Rebirth of a Pyromaniac
Chapter 8: Rescue and Forgiveness
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"Man, what do we do?" Lance groaned. He and the other Misfits were released from the Infirmary, and they gathered in the Joe courtyard. Paul was surprisingly quiet.
"We have no choice." Althea sighed. "We have to find Craig." She looked over at Paul. "Okay Paul, we get the point. We'll find John."
"Look, we're sorry we judged him, okay Paul?" Blob asked. Paul looked up and let out a small smile. "Yep, now that's our Paul."
"Wanda, did you slip a tracer in John's costume?" Althea asked Wanda. "I never got a chance."
"Airtight did. Barbecue had it put in, just in case anything happened to him." Wanda replied, showing Althea a PDA-like device intended to receive the tracer's signal. Althea smiled.
"What's the frequency of that device?" Paul asked. Wavedancer looked at the display.
"435 MHz, why?" Althea trailed off as she saw Paul run off. "Paul! Get back here!" She chased after him.
"Three guesses what he's doing, yo?" Todd groaned as the others went after them. Althea ran to the motor pool, just to see a trail of dust as Paul drove away on his Starcycle.
"Aw man!" Althea panted as the other Misfits caught up.
"What do we do now?" Xi replied.
"Knowing Paul, he's going to track down Craig and John." Pietro sighed.
"C'mon!" Althea waved, the others behind her.
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Paul adjusted his on-board GPS, using the frequency Althea gave him to track down John and Craig's location. He smiled at his motorcycle, specially built for him by Airtight. Even though Paul was only sixteen and a half, he was very skilled in driving a motorcycle, considering his adopted dad loved motorcycles, and often took Paul on rides.
{Hang on, bro. Hang on, Johnny. I'm coming. Don't give up, you guys.}
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"Now hold still, kid." Mastermind tried to hack into Craig's mind, but Darkstar kept moving his head. John gave encouragement.
"Alright, mate!"
"Keep trying, old man." Craig mocked. Mastermind glared, and gave Craig an illusion.
"AHHHH!!!" Craig yelled. He thought his head was held still in a steel vice. Mastermind grabbed Craig's head and started to try and hack into his memories. Craig snarled as he tried to fight it off. Darkstar raised his feet and kicked Mastermind in the gut. As the illusionist staggered, Craig knocked him out with a kick to the head. Darkstar slipped his hand out of its manacle easily.
"How'd you do that, mate?" John asked.
"It's amazing what you can learn when you live with ninjas." Craig smirked. He freed his other hand, and removed his eye patch. "I'll show ya later." Craig cut John free with his laser. "C'mon." They left the room and looked around. "Now where's our stuff?"
"Look!" John pointed at the nearby wall. On it hung Craig's nightstick, and John's lighter and flamethrowers. "Alright!" John grabbed his lighter and gently held it. "My poor baby. I hope those jerks didn't hurt you." John tried to hug the little flame source. Craig shook his head in disbelief.
"My God, you are nuts." Craig sighed. "Let's get out of here." The two mutants, now armed with their gear, ran down the hall.
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The other Misfits followed Paul in a helicopter. He was on the ground, riding his Starcycle.
"Barbecue, why are you coming? We can take care of the Acolytes ourselves." Pietro scratched his head.
"To help John, that's why." The fireman replied. "You kids were being rather hard on him. As well as Paul. Simply because Paul believed John is in trouble."
"What do you think, Barbecue?" Wanda asked the fireman. "Do you think Pyro's in trouble?"
"Yeah, I do. My instincts have always told me that John's story is true." Barbecue replied. "Besides, the kid got left for dead. He doesn't deserve that. He's just like you guys. Just a crazy kid who strayed down the wrong path. I say it's a good thing he has a friend like Paul."
"I guess you have a point." Lance sighed.
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"Man, this is crazy!" John ran into another hall. "Where are we?"
"Beats me." Craig growled. He looked up at the ceiling, and he noticed some light leaking in. "Hey wait...Gimme a boost." John did so, allowing Craig to cut around the light leak with his laser. "Alright. Boost me up." John helped Craig through the hole. Darkstar reached through and helped pull Pyro up. The two looked around to see they were now inside a rotting old cabin.
