"I'm going to need quite a bit of money, looks like."he said.
He decided to ask the other guys for money. He'd try Lance first.
"Um, I would give you the money,"he said. "But you see, most of the my money goes to the Lance Foundation. We're trying to raise money for Lance to go to college, and to complete his collections. Now if you would like to make a donation..."
"I don't think I will."said Pietro sourly.
Toad and Blob just stared at him.
"Never mind!"Pietro spat.
He walked back and forth in his room.
"This calls for drastic action!"he exclaimed. "Only, where do I start?"he asked himself. "Money, obviously. Only, where..."
He tried to think of places where he could get money, but the only thing that occurred to him was robbing a bank. Maybe go through everybody's stuff? Hold a yard sale? No, he needed it fast. That was it! This would take some planning, though.
"Hmm..."
He nodded to himself. Yes, and the sooner the better. This was, after all, an emergency! He began to get everything ready. As soon as it got dark, he climbed out his bedroom window and ran towards his destination. Right. After all, who had more money than the X Men. He ran over the fence with no problem, and sped towards the mansion. Maybe if he was quick enough, nothing would sense him, or it wouldn't stop him. He made it there, and climbed in through somebody's window.
"Whew! Made it!"
He looked around.
"Hmm..."
He was obviously in Summers's room. Looked like the idiot slept with those shades of his on. Pietro began to rummage around the room for some cash. In total, he got thirty dollars out of his wallet.
"That's it?"
He moved on to the rest of the rooms. Some of the girls had jewelry, so he took that. Hopefully it was worth a lot. And none of it was engraved or anything. Finally, came the professor's room.
"This one should be a real winner."
Unfortunately, there was almost no cash.
"Stupid! Probably keeps everything in the bank!"
He carried his bag, and walked around the rest of the rooms. He took everything that could possibly be of any help. Before he left, he decided to do a little something. He went to the kitchen, and got some...purple food coloring. He went back upstairs, and put it in to every bottle of shampoo he could find. He giggled to himself.
"We'll see who shows their face at school tomorrow!"
He grabbed the heavy bag, and sped off. Unfortunately, with the heavy bag, he fell into one of the flower beds.
"Uff! Ow! AAAHHH!"
He could see that he had activated the security system. He got back on his feet, and ran before he could get caught. Once back in his room, he threw the bag on the bed.
"Oh, boy, that was close!"
He went through it again.
"At least a thousand two hundred bucks in cash."he said. "Three credit cards, five watches, twenty video games, twelve computer games, jewelry...they should keep me going at least for a while."
In the morning, he was a little more tired and slower than usual.