1Season 2

When we last left the X-men, they had just escaped from Asteroid M, relatively unscathed, and possibly even stronger than they had been before. Now they must decide how to move forward from here and continue their quest for a world of human and mutant cooperation. What they don't realize is that their newest problem exists outside of this universe.

Charles Xavier assembled Wolverine, Storm, Beast, Cyclops, Jean, Iceman, Shadowcat, Nightcrawler, and Angel in his office. This meeting was to be a happy one, for their most dangerous enemy had been defeated.

Bobby, who had been extremely quiet looked up and asked, "So what now?"

Jean looked over at him, "What do you mean Bobby?"

The Beast nodded, "Well, with Magneto and Mystique missing and possibly terminated, I wonder if our status as a peace keeping group is still valid. What with our only real enemies being defeated and there being no other threats to peace."

Angel looked at Bobby with a grin, "Is that what you meant?"

Bobby gave a tired smile, "Without the big words pretty much."

Nightcrawler stood up, "Nein. Ve must continue. Do all of you vant to continue to allow mutants to be persecuted?"

Cyclops put his hand on Kurt's shoulder, "Of course not, I think what Hank and Bobby are saying is that we really don't need to be out there fighting any more. We can just help people."

The Professor nodded. "Now is the time for learning about our abilities and helping others to understand their own. With Colossus joining us full time, along with Rogue defecting to our side, I believe that it might just be time for another large expansion."

Wolverine groaned, "More kids? I'm not completely comfortable with that."

The Professor smiled, "Yes but I believe that Hank will now be taking a more active hand in the monitoring of the students, and Scott, Jean, and perhaps even Peter can make some form of contribution."

Jean and Scott nodded vigorously, "We'd be happy to sir."

"I have been carefully considering some new candidates who up until now I believed had been too young to join us here. After some strong consideration if have formed a group that I believe would be a solid start for this group of "New Mutants". I currently have a group of seven in mind."

Bobby's eyes bulged. "Seven?! That's a lot of people under one roof sir. Think about it. There are ten of us, plus Rogue and Pete, and now you want to add seven more kids? Nineteen mutants under one roof?"

The Professor laughed, "Yes well, I'm sure that after dealing with you, Kurt, and Warren, these young men and women will be mild mannered in comparison. But first, a question. Scott? Have you spoken to Alex as to whether or not he'll be joining us?"

Scott nodded, "Yes, but he said that he'd rather stay in Hawaii for a little longer. He's gonna join eventually but not right now."

"Fair enough, so, here is what we will be doing. Ororo, I would like you to reach out to your nephew Evan. Logan, you will be heading to Los Angeles to meet with a young lady named Jubilation Lee. Henry, there is a young man named Ray Crisp currently living in the sewers of New York, and I would like you to find him. Scott and Jean, I am flying a young boy and girl in from Brazil who you will be meeting at JFK in three hours. Lastly, I will be going with Peter out to a farmland in Kansas where we will find two of our recruits."

Bobby, Kurt, Kitty, and Warren stood up angrily. "What about us?!" Warren demanded.

"You will stay here and try to keep out of trouble. There is a shipment of appliances coming in for the new dormitories, you will install them when they come in. Ask Rogue for help."

Bobby, Kurt, and Warren looked like they didn't want to lose this argument but Kitty grabbed them and phased them out of the room. "Come on boys, let's go."

After they exited, Xavier turned to the others, "I have just mentally summoned Peter, we will be on our way once he arrives. Remember, you are each a representation of this school. Do your best to extend your welcome to these young people. I will be giving you each a mini Cerebro to take with you so you can identify the mutants. Good luck."

About two hours later, Storm was sitting in the kitchen of a large apartment in the heart of Manhattan. She sipped her coffee as her sister Vi cut them each a piece of leftover chocolate cake. She placed the dishes at the table and sat across from Ororo.

"So where is my dear brother-in-law Vi?" Ororo asked.

Vi sighed, "He's working late tonight. Plus, the Knicks are playing and you know how the traffic can be."

