Brotherhood Evolution: Aliens, Part III: Man this is Weird.

Things keep getting weirder and weirder…

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The Brotherhood of Bayville Boarding House

"Got any three's?"

"Go fish."

"Fishy fishy got my wishy." Blob said happily as he picked up his card and slapped down a pair of three's.

"That hurts." Mike said as he looked at his hand. "Got any fives?"

"All yours." Blob said as he handed a card to Omega.

"Mwahaha!" Mike said as he slapped the cards down with a maniacal laugh.

"Hey the others are back." Blob pointed out as the Brotherhood's jeep pulled into the parking lot.

"How'd it go?" Mike asked as Pietro and Wanda hopped out of the jeep. Tabitha stumbled out as she tried to lug the large transporter.

"And where's Lance?" Blob asked as Pietro gave a nervous look towards Wanda and Tabitha.

"Well you see…" Pietro began.

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Xavier's

"Come on! That the best you got?" Lance asked as he dodged under a swinging Tendrical and rolled out of the way of another one. "Omega tried harder to kill me when I said that Betsy looked hot in one of his oversize shirts." Lance quipped as another one of the Brood tried to tackle him to the ground but missed and crashed into one of it teammates.

"This human seems to be most troublesome." One of the Broodlings said to itself.

"Gripe, gripe, gripe." Lance said with a grin as he focused and the earth around him started to shake. "See you in hell!" Lance screamed. "Save me a spot." Lance added with a smile as the earth under the Brood opened up and they fell into a vast chamber. Lance let out a grunt as the chamber closed and he fell to a knee. "Whoa. I've never done that before." Lance though as he got up and glanced toward the mansion that was still under attack by the remaining members of the Brood. "Is should check on the others and make sure they got out of here safely." Lance said as he began to walk away.

"A little help would, like, be nice!" He heard Kitty shout from the distance.

"Yea. Right. There's that." Lance said in defeat as he made his way closer to the X-Men's battle. Lance counted at least a dozen or so Brood attacking the X-Men, who were getting clobbered. "Of all the times not to have a video camera." Lance said with a smile as he watched Cyclops get knocked out and Jean sent flying into one of the garden walls.

"Yeow!" Nightcrawler shouted as one of the Brood took a chunk out of his but. One of the brood shoved its tendrical down his mouth before Rouge knocked it off of him. Kurt coughed as he regained his senses and teleported away to recover.

"Toad would love this." Lance said as he saw Nightcrawler dance around holding his but in pain. "Well Pretty Kitty, its time to repay the debt I owe you so that I can start with a clean slate…" Lance thought as he concentrated.

"Watch out half Pint!" Logan shouted as he saw one of the Brood lunging at Kitty. To his surprise the earth underneath the Sleziod opened up and swallowed it whole. When another Brood tried to attack Shadowcat a wall of earth rose up and slammed it away. "Alvers…" Logan thought as he caught Avalanches scent on the air. He turned around and saw Lance walking away in the distance. Logan smiled to himself as he slashed at another one of the Brood. "Maybe there is more to the kid than I thought." Logan though as the Brood regrouped.

"The Queen beckons." One of them said simply.

"We must return." Another one said as the Brood hi-tailed it out of there.

"This was not expected." Storm said as she looked around. "It appears as though our enemy has other demands which must be taken care of."

"Lance was here… wasn't he Mister Logan." Kitty asked Wolverine.

"Yea, half-pint. He was." Logan said to her as he walked by her and into the mansion.

"So vat do we do know?" Kurt asked a she rubbed his sore but.

"You okay?" Jean asked as she helped Kurt of the ground.

"Yea." Nightcrawler said with a smile. "Never better."

"We talk to the professor and see what he wants us to do." Logan said as the X-men walked back inside.

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Forge's Love Nest

"So how do you plan on taking out that thing?" Betsy asked as she sat in a really big chair.

"Like I said. Its weakness probably lies in its duel nature, but I'm not sure yet. The sample I took may be able to help." Forge said as he put the tiny piece of metal under a strange looking machine. "This will analyze the piece and give me information on its base structure."

"Hmp. A based analyzer with full spectrometer capabilities." Toad said as he stared at the machine.

"Stop that." Betsy said as she punched him in the back of the head.

"Ow." Toad said as the machine beeped and spit out a piece of paper.

"I was right. These "Phalanx' are composed out of equal parts technology as well as organic material."

"Okay, so what do we do to kill them?" Betsy asked.

"The best bet would be to construct a machine that can separate the technological side from the organic side. They rely on the two sides working together to survive. My guess would be if you separate one side from another, than they can't survive alone. I have most of the components to do it, but I still need some stuff from the X-mansion." Forge said simply.

