"There's only one thing to do at a time like this." Banshee gazed around at the slightly ragged looking six who had just stepped through an interdimensional portal onto their fron steps.
"What?" The smallest of the newcomers spoke up , after it became apparent that no one else would.
"Simple" Jubilee responded, having experience in matters like this. "YOu are a team, we are a team. We fight each other for like, practise." She bent down to tie her shoelaces.
"Aye, exactly lass. " Banshee smiled broadly at her, "so , what ye all say?"
Jonathan raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself 'a team eh?' THey had never actually said they were a team before, and he kind of liked the sound of it. Especially since it was obviously him who would be the leader. Looking the tall Irish man straight in the eye, he spoke for all of tehm and gave his answer.
"Certainly."
Jonathan decided to ignore some of the pointed stares and the elbow digging into his side from one of his so-called teammates.
"Great then" Banshee smiled widened even more. "Well, Generation X will give you guys 5 minutes in the danger grotto, and then we will come after you."
"Sounds simple enough." Jonathan answered. As leader he guessed he should - well - lead. Turning he walked into the biosphere - hoping the others would follow.
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"So...." Daemon looked around, "what are we suppose to do now?"
JOnathan paused, "I...I'm not sure. I guess we hide unitl they find us, and then we fight."
"THAT's your plan?!" India snorted, "Why'd we agree to this anyway?"
"WE didn't" Moe explained, "HE did." She stared accusingly at Jonathan.
"Hey, that's right - I know - you can fight them by yourself if you're so keen, " India glared at Jonathan. "And we'll sit here and watch."
"Listen" Jonathan defended himself, "Nobody was saying anything -If you didn't want to, you should have said something!"
"I thought we were going to discuss it as a group," India retorted, "But oh no, you just had to speak for us all."
"Someone had to say SOMETHING!"
"I'm with India" Moe spoke up, "Besides," she shrugged her shoulders, "I'm a pacifist. I refuse to fight, it's agint my beliefs."
"Since When?"
"What?" Lexi leapt into the conversation with her ususal amount of forethought. "You don't believe in violence? Isn't that unusual?... you are Indian you know."
"And yet again I will weild my metaphorical tomahawk, and take insidious pleasure in smashing through another of your WASPish, no doubt Hollywood inspired, ill thought out stereotypes of any culture that - God forbid - is different from your own."
"Huh?"
"Great" Jonathan leaned back against a tree- having ignored Lexi. "A pacifist?" He rolled his eyes sarcastically, "why don't we just surrender right now, and save everyone the trouble?"
Moe smiled triumphantly, "My point exactly."
"God - Shut up. I wasn't talking to you. You always do this. " Jonathan complained "YOu twist my words to suit you. We're doing this."
"We are NOT" India roared right back.
"Shut up- WE ARE."
"Are not" India snapped "and nobody tells me what to shut up."
"Oh yeah? - SHUT UP!"
THUD. India's upper left hook caught Jonathan solidly, sending him flying back into Lindsey, who, pre to this had been quietly minding his own business.
{HEY! - Lay off!}
Using Lindsey as support, Jonathan quickly heaved himself to his feet, "If you weren't a girl..."
BANG India socked him again.
"I aint no girl, boy. I'm a woman."
"Fine." Joanthan came in swinging. Daemon astonished them all, stepping infront of India, and revealing that he did indeed have a gentlemanly bone in his body. However, it was maimed as Jonathan nailed him instead. And then definitly broken as India, lunging for Jonathan, piled inot him. Jonathan was right behind her. With a crash all three hit the ground in a pile of failing limbs. Daemon at the bottom.
"OOMPH! Get OFF of ME! You SLUT!"
India paused beating up on Joanthan to smack Daemon.
Valiently Lindsey tried to pull Jonathan off the top of the pile. Thinking it was Moe, Jonathan just simply swung his elbow upwards, catxhing lindsey in teh ribs.
With a psioic yell of pain, Lindsey told Jonathan exactly what he thought of him, and leapt into the fray.
Daemon on the ground just groaned.
Moe was next, somehow getting between Jonathan and Lindsey. With a tumble the four of them rolled off Daemon, who got up and, with revenge in his eye, promptly leapt on the top of the pile, kneeing Moe in teh process.
"Let's see how you like being at the bottom!" He shouted triumphantly.
Reaching up Moe grabbed a dread on Daemon's head and pulled - ignoring the resulting anguished shriek of pain.
Unable to contain herself any longer, Lexi chose a relatively safe moment and leapt into the free-for-all, for apperently no other reason then the fact that she was the only one left.
"Take THAT!"
"Jesus Christ Woman."
SMACK
"Get OFF of ME"
"OW Leggo ... my haIR!!! OW"
"YOu first"
"Can't take the heat..."
THUD
"Whose shoe is this?"
"UMPH"
"You li'l shit! You're gonna regret that!"
"make me"
"I said LET GO!"
"ARGHHHH"
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Banshee looked at his watch, then galnced up at hi s students. Dressed in their matching uniforms he felt justifiable propud of the neat organised picture they presented.
"30 Seconds left kids" He informed them. Whatever he was about to add was lost as the biosphere door swung open and six people, looking extremely worse for wear, staggered out.
Moe stopped infront of Sean, and stared at him, one eye rapidly swelling.
"We've decided." She paused giving Jonathan a glare. "That we are all pacifists, and as such cannot participate in flighting as a recreational activity."
Slightly ataken back, Sean looked at Joanthan "Is that right lad?"
"Yeah" Jonathan spoke carefully, rubbing the sore jaw, "pacifists - that's us - all the fucking way."
"Well - " Sean struggled for recovery - looking not a little mystefied, "Well... we support all belief systems here at the academy." He finished weakly.
No one said anything to this.
"See you at diner then?" Sean added.
"We have to discuss it. " Joanthan replied bitterly, with a sardonic aimed at India.
An uncomfortable pause greeted this.
"Good boy" India mumured, jus loud enought to hear. Joanthan went bright red as he struggled to contain his temper. He finally managed a strangled. "Let's discuss this later. shall we?"
"Certainly" She smiled wolvishly.
Slowly the six limped silently off towards the school buildings.
"Man" Everett whistled softly, "and I thought we had problems."