Mirror, Mirror | By : Nemain Category: X-Men - Animated Series (all) > Slash - Male/Male Views: 5878 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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“Quit staring at me. People are gonna think I just broke up with you.”[1]
Todd rolled his eyes, rocking back on his heels as he scooped up a Petrie dish full of lake mud for their science project. “I’m starin’ cause I ain’t ever seen a jackass walk on two legs before.” He ducked reflexively, but Lance did not strike at him. He was not sure how much of that was fear of getting caught and how much was something else, some new sense of responsibility for his actions. Todd decided it was fear of getting caught as Storm’s voice carried across the lake, signaling time to return to the mansion. “Dude, this sucks… school on Sunday.”
“Kitty’s going back tonight,” Lance said, apropos of nothing. “Before the…bonfire.” He shot a cautious glance at Todd, recognizing the stubborn expression on his friend’s face. “Look, I’m not goin’ alone and you’re the only one here who’s not a goody two shoes. You’re coming with me.” He jerked at a weed in agitation, sending a spray of cold mud across his jeans as the erstwhile plant broke free of it’s earthy bonds.
“Thought Amara put you on a short leash,” Todd noted, frowning as he labeled the dish with the time and date. “This is a stupid project…”
“Not my fault,” Lance sniped. “And sometimes Amara doesn’t know what’s good for her. She didn’t order me anyway,” he added, pausing as he realized that Todd would likely pounce on that phrasing and turn it into a joke. Instead, his friend just sighed and shrugged. “What?”
“Rogue’s gonna kick my ass about it if I go with you,” he said after a moment’s pause. “Lance, I don’t see what bustin’ up this meeting is gonna do. Friends of Humanity ain’t gonna listen to us and prob’ly gonna get our asses kicked.”
Lance twisted the weed in his fingers into a knot, fixing Todd with an assessing gaze. “You scared of ‘em?”
He thought about lying but decided the truth might save his hide. “Yep. Very. They’re not some little piss ant punk like Duncan at Bayville… These people mean business, you know. We’re nothin’ to them. Not even worth the respect they’d give a dog.” He shoved the dish into his book bag, glaring out over the water to where classmates were following Storm into her greenhouse where they had their experiments set up. “I’ve gotten a lot of shit in my life, Lance, but I ain’t ever been hated so much… they wouldn’t care if we died, you know. Just that they’d get caught.”
Lance was silent for almost a full minute before speaking again. “They’re a bunch of fucking pussies. Like the fucking KKK, you know? Hide under hoods and shit, have these fucking bonfires… they’re full of shit.” He sniffed, standing and dropping the mangled weed. “They’re not gonna do shit to us if we show up. ‘sides, they think we’re norms…”
“Lance,” Todd said in an unusually serious tone, “you’re not getting this. Bullies don’t back down, you know? Hell,” he grunted, standing and scooping up his bag, “you should know that. We’re just gonna piss ‘em off. What do you think is going to happen?” he demanded, cutting Lance’s protests off with a chopping gesture. “They’re gonna find out we’re mutants then run for the hills? Or are we gonna go all Mission Impossible and destroy ‘em from the inside?” He narrowed his yellow eyes at his companion and shrugged. “Whatever, it’s a dumb idea.”
Lance seethed silently, following Todd along the edge of the lake until they drew near to the greenhouse. “We get Bobby and Saint John, maybe Rogue cause she’s good in a fight… Wanda. Wanda will leave ‘em hurtin’. We get a group together and go. We just do recon, see? They know Amara’s a mutant and I want to know how. I want to know who’s telling them shit, how they know these things…”
“Lance, dude, listen to yourself!” Todd groaned, pressing his hands over his eyes in frustration. “If they know Amara’s a mutant, what makes you think they don’t know we are, huh? We fucking LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE AS HER!”
Lance paused, his mouth open as if he were about to speak. He had not really thought of that aspect of it in his anger, his desire to avenge her. “Because,” he said slowly, “if they knew, they wouldn’t have invited us.”
“Sure they would’ve. They need kindling for the fire,” Todd snorted.
“Fuck you, Toad,” Lance exploded. “I swear to God, since we got here you’ve gotten softer and softer! You’re gonna turn into fucking Kurt next!”
“HEY!” Kurt’s voice came from inside the greenhouse. “ I HEARD THAT!”
Todd raised a brow. “Yeah, you know what?” he said quietly, glancing at the greenhouse a mere two yards from them, “Kurt may be soft but he’s not gonna be burned at the stake tonight.”
“Fucking Hell,” Lance groaned, trudging after Todd into the greenhouse.
“Is everything okay?” Storm asked archly. “You’re late.”
“Had problems with the mud,” Todd muttered, slinging his bag onto the low work table. “Sorry.”
Lance shrugged. “Yeah, sorry.” He glanced sideways at Todd. “Had trouble getting it to cooperate.”
Todd pursed his lips, his eyes narrowed in aggravation. “It’ll cooperate,” he snarled. “But you owe it.”
Storm blinked at this exchange. “Right… well, Kurt, you’re dismissed to help in the Danger Room. Your experiment is coming along nicely. Todd and Lance… you need to stay after,” she paused, their hissed curses clear in the otherwise quiet room. “I’d like to speak with you both.”
[1] Paraphrased from “Dogma”
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