The Third Bayville Riot (Skirmish Actually)

"Well which reality are we in this time Blink?" A tall blonde man with a goatee and a yellow and black uniform asked. Six individuals were standing at Lookout Point.

A tall pink skinned woman in a green outfit looked at a strange device on her arm. "The Tallus says we're in Universe 94164 Cal."

"Oh yeah that helps," A completely white man with cartoonish features snickered.

"Cut the comedy Morph," A blue skinned woman who looked a lot like Kurt remarked. "Give her a minute."

Mimic, AKA Cal Rankin looked at his team. They were called the Exiles, a group of individuals (mostly mutants) picked from other dimensions in order to repair other realties. They had been 'recruited' by the Timebroker, a mysterious omnipotent being in charge of all realities. Mimic in his reality was a member of the X-Men but not really a mutant. He was an enhanced human being with the power to copy and store the powers of other enhanced human beings or mutants.

Blink, the pink mutant (Real name: Clarice Ferguson) had the power of teleportation. She was from a reality where Apocalypse ruled and was rescued from the death camps by Sabertooth. Let's just say her reality was pretty much destroyed by the time Timebroker recruited her. She was also in charge of the Tallus, a device the Timebroker gave them in order to guide them in what to do to fix realties and transport them to the next one.

Morph, the comical white mutant (AKA Kevin Sidney) was the shapeshifter of the group. Of course everything he changed into usually had the same white color of his appearance. He was also an X-Man from another reality.

Nocturne, (AKA Talia Josephine Wagner) another former X-Man was the daughter of Nightcrawler and the Scarlet Witch. She had inherited her father's looks, her mother's mutant ability to create hex bolts and some magic abilities. She also had the mutant abilities of creating and opening small dimensional portals as well as the ability to possess people for less than 12 hours.

Sunfire (AKA. Mariko Yashida) was another female X-Man from Japan with the power of flight and could create fiery plasma.

Finally there was Magnus, a tall young man with long brown hair with a familiar white streak in front. His parents were Magneto and Rogue in another reality. Not only did he have the power of magnetism, but also the ability to transform another's skin into metal through touch. "Well this reality doesn't look too dangerous," He scoffed.

"Looks can be deceiving," Mimic told him. "So what's the story?"

"This reality is quite interesting," Blink read the information. "According to the Tallus most of the X-Men are teenagers."

"Oh this is gonna be fun," Nocturne moaned. "You mean I'm gonna end up babysitting my own dad?"

"This reality has an unusual tinge to it," Blink said. "Here most of the Brotherhood of Mutants are teenagers as well, except for Magneto, Sabertooth and Mystique of course. However most of them rebelled against Magneto and were taken in by the army."

"So we gotta rescue them?" Morph asked.

"No in this reality these army people are the good guys," Blink explained. "They're a military unit called GI Joe."

"Wait, as in GI Joe the action figure?" Mimic asked. "I used to play with those as a kid!"

"Well in this universe it's not a he it's a them," Blink told him. "A group of men and women fighting to rid the world of a terrorist organization called Cobra that has an annoying habit of trying to take over the world."

"Sounds like a cartoon series," Sunfire remarked. "So the Brotherhood is good here?"

"More or less and they're called the Misfits now," Blink explained. "Oh by the way Magnus, in this reality your Dad and Mom are father and daughter."

"What?" Magnus gasped.

"Yes and Rogue and Kurt Wagner are half brother and sister," Blink went on. "Mystique was both their mother but Rogue was part of an experiment and born in a surrogate mom, who was Destiny."

"Oh goody…" Magnus rolled his eyes.

"Hey wait a minute…" Nocturne asked. "Are Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch in this universe too?"

"Yes and they are both Magneto's kids as well," Blink confirmed.

"Wait…if Magneto is the Scarlet Witch's father and Rogue's father," Nocturne figured it out with her fingers. "And both Rogue and Nightcrawler are related than that would make me and Magnus in this reality if we appeared…EWWWW! GROSS!"

"I know…" Magnus groaned. "It hurts my head just thinking about it."

"Man your family tree is seriously warped," Morph snickered as he changed into a white tree with a face.

"Try not to take it so personally Magnus," Sunfire said. "You know the drill. All these realties we go to are different possibilities. In some realities I'm a guy, and straight!"

