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Once Pyro let him out of the base, Pietro was left by himself to make the journey back to the Brotherhood Boarding House. The rain had stopped, but the streets were slick with puddles so using his powers was out of the question. Pietro wouldn't have used them even if he could have. He needed time to think about how he was going to break the news to his teammates that they were expected to live with the X-Men. Pietro's stomach tightened in a knot, knowing the reactions would not be pleasant, shuffling his feet slowly through the puddles on the seemingly empty streets, his hand shoved in his pockets. He also knew that they didn't really have a choice, Magneto's patience was wearing thin with the Brotherhood, and Pietro seriously believed that his threats were genuine and were guaranteed to be painful if they failed. Finally, two hours later, Pietro found himself trudging up the familiar walkway of the Brotherhood Boarding House. As he approached the doorway he could hear his beloved fresh-out-of-the-crazy-house twin sister Wanda screaming from inside.

"IF I EVER CATCH YOU IN MY UNDERWEAR DRAWER AGAIN, I WILL MURDER YOU WITH MY BARE HANDS, SO HELP ME GOD!"

'Great,' Pietro thought, gritting his teeth and opening the front door. He stood in the doorway taking in the scene before him. Toad was cowering at Wanda's feet, curled into fetal position, covering his head with his hands, his body twitching involuntarily every minute or so. Wanda towered over him, shaking with rage, her hands clenched into fists, and her face was so red it looked like she might explode. Blob and Lance were nowhere to be seen.

"Aw, come on baby, I didn't mean nothing by it! It won't happen again, promise!" Toad whimpered looking up at Wanda, and noticing Pietro's arrival, and before Wanda had a chance to murder him he added, "Hey, look whose home!" Pietro glared at Toad as Wanda turned to face him. Once her back was turned Toad scampered up the stairs at a speed that would have given Pietro a run for his money.

"Where have you been?" she asked him with a huff, her face color slowly returning to normal as she tied to regain her composure. Pietro had to admit that their relationship wasn't as rocky as it once had been, once she had found out that Pietro had been abandoned by Magneto as well, two weeks after she had been. They weren't the best of friends, but they had more than their mother in common, they shared a psychopathic, egotistical father who had made their lives a living hell.

Pietro shut the door behind him with a grimace knowing that she wasn't going to like his answer.

"Magneto called, he has a 'new assignment' for us. We better get the others, they have to hear this too."

"Are you fucking kidding me!" Wanda followed him up the stairs in disbelief. Magneto hadn't given them a mission in months, and since it seemed like Mystique was never coming back the Brotherhood seemed like nothing more than an empty title. Pietro shook, his head pounding on Lance's door, and Wanda did the same for Blob's door. Lance opened the door and groggily looked at Pietro.

"What do you want?"

"Guess what Lance? Magneto gave us this really fun thing to do! Personally, I'm really excited, but I'll only tell you if you come downstairs, ok?" Lance looked like he wanted to sock Pietro in the face, but knowing that this 'fun thing' involved Magneto it really wasn't going to be any fun at all, especially if he decided not to do it, he followed Pietro downstairs. Once all the members of the Brotherhood, except for Pietro, were unhappily settled on the beat-up sofa in the living room, he paced a couple of times in front of them before deciding the best way to do this was to tell them straightforward. He looked at his housemates who were a sight in themselves. Lance was wearing his green boxers and wife-beater, his hair was all over the place from a restless sleep. Wanda was together as usual, her red corset and black pants looking flawless and she had just painted her nails crimson that night. Since their fighting days were supposedly over, Toad and Blob had really let themselves go. Blob looked like he had gained a few pounds, and Pietro couldn't remember the last time Toad took a bath.

"Well? What is it?" Wanda asked, getting impatient.

Pietro sighed, "Magneto decided that our new mission is to live with the X-Men so we can find out their plans." Wanda's mouth dropped open, and Lance seemed to boil over with rage. Blob simply looked dazed, but Toad wasn't letting any hint of emotion be revealed by his face.

"Fuck no!" Lance yelled, "There's no way in hell I'm living with those goody goddies!"

"Yeah," Blob said, agreeing with Lance as usual.

"Oh, like we really have a choice Lance!" Wanda snapped back at him.

"We do! I'm staying here! I don't know about you guys, but has got to be the dumbest idea ever! What does Magneto think that they're planning, anyway! I'm sure they've been just as busy as us!"

"Lance, Magneto's not going to let that happen. He made it clear that there would be punishment if we didn't go," Pietro tried to reason.

"Have you fucking lost your minds! We are talking about the X-Men here!"

"I know, but…"

"What makes him thinks they're just going to let us waltz up in there and live with them anyway?"

"Hmmm, I don't know Lance, maybe because you did that before!" Wanda yelled.

"Forget this, I'm not going!" Lance stormed up the stairs slamming his door with a force that shook the whole house. Wanda and Pietro looked at each other with exasperation, while Toad just sat the whole time being uncharacteristically silent, and Blob fell asleep, all this action was being too much for him to handle.