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Ultimate Coverup	By : Polymer Category: X-men Comics > Het - Male/Female Views: 1569 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 3 - Later on that week:

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The workout room was off the main gym. Many of the X men did their private training in the calisthenics room. Michelle was pleased that she had it all to herself this time of the morning. Ten a.m. bleeped on the digital wall clock. Inhaling deeply she brought her fists together, and then swung left, then right. In the mirrors alongside she saw her reflection. They were in reality one way windows from the weight room next door that doubled as mirrors in this room so the occupants could critique their styles.

She moved in a slow fluid motion, only to feel something twine between her legs. Slamming into the mat, she rolled over to see a tall trench coated figure standing over her. Red eyes fixed on her with an amused smile on their owner's lips.

"Nice recovery, Cherie..." he said as he watched her roll over and crouch, hands up.

"No thanks to you, gaijin," she mumbled.

"Let me help you up, Belle," he said with a smile. She reached for his hand, and then smiled up. Gambit tugged, but then felt his wrist jerked and snapped. He flipped over her shoulder, tumbling to land on the mat on his backside.

"I can help myself," she said, dusting herself off.

"You would me, Cherie," he shook his head, clicking his tongue. "Remy just bein' friendly..."

"There's such a thing as personal space, and you're violating it, mister..." she said in precise English with no hint of any accent. As he circled, she raised her hands into a defensive position, her dark eyes fixed directly into his with a gleam of defiance.

"Cherie misunderstands... Remy only wants to build team spirit," he said as he extended his staff. Her blows he avoided and blocked, swinging wildly.

"This is a better way to do it. Show me, Monsieur, is this the BEST you can do?" she challenged.

"If Mademoiselle insists," he shrugged. "T'ink she prefers a fighter to a lover? What a shame!"

Remy swept out his staff, and she leapt over it. Her leg swept out, tripping him, and then her hand flashed into his solar plexus with a sharp "KYAI!" and a blow to his back. Gambit exhaled and stumbled back, his hand thrusting out to connect with her chest as his staff flashed. She tumbled back, rolling on the floor and standing to face him. One hand was held with fingers curled while the other was back, her eyes burning right into his.

<Not bad, > Michelle said in French.

<Ahh the civilized language, my pretty one, > Gambit beamed. <This is fun, isn't it, my lovely...>

<Do you fight as well as you speak, little man? > She challenged; black eyes shining like midnight while his twinkled like rubies. Remy's face drew up in a grin as she punched simply, and then followed with another swipe of her hands. Karate forms, classic and predictable, with no nonsense. Gambit obliged, but then she swung under him, and blocked his staff with both hands. Then her knee shot out and connected with his hand, and divested him of the staff.

<Ohh no fair, pretty one...> Gambit waggled his finger at her. He reached into his coat and a card shot towards her. However Michelle dodged, as the card singed her hair. She gritted her teeth, and then Gambit was facing fist after fist in his face and a series of flying kicks forward that made him back off, and his cards dropped all over the place.

<Stop showing off and fight if you're going to waste my time, > she shot back in French. Gambit realized she wasn't playing games. He'd meant to knock her off balance, but she was pissed.

"Now wait a minute Cherie..."

"Don't Cherie me, you creep," she muttered. "Using your powers on me... you've got no sense of..."

"Gambit t'inks you need t' learn some manners... specially since real life be far more tricky than him..." Gambit said as he dodged her next blow, and reached in, grasping her about the waist. Jerking her body, she tossed him and then he landed flat on his back.

"What in TARNATION are you doing?" came a shout, and she was picked up bodily by her gi and thrust up against the wall. "Are you crazy?"

"Rogue, my heroine to the rescue..." Remy couched as he scrambled to his feet.

"Are you NUTS? You could have HURT him!" Rogue yelled at her. "He don't know that crazy kung fu stuff!"

"He used his powers on me, I merely wanted to let him know that I didn't appreciate being INTERRUPTED..." she said. "He could have hurt me..."

"You could have..."

"I could have done a LOT more harm to him..." Michelle panted. "And I'm not even using my powers... I'm but a mere black belt who's been out of practice. If I really HAD wanted to..."

"Don't give me that, you stuck up witch," Rogue snapped, pushing her into the mat. "I ought ta teach ya a lesson for..."

"Rogue, we were just having fun, you don't have to..."

"Shuddup Remy, she's been needing someone to talk some SENSE into her..." Rogue snapped. "Little miss prissy pants thinks she's SO hot cause she knows some fancy moves..."

"I don't need to waste my time on you," Michelle said with a sigh. "I'm not the one that has an argument... he challenged me and this is NOT your business... so let me go..."

"Back off Rogue," Jean Grey said firmly. "You've MADE your point. She didn't ask for you to step in."

"Jean... she was asking for..."

