Chapter 8: Pizza Pizza
"I wonder who it is," Duo said ducking as Heero had instructed.
"HUSH!" Wufei hissed. Duo regretfully stayed quiet. They could see the shadow of two people walking towards them.
"I knew I saw what I saw!" one of the voices said.
"Sure, you just saw people who looked exactly like the characters from our favorite anime, yeah sure WHATEVER!" the other voice chimed in.
Duo got up, "You mean us?" The other pilots shook their heads getting up as well, so much for secrecy.
"Oh my God! Do you see what I see?" one of the guys said, he had short dirty blond hair.
Duo looked at himself, "I look pretty clean to me."
"Maybe you were wrong," the brown haired one said. The other guy shrugged and they slowly walked away.
"What was that about?" Zechs asked.
Quatre shrugged, "Guess we'll never know."
"MAN!! AM I HUUUUNNNGGGGGRRRRRRYY!!!!" Duo groaned.
"You're ALWAYS hungry," Wufei sighed. Duo nodded in agreement.
"Some food would be nice," Zechs replied. The group started to walk along the sidewalk, perhaps they'd get lucky or Duo would steal them something to fill their stomachs. As they walked along, they passed by a pizza parlor. A neon sign on it flashed: Need a Job? Bartholomew's Beautiful Pizza Parlor has the perfect opportunity!
Duo winced, "Who in their right mind names a Pizza Parlor that?"
"Hey! Maybe we can get a job there," Quatre suggested.
"That's actually a pretty good idea," Trowa agreed. Duo smiled, he had a lovely mental image of himself and the others working. Heero would twirl the Pizza, the others would put on the ingredients and so on, and he could see himself in the cleanup crew eating the superfluous ingredients.
"Yeah! Let's GO!" Duo shouted happily. Slowly they filed in. Behind the desk was a stout man with a dragon tattoo.
"Are you Bartholomew?" Zechs questioned a bit hesitant.
"What's it to you?" the man boomed. Some of the pilots squirmed a bit, feeling uneasy.
"We wanted to get a job," Heero stated his eyes had a determined look.
"You losers?" the man smirked, "you guys even know what a pizza is?"
"Hold me back," Duo whispered. Quatre firmly grabbed his braid.
Wufei shouted, "You are treating us with INJUSTICE!"
"Oh really little man?" the owner smiled. Zechs lost his patience. He walked up to the man and grabbed him by the shirt.
"We AREN'T here to play games," Zechs said seriously, "we need money, we need a job, and we need food, AND you are going to give it to us without any arguments!"
"Ok, tough guy, you have yourself a deal," the man replied. Zechs smiled letting the man go and walking over to the rest of them.
"When do we start?" Trowa asked.
"Today," the man answered.
"Hello! You've reached Bartholomew's Beautiful Pizza Parlor, how may I help you?" Quatre said cheerfully into the receiver.
Wufei sighed, "I think he is enjoying himself a little *too* much."
"So, that would be two large pizzas with extra cheese?" Quatre continued, "coming right up!"
Heero winced as he mixed the batter and had to twirl the crust. Every few seconds, Duo would walk around and investigate what everyone was doing.
"Will you just leave me alone!" Wufei snapped when Duo snatched a pepperoni to eat from the pizza he was making… *again*
Duo smiled and quickly ran off with Wufei ensuing holding a butcher knife.
"Get back here MAXWELL!" Wufei screamed. Duo laughed doing a flip and landing perfectly on the counter. He was far from Wufei's reach, yet he kept running. He bumped into Treize who was holding a hot pizza. Treize dropped the pizza, which splattered all over the floor with the ingredients going everywhere!
"Great, just what I need, spending the whole night picking out anchovies from my hair," Zechs sighed, who was standing right next to them when the accident occurred.
"We better clean this up before the owner fires us all!" Trowa suggested.
Just then, they heard the resonant voice of Bartholomew, "I'm coming in to check up on you."