Ororo stared at her blankly and Vi laughed, "No I guess you wouldn't". Her smile then turned into a frown. "You know, it would've been nice to hear from you after you moved back to Kenya."

Ororo frowned as well. "After my powers manifested I needed to leave my old life behind."

Vi looked away, "I assume that a letter maybe once a month wouldn't interfere with your duties as the "Rain Goddess"."

Ororo sighed, "How's Evan, I haven't seen him for so long, and after the Professor told me that he had his own mutant abilities, I was eager to see if he would like to join our school."

Vi suddenly stood up, "So after years of not speaking to me, you come back just to whisk my son off to your school?"

"This isn't about us it's about Evan. Do you really want him to be persecuted?"

Vi looked at the ground. "It's not that I have a problem with mutants Ororo, you know that, I was probably even more exited than you when you first made it rain. But, I don't want to let my little boy go and never hear from him again like…"

"Like what I did?"

Vi gave a small smile, "I didn't say that."

"You were thinking it."

"Maybe a little."

"So do you think Evan would like to be part of something like this?"

Vi started laughing, "I hear him coming down the hall on that stupid skateboard now, see for yourself." The women listened and heard the door open, followed by the sound of wheels running across wood.

Vi yelled, "Not in the house Evan!"

Evan walked into the kitchen. He was about a head smaller than Ororo, but with darker skin and short blonde hair. "Sorry mom, won't happen again." He began to walk away, but did a double take when he saw Ororo. His face immediately erupted into a grin. "Auntie O! Where have you been?! Does this mean it's time?!"

Ororo looked from Vi to Evan, "Time for what?"

Vi rolled her eyes, "Well I told Evan about you, and since then he has been under the impression that once he got his powers you would come and find him and he could do whatever you're off doing."

Ororo nodded at him, "Perceptive."

Evan could barely contain his energy, "So are we going to Africa?"

Ororo laughed and shook her head, "Sorry Evan. I have actually recently joined a school where I help to train young mutants to harness and better use their powers."

"Like super-hero school?!"

Ororo laughed again, "Sort of."

"I'll go pack."

Ororo grabbed his arm before he ran to his room and said, "Hold on. First we need to ask your mother if it's okay, and I don't even know what you can do."

Evan looked at his mom and grinned. His mother sighed and grabbed an apple off the counter and threw it into the air. Evan pointed and then flexed his finger, and a second later the apple was pinned to a wall with a long, thin spike running through it. The wall was suspiciously freckled with similarly sized holes.

"Impressive."

Evan looked hopefully at his mother, "So can I go."

Vi nodded but held up a hand before Evan could continue, "On one condition. I want a phone call or a letter from each of you weekly to tell me how you're doing in school. One from you to tell me how you're doing, and one from you're Aunt telling me how you're actually doing. This super hero thing doesn't mean you can forget about everything else. Okay?"

Evan nodded, "Done! When do we leave?"

Ororo smiled, "As soon as you pack."

"I'm on it."

Back at the mansion, Bobby, Warren, Kurt, Kitty, and Rogue where laying on the couches in the rec room surrounded by televisions all in identical boxes.

"So who's gonna unpack this crap?" Bobby asked.

"Not meh!" Rogue responded.

Angel added, "Actually I'm pretty sure Kitty is the tech geek around these parts."

Kitty pouted at Bobby, "They're being mean!"

Bobby pulled her into a hug and said, "You are a geek sweetie, but we love you anyway."

Kitty pulled away and stuck her tongue at him. Bobby raised an eyebrow and said, "Did you have something to say?"

Kitty put on a mock look of innocence and then grinned, "Who me?"

Kurt laughed, "She's stealing your lines."

"She's allowed."

Rogue interrupted, "Hey lovebirds, we should at least unpack these things."

Bobby sighed, "Fine."

A few minutes later, seven identical televisions were pulled from the boxes, but the eighth box held something different.

"Check zhis thing out!" Kurt said. The others looked over to see a television unlike the others. The screen was red instead of black, and it was trimmed in a sharply edged yellow plastic.

"Weird." Angel said.

Bobby suddenly checked his watch, "Crap, two thirty Kurt!"

