Chapter Six
"Okay. Bobby you're in charge of the setting up the fly paper. Jubes you need to be ready with the spray. I'll try to distract Rogue. And you two," she indicated Remy and Storm, still huddled in the corner. "You're useless. You can stay here."
"Oh, t'ank God."
"So is every one clear on what they have to do?" There were nods all around. "Good. Let's go then." Jean cracked the door open and peeked outside, scanning for Rogue. Seeing that she was nowhere in sight she slipped out followed by Bobby and Jubilee. Jubilee and Bobby left towards the rec room and Jean turned up the stairs in search of Rogue.
"Here kittykittykittykitty," Rogue called. "Be a good kitty and come to Roguey. Ah'm not gonna hurt you."
"Rogue?"
Rogues gaze snapped up to Jean. "You stay away."
"Don't worry, Rogue I'm not gonna hurt the spider. I just wanted to help you out."
"What do ya mean?" She began backing away.
"If you want to keep the spiders safe, I know a good spot to do that." Rogue looked at her disbelieving. "Come on now. Just follow me and I'll take you there."
"Ya aren't pulling any tricks?"
Jean shook her head. "None, I promise."
"Alright then. But ya better keep your distance!" Jean put her hands up and backed away. Rogue followed a little behind her. They went to the underground level and Jean headed toward the Danger Room. Once there she opened the door and stepped aside, giving Rogue space.
"No one will be able to hurt them in here," she said, waving Rogue in. Rogue stepped in cautiously.
"Y'all are right, Jean. Ah could program it to kill anybody who tries to come in here! Jean you're a... Jean?" Rogue turned around in the huge room to see Jean stepping back and the door sliding closed. "NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" she screamed and ran towards the door, banging on it with all her strength.
"And I can program it to keep you in. I'm truly sorry Rogue, but you're not thinking clearly and we need to get rid of those spiders. We'll let you out when you've sobered up." She turned quickly on her heel and strode away from the room, ignoring Rogue's screams and curses and banging.
Up in the rec room Bobby had just finished laying out the fly paper.
"Um, don't you think that's a bit over kill?" Jubilee asked. There was so much paper everywhere that you could barely see the floor.
"Not at all. If we get the paper everywhere the spiders will be more likely to step on it. They brainwashed Rogue, these are like super spiders. Very smart."
"Unlike some people I know," she muttered to herself. "Alright, genius, so how do you plan on getting back over here? You stuck yourself in a corner."
Bobby thought for a moment. "No worries. All I have to do is jump onto the couch, walk to the end, then jump onto the patch of floor and then out of the room."
Jubilee raised her eyebrows. "Call me crazy but I don't think you're gonna make it."
"Oh ye of little faith. I'll show you what I can do!"
"Bobby why don't you just make an ice slid and come across?"
Bobby straightened up from his crouched and ready to spring position. "Oh yeah. Good idea." He quickly formed an ice slide and easily got out of the room. "Yep, that was easy," he said as he jumped off the end of the slide, and then tripped over his own two feet, falling forwards. "AH, help!!"
"I got ya, Ice Cube." Jubilee easily caught him in her arms and hauled him into the hall.
"Whew, thanks Jubes."
"Not a prob-AHHHHHHHH!!" Jubilee screamed as she turned and saw a spider hanging in front of her. She jumped backwards knocking into Bobby and sending him falling back onto the fly paper. Jubilee leaped onto the ice slide and ran along it to the other side of the room. She turned back to see Bobby scrabbling around in the fly paper, trying to get back up and away from the spider, getting it stuck all over him in the process. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"
"What are you laughing at?" Bobby asked as he finally reached the other side of the room, covered in the fly paper.
"You look like such a moron!" She continued to laugh hysterically.
"Oh, you think so do you?" He jumped at Jubilee, pulling her down onto the floor and covering her in the fly paper as well.
"Remy?"
"Yeah, Stormy?"
"Do you ever get the feeling that your being watched?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm getting that feeling right now."
"Do you t'ink dey found us?" Storm didn't answer, only whimpered slightly. "Maybe we should get out of here."
