A/N: Yayz!!! Chappie 11!! *smilez* BIG thank u to ALL reviewers!!
--sylver rain
Chapter 11: Cheese
Avalanche gave Pietro a smile and asked, "Hey, you alright so far?" Lance threw a furtive glance at the scars on Pietro's back, which were still in the process of healing, but were quickly fading.
Pietro nodded quickly and said, "You? I thought you were sold to someone or something like that."
Lance replied with a smug look, "I gave a tremor before they could put that thing around my neck."
"Could always count on you to not need anyone's help." Pietro said with a smirk. He glanced back at Todd who was getting dragged by the men next to a pole to get tied up to. "How did you know about Todd?"
Lance looked at the frightened green Clydesdale and said, "I heard he managed to escape. So when I got out, I thought he'd go to a place like some swamp or jungle to stay away from humans. I just didn't think there'd be some people in this place, and I'm sure Todd didn't either."
Pietro nodded. Todd would probably have been terrified after everything that happened, the same as when he himself was turned into a horse. Todd must have came to this place as fast as he could, some place he was comfortable in, to think things through and get used to the fact that he was an animal, not that they hadn't been treated like animals before. But physically, it had to take some getting used to. Walking on four legs wasn't a problem though. It felt like instincts kicked in when Pietro had made his first steps after getting transformed and waking up, and he could walk and run just as well as when he had two legs.
"How you planning on getting him out?" Lance asked.
Pietro looked back at him with skepticism, "What? I thought you had a plan in mind."
Lance rolled his eyes, "Hey, I just saw you here and you looked like what you'd be if you were a horse, and I assumed it was you. I wasn't devising any plan, ya know? I thought you'd be coming up with something, like you usually do."
As confusing as Lance's first statement was, he understood perfectly what the other Clydesdale meant. Somehow, they could just tell who another Clydesdale was, mutant characteristics or not.
Then the other statement settled in.
"Hey," he snapped, "I was thinking of something until you came by."
Lance shrugged and said, "So what have you got so far?"
"I was thinking of barging in on their little festival." Pietro replied, looking at the people tying Todd to the pole in the middle of the entire village, probably so that if Todd did manage to get out of his confinement, there was still the chance that the men could catch him before he made it into the thick jungle.
"Or going back to the rest and getting their help." He finished.
Lance raised his brow, "The rest? You mean you found the rest?"
"Well, not only me. There was this mutant called Remy that got me out, then we both found the others."
Lance nodded slowly, "Ah, I see. So who have we got so far?"
"Warren, Rogue and Daniels."
"Oh. How are they?"
"They're quite alright."
"Quite?"
"Yea," Pietro explained, "You see, some Capital Policemen found us, and we fought back, and now we're all pretty drained.
"So no one's dead?"
"Nope."
"Cool. What are we gonna do now?"
Pietro looked at the Wangcaga tribe as they sat around their fire, Todd close by them. He was looking tired, annoyed and a little scared at getting tied up, and Pietro looked back at Lance, "Well, since you're here, we might as well do this ourselves."
Lance nodded and faced the village.
He grunted and stomped a front hoove, which sent a tremor rumbling toward the tribe. The people started to panic, rushing around like mad people. With all the chaos going on, Pietro ran toward Todd, and untied the rope and shackles in no time at all.
"Pietro?" Todd said in a mixture of relief and bewilderment once the muzzle was taken off.
"Yep, it's me, the great Maximoff. Now get your ass moving." He shoved Todd out into the trees, leaving the people scrambling around in fear, some fleeing to the jungles in hopes of safety.
The rumbling stopped and Lance trotted toward them.
"Lance?!" Todd said, getting happier by the second.
"It's me, Toddy, now let's get going."
Pietro went first without super speed, leading the other two to where he calculated the herd would be by this time.
Remy took a big bite out of the fruit in his hands. It wasn't all that energy revitalizing, but fruits were all he could have at the moment. It was probably about 2am already, and the Clydesdales and himself were in need of some rest.
