The final chapter is here. Just a reminder I don't own any of the characters or companies mentioned in this story, and I don't have any money. So please don't sue.
Solutions
Bobby leaned back and took a huge swallow from the blue flask.
"Tastes like coconut." He said, smacking his lips. He immediately held up his hand and stared at it waiting to see if the formula would work. Beast and Gambit both stood nearby watching intently as slowly Bobby's skin began to return to its normal color. He smiled, "Hey it's working."
The other two smiled at him and Gambit reached out for his flask, "Gambit will jus take dat one, seems to be working jus fine."
Bobby held the solution forward but Gambit suddenly pulled his hand away.
"What?" Bobby asked, glancing at his hand again, "Am I changing back?"
Both Gambit and Beast looked on in shocked silence as two distinct lumps could be seen growing from Iceman's chest, stretching the fabric of his shirt. Beast's mouth was moving in silence as he tried to tell his friend what had happened. Bobby looked at the two with frightened eyes.
"Perhaps…" Beast finally managed in a whisper, "perhaps you should… go check in the mirror. There is one in the lavatory to your left." He pointed and Bobby looked confused.
"We are in the lab." He said.
"Go check in de bathroom." Gambit said while stifling a laugh.
Bobby looked to where Beast was pointing and entered the bathroom. Beast and Gambit stayed where they were and waited for his reaction.
"What I don't see anything… HOLY CRAP I'M A CHICK!!!" Bobby's voice echoed from the bathroom. "BEAST WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME? IM A WOMAN!" There was a few moments of silence and then, "well, I still have that. SO I'M A FREAK!" The busty Iceman came out of the bathroom and both Beast and Gambit exploded with laughter.
"I call de blue one." Gambit teased. "Now we all know how manly blue can be non?"
"Shut up Gambit." Bobby threatened. "Beast you better fix this."
"Well now, at least your not pink anymore." He said with a smile.
"Yeah I just got a big ol' pair of jugs now instead." He pointed at them and the other two laughed even more. In an attempt to save face he turned to Gambit, "Well why don't you try yours? Or are you scared about what's going to happen?"
Gambit paused in his laughter and looked at the flask he had been holding, "What can it hurt den?" He took a large swig from the bottle and swished it around in his mouth before swallowing it. "Taste like bubble gum."
He stared at his hand and had to swallow hard again as a cluster of tiny splotches began to appear over the pink. "Merde!" He exclaimed as his whole arm began to cover with purple spots. Now Bobby began laughing as the pink Gambit began flushing over with purple polka dots.
"Yeah that's a real improvement!" Gambit glared at Bobby who began to frantically point at Gambit's hair, "And what a lovely shade of lavender your hair has taken on!"
Gambit stood there seething for a minute as Beast and Bobby laughed on until finally he blurted out, "BOBBY YOU IDIOT IF DIS ONE DIDN'T WORK DEN WE BE STUCK LIKE DIS!!!"
Bobby quite laughing and turned to Beast, "Hey that's right. HANK I'M STUCK WITH THESE THINGS."
Quickly Beast began to back away. "Now hold on. This could be just a simple side affect. I'm sure the serums will start working soon." Bobby and Gambit began to advance towards Beast. Gambit glanced down at the counter and found the bottle of pink serum and a syringe.
"Let's give blue boy a taste of his own medicine." He said and Bobby grinned. Beast made to run but Bobby tackled him to the ground and pinned him with ice.
DOWN IN THE HANGAR
The Blackbird landed in the hangar and the engines were cut off almost immediately. Cyclops was the first one off and he tried to hurry away but was stopped when Wolverine called,
"Hey Cyclops ain't there gonna be mission debriefing. We should go over the strategy that won this battle."
The others all laughed and Cyclops continued on toward his room.
"Oh knock it off you guys." Jean said and then followed after her husband.
"Aww come on Jeannie it's all in the name o' fun." Wolverine explained but she was gone.
"Don worry bout it sugah." Rogue said. "She's jus being a stick in the mud."
Wolverine nodded and began to head toward the kitchen. "I need a drink, all this laughins' got me dried out."
"Mind if I join ya?" Rogue asked.
"Not at all." And the two made their way towards the kitchen.
Once in the house Wolverine began to sniff around.
"What is it?" Rogue asked, concerned.
"Nothin' the three jokers are just back is all." Wolverine said and continued walking.
"Well ain't ya gonna go fix em' up?" She asked surprised that Wolverine wasn't out on the hunt.
"Nah, I figure all the laughs I'm gettin offa Cyclops makes up fer what they did. Later on I'll go whap Bobby upside the head or somethin but fer now I'll just let them sweat."
Rogue laughed and the two continued on to the kitchen.
In his room Cyclops was fuming.
"When I get my hands on those two jokers…" He said aloud and was interrupted by the arrival of Jean.
"Oh Scott you know it was an accident." She said trying to calm him down. "I think it's pretty obvious that it was Wolverine they were after." She kissed him gently on the forehead and she could see him relax a little. "That's better. Now about that solution I was telling you about." She reached under the bed and pulled out a makeup kit.
