Author's Notes:

I'll sometimes make a larger chapter with these 2 parters.

Though Neaera intentionally wanted to go with Rogue and Storm to the mall, they were joined by Gambit and, later, Cyclops. Said mall was a fairly short drive, and Neaera had some cash that she earned from her fans.

"Neaera," Storm spoke as they exited their car. "I know you're excited, but if you're going to spend money, make sure it's something that's going to be useful, like clothing or books."

"Pfft! Like I'm gonna spend all my cash on something stupid." Neaera replied, heading to the mall.

"And you better not show your face too much, sugah!" Rogue added "Y'er gonna be considered a mutant."

"I'll say it's makeup!"

"And be here before it closes!"

"Got it!"

In the mall, Neaera explored many of the stores of the mall and-

"I think this calls for a fun montage, MrAquino."

Oh... I can work with that. And I got a song that will work for you.

"Hit it!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMWWBigvbkY

Neaera tried on different outfits in a nearby clothing store, this one being a Japanese school girl outfit.

"So Kawaii!" She said, turning around a mirror.

A couple were too busy sucking faces with each other when their Italian food was served. Neaera quickly snatched the tray from them and ran off, shoving the noodles in her mouth. The couple still made out.

Neaera, in a Spencers gift shop, picked up a Horse Head mask, unamused. Gambit, in the store with her, holding some cards, couldn't help but chuckle at the sight... until Neaera threw the horse head at him, knocking him to the floor.

In the same clothing store, Neaera wore a goth outfit, complete with black makeup... all over her face.

"Does this count as a blackface joke?" she asked

The couple from earlier were still making out. Neaera walked to them, slurping the noodles she stole, and watched in utter confusion. She poked the guy, then the girl. They were unfazed.

Neaera slid down an elevator, jumping off and landing to some candy machines. She pulled out many quarters from her pockets.

Same clothing store, only, she was dressed as a certain videogame character. She turned to the mirror, seeing how big her 'backporch' was, and slapped it.

"Does this make my ass look big?" She asked to the store owner. He fell with a waterfall nose bleed.

Neaera dumped many food on the couple, who were still making out! Seeing how they were unfazed, she ran away and came back with a baseball bat. She swung at the two, only for the bat to break into 2. She gasped and looked in shock, both at the bat and the unfazed, still making out couple.

In a simple toy store, Neaera ran from her life in an aisle, screaming her head off. Chasing her was a Furby.

In a more skeptic looking clothing Store, Neaera posed in another mirror, this time, looking like a Cop.

"You have the right to remain sassy."

A pile of broken tools were behind Neaera as she used a jackhammer on the couple. It broke in a few seconds. She sighed and touched the guy's hair. They finally stopped kissing.

"What your problem!?" He yelled "Why you touching my hair!"

"F***BOI!!!" Neara yelled, pointing at him and walking off with a loud grunt.

The same toy store, and Neaera ran the opposite way, still screaming. More Furbies were chasing her.

Now, she dressed up as a cowgirl. She posed with it's two guns.

"Bang Bang." It fired a real bullet, making her and the staff scream. "WHY IS THIS REAL!?!?!? WHY!?!?!?"

Neaera quickly ran into the bathroom. All that was heard was some guys 'Wooing'. She ran out, embarrassed with more cash, and entered the opposite restroom.

Neaera ran the opposite way again in the tory store, and was chased by a tsunami of Furbies.

She walked down the aisle of the store, bags in hands, a furby gnawing at her left ear, but stopped as she saw an arcade.

"Ooh! Haven't been here yet. End song."

Neaera walked into the arcade, seeing a bunch of teenagers around, playing on said arcade machines.

Hey! This our kind of place!

Indeed. The teenage years usually end at the early 20's, more specifically, 21.

