke about pawning this stuff?"
The twins smirked and shrugged their shoulders together. "They would sell well."
Jayden and
Jaden both placed their hands in their pockets, "Mom and Dad are fine. All our parents for that matter." Jayden spoke alone, "As far as we have been told..." Jaden took over, "...they have been through worse."
We could restart, Mime signed, agreeing with Rhydian.
Rebuild, and make this place a safe haven for those who would take it.
"We don't know that."
waya said but what Mime said struck home. She looked at him then turned around to look out the window. "For all we know they could be dead. But what would they think if they came back and found out we sold the school? Everything Charles Xavier dreamed to build... a safe place for mutants, a home. I was born here, this is my home. If you want to leave then leave but I'm not going to let anyone sell this place piece by piece. No matter how much we could get for it."
"He was a smart, bald guy who had a good idea and it worked....for a little while. Props for him." the twins said together.
Jayden shrugged, "Don't act like you're the only one. We were born here too you know."
Jaden placed a hand behind his head, "Just face it...it's hopeless."
"Hopeless?"
Waya asked "Was it a hopeless to try and take back the M'Kran crystal from D'Ken? Or when Apocalypse tried remaking the world in his own image? Or when Dr. Grey came back AGAIN? Hopeless isn't in the X'Men's vocabulary."
"Uhhhh....I'm with Waya and Mime on this one guys. I think we shoudl rebuild and make this place safe again."
Rhydian said, putting his voice into the mixture. "Unlike you three, I wasn't born here. I came here because it was a safe place for people like us. Just cuz the others aren't here anymore, doesn't mean that it can't still be a safe place. There's other mutants out there who need help. Who are we to not give them the same sanctuary that was given to us?"
The twins came back, "So you all are worried about our parents and yet you want to stick around this empty building and wait around for people to come?!" The stepped forward and pointed at them, "Let's find our parents then! Sitting around is worthless!"
Mime bit his lip. His mutation had advanced severely since he came to the school, and he was slightly worried that his parents wouldn't recognize him if they saw him. An arm flashed through his chest briefly, and his image wavered; his twin turning over.
Say we leave this place. Say we find our parents, we're all one big happy family then. But what then? Someone will have taken over this place. Xavier's school is more than a building, it's a symbol. If it's empty...that means to the world that mutants have stopped trying for peace.
"We'll leave a note."
the twins said together, blankly.
Waya just wanted to hit both of the twins but she clinched her fists and restrained herself "I'm not saying that we should give up on them but how do you suggest we go about looking for them? Door to door search? The headmasters always had ties to mutant friendly organizations. Maybe there is someone they knew who could help us. It's not going to do us any good to leave."
Rhydian thought about what Waya just said and spoke quietly. "What about Dr. MacTaggert? Or SHIELD? I don't know much aabout those SHIELD guys, but Dr. MacTaggert was a personal friend of Xavier's and we could always count on her before."
"She called this morning."
Waya said "She said she's already on it but cant guarantee anything yet."
"Oh..."
Rhydian said, looking down at his shoes. His hope was just shot down right there. He had always been fond of Dr. MacTaggert. She was a very trustworthy person and she was always there when you needed help and he was just told that she couldn't guaruntee anything...he sighed quietly. "Well what about SHIELD?"
Waya had had just one run-in with Shield in her past and her impression was they they weren't exactly trustworthy. "S.H.I.E.L.D. dosent do anything without wanting something in return. I'd say we call La'landra first before we mess with them."
The twins came up from behind on Waya. Each of them wrapped an arm around her shoulder on opposing sides. They leaned in, "That was a little contradicting.
" Jayden placed his hand on her head and ran her fingers through her hair and said, "Don't worry, it'll be alright." Jaden leaned in closer and brushed his cheek against hers, "Take a few deep breaths and let's think about this."
There was a sharp cracking sound and the twins' heads jerked forward. Eliza shifed into veiw, she had been almost 2D so she was practically invisable from the right angle. She hadn't really been sneaking about, she just enjoyed walking threw a doorframe without having to open the door. Now she was frowning heavily at the twins "You're not going to sell this stuff. Our parents aren't dead and we know it, you really think being sucked into another dimensions going to kill them? They've been in more dimensions than Wolverine's been shot."
Since the twins were around Waya, she was pushed a bit as well. "Fine." they said together. Jayden and Jaden placed their hands in their pockets again and leaned against each other's backs.
Eliza sighed gently "But... we may need to sell one or two things for our trip." She leant back against the wall behind her "Im sure they wont mind if it's nothing too old or sentimental. Or high tech.."
Jayden brought his hand to Waya's chin and held it upwards, "As this blossom said, we do not know where we are going." Jaden rose his shoulders, "Even if we do...than what? I think our parents can deal with whatever is going on more then we can."
Eliza bit her lip but still frowned "Stop flirting you stuck up little prince, this isn't the time. We could go after the guy who pulled them into the dimension and see if we can go in after them, we could take some equipment as well..."
"I'm only admired this lovely blossom." Jayden cooed, still lefting her chin. Jaden walked over to Eliza and rested a hand on her cheek, "Do not be jealous little gem, you sparkle in my eyes...." he whispered, leaning in.
Eliza stared at Jaden hard though she still felt a little flutter "Im not your little gem." She smiled toothily, warning Jaden that she bites "Now, we REALLY need to figure out what to do." Even though she seemed to not like Jaden flirting with her she hadn't moved his hand from her cheek.
Jaden sensed her denial and grinned, "But of course..." he removed his hand, "my little gem." Both of the twins were very handsome looking in their matching black turtle neck shirts and suit pants.
Eliza was blushing brightly Jerk she thought Just cause they're princes makes them think they can have anyone. Well they cant have me... She sighed slightly and closed her eyes Atleast not without being romantic.
Waya had been standing stock still trying to keep her self from hitting ether of the twins. Finaly she couldn't tke it any more."GET THE FUCK AWAY ME!" Waya yelled aiming elbows at both the teen's guts.
Jayden let go of her chin after she yelled and the two backed away. One leaned over to the other and whispered something into his ear. The other whispered something back before they returned to their normal stance
Eliza laughed at Waya "Good shot" she mumbled. She glared at the princes and walked over to Waya's side "So, what are we doing?"
Waya glared at the boys and stepped away from them "Whatever we decide we don't have to sell anything. Computer, bring up financial records."
A holographic image brought up a file of the years last financil statements
"See." Waya told them "Even if we went broke the donations from teh Worthington Foundation and the others would keep us running for another 15 years. Not mention the life insurance policies from all our parents kick in after they've been considered missing for three years. I don't mean that to sound like I don't expect us to find them, it's just... we'll be fine."
