The Doctor now stood in front of the console. He'd managed to get the TARDIS to materialize on Earth. Doing some calculations, he determined that the TARDIS had materialized in upstate New York. It looked as if he'd landed in someone's front yard. He opened the door just a little bit and found the people there watching him.

"Oh, hello…" he said.

"We don't like people landing in our front yard," one said. He was a scrappy looking man who smoked a cigar.

"Wolvie gets a little on the defensive," a woman with brown hair with a single white streak said, "but he's right, we don't really like strangers landing in our front yard."

"I'm sorry, it can be hard to land the TARDIS," the Doctor said.

The woman looked back at a red-headed woman. "Is he an alien?"

"He's an alien, Rogue. He doesn't have the same frequencies as a human or a mutant."

"Do we need to worry about him, Jean?"

"I don't think so…I could always contact the Professor."

"That won't be necessary, Jean," a voice said from behind all of the people present, "I know exactly who this man is. He's a little different than he was the last time I saw him, but he's the same man. I imagine he would be fine if we all just called him Doctor."

The Doctor craned his neck so that he could see. The man who had spoken had a familiar voice. Finally, he said a bald man sitting in a wheelchair. "Ah, Charles Xavier…it's been a while."

"It has."

"Let's see…yes, I was in my third incarnation the last we met."

"And which one is this?"

"This is my fourth incarnation."

"The last one I met was your second incarnation. I'm beginning to wonder how many different faces you're going to have."

"Oh, a few more I think…" someone was nudging the Doctor out of the way. Cassie's head finally poked out from under his arm.

"Hi, Wolvie, is Ric' here?" Cassie asked.

"Nah, he took off for Mexico a while ago. Unless he came back and we don't know about it."

"What about his friend 'Star'?"

"He's here. The rest of X-Force is. Speaking of X-Force, Meltdown needs to realize that I was right about Sabertooth. He was faking it."

"We all know, Logan." Rogue said.

Cassie tried to get out of the TARDIS. "I have friends to see."

"Really?" the Doctor asked, "am I allowed to approve of my daughter's friends first?"

"You don't even know how long it's been since I've seen any of my friends here."

"I think you can stay inside for a while."

"Oh, I will get out."

"Not right now."

Romana walked up from behind the Doctor. "Is your new daughter giving you problems?"

"Yes, watch her while I go and talk to Charles."

"Doctor, might I remind you that this is what happens when you don't control yourself?"

"Romana!"