"Reminds me of the old Brotherhood house, mate. Heh." Pyro quipped. Craig looked down the hole.
"Was that some underground complex or something?" Craig scratched his head in confusion.
"Who knows? Let's just get the heck out of here." John groaned. The two teens ran out through the front door.
"John, wait!" Craig and John stopped. "Did you notice that we seemed to escape too easily?" John thought about it.
"I guess you have a point." John wondered. The two teens turned and looked at the cabin. "You suppose it's a trap?"
"It's got to be." Craig glared at the cabin. His next statement went unsaid because the Ram Brothers slammed Darkstar and Pyro from behind.
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Paul stopped his Starcycle to look around. He saw nothing but trees.
{Craig...Craig...Where are you man? If you're in range of my call, answer me. Craig!!!!!} Paul called out mentally. He was hoping to reach Craig through the brothers' telepathic link. "C'mon, man. Where are you guys?" The chopper landed near Paul, and Starchild turned to notice the Misfits emerging. "Hey guys."
"Found Craig, Paul?" Xi asked.
"No." Paul replied. "You know, you could ask me if I think John's alright."
"What do you think, then?" Althea crossed her arms nonchalantly.
"I think they're both in big trouble." Paul replied. He then clutched his head as a sharp spike of pain hit him. "AHHHH!!!!"
{AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!} Craig's pained mental scream rang in Paul's mind. Paul opened his eyes.
"Craig!" He looked out in the direction the chopper was facing: East. "He's out there! Craig and John are out there!!" He jumped back on his motorcycle and drove off. {Craig!! Keep talking!! Let me find you!!}
"Follow that Starchild!!!" Althea ordered. The others ran to the chopper.
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"Uhnnnn..." Pyro moaned. He and Craig had just taken quite a beating from the Acolytes. "Man, my brains are scrambled."
"As if your brains were ever not scrambled." Craig groaned. The Acolytes stood over the two fallen mutants.
"Man, you two are pathetic!" Bolt laughed.
"Speak for yourself, Electric Boy!" Shiva snapped, rubbing her nose. "That Darkstar can really throw a punch. See?" Shiva pointed to the Ram Brothers. Ramrod was rubbing his cheeks, and Ramfist was nursing a hurt leg.
"Not to mention he's fatal with a nightstick. Ow." Ramfist whined. "My poor knee." Darkstar and Pyro snickered.
"Wuss." Craig snickered.
"Crybaby." Pyro chortled.
"HEY SHUT UP!!!!" Ramfist snapped. Ramrod kicked Pyro's gut, making him wince.
"Not the gut, man! My ribs just healed."
"Magneto gave you a chance." Shiva raised her sword. Craig tried to get up, bur Ramrod knocked him out. John fainted in fright. Shiva was about to impale Pyro when she noticed a blur behind her. She turned around. "What the..."
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"Uhhnnn...Wha?" John woke up and saw Craig, Paul and Barbecue help him up. The other Misfits were there with them as well. Pyro could see the sprawled- out bodies of the Acolytes, obvious victims of beatdowns.
"You alright, kid?" Barbecue asked John.
"Yeah." John replied weakly.
"Craig explained everything, John." Althea said. She sighed. "Look, we thought you double-crossed us, but...Paul was right. We should've believed him."
"Yeah." Todd agreed. "Sorry, John. We should've trusted you. Lady Jaye gave us a huge verbal smackdown."
"She made us realize we were doing the same thing to you that the X-Men were doing to us." Xi said in a monotone voice. "We were being judgemental."
"Look, we let the fact that you were an Acolyte blind us." Lance added.
"We forgot that we once worked for that jerk too. We wised up. And we denied you that chance. We're really sorry, Pyro." Wanda apologized.
"We were jerks, John. Real jerks." Blob nodded. "I just hope you can forgive us."
"See, now that wasn't so hard." Paul smirked. John looked at Barbecue. The fireman smiled.
"They mean it, John." Barbecue explained. "They made a mistake, just like you did." John looked over at Craig.
"Thanks for backing me up, mate." John said. Craig nodded.
"Any friend of my brother is a friend of mine." Craig said simply. "Besides, I know what it's like to not be trusted." John looked at the other Misfits.
"You guys treated me like I was a liar." John paused. "But, Barbecue's right. We both did stupid things. Paul, I should've listened to you all those years ago. You were right about Magneto."