He slid down the trunk of the fruit tree and looked at the rest. Quicksilver was taking quite a long time to scout the area, and Remy was getting more worried about thr Clydesdale as minutes flew by.
The other three Clydesdales were roaming around, eating fruit off trees or grazing. He closed his eyes for a few seconds before hearing one of the Clydesdales neigh.
He opened his eyes and saw the other three trotting toward Quicksilver and two other horses.
His mood brightened a little. Now they had two more additions to the team, which meant more power and less searching.
He walked up to the three who just arrived and got a good look at the new ones.
One was slightly smaller than the others, and was a pale shade of army green with swamp colored hair and yellow eyes. The other was pretty tall and muscular, with a tan sandy coat and dark chestnut brown hair. The ends of his legs were the same color as his hair, as if he had walked through an ankle deep pool of mud, and he had black dusty hooves.
After his little introduction on who he was, what he was, and what he wanted to do, they settle down again, him sleeping under a tree and the Clydesdales nickering softly to each other.
"Ya sure y'all are ok?" Todd nodded at Rogue, "Well, no one died, so I guess we're fine." He gave a small smile.
"So, what happened before you got out? Are the others alright?" Evan asked urgently.
"Kitty's still on sedatives…" Todd said quietly, stealing a quick glance at Lance who was close to fuming.
"Damn that Kor person…" he seethed.
"Kar. His name is Kar." Pietro said, rolling his eyes.
"I don't give a fuck what his name is." Lance snapped, "He's got Kitty unconscious and God knows what happened to the rest."
The rest fell silent, lapsed into deep thoughts about the friends that were still retained in the wizard's castle.
Rogue broke the silence, "Ah think we all should go ta sleep now. Ah mean, we all do need rest." No one argued, and the Clydesdales went under trees or lay on the soft green grass under the many shimmering stars.
Todd lifted head and looked up at the dark sky. The stars were evenly spread out and there were no clouds in sight. The moon was nowhere to be seen too.
Todd looked at Lance and Pietro who were nearby, "Umn, guys?"
Pietro turned his cerulean eyes up to look at the younger Clydesdale, too lazy to lift his head from the ground, "Yea?"
"You… you think everything will work out cool?"
Lance opened his eyes and lifted his head, "Whyja ask that?"
Todd shrugged and looked back at the sky, "I dunno. Maybe cuz, I mean, turning into a horse and all… it's all so…"
"Unreal?" Pietro suggested, raising his head.
"Yea. Unreal." Todd sighed, "And the Remy guy was talking about trying to turn us back into who we were before. It's just that, Kar's already won us once. And he could probably do it again. And everything will repeat itself, yo."
Pietro shuddered. Todd was right. There was that chance that Kar would overpower them, as he had already did once, and Pietro didn't really want anything to be repeated. Especially an experience with knights of any kind.
"Well, there's still that chance of beating him." Lance said, looking up at the glittering stars too. Pietro wasn't sure if the rock-tumbler was speaking the truth or if he was only trying to comfort Todd.
"Well, say we do have the stuff to beat him this time," Pietro challenged, "It still leaves the issue of even finding Kar's hideout, and even if we do find the asshole's castle, how can we be sure we'd find all the others and make it through without losing anyone? Specially to the humans."
Todd seemed a little more stressed out than before, but all Lance did was shrug and say, "Well, then. Too bad for us."
At that, Todd seemed to be in temporary shock while Pietro rolled his eyes and lay his head back down to the ground, "Well, thanks for the boost in confidence." He mumbled.
Lance smiled and said, "Well, still got each other so far. Gotta be happy for that."
Todd was out of his traumatism and teased the older Clydesdale, "Cheesy…" Lance grunted and lay his head down, trying to fall asleep.
Todd continued looking up at the stars, eyes and imagination running wild.
"Cheesy… Cheese… Is it me or do those stars over there look like some kinda cheese constellation?"
Lance said without opening his eyes, "Shuddup Todd."
Silence reigned for a moment or two before Todd shattered it again.
"I'm hungry, yo."
End of chapter 11
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