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WHO: Cannonball and Sunspot
WHERE: X-mansion
WHEN: Forward dated to November 2nd, after all the zombie stuff
WARNINGS: Bromance. Angst.
SUMMARY: Sam told Roberto he wants to discuss some stuff, so they're talking. Like bros do.
FORMAT: Parabros

Sam landed down on the lawn of the mansion, his jacket flying up just a little before he was stil. He reached up and pushed his goggles into his hair. He'd phoned Bobby about an hour ago, telling him that they were going to have this talk Sam had mentioned the other day. There was a lot of stuff they needed to discuss, and now that things had died down just a little, Sam was taking the chance.

It'd been nearly a year since he'd seen his best friend, and lord was he ever glad Bobby was in the city. It was a little selfish, but they hadn't gone this long without talking since the big old mess with Tabitha, pretty much. Amara was around, too, and Sam was pretty grateful for that as well. Even if he'd lost Xi'an, he was quite happy to get those two here to talk with. Xi'an was one of Sam's best friends, but there were just certain things he'd never be able to talk to her about. Actually, most of the things he needed to talk about, could only be discussed with Roberto. Not even Amara could hear a lot of what he had to say. Certain things, he knew, would really upset her.

Sam slowy walked into the mansion, letting his head clear before he had to fill it up and explain in detail about the city. Lord, this was not going to be a cheerful conversation. Sam wished it would have been, but there was a lot he needed to get out. Not just for his sake, but for the sake of his best friend. Certain people to avoid, certain events. Maybe if they were lucky the topic of Amara could come up near the end, but Sam doubted it. As suspicious as he was about Bobby's behaviour to her, now was not the time.

He came across his friend after a bit of exploring, and approached him.

"Hey."

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Roberto had been sitting in the seating room watching TV when Sam arrived. He wasn't completely settled into a bedroom yet, and was just starting to get the feel for the place when he decided it'd be nice to sit and take a break.

There was a lot on his mind, and even though he'd been acting like his flirty and playful self, it was mostly a cover up. Inside, he was angry, upset and a little scared. Constant flows of memories involving Doug Ramsey invaded his brain. The way Doug moved and attacked them as though they'd never been anything to him. The way he'd viciously tore off Warlock's head. What he did to Amara--

Droga. Wasn't it enough that they'd just got Illyana back, just finished with Legion, and had to take on Ares? All Roberto could think about was where Doug came from and why he did what he did. Why. It didn't help that everyone here hadn't thought too much about it; hell, Bobby still wasn't sure if his friends believed him or fully understood just how serious the problem was. It was going to bother him right until the very moment he'd go back and find out if 'Locke and Amara were okay.

The thoughts were quickly hidden away though when Sam appeared and said his name, and Roberto plastered on a big, fake smile. "Hey! How you feelin', man?"

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"Alright. You?" Sam assured. Of course, he could see right through that fake smile. So he plastered one on right back. Sam came closer to his friend standing in front of him. "This is gonna be a long talk. Do you wanna do it somewhere else?"

Sam was going to be asking him some stuff about home, too. Though he hadn't thought too much about Doug yet, now that the zombie mess was over with, he'd been thinking it over. The thought of Doug coming back just to hurt them was something that really tugged at his heart. He wished to god that it had been a shapeshifter or some trick.

He was going to get as many answers as he could.

"You know a good place?" Roberto questioned, definitely seeing through Sam's fake smile right back. He could tell just by the expression that this was going to be one hell of a talk, so getting out of public earshot would definitely be a good idea.

"Yeah, Ah do." He gestured Roberto to follow him. "Ah'll take you to X-force's old base. It's quiet, far and no one'll bother us or listen in."

He paused. "It's just in pieces."

Bobby couldn't help but snort amusedly at that. "Should've known. Guess some things don't ever change, do they?"

Getting to his feet, Roberto tossed his pillow back down to the couch and straightened out his shirt before gesturing for Sam to lead the way. Bobby was still learning the way around, so for now he'd just use Sam as a guide of sorts. It wouldn't take too long to figure things out.

"What are you doing running with those guys again anyways? Nothing against them or anything, but I thought you were all about being an X-Man now."

"When Ah first got into the city, there wasn't anyone else around really 'sides Dom, 'Star, Ric and Tabs. So I restarted X-force." Sam explained as he led the way out of the mansion. When they were outside, he put his goggles back onto his face.

"Ah'm still part X-man, though. Ah go back and forth like crazy."

He lifted up a little into the air. "Follow me."

"Sure thing," Bobby did just that, easily gliding up beside Sam. "So people just get ported in here randomly all the time? And some go home. Right?"

That crap was so confusing.

"I still find it pretty hard to believe we've got X-Force and the X-Men operating out of an Institute in a parallel universe, man. This has got to be more messed up than Limbo and Asgard mixed together."

"Yeah. Ah mean, Xi'an was here not too long ago. But she got ported home just before you and 'Mara arrived." Sam frowned. "'Yana was too. And an alternate Kitty before."

Sam sighed at that as they flew along. "Lord, you don't even know the half it. The stuff that happens in this place is beyond looney, Bobby. You'll see what Ah mean eventually."

