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Author's Note: I'm really sorry I haven't updated this fic in such a long time! Please don't complain! I've been writing other things that don't have to go with fanfiction.net, so I've been kinda busy. Oh, also, in one of the chapters, I said there would be spring vacation, but it's supposed to be winter vacation, so just make mental note of that. Lastly, there's a slight change. I've used horizantal bars to separate different parts of the story. Thanx!
Chapter 12: Finding a Gift for Mom, Security, and Jail Bail!
Still Day 6/Saturday
Caleb and Morgan went scouting throughout the mall for something for their mother. They wanted to get her something special since she had been looking down in the dumps lately. Finally, they found the perfect present. "Remember when Mommy said that the best present she ever got was us?" Caleb asked his sister. Morgan nodded her head in response. "Well, we could get her a picture of us!" "Yeah!" Morgan agreed.
But no one would ever let two seven year olds pay for something with a credit card. So Caleb teleported back to where his father was and silently and stealthily removed from his father's pocket an extra holo-watch. He teleported back and beamed happily at his sister. Morgan helped her brother put on the watch and he tapped a button, making himself look like the real Kurt in his holo form.
He walked up to the counter and cleared his throat to get the young woman's attention. "Hello. How may I help you today?" she asked. In Kurt's voice, Caleb responded, "I'd like to get a picture of myself and my two children." The receptionist looked down to see only Morgan. "There's only one," she said, looking at Kurt/Caleb curiously. "He's in the bathroom. He'll be out in a few."
The lady nodded her head. "Would you like a family picture or individuals?" she asked. Morgan tugged on Kurt/Caleb and he bent down to hear what she was whispering into his ear. He straightened back up and answered, "Individuals, please." "Follow me." With that, the lady led Kurt/Caleb into a room to be photographed.
Bryce, Immy (with the bra still on her head), and Grace finally found their father in a jewelry store, picking out his wife's birthstone. "Mommy will like that a lot," Immy told her brother. Bryce nodded his head. Grace clapped her hands and caused a piece of jewelry she had been pointing to float into the air. This was the first clue that Grace was developing her mutant powers.
Emma had finished using the bathroom and had Isaac help her up to wash her hands using the sink. He grabbed her a few pieces of paper towels and had Emma wipe her hands dry.
Finally, they found their father in a JCPenney's beauty supply department. People kept looking at the mysterious Cajun weirdly. Why would a man be testing beauty products on his face? Emma laughed and Isaac slapped his hand over her mouth so they wouldn't be heard. If they were caught, what would come next wouldn't be good.
"Hey, didn't we have 20 kids in here?" the daycare woman, Keri, asked. Her assistant, Rodney, nodded his head. "Then why are," she paused and took the time to count and subtract, "missing 18 of them?" Rodney and Keri exchanged glances and ran straight to the walkie-talkie where they could communicate with the security guards patrolling the mall.
"What is it?" the security guard asked. "We're missing 18 kids." "Whoa. You guys have never lost a kid before. Now you're missing 18?" "I know. Scary, isn't it?"
Lauren and Gavin were beginning to get bored of their father and with 30 minutes left until 10:00, they decided to visit the casino. The guard at the door didn't notice the two kids crawling between his legs, as he was too busy flirting with a girl at the door.
"Cool," Gavin said, running over to the "Fruit Machines" and looking at it curiously. "How do you work it?" he asked his big sister. She too, looked at curiously and from every angle. "I think you pull the handle." He did as his sister said and the wheels of different fruit and numbers in front of him started to spin. One stopped; a 100 sign. Another stopped; again, a 100 sign. Lastly, the last wheel came to a complete stop on the ... 100 sign.
Quarters flew out of the machine and Lauren and Gavin gathered them into their pockets, shoes, undies ... anything that would hold the large pile of coins. "We're rich!" Lauren shouted. All the attention was brought over to the young girl. "Hey, what are a bunch of kids doing in here?" an old man yelled to the security guard. Another woman joined in with, "Aren't you supposed to be doing your job and keep rascals like these out of here?"
The security guard talked into his walkie-talkie, receiving a message from the Daycare security guard and ran over to the kids. Lauren started a earthquake, but with the recent seizure, her powers had been temporarily weakened. Instead, she grabbed onto Gavin and commanded him to run and phase through the security guard's legs.
The people in the casino were amazed and terrified at the sight of the two children just passing through the officer's legs. "Mutants!" one person shouted. "They've come for us!" Everyone ran out, screaming crazily. Lauren and Gavin decided to hide out in one of the bathroom stalls until 10:00, not wanting to be caught in all the craziness.
Tara held Nathan's arm tightly and found their father in another jewelry shop, buying her giant hoops for her ears.
