Now I am going to work on the friendships the kids and the adults have with each other. Friendships, not romances! Other than Todd and Althea I am not planning any inter-romances with the kids. Not in this fic anyway! He He!

We're Not Bonded, We're Crazy Glued

A day after the incident with Sgt. Snuffles and the dynamite Shipwreck told the gang that he was going away for a few days. This didn't make the adults any happier because they had one less person to keep the kids in line. However since the adult going was Shipwreck and they would have at least a week free of his insanity they weren't too unhappy either.

"So where's he going yo?" Todd asked.

"He's going off to Amsterdam to see some of his old buddies," Althea told them. "He does this every couple of years."

Shipwreck was all packed and saying his good-byes. "Now try not to blow anything else up while I'm gone will ya?" He asked.

"Well as long as the kids don't steal Beach Head's teddy bear again," Cover Girl said as she handed him Claudius.

"Okay kiddo," Shipwreck kissed Claudius on the forehead. "It's bye bye time! I love you kid but you're making me nuts." Claudius giggled as he handed him back. "Well its time for me to say so long swabbies!"

"Bye Bye!" Polly fluttered his wings. "See ya losers!"

"What do you mean losers bird?" Shipwreck told him. "You're staying behind too!"

"WHAT? THIS IS CRUEL AND UNUSAL PUNISHMENT!" Polly cried.

"Don't worry I think the kids will survive it," Shipwreck told him. "See ya!" He walked away.

"Bye!" The kids called out as he left the house.

"Smell ya later!" Pietro called out.

"Don't get arrested!" Althea called out.

"Try to stay sober for at least a couple hours huh?" Cover Girl called out.

When he left Roadblock called a family meeting. "What's this all about Roadblock?" Lance asked.

"We think it's time we all become a little closer," Roadblock told him. "Psyche-Out gave us some family bonding activities. And we are all going to do them together." This was met with groans.

"You gotta be kidding me?" Wanda asked. "Who are we? The Brady Bunch?"

"More like the Bundys," Pietro said.

"Okay the point of all this is for you kids to bond with us some more," Roadblock said.

"We'd be better off with duct tape," Low Light muttered.

"Yes well as fun as that sounds this way will be better," Cover Girl said as she wrote names down on a piece of paper. "One kid will spend two hours with the adult written down."

"Wait a minute," Pietro remarked. "There are only 5 adults and 11 kids! How's that gonna work?"

"Simple," Roadblock told him. "Two of you are going to spend time with the Triplets and the baby. It's to teach you how to care for other's as well as cooperation."

"Oh lovely," Pietro grabbed his paper. "I wonder who's gonna be stuck watching those little lunatics. WHAT? NO WAY!"

"Let me guess, you got them?" Lance snickered.

"Goody!" The Triplets cheered.

"This can't get any worse," Pietro groaned.

"I got them as well," Xi said. He glared at Pietro.

"Me and my big mouth," Pietro grumbled.

The remaining kids each drew lots. It went like this.

Roadblock-Lance

Cover Girl-Todd

Low Light-Fred

Spirit-Wanda

Blind Master-Althea

Pietro and Xi-The Triplets and Claudius

"Oh great," Pietro rolled his eyes. "Anybody want to trade?"

"No trading," Roadblock said. "We all stay with who we drew," He blinked at Lance. "Uh…So kid, what's new?"

"Oh great," Lance sighed. "The next two hours are going to fly by."

"Come on kid," Roadblock led him into the kitchen. "Why don't we try getting things ready for dinner. A cooking lesson ought to do to break through."

"So Spirit, maybe you can teach me how to meditate or something," Wanda shifted.

"Perhaps," Spirit said. "Or I could teach you how to shoot arrows that are on fire."

"Cool!" Wanda followed him outside.

"Aw I wanted to do that!" Althea pouted.

"Don't worry kid," Gabriel led her out. "I'll teach you some more ninja moves."

"Great!" Althea chirped.