Kurt groaned, "Somevun find a remote!"

Rogue looked confused, "Why?"

Kitty rolled her eyes, "Spongebob."

Rogue started laughing, "Are y'all serious? Ain't you a little old for that?"

Bobby looked at her angrily, "Spongebob is no laughing matter."

Kurt began to shake the TV, "Ve need to turn zhis thing on!" Right when Kurt said on, the TV began to glow and a picture began to form.

"Who plugged it in?" Kurt asked confused.

"Don't know." Angel responded.

The television was completely on now, and the pictures showed a young boy with long blonde hair tied up, with each room attached to a burning stake. Away from the rope, four large men were poised each with a bow and arrow.

Bobby leaned over Kurt's shoulder, "Is this like gladiator?"

Right before the men fired the arrows, the boy's eye glowed a bright yellow. The men fired one after another, but just before the arrows hit the boy was able to turn horizontally so that the arrows grazed the rope he was bound by. He was then able to produce a knife from his boot, cut the remaining rope away, and escape without a scratch.

"That was pretty cool." Warren said.

"Boys and violence" Kitty interjected with a roll of her eyes.

Rogue agreed, "Let's change this dumb crap."

She went to move toward the television when a green blob with two eyes sitting in a mechanical, spider shaped chair appeared on the screen and said, "Don't touch that dial folks, we'll be back momentarily with another death defying stunt by Longshot, the luckiest SOB alive."

Rogue rolled her eyes, "Ah'll pass thanks." She was about to press the button when the blob said again, "HEY! SKUNK HEAD! Weren't you listening?"

"Whoa" All five said at the same time.

"Yeah. Whoa. Now watch or I'll kill you."

Bobby stepped towards the television. "Well your in there and we're out here…"

Kurt whispered to Warren, "Ve're talking to a television."

"I know."

"…so what are you gonna do?"

The blob laughed, "Oh too right you are little boy. I guess I'll just have to bring you here." The last thing the five heard was maniacal laughter as they left the Xavier Institute's rec room behind.

Logan was currently having some problems of his own. He had just flown into an affluent area of Los Angeles but was met with a frosty reception worthy of Bobby when he had met the Lee family. He knocked on the door and a small Asian man wearing glasses came out.

"Can I help you sir?" The man asked.

Logan looked down at his mini Cerebro. "Are you Mr. Lee?"

"Yes..." the man said cautiously.

"I'm lookin' for your daughter, Jubilation."

Mr. Lee suddenly went white, "She isn't here, leave please."

"Look bub, I just want to talk to her. Do you know...what's goin' on?"

"Yes and my daughter is not a freak!" Mr. Lee yelled.

"You're damn straight she isn't, I got an idea where she's coming from."

Mr. Lee laughed coldly, "I doubt that."

"Yeah?" Logan popped his claws with a SNIKT.

Mr. Lee looked scarred for a moment and then smiled, "My daughter is at the mall. My wife is sick right now, if you can bring her back here, I believe we have much to discuss."

Logan tipped his hat and walked off.

Elsewhere, Beast had just landed in the sewers. He looked around nervously and began to talk to himself.

"Just because of my hirsute appearance the Professor seems to believe that I am grime resistant. Well I should kindly let him know that he should smell my fur after this little operation and he will no longer wonder why I require a full body shampoo after a Danger Room Session."

There was a crackle of energy and Beast whipped around to look behind, "Hello?"

Fzzzt. There was a small flash of light, but then everything went dark again.

"Well this is certainly not my ideal vacation spot, I wonder what type of mutant would make this their preferred place of residence."

"Do you ever shut up?" A teenage voice asked.

Beast followed the sound of the voice to a young boy who was sitting in the sludge leaning against the side of the sewer pipes. His clothes were the same color as the grime on the wall, and his hair was long and straggly. He looked like he hadn't visited a shower in a very long time.

Beast got closer to the boy, "What are you doing down here?"

The boy ran his fingers through his blonde hair, "I live down here fuzzy."

"My name is Henry." Beast extended a hand out to the boy.