"I'll go report back to the others." Betsy said as she stepped into the shadow on the wall. "Toad, stay here and help out Forge." Betsy said before she disappeared.

"I didn't know she could do that." Forge said simply.

"You'd be surprised." Toad said simply. "So let's get started…"

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The Acolytes secret base

"Got any four's Laddie?" Banshee asked as he played cards with Gambit.

"Oui." Gambit said as handed the cards to Banshee.

"Ha. Got you Cajun basterd." Banshee said with a smile.

"I can't believe I'm losing to a Mick…"Gambit said simply.

"Believe it." Banshee said with a smile. (Bet you all forgot that I added Banshee to the Acolytes)

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The Brotherhood of Bayville Boarding House

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU LEFT LANCE ALONE TO FACE GIANT BUG ALIENS?" Mike screamed as he shook the life out of Pietro.

"I thought it was pretty clear on what he said." Tabitha said to Wanda who hushed her.

"Shhhhh. He might stop strangling Pietro." Wanda said with a smile as she watched her twin get maimed.

"I don't know why, but I find this strangely entertaining…" Blob said as he watched Mike slap Pietro around.

"Great. Now what did Pietro do?" Betsy asked as she emerged from the shadows on the ground.

"Well you see…" Tabitha began before Lance walked up.

"What's up?" Lance asked as the brotherhood all looked at him, Mike stopping the sever thrashing.

"Your alive?" Mike asked in shock.

"Yay…" Pietro said weakly through a toothless smile with his two black eyes.

"Well then, I guess everything is working out now." Toad said simply.

"Where did you come from?" Tabitha asked in shock as Forge also walked over.

"I don't know. I guess Descendent just ran out of ideas on how to have me and Forge appear out of nowhere." Toad said simply.

"So have you got anything to deal with out friends?" Mike asked, motioning to the Brotherhood house.

"Well yes and no." Forge said simply. "I have the schematics down, and most of the components. I just need some more stuff from the mansion before I can get to work." Forge said simply.

"I just left you guys." Betsy said in shock.

"Well with Toad's help, it wasn't hard to come up with the base concept of a machine that emitted energy wavelengths that affect technological components and remove them from any organics they are currently part of." Forge said simply. The Brotherhood stared at him blankly.

"Come again?" Blob asked.

"We can tear them apart." Toad said simply.

"I traveled through the shadow realm at the speed of sound." Betsy continued in utter shock.

"So lets go back and get what we need." Pietro said simply, teeth and all.

"I just…" Betsy began before Mike covered her mouth.

"Bets, its been a weird day, just let it be." Mike said simply as Betsy nodded.

"Why do I sense impending doom and massive damage?" Forge asked as he saw Wanda and Tabitha smile at each other.

"You don't know the half of it…" Lance gulped.

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Xavier's

"Professor, do you have any clue on what's going on?" Jean asked as she and the X-Men walked back in.

"Perhaps its time you all learn the truth…" Xavier said simply as Lilandra walked into the room.

"Seeing the fact that we only learned the truth ourselves a few hours ago…" Logan muttered to Beast, who nodded in agreement.

"This is Lilandra, and she is an alien." Xavier said simply as Lilandra nodded at the students.

"Oooohh…" All the X-Men said in awe.

"I'm sure you all a lot of questions…" Xavier began before Nightcrawler attacked Lilandra.

"KURT?" Xavier shouted as Nightcrawler morphed into a giant fur covered member of the Brood.

"What the duce?" Cyclops asked as Nightcrawler hissed.

"Secure Lilandra and return to the empress…" Nightcrawler said simply as he wrapped his tendrical around Lilandra and teleported away.

"What in the flammin' hell just happened?" Logan asked in shock.

"From what Lilandra told us and what we saw, I believe that during the battle, Kurt was somehow turned into one of the Brood. It also appears that he has retained his ability to teleport." Beast said as he pondered the situation.

"Professor, what the hell is going on?" Scott demanded. Xavier exchanged a look with his staff before explaining the situation to his students.

"Wow. Aliens. That's a new one." Rogue said simply.

"So what do we do?" Jean asked.

"That's another good question." The X-Men turned to see the Brotherhood with Forge standing in the hallway.

"Hi honey. Miss me?" Pietro asked as he waved at the X-Men.

"Not now." Logan muttered to himself.

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Next Time on Brotherhood Evolution: Aliens, Part IV: We're about to Join an Intergalactic War? Wow. The Brotherhood and X-Men try to find the Brood's Hideout as Lilandra faces down the Brood Queen. And what is Lance up to?

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As you can all probably tell, this is gonna be longer than four chapters… Oh well. The more the merrier.

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