"Quit ruining the vibe." Neaera said to herself, walking around. "Hm... Donkey Kong... Double Dragon... Mortal Kombat... Rampage... so much to choose from!" A nearby arcade machine exploded. "And one less." Neaera peeked around a corner, seeing what looked like a girl a bit younger than her (physically) and wore something that looked like she was going to do the dishes... in the rain.

"No!" She yelled "Not again!!!"

"Hey, you!" The owner of the arcade yelled, an old man with a grey mullet. "Do you know how much that game costs!?" The woman looked to the busted arcade and pulled down the pink shades she had on her head, attempting to look cool.

"Yeah, a quarter."

"OOH!!!" Neaera and the crowd yelled in unison.

"Hey, you're one of them, ain't ya!" The mullet grandpa yelled. She ran out. He followed and shook his fist at her "We don't want ya lousy mutants around here!!!"

"Wow... racist." Neaera said, walking out. "Oh, and here's my gift." She flipped the bird to him and followed the other girl. "Hey! Wait!!! LOOK OUT!!!" She crashed into Storm & Rogue, both with their own bags from various stores. The ladies all fell from their crash, though Neaera slid to them

"Hey! Watch where you're going!"

"I warned you." Neaera said. The woman turned to Neaera and gasped.

"What-!? What are you!?"

"Wow, how rude. I'm a mutant, like you. Name's Neaera, and you just crashed into Storm and Seeee-xxxxx-ierrrr-Rogue."

"...It's just Rogue, Sugah." Rogue said, rolling her eyes.

"WHY ARE YOU SO HOT!?!?!?" The girl got up and ran from them. "No! Not you! Her! I mean, us! I mean... A trois voies sexe!" She was slapped in the face by Storm. "...Thanks... I need that."

"Good. Now, focus on me." Storm ordered. "Why were you chasing that girl?"

"...Oh! I was looking through the arcade, but heard an explosion, saw her with a destroyed machine, got yelled at for being a mutant, and, we're here."

"Hm... another mutant? Hope she's not too hurt." Neaere froze. "What's wrong?" Neaera's ears flicked.

"... She's in danger!!! Quickly! To the next scene!!!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yic7IRO9d6I

Neaera, Storm, and Rogue stopped as they saw the raincoat wearing girl being held by wires that came from the hands of... a sentinel!

"Help!!!" She yelled "Someone!!! Anyone!!!"

"Ooh! A sentinel!" Neaera spoke, reaching to pull out her swords... only to realize that she didn't have any of her weapons with her. "...Oh crap." Lightning clapped, making the pony-human mix jump and hold onto Rogue... followed by her muffling as her face was inbetween Rogue's 'girls'. "Me Gusta."

"Get off!" Rogue yelled, pushing her off. They both turned to see Storm with a small cloud * lighting over her head.

"Storm!" She yelled, sounding a bit similar to Gandalf. "Mistress of the elements, commands you to release that child!!!"

"But I want her to hold me." Neaera said. Rogue slapped the back of her head.

"Lighten up on the speeches, sugah." Rogue said. The Sentinel scanned them quickly, indicated by some beeping & the blinking of its red eyes.

"Unidentified Mutants..." It spoke "Ignore." It stood right up.

"IGNORE!?!?!?" Neaera yelled "B***H!!! I'LL SHOW YOU TO IGNORE!!!" Storm zapped herself, taking off her normal clothes for her costume. With a blast of lightning, the wires came off. She flew and picked up the girl.

"Let's see what you got, sugah!" Rogue spoke to Neaera. "Consider this yer first mission!"

"Oh-hoho!!! I'm ready!" Neara ran to the mutant, using the escalator. The sentinel aimed it's left arm at them.

