When Big Lizards Attack
"So once again the X-Men show up and cause trouble to the Morlocks," Callisto hissed at Jean and Spiderman. Both of them were tied up and in the Morlock lair.
"Uh, I'm not an X-Man," Spiderman told her. "Just in case you guys forgot."
"You're not even a mutant!" Caliban snapped. "Not a real one anyway."
"He's not?" Lucid asked. "Then how does he…?"
"I got bit by a radioactive spider," Spiderman explained.
"That's not funny," Scaleface snarled.
"Tell me about it," Spiderman said. "It hurt like hell."
"Seriously?" Lucid looked at him.
"No one ever believes me when I tell the truth," Spiderman sighed.
"Why should we believe anything a topsider says?" Callisto hissed.
"Callisto you have to believe us," Jean told her. "You're all in danger."
"Gee an X-Man bringing danger," Cybelle folded her arms. "What a shock."
"Whether you believe it or not it's the truth," Spiderman said. "The Lizard is dangerous to everyone, even Morlocks."
"Like it's the only one down here," Callisto snorted. "Scaleface, dispose of them."
"With pleasure," Scaleface grinned before she transformed into a giant dragon like creature.
"This is not good," Jean gulped.
"Giant lizards," Spiderman groaned. "Why did it have to be giant lizards?"
Suddenly another loud roar could be heard. "Oh boy…" Spiderman saw a familiar figure bound through a tunnel and charge at Scaleface. "I had to open my big mouth!"
"And it's time I opened up these ropes!" Jean used her telekinesis to loosen the knot on the ropes that bound her.
"Or I could just do this," Spiderman strained and used his strength to break the ropes that held him.
"That'll work too…" Jean said as he helped her with her ropes.
The Morlocks were stunned when the Lizard tackled Scaleface. Soon the two were fighting. "Lizard meets Lizard Lady," Spiderman quipped. "Sounds like a match made in heaven."
"Something tells me they're not really hitting it off," Jean said as the two fought.
Scaleface may have been the larger of the two combatants, but the Lizard was definitely the more powerful. He managed to throw Scaleface hard against the wall, knocking her out and causing her to revert to human form.
"It beat Scaleface!" Lucid screamed.
"Here we go again!" Spiderman groaned as he charged at the Lizard. "Dr. Connors we really have to stop doing this!"
"Dr. Connors?" Callisto asked as Jean levitated Scaleface out of the way.
"My teacher," Jean sighed. "He kind of mutated on me this morning."
"Your teacher turned into a lizard?" Callisto looked at her as they both grabbed Scaleface. "Are you X-Men under a curse or something?"
"I'm starting to think so," Jean sighed.
"Hello! Could use a little help here!" Spiderman shouted as he held the Lizard's jaws at bay.
Jean telekinetically threw the Lizard off. The Lizard quickly recovered and instead of attacking her, charged into the direction of several other Morlocks who barely escaped its jaws. The Lizard disappeared into another sewer. "There he goes again!" Spiderman grumbled.
"That thing is a menace!" Callisto gasped.
"Told you," Spiderman said. "Well look who finally showed up to the party."
Logan ran in with Scott, Kitty, Rogue, Bobby, Remyand Kurt behind him. "Jean! Are you okay?" Logan asked.
"Fine," Jean told them.
"What took you so long?" Spiderman asked them.
"It's not exactly easy tracking people down in the sewers you know?"Logan growled.
"Who are you?" Scottasked.
"You don't recognize me? I gotta get a better agent," Spiderman shook his head.
"It's Spiderman," Kitty said. "I remember you. What are you doing down here of all places?"
"Chasing Jean's science teacher who mutated into a giant lizard," He said matter of factly.
"I've heard of first days of school being eventful…" Bobby blinked.
"First day?" Callisto's jaw dropped. "Your teacher mutated into a monster on your first day of classes?"
"They are cursed," Lucid groaned.
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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY'RE NOT THERE?" Colonel Carmody screamed into the phone. He was thin and balding and had an uncanny resemblance to Frank Burns from the TV show MASH. "POWER, THE JOES AND THOSE DAMNED MUTIE FREAKS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE GUARDING THE PLACE UNTIL YOU SHOWED UP WITH THE TRANSPORT!"
"There's nobody here sir," The private on the phone said. "It looks like some kind of struggle took place."
"And the MAC?" Carmody's eyebrow twitched.
"Gone. What are your orders sir?"
"Stay there! Stay right there! Go over that place with a fine tooth comb if you have to! But don't leave! Just guard the place! Somebody has to come back sooner or later! And when they do, call me!" Carmody slammed the phone down.
"They're doing it again…" He grunted. "Those little Power Brats are doing it again! They did it to me before and now they are going to do it to me again! Oh no…Not this time. They're not going to get away from me this time! Okay so they foiled my plans about one or two dozen times, made me look crazy…Got my car impounded…twice. Toilet papered my lawn…And I know…I know they ate all my donuts the night of my big awards dinner. Well this time I am ready for them…"
He opened the door to his closet and grinned at the contents. "Oh yes, I've had this specially made to deal with those Power Punks. This will give those kids a spanking they will never forget. And nobody…NOBODY…Will ever call me crazy or eat my donuts again! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!"
