Althea's mine, Xi's mine, Trinity and Claudius is mine. Everybody else: Not mine. Well this is a crazy fic I came up with right after 'Tremors of the Past'. I thought the Misfits deserved their own adventure.

The Misfit Island Adventure

Chapter 1: Family Bonding Can be a Pain

It all started the day after the big mess at the X-Mansion. Things were at an all time low between the Misfits and X-Men. Lance may have even broken up with Kitty for good. Now the adults were lecturing the kids about the weekend.

"Okay now I think after this weekend's episode we can all see the dangers of drinking alcohol," Roadblock said to the Misfits. "And how it causes things to get out of control."

"Then why did you do it?" Todd asked.

"He's got us there," The Blind Master said.

"Look it's obvious that we haven't been very good role models on that point lately," Spirit sighed. "The goal here is to reform you guys. Not make you even worse. So from now on…this is a dry house."

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Shipwreck shouted.

"YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO US!" Polly squawked. "ARE YOU TRYING TO DRIVE ME TO AN EARLY GRAVE?"

"Come on Spirit let's be reasonable about this!" Shipwreck grabbed his shirt, pleading. "Our kids are pretty smart! They know not to imitate us! Right kids?"

"I dunno Shipwreck," Todd said. "We're pretty impressionable."

"Who asked you?" Shipwreck snapped.

"Come on let's go pour all the booze down the drain!" Fred cheerfully said.

"Yeah and I know where Dad and Polly hide their secret stash," Althea grinned.

"YOU WOULDN'T DARE!" Shipwreck shouted.

As the others went to their new activity Lance stayed behind chucking. He looked at Spirit who remained behind as well. "I think alcohol is one of the things we have the least to worry about."

"OH THE HUMANITY!" Polly squawked.

"I believe you're right," Spirit grinned. Then his smile faded. "We need to talk."

"What about?"

"I'm sorry," Spirit sighed. "I failed you Lance."

"How do you reckon that?" Lance asked.

"If I hadn't been so irresponsible maybe you wouldn't have had to go through what you just have," Spirit said. "I should have stayed sober in order to watch out for you. I hope you can forgive me."

"Actually," Lance grinned. "It's kind of reassuring to see that you guys screw up every now and then too."

"I still should have been there for you," Spirit said. "Will you be all right?"

"I'll be okay," Lance sighed. "Eventually."

"We're going to get you through this Lance," Spirit told him, putting his hand on his shoulder. "I promise."

"I think the worst of it's over right now," Lance sighed. "I just can't face them again."

"Who the X-Men?"

"Yeah, especially Kitty. I kind of told her everything about my attacks."

"What did she say?"

"Didn't give her a chance. Told her if she could handle a mess like me then she can give me a call."

"I still feel guilty about not being there to help you," Spirit sighed.

"You guys are standing by me now," Lance said. "That's more than most other adults have ever done for me."

"You're practically an adult now too," Spirit reminded him.

"Yeah," Lance sighed. "I guess I should grow up a little."

"PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! NOT THE BEER!" Shipwreck whined. "PLEASE! PLEASE!"

"Then again Shipwreck never did," Lance grinned.

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"So we're not going back to the X-Mansion for a while?" Todd asked. Most of the other Misfits were hanging around in the rec. room. Lance was out with Spirit working on some mediation exercises.

"No," Althea said. "We're gonna let them make the first move. Give Lance some time away from Kitty. She needs to make a decision before we go back. If she chooses Lance then we go back to normal."

"And if she don't choose him?" Todd asked.

"Then we make her life a living hell," Althea grinned. "Misfit style of course."

"Good plan," Todd grinned.

"I like it already," Xi nodded. He then saw the Blind Master walk in. "Blind Master, how is Shipwreck holding up?"

"As well as can be expected," He shrugged. "His liver needs a break anyway. I've come here to tell you to pack your bags. We're going on a weeklong training mission."

"Whoopee," Fred sighed.

"We're going on a training mission?" Todd asked. "Where?"

"You'll see," The Blind Master said. "Maybe when we get there you guys can stay out of trouble for a change."

"Hey how much trouble can we get into without the X-Men?" Pietro snickered.

"Do you really need to ask that question?" Wanda sighed.