"Mutant! Stop!" It ordered. Rogue, quickly thinking, grabbed the escalator steps Neaera was on and flapped it like it was a carpet. Not only did this block the blast that the Sentinel fired, but it launched Neara to the robot's face! Neaera landed on the robot's face and ripped it's right eye out, followed by ripping it's 'nose' off. She jumped off and landed on it's shoulder as Rogue flew to robot, delivering a hard uppercut, followed by a right hook, a left straight punch, and another right hook. The sentinel fell onto it's back, crashing it's head into the store & it's back on the railing of the second floor. Neaera jumped onto the Sentinel's head and began to rip melt the top off with her fire. Storm flew next to Rogue, concentrating a lightning bolt at it. The Sentinel got up and fired it's two lasers at the women, hitting both and blasting them away.

"OH YOU MOTHER F**KA!!!" Neaera yelled, ripping the top off and grabbing some wires from it's head. The Sentinel's legs went crazy, but it grabbed Neara & crushed her in it's grasp. Neaera winced in pain, but this sentinel didn't look as advanced as the one she fought in the simulation. If only she had her weapons.

"Stand aside, mutant." The sentinel spoke to her, still crushing her "I must apprehend that mutant."

"Apprehend this!" The Cajun accent of Gambit yelled back, followed by some exploding cards. It released Nearea as it stumbled backwards. She got up and ran, hiding behind a pillar, only to be next to the girl.

"...Hi." Neaera greeted herself.

"What's happening!?" The girl asked

"Oh, we're battling against a giant robot, which seems pretty cheap looking, if you ask me, and-"

"No! Why's it after me!"

"After you? Uh... are you good in math?"

"...What?"

"Be honest, are you good in math?"

"No, not really."

"...Well, guess that's ruled out."

"What!?"

"Well... you're Asian... and I figured that... well-"

"That's racist!!!"

"I know! But we're mutants, okay!?" She looked around the corner. "Oh, and Gambit's out."

"What!?" The girl peeked out. Both coukd see Gambit knocked out in a car, with the Sentinel looking at him.

"Unregistered Mutant... expendable." It spoke. The girl got out of her corner.

"Get away from him!!!" She yelled "I mean it!" She pointed her hands at the sentinel, and out came fireworks.

"Oh God!" Neaera yelled "That's why! They wanna reboot Jem and the Holograms again!!!" The Sentinel charged at the girl. She ran out of the Mall. Neaera followed.

"Wait!" Gambit yelled "Help!"

"No one likes you!!!" Neaera yelled.

Outside, Neaera saw Cyclops, in costume, blasting at the Sentinel's head, decapitating it. She shrugged and ran to Cyclops and the kid.

"How'd that happen?" She asked.

"Sleeping Gas." Cyclops answered. "She's going to be out for a while. We'll take her to the professor and the head of the Sentinel; he'll help her out and we'll find out what the Sentinel was doing."

"...It said something about 'registered mutants'... that's it, though."

"Hm... interesting."

"...How are we gonna bring the head in?" Rogue and Storm landed to them.

"We'll take turns." Rogue spoke. Neaera drooled as Rogue lifted the head of the Sentinel and flew off. "...If only I can fly."

Back at the school, all of the students were alseep... except for the X-Men. Neaera got into her outfit, but held onto her mask and had Puckmarin hold onto her horn, having another cherry. She read a book that was in the library, but was in the adult section... but the thing was a lot more juvenile than adult, with it's erotic wordplay making her laugh even more.

"How did this become a movie!?" She asked herself. "Seriously!? If this Twilight Fanfic can become a movie, then why don't we get an official Fallout Equestria movie!... That sounds a lot better than this crap, actually." She burned the book. The door opened and Xaveir entered. "...Uh... Puckmarin did it." Puck let out a small 'What!?'

"Relax, Neaera," Xavier spoke. "I never understood why we had that. Glad we won't have one less porn thing around here. But come, I think you'll like this." She got up and followed the professor out to the hallway. "You know, when you first landed on the news as the 'Deadpool Sympathizer', I was a bit concerned if you were like your father and tried to make contact to you."

"Tried? I think you failed on that part, Prof... no offense."