"We've established that we aren't going to sell this place." Jayden and Jaden said together. "Plus I don't think a bunch of teenagers would be allowed to sell a mansion." Jayden said, scratching his chin. "Not only that but we don't have the forms." Jaden added. The two went back to leaning against each other's backs and spoke as one, "Wanna throw a party?"
The look in Eliza's eye showed how much she would dearly like to jump the twins then and there and pound them until they resembled something like mulch "Dont you like your parents? Are you just giving up on your mother?"
With that, the twins snapped their heads towards Eliza. Their brows were focused and seemingly angered and their expression blank. Both Jayden and Jaden scowled fiercely at her before quickly looking the other way.
"Haventt you figured it out yet Eliza?" Waya asked "Their Highnesses don't care about anyone. Not even their empire."
Eliza grinned, but the look on her face showed that she was NOT happy "Or maybe they're hoping that one of them will be king if their mother dissapears. Bet they'll be after each other soon. Only one king after all."
The twins snapped at them once more, getting off the stance of leaning on each other. Not only did these two girls insult their parents, but they also insulted them. "Shut up!" Jayden shouted first, he was always the one to stand up in a fight. "How dare you insult us and our parents?! You guys have no idea!"
"You want to sell the stuff in the mansion and leave our parents out there with no way of getting back! The guy who pulled them into that dimension is HERE! If we can find him we MIGHT be able to get them back!" Eliza flamed, standing her ground "I am NOT going to stay here and hide!"
"Are you deaf?!" Jayden and Jaden shouted, "It's her that wants to sit here and wait for more students to come!" the said, pointing to Waya. They looked at Waya next, "No one is coming!"
"No, you just wanted to throw a party" Eliza said, glaring harder at the twins. They REALLY needed to grow up.
"We don't know where to look for them, we can't sell this place....what else does one do with an empty mansion?!" the twins came back. They really did care about their parents...a lot. It's just that they showed fear in a different way. They joke about things to give themselves some comfort and to help take their minds off of something horrible. But few, if any people at all, knew this.
Eliza growled and tapped her arm annoyed, she knew the twins joked but they also knew that she got very testy when she couldn't do anything. "We could follow from where he was last..."
Waya crossed her arms, waiting for some sign that the Twins where actually human.
The twins looked at each other for a moment. With the way that they were glaring, one might think they were telepaths. "Fine." Jaden spoke out,resting a hand on his brother's shoulder. "Fighting each other isn't going to solve anything."
Jayden was silent and scowling still, he hated fighting...but not as much as he hated losing.
Waya placed her hands on her hips.
(ooc: we shoud wait for the others I guess)
(OOC: YOU GUESS?!!? WTF???????? -SoD)
Rhydian shrunk to the back of the room as Eliza came in and the fighting broke out. He wasn't much for speaking up over the group and he really hated when it got crowded. He looked at Waya as the twins started flirting with her. He was a little angered by their actions. He had a little bit of a crush on her, after all, and just about everyone knew it too. That was the worst part...
"Then quit acting like a couple of jerks. Waya growled. "Dr. MacTaggert has Cable trying to contact L'landra. Between the tw of them they'll find something. But we need to get our act together before we all end up hating and killing each other."
Rhydian smiled at this little bit of information. He knew they could count on Dr. MacTaggert! He knew it!
Mime sat and listened to the exchange thoughtfully, twirling his fingers about idely. He had tried to interject things, but it was difficult to convey a message through sign language if no one was watching.
"Am I right Mime?" Waya asked, he was always someone she could relie on for an opinion akin to her own.
Mime nodded in assent, and signed, But there's a lot to do in the meantime. I'm just wondering who exactly we're paying to keep this place up and running. He stood up and scooted his invisible chair into the corner where no one would trip over it.
"Moonstar ran me threw the finance records yesturday." Waya ansered "Most everything is automaticaly done by computer. The lights, water, jet fuel and other stuff are all taken out of a bank accout in New York. When that's got less than $100,000 in it it's brought up to $1,000,000 by an electronic transfer from a bank in Zurich. Mr. Worthington's will stipulated that his accountants manage the funds if he goes missing or dies. He's aparently the only guy Frost and Summers trusted to take care of anything like that. The school Guardian's made by Kari Relman still clean and cook. Hell even the gardin labrynth is trimmed by a robot. We don't have to worry about books or anything really."
Ooh, that's convenient, Mime signed happily. He looked out the window, and his smile faded. This place is so wierd empty. You get so used to things happening all the time, and people being everywhere, and now everything's gone... His hands faded from their shapes and dropped down to his sides. He glanced back at Waya. So the sooner we have people to protect, the better.
"All we'd have to do it walk threw Hell's Kitchen at night." Waya said with a smile "We'll find some action." She looked around the room "You are right about this place being so empty. It's wierd not hearing kids laughing or Logan yelling at someone. It's strange how we took everything for grantid." She paused and turned back to Mime "But your the only one with a happy family still intact. Why did you decide to stay?"
Mime bit his lip gently, remembering his parents. He looked up at her and gave her a smile as best he could. They want me here, he signed. All my life they've been bending over backwards to make sure I could live a normal life. And when they sent me here, it was the best thing that could've happened to me. Not only do you guys not mind about my powers, but being mute isn't a problem, either, and that's really rare. He paused. I miss them....too much for words, but...if we don't do this, no one will. My parents, they're good people, and impossibly resilient. I know God's got an eye on them.
Eliza shivered slightly, staring around at the room "It's so wierd... places that usualy are filled with noise are silent. I mean you didnt even hear it and now it's gone." She bit her lip gently and stared downwards past the floor "I miss hearing Beast working on his instruments. I miss hearing him swear when he gets on wrong and it almost goes critical..."
"Then lets fill it back up." Waya said turning back to everyone after Mime finished "We can rebuild it, we have the technoligy." She pointed to her head, indicating the implants "But no one is going to trust a school where all the teachers have left. But they will trust X-Men."
Rhydian chose now to speak his part. He took a step forward, toward Waya. "So that's it then? We become the X-men. That's what you're proposing? We're just a couple of kids, Waya...I don't think anyone's going to take us seriously..." He felt bad for contradicting her, but someone had to say it
The twins spoke out once more, "Who cares what people say? Isn't that something we learn to get over from the moment we are hatched?" they said in response to Rydian's comment. Jayden placed his elbow on Jaden's shoulder, resting it there.
Eliza sighed and walked over to the invisable chair that mime had disgarded and felt around for it. Patting it to make sure it was there she sat down "We cant stay here, it's a massive target. We've got information and equipment that people can only DREAM of."
The twins walked over to Eliza on both sides of the chair. They were so identical that the only way one could tell the difference was to look at their shoulders. They had the star birthmark on opposite sides. However, they always wear long sleeves. "What a brilliant idea, our little gem." they said together, bringing their heads down near hers.
