DO I EVEN NEED DISCLAIMERS? yeah maybe. not.

here's an extract from the sequel :3 i finally got around to writing it. the first chapter for Generation Ooo will be out today! in a few minutes after this baby is posted. i urge all of you to read it... it's gonna be fun! and i'd love to see you all on the other side, this has been such a journey :P to anyone who isn't going to read it- i'll miss youuu 3 i'll miss all of you my lovely readers you all helped this fanfic soo much. just so you know- X-23 would never have been in this fic if it weren't for one of you guy's suggestions! so be proud1 you're all winners..

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'What. The. Hell.'

'Jack... wait no-!'

The doors burst open and the Guardian strode in with fury in his icy eyes.

'I leave you people for a few hours- a few HOURS! And you mean to tell me she's GONE?!' he screamed through gritted teeth, waving his wooden staff in Hellion's general direction.

The telekinetic batted it away.

'It's not my fault,' he began.

'You expect me to believe that? You were the only other person there, how could you be that incompetent?!'

'How do you even know that?' Hellion sighed in annoyance, barely masking his irritated expression.

'The little kid told me,' Jack replied, still brimming with anger.

Hellion shot Trance a furious glare. The small girl flashed an apologetic grin and hid in the shadows of the room.

'Well... whatever you heard- wait... why are you even here?' Hellion asked the Guardian in suspicion.

'A portal opened... why would I not be here?' Jack replied snappily.

'We open portals all the time and you've never showed up!' Hellion shot back, telekinetically batting Jack's staff against the wall.

The Guardian bristled.

'Well this portal was massive and it was just after a WAR what did you think we'd do?' Jack snapped.

Hellion growled. 'I don't know. Maybe you'd sit back on your lazy asses like you always did.'

'We never-,' Jack began, reaching for his staff.

'Spare me, kid. We've saved the world waay more times than you have,' Hellion spat venomously.

Jack made a sound at the back of his throat that sounded like he was going to explode.

'Well if that's the case, why couldn't you save her?!' he gritted out, brandishing his newly acquired staff in anger.

Hellion paused. 'You little shit,' he said, before reaching out with both arms to tackle the wiry kid to the ground.

'STOP!' someone shouted, and Hellion felt himself being lifted away from the tiny Guardian who was now squashed into the carpet.

Trance's astral form held him aloft in the air long enough for them to exchange fleeting glares, and then he was on the floor.

'Ungh,' he grunted.

'Bumpy landing,' Trance warned belatedly, from across the room.

'Get back here,' Jack was groaning. 'Coward.'

Trance's astral figure kicked him in his side.

'Get over your petty ego, Frosty,' real Trance snapped. 'You are pretty useless.'

Hellion snorted happily.

'You too, Hellion. I can't believe you let Els be kidnapped... princess-napped… whatever,' the petite pixie-like mutant shrieked in annoyance. 'Now stop acting like brats and DO SOMETHING. YOU TWO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE POWERFUL, GODDAMMIT!'

'Ouch,' Surge chuckled, appearing behind Trance from the doorway.

'Oh,' Trance mumbled. 'Didn't see you there, Surge.'

'Chill, girl,' the blue haired mutant replied, laughing it off.

Her strained laughter faltered as she caught sight of the Guardian sprawled on the floor.

'What's he doing here?' she seethed, crouching into an offensive battle-stance.

Trance sighed. 'Am I the only one who doesn't hate him?' she asked herself.

Hellion nodded with a scowl.

'Listen,' Jack said softly, raising his arms in an appeal. 'I'm here to help.'

'Who says we need your help?' Surge replied snappily.

'Calm down!' Trance sighed heavily. 'You're destroying your own auras.'

Everyone fell into a silence.

'Our... what?' Jack ventured after a while.

'Wow. Talking like Blindfold really shuts people up,' Trance noted brightly.

'Ugh, that stupid blind seer,' Surge growled to herself.

'You really hate her huh,' Hellion observed quietly.

'Surge hates everybody,' Trance supplied cheekily.

The blue haired mutant looked like she was about to object but something stopped her.

'You guys,' she said loudly. 'Focus. Operation: Save-The-Ice-Queen must start now!'

a/n: Go find Generation Ooo NOW.