"None taken. I am glad that Hank was able to fix Cerebro; we don't want anymore mutant harmed, do we?"

"Uh... what's a Cerebro?"

"My apologies, but it's best for you to see for yourself." The two stopped at a door with an 'X' in front. In the middle of the X, a blue scanner flipped. Xavier rolled closer and held his right eye open as the machine scanned it.

"Welcome, Professor." A robotic, but calm sounding woman voice spoke as the doors opened. The two entered, though it was really a large dome with a walkway stopping halfway through.

"...Is this where you get the good Wi-Fi at?" Neaera asked, looking over the edge.

"No," Xavier replied, strolling to the center, where stand was at, complete with button and a helmet. "Cerebro is more or less my tool. It enhances my powers."

"Enhances!? Aren't you already powerful?"

"Yes, I am, but only with a single person. Hank and an old friend helped made Cerebro, as a way to find and recruit more X-Men."

"Ooh!? Who's your old friend?" Silence was heard as Xavier put the helmet on.

"That's for another time, Neaera. Let's just say... we have our differences." He leaned forward and flicked some buttons. "And, whatever you do, don't panic."

"Panic? Why would I-" The room darkened, followed by an explosion. "GAHH!!! WHAT THE F**K!?!?!?" She jumped and landed on Xavier's held, holding onto his bald head like a cat

"Told you, don't panic, this is normal. And please, get off."

"What's going on!?"

"Can you please, get off?" Neaera hastily got off, but hold onto Xavier's wheelchair. "Thank you. What you see isn't a literal explosion, but an explosion of everyone's consciousness. You'll see right about... now." The explosion died, and images of different people passed by, albeit, now blurs. Neaera watched in awe as she saw various flew past and around her, each doing their own thing; businessmen booking an airplane to another country, a mother reading a bedtime story to twin sisters, some kids in England dressed up as a different hero, and, of course, various heroes and villains, dukeing it out!

"Whoah... you see everything?"

"Yes, everything. The Good and the bad. As long as someone's alive, I can sense what they're doing right now. ... I sense you want to see Peter Parker, don't you?"

"Wha-!? Oh, I uh... I was just curious on-"

"No need. Have a look." The people wooshed past them. Neaera watched as she could see Peter Parker, as Spider-Man, hanged upside down at some guys robbing some diamonds.

"Well, if it isn't the meeting of the Diamond Lovers of America." Spider-Man joked.

"It's Spider-Man!!!" One of the masked goons yelled in shock.

"What!? Spider-Man!? Where, Where!? Oh, I get so flustered when I meet a celebrity; I just don't know what to say!"

"Get 'im!" One of the goons pulled out a pistol and blasted at the web swinger. Being as quick as a bullet himself, Spider-Man turned himself back to a standing position and leaped at the crook, blinding him with a quick web across his face. He did a back-flip, knocking the guy out and dropping his gun. Before another goon could get the gun, Spidey webbed it to the floor, and the man's hand stuck in it as well.

"Ah ah ah! I know you guys want to share, but that's not a toy." One of the men swung at him with a baseball bat. Spidey quickly ducked, the bat inches away from his own face, followed by a quick right hook to the goon's face. "Ooh!!! Strike one!" The goon growled, swinging the bat down like a sword. Spider-Man quickly slid under the goon, got up, and kicked his butt. "Strike two! Can Mr. Batter get it for the team!?"

"Grah!!!" The batter swung at Spider-Man again, but the web head grabbed the bat and threw the guy at the wall, knocking him unconscious.

"Strike three! And he's outta here!!! Spider-Man wins by one run!!!" Police sirens blared, followed by the police officers. Spider-Man saluted to the officers. "They're all yours, good sirs." He fired a web into the sky and swung away.

Neaera applauded at the performance, followed by Puckmarin.

"Aw man, if only I was there." She said.

