"I Tried"
Furor Paxx (VulgateOfEarth@hotmail.com)
Chapter 25- It is Clear
Lance and Scott led the rest of the mutants out of the house. Once the huge ladder was up, they looked at each other.
"You first." Scott said.
"Nah, you're better at this hero stuff. Knock yourself out."
"Hey, you're the boss here, you go up."
Lance took a deep breath. "I don't like depths."
"Ah. Well. I guess I'll go then." Scott cracked his knuckles and started climbing the ladder. He only made it halfway up before he suddenly let go of the ladder. Scott had a horrifying moment of freefall before Kurt teleported and caught him in the air.
"Are you okay?" Kaysin asked, wide-eyed.
"Ow." Scott wheezed.
"What happened? Why'd you let go?"
"I didn't let go. He hit me." Scott struggled to a sitting position and coughed weakly. "I guess he's back."
"Who?" Kaysin looked around. "I don't see anyone but us." There was a dull thump nearby and everyone turned around.
There was Todd, tangled in a branch of a tree that skirted the house. "Um. Sorry. I...got scared." He said vaguely.
Scott coughed. "Really? Not half as much as me, that's a fact."
"Hmm. Well, can someone help me, this is kinda... painful." Todd sort of waved at his leg, which was tangled in a branch.
"Todd. You are an idiot." Lance grinned ear to ear and proceeded to untangle his leg. After a lot of tugging and swearing, Todd's leg was freed, but that only seemed to make things worse.
"Gunk. Arg," was all Todd could say when Scott finally made Lance step back so they could take stock of the situation. Todd was hanging from the tree by a thread. It was a short thread that just happened to be attached to the seat of his pants. Besides giving Todd a monster wedgie, the problem was giving Scott a headache.
"This is ridiculous. Logan, do you mind?" Scott turned to Logan.
Logan smiled viciously as he stalked forward. "Not at all, Slim." Todd managed to give a weak gurgle of fear before Logan's claws tore through the tree branch. He landed with all the grace of a buzzard with a broken wing.
"I guess I deserved that." Todd muttered as he righted himself. There was a dull pain in his neck and back, and his head was starting to hurt again, but other than that he was in one piece.
"So glad to have you back, Todd. We were starting to miss you." Scott gave Todd a look that said otherwise.
"Hmm. Is it over?"
"What?"
"The Open House? Can I change clothes now?"
Everyone looked at Todd's clothes, or lack thereof. He had managed to retain a sleeve and enough of his boxers to conveniently prevent any embarrassment. "Yeah, you can change clothes."
"Good." Todd nodded wth a very serious expression on his face. "And I think you should stay away from the malt in the kitchen cabinet. It must be bad or something." He limped into the house, completely oblivious to everyone's stares.
Finally, the Professor cleared his throat. "Logan, I believe there's something on the premises that needs to be confiscated. Scott, may I have a word..."
Logan grinned wickedly. Free beer, maybe Charlie was right about this optimism thing...
Furor Paxx (VulgateOfEarth@hotmail.com)
Chapter 25- It is Clear
Lance and Scott led the rest of the mutants out of the house. Once the huge ladder was up, they looked at each other.
"You first." Scott said.
"Nah, you're better at this hero stuff. Knock yourself out."
"Hey, you're the boss here, you go up."
Lance took a deep breath. "I don't like depths."
"Ah. Well. I guess I'll go then." Scott cracked his knuckles and started climbing the ladder. He only made it halfway up before he suddenly let go of the ladder. Scott had a horrifying moment of freefall before Kurt teleported and caught him in the air.
"Are you okay?" Kaysin asked, wide-eyed.
"Ow." Scott wheezed.
"What happened? Why'd you let go?"
"I didn't let go. He hit me." Scott struggled to a sitting position and coughed weakly. "I guess he's back."
"Who?" Kaysin looked around. "I don't see anyone but us." There was a dull thump nearby and everyone turned around.
There was Todd, tangled in a branch of a tree that skirted the house. "Um. Sorry. I...got scared." He said vaguely.
Scott coughed. "Really? Not half as much as me, that's a fact."
"Hmm. Well, can someone help me, this is kinda... painful." Todd sort of waved at his leg, which was tangled in a branch.
"Todd. You are an idiot." Lance grinned ear to ear and proceeded to untangle his leg. After a lot of tugging and swearing, Todd's leg was freed, but that only seemed to make things worse.
"Gunk. Arg," was all Todd could say when Scott finally made Lance step back so they could take stock of the situation. Todd was hanging from the tree by a thread. It was a short thread that just happened to be attached to the seat of his pants. Besides giving Todd a monster wedgie, the problem was giving Scott a headache.
"This is ridiculous. Logan, do you mind?" Scott turned to Logan.
Logan smiled viciously as he stalked forward. "Not at all, Slim." Todd managed to give a weak gurgle of fear before Logan's claws tore through the tree branch. He landed with all the grace of a buzzard with a broken wing.
"I guess I deserved that." Todd muttered as he righted himself. There was a dull pain in his neck and back, and his head was starting to hurt again, but other than that he was in one piece.
"So glad to have you back, Todd. We were starting to miss you." Scott gave Todd a look that said otherwise.
"Hmm. Is it over?"
"What?"
"The Open House? Can I change clothes now?"
Everyone looked at Todd's clothes, or lack thereof. He had managed to retain a sleeve and enough of his boxers to conveniently prevent any embarrassment. "Yeah, you can change clothes."
"Good." Todd nodded wth a very serious expression on his face. "And I think you should stay away from the malt in the kitchen cabinet. It must be bad or something." He limped into the house, completely oblivious to everyone's stares.
Finally, the Professor cleared his throat. "Logan, I believe there's something on the premises that needs to be confiscated. Scott, may I have a word..."
Logan grinned wickedly. Free beer, maybe Charlie was right about this optimism thing...