(BORED! And at home for once.)
Blackfire looked pleadingly at Johnny Rancid. "Johnny, come on. You've never been ballroom dancing before?" Johnny shook his head no. "I haven't. And I never will. So the answer is no." He answered, turning his back on her. "But its a masquerade! I've always wanted to go to one on Earth!" Blackfire pleaded. "No."
Blackfire pouted for a half second. "Johnny. Please... I'll do anything you want..." Then she grinned and let her fingers land on his shoulder. "I'll wear that little gypsy outfit that I showed you earlier." Johnny immediately perked up. "Really?" Blackfire grinned larger and nodded. Johnny thought for a second. Go to some stupid costume party... get laid later with sexy alien... "Fine. Don't expect me to like it."
Blackfire squealed happily and hugged Johnny. "Thank you!" She ran down the hall, yelling, "Cheshire! Angel! Get our costumes out, we're going!" Johnny rolled his eyes and shook his head. Damn sexy girlfriends... oh well, it would pay out later.
The guys had been the hardest to convince to go. First off, costumes for guys are a lot cheesier than girl costumes in their opinions. Second, they just didn't like dancing- or in XL's case, didn't even know how. Then Billy manned up and said that guys that can slow dance can get laid more. This finally convinced them all to go.
Most of the guys went simple- a tux sorta thing with a plain white mask. XL got creative and got one of those masks with a long nose sorta thing with lots of silver designs.
Kyd glared a death glare at his girlfriend. Even Brother Blood slightly backed down when he did that. It had no effect on Angel what so ever. 'I look ridiculous.' He signed. Angel stuck her tongue out. "Oh, come on, Elliot. You look awesome." Kyd Wykkyd glanced back at the mirror. 'It looks like I'm wearing a flipping skirt!' Angel giggled and said, "Oh whatever. And technically, you are."
Kyd was wearing a Roman Centurion outfit, while Angel was wearing a white toga goddess sorta thing. 'You owe me Angela, you hear me?' He signed. Angel nodded and pecked his cheek. Kyd pulled her back when she attempted to back off and grinned. "Elliot! We have to go!" She squealed. Kyd just grinned and bit her neck softly. "You know, sometimes I think your a vampire. And people wonder why I wear that scarf all the time!" She said.
Someone started pounding on their door. "You two, quit making out and get the hell out here!" It was Johnny. Kyd flipped off the door. Angel grinned. "Right... and we both know you want to go so bad." Johnny growled and said, "Angel. Shut up."
They all hitched a ride in some of Billy's cars.
The party was full of people, it was open to the public. Cheshire straightened her red dress and put on her red mask with gold designs. "Now, guys, please try to blend in. I swear, if one of you blows this, I will hurt you." Cheshire threatened. "And Blackfire, feet on the ground." Blackfire landed and mumbled a quick apology.
Johnny felt extremely awkward. He didn't like wearing a tuxedo. He didn't like so many people. Why was he here again? Then his girlfriend slipped her arm into his. Oh yeah, hot girlfriend.
Damn it.
Kyd was relieved to find out that he wasn't the only one with a girlfriend making him wear a dorky costume, as there were many worse than his.
Billy was having the time of his life. First off, lots of chicks were there. Second, some of them were single. Third, they were hot. Especially the rather Gothic chick with a red dress and red highlights. She looked a tiny bit familiar though...
Then some idiot with a microphone said, "Couples dance, everyone." See-More sighed and leaned against the wall. "Hey, wanna dance?" See-More looked over at a girl with pale skin. She was wearing a black wig and black contacts, but it was obvious who she was. Jinx.
"Couples dance, though." See-More said. Jinx rolled her eyes. "My boyfriend is late, and I'd rather not feel so awkward." See-More shrugged. "Might as well." And it was clear Jinx didn't know it was See-More.
Jinx and See-More walked onto the dance floor and slowly See-More grabbed Jinx's hands and slowly began dancing. "Ever done this before?" Jinx asked bashfully. "Yeah... once or twice." See-More said. "School dances, mostly though." Jinx nodded. "Same."
Cheshire glanced at her watch. And three, two, one...
Speedy walked in, in uniform. He had gotten a call from an anonymous tipster that Cheshire had snuck in here. And he was in town, so might as well check on it while the Titan's West were handling Doctor Light.
Speedy didn't even get to the floor before an arm snaked out from behind a curtain and dragged him behind it. He put up his arms for a fight when he recognized those green eyes. "Cheshire, what the hell?" He hissed. Cheshire's grin became wider. "Wanna dance, hero boy?" She said, licking her lips. "Uh..." Speedy was, for once in his life, dumbfounded.
He didn't get it. One moment he was behind a curtain, the next he was dragged onto a freaking dance floor and was slow dancing with Cheshire. What. The. Hell. "Cheshire, do I want to know?" Speedy asked. "Maybe... course, I still need to get you back for that little mark on my neck from last time." Cheshire said. "You didn't complain at the moment." Speedy replied. "You try complaining with someone's teeth near your throat!"
The song ended and See-More pulled away, but not before taking an extremely quick gamble. He pulled up his mask ever so slightly and pecked Jinx on the lips. Before she could even react, he disappeared into the crowd. Jinx thought for a second, then whispered, "See-More?" Jinx had danced with the boy that who had the longest crush on her. And she didn't even know.
Mammoth glanced over at Johnny, who was snickering. "What are you doing?" Mammoth asked. "Shut up, Mammoth. I'm spiking the punch." Johnny said, slipping a bit of alcohol in the punch. And Mammoth just pretended that he didn't see anything.
The next morning, Cheshire came home with several more red little bite marks on her neck. Angel just snickered and offered to compare hers, causing Kyd to nearly choke on air. Billy ended up in jail after getting in a fight with a visiting titan named Hotspot... and bribed Kyd to let him out with another chocodile (that guy is addicted!).
Blackfire and Johnny didn't turn up for a week. When they did return, no one wanted to even KNOW where they had gone. And no one asked.
(Bahahaha, did you catch the hint about Argent earlier in the chapter? And of course, Hotspot would kick Billy's ass if he tried hitting on Argent. Bye byes! Remember to review!)