Eliza growled "Stop that, Im not your little gem. I swear one day I'll hang you both from the flag by your underwear."
Jayden grinned and lifted her chin with his finger, "Jaden and I work together....in everything." Jaden leaned in as well, "That's right...."
There was a loud thud of flesh on flesh as both of Eliza's fists dug into the twins chest "STOP THAT!" She took several deep breaths and stroked her long hair back, trying to hold back the slight panic that had come out ever since their parents dissapeared. "Please... guys. Stop this, we need to concentrate now. We have to be grown ups now, we have to be responsible for anyone who needs help."
Mime whistled inconspicuously as he put up a wall between Eliza and the twins. He winked at her, and frowned at them, before folding his hands innocently behind his back.
Eliza grinned at Mime gently, she signed behind her back to him. Thanks but I can take these two on my own, nice of you to help...
Jaden and Jayden sat back onto the couch and leaned back. Today wasn't a very good day for them. They assumed everyone was cranky because of their missing parents.
Eliza sighed and rubbed her eyes "Maybe I should go down to the labs and see if we've got anything there that could be of use. Im sure Beast's made a dimension machine sometime..."
"Say what?" Jayden lifted his head, "Was that guy really that bored?" Jaden remained leaned back, "I wouldn't be surprised."
Eliza sighed again, stood up and walked around the wall that had been placed there "Are you two going to be useful or are you gonna throw that party?"
Jaden leaned forwards, "What do-" Jayden finished, "-you suggest?"
The glint in her eye showed how Eliza had been brought up by two of the most determined people at Xaviers. She was a born planner "We need to train. Atleast until Lilandra gets here. We need to practise fighting and maybe even flying." She looked slightly regretful as she said this bit "I think the twins should learn to fly. They are more in sync than any of us."
The twins leaned forwards, "What?" Jayden stood up and pointed a finger towards Eliza, raising her nearly five feet off the ground, "I can only move up." Jaden stood as well, "And I can only move down." he told her before taking control. He now pointed at her and let her down lightly.
"THE JET YOU IDIOTS!" Eliza flammed "FLY THE JET! You'd be the best at that. You can even take down the missiles with gravity if needed."
The twin scowled the other way, "Not with that attitude. We admitted that we were being a bit rash, the least you could do it be a little nicer."
Eliza eye twitched but she stroked her hair back again and fought her anger "Fine, please be the pilots? You're the best pair of fliers we've got."
The twins smiled sweetly and bowed, "We are at your service, young maiden." They were princes all right...
Gems, maidens. Jeese what am I to them? Eliza thought, staring at the twins and trying to hide her smile from them.
Rhydian moved from the corner and headed toward the door. ALl this fighting, he just couldn't stand it. Was there even a point in mentioning that he had taken the flight courses via the implant? Like anyone would even listen to little Rhydian anyway...
Mime shrugged and signed quietly, Well, if you ever need assistance... he smiled and winked. And if you'll excuse me, I am going to get something to eat. He made himself a toy motorcycle and squatted down on it, put-putting away. He looked even sillier because it was invisible.
Rhydian couldn't help but laugh as Mime putted away on his invisible toy cycle. A small smile cross his face and he shook his head lightly
The twins laughed as well. Why couldn't he have made a pair of roller skates or something? At least it would've looked cooler.
Eliza blinked and stared at Mime as he puttered past on a small bike. "Ok... that's strange. Very cool though" She smiled gently and rubbed her hair back. They were doing something, she was getting calmer now.
"Don't you two have another 40 hours to log on the simulator?" Waya asked the Twins "I finished my flight training a few weeks ago. I'll shadow your sessions, make sure your actualy learning." She turned to Rhydian "You've only got another 20 or so right?"
"Ah'come on, you think that's necessary?" the twins asked together, putting their hands behind their heads. "Must we be the flyers? Seems like a pain to sit through 40 hours..."
Eliza grinned and grin that was not a freindly one "Dont worry, the way people have been acting means we will have to train harder. Your 40 hours will dash past..."
"Look I can't fly us everywhere." Waya said "If something happens to me, or Rhydian then you all are screwed. Until your training is finished I can shadow-port us where we need to go but it's not like I can do it across a continent."
The two rolled their eyes and sighed, "Alright, alright. But only if we can skip the first few baby levels and get to the really fun and challenging ones." Jayden and Jaden were quite the stubborn type indeed.
There was something in Eliza's smiled that should warn them they were going to regret that. "Dont worry Waya, we'll have them up to shape in no time. Im going to need training as well of course, we all will to make sure we're up to scratch."
The twins grinned, they knew that it was no sweat if they were to be working together at it.
"Actually...I kinda finished the 20 hours yesterday..." Rhydian replied quietly. The only reaosn he spoke up was because Waya had asked him. He blushed deeply as she addressed him. "The past two days I crammed until I finished..."
The twins sighed, "We are the only ones who didn't even start the simulation and yet we have to be the drivers...." The looked at eachother, "Perhaps everyone just loves us so much?"
Rhydian raised his hand. "Since I've already finished the simulation, doesn't that qualify me to be the pilot?"
"Isn't the thing only operationable by two fliers?" the twins asked together.
"I can sorta make another person. Kinda." Rhydian replied. He walked over to the coat rack and touched a jacket that was hanging there. "Observe." He focused hard and the jacket seemingly filled with air and as Rhydian moved his left arm, the Jacket did the same. "I can make an inanimate object act like a living thing, giving it enough intelligence to do the task at hand too. If I concentrate hard enough that is...so I could take a spare uniform and make another person. In theory."
The twins got up from the couch and walked over to him. "Fine, you be the pilot." they said together, "we didn't want the job anyways." They both placed a hand along their mouth so the group wouldn't hear, "To tell you the truth, we barely paid attention to the memory chip details."
"Why would you do that?" Rhydian asked them curiously. He couldn't understand why they wouldn't pay attention to that.
"Well...we learned most of it." Jayden argued.
"It's just sort of boring, you know?" Jaden added.
"Boring? I think it's fascinating!" Rhydian siad with a smile. "I can't get enough of it!"
They looked at him blankly before saying, "Ew."
This wasn't the twin's idea of a good time at all. They weren't into books or learning.
Rhydian shrunk back fromt heir comment, embarassed that he enjoyed learning, for the first time in his life.
Each twin went on both sides of Rhydian, facing the way he was. They rested an elbow on his shoulder, "Nah, it's quite alright. Just not our thing, you know?" the twins said together.
Rhydian looked at Jayden, and then at Jaden, "Then what is your thing anyway?"
