It's Field Trip Time!
"I cannot believe all of you!" Xavier shouted to his students. They stood in the library the following day. "Especially you Storm! You should know better than to lose your temper like that!"
"And I thought I had a temper," Logan chuckled. "However it was kind of funny to see you call down the lightning to fry Shipwreck's butt!"
"Yeah it was so funny the cops came over," Scott groaned. "But the Misfits started the fight! They're to blame for the whole mess! They always cause trouble around here!" Several students agreed with him.
"Maybe, but yesterday's brawl wasn't exactly 100 percent their fault now was it?" Xavier asked. "Mutants have enough problems without all of you acting like lunatics! Thank god I was able to convince the police and the media that you were all doing a training exercise!"
"Somehow though I don't think the neighbors were convinced," Hank sighed as he casually looked out the window. "Oh look, another 'For Sale' sign down the road."
"It's obvious that we need to seriously work on getting along with other people," Xavier said. "So today all students from both groups will be going on a field trip."
"Couldn't we just have an all day level 13 training session in the Danger Room instead?" Rogue groaned.
"You wish," Hank told her. "We're going to use the Mass Device to transport all of us to a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean in order to study ecology and marine life. Also if you all decide to kill each other there will be no witnesses."
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"We're going where?" Althea blinked. "Are you crazy? Stupid question."
"Listen," Shipwreck snapped to the kids. "You kids better learn to put up with the X-Men! If you don't it will ruin my plan!"
"What kind of plan are you talking about, Pop?" Althea asked.
"This is not good," Daria said.
"It's really very simple," Shipwreck folded his arms. "We're letting Charley use our Mass Device right?"
"Yeah," Althea said. "Go on."
"Well maybe one day Old Chuck will allow us to borrow Cerebro so we can get new recruits," Shipwreck said.
"He'd never let us borrow it you lunatic!" Althea groaned.
"Maybe not," Shipwreck stroked his beard. "But let's say we start hanging around the X-Mansion a lot. And while we happen to be there the alarm for Cerebro will go off signaling a new mutant. I mean the more we hang around the odds of that happening are pretty good! I mean it's gotta happen sometime, right?"
"Keep going," Althea said.
"And we find out the location of this mutant," Shipwreck smiled. "And we decide to do the neighborly thing and track the mutant down using our Mass Device…"
"Which will let us get the first shot at getting new recruits!" Pietro said.
"And leave those X-Men in the dust before they know what hit them!" Wanda said.
"Bingo!" Shipwreck said.
"I gotta admit, it is a good plan. You know Pop, every now and then you do think up a brilliant idea," Althea said.
"Why thank you daughter dear," Shipwreck beamed with pride.
"Just don't screw it up, okay?" Althea asked.
"What makes you think I'd screw it up?" Shipwreck said hotly.
"This is you we're talking about," Althea said.
"She's got you there barnacle breath," Polly squawked.
"Shut up bird," Shipwreck snapped.
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"All right now listen up!" Roadblock called out to the students. They were all now on an island somewhere in the Pacific. "Your assignment should you choose to accept it…"
"Like we have a choice," Wanda grumbled.
"Is to team up into two groups made of both Misfits and X-Men," Roadblock continued. "You are to observe the wildlife, make observations and all the other stuff that's on your worksheets Hank gave out."
"Thank god for worksheets," Hank sighed under his breath. "A teacher's last line of defense!"
The students reluctantly spilt up into groups. Actually the adults made them split up into groups. "Too bad Storm, Shipwreck and the Professor aren't here to help," Roadblock sighed. "We could use it."
"Well Shipwreck had to stay behind with the babies back at the mansion," Hank said. "The Professor somehow talked Storm into staying behind to help him."
"AWWK! ONE ADAM TWELVE! ONE ADAM TWELVE!" Polly cackled as he flew by. He had something in his claws.
"I just wish Polly stayed behind as well," Hank sighed.
"COME BACK HERE WITH MY SCRUNCHIE YOU STUPID BIRD!" Kitty ran past with Lockheed flying alongside. "LOCKHEED! FRY THAT UNDERSIZED CHICKEN!"
"We should have left the dragon behind as well," Roadblock groaned.
"Oh look," Hank pointed. "Some of them are already arguing and we've only been here…ten minutes. This is gonna be a long day."
"Good thing you brought some extra Joes along to keep 'em in line," Logan grunted.
"Well yes and no," Roadblock sighed.
"Cowabunga!" Alpine shouted gleefully as he surfed along the waves.
"ALPINE GET BACK HERE!" Roadblock shouted. "BEFORE I KICK YOUR REAR!"
"Oh yeah these guys are going to be a lot of help," Logan groaned as he watched some of the Joes already goofing off.
"Bazooka will you please stop making sand castles and pay attention?" Roadblock groaned.
"But I like sand castles," Bazooka whined.
"Yeah this is fun," Forge said.
"You too!" Logan snapped.
Eventually the two groups started to work on their assignment. Well that was the intention, but the further the second group got away from Roadblock, Logan and Hank's group the quicker they got their own ideas of how to spend their time. The adults quickly took off to go surfing and as for the kids…
"Scott I think I found some examples they want on Question 3," Jean motioned.
"Great Jean. It's nice to see somebody working on this project! Will all of you stop loafing around and help us here?" Scott snapped. They glared at their group, which consisted of Todd, Althea, Xi, Rogue, Remy, Bobby, and Roberto. All of them were either frolicking in the water or catching some rays.
"Aren't you guys even worried about not completing this assignment?" Jean snapped.
"Don't worry about it," Bobby waved. "We'll just copy your answers."
"I'm serious," Jean snapped.
"So are we," Althea told her. She was wearing a blue two piece bathing suit. "Toad dear I need more sunscreen!"
