Here Hulk, Hulk, Hulk…
"Well here we are," Althea sighed as they transported themselves to a huge wooded area. "Now all we have to do is find the Hulk."
"And how do we do that?" Pietro asked. "Go around shouting 'Here Hulk! Come here boy! Where are you?'"
"Yeah and what do we do when we do find him?" Todd asked. "Ask it to come to a tea party?"
"We'll cross that bridge when we get to it," Althea said. "Who knows, maybe he's reverted back to Banner by now. Keep a sharp eye out for both of them."
"Huh," Lance huffed. "How hard could it be to find a 12 foot green giant?"
"Well we're about to find out," Althea said. "We're going to spilt up. Each group takes a communicator and we'll stay in close contact. Quicksilver, because you're the fastest and can cover a lot more ground than the rest of us I want you to take that mountain over to the north."
"The whole mountain?" Pietro looked at it. "Piece of cake."
"Remember check everywhere!" Althea told him before he dashed off. "Xi you and Scarlet Witch take the Eastern trails here. Avalanche, Blob and I will take the Western point. Toad you take Trinity and search the Southern area. It's also the area closest to the town so keep your eyes peeled."
"Aww," Todd looked at her with huge eyes. "We ain't together?"
"No time for lovin' babe, we're on a mission," Althea said. "Besides you're the only other one of us I know the Triplets won't try to experiment on."
"Yeah like we'd be stupid enough to do that to your boyfriend," Daria said.
"We want to live to at least our next birthday," Quinn said.
"Remember that, because if you pull any crap I'll kill you," Althea told the girls. "Let's go."
They split up. For an hour they wandered. "Anybody see anything?" Fred spoke into the communicator. "Hello? Hey! Why isn't anybody answering me! Come on?" He tapped on it.
"Why did we give the communicator to Blob?" Lance groaned. "You have it on the wrong frequency doofus!" He pushed the right button. "It's the blue button to send! Remember?"
"Oh sorry about that," Fred grinned sheepishly. "My bad. Hey anybody find anything?"
"Scarlet Witch here," Wanda spoke. "Nothing so far."
"Ditto over here," Pietro sat on top of the mountain. "I've been all over this rock at least three times and nothing! The only green I see are trees! How about you Toad?"
"Nothing here either," Todd grumbled. "I'm telling you I think we're on a wild goose chase or something. I mean how the heck can you lose a guy that's as big as a house?"
"Wavedancer wants to know how the Triplets are doing," Lance spoke to him through the communicator.
"Oh they're having a ball!" Todd rolled his eyes. "They're off berry picking or bird watching or something! Those three think that this is some kind of nature hike or something for crying out loud!"
Todd failed to notice something large loom behind him. "I'm telling ya those girls have no idea how to act on a real mission!" Todd continued. "I try to tell 'em to keep their eyes and ears open! I mean anything could happen! But do they listen to me? Nooooo! They go off on their merry little way. Just babble on in their own little world not paying attention to what's going on around them! Talk, talk, talk! I think they oughta take a refresher course in ninja class or something. I mean this guy could just walk on by and they wouldn't even notice! If they're not careful they could be in real trouble you know what I mean?"
He leaned against what he thought was a tree. "I mean this Hulk guy could walk right up to them and they wouldn't know it until he was right on top of them! What a…a…" He then noticed that the 'tree' didn't feel like a tree. He put his hand on it and felt skin instead of bark.
Todd gulped and looked upwards. He saw an angry pair of gamma green eyes staring down at him. "Eeep!" Todd whimpered.
"What was that Toad?" Lance asked. "I didn't hear you."
"H…Hu…" Todd gulped as the gargantuan green figure loomed over him.
"You're gonna have to speak up Toad," Lance said. "What did you say?"
"H…He…Help…" Todd squeaked into his communicator. "Here…help…guys…"
"Toad? Toad quit fooling around. Toad…" Lance kept speaking.