"Hey John, you know me." Paul smiled. "I never lead you wrong in my life. I'm not mad at you. I'm glad that you see Magneto for what he is now. Besides, I forgive the guys. They were just letting the stuff between you and them in the past get in the way."
"I tried to convince them, but they wouldn't listen." Pietro grinned.
"You liar!" Wanda snapped at him.
"John, we were being stupid. We realize that now." Althea replied. "Let's just start over, huh?"
"It's her way of asking for forgiveness." Paul explained to John. Pyro thought it over.
"You guys were being stupid jerks...but it wasn't your fault. We all worked for Magneto, and we all did stupid things. You guys wised up, but it took a beating and near-death to make me realize that he was a hypocrite. I can't forgive Magneto...but I can forgive you guys." John smiled.
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(The Next Day, at the X-Mansion.)
"WILL YOU CLOWNS GO AWAY!!!!" Scott screamed. The Misfits decided to visit the X-Men as part of Pyro's "Official Misfit Initiation Ceremony." As usual, they were causing mayhem.
"We're just helping initiate our newest member." Xi shrugged. The other X- Men gathered around.
"New member? Who?" Jean asked the snake-like mutant.
"His name is St. John Allerdyce." Xi shrugged. "Old friend of Paul's."
"Well, if this St. John is an old friend of Paul's, then he can't be that bad." Rogue shrugged.
"WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!" An insane Aussie-accented voice laughed.
"That would be him now." Xi smirked.
"Wait, I know dat laugh." Remy glared at Xi. "You loons recruited dat nutball. How'd you convince him to leave Magneto?"
"Thank Paul and Barbecue." Xi shrugged. Lance strutted by.
"Summers sucks! He really really sucks! Summers sucks! He really really sucks!" Lance sang happily. "We got a new member! We got a new member!"
"John's not a bad guy. He's a little nuts, but he and Paul are old friends." Xi added.
"Well, if he's a friend of Paul's, then he can't be that bad." Jean shrugged. "Just don't let him set anything on fire.
"GIMME MY BEAR, PYRO!!!!! NOW!!!!" Beach Head's yell rang out as the teenage X-Men ran out. Pyro stood on the roof of the X-Mansion, holding Sgt. Snuffles dangerously close to his lighter and its flame. Beach Head stood on the ground. Paul stood next to him. "You're his buddy! Tell him to gimme my bear!!!"
"DO THE DANCE!!! DO THE DANCE!!!" Pyro screamed, laughing maniacally.
"What dance?" Jamie asked Todd.
"You'll see." Jamie smirked.
"Beach Head, when he's like this, not even I can calm him down. Just do the dance and he'll give you the bear." Paul sighed.
"DO THE DANCE OR I BURN THE BEAR!!!! WAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!" Pyro cackled.
"This is humiliating!" Beach Head moaned.
"Just do the dance, or you'll end up killing Sgt. Snuffles!" Wanda snapped.
"Grrr..." Beach Head growled as he started doing a silly-looking dance. Pyro grinned insanely.
"SING THE SONG!!!"
"NO!!!" Beach Head yelled.
"SING OR BEAR BURNS!!!!"
"Man, he is nuts!" Rogue raised an eyebrow.
"SING THE SONG, YOU PICKLE-HEAD!!!!" John cackled. He lowered Sgt. Snuffles to the lighter flame.
"OKAY! OKAY!" Beach Head screamed. "Old gray mare, she ain't what she used to be, ain't what she used to be, ain't what she used to be...Okay, I sung it! I just looked like an idiot! Happy?"
"That's better." John smiled, closing his lighter. "Here ya go." John chuckled crazily as he pitched down the bear to the Ranger.
"Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou..." Beach Head hugged the bear hard. He glared at the X-Men and the Misfits, who were trying not to laugh. "This never happened." Althea quickly hid a small camera she used to film it.
"Pyro's a Misfit. God help us all." Scott moaned.
"HEY!!! WHO SET MY BIKE ON FIRE?!?!?!" Logan's roar could be heard throughout the grounds.
I hope you enjoyed this little story I wrote. I had fun writing it, and I hope you have fun reading it. BTW, Sgt. Snuffles was not harmed in the making of this story. This is L1701E, signing off!!
