This was happening. It was really really happening, and Juniper was a healthy mix of being super excited and completely terrified. 

She wasn't sure what kind of consequences she would face if they got caught, and that was a BIG if, but it still felt worth it to her. A chance to ride along in a super cool jet she would probably never be able to step foot inside of again and fly to one of the worlds most popular vacation destinations at the same time? Sign her up!

In fact, other than having the jitters from her nerves, she was most nervous about the fact that she needed to get a swim suit. She hated the things. Who bothered with expensive designer swim wear when you were just gonna get wet and have sand get all up in your junk anyway?

She settled on something comfortable and moved on to the next stage. 

She had people to text!

Cora was easy enough since she had the woman's number in her toward the top of her list. She sent a casual text, not suspicious at all, inviting her to a little get together at a designated place and time. She kept it as innocent as she could without being an outright liar and simply didn't mention who else would be there or what exactly would be happening. Heck, she didn't even mention the jet because that might have been too much of a giveaway. As it was, the most suspicious part of her text currently was the 'Bring a Bathing suit' line towards the end. 

After hitting send she moved on to selecting whoever was next. It wasn't supposed to be a super big thing, because that would make it easier for staff members or x-men to catch on to what they were up to. So... who else did she want to come? It needed to be someone she was comfortable enough hanging out with, since part of the plot of this whole adventure was to get Cora and Sam alone together. 

Blue? 

.... Nah. She got the feeling that aside from a mild curiosity of the whole thing being trapped on a plane with strangers and an x-man might not be his cup of tea. 

Xavier? 


 Haha! He'd snitch on her. Like, for sure. She could feel his disapproval already and he didn't even know about it. It was that strong. 

Who else did that leave?  She... she still didn't have many people who she considered friends, or who she'd be willing to drag into trouble with her-.... 

BLONDIE

Cackling like a maniac, she scrolled until she found the Lolita's number and typed out a simple invite for her. Whether or not she'd take it, Juni didn't know.

