The Drinks are On the House!
Not long after the merry group found themselves in a nearby bar. "I hate to admit it," Low Light said. "But this is a lot better than what Xavier planned for me!"
"To beer!" Logan raised his glass. "The ultimate therapy tool!"
"I'll drink to that!" Low Light said. They all drank in a toast.
"I thought you didn't drink," The Blind Master asked.
"I didn't until I joined the Misfits," Low Light groaned. "Man did that hit me! I should have another!"
"You should finish that glass first," Logan pointed out.
"I'm new at this, sue me," Low Light snapped.
"Hey guys!" Shipwreck was now dancing on the bar to the music on the jukebox. "Tequila! I love this song!"
"Some people do not know how to liquor their hold," Hank sloshed as he drank another beer.
"A toast!" Low Light raised his glass again. "To being a mutant! It's gonna be a long strange road!"
"You got that right bub!" Logan agreed.
"Man I like getting wasted," Low Light grinned drunkenly.
"Kid you're still on your first beer," Logan said. "You're really bad at this!"
"I'm on my fifth!" Hank said happily.
"I stopped counting around six or seven or eight…" Shipwreck hiccuped as he dropped down from the bar.
"I'm so glad I am the designated driver," The Blind Master said.
"Oh great! What is this? A mutant hangout?" A voice growled. They turned and saw some people glaring at them.
"Hey I remember you!" Hank pointed to the man that spoke. "You're the guy who took my parking spot when I left Bayville High. Rodent-sky? Right?"
"Rhodenski!" He teacher bristled. "And it's thanks to you mutants I'm taking a long unpaid vacation!"
"What are you complaining about?" Hank said. "It's not like you did much in class every day in the first place! Besides, the school's almost rebuilt and it'll be even better than it was before. Actually it wouldn't take much to improve that dump."
"Stuck up freak," Rhodenski snarled. "Why don't you go back to the sewers where you belong!"
"You always were a jerk!" Hank blew a raspberry.
"You five freaks better clear out of here," Another bar patron glared.
"For your information pal only three of us are mutants," Shipwreck said. "The rest of us are a sailor and a blind guy. Hey that sounds like a joke! Three mutants, a sailor and a blind guy go into a bar…"
"Yeah and here's the punch line!" Rhodenski roared. He struck Shipwreck right in the face.
To his horror Shipwreck merely stood there. He looked very annoyed. "Oh you did not just do that!" He snapped.
"Uh oh…" Low Light moaned. "He shouldn't have done that."
"You did not just do that!" Shipwreck said again.
"Now you're in trouble," Low Light groaned.
"Do you know what is more dangerous than punching a mutant?" Shipwreck growled. "Do you? It's punching a Navy man in a bar. No you did worse…a drunk Navy man in a bar!"
"Somebody's gonna get it!" Hank laughed in a sing song voice.
"You know what they say about sailors in the Navy," Shipwreck rolled up his sleeves. "Gotta uphold tradition!" He then tackled Rhodenski and three other patrons.
"Here we go!" Low Light said cheerfully. "My first drunken mutant bar brawl!"
"All right!" Logan punched out a drunk. "I knew there was something I liked about Shipwreck!"
While the melee was going on the Blind Master calmly made his way to the back of the bar, occasionally punching out someone or thwacking someone with his cane. He found the beer taps and poured himself another glass. "Ah…free beer," He grinned. "The best part of a bar brawl!"
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Several hours later the honking of a horn blared on the Institute driveway. The X-Van drove on the driveway then onto the lawn; spinning around several times before it came to a stop on the steps. Literally. "LUCY WE'RE HOME!" Shipwreck tumbled out the passengers' side.
"Do you know what time it is?" Althea shouted. Everyone left at the mansion was glaring at them.
"It's Miller time!" Shipwreck laughed.
"What kind of parent are you?" Althea shouted. "We've been waiting for hours! What kind of example are you setting for the other kids? What about Claudius and Barney? What kind of example are you setting for them?"
"I'm showing them what not to do, duh!" Shipwreck staggered. "Kids…don't do what I did!"
"And you!" Althea snapped. "What were you thinking going off with them?"
"Well you wanted me to feel better about myself," Low Light said, his voice a little slurred. "And I do…uh oh…" He ran to the bushes and vomited.
"Yeah you guys are real miracle workers," Todd shook his head. "Where's Wolverine?"
"Out cold in the back," The Blind Master spoke up from the driver's side. "It was his own fault. I told him I was the designated driver. If he didn't argue with me I wouldn't have had to hit him."
"WHY DID YOU LET HIM DRIVE?" Xavier shouted.
"Because he was the only one who was sober," Shipwreck said matter of factly.
"Ask a stupid question," Ororo groaned.