Blackout

“I’m going to kill someone.”
“…the hell?”
“Does someone have a flashlight?”
“Baby cakes! I can’t see…”
“TOAD!!”
“Ouch.”
“Tell me about it. Toad! You dead?”
“Ow…”
“He’s fine.”
“Pietro, will you check the fuse box?”
“Why me?”
“Why not you? Go!”
“Make Blob go.”
“We could make Todd go.”
“Good idea.”
“Sweetums, I’m startin’ ta think you wanna git ridda me!”
“Whatever gave you that idea?”
“Todd should go check the fuse box. He can see in the dark, so it makes sense…”
“…”
“…”
“…”
“…”
“Blob…that was…oddly insightful.”
“Shut up, Pietro.”
“You mean that little worm can see in the dark?”
“Yeah…didn’t you know?”
“…”
“Aaagh!!”
“Woah!”
“That sounded pretty painful.”
“No! I meant the light!”
“Yeah! Blinding light! Wanda! Light up your hex-bolts again.”
“Why?”
“Well, you just killed Toad, and we need someone to check the fuse box.”
“Check it yourself, you baby.”
“Pietro…why don’t you just go check the fuse box yourself? You’re fast enough; you could do it in a second…”
“Yeah…Fred’s right, Pietro. You aren’t…afraid to go outside, are you?”
“No!”
“…”
“…”
“I’m not, okay?!”
“…”
“…”
“Fine. So what if I am? It’s creepy out there, and I can’t see where I’m going.”
“Suck it up, and go, Pietro.”
“Why do I have to go?”
“Because you have to face your fears sometime.”
“Who are you, my father?”
“Better you go out there and get eaten by monsters or something than us.”
“…”
“…”
“Do I have to go?”
“Pietro, if you don’t go, I will tie your legs together while you sleep.”
“Like you could!”
“You guys…where’s Toad?”
“He’s dead in the corner somewhere. Why?”
“He’s not over here.”
“Are you sure?”
“Pretty Damn.”
“Pietro, go and check the fuse box so we can find Houdini.”
“No!”
“Pietro, I am going to count to three…”
“And then what? You’re gonna punch me out? Go ahead. That just means one of you will have to find the fuse box yourselves.”
“…”
“…”
“Lance…he’s gotta point.”
“Shut up. We just have to be logical about this…”
“Yeah right, Landslide. You? Logical? Puh-leeze.”
“Shut up, Pietro.”
“Witty comeback. Did you think of that one all by yourself?”
“Leave him alone and let him think, Pietro.”
“That could take years! Decades!”
“I swear to God, Pietro –”
“What the –”
“Was it just a blackout?”
“Where’s Toad?”
“TOAD!!!”
“Ouch! It was an accident, Poopsie!”
“Right…”
“Toad, where’ve you been?”
“I was sick of the arguing, yo, so I did my Toad thing and checked the fuse box.”
“Which fuse was it?”
“I dunno, someone labeled all the switches wrong. I just turned them all off then turned them back on.”
“Well, that’s one way to do it.”
“Well, I’m bored.”
“Why?”
“With the power out, we at least had something to do.”
“You wanna trip the circuts again? Be my guest.”
“No…that’s all right.”
“Hey…I’ve just thought of something…”
“Stop the presses.”
“Shut up, Pietro, I’m serious. If a little blackout made us go all crazy…”
“I think I know where this thought is going, Freddy…and I like it.”
“What? What’s the plan?”

– Later –

“I can’t believe you morons talked me into this.”
“Come on, Wanda! You know this is fun!”
“Do it!”
“Fine. But if we get caught, I’m going to leave you to the dogs.”
“Deal! Now do it!”
“…”
“Hey!”
“What the deal!”
“Ray, I’ll kill you!”
“It wasn’t me! Honest!”
“Whoever is touchin’ mah butt, Ah swear t’ God…”
“Sorry…my bad.”
“Vhat happened to the lights?”
“Woah! Kurt’s eyes really do glow in the dark!”
“See? I told you…”
“…”
“Wanda…isn’t it worth it? Just for this?”
“…shut up.”
“We need popcorn.”
“Agreed.”
“Actually…”
“Why am I not surprised? Blob has popcorn.”
“No popcorn for you then, Pietro.”
“Fine. Sorry. Give me the popcorn.”
“TOAD!”
“Sorry pumpkin…it’s dark…”

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