Southside Days!
To mattb3671: Hey there matt! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! You want to be a roadie for the Southside Rockers? Well, I sent you a form for application. All you got to do is fill it out, send it to me, and I'll give it to them. You're very welcome. Enjoy the new chapter, and I can hardly wait for the new chapter of "X-Men is Australian for Mutant"!
To Dante Tigerwolf: Hey there Dante! Nice to hear from you! You're from Chicago, huh? Cool to hear! I have read your story "Z Project". I liked it. It looked really good, but I think you could stand for some more description and talk a little bit about the characters: Where they're from and all that. I did like the story, though. It looks like it'll be a good one. I also liked you Evo-tizing Stacy X. That was a shock. Also, get someone to help you fix up spelling and grammar mistakes. It'll make a good story much better. Hope that helps! Enjoy the new chapter! Read and review my other stuff and I can't wait for the new chapter of "Z Project"! Ever thought of including my characters of Starchild and Darkstar? If you want, I can email info on them for you!
To todd fan: Hey there todd fan! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! Enjoy this new one, and I can hardly wait to read new chapters of "Welcome to the Enchanted Land", "Slugs and Snails", "Little Shop of Mutants", and "X-Men: Evoution, the Musical"!
To RogueFanKC: Hey there RogueFan! Yeah, I thought it'd be funny and cute to see Remy hand Jenni a bouquet. Jenni's reaction is classic Jenni. I thought it would be funnier to see Rogue tackle Remy out of nowhere then try to attack Jenni. Yeah, I'm featuring Alex. Alex rules. Yep, the Southsiders are doing a concert to save the beaches. Beaches are in constant danger of being worn away. You'd be surprised how popular the Southside Rockers are in their native Chicago. Enjoy the new chapter, and I can hardly wait for the new chapter of "X Kat: The Mutant Squadron"!
To Red Witch: Hey there Red Witch! I read the new chapters of "Valor, Venom, and Other Stuff" and "Memories Are Made of This", and I loved them! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! An Alex fic, huh? Can't wait to read it! Enjoy the new chapter, and I can hardly wait for new chapters of "Valor, Venom, and Other Stuff", and "Memories Are Made of This"!
To Aaron: Hey there, Aaron! Yeah, I can imagine Eric doing that, and I'm glad you liked the bonding between Storm and Raven. I can also see Lisa enjoying a little lava-swimming. I can imagine her powers would protect her from the heat of lava. Jenni doesn't mean to have a lot of the X-Girls hate her. Kitty likes her. Dani and Paige like her, too. She just is a man-magnet. Enjoy the new chapter!
To Raliena: Hey there, Rae! I'm glad you liked the last chapter! Actually, Lisa playing around in a volcano fits her. She's a pyromaniac, and volcanoes cause lots of fires. Enjoy the new chapter!
Disclaimer: "Make it so." - Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation. And thanks to Red Witch for helping with the inspiration for this chapter!
Chapter 3: Thanks A Lot, Forge!
A secret location
"Hmm…" The shadowed figure watched the X-Men and Southside Misfits having fun. "These children could present a major problem…It appears I will have to devise countermeasures to deal with them. As for my main project…" The figure turned and saw a large device. It looked like a large grey silo with several computer consoles on it.
A beach in Hawaii
"You have to admit, big bro." Alex grinned as he and Scott carried a couple bucketfuls of sand. "The Southside Misfits are totally righteous! It's a great thing they're doing."
"Why are they here again?" Scott asked.
"They're totally playing this here concert to save the beaches. It's totally bogus that they're in danger." Alex replied.
"Why would a beach be in danger?" Scott blinked in confusion.
"Well, you see, when the waves hit the beach, the water takes some sand away. Over time, it wears away the beach, until it goes totally away. No more beach. And that means no more beach bunnies." Alex explained.
"I…see…" Scott nodded at his younger brother. Meanwhile, Jean Grey, Tabitha Smith, and Rogue were at a group of palm trees. Using telekinesis, Jean bent a palm tree down. Rogue and Tabby attached a snare to it and buried the loop of rope. Sitting on the center of the rope was a book. The book was entitled "The Encyclopedia of Rock".
