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"COME ON GUYS!!" yelled St. John over the loud helicopter noise. "LET'S START A ROUND!!! ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT…"
"HOW ABOUT NOT?!" yelled Scott, also over the helicopter noise. But suddenly, the noise stopped.
"Hey, are we in France already?" Todd said, looking out the window.
"No." said the helicopter man. "This is as far as I'm supposed to take you. You have to find your own way from here." Then this man used his super powers to push everyone out of the helicopter and then he flew away.
"That was mean!" said St. John. "But can we start a round now? Row row row your boat gently down the stream!"
"Row row row your boat…" started Todd but Wanda zapped him.
"We have to find a ride." Said Scott.
"We must look like pretty big weirdos!" said St. John. "With you and I handcuffed together and us all wearing the same thing! My, my, my. I don't think I would stop for us if I were a driver and I saw us. Can I have my lighter now?"
"No!" Scott yelled.
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"Guys, I hate to say it but we are so low on gas that…" started Jean but then the car putt putted to a stop. Luckily they were a long abandoned stretch of highway so it was okay to just leave their car in the middle of the road.
"Now what?" asked Rogue as the four of them got out of the car.
"We have to get gas." Said Remy.
"Pietro you could…" started Rogue as she turned around and remembered that the three of her teammates were handcuffed together. "Never mind…"
"What?!" demanded Pietro. "WHAT could I do?! What could I possibly do when I'm handcuffed in between you two?!"
"Well, I was going so suggest that you run down this ridiculously long stretch of this road and get gas for the car but I guess that's not possible." Rogue said, crossing her arms.
"He wouldn't be able to do it anyway!" Jean said. "Remember? We're not using our powers!"
"Jean, stop being stupid." Said Rogue. "There's no way we could possibly go this entire race without…" But she was interrupted because she suddenly felt a familiar feeling surging through her entire body! And that feeling was the one she felt when she was stealing people's powers and then she looked over to see that she had accidentally touched Pietro when neither of them were paying attention!! OH NO!!!
This meant, of course, that not only did Rogue have to deal with Pietro's impatience once again, but they would also have to deal with Pietro's unconscious body.
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"I can't believe this!" complained Kitty as Lance opened the hood of the car and much steam poured from it. "We got a like defective car!"
"Maybe it's because we came in last place." Kurt sighed.
"Well what are we driving for anyway?" Lance asked.
"Are you suggesting that we cheaply teleport again?" Evan questioned.
"Yes." Said Lance. "Yes I am."
"Don't you guys remember last time we teleported around?" Kitty said. "We ended up in last place anyway!"
"But just imagine how far in last we would be if we didn't teleport!" Lance said.
"Yeah Kitty!" said Kurt.
"Come on, Kitty!" said Evan.
"Well fine…it's not like I was against it." Said Kitty.
"YAY!!" cheered Kurt. "Blaue Mannschaft!!"
"Um…what is that supposed to mean?" said Evan.
"Blue Team." Said Kurt. "Remember that. Maybe we can all cheer it next time we win something."
"How about the FIRST time we win something?" Lance said. Then they all teleported. Of course, since their destination wasn't exactly nearby, they had to do rapid teleportation meaning they couldn't go DIRECTLY to France.
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"Thanks again for picking us up." Said Scott to a crazy truck driver. The Red Team and the truck driver were all squished up front.
"Quoi que." Said the truck driver in a voice that sounded like he had been smoking since he was born.
"So does that mean that we're still in Spain or is that a French thing?" Todd whispered to Wanda.
"Don't come near me." Said Wanda.
"Excuse me sir, are we in France and Spain right now?" asked Scott.
The trunk driver man only looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"All right…" said Scott. "Do you speak English by any chance?"
The driver only really ignored Scott. Even though he really DID speak English, he just didn't feel like talking to the hitchhikers that he had picked up just because he's a nice guy!
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"How much farther do we have to go?" complained Rogue as the Green Team walked rather slowly because of their hindering handcuffs and the fact that they had to drag Pietro's unconscious body along with them because Jean refused to make their lives easier and float them along. "Oh geez, did I just say that again?"
"Yes." Said Remy.
"I'm starting to get impatient with my impatient self." Said Rogue. "All thanks to Pietro here."
"It's okay." Said Remy since he really didn't care all that much.
"Jean, couldn't you just fly us all there?" Rogue asked.
"No!" said Jean. "I've already told you that I'm NOT using my powers!"
"This is getting really irritating." Said Rogue. "There's nothing in the rules that says that we can't use our powers."
Then they passed by a payphone.
"I'm going to call Professor X right now and ask him." Said Rogue, picking up the receiver and dialing 1-800-COLLECT because it's the obvious choice and it goes together like an angel with wings. Then she called up the Professor.
"Xavier Institute." said the professor.
"Hi Professor, it's me Rogue." Said Rogue.
"Why hello Rogue." Said Professor X. "Are you enjoying yourself? Are you enhancing your bonds with your teammates?"
"Um…yeah." Said Rogue, rolling her eyes. "But for some reason, Jean seems to think that we're not supposed to be using our powers."
"No," said Professor Xavier. "The point of this race is to use your powers and build off of them. I encourage the use of powers as long as you be careful that no one sees you."
"Thanks Professor." Said Rogue, hanging up the phone and turning to Jean. "You heard him, right?"
"Yes!" said Jean. "I shall now use my powers as much as possible!" Then she started flying so she was about two inches off the ground so it looked like she was standing but not really. "Let's go now!" Then she used her powers to make everyone fly to France.
"Wait…we're going to France?" said Remy.
"Well YEAH." Said Rogue.
