A First Date's Chaos
Disclaimer: Same as before…
AN: Could use some help coming up with Ted's codename.
"Mr. Griffin," Xavier began, "I'm told that you fired off live rounds at my students."
"That is true." Ted replied, "Hawk and Roadblock have already spoken to me on this matter."
"I want to say that you exposed our students to unnecessary risk." Ororo added.
"I disagree." Ted replied, "It is important that they keep their situational awareness. In Israel, that is the first lesson we are taught."
"In case you haven't noticed this isn't Israel." Xavier replied.
"At any rate, we subject our students to the most realistic training possible." Ted replied, "And from what I hear, your Danger Room is filled with obstacles more deadly than thirty 7.62 jacketed rounds."
"The point is, Mr. Griffin, I've received complaints from the students regarding your training exercise yesterday." Xavier replied.
"Look," Ted replied, "You wanted us to train them, we're training them. I gave them a sample of battle training and taught them an important lesson on situational awareness."
"The point is, you could have resorted to less dangerous means." Ororo said.
"Nothing quite keeps your wits like the real thing." Ted replied, "I remember when we were in training, Samad used to throw half sticks of dynamite in with the artillery simulators. No one got hurt, but the explosions sure made us take cover."
"Your confidence in your aim, aside, Mr. Griffin," Xavier replied, "The point is your methods were a bit too extreme."
"You wanted realistic combat training, I gave it to them and now you're complaining." Ted replied, irritated.
"I merely advise that you tone your next training sessions down a notch." Xavier replied.
"I'll keep that in mind." Ted replied diplomatically, though his tone suggested otherwise. He stormed out of the Misfit Manor kitchen.
As he walked outside he ran into Lance. "Hey, you look happier." Ted observed.
"Kitty agreed to go out with me tonight." Lance replied.
"You don't seem too happy." Ted observed.
"People from both teams will just want to follow us around." Lance replied.
"Well, you just need to be secretive about your plans…" Ted replied.
"No matter what we do they find out." Lance replied.
"The just say what you're doing and don't give the place away till you get there…" Ted grinned.
"So you've got that date with Paige tonight too?" Lance said.
"Yeah." Ted replied, "I picked the restaurant and Paige picked the movie."
"Say…" Lance said, "Do you mind if we go to San Francisco with you?"
"What did Roadblock say?" Ted asked.
"We have to be close by the Pit. But you'll be around…" Lance replied.
"I'll be with Paige." Ted replied, "But as long as you check in with us…"
"I don't want to mess up your evening." Lance replied.
"You won't. As long as I can tell the phone call is from you, that'll be alright." Ted replied, and he took his mobile phone out. "I've set a different ring tone that sets you apart from my generic ring tone."
Ted demonstrated and the Schnitzelbank song began to play. Lance said, "Please tell me it's not that one?"
"It is." Ted replied.
"Those stupid Coyotes were singing and dancing to it in my dream last night. And I'm starting to associate almost everything I see with that song…" Lance complained.
Xavier wheeled by and Lance sang, "Ist das nicht ein hairless man?"
"Ja das ich ein hairless man." The three Coyotes sang.
"Ist das nicht ein old beer can?" Lance sang, plucking the offending item off of Xavier's wheel chair.
"Ja das nicht ein old beer can." The Coyotes replied.
"Hairless man. Old beer can. Oh du schone. Oh du schone. Oh du schone. Schnitzelbank…" They all shouted.
"There, I sang a verse! Are you guys happy!" Lance shouted, waving his arms.
"Much obliged." Mischief said, and the three Coyotes vanished.
"Those three again?" Ted asked.
"Yes." Lance replied, "Now that there's three of them, it's a hell of a lot harder to ignore them. I miss the days when there was just one coyote raising a ruckus."
"I wonder what those coyotes of yours get up to in their spare time?" Ted asked.
"You don't want to know…" Lance groaned, "Probably planning on bugging me or something."
"Or maybe giving Phoebe a hard time as well." Ted mused, "After all, she could see them as well."
"Lance is going on a date with Kitty?" Toad asked Trinity, the Misfits were all clustered inside Trinity's bedroom, "That can't be good."
