We're off To See The Lizards

"Dr. Connors! It's me! Jean!" Jean called out. The creature that was her teacher roared and charged at her. She used her telekinesis to slam him into the wall. "Dr. Connors! Don't do this!"

She struggled to hold him. Even with her powers he was much stronger than she anticipated. And his thrashing about certainly didn't help. Somehow he used his tail to knock over a few beakers which created a small explosion. This startled Jean and released him. The creature wasted no time and attempted to attack her again.

However a shot of webbing wrapped around his snout. "Need a hand?" Spiderman asked as he swung through an open window.

"Spiderman?" Jean blinked.

"At your service!" Spiderman called out as he kicked the Lizard with both legs and sent him crashing into another wall. "Silly Lizard, don't you know that X-Men are bad for your digestion?"

The Lizard roared and swatted more beakers creating a small fire. "Those chemicals! If they continue to burn the whole building will go up in flames!" Spiderman shouted. The Lizard then tackled him. "Yikes!"

"I've got it!" Jean used her telekinesis to create a shield around the fire, slowly pushing out the air and smothering it.

"And he's got me!" Spiderman shouted. He managed to throw him off. The Lizard snarled and escaped out the window.

"Oh no you…" Spiderman moved to go after him. He felt something rumble behind him. "Don't?"

"There's some kind of reaction with the chemicals," Jean tried to contain the blast with her shield. "I don't know how much longer I can hold it!"

"Hopefully long enough to get us out of here!" Spiderman grabbed her by the waist and created a webline to the outside. "Hang on!"

BOOM!

Spiderman winced as debris swirled around them but to his surprise nothing hit. He then realized he was levitating. "Maybe you should hang on?" Jean gave him a look as she created a telekinetic shield around them.

"Okay…" Spiderman gulped as they floated outside on top to another roof. He looked back. "Well at least the school is mostly in one piece."

"Yeah we only blew up a single room," Jean groaned.

"Technically the Lizard did," Spiderman told her. "Can you let me down now?" She dropped him. "Thanks…"

"The good news is the fire seems to be out," Jean looked behind them. "The bad news is I can't find Dr. Connors anywhere."

"Just what New York needs, the return of the Lizard," Spiderman groaned.

"What happened to him?" Jean asked.

"Long story short, Dr. Connors is the victim of a lab experiment in Neogenics gone wrong," Spiderman told her. "He was trying to regrow his lost arm but ended up with tail and scales to boot. Not to mention a nasty disposition."

"You mean Dr. Connors mutated into that?" Jean gasped. "And he can't control it?"

"No," He shook his head. "The last time we were able to stop him by giving him an antidote. It should have reversed the mutation completely."

"Maybe the formula somehow attached itself to his genes and his immune system couldn't fight it off any more?" Jean shrugged.

"Whatever the reason, the Lizard is extremely dangerous," Spiderman told her. "I've got to go after him."

"I'm coming too," Jean told him. "You could use the help. Besides, knowing our luck if the Lizard hurts someone mutants will be blamed."

"You have a point," Spiderman nodded.

"By the way what were you doing around campus?" Jean asked him.

"What? A friendly neighborhood Spiderman can't check out a few cute co-eds?" Spiderman quipped. Jean frowned and folded her arms. "All right, my spider sense told me something was wrong so I decided to see what was the matter."

"Spider sense?" Jean asked.

"It's a feeling I get whenever I'm in danger or something really bad is about to happen," He explained. "And a rampaging Lizard Man definitely qualifies."

"You mean like a psychic premonition?"

"Not exactly, it's more like a gut instinct than anything else," Spiderman told her. "Look as much as I'd love to explain my powers in great detail, we've got a reptile to wrangle."

A loud scream could be heard. "Maybe I should call for backup just in case?" Jean asked as she looked down on the quad. Several students were running from the Lizard.

"Yeah, you do that!" Spiderman swung off. "I just gotta make sure the Lizard doesn't have Flash Thompson for lunch!"

Jean grabbed her cell phone. "Scott it's Jean. Get the team to Empire State fast! You're not going to believe this…"

"Help me! Help me!" Flash Thompson screamed like a girl as he ran from the Lizard.

"Of all the times for me not to have my camcorder," Spiderman chuckled to himself as he managed to give the Lizard a shot with his webbing. "Here Lizzy, Lizzy, Lizzy!"