The two smiled evilly at him. They were like mirrors looking at him. "I'm sure you can guess." Jaden and Jayden obviously meant socializing and woman.
"Hold on just a minuet..." Waya said "Did you two say that you havent even started your simulation hours yet? I thought you where at least half done! Didn't Summers order you two to take 160 hours of simulator training last year?"
Jayden and Jaden grinned at her innocently and brought themselves off of Rhydian. "We were too distracted by your infamous beauty." The two said together, with a bow.
Rhydian glared at the twins and resisted the urge to bring their clothes to life and strangle them
"So what where you doing in the Danger Room all last year and half of this?" Waya growled. " Don't tell me you reprogramed the simulator and..." She put her hand over her eyes "Oh god.... ew... ew..."
The twins got up from their bow and grinned. "Technology is such a simple matter." they said with cheeky smirks.
Rhydian looked at the twins curiously. "What did you guys do to the simulator?"
They grinned and looked at him, "You would wanna know....wouldn't you?" the twins said, going along with the joke made.
"Rhyd... Don't ask." Waya said "Just don't ask."
Rhydian looked at the three of them curiously. Just what was uit they were hiding friom him
"Or perhaps you...lovely blossom?" the twins said together. One of them reached out a hand to take hers placed a hand on his chin, as if thinking.
"Both of you are disgusting perverts and I can bring those files up in a second!" Eliza said defiantley, marching out the room and heading towards The danger room3.
The two watched her storm off, they weren't worried. Jayden and Jaden knew that it was all a joke. They didn't really change anything in the simulators.
Waya jerked her head away from them and scoweled.
The twins walked over to Waya, noticing her cruelty, "Did we do something wrong?
"If you call being yourselves wrong then... yeah." Waya said. "I think I'm going to go down to the dangerroom and see if Eliza needs any help. WE don't seem to be getting ny where with out discution." She pulled a shadow from teh Twins and stepped threw it, disapearing.
The two looked at eachother, "Tskinjet tai nette?" they said together. Jayden and Jaden nodded at eachother soon after.
Mime returned, patting his full stomach sublimely. He rubbed it as if it was a pot belly, even though he had hardly an inch of fat on him. He stretched languidly and looked around. Where'd everyone go? he asked the twins.
The twins turned around and walked over to Mime, "No one seems to like us today." they said together, without regret.
Mime shrugged avidly. Well, you can only please one person today, and today was not their day, nor yours, apparently. Ya win some, ya lose some, eh?
The twins walked over to him and rested an elbow on both of his shoulders, "What about you? Mmmmm...? Could we not piss at least one person off?"
Mime grinned and brought his arms up behind them, setting his hands on their shoulders. No problem, both hands signed.
Jayden and Jaden grinned, "At least someone can at least have some kindness in a bad situation....other then us."
Mime gave a wheezing chuckle, and gripped their shoulders agreeably before letting go so he could communicate better. But where, O where, have the others gone? I beseech you, fair gentlemen, bless this impoverished entertainer with some truth to light the subject with, he said, bowing dramatically and giving them a sad face.
"Hey! That's our line." Jayden winked.
"Waya and Eliza are in the danger room. Rhydian is over there." Jaden pointed to him, over in the corner.
Mime glanced up at Rhydian with a surprised jerk, blinking rapidly. Why, he's quieter than I am today! He signed to the twins. I hardly even noticed he was there. Goodness me. He pressed his fingertips against his chest in shock. Now I feel just awfully rude, he chided himself, frowning and shaking his head.
Jayden and Jaden wrapped their arms around his and pulled him over to Rhydian, "Don't worry love, we do it all the time."
Rhydian looked up as the twins brought Mime over. "Oh hello..." He smiled warmly at Mime. He had always liked him. His little antics with his invisible objects always made him laugh.
Mime smiled and waved one of his captive hands at Rhydian cheerfully. He didn't seem to mind too much that he was being grappled by the twins.
Rhydian looked at Jayden and Jaden. "What are you guys doing to Mime?"
"Bringing him over to you." the twins said together, letting him go. They didnt bother explaining the previous conversation.
Rhydian looked at them curiously. He scratched his head and brought a chair over with his power for Mime to sit on. The chair ran over and scurried around a little like a dog getting comfortable before settling down beside Mime. "There we go.'"
Mime made a pleased O shape with his lips at the arrival of the chair. He bowed in thanks to Rhydian, then to the twins for escorting him, and settled himself down quite comfortably on the chair, patting it gently.
Rhydian smiled and nodded. "So why'd they bring you over here, Mime?" He asked him curiously. Did the mute wish to speak to him? Nobody ever wanted to speak with him...
Mime shrugged. I figured this side of the room was more exciting! he signed, smiling. So, what's new with you, old friend?
"I'm to be the pilot on our missions I suppose..." Rhydian said with a shrug. "I'm the only one who finished the courses..."
"Well thanks for the chair you two." the twins said, placing a hand on their hips.
Rhydian sighed and called over two more chairs. They came over acting like dogs and ran around in circles around the twins. "They're your's, if you can sit down on them." He said with a chuckle. He felt like being the jokester, he was kinda bored.
The twins grinned and sat. "Feels like I should give it a treat or something."
Rhydian chuckled. "Well they are dogs, after all. But as to wear the mouth is, I can't really tell ya." He winked and with that the chairs opened their mouths and chomped down on the twins' arses
"AHK!!!" the twins both shouted and got up. They rubbed their bruised butts. "What was that for?!"
Rhydian busted out laughing as the chairs returned to normal. "I said they are dogs, sorta. I guess they wanted a treat."
With that, Jayden flicked his finger upwards, popping Rhydian into the air.
"Whoah!!!" Rhydian shouted as he was lifted upwards. He grinned and the chair came back to ife, unseating Jayden swiftly and barking at him
"You too." Jayden said again, doing the same to the chairs.
"Wonderful, brother." Jaden complitented.
Rhydian turned the chairs back into chairs, not wanting to put a dog through this torture. He thought for a moment and then grinned. He reached out with his powers and turned their belts into constricting snakes. The belt-snakes tightened around their waist quickly
"Wahh!!" the twins shouted and struggled to pull their pants down.
"Let me down and I'll turn them back guys." Rhydian pleaded with them, he really did not like being stuck int he air
"Fine!" Jaden undid his brother's doing and set him down.
Rhydian smiled and turned the belt-snakes back to normal belts.
The twins pulled their pants up like normal and hooked their belts, "Pfft...that was unnesesary."
"So was throwing me into the air." Rhydian replied with a smirk
"You started it." the twins replied.