The boy eyed it with suspicion but took it. "Ray Crisp. Berserker." He concentrated and there was a flash of blue energy, and all of Beast's fur stood on end.

Beast quickly let go and shivered. "Electrical discharge I assume?"

Ray nodded slowly. "Sure."

Hank chuckled to himself, "Do you live here by yourself Ray."

An angry look darkened Ray's face, "I used to live with the Morlocks."

"I'm sorry?"

"The Morlocks", Ray began, "are a group of mutants who live underground. They think that because they're disfigured, they can't live above the surface, and they hate everyone that comes up there."

"May I enquire as to why you are no longer with them."

A sardonic smile came upon Ray's face, "They thought I was too pretty for them." He ran his hand through his hair again. "Can't say that I blame them, but it still hurts that they kicked me out, you know?"

"So you're on your own now?"

Ray nodded, "But that's how I like it."

"Oh I doubt that very much. Then why would you be so angered by their betrayal?"

Ray shot Beast an angry glare but didn't interrupt. "Tell me Ray, have you heard of Charles Xavier."

Ray thought for a moment and then nodded, "I think so. He's that Professor that goes T.V. all the time to talk about changing DNA and how people should be ready for what's coming next. We only have one small set down here, but even though most of us don't always get what he's talkin' about, the Morlocks seem to like the guy."

Beast smiled, "I happen to live with him. You see, Xavier is not just a geneticist. He is a mutant as well, a VERY powerful telepath. He is running a school currently for gifted youngsters, or mutants. The first generation of this school doubles as a peace keeping force between mutants and humans."

Ray looked confused, "So you guys are like Avengers in training?"

"Somewhat, but we are completely anonymous. No one knows about mutants, but mutants themselves."

"So what does this mean to me?"

"We want you at the school, Ray. We are currently compiling a second generation of X-men to train. As of now we only have seven candidates, and after a brief communication with one of my colleagues, only one has agreed so far. You would be the second member of this group of "New Mutants"."

Ray suddenly looked excited, "So I would be training to be a super hero?"

"Yes."

Ray nodded vigorously, "I'm in. But what's this place like?"

"You will have your own room, but you may have a room-mate if you request it. The boys share three bathrooms, and the girls share four. Each room has it's own television and other conveniences."

"You had me at bathroom sir."

"I told you not to touch that channel, Skunk Head!" The green blob yelled, his face so close to Rogue's that his saliva was flicking on to her face.

Rogue made a point of whipping his spit off of her face and then yelled right back, "Where the hell are we you tub of lime flavored lard?"

The blob laughed and raised his fat arms triumphantly, "You are in MOJOWORLD."

"Who-world?" Kitty asked as she was trying to revive Kurt, the only X-man who had not woken up yet.

"Mo-jo. That's me cutie pie and this is my world. It's a planet centered around television. All of the programs, I create and change as I wish. You were in the middle of my personal favorite, 'Not by a Long Shot." Mojo giggled, barely able to contain his glee.

Bobby stepped to the front of the group, "So this place is completely television based?"

"Yes m'boy."

"Do you get Spongebob?" Bobby asked hopefully.

Rogue turned and snarled at him.

"Just asking, just asking."

Angel cut across him, "So one of your shows is just your attempts at killing that kid, and seeing if he can get out?"

Mojo rolled his eyes, "Oh please boy, do you think I would kill off the star of the biggest money maker I have? No, Longshot has the wonderful ability to alter probability in his favor. None of my viewers know."

"So he's a mutant?" Nightcrawler, who had just been revived asked.

Mojo looked confused, "A mutant? No. He was manufactured that way, it was my request. My geneticists can give my creations any abilities I want. But what is a mutant?"

Before anyone could answer Rogue interrupted, "So you just bring this kid up to slaughter 'em, or attempt to slaughter him?"

Mojo waived his hand at her like she was an irritating fly and addressed Nightcrawler directly, "What are mutants."

Kitty shot Kurt a Don't say anything look and Kurt shrugged, "I vas speaking vithout thinking, I don't know vat mutants are."

Mojo looked crestfallen, Warren itched his back subconsciously and said, "But if we found some, we'd let you know."

