"They're here!" was Beast's over cheerful redundant announcement as the sound of a car horn was heard from outside. Whatever else he had planned to add was lost as Gambit knocked him aside in his barely concealed haste to get out the door.
With a snarl Scott followed close upon his heels.
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Daemon ran his hands through his dreads, "Maybe it's like a different dimension?" he said brightly, trying to dispel the gloom that had fallen upon his comrades.
India sat up straight again momentarily, of course, that had to be it!', but then sunk down again even faster when she saw the grin on the face of the first man out the door. She moaned quietly into her hands, shaking her head over and over. So wrapped up in self pity and not a little fear, India didn't even give Skin a dirty look when he carefully placed his hand upon her shoulder.
"You okay chica?" he asked, his other hand on the door handle in case a quick retreat was in order.
"Yeah, I'll be fine", India took a deep breath and opened her door, carefully keeping her head down and hair in front of her face, going into her Cousin It with nose' mode.
As the others tumbled out of the minivan, she jockeyed herself into position behind Jonathan, keeping him between her and the Cajun guy who was making a complete ass of himself with anticipation.
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Sean swung the door of the jeep open and sprang out. Was he glad to be rid of this lot! With a forced smile he walked towards the X-Men's leader.
"Scott, please to see ye again"
"Yeah right" Scott looked around quickly to see if Jean was in earshot. She wasn't. "So where are the rest of these little bastards?"
Sean was a little surprized by Cyclops response. So the kids were a little rough around the edges but what had they done to turn this normally mature, thoughtful leader into a nervous wreck? Scott just continued to twitch a little and so, not knowing what else to do, Banshee turned around to see what was holding everyone up.
While the lot that had been in the minivan were milling around, shuffling their feet kind of embarrassed like, no one else had left the jeep. Instead it was rocking a little alarmingly upon the driveway. Finally one of the side doors opened and Jubilee came flying out.
She landed with an audible thud that made even the most seasoned of the X-Men wince. A smallish body clambered out of the jeep dusting off its hands in the manner of a job well done.
"And when _I_ say wait your turn, _I_ mean it!" the body turned to face the X-Men, placing its hands upon its hips and cocking its head to one side.
Lexi let out a huge grin at the shock on everyone's faces. This is what she lived for. Of course that look was usually followed by raised fists and her flying out the door of yet another foster home to land on her butt on the pavement outside (much like that Jubilee kid just did she noted to her satisfaction), but man was it worth it! Then her eyes narrowed. Okay, so this obviously wasn't an alternate dimension cause the people staring right back at her where beginning to look a little less shocked and more and more mad by the moment. She wondered briefly if she had made a big mistake as that short hairy guy down the end (the one next to the Cookie Monster) was looking a little over protective and homicidal about the whole flying Jubilee stunt.
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Lindsey considered pounding his head against the window. Damn it, why did she have to be so impetuous. Granted the twerp was as annoying as hell, but so was Lexi at times. And the dark haired chick's friends weren't looking so happy at the moment either. He gave the other occupants of the jeep a rather sickly grin before he quickly scuttled out of the vehicle, grabbed the overly attituded Lexi and shoved her behind the closest (friendly) body for protection. Not a moment too soon, as Everett, Penance and Monet tumbled out of the jeep with a certain degree of murder in their eyes. Okay, so maybe they didn't always get along with Jubliee but she was a teammate and no one gets away with doing that to a teammate!
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Even Daemon, a usually mellow dude, was a little alarmed by the looks everyone was giving them. He shoved Lexi a little further behind him and tried to look tough. Paige's breath caught in her throat when she saw Daemon throw his chest out. She brought a hand up to her cheeks; she felt like she was on fire. He was just so exciting!
Jono glanced at Paige and then gave Daemon an evil glare. Of course it would have been more effective if everyone hadn't been giving the six evil glares, but at least he tried. Not that Daemon even noticed; in fact no one really did as just then the over exciting Gambit, no longer able to control his glee, dove through the crowd tossing aside young people left and right in his excitement to get to the two vehicles.
"Where is she?" he said, running back and forth between the jeep and van while peering into their windows, "Gambit know dat she's in der".
India hid a little more behind Jonathan who was beginning to realize something was up.
"Yohoo, pretty lady, Gambit is here", Remy poked his head inside the jeep "Yohoo, legs!!"
Jonathan was realizing that something was definitely up. He turned around and hissed at India who was hiding behind a lot of hair.
"What the hell did you do this time?" he sneered, "As if we weren't in enough trouble."
"What makes you think I'm behind this?" India's voice got a little louder, gaining some questioning looks from those closest to the pair. Jonathan looked around before responding. This could get a little tricky, knowing India's freeness with her fists, but luckily the majority of folks seemed to be entranced with the French guy's antics.
"Gambit, Ah don't think that she's heare" Rogue proclaimed, laughter making the corner of her mouth twitch. That Remy shure looked funna, running around like ah chicken without ah head!
"Oh legs... don't you go hiding from Gambit. He know dat your in der somewhere"
"I think that you are behind this because..." Jonathan didn't get any further.
"Who ever told you to think boy?" Was India's heated reply before her left upper cut connected with his jaw with a satisfying thwack.
"Why you..." That was the last straw. They were tired, in a hostile place and India had just socked him... again. He lunged at her.
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The rather strangled sounds coming from Scott Summers made Banshee almost grin. This was nothing to do with him now, someone else had the responsibility of breaking things up and sorting this mess out.
"I guess ye have your job cut out for ye with this lot" the Generation X mentor said to his college, the smug satisfaction clearly evident in his voice.
"Banshee..." Scott's threat was left hanging in the air as he signalled to a few of his teammates to break up the fight.
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"Crap, what do we do now?" Lexi asked, tugging at first Daemon's shirt and then Lindsey's.
She didn't get much of a response. Oh shit, India and Jonathan are beating the crap out of each other again while we are in the biggest pile of ...' Lexi's thoughts were interrupted as she nimbly leapt out of the way of the two bodies that had rolled over to her position. Muttered expletives were all that she could hear. Then someone tapped her on her shoulder.
Lexi made the mistake of turning around.
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"Uh, Banshee" the smug satisfaction was now in Scott's voice as he tapped on Sean's shoulder. "You might want to take a look at this".
Banshee turned around.
"It seems that some of your students have taken matters into their own hands..."
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When the seething mass of young people had finally been torn apart with individual members sequestered in separate areas, it was discovered that Gambit had inadvertently got himself trapped in the middle of things and was now sporting a rapidly swelling black eye.
Jonathan gave India a rather pointed look. She choice to notice it and tried to lunge for him again.
"No you don't" the stocky man growled, "I think you've done enough damage today". Wolverine neatly tossed India over his shoulder and she had to content herself with pounding on his back instead.
"Yor Mamma!" she screamed at Jonathan.
Restrained as he was by some Southern babe, Jonathan just raised his middle finger.
"Sit and spin baby... sit and spin!"
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