Generation Next (X-Men fanfic)

Nineteen

Lenny stood in front of the mirror in his new corner office and carefully adjusted his crown where it sat on top of his head. It looked awesome, he'd covered it in a layer of shiny gold duct tape that he'd found at Target. It was spanking awesome now. And totally protected from damage now that it was covered in the layer of duct tape. He'd find a real crown someday, but this would do for now.

He looked amazing. He pointed at his reflection. "You are gorgeous, man, and way better than Craig, you are the man."

"Lenny, the first set of trucks has left the building." Brittney stuck her head into his office as she spoke.

With a grin, he went to sit behind his new desk. He settled down into the plush chair behind it and looked at Brittney with a large smile. "Great, that's just great. How many trucks went out?"

"Six. All fully loaded. So, now what do we do?" She stepped into the office and shut the door.

"Perfect, now all we have to do is wait for mutants to begin dropping like flies!" He rubbed his hands together in anticipation.

"Dropping? I thought they just lost their powers?" she asked in confusion.

He sent her an exasperated look. "They do, you idiot, it's an expression. As soon as they start losing their powers we swoop in and offer to restore them in exchange for their support of our cause."

"Oh, right, gotcha." She pulled herself up to sit on the edge of his desk and fluffed her hair.

He scowled at her. He didn't want her messing up his new desk. "Well, anyway, when that starts happening then we will increase our army quickly. As soon as our army is large enough, then we can go after the X-Men. Until then we stay here."

She kicked her feet a little and smiled as she admired her perfectly painted toes in her new Prada flip-flops. "At least this place is nicer than that stupid warehouse."

Lenny looked around the office and gave a nod in agreement. The office building was much better than the abandoned warehouse, he'd found the brand-new office building after they had left the PEZ warehouse. The place had just been completed and he'd used the abilities of one of his mutants to secure the building for their use. He grinned happily, that particular mutant could influence the minds of humans easily. She'd convinced the building manager that he had rented the entire building to Lenny and his crew and that they had already paid an entire year's worth of rent. When the year was up he'd decide what to do with the building. Hopefully, his plans would be completed by then and he wouldn't need it anymore.

Oh yeah, this was so much better. When they hit Xavier's stupid school, those fools wouldn't know what hit 'em. Lenny leaned back in his chair and smirked.

***

Ziva lay on her back on one of the couches in the living room. Skylar was on the floor, lying on her stomach, watching TV. Craig sat at the end of the couch, Ziva's feet in his lap.

"Do you think Lenny has started distributing his stupid Compound 13 laced PEZ yet?" Ziva asked them.

"Probably, the idiot wouldn't sit around keeping it stashed somewhere," Craig replied morosely.

Skylar rolled over and looked at them. "Do you think we'll be able to find him again?"

They both shrugged at her.

Mellissa came strolling into the room. Followed by her little entourage. Stevie blasting her theme song on his iPad. "Hello all, what's a shakin' bacon?"

Ziva groaned and looked over at her. "What do you three want?" She frowned and pushed herself up onto her elbows. "Whoa, are those the Panthers from your room, Stevie?"