"Anyway," Blink sighed. "In this reality two days ago there was a riot in a town called Bayville that was caused by the trial of one Evan Daniels, AKA Spyke. A member of both the X-Men and Morlocks who also happens to be Storm's nephew." She showed them some images the Tallus projected.

"Storm has a nephew in this reality?" Mimic groaned. "Well that's a new one."

"Is it me or does he look like a Marrow clone?" Morph scratched his head. "Am I alone on this?"

"Well according to the Tallus there's going to be another riot today, although it doesn't state how it starts or why," Blink said. "But some mutants are going to be killed in the crossfire. Our orders are to make sure these mutants aren't killed."

"So we're supposed to save some mutants from a riot that hasn't happened yet?" Nocturne asked. "Do we know who they are?"

"All we know is they are down there somewhere," Blink shrugged.

"I really wish Timebroker would fix the bugs out of that thing," Morph groaned.

"I think we should spilt up," Mimic said. "Sunfire, Magnus and I can scout out the town since we look human. The three of you keep a lookout from up here. If you spot anything we can use our communicators."

"Good idea," Blink nodded. "We should stay out of sight as much as possible."

"Aw man I never get to go anywhere fun," Morph pouted.

Soon the three human looking members of the team were scouring around. "Now remember try not to attract attention," Mimic instructed them.

"Uh, Mimic we're dressed in battle gear covered only with trenchcoats," Sunfire reminded him. "Kinda hard not to stand out."

"Where did you get them anyway Magnus?" Mimic asked.

"You don't want to know," Magnus told them. "People are staring at us."

"Actually they're staring at you," A white dog ran up next to them. "That hairstyle of yours is quite distinctive Magnus."

"Morph!" Mimic hissed. "What the hell are you doing?"

"Having a look around," Morph grinned in his dog form. "You wanted us to remain inconspicuous…"

"Somehow I don't think a talking dog is gonna cut it," Mimic snapped.

"But I can sniff around and stuff!" Morph ran over and saw a poodle. "Hey babe!"

"Who said that?" A large stout woman turned around.

"Uh sorry," Mimic ran over and grabbed Morph by the neck. "Just practicing my ventriloquist act."

"Humph!" The woman threw her head back. She looked at Magnus. "Are you one of those Institute mutants?"

"No, why do you ask?" Magnus asked.

"Because you have a frightening resemblance to one of my former students," The woman glared as her poodle yapped. "She was one of those awful freaks. I feared for my life having that living vampire in my classroom!"

"Really?" Magnus glared at her. "By the looks of you it's pretty much time for you to head back to your coffin!"

"Why I never…" She gasped.

"That explains a lot," Magnus growled.

"Oh boy…" Mimic winced. Then he heard a commotion. "What now?"

Morph was running from a man with a hot dog in his mouth. "Morph!" Mimic shouted.

Morph gulped down the hot dog. "What? I was hungry!"

"It's a mutant dog!" The man screamed. "It's a demon dog!"

"Dude I'm not a dog," Morph changed back to his original form. "Oops…"

"Way to go Morph," Sunfire grunted. A loud yipe and a scream could be heard. "Now what? Uh oh…"

They saw the haughty woman screaming as her poodle had been turned into a metal statue. "This is not good…" Mimic groaned.

"GET THE MUTANT SCUM!" The woman screamed.

"You turned her poodle into metal?" Sunfire shouted.

"The damn thing was driving me crazy!" Magnus snapped back as they ran.

"So much for blending in," Mimic grunted. "Oh well…" He called upon his reserve powers and sprouted a pair of wings from his back and took to the air. This caused a greater panic.

"MUTANTS! GET THEM!" The crowd shouted as they chased after them.

"This is a prime example of a scouting mission gone completely wrong…" Mimic groaned.

"Well at least we now know who the mutants we're supposed to save are," Morph shrugged as he formed a pair of wings and flew beside him. "IT'S US!"

"No it isn't," Magnus said. "We're just the ones who caused the riot."

"I can't take you people anywhere…" Mimic groaned.

Meanwhile not far away some of the X-Men were relaxing on the mansion grounds. "I can't believe people won't even let us help rebuild the city," Rogue sighed.

