All In the Family
"I'm glad those horrid protesters are finally gone," Jimaine sighed as she entered the living room where Kurt and Stephan were along with a few other X-Men. "And I thought things were bad in Germany."
"So anti-mutant sentiment is everywhere huh?" Ray asked.
"It depends in what part of Europe you are in," Stephan said. "Spain and France are the worst though, due to several mutant attacks. And I am sad to say Germany is not that far behind."
"Well at least here I won't get burned at the stake, well not yet anyway," Kurt muttered. "What was all that noise they were making earlier?"
"Oh they were all singing the traditional anti-mutant rally songs," Kitty quipped. "If I Had a Hammer I'd Use it to Smash A Mutant, All I Want For Christmas are No Mutants on My Block, Deck the Mutant in the Head and my personal favorite, Mutants Got Run Over By A Reindeer."
The doorbell rang. "Now who could that be?" Tabitha asked.
"Whoever it is, make sure you give them a festive bouquet!" Jubilee was making wreaths on the floor with Rina and Bobby. "Aren't wreaths fun?"
"Yeah…" Bobby said listlessly. He mouthed to the others. 'Help Me!'
"Well the important thing is that we are all here together and we are all family," Stephan said.
Ororo sniffed and went out of the room. "I need to get a tissue."
"Hey Kurt you got another visitor!" Rogue walked in with a surprise figure behind her.
"Happy Holidays to all!" Secret Agent Matt Burke walked in with a load of presents in his arms.
"Matt?" Kurt blinked. "What are you doing here?"
"What? Can't a man visit his…" He then noticed Stephan and Jimaine. "Son?"
"Oh, uh…Mama, Papa this is Matt Burke, my natural father," Kurt felt very awkward. He wasn't the only one. There was definitely a look of shock on all of Kurt's parent's faces. "Matt, this is Stephan and Jimaine Wagner."
"Nice…to meet you," Stephan blinked.
"Uh, likewise," Matt blinked. "So you're the Wagners that adopted Kurt? Uh, thank you for raising my son."
"It was our pleasure," Jimaine replied in a surprised voice. "There is a family resemblance…"
"In our faces yes," Matt said quickly. "You have done a very good job of raising him."
"Well he was always a good boy," Jimaine rambled on. "A bit of a handful sometimes…"
In German Stephan muttered under his breath. "He could have been a lot worse considering."
Kurt however picked it up. "Considering what?"
Stephan looked like he had been caught in the biggest lie ever. "Uh…"
Fortunately at that very moment a purple vortex opened up in the room. "Looks like I'm not the only unexpected guest!" Matt shouted.
Out of the vortex Illyana and S'ym walked out. "Greetings Brother! Friends!" She called out.
"Snowflake?" Peter blinked. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to spend the holiday with you," She gave him a hug. "Just like back in the old days!"
"Who is she?" Stephan asked.
"Oh this is Peter's sister Illyana," Rogue said casually. "Ruler of a dimension called Limbo and her bodyguard S'ym."
"Nice to meet you all," S'ym grinned. "You got anything to eat around here?"
"Must you always think of your stomach?" Illyana snapped.
"Uh, why don't we go into the kitchen?" Peter said guiding them to the room.
"Ooh! They can all sample my peppermint cookies and eggnog fudge!" Jubilee jumped up and followed them.
"As you can see Mr. and Mrs. Wagner," Xavier said as he wheeled into the room with Logan behind him. "Things do tend to get a little…hectic around here."
"I bet," Jimaine said. "Well looks like there will be a lot of guests here for Christmas."
"Well at least there will be no more surprises," Ororo sighed. Then the Misfits teleported into the room with Alex, Scott and the Masters. They were all covered in straw and dirt. "Why do I always set myself up for things like this?"
"What happened to you?" Kurt asked.
"Short version, Blob's cousin is insane," Scott said. "And spends way too much time watching nature programs on TV."
"Yeah my cousin kind of wrecked their house along with half the houses on the block," Fred told them. "He's going to be in the hospital for a while."
"So while we're dealing with a slight termite infestation," Mr. Masters sighed. "Scott said we could stay with you for the holidays."
"Sure! Why not?" Ororo groaned and poured herself another drink.
"This better not be hazardous to my health Jean! You know my heart can't take too many more…" A gray haired regal woman rounded the corner and saw everyone in the room. "Surprises?"
"Grandmother these are…" Jean walked into the room carrying a pet carrier and blinked. "My friends…"
Jean's grandmother gave them all an intense stare. She focused on Scott. "Mr. Summers, I see you're more of a disgrace than usual."
