So, yeah, I got asked for another one of these. Same rules apply as always, this follows on from the original trilogy ignoring all prequels and sequels.

CHAPTER ONE

The bank was having what was, comparatively speaking, a quiet day. That was, until three mutants smashed the door down.

Juggernaut, Blob and Avalanche looked around malevolently. "Anyone with cash, put it in bags," Juggernaut snarled. "And don't try doing anything stupid."

A security guard, perhaps braver than the others, drew his gun and fired several bullets. Blob deliberately stepped into the line of fire, letting the bullets be swallowed up into his body and then expelling them with a quick stomach flex. "That would count as stupid,"he told the guard, who hurriedly dropped his gun and raised his hands.

"Watch 'em, Blob,"Juggernaut instructed. "Dominikos." He led Avalanche through into the back where they found a safe. "Get rid of it."

Avalanche grinned. "With pleasure." He used his powers to disintegrate the safe door and he and Juggernaut began stuffing the contents into bags.

The trio ran out of the building. "Piece of cake,"Juggernaut boasted. But Avalanche pointed upwards. Streaking down on them were three flying X-Men: Storm, Rogue and Angel. Charging towards them on foot were Wolverine, Iceman and Jubilee.

"Avalanche, let's have them lose their footing,"Juggernaut snapped. Avalanche created an earth tremor that knocked the three ground-based X-Men off their feet. "Dukes, give me a lift." Blob grabbed hold of Juggernaut and hurled him into the air. He smashed a neon sign just as the other X-Men swooped down. Sparks flew in their face, causing them to back off. The three Brotherhood members, scampered away, disappearing down a manhole once they were out of view.

A short time later, Professor Xavier was checking over his X-Men. "Is everyone all right?"he asked.

"Stinking Brotherhood,"Wolverine grumbled. "We should have thrown them to Mojo when we had the chance."

Storm patted his arm. "We needed their help to get away."

"And it's not like we deliberately let them go,"Bobby pointed out. "They just ran out on us once they had the chance."

Logan sighed. "Was that meant to cheer me up?"

Rogue and Angel came into land nearby. "We had a look around,"Rogue noted. "But there's no sign of the Brotherhood anywhere."

"They must have some sort of hiding place,"Angel added.

"So what do we do now?"Jubilee asked.

"For the moment, there's nothing that we can do,"Xavier admitted. "Just head back to the mansion and wait for them to resurface."

The three Brotherhood members were sitting in a brick-lined hideout. Juggernaut was letting money flow through his fingers with reckless abandon, a broad grin on his face. "Well, fellas, we're rich!"

"That's quite a few rubles,"Avalanche agreed.

"No, it's dollars,"Blob corrected.

Avalanche shook his head. "No poetry."

"And who wants poetry?"Juggernaut retorted. "I just want cold hard cash."

"That's all you ever want,"noted Blob sourly.

Juggernaut glared at him. "And what's that supposed to mean?"

"That ever since you've been running this outfit, we've been going nowhere."

"Oh, what? You want to go back to trying to rule the world, is that it? Look where that got us. Now, we break a few heads, we break a few X-Men, and we get to live the high life. Sounds good to me."

"Perhaps your friend requires a challenge,"a smooth voice interrupted.

Juggernaut turned on the newcomer, a short but nevertheless imposing man, with black hair and a neatly trimmed beard. He was dressed all in black and carrying a cane. "And what's it got to do with you? Who are you anyway? What are you doing here?"

"My name is Cassidy. Tom Cassidy. People call me Black Tom. I have something of a mutant problem of my own and that is why I'm here. I want to hire your services."