"That explains why he's been so hush-hush all week." Althea replied.
"So where did Shipwreck and Jack take off to after Will and Elizabeth's baby was born?" Arcade asked.
"To the liquor store of course, for the christening ceremony on Saturday." Althea replied, "Where else would those two go?"
"I know where…" Xi began.
"Don't answer that." Althea replied.
"How'd you get a bug onto Lance anyway?" Toad asked, "Ever since he bribed Arcade to build him that anti-listening device thing, it's been impossible to put listening devices in his room."
"I didn't say it wouldn't be easy…" Pietro began, "Let's just say Lance took the blame for the dead bugs in Wanda's shampoo prank a couple weeks ago."
"Anyway, how did you guys get that bug on Lance?" Arcade asked.
"We didn't." Trinity replied, "We snuck into Ted's room and replaced one of the buttons on his shirt when he was taking a shower."
"That makes sense." Althea replied, "He and Ted get along really well."
"Who's this Paige girl Ted keeps talking about?" Arcade asked.
"That's Ted's date in San Francisco." Althea explained, "You see, when Xi, Lance, Todd and I went on that mission to rescue Ted we ran into this demon called Nazarac. And apparently there were these three witches that live in the area and fight demons called the Charmed Ones."
"That's weird." Blob replied.
"It gets stranger. They're granted magical powers to fight against these demon thingies while trying to keep it all a secret." Althea replied.
"No wonder. They wouldn't want our level of publicity." Xi replied.
"Anyhoo they were three sisters named Piper, Phoebe, and Paige." Althea replied, "They rescued Ted from Nazarac and this blind ex-CIA officer named Sands who lost his eyesight Once Upon A Time in Mexico."
"Whoa." Arcade said, "The things we miss."
"So who are these witches again?" Blob asked.
"Piper's the older one who can freeze things or blow them up, and she can be a complete bitch." Althea replied, "Phoebe's the middle sister, and she can see the future when she touches people. She also can see Lance's three coyotes…"
"Three coyotes?" Wanda blinked, "Wow, Lance is really disturbed."
"Yeah, evidently they're the Guardians of Chaos." Althea replied.
"That's appropriate." Arcade replied, "Considering one of them causes more than his fair share of destruction whenever Lance loses it."
"And now there's three of them." Fred replied, "That's going to be destructive."
"This from the guy who bench presses trucks when he gets angry." Pietro replied.
"Hey!" Fred protested, "I've worked out my anger issues. And anyway, the big rocks that Lance keeps dislodging from his sleep terraforming are better quality weights anyway."
"OK, and people say I have issues..." Arcade remarked.
"OK, bets people..." Althea began.
"Five will get you ten neither of them goes through a peaceful date." Wanda replied.
"Since when do any of us have what passes for a normal date?" Pietro quipped.
"For once my idiot brother has a point." Wanda replied.
"Yeah, for once I..." Pietro began, "HEY!"
"I've got twenty bucks that the X-men find out and follow Lance and Kitty and wreck their date." Xi replied.
"That's cruel." Fred replied.
Xi shrugged, "It happens on every date that any of us go on."
"Xi has a point there, you know." Althea replied.
Little did any of them realize that a certain thirteen year old had heard the entire exchange...
"You can't go wrong with that sweater, Paige." Phoebe began.
"I just hope that none of Ted's insane friends pop into town with him." Piper quipped.
"Piper," Phoebe admonished her sister, "We're trying to get Paige ready for her first date in a long time, not scare the daylights out of her."
"Ted's friends weren't that bad..." Paige began.
"Weren't that bad? WEREN'T THAT BAD? First of all, the lizard..." Piper began.
"You mean Xi." Phoebe replied.
"Whatever." Piper continued, "After eating my cookies the lizard got on a massive sugar high and started singing cheesy disco songs at the top of his lungs and doing disco moves all over the kitchen."
"Talk about intoxicating." Paige quipped.
Piper gave her sister the evil eye before going on another rant, "Then the bearded sailor and the pirate get into a fight in San Francisco, get arrested, get Leo drunk..."
