Royal Pain

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Chapter 7: Trade Off

At Misfit Manor…

Blob and Dragonfly were walking back to the laundry room. It was time now to put the laundry into the drier so it could be nice and fresh. The massive mutant floundered his way down the hall, carrying the basket, his insect-like girlfriend near him. Lina asked,

"Are you sure you did everything I wrote down?"

Fred looked at Lina,

"I think I did. I mean, I did follow the directions and put all the soap in."

Lina stood in front of him,

"Wait, you put the entire bottle of detergent in the washer?"
The strong Texan nodded,

"Yeah, why?"

Just then, the laundry door opened and a torrent of water and suds, as well as the laundry that was in it, began flooding and cresting down the hallway. Also, there was a drunken Shipwreck floating along and, in his inebriated state, was singing love songs about Storm.

Wanda came out of a room, just in time to be swept away by the gushing water.

Shipwreck stood up and shook the water out of his clothes. He then tilted his hat and proclaimed,

"I have survived the hurricane and have found the flower that grows within its eye!"

He was holding up the tumbler to the washer, which was a neon-blue color. Wanda looked up, her clothes soaking in water,

"What happened? Who did all this?"

Lina and Fred both looked at each other. The Blob winced,

"I think it would be a good time for me to run."

Dragonfly shook her head,

"Wait, maybe Wanda won't get angry."

The hex-mistress looked up at the rotund mutant and, with a fake smile, walked up to him and said,

"Blob, I know you were trying to do your best, so I won't punish you. But, my clothes are soaked, so I'm going to work off all my frustration on the training course."

A few moments later, a loud string of curses and explosions could be heard all over the base as the Scarlet Witch was destroying the obstacle course with her powers. Blob sighed in relief,

"I guess those meditation lessons Wanda is learning are paying off."

He winced at the sound of Airtight screaming,

"MY LAB! WHAT HAPPENED TO MY LAB?!"

At the West Coast Compound…

Crystal looked on in horror,

"We have to do something!"

She began running around in a panic,

"If I do not rescue Quicksilver, I will never be married to him, and I will not be able to have his babies! And, if I do not have his babies, I will die!"

She frantically ran around the room, hyperventilating. The princess of the Inhumans was worried about the love of her life, obviously. Natasha said,

"Well, we certainly just can't hand Carol over to Namor."

Farrah whined,

"Why not? I don't see what the problem is. Namor gets Carol, and Crystal gets her man. I'd say it's a win-win."

Carol snarled,

"You would like that, wouldn't you?"

The white-haired lioness smugly smirked back,

"Of course I would. I'd be finally rid of you once and for all."

Pulsar looked at the teen Avengers,

"I have to agree. We aren't going to hand over Miss Marvel."

Leon looked up from his seat,

"Actually, that's exactly what we should do."

Everyone looked at the red-eyed teen swordsman. Carol was stunned,

"Are you serious?"

Farrah looked up to the sky,

"Yes, he finally sees the light!"
Natasha shook her head, surprised,

"Leon, I understand you are not attracted to Carol, but this goes beyond-."
Crisis shook his head,

"Hear me out. I have an idea, and it just might work."

Falcon groaned,

"Here we go again. The last time he had one of his crazy ideas, we ended up stealing a tank and testing out if it could fly." (1)

Leon rubbed the bridge of his nose,

"Are you still on that? Besides, it was your idea to steal the thing in the first place. I wanted nothing to do with that!"

Farrah quipped,

"And yet, somehow, you got into as much trouble as we did for that stunt. Which, by the way, was totally worth it."

Crystal said,

"Does this plan guarantee getting my Pietro back?"

Crisis had a sinister grin on his face,

"All that and more. Now, here's what we're going to do…"

Next Chapter:

Crisis hatches his plan on rescuing Quicksilver! Stay tuned, fellow readers!

(1) This happened in Imitating Life