"Whoa, take it easy, Toad. Its me."
0He got up looking sheepish, "Sorry, I thought that you might have been someone else."
She dusted herself off, "Not a problem."
By now, everyone else had joined them.
"How'd you get away? We thought you were a goner when they knocked you down."
"One at a time! I simply 'persuaded' my captors to release me."
'They don't need to know that my brother was the newcomer.'
Fred wandered off to the kitchen muttering something about being so long since he had last eaten.
Lance lost interest in her return and went back to polishing his car.
Pietro and Toad went upstairs and fell asleep, leaving her and Wanda to sort things out.
Angela yawned, "I'm bushed, Wanda. Let's talk about this tomorrow, okay?"
Wanda yawned also, responding to the yawn's contagiousness, "What-
The next morning passed with no events, but, the afternoon was a different story.
A heavy knocking ensued on the door. Angela glared at the offending area.
The knocking was corkscrewing right to the middle of her headache.
"Will somebody please get the door?" she yelled.
Pietro raced Toad to the door, Pietro winning, of course.
He threw the door open triumphantly, revealing Troy. Angela immediately stepped out of sight.
Toad caught up to Pietro and pushed his way in front of him, "Who're you and what do ya want?"
An equally powerful voice answered, "I'm looking for Angela."
"So? I asked, who are you?"
"I know she's here" the voice persisted.
Toad glared at him, "Hello! Are you deaf? I said, who are you?"
Angela peeked hesitantly around the corner.
"I'm her brother Troy and I really need to speak to her."
Toad eyed him supiciously, "Prove it."
Troy glared at him, "I don't have time for this. Show me where she is or get out of my way."
Wanda questioned Angela with her eyes. 'Should I tell him?'
Angela shook her head emphatically, 'No.'
Wanda hurried up behind Toad, glaring at Troy as well, "She left here a few hours ago. Said something about going to Canada."
He glanced at Wanda quickly, paused and replied, "Liar."
A hex bolt flared in Wanda's hand, "You wanna call me that again, little man?"
He snorted and turned back to Toad, "Final warning. Get out of my way."
Angela shook her head disbelievingly at her brother's empty threats.
Toad crossed his arms, "You think you could take me?"
A faint rumbling came from beneath the ground, "Think so? I could mop the floor with you and hang you out to dry! Do you want to take the risk that I'm telling the truth?"
Toad tensed, "Bring it on."
Troy grinned, "Okay, you asked for it."
A jet of water shot up from under Toad's feet, throwing him backwards.
He landed on the stairs looking astonished with rivulets of water running down his cheeks and dripping from his hair.
0He got up looking sheepish, "Sorry, I thought that you might have been someone else."
She dusted herself off, "Not a problem."
By now, everyone else had joined them.
"How'd you get away? We thought you were a goner when they knocked you down."
"One at a time! I simply 'persuaded' my captors to release me."
'They don't need to know that my brother was the newcomer.'
Fred wandered off to the kitchen muttering something about being so long since he had last eaten.
Lance lost interest in her return and went back to polishing his car.
Pietro and Toad went upstairs and fell asleep, leaving her and Wanda to sort things out.
Angela yawned, "I'm bushed, Wanda. Let's talk about this tomorrow, okay?"
Wanda yawned also, responding to the yawn's contagiousness, "What-
The next morning passed with no events, but, the afternoon was a different story.
A heavy knocking ensued on the door. Angela glared at the offending area.
The knocking was corkscrewing right to the middle of her headache.
"Will somebody please get the door?" she yelled.
Pietro raced Toad to the door, Pietro winning, of course.
He threw the door open triumphantly, revealing Troy. Angela immediately stepped out of sight.
Toad caught up to Pietro and pushed his way in front of him, "Who're you and what do ya want?"
An equally powerful voice answered, "I'm looking for Angela."
"So? I asked, who are you?"
"I know she's here" the voice persisted.
Toad glared at him, "Hello! Are you deaf? I said, who are you?"
Angela peeked hesitantly around the corner.
"I'm her brother Troy and I really need to speak to her."
Toad eyed him supiciously, "Prove it."
Troy glared at him, "I don't have time for this. Show me where she is or get out of my way."
Wanda questioned Angela with her eyes. 'Should I tell him?'
Angela shook her head emphatically, 'No.'
Wanda hurried up behind Toad, glaring at Troy as well, "She left here a few hours ago. Said something about going to Canada."
He glanced at Wanda quickly, paused and replied, "Liar."
A hex bolt flared in Wanda's hand, "You wanna call me that again, little man?"
He snorted and turned back to Toad, "Final warning. Get out of my way."
Angela shook her head disbelievingly at her brother's empty threats.
Toad crossed his arms, "You think you could take me?"
A faint rumbling came from beneath the ground, "Think so? I could mop the floor with you and hang you out to dry! Do you want to take the risk that I'm telling the truth?"
Toad tensed, "Bring it on."
Troy grinned, "Okay, you asked for it."
A jet of water shot up from under Toad's feet, throwing him backwards.
He landed on the stairs looking astonished with rivulets of water running down his cheeks and dripping from his hair.