Regardless, she needed to get herself ready for the eventual adventure, maybe right out a will if one of the X's manged to murder her in retaliation for this, and catch up on her homework.

~~~

The day of the event rolled around and Juniper was stationed outside in the garden, waiting for her two guests to show up any minute now. She was dressed in a casual t-shirt and board shorts, with slip on sandals that might have looked a tiny bit out of place in the city this time of year. Her hair was loose, and there were big black buggy sunglasses sitting on the bridge of her nose. She blew another pink bubblegum bubble as she tapped her way through another level on Squatty Cat on her phone. 

Sam was off getting things ready, as far as she knew, and as soon as she had her two partners in crime she would be hightailing their butts down to the hanger as fast as she possibly could. It was all a very delicate operation, which she had gladly left to the pro. Though, she was keeping in contact with him via text. 

Juniper was up to no good, and Cora was more than happy to be up to no good with her. When the text came, she didn't hesitate to do what was needed to be included in the adventure. There weren't many details on where they were going, but given some of the stories the kid told, it would be fun.

Owning the rock climbing gym made step one of this vacation easy: call out of work, and get Juniper off for the next few days. The manager didn't ask, and the staff reworked the schedules as needed. Then she went and packed her bags, packing the swimsuit, some tank-tops and shorts, and an assortment of outfits. If there was swimming, she decided to er on the side of keeping her clothing lightweight for warmth. If it was cold, well, being around CS had gotten her used to that as well.

In the end she slung the bag over her shoulder, locking it in front with the seat belt-buckle closure and pushed a pair of sunglasses onto her face. At the given spot, she approached the waiting girl, and raised one eyebrow. "I hear we are going somewhere? I told Scout not to expect us, so it better be good." The sunglasses prevented the amusement from showing in her eyes.

It was a strange text. Maybe some sort of prank? No, while the date was eerily prank day adjacent, Taterthot didn't seem the type for elaborate pranks. Also, EllaLouise knew the location she'd been invited to. They had a pool. A bathing suit wasn't completely out of question. Cold didn't exactly bother her. Sure! Pool party at the mutant school. Why not. 

Oh, and since she had a sort of job again, her inheritance was once again at her fingertips. 

She arrived in a limo. "Wait outside for me, sweety, would you? I'll want to get ice cream after."

The confused driver looked around, and asked when she would be back. She lowered her too large for fer face shades and gave a dismissive look. "No idea. Tata!" The little one strode confidently up to the front gates of the mansion, and let herself in. How? Well, technically she was registered as a student here. Frankenstein's monster had registered her under kind pressure when she'd visited the place on a whim.

With that newly again rich girl swagger the tiny 12 year old 30 something walked into the garden, seeing the familiar Juniper as well as... someone? 

Little money bags was looking classy in a One piece bathing suit , accessorized by the giant sunglasses, a large alligator blow up, money sign swimmies and a little dolphin purse. 

As she made her way to the two, she gave a single nod to the woman she didn't know as she put her phone in her purse, looking to Juinper. "Wacha got, Tatherthot? Why am I here?"

Juniper was indeed brilliant, if she didn’t know it he’d tell her later but he had been meaning to take the jet out for some time and what better way than to hit a vacation destination. While he had never been to Hawaii Old Sam had. Each time had been more epic than the last so he was in high expectations as to what was going to happen. Juniper would be there meaning there would be fun.

More fun yet he decided to double down on any potential friends with benefits interactions and ‘bumped’ into the princess. Since the first time he walked from her room with a bag of loot he decided he was all right being a concubine. There were benefits now more so for her when he decided to invite her along being his friend meant free trips on the X-Jet. Sam knocked on the door after texting her while still talking to his best student Eve who was standing beside him. ”I don’t know? Come up with something other than burning down the science lab. They just fixed it.” Sam stopped talking when the door flew open in a very dramatic fashion. Classic princess.

”Atlantean's wear swimsuits right?” Sam smirked, ”Grab one, and a overnight change of clothes. Don’t ask where we’re going because we don’t have a ton of time. Before we got to roll, I’ll wait.” he said leaning on the doorframe holding up a finger before going back to talking to Eve.

After a moment of conversation they had decided and Eve ran down the hall excitedly. She enjoyed pranks and this was going to be a good one. Sam didn’t know where she found all the Guinea pigs or how long she had been sitting on them but it was a great distraction. ”After my signal.” Sam said as he shook the other walk-i-talkie in his hand.

”Got to grab the ride before we go.” he said offering up his arm. ”Told you about the jet right?”

