avatar: yay! I hope I'm not late with Chapter 3 (a bit of writer's block), because I'm leaving you with a cliffhangar. In this chapter, uh, just read the title.

Pietro: avatarjk137 does not own X-Men Evolution or anything else he might have mentioned here (like rocket launchers). In the immortal words of Ricky Bobby, 'I wanna go fast!'

avatar: truer words have never come from his mouth.

Chapter 2

Assault on the X-Mansion

Pyro laughed again as he walked through the door to the Brotherhood mansion, and dropped the rocket launcher. "That was the most fun I've had since I joined you guys!" After leaving the gym (and making sure they didn't actually kill anyone), they had decided to investigate a rumor about gun-smuggling down at the docks. They had found the rumor true, and beaten up the gangster responsible (Blob was bulletproof, so the smugglers didn't really have a chance). They had called the police, but had taken some of the guns themselves 'in case the world ends again'. The final weapon tally: 2 beanbag guns and 5 cans of pepper gas from the crate marked 'nonlethal', 2 assault rifles, 4 pistols, a shotgun, a sniper rifle, and (at Toad's insistence), a grenade launcher. They had also made sure to grab plenty of ammo for each one.

"I need new clothes," Blob complained. Although no bullets had pierced his skin, his shirt had been effectively Swiss-cheesed. He climbed upstairs and into his room.

Toad looked at Scarlet Witch. "And how did you enjoy the fight, snookie-pookers?" Scarlet Witch glared at him, and he punched himself in the face to save her the trouble.

Pyro grabbed some iced tea from the fridge. "I got to light the rocket launchers on fire! Who says metal doesn't burn?"

Pietro finished zipping around, hiding the weapons in strategic places around the house, and looked at the clock. "WOW! Midnight already? You guys had better go to bed soon."

"Why?" Lance asked, as he grabbed some ice water and went upstairs to his bedroom. "What'll you be doing?"

"Not sleeping. Duh!" Pietro sat down in front of the television and began watching, flipping channels so fast the remote began to spark.

The two mystery men watched, as soon after sundown, the limousine pulled out of the driveway and through the gate. Inside, behind tinted windows, sat Erik Lensherr and Professor Charles Xavier in the main area. Logan drove, and Peter rode shotgun, looking absently out the window.

"Do you think its okay to leave the students alone?" Erik asked.

"Absolutely," Charles replied. "They won't miss the four of us gone for one night."

"Six of us. Don't forget, Jean took Scott to meet her parents this weekend."

"Erik, there's nothing to worry about. Ororo, Hank, and the senior students can hold out for one night against anything up to – and including – an attack by multiple sentinels."

The car drove off, not noticing the two strangers in the nearby tree. Xavier was too busy talking to Magneto about school policies to do a scan for nearby minds. The two hung out in the tree several hours, lit by a moon that was nearly full. Finally, it was time. "Okay, it's midnight," the green-haired guy said. "Can we attack now?"

His blue-haired companion snapped his eyes open. "Yes, Bio. We can attack now." He vaulted from a low branch onto the ground inside the mansion. Bio came down much more smoothly, the tree branch bending lower so that it was a shorter jump for him. The two quietly stalked towards the mansion, but as soon as they climbed the stairway to the front door, alarms began to sound. "Shit," said the blue-haired guy. "Bio, you head upwards, I'll go in the front door."

Bio nodded, and vines shot from his sleeve. He pulled himself up to a nearby tree branch, then to the roof of the X-Mansion. The blue-haired guy continued through the front door, and found Rogue, who was the first to respond. She hadn't bothered to put on her uniform, and was only wearing one glove. "Perfect," blue-hair said under his breath.

Rogue began advancing on him. "You're pretty stupid, coming in here alone. Are you here to join or something?"

"Actually, my name is Spectrum. I'm here to beat you up and rob you."

"Wrong thing to say, pal!" Rogue grabbed Spectrum's face, shocking him. Spectrum fell to the ground, as Rogue began looking at her hands impatiently. "Y'all don't have powers? That's stupid. You came in here alone, unarmed, and with no powers!" Spectrum groaned and got to his feet, and Rogue chuckled. "So… your power is that you don't lose consciousness easily?"

