Iceman, like the others, could do nothing but stare, thinking, "oh no, reinforcements." Yes they were a rebellious bunch who rarely abided by the rules and avoided learning but they knew this much, that they were no match for someone like Magneto and apparently his handpicked group of allies. The fleeting sense of dread within Betsy came back full force, as she wasted no time.

"Professor, I am sorry for my actions but… We need your help!" She sent the thought a long way, her hope was that she wasn't too frustrated to fail.

~ ~ ~

Professor Xavier sat in Cerebro, monitoring activity in a very wide range. Although visibly working, his mind was on anything but that. He was able to relax in his powers as his mind traveled near and far. He could sense many different emotions among his students, but it wasn't just them. The instructors too. Both Wolverine and Storm were anything but relaxed.

"Hmmm…. I better check, in a more humane way, on how the students are doing." He began to roll out of Cerebro and had almost exited when it happened.

"professor… Professor---PROFESSER!?!" Hearing this he held his head in agony as the thoughts echoed within his mind. "I'm sorry… actions but--need--help!!"

"Betsy! Control yourself. Focus your thoughts and don't let them control you." He thought projected. "Betsy? Betsy?!?" He realized he had lost touch, but it wasn't because of Betsy. Some sort of outside force blocked both of their powers, but who or what was yet to be determined. Then he focused his mind on the institute. "All X-men, come to the meeting room immediately; this is urgent!" Even Heather and Jamie heard the mental message projected but made no move towards where all the others were headed. "Lifeguard, Multiple, your help will be needed as well. Come quickly."

~Meanwhile~

The Recruits had barely picked up the pieces when the fight became more intense than they could handle. The guy with the flame-thrower on his back began shooting out streams of fire that moved on his command. The two streams combined to form a large charging bull that began chasing Iceman, Sunfire and Jubilee.

"This is SO not how I wanted this to go!" Shouted Jubilee, beginning to really panic.

"Lets try splitting up," began Sunfire, "it'll be more difficult to attack each of us at once." They agreed and so Sunfire kept going straight, Iceman took a sharp left and Jubilee took a rounded right. Iceman spun on his heel in an about face.

"JUBILEE!!" The flaming bull was chasing her.

"Do something!" She shouted, running out of breath. So, Iceman iced up and shot a beam of ice from each hand at the bull. Little by little he was freezing it but it wasn't fast enough.

"You know what?!?" Bobby said, turning towards none other than the mutant Pyro. "Take THIS!" He redirected his beams of ice on him, freezing the pyromaniac solid and ceasing the manipulating flames to move. After finishing, he ran towards Jubilee who had fallen to her knees. "Hey, you alright?" His voice was soft and faint, a large contrast to the one he used for yelling at Pyro, and a large contrast to his normal tone of voice. Jubilee did not answer his question, she merely held her face in her hands.

"This is all my fault!!" She wailed, close to tears. "If I hadn't started it, none of this would have happened and we wouldn't be fighting for our lives right now."

"This isn't your fault Jubes!" He was squatting next to her and held her close to him with his arms. She shivered at his touch. "Oh, sorry." He said, realizing he was still iced up. Reverting to his normal form he held her closer still. Bobby hated to see Jubilee like this, one of his best friends and all he could do was hold her. Actually just doing that wasn't all that bad. He liked the way it felt with her in his arms.

Betsy, while in combat, saw Bobby and Jubilee over there in their moment only able to think "ugh, can't they fight now and do that later?!? We're fighting for our lives here and all they can do is hug!" She was having just a 'field day' with the infamous White Queen. The only woman on Magneto's team but undoubtedly the oldest of four, appearing to be in her early twenties.

"You, X-man, are no match for me!" Emma shouted as her thoughts began echoing in Betsy's head, completely breaking her focus. Being such a powerful, early-developed psionic made Emma Frost capable of blocking the Professor from most of their activities. Betsy lost all concentration and thought as the White Queen easily over powered her.

The remaining recruits, Cannonball, Sunspot, Siryn and joinging them, Sunfire were up against the entire Brotherhood, Magneto, and his two other Acolytes, Remy Lebeau and Peter Rasputin otherwise known as Gambit and Colossus. With nine against four the odds were definitely not in favor of the x-kids. Cannonball was doing some damage but not enough. He had rammed into Avalanche, Toad, and Gambit but then made the mistake of running into Colossus who stopped him and threw him into a wall. Sunspot was no use for now, for the sun was deeply hidden behind the clouds. Sunfire could now at least do some damage as long as Pyro stayed frozen.