Sam texted that he was coming over. That was highly irregular. It was usually the princess who sent a message whenever she required a concubine's company, as it was proper. But Sam was a brat when he wanted to be, and sometimes it was a good look on him. Even if he was a bit obsessed with hoarding her diamonds.

Amethyst put on a light, flowing lilac dress before she threw the door open... to come face to face with her concubine, and a... small child. Her eyes narrowed, asking a question she did not need to voice.

>>”Atlantean's wear swimsuits right? Grab one, and a overnight change of clothes. Don’t ask where we’re going because we don’t have a ton of time. Before we got to roll, I’ll wait.”

"Actually, we don't" she clarified. Why would anyone wear clothes to swim? Americans were weird. Amethyst's interest was piqued, though, so she returned into the room to fill a small bag with two other flowing dresses, a handful of jewelry, and her toiletry bag. It sounded like they were going somewhere. And now that the small child was out of the picture, going somewhere, anywhere outside the Mansion, sounded like a great plan.

>>”Got to grab the ride before we go. Told you about the jet right?”

"The plane the X-men fly?" she blinked, walking along "Are we flying somewhere?... Tell me we are not going to Atlantis. I am not introducing you to my cousin."

Coraaaaaaa!

The short blond beamed a grin at the woman that could rival one of X's, and lifted her googly shades up. "Oh, it's quite the destination." It looked like her boss had packed what she needed, which was good. It wasn't intended to be gone for very long, but... eh, who knew? Life would take them where it wanted to.

She checked her phone, which she had switched over to Hawaii time so that she could keep track of the weather, with a smaller widget for New York's current time just below. "We're lookin' at about 80 degree sunshine with optimal waves." She waggled her brows goofishly, "Not to mention some really killer guys to check out." Or, one at least. Bwahah!

Juniper had never been to Hawaii herself, so her image of it was strictly formulated off of pictures from the internet and movies about surfers. She hoped it would live up to that standard.

About that time little Blondie came strolling up as well, and @#$% she was decked out and ready for a pool party. Juniper barely contained a cackled as she let her equally big sunglasses smack back onto the bridge of her nose. She inched the shoulder bag she had brought along for herself up a little higher and grinned a little wider.

"The more the merrier, right? What's a party without good company? Besides, i'd get lonely without you there to harass me the whole time. C'mon, follow me! We gotta hurry!"

Turning, she led them further into the property and eventually inside. It was smooth sailing from there as she waited for the signal from Sam.

"Cora, this is Blondie. Blondie, this is Cora." She didn't bother explaining how she new either of them, because she didn't want L knowing Cora was her boss, or Cora knowing that occasionally she did side work for L.

"Once it's time, i'm gonna grab onto you two and we're gonna do a bit of running, kay?" She didn't bother explaining why either. "I can get us there quicker if we can cut through a few walls and doors."

Cora listened to the instructions, momentarily raising another eyebrow at the sound of the ‘destination’. Sounded, tropical. Cora smirked finally and laughed, ”Waves? It’s been years since I’ve been to the ocean. I could look forward to seeing some eye candy in swimsuits...” She was single, after all. While she knew there was one person in particular she was keen on seeing, a distraction may not be bad.

Shifting her bag, Cora nodded casually. ”If things get too intense let me know, I can cut a few threads for an easier escape... nothing permanent, mind you. But Hard to catch someone you don’t remember,” she reminded, glancing once at the small ...girl? She didn’t judge, just tipped her head.

When they entered Cora waited, casually checking her phone as she did. She hadn’t heard from Sam recently, and wondered if she should send him something before or after they got to their destination. Beach selfie would be a fun eyebrow raiser to use. She grinned and saved that idea for later. When the signal happened, she was ready to run, easily keeping up with the group.

What's a party without good company? "One without me there, sweety. Where we goin?" She sniffled a little bit, slightly confused about what was happening, here, but willing to play along.

Tater introduced them. "L. You can call me L... I will call you... Dope Cut. Nice hair. How do you know Taterthot?"

The girl looked almost bored introducing herself. Her cool demeanor would be vastly overshadowed by the threads of a thousand schoolgirl crushes. Like... 20 years worth of a phase that should only last a couple years max. And then... one big thread of unrequited love. Oh, Devon. All will be compared to you, and none will add up. Also, none of them will date me anyway so WHY DOES IT #@$$^ING MATTER IM 12, AHHHHHHH.

Totally calm.

"Running? What? We aren't just going to the pool?" Nope, they weren't going to the pool. Not at all. In a way, and knowing the sort of stuff Juni got into, it really wasn't all that surprising that this wasn't going to be a simple pool party.

