(I don't own The Three Stooges either)

"Today in the news, a flock of geese were found huddled in fright on the lawn of a local hunter. Hector Ramirez is reporting live from the scene."

"Well that's interesting." Bobby said as he, Rina, and Kurt watched Hector being chased around the yard by birds.

As they watched, a man in a flannel shirt picked the microphone up. He was slightly tipsy.

"Hello Mom?"

The scene wobbled as the cameraman chuckled. "Excuse me sir."

"Yes?"

"You're on the air. The viewers want to know about the geese."

The man blinked. "Oh." Then he weaved for a second. "Ok. Chuckey and his friends came down for a visit."

"Chuckey?"

As the man opened his mouth, an airplane jet flew overhead.

Bobby blinked. "Ok. I never knew geese could scream."

"HELP!" Ramirez yelled as he got buried in a pile of birds. Each one was trying to burrow into his shirt.

"And in other news, several owners and spectators at an outdoor dog show today were dive-bombed by a black jet that dropped beer bottles on them. Digital recorders picked up a faint voice singing Ninety-Nine bottles of beer on the dog."

Elsewhere, Xavier groaned as Logan continued to fight the controls. Warren was continuing to sing drunkenly. "Where did he get the beer…"

"I don't know. But I wish there was enough for me to get drunk." Logan snarled.

"Do you think the geese are okay?"

Logan stared at Xavier for a second. "Oh sure. They get dragged along in slipstreams every day. It's a fun past time to tumble head over heels into each other. Heck, we're used to it at the mansion."

At a semi-secluded lake, Kelly had just woken up.

Kelly groaned. "Get off me already."

"Big Charley don't want to move."

"We're not even moving!" Kelly yelled.

"If Big Charley sits still, we won't again."

They were both still huddled in the bass boat. Which was imbedded in a police boat. Two dazed officers stared down at them. They looked at each other.

"So how do we explain this?" The one called Joe asked.

The one named Frank shook his head. "Do we want to? I mean obviously the senator came here to get away with his lover."

"We could get some publicity out of it."

"True. What's the name of that reporter again?"

"Something Trilby? How do I know, I never watch her."

"Yeah. But she's good for laughs. Let's go call."

Both officers walked away. Behind them Kelly was beating Charley about the head with a hammer.

"Big Charley don't want to leave the boat. Big Charley still dizzy."

"Get off me!"


Duke turned to Arcade and Trinity.

"Now then. WHAT POSSESSED YOU TO DO THAT!"

Daria shrugged. "We were bored."

Arcade smiled with a dazed look in his eyes. "Cerebro and I always wanted children."

"Ask a question, get an answer." Duke groaned. "Any word yet from the news media or Shield?"

"Well, I called." Dial-Tone said.

"And?"

"Nick Fury said that three fighter jets crashed onto a yacht owned by Senator Kelly."

Duke blinked. "Couldn't happen to a nicer man."

Dial-Tone grinned. "Nick also said that some geese apparently ran afoul of a black jet matching Xaviers."

Duke sighed. "The students went on a joyride again didn't they?"

"I haven't received word on that."

Duke nodded. "Keep an ear out. Meanwhile, lets go clean up the mess. Who do we have to send over to the crash site?"

"Roadblock, Shipwreck, and most of our Misfits are over there right now."

"What about our forces?"

"We're spread thin. Apparently Cobra Commander is trying to take over the world with nuclear powered toenail clippers."

Duke snorted. "Forget I asked. Tell Roadblock we need those flight recorders if he can find them."

Ace and Wild Bill staggered in.

"It's about time you got here! Are you drunk!"


Several figures appeared out of nowhere on top of the police boat pilothouse. Then they fell through it and landed on top of the officers.

"Freddy! We were supposed to land on the boat not in it!"

"Hey Joe." A dazed voice spoke up from the pile.

"Yeah Frank?"

"Do you think we can get a vacation out of this?"

"Get your elbow out of my ear!" Lance yelled.

"Um, Lance?" Althea spoke up. "You're the only one draped on the steering wheel."

"Tell that to the coyote!"

"Do coyotes even have elbows?"

"Oh shut up Todd." Lance groaned.

"Hey Frank?"