"NOW!" Jean shouted. A flare of blue energy shot around both women and forced them apart so they hovered in midair. Rogue struggled against her power while Michelle looked down at Jean, her chest heaving in and out.

"She didn't mean to hurt him. If she had, she'd have broken his bones... there's no sign of harmful intent... they were having a sparring match..." Jean snorted.

"Ohh, a cat fight and we weren't invited," Havoc laughed.

"Can it, butt-head," Wolverine shook his head with disgust. "What's going on here, and why wasn't I invited to the brawl?"

"Logan, shut up... this has nothing to do with you, and I'm at my last nerve with..." Jean puffed. The concentration broke and Rogue broke free, and shot towards Michelle. However a wall of plastic materialized with a gesture as Michelle held up one hand with fingers curled, in a typical karate block. It merely stunned Rogue who busted through it. Plastic shards shot forward, stinging Rogue's face, but causing no harm.

"You..." Rogue yelled. "That was uncalled for... and I'm SICK of it... you ain't got ANY clue of how to really fight, girl!"

Rogue shot through the nuisance, and her hand extended as she came inches from Michelle. There came a rasp of metal on claws, and Logan put himself between them. Rogue veered at the last moment, floating before Jean's TK power wrapped around her.

"Enough!" Jean yelled. "Rogue, you are OUT of line! Five demerits... and Michelle, two for attacking without provocation..."

"I was defending myself," Michelle breathed. "She was using her powers and I was using mine... she insisted... and I..."

<The fight's over! Calm down for Heaven's sake! > Wolverine hissed at Michelle, and she blinked.

<I didn't need you to step in... > Michelle protested.

<This isn't a dojo, this is for real, so calm down before you make Jean even more angry> Logan retorted in the same language.

"Ouch," Havoc muttered.

"Jean... I wasn't gonna hurt her I was just trying to..."

"Scare and intimidate her Rogue? Is THAT what you're trying to say?"

"Rogue, you didn't need t' interfere, Remy n' the Cherie were just playing.... You be takin' this WAY too seriously Remy t'ink..." Gambit interrupted as he moved between the two women.

"It was a private match," Michelle breathed as Wolverine's claws barred her way from where Rogue tried to dodge around Remy. Alex's fists glowed with gleaming gold circles as his power activated and his hair crackled.

"So what did we miss?" Alex asked. "Cause nobody said anything about this being the Danger room..."

"Everyone shut up!" Jean yelled. "You guys are driving me CRAZY! If you can't behave I'll...."

"Simmer down yourself red," Logan barked. "You're losing your cool, an it ain't helping nothing!"

Jean's green eyes narrowed and Gambit grabbed Rogue's arm while Alex moved to her side and blocked either one from running over and clobbering Logan for interfering, or Michelle for whatever reason. "Logan... if you weren't right I'd..."

"What, throw me into another wall? C'mon Red, anyday. If it'll REALLY make you feel better go RIGHT ahead. But chewing us all out's not cutting it. Maybe we'd be better off beating on each other in the Danger room..." Logan said, voice low and guttural.

"He's right. Maybe we'd do good working off some steam... before we end up heating things WAAY up," Alex said as he inhaled.

"All right, all right," Jean sighed. "But I'm warning you, any more stupid crap and I'm reporting all of you to the Professor..."

"Ohh, I'm so scared," Wolverine muttered under his breath as he gave a smirk.

"Don't anger her, Wolverine," Michelle whispered as she realized how close he was standing to her, his back rippling with muscles. His claws slid back into their sheaths, and he walked towards Jeannie.

"Because you're so smart, Logan, you, me and Polymer are going head to head with Rogue, Havoc and Gambit. Since you're so hopped up to beat on Polymer Rogue, you'll get your chance, but only if you do it in a TEAM setting. So let's all suit up and report in the Danger room in FIVE..." Jean barked. "Dismissed. And use separate doors, all of you!"

"Yes Jean," said Rogue sulkily as Remy pushed her gently towards the door, and Michelle turned, her shoulders hunched.

"I'm sorry Jean," she said softly.

"What for?" Wolverine asked. "Rogue was asking for it..."

"Just don't say anything. We'll talk later, okay?" Jean sighed. "I don't care what happened or who did what first... this is a penalty..."

"Oho the apple polisher's in trouble, is she?" Rogue asked.

"Meow," Alex whispered to Gambit.

"Don't start with me, bub," Logan growled as he walked by Alex and Gambit. Both guys backed off, blinking. Michelle strode towards the lady's locker room, not looking back at any of them. Rogue brushed off her jacket and stormed off out the gym door as Jean shook her head.

"How am I going to get these people to work together?" Jean asked Scott as they stood in the Danger Room control area. "This team has been NOTHING but trouble!"

"You're doing fine Jean. You handled yourself well," said Professor X as he glided in. "I'm proud of you. Gambit and Polymer were merely blowing off steam, and it was Rogue's fault that it escalated. Yet disciplining the whole group was the best decision..."

