Halloween Special, Part 3

You walk over to the girls' side, robot costume slung on your shoulder, when you hear the girls arguing over something.

"I want to be the princess!!" Your sister, Flashfire.

"But I am a princess!" Your wife, Blackfire.

"Not anymore!"

You get closer and closer, and you can tell the other customers have taken notice. You reach your girls and find they're having a tug-o-war with what must be a "Princess" costume, which is really just a pink dress with frills and a plastic tiara.

"Girls, girls," you shout over their growling. "It's just a costume, don't fight over it!"

Simultaneously, the two shout, "But I want to be a princess for Halloween!!"

"Well," you say, "a princess costume doesn't really match my awesome robot costume!"

With those words, you fling your costume over your shoulder, and hold it out to show Blackfire and Flashfire, a big grin on your face.

"A robot?" Your sister doesn't seem impressed. "We've seen robots of all kinds, why would you want to be--"

"Ohhh!" Blackfire marvels. "Such detail!" She releases her grip on the Princess costume and approaches you. She examines it up and down with her eyes. "It even has a little rocket pack on the back~! Let's see if we can find a female robot costume!"

Blackfire takes you by the hand and leads you deeper down the aisle of costumes.

"So wait," Flashfire asks, "does that mean I get to be the princess?"

"Yes," Blackfire answers. "Because I am going to be a robot princess~!"

"Are there even such things?" Flashfire asks as she follows after.

Blackfire looks up and down the aisle, up and down the racks and shelves, but doesn't see a robot costume.

"No fair..." Blackfire whines. "I want to be a robot princess...!"

"Now now," you say to her soothingly. "We can always check out another costume store."

The three of you head to the front, and stand in line for a register. Just two people ahead is a teen girl about Blackfire's size and age holding what appears to be a female robot costume.

Blackfire lets out such a loud gasp that the girl and the person between them turn to look at her.

"That's a robot princess costume!!" Blackfire shouts, staring directly at it.

"Yeah," the teen human says. "So?"

"Can I have it?" Blackfire pleads. "Please?"

"No," the human girl says. "I'm going to buy it!"

The girl turns around, and the line moves forward.

"But, but!" Blackfire stammers. "I... I can pay you for it!"

The girl turns around again, and thinks for a moment.

"Well..." The girl pauses, and takes a look at the costume. The she looks at Blackfire. "Alright."

Blackfire practically jumps for joy as she hands over $20 to the human girl. The teen moves out of line to go find a different costume. The three of you make it to the front, and pay for your three costumes.

"Happy, Princess?" you ask Blackfire sarcastically. "We got you your robot princess costume by paying for it twice."

"Come on!" Blackfire says cheerfully, ignoring what you said. "We can visit Starfire and the Titans, and try these costumes on as well!"

*WHOOSH* Costumes in hand, the three of you take flight and head to Titans Tower.