Hi, I'm not sure how often I'll update after this since I will be starting my new college soon, but I'll try to still continue, I have a thing about not leaving things half finished, and I have loads of plans for this series, including the two OC's I mentioned last chapter.

I still only own Fliss.

SuperminionXD

"You will not be making wallets, necktie racks or paperweights! You will not be engaging potato sack races, water balloon tosses or pony rides! You will be taking 20 mile hikes, repelling treacherous cliffs and crossing treacherous water with no more than a rope and all the courage you can muster! DO YOU READ ME?" the extremely militaristic man commands.

"Yes Sargent Hawk Sir!" everyone choruses.

"I SAID DO YOU READ ME!" he repeats.

"YES SARGENT HAWK SIR!" Everyone else repeats.

"DO YOU READ ME?" He shouts, stopping right in front of me, I shrank back in fear.

"Y-yes S-Sargent H-hawk S-sir" I stutter nervously, why did he have to shout?

"I CAN'T HERE YOU!"

"Y-yes Sargent Hawk Sir" I repeated slightly louder, playing nervously with the hem of my pink jean shorts, fortunately he sighed and moved on.

"Welcome to Iron-back Survival Camp, a name you won't soon forget" the Sargent announces loudly, "Now here we have a young man, Scott Sumner…"

"Summers" Scott corrects.

"…whose Scholastic achievements at Bayville High have earned him the rank of group leader" the Military man continues as if nothing had happened, "You will be following his lead! You've got ten minutes to stow your gear and report to the training field! DISMISSED!"

"Oh I'm gunna be like dead in, like, two days!" Kitty exclaims as everyone else went to get their stuff.

"What about me? I'm a city kid!" Evan interjects.

"What did we ever do to deserve this?" Kurt asks forlornly.

"I'm going AWOL" Rogue announces, "Anyone know how to hotwire a school bus?"

"Whoa, whoa, slow down Private, come on, we're not washing out in front of the whole school" Scott stops her, in my opinion he is taking this whole leader thing much two seriously, "Besides, Professor X endorses this place"

"Yeah, at least he gave us a choice, survival training here or with Wolverine" Jean points out.

"Some choice" Rogue complains, they're right though, there is no way I'm surviving either, they took away my I-pod! Something about if I was stranded on a dessert island I wouldn't have time for music. Kurt's right, what did we do to deserve this?

"Come on! We can do this!" Scott assures us, we all pick up our things, I drag my pink suitcase along the bare rocky ground towards the 'Barracks' as the Sargent had called them. I am officially going to die! I look over and see the entire Brotherhood, including Midnight and the Cat-clones, standing in a group watching us. Yep, I am definitely going to die…

My lungs are burning and my arms feel like they are being ripped out of their sockets, my hands are so slippy they barely cling to the rope! My pale purple sleeveless top is covered in sweat. I look down; I'm only two metres off the ground! I'm barely surviving after two hours, how on earth am I going to survive a whole week? If only I could just fly to the top, but that would be way too obvious. And cheating. Suddenly there is a loud creaking sound, is it just me or am I moving down? I look across to see Blob trying to climb the rope, no wonder… all of a sudden the rope snaps and everyone springs back up and resumes climbing.

Tears spring to my eyes as I reach hand to pull me up further, my arms ache and the shiny texture of my skin makes it impossible to hold on easily. Maybe just a little help, I think, no I can't, we agreed not to. Scott and Lance seem to be locked in some sort of competition, and I can't help thinking no good will come of it.

The zip-line is a lot easier, the only hard part is holding on with my slippy hands. When I get down the two boats are gone, one with Lance in and the other empty with Scott swimming in the water next to it.

"Hey! That cheating chump!" Evan accuses, spikes erupting from his arm.

"No! We agreed not to use our powers out here, remember?" Jean stops him, "You know, just man against nature!"

"That guy needs his boat popped!" Evan insists, I sort of agree, it was mean of Lance to knock Scott in the water like that.

"Yeah, well, Scott's cool, he'll handle it like a group leader should" Jean concludes, just as she says that a red beam shoots across the water and hits Lance's boat. "Or not…"

We all cheer anyway as Scott arrives at the finish, that is until the Brotherhood arrives.

"That loser Scott should've lost, and you know it!" Blob accuses.

"Yeah!" Pietro agrees, "Just because he slipped and took a bath the guy went ballistic!"

"Face it, he cheated" Midnight says haughtily.

"Slipped? More like Avalanched!" Kurt retorts, why does everyone have to fight? I shrink back.

"He stole that first place ribbon!" Todd accuses.