"How was I supposed to know they'd bite you guys?" Rhydian said in his defense
"Well you made em!" One of the two said
"What's your point?? I give them the intelligence to do what needs to be done. They act like dogs when I ask them to come. Who knows, maybe they thought you had sweet asses?" Rhydian suggested with a laugh
The two laughed, admitting that it was indeed funny. "Guess so." the twins agreed.
Rhydian laughed and sat down. "Well they're just chairs now, so no biggy."
"Wonder what the women are doing." Jayden said as he and his brother sat down.
"Last time I checked, they went to review your last few danger room sessions. You hiding something int here or what?" Rhydian asked curiously. He felt a bit more comfortable with them, now that they knew he could do some damage
"Ahh....course not. I think Eliza is just paranoid and Waya wants to get back at us." the twins agreed.
Rhydian stood up, "Well I think I'll go and check on them. Kinda bored up here anyway. Maybe I'll log some more hours into the flight simulator."
The two stood, "Mind if-" Jaden said.
"-we join you?" Jaden finished.
Rhydian blanched. He was really thinking of spending some alone time with Waya. He couldn't exactly do that if the twins came along...they had a habit of annoying her until she left...he nodded. "Yeah I guess."
The both frowned, he didn't seem convincing, "Nah...it's ok. We will stay here." Jaden and Jayden said together.
Rhydian shrugged. "Suit yourselves." He waved to Mime, "Catcha later Mime." He turned and walked down the hallway, heading for the danger room3.
Mime saluted, then sat and contemplated things. His image wavered a movement as his twin turned over.
"Soo...." the twins said together.
"Do you think-" Jaden began.
"-we will find our parents?" Jayden finished.
Mime looked up at them, his light brown eyes growing serious and sad. I think we'll find your parents, or they'll find us, and I've always known Eliza's and Waya's parents to be tough as nails. There's a good chance, he gave a weak smile.
"Finally....someone with logic." the twins agreed.
Say the twins in unison to the mime, Mime smirked, amused.
They both tilted their heads, "What?"
Mime shook his head, smiling. Nothing. Just an appreciation for irony, that's all.
The twins both sighed and leaned back in their chairs, "Well this is boring. What's so wrong about a party?"
Who would we invite? Mime reasoned. Shadows, the first and second dimensions, tables, and invisible yet stunningly beautiful women?
The twins split and went on both sides of Mime, "You raise a very good question..."
Mime leaned back in his chair, throwing his arms over the back support. He held up one hand, posed in an O, with a skeptical look on his face, facing one of the twins--he never knew which, but when did that matter?
"I wish we had more women..." One said.
"Yea...just one is kinda boring." the other said.
I am afraid the kind of ladies I hang out with are....how would you say, Mime pursed his lips, rotating his hands and grasping for the right word for it. ...Very plane, he smoothed his hand out, speaking of a geometric figure and inexplicably pulling off a pun with sign language.
"Another reason for us to throw a party." One of the twins added before the other once continued.
"Yea, at a party...we could do a little drinking and if your lucky...." he winked.
Boys, your libido surely knows no bounds, Mime signed, grinning lazily. But you gotta be careful with invisible women, sometimes they turn out to be very, very pretty men.
"Do you speak from experience?" a twin said.
"I dont see how any other way..." the other said.
A gentleman never kiss-and-tells, Mime winked.
"It's more of signing..."
"Not telling.." the twins said with evil grins.
Mime smirked, amused at the little loophole they'd found when a hole opened in the air behind them.
Antimony stepped through the hole and almost ran into the twins, jerking back with surprise. "Ah, jeez," she swore, breathless with releif, two of her four eyes shutting tightly. "You guys...you're still here," she stated, releived. "Where is everyone else?"
"Danger room." one of the twins stated. They both walked over to her, stepping in unison. It was natural for them to walk towards any female in the room in instinct.
You're back, Mime stood, signing. He stepped towards her. Are you okay?
"I'm fine," Antimony replied curtly, which sounded foreign in her voice. "Everyone is in the danger room? Is that why this place is so empty?" She had left the school before the attack, and was just getting back now.
"Ohhh.....riiight. We don't know." the twins spoke together.
"Well you see, our parents..." Jaden faded before his brother took over.
"...kinda dissappeared into a vortex-thingy and haven't gotten back yet."
"Oh," Antimony said, her eyebrows popping up. "That's...wow, that's what happened? Where are all the other students?" She asked again, clasping her long fingers.
Gone, Mime signed, and the X-men, too. It's just us, Rhydian, Waya, and Eliza left now, he concluded sadly.
Each of the twins rested an arm on her shoulder. She part alien too, so they were espesually attracted to her. "How was the trip, love?" they asked together.
"Violent, bloody, and unpleasant," Antimony sighed, "like it always is. I wish...." she shook her head. "Nevermind, ts'not important." The twins had hit on her from day one, and she'd gotten used to it and played along, resting her long fingertips on their shoulders. "It's just us, then? Why did the X-men leave?"
"A handful were teleported with Mom and Dad, and the other parents." Jaden answered.
"The others who didn't have jobs...fled." Jayden finished.
"You know, I'd always dreamed of having the mansion all to myself, but not under these circumstances," Antimony conjectured. "What do we do now? Any ideas?" She winked at the twins to annoy Mime.
Mime was well aware she was doing this to make him jealous, but took it in stride. I was planning on bundling up, watching bad soap operas, and eating a lot of ice cream, he offered,
"What would you do if you were alone in the mansion...with us?" the twins suggested.
"Hmm," Antimony grinned slyly, leaning into them slightly. "Why, I don't know what you mean," She rested her palms on their shoulders, letting her fingers stretch down to their chests. "We could perhaps....play Twister," she said sinisterly, one pair of eyes looking at each of the twins.
I'll spin the dial, Mime offered, annoyed, but not showing it in front of the twins.
The twins grinned from ear to ear, "We're game."
"Till then, boys," Antimony departed, opening a hole to the danger room and stepping through it with a flick of her tail.
Mime stared at her leave and then got up and left without a word.
"Wonder what's wrong with him?" Jaden asked.
"Could he....possibly...." Jayden began.
The two looked at one another and grinned, "Like her."
After a long while passed, the twins looked to one another, bored. Everyone had left them and no one had came back for nearly an hour. "You didn't have to get so rude with the others." Jayden muttered.
"Me? It was you who made the offensive remarks without thinking." Jaden came back.
"What?! You were right along side me, agreeing and saying the same thing!" Jayden stood up with closed fists.
Jaden stood aswell, "Your so cruel, Jayden! You never seem to think anything through!"
"At least I'm not the one who crawls into their brother's bed in the middle of the night!" Jayden shouted.
"Is it not you who welcomes me?!" Jaden grit his teeth.
With that, the twins took a few steps away from one another and grabbed the nearest thing they could.
