Pietro rubbed his eyes, "It's Lance's wife isn't it? She's screwing with my head."
"No it's just me, Quicksilver, the cool confident devil-may-care front you've built me into," Quicksilver smirked, "So what's bothering us today? As if I didn't know."
Pietro shook his head, "Two very different girls obviously have feelings for me…" he paused, "us, and I have no idea what to do."
Quicksilver slammed both fists on the mirror, "What the hell? Where's the confident Pietro? The Pietro that could nail the entire cheerleading squad at one party?"
Pietro glared at his reflection, "He grew up."
Quicksilver rolled his eyes, "Listen I have a solution for you."
Pietro peeked an eyebrow, "I'm listening."
Quicksilver smirked, "Three-way. Get them both in bed at the same time," Pietro wasn't amused, "It's what the old Pietro would have done."
Pietro nodded, "Yeah, but I'm not him am I?" Pietro smirked, "And you're just a figment of my imagination." With that Quicksilver seemed to fade into nothingness, only leaving behind a shattered mirror and Pietro's reflection. He wore his traditional red long-sleeved shirt, his bangs now framing his face, and two lacerated hands dripping blood onto the floor.
A knock came at the door, "Pietro? Are you okay?"
Pietro grabbed some gauze out of his dresser drawer, "Yeah Wanda, I'm fine. I'm just going to go to bed."
"Sorry about Jean's parents…" she paused, "Goodnight."
"Goodnight," Pietro picked the glass out of his hand and watched as the gash slowly began to close, "Yeah really good night."
-The next day in Bayville Museum-
The esteemed members of the Brotherhood looked up at the tall building after leaving the bus. The teacher looked at everyone sternly, going over various rules. He would occasionally cast a glare in their general direction. After his riveting speech, the entire senior class was allowed entry into the building.
Freddy looked up and noticed the Moon in front of the Sun, "Wow an eclipse."
Kitty leaned over to Anna, "Do you, like, think we should keep an eye on them?"
Anna shook her head, "What possible trouble could they get in with cameras and armed security guards everywhere?"
-Several minutes later in the Egyptian Exhibit-
The Museum curator stopped in front of a large glass container, and then turned to face her guests. She smiled, "Three thousand years ago, N'Kantu, son to T'Chombi, was born. Upon his twenty-first birthday he underwent the Test of the Lion, to prove his strength and bravery as a warrior, so that one day he may become the king of Egypt. But, before he could take the thrown, Nephrus, the once trusted high priest, betrayed the young prince. He paralyzed the young prince with a mysterious potion, had him bound to a sacred alter and replaced his blood with an alchemic preservative, doomed to live forever with his body in a complete state of paralysis," She became more serious, "But some say during a Solar Eclipse he may rise from the grave to exact his revenge," She laughed thoroughly scaring most of the young teens, "But as we all know there have been several eclipses and he has yet to rise. Now if you will follow me this way, I will show you the breastplate of Athena, Goddess of wisdom and war." With that the students followed her out of the room, well not all of them.
Freddy stared through the glass shielding the ancient prince, "Doesn't look to strong to me." The prince was heavily bandaged, as was traditional for an Egyptian Mummy; he also had armor covering his shins, wrists, and chest. He had two crescent shaped swords, one on each shoulder, the straps made of pure gold wrapping around his chest.
Pietro smirked, "What do you say we try and wake him up?"
Wanda rolled her eyes, "Don't you ever pay attention? It was just a myth."
Lance peeked an eyebrow, "Maybe."
Todd hopped onto the glass case and examined it closely, "Did he just move?"
St. John stuck his hands into his pockets, "No mate, he's just a loihfeless bag of bones."
Todd shook his head, "No I think he moved."
Wanda sighed and muscled her way to the case, "Todd you are such an idiot. He can't move because he's dead. Do you understand that? Dead!" With her shout, the Mummy's eyes shot open, "Lance, please tell me your wife tagged along and she's screwing with us."
Lance shook his head, "No," dust shot out as the Mummy opened his dry mouth, "But I really wish it was her."
The Mummy groaned and forced his way through the case, "What do we do yo?" Todd leapt behind Lance.
Freddy ran up, "We put him back to sleep."
The Mummy extended his arms, and forced Freddy back, easily over powering the teen. Freddy slid across the room on the floor.
