Winter 2015: Callie

[Ult_Sm86]

January 2nd



News: The TV blared loudly as the news reports overtook the New Years Day festivities on channel 17. "This just in, a mall in the Yale region of Connecticut has been apparently attacked by thousands, and we mean thousands, of bugs! We go to our affiliate reporter Don Keballs to get more. Don?"

News: "Thanks Jan," Don said, touching the wrong ear and nearly eating the microphone. "The reports are swarming in, and we can't quite get a grip of what's going on here, all we know is there has been a sudden, severe, infestation at the New Haven Super mall. Many are afraid the mutant terrorist some called Apocalypse is preparing to return, as this is similar to one of the signs of his wrath in previous months."

Cecilia: Cecilia was passed out on the couch in the rec room, still struggling with the time change despite being back at the school for a few days. "Mmhm...no bugs..." she muttered, turning over and pulling the blanket over her head.

Jessica: "Not all bugs are bad." Jess commented from her spot on the ceiling where she was half reading a book and half watching the tv.

Johnny: "Yes. Yes, they are," Johnny argued from his chair, head rested against the back of it as he stared at the televsion. "Though, sharks were more exciting than this crap."

Jessica: Jess dug a penny out of her pocket and threw it at his head. "Spiders are your friend. They'd eat all the other bugs."


News: "It seems that the reports of various bugs that march on the mall property are not all the same. There appears to be bees, wasps, termites, ants, and God knows what else!" Don said to the camera. He looked a little scared. "And the closer we get to the mall, the more obvious this becomes an-oh! WHOA! Bill get it off! GET THEM OFF!"

Cecilia: Cecilia remained fast asleep on the couch. Dead to the world.

News: Don started dancing around, trying to shake something off or out of his pants, then the camera began to shake and another screaming voice could be heard. Suddenly the screen was covered in ants and went black. The news cut to Jan who sat in her chair, awkwardly. "... Well... thanks Don, we'll check in with you shortly."

Johnny: "Ack," Johnny swatted at the penny and heaved a sigh, "Too bad they cut back."

Jessica: "Maybe..." she frowned at the tv, "Do you think we should check that out? I mean... we know it's not Apocalypse... but that's still worrisome..."

Johnny: "And wake Cee up?" Johnny glanced between the girls, shaking his head, "Because I'm not touching that."

Jessica: "..." Jess sighed and gave Cee a very tiny zap on her ear, "Wakey wakey."

Cecilia: Cecilia leapt form her prone position into a fighting stance at the zap to the head, arms raised, sheilds up and ready for a fight. "I'M UP! WHAT'S WRONG?!" She shouted, glancing around wildly.

Johnny: "We're heading to the bug invested mall."

Jessica: "It'll be fun!" Jess dropped down from the ceiling, landing in a crouch.

Cecilia: Cecilia blinked, rubbing her ear. "Did you zap me?" She scowled, suddenly remembering why she didn't like Jess much. "I thought we had a talk about that."

Jessica: "I thought it was the safest way to wake you up. Didn't want you to punch me in the face or something if I shook you... I like my face."

Johnny: "I thought we should leave you alone," Johnny commented as he stood, stretching.

Jessica: "She'll never get over the jet lag if we let her sleep all day. Better to stay active and awake til your normal bed time."

Cecilia: Cecilia grumbled and crossed her arms. "You said we're going to a mall? A big infested mall? I don't like shopping at the best of times, why would I go to one with bugs in it? Do I look like an exterminator?" She frowned at Jess. "And you are not my mother."

Johnny: "I can't say I like bugs or shopping either, but it has to be more exciting than sitting around here," Johnny shrugged.

Callie: Callie looked up from painting her nails. "Bugs are nasty, but if we can do some shopping while we're there, I'm in."

Jessica: "Oh stop whining," Jess rolled her eyes, "Come on, it's boring around here..."

News: The news clicked back to the reporter Jan. "New reports have come in that a young man, believed to be a mutant or a demon from hell, has caused this immediate bug infestation. Here's some footage from a cellphone of one of the people trapped inside:"

Cecilia: Cecilia clamped down her jaw to avoid syaing something she regretted. Just because she and Jess were not active enemies anymore didn't mean she really liked spending time with her or dealing with her personality- especially when jet lagged.

