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Post by Tabitha Smith on May 13, 2011 17:52:51 GMT -8
There was a series of explosions at the police station then a attractive but mischievous blonde ran out through the wall of smoke that was filling the doorway. She paused for a moment to bend over, grabbing her knees as she laughed and choked then as yelling came from inside along with two more exits from the station, she righted herself and gave a crazy grin before running as fast as she could down the sidewalk.
"Hey!"
"Stop!"
As if she was going to listen to them. Come on now, she might have been blonde but she wasn't stupid! Did they actually think that she was going to do as they said? She broke out of the holding cell, that had to give at least clue to the cops that she wasn't exactly the one to follow a piggy's orders. But....
Tabitha suddenly stopped, turning around with an expression that made it obvious that she was up to something. The cops that were chasing her suddenly stopped as well, reaching for their guns. That was when the grin dropped from her face. Guns? They hadn't been that serious about catching her before... Why the sudden seriousness? Well, they did look a little new though that black mask of smudge they had from the explosions back at the station courtesy of yours truly.
"Aww, come on now. Don't you love me anymore?"
She suddenly laughed and tossed a handful of light embodied marbles at their feet before taking off again. The explosions were harmless, just enough to make a big noise and to throw up some dirt into the air. Almost like smoke bombs. And she could hear the cops yelling for her to stop right where she was... They didn't seem to get the idea... As she looked over her shoulder to see how close to catching up to her the two were, she suddenly collided into someone, getting knocked on her butt on the sidewalk.
Slowly, she looked up to see a rather large guy in uniform with a couple of smaller ones on either side of him.
"Aww... Come on.... I'm not really too good at being caught twice in one day!" Tabby exclaimed before scrambling up onto her feet.
In the next moment, there were some more explosions followed by the teen's laughter and the police coughing and she was taking off across the street. The sidewalk was her buddy for a few moments but then she took to the alley ways. The cops were good when it came to chasing her, them having had a decent amount of practice since she was almost always up to something but they could never keep up when it came to her obstacle-like shortcuts through the alley ways.
Even after she stopped hearing the footsteps, she was running. Running her firm little booty off as she knew that there was a chance something worse than cops might be coming up next... THEIR DOGS! As she rounded a corner, she got into another collision with someone and gasped before she saw that she was lucky enough not to have it be another officer piggy of the law. Actually, it was some cute blond guy.
"In a rush, they're gonna kill me, toodles!" She panted out as she ran off again.
A cute blond guy minus one wallet. Mwahahaha! Boom Boom grinned as she picked up the pace and rounded the corner. Then, on a second thought, she ducked into a music store and behind some shelves before putting on a pair of those sampler headphones to pretend like she'd been there for a little bit. |
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Post by Gregory Shane on May 13, 2011 18:24:38 GMT -8
(OOC: This meta-posting, will be done only once for me. Nothing more. This is the disclaimer)
"That'll be two dollars"
"T-two dollars? For this issue? Oh c'mon now!", the blond haired man whined at the counter. He looked a bit frustrated and explained, "This comic's front page is slighty torn and for goodness sakes...this is one of the worst issues of the series. Would you even sell this for ONE dollar. C'mon Ricky, it's one dollar or that thing stays on your display case of shame."
"Hey Greggy, you know as much as the next guy, it's my boss who puts the prices on the books."
A sigh escaped through Gregory's mouth before he pulled out his wallet. On the back of his mind, he hoped shelling out this much better worth it. Begrudgingly, he gave 2 dollars to the guy on the counter before he accepted the comic book. Slowly, he made his escape from the comic book store in shame. His powers of haggling have failed him but his day wasn't done yet. On the opposite side of the block, he still had to stop by and get some CDs at the music store. He still held onto his comic book and wallet on one hand. Hindsight be damned, he should have placed the wallet back on his pocket for the next line would reveal that...
BUMP!
Someone would inadvertedly bump into him since the said person was running. He shook his head, taking out the cobwebs from the bump and saw he hit a fellow blondie. His mouth was open, not too sure what to say or what to react from the bump. Usually he'd just apologize quickly. In this situation, she didn't even give him the benefit of the doubt.
"In a rush, they're gonna kill me, toodles!"
"Uh..I...sure thing..", Gregory said to himself as he watched the girl run off. For some reason he did notice that while she was running, she had one firm butt. Greg lightly blushed at the thought and pulled himself together
"Prudece above all things, young Gregory"
Like a padawan, Gregory nodded to his thoughts and got himself up from the vertical base. He still had a job to do, off to the music store for him. Once there, he went onto the soundtracks section. For him, he didn't have any tastes to go for specific artists or bands. The OSTs of the movies were for him and that's where he landed. Checking out the prices, he couldn't help but think he forgot something. He made a mental note to pick up his wallet and see how much he can spend for today. Maybe 5 to 10 dollars for 2-3 CDs was good enough for him.
