Three Days Earlier
Xavier opened his eyes. Furrowing his brow he wheeled himself out of the large room. Cerebro had been modified and changed because Magneto still couldn't be found. Cerebro had picked up a new kind of signal. Faint and less pronounced. A single thought went through several minds at once as Xavier hurried to his office. Logan, Kurt, Scott, Jean. Please come to my office. It's urgent. In moments all required members had gathered. Jean was ever attentive and waiting for Charles to begin. Kurt had arrived first and hung lazily from the chandelier by his tail. Logan was eager to get this over with and steal Cyclops' cycle again. Scott was eager to get this over with so he could keep his cycle away from Logan.
Charles smiled at their promptness and began. "You know Jean and I have been working on Cerebro. Making modifications to find Eric."
"Did you find him?" Scott asked his eyes sparking angrily.
"No," Proff X said, "But we picked up five signatures in Manhattan."
"Anybody we know?" Logan asked itching to get some "exercise".
"A sixth signature, yes" he said, "But the other five are new. They aren't showing up on visual. Their mutants but not of the X gene. Hence," he said almost gravely, "they were not born with their mutation."
Logan snarled and gritted his teeth, "They were experimented on?"
"Most likely," Proff X nodded, "For some odd reason I can't see them. They're underground. In the subway system or the sewers. What I need you to do, is make contact and categorize." he said.
"All of us are going?" Kurt asked with a hopeful smile.
"Yes the four of you will go to Manhattan. Jean, I will tell you what to search for as their signatures are different from ours. The rest of you, go pack. You leave in the morning."
"Charles?" Logan said with a questioning eyebrow, "What if they're hostile?"
"I'll be watching and will send help if need be." Proff X said.
Logan nodded and left the room. Kurt popped back in, "Sorry Proff. But who is the sixth signature?"
"Ah yes, Make contact with him as well. Peter Parker. Code name Spiderman." he said with a smile.
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Present Day
April followed Casey down to the subway. Casey was jabbering about how he was going to pound the "tarantula" into the ground.
"April?!" Casey yelled making her jump.
"What?!" she yelled back.
"You're thinking again aren't you?" Casey asked almost laughing at her red face.
"I just have a weird feeling," she said running her hands through her hair.
"What? That Spiderman is falsely accusing the turtles of kidnapping?" Casey whispered an eyebrow up.
April rolled her eyes, "Other than the obvious. Spiderman said that they messed with the wrong family. Maybe the Foot are working for someone."
"Come again? You lost me," Casey scratched his head.
"The Foot have rarely used tranquilizers or smoke pelts," April mused, "Maybe Bishop took her." she hissed.
"That girl's not an alien or mutant," Casey whispered back, "Why would he take her?"
"As bait," April said fearfully.
"Lost again," Casey admitted.
"Must I explain everything to you," April complained, "Think about it. That girl is the Parker's family. Friends to..."
"...Spiderman," Casey said finally.
"And it clicks!" April applauded with sarcasm.
"He's not an alien," Casey said.
"But he's different," April argued, "If Bishop is after Spiderman, the guys, were they to get involved, could get hurt. Bishop will kill them." she added with a frown.
"Then again this is just a theory," he said, "There's no proof. Not that I'm defending him."Casey through up his hands in innocence, "Let's go warn the boys that... "
"That what? They can go play hero and get themselves killed?" she hissed.
"No," Casey said, "Straighten Spiderman out before he attacks the guys. Now what stop do we get off at?"
Once they got close enough to the lair they slipped into the sewers having no clue Spidy was following them.
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Michaelangelo was snoring on the couch bored out of his mind waiting for April to come. Leonardo had asked her to see if Parker took any pictures with your truly. He and Raphael were in the dojo practicing their ninjistu. Donatello was looking for clues as to who the girl from the night before was. Their father was sitting on the couch trying to watch his soaps and ignore Mikey's snores.