Pym: The news switched to a young man who was covered in ants and trying repeatedly to get people to stop "squishing" the insects or to stop "screaming". "They don't sting you if you leave them alo- hitting them is not leaving them alone!"

Callie: "I guess we should get our suits on." Callie blew on her nails and stood."The sooner the better..."

Jessica: Jess hurried to the stairs to go and do just that. Yay! Something to do!

Cecilia: "Mutant thing, right?" Remarked Cecilia, staring at the people running from swarms of bugs on the television and sighed. "X-Men: to the jet!" She said flatly, raising a fist ironically.

Pym: == After 10 minutes of uniform fussing and 15 minutes of aerial acrobatics trying to maneuver the Blackbird without parental supervision ==

Pym: Hank tried desperately to reason with the terrified patrons of the mall. "Wait, wait! I promise, I was just trying to help! Those guys were stealing from jewelry, I promise!" The elderly security guards chased down swarms of bees in the food court, swatting their batons at them, radio'ing in for SWAT help.

Cecilia: Cecilia eyed the swarms of bugs and created shield armor around herself. "I've become a glorified bee keeper," she muttered, wincing as she crushed bugs underfoot.

Jessica: "Oh don't kill them, it's not their fault..." Jess lifted into the air, "Let's go and look for the source..."

Pym: None of the local police had ever dealt with a "mutant emergency" and between not wanting to experience their first one and not wanting to screw it up, most of the squad cars were just parked in the lot, sectioning traffic away from the mall.

Cecilia: Cecilia eyed the carpet of bugs on the floor, undulating like a particularly disgusting wave. "Where the fuck do you suggest I step then?!" She exclaimed, frustrated. Who cared about a few stupid bugs?

Pym: Hank tried to communicate to one of the flying ants, clicking and squeaking at it. It flew away and came back with a popcorn kernel after a moment. "Okay, clearly I need to spend more time on the speaking bit."

Jessica: "On a forcefield? Can't you do that?"

Cecilia: "Not for long!" Said Cecilia, crushing more bugs as she stomped through the mall.

Cecilia: "Besides, I hate heights..." she grumbled. Goddamnit jet lag...

Jessica: Jess winced for the loss of bugs, wondering if her pheromones would work on them. "You wouldn't have to be that high up... only a couple of inches..."

Pym: Hank looked over the railing at the entrance and saw the X-Men walking in. Excited and overjoyed, he shrunk down and leapt from the ledge. The three story drop would have been more terrifying, but instead he gently floated like a leaf from a tree until one of the flying ants caught him.

Pym: Buzzing down to Cecilia, he got close to her ear and shouted: . "Oh, whoa hey! Please don't step on any of the Vespoidea! Not even the Formicidae or Anthrophila! I realize they're scary, but they won't hurt you if you leave them alone!"

Callie_: Callie rolled her eyes. "Let's find this guy and tell him to tell his little friends to stop causing a scene." She walked into the mall, crunching the bugs underfoot.

Cecilia: Cecilia just stomped on a few more bugs in response. She wasn't in the mood to take suggestions on how to use her powers.

Jessica: Jess paused, "Everyone shut up. I heard something."

Cecilia: "Heard what now?" She said, she couldn't hear shit over the damn buzzing.

Pym: "I said stop stepping on the ants! They're my friends!" He shouted again, the ant buzzing even closer to Cecilia's ear.

Jessica: "A voice," she pointed towards Cecilia's head, "From somewhere there."

Pym: "Yes! Me!, Oh for cripes sake." He hopped off the ant in midfall, regained his previous size, appearing nearly out of thin air beside Cecilia. "Stop stepping on the higher-ordered insects, please. They know not what they do."

Cecilia: Cecilia leapt back as a guy appeared out of seemingly nowhere. "Jesus Christ!" She yelped. "It's you doing this isn't it? Dude, what the fuck is up with your shit powers? Ants? Really?!"

Jessica: "I told you not to step on them." Jess hovered in the air, hands on her hips.

Pym: "Hey! They're not shit powers! I can communicate with them! ... I just am not that good at doing it yet..." He looked to the ground a little embarrassed. "I was trying to stop some dudes from jacking a Macy's."

Callie: "Well, of course they don't. They're bugs. They have no higher function. Call them off." She was so putting tight meshed screen on every entrance to her room. A guy who could get that small...

Cecilia: "Well, great job," she said, opening her arms. "You've created mass panic."