"I just saw everyone back home though, y'know? It's kinda whacked to hear you say they were all here. Hell, I haven't even seen or heard from Dani here either; she okay?"

Honestly, how the hell could it get any weirder? They already had different timelines, universes and zombie attacks. He'd heard about the genderbending too, but really? Weirder than all that?

"She's around still, Ah think. She was treatin' me real weird for awhile---Ah didn't get it." Sam frowned deeply at the thought of those conversations. "She was okay last Ah talked to her."

They weren't too far from the old base now. "Ah should probably warn you about this base. It, uh, used to be an old Disco Rollerama."

After living in Camp Verde and Murderworld, there weren't too many places that could weird Roberto out. In fact, he barely even looked around when they'd landed. "Weird as in how? What timeline is she from?"

"Ah think she's after me. The last time Ah was home, we were flyin' to break her outta jail. 'Yana told me Ah left her in jail, which Ah guess made sense why she was so mad." Sam shrugged. He still was unsure. "She told me it was just because she lost her powers she was so mad, but Ah don't know. It's mighty strange."

He pushed his goggles down his face, letting them hang around his neck.

Ah, that made a little sense then. Roberto gave a swift nod while distractedly super kicking a giant ball of roof across the parking lot.

"You did leave her in jail. Legion was kicking the snot out of us and you told her to stay put. She wasn't too happy with you, man, but you guys made up." Roberto paused for a moment. "But I don't get what you mean about her losing her powers? She got to use her Valkyrie ones right after that went down."

"What?" Sam's eyes widened. "Ah don't really know, buddy. Some of the stuff she said to me was pretty off. Ah don't---"

Sam shook his head. "But she's okay. Xi'an was okay. And 'Yana was okay when she was here too, 'sides gettin' a rough time from certain people."

He ran a hand through his hair. "If you wanna know anythin' about the city, Ah'll tell you."

"What did she say? From my standpoint you were both kinda right. Dani can take care of herself and doesn't need to be locked in a god damn cell, Sam. On the other hand though? You we're right when you said we gotta take care of each other and do what we gotta do to do that. I get that. That's the way it's always been." Roberto gave a shrug of sorts and moved his gaze to his friend as he shoved his hands into his pockets. "Times are rough back home, but it's no reason for you guys to have a whose balls are bigger contest."

But then they wouldn't be Sam and Dani if they didn't, would they? Roberto acknowledged that, which was exactly why he didn't think it was too weird for them to be butting heads the way they were. Hell, if they didn't then he would be worried.

"You can tell me more about her if you want," Roberto said after, just to answer Sam's last question. "Then you can tell me who the hell gave Illyana a rough time."

"Uh. She told me." Sam had SUCH an awkward face as he tried to figure a way to explain this. It had been at the pool party when Cable hijacked Avengers mansion and he really hadn't brought it up to anyone else since then. "She told me...Ah needed a spankin'."

Explain that in detail, Bobby.

Sam shrugged again. "See what Ah mean?!"

What.

DANI? Dani Moonstar wanted to.

SAM?!

"What!? Why the hell would she spank you of all people!?" Roberto exclaimed. Dani never said that kind of stuff to them! Did Dani wanna jump Sam? That was kind of random.

And kind of gross.

"Ah really have NO idea." Sam looked up to the sky. "Ah told you it was weird, Bobby!"

Dani was like his sister. Sam didn't want to hear any of that either.

It was gross.

"Okaaaay. You sure she wasn't on something?" he scrunched up his face a bit. "Not to say she can't get her freak on when she wants to, but that just doesn't sound like something she'd do! Especially to you!"

Roberto had such a way with words.

"Ah'm not sure. Ah just--! She stopped bein' weird after awhile but Ah still don't know why in the heck she said that to me!" Sam took a breath. "It was right nuts!"

Lord, Sam was still confused about her.

"Let's just talk about something else. I'm sure I'll see her around eventually."

And if she wanted to get freaky still? That was okay. Maybe Roberto could help her.

"What else is going down around this joint?"

"Uhm, okay." Sam went on. "There's a couple alternate people around here. There's Sunfire. Me an' her aren't on---the best of terms anymore, but Ah guess that's mah fault. Not that Ah regret anything. There's also an alternate Polaris, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver hangin' around."

"Why not?" he questioned as he lifted another giant pile of nothing over his head just to toss it away and look for stuff underneath it. Oh! Disco lights!

Sam smiled a little as his friend stared goofing off. "Me and her got into a big fight over Illyana. It was kinda rash on mah part, maybe, but Ah don't regret it. Ah stand by everythin' Ah did and said." He frowned. "We used to be pretty good friends. Ah liked talkin' to her a lot, but then 'Yana came and Sunfire thought it was her Illyana, whose all bad or somethin'. Sunfire told her off a few times, and Ah stood up for 'Yana each time."

He pushed his hair back again. "It's complicated."

"So what she's like a girl version of Shiro, or something?" Roberto asked, a little confused. Were there girl versions of himself? If there were, he bet they were foxes.