Mutant Beach Party

Magneto looked at the report his assistant; a mutant named Winters had given him. Winters had the ability of processing data, so in fact, he was practically a living computer. He was also Magneto's personal butler.

"So the X-Men are training at the GI Joe base," Magneto mused. "Interesting. And according to this report there may be as many as five other mutants on the base as well as Toad. Someone should look into that."

"We could do that," Pietro spoke up. He, Lance and Fred had been sentenced to cleaning duty.

"Yeah let us take care of those X-Geeks!" Lance said.

"You couldn't take care of that traitor Toad!" Magneto snapped. "What makes you think that you can take care of both the Joes and the X-Men?"

"Uh sir," Fred spoke up. "Technically Toad's not a traitor. I mean, you did kick him out before he joined up with the Joes so he couldn't really betray us if he was kicked out now could he? Now if he was still with us and then he went to the Joes then he'd be a traitor, but…" Then he noticed Magneto was giving him a murderous glare. "I think I'll shut up now."

"If I may sir," Winters interrupted. "The others are ready for the mission briefing."

"Mission?" Pietro asked. "What mission?"

"Nothing you need to concern yourself with," Magneto told him. "Something the more competent members of this organization can deal with. You three stay here and try not to damage the place. We'll deal with the Joes when I get back. I have more important matters to deal with." He left the room with Winters following.

"Sheesh," Fred grumbled. "What a grouch!"

"Hey what are you doing?" Lance asked Pietro who was fooling around with the computer.

"Getting information about those mutants and the X-Geeks!" Pietro snapped. "Interesting, according to Winters' data they're gonna be training around these coordinates. This is a perfect opportunity!"

"For what?" Fred asked.

"For finding out about those new mutants you moron!" Lance snapped.

"Come on!" Pietro snapped. "We're gonna show Magneto that we can do something once and for all!"

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"All right everybody ready?" Shipwreck called out to the students. They were all at a small seaport with luggage. They were all going on a boating trip by themselves and Shipwreck, Storm, and Xavier were there to see them off.

"I can't believe we are going to do survival training all by ourselves," Rogue said.

"I can," Althea quipped. "The adults can't take us kids anymore. They need a break from us. And it's hardly survival training. We're just gonna go off to one of the islands and have a camp out."

"It's not a camp out," Scott told her. "Let's check the supplies. Blankets?"

"Check," Shipwreck helped him.

"Food?"

"Check."

"Ropes."

"Check."

"Tents."

"Check."

"Diapers. DIAPERS?" Scott did a double take.

"Well yeah," Shipwreck handed him Claudius. "The little guy isn't potty trained yet!"

"Told you," Althea snapped.

"I'll take him!" Todd took the baby. "Me and Little C get along real good!"

"Oh this is going to be fun," Remy groaned.

"Okay what else?" Althea looked at the list. "Volleyballs?"

"Check!" Todd chirped.

"Surfboards."

"Check."

"Beach toys."

"Got 'em!"

"I don't believe this," Scott moaned as Todd and Althea went over the list.

"Now here are the coordinates," Shipwreck gave Scott the map. "There are a few small islands in this area. But this is the one you need to go to," He pointed to a map. "There's already a Joe there waiting for you. Good luck and see you on Monday!"

"You're just going to leave us on our own?" Jean asked.

"Well," Xavier told them. "I think it's time you students had some alone time. I know we need some."

"You'll all be fine," Ororo said.

"I get to drive the boat!" Kurt shouted.

"You don't drive a boat you moron!" Althea rolled her eyes. "What a bunch of landlovers!"

Soon the kids were sailing off in a large boat. "Do you think this is wise?" Ororo asked.

"Ah they'll be fine," Shipwreck said. "They're pretty good kids and it's not like there won't be any adults around."

"I just hope they don't kill each other," Xavier groaned.

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The ocean was clear and blue. The waves were calm as Scott steered the craft. Everything was peaceful. Well maybe not everything….

"Sailing, sailing over the bounty main!" Polly sang.

"Why is this stupid bird with us?" Scott asked.

"Pop wanted us to have a chaperone," Daria told him.

"Ask a stupid question," Scott groaned.

"Lighten up Summers," Todd told him. "Hey we're getting away from it all for a whole weekend! This will be fun!"

"Whoopie," Jean groaned. "How much longer to the island?"

"Oh come on Jean," Kitty said. "At least we get a sailing trip out of this!"

"I suppose you're right," Jean sighed. "I mean I guess it wouldn't be so bad IF A CERTAIN BIRD WOULD STAY OUT OF MY HAIR!" She brushed Polly away. The bird decided to land on her head.

"AWK! Thar she blows!" Polly cackled.

"Great it got feathers in my hair," Jean grumbled, picking them out. "Xavier was right about one thing. Training with GI Joe is an experience I'll never forget. No matter how hard I try."

