And now some more pointless fluff and silliness!

Happy Birthday Multiple!

A few more days passed. More days of training and fights. Of silliness and insanity. Then the Joes learned a valuable piece of information. And the Joes were always ready to put such information to good news. So that following morning….

"A WOP BABA LOOMA A WOP BAM BOOM!" The music of Little Richard blared on the Pit.

"GOOOD MOOOORRRRRININNG PIT!" Shipwreck shouted over the microphone. "RISE AND SHINE! TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY! TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE 13TH BIRTHDAY OF MULTIPLE! OUR VERY OWN ONE KID ARMY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KID! AND SINCE TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY ALL REGULAR TRAINING AND CLASSES ARE CANCELLED FOR THE DAY! ALL STUDENTS REPORT TO THE CAFETERIA THIS MORNING FOR A VERY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY BREAKFAST!"

"YAYYY!" All the students cheered wildly.

"Oh goody," Xavier groaned. "A Joe birthday party! Why do I have this feeling of impending doom?"

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"So what is on the agenda for today?" Logan asked Jinx. They were all in the cafeteria. The kids were eating Roadblock's pancakes with relish. As well as having some fun.

"After breakfast we're going to have a tour of the base for the kids," Jinx said. "We never really showed them around the Pit anyway. Then we'll have some martial arts demonstrations as well as showing them some of our tanks and everything. Then late this afternoon we'll have a birthday party for the kid and a cookout."

"Hopefully it will end up better than the last cookout," Xavier groaned.

"Are you sure this is all right?" Ororo asked.

"We Joes will look for any excuse to have a party," Shipwreck smiled.

"That I believe," Xavier groaned. "Oh look, a food fight!" Some jam splattered onto Xavier's shirt.

"Well at least the kids didn't start this one," Hawk sighed. "LEATHERNECK! WET SUIT! HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD THE TWO OF YOU TO KNOCK IT OFF?!"

"He started it!" They both shouted. Still they kept on flinging food. Soon everyone was throwing something.

Except for Xavier. He kept getting hit. "I am really starting to hate it here," He grumbled.

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A few hours later Xavier was in Hawk's temporary office (His old office was being redecorated because of the incident.) "General," Xavier said angrily. "I thought I made it clear that my students are here to learn how to control their mutant powers and improve their fighting abilities. Not to learn how to shoot guns!"

"Calm down Xavier," BeachHead snapped. "First of all they weren't shooting guns! They were shooting rifles! There is a difference you know! And we were teaching them about gun safety! It's not like the kids were left alone for a minute anyway! There were several Joes there watching them."

"That's what I'm worried about!" Xavier snapped. "Knowing you maniacs there could have been a shooting contest or something between them!"

"That would never happen," Hawk said. "Not since we barred Leatherneck and Wet Suit from being on the same range together at the same time."

"I don't understand what you're all worked up about," Beach Head told him. "I mean it's not like those kids are never going to be shot at anyway!"

"Beach Head!" Hawk shouted.

"Well it's true!" Beach Head snapped. "I mean if it isn't gonna be Cobras it'll be mercenaries or bounty hunters or some kind of deranged scientist flunkies. Plus there are a lot of militia groups out there…"

"Beach Head a guided missile has more tact than you do!" Hawk snapped. "The last thing those kids are gonna want to hear is how they're going to be hunted by nutcases the rest of their lives!"

"I didn't tell them that!" Beach Head snapped. "I just thought it would be a good idea if they knew what type of weapons their enemies used that's all. Besides some of those kids are practically living weapons anyway! It's not like they weren't already dangerous or anything!"

"Oh no," Xavier said sarcastically. "Just teach them to be trigger happy nutcases. Yeah that puts my mind at ease!"

"Uh…General Hawk sir," Leatherneck came in. Jamie was with him. "We kind of had a little accident this afternoon."

"It was my fault sir," Jamie said. "I kinda lost control of the tank I was driving and…"

"You let him drive a tank?" Xavier shouted.

"Just a little one," Leatherneck said.

"It was great!" Jamie shouted happily.

"I was with the kid the whole time!" Leatherneck told the scowling Xavier. "It was a two seater. Come on the kid has to learn to drive sometime!"

"Well that explains the huge hole in the cafeteria wall," Wet Suit stuck his head in and laughed.

"Those brakes were defective!" Leatherneck shouted. "It turned out to be the same one Dial Tone tried to make some 'improvements' on a while back."

"You mean they still haven't fixed that thing yet?" Hawk groaned. "Well that explains it! I'm amazed you only destroyed a wall!"

"I'm amazed I still have some sanity left," Xavier groaned.

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Later on the entire Joe base had turned out for the birthday cook out. "I have to admit," Xavier watched the entertainment. "This is impressive. When you said you would have the ninjas perform feats of marital arts I never expected this!"

They watched in amazement as the Blind Master juggled several working

chainsaws with ease. "This is the coolest Birthday party ever!" Jamie crowed.

