A Brief Visit

"Well here we are again," Althea grinned as the Misfits roamed around the Xavier Institute with Shipwreck. "And why are we here again Pop?"

"So we can bother Storm why else?" Lance told her.

"AWK! Swabbie's in love!" Polly laughed as he flapped around.

"Yeah well I didn't see you putting up much of a fight to come here," Pietro remarked to Lance.

"And just what is that crack supposed to mean?" Lance glared at him.

"Well for someone who's supposed to be taking a break from seeing a certain Kitty Cat you sure jump at any chance you get to come here," Pietro told him.

"I'm merely here to annoy the X-Men," Lance folded his arms. "The fact that Kitty Pryde is here is merely a coincidence!"

"Sure it is," Fred remarked. "And I'm a size six."

"Did we have to bring the babies too?" Wanda asked as Claudius fussed in her arms.

"Hey it's good for them to stimulate their minds," Arcade was holding Barney. "Besides I think the others needed a little break."

"Especially after Lance broke all the dishes," Xi remarked.

"It was an accident!" Lance snapped. "Sometimes earthquakes happen for no reason! It was just a minor slip up! Just a case of my powers evolving."

"I think it was a case of sexual frustration," Xi told him.

"Yeah ever since you and the Tin Man broke up with Kitty you've been even jumpier than usual lately," Angelica said.

"Apparently Shipwreck's not the only one having trouble controlling his hormones," Lina remarked.

"You have been hanging around my daughter too long," Shipwreck pointed at her.

"Actually Cover Girl suggested that," Lina told him.

"I think I'm gonna go see what Blue Boy is up to," Todd shrugged as he hopped away.

"You do that," Althea said. "Someone has to keep Dumb and Even Dumber here under control," She indicated Lance then Shipwreck with her thumbs.

"Hey!" They both protested.

Todd chuckled as he heard them arguing as he hopped away. He didn't get far when he saw Jean. "Toad what are you doing here?" She groaned.

"I couldn't go another day without seeing your sweet face," Todd said sarcastically.

"I take it the rest of the Misfits are here too?" Jean groaned.

"Yeah Shipwreck's looking for Storm and Lance is trying to pretend he's not looking for Kitty," Todd told her.

"Look this really isn't a good time…" Jean sighed.

"When is it ever a good time for us to come over?" Todd pointed out. Then he heard something flying by his head. "Oooh! I hear flies…" Todd licked his lips.

"TOAD NO!" Jean screamed. Too late. Todd's tongue was faster than his vision and he snagged Ororo mid flight. He had just rolled it into his mouth when he realized that the taste was rather odd for an insect.

"AAAGGGHHHH!" Todd screamed as Ororo created a shot of lightning and zapped him before he could swallow. His tongue rolled and Ororo fell out of it.

"I've got you!" Jean made a dive and caught her with her hands. "Ugh…" She realized that Ororo was covered with slime. "This is disgusting!"

"YOU? WHAT ABOUT ME?" Ororo screamed. She was covered with slime. "Oh god I need a shower!"

"Ow! My tongue…" Todd moaned. "Was that a lightning bug or something?"

"Or something yes," Ororo glared at Todd.

"What the…?" Todd forgot his sore tongue for a moment and looked at the tiny X-Man in Jean's hand. "What is that?"

"That is Storm who you nearly swallowed!" Jean snapped at him.

"You're joking right?" Todd asked.

"If this is someone's sick idea of a joke they have a very warped sense of humor," Ororo growled.

"How did she get like this?" Todd asked.

"Forge invented a shrink ray," Jean told him.

"Why would he invent a shrink ray?" Todd scratched his head.

"To make my life a living hell apparently," Ororo grunted.

"Hey you gotta tell Multiple to keep an eye on his toys or something," Shipwreck and the other Misfits walked in. "One of his toy cars nearly ran us over."

"It's amazing the things they make now," Fred remarked. "I could swear those action figures were real."

"They were real," Jean told them.

"Forge shrunk 'em," Todd said.

"Come again?" Shipwreck looked down and saw Ororo covered with gunk. "Ororo? Babe is that you?"

"Unfortunately," Ororo groaned.

"What happened?" Shipwreck bent down.

"I was nearly eaten by Toad that's what happened!" Ororo snapped. "Oh and Forge invented a shrink ray as you can see."

"Why would anyone invent a shrink ray?" Fred asked.

"Maybe he wanted to shrink your fat heads!" Ororo screamed. She then held her head. "I'm sorry…I'm sorry…It's been a very rough day for me."