Chapter 8: Rescue and Forgiveness
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"Man, what do we do?" Lance groaned. He and the other Misfits were released from the Infirmary, and they gathered in the Joe courtyard. Paul was surprisingly quiet.
"We have no choice." Althea sighed. "We have to find Craig." She looked over at Paul. "Okay Paul, we get the point. We'll find John."
"Look, we're sorry we judged him, okay Paul?" Blob asked. Paul looked up and let out a small smile. "Yep, now that's our Paul."
"Wanda, did you slip a tracer in John's costume?" Althea asked Wanda. "I never got a chance."
"Airtight did. Barbecue had it put in, just in case anything happened to him." Wanda replied, showing Althea a PDA-like device intended to receive the tracer's signal. Althea smiled.
"What's the frequency of that device?" Paul asked. Wavedancer looked at the display.
"435 MHz, why?" Althea trailed off as she saw Paul run off. "Paul! Get back here!" She chased after him.
"Three guesses what he's doing, yo?" Todd groaned as the others went after them. Althea ran to the motor pool, just to see a trail of dust as Paul drove away on his Starcycle.
"Aw man!" Althea panted as the other Misfits caught up.
"What do we do now?" Xi replied.
"Knowing Paul, he's going to track down Craig and John." Pietro sighed.
"C'mon!" Althea waved, the others behind her.
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Paul adjusted his on-board GPS, using the frequency Althea gave him to track down John and Craig's location. He smiled at his motorcycle, specially built for him by Airtight. Even though Paul was only sixteen and a half, he was very skilled in driving a motorcycle, considering his adopted dad loved motorcycles, and often took Paul on rides.
{Hang on, bro. Hang on, Johnny. I'm coming. Don't give up, you guys.}
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"Now hold still, kid." Mastermind tried to hack into Craig's mind, but Darkstar kept moving his head. John gave encouragement.
"Alright, mate!"
"Keep trying, old man." Craig mocked. Mastermind glared, and gave Craig an illusion.
"AHHHH!!!" Craig yelled. He thought his head was held still in a steel vice. Mastermind grabbed Craig's head and started to try and hack into his memories. Craig snarled as he tried to fight it off. Darkstar raised his feet and kicked Mastermind in the gut. As the illusionist staggered, Craig knocked him out with a kick to the head. Darkstar slipped his hand out of its manacle easily.
"How'd you do that, mate?" John asked.
"It's amazing what you can learn when you live with ninjas." Craig smirked. He freed his other hand, and removed his eye patch. "I'll show ya later." Craig cut John free with his laser. "C'mon." They left the room and looked around. "Now where's our stuff?"
"Look!" John pointed at the nearby wall. On it hung Craig's nightstick, and John's lighter and flamethrowers. "Alright!" John grabbed his lighter and gently held it. "My poor baby. I hope those jerks didn't hurt you." John tried to hug the little flame source. Craig shook his head in disbelief.
"My God, you are nuts." Craig sighed. "Let's get out of here." The two mutants, now armed with their gear, ran down the hall.
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The other Misfits followed Paul in a helicopter. He was on the ground, riding his Starcycle.
"Barbecue, why are you coming? We can take care of the Acolytes ourselves." Pietro scratched his head.
"To help John, that's why." The fireman replied. "You kids were being rather hard on him. As well as Paul. Simply because Paul believed John is in trouble."
"What do you think, Barbecue?" Wanda asked the fireman. "Do you think Pyro's in trouble?"
"Yeah, I do. My instincts have always told me that John's story is true." Barbecue replied. "Besides, the kid got left for dead. He doesn't deserve that. He's just like you guys. Just a crazy kid who strayed down the wrong path. I say it's a good thing he has a friend like Paul."
"I guess you have a point." Lance sighed.
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"Man, this is crazy!" John ran into another hall. "Where are we?"
"Beats me." Craig growled. He looked up at the ceiling, and he noticed some light leaking in. "Hey wait...Gimme a boost." John did so, allowing Craig to cut around the light leak with his laser. "Alright. Boost me up." John helped Craig through the hole. Darkstar reached through and helped pull Pyro up. The two looked around to see they were now inside a rotting old cabin.
"Reminds me of the old Brotherhood house, mate. Heh." Pyro quipped. Craig looked down the hole.
