Disclaimer: Marvel owns the universe we just happen to be in it. Everyone in this chapter except for Cable is owned by them selves. Oh we are sorry for giving our friends such lame powers, well not really, but if you want to change it write your own story!

Oh yeah...guess who get which code name


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Back in the real world…

Tara walked into Lisa's room. Lisa's mom said that she and Dominique were upstairs reading comic books. They were supposed to go to the movies, but it only figures they would be spending time reading their little books in French. (Liz: This is an inside joke, our friend doesn't read comic books so when we start talking about them, she likes to say that we are talking in French. Firecracker: Yeah, but when she starts her Star Wars talk we like to say she's talking in Russian.) There was no one there, of course. We know that our lovely Heroines are in the lovely Marvel Universe, but of course Tara didn't know this and seeing an empty room didn't really help her mood.

"Where are they?" she asked as she poked her head around the room. It was for the most part clean, (Firecracker: Your room, clean? Hah. Liz: Shhhhh.) with the exception of an open comic book. Letting her curiosity get the better of her, she moved over to look at the comic and was surprised to see Lisa and Dominique.

"What the…" Tara started as her two friends looked up at her.

"Oh!" Lisa exclaimed as she looked up at her friend "Hi Tara!"

"Hey Tara," Dominique said.

"What the heck are you guys doing in there?" Tara asked.

"Brushing up on the Marvel comics by spending a little quality time with the mutants at the X-mansion," Dominique grinned. "You should have seen Logan when we first arrived." (Firecracker: Mmm…Logan…)

"French?" Tara said politely, reminding Lisa and Dominique of her limited knowledge of the comic world. Then Lisa got an idea.

"Hey Dominique! What do you think about a little hands-on tutoring for our friend here?"

"What a great idea!" Dominique exclaimed.

"What?" Tara asked, but before could press for an explanation; two hands reached up from the comic book and pulled her in.

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"Ok, now that you've dragged me into this strange place, could you please tell me what the heck is going on?" Tara asked, looking at her bizarre, comic-obsessed friends Lisa and Dominique.

"We want you to join our special ops team that the Professor told us to form," Dominique said.

"Yo no hablo French," Tara said. Dominique sighed.

"Okay," she started, "the Professor is the dude that runs this whole thing. You know, in the movie the guy that was played by Captain Picard?" (Firecracker: Played *by* Captain Picard? He can't play anyone! He's a *character*, duh? Liz: Trust me it makes more sense when you say it like this. Firecracker: Yeah, yeah, sure, sure, whatever.)

"Oh, yeah, okay," she replied. "Continue."

"So, we thought that you would make a good team member," Lisa added.

"And what do you want me to do on this 'team'?"

"Use your mutant powers to save the world, of course. What else do you think they do around here? Discuss politics?" Dominique said.

"That's all well and good, but, newsflash: I don't have any mutant powers," Tara replied.

"Yeah, you do. We didn't have any powers in the real world, but when we came here, we magically had powers. This *is* the Marvel universe we're talking about," Lisa said.

"You're speaking in tongues, again, Lisa."

"Sorry. So, what are your powers?"

"How the heck should I know? You're the geniuses of this operation," Tara complained, pointing at Lisa and Dominique.

"Uh, Tara? I think we just found your power," Dominique said, looking down at Tara's hand. Tara looked down and found that instead of hands, there was a pair of AK-47's.

"Holy shit!!!" she exclaimed, "This is great!" Just then, everyone's favorite bodyguard walked into the room.

"Whoa. Who's the chick?" he asked. Tara looked up at the 6'8" hunk of metal and man known as Cable with stars in her eyes. Lisa and Dominique merely coughed and looked the other way. Tara couldn't speak, so Dominique had to speak for her.

"Nathan, this is Tara, Tara, this is Nathan. Tara is a new student here. We've recruited her to be on our special ops team," she said in a bored tone. (Firecracker: Even though, Nathan isn't all that bad looking, but I only have eyes for one man and one man only. Mmm…Logan…)

"Welcome to the school, Tara," Cable said, holding out his hand. Tara went for it, but realized that her hands were still in the form of hardware. She blushed and turned them back into her hands. Then she shook Cable's hand. He smiled at her and then walked out of the room, leaving Tara drooling over his backside.

"Geez, Tara, you think you could flirt anymore?" Lisa asked.