"One day, Mommy said she'll pass on her hoops to me." "Oh yeah," Nathan countered, "Daddy said he'll pass on his Suburburan (Suburban) to me." "You can't even pronounce it right," Tara said to him.
This started an argument between the two siblings and soon, it got so loud that they were seen by another security guard who had been sent to help retrieve the mutant children who had escaped. "Come here kids. I won't hurt you," he said to the frightened children. Nathan touched the floor with his bare hand and made it turn to ice. As the guard walked towards them, he slid. Tara and Nathan laughed as they ran and fell down, sliding out of the store.
Jordan and Brad pushed Mia faster and faster as they saw people from the shop they had just been in running after them. Jordan analyzed the situation and looked over at his brother. "You took something, didn't you?" "Nah uh," Brad said. Jordan jumped on top of Brad and started to roll on the ground with his brother. Finally, he grabbed the gold watch from his brother's pocket and smirked.
"I forgot," Brad said innocently. Jordan rolled his eyes and Mia cried at being neglected by her brothers. Her tears turned into small bombs and flew at everything, but Brad and Jordan were too much into their own little fight to pay attention to their sister. Brad dove for the watch from his brother, in the process, slamming it hard into the ground, scratching and breaking the many intricate coils and things inside of it. "Look what you did now!" Jordan yelled. "I didn't mean to," Brad said.
The security guards came unsuspectingly from behind the two kids and grabbed them around their waists. "There you guys are," and into his walkie-talkie, one of the guards said, "We've got three. That makes 15 more that are still wandering around the store."
Jenna, Opal, Erin, and Seth were the next to be caught.
Jenna was starting to go crazy with trying to control the three toddlers a year under her. She was so frustrated, she set fire to Linens and Things.
The security guards and firemen came to the rescue and put out the fire and took all the kids back to daycare, making there only 11 kids left.
Bryce, Grace, and Immy were found outside of the Jewelry shop, trying to break a gumball machine because it took their quarter. 8 left.
Tara and Nathan were found again in the food court, Nathan diving into giant buckets of Baskin and Robin's ice cream. Tara had tried to stop him, but she was too short to reach up to the counters where he had climbed. And she didn't dare try to climb up after him, since this dress was new, a gift sent home by her mother, and if she ruined it, her parents would be very angry.
The security guards, being taller than she, grabbed Nathan and the girl and hauled them of to the daycare. 6 left.
Emma and Isaac were found in the bathrooms because of her slight bladder problem; Emma had made a trail leading the officers right to them. 4 left.
Caleb and Morgan, after the pictures were taken: one of Caleb in Kurt's form, one of Morgan, and one of Caleb, the two just teleported back to daycare and weren't caught by the security guards. Rodney called the mob of security guards still looking and told them there were on 2 kids left.
Lauren and Gavin were the last to be caught because after so much time, a child can't use their power as they have worn themselves out physically and mentally. Gavin stopped running and Lauren was too petite to pick him up and run for it herself, so they were caught. No kids were left.
All the men made it back to the daycare, carrying bags of merchandise--presents--for their wives and children. "Your children have been wandering around the store without anyone to watch them. They have caused so much chaos, it's too hard to explain."
"We're so sorry, Ma'am." "Yeah, they didn't mean too. Their only kids, after all," Scott said. "They've stolen a watch and ruined other valuables, a bra, a piece of jewelry, a gumball machine, tubs of ice cream from Baskin and Robin's, and the whole store of Linens and Things. Not counting the ice on the floor of the jewelry shop."
"Again, we're sorry this happened Miss," Logan started, "How much does each individual of the child owe you?"
"For Jordan, Brad, and Mia, they stole a watch and ruined the other watches and pieces of jewelry in our store, so you, Mr. Guthrie, owe us ... $4,500." "What, that's outrageous!" Sam shouted.
"For Bryce, Immy, and Grace, they ruined the gumball machine, a priceless piece of jewelry--I mean, you can't even get this anymore--and a bra which comes to $7,000." "AAAAH!" Scott shouted. "I can't afford that!"
"For Jenna, she ruined Linens and Things. This comes to ... $54,900." "NO! THIS IS CRAZY!" St. John glared down at his daughter and she just shrugged her shoulders innocently.
"For Nathan, he ruined tubs of Baskin and Robin's ice cream and owes us $100."
Sam, Scott, and St. John were thrown into the local jail and Logan paid bail, which was cheaper than what they had to pay.
All the pre-school kids were grounded for the rest of the day, while the elementary school children were confined to their rooms for three days. They should've known better.
Scott went into hiding since his record was no longer clear and Sam knew Tabitha would be happy with this unfortunate event since she did always like somewhat of a bad boy.
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