Act Your Age, Not Your Shoe Size! (AKA, Kid!Plot is Go!!)

[time_schizo]

Martini threw himself at the door once again, nails scratching along the metal as he scraped his fingers over them. No one would hear him. It was the middle of the night. Stryker had decided to punish him for destroying the camp in Africa, putting him in one beyond all other for him. Solitary confinement. His fingernails had been mostly ripped off

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[x_twenty3]

There was a little girl moving through the halls of the compound. There was no expression on her face, her bright blue eyes taking in everything as she went. She could almost pass for a normal child had it not been for the long metal claws protruding from each hand.

That's right. Laura had just woken up a ten year old and didn't like it one bit.

As she walked, she made her way to Wade's room. She wanted to see if he'd been affected as well.

Retracting the claws from one hand, she knocked on his door and waited patiently for anyone to answer.

[movetheearth]

Ric automatically moved to the door, having to pull his jeans up to at least cover his boxers and stop the oversized legs from tripping him. He opened his mouth to speak to someone his own height, honestly expecting someone at eye level of higher but there was no-one there. In his mind Ric had some big speech to rant off at Martini and point the finger of blame at him but it was only when Ric looked down that he saw the little girl with the sharp blue eyes.

"OHMYFREAKINGGOD!"

Ric screamed and leapt back freaked out by the girl who was staring at him and had huge metal claws sticking out her hands. He was starting to wonder if this was all some awful nightmare created by Jean.

((And yes Ric now screams just like Shia La Beouf in Transformers 2. Youtube it!))

[x_twenty3]

Laura didn't react when Ric screamed. Instead, she merely tilted her head at him ever so slightly. Her eyes looked him over once, assessing the situation before retracting the claws.

He had been affected as well. She leaned forward slightly, trying to peer around him at Wade but considering the height differences of the two, this wasn't working out so well. She could hear him, though. He sounded fine.

After a minute of not speaking, she looked at Ric again, a fleeting look of curiosity on her face.

"What has happened?"

[movetheearth]

"You're asking me?!"

Ric adjusted the shirt which refused to stay on both shoulders, it was starting to get slightly annoying now! He approached the girl once more, it took him a moment to realise who it was, the claws obviously being a dead giveaway.

"Laura?... you've" His voice broke and Ric flushed bright red. He composed himself and carried on. "You're a child."

It was a statement, not a question. Ric was surprised to see someone other than him changed. Well then if Laura had been regressed as well then it can't have been Martini. How odd.

"Who else is affected?"

[x_twenty3]

Laura wasn't sure how to take any of this. At all. Not that she ever had a super clear idea of how to handle things. She merely stood, staring at Ric with her hands behind her back and her feet a shoulder width apart.

"I do not know." Laura hadn't run into anyone else yet.

[and_intothefire]

((OOC: LOLING SO HARD AT HIM THINKING JEAN DID IT!!!!))

[notwhenimawake]

*After some intense training, Wade had crashed out for a nap. A little tap-tap on his door woke him, and, groggy, he swung his legs out of bed and slowly opened the door.*

Jesus, not another kid. Stryker must be running a creche on the side. *he muttered, still not a hundred percent awake*

Help ya?

[x_twenty3]

That wasn't good. Wade didn't recognize her. Laura actually frowned, nose scrunching slightly as she held up the one hand that had claws still out.

"Wade, we have a problem," she stated, looking up at him hopefully. "Something has happened and a lot of the team mates were altered."

[notwhenimawake]

Look, kid, I..

*Wade stopped, replayed what the girl had said. Wait a sec. That sounded just like...
He looked at her now, really looked.*

...Laura? Holy cow.

[x_twenty3]

She was almost about to give an indignant retort at being called kid, some small part of her reacting to being eight years old again. Wade called her by name, though, and Laura visibly relaxed.

All she could do was nod, frowning slightly.

"I do not know what happened." And it was a little frightening. At least she still had her abilities. The last time things had gone wrong she'd been shot.

[notwhenimawake]

*Wade opened and closed his mouth several times before he could think of anything to say at all*

..Is it permanent? Can I... do anything to help?

*he blinked a few times, his brain trying desperately to catch up*

[x_twenty3]

Laura shrugged, pushing her hair out of her eyes and looking up at Wade. "I do not know. I hope not."

Really, who'd want to relive puberty all over again.

"I am glad you were not affected."

[notwhenimawake]

*Wade raked his hands through his sleep-messed hair and blew out a breath.*

Well... you wanna come in?

*he was very glad he hadn't been hit with the kid stick. His teenage years had been less than pleasant.*

[x_twenty3]

Laura looked down the hall, noting the building chaos. She cringed slightly before looking up at Wade with a small nod. It was uncomfortable for her. The chaos was nothing more than a child sized Esme and a child sized Jamie Madrox chasing each other down the hall and playing but that was enough to make Laura a little nervous. It was foreign to her.

She followed Wade in and sat on a chair in the room, her head tilted slightly. "I almost asked if you thought Stryker'd know anything but I doubt he would tell us anything."

[notwhenimawake]

*With her head tilted like that, she was his Laura again. But not, obviously. Wade sighed*

Man, this is fucked up.

*he sat on the bed, considering what to say.*

Stryker wouldn't say anything. When it comes to info, Soldier Boy's tighter than-

*he stopped, suddenly feeling uncomfortable swearing before a child, as ridiculous as this was*

Tighter than a newly built dam.

[x_twenty3]

"I don't recall signing on for this sort of situation," Laura replied with a small half-smile and a shake of her head. As for Wade not swearing in front of her? Somehow, she found that amusing.