Mojo grinned and a tentacle shot off of his metallic seat and grabbed Angel. He ripped off Angel's shirt with his hand and Warren's wings fluttered behind him, "I already think I have" Mojo laughed. He turned to the others, "Reveal yourselves, or I kill the bird."

Nightcrawler sighed and turned off his image inducer. Bobby iced up and Kitty stuck her hand through his abdomen, while Rogue floated into the air. Mojo looked at Rogue, "That's all you can do?"

"Well-" Iceman began.

"Yes" Rogue interrupted and glared at Bobby.

Mojo eyed Bobby suspiciously but then his face erupted in glee. He pointed to a humanoid alien and said, "Major Domo, take Longshot to the execution chambers. It looks like we have a few new stars. Get some dampener bracelets around them and bring them to the dungeons."

Rogue took this opportunity to lunge forward and grab Mojo's face. After a moment of confusion Mojo looked at her, "I don't like you that way my dear."

Rogue looked at her hands, "It-it was supposed to drain you of your energy."

Mojo nodded thoughtfully, "Well too bad this isn't skin" He gestured to his body, "Im a protoplasmic sack with a brain, mouth, and eyeballs. But at least now I know your full abilities. Major Domo, make sure whoever grabs the girl is covered up, and keep her away from her compatriots."

At this point in time, Cyclops and Jean had just escorted their two newest X-man back to the Xavier Institute. Roberto DaCosta, and Amara Aquilla stepped out of the car and looked ruefully at the X-mansion.

Cyclops looked at them with an expectant grin, "Well?"

Amara shrugged and Roberto said, "S'okay."

"Okay? I DREAMED of living in a place like this when I was younger." Scott said.

Roberto chuckled, "Well you have to remember, Summers, I was practically Brazilian Royalty. We soccer stars have our perks."

Amara looked haughtily at the rest of them, "I was ACTUAL royalty in Brazil. I am a decedent of former tribal rulers of the area, you would be surprised how much weight that carries." She looked at the Mansion, "This is nothing compared to my palace."

Roberto nodded in agreement, "This is about the same size as my old house, but that was just me, my dad, my mother, and my grandfather. There are to be seventeen of us living here?"

Jean nodded, "Give or take."

Amara shook her head in disbelief, "Fine, fine. Roberto, my bags please."

Roberto looked at her in shock, "Excuse me princess?"

"Yes, princess, I command you peasant." Amara said with a grin and strutted away.

Roberto pointed at her and grinned, "I like her." He looked at Scott, "Bags Summers" and he sauntered after Amara.

Scott looked at Jean, "Bags Jean." Jean glared at him and he shrugged, "Everyone else was doing it."

After hoisting up the bags and following Jean, Roberto, and Amara into the Mansion, Scott and the others were met by Beast.

Beast looked down his glasses at the two kids, "Ah, this must be young Mr. DaCosta, and Ms Aquilla, a pleasure to meet you."

While Roberto looked slightly repulsed, Amara eagerly jumped in to conversation with Beast, "Ah, finally, I have been in America but a few hours and it pains me to say I have not met a single person with manners."

Beast bowed, "Thank you my dear, that is quite a compliment coming from Brazilian royalty."

Scott interrupted, "How are we doing with recruits Hank?"

"Storm is on her way back with her nephew, but Peter and Charles have not reached their destination yet."

"Where are Bobby and the others?" Jean asked.

"I have not seen them, but all of the appliances have been unpacked, I believe they have gone into town for a break."

Just then, Berserker walked down the stairs and practically yelled, "Is this place great or what?"

Scott nodded, "At least someone gets it."

"What happened to your hair Ray?" Beast asked. Ray ran his fingers through his now short hair, with a few blonde spikes in the front.

"I cut it. Man I haven't had access to scissors or a shower for months."

Roberto almost gagged but managed to ask, "And why is that?"

Ray looked at Roberto like he was an alien, "I've been living in the sewers."

Amara mouthed wow, but Roberto looked repulsed, "Disgusting."

