"Alright, everyone. Now, as you all know, Professor Xavier and Mystique are trapped in one body. A body that is slowly dying, mind you."

The students murmured and looked around at one another, waiting for the announcement for the mission.

Emma continued. "We are going to find an alley of ours called Shen Xorn. We are going to ask him to take us to another dimension, and bring back his brother, Kuan-Yin." She stood a little straighter. "We will be bringing Kuan-Yin back here to heal the professor and Mystique. While he is here, I don't want any one of you to engage with him. He is a dangerous man. Now, without further ado, I'm going to announce those who are coming with us. Andrea, Nick, Phoebe, Ayehsa, Jake, Raquel, and Manny, along with Jean, Scott, Logan, Rouge, Kurt, Bobby, Hank, Remy, Amara, and Ororo. Kitty, Peter, Kavita, Deadpool, and the rest of the X-Men will be here in case of emergency. Rachel and Franklin will also be here. Any questions?"

No one said a word, and Emma nodded. "Good. Now, get back to the Danger Room."

The students started to leave.

"Selena, 22. Stay, please."

The girls looked at each other, and retreated back to Emma.

"I want you two to look in on this new Brotherhood of Mutants," Emma said. "They live in an old house a few miles away. I trust you two can find it. I'd like for you to leave right away."

"This sucks. How did we get stuck doing this in the rain?" Twenty-two complained as the two of them tromped through the woods two hours later.

"I dunno," Selena sighed. "Look, there's the house. You take the chimney, I'll take the porch?"

"Good idea."

Twenty-two grabbed a branch and pulled herself up into a tree. She made her way through the trees until she found one close to the roof of the house. With a flying leap, she jumped off of the branch and landed on the roof, barley making a noise. She flipped onto the chimney, took a deep breath, and lowered herself into the shaft.

She slid down until she was just above the bottom, and caught herself. She could hear talking not far away . . .

". . . Friend on the inside informed me of a mission to China. Most of the senior X-Men and a few of the Younger ones are going too, including the Summers girl. They're leaving Friday, and placing Rachel Summers in charge. I was also informed that on Saturday night, Alex, Myranda, Christian, and Amanda are going out, and that Kitty, Peter, Deadpool, and Lorna are meeting with the Avengers. So Saturday night sounds like a perfect time to penetrate the Mansion."

"What are we supposed to do when we get there?" asked another voice, a females.

"Well, isn't obvious? Kill the body housing Charles Xavier."

Selena had sneaked quietly onto the porch, and was now crouching under the window. She had just heard of plans to kill Charles Xavier.

And she had also just heard that there was a traitor in the Mansion.

"It's getting kind of chilly in here," said the second voice. "Mayson, light a fire."

Selena covered her mouth, not sure if she should laugh, or, well . . . laugh.

"It's getting kind of chilly in here. Mayson, light a fire."

Twenty-two rolled her eyes. Of course! Why not? She started to make her way up the chimney as quickly as possible. She heard a match light, and then the roar of the fire. Her fingers slipping on the soot, she started to go down.

She caught herself right before her behind came into view of the fireplace, but she could feel the flames licking at her spandex, and then she was on fire.

She climbed up the chimney as fast as she could, blinded by soot and smoke, until she fell out on top of the roof.

"Yoowza!" She jumped straight to the ground, and Selena grabbed her up and pulled her into the woods before the Brotherhood heard them.

As soon as they were out of sight, 22 stopped, dropped, and rolled. Her whole pants were on fire now.

Selena busted out laughing, holding her stomach as 22 rolled until the fire was out.

Selena sobered herself as 22's pants were put out.

Twenty-two scowled at her ugly, scarred legs. All that was left on her was a bottom flimsy thong with Captain America in a heart in the front, which sent Selena into a fit all over again.

"Alright, alright, shuddap!" 22 yelled. She yanked Selena's coat off of her and wrapped it around her waist. "Great. This is going to take, like, an hour to heal. Next time, you're taking the chimney!"

Selena calmed herself enough to stand, though she still had a grin on her face. "Whatever you say, Cap."

"Oh, shut up!"

"Ok. Ok. I'm good. Ok." Selena took a deep breath. "Come on, we have to warn the others."

" . . . And they plan on breaking in on Saturday and killing the Professor!"

Selena and 22 had just gotten finished telling everything they knew to Jean, Scott, Logan, and Emma.

"Well, right now the thing that concerns me most is that there's a traitor in the mansion," Emma said. "Whoever it is has gotten very good at hiding it, what with all these telepaths running around."

"What do we do?" Jean asked.

"What can we do?" Logan asked, propping his feet up on the table and opening a newspaper. "They'll probably reveal themselves at this big ol' raid on Saturday. We wait. Tell Alex and Christian to cancel on their dates, and Kitty that she needs to reschedule with the Avengers. We're going on our mission, as planned."

Selena and 22 nodded, and turned to leave.

"And, 22?" Logan said without looking away from his newspaper.

"Yeah?"

He took a puff off his cigar. "Where the hell are your pants?"