"I can," Kurt sighed. "This is so unfair being cooped up here."

"You heard what the Professor said," Danielle told him. "Everybody's still on edge since the riot. We need to give the public time to cool down."

"You gotta admit he has a point," Ray said. "I sure don't wanna go outside for a while."

"Yeah everybody's still sore about the trial," Rogue blew some hair out of her face.

"I wonder who really did kill Spears?" Jesse asked.

"Grippin probably," Ray shrugged. "Think about it, he was there that night. He poisoned Spears, framed Evan. Then he got killed by Feral."

"I guess," Rogue sighed.

"What you think someone else did it?" Ray asked.

"It just seems so pat you know?" Rogue thought. "Like there's one piece of evidence missing we don't know about."

"Look as long as Evan didn't do it and Spears is out of commission, I'm not losing any sleep over it," Ray waved his hand. "I'm just glad things are back to normal!"

That's when Blink and Nocturne teleported right into the middle of them. "What part of 'nowhere near the X-Mansion' didn't you get Blink?" Nocturne snapped.

"I miscalculated okay?" Blink snapped back. "It happens."

"So much for normal," Rogue grunted.

"This is awkward…" Nocturne gulped. "I hate it every time this happens."

"You look like me!" Kurt gasped when he saw her.

"Yeah about that…" Nocturne laughed nervously. "A real funny story actually…"

"We'll have to tell it later," Blink looked at her Tallus that set off an alarm. "I'm afraid the riot has already started."

"Another one?" Ray gasped. "We just had one two days ago!"

"Yes well we've got another one," Nocturne pointed to the gate. "And I think I see why."

The other Exiles were flying towards the mansion with an angry mob on their heels. "GET THE MUTANTS! NO MORE MUTANTS! YOU FREAKS GET OUTTA TOWN!"

"What the hell is going on here?" Logan ran out with Evan and several other X-Men. "Who are you idiots?"

"We're the Exiles," Mimic said as he landed on the ground. "Hey I thought I told you two to stay hidden?"

"We did until somebody wandered off on his own," Nocturne pointed at Morph.

"We've been looking all over for you!" Blink snapped.

"Well you found him," Magnus folded his arms. He noticed Rogue was staring at him intently. "What?"

"Why do you look like…?" Rogue blinked.

"Trust me Rogue," Magnus sighed. "You don't want to know."

"You know our names?" Kurt asked.

"Yeah we do," Sunfire sighed. "Long story short we came here to try and prevent a riot…"

"And instead you caused one?" Logan looked at the mob at the gates.

"That's pretty much it," Morph shrugged.

"Believe it or not we came here to help," Mimic grunted.

"I don't believe it," Scott said. "Help like this we don't need! Say you look familiar…"

"I do?" Mimic asked.

"Yeah he looks like that Cal Rankin kid from a while back," Evan said. "Only he's an adult."

"Wait you know Cal Rankin here?" Mimic asked.

"Before mutants were exposed I met this guy named Cal Rankin in school," Evan explained. "He could do what you do. He wasn't a mutant though, turned out his old man did experiments on him as a kid. He got insulted by us for some reason and turned down our help. He left town shortly after that with his mom. A real jerk."

"Look right now we need to find those mutants before they get hurt!" Sunfire said. "Remember the mission?"

"Mission?" Scott looked at her. "What mission?"

"It's complicated," Mimic sighed. "Let's just say we're here to save some mutants' lives from the riot."

"Which we caused," Morph groaned.

"Which you caused," Blink folded her arms.

"Look can you guys locate some mutants on Cerebro for us?" Morph asked. "We don't know who they are or what their powers are but we're pretty sure they're out there somewhere."

"Yeah that's helpful," Evan folded his arms. "But uh, what about the mob out there?"

"Don't worry about it…" Blink focused on her powers and suddenly a portal made the mob disappear.

"WHAT DID YOU DO?" Scott shouted at her.

"Don't worry! I dropped them off somewhere safe," Blink waved. "I think…"

"YOU THINK?" Scott shouted. "Look who the hell are you people? I want some answers!"

"Is that a dragon? Cool!" Morph saw Lockheed and changed into a dragon himself. "Hey wanna race?"

