The Three O' Clock in the Morning Mambo
"Well I see you had another pleasant talk with our friends from law enforcement," Hank commented as Xavier wheeled himself into the kitchen a few hours later.
"What'd they say this time?" Logan asked.
"Oh the usual," Xavier sighed. "Truth is I think they're afraid to do much to us right now. But I definitely sensed that they were thinking about bringing in the lawyers."
"Chuck this is gone on far too long!" Logan said. "It's time we laid down the law! First thing in the morning you are gonna talk to Hawk and tell him to lay down some serious ground rules for those Misfits!"
"We should practice what we preach," Hank sighed. "Some of our students are a bit too eager to stir up trouble as well."
"Well we'll have a talk with the students in the morning," Xavier sighed. "Hopefully we can work something out after a good night's sleep."
He had no idea that a good night's sleep was the last thing anyone would have that night.
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The alarm blared throughout the mansion. "What the…?" Kitty looked up blearily at her alarm clock. "It's three am! Who could be attacking us at this hour?"
"It's the inside alarm!" Scott ran by their room as the girls came out. "Somebody's inside the mansion!"
"Three guesses who?" Rogue groaned. Sure enough the X-Men went to the kitchen and found a huge mess. "I was right!"
Fred had a chef's hat on was arguing with Pietro over something. There was batter all over the walls and the floor. There was flour everywhere as well. Several of the Misfits and the adults were covered in it as well as the babies. There was fruit splattered everywhere. Polly the parrot, covered in flour was flying around. "I am the ghost of Christmas past! AWWK!"
"Oh god…" Kitty rolled her eyes. "This is way too early in the morning for this!"
"What are all of you doing here?" Scott shouted.
"We've decided to make breakfast for you!" Fred said cheerfully.
"AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING?" Scott shouted.
"Well I wanted to make myself a snack first," Fred shrugged.
"Which means Blob eats all the food!" Wanda snapped.
"I'm not the one who set off the alarm!" Fred snapped.
"No but you are the one that started the fruit fight!" Wanda snapped.
"Hold it!" Xavier wheeled in. "You all broke into our home at three in the morning just to make us breakfast."
"And instead they wrecked the place," Kitty groaned. "Typical."
"Look we just wanted to apologize for dinner and make it up to you," Todd said. "Even thought it wasn't all our fault!"
"What? You're saying it was our fault?" Rogue snapped.
"Hey we're not the one's being anti-social," Lance told her.
"Lance!" Kitty snapped. "Never mind! I can't take this at this time of day!" She stormed out.
"Kitty wait!" Lance followed her out.
"Okay why are you letting them do this?" Xavier asked the adults.
"Because the kids wanted to make amends," Shipwreck said. "We only want our two teams to be one happy family!"
"HA!" Rogue laughed.
"What you calling Shipwreck a liar?" Wanda growled.
"Bingo!" She snapped. "Being a family is the last thing you guys have ever wanted to be with us!"
"Well you guys aren't exactly the type of folks people warm up to ya know?" Pietro snapped.
"Here we go," Logan groaned as the kids started to bicker amongst themselves.
"Let's all go talk in the hall while the kids have another brawl," Roadblock suggested. They left just as some of the youngsters started to throw plates at each other.
"Look as much as I can appreciate the gesture," Xavier sighed. "You all cannot simply barge in here whenever you want!"
"Why not?" Shipwreck asked. "I said we wanted to act like a family."
"I think I need to go have a drink," Logan staggered away.
"Families do not barge in on each other's personal space!" Xavier reasoned.
"You have obviously never met my mother or any of my aunts," Roadblock said.
"Uh Chuck," Logan said walking back. "Remember when I suggested that you call Hawk and tell him to lay down the law. That may not be such a good idea." He pointed to the scene in the living room.
"Oh my…" Spirit blinked at the sight of several people dancing in the living room. "This was unexpected."
"Everybody Mambo!" Hawk shouted as he led a group of very tipsy generals in a conga line.
"WHAT ARE THOSE GENERALS DOING IN MY LIVING ROOM?" Xavier shouted.
"It appears to be the Congo," Spirit said matter of factly.
"I thought it was the Mambo," One general hiccuped.
"Hawk…" Xavier growled.
"Hey Charley," Hawk waved happily. "I was just showing the boys here how the Mass Device works! It's great for parties!"
"Yeah!" Another general hiccuped. "We hit Rio, London, and New Orleans in one night! How sweet is that?"