"He did not!" Kitty objects, I shrink back further.

"You want that ribbon so bad? I'll pin it to your forehead!" Rogue retorts, and with that everyone breaks out in arguments with hissing and spitting from the Cats. I bite my lip nervously; I don't like it when people fight. Tears spring up in my eyes. Then all of a sudden the noise is interrupted by a piercing whistle.

My arms are burning, I feel as if I could collapse any second.

"58, 59, 60" everyone choruses, I collapse gratefully to the ground, I don't even know why I had to do this, I wasn't even fighting!

"Now on your feet!" Sargent Hawk orders, reluctantly we all comply. "Here at Iron-Back we got ways to weed the loudmouths from the tough guys; we fight it out in the wilderness, against the wilderness! You grunts wanna prove how tough you are? Fine! First team to snatch a flag I planted up there on Mount Humiliation and brings it back to me wins!"

He points towards a gigantic mountain. No way did I disserve this! And talk about annoying naming, it's almost as bad as 'Danger Room'!

"Cakewalk!" Pietro exclaims "Our team can take a Sauna, I'll get it myself"

"Not if I beat you there!" Kurt challenges, not this again!

"The whole team or no one!" Sargent Hawk clarifies, "As proof I want a snapshot of every member right there at the top! ARE WE CLEAR?!"

"SIR YES SIR!" Everyone choruses.

"You leave in five from opposite trails, be ready" the military man tells us. I get the distinct feeling we've just signed our own death warrants.

"Better say your farewells, Sumner, 'cause you guys aren't coming back!" Lance warns sinisterly.

"Oh you got something in mind, rock tumbler? 'Cause I…" Scott retorts,

"Scott! What do you think you're doing?" Jean interrupts; I turn and leave the fighting to see if I can find some water before I collapse.

"Come on! Let's pick it up! We're almost to the base!" Scott announces, running ahead. The Sargent was right, this is Humiliating, I'm officially going to die half way up Mount Humiliation! If not before then! At least I'm only second from the back; Evan is behind me complaining about the lack of concrete. But I am suffering serious music withdrawal symptoms.

"What's with Mr Decathlon?" Rogue asks, "He's as bad as Sargent Hawk!"

"All he cares about is winning this thing!" Kitty points out, "Hey Kurt can't you, like make yourself useful and teleport us to the top?"

"Zis trip is of the power-free variety I'm told" Kurt explains, which is so annoying, otherwise I'd just fly to the top, plus I'm almost learning to be able to carry someone!

"Come on, just follow Scott's lead on this, we'll win you'll see!" Jean assures us as the three of them speed up, there's no way I'm catching up now!

When I finally do catch up Evan has overtaken me and everyone is stopped in front of a large cliff. Ok, aah!

"That flag is ours!" Scott exclaims, starting to climb up a rope that is mysteriously attached to the top of the cliff. We all look at him incredulously. Jean walks up to him before glaring and climbing without the rope. So much for a rest.

"There it is! Victory!" Scott exclaims after what seems like endless climbing, the previously smooth and wax-like skin on my hands is scratched and rough, it hurts, but at least it helps with grip. All of this is however hidden by my Hollo-band (This is what I've decided to call Fliss's inducer, since Kurt's is sometimes called a Hollo-watch but hers is in the form of a hair-band, hence Hollo-band)

Then all of a sudden the ground shakes, I scream as one of my hands slips loose, closely followed by the other. However I quickly stop my fall and float to where the others are standing. Only to hear Evan's cry. Luckily Jean reacts quickly, telekinetically freezing his fall and levitating him back to the ledge. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding.

"Whoa! I don't recommend that" Evan exclaims once standing on the ground again. I don't think anyone who'd just fallen off a cliff and nearly to their deaths would recommend it, but then not many people actually do that because generally they don't have friends with superpowers to save them, but still…

"Nice move" Scott congratulates Jean as both Kitty and Kurt congratulate Evan on his survival. "That tremor had to be Lance so they've gotta be close, Jean, levitate us to the top, Fliss, you fly behind!"

What happened to no powers?

"No way, forget it" Jean objects.

"What? You just used you're powers, what's the difference?" Scott retorts. No, they're fighting again! Why do people have to fight?

"That was life and death, this contest isn't!" Jean points out, "Seems like X-men ought to know the difference!"

"Over here!" Rogue exclaims, looking down what seems to be a vertical mine-shaft, "It's them!"

Them as in the Brotherhood? Well I think it's safe to say only they would get themselves stuck underground while trying to climb a mountain…

"… no… WE'RE CAVED IN!" Toad's voice echoes up the tunnel, "Oh come on, don't leave us down here, man! Not for some stupid flag!"

