Forge frowned as he entered the mansion.  Odd…they told me to hurry over... "Hello?  Anyone here?"

            "There you are!"

            Forge turned and, to his horror, saw Kitty Pryde enter…with a plate full of muffins!  They're all dead.  They'll never find the bodies…

            "Gee, I hope you weren't, like, waiting too long.  The Prof said you were begging to be my new taste tester, so I made a special batch just for you!"

            Forge forced a grin over his face.  "Um…groovy, Kitty!  Just out of curiousity…where is Xavier?"

            Kitty shrugged happily.  "Something about a dangerous mutant in Hong Kong.  Everyone else had to go, but Logan said I could stay behind and make sure the muffins didn't burn."

            Damn them all the Hell and back!  "Oh…"  Apprehensively, Forge bit into a proffered muffin, eyes widening as his taste buds, unable to cope, went on strike, leaving poor Forge on his own.  Heavily, he swallowed.  I live in a pocket dimension for years…and I'm taken out by a muffin.  Oh, yes, they will pay…

            "So?  Like, what'd ya think?"

            A Very Evil Thought passed through Forge's mind.  "Why…it's wonderful, Kitty."

            "Really?!"

            Forge grinned as he placed an arm around her shoulders, leading her back to the kitchen.  "Oh, yes.  You've learned so much in home ec…I bet you've learned other things besides cooking, too, haven't you?"  At Kitty's nod he continued.  "Well, I have an idea, Kitty, of how we can share your newfound knowledge with everyone…"

            Laughing, the X-Men and the New Mutants piled off the plane, all carrying shopping bags. 

            "Who knew Hong Kong had such great shopping malls?" Amara commented, trying on her new jacket.

            Leaving the others behind, the X-Men went with Logan, Ororo, and Xavier to the debriefing room to cook up their story.

            Upon entering, however, the room went into Defcon 4 mode, locking them in.

            Jean looked around nervously.  "This can't be good."

            Xavier solemnly agreed.  "No.  I'm afraid my worse fears have come true…perhaps leaving Forge to deal with Kitty wasn't the best idea you've had, Logan."

            Wolverine growled.  "ME?!  It was Storm's idea!"

            "Was NOT!" the weather goddess declared, eyes narrowing.

            "No, it wasn't a good idea at all," an eerily familiar, yet manic voice declared.  Whirling, the group saw Forge's (psychotically) grinning face on the large screen monitor.  "Ever heard of Karma, dudes?  It's a bitch."  The screen then blacked out.

            "We're gonna die, ain't we?" Rogue asked softly.

            "Meine Schwester is right," Kurt sorrowfully agreed.

            The screen then flipped on again, to show…the beginnings of Martha Stewart?  But wait!  The horror!  For instead of Martha Stewart, the name across the screen is…Kitty Pryde!!!

            Scott began to blast at the door.  "For the love of God, Forge, let us out!!"

            And Forge cackled.