Jessica: "Did you manage to stop the guys?" Jess asked, a sympathetic look on her face.

Pym: "These bugs are higher ordered, the honey bee, in fact, is quite remarkable." He held his finger out and the bee buzzed over to him and landed on his finger. "I can try to call them off, but I'm not really sure how this many got here. I must've attracted some queens. I'm really sorry." He felt exasperated.

Cecilia: Cecilia was feeling pretty exasperated too. She was tired and not in the mood for this at all. "Don't worry about it now, it's already done. Just fix it!"

Pym: "I... think their pants got flooded with Bombus pratorum."

Pym: "If I could get to the security and get on the loudspeaker, I could reach them all at once." He offered. "That's where I was headed when I saw you guys. I think it's one floor up. I can get us up there if you'd like."

Jessica: Jess facepalmed, "So if they're still they're fine... if not we could have some serious problems...." She sighed.

Cecilia: Cecilia eyed an outdoor sports store. "It's that or we grab a shitload of RAID. Your call, buddy," she said to the ant-man.

Jessica: "Do not even think about it!" Jess couldn't believe her!

Pym: "Nah, the bumblebees won't do much to them. I think at worst, they have a new definition to a vibrating pants! Ha!" he laughed heartily at that. "Okay, well, I'm gonna head up there, I can shrink any of you down with me to join me on a quick bee-ride up to the office." He tried to ignore Cecilia. Boy was she mean...

Cecilia: "Relax! I was just kidding, Jesus!" Cecilia said to Jess, rolling her eyes. "Right, lead on," she said to the ant-man.

Jessica: "I can fly on my own, thanks," Jess assured him, pointing down to the fact her feet were not on the floor.

Pym: "Oh, thank you!" He said smiling to Jess. "Okay well... I will do my best to evacuate the mall of all insects!" He shrunk down, hopped on the bee, and buzzed up to the office. It was difficult to maneuver around the other bugs, but once he got there, he hopped off and landed in front of the microphone. Though it was remarkably bigger than him, the effect would be the same.

Cecilia: Cecilia brushed the ants off a bench and sat down. Might as well relax.

Jessica: Jess found a spot on a wall to adhere herself to and waited.

Pym: Hank tapped the microphone and cleared his throat. "Testing, one-two. One-two."

Cecilia: Cecilia lifted a finger that had an ant on it and held it to eye-level. "Sorry, buddy," she said quietly to it. "It's been an off-day."

Pym: Suddenly, from each of the loud speakers, a series of loud clicking and squeaking erupted, noisily filling the halls. All the bugs froze where they were and looked to the nearest loud speaker.

Jessica: Jess frowned at the nearest speaker too.

Pym: The insects buzzed and loomed ominously, then... with no warning, they all left through the nearest exit.

Cecilia: Cecilia yelped as an avalanche of bugs swarmed over her to the nearest exit. "SHIT!" She exclaimed, creating a dome around herself and cringing as the ants quickly carpeted it.

Callie: "Well, that was simple." She jumped up onto a nearby bench so they wouldn't crawl over her feet.

Jessica: Jess laughed at Cecilia's reaction, quite happy to have all the bugs swarming around her. It was nice.

Cecilia: This sorta reminded Cecilia of the seeker swarms in May's game...she even had the 'biotic fields' to complete the scene.

Pym: "YAY!" Hank shouted into the microphone.

Jessica: Jess winced at the yell and the resulting feedback from the microphone. "Ow..."

Cecilia: Cecilia dropped her field as soon she could see through most of it again. The ants were clear for the most part, no need to even use her armor. "Thank Christ..." she said. Now they just had to talk to this guy and extend their offer and they'd be outta here.

Pym: Hank returned to normal size and ran to the ledge, cheering at his success! "I'm an X-Man!" Suddenly from behind him, a series of guards threw him to the ground and cuffed him. "Hey! Wait! No!"

Cecilia: Cecilia walked up to the guards, shields raised. "You're not an X-Man yet, I haven't even extended the fucking offer yet!" She said. "Uh...look, this is a misunderstanding..." she said to guards.

Callie: "What do we do now?" Callie joined the others. "Just turn small and hide!" she shouted.

Jessica: Jess crawled along the wall to the location of the kid and guards. "He was only trying to help it just got a bit out of hand..."

