The next morning the X-Men (and Lily) awoke early. They quickly dressed then went down to the war room. It was Lily's first time seeing the X-Men in normal clothing-not spandex or pajamas, what a treat! Cyclops paced back and forth. He stopped suddenly. "Alright, here's the plan. Rogue, Gambit, and myself will attack whoever this person is first. If I die, Wolverine takes my place. If Gambit dies, Beast takes his place. If Rogue dies, Jubilee takes her place. Got it?"

"What about me?" Jean asked.

"You stay home with Eugene. Any more questions?"

"Yeah, what do I do?" Lily asked.

"You have a hot pizza ready for anyone who needs energy suddenly."

"Wonderful..." Lily murmured.

"Hey, where's Gambit?" Jubilee asked.

Gambit strolled into the room with a brunette on his arm. "Everyone, dis be Cookie. Say hi to Cookie."

"Hi Cookie," the X-Men echoed.

"This isn't fair, why does Gambit get all the girls and everyone I ever date either ends up dying or wanting to brutally murder me?" Wolverine complained.

"Gambit! Ah thought ya loved me!" Rogue whimpered.

"Nope," Gambit responded.

Rogue kicked Gambit in the nuts.

"Ooooooooooh!" everyone said, wincing.

Rogue gave Cookie a menacing look. Cookie took off.

"Alright, suit up, then let's go!" Cyclops yelled.

In a few moments they were in the Blackbird taking off. The X-Men had once again suited up in their spandex and were ready for battle. Lily sat with several hot pizzas piled up on her lap.

Lily sighed. Gambit suddenly popped up behind her and sat next to her.

"So, chere...do you like...stuff?" Gambit asked apprehensively.

"Oh, stop flirting with me you stupid Cajun, I'm 15!" Lily shouted.

Rogue looked over at them with an odd look in her eyes.

"Plus, I think that southern chick is going to kick you again..." Lily muttered nervously.

Gambit looked around nervously then got up and ran to the back of the jet.

"So how do we know where this person is, anyway?" Lily asked suddenly.

"We don't. We fly around until we see a suspicious looking building...hey that looks like one!" Beast said, pointing at a building lurking in the distance. The jet suddenly swooped down.

"I see another!"

"There's one, there's one!"

"Go, Beast, go! Go, Beast, go!"

An hour later and after many such violent swoops, Lily found herself trying to sneak into an old warehouse. Beast approached the building. A barbed-wire fence surrounded it. The team stood there staring at it for a while.

"How are we going to get through?" Storm asked anxiously.

"Uh...there's an open gate right here..." Lily suggested, pointing at the fence's gate, hanging open.

"Nah, too easy. Wolverine and I will thoroughly demolish it, costing us precious time and energy," Cyclops responded.

"Why the hell would you do that?" Lily asked, bewildered.

Cyclops leaned forward towards Lily. "I've had enough of your tongue young lady! Now take these pizzas and get moving!"

"Why you little...you can take those pizzas and shove them up your -"


Meanwhile, at the X-Mansion...


"Eugene, why do you think Scott never takes me along?" asked Jean sadly.

Eugene the monkey shrugged and went back to concentrating on the game he and Jean were playing.

"Oh well. I do like these Saturday nights we spend playing board games," Jean suddenly said, smiling. She moved a piece on the board. "Ah ha! Checkmate!"

Eugene shook his head. He grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and scribbled, "We're playing Monopoly you idiot!"

Jean looked down at the board. "Whoops, my bad..."


Meanwhile, at the warehouse...


The team had entered the dark, rickety warehouse. They were tiptoeing up a flight of stairs when they heard Cyclops and Wolverine join them, huffing and puffing.

"Well...it...took...a...lot...of...time...but...we...managed...to...trash...the...whole...fence..." Wolverine managed to get out.

Him and Cyclops did a very weak hive five.

"Men!" sighed Rogue.

They silently walked along for a while when suddenly they heard a voice in an upcoming room. They halted in their footsteps and lay flat against the wall.