Siryn was panicking. She flew in frantic circles, dodging every single opponent with the look of fear plastered on her face. She looked back and forth, first seeing the Brotherhood advancing on her friends, then seeing the White Queen mentally zapping Betsy, at last seeing Bobby and Jubilee (still hugging) who had not noticed Pyro had unfrozen and was advancing on them. It was too much. Magneto was throwing everything he had along with Gambit, neither relenting alongside their allies the Brotherhood. Pyro was about to ambush the oblivious Iceman and Jubilee.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!" A scream ripped through the air causing all of them to cease their movement and concentration. Siryn was not about to worry about control now, for her teammates were in danger. The scream reached about five miles around meaning that anyone within that distance could hear it full power. Although such a simple ability it was quite formidable. Unless they were deaf or sonic not even a mutant could withstand the strain. There was an exception though, Betsy. If she could focus her mind enough she could actually make herself unaware of the earsplitting sound around her.

Betsy created a psychic sheath around her body and leapt in attack at the White Queen. Siryn's song did not last long enough; the Scarlet Witch had managed to fire a hex bolt at her. Emma easily countered the next attack Betsy launched as their fight ensued.

Bobby and Jubilee's ears were recovering, as they were still oblivious to Pyro behind them.

"You okay?" Bobby asked. She only nodded before she looked up and noticed Pyro advancing. Without even thinking, she shot a powerful stream of fireworks over Bobby's shoulder, surprising Pyro and Iceman. This time it was she who saved them both.

"Are you okay?" She asked him, a little breathless. He was on the verge of a smile when a startling explosion put both him and Jubilee on edge. Looking around, they saw the Cajun one throwing, not his charged cards he had been before, but any sort of rubble of any size. Several bricks were hurled at Siryn but, launching himself, Cannonball intercepted them and wasn't even hurt. Since in that state he is near impenetrable.

Sunfire and Sunspot had their hands full against Colossus, Magneto, Boom Boom, and Quicksilver, especially since Sunspot was currently deprived of his strength.

Avalanche had made his way to the seemingly 'intimate' Bobby and Jubilee and launched an attack. Of course it wasn't just focused on them but a couple surrounding buildings as well. He was achieving all the wreckage he wanted until, for some reason, the rumbling earth died down and almost stopped. Not knowing what had happened, he distracted himself by tackling the currently stationary Cannonball.

On the roof of one of the taller nearby buildings stood a teenage girl, retracting an outstretched arm. There was nothing particularly unusual about her except for her long green hair that flowed down her back.

On the streets below, Magneto was doing the most destruction, as in, he was tearing apart their very surroundings to keep some 'viscous' bystanders from interfering with their 'personal' matters.

Avalanche had resumed rocking the ground, as it became easier like it had been beforehand. The major earthquake even affected Siryn, who was grounded because Wanda still bound her powers. Iceman and all the Recruits now felt helpless with Gambit, Boo Boom and Pyro bombarding them while Lance rocked the ground they walked on.

All of them were wiped of energy, not able to even defend themselves. Lance was almost laughing his head off at the fun he was having and his buddies only encouraged him.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, he felt a hand come up from behind and grab his face. The very familiar sensation of his energy being drained was thrust upon him.

"Thanks fer th' boost 'Avalanche'!" Rogue said in a mocking voice with a smirk as she watched him collapse to the ground.

The tremors had ceased for a moment only to begin again, but focused on the ground beneath Magneto's teams. It happened so fast that no one realized what had occurred until they saw it was Rogue rocking the ground. Those who could fly rose into the air, Siryn, Sunfire and Magneto.

Magneto, getting himself together, decided to rip a light post out of the ground to wrap it around Rogue and trap her. He was closing in when a narrow red beam shattered the metal into too many pieces. Cyclops came into view, followed by the rest of the X-men. Even Xavier was there but he was inside the Blackbird, away from the heat of the battle.

"Hey bub!" Growled Wolverine, "you mess with some of us, you mess with all of us!" At that, he unsheathed both sets of his adamantium claws as all the others also prepared to attack.