"You think that was flirting, you shoulda seen her when we were at the recruiting offices," Dominique piped up, rolling her eyes.

"All right, all right, I'll join your team. Who else is on it?" Tara asked. The other two girls looked at each other and grinned.

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Krystina was sitting in the computer room on the second floor of her house. She was actually checking her mail. (Firecracker: Yeah, babe, you *actually* check your email for once! Too bad this isn't real life!) There was nothing very interesting, except for an email from her best buddy, (Firecracker: And her other head. That's another inside joke.) Dominique. She opened it and read it. It was a story that she and Lisa had written that included her. She swore, those two were gonna be the death of her. She stood up and went downstairs to get a soda. She was walking back up the stairs when she heard a voice.

"Krystina! Krystina, where are you?" it asked. It kind of sounded like Lisa. Intrigued, she hurried up the rest of the stairs to see who was talking. "Krystiiinnaaa, where are you?" Krystina stopped dead in her tracks when she realized who the voice belonged to. It WAS Lisa. And Lisa was in her computer.

"Lisa? What the heck are you doing in there?" she hissed, looking around to see if anyone else was witnessing this bizarre event.

"You're not the first person to ask me that today, but anyway, getting to the point," Lisa replied, "Me and Dominique are currently in the Marvel universe, specifically at Xavier's. We were wondering if you would like to join our special operations team."

"What? What are you talking about?"

"Just come on." Lisa reached through the computer screen and grabbed Krystina's arm and pulled her into the Marvel universe.

Meanwhile, Dominique made quick work of David…

The journey through the pipe system was disgusting, but Dominique had to do it if they wanted at least one male on their team. Finally, she reached the pool where David was currently having swim practice.

"Come on, Pink, let's go!" a fellow senior yelled at David. (Firecracker: Yes, folks, his nickname is Pink. Only God knows why, but he ain't tellin'.) Dominique watched in amusement as the white, tall, lanky, awkward, white boy dove into the water. She took the opportunity to reach up and grab his neck and yank him down into the pipe. She didn't hesitate to just yank him right in because he was just so skinny, he would have no problem fitting into the pipe. He didn't even know what happened to him.

The five friends met in Lisa and Dominique's room. David and Dominique were slightly wet after having gone through an entire PVC system and then eventually coming up through the sink drain. David might have been a little sore.

"Okay, I have just one question: where are we, and what the heck are we doing here?" David asked.

"That's two, David," Lisa said.

"Whatever."

"Well," Dominique said, deciding that she should probably be the one to explain it to him since she kidnapped him, "you are in the Marvel universe, seriously. We, Lisa and I, have a special ops team, and we want you to be a part of it."

"The what?"

"The Marvel universe, you know X-Men? The stuff that we talk about all of the time," Lisa said.

"Oh."

"So what do you say, you guys?" Dominique asked.

"Do I have a choice?" David asked.

"No," Lisa and Dominique said in unison.

"By X-Men, do you mean, Gambit?" Krystina asked.

"Yeah, but he's kind of um, taken," Lisa said.

"It better not be you," she said menacingly.

"Unfortunately no. Rogue has staked a claim on him and has insinuated that if he tried anything on any member of the female gender, that she would hurt them, and badly," Lisa said sadly.

"It really sucks to be you guys," Dominique said laughing. "I have my man all to myself. But anyway, getting back to the point. No, neither of you have a choice in this matter. Now, what are your powers?"

"Powers?" David asked.

"You know, mutant powers. X-Men? What did I just get done telling you?" Lisa asked.

"Ohhh, yeah. Whoa!" David said. He fell on the floor. He looked down at his legs. "Oh god! Oh god! What's happened to me?"

"That's your mutant power. Obviously, whenever water touches you, your legs turn into fins," Dominique pointed out.

"Cool! I wonder what I can do," Krystina said as she clasped her hands together creating a small rock that shot out of her hand and hit the wall.

"Well I guess that answers that question," Dominique said as they examined the wall.

"It's a good thing I wanted to get this room repainted," Lisa commented as she traced the tiny hole with her finger.

"Ummm… a little help here?" David called from the floor. Apparently he still hadn't developed much control over his powers yet. Tara snickered as she used her powers.

"I can control my powers," Tara taunted. Lisa and Dominique look around the room. They had to admit that between the girl with the guns for hands the guy laying on the floor with fins and the girl who could create rocks, they looked pretty strange.

They couldn't be more proud of their team.

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