"To be fair, Jack was just trying to bury the hatchet." Phoebe replied, "He didn't know that BA's coffee is like vodka for Whitelighters as well as mutants."
"Leo singing Hava Nagila was funny though." Paige replied.
"Let's not forget the fact that Mr. Earthquake started several freak tremors all over San Francsico and then starts fighting with his imaginary enemy who somebody decided to bring into this world." Piper gave Phoebe the evil eye again, her left eyebrow twitching rather violently.
Phoebe backed up, her hands held out in a palms open gesture of appeasement. Paige added, "Let's not forget that same someone released two more annoying and insane coyotes onto this plane..."
"Paige!" Phoebe complained.
"Anyway," Piper said, "I'm not so sure I like the idea of you seeing this guy."
"Piper." Phoebe snapped, "It's Paige's choice."
"I wasn't saying anything about it not being her choice." Piper replied, defensively, "I'm just saying I don't exactly approve."
"Can you at least let me go out with the guy before you pass judgement on him." Paige added.
"I'm not exactly thrilled that you're going out with the guy whose friends wrecked the house, endangered San Francisco, drove me insane, and threatened to expose the existence of witches." Piper replied.
"OK, Ted's friends aren't the sanest people on the planet, but can't you at least give him a chance?" Paige replied.
"To be fair, we did have demon problems when we first met Ted." Phoebe interjected.
"Paige," Piper said, "I'm trying to keep us safe..."
"And I'm trying to tell you that Ted isn't any danger." Paige replied, "He's not another Belthazor. Sure his friends are a little insane, but there's no threat..."
"Other than pricey repairs to the house." Piper interjected.
"It's just going to be Ted and I this time." Paige replied, "It's not as if his insane friends will follow him into town on our date."
"I'll hold you to that." Piper replied, when the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it." Paige replied, running downstairs.
The phone rang two minutes later and Phoebe said, "That's probably for me! I'll get it!"
"Why do I get the feeling I'm going to get it?" Piper groaned to no one in particular.
Ted waited outside of the Halliwell Manor, standing outside the front door after ringing the bell. The door swung open and Ted saw Paige standing there.
Damn she looks good. Ted thought. Paige's red hair was lightly curled, making it seem wavy. She wore a violet turtleneck sweater that hugged her frame in the right places and a pair of blue jeans and brown boots with heels.
Am I dressed too casual? Paige thought. Ted smiled at her thennoticing his date seemed self-conscious.
"You look great." Ted began. Perfect opening remark. Ted thought sarcastically.
"Thanks." Paige replied, apropos of Ted's attire she said, "And I know what you like to drink."
Paige remarked on Ted's black rugby shirt with a Guinness logo and a toucan embroidered on the right side of the shirt, then she took a couple steps toward Ted, "So what do you have planned for us tonight?."
"Well, I thought we'd go out to eat first." Ted replied, "And then catch a movie."
"Which one?" Paige replied.
"Dinner is a surprise, and I figured a light hearted comedy film would be the best." Ted replied.
"And which one would that be..." Paige asked.
"That's a surprise as well." Ted replied.
"What movie?" Paige replied.
"You'll see." Ted replied, offering his left arm. Paige hooked her own right arm through it and they walked to the waiting cab out front.
After about ten minutes of driving Ted paid the cabbie, including tip and opened the door for Paige. He opened the door to the restaurant, which was a Greek establishment.
"I've seen this place on my lunch breaks but never actually went in." Paige commented.
"Greeks make some really good food, and some coastal Arabic recipes are similar to Greek ones." Ted replied, "That's due largely to Greek traders and Alexander the Great."
"How'd you know that?" Paige asked.
"Having two archaeologists for parents will do that to a kid." Ted replied, "Mom's kitchen was a veritable collection of recipes from all over the Mediterranean world, as well as her native France."
They ordered their meal and Paige quipped, "There are forks at the table, Ted, remember that."
Ted gave her a blank stare and then remembered he'd told her about how it took him a month to remember how to eat with a knife and fork when he went back to Canada.
Ted laughed, "That was the case. I've remembered how to use them for now."
"So why did you eat with your hands in the first place?" Paige asked.
