Stars: Shadowcat, Rogue, Avalanche, Toad, Blob,
Quicksilver, Gambit
Appears: Scarlet Witch, Nightcrawler, Spyke, Wolverine, Xavier,
Beast, Cyclops
Cameos: Jubilee, Sunspot, Magma, Storm, Jean
Summary
Wanda meets Caliban in an alley. She asks him to find
Magneto. Caliban tells her that he can't help her and starts to walk
away. She casts her hex on him and Caliban turns back exasperated. He
tells her that he really can't help her because Magneto is too far
advanced for him to locate. She tells him she wants him to find Pietro
instead.
At the Brotherhood house, Toad is goofing off in one of
Pietro's uniforms. The brotherhood are cleaning house and Lance ends up
dumping all of Quicksilver's stuff outside.
Wanda tracks down Pietro. She wreaks havoc on a diner
trying to get him to tell her where their father is, but he tells her
that he has no idea, Mags always comes to him. She decides that she'll
make Magneto come to her by delivering Pietro up to the cops.
At school, Kelly expels the Brotherhood. Lance accuses
him of using the boys to get to the Xavier kids. Kelly tells Lance he
can leave or be escorted out by security. Lance rumbles the office and
sends the desk skidding into Kelly, then leaves.
Evan is hassled by some thugs. Rogue steps in to help,
but Evan pops his spikes and the thugs run off threatening to tell Kelly
and get them thrown out. Evan has a hard time retracting his spikes,
when he finally does, Rogue runs off to stop the thugs.
Rogue saw Gambit and ask what he's doing. Gambit
basically blows her off and leaves. Kitty shows up and asks what's going
on. She wants to go get Scott to follow Gambit, but Rogue tells her that
there's no time and drags her off.
Back at the Brotherhood house, the Blob is finishing up
his cleaning by shoving a huge pile of junk into a closet. Toad is back
in the Quicksilver uniform and Blob calls him "Quickwart". Lance comes
running in the front door and tells them that they've got trouble
coming.
Gambit ends up taking Toad "hostage" by wrapping him up
in a rug and charging it. Lance and Fred are forced to listen or he'll
release Toad and *boom*. He tells them that it's Magneto's show now and
it time for them to prove themselves. He tells them that they have to go
and free Quicksilver.
Rogue and Kitty make it to the Brotherhood house just as
they boys take off into Lance's jeep. They follow by phasing in and out
of vehicles that are heading the same direction. The Brotherhood are
hiding out on a cliff overlooking mountain highway. As they wait, Lance
tells Fred and Todd that he doesn't care anything about Magneto, he only
wants to get his hands on the traitor Pietro. The Brotherhood ambush the
military convoy that's transporting Pietro. Rogue and Kit finally catch
up to them just as the scuffle starts.
Blob gets a hold of the truck with Pietro inside and
tells him that they're going to "squash" him. Rogue sneaks up on Lance
and zaps him. Blob (unintentionally?) pushes Pietro's truck over the
edge. Kitty phases through and saves Pietro just in time as the truck
plummets down and explodes. Quicksilver tells her that she almost blew
it and calls her a slowpoke, then he takes off. Wanda is watching the
whole scene from some higher cliffs. She's obviously angry and says that
it's not over yet.
Blob and Toad load the unconscious Lance up into the
jeep and take off. Rogue tries to stop them with Lance's power, but Kit
tells her it's no use they're all gone. The girls are caught by the
military officers, but the leader tells them that not everyone hates
mutants and that he knows they helped and they're free to go.
Back at the Brotherhood house, Gambit shows up
ands asks them why they're such losers. The boys are mad, try to
protest. Blob asks if they're still going to get to join Magneto's team.
Gambit tells them that the test was a disaster, the they need new
leadership. Tells them that Quicksilver is going to be the new leader.
When Pietro walks in the boys go after him, but he stops them by saying
that if they mess with him, then they mess with his father (coward!). He
tells them that he's in charge now and nobody is going to rest until
they beat the X-Men. Gambit smiles slyly and leaves.
At the Institute, Xavier tells Kit and Rogue that they
can't deal with every problem that comes along, that they have their own
lives to lead. Scott tells them that they've also got detention for
skipping out on school. Kit storms off mad and the others laugh.
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