And what are the Misfits doing while all this is going on? Tee hee…Watch and see!

Living La Vida Loca

"Ramone!" Pietro snapped his fingers. "I need a refill on my pink lemonade!"

"Of course sir," A very elegant butler poured some for him. Pietro was lounging on a recliner wearing a white spa robe. He was having a pedicure and a manicure as well. "Would you like more ice?"

"Please," Pietro grinned. He took a sip through a straw and then inspected his nails. "Why Sylvia! You do such divine work! And Estelle! My feet never looked this polished! You are so much better than my regular manicurist!"

"Hey give me a break it was my first time!" Fred told him. He was getting a massage by a very buxom blonde. "Oh! That feels so good!"

"So does this," Lance smiled as he relaxed in a hot tub. "Bubbles…bubbles…"

"I like bubbles," Xi admitted. He was also getting a massage. "I should try that."

"Are you sure you're okay yo?" Todd asked. He and Althea were having facials and wearing fluffy bathrobes.

"Oh yeah," Lance grinned as he closed his eyes. "I feel like I'm floating on a cloud…floating…floating…That's a funny word. Floating. Flo-ooo-ting…"

"You think the doc gave him too much medication?" Todd asked.

"Don't worry he's happy," Pietro waved.

"Yeah it ain't his fault Magneto messed him up so much that he needs to be on medication for the rest of his life," Fred pointed out. "Oooh! That feels so good!"

"Hey guys how do I look?" Wanda strutted out in the Baroness' outfit.

"You actually got that to fit you?" Althea asked.

"Well it's a little snug on top but there's plenty of room in the hip area," Wanda remarked. "I'm gonna go for a swim in the pool."

"Hey I think I'll join you," Althea nodded. "I've about had it with this thing anyway. Coming Toddles?"

"Maybe later Al," Todd sighed. He had long given up trying to get her to stop calling him that around the guys.

Soon both girls were in their bathing suits swimming in a huge pool. Huge plants and flowers surrounded the pool. "Wow," Wanda floated in a red bikini. "This place is amazing."

"Yeah these rich folks know how to live. They have birds in here too," Althea remarked. "Just like a real rainforest." She pointed to several little parakeets and a few red parrots flying around.

"It's cool to see a normal parrot for once," Wanda looked as one parrot was sitting on a tree nearby. "Hi birdie. Hi there. What a pretty bird you are."

To this the parrot responded by flying over Wanda. The next thing she knew the bird had made off with her bikini top. "WHY YOU LITTLE…!" Wanda shouted as she covered herself up.

"Gee I thought only Polly did that," Althea scratched her head.

"GIVE ME BACK MY TOP YOU UNDERSIZED CHICKEN!" Wanda shouted.

"Why don't you just zap it?" Althea asked.

"Hello my hands are kind of busy here!" Wanda snapped as she tried to cover herself.

"For crying out loud Wanda we're the only two…" Althea began to say.

"Hey Al! Here I come!" Todd hopped in the pool with a huge splash. He popped his head out. "What's going on? Why are you looking at…" He then noticed Wanda. "EEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPP!"

"TOAD!" Wanda turned red with embarrassment.

"Don't worry Wanda!" Althea said. "A true friend never lets her buddies suffer alone!" She whipped off her blue bikini top. "Okay Todd now that you have the chance whose are bigger? Hers or mine?"

"Okay if I ever needed proof that Althea was Shipwreck's daughter this is it," Wanda groaned. "TOAD WILL YOU STOP DROOLING AND GET ME BACK MY TOP!"

"Uh yeah okay," Todd gulped. He grabbed the top with his tongue from the parrot.

"Oh great now I'm gonna have slime on it," Wanda groaned.

"Uh…uh…" Todd turned around and tried to clean it off with the pool water. "Don't worry…I'll take care of it."

"That's what I'm worried about," Wanda grumbled. "Althea please put your top on now! Not only are you distracting Toad but you're making him drool even more slime on it!"

"Party pooper," Althea stuck her tongue out. "Hey is that a quarter on the bottom?" She dove down under the water.

"Uh sorry about that," Todd gulped keeping his eyes closed as he handed her the top.

Just then Pietro walked in on the scene. He did a double take as he saw Wanda trying to cover herself and Todd holding her top. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MY SISTER?" Pietro shouted.

"It's a funny story really," Althea popped out of the pool. "You see…"

"Never mind!" Pietro did an about face. "I don't wanna know."

"IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK!" Both Todd and Wanda shouted.

"I SAID I DON'T WANNA KNOW!" Pietro screamed.

"Know what?" Lance walked in with Fred and Xi. "Oh god…"

"This is so humiliating!" Wanda sank lower in the water. "GET OUT!"

"Yeah this is a private party," Althea grumbled finally covering herself. "Only Todd's allowed to see these!"

"You've turned into a real horny toad haven't you?" Fred snickered.

"Very funny!" Todd snapped.

"So everyone's swimming naked?" Xi asked.

"Not exactly," Wanda grumbled. "NOW ALL OF YOU MORONS GET OUT OF HERE SO I CAN PUT MY TOP ON?"

