Kelly Gets Some New Subs

"Why me?" Kelly banged his head on the office door. "Why me? Several teachers disappear on a Friday, the night of the Homecoming Dance! And there's no replacements!"

"Oh I wouldn't say that."

Kelly looked up and saw a huge man with a small black moustache smiling at him. "Who are you?" Kelly groaned.

"I'm Mr. Brown," The man smiled. "I'll be replacing Ms. Baron in her history classes. Oh and several other substitutes will be here as well."

Suddenly there was a huge explosion. "Is one of them in the chemistry lab?" Kelly groaned.

"Uh yeah," Mr. Brown gulped.

"Terrific!" Kelly raced off to find the latest disaster that befell him. He passed Paul and Taryn in the hall.

Meanwhile Paul was walking down the hall with Taryn. "So you didn't tell your parents anything about yesterday?" Paul asked.

"What was I going to say?" Taryn said. " 'Oh I was kidnapped by terrorists who were posing as my teachers. They were really after Scott and Jean who are mutants, but I happened to get in the way'? Even I can't believe that. I just told them I was with Scott and Jean after school yesterday, which is the truth so to speak." She sighed. "It feel so weird having a secret like that."

"Think how Scott and the others must feel," Paul said. "I mean they have to live with this kind of stuff their whole lives. I don't know how they do it."

"But your dad's one of the Joe team," Taryn said. "You must have some idea how he does it."

"Well I'm getting one now," Paul said. "So…Are you going to the dance tonight?"

"No point now," Taryn sighed. "Scott's taking Jean and Anya obviously isn't going to show up to hang out with. Everyone else I know is taking someone."

"Well…um…so would you mind going to the dance with me?" Paul asked. "I mean if you don't want to that's okay…"

"You know something," Taryn said. "Why not? I'd love to go. Finally something normal in our lives for a change."

Meanwhile the Brotherhood was looking around, pondering the latest development. "Gee that teacher looks familiar," Fred scratched his head.

"He should," Wanda said. "He's one of the soldiers that fought off those ninjas yesterday."

"Oh yeah," Fred said.

"I don't believe this!" Lance snapped. "This stinks! We have government agents spying on us and there's nothing we can do about it!"

"Just play along for now," Pietro said. "Magneto's working on something. He'll take care of the problem! Trust me."