Sadly, once he cupped his pockets, there was nothing there. The wallet was gone. He gulped, he was not too sure what to make of this revelation. The last time he held onto it was..."Oh snap..maybe she thought it was her's", he muttered to himself. He was doomed, there was no way he'd meet her this soon. He didn't even have any contact details on his wallet. Inside there was just a handful of 5 dollar bills, and nothing more. Cursing himself, he was about to make his exit from the store when he noticed somebutty
"Oh c'mon narrator, not you too!"
There was the familiar blonde who bumped into him not so long ago. Slowly he approached her and made a light tap on her shoulder. "Uhm excuse me ma'am.", He said meekly, "By chance did you accidentally picked up a wallet? I think it might have fallen off when we bumped into each other earlier."
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Post by Tabitha Smith on May 13, 2011 18:47:48 GMT -8
Once a minute or two had passed, she took a peek into the wallet then gave a soft sigh. Aw man, only a handful of fives. It was more than she had on her, but not enough to keep her from feeling a little guilty. Yes, a thief with a conscience. Tabitha half wondered if that smooth criminal of a Gambit ever had these moments. Nah, he had too much fun with what he did. Tabs, she might have had fun but that annoying little halo-her on her shoulder would speak up once too often a week to keep her from getting giddy.
With how well groomed that blond seemed and all, she had been sure he'd have more on him. He'd looked, well, kinda preppy in the face even if it didn't aim his nose towards the sky with snootiness. So much for book covers. Maybe he wouldn't be too far away by this point and she could bump into him again to do a reversal pocket pick?
She had just slipped the wallet into her pocket and took the headphones off when she felt a tap on her shoulder. Damn near jumpped out of her skin she did. Boom Boom gave a slight squeak and whirled around getting ready to hit someone but stopped from actually doing it when she saw who it was. It was that guy. The cute but handsome one she'd nicked the wallet of. Oh he was about to catch her on it wasn't he. This was going to be special.
"Uhm excuse me ma'am... By chance did you accidentally picked up a wallet? I think it might have fallen off when we bumped into each other earlier."
Say what now? He had to be kidding. She looked in his eyes with a slight squint in hers. Alright... so maybe he wasn't kidding? What now?
"Oh yeah, I was just about to give it back to you. Thought it was mine, then I realized I left mine at home. Go figure." She commented, pulling the wallet out and handing it to him.
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Post by Gregory Shane on May 13, 2011 18:56:38 GMT -8
Gregory smiled, today was his lucky day, he found his wallet back. Thankfully, before the blonde girl would even leave the store to look for him, they met inside. Gregory thought it was fate that the two of them would be inside the same store. The day was starting to turn around after that failed haggle from the comic book store.
"Thanks", Gregory said to her with the smile still etched on his face. Slowly, he put the wallet back into his own pocket, where it truly belonged. "Apologies though for almost giving you the trouble of looking for me just to give my wallet back." His moment of relief gave him so much of a good mood he looked at Tabitha, with the smile still on his face.
"Well since you did have my wallet for safe keeping...is there any way I can pay you back?", he inquired the blonde, ready for any request. Any request, that well...didn't break any laws.
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Post by Tabitha Smith on May 13, 2011 19:18:19 GMT -8
He thanked her, and that little worm of guilt decided to take another nibble at her before she mentally brushed it off. When the guy went to apologizing, she had to use the best poker-face she knew how to put on to keep from wrinkling her nose in a "you've got to be KIDDING me" kind of way. He was apologizing? Really? He couldn't have been for real about this. This was New York City, people like him wouldn't survive five minutes out on the streets.
But maybe it hadn't been five minutes yet when she'd robbed him? That was possible. If he was putting on an act it was pretty damn convincing... Oh now she was feeling a little worse on the inside.
"Well since you did have my wallet for safe keeping...is there any way I can pay you back?"
His words cut into her thoughts as she had started planning out an escape and she blinked a couple of times before looking him in the eyes again.
"Could do for lunch."
Why had she said that? Well, yes she was hungry, but why had she said that? It meant not only would she be sticking around the walking crime scene but she'd be having him spend that sad amount of money he had in the wallet she was going to give back due to lack of cash in it. Well, she was hungry. But still...
"... at Burger King." She added, saving herself even if by a little.
