(Okay, I was planning on having more pranks for this chapter but once I started typing it, I'd decided to keep them to a minimum and set up for the next chapter. Hurray! Finally, I'm back to writing Brotherhood chapters and this one is specifically on them. Please review.)
There's no place like home. Not really, the whole place was still a mess thanks to Wanda's "training" sessions. Personally, Lance considered them to be her personal freak out moments. At least things were getting somewhat back to normal.
Pietro zipped around the house one last time, popping in front of the others with five electronic bugs. He put a finger up to his mouth, indicating for everyone to be quiet. He moved towards the front door window and pointed to a black van was parked on the street.
Even someone with Blob's intelligence could figure out it was a surveillance van. Pietro creeped silently as he could to a glass vase. It was something that Mystique bought just before that whole Area 51 thing so the boys considered it fair game.
He set the bugs inside gently and pulled his hand out. Then he picked up the vase slowly…and smashed it as hard as he could into the wall. The van rocked on it's wheels, no doubt the FBI or whatever agents inside jumping out of their seats. That'll teach to keep their headphones quieter.
The Brotherhood all busted up laughing. "That'll show'em." snickered Toad. "Well, so what do we do now? Send those guys some soggy donuts?" asked Fred. "Nah, do you think they'll try and send another one of those social workers again?" asked Toad.
"Not a chance, we scared three of 'em away last week alone. It's a shame we can't use the whole haunted mansion trick like we used to, those were fun times." said Lance.
"Yeah, but now everybody knows our little secret so it doesn't fool them anymore. Still those were good days." said John. "Yeah, Wanda would have probably enjoyed getting rid of those losers if she ever comes back." said Lance. The others didn't notice Pietro, Kine, and Chris sneaking out the back.
"So, you think we should go to school?" asked John. Lance, Toad, and Fred looked at him as if he was insane.
"Are you crazy? The whole school may have hated us before but now it down right condemns us. Heck, Xavier was lucky to get that whole mutant suspension lifted. And for what? Do you actually think Kelly's going to let a bunch of mutants graduate from his school? Even if he did, what good will it do us? Nobody's going to hire us because we're all freaks to them." said Lance.
"At least we could get free food, we're still on the free lunch program." replied John. "Hey, he's got a good point. Let's go." said Fred. Lance sighed, "Once again Fred, you've proven that your brain is inside your stomach and not your head."
"Shut up!" yelled Fred. "I know why Lance doesn't want to go back to school, he doesn't want to see a certain pussycat." snickered Toad. "Don't go there Toad." growled Lance. "Okay, maybe I'll go to her. Here kitty kitty kitty." chucked Toad.
Lance tried to smack him but Toad jumped away and landed on Fred's shoulders. Fred was laughing just as hard as Toad was. Lance got angry, the ground shaking. Suddenly, they heard a knock on the door.
"Is that Kitty?" asked Toad. They all walked to the door and opened it. To their surprise, their visitor was Principal Robert Kelly. "Hello boys." he said. "Principal Kelly." said a surprised Lance.
"Lance, you did it all wrong. Don't address him in a manner of respect. Address him the way he should be. Racist, duesh, jerk weed, hate mongerer, deadbeat. Those are things that come to my mind after I saw your little public speech about the mutant menace." growled John.
"Relax Mr. Allerdyce, I'm just personally inviting you all to come back to school. No matter what my opinions are, I will obey the school board's decisions." said Kelly. "Spoken like a true politician." muttered John.
"No way, we don't go anywhere we're not wanted." said Fred. "Since when?" asked Toad. "I'm sure you won't be bothered by anyone, in fact I think they're all afraid of you." said Kelly.
While John cast a suspicious glare on the principal, the rest of the mutants all smiled. "Hey, it's just like…Hmm…Hey Fred, what's that thing my mom always told me." asked Toad. "You're an ugly baby." replied Fred. "Besides that." said Toad. "Get out." answered Fred.
"No…Now I remember, if you can't be cool then be feared." said Toad. Lance turned back to Kelly. "We'll be there." he said before slamming the door shut.
"That bloke wants us to go to school and make a disaster out of the day. That way, he'll have extra leverage at tonight's school board meeting and kick all us muties out of Bayville High." said John.
"So? If we get those X-Geeks suspended, so much the better." said Toad. "Actually, I've got a better idea...Wait a minute, where's Pietro and the camera brothers?" said John, realizing they were missing a few members.
Chris and Kine stood at attention, dressed in camouflage and green paint on their faces. Pietro walked back and forth in front of them, dressed as a military general.