Jaden grabbed a vase from the coffee table while Jayden grabbed the large dictionary from the same table. In an instant, they threw it at one another, hoping to make a hit. Next they moved onto bigger objects, one through the table while the other threw a chair. They both missed and hit opposing the walls.
"Damn you!" they both shouted at eachother.
Jaden stood on the couch.
Quickly, Jayden made the couch shoot up into the air.
Jaden fell off and crashed hard onto the floor. He looked up at the chandeleere and forced the gravity down at it.
Jayden jump away but his legs were hit by it.
The two both grunted and struggled to their feet again.
"Bastard..." they said together.
Mime returned, reading an invisible book with invisible spectacles on his nose, and looked up to see the twins seething at each other. He dropped the book and threw off his glasses, standing between them. Don't do it! he signed, as if talking someone down from a rooftop. You have so much to live for!
"Liar!" the twins both shouted before starting their run. They got close to Mime, but darted away from him. The twins collided and rolled on the floor, pulling, punching and tearing eachother up.
Mime quickly lassooed the both of them, tying them off at different corners of the room with great difficulty. Stop it, you two! he signed once they were secured. Look at this mess! The value of the entire room has gone down now! He gestured around at the ruined vase and table, half jesting.
Jaden's noce was bleeding and he was given a black eye. He was bound, but determinded.
Jayden on the other hand had a bloody nose and a fat lip. He moved his hand and aimed it at his brother, who was lifted high into the air, the only thing keeping him from impalng onto the ceiling was the rope.
Jaden did the same, except his brother was forced into the ground, the gravity pressing firmly ontop of him.
CUT IT OUT! If he had a voice, Mime would be yelling. He made an invisible symbol next to both and hit them, breaking their concentration with the clamorous noise. Damnit, if you're gonna fight, fight somewhere where you're not gonna make the value of the estate go down! he signed angrily, not really meaning anything by caring about the stock market, but trying to get them to stop.
The twins released eachother's grip on one another. "Fine!" they shouted, pounding their heads onto the tiles of the floor.
Mime watched in horror as they injured themselves, and retied their lassooes to the ceiling, leaving them suspended. You are such brats! He signed angrily. Throw all the tantrums you want, it won't ever change anything! And with that, he stormed out.
"Great!" Jaden shouted.
"Your so ignorant!" Jayden shouted back.
A few minuetes went by until their shouting stopped. They hung there, pissed and exhausted, bleeding onto the floor.
"Mime! Come in here please! Hurry!" Jayden shouted. "You tied his too tight!"
Jaden's body was bent and being forced down wards.
"He made gravity heavier to try and snap the rope but it passed out now!" Jayden shouted.
At the sound of his name, Mime reappeared through the door a with a few moment's delay, looking concerned. His face blanched at the sight of Jaden, and hurriedly unfastened him with grand motions displaying his urgency. He lowered the rope carefully to the floor.
Jaden coughed and fell to his knees, grabbing his stomach.
Mime rushed to his side, his face the very ideal of worry. He pulled out an invisible first aid kit and signed, How do I--where does it hurt?
"My eyes." Jaden said quickly, looking up at him. He immediately locked eyes with his. White orbs formed in his eyes and expanded.
Mime jerked back suddenly, caught unawares by Jaden's hypnosis, and stiffened, falling under his power. He stared vacantly back at the twin.
Jaden stood and looked up at his brother, "Be a dear and untie my brother, would you Mime?"
Why, of course. Mime lowered Jayden from the ceiling and undid the rope around his waist.
"Now, we will have some fun. Take a seat, would you Mime?"the twins asked togehter.
Certainly, Mime assented agreeably, pulling out the invisible chair from before and dusting it off before sitting on it. He stared up at the two twins expectantly.
The two were battered, blood and bruised, but they had their arms around one another as if it was planned. The twins sat on both sides of him. "So...how do you feel about the lovely Antimony?"
Mime's shoulders moved up and down. If he had a voice, he would've chuckled. I like her a lot, he signed. We went out for a while, you know. We stopped when she headed for LA because we thought she was gonna stay out there for a while. At least, that's the excuse she gave, he sighed, a little bitter.
The twins didn't know, "Really? Is that why you don't like us flirting?"
I know you guys, Mime replied. You'll flirt with anything that moves. It's her flirting back that bothers me. I think she does it to make me jealous, but... he shrugged. Sometimes it's hard to tell with her.
They both leaned back, close to him, "Ah yes...we can't help our nature." the twins admitted, bleeding yet. "Why dont you ask her out again?"
Because she's mad at me, and I don't know why, Mime signed frustratedly. He threw up his hands and sighed.
The two looked at eachother, "Mad? What has she done?"the twins asked.
If I knew, I would tell you, Mime sighed, placing his hands in his lap and leaning forward in a defeated pose.
"Well I'm bored..." a twin said.
"Me too."
Jayden lifted his chin towards him and brought it closer. His eyes did the same thing that his brother's did earlier. He made sure to erase all knowledge of the hypnosis before finally waking Mime out of it.
Mime blinked once, them more rapidly as he regained control. ...What was I talking about? he signed confusedly. Oh, hey, you're not fighting anymore.
The two smiled, "We never fight." they said with beaten bodies.
Uh huh, Mime replied, unconvinced. He stood again. I'ma go see what the others are doing in the danger room. He waved, signifying they were welcome to come, and left.
The twins looked at eachother and followed quietly. What they didn't know was that the danger room was set to not let them in.
Rhydian walked in from the danger room3. He stopped as soon as he saw the mess that was left. "What in the world happened here???" He asked to no one, seeing as there wasn't anyone here anyway. He shrugged and deduced it must have been the twins. He reached out and brought a chairdog over to sit in. He sat down and reverted the chairdog back to a normal chair and stretched his legs out. He hung his head back and sighed, staring up at the ceiling.
"Hello?" A voice called from the hall. He thought he heard a voice coming from the rec room. The creature stepped in. A short muscular frame was shrouded in a black coat with a hood. Junior knew how to travel when he looked the way he did. His black claws made small clicking sounds as he wlked. He saw Rhydian sitting in the chair "RHYDIAN!" He exclaimed dropping his bags and throwing off his hood. "Dude it is so good to see you!"
A hole in reality formed, displaying the danger room control box. Antimony stepped through and held it open for the twins. (I'ma chill till the others get online.)
The twins quickly followed and hopped out. "Thanks beautiful."
Rhydian saw Junior and smiled. "Where've you been man???"
It was just then that Kale came down from his bedroom. His hair was russtling through his bed head. With a yawn, he spoke, "Heeeeyyyyy guys." He was wearing jean shorts and was shirtless with a simple hair of sandels on his feet.
