And now, I must tell you this: I don't own any X-Men Evolution characters or GI Joe characters. Only Althea, Xi, Trinity, and baby Claudius are mine. I just had a fun idea for a Scott/Jean fic. A very unusual and fun idea. Get ready for a wild ride.

Adventures in Babysitting

Chapter 1: A Deal with the Devil

"Run Scott, Run!" Jean yelled, clearly terrified.

"Where?" Scott gulped as they ran outside.

"Anywhere!" Jean said. "Hide!" She pulled him into some bushes.

"Keep absolutely still," Scott whispered. "Not a sound!"

"Hey whazzup y'all!" Todd popped his head out of a nearby tree.

"Toad!" Jean and Scott snapped. "SHHHH!"

"What are you shhhhh-ing me for?" Todd asked.

"Yes that is a question," Althea popped out of the tree beside him.

"Okay what are you guys doing here?" Jean groaned.

"Just hanging out," Althea said.

"But the Sixty-five dollar question is what are you two doing hiding?" Todd asked.

"Scott! Jean! Where are you guys?" Kitty's voice floated out.

"Ohhhhh," Both Althea and Todd looked at each other.

"Now I get it," Todd grinned. "Trying to duck out of another driving lesson with Kitty huh?"

"Bingo," Scott moaned.

"Why don't you just whammy her with a thought that you'd already given her a lesson?" Todd asked.

"Don't think I haven't thought of that," Jean grumbled. "But the Professor warned me about doing it."

"Scott! Jean! Come on you guys! I wanna try some freeway driving!" Kitty shouted.

"We are so dead," Scott moaned.

"Oh well good thing neither one of us is eighteen isn't it Todd?" Althea said.

"That it is my little Sweetie of the Sea," Todd grinned. They both took a deep breath in order to shout out something to Kitty.

"NO!" Jean pleaded.

"For crying out loud even you guys aren't that cruel and heartless!" Scott begged.

"Maybe we are and maybe we aren't," Todd grinned.

"Please!" Jean begged. "We'll do anything!"

"Anything?" Althea raised her eyebrow.

"Anything!" Scott and Jean said.

"Well…." Althea grinned. "There is one thing you could do…"

"Scott! Jean! Come on you guys! The Professor said you had to do this!" Kitty walked around looking for them. "If you don't come out here I am so telling on you!"

Meanwhile Althea had told Scott and Jean her ultimatum. "You can't be serious," Jean blinked.

"I am," Althea grinned. "So do we have a deal?"

"Wait a minute…" Scott gulped. "We're not that desperate!"

"Jean! Come on! At least this time I know where the brakes are!"

"Yes we are!" Jean said quickly. "You got a deal!"

"Okie dokie," Althea grinned. "Come on Toddles."

Todd laughed as the two of them went to run interference with Kitty. "Hey! Kit-Kat!" Todd waved. "Yoo hoo!"

"Hey Toad, Althea. What are you guys doing here?" Kitty asked.

"Well we thought we'd invite you over to our place," Althea said. "Hey my dad is going sailing this afternoon. Wanna come and learn how to pilot a boat?"

"A boat? You mean actually learn how to sail?" Kitty blinked.

"Yeah but if you're busy…" Todd started to say.

"No I have plenty of time! I mean I wasn't gonna do anything important today anyway!" Kitty squealed.

"Hey but didn't you have a driving lesson with Jean or something?" Todd grinned.

"Forget it, she can do that any week!" Althea told him.

"Yeah like I can do that anytime!" Kitty said. "I mean driving lessons are so boring! Well what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

"Alright!" Althea grinned. "We're on our way!" She took a hold of Kitty and pressed the teleport button. Soon they were gone.

"She did it!" Scott yelled with glee. "WHOOPIE!"

"Yeah now all we have to do is that favor for Althea," Jean sighed.

"Oh boy…" Scott stopped cheering. "Maybe this wasn't such a good idea."

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Two days later the X-Men were preparing to go on a camping trip. "I hate camping," Tabitha grumbled. "If I wanted to live with insects and crawly things and have no toilets I'd have stayed at the Brotherhood house!"

"I hear ya," Kurt sighed as he brought his bags downstairs. "Didn't we already do survival training?"

"A little more couldn't hurt Elf," Logan grunted as he carried a cooler. "Of course its hardly gonna be any kind of survival training what with all this junk Ororo insists us taking!"

"This is a good field trip for the children," Ororo told him. "They need a break from the routine."

"Speaking of breaks how did that sailing lesson with Shipwreck go the other day?" Kurt asked Kitty.

"Let me put it to you this way," Kitty said. "I never knew you could crash a boat without setting it into the water."

"If it was anybody else I would be surprised at what you said," Rogue groaned. "But with that guy it fits."

"Man does the Professor have to leave town every weekend?" Ray grumbled as he carried some luggage down.

"I'm afraid so Ray," Xavier overheard the remark. "With all the Anti-Mutant legislation as well as dealing with the current lawsuits against the school, I am spending more and more time fighting the political battles than I'd like."

"Not to mention convincing the military and the scientific community that we are not a threat," Hank appeared in a suit. "As well as the general public."

"Well can't the Joes just vouch for us or something?" Ray asked.

"They have," Hank told him. "Unfortunately although GI Joe is regarded and respected as a superior fighting force, they aren't exactly popular with a majority of Pentagon officials due to their…unorthodox methods."

"Oh great," Ray grumbled. "I can't wait until we all go to court!"

"That may not be for a long time," Rogue told him. "Don't you pay attention in Civics class? Legal cases like this can drag on for years before going to trial."

"Yeah Multiple may be in college before we have our day in court," Scott and Jean arrived in casual attire.

"Hey aren't you a little overdressed for camping?" Tabitha asked. "Especially with those high heels?"

"Yeah where's your stuff?" Bobby asked.

"We're not going," Scott said. "Jean and I are staying here this weekend."

"Wait, how come those two get out of going?" Rogue asked.

"Oh man you two get to spend some time alone this weekend?" Kurt laughed as he elbowed Scott. "Sweet!"

"It's nothing like that!" Jean protested.

"Sure it isn't!" Tabitha laughed.

"You lucky dog," Bobby snickered.

"Uh not really," Scott sighed. "We won't exactly be alone."

"What do you mean, not exactly?" Kurt asked. "Hey if you need help, I'd love to stay!"

"Me too!" Rogue spoke up. "I hate camping!"

At that moment Althea walked in through the door with Todd. Each of them was carrying one of her baby brothers. Trinity skipped behind them. "We're here!" Althea announced.

"Hey somebody needs to help us get their stuff, yo," Todd said. "It's outside."

"What's going on?" Kurt asked. "What are they doing here?"

"Didn't Jean tell you?" Althea grinned. "She and Scott are babysitting my sisters and brothers this weekend."

"You two alone, with them?" Rogue blinked.

"As much as I'd love to help out here we gotta go," Tabitha said quickly. "You know how much we love camping!"

"Well what are we waiting for?" Kurt said quickly. "Wilderness here we come!" He teleported out of the room.

"Bye Scott! Bye Jean!" Rogue ran out the door with the rest of the students.

"I think it's time we must be going as well," Xavier said as he and the other adults left quickly.

"What have we gotten ourselves into?" Scott moaned.