"Oh my god…" Xavier put his head into his hand. "I don't believe this!"
"Neither do I," Shipwreck said. "There's a drunken party going on and I had nothing to do with it! Hey guys! Wait for me!" He followed them.
Only to be stopped by Althea. "Down boy!" She snapped.
"Aww," Shipwreck pouted. "You don't let me have any fun!"
"Are you satisfied?" Scott snapped at Xavier. "Are you satisfied! I told you something like this was gonna happen? But did you listen to me? Noooooooo!"
"Roadblock we seriously need to think about this arrangement we have!" Xavier said. "I mean look at this! Our lives have become seriously disrupted!"
"Now calm down Xavier it is not that bad," Shipwreck said.
"Not that bad?" Xavier yelled. "Not that bad? There is a conga line of military personnel in my house!"
"Don't worry they won't remember anything!" Shipwreck waved.
"You got that right," Xavier said putting his hands to his temple. "Oh great, they're wearing those mental block band aids aren't they?"
"Never leave home with out them!" Hawk danced by with his group. "And one, two…cha, cha, cha! One, two, cha, cha, cha!"
"Okay you gotta expect some fights," Shipwreck said. "I mean this is a big adjustment having our two teams trying to learn to work together! Sure there are bound to be a few squabbles and disagreements…"
"GET OUT OF HERE YOU JERKS!" Kurt could be heard screaming.
"MAKE US FURBALL!" Fred screamed. The sound of explosions could be heard.
"KITTY I SWEAR I DIDN'T INVITE TABITHA INTO MY ROOM!" Peter could be heard next.
"LIKELY STORY PAL!" Lance shouted. "IF YOU LIKE KITTY SO MUCH WHY DO YOU KEEP CHASING OTHER WOMEN?"
"I AM NOT CHASING OTHER WOMEN! SHE IS CHASING ME! BESIDES YOU'RE THE LAST ONE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT SUBJECT LANCE!" Peter shouted.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" Lance yelled back.
"HE MEANS YOUR GIRLFRIEND WILLOW THAT'S WHAT!" Kitty shouted.
"OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD…" Lance shouted.
"Awwwk!" Polly flew by with something in his beak.
"GIVE ME BACK MY HEADBAND YOU STUPID BIRD!" Jean ran by chasing it.
"KITTY YOU CAN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT ME SEEING WILLOW DURING THE TIME WE BROKE UP!" Lance shouted. "CORRECTION, WHEN YOU DUMPED ME TO GO OUT WITH HIM!"
"He's got a point," Todd remarked.
"WHO ASKED YOU?" Kitty snapped. There was more yelling and the sound of more things getting wrecked.
"Okay a lot of fights where things get wrecked," Shipwreck sighed. "But these are teenagers we are talking about. Mutant teenagers mind you! Things are bound to get destroyed every now and then!"
"Every now and then?" Xavier winced as he heard something break.
"Well what do you expect Charles?" Roadblock said. "These kids have been trained to hate each other since way back! It's not gonna go away overnight!"
"Oh really?" Xavier said sarcastically as another small tremor shook the house. "You think?"
"Maybe what these kids need is some counseling?" Shipwreck suggested.
"It's gonna take a lot more than counseling bub," Logan told him. "We're gonna need the National Guard!"
"Okay so we have problems but if we don't try to work them out things will never get better between our two groups," Shipwreck said. "If you think about it all these fights…as destructive as they are show that our kids have problems dealing with people like a lot of other kids their age. It just so happens that these kids can level entire cities."
"OKAY WHERE IS XI?" Tabitha stormed into the room. She was covered with flour. "That overgrown gecko just dumped flour all over me!"
"Serves you right!" Amara's voice could be heard.
"DO YOU WANT A FAT LIP?" Tabitha ran out again. The sound of more things breaking could be heard.
They went outside the library and watched the kids fighting amongst themselves. "We really need to get these kids some counseling," Roadblock said. "Maybe we should call Psyche-Out?"
"I don't know if we need to go that far," Logan said.
"And over here we see the main elevator to the Danger Room," Pietro walked ahead of the generals with a bullhorn.
"What are you doing?" Xavier screamed.
"Giving a guided tour of the mansion of course! This way people! We're walking…we're walking…" Pietro called out as they rounded the corner.
"Okay…that was a little weird…" Shipwreck blinked.
CRASH!
"Oh great!" Hank groaned. "Now there's another hole in the wall!"
"What's the earliest Psyche-Out can get here?" Xavier groaned.