"Great now we have to deal with the rugrats," Pietro looked around. "Where did they go? Xi have you seen…? Xi? XI DID YOU PULL A DISAPPEARING ACT ON ME?" He raced away to look for them.

Todd blinked at Cover Girl. "Hi."

"Now Todd," Cover Girl bent down slightly. "It's okay to feel a little awkward. But that's what this is all about. So we can get to know each other better. We are family now."

"Does that make you my new mom?" Todd asked.

"I guess so," Cover Girl shrugged. "Yeah I guess it does."

"Okay!" Todd grabbed her around the waist, giving her a big hug.

"Oh boy," Cover Girl groaned dragging Todd out of the room.

That left Low Light and Fred alone in the living room. "So now what do we do?" Low Light asked.

"TV?" Fred asked.

"Good idea," Low Light turned it on.

Meanwhile Pietro was having problems of his own. "Will you girls please untie me?" He whined.

"No!" Brittany yelled. "You're going to stay with us forever and ever and play with us and marry us and be our pet and do the dishes and…"

"XI!" Pietro yelled. Suddenly his bonds loosened. "Huh?"

"Not so loud," Xi reappeared. "I can hear you."

"The prisoners are escaping!" Polly called out. "AWK!"

"Get them!" The triplets cried out.

"Let's get out of here!" Pietro grabbed Xi and ran off. They hid in the back yard up one of the trees. "I think we're safe up here. Thanks."

"You're welcome. Not even I could have left you to them," Xi told him. "Pity I am not allowed to harm them and they know it."

"You know you're not so bad," Pietro said. "When you're not being psychotic that is."

"And you are not so bad when you are not being yourself," Xi grinned.

"Hey!" Pietro snapped.

"There they are!" The triplets used their abilities to float upwards. "We see you!"

Both mutants clung to each other. "RUN AWAY!" Pietro cried out as the triplets laughed maniacally.

Meanwhile Roadblock and Lance stumbled out of the kitchen filled with smoke. "Wow I've never seen a microwave catch on fire that fast before," Lance coughed.

"Well so much for that brilliant idea," Roadblock coughed. Then he saw Low Light and Fred on the couch. "What are you two doing?"

"Watching TV," Fred said simply.

"What?" Roadblock snapped.

"Why didn't we think of that?" Lance asked.

"Because the point of this exercise is to bond with each other, not to zone out in front of the boob tube!" Roadblock snapped.

"Hey you just said we had to spend time together," Low Light told him. "You didn't say how! Besides, this is educational."

"And what pray tell can you learn from Gilligan's Island?" Roadblock asked.

"Well how not to get rescued for one thing," Low Light said.

"And how to make a radio from coconuts," Fred put in.

"You both are nuts," Roadblock grumbled.

"Hello there," Cover Girl walked in with Todd still clinging to him. "We've been bonding. Are we done yet?"

"He's very affectionate," Roadblock told her.

"No kidding!" Cover Girl moaned.

"Run for your lives!" The triplets ran in screaming. Wanda and Althea were chasing them.

"You rugrats are going to die!" Althea snapped.

"Punish them!" Wanda chanted, zapping hexbolts all over the place. "Punish them!"

"Spirit! Blind Master! We have a disaster!" Roadblock shouted.

"Sorry!" Gabriel shouted. "We're kind of busy putting out fires back here!"

"Are they gone!" Pietro peeked out from inside a closet.

"I think so," Xi reappeared. Then the triplets appeared and tackled them. Then Wanda and Althea tackled them. Soon all the kids in the living room were fighting with the exception of Fred, who was cheering them on, Todd who was still clinging to Cover Girl and Lance who was watching in shock with Roadblock. During the chaos Roadblock and Lance snuck outside, quietly.

"You wanna sneak out of here and hide?" Lance asked.

"Better than going back inside!" Roadblock said. They both ran off, not planning to come back for a long time.

More surprises abound! And guess what? The Misfits get a new recruit. Sort of. Who will it be?