Ray glared at him and moved to shake his hand. Hank groaned. Roberto took the boys hand reluctantly but was met with a shock. "Ray Crisp" he said proudly, "Berserker."

Roberto looked down at his hand and grinned. He turned completely black except for his eyes and flicked Ray in the shoulder, who stumbled backwards and fell, "Roberto DaCosta...um...Sunspot."

Jean rolled her eyes, "This is gonna be fun."

Xavier was currently seated around a table with the parents of James Madrox and Samuel Guthrie in the Guthrie home.

"So you're saying that our boys each have mutations?" Mrs. Madrox asked.

Lucinda Guthrie nodded, "Sam showed us his. Blasting around like a bullet." She smiled wistfully, "It almost looked fun."

Zeke Guthrie nodded, "My boy saved my life with those powers of his. I thank God every day for 'em."

"But what can my son do?" Daniel Madrox asked.

Xavier mentally summoned Colossus who was out back with Sam and Jamie. Sam was a tall boy of fourteen and blonde, while Jamie, who was much smaller with brown hair, had just turned twelve. Xavier smiled at the smaller boy, "Your father would like to know about your abilities James."

Jamie crinkled his nose at how Xavier addressed him, "Jamie please, sir." He then snapped his fingers and an identical copy of himself had formed out of thin air. Both the original and the new Jamie clapped, and there were now four. Each set high-fived and now there stood eight identical Jamie Madroxes in the kitchen of the Guthrie house.

Lucinda Guthrie groaned, "I already have eight children running around this house, I do NOT need eight more."

Mrs. Madrox addressed the boys, "Do you know why this man is here?"

Sam nodded eagerly, "Colossus was tellin' us all 'bout the school."

Zeke raised an eyebrow at Peter, "Colossus?"

Peter nodded, "It is my code name sir. It is what I am called in the public to keep our true selves secret from those who are not prepared to know about mutants."

"Will our boys be safe at your school Professor?" Jamie's dad asked.

Xavier chuckled, "I fear for the poor soul who comes to that school, looking for trouble. We currently, if these two fine young men come with us, have a group of fifteen extraordinarily powerful young men and women, these fifteen, plus myself, a genetics genius, a former rain goddess, and a trained kil-soldier all under one roof. We are perfectly safe."

"Now, I have seven other children sir," Zeke started, "will they have this X-gene thing?"

Xavier shook his head, "It is not certain. While evidence shows that these genes do run in family pools, you can see for yourself that neither of you are mutants. One of my first students has a sister who is not a mutant, while one of my instructors is off to recruit her nephew, who is a mutant as well."

Lucinda laughed, "Imagine seven other little cannonballs rocketing around this place like Sammy."

Zeke smiled and stood, "Well if they do, we know who to call. We accept your invitation Professor." He shook Xavier's hand.

Mr. and Mrs. Madrox looked at each other and Mrs. Madrox said, "We do as well."

Sam and Jamie high fived, sending six more Jamie's into existence.

Wolverine casually strolled through a mall in Beverley Hills. He tipped his hat to a few of the women that gave him the eye as he walked by and thought to himself how nice of an area this was.

"Girl is upscale...must be in one of the boutiques."

Just then, heard an argument occurring behind him. A small Asian girl was having an argument with a security guard. She was wearing a yellow trench coat and pink sunglasses. The security guard had her around the arm.

"Let go of me you dweeb, I didn't do anything."

"Look kid, all I know is that you walked into a department store, you were the only one in there, and when you left the manager said a lot of shit was missing."

"You better let go of me now buster-" Logan noticed one of the girl's hands glowing green.

Logan quickly walked up to them and grabbed Jubilee away from the security guard. The guard looked at him, "What are you doing buddy."

Logan gave Jubilation a stern glare and said, "This is my step-daughter. What has she been up to?"

The guard sneered at Jubilation, "Your daughter stole about fifty bucks worth of stuff from one of the stores."

Logan groaned and pulled out his wallet, "Jubilation Lee you are in SO much trouble." He peeled off a one hundred dollar bill and gave it to the guard, "Keep the change for your troubles." The guard nodded and hurried off.

