Disclaimer: Don't own the X-men. And I don't own oompa loompa's.
Last Time:
"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.
Chapter 26- Mutant Fair Day III
"Hey Bobby," said a voice.
Bobby looked up from where he was taking his lunch break and saw Jubilee.
"Hey Jubes," he said. "What's up?"
"Nothing," she said. "I was just wandering. It's boring during the day, since I work at nights and I have nothing to do. Everyone else is busy with their booths."
"Wanna just hang with me?" asked Bobby. "You can collect the money from me and just chill."
Jubilee thought it over.
"Here," said Bobby. "I'll even give you a special snow cone. Not a heart or a teddy bear like I'm selling to the customers."
He grabbed a snow cone cup and used his powers to create a snow cone. On the top he added a miniature Jubilee made out of ice.
Jubilee laughed. "That is so awesome!" she said.
"What flavor do you want on top?" asked Bobby.
"Hmm," said Jubilee. "I'll take the mystery flavor. That way my tongue doesn't turn funny colors."
As Bobby put the mystery flavor (In reality it was black raspberry) on Jubilee's snow cone she got an idea.
"Hey, do you know how much more money you could make if you sold these?" she asked.
"Huh?" asked Bobby as he handed Jubilee her snow cone.
Jubilee took her snow cone and started eating it. "This is so weird. I'm eating myself," she said. "Anyway, what if you made this for the customers?"
"How would I be able to do that without giving away the fact that I'm a mutant?" asked Bobby. Jubilee just grinned at him.
"I don't like that look in your eyes," said Bobby, looking at Jubilee warily.
(-strawberrie-)
"Personalized snow cones!" yelled Jubilee to everyone who was passing by. "You can get yourself, a letter, an animal, whatever you want!"
"Can I get a unicorn?" asked a little girl. She looked like a smaller version of Kitty.
"Of course," said Bobby. "That's a dollar fifty." The little girl handed over the money.
"How does it work?" the girl asked confused.
"You see," said Bobby. "All you have to do is tell me what you want. I'll get the cup, you'll put it in this microwave like thing…" Bobby took the cup and handed it to the girl. She opened the door put it in a microwave like box. It had two sides, one on Bobby's side and one on the customer's side.
"I want a unicorn," said the girl.
"Okay, now say 'unicorn' clearly into this microphone," said Bobby. He took a microphone from behind the box that didn't connect to anything.
"Unicorn," the girl said. She handed the microphone back to Bobby.
"Okay," said Bobby. "Now press start." The girl obliged and she began to see rainbow sparkles appear inside the microwave, courtesy of Jubilee while Bobby made a unicorn. When he finished Jubilee stopped the sparkles and stepped on a button that made a little bell ring.
"Done," said Bobby. "Now open it up, and take your unicorn out." She girl did so.
"Wow," she said wondrously. "It's pretty."
"Thank you," said Bobby. Jubilee kicked him. "I mean, yeah it is. Here, hand it to me, what flavor do you want?"
(-strawberrie-)
Rogue was walking through the hallway when she heard a voice behind her.
"Hey chere," said Remy. Rogue spun and saw Remy standing there, grinning while he held something behind his back.
"Hey swamp rat," said Rogue. "What's behind yahre back."
"Remy thought we were over the pet names," said Remy.
Rogue grinned. "Ya thought wrong," she said.
Remy pouted and Rogue laughed and kissed him softly on the lips.
"Hey Remy, sugah," she said. "What's behind yahre back?"
"Dat's better," said Remy. "Dis is Remy." He brought out his left hand, which had a snow cone with a very sad and forlorn Remy on it. "Dis is how Remy wishes he were." He brought out his other hand and on it was Remy and in his arms was Rogue.
Rogue laughed. "How'd ya get those?" she asked him.
"Bobby's sellin' personalized snow cones f' extra," said Remy. "Here, dis one's for y', so dat y' remember how sad Remy's feelin' without y'. It's mystery flavor." He handed Rogue the snow cone with the sad Remy. Rogue laughed and started to suck on it.
"Hmm," she said. "Ah think a happy Remy would taste bettah. Let meh see."
Remy, thinking Rogue was going to kiss him, leaned in. Rogue grabbed his snow cone with the other hand and started to suck on it.
"Yup," she said, grinning. "Tha happy Remy does taste bettah." She handed Remy the sad snow cone.
"Dat was cruel," said Remy. Rogue laughed.
"Let's take a walk," said Rogue after they finished their snow cones. "Ah haven't had tahme ta enjoy tha fair with ya."
"'course Rogue," said Remy. He put his free arm around her waist and they started walking. Soon they reached the classroom that had Scott's booth.
"Ah am so glad we thought of this," said Rogue as she watched Scott.
His booth was one made up by the devious minds of Rogue and Kitty with little suggestions added by the other four. Scott's booth was titled, "Hit the Geek." Scott was attached on a large circle that was vertically placed and spun in a circle. His arms and legs were spread so that he looked like a giant X if you didn't count his head.
The object was to accurately hit Scott with one of the paint filled water balloons. If you hit his chest you got ten points. If you hit his legs or arms you got twenty points. If you hit his feet or hands you got thirty points. If you hit his face you got a hundred points.
When you pay, you are given a certain amount of paint balloons. One dollar gets you five paint balloons, five dollars gets you thirty-five paint balloons. Once you have used up all your paint balloons your points are added up and however many points you get tells what prize you get. Jamie was there, collecting money and handing out the paint balloons.