"But I feel lousy punishing them all," sighed Jean.

"A training session'll get them to be friends if nothing else will. Except maybe mister happy," Scott shook his head as he indicated Wolverine entering the Danger Room below.

"Both squads enter your respective areas," Professor X called. "Jean, take your position. I will be observing for the canceling of demerits for Red squad..."

"All right, here goes," she sighed.

"The old three on three?" Scott smirked as he saw Jean pull on her headpiece that amplified her powers. Her red hair cropped short tufted overtop, giving her a punk rocker appearance.

"You know it, lover," she winked.

"I'll get a nice hot bath ready, Jean," Scott whispered as she walked past, and he kissed her cheek lightly.

"Go out there and get them... and don't humiliate Wolverine TOO much... let my brother Alex have some fun..."

"You'll see," she winked as she exited. Professor X looked at Scott and several other students who were entering the bleachers that overlooked the Danger Room.

"Xmen Blue, prepare to take notes," Scott said into his comlink. "Here's a real live Demerit grudge match..."

"I didn't think they'd actually..." Hank trailed off.

"This is the real deal," Bobby said as he rubbed his hands together. "My money's on Jean's team..."

"What the hell... are you talking about?" Jubilee asked.

"Watch your mouth kiddo," joked Scott. "It's simple. The offenders... or aggressors who started the fight are going to get the chance to face whoever's bugging them in a fair grudge match. That means powers are allowed, if they get the chance to use them..."

"Ohhh..." Jubilee said as her eyes widened. "But some of them are new... like Gambit and Poly... I mean they're both pretty bad with the martial arts stuff but..."

"That's the point," said Scott. "Listen and learn. Two of the combatants are not so dependent on their mutant powers as the other team members. They'll see how much they can rely on their mutant strengths and teach the old timers a lesson..."

"You mean cause Rogue's always used her powers since she..." Bobby asked.

"Yep... and Wolverine too. But Alex and Jean are old Xmen pros, from the get go," said Hank. "They know the most about training with teamwork. Wolverine and Rogue are the random elements... the loose cannons, and Gambit and Polymer are the newbies..."

"Squad Scarlet are you ready?" Prof. X asked.

"Ready!" called Rogue, Remy and Alex.

"Heh, that fits," Bobby laughed.

"Shut up," hissed Jubilee.

"Squad Magenta?" asked the Professor.

"Ready!" Jean called.

"Begin simulation... level five..." the Professor said as he punched keys and the Danger room floor began to move and change. Lasers shot out of the walls as the combatants scattered.

"Now the fun starts," Scott winked.

Neither team made much progress in the room. Either they were trying to tag their opponents with their powers to hit a 'detector' or trying to cross tot he opposite zone. So far, Scarlet and Magenta groups had their hands full just keeping on their toes with all the interference and each other.

"Look out Rogue!" Alex barked as she swooped down towards Jean. Marvel Girl levitated and sent a hale of metallic shrapnel towards her. A whine of kinetic charging prepared a queen, a ten, and a deuce of hearts as Gambit chucked them towards Jean to distract her. Alex's energy crackled as he singed the metal allowing Rogue to pass.

"RRRAOOOW!" wolverine roared as he threw himself on Alex, knocking him flat. A spiked mace shot over their heads and both rolled over. Rogue swooped down towards Polymer, who was busy throwing lumps of plastic to divert the progress of machine gun fire. She flipped and spun, erecting a shield of HDPE to shield Jean from the next volley.

"Tag, you're it!" Wolverine shouted as his claws plunged. However Alex levered him off and he went flying across the room. He flipped over and landed, after righting himself.

Alex then swept a beam of his cosmic energy towards both Wolverine, Polymer and Jean. He nodded to Gambit, who flipped with his staff and levered over the hail of plastic shards propelled by Jean's TK. Three more cards hurtled towards Wolverine, and he merely crossed his claws before his face to catch the two he dodged.

Rogue dodged Jean's assault, and then soared towards the source of the plastic missiles. As she approached Polymer, the Japanese/American mutant's eyes flared white. A thin sheet of something shot out and Rogue batted it off, only to find it wrapping around her. Distracted, she hit the wall with a bang and made a sizable dent. She struggled to get the plastic off her face as she was momentarily blinded. Michelle's hands twisted a series of long thin fibers that wrapped around Rogue, pinning her arms and legs at her sides.

"What IS this stuff?" Rogue grunted as she struggled to snap it.

"Silk, strong as steel... and at this size its tensile strength is increased," Polymer whispered.

"Look sharp Cherie!" Gambit laughed and she was tackled around the stomach and rolled over with Gambit on top of her.

"You..." she got out before Gambit pinned her arms with his staff pushed down and her knees with his legs straddling them.

