Author's note: aw yeah Friday! :D Sorry, just read some Tiny Titans comics and found it the most adorable thing I've read for a long time. Seriously, it's too cute and sweet (and tongue-in-cheek as well, so you don't have to worry about getting cavities). Anyway, to understand the joke in this snapshot, you kinda have to have seen The Blues Brothers – or heard of the film, at any rate :o)

Disclaimer: I don't own these two guys, and I don't own the Blues Brothers either … too bad, really. I love me a little rhythm and blues in the mornin' :o)

Snapshot Collection

26. Mission

The street was dark and silent, gleaming with recent rain. There was no hint of anything alive, yet Copperhead fidgeted nervously.

"Look, Atomic Skull, I get it that he sends us on errands and everything 'cause he wants to test us and stuff, but I really don't like this. I mean, suppose the League swoops down on us and kick our asses like they do all the time?"

"Speak for yourself," muttered Atomic Skull, the light coming from his head glowing a subdued green – as if that was being inconspicuous. "The only time I got whupped was because of that Metabrawl business. And I totally kicked ass then. Sent Green Arrow packin'."

"S'not how I heard it," mumbled Copperhead, still not convinced. "But still … suppose they do catch us and –"

Atomic Skull stopped in his tracks and turned around so swiftly Copperhead almost bumped his head against the flaming green skull. He almost squeaked in surprise – not fright, definitely not fright – and hissed angrily, "Hey! Ever heard of personal space, pal?"

Atomic Skull shrugged, and stared down at him. A skull shouldn't be able to frown, right? Right?

"They're not gonna catch us. We're on a mission from Grodd."

Copperhead's mouth hung open at the same time Atomic Skull's eyes – or lack of eyes – seemed to go a little glassy and uncertain for a second. Then he began to smile crookedly.

"Oh, you did not just say that."

"Keep movin', Copperhead."

Atomic Skull turned his back on him and started walking again, Copperhead trailing behind him, his smile turning into a huge grin.

"You did say that!"

"Come on and be quiet."

As the two thieves walked along the dark, gleaming pavement, avoiding the pools of yellow light under the streetlamps, Copperhead's grin kept growing.

"I can't believe you just said that!"

"I – aw, just shut up."

… I can't believe nobody's used that joke before :D I mean, come on, people!

Sorry :o) Jake and Elwood Blues can't be caught. They're on a mission from God. Hence the lame joke. Just something that occurred to me the other day out of the blue – well, not really, since I was listening to She Caught The Katy – and that I believe nobody had commented on or written about. So, as usual, I grabbed the idea and ran :o)

Next up: Lois decides she's had enough pretending, so she intentionally lets a not-so-innocent remark slip. Status quo be damned.