Cecilia: Well, a bit out of hand was an understatement, causing mass panic to try and stop a robbery wasn't the brighest move in Cecilia's opinion. Actually, it probably was more dangerous than the actual robbery. But hell, she didn't want the guy to go to prison for it.

Pym: "We're going to have to take him in for questioning. Under the Patriot Act, he's going to be detained and taken into custody for his terrorist act."

Jessica: "He's not a terrorist, he was trying to stop a robbery!" Jess dropped down from the wall to approach the officers.

Cecilia: Cecilia created a forcefield dome around the two guards, trapping them inside and leaving the kid outside of the dome. "Yeah, sorry...but I can't let that happen. I know you're just doing your jobs...but this is a man's life at stake."

Callie: "Terror, yes, terrorist - no. He was trying to help. Obviously his powers have to do with bugs. So he called a few too many."

Jessica: Jess internally facepalmed at Cecilia's actions. Yes. That was really going to help.

Pym: "Don't make us send you in as well!" one of the officers pointlessly threatened. "We're going to bring this boy in! This boy right here!" He pointed to where Hank had been.

Jessica: "You don't have to, we'll take care of it for you." Jess offered a smile... and some pheromones. "Less paperwork then. No one likes paperwork."

Pym: The cuffs were on the ground, Hank having seemingly disappeared. "BAH! Wheure'd hego!?" The bumbling guard shouted. Hank was currently a quarter of an inch high, somewhere near the cuffs on the floor of the mall.

Cecilia: Cecilia chuckled a little as the man tapped the dome as he gestured. Mall cops...she'd never liked mall cops.

Pym: The officers were going to protest but the pheromones got the best of him and he smiled. "Paper work stinks."

Jessica: "It does," Jess nodded, "So how about we take care of this for you and you go and get a nice hot cup of coffee? I'm sure you've earned it."

Cecilia: Cecilia felt distinctly uncomfortable. As much as she hated fear pheromones she disliked attraction pheromones even more. She wasn't a lesbian, she didn't have any feelings towards anyone in the room but the pheramones made her feel... attracted. Which just created a whole new level of wrong for her.

Pym: "Yeah... let's do that." They proceeded to both turn around and wander off and towards the Dunkin Donuts shop in the food court. Hank ran over to Jess and grew to his regular size. "Thank you!" He exclaimed.

Cecilia: Cecilia released her field so the men could get to the donut shop as quickly as possible.

Callie: "I'm gonna head back to the jet before I do anything indecent in public..." Callie loosened her tight collar and walked away.

Jessica: "You're welcome." Jess gave him a smile, "My name's Jessica. You are?" She offered her hand for a shake, managing to hide the wince at Callie's comment. "Sorry..." she called after her quietly.

Pym: "My name is Hank Pym, and while I am super appreciative of all of you, I really think we should get out of here before we get on the news. Last thing I want is my moms judging me on this one..."

Jessica: "No problem," she smiled, "Want to come back with us or can we drop you off somewhere?"

Pym: "Uhm... well honestly I'd like to go with you. You guys seem to have your stuff pretty together and obviously, if today is a testament of anything, I most certainly do not have my shit together."

Cecilia: "No shit," laughed Cecilia, offering a hand. "Facade, or Cecilia Reyes."

Jessica: She laughed a little, "Oh right yeah, I'm suppose to give my name as Arachne when I do these things..." oh well. She shrugged, "Too late now..."

Pym: "You girls have codenames and everything, that's really awesome! I've been following you all on the X-Men Fan Site! It's so awesome to meet you all!"

Jessica: "There's a fansite?" Dear God.

Cecilia: Cecilia winced. "Fan Site? Oh fuck me, there better not be some porny fan art of me on there!" She cried.

Pym: "Well, there's a lot of good ones. The CuteXGirls.com and CuteXGuys.com sites are two of the most popular."

Cecilia: Cecilia cringed even harder. "Oh God...please stop talking..."

Jessica: "Okay, that's enough of that...." Jess gestured them towards the doors, "Let's get out of here..."

Cecilia: "Yes, please, before I do something incredibly embarrassing," she said, fiddling with her collar and motioning for Hank to follow. Goddamn pheromones.

Jessica: "Sorry, sorry...." Jess apologized again, "It was just easier that way..."

Pym: Hank nodded and smiled. "No problem." He noticed all the girls seemed hot and bothered. Must've been the action. Happily, he followed them out and into the jet.