"Way to go!" Alex laughed as his beam scythed and hit wolverine. Jean turned, shaking her head as she sent a TK wave towards Alex. Growling, Wolverine shook off the blow and leapt on Gambit as Polymer struggled.

Gambit pecked her with a kiss, and she didn't know whether to toss him or use her powers. Jerking her body, she twisted and flung him to the side. She panted, on her arms and legs as she caught her breath and Logan's claw dug into Gambit's coat, and pinned the Cajun.

"Gonna take more than that toothpick to stop me, Gumbo!" Logan laughed as he swiped, and Gambit whacked him upside the jaw with it. In a series of flips the two exchanged blows.

"Get me OUT of this!" Rogue yelled. Alex flashed a blast in Jean's face and then swept out with a beam of energy that sliced through the synthetic silk. Rogue shook herself free, and then shot full force. Grabbing Michelle by the back of her neck, she flew with her, and dropped her right into the sliding door that opened in the floor.

"What are you..." Jean got out, recovering.

There came a splash as Polymer landed in the water, and flailed, her head breaking the surface. Rogues laughed and swooped down to grab Wolverine and throw him halfway across the room. Jean gave a yawn and then nodded sharply in Rogue's direction. A force seized Alex and sent him hurtling across the floor. Rogue twisted to catch him, before she collided with the far wall and landed in a heap of arms and legs. Remy leapt up off the floor, and his staff whirled as he threw himself at Jean. She barely managed to block as she broke her concentration and crashed tot he floor.

"Cease combat!" the Professor barked. "This match is over. Neither team has won significantly. The time limit is up..."

"What?" Rogue shook her head. "We've been gypped... get OFF me you..."

"Is that your leg or my arm?" Alex asked.

"Don't TOUCH me!" she hissed as his hand nearly reached her face. Alex backed away, seeing the angry look in her green eyes.

"Excuse me," he muttered as Remy moved over to help him up. Michelle spluttered as Jeannie's TK power hoisted her up out of the water and lowered her to a kneeling position.

Wolverine mumbled, shaking his head as he peeled himself out of the sizable dent he'd made in the far wall from Rogue's playful throw. His nose was bleeding slightly as he walked over and stood next to Polymer. She hugged herself, shivering as she knelt there, and Logan reached a hand down and hauled her to her feet. "C'mon Princess, stop acting like a wet poodle... it ain't that bad..." he laughed.

"Wolverine, if I wasn't your squad mate I'd..."

"All right lovebirds, break it up," Jean clapped her hands.

"As you doubtless have noticed, your hostility towards one another gained you nothing," the Professor's mind cast echoed through their thoughts as he steepled his fingers and looked down on them from on high. Other faces were visible as the Blue team glanced at the sorry team of stalemates that was Red Team.

Rogue felt Remy touch her shoulder with a gloved hand. She leaned her head on his shoulder and both of them glanced at the wall in strange shame. Polymer forgot what she was going to say to Wolverine as she looked at her feet, and slowly bowed to the professor with folded hands. Wolverine chuckled and folded his arms across his chest, rolling his eyes.

"Cripes Chuck ya could've told them that in a fifty word speech..." he chuckled. "But this was WAY more fun..."

"You call getting drenched fun, Wolverine?" asked Michelle as she rose from her bow. "Because perhaps it could have been YOU who was all wet..."

"Wouldn't you have loved to see me all wet, darlin," he winked. "Especially you, Red..."

"Don't make me put you there, Logan," Jean snorted, her hands on her hips. "I hope gang that you leaned a lesson. We could have all succeeded if we'd been pulling as a team... this isn't Survivor... this is the X men. So think about that while you turn in for the night..."

"Class dismissed," the Professor said. "Red Team has cancelled all their accrued demerits. Have a pleasant evening and see you at dinner..."

"That's IT?" Rogue asked. "You mean..."

"That's that, Cherie," Gambit said as he patted her back. "Want to go have an ice cream... with extra chocolate sauce? Remy buying..."

"It's free ya cheap swamp rat," Rogue slugged his back as he led her out, arm around her shoulders.

"Want to come with..." Remy asked as he approached Polymer.

"Don't... just leave me alone," she said icily. "You've made your point... I'm sorry I acted out..."

"No hard feelings Cherie...." said Gambit.

"Have fun without me," she said as politely as possible. "I have to make a phone call..."

Quickly she rushed out, brushing past Logan who was about to say something when she exited. Jean shook her head as she watched her friend leave, and Logan blinking at her in confusion. Alex laughed and exited. "C'mon, let's go get a cold one..."

"That'd better be unleaded," Scott said from above.

"Thanks bunches, brother," Alex scrunched his face at him. Jean walked over to Scott, accepting the hug that he gave her. Together they exited the danger room. Logan mumbled and walked out after Alex.

"Hey, wait up," he called.
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