[A/N: we don't own outlaw star, sailor moon or pokemon either. You'll see why I said that later.]
"Sorry about that," Rehteah said, still giggling as Kit pulled out of the parking lot.
"Eh, don't worry about it," Kit said with a shrug.
Then she turned on the radio and started flipping through the stations until she found one that she liked. She turned up the volume and a moment later, "Bye Bye Bye" came on, full blast. Kit started singing it at the top of her voice, and after a minute or two, Rehteah caught enough of a drift of the song to join in too.
A short time later, they returned to the dorms. Just as they opened the door and walked in, they heard a loud commotion coming from somewhere inside, just down the hall. Exchanging looks, the two girls went to go find out what was going on.
It didn't take long to figure it out. They saw Jin walking towards them, a smug look on his face and looking like he was trying to keep from laughing.
"Hey, what's going on? It sounds like someone's being tortured," Kit said.
Jin shrugged. "If you consider Shane as someone. I mentioned something to Arachne about the incident earlier and she's dealing with him now, I believe," he answered.
Rehteah blushed, but quickly hid it as Arachne walked by, dragging Shane by his ear and cursing at him. The trio stared after them for a moment and then Kit turned to Rehteah, an evil grin on her face.
"Hehe. Come on, the girl's bathroom awaits," she said.
Rehteah raised an eyebrow in confusion. "The girl's bathroom? Dare I ask?"
"Arachne's giving him the old Flush Treatment. Come on."
"Ok, *really* not asking, not encouraging in any way," she said as she followed Kit.
The sight that greeted them once they walked in was more than Rehteah could stand. There was Arachne, holding Shane's head in the toilet and flushing it with the other. Rehteah couldn't help it. She burst out laughing, clutching her sides. Arachne cast a quick glance towards them and grinned at her audience before turning her attention back to tormenting Shane.
Finally she pulled him up by the nape of his neck, digging her long nails painfully into his flesh. His once blonde hair was now dyed a blindingly bright sky blue, courtesy of the 2000 Flushes that had been used in the toilets only hours ago. Rehteah stopped laughing and walked up to him. He started to give her a suggestive wink when she hauled off and slapped him hard across the face, putting all of her Force power behind the blow. Arachne let go of him as Rehteah hit him, and his head made contact with the ceramic toilet with a loud *BANG!* He sat up and glared at Rehteah, holding his sore
cheek which had now turned beet red with her handprint.
"Serves you right, you stupid bastard!" she snapped, ignoring the shocked looks she got from Kit and Arachne. She didn't exactly look like the type who would swear.
"Why you little..." Shane started when Arachne knocked his head against the toilet seat again to shut him up.
"Ugh, I've been wanting to do that for a long time now. Thank you, Rehteah. Jin told me what he did to you. I'll make sure he leaves you alone," Arachne said.
Rehteah offered a dramatic bow. "Thank you." Then she turned to Kit. "Now, I believe you were saying something about a tape?"
Kit nodded. "Yeah, come on," she said and they left the bathroom.
A couple minutes later they reached Kit's dorm room, where she kept the 'Xani Blackmail Videos' as she had deemed them. She pulled a rather large cardboard box out from her closet and started rummaging through it, muttering to herself under her breath.
"Outlaw Star. Sailor Moon. Pokemon...I have to watch some kids once in a while. No, that's not it. More Outlaw Star. Sailor Moon. Where is that tape?! I know it's here somewhere." She dug deeper until she finally found what she was looking for, somewhere near the bottom of the box. "Aha! Here it is!" she shouted triumphantly, holding up the tape.
Then she popped the tape into the VCR, grabbed the remote and hit 'play' as she sat down.
Moments later, both Rehteah and Kit were cracking up as Xani ran around in circles chasing that black cape of his like it was a tail. Rehteah was practically about to fall off the couch, clutching her sides in pain from laughing so hard.
Just then the door opened, and Xanatos walked in. He scowled when he saw the tape they were watching and turned to Kit.
"Kit, knock it off with that damned video tape already!" he yelled irritably.