"...okay..."
Remy stood and reached a hand out to the doorknob. He felt his hand brush against something fuzzy. "AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
He leapt backwards, slamming into the wall and sliding to the floor.
"Oh Goddess, Remy are you okay?" she asked crawling over to him.
"Dere's a spider on de door," he whispered. She turned to look at the door and saw a three inch brown spider on the doorknob.
"Goddess. That's the spider that has been following me around all day. I knew there was a brown thing following me!"
"Stormy, it be guarding de door. How do we get out?"
"You're going to have to kill it."
"Oui, I'm going - Wait! No I'm Not! I'm not going anywhere near dat t'ing! We'll just have to wait for Jeannie to come back. She'll save us." Storm nodded. The spider moved slightly.
"Remy, we're gonna die aren't we?"
"Yes, Storm, we are."
Jean walked upstairs and into the rec room to see Bobby and Jubilee wrestling around in the fly paper like children.
"You take that back!"
"Never!"
"Take it back!"
"NO!
"What the heck is going on here?!" Jean yelled stepping into the room. Both Jubilee and Bobby stopped fighting and looked up at her sheepishly.
"Um, we were just…" Jubilee started but couldn't think of a way to finish.
"Uh, testing the fly paper! Yeah, that's it. To see if it was sticky enough!" He stood up. "Um, we've decided that it is. Yep." Jean just looked at them.
"Could you, like, help us to get it off now?"
Jean sighed. "Come here, then."
"What are you going to do?" Bobby walked up to her.
"I'm going to rip it off."
"NO! That would hurt!"
"How else am I supposed to get it off?" Bobby bit his lip and nodded his head. Jean grabbed a piece of the paper.
:Wait! I'm not ready yet." They waited a moment. "Okay." Jean prepared to rip it off. "NO WAIT! Okay, I'm ready. NO!" Jean sighed angrily and gave the paper a hard tug. "OOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!! Oh. Hey, that didn't hurt!" He smiled happily and Jean quickly got the paper off of both of them.
"We should go check on Remy and Storm."
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"Okay. Bobby you're in charge of the setting up the fly paper. Jubes you need to be ready with the spray. I'll try to distract Rogue. And you two," she indicated Remy and Storm, still huddled in the corner. "You're useless. You can stay here."
"Oh, t'ank God."
"So is every one clear on what they have to do?" There were nods all around. "Good. Let's go then." Jean cracked the door open and peeked outside, scanning for Rogue. Seeing that she was nowhere in sight she slipped out followed by Bobby and Jubilee. Jubilee and Bobby left towards the rec room and Jean turned up the stairs in search of Rogue.
"Here kittykittykittykitty," Rogue called. "Be a good kitty and come to Roguey. Ah'm not gonna hurt you."
"Rogue?"
Rogues gaze snapped up to Jean. "You stay away."
"Don't worry, Rogue I'm not gonna hurt the spider. I just wanted to help you out."
"What do ya mean?" She began backing away.
"If you want to keep the spiders safe, I know a good spot to do that." Rogue looked at her disbelieving. "Come on now. Just follow me and I'll take you there."
"Ya aren't pulling any tricks?"
Jean shook her head. "None, I promise."
"Alright then. But ya better keep your distance!" Jean put her hands up and backed away. Rogue followed a little behind her. They went to the underground level and Jean headed toward the Danger Room. Once there she opened the door and stepped aside, giving Rogue space.
"No one will be able to hurt them in here," she said, waving Rogue in. Rogue stepped in cautiously.
"Y'all are right, Jean. Ah could program it to kill anybody who tries to come in here! Jean you're a... Jean?" Rogue turned around in the huge room to see Jean stepping back and the door sliding closed. "NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" she screamed and ran towards the door, banging on it with all her strength.
"And I can program it to keep you in. I'm truly sorry Rogue, but you're not thinking clearly and we need to get rid of those spiders. We'll let you out when you've sobered up." She turned quickly on her heel and strode away from the room, ignoring Rogue's screams and curses and banging.
Up in the rec room Bobby had just finished laying out the fly paper.