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"Okay, let's recap here," Shipwreck grumbled as he sat with his head on his hand. "Everybody here saw the big giant lizards right?"
"Yup," Roadblock said. The Joes and Dr. Power were in a futuristic looking cell. Dr. Power was still out cold.
"And that's definitely the moon out that window right?" Shipwreck asked as he pointed at a window.
"Yup," Roadblock said.
"And I'm definitely not drunk right?" Shipwreck asked.
"Yup," Roadblock confirmed.
"You're your usual sober self," Cover Girl told him. "Not that it's much different than your drunken self…"
"So either we've been captured by aliens or we are on a very realistic ride at Disney World," Shipwreck said.
"It's not Disney World," Spirit said. "It's not even Six Flags. How is Dr. Power?"
"He hit his head pretty hard, but he looks okay," Roadblock told them. "Just out cold."
"Then he's lucky," Cover Girl grumbled. "What do they want with us anyway?"
"Most likely they are interested in Dr. Power's inventions," Spirit thought. "The MAC for starters."
"You presume correctly, human," The Snark Commander spoke as he strode up to the cell with Skratt and two other Snark guards. "You inferior beings are now pawns of the Snark Empire."
"See Father how they cower before us," Skratt crowed.
"In your dreams," Cover Girl snarled.
"Take Power to the interrogation chamber," The Snark Commander ordered. "Soon we will have the information about the Antimatter device."
"Hell no, he ain't gonna go," Roadblock made a fist.
"I do not know what you are planning, but my instincts tell me it is not for a noble purpose," Spirit agreed.
"No, ya think?" Shipwreck asked sarcastically.
"And what will you do about it you stupid mammals?" Skratt sneered.
"This for one thing," Roadblock pulled out a grenade from his pocket and threw it right at the Snarks. "Fire in the hole!"
The Snarks blinked for a second before realizing they should move fast. They were nearly blown up along with their wall. It was more than enough to distract them. Roadblock and Spirit tackled the Snarks with the guns and clobbered them. Shipwreck grappled with Skratt and stepped on his tail.
"OWWWWW!" Skratt hopped around in agony.
"Enough!" The Snark Commander grabbed Cover Girl. "You female, as the weaker of the spe-ciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessss!"
Cover Girl deftly pulled out her mace with her free hand and squirted the Snark Commander in the eyes. He let go of her, clawing his eyes. "IT BURNS! IT BURNS!"
"And this hurts too!" She pulled out a taser and shocked him. "Shocking isn't it?"
"Hey!" Shipwreck was wrestling with Skratt. "You promised me you wouldn't bring that thing this time!" He kicked Skratt into the wall.
"Yeah like I'd really trust you not to make a pass at me," Cover Girl used it on Skratt.
"At the very least it'll remind you of Storm," Roadblock said as he knocked out the last Snark guard and took his weapon.
"Some superior beings," Cover Girl snorted as she looked at the unconscious aliens on the floor. "They weren't even smart enough to search us for weapons."
"I hate to admit it but when it comes to rumbling with reptiles, Cobra has a lot more style," Roadblock agreed.
"Uhhhh…" Dr. Power slowly woke up. "What…Where are we? What's going on?"
"We've been captured by space lizards," Shipwreck told him. "We're escaping now. Okay, you're all caught up. Time to run for our lives."
"WHAT?" Dr. Power shouted as Shipwreck grabbed him and they ran out of the cell. "What are those things?"
"Space lizards that want to drain your brain," Roadblock said as the Joes escaped. "When we get outta here we will explain."
"You mean if we get outta here!" Cover Girl noticed more Snarks. "We have company! Walking luggage at 2 O'clock!"
The Joes and Dr. Power ran dodging laser beams. "Run! Run! Run!" Roadblock ordered.
"We're running! We're running!" Shipwreck shouted.
"Which way?" Cover Girl shouted as she took one of the stolen ray guns and blasted after their pursuers.
"This way!" Shipwreck pointed to a slide in door. He managed to open it only to reveal a few dozen Snarks inside. "Whoops. Maybe not."
"Hey guys! Have a few on me!" Roadblock threw a few grenades into the room. He shut the door. "RUN!"
BOOM!
"Okay, in the future let's not let Shipwreck decide which direction we go," Cover Girl shouted as they dodged more angry Snarks shooting at them.
"How many grenades do you have left Roadblock?" Spirit shouted.
"Counting these two?" Roadblock threw some down the hall at more Snarks.
BOOM!
"None!" He shouted as they ran off.
"Fine! I'll use mine!" Spirit grabbed one from his belt and threw it at some more Snarks.
BOOM!
"This is insane!" Dr. Power screamed.
"Are you kidding?" Shipwreck looked at him. "This is nothing compared to what we do when we're on vacation!"
BOOM!
A pair of Snark arms still attached to a laser rifle skated across the floor. "All right!" Shipwreck grabbed the weapon and shook off the body parts. "Now I got one!"
"Goody for you..." Dr. Power felt quite queasy.
They came to a series of corridors. "Which way?" Roadblock asked.