Kit looked up at him. "Oh, get off it Xan. Besides, I don't see why you're making such a big deal out of it. It was hilarious," she said pointedly.
Poor Rehteah was laughing so hard she could barely move, much less talk. She glanced up after falling on the floor with an expression on her face that was somewhere between extremely amused and wounded. She took one look at Xani's pale cheeks turning bright red and laughed in his face.
This only seemed to make him even more mad, and he cursed at them in Telosian. Kit caught the gist of it, and Rehteah, who practically spoke fluent Telosian, answered in kind. They didn't think it was even possible for him to get any angrier than he already was, but they were proven wrong when he started yelling at them even louder than he already had been.
"Temper, temper Xani," Kit taunted.
"Anger leads to the dark side," Rehteah added in an annoyingly sweet, high-pitched sing-song voice.
"Shut up, you little Spawn of Satan!"
That did it. Rehteah stopped laughing and stood up, drawing herself up to her full height, her ebony wings extended to their full length. Kit had the feeling she knew what was coming.
"Someone better hold me back, because this jackass is gonna lose an eye!" she snarled.
Kit moved to stop her, but it was too late. Rehteah had already launched herself at Xanatos and the fight was on. They shouted at each other in Telosian, and Xani tried to get a good hold on her, but she just took to the air and darted out of his reach, not exactly an easy thing to accomplish in the low-ceilinged room. She came down just low enough to score a direct hit with a sidekick to his face, knocking him down. Then she was on him, punching, kicking, scratching, pulling his black hair and pulling every other fighting technique she knew, including a sharp kick to the groin which caused him to scream shrilly, doubling over in agony as he finally managed to throw her off of him.
By now a crowd had gathered in the room, having heard the commotion and came to see what was going on. They'd witnessed the whole fight, and were laughing hysterically. Jin had fallen over laughing and Rehteah sat next to him, leaning against him. The others couldn't help it, even Clairese was laughing. On one hand, the sight of skinny, quiet, delicate little Rehteah beating the crap out of someone was hysterical, but on the other, that someone happened to be the guy that Clairese was head over heels for. She was somewhere between protective of Xani and amused.
"Man, she worked you over big time. Why don't you just give up and let Clairese lick your wounds?" Ping joked, glancing over at her.
She tried not to blush. "Excuse me?!" she blurted out before she could stop herself.
Jin stood up and helped Rehteah to her feet. The two walked out of the room together, he with his arm around her protectively amidst the teasing catcalls of the others. They ignored it.
"Are ok?" Jin asked once they were out of earshot of the others.
She nodded. "Yeah, a little tired, but other than that, I'm ok."
"Good. You were pretty incredible back there."
She offered a little bow. "Thanks. But let me guess, you're shocked too?"
Jin blushed, looking slightly embarrassed. "Well...yeah, I guess," he said.
"It's all right. I'm not exactly as delicate as I look, not physically anyway. But then, I probably don't really look like the type to fight with someone like that, do I?"
He hesitated, unsure as to what to say, not wanting to offend her. Finally he said, "Well, no. Not really."
She laughed softly and let him kiss her cheek gently. "Well, you know what they say. It's always the quiet ones."
He nodded. "So I've heard. What started the fight, anyway?"
Rehteah shrugged. "He called me Spawn of Satan. It hit close to the mark and so I decided to teach him a lesson," she said casually.
"It looked like you worked him over pretty good."
"Yeah, but...hey. I just got an idea. Do you have any brownie mix?" she asked, a playful smirk creeping onto her face.
"Yeah, why?" Jin asked.
"Good. I'll need either some black food coloring or ex-lax if you have any around here," she replied.
Jin raised an eyebrow. "Are you thinking what I think you're thinking?" he asked.
She nodded. "Yeah, if it involves getting even with Xani by giving him some brownies with food coloring or ex-lax in them."
"What will the food coloring do to him?"
"Oh, nothing much except make his teeth black for who knows how long," she laughed.
"You should do both," Jin suggested.
"Heehee, I should. Look out Xan, you're in for it now," Rehteah said as she and Jin headed towards the kitchen.