"Was that some underground complex or something?" Craig scratched his head in confusion.
"Who knows? Let's just get the heck out of here." John groaned. The two teens ran out through the front door.
"John, wait!" Craig and John stopped. "Did you notice that we seemed to escape too easily?" John thought about it.
"I guess you have a point." John wondered. The two teens turned and looked at the cabin. "You suppose it's a trap?"
"It's got to be." Craig glared at the cabin. His next statement went unsaid because the Ram Brothers slammed Darkstar and Pyro from behind.
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Paul stopped his Starcycle to look around. He saw nothing but trees.
{Craig...Craig...Where are you man? If you're in range of my call, answer me. Craig!!!!!} Paul called out mentally. He was hoping to reach Craig through the brothers' telepathic link. "C'mon, man. Where are you guys?" The chopper landed near Paul, and Starchild turned to notice the Misfits emerging. "Hey guys."
"Found Craig, Paul?" Xi asked.
"No." Paul replied. "You know, you could ask me if I think John's alright."
"What do you think, then?" Althea crossed her arms nonchalantly.
"I think they're both in big trouble." Paul replied. He then clutched his head as a sharp spike of pain hit him. "AHHHH!!!!"
{AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!} Craig's pained mental scream rang in Paul's mind. Paul opened his eyes.
"Craig!" He looked out in the direction the chopper was facing: East. "He's out there! Craig and John are out there!!" He jumped back on his motorcycle and drove off. {Craig!! Keep talking!! Let me find you!!}
"Follow that Starchild!!!" Althea ordered. The others ran to the chopper.
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"Uhnnnn..." Pyro moaned. He and Craig had just taken quite a beating from the Acolytes. "Man, my brains are scrambled."
"As if your brains were ever not scrambled." Craig groaned. The Acolytes stood over the two fallen mutants.
"Man, you two are pathetic!" Bolt laughed.
"Speak for yourself, Electric Boy!" Shiva snapped, rubbing her nose. "That Darkstar can really throw a punch. See?" Shiva pointed to the Ram Brothers. Ramrod was rubbing his cheeks, and Ramfist was nursing a hurt leg.
"Not to mention he's fatal with a nightstick. Ow." Ramfist whined. "My poor knee." Darkstar and Pyro snickered.
"Wuss." Craig snickered.
"Crybaby." Pyro chortled.
"HEY SHUT UP!!!!" Ramfist snapped. Ramrod kicked Pyro's gut, making him wince.
"Not the gut, man! My ribs just healed."
"Magneto gave you a chance." Shiva raised her sword. Craig tried to get up, bur Ramrod knocked him out. John fainted in fright. Shiva was about to impale Pyro when she noticed a blur behind her. She turned around. "What the..."
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"Uhhnnn...Wha?" John woke up and saw Craig, Paul and Barbecue help him up. The other Misfits were there with them as well. Pyro could see the sprawled- out bodies of the Acolytes, obvious victims of beatdowns.
"You alright, kid?" Barbecue asked John.
"Yeah." John replied weakly.
"Craig explained everything, John." Althea said. She sighed. "Look, we thought you double-crossed us, but...Paul was right. We should've believed him."
"Yeah." Todd agreed. "Sorry, John. We should've trusted you. Lady Jaye gave us a huge verbal smackdown."
"She made us realize we were doing the same thing to you that the X-Men were doing to us." Xi said in a monotone voice. "We were being judgemental."
"Look, we let the fact that you were an Acolyte blind us." Lance added.
"We forgot that we once worked for that jerk too. We wised up. And we denied you that chance. We're really sorry, Pyro." Wanda apologized.
"We were jerks, John. Real jerks." Blob nodded. "I just hope you can forgive us."
"See, now that wasn't so hard." Paul smirked. John looked at Barbecue. The fireman smiled.
"They mean it, John." Barbecue explained. "They made a mistake, just like you did." John looked over at Craig.
"Thanks for backing me up, mate." John said. Craig nodded.
"Any friend of my brother is a friend of mine." Craig said simply. "Besides, I know what it's like to not be trusted." John looked at the other Misfits.
"You guys treated me like I was a liar." John paused. "But, Barbecue's right. We both did stupid things. Paul, I should've listened to you all those years ago. You were right about Magneto."