Jubilation looked at him, "What was that about."

"You were gonna nail that guy."

"So?"

"You have to use your powers responsibly."

"How do you know I've got powers?"

Logan sighed, this was going to be a long talk, but after what had just happened he was sure that he would be returning to the Mansion with an extra passenger, and after a discussion with Jubilee's dad, he found himself as being correct.

A while later, Xavier sat at his desk and looked at his office full of new recruits. "Welcome."

They all settled down. "I am extremely glad that you could all join us at the Institute. I will briefly introduce each of you and after conferring with the other members of staff, we have decided on a code name for each of you. We have Ray Crisp, Berserker, who can discharge electricity. Roberto daCosta, Sunspot, who draws solar energy to give him super strength. Amara Aquilla, Magma, who can create fire and control rock. Samuel Guthrie, Cannonball, he can propel himself at super-human speeds allowing him to become invulnerable and fly. Jamie Madrox, Multiple Man, the name explains it all. Evan Daniels, Spyke, he can shoot bony spikes from his body. Finally Jubilation Lee, who can create fireworks, codename, Jubilee."

Jubilee raised a hand, "Um, that codename sucks."

Wolverine arched an eyebrow, "Would you prefer firecracker?"

Jubilee shook her head.

The Professor quickly scanned the room, "By the way, where are Bobby, Kitty, Kurt, Warren, and Rogue?"

Jean shrugged. The Professor quickly put his hands to his head. "They aren't in the Mansion or surrounding areas."

Jean rounded on Beast, "I thought you said they went into town?!"

Beast held up his hands, "I said I THOUGHT they did..."

"Well where are they?!"

"The last place I can detect their psychic residue is in the rec room." Xavier said. The older X-men and the New Recruits filed out and followed Storm to the rec room.

Scott looked around, "No sign of a fight."

Sam started looking near the televisions, "Sir? Didn't you say that they put everythang away? Why would the televisions still be out?"

Xavier nodded, "Astute observations Samuel."

Amara pointed at the T.V. the others had disappeared into, "What is that."

Scott stooped down in front of the T.V., "Never seen something like this ever. Ray, can you juice it up?"

Berserker grinned arrogantly at Sunspot and walked over. Before he could touch the television. The X-men and the New Mutants disappeared in the same flash that the others had.

The group stood up and looked around. They were in some kind of dungeon. "Where are we?" Jamie asked fearfully.

Jean put an arm around Jamie, "Don't worry, nothing's doing to happen."

"Jean?" a voice croaked.

Jean let go of Jamie and ran to the source of the voice, "Bobby?!" Indeed it was Iceman chained to a wall, one of his eyes was black and his lip was cut.

Jean's eyes glowed red and she ripped the door to the cell off by its hinges and pulled Bobby off the wall. Next to him were Kitty, Kurt, and Warren in similar states. Cyclops, Spyke, and Jubilee freed the other three while Jean tended to Bobby.

"What the hell happened?!" She demanded.

"We've been here for days!" Bobby said suddenly angry, "Why haven't any of you come for us.

Xavier cut in, "We left you only this morning Robert."

"Time must be weird here."

Storm looked around, "Where's Rogue."

"Execution chambers" gasped Kitty who had run over to hug Bobby.

"What?!" Logan yelled.

Kurt put a shaky hand on his shoulder, "Don't vorry mein freund she's alive. She and another prisoner ve're put zhere. He because he vas obsolete, and she because she was uppity. Zhey kill at the end of every veek, so she vas to remain zhere for a couple more days."

Logan ran off, and when he returned, he, along with a few quickly healing cuts and bruises of his own, was accompanied by an angry Rogue, and the blonde kid that was seen on Mojo's show, who looked very confused.

Logan gestured to the kid, "Brought him along too...didn't want to leave him."

The boy smiled amicably, "Thank you Mr. Wolverine."

Rogue rolled her eyes but looked at the boy in adoration, "This is Longshot, he's nice but he gets annoying after a while."

Longshot frowned and his eyes began to well up, "I'm sorry Ms. Rogue, I won't be annoying anymore."

