Chapter 9: Pointless singing and a trip in the woods

Disclaimer: I own nothing that Marvel does. However, otherwise, you may assume that it is mine or someone else's. Hmm.

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"Chu!" I cried as I walked around the tents. "Dil!"

"What?!" An annoyed voice that I recognized to be Chu came from nearby the Blackbird. So I went over in that direction. I found them sitting on the floor of the Blackbird, evidently taking advantage of the heating system that seemed to still be running.

"Hey guys. What's up?" I asked, sitting down by them. They were sitting cross-legged across the room from each other with a pile of "dibbed" emergency rations in between them. "What are you playing? Pick-up sticks with candy?"

"Actually, yes." Dil answered, reaching forward carefully to pick up a chocolate chip granola bar. He succeeded in not moving any of the other candy, so that granola bar was put on a pile beside him.

"How do you count points?" I asked curiously, watching as Chu picked up a package of crackers.

"By package. The moist towelettes are double points." Dil answered good-naturedly. That's when I noticed that it wasn't just candy they were using, but also matches, moist towelettes, small containers of tobasco sauce and wrapped napkins.

"Wow, you guys must be bored." I commented.

"Well, not all of us use Magneto's authority to sit in on secret meetings." Chu said darkly.

"I know. Isn't it great?" I answered with a smile. Chu laughed too, and I knew she was joking anyways.

"Hey, do you wanna go explore? I found this great freshwater spring when we were being bored." Chu asked, unwrapping a dried fruit bar from her pile of goodies.

"You loose the points for that." Dil commented. Chu made a face.

"Soo ooh ohh aana oo oor oot?" Chu asked with her mouth full.

"Sure, we can go, but do you wanna repeat that for Chi? I don't think she can understand the 'mouth-full' dialect." Dil answered.

"Of course I understand her. She said 'let's go and get ourselves in to so much trouble that even Magneto won't let us go on the mission'." I translated cheerfully. They were quiet for a moment, as was I.

"However, as long as we don't get caught..." I added quietly. They perked up, and we left the Blackbird cheerfully.

"I am Trei-ize Kushranada, and I murdered Corneal Zechs..." Chu and I sang at the top of our lungs as we walked along.

"You whacked Zechs?!" Dil asked, looking at us incredulously. "You never taught me that song before."

We laughed and continued to the next verse.

"In a mine shaft, in a mine shaft, that is where I pushed him down..."

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Despite our loud singing, we still managed to creep away from everyone.

"Say, Chu, where is this spring you were going to show us?" I asked as we continued walking.

"Oh, around here somewhere." She said vaguely, and I began to wonder if there even was a spring, or if she was just leading us around in circles for fun.

"Hey, if you're bored, I know what can help." Dil said thoughtfully.

"Really? What? A brain transplant?" I asked, glancing over to him.

"Well, that might help too, but that's not what I was thinking..." He answered slowly. "See, there's a neat thing I found out when I was doing research on the Greek alphabet."

"What? I mean, aside from the whole 'delta' thing, Mr. Shapeshifter?" I asked, now curious.

"Your name, Chi."

"Yeah, I know that about it?"

"It's a letter of the Greek alphabet!"

"Really? What's it look like?"

"An X!"

"No way!"

"And that's why you'd be better of as an X-man!" Chu broke in to our conversation. "Chi the chi-man!"

"I'm not a man!!! How dare you imply such a thing!" I yelled at Chu, who, as always, was joking. Of course, I was joking too, so it was all well and good.

"I didn't imply anything, I said it." She said defensively.

"Oh. So where's this spring you were telling us about? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" I whined.

"There it is!" Chu said, pointing to a column of water that suddenly sprouted up from the ground.

"It's coming for us!!!" I shrieked, running away from the tidal wave that Chu generated.

"Run away, run away!" She agreed, running alongside me, Dil ran with us too, and we were quickly swept away by the tidal wave. Once it had passed, I sat up, muddy and soaked.

"CHU COULDN'T YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT?!!!" I yelled.

"Uhhh.... That time...?" She mused, trying to make up a good excuse for deciding to drench us.

"Time... To be in trouble!!!" Dil cried. That's when I looked up and saw that we had washed up in to the secret-in-charge-people meeting. The fire had gone out, and remarkably, they were all still dry.

"How does she do that?!" I asked out loud in my best impression of Gonzo. Chu laughed.

"Chu, Dil and Chi. Go to the Blackbird now. Stay there and do not touch anything." Jean commanded.

"How are we supposed to do that? The floor counts as a thing, you know. And since none of us can fly..." I laughed again, along with Chu. Dil seemed to have the impression that it was a bad idea to be such a smart mouth, even if I wasn't part of the team.

He was right. Jean's eyes glowed dangerously, and Chu and I fell over unconscious. Even Dil was knocked out this time.

But I didn't know that. I was unconscious. Again.

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Auug! I keep getting myself in to trouble! Maybe I should just learn how to be quiet? ^_^; Not in this fic, bub!