"Yes, but you may not want to do that, not until later." The professor warned, zooming out. "But I need to find out who sent that Sentinel to the mall. I was a bit carried away and... wait a minute..." He zoomed in. The same girl from the mall that they brought in was right behind their door. "It's the girl! She's trying to escape!" Cerebro went back to it's normal state as he took the helmet off and pressed a button, opening the door and setting off an alarm. "Go! Go get her!"

"On it!" Neaera replied running ahead, seeing the back of the girl. "Hey! Wait up! I got pictures of a super cute pretty boy!!!"

She lost the girl. Neaera looked around the opening to the danger room, followed by Storm, Beast, and a new guy.

"Who the hell are you!?" Neaera demanded.

"Who am I?" The man demanded, quickly turning into her, voice included. "The question, who are you?"

"Gah!!!" She slapped him across the face, turning him back to normal. "Damn, that's creepy!!!"

"Aplogies for his actions," Storm spoke "Neaera, this is Morph, one of our other members. He just came back from his... vacation."

"Vacation? Like what?"

"We'd like to ask that as well." Beast replied.

"But the child-" Storm spoke, but was interrupted by a 'Clang!'. Beast inputted a password and the door opened. Inside, Wolverine was lying on the wall as Gambit stood near the child.

"Found her!" Neaera pointed out.

"Is she alright?" Wolverine groaned as he rubbed his head.

"Not for long." He spoke.

"Th-they were fighting," the girl spoke "And I wanted to help him! And then, 'Boom!'" Neaea, Beast, and Morph couldn't help but laugh. Neaera ran to Wolverine, her face nearly touching his.

"YOU GOT KNOCKED THE F*** OUT!!!" She laughed. Wolverine growled and his claws came out.

"Wanna go Round 2, bub!?" Nearea gasped and ran to the girl, holding her.

"L-Let me give you a tour, miss...?"

"Jubilee." The girl said "And don't hold me, horse woman!"

"Horse Woman!? Busqueeze me!?"

"I think it's best I take her," Storm spoke, walking to Neaera "you're still new here."

"...Fine." She dropped Jubilee and turned, crossing her arms. "But she's not my friend... yet." Storm walked to Jubille.

"Come with me, child, I'll explain who we are."

"... Who's hungry?" Neaera asked.

In the X-Men meeting room, everyone sat around a circular table... though Neaera herself scarfed down her 3rd Chimichanga, many of the chunks landing on Puckmarin, giving him a small Mexican meal. The Computer had the Sentinel's data on screen, including a still image of Jubilee.

"I've managed to retrieve parts of the Sentinel's visual memory," Xavier spoke. "take a closer look as I replay it backwards." Wolverine walked in.

"Howdy, Wolverine," Rogue said "take a load off."

Oh! We will!

Yep. In about 2 hours.

"Anybody notify the kid's parents?" Wolverine asked

"We gave 'em a hollar, but they didn't hollar back."

"There!" Xavier jumped at another, full body picture of Jubilee. "That ID photograph is from the Mutant Control Agency Registration Files. That's how the Sentinel found her."

"Professor Xavier?" Cyclops asked "Could the government really be plotting against mutants?"

"... Maybe." Neaera spoke, finishing her chimichanga. "I mean, Zootopia is really just a retelling of the Crack/Cocain Conspiracy of the 80's and how it affected the minority; I.E., Black people... or African Americans to you Politically correct folks. *Cough**Cough*Tumblr*Cough**Cough*" She paused as she remembered the main character and shivered. "Anything but a cop bunny." Xavier blinked at what she said, but shook his head.

"No," he said "The Mutant Control Agency is a private organization and Occasionally supported by the government. Someone at the Agency appears to have a hidden agenda."

"Pfft! Yeah, 'hidden'. Like giant robots are subtle."

"...Hate to admit it," Wolverine spoke "but the kid's right on that."

"YES!!! YES!!!" Xavier took a deep breath as he changed the screen to a building.

