Ermagerd New Mutants fic

Honestly, for such super cute characters, they didn't get enough screen time, so these are just more ridiculous shit I could imagine themselves getting into. They're mostly dumb cartoon humor oneshots for now, but considering how emotionally invested I am in these minor characters, I could get into some introspective stuff.

Jubilee and Rahne are included, so I guess these take place around season 2? (An alternate universe where it's always the beginning of season 2 and nothing bad really happens, like the worst thing that could happen is one of the kids pissing off Logan)

All author notes/commentary will be at the end of the chapter from Chapter/Oneshot 2 onwards.

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or the show.

Outlet

It's Wolverine. The thing about Wolverine is that you don't say no to Wolverine. Ray wonders if he acts scary on purpose or if it just happens naturally. He's not sure which one is worse.

Anyway, Logan grins. "You don't mind, do ya, kid?" It's not so much a question as a command, as he tosses Ray the plug. Ray generates a current in his hand, enough for the TV to pop on to some sports channel.

He hears voices coming down the hall.

"Man, I hope the microwave in the kitchen works," comes Kurt's voice.

"We're blacked out, stupid," Kitty shoots back. "I doubt anything works."

"Wait. Do you hear that?"

"Omigod, is that the TV?"

Ray suppresses a groan and he's just about to turn to Logan and say, hey, wouldn't you be more comfortable in the living room, let's move there, when Kitty and Kurt walk in, each holding an armload of microwaveable snacks. All in the space of a second they glance at each other, and then at Ray, and then they beam at him.

Kurt claps him hard on the shoulder. "Heeey Ray, how ya doin'?" he asks. "You hungry? Want some popcorn?"

Kitty "plugs" the microwave's power cord into Ray's other hand. Then she and Kurt argue over popcorn flavors. Ray doesn't get a word in edgewise.

"The power would go out while I'm showering." Amara, wet-haired and bathrobe-clad, stalks into the kitchen, personally offended by the power outage. "Where's-oh, there you are, Ray."

"Uh-" He holds up the two plugs he's already got but Amara interrupts him: "Just for five minutes." And she jams the hair dryer plug between his teeth.

Ray makes a muffled undignified sound. Logan chuckles.

"I'll be out of your hair soon, I promise," Amara promises, but Amara has a lot of hair.

On the bright side, Ray never knew he could use his powers through his mouth.

On the down side, he can't turn the page of the book he's reading (or at least he doesn't want to risk zapping a school textbook). So instead he thinks about how he's going to make them pay him back for this (except Logan, who'd probably put him in a cold ditch for even suggesting it).

Then Roberto walks in, cradling a radio. He looks at Ray and snorts. "Well, at least your power's good for something," he says.

Ray glares at him. It's probably ineffectual because of the hair dryer plugged into his mouth.

"Speaking of which, I need some help. Logan hijacked the TV-"

"Excuse me?" growls Logan.

"I mean he rightfully took the TV because it's his right, but anyway, there's a really big soccer game going on and I seriously-"

Ray makes more muffled undignified sounds.

"Oh yeah…" Roberto says. He fiddles with the radio plug thoughtfully, and then leers. "I'm sure we can find somewhere to stick it."

Stunned, Ray overloads the plugs.

Fin

Is this logically plausible? Who knows. Apply cartoon logic! The image of Ray as a human (mutant) outlet came to me at one in the morning a few months ago and struck me as amusing. I hope someone else out there thinks so too.