Can't We All Just Get Along?
"What the hell is the matter with all of you?" Beach Head snapped, holding a cold ice pack to his head. "Can't you little hooligans not kill each other for one day?"
"Don't swear at them," Xavier said. He and Logan had come in after the fight had been broken up. "What happened?"
"They attacked us," Todd snapped. "That's what happened!"
"Only because you provoked us!" Kitty snapped.
"Professor they're the ones who nearly caused us to crash into that mountain!" Evan snapped.
"Like I said if you were better pilots…" Althea continued.
"That's it!" Jean snapped. She was held back by the others. "Let me at her!"
"I think we should have a talk with your father about this," Xavier looked at Althea.
"Good luck," Beach Head groaned.
"Of course this wouldn't have happened if you kept your aircraft on better lock and key," Xavier muttered.
"Excuse me?" Beach Head looked at him. "This wasn't our fault! It was an accident. Besides I seem to remember hearing about how you X-Men had some joyriding problems of your own!"
"You tell 'em Beach Head!" Althea said.
"That's enough!" Roadblock snapped. "You all going at each other ain't right! I think some KP duty tomorrow morning will teach all of you not to fight!"
"I think we should really have a talk with your father right now young lady," Xavier looked at Althea. "And maybe also look into having more competent teachers for all of you."
"WHAT?" Beach Head snapped. Roadblock held him back.
"I meant someone who isn't more interested promoting the military ideology instead of the children's education," Xavier said.
"Why don't we go to main office and settle down a bit?" Falcon said. They left except for Todd and Beach Head.
"I do not believe this!" Beach Head snapped.
"Whatsa matter Beach Head?" Todd asked.
"Those X-Men that's what!"
"Oh," Todd's eyes narrowed. "Them."
"Yeah them," Beach Head spat. "Bunch of overgrown Girl Scouts posing as soldiers."
"Yeah they think they're so great!" Todd snapped.
"We have powers," Beach Head said sarcastically. "Big whoop! Well we have missiles but we don't lording it over people and giving them lectures!"
"Tell me about it!" Todd snapped. "Always playing goodie goods. Think they are the sweethearts of America!"
"More like Fantasyland!" Beach Head snapped. "Who do they think they are to lecture us on military tactics? We've been doing it this way without powers for years and we've been doing all right!"
"Yeah!" Todd said. "You tell it like it is!"
"They wanna work with humans huh?" Beach Head snapped. "Well the first thing they should learn is to stop acting so god damned superior about it!"
"What a bunch of hypocrites!" Todd said.
"You got that right!" Beach Head said. "Take that red head over there."
"Please do!" Todd snapped.
"Thinks this is a Miss Popularity contest," Beach Head grumbled.
"Do you know she's actually reminded her teachers that they forgot to give out homework?" Todd said.
"I am not surprised," Beach Head said. "Tattletale! I hate them!"
"I hate them too!" Todd looked up at him. "You know, this is the first time the two of us ever agreed on anything!"
"Yeah," Beach Head looked at him. "Let's not make a habit out of it, shall we?"
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"So how long have they been in there?" Beach Head asked Falcon. They were outside Hawk office. Xavier and Logan were in there with Shipwreck.
"A few minutes," Falcon said. The other students were outside as well waiting.
"WHAT YOU'RE JUST GOING TO LET HER GET AWAY WITH THIS?" Xavier shouted, just as Shipwreck opened the door to leave.
"What do you want me to do Charley?" Shipwreck asked. "Ground her? She lives on an army base for crying out loud. Anyway she's already been punished for that incident."
"So that's it?" Xavier looked at him. "You're just going to let her get away with it?"
"Ever hear of double jeopardy?" Shipwreck snapped. "You can't be punished twice for the same crime. But if you're so intent on something I'll do it. Althea, don't ever buzz the X-Jet in the spaceship again." He turned back to Xavier. "Happy?"
"Don't you have any sense of discipline at all?" Xavier asked. "If she was at the Institute…"
"Well she ain't at the Institute!" Shipwreck snapped.
"With all due respect," Falcon intervened. "Shipwreck's the only reason that this base is still standing."
"Yeah you can only do so much against genetics," Beach Head said.
"Of course you of all people should know that," Shipwreck snickered at Xavier.
"Obviously you don't understand the seriousness of this," Xavier said in an extremely calm voice. "Althea has great power but she needs to learn control. I'm just suggesting that she needs more help. Perhaps if she spent time at the Institute…"
"Hey don't you dare talk to me in that tone of voice you condescending jerk!" Shipwreck snapped. "She don't need that fancy Institute of yours! She's fine right where she is! Don't think I haven't noticed how you and your little student squad have been looking down your noses at us ever since you got here!"
"I have said no such thing to indicate that," Xavier looked at him.
"You didn't have to," Shipwreck snapped. "You think just because you have money and powers that gives you the right to act like the Lord of all Mutants! I heard all about that little 'audition' you gave Toad and how you tend to only pick the so called cream of the crop."
