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Stars: Shadowcat,
Nightcrawler, Jean The X-Men are now living underground beneath the ruins of the mansion. Kitty is sneaking a midnight snack when Kurt ports in and catches her drinking straight from the milk carton. Kitty sees intruders on the monitors. They port upstairs to take care of them before the alarms wake everyone up. Kit gets to them first and she's startled by their monster like appearance. Kit and Kurt take them out and it turns out that it's just a bunch of high school guys in masks. They've been spray painting graffiti everywhere. Next day, Jubilee's parents have come to take her home. Xavier tells him that he understands, that the parents don't feel that their children are safe after all that's happened. All of the students are now crowded into a few rooms in the sub floors. At the meeting Xavier tells them that they're going to be allowed back to school for one day as long as they do not use their powers. Nightcrawler starts reading the newspaper and realizes that his identity is still "unknown". Cyke tells him that it's only a matter of time before everyone realizes who he really is since he lives at the Institute. Xavier tells them all that it's an opportunity for them to set an example and he wants them all to be at the meeting that night. At school the normal kids gawk and taunt the X-Men as they file into school. Duncan greets Jean happily telling her that he's willing to overlook her "problem". That they can even use it to their advantage for tests and things. Jean gets angry and tells him off. She breaks it off with Duncan and drags Scott away by the hand. Kurt is trying really hard to hide the fact that he's a mutant. Amanda questions him about abandoning his friends and she's not too happy about it. Duncan has decided to blame Scott for the fact that Jean broke up with him. Him and some of his friends start pushing him around trying to get him to use his powers so he'll be expelled. Kitty and Rogue show up to defend Scott and scare off Duncan and company. As they're leaving Kitty sees Kurt hiding behind a building. He was there the whole time but didn't step up to help Scott. He turns to leave, but some other kids are there and ask him if he isn't friends with the mutants. He tells them that he "used to be" and tries to get away, but Kit and Rogue are right there behind him and heard the whole thing. Kitty tells him thanks, but Kurt rambles on about having to be somewhere and runs off. The Brotherhood show up at school and start terrorizing the normal kids. Meanwhile Jean is playing basketball in the gym, but the other girls accuse her of cheating and using her powers and she gets benched. As she's sitting there she notices Kelly packing up a lot of the athletic trophies. She asks him what he's doing and he says that he doesn't think that all of the awards were won fairly with them using mutant powers. He calls mutants a menace and calls Jean a cheat. Jean gets mad and Kelly tells her that it could be dangerous for her to have a hot temper with her powers. He tells her that he has a responsibility to protect the normal kids from the mutants. That night at the meeting as Jean is giving her speech, the Brotherhood and Duncan team up and start a fight with the other X-kids in the parking lot outside. So the X-kids take a beating and do their best to get out of harm's way. As Jean is finishing her speech, Lance starts to bring down the entire auditorium. Xavier says that his students are showing remarkable control, even against the overwhelming urge to use their powers. Next morning, Xavier calls everyone to another meeting. He tells them that the board voted to allow them back into school. The kids aren't too happy about going back, but Xavier tells them that it's not only an honor for them to be taking the first step in this "new world", but it's also their responsibility for the mutants yet too come. He tells them how proud he is of them, and that no matter what, the X-Men will endure.
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