The Hulk picked Todd up by the collar of his jacket. Todd couldn't help quaking. "Guys…" Todd gulped. "I think I found him…"
"What?" Lance shouted. This made both Todd and the Hulk wince. "Hang on Toad! We'll backtrack. Don't scare him."
"Oh don't worry, I don't think there's any chance of me doing that," Todd gulped. He then looked at the Hulk. "Hello…"
The Hulk let out a low growl. He took Todd's communicator with his thumb and finger and sniffed at it. He then growled and smashed it. "Oh boy…" Todd gulped. "I'm definitely not gonna get my deposit back on that."
Todd then decided to slide of his jacket. He immediately hopped over to the side of a nearby tree. "Nice Hulk," Todd gulped. "Good Hulk. Heh, don't mind me. Just a cute little harmless Toad here."
The Hulk let out an angry snort as he tossed Todd's jacket aside. "Okay rule number one," Todd shook. "Do not make the Hulk mad. Good rule. Very good rule. Think, how do I not make him mad? Oh man I'm dead! Everybody knows I have a talent for ticking people off even when I'm not trying!"
The Hulk stepped closer. "Listen you don't wanna fight me," Todd held up his hands. "And I definitely don't wanna fight you," He then muttered under his breath. "At least not without a few nuclear warheads."
"You know something, you're probably here for the peace and quiet. I'm just gonna go hop over there and leave you alone," Todd backed away. "So you can have some peace and quiet. So uh…have a nice day!"
Todd started to hop away. Suddenly the Hulk effortlessly leapt in front of him. "Then again you might want some company," Todd gulped. "You know it's a nice day for a stroll don't you think? How about we go over here?" He then turned around and saw that they were at the edge of a forest near several buildings. He read the sign. WELCOME TO BUFORD FALLS! POPULATION 6,780. HOME OF THE BEST DYNAMITE MANUFACTURING PLANT IN THE U.S.A.!
"Okay…" Todd blinked as he saw the town nearby. "Why don't we hop over here instead?" He turned in the opposite direction of the town. "Yeah over here is much better. Less crowded."
Again the Hulk loomed over him. "Please don't kill me…" Todd whimpered.
"Hulk no kill frog boy," The Hulk grunted.
"You can talk?" Todd blinked. At this the Hulk growled. "Oh I mean of course you can talk. Why wouldn't you be able to talk? Talk all you want. Go right ahead and talk. I'm all ears."
"Shut up!" Hulk snapped.
"Okay shutting up right now," Todd gulped.
"Some ninja you are!" Daria snickered. She and her sisters walked up to them carrying flowers.
"What a fraidy-cat!" Quinn shook her head.
"Girls!" Todd gulped. "What are you? Oh great! Even worse! Now Al's gonna kill me!"
"Hello!" Quinn held up a flower to the Hulk. "I'm Quinn, have a flower."
"A flower?" Todd blinked.
"The Hulk only attacks people who attack him first, remember?" Daria rolled her eyes. "So why not be friends instead?"
"Will you play with us?" Brittany asked.
"Hulk play?" The Hulk blinked as he took the flower.
"Are you nuts?" Todd yelped. "What do you wanna do? Play patty cake with him?"
"Patty-Cake?" Hulk scratched his head. "What patty cake?"
"Never mind," Todd said.
"Hulk want to play patty cake!" He bellowed.
"Okay, why not?" Todd gulped.
"It's like this," Brittany showed him how to do it with Quinn. "Patty cake, patty cake, baker man, bake me a cake as fast as you can. Now you and Toad do it."
"Yeah play patty cake with the Hulk," Todd readied his hands. "Okay let's do it."
"PATTY CAKE!" The Hulk said excitedly. Unfortunately his hands gave a tremendous amount of pressure and Todd soon found himself thrown back into a tree.
"Not that hard," Daria told him.
"Sorry," Hulk apologized.
"I'm okay…" Todd whimpered as he slid down the tree. There was a huge impression of him left in the wood.
Next: More madness…What else is new?