Dollar menu, it'd do less damage. She could get a burger and call it a day until she pick pocketed someone richer. Or tracked down Gambit to tell him a teacher needed to take care of his student and give her another two hotdogs. |
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Post by Gregory Shane on May 13, 2011 20:15:08 GMT -8
Lunch? Greg's eyes blinked for a while. He thought he would just give her cash but if she wanted to be treated out, he won't decline the deal. After all he felt he owed her for finding his wallet. Little did he know, she actually stole it from him in the first place. He gave a faint nod and told her, "Burger king? Well, ok then."
Greg had a small sigh of relief. He was glad she thought of the place since his money can't quite afford something else. Besides that, the place was somewhat near from the store. He looked at the window and from there, the two of them could see the fast food joint. Today seemed to make it convenient for Greg, way too convenient.
"Before I forget, my name's Greg. Nice to meet you", he said to Tabitha as he looked back at her with a smile. He looked back at the door and asked, "Well shall we be going? I'm feeling kind of hungry as well." There was no doubt, lunch time was almost settling in. Greg's body wanted food as well. With the money he had, he would have to think of how to save a few bucks to get himself back to the institute. Of course, he could use his powers to fly, but that would be against the law for him. The professor had yet to allow them to use their powers. Besides, he didnt have his 'costume' to hide himself from the citizens that might see him fly.
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Post by Tabitha Smith on May 14, 2011 8:21:41 GMT -8
Wait, what? He was actually going to go for buying her lunch? She'd half expected him to say no so she could do the fake pouting and such before telling him that if he wasn't going to agree then they might as well just go their seperate ways. What was he up to? There had to be some kind of catch, right?
"Cool, it's right down the street." She commented, slipping her hands into her pockets as she regarded him with a bit of internal caution.
She still couldn't believe there was someone like how he was acting, in this city. She believed it even less due to the way he inttroduced himself and went to saying "shall". Who even said "shall" anymore? This was why energy bombs were a girl's best friend. Sooo much better than mace and a lot more fun to use too.
"You can call me Boomer." She stated.
For a moment she had worked on deciding on which name she would give him but not wanting to risk the chance of Gambit finding out her name too soon she didn't use it.
"And sure, let's get going." She added before doing a slightly bouncy walk to the door with the excitement she felt over getting yet another free meal. |
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Post by Gregory Shane on May 14, 2011 17:31:28 GMT -8
"Ah...boo..what now?"
Those were the first thoughts that came into Greg's head once she revealed her name to be 'boomer'. To Greg, the name sounded like a monster from that zombie game he played in the past. He raised an eyebrow and asked, "R-really?". His face was blank in confusion, now why would they nickname themselves boomer? She didn't look like a 'boomer' to him. His confused state made 'Boomer' walk past him and leave the store already. Once he noticed, he high-tailed it to the exit and called out, "Hey, w-wait up!"
Once they were out, the two crossed the street and they made it to Burger King. Greg's wallet seemed to be more happy than he was. Furthermore, with a dollar menu being displayed, his pockets would really be relieved. Gregory was 1-2 people before being served so he might as well ask the lady with him.
"So erm...", Gregory said as he slowly tilted his head towards the blonde, "Boomer. What would you like to order?" On his mind, he pleaded, or begged that she would order something cheap. He felt bad, it was the only thing he can afford for the attractive girl he just met today. Gregory noted that next time, he'll bring more cash when they meet up. Furthermore, next time, maybe he'll ask her out instead. Under, better circumstances.
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Post by Tabitha Smith on May 14, 2011 18:12:46 GMT -8
As he called behind her for her to wait up, Boom Boom grinned and then looked over her shoulder at him with a smirk before picking up the pace a little to mess with him a little bit. She slowed down soon enough though so he could catch up. He was paying for the meal after-all. After having bought new shoes, a couple changes of clothes, and a couple of meals for herself, she was broke again and with no steady income, that state wasn't going to change.
When she heard him stumble over her name some, she laughed a little.
"Alright, you can call me Firecracker then, if that's gonna get you less tongue tied." She teased him.
"I'm gonna have one of those double cheeseburgers from the dollar menu. If you get a drink though, I'm so gonna steal some of ti." She told him with a grin on her lips and a twinkle of mischief in her eyes. |
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Post by Gregory Shane on May 15, 2011 9:32:12 GMT -8
Firecracker? Gregory's head just got tied up a knot with that. For him that even sounded more absurd. He just shook it off and laughed at it as well. Maybe she was just playing the 'mysterious' card since they just met. If she didn't want to tell her what her real name is, he'd stop right now. "Ok then..firecracker.", he replied to her with a teasing tone of his own. If she thinks he can't play her game, she was wrong. Gregory himself can joke around when he wants to.