Cleo, James and the other two Anicatos were there. Rehteah quickly explained her idea to them and they agreed to help. Cleo suggested the banana peel and soapy water on the floor by the bathroom idea.
"When he comes out, throw the banana peel on the floor right in front of him and he'll be down on the ground. Then, when he tries to stand up, he'll slip again and say hello to the wall and floor...*again*."
Rehteah nodded, by now laughing hysterically at the mental image. "Oh that's classic. I love it!"
She sent Ping to get the ex-lax and food coloring while Cleo went to set up the bathroom booby trap. Rehteah grinned evilly as she and the others set about making the brownies. Ping and Cleo returned just as she finished the batter. Ping handed her the ex-lax and food coloring and she poured them into the mixture and slipped it into the oven.
"Let the sparks fly," she remarked, brushing the flour off her clothes.
When the brownies were done, she put some on a plate and headed towards Xani's room, the others following her. "Do you think he'll go for it?" Rehteah asked.
"Yeah, the poor unsuspecting dumb guy will fall for it hook, line, and sinker," James pointed out. "He's too much of a moron to know what we did until it's too late."
Kit snickered. "No kidding. I hate to say it, but we're going to have to stay out of sight until after she gives them to him."
The others agreed, although reluctantly, and concealed themselves whilst Rehteah knocked on Xani's door. He opened it a moment later and stared at her with an irritated expression on his face. She barely managed to supress a shudder as those blue eyes bored into her.
"What do you want?" he demanded.
She handed him the brownies. "Here, this is for you."
He looked at the plate suspiciously, then back at Rehteah. "What's this?"
She shrugged. "I decided to call a truce," she answered, holding back the laugh that threatened to burst forth from her.
"Why?" he asked.
She shrugged again, giving him a flirtatious wink. "I realized I was being too judgemental and that I should give you a chance first," she said, softening her voice.
*Damn, she's good. If that performance of hers wouldn't win an academy award, I don't know what would.* Kit thought. *Beat that, Nicole Kidman*
Meanwhile, Xani was falling for the ruse, hook, line and sinker. He smirked. "Well, it's about time you realized how wonderful I am," he said smugly.
Rehteah nearly choked on the laugh that was coming dangerously close to coming out. "Umm, yes. Yes, of course. Well, enjoy. I must be going," she said and walked off.
She joined the others a minute later. They were trying hard not to laugh, lest they be discovered.
"He fell for it?" Cleo asked.
Rehteah gave a dramatic bow. "Of course he did. I had him wrapped around my little finger. In fact, he should come tearing out that door in about 5...4...3...2...1."
Sure enough, no sooner did she get the words out than the door to Xani's room burst open and he came flying out, looking a little green around the gills. The others watched as he rushed into the bathroom, slamming the door behind him. A loud but muffled *PFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTT!!!!* came from the general direction of the room, and Rehteah and the others howled with laughter, unable to hold it back anymore.
"I wouldn't go in there anytime soon if I were you," James snickered.
"No kidding! Oh, this is too much! HAHAHAHAHAHA...no wait...HAHAHAHA!!! This is killing meeeeeee!!" Rehteah choked, doubled over and leaning on Jin to keep herself from falling over onto the floor.
"Yeah, he'll probably try to kill you after he figures out what happened. Like it'll actually work, though," Cleo said sarcastically.
Ping spoke up. "Ok, get ready for phase two," he said.
Rehteah nodded and took the peel off of a banana, tossing it casually over her shoulder and watching with glee as it landed on the floor just as Xanatos came out, looking a little better, but not much, and slipped on it, landing on the floor on his butt.
Muttering darkly under his breath about murdering a certain red-head with black wings in her sleep, he tried to stand up. But Cleo had executed her part of the plan well, and Xani slipped again, this time flying headfirst into the wall.
"Look at all the pretty stars. Gh'night ever'body!" he mumbled almost incoherently, his voice slurred a bit from the impact. Then he passed out.
"Direct hit!" James and Kit cheered at the same time.