"It's how Arabs, and thus Palestinians eat. In YAMAS we go undercover as Palestinians, usually to arrest leaders of riots or possible suicide bombers on a daily basis." Ted replied, "So we become Arabs, in a sense. That means we eat Arab food, eat the way Arabs do, dress like them, speak their language, adopt their mannerisms. So what is it that you do, other than vanquish demons?"
"I'm a social worker." Paige replied, "I work with children and foster families as well as adoption. It's not exactly undercover riot squad work, but it pays."
"Trust me. When I was in Israel I had my fair share of dating female soldiers and that can be a headache in and of itself." Ted replied, "It's a refreshing change."
Ted's cell phone went off just then. "Nice ringtone." Paige replied, "Your reminding me of the Coyotes again."
"Excuse me." Ted replied, and read the text message.
"Who was it?" Paige asked.
"Just Lance checking in." Ted replied.
"Lance?" Paige asked.
"I'm sorry to bring this into it." Ted replied, "But Lance is kind of in a rough spot with a girl he really cares about. Her name's Kitty. She's in a love triangle with Lance and this other guy named Pitor, who she started seeing after she and Lance had broken up. And Lance and Pitor have been at each others throats over Kitty ever since. Lance really loves her, I don't know if she realizes it or not, and with her friends from the X-men snooping in on her dates with Lance, she can never really find out whether she loves Lance or not."
"You're trying to help Lance?" Paige asked.
"Yeah," Ted replied, "Roadblock kinda wouldn't let him go on this date without a chaperone. But I came up with a compromise. Lance just has to check in with me regularly so he and Kitty can have some privacy."
"That is so sweet." Paige replied, "From what I know about kids, I can tell Lance looks up to you like a big brother."
"Really?" Ted asked.
"That can really mean a lot to a kid." Paige replied, "Especially one who hasn't had the best time growing up."
"Sounds like Lance." Ted replied, "He never really had a family until he joined the Misfits. His adoptive father's been great to him."
"And now he's got you as a big brother he never had." Paige replied.
"Isn't that kinda late?" Ted began, "I mean Lance is eighteen."
"That's a very special bond. Take it from me, that's what I have with Piper and Phoebe. I was twenty-three when I met them and it means a lot to me to have them as sisters. And I've even started becoming sisterly with Prue as well." Paige replied, putting her hand on Ted's.
"I wonder how Lance's date is going." Ted replied.
"Probably well." Paige replied, at Ted's doubtful gaze she said, "I like to expect the best out of these things."
After they finished dinner, Ted paid the check and they headed for the movie theater to watch their film.
"Ow, Blob get your fat elbow outta my face." Pietro groaned.
"Hey, this isn't exactly a big space." Fred hissed back.
"How did you get a hold of one of the surveillance vans, Al?" Toad asked.
"Easy. I walked in on one of Ace and Snow Job's poker games and they practically offered me the Crown Jewels if I would keep quiet."
"Say no more." Toad replied.
"So where did Lance take Kitty?" Arcade asked.
"According to the tracking sensor they're at dinner at that Chinese place and they're on their way to the movies." Trinity said.
"Follow them." Althea said. The Misfits, except for Trinity, came into the theater.
"Why do we have to stay behind?" Trinity whined.
"We're gonna need back up." Althea replied, "In case the X-men get involved."
"There's no need. They can't possibly know..." Trinity whined.
"We need to consider the possibility." Althea countered.
"Shh! They've gone in." Arcade began.
The rest of the Misfits snuck into the line after Lance and Kitty had already went into the theater.
"Shh! Don't let them see you." Scott hissed at his teammates.
"Ow! Ray, get your fat foot off my hand!" Bobby groaned.
"Bobby, be quiet! You don't want them to hear you." Jean warned.
"You guys are about as quiet as an elephant in a glass factory." Ray snapped.
"It's not like the Misfits are here. Multiple bribed Trinity not to tell them." Bobby snapped back.
"Shhh!" Jean whispered, "Ted just walked in here."
The X-men ducked into the crowd with plans to rendezvous at the theater. Ted glanced around the theater. Paige squeezed his hand, "What is it?"
"I just swore I saw some people I know from work." Ted replied.