"I wonder who it is," Duo said ducking as Heero had instructed.
"HUSH!" Wufei hissed. Duo regretfully stayed quiet. They could see the shadow of two people walking towards them.
"I knew I saw what I saw!" one of the voices said.
"Sure, you just saw people who looked exactly like the characters from our favorite anime, yeah sure WHATEVER!" the other voice chimed in.
Duo got up, "You mean us?" The other pilots shook their heads getting up as well, so much for secrecy.
"Oh my God! Do you see what I see?" one of the guys said, he had short dirty blond hair.
Duo looked at himself, "I look pretty clean to me."
"Maybe you were wrong," the brown haired one said. The other guy shrugged and they slowly walked away.
"What was that about?" Zechs asked.
Quatre shrugged, "Guess we'll never know."
"MAN!! AM I HUUUUNNNGGGGGRRRRRRYY!!!!" Duo groaned.
"You're ALWAYS hungry," Wufei sighed. Duo nodded in agreement.
"Some food would be nice," Zechs replied. The group started to walk along the sidewalk, perhaps they'd get lucky or Duo would steal them something to fill their stomachs. As they walked along, they passed by a pizza parlor. A neon sign on it flashed: Need a Job? Bartholomew's Beautiful Pizza Parlor has the perfect opportunity!
Duo winced, "Who in their right mind names a Pizza Parlor that?"
"Hey! Maybe we can get a job there," Quatre suggested.
"That's actually a pretty good idea," Trowa agreed. Duo smiled, he had a lovely mental image of himself and the others working. Heero would twirl the Pizza, the others would put on the ingredients and so on, and he could see himself in the cleanup crew eating the superfluous ingredients.
"Yeah! Let's GO!" Duo shouted happily. Slowly they filed in. Behind the desk was a stout man with a dragon tattoo.
"Are you Bartholomew?" Zechs questioned a bit hesitant.
"What's it to you?" the man boomed. Some of the pilots squirmed a bit, feeling uneasy.
"We wanted to get a job," Heero stated his eyes had a determined look.
"You losers?" the man smirked, "you guys even know what a pizza is?"
"Hold me back," Duo whispered. Quatre firmly grabbed his braid.
Wufei shouted, "You are treating us with INJUSTICE!"
"Oh really little man?" the owner smiled. Zechs lost his patience. He walked up to the man and grabbed him by the shirt.
"We AREN'T here to play games," Zechs said seriously, "we need money, we need a job, and we need food, AND you are going to give it to us without any arguments!"
"Ok, tough guy, you have yourself a deal," the man replied. Zechs smiled letting the man go and walking over to the rest of them.
"When do we start?" Trowa asked.
"Today," the man answered.
"Hello! You've reached Bartholomew's Beautiful Pizza Parlor, how may I help you?" Quatre said cheerfully into the receiver.
Wufei sighed, "I think he is enjoying himself a little *too* much."
"So, that would be two large pizzas with extra cheese?" Quatre continued, "coming right up!"
Heero winced as he mixed the batter and had to twirl the crust. Every few seconds, Duo would walk around and investigate what everyone was doing.
"Will you just leave me alone!" Wufei snapped when Duo snatched a pepperoni to eat from the pizza he was making… *again*
Duo smiled and quickly ran off with Wufei ensuing holding a butcher knife.
"Get back here MAXWELL!" Wufei screamed. Duo laughed doing a flip and landing perfectly on the counter. He was far from Wufei's reach, yet he kept running. He bumped into Treize who was holding a hot pizza. Treize dropped the pizza, which splattered all over the floor with the ingredients going everywhere!
"Great, just what I need, spending the whole night picking out anchovies from my hair," Zechs sighed, who was standing right next to them when the accident occurred.
"We better clean this up before the owner fires us all!" Trowa suggested.
Just then, they heard the resonant voice of Bartholomew, "I'm coming in to check up on you."
