What Happened To My Car?

"HOW COULD NO ONE SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CAR?" Kelly screamed. He turned to the assembled group of teachers before him. Not to mention his janitor, security guard and the one cafeteria worker who was also behind after school.

"Uh…I was investigating a stolen ice cream truck that was left on the premises," Mr. Pine said. "I couldn't catch the perps. But I did get the truck back to the rightful owner."

"Well good for you," Kelly snapped. "Well what about the rest of you?"

"I was grading papers," Mr. Parker said.

"I was helping him!" Ms. Rafael said quickly. "I mean you of all people should know how teachers help each other out. Even secretaries…."

"Okay, okay!" Kelly said quickly. "I take it the rest of you were working as well?" The other teachers agreed. "What about you two?" He looked at the Janitor and cafeteria worker.

"Uh…installing new pipes," Bazooka Dave said.

"I was helping him!" Mr. Wrench spoke up.

"Well whoever threw that grenade couldn't have been from this school," Mr. Falcon sighed.

"How did you know it was a grenade?" Kelly looked at him.

"Police report," Mr. Pine said. "He was with me when I got the police report."

"But why would anyone throw a grenade at my car?" Kelly groaned.

"Gang activity," Mr. Pine spoke up.

"Oh yeah gangs!" Everyone in the room spoke up. "Gangs. Gotta be gangs. Definitely not mutants or terrorists. Gangs."

"You're right," Kelly snapped. "It was gang activity all right! Only two gangs are here at this school, the Brotherhood and the Institute Kids!"

"Well then it has to be the Brotherhood then," Mr. LaFitte spoke up.

"Listen bub if anybody was responsible it was those Institute Kids!" Ms. Rafael shouted.

"Yeah stop picking on the Brotherhood!" Mr. Rafael shouted.

"Brotherhood can't even afford grenades," Mr. Tanzar pointed out.

"They could have stolen them," Mr. Falcone snapped. "Or made their own."

"Oh yeah right," Mr. Wrench snapped. "You blokes know how hard it is to get the right materials for a blast that big? Uh…so I've heard."

"I agree," Ms. Baron said. "The Brotherhood is not that ambitious. The Institute Kids on the other hand…"

"Hey leave them out of this!" Ms. Ark snapped.

"Oh please," Mr. Tanzar snapped. "Everybody knows that those Institute Kids aren't the goody goods they pretend to be!"

"Yeah well those Brotherhood Brats are nothing but trouble!" Mr. Parker snapped.

"Oh and the Institute Kids aren't?" Ms. Baron snapped.

"Yeah at least the Brotherhood is more honest!" Mr. Wrench shouted.

"They are not!" Bazooka Dave said.

"Are too!" Mr. Wrench stuck out his tongue.

"Are not!" Bazooka Dave made a face.

"Shut up!" Kelly shouted. "Does anyone have any proof which one of them did it?"

"Well no…" Mr. Pine said.

"Well then it's time we laid down the law!" Kelly shouted. "I have had it with this school! No more insanity! No more craziness! Dorothy! I want you to get all of them in here right now!"

"You're not going to suspend them are you?" Ms. Baron said. "I mean you can't do that without proof! The lawyers will have a field day!"

"Oh no, I am not going to do that!" Kelly said. "But I am going to inform them that the days of their shenanigans are over! I'll just scream at them for a few hours and tell them that the next one of them caught fooling around will get suspended! And all academic privileges suspended as well! If it wasn't for all the money Xavier put into this school I'd have expelled the whole lot of them long ago!"

"Maybe we should all keep an eye on them?" Ms. Baron said.

"That is the first sensible idea I have heard all day," Kelly groaned. "All of you out! I have some students to scream at!"

They all went to their respective classrooms. Guyrich caught up with Ms. Baron. "What happened? Was it the mutants?"

"For once, no," She told him. "We were trying to remove the government agents. There was a bit more resistance than we thought."

"Oh great!" Guyrich groaned.

"Don't worry," She said. "We just have to take a different tactic that's all. Oh by the way, something big is going to go down in Chicago this weekend. The mutants are going to retaliate for what happened there."

"What are they going to do?"

"I don't know that yet. But whatever it is, get your people ready. I think we can use this to our advantage! I'll tell you more later," She told him before heading off to class.

So what happens in Chicago? I have no clue. Writing action sequences are tough! But I do know this, prepare for some surprises!