Avalanche's Arrival

It didn't long for the unconscious Lance to awaken. He looked up and groaned as he saw the school building. "Jeez, its not so much that I fall asleep in school. Now I'm doing that outside?! Urgh." He stood up and began walking away from the building. He knew where home was. He just wasn't sure what was going on.

Kitty had decided to head to the school and was looking around herself, her eyes landed on the one person she never thought she would see here. "Lance? What are you doing here?" she demanded.

The moment Lance saw her, he spun around and headed in the direction of the park. "Leaving. No way I'm hanging around this dump of a school." He started walking, slowly, a small part of him, hoping Kitty would follow.

Kitty glared at his retreating back, "Well I wouldn't go by myself if I were you.....you could get hurt or killed." She snapped and folded her arms.

Lance turned to face Kitty. "Tch! What did most of your brain phase out that body of yours? I ain't getting hurt with powers like these!" He groaned as the ground began shaking and cracks began to form.

His groan soon became a cry of pain as a burning sensation took over his body. "What the-?!" He crouched down and touched his neck, feeling another blast of pain from the collar placed around his neck. He cried out and looked up at Kitty, angrily. "Okay what the heck did your X-Men buddies do this time, Kitty?"

Kitty glared at him, "For once, its not the X-men....if you ever like got your head out of your butt you might realize that." She snapped before turning and storming off.
[Ooc, you can stop her ^^ and be all apologetic XDD]

Damnit! Lance facepalmed as he stumbled to his feet after Kitty. "W-wait Kitty!" He grabbed her by the wrist and looked into her eyes.

He shook himself and sighed, "Argh! Look I'm sorry okay? I should've known that professor of yours is too good to resort to tricks like this. Maybe Magneto's style..." He finally noticed a collar around Kitty's neck and reached over in an attempt to touch it.

She froze when he grabbed her wrist and slowly looked up at him, she wasn't prepared for him to try and touch her collar. She jerked back and yanked her hand away, "Lance, if you try and touch your collar it'll burn your skin even more." She said quietly, trying not to focus on missing the comfort of his hand that much.

Lance took a step toward her. "Right. So any idea what's going on? I don't remember much of anything and I wake up passed out on the school steps there with this on." He pointed to the front steps and his collar, rubbing his head. What have I gotten into now?

Kitty sighed and then looked down, "You are going to think this is crazy, but we're in an alternate universe and that's not even the worst part. We like have to fight against each other in arena matches....to the death...and if we don't these collars will overload and kill us." She said quietly.

Lance smacked his head and groaned. "Oh great! It like Magneto's game all over again except its kill or be killed." He looked at Kitty. "So other than being able to live, what happens when we win?" He yanked on his collar angrily and immediately fell back, cursing from the pain. "Arrgh! And when do these come off?!"

Kitty hurried forward when he yanked on his collar, "Lance if you keep pulling on that collar....you'll die." She said and gently placed a hand on his arm. "In order to leave here alive, you have to kill twenty people at the Rise of Legends arena." She said, before pulling her hand away.

Lance looked away, blushing slightly at her touch. "K-kill?! I don't kill unless I have to!" He put a hand to his face, when Kitty pulled away and exhaled loudly. "I guess this is one of those occasions, huh? No way is this going to be easy!" He looked at Kitty and smirked. "Guess I'm going to have to control my temper, huh? How long have you been here?"

She smiled when he tried to act like he was ok with everything...it was one of the things she liked about him. "I've been here....like ever since we had our argument." She said and then wished she hadn't brought it up. She glanced at him nervously and bit her lip, she wondered why even now she could feel her heart stutter when he looked at her.

"Err yeah um about that Kitty, I..." Lance quickly glance away and scratched his head. "I was a jerk okay? I shouldn't have hurt you like that but you should know me by now! Ugh can we talk about this when we get back home?" He grimaced and changed the subject. "What were you doing out here alone anyhow? If its so dangerous."

Kitty was surprised that he was apologizing, and she looked away "Yeah well you were right." She said quietly before turning away, "Its like I'm still a kid ya know? As for me being out here, I don't know....I just wanted to be alone for a little while." She admitted

He watched her and smiled, "Well hey forget about it. Tell me all you know about this place. Have you seen Toad or Pietro around here yet?"

She smiled sadly, "No I haven't....you're actually the only one I've seen." She said; she had almost said villain, but she knew that would make Lance upset so she kept quiet.
[Ooc, is it ok if I RP as the Black Queen so that she can take Lance to the Brotherhood?]

ooc: yea sure

Lance stared after her as she was talking and looked to the sky. "Its getting dark. You should probably head home, Kitty."

Kitty frowned and looked over at him, "And like leave you here to get injured? I don't think so." She snapped and gripped his arm, "Come with me." She begged.

Lance was too shocked by her reaction to object. "Wha-whatever you say, Kitty." He blushed and followed her. He tried but he couldn't hide the smile that spread to his face.

Selene was on her way to fetch the Brotherhood's new recruit when she heard voices, she frowned and leaned in to eavesdrop. "Its getting dark. You should probably head home, Kitty." a young man's was saying. There was a pause and then, "And like leave you here to get injured? I don't think so." This time, it was a young woman's voice. Selene smiled even wider, as she heard the young woman ask in a pleading voice, "Come with me." She almost snorted, so it appeared the young recruit had his eye on someone, this could prove illuminating. "Wha-whatever you say, Kitty." the young man replied, Selene rolled her eyes and almost gagged. "Well, well well....so you must be the new recruit." She said as she stepped out from her hiding place.

Lance turned around in surprise to see a woman approaching them. "Who are you lady?" He gave Kitty a look as if silently asking if she knew this stranger.

Selene smiled, but it wasn't a nice smile she saw Avalanche give Kitty a puzzled look and smiled even wider. "I'm afraid neither of you know me, my name is The Black Queen." She said and walked slowly towards Kitty. She smirked at her frightened expression, "Now Avalanche, be a good boy and come with me to the Brotherhood...otherwise I might have to show my nasty side." She said and ran a fingernail down Kitty's cheek.

"Fine." Lance grabbed the woman's hand and stepped in front of Kitty, blocking her from harm. "But you leave her out of this. Got that, lady?"