The next thing Todd knew he was raised out of the water and crashed into the other boys. They flew backwards out the door and landed in a pile. "Ow…" Todd grumbled.

"Well that was pointless," Fred grumbled.

"I'm starting to miss the coyote," Lance muttered.

A few hours later the gang had all gotten dressed again. Of course they had used the Baroness' credit card to purchase designer outfits. They were also wolfing down all the food they could stuff in their mouths in a huge room. "This stuff is great!" Todd gulped on some sushi.

"So that's what caviar tastes like," Fred licked his lips. "Salty."

"Pass the lobster will ya?" Pietro asked.

"I love this room!" Althea said.

"Forget it Al you ain't sharing with us," Lance told her.

"Nuts," Althea shrugged.

"Hey check out the TV," Fred turned it on. "Hey look who's on TV!"

There were three people on a stage. An announcer and two familiar figures. "Greetings this is Steven Allbright of the Allbright Hour. Tonight's topic the Mutant Registration Act. On my right is Senator Edward Kelly, supporter and one of the main writers of the bill. On my left is Dr. Hank McCoy of the Xavier Institute and a member of the X-Men. Gentlemen, welcome."

"Greetings," Hank nodded. "And a hearty 'sieg heil' to our own Senator Kelly."

"Poke fun all you like Mr. McCoy!" Senator Kelly snapped.

"Thank you, I will," Hank smirked.

"This is what I mean!" Kelly snapped. "You can't talk to these mutants about anything!"

"How can we? You never let us get a word in edgewise!" Hank snapped. "With that big mouth of yours always flapping."

"Gentlemen please," Steve motioned. "With all respect Senator, you must admit that the Mutant Registration Act does have some disturbing parallels to similar laws passed in other countries such as Germany during WWII and South Africa during the Apartheid era. Not to mention the Jim Crow laws in the South. How do you respond to these accusations?"

"Steven this act is written to protect the American people from potential mutant threats," Kelly began.

"Hello! Mutants are people too you know?" Hank snapped. "Over eighty five percent of mutants in the world are under the age of 21. What you are proposing is nothing more than the cowardly persecution of children whose only crime is to be born different. How can you justify that?"

"I am talking about preservation, not persecution!" Kelly snapped. "I am…"

"A racist?" Hank finished. "A narrow minded bigot who can't get past his own personal traumas to see how other innocent people are affected by his own political obsessions for power and control?"

"Personal traumas as in how you and your pack of ill bred, ill mannered freaks nearly killed me several times?" Kelly snapped.

"We also saved your life several times," Hank pointed out.

"From disasters which they created in the first place!" Kelly shouted. "How about the time you nearly eviscerated me in the hallways?"

"Oh god how many times do I have to say that I am sorry for that incident?" Hank threw up his hands.

"Yeah he's sorry he didn't off Kelly when he had the chance," Pietro huffed.

"He ain't the only one," Lance growled.

"You attacked Senator Kelly?" Steven asked.

"Well I wasn't a senator then, I was a principal of Bayville High," Kelly grunted. "And he was the science and gym teacher! He looked normal when I hired him but then boom! He went ballistic and blue!"

"Ironically I was trying to work on a serum to control my mutation at the time," Hank said. "It didn't exactly work as well as I had planned."

"NO KIDDING!" Kelly shouted. "Do you have any idea how much it cost to get the claw marks sanded out of the walls?"

"Oh don't worry Steve I'm much better now," Hank told the host. "I'd much prefer to attack with my razor sharp wit than my cutting nails. And speaking of cutting Senator you should really get a better haircut. That comb over is just so not you. I hear the Hair Club for Men have done some wondrous breakthroughs."

"Insult me all you like…" Kelly began.

"Glad to!" Hank said. "Where did you get that hideous tie? It's awful! It looks like it was put in a blender with a canary. And those shoes, so last season!"

"Do you see what I'm up against here?" Kelly shouted as he stood up. "These mutants are out of control!"

"We're out of control?" Hank stood up. "What about you senators? Refresh my memory Kelly, how much of a raise did you give yourselves this week?"

"I've had it!" Kelly snapped. "It's pointless to continue this debate! You Mr. McCoy can expect a call from my lawyer!"

"And you Senator can kiss my furry blue…" Hank turned around and unbuckled his trousers.

"OH MY GOD!" Wanda squealed as Hank mooned Senator Kelly. "HE DIDN'T!"

"He did!" Althea whooped.

"WAY TO GO BEAST!" Pietro whooped.

"I always liked that guy," Lance grinned.

"So much for Mutant-Human relations," Althea snickered as they went to a shot of a very disturbed Xavier. "I don't think that went quite the way Xavier planned it."

"I dunno," Todd laughed. "I thought it was a very engaging debate."

"Yeah very topical," Fred guffawed.

"For a copy of tonight's episode…" The announcer spoke. "Have your credit card handy and call 555-YAKYAK."

"Al…" Lance started to say.

"I'm already on it," Althea was on the phone. "How many copies do you think we should get?"

"At least fifty," Pietro grinned. "They'll make great Holiday gifts!"

Oh boy….So what's going on back at the Ranger station? And where are the adults and what are they doing? Well….