We Got Beat By Toad?
"I don't believe it!" John wiped the slime from his uniform. "We got our butts kicked! By Toad!"
"Tell me about it," Lance grumbled, rubbing his jaw. "You okay Freddy?"
"Oh yeah," Fred moaned as Wanda finished giving him medicine. "Good thing I closed my eyes in time. No damage."
"How did that little lunatic get so good at fighting?" Lance groaned. "I mean did you see how mad he was?"
"Well being thrown out of a jet and left for dead will make a person get a little resentful," Wanda said.
"That little ingrate," Mystique snapped. "After all I've done for him!"
"That's why he tried to kill you," Wanda told her. "Remember?"
"Shut up," Mystique grumbled.
"Okay where did he learn to fight like that is what I wanna know?" John groaned.
"From the Joes, duh!" Pietro snapped.
"What did they do to him?" Fred asked. "I mean why was he with them?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Lance snapped. "They must have brainwashed him."
"I didn't think he even had a brain to wash," Mystique snapped.
"Wait a minute," Fred scratched his head. "Something's not right here…I mean we all saw you kill Toad. But then how come he's still alive?"
"Because you moron I didn't kill Toad," Mystique shouted. "Magneto's the one who threw him out of the jet remember?" The looks on their faces told her she made a mistake. "Oh…I forgot. You don't remember…"
"What?" Lance snapped. "Did Magneto have something to do with our memories being changed?"
"Quiet!" Mystique snapped. "Okay here's what we are going to tell him! It was a false alarm! There weren't any mutants there! It was a trick conjured up by GI Joe and the X-men! Got it?"
Magneto was there to meet them. "So what happened?" He asked.
"It was a trap sir," Mystique said. "No mutants."
"Oh really?" Magneto looked at them. "Is that what happened?" He looked at John's uniform. "What is that on your uniform?"
"Uh…this?" John gulped. "Uh… part of the trap?"
"Why does this look familiar?" Magneto stared at him. "I've seen this before."
"Oh that's just Toad's slime," Fred said. Magneto glared at him. "Not that it's actually Toad's slime because that's impossible because he's dead right? I mean you can't get slime from a dead Toad right? I mean it looks a lot like Toad's slime, but I never said it was Toad's slime and…uh I think I'll shut up now…"
"All right," Magneto glowered. "Quicksilver I want you to tell me exactly what really happened!"
Pietro gulped. He knew Magneto was not gonna be happy to hear the news. "Um…Sir, it's really kind of funny. The whole thing. You know we got there and there were the X-Geeks looking for the mutant too…."
"Go on," Magneto told him.
"And…Did I mention that Wanda really trashed that base? Oh man that place is gonna need to be demolished before it looks good again!" Pietro thought fast.
"Oh yeah Wanda was great!" John said quickly.
"Yeah she really trashed them single handed!" Lance spoke up.
"Yes that is impressive so what happened?" Magneto said.
"Well…um…" Pietro gulped.
"We beat the X-Geeks!" Fred spoke aloud.
"Oh yeah they were pushovers!" Lance said. "Must have missed a few training sessions or something! Right Mystique? I mean we all had them tied up easy!"
"I don't want to hear from her!" Magneto said. "I want to hear from all of you! Especially Quicksilver! So what happened?"
"Um…well we did find the mutant," Pietro gulped. "You'll never believe this. I mean the odds were one in a million! I mean come on! There was no way we could have known!"
"GET ON WITH IT!" Magneto shouted.
"It…it was Toad," Pietro stammered.
"What?" Magneto narrowed his eyes.
"It was Toad sir," Pietro said. "Toad was with the Joes, which was a real surprise to us but we figured you didn't want him after all so we left."
"Let me get this straight," Magneto said. "Toad is alive and with the Joes and you just left him there."
"Uh yeah," Fred scratched his head. "Only after he beat up Mystique."
"I'm sorry I couldn't have heard that right," Magneto looked at Mystique. "Did he just say Toad…our Toad…that useless weakling Toad…beat you up?"
"Well it wasn't her fault!" John said. "We tried to get him but he was too fast!"
"Yeah he had some kind of poison spit or something too!" Fred said. "I mean…uh…"
"Are you all telling me that all of you…My Brotherhood of Mutants…the ones I have chosen to be the elite heralds of mutantkind, were beaten by that pathetic loser?" Magneto shouted.
"Uh…" Fred gulped under Magneto's gaze. "Yes?"
Magneto's scream could be heard for miles. A few minutes later, so did Mystique's.
