Part Fourteen.

The race to Mount Humiliation began. Scott raced ahead of his teams.

"Come on! Let's pick it up! We're almost at the base!"

"What's with Mr. Decathlon?"

"And where's Melanie?"

"Scott's angry that Melanie reminded him of when he accidently used his powers and damaged the football field. He told her to go to the Brotherhood team," Jean explained.

"Damn!" Evan yelled swatting a swarm of bugs. "These mosquitoes are the size of pelicans!"

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With the Brotherhood, Toad was hopping his way up the mountain.

"What's with you boys? Hurry up!"

Blob and Melanie were climbing up the mountain with Pietro and Lance tied on the other end.

"If this guy falls, I'm done for," Pietro groaned looking up. "Death by blubber bomb. Why do you get Melanie?"

"Because I called her and you joked about staring at her butt. Don't worry. We are winning this race."

Melanie darted her head toward the west.

"I hear a jet..."

"Mime! Hurry up!"

"Mime?!"

"A mime copys what a person does, don't they?" Lance yelled up.

"This is no time for this!!"

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Melanie was right. Storm was driving the X-Jet and creating a dense fog to hide where Juggernaut was from the press.

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Fred and Melanie were messing around with Lance and Pietro by letting them dangle from the mountain's edge.

"Guys? A little help?"

Lance and Pietro were yanked up and quickly untied the rope.

"Where's Toad?"

Melanie pointed toward an abandoned mine, pieces of wood .

He came out a few minutes later.

"There's a tunnel in there that's like a tunnel to the top."

"That's my boyfriend!" Melanie said before she kissed him, the wood standing between their bodies.

"Forget about making out-"

Before Lance could continue, Melanie butted in.

"You'll never hear another teenage boy say that again."

"Shut up! That flag is ours so come on!"

Lance tore away a piece of wood and the team went into the tunnel, unaware that the words "Keep Out" on the other side.

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Scott stared up at the top of Mount Humiliation, only a short distance away.

"Spot the flag?" Kurt asked as the others climbed up.

"No. Pop up there and see if its there."

"But-"

"Do you want to win or not? Hurry!"

Kurt teleported to the top and immediately came back.

"Its there. We're very close."

"Excellent. Evan, spike a rope up there. Time's wasting."

He quickly tied the rope to a spike and shot it only few feet from the top.

Scott offered the rope to a glaring Jean but she started climbing with her hands, completely ignoring the rope.

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Toad hopped down the tunnel and reached an exit leading to the top.

When Lance looked up, he could see it was blocked. He snapped, grabbed Toad by the collar and started shaking the ground.

"You moron! We can't get through!"

"You better let go of him, now!" Melanie screamed creating two fireballs in her hands.

"I-I kind of figured you could avalanche it loose a little bit."

Lance threw Toad to the ground. Melanie went over to him and made sure he was okay.

"Guys, wait. If we-"

Before Melanie could finish, Lance started using his powers.

The tunnel started caving in.

Melanie tried to use her powers to keep the boys from getting hurt but Lance, herself, and Pietro were buried underneath the rubble. Blob was able to get himself out and Toad was protected the most from Melanie's powers.

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With the X-men, Jean and Scott were arguing about using powers. Evan fell off the mountain and Jean used her powers to save him. Scott thought it was reason enough for her to levitate them to the top.

"Guys, over here!" Rogue said looking down a mine shaft. "Its them!"

Toad was looking back and forth nervously.

"We're caved in! Come on, don't leave us down here!"

The X-men looked at each other before they started getting the Brotherhood and their other teammate out.

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At the Xavier Institute, Juggernaut and Mystique had broken in. Wolverine and a still sick Melinda tried to stop Juggernaut but were useless. The unstoppable man even smashed his way through Cerebro, much to Mystique's dismay. Professor X and Mystique were cornered in the Danger room as Wolverine and Melinda were on the ground, unconsious.

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The Brotherhood and Melanie were pulled out of the mine thanks to the X-men. Pietro and Kurt were fighting over the flag when the X-Jet appeared. Storm was driving it.

"X-men, Professor X is in danger, so is Mystique."

Scott looked at Lance.

"You up for it?"

"Let's go."

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Sergeant Hawk was walking around camp when the roar of a close jet knocked him over. The white flag landed in front of him as well as a picture of the two mutant teams.

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Melinda and Wolverine started waking up as Juggernaut smashed his way through the Danger Room.

"Take a break guys!" Scott yelled as the two teams stood in the doorway, adorned in their mutant attire.

"We'll take it from here."

Melanie teleported over to Wolverine and Melinda and got them to the other side of the Danger Room.

"K-Kane's helmet. Remove it!" Wolverine screamed to the others.

Jean tried levitating the Juggernaut but couldn't hold him for more than a minute. He went to grab her once he came back to earth but was shoved by Blob.

"Unstoppable, meet the unmovable!"

Kurt teleported to the back of Kane and undid one of the four latches to the helmet. The elf was thrown aside and Blob was tackled by Juggernaut. Cyclops blasted at one of the latches on Kane's helmet latches before a piece of a Danger Room was thrown toward him. Avalanche shook the ground to bring the Juggernaut to his knees as Pietro quickly unlocked another latch. Storm created a whirlwind around Juggernaut and pushed him back to a wall. Kitty and Rogue emerged from the wall and finished the final latches. Juggernaut stood up and the girls darted off. Toad hopped onto the wall and used his tongue to grab the helmet and pull it off the unstoppable.

"No!" Kane screamed trying to shield his head from the Professor and Melanie's pychic blasts.

The Juggernaut managed to reach his way over to the Professor but fell just short of grabbing his brother.

"Yeah!"

"All right!"

The X-men and Brotherhood ran over to their leaders, cheering at their victory.

"There's something you won't see everyday."

"Yes...and that's a shame."

"Come on, boys. Let's get out of here before you're invited to a slumber party."

Todd winked at Melanie as the boys walked out.

Lance turned around to Scott.

"Summers, as a group leader, you're only half-bad."

"Then next time, you call the shots."

"There won't be a next time."

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Kane Marko was placed back in the paralysis biofluid. Professor X and Melanie stood in front of it, Jean, Scott, and Wolverine waiting outside.

"Melanie, your powers are indeed remarkable. It took me years to learn pychic blasts. I wonder how strong your powers could be."

"I guess I just used it instinctively. I'm just glad I could help."

"Maybe if you study hard," Professor said as he started to leave the room, "Maybe you'll be greater than any of your siblings."