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"WOOHOO!!" Theresa screamed out the window as Bobby sped up, weaving in and out of cars. Everyone shot looks at her and except for Sam, and Bobby was the only one who didn't cover his ears, he couldn't since he was driving. Jubilee decided that instead of being annoyed at Theresa it would be much more fun if she was screaming right along with her. So they both stuck their heads out of the windows, screaming. "Hey guys. Watch this." Theresa prompted as she unbuckled her seatbelt and flew out the window. She followed them from above and then, actually focusing her sonic ability, she let out a pitched scream. Through some miracle it affected everything above the road, not on it. All the streetlights busted and second story windows were cracking. Everyone couldn't help but laugh at people's reactions from all around.
"Bobby! Take another right!" Jubilee yelled over Siryn. The scream didn't hurt their ears but it didn't stop them from hearing it. Siryn landed on the top of the van and held on.
"This is GREAT!" She yelled over the wind. Roberto transformed into his solar form and flew to the roof of the van to join Siryn.
"Ahh the sun feels great up here!!" He shouted.
"Any idea where we're going?!?" Siryn yelled to Sunspot.
"NO clue!! Jubilee is being very secretive!" He answered back, staring at a bike that was only two cars behind them. He had been watching it for a while after he got up there and every turn they had taken and even when Bobby had swerved back and forth between lanes that bike had followed the same movement, in sync. "Hey! Is that bike followin' us?"
Siryn turned her head to look and just then Bobby took a left and the bike followed them, now directly behind them. Some of Jubilee's yells could be heard from the interior and the Iceman quickly took a U-turn and… so did the bike. She was about to tell them when they took a couple quick turns in a row and the van slowed. To the right was a large beaten up house and a huge sign at the front said 'The Brotherhood of Bayville Boarding House'. The van didn't stop but started to slowly pass by.
"This is our grand destination?" Theresa asked Roberto who shrugged. Jubilee overheard her.
"This is only the beginning. What's a little fun, but messing around with the Brotherhood." All of them smirked at the idea. "So who wants to start?" Siryn answered the question by flying up into the air and hovered high above the end of the driveway.
"Hold on!" Yelled Sam.
"What for?!?" She said back, not wanting to yet alert people of her presence.
"Listen and make sure they're all there first." She nodded at this and concentrating she detected 2… 5… 6 separate sounds. She motioned that they were all there and smiling took a deep breath.
There was like 1 second of pure silence and then a super high-pitched scream pierced the air. At first it wasn't focussed and reached the other recruits' ears but then directed it solely at the rundown house. Inside everyone was cowering and covering their ears as the glass on the windows was breaking up and the TV screen was cracking. It lasted for about 5 minutes, that's when Siryn ran out of air. Once it stopped they could all hear the yelling coming from inside and laughed. Siryn, she flew back in through the window of the van and landed in a sitting position on the seat.
"Great one, Theresa!" Shouted Bobby as all the others, through their laughter nodded in agreement.
"Watch this!" Jubilee said as she leaned out of the window next to Theresa and stuck her arm out the window. Getting her aim down, she could see Pietro and Blob through the broken window. "This is too easy, they're right in plain sight!"
She charged up energy in her hand and shot a stream of it right for that window. Not only did it hit the Blob, the easiest target around, but also it skimmed Pietro's head, knocking him to the ground and unluckily for him Blob fell right on top of him. This only pulled more laughter out of the bunch.
"This is the life!" Shiro said through tears of laughter. "Now, it's my turn." He took Roberto's empty seat and leaned out of the window. Then, as if on cue Toad and Lance wandered out of the door to find where all of this was coming from. Gaining an evil-like grin on his face, Sunfire powered up a fiery blast on his fist and let it fly one after another. One hit Toad's foot, another hit Lance's leg and the others hit the wall causing it to go up in flames. Bobby, getting an idea, quickly began to get out of the van.
"Be right back." He said, slamming the door shut. Circling around to the back he eyed a back door. Then, sniggering he iced it several times over until he was sure it was secure, then he began icing up every window he could see. Inside, Wanda was NOT happy with this painful commotion. She came to the top of the stairs and saw the front of the house was a blaze. She slowly walked down the steps and stretched her hands in front. With her powers she extinguished the flames completely and walked through the doorway where the front door used to be. Looking fiercely about she spotted a van stopped on the road, and her eyes narrowed. Close behind her was Tabitha, Fred, and Pietro and all of them looked pissed off. Their gazes were directed to the van where the new recruits were laughing their heads off. The Recruits were yet to notice that the Brotherhood looked ready to attack or the fact that all six were all standing there, aware of their antics.
