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Holding out for a hero is copyright of some 70's lady

X-Men and Brotherhood characters copyright Marvel...I wish I owned them.

"Remind me again why we got these," Scott said as he looked over the inflatable hammer and the cheesy cape he had just bought.
"Cause we're superheroes, yo?" Todd replied with a slight chuckle as he tied his own cape around his neck. Scott shook his head and reluctantly begun to tie his cape around his neck. Todd noticed Scott's hesitation and grinned.
"Come on Scooter, stop being so anal about everything and have a little fun for once," Todd told him as he started hopping around in circles. Scott looked at Todd like he was crazy, which he probably was. Sighing, he picked up his hammer and smacked Todd with it. Todd stopped bouncing around and looked at Scott, who was grinning ear to ear, in shock and amazement.

"Did you just...." He started but was interrupted by another smack of Scott's hammer.

"Bwa!" Todd shouted as he grabbed his own hammer and swung it at Scott. The two boys ran through the crowds of the fair laughing, grinning, and swinging their hammers at each other. Todd jumped in front of Scott and was about to hit him when a large fissure passed underneath his feet, sending him flying. Scott watched Todd land a few feet away and then he followed the fissure and watched in horror as it struck the Ferris Wheel. Todd sat up and stared in an equal amount of horror.

"We have to help them!" Scott exclaimed as the giant wheel lurched to one side. Todd hopped to his feet.
"Let's go Goggle Boy!" Todd yelled as he started hopping away. Scott shook his head .

"Goggle Boy? You're mad," Scott stated as he ran to catch up with the younger mutant.

"Exactly! I'm the Mad Hopper!" Todd exclaimed. If anyone could see Scott's eyes right now, they would have noticed the over exaggerated eye roll. Scott ran after Todd, who was now standing near the base of the Ferris Wheel, staring in a mix of awe and horror.

"Holy Rusted Metal Mad Hopper! There are people stuck up there!" Scott exclaimed, pointing up at the cars. Todd turned and looked at Scott with a raised eyebrow.
"Holy rusted metal?" he questioned, before shaking his head and turning back to the wheel. "Let's go!"

Todd leapt up onto the first beam and started to climb farther to get to the cars at the top first. He figured Scott would be intelligent enough to start getting those down at the bottom out. He glanced down and noted that there were already people being lead out by Scott. Good, he thought to himself as he returned to his climbing. As he neared the top most car he heard music started to play down below him.

"C minor, put it in C minor.... Where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods?

Where's the street-wise Hercules to fight the rising odds? Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed? Late at night toss and turn and dream of what I need."

Todd looked down to see a random woman singing just below the Ferris Wheel. He cocked an eyebrow before returning his attention to the people he was supposed to be saving.

"Help!" the lady above him screamed in complete panic. He leapt up the last ten feet and landed next to her.

"Mad Hopper's the name, hopping's my game. I'll be your hero for today," he told her as he grabbed her and threw her over his shoulder. She yelped in surprise, and then started screaming quite loudly when she realized he was planning on jumping back out of the car. He jumped out and grabbed a hold of one of the cable's that was attached to one of the cars. As he started to shimmy down the cable it snapped. He looked up in shock when he heard the noise of the cable being separated from the car. He held on for dear life as it started to swing down towards the singing woman. At that point in time, he noticed two things. One, that Jean was racing towards Freddy with a huge grin on her face, and two, that one of the cars was falling towards the singing woman.

"Crap, gotta save her!" Todd thought out loud as he swung towards the lady.

"Freddy! This is our song! You have to dance with me!" Jean exclaimed as she raced towards him. Todd would have found this amusing had he been any other position at the time, but at the time he just looked on in surprise. That is until he swung down almost on top of the singing woman and grabbed her.

"Its gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet...." she sang just before Todd grabbed her. He let go of the wire completely now and let his momentum carry him and his two victims forward. He landed next to Scott who was getting the last Ferris Wheel rider out of the car.

"Why is Jean dancing with Freddy? Did I miss something?" Scott inquired as he watched the two. Todd placed the two women on the ground, and was about to respond when he was interrupted by the singing woman.

"YOU SAVED MY LIFE! THANK YOU!" She squealed in delight before leaning over and kissing him on the cheek. His eyes widened in surprise and he blushed slightly when Scott started laughing.

"Shut up, yo," he muttered as he scratched the back of his head. "Um, you're welcome."

Scott rolled his eyes (NOT THAT YOU CAN TELL!)before grabbing Todd's arm and dragging him towards the dancing Jean and Freddy. Scott was about to ask Jean what was going on when she spotted him.

"SCOTT! I've got some wonderful news for you! Freddy and I are engaged!" She told him happily. A look of horror appeared on Scott's face as he looked at Jean. Freddy looked just as horrified at the thought of being engaged to Jean. Todd started laughing hysterically.

"You're engaged to Red, yo?" Todd laughed as he looked between the two. Freddy was about to respond, but was interrupted by a quickly moving wind that swept Jean away.

"Why don't I have a good feeling about this?" Scott asked as he watched Pietro run off with Jean.

"Let's go save her," Freddy said as he started to trudge after the two.

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HomeGrown: Sorry these chapters have been taking so long. Computer crashed again and again and again. Got lazy. College started. Other stuff happened. Yea. Hopefully the next chapter will be up soon. Pietro and Bobby have some pretty fun stuff in store for the gang.