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REVELATION TIME!

"Sorry it took so long to come and get you." Logan apologized as he, Storm, and Beast flew the Blackbird back to the Mansion after picking up the stranded X-Men. "We had a devil of a time finding you."

"Yeah we were out in the middle of nowhere all right." Bobby stretched. "When we get back I'm going to take a shower and then sleep for a week. We've earned it!"

"Yeah, I think we could all use a break." Rogue agreed.

"We'll be back soon enough." Scott said. "And then we can—oh no!" The others looked out the windows and could only stare in shock and horror at the sight: The Xavier Institute looked at if it had been through a war. There was smoke rising from the grounds, windows had been shattered, walls caved in, and on the ground…bodies. Unmoving bodies.

"Oh my god!" Kitty cried as she recognized some of them. "NO!"

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Meanwhile, Althea and the Misfits hated to just leave Catseye when she was in so much pain but they had no choice. The time for the meeting had finally come. Rahne volunteered to stay behind to keep Catseye company (will be focus of a separate piece).

By the time the Misfits arrived the assembled aliens living on Earth had occurred: the Dinosaucers, the Gobots, the Autobots, the Mighty Ducks, various alien superheroes from the Justice League—including Mister Miracle and Big Barda—and other key superheroes like Dr. Strange, Captain America & the Avengers and the Big Seven. Several non-human members of the Teen Titans: Starfire, Karolina Dean, and her Skrull boyfriend Xavin were also in attendance. The Men in Black handled all the security aspects.

"What a crowd." Todd whistled. "Who knew there were this many aliens living on Earth?"

"If you've ever been to Manhattan this wouldn't come as such a surprise." Althea observed wryly.

Any further discussion or theorizing was cut short when J'onn J'onzz walked in front of a small speaker's podium that had been set up on a stage. "We have reviewed the data the Misfits acquired from the Snarks on the destruction of Reptilon." He said, not bothering with any pleasantries. "From what were able to discern, there was a large scale evacuation occurring prior to and during the destruction of Reptilon."

"You mean there are survivors?" Allo asked eagerly, unable to restrain himself. The desperate hope in his eyes made it impossible to ignore him. J'onn nodded.

"We estimate that roughly one-half to two-thirds of the population of Reptilon managed to make it off world before it was destroyed." He said. "I expect that once the survivors organize themselves, they will contact you about your families. However we must spend our time now focusing on the threat itself." J'onn paused before continuing.

"If anyone here knows what I am about to show you, please speak now." With that, J'onn activated a giant monitor situated behind him. On it the destruction of Reptilon was shown.

Althea turned away. Watching it once was enough. She was the first one to notice an uninvited guest...a bald giant-headed being with a gem in its head. "Who or what is that?!" She asked. Dr. Strange noticed it too.

"That's the Watcher." Dr. Strange explained in amazement. "When he appears, an event of great importance is taking place."

"So I guess his showing up is not a good sign for us." Lance observed.

"You have no idea Lancey boy." Lance ignored this voice. It was just the Coyote back to torment him. He did his best to ignore him.

Meanwhile, the others were watching in horror and amazement as Reptilon was devoured.

"Great Krypton…" Superman muttered.

"Hera protect us." Wonderwoman uttered.

"We're screwed." Pietro moaned.

"I've never seen anything like this before…" Jon Stewart shook his head.

"I have." Everyone turned to face the speaker. "It is an ancient evil…"

"You betcha sweet heart." The Coyote said, dressed in a 1930s zoot-suit.

"Go away!" Lance hissed at him. Fred tapped him on the shoulder. "What?"

"Uh, Lance?"

"What Freddy?"

"Um…I see the Coyote too."

"So do I." Wanda blinked.

"We ALL do." Trinity said. Sure enough, everyone had turned to face the Coyote. Dr. Strange looked at him seeing more with his mystic sight than even Superman could ever hope to with his X-ray vision.

"…What are you?" Strange whispered hoarsely. The Coyote laughed, this time unpleasantly.

"Who am I, little man? Some call me a pooka—" The Coyote spun-changed into a tall weasel-like creature sporting a martini. "Others call me—" He spun again, this time into a small, gangly man with long white hair and pointed ears. "Puck." He grinned. "I am The Trickster, the Laughing God. I am…" He spun again.

"…Q" Dr. Strange realized as the 'coyote' finished transforming one more time, this time into a human (or at least something that looked human) that looked not unlike actor John DeLancey.

"As you humans would say…bingo!" Q laughed. "But that's not all! Guess who else is coming to Earth real soon? Why don't you tell them Big Red?" Q waved a hand towards Optimus Prime, who had begun to talk earlier.

Optimus turned to the monitor and pointed to the monster destroying Repilton, the thing headed towards Earth. "…It's Unicron."

A/N: PSYCH! No one saw THAT coming did they?