The icemancer smirked when she said she wasn’t going to introduce him. ”Do I really need any introductions?” Sam asked as he hurried the princess along literally jumping stairs at a time. He had been wanting to take the X-jet for a spin again and the destination and potential scenery was all the better. ”And no I don’t want to meet your cousin. Flattered though, doubt Id mesh well with royalty.” he checked his phone on the time then smirked.

Sam rounded to the basement the princess should recognize the basement corridor consider the first time the met it was in the danger room. His thermal sense didn’t detect anyone in the hallway. Sam exhaled some mist and crouched a little out of habit when he tried not to be scene. He looked in the hallways and then resumed walking in the hallway normally still trying to recall some of the mist. ”Flying somewhere not Atlantis.” he said smirking.

Instead of turning towards the danger room hallway he turned towards the X-hanger one. Long and overdone metallic covered the hallway walls of metal until the doors. Sam looked up to the doors camera then waved to the camera before blasting it with cold covering their entrance where Sam happily used his old X-Man I.D. number he had been saving to get into the restricted areas.

Now was the time to double down. Sam gotten caught in the X-jet with Juniper once. The icemancer was positive the X-men wouldn’t be too mad about this. He hoped Becca wouldn’t be too upset with him; he was nice enough to request a letter be slipped under the door to let her know he was planning on brining it back.

The metallic doors whooshed open and Sam repeated his firing of ice blasts at cameras as they entered. ”Some of it might be for show.” Sam said as he started to run to the jet. Other than his phone everything he needed was already on the jet waiting for him. He might have done some earlier recon, which also turned into needing the sizable distraction.

”Obviously you can see there is a little rush.” Sam said waving to the princess and running up the ramp. He didn’t waist any time to get into his captain’s chair. ”Please get seated and prepare for take off.” Sam said firing up a few switches and cranking the engines on. Sam stopped and pulled out his old school aviators and gave the princess a thumbs up. ”Just waiting on the rest of the passengers, sadly there will be no inflight movies. However inflight entertainment will be provided.”

>>”Do I really need any introductions? And no I don’t want to meet your cousin. Flattered though, doubt Id mesh well with royalty.”

"Not even royalty meshes well with royalty" Amethyst noted as they hurried along. There was a sense of exhilaration as she wondered where they were going in such a hurry. Was Sam on the run from something? Were they in trouble? She hoped they were in trouble. Being at the Mansion was starting to get boring, and the princess had a mind to not be a good little ambassador anymore.

>>”Flying somewhere not Atlantis.”

"Good." they got to the hanger where the X-men kept their jet. Sam took out the cameras, which meant they were definitely doing something they were not supposed to do. Fun! They got on board and the princess placed her bag in a compartment before taking a seat.

>>”Just waiting on the rest of the passengers, sadly there will be no inflight movies. However inflight entertainment will be provided.”

"Wait, rest of the passengers?" Amethyst turned in her seat to look towards the ramp. Who else was coming? "Did you invite your friends along or something?"

"We've got a plan in place, so everything should go as planned... but keep your snippers handy in case plan A doesn't work." That really was a very useful power, and it was still also horribly terrifying.

"Nope! No pool today. Somewhere muuuuch more fun." She turned to grin at the both of them. Her phone chimed right then alerting her to a message. The signal!

"Time to run!"

She reached out to snag both of their hands and they were off like lightning. Through doors and walls alike, down a flight of stairs, past that room the Doc had gone in that one time. She was pleased to see that the cameras they passed were already iced up.

The trio popped through the door leading to the hanger and she kept going until they were standing on the ramp that led into the Jet. "Ta-daaaaa! No time for gawking though, gotta hurry before someone catches us!"

Lord save her if it was Becca again. The redhead would probably flay her alive.

Juniper hurried on in, letting L and Cora follow at their own pace. She hurried past a mystery face, someone Sam surely invited. Super hot. Fun! Juniper was surrounded by attractive people and one 12 year old trap card. She paused behind the seat Sam was in and blinked at all of the controls. "We ready for take off, Captain?"

She wasn't gonna take the seat directly next to him, because that was reserved for someone in particular. Besides, she needed to keep Blondie company, and introduce herself to whoever the new pretty face was.

"Everybody buckle up!" She headed to an empty seat to buckle herself in.

"Hawaii here we come!"

They ran, and Cora felt a small grin on her face as they did. The sensation of slipping through walls, doors and halls alike was strange and frankly, quite thrilling. She didn’t have quite the fear of being caught (being able to cut threads and leave made her a bit careless in that regard), but she could feel Juniper’s nervousness and that sort of added to the chase.

