Deemma_4w: What do all of you think of Teddy?

Queen of Random: I think it's cute! Everyone is pairing off: Wanda and Todd, Tabitha and Freddy, Gambit and Rogue, Scott, Pietro, Lance and Kitty. . .

Deemma_4w: Don't think we've mentioned that yet.

Queen of Random: Oops. Too bad. Makes for some interesting reviews.

Chapter Eleven: The IQ Cop.

"It's my turn!" announced Pietro. "And for truth or dare, I pick. . . Pietro!"

"What?!"

"You can't do that!"

"And why not?" asked Pietro. "I pick truth." With that, he ran around to the other side of the bus. "So, Pietro," he asked the spot where he had been sitting, "you pick truth?"

"Yes," he answered, suddenly back in his original seat

There was a blur. "Who is the most attractive person on this bus?"

Blur. "Me, obviously."

Another blur. "And why is that?"

Blur. "Because who else is as good-looking as I am, is as smart as I am, has such defined features as me-"

"A girl!" called Todd. Wanda only smiled at Todd.

Pietro glared at Todd. "Fine then. I've finished asking myself these questions, and as the person who got asked, I can ask anyone I want if they want a truth or a dare." He narrowed his eyes at Todd. "And I seem to recall that YOU have not been asked to tell a truth or do a dare. So I pick you, Todd. Truth or dare?"

Todd looked at Wanda. "What should I pick, snookums?"

"Show my brother what kind of man you are by doing one of his childish dares."

"Okay, then. Dare, yo!"

Pietro smiled. "I dare you to. . . STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM MY SISTER YOU FROG-BOY PERVERT!"

"PERVERT?!" yelled Wanda. "KEEP YOUR MOUTH OFF MY MAN!"

"HE IS A PERVERT! HE'S BEEN STALKING YOU FROM DAY ONE!"

"AND HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?! YOU'VE BEEN TOO BUSY BACK-STABBING ME!" shouted Wanda.

"OH, THAT'S IT! BRING IT ON, SISTA!"

"OH, YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME, VIRGIN?! FINE THEN, YOU CAN HAVE IT!" With that, she slapped him.

"Go, honey-lips!" shouted Todd. "but don't kill him!" Then he saw that both Pietro and Wanda were doing the whole bitch-slapping thing. "Never mind! Kill him!"

"OW, OW, OW!" cried the twins as a very motherly-like Rogue pinched their ears.

"Now you two behave," she said very firmly. "Or else you find that I'll will be doing this, but with no gloves. IS THAT CLEAR?"

"Crystal," replied the twins.

"Actually, chere," interrupted a voice.

"This is not the time for that."

"Okay."

"Todd," said Amanda. "I think it's your turn now. I don't think it's fair that you should have to stay away from Wanda, either." Almost everybody on the bus voiced their agreement with this fact.

Todd was beaming at this show of support for him and his beloved. "Thanks, yo. All right, I pick-"

But, unfortunately, Todd's choice for the game was drowned out by the voice of the driver over the loudspeaker. "Sorry, folks, but you are going to have to take a break from this game. There are a couple of cop cars on the side of the road, and they want us to pull over. You can resume this game once we're back on the road."

"Mornin', folks," said the man in uniform as he got into the bus. "Sorry for disturbing you, but this is a compulsory IQ testing station."

"Huh?" asked Kurt. "What was that about the dancing monkeys?"

"Is he drunk?" asked the officer.

"Not any more!" answered Kurt, indignant. "Just a teensy bit hung-over, though."

"I'm sorry, son, but I'm going to have to test your alcohol level. If you'll come with me, sir, we can get this over and done with."

"Now, son," said the officer, once he and Kurt were outside the bus. "I need to ask you a few a few questions."

"Sure, Mr Cop-dude."

"First: What is your name?"

"Kurt Wagner, but you can call me elf."

"Elf?" asked the officer, perplexed.

"Oh, wait. My image inducer is on. Amanda must have put it on while I was asleep."

"Amanda?"

"My girlfriend. She likes me for who I am."

"That's. . . nice," replied the officer. "Now, what do you mean by 'elf' and 'image inducer'?"

"This!" said Kurt proudly. With that, he flipped of the inducer's holographic image.

"You're blue! And furry!" shouted the cop.

"Chicks dig the fuzzy dude!" replied Kurt. Then he looked down at his outstretched hands. "Ach! I have only three fingers! On each hand!" and then Kurt started screaming.

"You know, blue," called Tabitha, leaning out of the bus window, "you've always had three fingers."

"What?!"

"Why is that young lady wearing only a towel?" asked the cop.

"Because I was in the shower!" called Tabitha.

"I did not know that buses had showers."

"They don't!" called Tabitha again. "I was in the shower when Pietro kidnapped me!"

The cop's face took on a very serious look. "Kidnapping is a serious crime. You should press charges against this Pietro."

"And why would you want to do that to a wonderful guy like me?" asked Pietro, leaning out of the window.

"You know, Pietro," said Pyro, joining the group of mutants who were leaning out the window. "With a face like yours, you'd be really popular in prison."

Todd, Gambit, Scott and Lance all snickered at this. Then Scott and Lance remembered that they were still handcuffed to each other, and they went back to glaring at each other.

"Anyway, folks," said the officer, who had decided (cleverly enough) not to ask any more questions about why the teens were all doing weird things, "this is the reason I stopped you. You must all take an IQ test."

"A what?" asked Colossus.

"An IQ test," repeated the cop. "a test to determine how smart you are."

"Ah."

"So, are you all ready to take the test?"