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The Hijinx Continue
"Come on Hank push!" Bobby yelled frantically pulling on Beast's hairy hand.
"I am trying Bobby, but I'm stuck!" Beast gasped.
Iceman stood outside the window on an ice pillar, his friends top half was with him. The bottom and legs were wildly kicking about trying to squeeze thru the window from the inside.
"Oh god were gonna die!" Bobby was hysterical. "Hold on!" He slid down the ice slide and climbed back inside thru an open window below. As he ran up the stairs toward Hank Rogue came flying by.
"Somethin's wrong with Scott." She said to Bobby.
"Really…what?" He asked nervously.
"I don't know come on!" She flew down the hall to where Bobby and Beast had left their pink leader.
"I'm right behind you!" Called Bobby. He ran after her a few steps and then turned and fled the other way. He came upon Hanks bottom half wedged in the window. "Hank everyone is gonna know in a minute we gotta get out of here!"
"Well I cannot go anywhere stuck in this window." Beast called back, "Now you push and hurry!"
Bobby pushed and strained against Beast but the blue mutant wouldn't budge. "Your stuck, I can't…" That's when he heard the others.
"They went this way." Logan growled.
"Oh nooo." Bobby moaned. "Beast they're coming!"
Outside Hank's eyes went wide and he tried desperately to free himself. Inside Bobby could see the other X-men's shadows growing on the wall.
"This might hurt." He called and stepped away from Hank.
"What?" Beast asked. Iceman came running up and shoulder rammed him. "Aghhh!" He yelled and both him and Bobby flew thru the window and down the ice slide. They got all the way down to the bottom and rolled off into the grass. Both stood up and bolted. Upstairs the others watched them thru the window. Bobby and Beast ran around to the garage and jumped into the van parked inside. Beast slid into the driver seat.
"Start it! Start it!" Bobby screamed. Beast searched around and then looked at his friend.
"Do you have the keys?" Bobby's jaw dropped and his eyes bugged out. He grabbed Hank by the fur where his shirt collar would have been and shook him.
"You don't have the keys? Their coming!" The lights in the garage turned on and in walked Wolverine, Jean, Rogue, Storm and the pink Cyclops. Beast and Bobby looked at each other and scrambled into the back, ducking below the window.
"Spread out!" Cyclops ordered. The X-men spread out and began searching the cars. Carefully Hank and Bobby opened the door and slid out, crouching next to the van. They both sat there and watched as Logan zeroed in on them. Bobby looked under the car and saw Logan's boots get closer and closer. Logan opened the driver side door and sniffed around. Bobby gulped and Logan closed the door. He headed around the van but just before he got there the garage doors opened and Gambit drove in, in a red convertible, top down.
Beast and Bobby sprang from their hiding place and jumped into the car. Bobby got in the backseat and Beast pushed Gambit aside and slid into the driver seat.
"GO!!" screamed Iceman.
"There they are!" Logan roared.
"Hey!" Gambit yelled.
Hank threw the car into reverse and, on squealing tires, drove out just below the automatic closing doors. Once outside he performed a 180-degree turn and switched into gear. The red car tore off in the direction of the main gate.
"What's goin' on?" Gambit demanded.
"GO! GO!" Bobby yelled from the backseat while gripping Beast's shoulder.
"Beast! De gate!" Gambit screamed pointing up ahead. The main gate was closed and rapidly getting nearer.
"GO!" Bobby shouted. Hank punched in the key number on the gate-opening console in the car. Nothing happened. He tried again, and again.
"Where gonna crash!" Gambit yelled grabbing Beast's arm.
"Where gonna die! GO!" Yelled Bobby.
"Open…open" Hank whispered. They kept getting closer and finally the gate hummed to life and slowly the bars began to part.
"STOP!" Gambit yelled. All three screamed and closed their eyes as the car just barely squeezed thru, trimming off the side mirrors in the process. It drove out onto the open road and everyone cautiously opened their eyes and fell into silence.
"So how many close calls is that today?" Bobby whispered.
"I'm afraid that I've lost count." Hank whispered back. Gambit looked at them both and shouted.
"WHAT DE HELL IN GOIN ON HERE!?!" Both Beast and Iceman jumped as if just barely registering his presence. Hank slammed on the brake and the car screeched to a halt.
"Gambit!" Beast stared at the infuriated Cajun. He quickly composed himself and asked pleasantly, "Well now, how are you?"
Bobby stuck his head up front over the two seats and began to rapidly deliver the tale.
"MeandBeastwerefightingoveraTwinkieandthenLoganstoleitsoweweretryingtogetrevengeandthewholethingbackfiredandlongstoryshortCyclopsispinkandhimandWolverinebothwanttokillus." He finished and sucked in a huge lungful of air.
"A short story indeed." Beast mused.
Gambit stared at them both blankly. He looked from one to the other then yelled out, "I didn't understand a ting you jus said!!"
Bobby reached out and grabbed his coat collar. Mimicking Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones he pulled Gambit in close and said, "We… are going… to die!"
Beast snuffed, "Humph. I highly doubt that we'll be murdered by our own friends for such a harmless mistake. But, perhaps it is best if we stay out here for awhile."
Bobby looked at Beast, "You mean camp out, lay low, hide from the man. John law ain't gonna catch us…"
Gambit slapped his hands away. "Gambit don stay outside when he ain't de one in trouble, me." He began to turn toward the door when Bobby grabbed him.
"No! You know to much!" He held onto Gambit's coat, "Beast he'll disclose our location!"
"Don't be silly young Robert." Beast said, reaching over to remove Iceman's hands.
