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The Great Summer Road Trip

Sean, Rose, and Dolemeck had frankly become bored during the summer. Dolemeck finished filming the televised intervention of his father, Sean had nothing to do, and the same with Rose. The three got to talking one night, and an idea was hatched. A road trip to see the American west. The old ghost towns in Nevada, the deserts in Arizona, the Grand Canyon, and camping under the stars. It was a wild idea... a wildly brilliant idea.

Dolemeck helped with packing up the car. They had tents, supplies, extra clothes, everything they would need to survive the road trip. All they needed now, was to get on the road.

"I think we can head out!"

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Sean raced out, glancing around as if expecting something to pounce out of nowhere. he and Rose had been arguing on who was driving and who was navigating. She didn't appear to be in sight. He chuckled in triumph as he headed for the driver's seat.

"I believe we're good to go."

Which was going to be problematic, because, when he opened it, Rose was already sitting in the driver's seat.

"Heya, Irish."

"She had you beat from the start." Dolemeck flatly stated. He began to put his seat belt on, as he was assigned to sit in back for some reason.

"I am so excited! I have never camped out before... or seen a desert."

"Son of a bitch!" He muttered. "How the heck do you do that!?" He muttered before getting into the passenger seat.

"Lot of people don't see "desert" and think "beauty", but when you really stop and appreciate it, it really surprises you."

Rose just laughed. "Toldja, Irish. Ninja."

She nodded. "Desert's are nice. Open skies, get to see the stars, listen to coyotes..."

"As long as those coyotes do not try to dine on me, I will be alright with them." Dolemeck smiled, looking at the map he had in his lap.

"This will be quite the adventure! Just the three of us, the wild, and no dumb tourist traps!"

"It's all about staying out of their hunting grounds," Sean informed.

He smiles. "That actually does sound pretty heavenly."

"Don't worry, English," Rose said, as she put the vehicle into reverse, before pulling out. "I'm scarier than any coyote."

"Well, that is true... it is why I try and be on me best behave before you, Rose." He grinned a little.

"Seriously though, I cannot wait! I am going to see more of America, and sights I never thought I would ever get to see! And maybe even get a tan!"

"Heh, makes me remember the "Rose Logan, True Facts list" we used to keep around when we were students."

Ge raises an eyebrow at the pale Dolemeck. "You got suntan lotion, right?"

"All of those were true, by the way."

Rose pulled out onto the road. "Wouldn't want ya to catch fire, English."

"Aye, I have suntan lotion... and I'm a bloody Englishmen! We do not catch fire or burn in the sun. That would be an Irishmen." He gave a look to Sean, waving the Suntan lotion bottle in his face.

"You may be the one who needs this more than I. You know, for that Irish half of you..."

"The other half's Apache, that more than compensates," Sean pointed out.

Rose settled into a comfortable driving speed.

"You wear black hoodies most of the time, English," Rose said. "How'm I supposed to know how much sun you can take?"

"You make it almost sound like I am a vampire or something!" He laughed, relaxing more into his seat in the back of the car. Dolemeck had his guitar case next to him, something he was rarely seen with in the mansion.

"If it makes everyone feel better, I will slather me-self in suntan lotion. Better?"

"Ecstatic, dude," Sean replied, chuckling as he leaned back in his seat.

"Great," Rose said, as she pulled onto the highway.

Only to be almost immediately cut off by another car. She slammed on the breaks.

"Where'd you learn ta drive, punk?! The Savage Land? I oughta come up there and..."

The sudden stop made Dolemeck's heart jump. He and cars did not have a great relationship. While Rose started to yell at the driver, his eyes gave off a bright green glow as he reached his hand out, and forcibly moved the jerk of a driver to the service side of the road, and then forced the car to a stop. He would curl his hand into a fist, making the engine seize up and break down. All with the powers of his mind.

"Nobody knows about The Savage Land, Rose," Sean was about to say, one of many times he has said it to her in the past, but then saw the car suddenly move. Sean quickly looked back to see Dolemck;s glowing eyes. "Stop it!" He whispered harshly. "We don't need a riot to happen!"