"That's not true," Xavier frowned. "I try to help all mutants!"
"Is it?" Shipwreck snapped. "What about when Mystique abandoned the Brotherhood huh? You didn't exactly go running over there to help them out did you?"
"I made an offer to the Brotherhood but they refused," Xavier spat.
"Oh yeah," Shipwreck said. "Two weeks after it was clear Mystique dumped 'em you wrote them a letter. A letter? Why didn't you just sign it in gold and have a messenger read it? Of course they refused it! I'd refuse a pity handout too!"
"Well what should I have done Mr. Know it all?" Xavier snapped. "I suppose I should have forced my way in with a bazooka? Chained myself to their door?"
"If that's what it would have taken, yes!" Shipwreck snapped. "They're kids! They have no clue what they need! You were always complaining how much trouble the Brotherhood cause! Of course they're gonna cause trouble left unsupervised!"
"Well you should know about that," Xavier snapped.
"Watch it Charley!" Shipwreck snapped.
"My name is Charles," Xavier spat. "Not Charley! Not Chuck!"
"Oh well aren't we all high and mighty? You just like to be called Charles because it sounds more classier."
"Well then we have very different points of view," Xavier said. "What you call class, I call manners. Obviously you have little experience with both of them as evidenced by your offspring."
"Oh yeah," Shipwreck glared. "Well now that I do know next time when Althea's flying around in that spaceship, we won't buzz you. Next time I'll have her fire the missiles on you!"
"Oh very mature!" Xavier snapped. "Just the type of barbaric response I've come to expect from people like you!"
"Oh really?" Shipwreck snapped. "Listen Baldy, it's people like me that keep people like you safe in your nice warm mansions with all your fancy smancy art all around you! Who do you think keeps the elements that threaten this country at bay? Bill Gates?"
"As far as I'm concerned you are the element that threatens this country!" Xavier snapped.
"Listen pal," Shipwreck fumed. "You're just lucky you're in that wheelchair!"
"Don't let that stop you jack!" Xavier shouted. He then proceeded to roll over Shipwreck's toe.
"YEOOOWWWW!" Shipwreck hopped up and down on one foot. "THAT'S IT! LET ME AT HIM! LEMMIE AT HIM!" He was held back by several people.
"Bring it on!" Xavier snapped. He was being held back by Logan and Scott.
"CHUCK HAVE YOU FLIPPED YOUR LID?" Logan shouted.
"Professor stop it!" Scott shouted.
"And they want us to control ourselves?" Althea quipped.
"Hey you shut up!" Rogue snapped.
"Make me!" Althea snapped.
"With pleasure!" Rogue took off one of her gloves. "The gloves are off sister!"
"Rogue don't!" Remy grabbed her. Unfortunately he grabbed her unprotected hand.
"Remy!" Rogue shouted as he fell down unconscious. "Now look what you made me do!" She grabbed Remy's cards and started to charge them.
"Oh no…" Falcon groaned. "Run for it!"
General Hawk walked down to his office. He had just taken an extra long lunch and was about to get some paperwork done. Then he heard the explosion. He ran to his office only to find several students arguing….
And his office had a huge hole in the wall. What was left of it anyway. "MY OFFFICE! WHAT HAPPENED TO MY OFFICE?" Hawk screamed.
"THEY DID IT!" Todd pointed to the X-Men. "ALTHEA AND I WERE GOOD! BUT THEY WERE PICKING ON US AND THEN XAVIER CALLED SHIPWRECK A BAD PARENT AND THEN ROGUE GOT MAD AND BLEW THE PLACE UP!"
"TATTLETALE!" Kitty pounced on Toad. They were all starting to fight again.
"EVERYONE SHUT UP !!!!!!" Hawk screamed. He glared at all of them. "Now slowly, Beach Head, what happened?"
"What happened?" Beach Head put his hands on his hips and looked at Todd and Althea. "I'll tell you what happened. Everything Toad said was true! It's all their fault!"
"WHAT?" Logan roared and tackled Beach Head. Once again everyone started arguing.
Twenty minutes and several security guards later Hawk, Roadblock, and Beach Head were sitting around what was left of Hawk's office. "Well let's review today shall we?" Hawk groaned. "We had several fights, a wrecked classroom and my office is destroyed. Not to mention human-mutant relations took a serious beating today. And now Toad and Wavedancer want to kill the X-Men more than ever and vice versa."
"And it's only day one," Roadblock groaned. "This is gonna be so much fun!"
"You know I am having a new appreciation for Toad and Wavedancer," Beach Head said. "They may be nuts but at least they ain't stuck up! Why are we doing this again?"
"Something about teaching the kids about getting along with other people. I don't know," Hawk groaned.
"You think today was dumb," Roadblock sighed. "Wait until tomorrow when the new kids come."
"The next two weeks are gonna be hell aren't they?" Beach Head moaned.
