Flea-va, Las Vegas! Part Two
A few states and several hours later, they landed at the McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas and with some careful maneuvering (mostly Poly shaping herself into a large trunk around Julie and Zodon), managed to exit with the baggage as it was unloaded with none the wiser. They had just made it to the baggage claim area when they saw Miss Kyle. Charging forward, they were sure they had finally got their chance to show Miss Kyle how much she meant to them when they were stopped by a security officer.
"Slow it down, kids. If Atlas and Galac-torque can keep themselves from horsin' around, so can you."
"But Miss Kyle is..." Poly started say just as Julie exclaimed, "She's getting away!"
"Is she your mom?"
"No." Poly admitted.
"Is she a relative?"
"She was our teacher," Julie explained.
"I see your folks didn't tell you young ladies about how things work in Las Vegas. We have a strict "No Fighting" policy. Every superhero and bad guy leaves their disagreements at the city limits, or we make them leave, you understand?"
"But..." both Poly and Julie tried to say.
"I didn't like my teachers much, either, but you can't go and get revenge for a bad grade here. You shouldn't do it anywhere really, but especially not in Las Vegas. The rules here about that are very strict, okay?"
"But we don't want to fight!" Poly finally managed.
"We came here on..." Julie started to explain before Zodon, with his holographic projector engaged, interrupted with, "There you are, uh, sister. Sisters. Mommy and daddy are waiting for us in the station wagon to take us all out for a day of good wholesome fun, so we should leave. Now."
"Sis...thuh?" Poly manages just as Zodon shoves her arms into her mouth to keep her quiet.
"But Miss Kyle is..." Julie tries yet again to get her point across.
"The one who gave you a 'D' in math, but the doctor said we shouldn't expect miracles, remember? Now let's all say 'Thank you' to the nice man and leave peacefully with no further suspicious activity, got it?"
Confused, the security guard just watches.
"Fangh hoo." Poly says from around her arms.
"Okay," Julie says playing along as Zodon is the better planner. "Thank you mister."
"Come along, 'siblings,'" Zondon says.
Shaking his head a bit, the security guard begins to fly off while saying, "Enjoy Las Vegas, little missy!"
Seeing another possible FISS, Julie calls out, "Wait, mister...your powers...are you a FISS, too?"
"'FISS?' Where'd someone your age hear about..."?
"What's your number?"
The security guard face palms as he floats above Julie. "Oh...I don't keep track of..."
"It's like everyone I meet knows my number. Don't you have one, too?"
"Forty-one," he says slowly sinking to the ground.
"Mine's eighty-four."
He feels bad for Julie and so takes off his cap to be sure she can see his eyes. "Look, kid, just because you aren't the first one to have the powers you do doesn't mean you won't grow up to do big things! Don't let what anyone else says get to you, miss...uh, I didn't catch you name."
"It doesn't matter..." Julie replies walking away.
"Hey, Julie! Zodon says he can find Miss Kyle, and that it won't cost us any money! Which is great, since I forgot to bring any." Poly says when Julie steps through the doors to the airport to rejoin her friends.
"But how does he know where she went?" Julie asks happy for the distraction from her feelings.
"If you want to find a room-temperature I.Q.," Zodon answers, "you go to a theater showing a movie based on a video game. We just have to figure out where a teacher would go in Las Vegas."
"Can you do that?" Julie asks.
"You'd better grooming believe it. Let's start with the hotel shuttle buses..."
"Slow it down, kids. If Atlas and Galac-torque can keep themselves from horsin' around, so can you."
"But Miss Kyle is..." Poly started say just as Julie exclaimed, "She's getting away!"
"Is she your mom?"
"No." Poly admitted.
"Is she a relative?"
"She was our teacher," Julie explained.
"I see your folks didn't tell you young ladies about how things work in Las Vegas. We have a strict "No Fighting" policy. Every superhero and bad guy leaves their disagreements at the city limits, or we make them leave, you understand?"
"But..." both Poly and Julie tried to say.
"I didn't like my teachers much, either, but you can't go and get revenge for a bad grade here. You shouldn't do it anywhere really, but especially not in Las Vegas. The rules here about that are very strict, okay?"
"But we don't want to fight!" Poly finally managed.
"We came here on..." Julie started to explain before Zodon, with his holographic projector engaged, interrupted with, "There you are, uh, sister. Sisters. Mommy and daddy are waiting for us in the station wagon to take us all out for a day of good wholesome fun, so we should leave. Now."
"Sis...thuh?" Poly manages just as Zodon shoves her arms into her mouth to keep her quiet.
"But Miss Kyle is..." Julie tries yet again to get her point across.
"The one who gave you a 'D' in math, but the doctor said we shouldn't expect miracles, remember? Now let's all say 'Thank you' to the nice man and leave peacefully with no further suspicious activity, got it?"
Confused, the security guard just watches.
"Fangh hoo." Poly says from around her arms.
"Okay," Julie says playing along as Zodon is the better planner. "Thank you mister."
"Come along, 'siblings,'" Zondon says.
Shaking his head a bit, the security guard begins to fly off while saying, "Enjoy Las Vegas, little missy!"
Seeing another possible FISS, Julie calls out, "Wait, mister...your powers...are you a FISS, too?"
"'FISS?' Where'd someone your age hear about..."?
"What's your number?"
The security guard face palms as he floats above Julie. "Oh...I don't keep track of..."
"It's like everyone I meet knows my number. Don't you have one, too?"
"Forty-one," he says slowly sinking to the ground.
"Mine's eighty-four."
He feels bad for Julie and so takes off his cap to be sure she can see his eyes. "Look, kid, just because you aren't the first one to have the powers you do doesn't mean you won't grow up to do big things! Don't let what anyone else says get to you, miss...uh, I didn't catch you name."
"It doesn't matter..." Julie replies walking away.
"Hey, Julie! Zodon says he can find Miss Kyle, and that it won't cost us any money! Which is great, since I forgot to bring any." Poly says when Julie steps through the doors to the airport to rejoin her friends.
"But how does he know where she went?" Julie asks happy for the distraction from her feelings.
"If you want to find a room-temperature I.Q.," Zodon answers, "you go to a theater showing a movie based on a video game. We just have to figure out where a teacher would go in Las Vegas."
"Can you do that?" Julie asks.
"You'd better grooming believe it. Let's start with the hotel shuttle buses..."