I don't own any X-Men Evolution characters or GI Joe characters or anything else! Well now that that's out of the way, on to another one of my 100 chapter fics that give me hours of torment to write! But if you think this is gonna be a typical fluffy fic you are mistaken! Lots of drama as well as comedy here folks! And you know things are gonna change for our two groups of merry mutants and humans (AGAIN!). Which means, you guessed it…more new characters. But what else do you expect in…

This Soap Opera Called Life

Chapter 1: A New Chapter Begins

The latest turbulent chapter in the lives of the X-Men and Misfits began on a surprisingly normal day.

"DRAKE! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU NOT TO ICE THE HALLWAY?" Scott shouted.

Well normal if you were an X-Man that is.

Not long after the latest practical joke by Bobby several of the X-Men were relaxing in the kitchen watching television and snacking when Jean walked in. "Hey Jean how were classes today?" Scott asked.

"Not bad," Jean said as she put down her books and got herself a soda. "I mean as well as can be expected when you're the only mutant on campus."

"People still hassling you huh?" Rogue asked. "Man doesn't anybody give mutants a break?"

"Well Doctor Sterisin who teaches two of my classes is pretty nice," Jean said as she sat down at the table. "But other than that most of the people on campus avoid me like the plague. It's so different than high school."

"Well Jean did ya really expect to be Prom Queen or something?" Rogue asked.

"No," Jean folded her arms and sighed. "But I was hoping for some kind of tolerance. It is college you know?"

"Yeah and it's filled with the same jerks you graduated with," Rogue told her. "Something tells me they might still be a bit ticked off at you after what happened at graduation."

"Like it's our fault Magneto and his goons interrupted the ceremony," Kitty groaned.

"Well that must have been fun," Thornn remarked.

"Tell me about it," Scott moaned. "What a way to end a high school career. Hey turn up the volume, the Professor's on."

The volume was turned up and the students watched the news. "Today Professor Charles Xavier, well known Mutant Rights advocate spoke at the Museum of Natural History in New York City. Professor Xavier has recently published his book Only Human: The Mutant Question and Answer, which advocates peaceful co-operation between mutants and humans and offers some unique answers to some of the world's problems."

"Do you really think this book the Professor put out will do any good?" Rogue asked.

"Well its one way of getting our message across," Jean remarked.

"It's sure getting a lot of people talking," Kitty said.

"Unfortunately that's not all they're doing," Thornn remarked as scenes of anti-mutant protestors picketing the museum were shown.

"While Xavier preaches tolerance, other mutants are clearly not of the same opinion," The reporter spoke as scenes of fire and devastation were shown on the screen. The X-Men blanched as they saw who the mutant was terrorizing a small city. "An unidentified mutant recently attacked an anti-mutant demonstration in Paris yesterday, killing nine people and wounding several others. The mutant is still at large."

"Lucas," Scott growled.

"God if they ever found out he's the Professor's son…" Jubilee shook her head.

"Well he's not his son technically," Bobby scratched his head. "I mean he's one of his son's split personalities…."

"It's still not exactly the kind of publicity we need right now," Scott told him. "I don't know how he's eluding Cerebro!"

"He's probably using the same kind of cloaking technology Magneto has," Kitty said. "I mean he is working for him now."

"More like trying to worm his way into power more like it," Sam remarked. "And he's making plenty of people nervous. Can't say I blame 'em."

"The President has now decided to include in his cabinet a Department of Mutant Affairs," The reporter spoke. "The leading candidate is Henry P. Gyrich, a former federal agent with vast experience in dealing with mutants and other superhuman related phenomena."

"You gotta be kidding me!" Scott slammed his fist on the table.

"This is a joke right?" Kitty gasped.

"How did that weasel manage to get in good with the President?" Bobby shouted as a picture of Gyrich shaking hands with the President appeared onscreen.

"You know this guy?" Thornn asked.

"This guy is partially responsible for ruining our reputations at Bayville High and exposing us as mutants!" Jubilee snarled. "Because of him and his buddy Trask my parents took me out of here!"

"He had Jean and I captured and we nearly wound up being Cobra's guinea pigs!" Scott snapped.

"He's a real anti-mutant nut!" Kitty added. "Putting him in charge of a Department of Mutants is like…like…"

"Putting a fox in charge of guarding the hen house," Sam growled.

"Oh great!" Thornn groaned. "Can things get any worse?"

The reporter on screen continued. "This Friday the Senate will hold open hearings discussing the Mutant Problem. They will be lead by Senator Edward Kelly who is the author of the Mutant Registration Bill."

"You just had to say that didn't you?" Sam looked at Thornn.

"Also testifying will be Charles Xavier and Graydon Creed," A picture of a sharp dressed man with blue eyes and sandy hair flashed on screen. "Founder of the Friends of Humanity."

"Oh isn't that wonderful," Rogue spat. "What a jerk!"

"I heard he's thinking of running for the Senate also," Kurt said. "Just what we need. Another Senator that hates our guts and in charge of a small army of people who want to kill us!"

"Man," Rogue groaned. "I'd hate to have a jerk like that in the family."

"And I thought Mystique was bad enough," Kurt agreed.

"Shut it off," Scott grumbled. "I don't wanna hear any more."

"Yeah," Jean used the remote. "Why don't we have some peace and quiet for a change?"

"Sounds good to me," Kurt said.

Unfortunately at that very moment the alarm sounded. "What's going on?" Kitty shouted.

"Some nut just blew up our front gates!" Tabitha shouted as she ran in.

"Never a dull moment around here is there?" Kurt grumbled as they scrambled for battle. "So much for peace and quiet!"

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Meanwhile things were not much better over at the Misfit base. Roadblock had gathered the team to debrief them on their latest mission. "Even my sisters are gonna be part of this as well as Firestar and Dragonfly?" Althea asked.

"We're gonna need all the help we can get with this one," Roadblock told her. "Only Spyder and the Babies are gonna be left behind with Cover Girl. Spyder's still too unskilled."

"Must be big," Lance whistled. "So what's up?"

"Three days ago several death threats were sent to Senator Kelly. A group calling themselves the Brotherhood of Acolytes signed them. And we all know who they report to," Roadblock said.

"Great," Pietro rolled his eyes. "My insane father wants to kill Kelly."

"Who doesn't?" Lance grumbled. "We'd all like to take a crack at him."

"Then you kids are gonna love this next assignment," Roadblock told them. "Guess who's gonna be his bodyguards for the next three days?"

"Please say somebody else," Todd groaned.

"Sorry," Roadblock shrugged.

"Oh well isn't that special," Pietro mocked.

AU universe, remember? See the fic Parallel Lives for the details.

So what will happen, besides a lot of fun Kelly torture? Will the Misfits save Kelly from Magneto? Will Kelly be better off with the terrorists? Who blew up the X-Men's front gate? Read and find out.