"Everyone this is my grandmother, Jeannette Grey," Jean introduced them.
"Yo! Hi Granny G!" Todd waved cheerfully.
"WHAT DID THAT RUFFIAN CALL ME?" Jeannette snapped. Then she saw Kurt who had not turned on his image inducer. "And what the hell is that?"
"That is my son!" Stephan snapped.
"Technically my son, you American witch," Matt sneered at Jeannette. "If you have a problem with that go back on your broomstick."
"You tell 'em Matt!" Rogue grinned. "You know you do have your good points!"
"Why you impertinent…" Jeannette was fuming.
"Grandmother no!" Jean interrupted. "Remember your blood pressure!"
"Oh and you brought me here?" Jeannette whirled on her.
"Yeah Jean why'd you saddle us with this?" Rogue asked.
"I remember you from the television," Jeannette glared at Rogue. "You're that vampire girl from the Senate hearings! I thought Halloween was more your season!"
"Funny, that's what we were thinking about you," Lance remarked.
"STOP IT!" Jean shouted. She calmed down. "Grandmother please! You promised to keep an open mind. If you're gonna stay here until we can get you a hotel room or something…"
"What?" Logan asked.
"Uh Rogue, Ororo why don't you show Mrs. Grey to the guest room so she can freshen up?" Xavier caught on quickly.
"Why us?" Rogue asked.
"Rogue," Ororo's tone warned. "This way Mrs. Grey." They went out.
"All right Jean, what happened?" Logan asked as they left.
"There's a storm front over the Bahamas and we couldn't get there," Jean explained.
"I see," Xavier frowned.
"While my sister and parents went ahead, guess who was stuck at the airport with Grandmother when the storm hit?" Jean was clearly tense. "You see she was trying to get the entire airport fired because she thought her luggage was a bit scuffed. Long story short it 'disappeared' and…"
"I get the picture," Xavier sighed. "I suppose this is an emergency. What's that in the box?"
"Our family cat, Prometheus…" Jean sighed. "I've had a very long day."
"You're not the only one," Scott groaned. "Although I think we had it easier fighting off that insect army!"
"Insect army?" Jean asked.
"Don't ask," Alex groaned.
Meanwhile Jeannette insisted that she get something to eat. And of course she could not be persuaded otherwise. Naturally when she walked into the kitchen and saw some mutants, a demon in there she shouted. "More mutants?"
"Well what else would you expect here?" Rogue gave her a look. "The next cast members of the Apprentice?"
"Actually I'm a…" S'ym began but Illyana gave him a kick under the table to shut him up.
"WHAT IS THAT?" Jeannette shouted. Lockheed was on the table nibbling at scraps.
"Our family dragon, Lockheed," Rogue smiled sweetly.
"I see…" Jeannette looked very disturbed. "I was going to ask if you had dinner at six but I'm afraid of the answer."
"Well we usually have our animal sacrifice around that time," Rogue replied. "But I'm sure we can squeeze it in."
"Animal sacrifice! Cool! I'm in!" S'ym grinned.
"They're joking," Ororo said to Jean's grandmother. "Dinner will be ready around six thirty. Maybe I should show you our garden? Just the two of us."
"When I want to converse with the hired help I can do it at home very much," Jeannette sniffed.
"HIRED HELP?" Ororo shouted. "NOW LOOK HERE YOU…"
Then a very loud shout interrupted her and the sounds of more arguing could be heard. "Now what?" Rogue groaned.
In the living room now it was seen that Kitty's parents, Donald and Jesse D had also joined the party. "Kitty we are so sorry that our bickering ruined your holiday," Mrs. Pryde said. "But you have to know…It's Donald's fault!"
"WHAT?" Donald shouted. "Now just wait a minute here!"
"Let me guess," Rogue sighed as they started to fight. "Your family is camping up here too huh Kitty?"
"Yeah," Kitty moaned. "Isn't this a happy holiday?"
"Everybody's family is invading but mine!" Ororo shouted.
"Well there's some good news," Ray grumbled. Ororo then sniffed and went out the door. "I didn't mean it like that Storm! Storm!"
Xavier and Logan moved away. Stephan and Jimaine followed them into the next room. "I'm really sorry about this," Xavier sighed. "It seems things are more hectic than usual around here."
"It's more hectic here than at Grand Central Station," Logan remarked.
"Xavier there is one thing I think we should discuss," Stephan said.
"Of course, what is it?" Xavier replied, prepared for anything.
"Did you know that Matt Burke is really a demon lord named Azazel?" Jimaine asked.
Xavier wasn't prepared for that.