Again, Rehteah offered a bow. "Thank you, but part of the credit goes to Cleo here," she said. Then she glanced over at Xani. "And look how the mighty hath fallen."
Jin nodded. "Of course you realize, he's going to be pretty furious when he wakes up."
"I know. So I'm wondering if it would really make all that much of a difference if we locked him outside and left him on a mattress on the lake," she deadpanned.
The others stared at her in shock. Her innocent look only served to set off their snickering again. "Ok, so now you see that right there? That was messed up," Cleo joked.
Rehteah shrugged. "What? I saw it in a holovid once," she explained, spreading her arms in a helpless gesture.
"A what?" Kit asked.
"A movie," she answered.
"Oh, ok. Go for it."
"Right. Someone get a mattress out to the lake, and I'll meet you out there."
James went to get the mattress out of Xani's room and the others headed outside. Jin and Rehteah walked over to Xani. She nudged him in the side with the toe of her shoe. No response.
"Are you sure this will work?" Jin asked.
Rehteah nodded. "Yes, trust me dear," she muttered, picking up Xani's limp form. Then she and Jin headed outside where the others waited and dropped her burden unceremoniously on the mattress. He didn't even wake up.
"Geez, he must have really hit that wall hard," Ping remarked.
"Yup," Rehteah smirked as they set him adrift on the lake and went back inside the house. "Watch this," she said once they were inside and the door was locked.
The others stared out the window as Rehteah gave the mattress a small Force shove and Xani fell into the cold water. He came back up a moment later, spluttering and yelling something that they didn't quite catch. They laughed hysterically at his misfortune.
"A HAHAHAHAHA!...No, wait...HAHAHAHAHA!...Oh that's too much! This is killing meeee!" Kit choked, barely able to talk for laughing so hard.
"Now *that* was funny!" Rehteah commented.
Here's my new part. The next part is done by Bluefire. Hehehe, Rehteah's a vindictive lil thing, isn't she? LOL! R&R! And yeah, I actually did see that bit about leaving someone outside on a mattress on the lake whilst they're sleeping in a movie, though I can't think of the name of it.
"Sorry about that," Rehteah said, still giggling as Kit pulled out of the parking lot.
"Eh, don't worry about it," Kit said with a shrug.
Then she turned on the radio and started flipping through the stations until she found one that she liked. She turned up the volume and a moment later, "Bye Bye Bye" came on, full blast. Kit started singing it at the top of her voice, and after a minute or two, Rehteah caught enough of a drift of the song to join in too.
A short time later, they returned to the dorms. Just as they opened the door and walked in, they heard a loud commotion coming from somewhere inside, just down the hall. Exchanging looks, the two girls went to go find out what was going on.
It didn't take long to figure it out. They saw Jin walking towards them, a smug look on his face and looking like he was trying to keep from laughing.
"Hey, what's going on? It sounds like someone's being tortured," Kit said.
Jin shrugged. "If you consider Shane as someone. I mentioned something to Arachne about the incident earlier and she's dealing with him now, I believe," he answered.
Rehteah blushed, but quickly hid it as Arachne walked by, dragging Shane by his ear and cursing at him. The trio stared after them for a moment and then Kit turned to Rehteah, an evil grin on her face.
"Hehe. Come on, the girl's bathroom awaits," she said.
Rehteah raised an eyebrow in confusion. "The girl's bathroom? Dare I ask?"
"Arachne's giving him the old Flush Treatment. Come on."
"Ok, *really* not asking, not encouraging in any way," she said as she followed Kit.
The sight that greeted them once they walked in was more than Rehteah could stand. There was Arachne, holding Shane's head in the toilet and flushing it with the other. Rehteah couldn't help it. She burst out laughing, clutching her sides. Arachne cast a quick glance towards them and grinned at her audience before turning her attention back to tormenting Shane.
