Introducing: Alex Summers (Havok) and Lance's awesome jeep

The Gist of It: Basically, in the beginning, Todd tries to pick a fight with Jean (who's so kind in the way that she only calls him "Toad", even out of battle gear; at least, I THINK she was calling him Toad...), and when she kicks his skinny ass into a well, a big, shiny silvery ball from the sky lands before her, and, like an idiot, she inspects it and gets pulled into the shiny ball. However, this is okay because nobody notices her sudden disappearance.

And somewhere along the line, Alex's powers awaken and he blasts a shark all the way into hell. Hahahaaaaa!!! Okay, not really, but he does blast a shark with his powers. And so, Professor X picks Alex's new mutant signature off of the new and improved (and Movie-ized) Cerebro. So, he, Scott, and Logan head out to Hawaii, leaving Evan, Kitty, Kurt, and Rogue behind. So, they decide to take one of the Institute's many cars and go to the beach themselves. Mystique, who's been spying on them, calls up Lance (?) and tells him that they're on the way.

So, Alex gets a talkin' to from Magneto and then he meets Scott and they have a happy, stupid Summers reunion. He then convinces Scott (somehow) that Magneto's a good guy and they should go into the shiny ball together. So, they do. And then... uh... the Blackbird gets taken away by Magneto and Logan falls into the ocean. Professor X and the Blackbird are taken to Asteroid M.

Man, I am doing this episode out of order... Anyway, Storm goes into the mansion and is attacked by Mystique. Logan swims ashore and meets up with (and fights, of course) Sabretooth. The X-Geeks that were left behind are on their way to the beach, when (YAYYYYY!!!!) the ground starts shaking and rocks do stuff and... stuff. Kitty then looks behind and notices "Lance Alvers and his buddies!" are following them in a really neat jeep which happens to be a hell of a lot cooler than their stupid vehicle (hmm, do I sense a bias here? Yes. I love Jeep Wranglers, and I love Lance and Pietro. Put 'em together). Anyway, Evan says "I'll slow 'em down" (or stop them, or something) and shoots spikes into the headlights. Um... okay, call me crazy, but, what does that accomplish?! Unless they were driving in the dark, it doesn't do anything! Well, maybe he was aiming for the tires and just can't hit his target... Uh, anyway, their car runs into Blob, who's looking quite pleased with himself as he dumps them onto the sand. Lance stops the jeep and says "Let's party." That's right. "Let's party". NO ROCK PUN!!! :D

Anyway! Magneto gives this long, drawn out speech, and then it shows little clips of the Mystique/Storm fight and the X-Kiddies getting buried in the sand thanks to Lance's awesome powers. Then Mystique attempts to kung-fu Storm to death, but that results in her getting knocked out by a very unimpressed Storm. Meanwhile, Kurt 'ports Rogue and himself out of the sand as Kitty phases Evan and herself out and a battle ensues! I find it very amusing to watch the expression on Pietro's face as Lance and Todd are tackled by Kurt and Rogue. Then, Pietro goes after Evan while Blob attacks Kitty, and guess what? THE BROTHERHOOD KICKS THEIR ASSES!! HAHAHAAAAA!! Well, Todd loses to Rogue, because he got his tongue stuck into a door and went slamming into the side of the X-Geek's car...

Anyway, Pietro, Lance, Freddy, and Rogue get their own shiny silver balls and go to Asteroid M. Magneto's still talking to Professor X, who, when he sees Rogue, Jean, and Ororo (apparently, only the girls are tough enough to win ;P) stuck in tubes, tells Mags that he isn't saving them, but abducting them. Magneto's reaction is pretty much "Whatever, I don't care, because Scott's on my side now, hehehe". Okay, not exactly like that, but the last event in the ep is Scott and Alex in geeky matching outfits walking into the scene after the Brotherhood and Prof's horrified expression.

Brotherhood Moments: Todd fights Jean in the beginning (with a stick, no less), then Lance and the Brotherhood chase Kitty, Kurt, Evan, and Rogue in a jeep! Then they kick the X-Geek's asses... er, except for Todd. He just can't win.

Episode Highlights: The jeep chase and the Brotherhood versus the X-Men on the beach part! I also liked Magneto's little speeches.

My Opinion on the Episode: I liked it the first time they played it, but now, after the THIRD FREAKIN' TIME, I'm sick of "The Cauldron".

Narration Time!
Rating: On a scale of 1 to 5, it'd be a 3.

: Wooohooo!! We finally win a battle!
: *grumbles* Speak for yourself, yo.
: I am... SUPER LANCE!
: I thought he hated being called that.
: *grins* He does. But winning does strange things to him.
: Bow down before... *strikes a pose* SUPER LANCE! (Rosiel: Okay, I’m sorry, but SUPER LANCE is slowly growing into a freakishly deformed plot bunny right now)
: Ooookay.
: Huh. I have a tummyache.
: A... tumm-- why? *arches an eyebrow* Awww, did the widdle SUV hurt big ol’ Freddy-weddy?
: Uh... NO! Of course not!
: SUPER LANCE will crush all of your enemies! *strikes another pose*
: Okay, now this is getting really stupid, yo.
: You dare speak of SUPER LANCE that way?!
: *kicks Lance with his strong froggy legs* Shut up!
: *Lance, being unconscious, is silent*
: *blinks* He goes from SUPER LANCE to cute unconscious guy... uh... deja vu, anyone?
: I, Frederick J. Dukes, apologize on behalf of the webmistress. You see, to bring to you the episode synopsis of “The Cauldron: Part II”, she has had to rewatch the episode. However, due to her extraordinarily short attention span, she got sidetracked and is now watching “Shadowed Past”. “Shadowed Past” brings forth memories of “SUPER LANCE”, and, consequently, “cute unconscious Lance”. Once again, I apologize on her behalf.
: *stares at Freddy*
: *cooes loving words to unconscious Lance*