"Heh heh, we're finally going to get that Shining Star." Tabby snickered.
"Oh yeah." Jean agreed. "Try and steal our guys, will she? Now here's the plan: I'm using my powers to hold this tree down here. We'll hide. When Jenni sees this encyclopedia, she'll grab it. Once she steps inside the rope, I'll release the tree, and she'll get her head whacked from here to Maui!"
"Here she comes!" Rogue noticed. The three girls hid. Jenni noticed the book. She walked up to it, blinking.
"Hello…" Jenni picked up the book. She opened it and looked inside.
"Jean, let go." Tabby whispered from behind a palm tree.
"I did!" Jean whispered back.
"'To Jenni, You rock! Signed, the X-boys'. Aww, those guys are so sweet. They should do stuff like this for their girlfriends." Jenni read through the encyclopedia as she walked away. Jean, Tabby, and Rogue, all completely shocked, crept out of their hiding places.
"Why didn't you let go, Jean?" Rogue snapped.
"I did!" Jean snapped back.
"Well, how do you explain-!" Tabby started to snap when she noticed the snare wrapped around the three girls' feet. The girls looked up at each other.
"Uh-oh." They all said. They started screaming as the tree whipped back, knocking the screaming girls into the ground over and over again. Meanwhile, the reason why Scott and Alex were carrying buckets of sand. In the spirit of friendly competition, the Southside Misfits had challenged the X-Men (in actuality, they challenged a couple of the main team and the New Mutants) to a sandcastle-building contest. Even though the X-Men had the Southside Misfits outnumbered, the Southsiders had a speedster, so they could get more of their castle done quicker. Raven and Storm were judging it.
"How much time do they have left?" Storm asked Raven. The Native American looked at her watch.
"45 minutes." Raven replied. The two groups had an hour to build castles.
"No Jesse, that doesn't go there!" Scott exclaimed. Alex decided to join the Southside Misfits' team to even them out a little.
"Hey Johnny B! Quit yakking to Mr. Wizard over there and give us a hand!" Mike yelled at Johnny B. The mulleted techno-geek was talking to Forge, the X-Men's resident mutant inventor.
"This is some device." Johnny B pointed to what looked like a futuristic laser cannon.
"Yeah, I call it the Re-Bigulator. I'm a bit of a Simpsons fan." Forge admitted.
"You ain't the only one." Johnny B chuckled. "Lisa sometimes calls me Professor Frink."
"Professor Frink, come on and give us a hand here!" Lisa yelled. "They're catching up! We need the speed!"
"Hang on!" Johnny B snapped. "Man, you could increase the size of vegetables and send them to poor countries."
"Yeah, you could." Forge grinned, patting the machine. "WHOA!" Something in the device went off and the gun fired. The blue ray that came from the machine hit a small red crab that was just lazing about in the sun. The crab started to grow larger and larger until it grew to the size of a small house. The X-Men and the Southside Misfits reacted in horror.
"Oh my God!"
"Goddess…"
"FORGE, WHAT DID YOU DO?"
"It was an accident!"
"Where'd that crab come from?"
"It's the size of a house!"
"Great work, Forge!" The noise and the sudden increase in size scared and confused the poor giant crab, and it scuttled into town.
"Oh my God!" Scott exclaimed.
"Those people are going to freak!" Vixen yelled.
"Actually, I don't think anyone in this town will notice." Alex blinked. Scott fainted. Eric glared at Forge. He stomped up to the mutant inventor, grabbed the Re-Bigulator, broke it over his knee, and smacked Forge in the head with both halves.
"OW!" Forge yelped in pain. "What as that for?"
"And they say I'm trouble." Eric grumbled.
Well, well, well! Looks like the X-Men and Southside Misfits have just got a big problem on their hands! What insanity will happen next? Can our heroes save the day? Can they stop the giant crab? Who's the villain? What's their scheme? What's with the device? Find out in the next chapter! Suggestions needed badly!