"This is going to be interesting."
"How do you think they did that?" Joey asked, staring at the roof.
"I don't know. Talented kids." Rowenna shrugged. "Let's go get 'em?"
"Off we go."
The group advanced on the children, who were, at the moment, wreaking havoc. Joey and Rowenna were moving towards the three children, Rylie, Bade, and Anna were running around. Rylie was trying to get Bade and Anna's prize money from the game of hide and seek.
Rowenna's heart nearly dropped through her stomach as Bade tripped and went tumbling down towards the ground. Joey leaped out and caught him just before he hit the ground.
"AGAIN! AGAIN!" He giggled.
"No way in hell." Joey mumbled. He handed Bade off to Serenity, and started climbing onto the roof.
"Y'know, you'd think the adults would notice this." Mairi muttered.
"Too drunk." Rowenna sighed, spotting Matthew running after a rather shiny penny that was rolling towards traffic. She ran forward and picked up the little boy, swinging him around in the air. He started screaming and kicking at her.
"I want the shiny!" He shrieked. "THE SHINY!"
"SERENITY! PUT THEM IN THE VAN! WE'LL TAKE 'EM OUT TO GET THEIR ICE CREAM!" Rowenna shouted, handing Matthew to Serenity. Serenity put Bade and Matthew in the van.
Harpie was having horrible luck getting Joy and Rachel to get out of the dumpster. Apparently, they were having a blast in the heap of trash, and were refusing to come out.
"Hey! Put that down! That is NOT a toy!" Harpie shouted, diving into the dumpster and tearing the syringe out of Rachel's hand. Joy was about to stick what looked like a used condom in her mouth when Harpie grabbed the two of them and jumped out of the dumpster, running over to the van. "Serenity! Take them!"
Serenity covered her nose and took the toddlers, buckling them in the backseat. "Ro, you're lucky you can seat so many in this van!"
Mairi wasn't listening to any of this, as she was running around the parking lot, trying to grab Darren. Darren was setting off car alarms by poking the vehicles with a stick he'd found on the ground. The beeping was insanely loud. Yet again, the adults were so drunk, they couldn't hear a thing. Mairi grabbed him just as he was going to poke what looked like a very expensive BMW and carried him over her shoulder, him whacking her with his stick, to Serenity. Serenity grabbed him and put him in the car.
The group looked up at the roof. Rylie had cornered Anna, and was trying to force her to give up her money.
"What are you gonna use it for?" He shouted. "You don't know how to spend money! You're too little!"
Joey finally made it up onto the roof and slowly snuck up behind Rylie. Anna was about to say something, but Joey put a finger to his lips. She nodded, and he grabbed Rylie by the shirt, swinging him over his head and shouting to Rowenna. "C'mon, get over here! He's kicking my shins!"
Rowenna grabbed Rylie, walking over to the van and putting him in as Joey grabbed Anna and brought her down from the roof.
Once everyone was tucked safely into the large, (and rather smelly) van, Rowenna turned the key in the ignition and took off for the nearest ice-cream place, and maybe the nearest bathtub.
(Hey hey all! Yep. I updated. Amazing, ne? I'm finishing this off very, very soon, since it's dying. HikariKon didn't actually help me on this chapter, but I'll be sure to get her next time. ; Oh, and if you're wondering why Kailey's missing from the chapter, it's because we changed her a bit, and I need to go back and fix her...so...yeah. Um...review, please?
Thankee!
Your faithful fanfiction slave monkey,
Pengwinn)