The Lizard managed to throw off the webbing and charged after Spiderman. After a few minutes of dodging and weaving the Lizard finally managed to smack him with it's tail. "Okay he must be working out or something," Spiderman said groggily.

The Lizard charged but was stopped in mid air. "I can't leave you alone for a minute can I?" Jean floated down to him.

"Nope, now hold him still while I get my webbing on him," Spiderman stood up.

Suddenly a rock was thrown right at Jean. She managed to dodge it but it broke her concentration. "Get outta here you freaks!" It was the same student who had left the classroom.

"She's trying to save your lives you stupid…" Spiderman shouted.

It was all the Lizard needed to break free and escape. It charged right into the gathering crowd, scattering them and went straight into an alley. "This is really going to help my image around campus," Jean groaned as she and Spiderman went after the Lizard. "Where'd he go?"

"Down there," Spiderman noticed a manhole.

"The X-Men should be here soon," Jean said.

"There's no time to wait for them," Spiderman pointed to the open manhole. "We have to go after him before he hurts someone."

"Oh goody," Jean sighed as she floated down into the sewer. "I've heard of getting down and dirty on the first day but this is ridiculous."

"Tell me about it," Spiderman groaned as he followed her. "Do you have any idea how hard it is to get the smell of sewage out of your costume?"

"Actually…Yes, I do," Jean sighed. "This isn't exactly my first time."

"Well it's always nice to be with someone who knows what they're doing," Spiderman quipped. They traveled into the sewers for several minutes. "These tunnels are endless. Can you pick up his thoughts using your telepathy?"

"I've tried that," Jean said. "Other than some random feelings somehow it's blocking me."

"Well isn't that great?" Spiderman groaned. "Well at least there's nobody down here if he feels like having a snack. Besides us that is."

"Uh, that's not exactly true…" Jean gulped.

"What do you mean?" Spiderman asked. He then noticed that they were surrounded by several deformed and angry mutants. "Friends of yours?"

"Hardly," Callisto stepped from the shadows. "You will pay for trespassing on Morlock turf outsiders!"

"Uh, I don't have any cash in my costume," Spiderman quipped. "Do you take Visa?"

"That was definitely not the right thing to say," Jean groaned as the Morlocks closed in.

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Meanwhile in a spaceship several miles above the Earth…

"This time we shall not fail," The Snark Commander hissed. "Those wretched Earth children have foiled our plans to gain the secrets of the Antimatter device for far too long."

He stood up from his chair on his green scaly legs. He was lizard like in appearance wearing a brown and black uniform. His long tail curved. His snout twitched in anticipation. "How long until our transporter is finished?"

"Only a few more hours, sir," A Snark warrior told him. "We would have finished sooner however…" He stopped.

"However what?" The Snark Commander hissed.

"Uh…Nothing," The soldier coughed. "Nothing important sir. Minor technical details."

"It was Skratt wasn't it?" The Snark Commander glared at him. "He was trying to help again wasn't he?"

"Uh…" The solider gulped. "Uh…"

"Never mind!" The Snark Commander snarled. "SKRATT!"

A younger, smaller Snark entered the command center. "Yes sir?"

"Have you been interfering with the engineers' work again?" The Snark Commander snarled.

"I was merely assisting them, sir," Skratt gulped.

"Assisting them at what? Digging us deeper in disgrace!" The Snark Commander snarled. "Let me guess, you were just trying to prove yourself again weren't you?"

"Yes sir, but I…"

"Silence!" The Snark Commander snarled. "Were you not my own son I would have flayed you alive by now!"

Skratt cringed. The Snark Commander continued. "Time and time again you continue to disappoint me. Like two weeks ago when you were tracking one of the Power Pack's energy signatures!"

"That wasn't my fault sir! They took me by surprise!"

"Silence! There is no excuse for failure! Fortunately for you this time your bungling has produced some success," The Snark Commander said. "The location of the Power household."

"And proof of the location of the new Antimatter device," Skratt added.

"That device will bring our home world unlimited power," The Snark Commander made a fist. "And with it we will crush our enemies once and for all. Starting with these damned Earth children! Soon, the Power Pack will be no more!"

Sorry to leave Jean and Spidey in the lurch here, but we gotta see how the Misfits are doing! Next: Misfits, meet the Power Pack. The only other team that's just as immature as you are! Well, maybe less.