Pietro resumed the game after recovering from his shock, and took on the
role of the girl in the green. "So, like, are you going to take us with
you?"
Lance shuddered a bit. He would have sworn that that had been Kitty talking if he had had his eyes closed. Pietro's mimicry skills were starting to creep him out. "I suppose. No point in leaving you here," he said, then got an idea. Since these obviously WEREN'T the X-geeks,
"Hey Pietro, let me talk to the guy in the mask a second,"
"Just a," Pietro said, his voice squeaky from doing Kitty. He cleared his throat and started over. "Just a sec. Ok, what do you want to ask him?"
"Hey, why do you have that mask over your eyes?" Lance asked.
"The man scratches his head and shrugs his shoulders," Pietro said, then switched voices. "'I don't really know. I thought it just made me look kinda cool
"Yeah, well you should think again," said Lance. "You look like a dork!"
"'You know, you're right,' the man says, and takes the mask off and tosses it away,"
"Ok, let's try and find this treasure," said Lance.
"Let me talk to the prisoners really quick," said Wanda. "Where were you guys looking, and how'd you wind up down here?"
"Ve vere searching upstairs when the sorcerer caught us," Pietro said, doing a perfect Kurt.
"Did you get a look at the monster?" asked Wanda.
"No. He just cast a spell on us, and the next thing ve knew, ve vere down here,"
"Ok, let's head upstairs, but be careful!" Wanda advised.
"You walk back up the stairs and go up a floor from the room you landed in. The stairs open into a great hall. There are two rows of pillars that cover the length of the hall. You can see a row of weapons hanging up on one of the walls. The prisoners inform you that that is their equipment,"
"We go get the stuff, AFTER we make sure there aren't any traps around,"
"As you approach the weapons, you catch sight of a thin wire running across the floor. You can see that it is connected to a large cage hanging from the ceiling,"
"We step over it," said Lance.
"Good, you avoided that one. You are able to recover the equipment without any problems, and the former prisoners are now armed again. They tell you that the treasure room is at the far end of the hall,"
"We head that way,"
"You walk across the hall and come to a door. The door has a large X on it, but you can't see any way of opening it,"
"Maybe there's a spell on it," said Fred. "Can Wanda break the spell?"
"Wanda tries a few opening spells, but the door stays firmly shut,"
"Hey, I've got an idea!" Fred said. "Friend!"
"What?" asked Lance.
"Something I read in a book once," Fred explained.
"Sorry Freddy, wrong story. The door's still shut,"
"Well, now what?" asked Lance.
Pietro cleared his throat and spoke in Kurt's voice again. "I believe I know the password. Ahem. Neener, neener, neener," he spoke.
"What kind of password is that, yo?" asked Toad.
"The one that opens the door," said Pietro. "The treasure room is now open. You can see piles of gold and jewels all over the place,"
"Sweet!" said Wanda. "Let's load up,"
Pietro grinned. Now the fun was going to start.
"You step across the threshold and the room begins to fill up with smoke. When it clears, you can see a tall man with a bald head standing in front of you, holding a tall wooden staff,"
"That must be the sorcerer!" said Fred.
Pietro did another voice, this one that of an older man. "Fools! All who try and steal the treasure of Xaverkon shall perish!"
"Ok, Pietro, you can cut out the imitations now," said Lance.
"Jeez, lighten up. They add some fun to the game!"
"PIETRO!"
"Alright! Anyway, the sorcerer's here and he's not happy. What do you do?"
"8 to 1? We can take him, yo!"
"That's amazing, Toad! I didn't know you could count that high!" Pietro said sarcastically. "As you rush the sorcerer, he twirls his staff around his head. Behind you, a giant green dragon appears, smoke pouring from its nostrils,"
"Oops, so much for that advantage," muttered Toad.
Wanda began to flip through the Monster's Compendium for information about the dragon, but Lance decided to attack it without waiting.
"No, no, no!" said Pietro. "This is the monster that can turn you to stone! You can't just fight something like this hand to hand! And I'm sure Wanda would have told you the same thing if you had given her a moment to read about green dragons in the book! Now, I'm going to spare you the grisly details of your most recent deaths and give you a chance to come up with a plan. Think things over and let me know when you're ready to proceed,"
Lance had had enough of this game. "Ok, come here, everybody, here's what we're going to do," The four Brotherhood members huddled together, and Lance told them what he had in mind.