"He has the attention span of a gnat," Magnus explained to the group as Morph flew off with Lockheed. "And fewer brains."

"WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?" Kitty shouted from inside the Mansion. The sounds of several crashes could also be heard.

"Who the hell are you people and why are you making our lives even more miserable than they already are?" Logan flashed his claws.

"Can we please first corral our friend before he trashes your home?" Magnus sighed in a bored tone.

"You gonna give answers now Stripe boy…" Logan pointed his claws at him.

"Uh you don't wanna do that…" Sunfire warned.

"And why not?" Logan asked.

Magnus used his powers to throw Logan to the side. "That's why," Magnus folded his arms. "You would think a man with metal in his bones would know better than to attack a man who possesses the power of magnetism."

"Magnetism?" Scott shouted. "X-Men get them!"

"Oh please!" Magnus created a magnetic shield that bounced off Scott's optic blasts. "Don't you think if I wanted to fight we'd have done so from the beginning?"

"Look can't we just talk for a…" Sunfire asked before she dodged several spikes. One of them sliced through her costume but not her skin. "Okay! Now I am ticked off!" She sent several fire blasts at them.

"She's got powers like Firestar!" Rogue shouted as they dodged them.

"Well maybe I can cool her off!" Bobby started to use his powers. Then he got hex bolted. "Hey!"

"Hex bolts," Nocturne said. "Don't leave home without 'em! Do we really have to go through this whole 'let's fight each other' thing or can we just talk?"

"What do you think?" Ray snapped as he shot out a lightning bolt at her. Blink teleported her and Nocturne into the mansion before they hit.

"Oh well that works," Nocturne groaned. "So much for asking the X-Men's help."

"Who are you and why do you need our help?" Tabitha asked as she appeared in the hallway.

"We're the Exiles and we're kind of in a little mess," Nocturne sighed.

"You know you look a lot like Nightcrawler?" Tabitha asked.

"Yeah I get that a lot," Nocturne sighed. "First of all one of our friends is in the mansion fooling around. Would you mind helping us…"

CRASH! BOOM!

"GET OUT OF MY ROOM YOU WHITE FREAK!" Kitty screamed.

"Never mind…" Blink sighed. "I think we've found him."

"Hi guys!" A white kangaroo hopped up to them.

"Making yourself at home Morph?" Nocturne folded her arms.

Morph changed into his regular form. "This place is pretty cool. Once you get past all the girls attacking me. Hi there!" He changed into a bunny and hopped in Tabitha's arms.

"O-kay," Tabitha blinked. "This is weird."

"Where is he?" Kitty stormed in with Rina. "Where is that shape changing maniac?"

"THERE!" Rina pointed to the bunny.

"Uh oh…" Morph gulped. "You wouldn't hurt a little bunny rabbit would you?"

"GET HIM!" Kitty charged.

"I guess you would!" Morph leapt out of Tabitha's arms, changed into a cheetah and ran.

"What did he do this time?" Blink asked.

"If it's anything like he did that time he snuck into the women's bathrooms it's not gonna be pretty," Nocturne groaned. "Come on!"

Meanwhile the rest of the Exiles had run into the mansion. "Did you really have to tie Cyclops up with those pieces from his car?" Sunfire asked.

"No matter what reality we visit, Scott Summers is extremely annoying," Magnus justified his actions.

"Let's just get Morph and get out of here," Mimic groaned. "This mission is a complete failure."

"Not yet," Sunfire said. "Maybe if we talk to Professor X and explain the situation…"

"AGGGGHH!" Xavier wheeled by with rockets attached to his wheelchair and had a white lemur on his head. "GET OFF ME!"

"Okay now it's a failure," Sunfire groaned.

"I TOLD YOU IT WAS A BAD IDEA TO SOUP UP THE MOTORS OF THE PROFESSOR'S CHAIR!" Jesse shouted as he ran by them.

"You were the one who freaked out in the first place!" Forge shouted at him.

"And to think we haven't even met the Misfits yet," Sunfire sighed.

"Somebody get that clown out of here!" Logan roared from downstairs.

"Let's go!" Mimic shouted as they went downstairs. Nocturne and Blink were down there trying to remove Morph, who had changed into a very large gorilla.

"GET THIS MONKEY OFF MY BACK!" Logan roared.