Lance glared at the living corpse, "All right shut him down."
St. John's eye glinted with his Acolyte insanity. He dug in his pocket and pulled out a lighter, "Toihme for Pyro to have a little fun."
Lance promptly grabbed the tool from his hands, "We are not making the six o'clock news," Lance took a glance at his other teammates and then at a tapestry, "Pietro Todd, gift wrap Bandage Boy for security."
Todd leapt up onto the wall and grabbed the top of the tapestry. He leapt back down to the floor and Pietro grabbed the other end, "Over and under yo." Pietro nodded in agreement. He sped around the Mummy wrapping his legs, while Todd leapt off the wall and other exhibits rendering his arms useless, or so they thought.
The Mummy let out a low groan and quickly made ancient confetti out of the tapestry.
Wanda smirked, "Don't send a pack of idiots to do the Scarlet Witch's job," She then pummeled the corpse with hex bolts, but they did little to slow him down.
"Okay that's it," Lance finally let out his seismic energy and sent the Mummy hurtling out of the now broken window.
Todd looked around at all the damage, "This museum sucks, where's the alarm?" And with that an earsplitting siren echoed throughout the entire museum, "It was just a question."
-An hour later on the bus-
Lance glared at his silver haired companion, "Let me ask this again," he paused, "How does the fastest man in the entire world, lose a walking corpse, with a limp?"
Pietro rolled his eyes, "Like I told you the first seven times, it's hard to chase someone after the X-Men land on your head."
Wanda turned in her seat to face the two, "Would you two keep it down? Nobody besides the X-geeks even thinks we're guilty."
St. John nodded from his seat, across the isle from the boys, "They think someone stole the corpse for his jewelry anyways mate."
"Does it even matter yo? It's not our problem he got loose. Besides, how much damage can a walking corpse do?" Todd looked out the window and saw a car flying into a building.
Lance stared at the destruction and then to his green comrade, "That is it, your question asking privileges have been revoked."
Pietro sighed, "Lance you're not going to make us save the day are you?"
St. John nodded in agreement, "Yeah, just let the X-geeks handle it mate."
Lance shook his head, "Pietro go see if you can track him down."
Pietro opened the emergency window, "Fine, but don't blame me if no one takes us seriously as villains," He slipped out of the window and quickly put it back before anyone noticed.
-A few seconds later down the street-
Pietro sped up and down the street and couldn't find hide or bandage of his new friend, "This guy's a lot faster than he looks," he smiled as he noticed a giant hole in the side of a bank, "Dead guys need money too." Pietro sped into the bank and saw four muscle bound thugs wearing tight brightly covered spandex cleaning out the vault.
The man dressed in purple carried several sacks of cash out, "Well boys that went off without a hitch."
"I don't think so." Pietro cringed instantly recognizing the voice, he turned and saw Scott and his X-Men staring down the bank robbers.
The four men laughed at the ruby-eyed mutant, "You think a bunch of mutants can take down the Wrecking Crew?"
The X-Men slowly encircled the Crew, and Logan peeked over his shoulder, "You robbin' banks now speedy?"
Pietro turned on his heel and began walking through the gapping hole, "Just so you know, I'm not with them."
Kitty stood in his way, "We totally know you and the rest of the Loser-hood, stole the mummy from the museum."
Pietro smirked, as the battle behind him grew louder and more destructive; "Yeah, that sounds like something we might do, guess all you need now is proof." He then sped off without a trace.
-A few hours later in the Brotherhood Boarding House-
The Brotherhood Boys sat around the living room paying close attention to the news, "This is Miranda Veracruz de la Jolla Cardinal, and behind me you can see the "Wrecking Crew" being detained and placed in super-human containers. The Wrecking Crew were attempting to rob this bank, until the X-Men came and put a stop to their sinister rampage. Which brings up the new poll, 'Are mutants still a menace?' Will the fact that some humans poses power rivaling these indiviuals change your mind? The Wrecking Crew is suspected in many robberies including the local Museum robbery, instead of the local nieghborhood hoodlums, known as the Brotherhood. This is Miranda Veracruz de la Jolla Cardinal signing off."
Wanda came running down the stairs, one of her old books in her hands, "I know how N'Kantu woke up," The boys looked at her in confusion. She rolled her eyes, "Bandage Boy." The boys nodded in realization, "It's not simple."