"Jean just chill will ya?" Rogue said. "Well at least nothing can happen to us on this trip."

"WAHHOOOOO!" A boat sped by them at an alarming rate. "AVAST YE LANDLOVERS! GEEK SQUAD AHOY!" Pietro shouted.

"You just had to say that didn't you Rogue?" Roberto shouted.

"Who are they?" Quinn looked at the speedboat pulling along side of them.

"The Brotherhood!" Scott snapped, trying to outdistance them. "Come to ruin the party as usual!"

"Pull over Summers!" Lance cackled. "You're over the limit on geeks!"

"I'll show you geeks," Althea readied her powers. However, at the exact same time the Brotherhood's craft bumped alongside of the boat, throwing her to the ground and temporarily knocking her out.

"Wavedancer!" Todd cried out. "That is it!" Todd shot out acid projections at the boat.

"Whoa!" Fred shouted as the acid hit the boat and started to burn holes in it. "They're firing at us!"

"Fire the weapons!" Pietro shouted.

"What weapons?" Fred asked.

"Oh man we are dead!" Lance groaned.

"No we are not!" Pietro snapped.

"What are you gonna do?" Lance blinked. "Uh Pietro, you're headed straight for them!"

"That's the plan!" Pietro cackled insanely.

"What's going on?" Althea regained her senses, still slightly woozy.

"The Brotherhood is gonna ram us!" Kitty shouted.

"Oh no they don't!" Althea shouted.

Both boats collided. Althea shouted and sent a huge wave against the Brotherhood boat, sending them far away. Too late. Their boat was wrecked.

"There's an island over there!" Jean said.

"It's too far! We're not going to make it!" Bobby shouted.

"Wanna bet!" Althea created a huge wave under them.

"NOOOOOO!" The X-Men screamed as it crashed forward. The next thing they knew they were stranded on an island somewhere.

"Let me guess," Amara groaned. "This is not the island we're supposed to be on is it?"

"No it is not," Scott kicked the sand.

"Way to go Wavedancer," Bobby grumbled.

"Hey I got us here didn't I?" Althea said.

"The radio's busted," Roberto groaned. "And we're way off course. What do we do?"

"Can't you like just part the ocean and make a path or something?" Bobby asked Althea.

"Who do I look like? Moses?" Althea snapped. "I don't have that much power!"

"How about calling the Professor?" Todd asked. "Use your little mental link."

"I tried that already but for some reason I can't make a connection," Jean sighed.

"So we're like stuck here?" Kitty asked.

"Looks like it," Scott sighed.

"Don't worry," Althea told him. "There's plenty of food that was salvaged as well as some blankets and stuff. And there are some kinds of fruit trees over there. We'll be fine until the Joes find us. First thing we should do is build a signal fire."

"No problem," Amara smiled.

"I'll get the firewood!" Jamie volunteered.

"Ray and I will go with him," Sam said. "Hey look at all the branches over there! This will be easy!"

"Wavedancer, you and Toad should help set up the tents," Jean said. "The rest of you start gathering supplies."

"Who died and made you queen of the island?" Todd said.

"I'm gonna go see if there's a freshwater stream or something," Althea told him. "Since this is kind of like my field."

"You shouldn't go alone," Jean said.

"Don't worry Red," Althea waved. "There's no one else here. I can handle myself." She took off.

"We're going to get some fish!" The triplets said together and dove into the water.

"Fine, Rahnee, Tabitha you help me with the tents," Jean sighed. "Tabitha?"

She wasn't listening. In fact, what she was doing was lying down getting some sun in her bathing suit, listening to her Walkman. Rahnee was doing the same thing. "Great," Jean grumbled.

"Relax Jean," Bobby said. "We've already got a fire going and plenty of food."

"Yeah like we can't be that far off course," Kitty and Rogue were breaking out the food. "We may not even need the tents."

"It's supposed to be sunny and warm all weekend anyway," Rogue told her. "And it's early. For all we know they could be looking for us right now. The best thing to do is sit tight and relax."

"In the meantime, Surf's up dude!" Kurt said, grabbing a surfboard.

"You said it man!" Evan told him. "Good thing we all wore our swimming gear."

"Hey anybody wanna play volleyball?" Ray asked.

"Little C and me are gonna make some sandcastles," Todd plopped the baby down. "Right buddy?" Immediately the baby started playing in the sand.

"Guys we're all stranded here! This is serious! Scott will you tell them…?" Jean started to say.

Scott ran past her with a surfboard. "COWABUNGA!"

"Why do I even bother?" Jean groaned, putting her head in her hands.

"Aloha!" Polly flew over her head, dropping some kind of flower on her head.

"Oh what the hell," Jean sighed. "Anybody seen the marshmallows?"

