The Recruitment Speech

"Kitty what are you doing here?" Lance asked.

"Lance I…we need your help," Kitty said. "Magneto is alive."

"What?" Todd gasped. "But how…?"

"Apocalypse," Kitty. "He's brainwashed him to do his bidding. Not just him, The Professor, Storm and Mystique."

"Mystique's alive too?" Todd snapped his fingers. "I should have known it was too good to be true." He hopped off. "Now I'm really depressed."

"Okay Kitty last I checked Mystique was just a big hunk of stone which Rogue shattered into a million pieces," Lance folded his arms. "So what the heck is she doing with Apocalypse? And what's this about Storm and the Professor?"

"I don't understand it much myself either," Kitty sighed. "But Beast thinks that when Mystique touched that disk to release the third key it activated some weird kind of transporter that transported her body to somewhere else while it left some kind of residue which fossilized."

"In English?" Lance raised an eyebrow.

"It left behind a bunch of dead skin cells which turned to stone that resembled Mystique," Kitty shrugged. "I don't get it either. I guess it really was condensation instead of Mystique crying way back. You know when Kurt thought it was really her?"

"Okay," Lance looked at her skeptically. "So what is going on then?"

"What's going on is that Apocalypse is going to try and change the whole world into mutants and he's using the others to do it," Kitty said. She then explained to him the events that happened earlier. "So will you help us?"

"Let me see if I get this straight," Lance looked at her. "You want us, a group of losers who you always beat, to help you fight not only Apocalypse but the four strongest mutants on Earth? Four guys who before were always able to kick our butts? And now they're even capable of taking down armies of giant Sentinels? Us? A group of losers and hoods if I remember your own words correctly."

"Uh well…" Kitty gulped. "Yeah that's about it."

Lance gave her a hard look. "Forget it."

"Come on Lance at least ask the others," Kitty said.

Lance casually glanced at the Brotherhood in the living room. "Hey! You guys feel like going to Mexico and fighting Magneto?"

The answer was obvious. Pietro was lying on the top of the chair blowing the ping pong ball on his mouth. Todd was now drawing glasses and a mustache on a snoring Fred. "Forget it," Lance attempted to slam the door in her face.

"Are you serious?" Kitty said as she stuck her foot in the door. "After everything I just told you?"

"Look," Lance told her. "If Magneto couldn't stop this guy, what chance do we have?"

"Well none if you don't try!" Kitty shouted.

"Sorry Kitty," Lance started to close the door. "Just let Apocalypse turn the world into mutants. Maybe he's onto something!" He shut the door and started to go upstairs.

Wanda was on the stairs as well. She glared at Lance giving him an accusing look. "What?" Lance glared as he walked past her. "Don't tell me you want to fight your own father?"

To his shock she walked out the door. Lance turned around and went up to his room. He lay down on his bed and sulked. What the heck is Wanda doing? In the first place the only reason Kitty asked us was because they were desperate! Second, what would be so bad if Apocalypse turned everyone into mutants? It would serve some of those bigots right!

He grinned for a second, imagining Kelly on Election Day suddenly turning blue and furry like Mr. McCoy. I would pay to see that! Kelly as a mutant! If he survives…

Lance frowned. "Even if he did die he'd deserve it…" He said trying to convince himself. "I mean if everyone was a mutant there'd be no more mutant witch hunts. There'd be no reason for people to hate us…Except for the X-Geeks but who cares what they think. If they survive. Who am I kidding? They're as good as dead!"

He closed his eyes tightly. "Just forget her. She doesn't want you anymore. She dumped you remember? Just put her out of her mind. You're better off not thinking about her. You're…"

"You're talking to yourself again aren't you?" Todd hopped into his room. "Hey where'd Wanda go?"

"She just went off with Kitty, remember?" Lance groaned.

"Oh…" Todd hopped out. Then he zipped back in. "SHE WENT WHERE?"

Next: The Brotherhood finally change their minds. However how are they gonna get to Mexico? Find out in the next chapter!