"What?"

"Aren't these The Misfits?"

"Sounds like it."

"COOKIES!"

"Oh great. Xi's at it again."

"HELP!" Kelly screamed. "GET HIM OFF!"

Freddy just sighed as he carried Kelly and Charley over his shoulders

"Freddie, quit terrorizing Big Charley. He didn't even do anything this time!" Wanda yelled.

"Big Charley don't want to be here! Big Charley want to be safe in a war somewhere!" The burly biker yelled.

"Whose idea was it to adopt these kids again?" Roadblock groaned from underneath the armpit of Xi who was swinging around the boat with a mouth full of cookies.

"Wasn't it yours?" Shipwreck asked. "Get off me!"

"How did I wind up on top anyway?" Joe asked. "You landed on us."

"Now I remember." Roadblock groaned.

Spyder and Lina were playing with the radio.

"Hello?"

"Hi Dial-Tone!"

"What are you girls doing on the radio? Where's Roadblock?"

"Xi found some cookies."

Dial-Tone groaned. "Never mind. Any word on the black boxes?"

Freddy blinked as he dragged a screaming Big Charley and an unconscious Kelly up onto the deck. "Shipwreck?"

"What?"

Freddy pointed to something that was imbedded two inched deep into the bass boat.

Shipwreck nodded. "We found it!"

After receiving the call, Duke gathered the remaining Misfits and the two haphazard pilots in a conference room.

"Here's the situation." Duke said quietly. Then he stared long and hard at Arcade. "Your… son, took the X-jet for a joyride. According to the flight recorder, its heading toward Xavier's mansion."

Then he sighed. "Here's what we're going to do."

"Most of the Joes were on missions before this started. The Misfits with Roadblock and Shipwreck are investigating the crash and trying to clean up the mess. And the only ones we have remaining on base are Ace, Wild Bill…"

Then he glared at Trinity and Arcade.

Ace spoke up. "You forgot three other Misfits and one Joe."

Duke rubbed his forehead. "Oh why not. After the mess those three made of the experimental cannon, and the amount of stress they've caused Covergirl…"

"Don't tell me." Hawk groaned as he stumbled into the room on crutches. "Moe, Curly, and Larry are finally active Misfits."

"Yep." Ace said. "And it looks like B.A's going too."

"I told you not to tell me."


Scott and Jean blinked as they watched the jet come in on an erratic course. "They're back early."

Ororo watched as the concealed doors opened and the jet landed inside. "Since when does Charles use the emergency exit?"

"Didn't you see how they were flying?"

"Oh yes. They got drunk again."

BOOM

All three stared as smoke started to come out of the ground. "That's not good."

Xavier and Logan stared dazedly from the corner where they'd been tossed by the crash. Warren was singing again.

"Ok. We really need to keep him away from Shipwreck." Logan snarled.

"Bye-bye, nice people. I'm off to say hi to your students!" The mechanical voice said. Then the lights in the jet shut off leaving them in complete darkness with a drunk winged mutant.

"QUIT TRYING TO MAKE ME INTO YOUR PERSONAL NEST YOU WINGED DRUNKEN BUFFOON!" Xavier yelled.

"Oh quit being so picky." Logan yelled. "At least we aren't dive-bombing outdoor dog shows anymore!"

"When I get out of here…"

"What are you going to do, scream obscenities at the computer screen?"

One of the hatches opened up. Ororo and Jean stuck their heads in. "Charles? Logan?"

"Hello Laaaady!" Warren yelled.

Xavier groaned. "Welcome to the bird coop Storm." Then he stared around for a second. "I think the head rooster has left to go create havoc."

"What?"

Scott stared in shock as the suit Trinity made for Rogue ran off down the hallway without her in it.

He shook his head. "I'm not sure I want to know." Then he felt a touch on his cheek, and passed out.

"No offense." Rogue growled. "But I need your clothes more than you do."

Then she heard a thump behind her. When she turned, she saw it was Gambit.

Rogue grinned maniacally as she stared at both Scott and Gambit. "Stare at me will you?"

Then she put on Scotts pants and shirt.

Forge turned the corner and paused. "What happened?"

"Do you have any more of that super glue?"