Pietro was glad to see the four finally working together to plan out their strategy. Finally, he thought, they're figuring out what it means to be a team. He ignored the giggles that came from the huddle, still lost in his own thoughts. If I can teach these four to work together, Magneto will have to let them, "Hey!" he shouted as he suddenly went blind. "I can't see!" He pawed at his eyes and felt a thick, slimy substance covering his face.
"Toad! Why did you spit slime at me?" he asked angrily. "When Magneto hears about this, heEEEEE!!!" His voice suddenly jumped multiple octaves as Fred gave him a Blob-sized wedgie. "What's going on?" he asked in a much more feminine voice than normal.
"I'm showing you my plan!" Lance said.
Pietro felt the sensation of being lifted off the ground as Fred picked him up and hung him by his underwear from the ceiling fan.
"Hope you're comfy!" Lance said, fishing Pietro's wallet out of his pants. "Who's up for some burgers?"
"Give that back!" Pietro shouted, his voice still shrill. "Father's card is overcharged for this month! He'll kill me when he sees the bill!"
"Eh, not our problem, yo," Toad said, hopping out the door after Lance.
"Hey, look on the bright side, bro," said Wanda. "Now you can work on your Jean impressions to your heart's content!" she laughed, and she and Fred walked out the door, leaving Pietro by himself.
"You'll pay for this! Just wait till I get down!" Pietro squeaked. A few minutes later, the door cracked open and Remy walked in.
"Pietro, I have some news for. oh my!" said the Cajun.
"Remy! Thank God! Get me down from here!" Pietro pleaded.
Remy burst out laughing at the site of the boy wonder hanging from the fan. "Well, well, well, Magneto is going to be VERY thrilled when he hears about this!" he laughed. "I'm sure he'll be glad to hear how his son, or should I say, his daughter is setting such a good example for the rest of those young hooligans,"
Still laughing, Remy turned and walked back out the door, and Pietro's girlish screams echoed through the empty house as he spun slowly, slowly around.
Coming up next: Ok, I've run out of ideas to continue my little comedy jaunt, so I'm going to go back to some more serious stuff. After I finish Temporal Mechanical Difficulties (nearly complete now), I'm going to start on two new mutant stories: one about a boy who can walk on air and another about a girl who gets transformed by one of Magneto's experiments. Enjoy!
Lance shuddered a bit. He would have sworn that that had been Kitty talking if he had had his eyes closed. Pietro's mimicry skills were starting to creep him out. "I suppose. No point in leaving you here," he said, then got an idea. Since these obviously WEREN'T the X-geeks,
"Hey Pietro, let me talk to the guy in the mask a second,"
"Just a," Pietro said, his voice squeaky from doing Kitty. He cleared his throat and started over. "Just a sec. Ok, what do you want to ask him?"
"Hey, why do you have that mask over your eyes?" Lance asked.
"The man scratches his head and shrugs his shoulders," Pietro said, then switched voices. "'I don't really know. I thought it just made me look kinda cool
"Yeah, well you should think again," said Lance. "You look like a dork!"
"'You know, you're right,' the man says, and takes the mask off and tosses it away,"
"Ok, let's try and find this treasure," said Lance.
"Let me talk to the prisoners really quick," said Wanda. "Where were you guys looking, and how'd you wind up down here?"
"Ve vere searching upstairs when the sorcerer caught us," Pietro said, doing a perfect Kurt.
"Did you get a look at the monster?" asked Wanda.
"No. He just cast a spell on us, and the next thing ve knew, ve vere down here,"
"Ok, let's head upstairs, but be careful!" Wanda advised.
"You walk back up the stairs and go up a floor from the room you landed in. The stairs open into a great hall. There are two rows of pillars that cover the length of the hall. You can see a row of weapons hanging up on one of the walls. The prisoners inform you that that is their equipment,"
"We go get the stuff, AFTER we make sure there aren't any traps around,"
"As you approach the weapons, you catch sight of a thin wire running across the floor. You can see that it is connected to a large cage hanging from the ceiling,"
"We step over it," said Lance.
"Good, you avoided that one. You are able to recover the equipment without any problems, and the former prisoners are now armed again. They tell you that the treasure room is at the far end of the hall,"
"We head that way,"
"You walk across the hall and come to a door. The door has a large X on it, but you can't see any way of opening it,"
"Maybe there's a spell on it," said Fred. "Can Wanda break the spell?"