"Well, the Pink Panther is going to start in about ten minutes." Paige replied, "And good seats are going fast."
They took their seats in the theater and at that point Lance turned and waved at them. Ted waved back, and Paige smiled and waved as well.
Little did they realize that a veritable clash of the Titans was fixing to occur.
"He squeezed her hand! That rat bastard!" Peter growled.
"Shh! Be quiet!" Scott whispered.
"Your starting to sound like a broken record, dude." Bobby replied, "Lighten up. Who's here that we know. The Misfits?"
"You rang." Xi replied, appearing out of thin air.
"AAGGGHHH!" Bobby shouted.
"SSHHHH!" Came a chorus from nearby seats.
"What are you doing here?" Came the shouts from both teams.
"Shut up!" a nearby teenager shouted.
"You shut up!" Bobby shouted.
"Well someone has to make sure Alvers doesn't pull anything." Scott replied.
"Summers," Althea replied, "We could say the same for Kitty."
"Kitty would never jump in someone's bones!" Pitor snapped back.
"Not for lack of trying." Wanda commented.
"How dare you accuse Kitty of having bad taste!" Jean snapped.
"This from the girl who dated Duncan Matthews." Pietro chimed in nastily.
"Watch it Light in the Loafers..." Scott began.
"Says the pot to the kettle." Pietro replied.
"Whack job!" Rogue shouted at Wanda.
"Psycho!" Wanda replied.
"I can't believe I'm related to these people." Kurt groaned.
"What's going on?" Paige asked.
"Three guesses and the first two don't count." Ted replied.
"The FOH?" Paige asked.
"No." Ted replied, and he turned to show Paige the X-men and Misfits engaged in a brawl several rows behind them.
Meanwhile Kitty asked Lance, "What's going on?"
"Three guesses and the first two don't count." Lance replied.
"Let's bail out of here." Kitty replied, sneaking out in all the chaos, taking Lance's hand as she did so.
"Shall we follow them?" Ted asked Paige.
"We might as well, so they don't get into trouble." Ted replied, as they followed Lance and Kitty out of the theater.
"Shipwreck, Blind Master? I can't take you guys anywhere." Cover Girl groaned from the front seat of the surveillance van.
"Where would they be?" Emily asked.
"Probably at the nearest bar." Cover Girl groaned, "And they left without me..."
"You people are bloody insane." Emily groaned.
"Gee, what was your first clue." Cover Girl replied.
"It's an operation to find this bloke, Sands." Emily began, tossing a stray strand of her brown hair out of her face, "Then Roadblock, Shipwreck, Spirit, and the Blind Master claim they've 'found a lead' and conveniently disappear."
"Knowing those four it was probably an excuse to get drunk." Cover Girl replied.
"There's my evidence right there." Emily replied, "On an important operation, those four decide to get drunk."
"Yes, that sounds like them." Cover Girl said.
"Isn't that our other surveillance van, just outside the movie theater down the street?" Emily asked.
"Yeah, that kind of looks like it..." Cover Girl said.
"Bad tradecraft if a surveillance van is immediately recognizable." Emily said.
"Not really." Cover Girl said, "Our surveillance vans have a black box that emits a signal that only our tracking systems can find."
"I didn't know we had another surveillance team here." Emily replied.
"We'd best check it out." Cover Girl replied, putting the van in park. The two women raced over to the van and Emily took her lock picking set from her pocket and began to pick at the door.
"Hi..." Trinity said.
"You guys," Cover Girl began, her arms folded and a very angry expression on her face, "Are in so much trouble..."
Just then, they heard the sounds of fighting inside the movie theater. "Why do I get the feeling this is going to be a long night?" Emily replied.
The phone rang shortly after Piper had just put Chris and Wyatt to bed. Piper picked up the phone and said, "Hello?"
"Piper, it's Darryl..."
"This isn't going to be good, is it?" Piper replied.
"Do you happen to know anything about a bunch of hooligans in pirate costumes?" Darryl replied.
"Why would I know anything about hooligans in pirate costumes?" Piper replied.
"There was one at your house when the Coyotes started tearing things to shreds." Darryl replied.
"What idiots in pirate costumes are you talking about?" Piper replied.
