Note: All right, I admit these characters aren't mine, they belong to marvel comics and all that (well, they *could* technically belong to them selves) I just hope you enjoy the story, please review after reading. Thanks! Selene sat at her throne. *Fifteen more seconds,* she thought to herself. She was awaiting the arrival of a young woman, Madelyne Pryor, who she thought might help her conquer the X-men, once and for all. *Four seconds... three... two...one!* The door to the chamber was opened, as a young red head walked in. "Just on Time" The black Queen smiled, welcoming her. "Always am" was the girls reply. Like always, she wanted to get down to business. "Now what brilliant idea have you come up with, that'd be worth my help." Selene Smirked. "A marvelous plan... but first we must discus the condition you will be working under." Madelyn took a few steps forwards, "And a promise prize." "Of Course " answered Selen with a nod. "Follow me." The Black Queen led them out of her throne room, and into a small commons-type-room. Sitting down on one of the seats, she had Madelyn do the same. "Now." She sail her lips forming a small smile. "I know a way in which we can get rid of the X-men, for good." "And this involves me how?" was the red heads response. "I know you have had some previous.... involvement's with some of them. I thought you might like to get a taste of their revenge?" Madelyn looked back at her showing no sign of emotion on her face. "Possibly... what is it that you had in mind?" Selene paused looking into the girls eyes then turned away. "I have come by this machine, which allows the possessor to take out the life force of any living being. It will empty out all the strength in them, and leave them with only their weaknesses." She paused to look back at Miss Pryor. "The power is stored in the machine and from then on, anyone can use it temporarily." Madelyne took in this, and then asked only one question. "If your planing on using this on the X-men, how do you intend to get them here?" Selene smiled once again, "That, my friend, is where you come in." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Back at the Institute~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jean was sitting out side, near the students. She watched them talking, and playing, she sighed remembering when she was still a student in the institute. "Hey Jean." A voice said behind her. She turned to see her friend and lover Scott Summers, code named Cyclops. "Hello" she said turning to face him. He smiled at her, "Mind if I sit down?" "Of course not." She smiled as her husband took the seat next to her on the bench. He watched the students thinking silently to himself for a moment. The opened his mouth, "I can still remember when I was a student here." He turned to face his wife. "I think the happiest day we ever had was when you first came." She returned his smile. "I remember. It was you, Bobby, Hank, and Warren. You think the four of you had never seen a girl before." "I don't think any of us had seen a mutant girl, much less meet one before." he replied still smiling. "Well, from the way you were acting I..." She turned towards the children again, dropping the smile from her face. "What is it, Jean? He asked her becoming serious as well. "I'm not sure... something's wrong." she said standing up. Scott stood up after her, and followed his wife towards a group of kids. From a distance, it appeared they were just hanging around, but as he and his wife approached them, he could tell something was wrong. "Whats going on here?" Jean asked glancing from one to the other. Suddenly, the girl to her right, Julibee she was called, turned around. "Oh, hello Mrs. Summers." She said with a smile. "Nice to see you again." Jean frowned down at the girl, but didn't respond. "And Mr. Summers." She said turning to Scott. "I hope you love all your other wives just as much as her." She pointed to Jean. Jean and Scott quickly exchanged glances, not knowing what this girl was talking about. Jubilee smiled. "Well, maybe I'll just teach you a lesson..." Suddenly, Jubilee used her powers to shoot at both Scott and Jean. Jean had seen this coming, and blocked it with her own powers. Jubilee laughed. "You were never as good as me Mrs. Summers. You may have stolen my life, but you'll never get me. And you'll pay, mind you. You're going to pay for taking everything I had... Her voice quickly trailed off. Jean had used her telepathy to go inside her mind. Surprisingly, she noticed the presence of not only Jubilees mind, but another mind as well. A mind that belonged to no one then her clone, Madelyne Pryor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some where, miles away, Selene sat looking into her crystal ball. "So, they have discovered her. Thats good. Its only a few more hours before they come in here wanting to know whats going on." She smiled as she talked quietly to herself. Her plan was working. A/N: So what did you think? Please tell me if you like it, this is my first action/real-plot kind of story and so I badly want your opinion. I'm going to write more as soon as I possibly can, if I can get some reviews, so please REVIEW!