Rose put some distance between them and the car Dolemeck had moved.

"Ease off, English," she growled. "Don't let my road rage make ya do somethin' stupid."

Stupid-er.

He eased off his powers, once the car was safely out of distance from them.

"I... sorry. Someone like that could have seriously hurt someone, or themselves." He spoke in a rather quiet manner.

Sean wasn't as harsh when he spoke next.

"I get it, Dol, but using mutant powers on the public is an easy way to dismantle whatever good will mutants have right now."

"Relax," Rose assured him. "I got reflexes fer days fer dealing with stuff like this."

Fortunately, traffic smoothed out. "Anybody mind if I put on some music?"

"Why would I mind?" He raised an eyebrow at the question.

"You've clearly never heard Rose's taste in music," Sean deadpanned.

"You, shut up," Rose told Sean playfully.

She hit the CD button on the car's dash, and the tones of Johnny Cash filled the car. Rose sang along.

"I woke up, Sunday morning, with no way to hold my head, that didn't hurt..."

Dolemeck remained silent, just closing his eyes and tapping one hand on his leg to the song. It was as though he were trying to figure out the cords in his mind. Perhaps he could try playing it later, once they hit their first campsite.

Sean muttered, but there was no real annoyance in it. Cash wasn't the worst of Rose's tastes, so he could live with it.

"Don't think I can't hear you, Irish," Rose teased. "These ears hear everything."

Dolemeck said nothing, he did not have to. Instead, he was focused on trying to learn the song through sound.

"I'm just saying, would it kill you to get into something current?" he teased back.

"Hey, it's not my fault current stuff sucks," Rose said.

"Are you two going to be like this the WHOLE trip?"

"Nah," Sean denied with a shake of his head. "It's usually much worse than this."

"This is us takin' it easy," Rose said.

The first campsite was in Tennessee. Rose made sure everyone got to try the BBQ the state had to offer, as well as scare the living daylights out of Dolemeck with idle threats if he stole a piece of her cornbread.

The next day, they finally made way towards the west. Arriving in Amarillo before nightfall. There was a quick stop before they took off to try and get to the next campsite before too long... only well... they forgot one thing. Three if you count the guitar and it's case.

"You have got to be kidding me!" Dolemeck shouted, watching the car in the distance, as he was now stuck at the pit stop. "You wankers!"

"You think that was a bit harsh?" he asked Rose as they drove off.

Rose shrugged. "Me, harsh? Surely you jest."

"I'm not kidding, and don't call me Shirley," he teased back. "Though seriously, you think it's a good idea leaving him there? I mean i know it's just for a short time, but still.."

"He'll be fine," Rose said. "What's the worse that could happen?"

Sean looked at her with a frown. "Did you really just say that?"

It took a moment for Rose to respond. "Aw... Dangit!" She pounded the steering wheel with one hand, then threw the car into a rapid U-turn.

Just as Sean and Rose turn their car around, they pass a colorful looking school bus headed in the direction they were just in. It looked like something out of Woodstock, and no doubt something to laugh at later.

By the time they did return to the rest-stop, however... Dolemeck was gone. It was dark outside, and there was no sign of the Brit and his guitar.

Sean saw the van, and under other circumstances he may have made a joke about it. However now he wasn't in the mood as scanned the area. He gazed at the road for a bit.

"Looks like a vehicle stopped here."

Rose scowled. Professor Red was gonna blow her stack.

"I blame you for this."

"Me!? How is this my fault?" He asked indignantly.

"Would you please keep it down! Some blokes are trying to sleep up here!" Dolemeck shouted down from the top of the rest stop. He then blinked, looking down over the edge of it.

"Wait... did you finally come back for me? Oh, thank God! I was almost kidnapped by a group of hippies headed to "Burning Man"! I floated up here when they were not looking to get away."

Rose crossed her arms and looked up at him. "Kidnapped. Right."

"Hippies? Burning Man? Burning Man's near here?" That was news to him.

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