"I have a plan," Spirit said. "Shipwreck which corridor would you choose?"
"This one," He pointed to the one on the left.
"Then we go this way," Spirit pointed to the one on the right and they took it.
"Look we gotta find the hanger," Cover Girl shouted as she shot another Snark. "This thing has gotta have one. Maybe we can hotwire a spaceship or something?"
"Beats hanging around waiting for our kids to save our butts," Shipwreck agreed. "Hey Power, your kids are mutants right? Maybe one of them could teleport our way out of here?"
"What did you say?" Dr. Power looked at Shipwreck.
"Uh, your kids? Their powers? Mutant powers? Any of that sound familiar?" Shipwreck asked.
"Are you drunk?" Dr. Power screamed at him.
"Smooth move Shipwreck," Cover Girl groaned as they ran.
"You sound like that maniac Carmody!" Dr. Power shouted. "My children are not mutants! I don't know why the military thinks that!"
"So they're not mutants?" Cover Girl asked.
"I think I would know if my children had any powers!" Dr. Power told them.
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"YOU'RE A STUPID HEAD JACK!" Katie shouted. "IF YOU HADN'T BROKEN OUR LASERS WE'D HAVE BLASTED THOSE BAD GUYS BY NOW!"
"Just shut up and let me fly this thing!" Jack snapped at her as Friday dodged the Snark fighters.
"Now I know I'm gonna be sick…" Lance moaned.
"Still using evasive maneuvers…" Friday intoned. "However the percentage of us escaping unscathed is only point oh five percent."
"So the chances of us getting blasted to itty bitty bits are what? Ninety Nine?" Todd moaned.
"I am going to be so sick…." Lance moaned.
"No you're not," Pietro told him. "You'll probably be dead before you get a chance to be sick."
"Thanks Quicksilver!" Angelica shouted. "We so needed to hear that!"
"Now I'm gonna be sick…" Todd groaned.
"And I thought we fought a lot…" Alex groaned. "Oh no! We're in the sights of a Snark fighter! I can't shake him! I can't…"
They felt the vibrations of something exploding. "Are we dead yet?" Todd hid his face under his hands.
"No! It's the Calvary!" Althea pointed. It was the Misfits' spaceship blasting away.
Daria was piloting with Arcade as her co-pilot. "I love the smell of roasted starships in the morning!" She laughed.
"As long as we're not being roasted," Brittany told them as she helped with the computers.
"Man this is like I'm in Star Wars!" Arcade whooped. "I'm living my dream! WHAHOOO!"
"I'm glad someone is…" Lina held on for dear life.
"EAT LASERS SPACE ALIENS!" Spyder squealed.
"YEEEEEHHAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Quinn shouted as she blasted several Snark fighters.
"Way to go Trinity!" Todd whooped.
"Told you we had a spaceship," Pietro said smugly. "There's the hangar!"
The Misfit spaceship covered Friday as it piloted into the ship and landed. "And the Misfits have landed!" Todd crowed.
"Good…" Lance looked very pale as he stumbled out the door. The sound of throwing up could be heard.
"Come on," Althea said as they all left the spaceship. "We need to save the adults, get the MAC, kick some Snark tail and not step in the mess Avalanche made."
"I think we can handle that last one," Jack wrinkled his nose.
"I told you I was gonna be sick…" Lance moaned.
"STOP INTRUDERS!" Dozens of Snark warriors pointed their weapons at them.
"Plan?" Alex asked Althea.
"Whack the lizards," Althea growled as she pulled out a collapsible Bo staff.
"Good plan," Jack grinned as he changed to gaseous form. Soon the Misfits and Power Pack were tearing into the Snarks. Pietro and Julie zoomed around taking the weapons and knocking heads. Wanda used her hex bolts to zap the Snarks. Angelica and Katie fried them with their powers. Lance used his powers to shake up thefloor and cause the Snarks to fall down and have huge boxes fall on top of them. Fred, Althea, Todd and Xi used their fighting skills to beat them up. Alex forced several Snarks to fly and Jack confused many Snark fighters.
The Snarks didn't even last ten minutes. "Man these guys are pathetic," Pietro folded his arms.
"Well it's about time you kids showed up," Shipwreck shouted as the adults ran towards them.
"Traffic was murder," Althea told him. "How did you guys end up here?"
"We got time off for good behavior. What do you think?" Cover Girl told her.
"ALEX?" Dr. Power stood there in shock. He had watched his kids fighting. "Katie? Julie? Jack? How did you…? And where did you get…? And…And…"
"Uh, Hi Dad," Alex gulped. "Funny thing meeting you here."
Dr. Power's eyes widened and then he passed out. "He didn't know did he?" Shipwreck asked the Misfits.
"He does now," Fred remarked.
"We are so grounded," Jack groaned.
"We have bigger problems," Julie said. "The Snarks have the MAC and we gotta blow it up before they use it to blow up the Earth!"
"Say what?" Shipwreck asked as he picked up Dr. Power.
"This mission just became a whole lot harder didn't it?" Roadblock groaned.
Next: More fighting, more explosions, more lizards! It's all good!