Nightcrawler jerked a thumb at Longshot, "Zhis is the kid that Mojo said vas his top performer?"

Suddenly Longshot's face clouded with anger, "Don't say that name around me, I am no one's slave!"

Iceman gave an approving nod, "I like him."

"Ex-CUSE ME?" A voice bellowed. The team turned around, face to face with Mojo who was extremely angry.

Logan walked up to him and popped his claws, "You took these kids from our house. You're gonna be in pain!"

Mojo looked apprehensively at Logan's claws but then smiled, "No my hairy friend I will not. You see, I work in television, I can make anything happen with a snap of my fingers." He snapped and five super strong robots seemed to materialize out of thin air.

Cyclops moved to the front of the group, "Professor, Longshot drop back. Everyone else, three to a target." He quickly moved to shoot a beam at one robot, and was joined in taking it down by Magma and Angel.

Xavier looked around and admired his handiwork. He watched as Jean, Multiple Man, and Nightcrawler dropped one robot, while Beast, Berserker, and Jubilee took down another. Sunspot, Storm, and Colossus were able to defeat the fourth robot, while the fifth fell to Shadowcat, Rogue, and Spyke. Finally, Bobby iced the floor under Mojo's spindly little legs, and as he slipped, he was rammed into a wall by Cannonball. Logan quickly jumped on top of him and popped his claws.

"Send us back, or you die."

Mojo laughed, "You act like I'm after YOU. I want ratings my good man..er..beast...ratings. This fight has given me the best I could ask for. Here." He snapped his finger and a blue portal appeared, "Leave."

Wolverine jerked his head at Longshot, "The kid comes too."

"NO!" Mojo shouted, but Logan held his fists right at Mojo's throat. "FINE! Take him! But as soon as I can, I will send someone to hunt him down."

Logan snorted, "Your funeral, bub."

The X-men, and the New Mutants, now with one extra member, stepped back through the portal. Bobby looked around and grinned, "So...anyone here like Sponge-bob?"

Ray, Roberto, and Longshot looked confused as to what Sponge-bob was, Sam shook his head apologetically while Jamie jumped up and down, "Me! Me!" Bobby and Kurt high fived, "We have a winner."

Xavier smiled, "I encourage you to become involved with your new housemates. All but Jamie will be joining you at Bayville High next year, hopefully over the summer holidays you can prepare them all." Xavier nodded to Roberto and looked at Kurt and Bobby, "Roberto here seems to be quite the soccer star, maybe he could teach the two of you something so you can be ready for pre-season."

Bobby and Kurt groaned but Angel piped up, "So, not that we aren't grateful for the rescue...but what are we gonna do with twenty X-men?"

Wolverine clapped him on the back, "I don't know kid, but the Danger Room session we're gonna start in five minutes is sure going to be fun."

I had no idea how to end this chapter...I wanted it to probably be 3/4 of the length it is now, but everyone needed explaining about the Institute...and I grit my teeth and did it until Jubilee who I almost forgot to add in after the confrontation with her dad. I'm gonna add this on to my season 1 but this chapter marks a new season. It is now the summertime at the Xavier institute. Some things that I'm not going to say in the story that I'm going to add now are just about what grades all the characters are going to be in.

Seniors: Cyclops, Colossus, Jean, Avalanche, Blob

Juniors: Rogue, Angel, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Pyro

Sophomores: Iceman, Shadowcat, Nightcrawler, Toad

Freshmen: Spyke, Sunspot, Berserker, Cannonball, Magma, Jubilee

Middle School: Multiple

I'm not gonna have Longshot go to school..cause he's weird and would freak people out but he's a little older than the rest of the New Mutants but not as old as Iceman Shadowcat and Nightcrawler. This season I'm going to do Proteus, maybe a Hungan, some pre-Phoenix, pre-Apocalypse stuff, a New Mutant only chapter possibly involving the hellfire club, Mystique with a Nightcrawler/Rogue origin, and ending the same way season 2 ended in regular evo. I'm also going to only introduce one more X-man this set and I've already decided on who. If you have any ideas for episodes post em up...just not any 'add this character' ones.