"Um, don't you think that's a bit over kill?" Jubilee asked. There was so much paper everywhere that you could barely see the floor.
"Not at all. If we get the paper everywhere the spiders will be more likely to step on it. They brainwashed Rogue, these are like super spiders. Very smart."
"Unlike some people I know," she muttered to herself. "Alright, genius, so how do you plan on getting back over here? You stuck yourself in a corner."
Bobby thought for a moment. "No worries. All I have to do is jump onto the couch, walk to the end, then jump onto the patch of floor and then out of the room."
Jubilee raised her eyebrows. "Call me crazy but I don't think you're gonna make it."
"Oh ye of little faith. I'll show you what I can do!"
"Bobby why don't you just make an ice slid and come across?"
Bobby straightened up from his crouched and ready to spring position. "Oh yeah. Good idea." He quickly formed an ice slide and easily got out of the room. "Yep, that was easy," he said as he jumped off the end of the slide, and then tripped over his own two feet, falling forwards. "AH, help!!"
"I got ya, Ice Cube." Jubilee easily caught him in her arms and hauled him into the hall.
"Whew, thanks Jubes."
"Not a prob-AHHHHHHHH!!" Jubilee screamed as she turned and saw a spider hanging in front of her. She jumped backwards knocking into Bobby and sending him falling back onto the fly paper. Jubilee leaped onto the ice slide and ran along it to the other side of the room. She turned back to see Bobby scrabbling around in the fly paper, trying to get back up and away from the spider, getting it stuck all over him in the process. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"
"What are you laughing at?" Bobby asked as he finally reached the other side of the room, covered in the fly paper.
"You look like such a moron!" She continued to laugh hysterically.
"Oh, you think so do you?" He jumped at Jubilee, pulling her down onto the floor and covering her in the fly paper as well.
"Remy?"
"Yeah, Stormy?"
"Do you ever get the feeling that your being watched?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm getting that feeling right now."
"Do you t'ink dey found us?" Storm didn't answer, only whimpered slightly. "Maybe we should get out of here."
"...okay..."
Remy stood and reached a hand out to the doorknob. He felt his hand brush against something fuzzy. "AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
He leapt backwards, slamming into the wall and sliding to the floor.
"Oh Goddess, Remy are you okay?" she asked crawling over to him.
"Dere's a spider on de door," he whispered. She turned to look at the door and saw a three inch brown spider on the doorknob.
"Goddess. That's the spider that has been following me around all day. I knew there was a brown thing following me!"
"Stormy, it be guarding de door. How do we get out?"
"You're going to have to kill it."
"Oui, I'm going - Wait! No I'm Not! I'm not going anywhere near dat t'ing! We'll just have to wait for Jeannie to come back. She'll save us." Storm nodded. The spider moved slightly.
"Remy, we're gonna die aren't we?"
"Yes, Storm, we are."
Jean walked upstairs and into the rec room to see Bobby and Jubilee wrestling around in the fly paper like children.
"You take that back!"
"Never!"
"Take it back!"
"NO!
"What the heck is going on here?!" Jean yelled stepping into the room. Both Jubilee and Bobby stopped fighting and looked up at her sheepishly.
"Um, we were just…" Jubilee started but couldn't think of a way to finish.
"Uh, testing the fly paper! Yeah, that's it. To see if it was sticky enough!" He stood up. "Um, we've decided that it is. Yep." Jean just looked at them.
"Could you, like, help us to get it off now?"
Jean sighed. "Come here, then."
"What are you going to do?" Bobby walked up to her.
"I'm going to rip it off."
"NO! That would hurt!"
"How else am I supposed to get it off?" Bobby bit his lip and nodded his head. Jean grabbed a piece of the paper.
:Wait! I'm not ready yet." They waited a moment. "Okay." Jean prepared to rip it off. "NO WAIT! Okay, I'm ready. NO!" Jean sighed angrily and gave the paper a hard tug. "OOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!! Oh. Hey, that didn't hurt!" He smiled happily and Jean quickly got the paper off of both of them.
"We should go check on Remy and Storm."
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