"Hey John, you know me." Paul smiled. "I never lead you wrong in my life. I'm not mad at you. I'm glad that you see Magneto for what he is now. Besides, I forgive the guys. They were just letting the stuff between you and them in the past get in the way."
"I tried to convince them, but they wouldn't listen." Pietro grinned.
"You liar!" Wanda snapped at him.
"John, we were being stupid. We realize that now." Althea replied. "Let's just start over, huh?"
"It's her way of asking for forgiveness." Paul explained to John. Pyro thought it over.
"You guys were being stupid jerks...but it wasn't your fault. We all worked for Magneto, and we all did stupid things. You guys wised up, but it took a beating and near-death to make me realize that he was a hypocrite. I can't forgive Magneto...but I can forgive you guys." John smiled.
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(The Next Day, at the X-Mansion.)
"WILL YOU CLOWNS GO AWAY!!!!" Scott screamed. The Misfits decided to visit the X-Men as part of Pyro's "Official Misfit Initiation Ceremony." As usual, they were causing mayhem.
"We're just helping initiate our newest member." Xi shrugged. The other X- Men gathered around.
"New member? Who?" Jean asked the snake-like mutant.
"His name is St. John Allerdyce." Xi shrugged. "Old friend of Paul's."
"Well, if this St. John is an old friend of Paul's, then he can't be that bad." Rogue shrugged.
"WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!" An insane Aussie-accented voice laughed.
"That would be him now." Xi smirked.
"Wait, I know dat laugh." Remy glared at Xi. "You loons recruited dat nutball. How'd you convince him to leave Magneto?"
"Thank Paul and Barbecue." Xi shrugged. Lance strutted by.
"Summers sucks! He really really sucks! Summers sucks! He really really sucks!" Lance sang happily. "We got a new member! We got a new member!"
"John's not a bad guy. He's a little nuts, but he and Paul are old friends." Xi added.
"Well, if he's a friend of Paul's, then he can't be that bad." Jean shrugged. "Just don't let him set anything on fire.
"GIMME MY BEAR, PYRO!!!!! NOW!!!!" Beach Head's yell rang out as the teenage X-Men ran out. Pyro stood on the roof of the X-Mansion, holding Sgt. Snuffles dangerously close to his lighter and its flame. Beach Head stood on the ground. Paul stood next to him. "You're his buddy! Tell him to gimme my bear!!!"
"DO THE DANCE!!! DO THE DANCE!!!" Pyro screamed, laughing maniacally.
"What dance?" Jamie asked Todd.
"You'll see." Jamie smirked.
"Beach Head, when he's like this, not even I can calm him down. Just do the dance and he'll give you the bear." Paul sighed.
"DO THE DANCE OR I BURN THE BEAR!!!! WAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!" Pyro cackled.
"This is humiliating!" Beach Head moaned.
"Just do the dance, or you'll end up killing Sgt. Snuffles!" Wanda snapped.
"Grrr..." Beach Head growled as he started doing a silly-looking dance. Pyro grinned insanely.
"SING THE SONG!!!"
"NO!!!" Beach Head yelled.
"SING OR BEAR BURNS!!!!"
"Man, he is nuts!" Rogue raised an eyebrow.
"SING THE SONG, YOU PICKLE-HEAD!!!!" John cackled. He lowered Sgt. Snuffles to the lighter flame.
"OKAY! OKAY!" Beach Head screamed. "Old gray mare, she ain't what she used to be, ain't what she used to be, ain't what she used to be...Okay, I sung it! I just looked like an idiot! Happy?"
"That's better." John smiled, closing his lighter. "Here ya go." John chuckled crazily as he pitched down the bear to the Ranger.
"Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou..." Beach Head hugged the bear hard. He glared at the X-Men and the Misfits, who were trying not to laugh. "This never happened." Althea quickly hid a small camera she used to film it.
"Pyro's a Misfit. God help us all." Scott moaned.
"HEY!!! WHO SET MY BIKE ON FIRE?!?!?!" Logan's roar could be heard throughout the grounds.
I hope you enjoyed this little story I wrote. I had fun writing it, and I hope you have fun reading it. BTW, Sgt. Snuffles was not harmed in the making of this story. This is L1701E, signing off!!