Finally she pulled him up by the nape of his neck, digging her long nails painfully into his flesh. His once blonde hair was now dyed a blindingly bright sky blue, courtesy of the 2000 Flushes that had been used in the toilets only hours ago. Rehteah stopped laughing and walked up to him. He started to give her a suggestive wink when she hauled off and slapped him hard across the face, putting all of her Force power behind the blow. Arachne let go of him as Rehteah hit him, and his head made contact with the ceramic toilet with a loud *BANG!* He sat up and glared at Rehteah, holding his sore
cheek which had now turned beet red with her handprint.
"Serves you right, you stupid bastard!" she snapped, ignoring the shocked looks she got from Kit and Arachne. She didn't exactly look like the type who would swear.
"Why you little..." Shane started when Arachne knocked his head against the toilet seat again to shut him up.
"Ugh, I've been wanting to do that for a long time now. Thank you, Rehteah. Jin told me what he did to you. I'll make sure he leaves you alone," Arachne said.
Rehteah offered a dramatic bow. "Thank you." Then she turned to Kit. "Now, I believe you were saying something about a tape?"
Kit nodded. "Yeah, come on," she said and they left the bathroom.
A couple minutes later they reached Kit's dorm room, where she kept the 'Xani Blackmail Videos' as she had deemed them. She pulled a rather large cardboard box out from her closet and started rummaging through it, muttering to herself under her breath.
"Outlaw Star. Sailor Moon. Pokemon...I have to watch some kids once in a while. No, that's not it. More Outlaw Star. Sailor Moon. Where is that tape?! I know it's here somewhere." She dug deeper until she finally found what she was looking for, somewhere near the bottom of the box. "Aha! Here it is!" she shouted triumphantly, holding up the tape.
Then she popped the tape into the VCR, grabbed the remote and hit 'play' as she sat down.
Moments later, both Rehteah and Kit were cracking up as Xani ran around in circles chasing that black cape of his like it was a tail. Rehteah was practically about to fall off the couch, clutching her sides in pain from laughing so hard.
Just then the door opened, and Xanatos walked in. He scowled when he saw the tape they were watching and turned to Kit.
"Kit, knock it off with that damned video tape already!" he yelled irritably.
Kit looked up at him. "Oh, get off it Xan. Besides, I don't see why you're making such a big deal out of it. It was hilarious," she said pointedly.
Poor Rehteah was laughing so hard she could barely move, much less talk. She glanced up after falling on the floor with an expression on her face that was somewhere between extremely amused and wounded. She took one look at Xani's pale cheeks turning bright red and laughed in his face.
This only seemed to make him even more mad, and he cursed at them in Telosian. Kit caught the gist of it, and Rehteah, who practically spoke fluent Telosian, answered in kind. They didn't think it was even possible for him to get any angrier than he already was, but they were proven wrong when he started yelling at them even louder than he already had been.
"Temper, temper Xani," Kit taunted.
"Anger leads to the dark side," Rehteah added in an annoyingly sweet, high-pitched sing-song voice.
"Shut up, you little Spawn of Satan!"
That did it. Rehteah stopped laughing and stood up, drawing herself up to her full height, her ebony wings extended to their full length. Kit had the feeling she knew what was coming.
"Someone better hold me back, because this jackass is gonna lose an eye!" she snarled.
Kit moved to stop her, but it was too late. Rehteah had already launched herself at Xanatos and the fight was on. They shouted at each other in Telosian, and Xani tried to get a good hold on her, but she just took to the air and darted out of his reach, not exactly an easy thing to accomplish in the low-ceilinged room. She came down just low enough to score a direct hit with a sidekick to his face, knocking him down. Then she was on him, punching, kicking, scratching, pulling his black hair and pulling every other fighting technique she knew, including a sharp kick to the groin which caused him to scream shrilly, doubling over in agony as he finally managed to throw her off of him.
By now a crowd had gathered in the room, having heard the commotion and came to see what was going on. They'd witnessed the whole fight, and were laughing hysterically. Jin had fallen over laughing and Rehteah sat next to him, leaning against him. The others couldn't help it, even Clairese was laughing. On one hand, the sight of skinny, quiet, delicate little Rehteah beating the crap out of someone was hysterical, but on the other, that someone happened to be the guy that Clairese was head over heels for. She was somewhere between protective of Xani and amused.
