Here continues my new epic saga of the X-Men. Inspired by a number of groovy fic-writing friends!

Credits and acknowledgements will follow the final installment. Chocolates go to the original X-Factor.

Challenges are Field Trip and Murphy's Law and apply to all of the drabbles in this part.

Most of the characters are not mine but belong to various weird companies. Dont sue.

Epic : The Field Trip Across Country, X-Men Style, Part Four : Rest and Relaxation

Characters: X-Men, Xavier institute students, plus a few original characters

'Verse: X-Men Evolution post-series

Ratings: R for some stories, which have sexual situations and violence.

Words: 100 each

lj-cut text"I Need a Vacation from My vacation"

1 A Day of Rest?

The X-men and their allies rested on the fourth day of the First Annual Cross Country Field Trip, to which was later added the words "from hell".

It had been a long trip and so today they went all out on the luxury. Staying two nights and one day at a Spa, they sampled every decadent pleasure it had to offer.

Invariably, it being the X-men, things went wrong.

There was the Ostrich incident...which made Scott wonder. And then there was the return of the mysterious Chicken man, which just made Scott sigh.

Things didnt truly go haywire until sunset when Belasco invaded.

2 Dark Dreams

Scott lay down for a massage early on and when he went to sleep, felt his mind being pulled into a dark dream.

He ran from a darkness that swallowed all his friends and called to him with the voice of his mother.

He cried out in the voice of a 10 year old and ran far and fast.

Some part of him realized he was in a dream but he couldn't wake up no matter what he tried.

He struggled and felt Jean call to him before her mind too was drawn down.

They were imprisoned in a dreamworld.

3 Locks and Cold Waves

Magda and Capella were having a swim when the lights flickered and died.

They both felt the temperature plummet and heard the doors lock.

They hurried out of the pool and wrapped in robes as they struggled with the doors.

Capella grew more and more frantic, feeling claustrophobic. things seemed to dance around and the girls avoided them as Capella tried to get control of her talent.

Finally, Magda got angry enough she was able to channel electricity into the doors and shatter them, spilling them both out into the hall.

They ran all the way to their rooms.

4 Ostrich Invasion! (No, Really!)

Their field trip temporarily suspended, the teams was relaxing and enjoying it when they suddenly were faced by a horde of invading ostriches.

Apparently there had been a delivery of the beasts for a show all later and they had gotten out and now were stampeding through the spa, wrecking equipment and rooms.

Logan snickered at the sight of Colossus fleeing an angry Ostrich but then paled as one came after him, its beak sharp and its bleating seeming to grow in decibel.

Ororo, Bobby, and Alex finally got most of them corralled with ice, wind, and plasma blasts chivying them along.

5 Attack of the Chicken Man!

Things were quiet and peaceful around the Spa and everyone was having fun playing games or swimming or some such.

Suddenly there were screams and a SQUAWK!

Rogue came running out of her massage room very fast, trailing a towel barely attached and barely covering anything as she raced from a Giant Chicken.

Logan sighed and Colossus cursed and they all headed in to try to stop this menace who had nearly caused several accident on the road!

They charged in and were flung away by it's powerful arms and cut by it's sharp beak.

Logan wondered if dying of embarrassment was possible.

6 Jubilee and Colossus: Wet and Wild

"What is going on?" Jubes called from the restroom, where she was showering.

"Just a giant chicken problem!" Hollered Alex, who had just arrived outside.

"A what?" Jubilee wondered if Alex had cracked from all the stress.

Just then, Colossus was flung into the room, through a wall and slammed into the shower sides. Not thinking of her state, Jubilee ran to his side, and bent down to see if he was ok.

Colossus opened his eyes and stared up at her, learning that tattoos could indeed be put there and wow, Jubilee was very very beautiful like that.

Jubilee blushed but grinned.

7 Thud and Blunder

When the Chicken man attacked the fourth day of the field trip, it caused mayhem

The Chicken Man attacked those it found itself near.

There was much pummeling and screeching and cursing.

