Fourth floor common room [Early afternoon]

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

After spending time in the clinic talking with Rory and Logan, Anakin spread his books out in the common room and continued his work for Cyborg Relations.

Blast, but he was bored.

And he missed his banthabell.

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[fh-anonymous.livejournal.com]

Very faintly from down the hall, there was the sound of... singing.

Followed by a clang.

The voices were indistinct, like they weren't singing in English... *CLANG*

The tune was recognizable though:

"God rest ye merry gentlemen..."

*CLANG*

"Let nothing you dismay..."

*CLANG*

The gremlins had been to study hall.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin's head snapped up. "That's my bell," he muttered. He stalked out into the hallway, following the sound.

[fh-anonymous.livejournal.com]

About half a dozen gremlins, decked out in old tinsel and broken ornaments, were wandering down the hall caroling. Not having bothered to learn any song in it's entirety, they switched tunes after only a couple lines. They still aren't really singing any recognizable words, but their harmonies are quite good:

"Silent night..."

*CLANG*

"Holy night..."

*CLANG*

"All is calm..."

*CLANG*

"All is bright..."

*CLANG*

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Anakin called, striding down the hall after them. "That's mine."

He reached out, carefully checking to make sure the little monsters weren't sneaking up on him this time, and prepared to use the Force to reach for the bell.

"Give it back."

[fh-anonymous.livejournal.com]

The gremlins froze when they heard Anakin's voice. Slowly, all but one gremlin turned to stare at him. The last, currently holding the stick poised to strike the bell, looked warily at the other gremlins. They all stood like that for a moment and then...

The gremlin holding the stick raised his arms even higher and hit the bell hard:

*CLANG*

Not really expecting this, the gremlin holding the bell dropped it and fell over. The rest of the gremlins continued to stare at Anakin.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin stared back at the gremlins, not coming too close. "Hi there, creepy staring gremlins," he murmured. "I'm just gonna take that bell back, okay?"

He raised his hand and concentrated. The bell lifted into the air.

[fh-anonymous.livejournal.com]

When the bell started to rise off the floor, the gremlin with the stick dropped it and ducked to the ground, covering his head with his hands. The gremlin who had been holding onto the bell jumped up and grabbed onto the handle. All of the others turned and ran away. They dove for the nearest vent to escape back to the basement.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin levitated the stick into his hand and walked over to where the gremlin and the bell were now floating at his eye level.

"Any reason why I shouldn't ring you like a banthabell?" he asked the gremlin.

[fh-anonymous.livejournal.com]

Getting a firmer grip on the handle, the gremlin hanging off of the bell bared his teeth at Anakin.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin's eyes went very cold. "You don't want to mess with me," he said. He gestured sharply with his hand, shaking the bell. It let out a discordant clang as it flew towards the wall.

"Tell your friends."

[fh-anonymous.livejournal.com]

The gremlin shook with the bell, hanging on until he finally whiplashed off and hit the wall. Knocked out, he slid down the wall and fell over onto the floor.

The last gremlin was still huddled on the floor with his hands over his head. When the bell clanged, he tried to shrink into an even smaller ball.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin stopped the bell centimeters before it crashed into the wall, then kicked at the unconscious gremlin. "Don't mess with my bell," he snarled. He noticed the other gremlin cowering on the floor.

"You either," he snapped. He stomped back down the hallway, his foot lashing out at the final gremlin as he passed it.

If he aimed correctly, the gremlin should bounce twice before it reached the end of the hall.

[fh-anonymous.livejournal.com]

The gremlin stayed in a tight ball until it bounced the second time. Then he rolled in the air so that it could land on his feet. As soon as he landed, he dove for a convenient vent and disappeared.

The last gremlin lay in the hall, unconscious.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin was fairly certain he shouldn't feel quite so satisfied with the violence he had just inflicted.

He didn't really care.

Don't mess with the banthabell.

He strutted walked back towards the common room.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe is slowly making her way back to her room when she hears the bell. She follows the sound to see Anakin dealing with a gremlin.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin flashed Phoebe a triumphant smile after he had reclaimed the banthabell and exacted a slight bit of revenge on the gremlins.

He headed back into the common room.

[can_be_more]

((I have a fever! And the only cure is more banthabell!))