Author's note: Okay I know it's been forever, but my laptop crashed and then I had to update my other story first. So sorry but this one's even longer then all the others! Woot! Anyways I hope you enjoy.
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"All right everyone that was great!" Tabitha shouted trying desperately to remove the tears from her eyes that had formed from laughing so hard at Magneto. "Now set up for our next scene!" She ordered. Looking around she saw everyone was still laughing and Magneto was about to throw a temper tantrum. Anger flashed in her eyes before her face turned ugly. "I said GET TO WORK!" She ordered pulling out her bull horn once again.
At that everyone jumped to attention and scurried to get everything ready. At this point no one wanted to see Tabitha go off the deep end, who knows what she'd do to them. Kurt got to work on setting up the props while Logan and Sabertooth were setting up the buildings…together.
"It goes over here bub." Logan grunted pushing a building over to the right on one of their outside lots. It was dusty, dirty, and a perfect setting for a peasant bazaar.
"I think I know where the building go. There's a marking on the ground." Sabertooth hissed pulling it back to where he had the building originally set.
"That's your tail genius." Logan growled pulling it to where it was supposed to go.
"Is not!"
"Is too!"
"Is not!"
"Is too!"
"Is not! I don't even have a tail!"
"Shut up! Look children there are little white X's on the ground where the buildings go. Do you think you can handle putting them there!" Tabitha screamed rolling her director's chair over to them.
Logan and Sabertooth gulped. "Yes ma'am."
"Good, now get back to work!" She ordered pushing a button on her chair and she was wheeled back over to where she had previously been, yelling at Toad for accidentally sliming the lamp.
"Blue get over here!" The blonde power-hungry director ordered over the intercom she had installed sometime during that day.
"Yes Tabitha?" Kurt asked teleporting over to her and Toad.
"You're the prop man right?" She asked looking at him.
Kurt hesitated but was finally able to make out a yes.
"Well then how did Toad get close enough to our lamp to slim it!" She demanded eyes flashing.
"That's zhe thing Tabitha. All of ze major props have gone missing!" He cried hoping she'd spare his life for being so honest with her.
"What?…What!" Tabitha screamed eyes wide with death in them for the idiot who had done this.
"Well I vent to go in and check on ze lamp because it had been replaced by a muffin last time and vhen I unlocked zhe door to zhe prop room…everything vas gone!" Kurt explained starting to cower slightly under her intense glare.
Without even waiting for Kurt to finish, Tabitha stormed over to the prop room and flung to door open. As light raced inside and filled the once dark room, her eyes shot open and it looked like she might faint. The room still had a few minor props, but everything major was completely gone. And in their place were poppy seed muffins. One for each missing prop.
"John Allerdyce!" Her voice sounded like tires screeching on the street. Not a good sign.
"Y-yes Sheila?" John whimpered poking his head around the door frame.
Her head turned slowly, like she was one of those creepy evil clowns in those horror movies. Her eyes were narrowed and her face was tight with anger.
"Where are they?" She asked slowly.
"Where are what?" He asked trying not to show his fear.
"The props Pyro, where are they? I won't ask again."
"How should I know love? Ah been work'n on the fire stunts all day."
"He's right, I've been making sure of that." Lance said not having anything better to do up until now.
"Toad!" And now it was frog boy's turn to be interrogated.
"Yeah Boom Boom?" Toad asked hopping in.
"Where did you find the lamp?" She asked hunching over to his eye level.
"I found it in the trash can yo. Flies were swarmin it. Made for one great lunch." He said licking his lips with a dreamy grin plastered on his face. Tabitha just shoved him away and looked over at Kurt.
"What props do we still have?" She asked trying not to look around the room, cringing at the answer to come.
"Vell, we have some swords, market stands, Abu's cap, and some fake food." Kurt sighed. Why'd it have to be Abu's cap anyways? Why not Aladdin's?
"Okay we have enough props left to complete the next scene. That'll give disco boy time to remake everything else. Get Aladdin, Prince Stingy, Razoul and his guards, and all the peasants ready to go Blue. We're going to meet our dead line no matter what!" Tabitha exclaimed pulling her director's cap down over the left side of her face before she jumped onto her director's chair pressed a button and sped off into the night. Or rather the next set.
An hour later the entire back lot was turned into a dusty bazaar. It seemed peaceful and strangely quiet. Angel was currently doing a camera span of several roof tops just as Boom Boom called "Action". At that point the camera was pointed in front of the edge of a roof top.
Dust skidded off the edge of the roof as Lance nearly fell off trying to catch a loaf of bread. "I can't believe I'm wearing these pants." He muttered between clenched teeth.
"Stop thief! I'll have your hands for a trophy street rat!" Scott shouted from the ground with a bunch of Jamie guards behind him.
"What'd you say Summers!" Lance shouted as the ground began to shake.
"It's in the script! Stick to it Rocky!" Tabitha shouted on her bullhorn, despite the fact she was ten feet away.