"Coming right up my delicious little Sweetie of the Sea!" Todd happily obliged.
"Oh brother," Rogue grumbled. "Could you two be any more revolting?"
"Actually we could," Althea said. "Just not in front of a large audience."
"Will you guys quit goofing around?" Scott snapped.
"No," Roberto told him.
"Whatcha gonna do Summers?" Todd asked sarcastically. "Go tell on us?"
"Yeah we all know how well that worked the last time!" Remy snapped.
"Go on and tell the adults," Althea pointed. "They're right over there, surfing!"
"Man who would have thought the Blind Master could hang ten like that?" Todd said.
"Yeah well Roadblock isn't going to like this I'll bet!" Scott snapped. The next thing he knew something pushed him into the water. "WHOA!"
Jean followed him with a splash. "Great now the worksheet is ruined!"
"Good going Xi!" Todd called out as Xi reappeared.
"Yeah thanks a lot," Scott grumbled.
"Ah well I see all of you are putting the usual amount of effort into this assignment," Hank sighed as he walked over.
"Mr. McCoy they're not doing any work!" Scott complained. "They're completely ignoring me and Xi…"
"Oh shut up Scott, nobody likes a snitch!" Hank snapped. "Besides at least you guys are getting along! Somewhat."
There was a tremor in the distance followed by the sound of explosions and things being zapped. "Let me take a wild guess," Althea said. "Pietro made a few remarks which led to Tabitha and Amara fighting over Ray while at the same time getting into a fight with Kurt? And while this is going on Lance and Peter are at it again fighting over Kitty? Am I right?"
"Almost," Hank sighed. "It was Pietro and Kurt who made the remarks. Not to mention Tabitha decided to pick a fight with Wanda as well. And Fred ate all the lunches for that group."
"Ah," Althea nodded. "I see."
Then there was a very loud explosion. "Hey is it me or does that not sound like Tabitha?" Remy asked.
"I know that sound," Althea blinked. "It sounds like a…land mine?"
They all ran over to the section where Peter, Kitty and Lance were standing. "Like don't come any closer!" Kitty cried out. "I think we're in a land mine field or something!"
"What happened?" Hank shouted.
"We were…having a disagreement," Peter gulped. "When Avalanche here knocked down some coconuts and when they hit the ground they exploded!"
"Yup that's a land mine all right," Roadblock ran up with more members of his group.
"Jean, levitate them out of there!" Scott snapped.
"On it," She concentrated and soon all three were hovering in the air.
"Are you sure she can handle this?" Lance gulped.
"Relax Lance," Kitty told him. "If Jean can levitate the X-Jet she can handle us no problem!"
"I'm not to sure of that," Jean groaned. "Some of you really need to cut down on the burgers! There." She landed them safely away from the mines.
"Thanks Jean. How did those mines get there in the first place?" Kitty asked.
"Well this island is near Japan," Althea said. "They must be left over from WWII and nobody bothered to get rid of them."
"Are you serious?" Rogue's jaw dropped.
"What kind of morons take a bunch of kids to an island filled with land mines?" Scott shouted.
"Don't blame us!" Roadblock snapped. "It was Shipwreck who gave us the map and directed us here!"
"Why am I not surprised?" Lance groaned. "Stand back! I'm gonna…"
"Lance no!" Althea shouted. "Your shaking might start…" Lance had already raised the ground up and the mines started to explode. "A chain reaction…."
"Way to go Alvers!" Scott snapped as they ran away from the explosions. "This way! Right…"
"Over to another fire?" Jean yelped as she saw the rest of the team run away from a blaze in the opposite direction. "What the…?"
"We had a little accident!" Logan growled. "Boom Boom and Magma 's little tiff got out of control! And then Lockheed decided to add his two cents in and well…"
"I can guess the rest," Althea rolled her eyes.
"This is not good," Kurt gulped as he saw the small island quickly turn into a flaming mess all around them.
"Great!" Kitty groaned. "Now the island is on fire!"
"Let's move our rears and get out of here!" Roadblock shouted as they hit the transportation buttons and disappeared. The island was left behind in a smoldering mess.
"Well that was fun," Pietro grumbled as they materialized back at the mansion.
"Yeah and sooo educational," Kitty rolled her eyes. "How to destroy an entire ecosystem in a few hours!"
"When I said it was good to go on a deserted island in case you guys destroyed something I was only joking," Hank groaned.
"The Professor is gonna kill us," Scott sighed.
"Yeah you guys are in real trouble," Pietro remarked.
"What about you?" Bobby asked.
"Don't worry, the Joes blow up islands all the time," Bazooka said. "This is nothing new!"
"I'm not gonna tell Chuck if you don't," Logan sighed.
"How is he not gonna know about this?" Jean asked. "Cerebro? Remember?"
"YOU IRRESPPONSIBLE JACKASS!" They could hear the Professor shouting. "YOU RUINED CEREBRO!"
"On the other hand," Jean blinked. "Maybe we might get away with it."
"What's going on?" Logan asked a very haggard Ororo.
She was holding two bottles in her hands. "Can't talk…feed babies, change the babies…feed the babies…change the babies…milk…milk…no more screaming…" She stumbled away with a glazed look in her eye.
"What's wrong with her?" Ray asked.
"Nothing a nice nap wouldn't cure," Fred told him.
Xavier wheeled in with Shipwreck at his heels. "I can't believe you! I just can't believe you!" Xavier snapped. "That's going to take days to fix it!"
"I said I was sorry!" Shipwreck snapped. "I didn't mean to spill my orange soda on Cerebro! It was an accident!"
"I knew it," Althea muttered under her breath.
"Can't we go anywhere without something going wrong?" Jean shouted.
"Apparently not," Wanda said.
"I don't know about you," Todd said sarcastically. "But I can't wait until the next field trip!"