"Shut up, we don't need any help" Midnight's voice insists.

"Why? You wanna stay stuck down here?" Toad retorts.

"We won't leave you!" Scott concludes, and so proceeds Mission Rescue-the-Brotherhood-from-their-own-stupidity. Actually that's a rubbish mission title, do missions even need titles? Soon though it's all organised and all of the Brotherhood is out except for Lance, when all of a sudden Pietro wizzes off, obviously in search of the flag. Kurt immediately ports to get there before him and in the distance I can see their fight over the stick and white fabric. It's just then that with a roar of engines the Blackbird emerges from behind the peak.

"X-men! Professor X is in danger, and so is Mystique!" Storm's voice is broadcast from the plane.

"Up to it?" Scott asks Lance.

"Let's go!" Lance concedes. And so all of us, including the Brotherhood, though reluctantly for some, board the Jet, but not before we take a big photo of all of us standing with the flag. As the Blackbird takes off we skim near the ground, depositing the flag and the photo in front of a confused Sargent Hawk. I smile, picturing his face.

After a brief stop at the Brotherhood house to pick up their uniforms we arrive at the mansion. Midnight, now having taken the name Dark, wears a halter-neck body suit which is black with a large crescent moon and a single star printed in silver. Amber and Sienna, or the Lynx sisters, wear cropped orange camisole tops and matching short shorts and are both in their cat-form.

"Take a break Wolverine!" Cyclops shouts as we burst through the Danger room doors.

"We'll take it from here!" Lance finishes.

"Well now, this is a surprise" Mystique comments. But the huge red giant continues his advance on the Professor. Fortunately though, before he reaches him he is lifted into the air telekinetically by Jean who unfortunately can't hold him long.

"Cain's helmet! Remove it!" a currently injured Wolverine tells us. All of a sudden Blob smashes into 'Cain' with a sickening squelch.

"Unstoppable, meet the unmovable!" he challenges, providing a distraction for Kurt to port in and undo the first buckle before he is yanked off and thrown against a wall. The now angrier Juggernaut charges back at Blob, smashing him against a wall before Scott steps in and tries to blast his helmet with an Optic beam. Unfortunately only earning a piece of machinery in his direction.

I was still frozen at the door, what could I do? I had never been in a proper fight before, barring Danger room sessions and the thing with Dark and the Lynx sisters, but that lasted all of two seconds, and this guy was destroying everything! A tremor, courtesy of Avalanche, catches the giant off balance and he crashes to his knees. Where Quicksilver takes advantage and undoes another buckle before he himself is thrown off. Now being battered by gale force winds, Juggernaut falls once again, allowing Kitty and Rogue to sneak in through a wall and unlatch another. Only one left I think, using a similar tactic to the one they used on me, Dark covers him with her 'Dark matter' while the Sisters stalk him, trying to take advantage of his confusion. I have to do something! I decide, I just have to! I fly up into the air towards the Juggernaut, whose wild lashing has caused the darkness to dissipate and knocked out both Lynx sisters.

"DON'T! HURT! MY! FRIENDS!" I shout, punctuating each word with a Photon blast, the last of which hits the remaining buckle, blasting it open. The remaining conscious X-men and Brotherhood are shocked by my speech but Toad's tongue shoots out, looping through the eye holes of the mask and yanking it off.

"AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!" the fallen giant shouts as he is hit repeatedly by psychic blasts, courtesy of the Professor, before he finally collapses in front of the wheelchair. Everyone cheers our victory and rushes over to the unconscious Juggernaut.

"Now that's something you won't see every day" Mystique comments.

"I agree" The Professor agrees, "And that's a shame"

"Come on, let's get out of here before you're invited to a slumber party" Mystique orders and leaves with the Brotherhood following, Lance is the last to leave.

"Hey Summers, as a group leader, you're only half bad" He compliments.

"Well then next time you can call the shots" Scott offers

"Trust me, there won't be a next time" Lance concludes as he turns and leaves. I sigh, it was nice everyone not fighting for a bit, but then you can't have everything.

So, that's it for now, by the way, I am skipping Episode 10 since it is mostly about Kurt so I can't really fit Fliss in, plus the quicker I finish season 1 the quicker I introduce my other OC's then there can be more solo adventures.

In case you didn't realise, Fliss has a sort of phobia of verbal confrontation, and by extention other people arguing, as such she always tries to resolve the arguments where she can, as shown in the last chapter.

Bye for now,

SuperminionXD