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Stealthily moving towards the mansion, Petra, Paul, and his brothers looked at each other with sinister glances. Paul held Jean Grey in his arms as he spoke.

"You three stay here and watch the Phoenix," ordered Paul as he placed Jean Grey on the ground in front of his brothers. Then he turned to Petra. "We're going in."

Paul and Petra scaled the wall and morphed into their respective forms, Paul as a scorpion and Petra as a bat. The two quickly made it through to the front doors without attracting very much attention from the security system. But as they reached the main doors to the foyer, it was time to make some noise.

Paul smashed through the glass doors, sending a spray of glass outwards. Petra morphed back into her human appearance, and casually walked in behind Paul, who was already in his human appearance.

The two waited patiently for their competition from the X-men. It was only moments before a blast of electricity narrowly missed the both of them. Ray Crisp appeared to the side, as Bobby Drake and Amara Aquilla fired off their projectiles from the second floor. Paul and Petra jumped back defensively, while Jamie Madrox and Roberto DaCosta ran into the room. Sam Guthrie bounded over the second floor railing next to Bobby and Amara, landing in a roll.

"Is that you guys got?" Paul taunted as he took his scorpion form once again. Petra leapt off the ground and landed in between Bobby and Amara.

"I don't know who you two are or why you're here, but obviously you've come looking for a fight." Bobby shouted, as he tried to ice Petra quickly. She gracefully flipped over it, landing inches from Bobby. She bared her fangs for intimidation. Bobby didn't flinch though.

Petra swung a kick towards Bobby's side, which he blocked. But once he did, Petra closed the distance between them quickly, and slashed Bobby with her fingernail. She tore through his T-shirt and down his chest, leaving slash marks behind. Then she was about to dig her nails into Bobby's broad shoulders, but Amara shouldered her into the railing. Petra pushed herself off the railing, slamming a kick into Amara. She was sent backwards into a slide.

Just below them, Paul was moving quickly while he attacked against Ray, Sam, Jamie, and Roberto. Ray and Sam weren't too much trouble for him, but every time he caught a Jamie, it was just a clone that would disappear. And Roberto was extremely strong with his sunlight absorption and he could fly out of Paul's reach.

Finally, Paul managed to smack the real Jamie with his tail, sending him crashing into Roberto. Then he clamped Ray with one pincer and Sam with the other. Ray fought back with his electricity, while trying to pull free. He managed to get out a little, but Paul dug the tips of his pincer across Ray's chest. It left two large rips in the front of his T-shirt, as well as two slashes. He wasn't injured too badly, but he wasn't ready to counter.

Sam propelled himself into the air, dragging Paul with him. With a spin in the air, Sam freed himself and tossed Paul into the staircase. But as Sam dropped onto his feet, he noticed Paul's pincers had done a number on his upper body while he had struggled. His T-shirt was in tatters, and there were small cuts and slashes on his back and chest. But he wasn't giving up.

Paul was now in his human form as he stood up, but was tackled by Roberto without his mutation on. The two struggled in a regular physical fight, rolling along the ground while grappling each other. Roberto had two fistfuls of the front of Paul's shirt, dragging him along as they rolled. Most of his shirt was crumbled up in Roberto's fist, he grabbed onto the other guy's sleeve and also his hair.

Ray, Sam, and Jamie watched the two wrestle, waiting to get a hit in.

Petra was being pinned at Bobby, but she clawed him in the sides. But as she tried to pull back, her nails were caught in the rips of Bobby's T- shirt. As she yanked them free by tearing up most of Bobby's shirt, Amara tackled her to the ground. But Petra fought back, kicking Amara into Bobby causing them both to bounce onto the ground.

Below her, Roberto and Paul were still struggling. Paul had lost his hold on Roberto, due to his sleeve tearing off as well as some of his hair. Paul had broken away too, because a large chunk of his shirtfront had been torn off. But as Roberto lunged at him, Paul grabbed the other mutant, and swung him into Sam, Ray, and Jamie, toppling all of them.

As Paul started up the stairs, Petra met him halfway there.

"Well, I barely got touched by those fools. Looks like they got more of a piece of you." Petra remarked as she pointed at the large missing piece in Paul's shirt.

"Well I think I was the one that worked harder," stated Paul as he slipped his shirt off. "This shirt's ruined."

Paul tossed his ripped shirt on the ground.

"Maybe you did work harder," added Petra as she noted the sweat on his serious face and muscular chest. "Or maybe not."

Petra turned and started back up the stairs.

"Let's just hurry up and take down the others", suggested Paul as his tanned upper body changed color. As did the rest of him, before he shifted into a large scorpion.

He started to follow Petra until an explosion shook the ground beneath them and rattled the glass of the main entrance that was still intact.

Both mutants turned to watch a small fireball lift into the air just outside of the mansion gates. The gates however, dropped right onto the fountain, smashing it and causing the water to splash out.

Paul and Petra watched as something floated into the air. And that something was looking straight at them with a burning desire.

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A/N: That was just a fight scene to put into the mix. Please review! And questions welcomed as well.