"Let go Bobby!" Gambit yelled, pulling on his coat.
"What if we use him as a hostage?" Bobby's eyes lit up, "We can use him to bargain for money and supplies to get to Mexico!"
Hearing this Gambit pulled himself free and jumped from the car. When Bobby made to follow him Gambit pulled out a card and charged it.
"Gambit, Iceman, settle down." Beast said trying to calm the situation. But, it was too late. Bobby sprang from the car and tackled Gambit. Gambit dropped his card and it flit under the car. The two X-men fell to the ground and rolled into a ditch on the side of the road.
"Oh my." Beast's eyes followed the path of the card. He immediately leapt from the car when he saw the glowing ace of spades land underneath. The kinetically charged playing card exploded, taking the red convertible with it.
Iceman returned from the ditch, dragging Gambit who was incased in ice up to his neck. "Whoa." Iceman gasped, "What happened?"
Gambit looked horrified. "De Car!" He yelled, then began to struggle frantically while muttering a long line of curses in French.
"Beast!" Bobby called, returning to his human form to avoid being melted by the searing flames coming off the burning car.
"I'm quite alright." Beast called walking around the flames to approach them. He dusted off his fur and added, "No thanks to you."
"Hey I got the hostage right? What good is our plan without a hostage?" He began to spread ice over the wreck, dowsing the flames.
"What plan?" Beast inquired staring directly at Bobby.
Bobby sighed, "The plan to ransom Gambit and get to Mexico."
"Gambit not gonna be ransomed!" The angry Cajun yelled still trying to escape.
"We are not going to Mexico." Beast crossed his arms over his chest.
"Fine, Canada whatever." Iceman finished putting out the fire and began dragging Gambit off into the woods. Beast slowly followed.
A little over an hour had past and Bobby was starving. It was dark out and Beast had made Iceman thaw out Gambit so he wouldn't, "Catch hypothermia and freeze to death." They had managed to build a fire and Bobby idly poked at the flames with a stick. He lit it on fire and pulled it in close, gazing at the flame.
"Come on Hank. We gotta ransom him. I'm starving!"
"You try an ransom Gambit an he gonna lead dem right back here." Gambit rang out his coat and then held his hands up to the fire, "Dis here was Gambit's favorite coat Drake."
"Well soorrryy." Iceman said sarcastically. He put out the flame and turned to face Gambit. "Come on Cajun what's the harm in ransoming a friend?" He smiled and continued, "Besides if you want we can get something for you before we leave."
The idea of receiving payment for being a hostage intrigued Gambit but then he sighed.
"Dat actually sound interesting, but I don tink Cyclops be payin no ransom for Gambit." He looked up morosely and could see the "what do you mean?" on Bobby's face. "First of all de fearless leader have trouble seein' Gambit as anyting but a tief."
"Oh come on Gambit, Cyke likes you. He doesn't think of you that way." Bobby tried to comfort Gambit.
"And secondly," Gambit continued, "Dat was his car you blew up."
"What!?!" Both Beast and Bobby exclaimed. Then Bobby stood up defensively, "And what do you mean 'I' blew up, it was your card!"
Gambit stood up and glared at Iceman, "But it's yo fault dat I drop it!"
"Is not."
"Is so."
"Is Not!"
"Is So!"
"Lying Swamp Rat!"
"Loser Popsicle Boy!"
"You, you… Thief!" Bobby yelled and both of them jumped at each other. They rolled around fighting and yelling and then Beast stepped in. He picked up both by the collar.
"Now hold on you two." He glared at them and they quit struggling. "Fighting amongst ourselves will never solve the situation we are currently faced with, which is how to return home and make amends." He dropped the two and they stood dusting themselves off. "There is quite a long list of charges against us and we must find some way of being acquitted of them, or at least receiving some sort of leniency."
"Let's hire Johnny Cochran, he'll get us off." Bobby quipped.
"I'm afraid no trial will be offered to us in this case, but I'm sure Cyclops will allow us to plead our case once we return."
"Yeah? And what if Wolverine's the first guy we run into after turning ourselves in?" Bobby asked glaring at Hank.
"Den dere be cocktail ice for a week and a new rug for de den." Gambit laughed.
"Hey buddy your in it just as deep as we are." Bobby said pointing at him.
"Not wit de homme Wolverine I'm not," Gambit replied, "Gambit ain't done nothing to him, lately."
"He'll be mad at you for just driving in at the wrong time." Iceman said back, and Hank nodded his head in agreement.
"Yes, we left him in quite a bad temperament, I'm afraid something as simple as aiding in our escape will have set him off. Of course that does lead to a small hope for us." Beast mused, "Perhaps his anger at us will be turned towards you."
"Hey!" Gambit yelled undignified, "Gambit didn't do noting. He be a victim of circumstance dats all."
"Oh please…" Bobby said sarcastically, "And I suppose Scott just 'lent' you his car."
"Dats different," Gambit said defending himself, "Wolverine probably like de fact dat Remy take off wit Scott's fancy car."
"Well like it or not we are all in this together." Beast said quieting the two once again. "I think the best course of action is still to return to the house."
"But…" Bobby tried interrupting and Beast silenced him.
"While avoiding detection by the others of course."
"Of course." Bobby smiled.
"So it's back to the house then." Hank declared and began marching thru the woods in the direction of the Xavier Institute. Gambit followed with Iceman close behind after first pausing to dowse the flames.
This story is proudly dedicated to those who sent a review. I really appreciate you taking the time to not only read my story, but comment on it. I bet you guys are all wondering: What's gonna happen next? Will they make it back alive? And what has become of the pink leader Cyclops? Well stay tuned to find out.
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