The day was half over and Scott had a lot of paint all over his chest, legs and arms. No one had gotten his face yet, though judging by the amount of paint around it, many have tried.
"Having fun Scott?" asked Rogue. Scott just glared at her, thought it was hard to tell since he had on his sunglasses and the fact that he was spinning around.
"Y wanna try?" asked Remy.
"Soah," said Rogue. They got in line and when it was their turn Remy paid ten dollars for the both of them, silencing Rogue when she started to protest his paying.
"De gentleman always pays," said Remy.
Rogue was first. She stretched her arms, grabbed a paint balloon, aimed and threw it at Scott, hitting his face dead center. The balloon exploded in a burst of yellow, spraying his face.
"Rogue!" screamed Scott indignantly.
"Just trahin' ta win," said Rogue. She proceeded to throw the rest of the thirty-five balloons, all of them hitting Scott in the face.
"How does it taste Scott?" asked Remy. Scott didn't say anything and Remy and Rogue snickered.
"Wow," said Jamie. "No one's done that before. You get to pick two of the giant stuffed animals."
"Ah'll get that giant green snake and tha brown teddy bear with tha heart," said Rogue. She took the snake and draped it around her neck. She just held the teddy bear.
Remy was up next. Like Rogue, he hit Scott's face every time.
"Remy'll get de giant tiger and…" he winked at Rogue. "De giant heart wit "I Love y'." Rogue smiled.
When Remy got his prizes they turned to leave. Rogue looked at her watch and turned to call back to Scott.
"Hey Scott!" she said. "Your shift's goin' ta be ovah in an houah (hour)! Then ya can switch with Jean!"
Rogue and Remy laughed, remembering what Jean's booth was. They turned to go.
"By de way," said Remy. "Y' look so sexy wit dat snake around y' neck."
"So?" asked Rogue. "What ya goin' ta do about it?"
Remy jiggled his keys. "Remy's payin' for de hotel room, why not use it?" he asked.
Rogue grinned at him. "Let's go!" she said.
(-strawberrie-)
Piotr and Kitty were currently doing what Remy and Rogue were doing, walking around and enjoying the fair, since Piotr's work for the day was over.
"I think I enjoy Jean's booth out of all," said Kitty.
"It's not as creative or as fun as Scott's," pointed out Piotr.
Kitty shrugged. "Yeah," she said. "But after all that dunking, her hair dye has probably washed out."
"You wanna go see?" asked Piotr.
"Sure," said Kitty. She checked her purse to make sure the camera was still there, and they ran towards the dunking booth.
(-strawberrie-)
"Oh, my, gosh," said Kitty. She stood there and stared at a very irate Jean.
"Call everyone," said an equally stunned Piotr.
"Here," said Kitty. "Take pictures." She handed her camera to Piotr who started to take pictures. She took out her phone and dialed Rogue.
"Yeah?" asked Rogue. She sounded very relaxed and content.
"Get over here," said Kitty, still staring at Jean. "To Jean's booth. And bring Remy."
"Why?" asked Rogue.
"Don't ask," said Kitty. "Just come."
"Okay," said Rouge. "Give meh and Remy… fifteen minutes ta get there."
"Wait aren't you… never mind, just get here," said Kitty. She hung up and shook her head at Rogue and Remy.
"They'll be here in fifteen minutes," Kitty said. "They are at the hotel."
"Wanda and John?" asked Piotr, taking pictures every once in awhile.
"Dialing," said Kitty with her phone at her ear.
"Hello?" said Wanda. She sounded exactly how Rogue had when she picked up the phone.
"Get over to Jean's booth now. Bring John, I know he's with you," said Kitty.
"Okay," said Wanda. "Hold on it'll take us like…ten minutes."
"Where are you?" asked Kitty.
"Just outside the school," said Wanda. "Logan and Ororo took our usual spot and now everyone knows about it. We'll be right there, just have to find our clothes…" She hung up.
Kitty shook her head at her four friends. "Was everyone screwing each other except for us?" she asked.
Piotr looked at her, and eyebrow raised. "Want to change that?" he asked.
Kitty shook her head mock-sadly. "I wish," she said. "It's too late now."
"Sure?" asked Piotr. "How long will Wanda and John take?"
"Ten minutes," said Kitty.
"So we have ten minutes," said Piotr. "More than enough time." He took Kitty's hand and led her to a nearby janitor's closet. It was currently empty, seeing as how school was closed.
Kitty shook her head while smiling. "Well, we don't want to miss out on all the fun," she said.
(-strawberrie-)
Fifteen minutes later the six of them were all at Jean's booth, just looking at her. Kitty and Piotr were looking, John and Remy were staring and Rogue and Wanda were laughing.
"If she were smaller and her hair green she'd be an oompa loompa," said Rogue.
"Who did this?" asked John wondrously. "They're a genius."
Someone had sneaked around and put orange dye in the dunking tank. Jean, unsuspecting, kept being dunked into the water and her skin started to gradually become orange.
"She was a lighter orange when we first saw her," said Kitty. She held out her digital camera. "See?"
"I do good work don't I?" asked a voice. The six of them turned and saw Tabitha.
"You did this?" asked Rogue. She and Kitty looked at Tabitha hard. Tabitha shifted uneasily under their gazes.
"Yeah," she said warily.
"You, are, brilliant!" said Kitty.
Tabitha smiled. "Thank you, thank you," she said. "No autographs, please."
(-no more strawberries-)
Ah, I love Scott and Jean's booths. So funny.