Leo almost got sliced in the face by a sei. "Yo, Leo," Raph said twirly his weapons around, "Usually yer the one tellen' me to focus."
"Don't worry about your opponent, Raph," Leo said taking his ninjato, flicking Raph's sais from his hands, and crossed his blades against his brother's neck, "Or they'll take advantage of your distraction." He removed the weapons sheathed them and bowed to his brother.
Raph huffed as he gathered his sais. "What the shell caught yer attention back there?"
"What do you mean?" Leo asked scrutinizing something over Raph's shoulder.
"That," Raph nodded toward him, "yer zoning out."
"I'm just a little angry and trying not to let it out," he said putting his hand on his brother's shoulder, "That's your job."
"Watch it," Raph growled but he walked off.
"Hey hey!" came an over zealous voice.
"Casey!" the boys called back joining their humans friends.
"Did you ...did you bring pizza?" Donny questioned with a grin.
"Sorry guys, April was too hurried to let me." he groaned.
"What's the matter?" Leo asked causing everyone to look their way.
"I think I worked out who took that girl,"April said sitting down at the kitchen table, "The Foot aren't usually this active. Kairi stopped trying so hard to hurt you guys. I think I know who they might be working for.
"First off, who is this girl?" she waited for an answer.
"A red head with another red head hanging around a dark alley at night?" Raph shrugged.
April shook her head. "She's a relative to the Parkers. Pete Parker takes the pictures of Spiderman. Spidy protects them. What if...what if someone knew that and would use that against them? Someone that hates people out of the norm?"
"Do you want us to answer?" Mikey asked, "Cause I totally thought this was rhetorical." he laughed.
Raphael smacked his brother upside the head.
"What if Bishop took her?" April asked trying to prolong the name that was so hated in this family.
Leo tensed and closed his eyes. Raph's teeth clenched his teeth and his hands gripped the hilts of his sais. Don and Mikey looked worriedly toward their father. Master Splinter had tensed also and creased his brow.
"We need to act now." Leo said, "We've gotta find him."
"What if that's exactly what he wants?" April asked, "You and Spiderman?"
"We can't just let Bishop use that girl as bait." Donny said.
"Then what do we do?" Mikey asked, fresh out of funny comebacks.
"We might need to speak with this Spiderman ourselves," Splinter suggested.
Mikey's eyes widened, "That would be so AWESOME!! I vote yes!!"
The other brothers shook their heads smiling. April spoke up again, "I almost forgot. Spidy thinks you guys were in on it."
Mikey's green face turned pale yellow, "My favorite super hero thinks were the bad guys??!!?!?!"
Donny patted his brother's shoulder, "Don't worry Mikey, we'll just have to set him straight."
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Spidy saw April and Jones go around a corner but when he rounded the bend they had disappeared. Great, he sighed. How could he have lost them? He was just five feet behind them. Suddenly he paused. Climbing up to the ceiling he waited upside down in the dark. Voices from deeper in the sewers were accompanied by footsteps.
"We've been down here for hours," one voice complained in a German accent.
"Calm down Elf. We'll leave soon," a deeper voice shushed.
"Must you call him that?" another male voice sighed.
"Yes," the husky one said, "Yes I must."
The third male seemed to ignore him. "Are we getting close, Jean?"
"Yes," a female said, "All six are down here."
Jean? Spidy thought. Where did he hear that name before? Then right after she spoke, it clicked. "Jean Grey?" he asked incredulously into the dark.
Jean stopped walking. Scott turned to her, "What is it?"
She smiled, Peter Parker. What are you doing down here?
Parker grinned as he recognized the voice enter his head. Wait there. I'll come to you. He told her.Leaving a small webbing on the ceiling he used his spider senses to find his friends. Peter turned around another bend and spotted the foursome dressed in their black uniforms. "Hey guys." he grinned as he dropped in front of them, "What are you doing here?"
