VISITING
                    by Francisco Charrua
                              
                         Scene VIII

They eat  and they  argue, like  they do every day at supper
time. Everett  complains about  his  lack  of  success  with
Monet. Reaching for the vegetables, Jubilee casually informs
her colleague  that he  may be putting himself under way too
much pressure.  Emma finishes  her pasta, and while glancing
sideways at  Jubilee, wipes the corner of her mouth with her
napkin. As Angelo lectures Mondo on the virtues of belonging
to a  clan, the rest of the team exchanges subtle remarks on
the likelihood of having the wall repaired by the end of the
day.

Emma: "Oh  stop complaining!  You can  all trust  me on this
one. By tomorrow morning we'll have the wall fixed."

Sean continues  eating, oblivious  to his students' attempts
to comprehend  the current  situation. Paige politely points
out the  difficulty of  getting a  carpenter at that time of
the day,  and on such short notice. Angelo mentions that the
job would  take a  day or  two to  complete.   Jonothon asks
everyone if the XMen will be dropping by to help out.

Emma: "You're getting warm..."

Angelo: "Mrs  Frost, for  how many  more nights  will you be
requiring my..."

Emma: "Ahem..."

As usual,  Mondo offers to help out with the dishes. Jubilee
clenches her fists and bites her lip. Everett and Paige roll
their eyes  over. Angelo  just sighs.  They wonder  how many
years it  will take  for their  teammate to stop acting like
the exchange  student from  hell. Amused,  Emma looks at the
assembly line  that her  students  have  formed  around  the
kitchen sink.  She checks  her watch and tells them she will
be taking care of the dishes herself. There is something she
wants to show them.





                          Scene IX

Angelo contentedly  slurps away at his lemonade. Turning his
head slightly  to his  left, he verifies that Monet is still
there. He  contemplates the  dark blue sky and takes another
sip of  his drink.  Life is  good. If for the past few days,
looking after  her has  brought him nothing but grief , this
makes up  for it.  First there  is the  joy of  knowing that
tomorrow he  will be  enjoying the  comforts of a relatively
more  windproof   room.  And   then   there   the   profound
satisfaction that   one gets from watching other people work
hard.

Everett: "Hey  Angelo, is  THAT what you've been complaining
about for the past four days?"

Jubilee: "Yea! Like he's saying, try not to work too hard!"

Emma: {Guys... Less complaining and more working.}

After one hour of labor, the kids accomplish what would have
taken a  small team  of carpenters  a whole  day.  With  the
stainless steel  body that  Emma helped her husk into, Paige
works on  repairing the  wall infrastructure. Mondo uses his
power to  absorb bricks  and take  them to  Jubilee, who  is
still complaining.

Sean: "I'm  sorry lass,  but I  cannae see  any use  for yer
pyrotechnics. Maybe when Paige finishes, she might lend ye a
hand with the brick layin. "

Everyone turns  the other  way as Everett uses Mondo's power
to prepare  the last batch of cement. At half past midnight,
Jubilee is  using her  power to  illuminate the  work  area.
Mondo and  Paige are  finishing off the job with their newly
developed speed  brick laying  technique. Once  again,  Sean
asks Emma if this was really necessary.

Emma: "Sean, they have to learn how to live with powers. And
when I say live, I mean it with a capital L."

                          Scene X

8:00 AM

Sean: "Good morning lads!"

Jubilee, Everett,  and Paige:  "Good...  *mumble  mumble*...
morning ... *mumble*..."

Jonothon: {Top of the morning to you, sir.}

Mondo: "Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..."

Angelo: "Buenos dias Senor Cassidy!"

Jubilee (to Paige): "What's wrong with _him_?"

Paige: "Zzzzz... !? What, time to go?"

Sean: "Nice  to see  ye all  awake and ready to continue our
discussion on  Macbeth. So  Angelo, after hearing what Monet
had to say last week, what's yer view on the fellow?"

Angelo:  "I...   I  don't   think  I   understand  all  that
dimensional portal stuff. I..."

Jubilee: "*Yaun*...  Then birdbrain,  do like the rest of us
and pretend ya didn't hear a word she said."

Sean:  "Although   the  lass   is  partially   correct,  I'd
appreciate  it   if  she  stopped  trashing  Monet  for  her
abilities."

Jubilee: "Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..."

Sean: "*sigh*"

Angelo: "Senor  Cassidy, what  do  you  mean  when  you  say
Jubilee's partially right?"

Sean: "I mean she's right in saying that ye should voice yer
opinion regardless  of how  complicated other  arguments may
seem. So,  unless ye  didn't   read the  play like  you were
supposed , tell us what ye thought."

Angelo: "Well, this Macbeth character... A complete fool."

Angelo: "..."

Sean: "That's... Good..."

Angelo: "Gracias"

Sean: "So Mondo, what do ye think?"

Mondo: "Zzzzzzzzzzzz..."

Sean: "Mondo?"

Everett: "I'm sorry Mr C, but he's really out of it."

Sean: "MONDO!!!"

Mondo: "Zzzz.. Drowning!!! ...oops..."

Sean: "Good morning Mr Mondo, please tell us what ye thought
about the  main character  in the  play Macbeth.  But before
that, Angelo, could ye update the lad on yer views?"

Angelo: "I thought Macbeth was like... a complete tonto."

Mondo: "I think that if he really believed those witches, he
wouldn't have killed the king in the first place. Macbeth is
an example of how worrying too much can be hazardous to your
health."

8:15 AM

Paige: "I really felt sorry for him."

Paige: "..."

Sean: "What about Jubilee, what does she think?"

Jubilee: "Jubilee  agrees with  Skin, the  guy was  a  major
dunce."

Sean: "It's  nice to  see that  ye all  have  such  negative
opinions on  the fellow.  But like Jubilee herself would put
it- Duh, like... It _is_ a tragedy."

Jubilee: "I would say THAT?"

Sean: "All  tragedies are  about the  demise of  individuals
because of  certain flaws  in their characters. I would like
ye to try and pinpoint these flaws."

Classroom: "..."

Jonothon (raising his hand): {I...}

Sean: "Yes Chamber?"

Jonothon: {I  found that  in most of the important decisions
Macbeth made, he let his pride get the most of him.}

Sean: "Paige?"

Paige: "Ah  don't agree.  Being human  was  the  onleh  flaw
Macbeth had.  He did  things like  succumb to  pressure  and
acted on  information that  mislead him.  Things that we all
do."

Jubilee: "Yea, except his timing really sucked."

Sean: "What about you Ev..."

Everyone stops  as footsteps  are heard coming from hallway.
Someone walks towards the classroom. The door opens.

?????: "Macbeth  was a  small person living in the body of a
strong, important  man.  He  let  the  elements  around  him
dictate his  actions. Predictions, protocols, and the notion
of honor."

Sean: "Monet!?"

Monet: "In the flesh."

Sean: "Quick Camber, call Emma!"