"Actually, my power is to copy other powers used nearby." Spectrum grabbed Rogue's bare hand, and she went limp. He let her fall, and ran swiftly into the next room. On the other side of the door, he found Magma, Iceman, and Berzerker. They were all in uniform, and, apparently, about to go find him. "I'm saving you guys the trouble." Spectrum simultaneously grabbed Amara and Bobby's faces, and they both fell, unconscious.

Berzerker began glowing with lightning. "Don't hurt my friends," he said.

Spectrum laughed, and held up his hands. The hand that touched Iceman was blue with ice, whereas the one that had kayoed Magma was on fire. "Are you sure you want to fight me alone?"

Ray hesitated, uncertain. "I-I-"

"You're not alone, Ray!" Beast and Cannonball had arrived through another door.

Spectrum cracked his element-infused knuckles, causing steam to rise from them. "Fine then, I'll take all three of you on."

Storm threw on her cape, and began to quickly put her boots on. She had been watering her plants in the attic greenhouse when the alarms had been tripped. Suddenly, Bio dropped thru the greenhouse window. "Nice plants. Too bad they're betraying you." He waved an arm, and vines burst from several of Storm's plants. They wrapped around her waist, wrists, and ankles. The mutant weather witch had no time to use her powers before she was completely entangled. A vine extended in front of her face. It ended in a rosebud. "Goodnight," Bio said calmly as the rose bloomed. Seconds later, he was heading down the stairs to the second floor.

Roberto turned a corner, and dashed in front of him. "Where do you think you're going, senor?"

"It's not where I'm going…" Bio shot several vines from his sleeve. The vines knocked Sunspot back, right through the window. "Have a nice trip." He turned around, and Jubilee was dashing out of her bedroom door. Bio quickly walked up to her, and a rosebud bloomed from his sleeve. "For you, my darling." Confused, Jubilee took the rosebud. Instantly, the rose bloomed, and a small cloud of fine spores shot from it. As Jubilee inhaled the spores, she fainted. "I never get tired of that," Bio laughed. He turned and walked toward the stairs to the first floor, but Kurt teleported in front of him.

"Don't leave. The party's just started," the fuzzy blue elf said. Bio turned, to find Gambit behind him. Gambit had his staff out and charged. Behind him, X23 ran out of her bedroom, and unsheathed her claws.

"Let's see how you do when you aren't ambushing people, mon ami," Gambit said angrily.

Cannonball shot forward, slamming into Spectrum. He was knocked back into a wall, which he cratered. He got up slowly, and swiped his arm, shooting ice darts at Sam. Ray zapped the darts in midair, melting them, but Spectrum lit on fire like Magma and ran forward. Beast ran between them, and began rapidly punching Spectrum. He launched Spectrum into the air with an uppercut, and Sam used his powers to slam Spectrum back into the ground. Spectrum began to laugh. "Thanks for the boost!" he grabbed Sam and piledriver-ed him. "Hey, furry guy! You're really strong!" Spectrum ran towards Berzerker again, this time moving at Beast's top speed, still on fire, and now giving off a cloud of steam. Shadowcat dropped down from the ceiling, and grabbed Spectrum, phasing both of them through Ray. Afterwards, she jumped off, and Ray hit Spectrum with electricity.

"Not so unstoppable now, are you?" Berzerker shouted. He turned to Kitty. "Thanks. We needed the help. This guy's unstoppable!"

Gambit swung his staff, and Bio jumped out of the way. The staff hit the ground, and exploded. Kurt ported in front of Bio, punched him, ported behind Bio, kicked him, ported to the side of Bio… and Bio punched him. Then Bio had to drop to his knees to avoid X23's claws. "Whoa! You've got weed-whackers coming out of your arms!" Using vines from both sleeves, he pulled himself up halfway to the ceiling, preventing Nightcrawler from kicking his feet out from under him. Then he swung on the vines and double-kicked Kurt in the chest. A charged card floated up to the vines, and blasted them loose. Bio released new vines at Gambit, grabbing him around the waist and throwing him down the hall, just missing the window. X23 jumped from behind him, so Bio turned around and threw out more vines. X23 growled as she tore through the vines and kicked Bio to the ground. He produced still more vines, and pulled X23's ankle, knocking her over. Kurt attacked again, and he blocked the punch with his vines. He knocked Kurt back and dodged another explosive card. Unluckily for Bio, X23 was right where he dodged. She stabbed forward with her claws, and as he fell limp on her, she came out of her berserker rage.

"Did I just stab him through the heart?"

End of Chapter

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