A/N: As of 10/19/03, I am planning more on this series. It's very slow in being written so for inspiration I've gone back and reread the series, also going back and correcting little errors I made. I HOPE to have this fun series complete before too long.

Also, I revised a bit of the ending of this chapter for some more fun to come. :-P

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*REVISED* Along Comes A Toad…..

"Now where does he hide that gizmo?" Toad asked himself as he scanned Kurt's bedroom at the institute for the X-Man's image inducer.

His yellow eyes landed on the TV and VCR in the room and widened at the tape sitting ready to be pushed into the VCR.

It was unmarked just like that last one he'd lifted from here had been.

"Whoa, have my prayers been answered?!"

Unable to resist, he snatches the tape with his tongue and hurriedly hops through the open window to get back to the boarding house.

~*~*~

"Looky what I found, cuddlebumps," Toad crowed as he hopped into Wanda's bedroom.

She stared blankly at the tape he held while fuming from his unannounced, unwanted entrance.

"Its another one of those sex tapes from the institute," he explained at her silence.

"Really?!"

Smiling at how eagerly she sat up, he ducked back into the hall to wheel in the TV and VCR he'd brought.

She said nothing as he entered her room, shut the door behind him, set the TV up then hopped up beside her on the bed as the tape began playing.

"Lord, that Cyclops looks even better than I remembered," Wanda muttered absently.

Toad said nothing as his eyes remained glued to every shift and bounce of Jean's body.

The two quickly became immersed in the footage and failed to hear the heavy, thudding footsteps approaching Wanda's room.

The door burst open before they could react and Fred stood in the opening.

"Hey, Toad, what are you – "

His question was cut off abruptly as he saw the video playing on the TV.

"Wanda, save the tape!"

She remained frozen on the bed, still in the haze she'd drifted into while watching Cyclops.

The Blob's face went a furious shade of red seconds before he grabbed the TV up and hurled it out the window.

"NO!"

Once again, Fred ignored their shouted plea and destroyed their precious stolen tape before they could stop him.

How the heck does such a big guy move so fast when he wants to?

After giving the pair on the bed a look that promised immediate death to them if he ever saw that tape again, Fred stomped from the room - rocking the whole house in a way Avalanche would envy.

Brokenhearted, Toad sighed longingly and propped his chin on his left hand.

Then a light bulb came on above his head.

Turning eagerly to Wanda, he smiled.

"Ya know, snookums, we could always make a tape of our own…"

There was an outraged shriek from the girl and then Toad was flying.

He landed with a thud on top of the shattered TV outside and lay staring up at the window he'd just been hurled through.

"Is that a no?"

It was silent for a moment and he rose, rubbing his aching body.

"Snookums?" he called up to the window again before giving up on that bright idea and kicking sadly at the scattered remains of the VCR.

His eyes lit up ecstatically, though, as his kicking uncovered the tape. Safe and sound in one piece that he eagerly snatched up and ran to his room to hide from the Blob.

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"Ah man, vhy does zhis keep happening to me?" Kurt moaned as he entered his room and saw the tape missing from his VCR.

Rushing to the closet, he did a quick search and found that the copy he'd been smart enough to make this time was still in its hiding place.

He sighed and clutched it happily to his furry blue chest for a moment.

"You are going someplace very very safe, mein schatz!"

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The Mish again: Quick translation, "Mein schatz" is German for my treasure. :-)

I really can't leave this series alone, BUT I'm really having some trouble getting more chapters written so please bear with me. At the moment I'm going back and editing all the chapters for errors in grammar and such. Soon I hope to completely complete the series.

My friend and fellow fanfiction author Elizabeth Braddock-Grey aka Nesa has written a possible future for this infamous tape titled "Cards, Claws, and Videotape" be sure to check it out!