X Men Evolution: Chapter 3

Chapter 3 – Weekend

Scott had done it. He'd managed to go the entire week without seeing Duncan or Sean again; he'd waited behind after his lectures so that he didn't meet them in the corridors and he'd taken a packed lunch so that he didn't bump into them in the cafeteria. And now it was the weekend. A time to relax and have fun, a time to forget any worries or troubles, a time to-

Scott's feet suddenly got swept from under him as Sam rocketed across the area in front of the mansion.

"Sam!" Scott yelled, getting to his feet, "Watch where you're going will you!"

Sam turned his head to look back at Scott and, as he did so, he ploughed into a nearby oak tree, which groaned and flopped heavily on its side. The human Cannonball landed in a heap next to the ruined tree and got shakily to his feet; he stumbled around aimlessly, holding his head, as he tried to walk in a straight line.

It was a Saturday, which meant one thing – training. Scott, Jean and Logan (Hank was out of town for the week) had been told to try and teach the younger students how to take control of their powers and how to use them to the best of their ability, which meant a lot of concentration and enthusiasm was required, not something the younger mutants were full of these days.

Scott smoothed down his shirt and straightened his new glasses as he attempted to gather the troops for their training session, "Okay guys, let's start training!"

A few of the students loped over lazily to where Scott stood; Jamie looked like he'd just gotten out of bed and Bobby stood flexing his muscles, trying to impress Amara. She rolled her eyes in his direction. Tiny fireworks were flitting around Jubilee's head as she stood looking bored and Rahne kept blowing huge bubbles of bubblegum between her lips. Ray was sitting on the ground, along with Roberto, who was lying down, sunbathing. Sam was still stumbling around on the grass when the rest of the students finally gathered round. At that point Jean and Logan had joined the group, along with Kitty and Kurt.

Logan frowned as he looked towards Kitty and Kurt, "Where's Rogue?"

Kurt shrugged, his tail whipping from side to side, and Kitty spoke, "Dunno. She said she would be here like half an hour ago".

Logan made a sound in his throat that was not unlike a growl, "Elf, go see if you can find her".

Kurt saluted.

Bamf.

Nightcrawler stood outside of Rogue's bedroom door and raised a blue hand to knock on it. Just as his hand touched the wood the handle started to turn. Kurt teleported behind a plant in the hallway, preparing to jump out at Rogue and scare her but, when he saw who was stepping out of the room, he stayed silent.

"I'll see you later Cherie", the tall man with the odd accent lingered in the doorway to Rogue's room and Kurt watched as Rogue leaned in and kissed him on the cheek.

"Make sure you go out the back way, they're all out front", she said.

"You embarrassed of me?" he raised a thick eyebrow.

Rogue tucked a strand of white hair behind her ear and looked at the floor, "No, I just, they wouldn't understand".

Gambit tucked his finger under her chin and lifted her head. He looked at her and smiled, "I know. Au revoir", he kissed her briefly on the lips and made his way to the elevator.

Once Gambit was out of site Kurt stepped from behind the plant and walked towards Rogue as she closed the door to her bedroom. She jumped when Kurt started to walk beside her, his hands behind his back and a wide grin on his face.

"Kurt! What are you- Where did you- How long have you been there?"

Kurt smiled and his tail twitched slightly, "Long enough".

Rogue's cheeks flushed crimson and she stopped walking. Kurt stopped just in front of her.

"Kurt, we were- it's not what you think", Rogue's lips pressed into a tight line and she kept looking at the gloves on her hands as though pondering whether to take them off or not.

Kurt smiled again, "So you and the Joker veren't all kissy kissy?" He pursed his blue lips as though kissing the air.

Rogue rolled her eyes, "First of all, don't call him the Joker. Ever. Secondly, it's none of your business what we were doing!"

"Fine, fine", they started walking again, "So I suppose you don't vant me to tell anyone about this?"

This time it was Rogue who smiled, "Let's just say, if you do tell anyone-" she slowly slid off one of her black gloves, "-you won't remember that you did".

Kurt gulped and remained silent as they made their way to the front of the mansion where the rest of the students were waiting.

Logan looked at Kurt as he and Rogue stepped in line beside Kitty, "You took your time Elf, did you stop off at a drive through on the way there?"

"Okay", Jean spoke up, "We'll separate you into three groups and then you'll all get started on your training", she looked around the group of tired and bored mutants and gave them each a number, "Right. Group one you're with Scott, group two you're with me and so that means group three is with Mr Logan". There was an audible groan from group three as the students all shuffled off into different areas of the mansion's grounds.

"Right", said Scott, "Let's get started".

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