They were beginning to get a reputation in the criminal world, although not the one John would have expected.
Apparently the other evildoers were accusing them of being "snooty" because they wore suits and stole books and antiques. John had been called lot of things in his career: "trigger-happy", "lethal weapon", "tall, dark, and dangerous" but never snooty. Lionel just shrugged, saying he didn't mind having a reputation for being brainy. Reese retorted that he doubted Fusco was contributing much to that impression. With a scowl Fusco showed his displeasure at the comment by reversing the polarity on the Dust Bunny gun he had been cleaning with and giving John a painful zap. John retaliated by throwing a pillow at Fusco's head, realizing too late that he had now armed his enemy. He grabbed another pillow from the sofa and then the fight was on!
Lured by the sounds of mayhem Bear eagerly joined the fray. Unfortunately the pillows were no match for the Velociraptor's teeth and claws, and soon the room was filled with feathers. They tried to zap the feathers with the Dust Bunny gun, but that seemed to only magnetize them so that they clung all over them, making them look like strange mutated chickens. Grabbing the feathers only meant that they stuck to their fingers despite how wildly they waved their hands about. If one was successfully detached it would simply float in the air for a moment before wafting back and reattaching itself to its hapless victim. Only Bear seemed to be having any luck in de-feathering himself, mostly because John and Lionel weren't eager to lick their feathers off with their tongues.
After several minutes of fruitless effort and excessive cursing, they suddenly became aware of the ominous presence of Finch in the doorway. His eyes were narrowed and he was scowling with displeasure. He ordered John and Lionel to come downstairs when they had finished cleaning up before he called Bear to heal and stalked away. The two combatants finally resorted to using the Naked Ray Gun to clean themselves, and then vacuumed up the remaining feathers after putting on fresh clothes. With trepidation they slowly made their way down to Harold's lab, dreading to find out what sort of punishment he was going to hand out.
It was worse than they thought. They were forced to binge watch Downton Abbey with him as Harold got caught up on the latest season. As he suffered in silence, Reese privately mused that if word of this got out it would only reinforce their "snooty" reputation.