Bobby was looping back to the front and noticed the pickle they could be in. Avalanche had stretched out his arms, about to set off an earthquake when he was frozen solid. The rest, Bobby encased in a box of ice. He then hurried over to the van at the sound of cracking ice.
"Let's get outta here!" Bobby yelled as he turned the key in the ignition. Before they even pulled away all the ice exploded, including the statue of Alvers, by a combined force of Boom Boom and the Scarlet Witch. In a second there were several time bombs thrown towards the van but Bobby stepped on the gas just in time. "Whew! That was a close one." Jubilee turned in her seat just in time to see Lance's jeep pull out of the driveway and follow them, a little too close for comfort.
"Uhhh guys? We've got company!" She said frantically, and the others turned every which way to catch a look. Bobby spotted them in the rearview mirror.
"Well, we'll just have to lose them, that's all." Bobby floored the van and the screeched around the next corner he could find.
"They're gonna pay." Pietro said through his teeth as Lance followed them closely. "Ya know I could catch up with them a lot faster if you'd just let me out." He moved to open the door but Boom Boom stopped him.
"Oh yeah, Speedy? How are you gonna slow 'em down once you catch up?" Pietro shot her a look.
"I'll slow them down!" Wanda snarled, standing up. She held out her hands and began to focus her powers.
"While she does that why don't you be some help and step on the gas, Slowpoke!?!" Hearing this, Lance took a quick turn that led them down an alleyway.
Meanwhile, "I think we're losing them!" Shouted Sam as Bobby took a quick turn that led them straight into the city.
"Lucky for us its not rush hour." Bobby said adjusting his mirror and double-checking that the jeep could not be seen.
"At least we were able to get some fun in." Roberto commented after he leaned over the roof and into the window so he could be heard.
"Heh, and at least we lost them." Jubilee said with Relief. Bobby began slowing down. "Hey, you can make that light." At that he sped up and right at the three-way intersection, with an alleyway on the right side, a green jeep pulled out right in front of them. "Look out!!!" The van screeched to a quick stop inches from the vehicle that contained the Brotherhood.
"This don't look good." Shiro commented, with a bit of regret in his voice. All around cars were honking for them to move. The looks on the Brotherhood's faces were quite foreboding.
"Nice job Lance, and you didn't even use your powers to stop them. Looks like you're not a complete failure after all." Pietro said smugly.
"I'm not giving up yet!" Said Bobby. In a quick movement he pulled the van into reverse and without turning around went backwards down the left side of the road. Although unexpected the Brotherhood was not far behind.
"I'm tired of this chase, it ends NOW!" Lance yelled as he stuck one arm out the side of the jeep and shifted the ground right below the van. It wasn't long before it got stuck between some huge cracks.
"Hang on!" Roberto yelled as he powered up from the sun again and lifted the van out and placed it on smooth ground.
"No way are they getting away again!" Boom Boom yelled as she got a handful of time bombs and threw them at the van before it moved. The first few blew up against the back window while the others landed inside after the window blew up. All of them scrambled out of the van just before the remaining time bombs blew.
"Looks like we've got a fight on our hands." Yelled Bobby and he smiled at the thought. A chance to prove himself. The recruits prepared themselves as the Brotherhood faced them off. Siryn flew into the sky, followed by Sunfire who had fireballs on his fists. Sunspot was still glowing with solar energy and Jubilee had small flashing lights in her palms.
"Guys, I think its time to rock this joint!" Avalanche yelled as the ground beneath them began to rumble and give way.
"Somehow I don't think so." Sunspot mumbled to himself. He jumped high into the sky and landed next to Avalanche and in a couple swift movements easily pinned him on his stomach.
Jubilee was up against Scarlet Witch. She sent a stream of fireworks her way but Wanda deflected them back the way they came. A nearby stop sign came to life and tried to wrap itself around Jubes but her energy was enough to break it. Her powers were definitely not enough to stop such a witch. Iceman, seeing Jubilee was in trouble, froze Wanda solid.
"Ha, bet she didn't see that one coming." Bobby said triumphantly.
Sunfire was doing just as good against Blob as Jubilee was against Wanda. There was way too much of him so the fire wasn't very affective. One stream of fire after another, Blob still endured. The only thing that worked was flashes of light that blinded Blob long enough for Sunfire to escape out of his path.
