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"Um," said Rogue. "Soah Todd. Glad ya lahke yahre job."
"Tell Kitty I said thanks," said Todd as he hopped off in another direction.
"Soah thing," said Rogue as she walked off. Once she was sure she was out of Todd's sight she gave a small shudder.
"Ew," she said. "I'm so glad Piotr thought to give this job to him."
Chapter 25- Mutant Fair Day II
'Day two,' thought Logan as he patrolled around the main entrance. He glanced at the door and watched as Ororo collected money from a group of teenagers. He felt his body react to her nearness. He went up to her and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Wanna sneak away for a bit?" asked Logan.
"How?" asked Ororo. "Who'll collect the money? And who'll be security?"
(-strawberrie-)
"Here," said Logan. He handed Sam and Ray fifty-dollar bills each. "Patrol in halls A-D."
"Why can't you patrol? Aren't you security?" asked Ray.
"I am," said Logan while shrugging. "But I have something else I need to do at the moment, so you will be security in my absence."
"Something else like make out with Ms. Ororo," said Sam under his breath.
"What?" asked Logan. "For that-" he grabbed the fifty out of Sam's hand. "-You aren't getting paid for the work you do."
Sam smirked. "Then I'm not going to be security," he said.
"I can give you three good reasons to be security along with Ray here," said Logan. He held up a clenched fist and unsheathed one claw. "One…" He unsheathed another. "Two…" Then he unsheathed the last one. "Three. For every claw that's how many times I'll slice your balls. Now what do you say?"
Sam stared at Logan's claws, terrified. "I'll be the best security guard you've ever seen," he said.
(-strawberrie-)
"I need you to collect entrance fees," said Ororo. She was talking to Rahne and Amara on her cell phone, using three way calling. "I'll pay you each sixty dollars."
"Isn't that your job?" asked Amara.
"Yes," said Ororo. "Any more questions?"
"For how long?" asked Rahne.
Ororo shrugged. "I don't know, for maybe a couple of hours," she said.
"I don't know, Rouge and Kitty will kill us," said Rahne.
Ororo rolled her eyes. "Fine, I'll pay you each eighty dollars," she said.
"Great," said Amara. "Thanks Ms. Ororo."
"Sure child," said Ororo. "Just get over here so I can leave."
"I'll be there ASAP," said Rahne and hung up.
(-strawberrie-)
"Hey Jamie, can you create two more clones?" asked Sam. They had met up with the original Jamie (known because of the "x" he had on his arm to signify he was the original) as he was walking through the halls.
"Yeah, Sam and I have something we need to do," said Ray. "And we need someone to operate our the popcorn machine for me and the moon bounce for Sam."
"I don't think so," said Jamie. "I'm being stretched a little thin. And I'd have to deal with Rogue and Kitty. The only time I'd ever want to mess with Rogue is when she's all happy after she's been in bed with Remy."
"Then we'll tell Remy to bang her tonight," said Ray.
"Like he wouldn't even if we didn't," said Jamie. "Wait, who's operating the popcorn machine and the moon bounce now?"
"We shut them down temporarily," said Sam. "As long as Rogue or Kitty don't go past it we'll be fine."
"But we need someone quick to operate it," said Ray. "Logan wants us to do something."
"I don't know, I really don't want to mess with Rogue or Kitty," said Jamie. He turned and started to walk away. "Anyway, I'll see you guys later."
"How about if we pay you?" asked Sam.
"How much?" asked Jamie.
"Twenty dollars," said Ray.
"Each," said Jamie.
Ray and Sam rolled their eyes simultaneously. "Fine," they said and each handed Jamie a twenty.
"Thank you," said Jamie and split into three. The two clones headed for Ray and Sam's booths. Ray and Sam left and Jamie turned to go.
"Jamie!" said Amara. She and Rahne ran up to him.
"Here's sixty dollars, create two more clones," said Rahne. "One to operate the lemonade stand for Amara and one to operate the cotton candy machine for me."
"Thank you," said Jamie. He created another two clones and they and Amara and Rahne ran off in separate directions.
"Now it's time for me to win that giant giraffe," he said and walked into one of the classrooms.
(-strawberrie-)
Rogue was hungry so she went into the cafeteria where the food and drinks were being sold. She went over to Lance who was selling pizza.
"Hey Lance," said Rogue. "How's it goin'?"
"Almost out of pizza," said Lance.
"Really?" asked Rogue. "Damn, that was quick. Increase tha price of pizza after Ah get a slahce of cheese."
"Sure," said Lance. Rogue handed him one dollar and he gave her a slice of pizza. Then he turned and ripped the paper showing the price of the pizza. The paper under it displayed,
'Cheese $2.00 Pepperoni $2.50.'
Rogue nodded and turned as she took a bite of her pizza. She walked over to one of the tables set up and sat down.
"Hey," said a voice. She looked up and saw Travis.
Rogue rolled her eyes. 'Who else would it have been but Travis?' she thought.
"Hello, Travis," said Rogue, deciding to be civil.
"What's up?" asked Travis. He sat down.
Rogue raised an eyebrow. 'Ah don't remembah askin' him ta sit,' she thought.