"Your kidding right." Scott said flatly.
"Now just give me a chance. It won't be a whole make over. Just a little touchup to put some color back into your face."
Cyclops gave her a stern look and she amended, "Some normal coloring."
He sighed and then gave in, "Ok. Just a little."
She began to apply the makeup and within a few minutes his face and hands had been covered in a flesh colored tone.
Glancing in the mirror Cyclops smiled, "Hey that's not too bad, except for my hair and eyebrows I look alright."
"Well I can always get you some hair dye…" Jean said but was interrupted when an alarm began to sound. Cyclops immediately stood up and sprang toward the panel on the wall that offered information about what was happening.
"There's a disturbance in the lab." He informed Jean and then immediately left to investigate, Jean was close behind.
BACK IN THE LAB
The lab was a mess. Chaos was all around, tables were overturned, beakers and test tubes were smashed, and even a light fixture was hanging down loose. The broken fixture was a result of Beast trying to hang off it in an attempt to get away from Gambit and Bobby. He had broken free after being injected with the pink serum, but had just barely managed to stay out of their grasp. Bounding around the room he had made several attempts to open the door but each time had to abandon it in order to get away again. His only luck had come from the fact that Bobby and Gambit had spent a great deal of time arguing over which of their serums they would use on him.
"I say we give him boobs!" Bobby yelled and fired an ice blast at Beast who narrowly dodged it.
"And Gambit tink polka dots be de way to go!" Gambit yelled and flung a charged test tube, which Beast also dodged.
"Come on Hank!" Bobby yelled after missing him with another ice blast. "If you surrender we'll let you decide."
"Can I decide neither?" Beast yelled and ducked behind an overturned exam table as a glowing petridish flew past.
"Non!" Gambit yelled.
"Then no. I think not." While he crouched behind the table Gambit and Bobby signaled each other and they moved in. Glancing to the side Beast saw Gambit approaching and leapt away, only to be hit with a freezing blast from Iceman that encased his lower half.
"Got him!" Bobby exclaimed and the two stood over the helpless Beast.
"How about we just give him both?" Bobby suggested and Gambit nodded.
"Sounds fair to me."
They each knelt down and Beast clamped his mouth shut.
"Open up Hanky pooh." Bobby said in a motherly tone. He tried to press the flask to Beast's mouth but he pulled away. "I know." Bobby said and then grabbed Beast's nose. Beast tried to shake free but couldn't and just as he was about to run out of breath the door flew open.
"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE!?" Cyclops yelled as he stood in the doorway.
"CYCLOPS HELP!" Beast pleaded, but when he opened his mouth Bobby and Gambit forced the flasks in and he swallowed the serums.
The other X-men gathered around the lab and stared in confusion at the three X-men on the floor.
"Hank's pink now too?" Wolverine laughed, "And check out Bobby the brawd and Polka dotted Gumbo!"
They all began laughing and Gambit and Bobby stood up defensively.
"He did it!" Bobby said pointing to Beast, "He was trying to find a cure for Cyclops. Hey Cyke, how did you get cured?"
Everyone turned to look at Cyclops who stood there trying to come up with an answer.
"It just wore off I guess." He finally said. Wolverine leaned in and sniffed at him.
"He's wearin' makeup!" Wolverine exclaimed and everyone began to laugh. Bobby and Gambit turned back to Beast to see what had happened and were both shocked to see that Hank had returned to normal.
"What?" Gambit yelled, "Dat's not right!"
"Where are his dots and yabos?" Bobby yelled.
Beast smiled, "Well it appears my antidote was a two part solution."
"Give me that!" Bobby yelled and took Gambit's purple flask. He took a drink and slowly his newfound appendages began to disappear. Gambit drank from the blue flask and slowly his skin color returned to normal.
"Okay, now it's my turn!" Cyclops said and took both flasks and drank.
THREE DAYS LATER
Wolverine stood in the line at Wal-mart. He smiled to himself as he thought about the past days events. Beast and Bobby had extra cleanup duties, including scrubbing out all the bathrooms. And they had to sit thru four hours of lab safety videos. Gambit was basically grounded for stealing and then blowing up Cyclops's car, and he had to wash, wax, and shine the Blackbird.
'Yup, it's been a good week.' Wolverine thought as he reached the front of the line. He handed the lady his slip and she began to search for his order. 'And its gonna keep on getting better.' He grinned as the sales clerk brought up an envelope marked, Quality Photo Processing.
"Your prints are ready." She said cheerfully and handed him the envelope, "Would you like to take a look?"
He nodded and opened the envelope. Inside was a series of enlargements and copies of pictures he had taken from the security cameras in the laboratory and the Blackbird. They were all shots of his pigment and bust size challenged friends.
"Yeah," He said with a feral grin, "These will do just nicely."
Well there you have it, the Conclusion to Hijinx Gone Pink. I hope you have enjoyed it. Please review so I know what you guys liked and didn't like about it. I'm working on another story so you'll probably be hearing soon from Adam_bat.