"Haha, verry funny, Ms. firecracker", Gregory retorted to her remark about the drinks. He looked at the menu and told her, "I'd be buying you a drink as well so don't worry about that." Since he got her order jotted down on his mind, it won't be that hard to remember. So he asked to Tabitha, "Hey, is it ok if you go find us a table now? The place might get full in a while so it's better to be safe than sorry. Don't worry, I can remember your oder."
The Hurricane was the next in line and true to his word, he recalled her order. Not sure of what to buy, he just ordered the same thing she ordered off the dollar menu. Besides, the cheeseburgers looked so good that he wanted to eat it too. A minute later, he brought the orders to the table and said to boomer, "Hey, hope it wasn't that long of you to wait." He placed the orders on the table gently and before they could start to eat he said with a grin, "Well..time to eat." |
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Post by Tabitha Smith on May 17, 2011 10:52:57 GMT -8
What, just because she didn't give him a name like mary or sue, it was all that weird? Firecracker and Boom Boom happened to be perfectly good names, thank-you-very-much. She didn't make the playful quip out loud but she was tempted to mess with him about his reaction to her nicknames.
"Aw, buying us both drinks? That wouldn't be as much fun, now would it?" She teased.
A small short sigh and a placing of her hands on her hips came as he asked her to go find a table, her messing with him to act like she was a little put out about finding a table. But, Tabby couldn't keep that up for long as a grin broke out.
"Fine, sure, but only because you've got those puppy eyes goin'." She stated before strutting her way over to a table she had spotted not too far from the exit.
It actually didn't take all that long for Greggy to come on over with the food. As he mentioned his hope on it not having been a long wait, her eyes glittered with mischief and a grin grew on her lips again.
"That's alright, you can just make it up to me by...."
Her piggy senses were tingling. Making it so she barely heard him comment on it being time to eat. Tabitha's grin turned into a smirk and her bright blues went to checking out of full length windows. Sure enough, there were some piggies out there. A sigh came from her and she wrapped her fingers around the burger before laughing a little as she looked to Greg.
"Well, this was fun, Greggy but it's time for me to get goin'." She stated just as the police came rushing in.
The blonde bombshell leaped to her feet and the hand that wasn't holding the burger suddenly formed about seven little beads of light which grew to the size of grapes as they floated about an inch from her hands. Giving her "date" a wink, she threw her bombs at the cops in exit number one.
Well, not AT them but at their feet.
"Fivefourthreetwoone!" Tabitha muttered out rapidly.
The bombs went off, making more noise than causing any damage. Causing a flare too. With a laugh, she charged at then leap-frogged over the nearest cop that had ducked to try to protect himself. Then, when she got to the outside, she grinned over her shoulder, waved then ran like she was in a marathon. [/blockquote] |
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Post by Gregory Shane on May 17, 2011 11:23:23 GMT -8
Gregory had his hands on the burger already. He was ready to eat and he did just that. One or two bites from the burger, however, his attention drew to Tabitha who suddenly gave him the news. She had to go. "Yomph hab to gooomp?", he mumbled before he gulped down the piece of he burger to say a clearer, "You..have to go? B-but we just began to eat here." The slight disappointed turned into confusion as she used her free hand to summon some small balls of light.
"What in the world? Don't tell me she's a mutant as well.."
Those were the words he thought in his head as his eyes became fixated on the glowing balls of light before it was tossed over to the exit. There, he saw the cops entering the burger shop. Seconds later, the balls exploded and caused a loud noise inside the burger king. Greg momentarily looked away from the bright light caused by the bombs. Once the smoke cleared he watched as his lunch date darted off from the place and off to the streets.
He was speechless for a few seconds as he stared onto the front door of the fast food chain. Greg had a hard time sinking in the facts he just saw in front of him a few seconds ago. The girl who he met was a mutant. Not just that, she was running from the cops, the good guys. Surely, Greg thought, it was a case of mistaken identity. In his mind, he doubted someone who 'returned' his wallet wouldn't be someone who'd actually run from the cops. His conflicted mind got its attention diverted a couple of seconds later thanks to his cellphone beeping.
He pulled out his phone and it was a text from the institute. Greg read the message and it told him to head back home to help out in the danger room session. He sighed and got up from his chair. Soon, he walked out of the restaurant and hailed a cab. As he sat on the cab and gave directions, he hoped he and that blonde girl would see each other again. Furthermore, they could meet in well...better circumstances next time.
[EXIT GREG]
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