"MORPH! KNOCK IT OFF!" Mimic shouted. As Morph changed back Mimic noticed that Professor X was unconscious on the floor. "Is he okay?"

"Yeah no thanks to you!" Scott snapped. "Now I want some answers here and if you don't start talking I'm gonna blast you through the walls!"

"Okay fine," Mimic shrugged. Then he punched Scott in the jaw. "You're right Magnus he is annoying! Blink! Get us out of here!"

Before the X-Men could do anything the Exiles disappeared. "They're gone…" Ray said.

"Way to state the obvious, Ray," Tabitha rolled her eyes. "Does anybody know what that was all about?"

"Not even a clue," Kurt moaned.

"Hey guys check out the TV!" Bobby pointed to the set. "I think you should see this!"

"What now?" Scott groaned.

"Good news, we know where that Blink person sent the mob," Kitty groaned.

"The bad news is where. Right into the middle of the Mayor's office." Rogue said calmly as she pointed to the television. "They're a bit hyper after the trip."

"Oh dear…" Hank winced as they watched things get broken on television. "That looks expensive."

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"I can't believe how irresponsible all of you were!" Mimic shouted at his team at Lookout Point.

"Uh, which one of us socked Scott in the jaw?" Morph raised his hand.

"Morph you are two seconds away from…" Mimic began when suddenly a strange man appeared.

"Hello Exiles," The Timebroker said. "I see you've had a bit of a problem on this mission."

"I know, I know we blew it," Mimic groaned.

"I'm afraid I'm the one who's really at fault this time," Timebroker coughed. "I accidentally sent you to this reality a bit early."

"How early?" Mimic asked.

"Two months," Timebroker admitted.

"TWO MONTHS?" They all shouted.

"I may be eternal, but I am not infallible," Timebroker told them. "Even I make the occasional mistake every millennia. You try keeping together the threads of over a billion different universes at the same time and see how well you do!"

"So this was all for nothing," Nocturne groaned.

"Not really," Timebroker told them. "This last outbreak of violence will quell the actions of the FOH in this town and the country for a while. At least a few months will probably pass before they dare to start their violent activities again. By then things will have settled down for your next assignment here."

"You mean we're coming back to this reality?" Morph asked as they disappeared. "Well that's going to be a lot of fun!"

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Meanwhile the X-Men were watching the havoc the Exiles caused on television. "Does anybody know where those idiots came from?" Rogue snapped. "And more importantly what rock they crawled back into?"

"They disappeared," Xavier told her. "I can't find them with Cerebro. It's like they fell off the face of the earth."

"If only," Kitty grumbled.

"These unknown mutants caused another disturbance in Bayville not even two full days after the last one," Trish Trilby spoke on the television.

"So much for keeping things low key," Logan groaned.

"Although this latest outbreak of violence was not nearly as damaging as the other riots and there was no loss of life, authorities have dubbed this the Third Bayville Riot," Trish Trilby continued. "Anti-mutant hostilities are running high across the country as well as Bayville. However besides minor protests and FOH rallies the majority of the country is taking a nonviolent stand on the mutant problem, for now."

"In other words, they saw what a mess Bayville made and they don't want the same thing happening in their towns," Logan grunted as he turned off the television.

"Even the mayor couldn't defend their actions this time," Xavier remarked. "Something tells me that the police will be watching the FOH for a while."

"Yeah but they'll also be watching us at the same time," Logan said.

"I fear you're right," Xavier interlaced his fingers. "Already a new push for a new Mutant Registration Act has been started."

"Wonderful," Scott groaned. "Just when we thought we put that to rest it pops up again. Like crab grass. All because of those lunatics!"

"I think the first two riots had something to do with it as well Scott," Jean put a hand on his shoulder.

"Who were those nuts anyway?" Jubilee asked.

"I dunno but if I ever get my claws on those jokers…" Logan grunted. "They'd better not show their faces in this town again if they know what's good for 'em!"

() Cal Ranikn appeared in the Marvel Comic version of X-Men Evolution. Issue number 6 to be precise. The story pretty much went as I explained so I decided to keep it in my universe so I can play with it later!

Next: It's Party time! Gotta love it! And how do you like my version of the Exiles? A little different from the comic but a lot of fun!