"...Mom! I'm an adult now! I'm taking over the world for God's sake, I think I can take care of myself! ...Yes, yes. Yes, I will make sure I dress warmly when I'm taking over the world...yes, all right Mom. Bye."

The X-Men exchanged looks. Suddenly they heard footsteps coming out of the room. The X-Men got into fighting positions.

"SNIKT!" Wolverine yelled.

"Shut up!" Lily whispered fiercly.

"Liiiily..." Storm said, rolling her eyes. "Wolvie HAS to say SNIKT. Don't you know ANYTHING?"

A figure rounded the corner and stopped in the shadows. "Ahhhhhhh!" he yelped when he saw the X-Men.

"Ahhhhhhh!" screamed the X-Men.

"Oh...oh it's only you - ahem - WELCOME TO MY UNDERGROUND LAIR, X-MEN!" Boomed the voice. "And...pizza...girl..." He added, his face covered by the shadows.

"This isn't underground..." Lily began, but the look Storm gave her shut her up.

"Who are you?" demanded Cyclops.

"I AM..." the figure stepped out of the shadows. "MR. SINISTER!"

"No you're not," Beast said. The man standing in front of them wore a purple spandex suit and a cape.

"Is that name already taken?! Fine, then I am...DR. EVIL!" boomed the man.

"Taken."

"Mr. Hyde???"

"Taken."

"Senor Corrupt?!?"

"That's good."

"THEN I AM...SENOR CORRUPT!" the man boomed. He shot Storm and Rogue, who had collapsed into giggles at his name, a dirty look.

"And what might your power be?" asked Jubilee. Signor Corrupt narrowed his eyes and stared at her. Suddenly Jubilee looked around wildly, then looked down at herself, and screamed.

"I HAVE THE POWER TO MANIPULATE YOUR MINDS...I CAN MAKE ANYONE WHO I CONCENTRATE ON BELIEVE THEY ARE STANDING THERE IN THEIR UNDERWEAR!" Corrupt exclaimed, laughing evilly. He stopped staring at Jubilee. She looked around again and sighed in relief.

"What do you, want Corrupt?" demanded Cyclops.

"I WILL TAKE OVER YOUR WORLD!!!" Senor Corrupt responded. "MOOSE! ROSCO! GET THEM!"

Two huge, muscular, but very stupid-looking goons attacked them from behind. Cyclops tried firing on them, but they grabbed his visor off his face. He quickly closed his eyes. Rogue flew around pointlessly until Moose smashed her into a wall. Beast began jumping around but accidentally hit his head on a metal pipe.

Gambit tried throwing a card at Senor Corrupt. In response Corrupt just stared at him. Gambit suddenly screamed and ran off, saying something about underwear in French. Wolverine popped out his claws and lunged at Senor Corrupt. Senor Corrupt stepped to the side. Wolverine went flying head first into the wall behind him. Storm's eyes turned white.

"Winds! I command thee, stop these evildoers and..." before she could finish Rosco kicked her. She immediately fainted.

Jubilee raised her hands. Colourful sparks of energy darted out towards Signor Corrupt. They hit his shoe, which immediately melted. Jubilee gasped and started jumping up and down.

"I GOT ONE!" she shouted.

Senor Corrupt shot her. Everyone applauded.

Soon, all the X-Men were captured and placed in a large cell. Senor Corrupt paced in front of them.

"So, X-Men...I have captured you...now you have no hope left to save your pathetic world!"

"What's your plan, Corrupt?" Cyclops asked, narrowing his eyes.

"Ha. As if he would tell you!" Lily pointed out. Senor Corrupt glared at her.

"I can and will tell him my diabolical plan! For that is what villians do. ...I shall first screw up all the toilets so that they flush backwards. Then everyone will go insane over this puzzling new flush and I will be free to take over the world! Mwahahahaha!"

"Wait! Jean will save us!" Cyclops yelled.

"We're doomed," moaned Lily.

Wolverine sidled next to Lily and pointed at the pizzas she was still holding. "Are you going to eat those?"