"Gentleman, we have met the enemy and they are geeks. Losers of the most pathetic kind. It's like a bunch of monkeys and a few pieces of crap made love and out came Daniels and his buddies. And now we have learned from our intelligence sources that the bald headed crack pot that is their leader is sending them back to school. This presents a prime opportunity to add misery to what will be no doubt the worst days in those losers' lives. Am I right soldiers?" Pietro said.
"Sir yes sir." Kine and Chris said. "Technically, I should be addressed as great almighty sir." said Pietro. "Don't push it Pietro." growled Chris. "Fine." huffed Maximoff.
"Getting back to the matter at hand. I trust everyone has their equipment and ordinance accounted for?" asked Pietro. "Sir yes sir." said Kine and Chris. "Ten hut…wait a minute, isn't that supposed to be said before a superior officer speaks?...Oh well, move out." said Pietro.
"Hold it steady." growled Pietro as he wobbled on top of Chris and Kine's shoulders. He was looking through a window to get a good view of Evan's locker. "C'mon Evan, you're second period is up. Better move it or you're going to be late for lunch." Pietro said to himself.
Sure enough, Evan came walking down the hallway getting nasty looks from other students. He passed by them and unlocked his locker. As soon as he opened it, a boxing glove on a spring coil came flying out and hit him in the face. Evan fell to the ground unconscious.
Pietro busted up laughing. "Yes! Yes! Eat it Daniels!" he yelled. "You know, I sometimes think Pietro's obsession with Sypke's misery is a little…strange." Kine said to Chris. "Maybe he's in love with him." chuckled Chris.
Pietro suddenly leaped down on top of Chris and started strangling him. "Take it back! Take it back!" Maximoff yelled.
Later, the three pranksters were hiding in bushes and using binoculars to glance through windows from a distance. Their newest target, Scott Summer's Economics class. "Here he comes." said an excited Chris. Scott was sitting down at his desk. The three all started giggling. "Just wait till he tries to get up." said Kine.
Scott felt something underneath his pants, some kind of liquid. He tries to stand up but ends up taking the whole desk with him. The whole class watched with amusement as Summers realized the liquid on his chair was superglue. And to top it off, Summers got detention.
Kine and Chris cleaned the makeup off their faces and dressed in normal clothing as they headed towards their next target: Jean's gym class. They hide behind the bleachers and watched as practically the entire class was bullying Jean during basketball.
Jean was knocked down again and again. "Ouch, that's just unkind." said Chris. "Then how about we help out?" chuckled Kine. Benedict used his powers to cause the players to trip on their feet anytime they grabbed the basketball.
Finally Jean got the ball and then everyone except her tripped on their feet to the floor. "Hey, she used her powers!" yelled one of the students. "What? No, I didn't…" pleaded Jean.
"Hit the bench Grey." ordered the teacher. Kine and Terrance high-fived each other. As a little bonus, Kine sent a neural command that forced one of the students to throw the basketball right into the teacher's face.
Toad, Fred, John, and Lance all arrived at the school to get a free lunch. "So, how about we just bust in and announce ourselves." suggested Toad. "Why not? It's not like we're going to be able to sneak inside." said Lance.
The four busted into the school, only to find it already chaotic. In fact, no one noticed them as everybody was too busy trying to avoid walking on thousands of mousetraps that were scattered across the floor.
"How could somebody get this many mousetraps into the school without anybody seeing him?...It's the mutants. It's all the mutant's fault! It's all their fault!" yelled Kelly who was now entering a nervous breakdown. "Did you hear the news? They found a bunch of mousetraps inside those mutie's lockers, especially that spikey one." said one student to another.
The four Brotherhood members instantly knew who was behind this. "Pietro." they all said at once. "You've got to admit, he's pretty creative." said John. The four headed into the lunchroom. They got hostile looks from everybody as soon as they stepped inside.
"WHAT ARE YOU ALL LOOKING AT?!" yelled Fred. Everybody instantly turned away in fear and got back to whatever they were doing. "Way to go Fred man." said Toad. "I dare one of them to make fun of me now." said Fred.
The four got their lunch from the terrified lunch ladies and sat down in their usual spot. "So John, you said you've got a plan." said Lance. "Yeah, let's not get the X-Geeks kicked out of school. Let 'em stay I say." said John.
"Wait a minute, you actually want them to stay here?" asked a confused Toad. "Yeah, because then they'll have to endure all the insults, pranks, bigotry, looks, and all the torture they'll suffer coming here. Think about it, they'll suffer more going to school then staying in their protected Xavier Institute for Losers." explained John with a smile.