Rhydian snapped his head over to Kale. "Jeez Kale, think you got enough sleep?"
"Just about." Kale walked down to the group and stretched a bit. "Oh hey, brah!" he welcomed Jr. and gave him a 'hang loose' sign on his hand. "So...what's for dinner?"
"We just cooked...." the twins told him, resting an elbow on Antimony's shoulders.
"These two make a bitchin' sandwich," Antimony informed him, grinning.
Jaden brought her chin up with a finger, "Only for you..."
Jayden did the same and aimed her face at him, "...it's our little secret."
The door flew open and a tall blonde haired team of 8 girls rushed through carrying enough luggage for 3 times that number. They dropped the luggage and stared at the mess left. The eight girls swooshed together and a single woman stood before them. "Wow...can't a girl go to see the family without the entire place going to hell?" Veronica asked to no one in particular. "What happened? Where is everyone?"
Kale looked around the room and nodded, "Yah, whatever made this mess woke me up from all the pounding and crashing." He scratched his head through his bed head.
The twins whistled innocently.
Veronica waved to the twins. "Hey guys!"
The twins still were hanging over Antimony. They looked at her and winked, "Welcome back, golden sunshine in my eyes." they said together.
Veronica smiled and looked at her luggage. "Say...you big strong boys wouldn't mind helping little ole me with my bags would you?" She batted her eyelashes at them
"Umm...." they both looked at the twenty-something suitcases. Their gentleman sides of them were saying 'yes, do it!' but it was argueing with their logic that was saying 'Oh HELL no...'
"Exactly how long where you gone for?" Kale asked.
"Oh, it's only been around 2 weeks I think...whyever do you ask, Kale?" Veronica asked him in return. She glanced at the twins and then moved her sights onto Rhydian. "You'll help me out right, Rhyd? You always were the dependable one."
Blushing, Rhydian stood and nodded. "How can I refuse?"
"It's just a lot of crap is all." Kale grinned with a winceing eyebrow. "Can't Moe port that stuff?"
"Couldn't you four big strong men do it though? I'd hate to trouble Moe with it..." Veronica said with a shrug. She knelt down and picked up two of the suitcases. "It's just so much...you know?"
Rhydian grabbed a hold of four suitcases and looked at the twins. "Come on you guys. They're not heavy."
The twins saluted and both took two suitcases. "Wait a second!" they said together. Turning to the rest of the luggage, they used their power to alter gravity. Jayden pushed up while Jaden pushed down, creating hovering suitcases. "This might be a bit easier."
"Pfft...You ah just lazy." Kale shook his head with his eyes closed.
Veronica chuckled slightly and walked over to Kale. She ran her finger along his jawline. "You're such a kidder, doll."
Kale smiled, showing his two little fangs. "And you like to use your femininities to achieve things. Effective though."
A few minetes later, the twins returned down. They walked in front of Veronica and bowed, "All done, sunshine."
With the arrival of Veronica, Junior immediatly stepped back. He might have been pushed, he wasn't sure. He dropped his bags and used his tail to weev threw the group and tapped Rhydian's shoulder. He gave sort of a head jerk telling him he wanted him in the hall.
Veronica smiled and tapped the twins' noses. "Thanks boys. You are so cute when you're gentlemen!" She winked to Kale and gave him a little shrug.
Rhydian nodded and easily disappeared into the hallway
(ooc: do we even have a hallway page yet?)
"What do you want of us, beautiful gem?" the twins asked of Antimony.
Antimony had drifted off to la-la-land, and hadn't realized that if she just made a portal directly under the suitcases to the room it could've been done in an instant. She frowned, annoyed and embarrassed by her inattentiveness. "Hmm?" She responded to the twins, snapping out of it. She bit as low as she could on the inside of her lip, pushing it up into a kind of pout, and shrugged ambiguously. "Do what you like," she advised off-handedly.
ELiza walked in, smiling cheerfuly at everyone and slightly embarresed "Heh... I can actually get lost walking from the dangerroom to here apparently."
Kale looked at the destroyed room and sighed. He walked into the room more and held his hand out. The end table came back together and landed gently where it was, the broken vase came together too and was set on the table. The water was pulled out of the carpet and poured back into the vase, flowers following. Everything in the room came back together. It was almost as if a reverse button had been pushed.
"Are you alright, beautiful?" the twins asked Antimony with worried faces.
Antimony grinned at Eliza. "It happens," She replied. She nodded to the twins. "M'fine."
Kale finished and punched the twins in the shoulder, "Go outside next time you two go at it."
Antimony looked back at the room, now in perfect order. "Man, I love it when you do that, Kale. So damn cool." She grinned at him.
Eliza went and stood over in a corner, watching the others with a small smile. Atleast they had Kale to put what ever the twins broke back together again.
"Hah, alright! A fan." Kale grinned, running his fingers through his bedhead. "I'm glad you said that, I'm like the only one with a defensive powa."
"I've got one.. kinda" Eliza said, playing with her long hair slowly "Maybe you could see next time Im in the danger room."
"Oh hey babe." Kale smirked when he noticed Eliza, "You? Defensive? I don't see how."
"Have you ever tried hitting threw a two foot thick palm?" Eliza said, waving her hand lazily "I can be a massive sheild."
"Leave the shielding to me, Z. I don't use my body." Kale grinned. "So...what's for breakfast?"
"Well, depends if the kitchen is automated or if we need to cook." Eliza chuckled "If it's a maachine anything you want. If it's cooking it's formless black blob at the bottom of the plate Im afriad."
"The cooks are out of order." the twins bowed.
"BLACK BLOB IT IS THEN!" Eliza said happily, clapping her hands "Should I burn it or should you?"
"I don't get it." the twins said together.
Antimony snickered. "Would you like your steak parasite-infested raw, or black-hunk-of-carbon?" She asked, posing like a maitre'd.
"Umm...we cook well. Right?" the twins asked, still lost.
"Aye, that's a truism!" Antimony agreed heartily. "How kind of you to volunteer!" She grinned at the twins.
"My cooking is lethal" Eliza said happily "I cooked some cookies once to try and act more... girly. The cookies ate threw the tray and had to be disposed of by dad in a biohazard suit."
"Volunteer?!" the twins tilted their heads.
Veronica giggled and winked to the twins. "Come on boys. Everyone knows you can cook. If you need some extra hands..." She paused her statement and split into eight. "You know we can always be of service." They said in unison
The twins smiled, "How very kind of you to assist us. It would be an honer to be accompanied by a beautiful woman....umm... women as yourselves."
The 8 giggled and they walked over to the twins. Each boy got four of them. "Let's go shall we boys?" They batted their eyelashes and ran their hands along the twins' chests
"A bit touchy-feely, aren't we?" Kale rolled his eyes.