"Well for one, looking for you," Scott said throwing one arm over his friend's shoulder, "So why are you in the sewer?"
He was about to speak when Logan smirked, "Did the rain wash the spider out?"
Pete sighed, "Long story," he said ignoring Logan and sobering. "My wife's cousin came to visit. Last night they went out and only MJ came home.
"And you hoped to find her in the sewer?" Logan asked his famous eyebrow raised.
"More like clues really." Pete confessed, "There were four teens in the alley last night. They're either part of it or tried to help. I tracked them as far as here but I lost my guides."
"You found me so what's the second reason you're down here?" Spidy asked.
Scott spoke, "Xavier fixed Cerebro to try and find Magneto."
Pete nodded knowingly, "Did it work?"
"Not in finding him but it did open a new channel of signatures." Jean explained, "There are five down here."
"Interesting," Pete murmured, "Mutants then? Did he seem them?" he asked.
"No but he did confirm they are mutants," Jean said, "That's why were down here. To find them and befriend them."
"So who's bright idea was it to take Logan on a social call?" Pete joked.
"Haha. Very funny, Spider." Logan smirked, annoyed.
"I wish my quest was a social visit," Pete said.
"Do you need any help?" Kurt asked.
"It would be greatly appreciated." he nodded.
"Where did you lose them?" Logan asked.
Spidy led the way to the bend where April and Casey had disappeared. "They couldn't have gone far," Scott said, "Check along the walls for a door or something."
Suddenly Pete's senses lit up, "Someone's coming. Hide!" he hissed.
The X-Men ducked for the shadows and Spidy clung to the ceiling. The wall on the outside bend opened up and April and Casey walked out. After the two had gone around the corner the five mutants came over to the door.
Scott turned to the blue fuzz, "Kurt, could you open it from the inside?"
Logan was ignoring Scott leadership as usual and out sprang his trusty claws. He tried shoving them into the cracks.
"I could pop in there but the residents might not give me time to open it."
"We can always force our way in," Logan grinned slicing through the bricks from top to bottom.
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"How do ya suggest we do that?" Raph asked after April and Casey left, "Just waltz up to him and say, Hey we didn't steal the little broad. We're the good guys too. Wanna go get a cup o' joe?"
"Raphael," their sensai scolded him, "Enough with the venom. Hatred and contentment will only lead to disruption in finding the child, not understanding."
"Sorry Master Splinter," he apologized with a frown.
"We could ask Parker to arrange it," Donny suggested, "He's talked to April. It wouldn't be too hard."
Leo sighed and looked around. Something was different. It was quiet. "Uh guys, Where's Mikey?"
"Now there's a terrifying question," Raph said standing and heading for the kitchen to see if he was there.
"Mikey?" Leo called.
Suddenly a flash of green flew through air from the balcony to the other railing. Much to no one's surprise Michelangelo was singing. "Spiderman! Spiderman! Does what ever a spider does!" he was swinging around on a rope, pretending to be his favorite superhero, "Spins a web any size! Catches Frisbees just like fries! Cowabunga dudes!"
"Apparently someone forgot the words," Donny laughed turning back to his computer. Then he saw the blips. "Uh guys," he said, "We've got company."
Blah bLah blAh blaH
Roudy: So there... how's that for unexpected.
Raph: you being wierd is unexpescted? smirks
Roudy: hahaha very funny, red
Raph: I thought you were redd?
Roudy: I am. with two Ds. you have one.
Logan: What's with cutting me short?
Roudy: oh be patient...you do what that is right?
Logan:growls irritadedly
Roudy: If I screwed up any of the characters please let me know. Oh and please review. looks over at Mikey Is he going to be okay?
Leo: The quicker you add the next chapter the faster he'll learn how to breathe again.
Mikey: gasps Spiderman AND the X-Men?!?!?!? laughs insanely from delight
Don: Please review.....for our sake eyes Mikey