"Hey, you've got a point. Life's gonna be hell for all those geeks here. John, you're an evil man." chuckled Fred. "Only when I'm near fireworks." smirked John.
Pietro, Kine, and Terrance joined the rest of the Brotherhood at the table. "Hi ya fellas, we've been a bit busy." said Pietro. "Yeah, we noticed your handiwork in the hallway." said Lance. "You thought that was bad? You should have seen what I did in the girls' locker room." chuckled Pietro.
The others caught Pietro, Kine, and Terrance on their idea of keeping the X-Men in school and they agreed. Then the Brotherhood noticed something standing next to their table, none other then the one person they hated just as much as the X-Men: Duncan Matthews. "Well well, if it isn't Sir Dumalot come to get a lesson in what happens when he comes near our table." said Kine.
All the mutants got to their feet, ready to pound him. "Whoa, easy guys. I just came here to talk." said Duncan, holding up his hands. "Why would we want to talk to you after all the times you've insulted and messed with us?" growled Toad. "Because we both have something in common, we both hate Scott Summers." replied Duncan.
"You've got thirty seconds to get to a point." said Lance. "I want to give Summers what's coming but his buddies always back him up." said Duncan. "And you want us to back you up, is that it?" said Terrance.
"I don't think…" John started to say before Pietro interrupted him. "We'll do it. When's it going down?" Quicksilver said. "Tonight at the school board meeting. Me and a couple of others will be there." said Duncan. "We'll be there now get lost." said Pietro.
Duncan and the others were in an uproar. "Are you crazy? That's Duncan! You want us to work with him?!" yelled Fred. "I'd rather go after him then the X-snobs." said Toad.
"Relax kiddies. We're not helping Duncan. I've got something much better in mind." chuckled Pietro.
Wanda was continuing her search for Magneto and that search was going nowhere fast. But she was tipped off about a mutant named Caliban who had the ability to locate mutants just by thinking it. Hopefully, he'll be able to tell her what hole Magneto was hiding in.
She was now in a slums neighborhood, a usually spot where the Morlocks were spotted in. She already had to hex several people who tried to follow her, most likely bandits. She was about to turn into an alley when a bright light blinded her.
Wanda covered her eyes as a gush of wind nearly knocked her off her feet. She managed to make out what looked like a circle being formed in the air. A figure stepped out of it, a man in silvor armor, white cape, and a helmet. He turned and walked away.
Wanda was about to follow him when she noticed something else coming out of the circle. A demonic looking transparent being flew out, glancing around and fixed it's eyes on Wanda. It flew towards her. Wanda threw a hex bolt in fear but to her surprise, it passed harmlessly through the creature.
Wanda screamed as the being flew right into her, passing into her body like a ghost. Instantly, she began to lose control. Her mind was being forced aside as something powerful took over. Wanda was gone, her consciousness suppressed.
The being glanced at it's new hands and felt incredible power surging through them. It cast a hex bolt which caused a nearby garbage can to spontaneously combust. It sent another hex bolt, this time making a stop sign seemingly come to live. Several beer bottles flew into the air and floated around the body.
Yes! This host was perfect. Her powers were incredible. This body was exactly the one it needed to get revenge. "I'm back Xavier, and this time you're precious X-Men die with you." chuckled Shadow King.
(Shadow King is back and he's not in a good mood as you can imagine. The Brotherhood and X-Men are forced to cooperate once again when a Shadow King possessed Wanda tries to kill them, Xavier, and everyone else at the school board meeting.)
Deadpool: That's all?! C'mon! Your season three preview sucked and told nobody anything about what's going to happen. And what about me? You said I was gonna be in this fic.
Hardboiled: Chill out Wade, you're popping up soon.
Deadpool: Another non-specific preview of my role. I better at least get Megan Fox as my love interest. Or maybe Katee Sackhoff. Maybe Tricia Helfer or Jessica Biel. Did I mention Jessica Alba and I would have beautiful children together?
Hardboiled: WILL YOU SHUT UP?!! Fine, I'll blab. Future chapters include Mojo abducting the X-Men for his games. A mutant named Switch comes to Bayville and mind swipes the X-Men with his own robbery crew. Mystique returns, Copycat returns but not in the way you expect her, and a shocking twist none of you will see coming.
Deadpool: Now that is a much preview…BUT YOU STILL DIDN'T MENTION ME!!!!
Hardboiled: (groans) I'm getting a headache.