"Man, she worked you over big time. Why don't you just give up and let Clairese lick your wounds?" Ping joked, glancing over at her.
She tried not to blush. "Excuse me?!" she blurted out before she could stop herself.
Jin stood up and helped Rehteah to her feet. The two walked out of the room together, he with his arm around her protectively amidst the teasing catcalls of the others. They ignored it.
"Are ok?" Jin asked once they were out of earshot of the others.
She nodded. "Yeah, a little tired, but other than that, I'm ok."
"Good. You were pretty incredible back there."
She offered a little bow. "Thanks. But let me guess, you're shocked too?"
Jin blushed, looking slightly embarrassed. "Well...yeah, I guess," he said.
"It's all right. I'm not exactly as delicate as I look, not physically anyway. But then, I probably don't really look like the type to fight with someone like that, do I?"
He hesitated, unsure as to what to say, not wanting to offend her. Finally he said, "Well, no. Not really."
She laughed softly and let him kiss her cheek gently. "Well, you know what they say. It's always the quiet ones."
He nodded. "So I've heard. What started the fight, anyway?"
Rehteah shrugged. "He called me Spawn of Satan. It hit close to the mark and so I decided to teach him a lesson," she said casually.
"It looked like you worked him over pretty good."
"Yeah, but...hey. I just got an idea. Do you have any brownie mix?" she asked, a playful smirk creeping onto her face.
"Yeah, why?" Jin asked.
"Good. I'll need either some black food coloring or ex-lax if you have any around here," she replied.
Jin raised an eyebrow. "Are you thinking what I think you're thinking?" he asked.
She nodded. "Yeah, if it involves getting even with Xani by giving him some brownies with food coloring or ex-lax in them."
"What will the food coloring do to him?"
"Oh, nothing much except make his teeth black for who knows how long," she laughed.
"You should do both," Jin suggested.
"Heehee, I should. Look out Xan, you're in for it now," Rehteah said as she and Jin headed towards the kitchen.
Cleo, James and the other two Anicatos were there. Rehteah quickly explained her idea to them and they agreed to help. Cleo suggested the banana peel and soapy water on the floor by the bathroom idea.
"When he comes out, throw the banana peel on the floor right in front of him and he'll be down on the ground. Then, when he tries to stand up, he'll slip again and say hello to the wall and floor...*again*."
Rehteah nodded, by now laughing hysterically at the mental image. "Oh that's classic. I love it!"
She sent Ping to get the ex-lax and food coloring while Cleo went to set up the bathroom booby trap. Rehteah grinned evilly as she and the others set about making the brownies. Ping and Cleo returned just as she finished the batter. Ping handed her the ex-lax and food coloring and she poured them into the mixture and slipped it into the oven.
"Let the sparks fly," she remarked, brushing the flour off her clothes.
When the brownies were done, she put some on a plate and headed towards Xani's room, the others following her. "Do you think he'll go for it?" Rehteah asked.
"Yeah, the poor unsuspecting dumb guy will fall for it hook, line, and sinker," James pointed out. "He's too much of a moron to know what we did until it's too late."
Kit snickered. "No kidding. I hate to say it, but we're going to have to stay out of sight until after she gives them to him."
The others agreed, although reluctantly, and concealed themselves whilst Rehteah knocked on Xani's door. He opened it a moment later and stared at her with an irritated expression on his face. She barely managed to supress a shudder as those blue eyes bored into her.
"What do you want?" he demanded.
She handed him the brownies. "Here, this is for you."
He looked at the plate suspiciously, then back at Rehteah. "What's this?"
She shrugged. "I decided to call a truce," she answered, holding back the laugh that threatened to burst forth from her.
"Why?" he asked.
She shrugged again, giving him a flirtatious wink. "I realized I was being too judgemental and that I should give you a chance first," she said, softening her voice.
*Damn, she's good. If that performance of hers wouldn't win an academy award, I don't know what would.* Kit thought. *Beat that, Nicole Kidman*
Meanwhile, Xani was falling for the ruse, hook, line and sinker. He smirked. "Well, it's about time you realized how wonderful I am," he said smugly.