Growling Lance stopped the earthquake. Looking back down he continued on with the scene. "All this for a loaf of bread?" He asked with a baffled smirk.
Jumping off the roof, he lands on two ropes strung out in the alley way with clothes drying on them. Lance attempted skied down them, nearly falling off 15 times all the while clothes were flying onto him in the process. He was aiming for an open window but as soon as he got there it was slammed shut and he fell off and hit the ground hard.
Looking up he saw Amara, Jubilee, and Amanda giggling at him. Off in the distance he could hear Scott giving out orders on where to look for him.
Instantly Lance grabbed a cloth and wrapped it around his head as he dashed over to the three girls with a pleasant smile on his face. "Morning ladies."
"Getting into trouble a little early today, aren't we Lance?" Amanda asked with a smug grin.
"Trouble? Now way, it's only trouble if you get caught--" Just then a hand grabbed his shoulder and jerked him around.
"Gotcha." Scott sneered.
"I'm in trouble…yeah right." He muttered. At that Scott tightened his grip.
"And this time-" Scott was cut off by a screeching sound as a miniaturized Kurt jumped into the scene, pulling the turban down over Scott's glasses. "I always wanted to do that." Kurt whispered with a happy grin.
"Perfect timing Kurt." Lance said forcing a grin which turned into a grimace.
"Hey what's up?" He said waving his now brown fur. The stupid cap was digging into his head, why couldn't Lance's cap have been missing instead? And this vest so wasn't his color.
"C'mon, let's get out of here." Lance said giving a short wave and took off running with the loaf of bread in hand, Kurt hurrying to catch up. At that music started playing as Kurt landed on Lance's shoulder as the two made their way through the bazaar.
"Gotta keep...one jump ahead of the breadline One swing ahead of the sword I steal only what I can't afford That's everything!" Lance began singing softly, he wasn't one for vocal talents.
"SPEAK UP!" Tabitha shouted.
Avalanche soon came across a guard wielding a sward. He dodge a couple attacks and then pantsed the Jamie clone. Kurt blew a raspberry and Lance knocked over a barrel of fish, causing the clone to trip and fall allowing Lance and Kurt to make their get away.
"One jump ahead of the lawmen That's all, and that's no joke These guys don't appreciate I'm broke!" He sighed dramatically as they raced up a mountain of barrels, pushing one down onto another Jamie clone.
The rest of the Jamie clones and Scott surrounded him shouting. "Riff-raff! Street rat! Scoundrel! Take that!"
Lance smirked down at them, dangling the bread out. "Just a little snack guys."
"Rip him open take it back guys!" They shouted beginning to shake the platform the two boys were on.
"I said children's version!" Tabitha screamed.
"Uh Tabitha, that's in the script." Rahne whispered making sure to keep her distance before running off for the next shot.
"Fine, continue." Tabitha said in a somewhat quieter voice.
Lance jumped off the platform towards an open window. "I can take a hint, gotta face the facts. You're my only friend, Kurt!" He said grimacing once again as they landed inside the window.
"Who?" A group of harem girls asked turning their attention to him. This was a sight Lance wouldn't mind getting used to, seeing the goody-goody X-girls dressed up like this. But they ignored his intrigued looked and Kurt's embarrassed face.
"Oh it's sad, Lance's hit the bottom. He's become a one man rise in crime! No surprise there." They added with squeals.
"I'd blame parents except he hasn't got them!" Storm said dressed as their keeper before sending him flying out an open window.
"Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat Tell you all about it when I got the time!" He said with a good bye wave.
The next shot is of Piotr shirtless, flexing in front of a crowd. "Vhis is so degrading." He sighed as Scott and his Jamie followers rushed past. Behind him was Lance and Kurt on his shoulder, matching Piotr's moves. As soon as the guards passed they took off running. The guards notice him and take off after him.
"One jump ahead of the slowpokes. One skip ahead of my doom. Next time gonna use a nom de plume. One jump ahead of the hitmen. One hit ahead of the flock. I think I'll take a stroll around the block." He sang and casually turned around a corner.
"Stop theif! Vandal!" They shouted.
"Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat. Otherwise we'd get along!" He called out.
"Wrong!" They shouted back.
Lance and Kurt is chased up into a house and into a room where the guards corner them by a window.
Lance grabbed a blanket and dangled it out the window. "Here goes, better throw my hand in. Wish me happy landing'. All I gotta do is jump!" He said and they jumped out the window free falling with Kurt screeching like mad. Scott leads the others out the window only to fall into a create of fertilizer.
Off stage, the brotherhood teens were applauding like crazy for the scene.
Lance and Kurt slipped into what was thought to be a deserted alley-way where they sat down and Lance broke the loaf of bread. "And now my friend, we feast!" He cried.
"And cut!" Tabitha yelled.
"Finally!" Nightcrawler and Avalanche shouted.
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Author's note: Okay so if it's not Pyro behind the muffin mystery…then who? Please R&R and make one writer very very