Colossus and Jubilee got a chance to get to know each other better, his uniform trashed ands she not wearing anything in the showers. Booth got suited up and joined the fight but were determined to talk and maybe more later.

Logan found himself wishing he had a pain immunity as he fended off beak, and Storm finally chased it off with lightning bolts.

8 Writer's Frenzy

In his room, Dominic was gripped by a urge to write.

He sat down and wrote, his pen flying as ideas came, plots and characters piling out.

He wrote and wrote his mind and soul seeming to pour out into the words.

His frenzy of writing slowly slowly decreased. he stared down at several hours of writing and felt amazed as he read it.

He thought he had actually;;y produced something good here.

he hurried to take it downstairs when the paper rippled and unfolded and the characters stepped out of it.

He cursed as the began to slowly advance ion him.

9 Fictional Interuptus

Jubilee and Colossus were talking softly in his room, her hand gently playing over his chest as they lay before one another completely naked.

They had revealed themselves to each other shyly but surely, the connection between them seeming to grow more powerful over mere minutes.

Colossus let his hand slowly slide up to Jubilee's breasts and gently caressed them, making her arch forward.

Then Dominic came flying through the wall, his red knight armor half on as he was flung into the opposing wall by strangers advancing towards them with yells.

Colossus growled and charged even as Jubilee cursed. This bloody close!

10 Paper Chase

Ororo was taking some well needed time to herself to meditate when there were several crashes and booms from overhead.

She got up and led some of the X-Men up the stairs to investigate.

There they found several strangers attacking anything that moved.

The X-men split up and attacked the figures at Ororo's calm commands.

She sent several teams against the strangers who were defeated and when each one was down, it turned to paper.

Dominic cursed loudly and fluently in several languages as he walked around and tore them up thoroughly.

"I am never writing fan fiction from a popular tv show again!"

11

The Professor went in search of Scott and Jean and found them in Scott's room. he could sense there was something wrong and after a quick scan sent his mind deep into Jean's and from there into Scott's.

There he found the two of them fighting against a shadowy opponent that he recognized.

The shadow King was back!

He managed to drive off the shadow king, allowing them all to awaken.

They all went to take a swim in the Olympic pool to relax.

Which, of course, was closed.

They decided food was in order and settled down to ignore the insanity.

12

As night fell, Murphy laughed.

His agents had invaded the night before and carried in several talismans leaving them so that he could work through them and work his madness on the X-men.

Their frustration and anger and tiredness levels were growing, and soon he would be able to do as his master planned.

He concentrated as the levels grew and then, with the power rising high, he ripped a whole in the space time continuum into Limbo.

Out of the hole poured Belasco's forces of demons, Belasco, N'Astrirh, and S'Ym at the lead.

Murphy laughed.

His master would be pleased.

13

The X-Men were having a late Dinner and dance, escaping the madness of the fourth day, when the doors shattered and Belasco and a horde of demons streamed in.

The X-Men and the students froze costing young Capella and Magda consciousness as they were struck down.

The orders of Ororo, Scott, and, surprisingly, Sam, sent them into action against the demons.

Thomas hurled his thunder and negative sound at the demons at the side of Theresa who screamed her scream at them.

Scott, Jean, Warren, Hank, and Bobby found themselves fighting S'Ym, N'Astirh, and Belasco.

Wanda used her powers to help Professor X direct others.

14

After all their excitement, Jubilee and Colossus had skipped the dinner to fool around together.

When they heard screams and shaking.

Cursing they suited up and charged into the battle.

Together with a similarly disheveled Warren and Rogue they fought their way through the battle.

Rogue, Colossus and Jubilee got separated from Warren, only to see him pop up at the sides of Scott, Hank, Jean and Bobby fighting the leaders of the army of demons.

They tried to get there but there was a sudden popping sound.

The X-Teams stared as all the demons and Scott, Jean, Warren, hank, and Bobby vanished.

To Be Continued...

There ya go, the fourth part of this insanity is complete! Feedback is adored and the next piece will be posted sometime tomorrow.

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