Toad was observing the scene from the top of the ruined X-van. He was aghast when he saw Wanda, frozen like a statue. "Don' worry sweetums!" He shouted. "I'm comin'!!" Toad took a hop off the side of the building next to them and landed right next to her. "Aww man!" He voiced towards Bobby. "Look--look whatya did!" He looked into her frozen face. Then he got an idea. "Hmmm, she's only frozen so it'd just be like the real thing…" He leaned forward, about to kiss her when less than an inch away he was frozen solid.
"Haha ha ha!" Jubilee cracked up and pointed.
"I was going to that, I just had to wait for the right moment. Suppose she'll thank me when she unfreezes?" Bobby smiled with pride at what he did. Not for long though cause next second a whirlwind surrounded him and he was hoisted up into the air. He kept trying to freeze who he knew it was but it kept going past him and either hitting a parking meter, a street sign, the sidewalk or a passing car.
"What's the matter?!? Can't ya hit me?!?" Quicksilver asked mockingly. Bobby's face screwed up in anger and annoyance. Siryn, watching from above, saw the trouble Iceman was in and flew closer. Obviously the speed man hadn't noticed but Bobby definitely became more hopeful at the sight of her. She made sure she was right above them, Bobby braced himself, and she let out a high pitched scream. "AGGH!!" Pietro was forced to stop and he fell to the ground clutching his ears. Iceman would have fallen on top but iced up a platform to catch himself. The scream did some bad too. The ice around Toad and Wanda cracked and broke apart, and it gave her enough time to throw Toad out of the way before he kissed her.
"You'll pay for that!!" Wanda yelled, pointing at Iceman. Holding her hands out in his direction, everything around him came to life and his ice platform crumbled. All the attacks were now directed at her. Sunfire threw a stream of fire, Jubilee threw her fireworks, Iceman shot a beam of ice, Siryn forced a wave of sound at her, Sunspot threw Avalanche at her, and Cannonball began flying right at her. All attacks streamed towards her but right when they were the about to hit her they did an about face and flew back the direction they came. Iceman became frozen in a block of ice up to his shoulders, Jubilee got blasted and so did Sunfire. Avalanche went flying back at Sunspot who caught him and slammed him into the ground. Cannonball went flying into a passing semi that went sideways into a building. Siryn was the only one who got hit by her powers an remained unaffected; all it was, was a sound wave.
"A little help?" Avalanche said into the ground.
"I'll help ya Lance!" Blob said as he came charging forward. As he came closer, Sunspot was less and less sure of whether or not he'd be able to withstand all of that. Too late, Blob rammed into him, practically knocking him out as he was no longer in his solar form. He hit the concrete hard.
Quicksilver observed the battle from the sidelines for a bit, still rubbing his ears. Cannonball took advantage of this and picking him self up from where he hit the huge truck ran and flew right at him. Pietro noticed just in time and ran about 4 feet to the left. Cannonball continued going and hit Blob, which had no affect since he was immobile. Blob threw him on top of Sunspot who still lay on the ground.
Now only Siryn and Jubilee were left to fight because Sunfire was too busy melting away Iceman's entrapment while trying to fight off Boom Boom at the same time.
"Come on! Don't ya wanna play?" She asked innocently. "I thought that was the reason you came, after all that was an invitation you gave us." She smiled as she threw a handful of time bombs right at Sunfire. Taken by surprise, a huge blast of fire came out as he flew backwards to avoid getting hit. The blast not only melted the huge block of ice but it toasted Iceman as well.
"Thanks a lot, Sunfire." He said looking down at his burnt clothes.
Even though Iceman now rejoined the fight they were still fighting a losing battle. Avalanche was back up and kept anyone on the ground from powering up or aiming correctly.
"That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!!" Toad yelled as he bounced up and down, cheering Lance. After the encounter with Boom Boom even Sunfire, who normally flew, was grounded. Siryn was the only one left to fight and was not having an easy time with Wanda on her hands.
The fight had not been going on very long. Somewhere along an alleyway a lone motorcycle drove this way and that, searching for something or someone. It pulled to a halt and the rider closed her eyes. Suddenly she was speeding off as if given a vision of where she was going. Two more turns and the motorcycle whipped out onto the street about 50 feet from the raging war between the Recruits and the Brotherhood.
"There they are… I can't believe I lost them before." She pulled to a halt and climbed off the bike. Pulling off her helmet, her long violet hair fell out. "They're going to thank me after this." She slinked closer and closer to the battle until she was right behind Avalanche who was causing the most trouble. She crouched behind some rubble, her right hand clenched in a fist. Suddenly a pink aura surrounded her fist, taking on the appearance of a sort of knife. "Time to turn the tides." She mumbled to herself.
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