"Nothin'," said Rogue. "Just tha normal pressures of runnin' a fair."
"Let me relax you a bit," said Travis.
"How?" asked Rogue mistrustfully.
"Sex does wonders to help relaxation," said Travis.
"Oh gawd," said Rogue. "Are ya offerin' meh sex?"
"Not really," said Travis. Rogue looked doubtful. "By the time I finish you'll be begging for sex."
"Ah doubt it," said Rogue.
"You know what?" asked Travis. "Stop talking." He leaned over the table, grabbed her arms to hold them down and started to kiss her.
'Bastard!' thought Rogue. Her foot lashed out and it hit Travis' balls dead center.
Travis went absolutely still and then he dropped like a stone.
Rogue got up and rubbed her remaining pizza into his face.
"That's what ya get ya bastard!" she said out loud. She kicked him once more and turned to go.
"Rogue!" said Kitty as she came running up to Rogue.
"What is it?" asked Rogue. "Couldn't ya just have called? Ah'm really not in tha mood rahght now."
"I wanted to see your face," said Kitty. "Everyone's talking about how the big scary security guy and the African American entrance lady are making out behind the moon bounce."
"Then who's doin' security and collectin' entrahnce money?" asked Rogue.
"Ray and Sam are patrolling where Logan usually patrols and Amara and Rahne are in the entrance," said Kitty.
"But Amara and Rahne are heah doin'-," said Rogue as she turned to look at the popcorn and cotton candy tables. Instead of Amara and Rahne she saw two extra Jamie's running their booths.
"Let's go ta tha moon bounce," said Rogue. She and Kitty ran to the moon bounce. When they got there they saw a hundred-meter line in front of the moon bounce. People were going in to the moon bounce in groups of five, but no one was bouncing. All of them would go to the netted hole in the back and watch Ororo and Logan make out, giggling.
"That's just weird," said Kitty while Rogue nodded. They walked up to Jamie. There was a sign behind him that said, 'Eight dollars to see the odd couple make out.'
"Jamie," said Rogue softly. Jamie jumped a mile.
"Rogue," he said. He looked at Kitty. "And Kitty. Hi, what's up?"
"Ya and ah both know what's up," said Rogue. "ah want ya ta-"
"I bet you five dollars that they'll start taking off clothes within ten seconds," said a random brunette as he came out of the moon bounce.
Rogue looked at him, an eyebrow raised. She quickly had a telepathic conversation with Jamie.
"Anyone want to bet how long it takes them to take off clothes?" said Jamie loudly. "Anyone?"
"Here," said the same brunette as he slapped a five on the table Jamie was sitting at. "Five dollars. Ten seconds."
"Twenty dollars, five seconds," said a tall red hared girl. The bets came coming in and the money on the table kept pilling up until Rogue ended it.
"Ah bet a hundred dollars in another thirty seconds they'll break it up and leave," said Rogue as she put a hundred dollar bill on the table.
"Any more bets?" asked Jamie. When no one said anything he continued. "Well it's been a minute since the bets first started, so most of you already lost, since they're still there… right?" He called the last part out loudly to the people inside the moon bounce.
"Yeah, they're still making out," said someone from the inside.
"We have another twenty seconds before Rogue looses the bet," said Jamie.
"Hey guys," Rogue said telepathically to Ororo and Logan.
"Ya are bein' watched bah most of Daystone," said Rogue. "Smart move, makin' out behind tha moon bounce. Now, ah have a bet on ya, so in another ten seconds, stop makin' out and leave. And whatever ya do, don't take off any clothes!" She closed the conversation before they could reply.
A couple seconds later the kids came out of the moon bounce.
"What happened?" asked Kitty.
"They stopped," said one little girl, about seven years old. "They just stopped, had a quick kiss and left in opposite directions."
"Ah win!" said Rogue as she collected all the money on the table. "And Sam should be here any minute. Our work's done, let's go Kit."
The two of them walked away.
"You cheater," said Kitty.
"What?" asked Rogue, acting innocent.
"You conveniently won," said Kitty. "And you have Jean's powers. But whatever, it's no big, especially since we need the money." Kitty half laughed.
"What was creepy was how everyone got in line ta watch them make out," said Rouge.
"I know," said Kitty. "This place is weird."
"Not as weird as the mansion," said Rogue.
Kitty shrugged. "True," she said. "But the mansion's more crazy than weird."
"Ya just say that because yahre used ta tha wierdness," said Rogue. "Anyway, Ah'm takin' a break. Ah'm goin' ta see Remy."
Kitty nodded. "Okay, I need to see Piotr too," she said. "Thank goodness we share a hotel room or I might not see him at all."
"But sharing a hotel room can also be a bad thing," said Rogue. "We're not getting much sleep at night."
"That's why some genius invented coffee," said Kitty.
(-no more strawberries-)
Arg! There hasn't been any Romy, Kiotr or Jonda goodness. Mostly it's because of the fair and it's craziness, and everyone's everywhere. Sigh. I hope this chapter made up for the last one. I know I liked it better. Well, that's day two. In day three we have a little fun with Jean and Scott.