X moved through the hallways of MiB headquarters methodically taking pictures off of the walls. X had managed to catch his mother the night before but not before she had made several copies of that terrible picture of him naked on a rug and had passed them out. Of course the agents who had received them had proceeded to make copies for all of their friends so now the picture was all over headquarters. Some joker had even taken to sticking them up on the walls so that they couldn't be missed. X was definately going to have to transfer to Antarctica after this, either that or get another human disguise.

Just then he looked up to find his mother coming down the hall with Elle walking beside her. He couldn't believe that his mother actually liked that annoying human. Elle was laughing, he noticed as he hurried over, and when he got closer he saw that his mother had out the baby pictures again.

"Mother! I'm sure that Elle doesn't need to be bored with those!" he cried as he quickly put a hand in front of them to block her view.

"Oh, they're not boring at all," Elle said with a chuckle. "They're actually very interesting, especially that rug one."

"Not the rug picture," X moaned. Why did his mother have to keep showing that one off? It was so embarrassing!

"Oh, by the way, Zed wants someone to check out a disturbance down at Jeebs. I can handle it myself, though. I'm sure you want to spend lots of time with your mother." Elle said with a smile as she headed back down the corridor again.

"Don't just stand there! Go with her! I've heard about that Jeebs person and his disreputable business! She could get hurt!" his mother said as she whacked him with a stack of pictures when he didn't go after Elle fast enough.

X shook his head as he considered what to do. He could stay there and be abused by his mother for letting Elle go into a dangerous situation alone or he could go with her and leave his mom alone to do who knows what in his absence.

X reached out and took his mother's ar, leading her down the hall after Elle. Taking her with him was the only safe option he could think of. "I'm sure that you'll enjoy seeing some of the city," he told her.

"Well, alright. So, did you know that your little friend is a doctor? You know, you could do a lot worse."