Then they reached the jet, and her smile broadened. Of course, a jet adventure! She almost forgot her very hungover conversation with Juniper not so long ago. As they entered the jet, however, she was hit by several very strong and very confusion feelings. On the one hand, the captains seat was Sam. Oh hell, Sam who she admitted crushing on to Juniper, and Sam who had to help get her very drunk ass to bed when she downed half a bottle of whisky. Sam who apparently invited a very hot mystery woman, and who had a very coral thread connecting them.

Damn. She glanced at Juniper and saw another coral thread. Double damn. The seat left for her was next to the ice mutant, a wingman move if there ever was one. Cora managed to keep a calm face as she moved and took the spot, glad the sunglasses hid the surprise in her eyes.

Lowering them just a hair, she gave one sideways smirk at Sam and then put them back into place, ”Feeling like I wandered into a game of cat’s cradle on this jet. Should I be worried what type of party Juniper was planning?” sometimes, the best strategy was shamelessness.

No reaction from Dope Cuts on the nickname. It was sticking. Before she knew it, L was being dragged through walls at light speed. Her little heart went pitter patter real fast at that. She almost lost her alligator blow up as they rushed through walls.

Before she knew it, they were in a sub basement... And then a hangar. An actual jet hanger. What the @#$%. "Really?" She lowered her glasses and whistles at their ride as they made their way up to it.

"Gotta give it to you, tater, you've got mox."

The 12 year old deposited her stuff in the safest looking nook, and then walked up toward the cockpit, pausing to stare at an actual princess in the whirley seat. "Oh, #@$%, we gonna hafta fight a disney villain, now?"

She took a seat nearby, not bothering to strap in. "Who the @#$% are all of these people, Tate? They're all hot. It's depressing." The little girl paused as Hawaii was mentioned.

Holy @#$%, HAWAII! Yes please!

"I may owe you for this one." She mentioned, looking to Juni with a pleased smirk.

”Rest of the passengers. Sam nodded his head agreeing with her. His hands still getting everything ready before he made the call for the distraction. ”It was Juniper’s idea. She asked if she could bring some friends and I thought, you would enjoy some ocean view scenery. You can thank me later.” Sam grinned as he held up the walkie-talkie.

”Go time kid, get out of there.” he turned the engines on and opened up the runway, that lead out. Sam grinned waiting till Juniper entered behind them.

>>>"We ready for take off, Captain?"

”Yes we are. Clear skies and the beaches should be some choice waves.” he said closing up the ramp. ”…..” the engine started to roar and Sam noticed some color for a second then shut his eyes to make sure he wasn’t seeing things. Mentally shaking the thought off he was about to take off then he heard her voice.

Sam looked over and then saw what he thought he saw threads. His jaw clenched shut and a his eyes lit up like he just saw a ghost. Luckily his aviators might have covered it from Cora at least. ”mmmmmm…****” he said under his breath finally realizing this was probably the worst situation he had ever been in his life, which was saying a lot given his past. Sam had slept with at least half of the people in the jet. He was too afraid to look anywhere else.

The cockpit grew cold as his face started to coat in ice, aviators included. ”n-Not a party at all.” Sam said his voice cracking slightly and snapping forward. Ice coated his neck a little and then he threw the throttle forward sending the jet down the runway and into the sky. ‘Eyes forward Sam, everything is fine.’

He remained silent literally still freezing up, not sure what to say. Until he broke the ice one of the best ways he knew how ”Cora…. “ Sam smirked, ice still ”You look great.“ an extra chill was sent to everywhere that wasn’t Cora. He’d need to talk to Juniper at some point. Alone.

Three more people boarded the plane. Other passengers. Amethyst had seen at least one of them around before, but never really paid attention. Sam obviously knew them, and they were in on the plan. Suddenly, this seemed like a group trip, and not a getaway with her admirable concubine.

>>"Everybody buckle up! Hawaii here we come!"

"Hawaii?" Amethyst arched an eyebrow. She knew the name of the place; Americans often compared it to Atlantis, although she was not sure how close the comparison was.

The first two girls did not pay much attention to the princess, other than glances, which miffed her. The third passenger... was a child. Not the other child, but a new child.

>> "Oh, #@$%, we gonna hafta fight a disney villain, now?"

A very foul mouthed child. Also, what was a disney villain?

"I am fighting no such thing. Sam can fight things if he wants to."

>>"Who the @#$% are all of these people, Tate? They're all hot. It's depressing."

Sam seemed occupied with flying the jet, and also having some kind of a weird conversation with one of the girls who sat next to him. The air got chilly. Amethyst huffed.

"Sam, be a dear, and warm us up, would you?" she called ahead, before turning her attention to the foul-mouthed child. She extended a hand cautiously. "Princess Amethyst of Atlantis."