"Exactly what I just said. A bunch of guys in pirate outfits are currently causing a huge civil disturbance in a bar downtown." Darryl replied.
"Jack Sparrow, you are going to die." Piper grumbled.
"What?" Darryl said.
"Darryl, please report a homicide..." Piper replied, hanging up the phone.
Leo walked into the kitchen just as Piper came barreling out of it. They collided.
"Honey, what's the matter?" Leo asked.
"Just one night. Just one normal night without demons, Heartless, or insane pirates." Piper replied.
"Which one is it?" Leo asked.
"Insane pirates." Piper replied.
Prue astral projected into the house just then. "Hi, Piper. I guess I caught you at a bad time..."
"Jack Sparrow you are dead..." Piper began. "
Prue blinked, "Jack Sparrow?"
"Remember that group of people you met, kinda, when you orbed into the house a couple nights ago." Piper replied.
"A blind guy, a bearded guy in a sailor suit, an ex-runway model, and some guy in a pirate getup and four teenagers. I can't exactly forget about that." Prue replied.
"Well the pirate and some of his buddies are tearing things up downtown." Piper replied.
"Whoa, back up," Prue began, "Pirates?"
"Long story. Their world was destroyed by the Heartless and they're staying with the four teenagers, the ex-runway model, and the bearded sailor's unit. Some general named Hawk..." Piper replied.
"So you're saying the military knows about us?" Prue replied.
"Not all of the military. Hawk said is secret's safe with him..." Piper replied.
"Until he needs us." Prue replied.
"Not necessarily. From what we saw," Leo said, "Hawk and his followers aren't exactly your typical soldiers..."
They walked into the living room just in time to see a jet powered shopping cart go streaking down the road. Sitting in the shopping cart were an African-American with sunglasses and a black martial arts outfit, a bearded man in a sailor suit, an Indian, and a big bald black guy with a mustache. Prue vaguely recognized the bearded sailor with the green parrot on his shoulder.
"WAHHOO!" Spirit shouted.
"If those four are any evidence, then I'm right." Leo added.
Phoebe walked into the kitchen just then, "Prue, Piper, please tell me that I did not just see four idiots in a shopping cart with a rocket booster attached to it go flying down the street."
"You did." Piper and Prue replied simultaneously.
"What is it with people in this town and rocket propulsion?" Prue asked, "First it was that Duncan Matthews idiot on TV and now its four insane guys in a shopping cart."
"Prue," Piper began, "I can't explain it either, but Jack Sparrow..."
"...is so dead." Prue replied, "So before you commit homicide, can I at least say hi."
"You said hi." Piper said.
The phone rang again, "Hello?" Piper shouted, picking up the phone.
"Yes, I did see the four morons in a rocket propelled shopping cart. No, I had nothing to do with them either." Piper replied.
Piper clamped her hand over the receiver saying, "Darryl."
The doorbell rang just then and the bearded man in the sailor suit, his hair and clothes singed and his skin bruised said, "Hi, do you guys have any iodine or something..."
"Excuse me..." Piper said on the phone and hung up.
"SHIPWRECK YOU ARE DEAD! YOU HEAR ME? DEAD!" Piper shouted, chasing Shipwreck down the street with an umbrella.
"OW! OW! OW! OW! OW!" Shipwreck shouted as he ran away, covering his head and shoulders with his arms as Piper whacked him with the umbrella.
The phone rang again. "We seem to have gotten popular since I've been gone." Prue replied.
Phoebe answered the phone, "Hi, Cover Girl. Yes, actually we have seen Shipwreck. We don't know those other three. You better get here fast before Piper kills Shipwreck."
"Cover Girl, Shipwreck?" Prue asked.
"Those are codenames the soldiers have." Phoebe explained.
"These are the guys that Merlin told me we're going to have to work with to save Earth from the Heartless?" Prue asked, "They sound almost as bad as the Morrowind's crew."
"You mean those guys on that strange ship you're on?" Phoebe said.
"Those guys. I'm still mad at Vinny for the grapefruit grenades that got fruit pulp all over the mess hall and me." Prue replied, "Say hi to Paige for me, it sounds like they need my help to remedy the grapefruit grenade disaster."
