Chapter 5

A Wasted Trip

The five friends walked back to the X-Jet with nothing to show for their efforts,

"Man, talk about a wasted trip." Bonnie said, sitting down in a seat behind Jean, who was in the co-pilot's seat,

"I wouldn't say that," Kim replied, sitting behind Rogue,

"What makes you say that, girlfriend, we come all this way, and for what, no Brotherhood people were even there." Monique commented,

"We stopped Drakken, didn't we?" Kim replied,

"Yeah, but, what good is it, if we couldn't get any info out of him?" Bonnie asked, turning to Jean, who was looking at the five young adults,

"A lot of good, Wildfire," Jean said, "we stopped this Drakken from running off with a highly sensitive piece of equipment."

"I know what it is," Kim said, "he was trying to get his hands on the Hephaestus Project again."

"What exactly is that, Shockwave?" Jean asked,

"It's like a living metal, almost.It's advanced cbyertronics, able to regenerate itself, repair itself, it can even grow, but not without a command signal." Kim relayed, looking at Jean,

"And you've had to deal with this before?" Jean asked,

"Yeah, just before graduation, during the prom." Ron said,

"What happened?" Jean asked,

"Drakken had gotten the information from my dad, and created a bunch of toys that he built using the Hephaestus Project, the command signal was broadcast from Bueno Nacho Headquarters, and they grew into cybertronic robots, that went on a rampage all over the world." Kim explained, remembering the night of the prom. The night that she, and Ron had proclaimed their love for each other with a kiss on the dance floor,

"Any ideas as to why he'd hit the space center, 'stead of just kidnapin' your daddy outright?" Rogue asked,

"No, I got nothing on that one." Kim said, scratching her head. Rogue's comment had brought the point home to her,

'Why DID he hit here, instead of going after Dad?' she asked herself,

"There'll be time to think on that later, Shockwave, in the meantime, I need you all at the mansion, right now." Professor X's voice echoed throughout the jet,

"We're on the way back now, Professor." Rogue said, turning the jet sharply to the left, and New York.


At the X-Mansion:

The team couldn't have been on the ground for more than five minutes, when Professor X greeted them at the door to the hangar,

"We have a situation in the old sewers on Manhattan, I need a team of six to go in, and make contact with the Morlocks." Professor X said, his expression serious,

"Who are the Morlocks?" Kim asked,

"They're a tribe of mutants that live in the old sewers in Manhattan, they've isolated themselves off from the rest of the world, and in so doing, they've become violent against outsiders to their world." Jean explained,

"Who's goin'?" Rogue asked,

"These five, for starters," Professor X said, looking around at the five young adults assembled in front of him, "along with Magma."

"You're going to let Alison go with these five?" Jean asked,

"She's been supervised on missions long enough, Jean, I think it's time that she go on a mission with our new Charlie team." Professor X said,

"Who's leading the mission?" Jean asked,

"Shockwave will lead the mission, should she not be able to finish the mission, then the leadership will fall to Magma." Professor X said,

"Sounds kinda dangerous." Ron said, looking at the Professor, his expression unreadable to everyone, but Kim,

"So not the drama, Ron." Kim replied,

"Good attitude, Shockwave, I'll have Magma meet you in the War Room, Rogue, get the jet refueled, and prepped for takeoff." Professor X said,

"Got it, Professor." Rogue said, slipping back into the hangar,

"You five will meet Magma in the War Room." Professor X said, looking at the five friends,

"Come back from one mission, and go out on another." Monique said, the feeling of tiredness sweeping over her body,

"Yeah, I know, but I think we should get ready, and take some medical supplies for this one, if I'm not mistaken, we might need them." Brick said, walking into the War Room, and running into a very pretty young girl, who couldn't be much older than him, her long blonde hair was tied back into a ponytail, and her deep blue eyes still had a teenage kind of sparkle to them, she wore an X-Man uniform similar to Bonnie's, except that her's was black, whereas Bonnie's was red,

"Hi, I'm Alison Crestmere, but my codename is Magma." the young girl said, smiling, and extending her hand to Brick,

"How'd you get that codename?" Bonnie asked,

"I can generate lava flows, and encase my body in molten rock, making me almost bulletproof, kinda cool, huh?" Alison said,

"Sounds badical." Ron said, grinning,

"You must be the five new X-Men." Alison said, looking at the five friends,

"That's us," Kim said, "I'm Kim Possible, codename; Shockwave, and these are my friends, Monique Jackson, codename; Dream Weaver, Brick Flagg, codename; Mold, and Bonnie Rockwaller, codename; Wildfire."

"You're THE Kim Possible? I thought you were a normal human?" Magma asked,

"Yes, I'm THE Kim Possible, and no, I just found out a while back, that I'm a mutant." Kim said,

"How long ago did you find out?" Magma asked,

"About eight and a half months ago." Kim replied,

"And who's this guy?" Magma asked, pointing to Ron,

"That is my best friend, and the love of my life, Ron Stoppable, codename; Staticfire, I'd have no reason to live without him. He's been there for me since we were four years old." Kim said, walking up beside Ron, and placing her hand into his,

"Yeah, it's always nice to have a boyfriend." Magma said, smiling slightly,

"Got a man in your life?" Bonnie asked,

"Of course, his name's Bobby Drake, they call him Iceman around here." Magma replied,

"From the codename, I'd say he can make ice." Brick said,

"More than just that," Magma replied, "he can freeze almost anything instantly, and can encase his body in ice, making him almost bulletproof, I learned my little trick from him." Magma said, smiling,

"That's cool." Kim said, smiling back,

"Well, did the professor tell you what's going on?" Magma asked,

"Yeah, he did, but we were hoping that he told you more than he did us." Bonnie said,

"He only told me that we were supposed to meet Marrow in the old sewers near 22nd Street." Magma said,

"He told us that trouble was brewing with the Morlocks." Kim replied,

"What kind of trouble?" Magma asked,

"He didn't say." Kim replied,

"Guess we'll figure it out when we get there." Magma said, earning a nod from Kim.

The five friends felt, during the whole conversation, that something big was developing, what it is, though, they had no idea.


And that's chapter 5. In the next installment, Kim and Co. will meet up with Marrow, and some of the Morlocks, and they'll have a huge run-in with the Genetic Research and Science Organization (GRSO)

As always, keep the reviews coming.

Doug