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Not far away, Althea found a waterfall. "Bingo," She chuckled, filling up her canteen. "That was easy."

Althea heard voices. "Let's go spy on the X-Geeks you said! Let's ram their boat you said!"

"Shut up Blob!"

"Face it Quicksilver this idea of yours was a bust! Magneto's gonna kill us!"

"Avalanche will you…." The three members of the Brotherhood came into the clearing. "Well, well…what do we have here?"

"Well hello there," Althea smiled sweetly. "You boys from around here?"

"Nope just visiting," Pietro zoomed up to her, smiling. "So you're one of those new mutants huh? Call me Quicksilver."

"Call me Wavedancer," Althea flirted, and evil plan forming in her mind. "Who's your cute friends?"

"I'm Avalanche and that's Blob!" Lance came over on Althea's other side.

"Uh hi!" Fred waved. "You see any other mutants around here?"

"Oh those losers?" She smiled. "No I ditched them. Can't stand those geeks. You two boys are cute."

"Uh," Lance blushed as she came on to him.

"He's taken," Pietro told her. "I'm not."

"Hey!" Lance snapped.

"Why be so possessive?" Althea took both their arms. "I like the both of you. You wanna know what my powers are?"

"Uh yeah," Lance blinked.

"Come here," She motioned both of them. Lance and Pietro bent their heads towards her. "Closer," They did so. "Perfect!" She grabbed their heads and banged them together.

"OWWW!" They screamed.

"That's for ditching Toad!" She snarled. "And this is just cause I feel like it!" She gave Lance a swift kick in the chest.

She tried to kick Pietro but he zoomed away. "Whoa! Okay, let me guess? Friend of Toad's right?" He raced up to hit her. To his surprise she ducked and hit him. "HOW DID YOU DO THAT?" He gasped, rubbing his cheek.

"Ninja trick," She told him. "Wanna see another trick I can do? Question, how long can you hold your breath underwater?"

"Pretty…" Pietro looked by and saw that the waterfall pool had turned into a huge tsunami. "Uh oh…"

"This is not good," Fred gulped just before the water crashed down.

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"I wonder if Althea found any water?" Jean sighed as she and the triplets cooked the fish they caught.

There was a loud rumbling sound. "What was that?" Kurt asked.

"Sounds like trouble!" Scott said.

"You got that right!" Evan pointed. "Look!"

"RUN!" Pietro ran by. "PSYCHO ON THE LOOSE!" Fred and Lance ran after him at a reasonable distance. They were both soaking wet.

"Get out of our way!" Lance screamed. "She's nuts!"

"I don't wanna die!" Fred bawled.

"What happened to them?" Bobby asked.

"I think the question is who happened to them?" Todd snickered, pointing.

Althea was hot on their heels. "Come back here you barnacle licking landlovers!" She screamed. "Fight like a man!"

"AWK! DIVEBOMB!" Polly attacked Lance.

"Get off me you stupid bird!" Lance snapped.

Pietro took refuge in a palm tree. He threw coconuts at Althea. "Get away you lunatic!"

Lance and Fred tried to climb the tree without any success. "What are you losers doing here?" Kitty stomped her foot.

"They came to get pounded that's what they're doing here!" Althea's fists clenched. "Nobody does what they did to my Toddles and gets away with it!"

"Toddles?" Pietro asked.

"Toddles?" Lance and Fred looked at each other.

"Toddles?" Scott looked at Todd.

"AL!" Todd groaned. "Remember, we had this little talk about you calling me by that name in public?"

"Wait a minute," Lance looked at them. "She calls you a pet name, like she's your girlfriend or something?"

"I am his girlfriend you moron!" Althea snapped.

The Brotherhood looked at each other. Then at Todd. "Hard to believe I know," Remy told them. "But it's true."

"It's not that hard to believe!" Todd snapped.

"Great," Lance groaned. "Of all the mutants we try to recruit we had to pick the Toad's girlfriend!"

"This is all your fault Alvers!" Scott snapped. "Thanks to you and your idiot friends we're stuck on this island!"

"This isn't exactly our idea of a good time either you know!" Pietro snapped. "Toad may be one of you X-Geeks now but that doesn't mean…"

"I am not an X-Geek!" Todd shouted. "I'm just stuck with them for a few weeks!"

"Yeah if it wasn't for you we'd still have a school to go to instead of being stuck training with the Joes!" Evan snapped.

"Hey you're the ones who invited the Joes to spy on all of us in the first place!" Fred snapped.

"That was Wolverine moron!" Bobby snapped.

"Don't call him a moron Popsicle Brain!" Lance snapped. Soon all the X-Men and Brotherhood were fighting with each other.

"That's it!" Althea shouted. "I HAVE HAD IT WITH THE LOT OF YOU!"

They stopped fighting long enough to see a huge tidal wave bearing down on them. "Not again…" Lance moaned.