Prue astral projected back to the Morrowind. Piper was still beating up Shipwreck on the front lawn while, Roadblock was trying to pry her off. Spirit and the Blind Master were dancing and singing around the wreckage of a burning shopping cart and rocket engine.
"What shall we do with a drunken Shipwreck? What shall we do with a drunken Shipwreck? What shall we do with a drunken Shipwreck? Early in the morning. Way hey and Piper beats him! Way hay and Piper beats him! Way hay and Piper beats him early in the morning!" Spirit and the Blind Master sang as they danced around in circles.
"Throw him into the brig till he's sober! Throw him in the brig till he's sober! Throw him in the brig till he's sober! Early in the morning!" Spirit and the Blind Master sang.
The GI Joe surveillance van pulled up in front of the house and Cover Girl stormed out of the van. "Piper, no, let me hit Shipwreck for a few hours..."
Ted arrived with Paige on the front porch as Cover Girl and Piper were chasing Shipwreck around the neighborhood while Spirit and the Blind Master continued to sing and Roadblock chased the two women. Lance and Kitty were in tow behind them.
"One thing's for sure, this isn't going to be a boring evening." Ted remarked.
"I'll say." Paige replied, "Ow! Piper that move should be illegal."
"To be fair, how was your evening?" Ted asked.
Paige smiled, "Despite all the interruption, I had a great time."
"I'm sorry that all this had to come about." Ted replied.
"Don't be." Paige replied, "It might not have been the perfect evening, but I'm not going to forget it."
"Well you can't exactly forget Shipwreck getting clobbered." Ted replied, "Or Jack Sparrow and the Pirates of the Carribean beating the stuffing out of some skinheads."
"I never had to post bail for pirates on a date." Paige replied, "I can at least say my first date resulted in a new experience."
"We never really got to watch the whole movie." Ted replied.
"There is another showing Saturday night..." Paige suggested.
"Wait, you're saying you're up for a second date?" Ted asked.
"A degree at Oxford really doesn't do much for your perception does it?" Paige asked, taking the next two steps towards Ted.
Ted was about to reply when Paige wrapped her arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around her waist, angling his head so their noses wouldn't bump. His lips pressed against hers. Paige closed her eyes as Ted kissed her gently and slowly at first. Time seemed to slow down, almost like when Piper froze time, but different.
"Eww! Could you guys find somewhere else to do that?" Kitty asked.
Paige's right foot popped up and then they parted for lack of air. They came back down to earth in time to see Piper and Cover Girl beating up on Shipwreck, Roadblock prying them away, Spirit and the Blind Master dancing and singing and Phoebe smiling at the youngest sister.
"I have to go and try and save Shipwreck's life." Ted replied.
"I'll help." Paige replied, "Piper, I think we need to enroll you in anger management..."
"Same for you Cover Girl..." Ted added.
They continued to fight on the lawn in front of a bewildered Lance and Kitty. "I'm sorry our evening had to go so badly." Lance began.
"I had a good time, Lance. Despite our crazy teammates." Kitty replied.
"OW! I never figured it was possible to bend an arm like that?" Lance remarked.
"Lance! Aren't you paying attention?" Kitty asked.
"Yeah, I'm just a bit weirded out that the adults are as crazy as our teammates." Lance replied.
Kitty smiled warmly at Lance, "I know, but I really did have a good time..."
"Really." Lance replied, smiling back at Kitty.
"Yeah." Kitty replied, taking Lance's hands in hers. They slowly kissed one another on the front lawn just as their teammates from both teams showed up to the chaos...
TBC (Up next, a christening ceremony and some Natalie torture courtesy of three coyotes.)
Natalie: What is it with you torturing me in all of your stories? Weren't the rocket propelled roller skates bad enough?
Me: Well you were a complete bitch in peanut2lb's fanfiction, so I figured I'd bug you...
Gideon: Yeah, and the Fiesta in Heaven...
Me: You were a real bloody prick to Justin, mate...from RogueFanKC's work?
Morrowind - the ship that Prue finds herself aboard after her reincarnation in Journey of a Halliwell.