"Yeah I guess we can understand if your temper's a bit short," Pietro snickered.

"That's not funny Pietro!" Jean glared at him.

"Yeah you shouldn't make fun of Storm's little problem," Arcade snickered.

"A very little problem," Pietro grinned.

"Watch it!" Ororo warned. "I may be small but my powers are still full sized! Would you like a demonstration?" Her eyes flashed.

"So let me get this straight Forge shrunk Storm…" Lina began.

"And the Professor," Jean sighed. This caused some snickers. "Not to mention Beast, Angel, Thunderbird…" More snickers. "Wolverine…" This caused several hard chuckles. "And an IRS agent." By then the Misfits were laughing out loud. "It's not that funny"

"Oh I beg to differ…" Fred laughed.

"He didn't happen to get Kitty to did he?" Lance chuckled.

"No just the adults," Jean informed him.

"Darn!" Lance snapped his fingers.

"Then she's be a real doll huh Lance?" Pietro smirked.

"ALL RIGHT THAT'S IT!" Ororo shouted. Some very cold winds were starting to blow hard in the room. "UNLESS ALL OF YOU WANT TO COOL OFF…"

"Storm! Please control yourself," Jean groaned. "We have got to clean you off! You're starting to smell like Toad."

"You say that like it's a bad thing," Althea looked at her.

"I can create a small shower to clean myself off but I need something to change into," Ororo told her.

"Well I could…" Shipwreck began.

"Stay as far away from me as possible!" Ororo snapped.

"I was going to say I could get the Triplets here to find you something from their doll collection," Shipwreck covered.

"No you weren't," Althea told him.

"Snitch," Shipwreck glared at her.

"I dunno," Quinn said looking at Ororo. "She's kind of small to fit our Barbie clothes."

"Well I know you guys have something that will fit her," Spyder said.

"And if not we'll make something," Shipwreck took Ororo in his hand. "Come on Storm! Let's take a quick trip to our place! We'll bring her right back in no time!"

"Oh god now I know how that girl felt when she was picked up by King Kong!" Ororo moaned at her predicament. "Jean! Hey! Watch those fingers!" She gave Shipwreck a hard zap.

"I'll go with you," Jean took Daria's hand before the Triplets teleported back with Shipwreck and Ororo. "Somebody has to make sure you don't kill Shipwreck!"

"Let's see," Pietro grinned as soon as they were gone. "The X-Adults are shrunk which mean's there's no adult supervision. You know what that means right?"

"I'm afraid I do," Wanda groaned. "But maybe we should help the X-Men for once?"

"Oh come on!" Pietro pouted. "Think of the opportunity here! Think of all the fun stuff we can do to them!"

"Think of how long you'll be in the hospital when they grow back," Todd pointed out.

"He's got a point," Lance remarked.

"Lockheed! Lockheed!" Scott ran around and saw them. "Oh not you too! What are you doing here?"

"We've come to help you with your little problem," Lance grinned.

"Which is now a bigger problem," Tabitha walked in holding the empty car. "I can't find them!"

"Oh no…" Scott groaned. Then he heard a parrot squawk and a loud scream. "I think we've just uncovered a clue." They ran to the sound of the squawk and saw Polly flying out the window with something, or rather someone in his beak.

"HELP ME!" Mr. Small screamed as Polly flew away.

"Of course this would happen…" Scott looked around and saw skid marks near an open floor vent. "Oh no…They didn't…"

"They must have ducked into the vent to avoid Polly," Xi remarked. "Are the air vents on?"

"Oh no!" Scott looked at the nearest temperature controls and shut them down. "If they were in there they could be blown all over the mansion!"

"Which means they could be anywhere!" Wanda said.

"They were in there," Todd looked in the vent. "I think I can see little claw marks in there where Wolverine tried to hold on."

"Oh that's just great!" Scott threw up his hands. "Now what do we do?"

"Throw a party?" Pietro suggested. Wanda met this suggestion with an elbow to the ribs. "OW!"

"We're gonna need help," Tabitha said. "I think it's time to call in the troops skipper!"

"I'm afraid you're right," Scott groaned.

"SCOOOOOTTTTTTT!" Xavier flew by with Lockheed still holding him in his jaws. Lockheed flew out the window.

"I'm really beginning to hate Forge," Scott groaned. "A lot."

"Is it more than you hate us?" Lance asked flippantly.

"Oh yeah," Scott nodded. "And that's saying something!"