The Return of Most of the Misfits
"Somebody tried to what?" Pietro yelled.
"Shoot them," Todd said. "Right in the middle of school. It's all on the news. Look."
The Misfits gathered around the television and watched the coverage. "God it's like a zoo over there," Althea breathed.
"None of them got hurt did they?" Arcade asked nervously.
"No, but I thought you hated them?" Pietro asked.
"Well yeah but…" Arcade pointed. "Even they don't deserve stuff like this! Prolonged exposure to cattle prods maybe but…"
"But why?" Spyder, the newest Misfit recruit asked. "They didn't do anything!"
"I know kiddo," Lance sighed as he tussled with her hair. "It's not right and it's not fair. We gotta do something."
"Like what? Send a card?" Pietro asked.
"We need to go see them," Lance said. "They need our support if nothing else."
"Translation: You want to see Kitty again! Lance you can't just crawl back to her after…" Pietro started to say.
"This isn't about pride anymore," Althea interrupted him. "This is about support. And right now they need it more than ever."
"Uh maybe I should stay home?" Arcade gulped. "I don't think they'll be too thrilled to see me again."
"He has a point," Fred nodded.
"Let's just say we're keeping both you and Spyder as back up," Althea told him. "Our little secret for now."
"We're not gonna tell 'em about these two?" Todd asked.
"No somehow I don't think the news of Arcade joining the team isn't gonna go over too well," Althea said. "And Spyder well…they might ask how we found her so…"
"Besides," Pietro grinned. "It might come in handy to have these two as our secret back up. You never know."
"So I'm like a secret weapon?" Spyder asked. "Cool."
"Yeah so keep your mouth shut Toad," Lance warned.
"Hey I can keep a secret when it's important!" Todd told him.
"Since when?" Pietro asked.
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"Well the nice thing about all of us getting detention together is that we all have a ride home," Scott grumbled as the X-Men returned from school the following day.
"Yeah I think we're winning them over," Amara said sarcastically. "There weren't as nearly as many spitballs thrown at us today as there were yesterday."
"Well home sweet home," Kurt sighed. They walked into the mansion and found themselves facing some familiar faces.
"Well its about time you got home," Althea remarked. She and the other Misfits were there."
"Hey," Lance said casually. "How's it going?"
"Hey," Kitty teared up and hugged him. "Oh Lance…"
"Hey Tin Grin," Lance said to Peter after he hugged Kitty. "I heard what happened. Good job but I'm sorry about…"
"Da," Peter shrugged. "Well at least no one got hurt."
"I always said the American education system was overrated," Lance waved. "I'm taking the GEDs with Freddy in September. You and Gambit can do that too."
"It's a possibility," Peter shrugged.
"You guys hanging in there?" Althea asked.
"What do you think?" Rogue sighed. "Things have got to be bad if it's good to see you guys again."
"Can't believe its been over two months since we've seen you guys," Tabitha said. "Jamie said that Trinity e-mailed him and told him you guys were training on some island for a while."
"Yeah that was a fun trip," Pietro waved. "Of course Lance had a fun time and made a new friend, didn't you Lance?"
"Shut up Pietro," Wanda elbowed him. "Now is not the time."
"Don't worry Wanda," Kitty made a face. "I've learned by now not to take anything Pietro says seriously."
"I can't believe you guys are still going there," Todd said. "Man what if somebody pulls another stunt like that again?"
"We can't just hide here in the mansion because of what ifs Toad!" Rogue told him. "As much as I hate to admit it, I'm not gonna give them the satisfaction of chasing us out!"
"There won't be an incident like this again," Scott said. "They've added extra security. Of course they're mostly watching us…"
"Yeah like the whole school wasn't watching us like a hawk before," Kitty groaned.
"Sounds wonderful," Lance said sarcastically. Then he noticed Bobby. Everyone held his or her breath, remembering what had happened before. "Sorry."
"So am I," Bobby said somberly.
"Yes he's sorry that he had to wear such a dorky outfit," Pietro grinned. He reached into his pockets and pulled out some silly string. "This will make it better!" He spayed him. "Oh well maybe not!" He sprayed the rest of the X-Men as well and took off laughing.
"COME BACK HERE YOU MANIAC SO I CAN POUND YOU!" Rogue screamed as she took off after him.
"TAKE A NUMBER!" Bobby told her.
"Well it's good that something's back to normal again!" Scott groaned.