"Wanda tries a few opening spells, but the door stays firmly shut,"
"Hey, I've got an idea!" Fred said. "Friend!"
"What?" asked Lance.
"Something I read in a book once," Fred explained.
"Sorry Freddy, wrong story. The door's still shut,"
"Well, now what?" asked Lance.
Pietro cleared his throat and spoke in Kurt's voice again. "I believe I know the password. Ahem. Neener, neener, neener," he spoke.
"What kind of password is that, yo?" asked Toad.
"The one that opens the door," said Pietro. "The treasure room is now open. You can see piles of gold and jewels all over the place,"
"Sweet!" said Wanda. "Let's load up,"
Pietro grinned. Now the fun was going to start.
"You step across the threshold and the room begins to fill up with smoke. When it clears, you can see a tall man with a bald head standing in front of you, holding a tall wooden staff,"
"That must be the sorcerer!" said Fred.
Pietro did another voice, this one that of an older man. "Fools! All who try and steal the treasure of Xaverkon shall perish!"
"Ok, Pietro, you can cut out the imitations now," said Lance.
"Jeez, lighten up. They add some fun to the game!"
"PIETRO!"
"Alright! Anyway, the sorcerer's here and he's not happy. What do you do?"
"8 to 1? We can take him, yo!"
"That's amazing, Toad! I didn't know you could count that high!" Pietro said sarcastically. "As you rush the sorcerer, he twirls his staff around his head. Behind you, a giant green dragon appears, smoke pouring from its nostrils,"
"Oops, so much for that advantage," muttered Toad.
Wanda began to flip through the Monster's Compendium for information about the dragon, but Lance decided to attack it without waiting.
"No, no, no!" said Pietro. "This is the monster that can turn you to stone! You can't just fight something like this hand to hand! And I'm sure Wanda would have told you the same thing if you had given her a moment to read about green dragons in the book! Now, I'm going to spare you the grisly details of your most recent deaths and give you a chance to come up with a plan. Think things over and let me know when you're ready to proceed,"
Lance had had enough of this game. "Ok, come here, everybody, here's what we're going to do," The four Brotherhood members huddled together, and Lance told them what he had in mind.
Pietro was glad to see the four finally working together to plan out their strategy. Finally, he thought, they're figuring out what it means to be a team. He ignored the giggles that came from the huddle, still lost in his own thoughts. If I can teach these four to work together, Magneto will have to let them, "Hey!" he shouted as he suddenly went blind. "I can't see!" He pawed at his eyes and felt a thick, slimy substance covering his face.
"Toad! Why did you spit slime at me?" he asked angrily. "When Magneto hears about this, heEEEEE!!!" His voice suddenly jumped multiple octaves as Fred gave him a Blob-sized wedgie. "What's going on?" he asked in a much more feminine voice than normal.
"I'm showing you my plan!" Lance said.
Pietro felt the sensation of being lifted off the ground as Fred picked him up and hung him by his underwear from the ceiling fan.
"Hope you're comfy!" Lance said, fishing Pietro's wallet out of his pants. "Who's up for some burgers?"
"Give that back!" Pietro shouted, his voice still shrill. "Father's card is overcharged for this month! He'll kill me when he sees the bill!"
"Eh, not our problem, yo," Toad said, hopping out the door after Lance.
"Hey, look on the bright side, bro," said Wanda. "Now you can work on your Jean impressions to your heart's content!" she laughed, and she and Fred walked out the door, leaving Pietro by himself.
"You'll pay for this! Just wait till I get down!" Pietro squeaked. A few minutes later, the door cracked open and Remy walked in.
"Pietro, I have some news for. oh my!" said the Cajun.
"Remy! Thank God! Get me down from here!" Pietro pleaded.
Remy burst out laughing at the site of the boy wonder hanging from the fan. "Well, well, well, Magneto is going to be VERY thrilled when he hears about this!" he laughed. "I'm sure he'll be glad to hear how his son, or should I say, his daughter is setting such a good example for the rest of those young hooligans,"
Still laughing, Remy turned and walked back out the door, and Pietro's girlish screams echoed through the empty house as he spun slowly, slowly around.
Coming up next: Ok, I've run out of ideas to continue my little comedy jaunt, so I'm going to go back to some more serious stuff. After I finish Temporal Mechanical Difficulties (nearly complete now), I'm going to start on two new mutant stories: one about a boy who can walk on air and another about a girl who gets transformed by one of Magneto's experiments. Enjoy!