"Wow!" Todd watched the show. "You know, no matter how many times I see it! I still don't believe it!"

"He's good," Scott gulped.

"Ta Da!" The Blind Master finished with a big flourish.

"That was great!" Jamie said. "Do I get my presents now?"

"This kid has his priorities straight doesn't he?" Shipwreck laughed.

"First the big surprise," Roadblock smiled. "Okay you can bring them out now!" A man and a woman arrived carrying some presents.

"MOM! DAD!" Jamie cried out, running over to them and giving them a big hug.

"We thought your folks would want to see you," Roadblock shrugged.

"Jamie!" Mrs. Maddox smiled. "It's so good to see you! Look at how big you've gotten!"

"Aw mom," Jamie flustered.

"Come here big guy!" Mr. Maddox gave Jamie a hug. "You didn't really think we'd forget you on your special day now did you?" He hugged him a bit too tightly. Several clones popped out. "Oops. Forgot about that."

"That's okay," Jamie shrugged. "Happens all the time."

"It's still hard to get used to," Mrs. Maddox sighed. "But I guess that just means there's more of you to love." She hugged one of the clones.

The others watched the tender moment. "That's really nice," Rogue sighed.

"Yeah," Remy hugged her shoulder. "Too bad more parents aren't like them."

"Mom, Dad it is soooo cool here!" Jamie told them. "I get to train with real ninjas and today I had pancakes for breakfast and then I had a tour around the base and then I got to drive a tank and fire a rifle and then they took me for a ride in a real jet and then…"

"Whoa slow down there," Mr. Maddox chuckled. Then he looked concerned. "You drove a what? And you fired a what?"

"Okay time for presents!" Shipwreck said quickly. He handed him a box. "This one's from me and my family!"

"WOW!" Jamie opened his box and squealed with joy with what he saw. "This is great! I've always wanted one of these! Thanks Shipwreck!"

"A supersoaker water gun," Xavier groaned. "How thoughtful!"

Jamie got several other presents, clothes, video games, and other toys. Jamie was having the time of his life. "This is the best birthday ever!" He said again and again.

The X-Men were also enjoying themselves. Xavier was also happy. It was the first time in a long while that none of them were fighting. But that was about to change. While the kids were playing touch football, a commotion happened among the adults.

"Cover Girl will you tell this bozo that we are dating and put him out of his misery?" Dusty snapped as he and Cross-Country followed the woman all over the field.

"Cover Girl will you inform this lunatic that he is sadly mistaken and that you are my girlfriend?" Cross-Country snapped.

"She is not your girlfriend!" Dusty snapped.

"Is too!"

"Is not!"

"Is too!"

"Is not!" Dusty punched him on the nose. Soon both of them were rolling around in the dirt fighting.

"She's dating me!" Dusty snapped.

"She's dating me!" Cross-Country snapped.

"Is not!" Dusty shouted.

"You want a fat lip?" Cross-Country snapped.

"SHUT UP!" Cover Girl screamed. The fighting came to a halt. Both men sheepishly stood up.

"Both of you quit it!" Cover Girl snapped. "That's it! As of now I'm dumping both of you! I've found someone else already! A real gentleman who doesn't treat a lady like an object!"

"Who?" They both asked.

"Well, me actually," Hank said coming up to Cover Girl. "Shall we go my dear?"

"With pleasure," She took his hand and they walked away.

"I don't believe this!" Dusty groaned.

"Yeah," Beach Head turned around. "Okay everybody! Pay up!" Several Joes exchanged money. "For once I won something around here!" Beach Head laughed as he collected his winnings.

"Well I did not expect that," Cross-Country said.

"Neither did I," Dusty said.

They looked at each other. "THIS IS YOUR FAULT!" They shouted at each other at the same time. Then they started fighting each other again.

"Uh is it always like this around here?" Mrs. Maddox asked Xavier.

"Well…" Xavier was about to say something when several students ran by. They were chasing a penguin. The bird had a mini football in its beak. "Like what?"

"Mr. Xavier just exactly what kind of an education is our son getting?" Mr. Maddox asked.

"A very good one," Xavier said smoothly. "I mean there are a few oddballs around here. But all in all the kids are learning to control their powers and get along with people."

"TOAD YOU ARE GOING TO DIE!" Jubilee screamed.

"You were saying?" Shipwreck said wryly. The students were all fighting each other.

"What happened this time?" Xavier groaned.

"Well some of the X-men threw some water bombs at Toad so he retaliated with his own bombs. But they didn't exactly have water in them," Shipwreck explained.

Todd ran by laughing. Jubilee and Ray chased him. They were covered in slime. "Come back here and fight like a man you frog!" Ray screamed.

"A birthday party complete with fireworks," Xavier groaned as he watched his students brawl and destroy everything in their path. "The perfect end to a perfect day!"

Okay, enough fluff! Next chapter actually has some plot in it! While the kids on the base go through some more 'training', the Brotherhood decides to crash the party!