Generation Next (X-Men fanfic)

Ten

Skylar came skipping into the bedroom. "Okay, guys here's the list of the places I think Lenny might possibly be hiding out. I searched his files and emails for possible places he likes to hang out or places he talked about in emails."

Craig levered himself up off the floor and reached out for the list. He stared at the list. "Great a couple of the spots are near here we could sneak out and check them right now."

Ziva snatched the list out of his hand, studied it for a minute, and then looked at Skylar. "Seriously he liked to hang at an abandoned building? Why on Earth would he go to an abandoned building?"

"Not just any abandoned building! It's an old abandoned De Loray lab building and it's near the river!" she answered cheerfully.

"I doubt he was simply hanging out there for the fun of it, Ziva. He was probably looking for Compound 13."

She shrugged at Craig. "Whatever, let's get moving we've got a loser with a God complex to find."

Skylar followed her out of the room. "What about Storm and Logan?"

"Yeah, forgot about them, did you?" Craig asked as he brought up the rear.

"No, of course not. Don't worry it's late and they're old and probably asleep. We'll be fine!" She bounded down the steps, rounded the corner, and froze as she came face-to-face with Stevie, Angela, and Mellissa.

Stevie hid something behind his back and Mellissa grinned as she hid a can of whipped cream behind her back. Angela simply continued eating the Doritos she was holding.

"What are you three doing?" Mellissa asked.

"I was about to ask you the same question," Ziva replied.

"Give us twenty bucks and we won't say a word to Storm about seeing you," Stevie said with a wide grin.

"What? That's ridiculous! If you tell then we'll tell! The three of you are grounded!" Craig said to him.

Mellissa shrugged. "I can scream Storm's name right now and tell her we were going to the bathroom and saw you sneaking out.

"The bathroom is three doors down from your room," Ziva said simply.

"Maybe we don't like that bathroom," Angela told her, spitting Doritos crumbs. "Maybe we like the ones down here better."

Stevie held out his hand. "Twenty bucks or we talk."

"Little monster!" Ziva took a threatening step toward him.

Craig put a hand on her shoulder to stop her. "It isn't worth the trouble, we need to get going." He handed Stevie a twenty. "Happy now?"

Mellissa held out her hand. "It's twenty each."

"What?" Ziva snapped.

Skylar rolled her eyes and dug a twenty out of a hidden pocket in her waistband and handed it to Mellissa, and then glared at Ziva.

With a mutinous glare, she handed Angela a twenty. "I'll get you little gnomes later!"

Craig grabbed her arm and hauled her in the direction of the garage. "Come on. We need to get a move on, Grumpy."

She slapped at his hand. "Let me go, we aren't playing the happy couple anymore so don't think I'm going to go along with anything you say!"

He held his hands up. "Fine."

Skylar grabbed the keys for Storm's Acura off the rack by the door to the garage. "I'm driving!"

Ziva grumbled as she followed Skylar into the garage. Craig shoved her toward the front passenger seat. Her eyes lit on the runny paint near the front fender. "What the hell happened to the car?"