Rehteah nearly choked on the laugh that was coming dangerously close to coming out. "Umm, yes. Yes, of course. Well, enjoy. I must be going," she said and walked off.
She joined the others a minute later. They were trying hard not to laugh, lest they be discovered.
"He fell for it?" Cleo asked.
Rehteah gave a dramatic bow. "Of course he did. I had him wrapped around my little finger. In fact, he should come tearing out that door in about 5...4...3...2...1."
Sure enough, no sooner did she get the words out than the door to Xani's room burst open and he came flying out, looking a little green around the gills. The others watched as he rushed into the bathroom, slamming the door behind him. A loud but muffled *PFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTT!!!!* came from the general direction of the room, and Rehteah and the others howled with laughter, unable to hold it back anymore.
"I wouldn't go in there anytime soon if I were you," James snickered.
"No kidding! Oh, this is too much! HAHAHAHAHAHA...no wait...HAHAHAHA!!! This is killing meeeeeee!!" Rehteah choked, doubled over and leaning on Jin to keep herself from falling over onto the floor.
"Yeah, he'll probably try to kill you after he figures out what happened. Like it'll actually work, though," Cleo said sarcastically.
Ping spoke up. "Ok, get ready for phase two," he said.
Rehteah nodded and took the peel off of a banana, tossing it casually over her shoulder and watching with glee as it landed on the floor just as Xanatos came out, looking a little better, but not much, and slipped on it, landing on the floor on his butt.
Muttering darkly under his breath about murdering a certain red-head with black wings in her sleep, he tried to stand up. But Cleo had executed her part of the plan well, and Xani slipped again, this time flying headfirst into the wall.
"Look at all the pretty stars. Gh'night ever'body!" he mumbled almost incoherently, his voice slurred a bit from the impact. Then he passed out.
"Direct hit!" James and Kit cheered at the same time.
Again, Rehteah offered a bow. "Thank you, but part of the credit goes to Cleo here," she said. Then she glanced over at Xani. "And look how the mighty hath fallen."
Jin nodded. "Of course you realize, he's going to be pretty furious when he wakes up."
"I know. So I'm wondering if it would really make all that much of a difference if we locked him outside and left him on a mattress on the lake," she deadpanned.
The others stared at her in shock. Her innocent look only served to set off their snickering again. "Ok, so now you see that right there? That was messed up," Cleo joked.
Rehteah shrugged. "What? I saw it in a holovid once," she explained, spreading her arms in a helpless gesture.
"A what?" Kit asked.
"A movie," she answered.
"Oh, ok. Go for it."
"Right. Someone get a mattress out to the lake, and I'll meet you out there."
James went to get the mattress out of Xani's room and the others headed outside. Jin and Rehteah walked over to Xani. She nudged him in the side with the toe of her shoe. No response.
"Are you sure this will work?" Jin asked.
Rehteah nodded. "Yes, trust me dear," she muttered, picking up Xani's limp form. Then she and Jin headed outside where the others waited and dropped her burden unceremoniously on the mattress. He didn't even wake up.
"Geez, he must have really hit that wall hard," Ping remarked.
"Yup," Rehteah smirked as they set him adrift on the lake and went back inside the house. "Watch this," she said once they were inside and the door was locked.
The others stared out the window as Rehteah gave the mattress a small Force shove and Xani fell into the cold water. He came back up a moment later, spluttering and yelling something that they didn't quite catch. They laughed hysterically at his misfortune.
"A HAHAHAHAHA!...No, wait...HAHAHAHAHA!...Oh that's too much! This is killing meeee!" Kit choked, barely able to talk for laughing so hard.
"Now *that* was funny!" Rehteah commented.
Here's my new part. The next part is done by Bluefire. Hehehe, Rehteah's a vindictive lil thing, isn't she? LOL! R&R! And yeah, I actually did see that bit about leaving someone outside on a mattress on the lake whilst they're sleeping in a movie, though I can't think of the name of it.