The 8 looked over at Kale and asked in unison, "Jealous, dear Kale?"
Antimony snickered, rolling her eyes as the multiples flirted with the twins. "Y'all are made for each other," She laughed. "Now go t'that kitchen and cook us some food, woman!"
Laughing, the 8 turned to look at Antimony. "We don't cook. The twins cook, we help."
"Antimony just ate." the twins stated, "Is anyone else even hungry?" Personally, they didn't really want to go in the kitchen, since they somehow managed to make a mess in there too.
"Not jealousy, just annoyance." Kale said, scratching at a tooth with his pinkey finger.
"eight girls, that should keep them busy for a while" Eliza chuckled "Atleast they'll be gone for a while."
"Once again with the insults." Jaden rolled his eyes.
"I love feeling unwanted." Jayden hissed.
For a moment, they went out of their 'usual gentleman persona' and fought back to the comment instead of ignoring it.
Eliza clapped "HOORAY!" she said "You just proved you can be human at times."
The twins turned together at her, "What?"
Eliza grinned at them "You just let something get to you. Proves your not trying to smarm everyone all the time."
They just rolled their eyes, "Is it wrong to accompany a woman properly?"
"It's cute when your five but it can get annoying after a life time of it." Eliza sighed.
"Maybe for you," Antimony remarked, crossing her arms idely.
The twins approached Antimony and smiled, "Thank you." They each pulled out a rose(from who knows where) and handed it to her.
Antimony cocked an eyebrow, unfolding her arms to take the roses from them. "...Thanks," She said, sniffing the roses gratefully before opening a portal to her room and placing them gently on her desk. She shut it and looked at Eliza. "See? What, you allergic to roses or somethin'?"
The 8 reverted back into the singular Veronica and she walked over to Kale. "So tell me, dear Kale. Why is it that you don't fall for my feminine wiles like everyone else does?"
"Actually yes, my hayfever's been acting up lately" Eliza said, eyeing the roses up as if they were bombs.
"Guess I'm just smarter. Plus I'm used to cocky babes from down in Hawaii. Girls just like you who come from the mainlands and think that they are top shit." Kale winked.
"Oh yeah? I bet none of them look as good as me though, right?" Veronica asked him with a wink. She loved a guy who played hard to get and in this place, none played harder than Kale.
Kale cocked his head back, "Riiiight....well excuse me princess, but I need to shower."
Veronica frowned. "Now that's not fair at all Kale. I just get back and you won't spend any time with me. A girl could start to believe that you don't like her."
"Considering how many hints get dropped around here, it's nice to see she's not completely oblivious," Antimony muttered to herself incoherently. "I'ma head to my room. I'll see you guys later!" She waved and stepped through a portal to her room.
The twins frowned a little bit when she stopped through the portal. In truth they wanted to step in behind her into her room, but they figured that it would've come off as too creepy. They both sighed a little and waved in a depressing manner.
"Who's to say that I'm not showering because I want to be clean for you?" Kale said with clear sarcasm.
Veronica batted her eyelashes. "Oh I'm sure you are." She rested a hand on his arm and smiled. "You really do enjoy playing hard to get, don't you?"
"Well you sure like playing 'easy'." Kale came back, but with a calm smile. He never really meant his insults and she knew that.
Veronica scoffed and stared at him. "Are you calling me a slut?!" She resisted the urge to go 8 and bitch slap him
Antimony peeked out of her portal briefly, grinning widely at the scene. She wasn't gonna miss this.
The twins took advantage and grabbed the end of the portal, hanging on it.
"Oh, hey, come on in," Antimony said, backing away from the entrance of the portal to make room for them in her room.
Eliza backed towards the door slowly, it's not a good idea to be in range of eight people as they slap whoever's the nearest.
Using teamwork, the twins hopped up and into her room, smiling brightly
Suddenly the phone began to ring inside the rec room, the people could here that everyphone in the mansion was ringing. It cut out a couple of seconds afterwards, Waya had just picked up the phone. The silence had a an eery feeling to it, as if the call had been something important.
Kale was the first to speak, "Damn kids and their pranking."
Veronica stopped ranting and looked at the phone. She had a weird feeling about that phone call. "I don't think that was a prank."
The twins jumped down from the portal to the ground. "Probably just someone who got the wrong number. Everyone knows we are out of business."
Junior came into the room "Hey, that phone call. Waya answered it. Seems some kid in England is in a coma and needs our help. We asume it's a mutant, considering he's the one who called. Waya promised him we'd help. Her and Rhydian are prepping the jet. You all coming?"
Eliza blinked a few times, rubbing her arms as if cold. That call had freaked her out more than it should have, and knowing it was a kid in a coma kinda made it worse. She swallowed her fear, along with all the questions she had, and nodded "Yeah... alright."
Veronica smiled and nodded. "We're in. As long as we get to wear those stylish uniforms the X-men wear." She winked to Junior and then split into 8. They then walked over, on their way to whereever the jet was, and all 8 of them tapped his chin softly
Eliza walked after Veronica, but instead gave him a small smile before staring at her shoes as she shuffled out to the Jet hangar as well.
"I'm going to go shower now." Kale said once more before leaving.
"Yeah! Spandex..." the twins smiled. They couldn't help but pictureing Antimony and the other women in their tight uniforms.
"To the Batcave!" Junior proclaimed and rushed off to the lower levels locker room
The twins offered their arms to excort Antimony to the lockers.
Antimony took their arms, grinning widely and enjoying being pampered by the two boys.
Smileing like the usual gentlemen that they were, the twins led Antimony down to the lower levels locker room
Kale walked in and plopped himself on the couch
Veronica walked in after him and settled herself down next to him.
"Sup babe?" Kale asked, noticing her plain entrance.
Veronica smiled and gently ran her fingers through his tendrils(or was it tentacles?). "Not much. Just chillin, surfer."
Eliza walked in and almost slammed the door behind her, resting against it before noticing Kale and Veronica. "Sorry..." she muttered "I had to esccape the twins..."
Kale mover his head away from Veronica's testy hands. "Hah, they seem to swoon anything on two legs." he chuckled a little.
"Kinda weird that they swoon over you though Liz..." Veronica said, grimacing slightly. "You're their cousin..."
"They creep me out..." Eliza muttered "They think it doesn't count because they're half alien."
Waya Entered the rec room "Has anyone seen the new kid?"
Eliza shook her head "No... god he creeps me out." She shivered slightly.
"Liz, you can expnd or shrink any part of your body." Waya said "Who's the creepy one really?"
"The guy with green hair, totally red eyes and DIES every time he uses his powers" Eliza grumbled, she'd been listening to what everyone had been talking about on the jet.
Stumble!