"That building is the headquarters of the Mutant Control Agency. Somewhere, in there, are the registration files of hundreds of mutants, innocently duped into revealing their identities."

"So we get in and we shred 'em?" Wolverine asked.

"How did you change out of costume so fast!?" Neaera asked.

"I'd get in there alone," Gambit spoke "Easy!"

"Anyone else noticing this!?"

"No, Xavier spoke "Storm will take four X-Men in with her: Wolverine, Beast Lunacy, and Morph."

"HELLO!?!?!? COSTUME CHANGER HERE!!!" Neaera waved her arms.

"If it makes you feel any better, Gambit," Morph said, his head turning into Gambit's with his accent "I go in like this, eh?"

"Is anyone listening to me anymore!?"

"Cyclops," Xavier spoke "You will be in overall command."

"MOTHER F***ER!!!" Neaera flipped the table and stormed out. Everyone paused. Rogue turned to Wolverine.

"Oh, how'd you change so fast, sugah?" she asked

"F**K YOU!!!... And Jubilee's gone!"

After a while, the team landed outside of the building though their plane, the Blackbird.

"Everybody," Cyclops spoke as the Blackbird's doors opened "Stay close."

"Not too close." Rogue warned as they made their way to to the building. "You know, when I was thirteen, I had myself a boyfriend, up 'til I kissed him. Old boy was in a coma for three days. That was when I realized that if I touched anybody, I absorbed their strength right into me... some power, huh? That's when the boys stopped callin'." Beast chuckled.

"Consider yourself fortunate," He said "I had dandruff."

"Hey, whenever I got in trouble at school," Morph spoke turning into another man. "I used to turn myself into the principal."

"At least you're not the weird result of the princess of the night from a different universe getting pregnant after having sex with the Merc with the mouth." Neara said to the group. "And, of course, ages seven times faster and may be stuck like this for the rest of her life." Everyone blinked silently. "Oh, and where's fuzzy wuzzy?"

"Right here, Glue." Wolverine growled "Her scent went gone... and I got bit by a dog."

"Of course, you get all the b****es." Everyone else blinked.

"...Uh... Ahem, Storm." Cyclops spoke, awkwardly breaking the silence. Storm nodded and lifted her hand; her eyes became white, the clouds above moves & blocked the moon. Neaera put on her mask.

"Alright... stealth mode, engaged."

Lunacy, Wolverine, Beast, and Morph snuck to the outter walls, which were electric fences. Lunacy jumped over the fence, but landed on-

"Whoopie Cushions!?" she yelled "Seriously!?"

"Hey! You!" A guard yelled. She gasped and slapped the guard unconscious.

"Yeah! That's my pimp hand, b***h!!!"

"Quiet!" Wolverine growled.

"Whoa!!!" Morph yelled as Beast tossed him over the wall.

"More like him?" Neaera asked. Wolverine growled and was tossed over the wall himself. Beast leapt over the wall and the two snuck around the wall, but bumped into a guard.

"HALT!!!" The guard yelled. Neaera reacted quickly, doing the splits and punching him below the belt. The giuard fell to the floor and wheezed. All of the men turned to her.

"What!? Want me to stab him?"

"That won't be necessary." Storm spoke, landing in front of the group "This way."

"Much obliged." Wolverine replied, letting his claws out and slicing the door open. Neaera, however, picked up the guard's keys and jingled them. "I'll buy 'em a new door, then!" He sniffed the air "Hold on... laser beams."

"You can detect the infra-red spectrum?" Beast asked

"I can smell 'em."

"You can see them as well," Storm said, her eyes glowing white again "as the mist rises." Mist entered the room, revealing many lasers in the room, all in ways that'd seem impossible.

"Well, I'm not going in there." Morph spoke "Beast?"

"I would, but this is far too tricky." Beast replied "What about you, Ne-?" He paused. Neaera dropped her costume and was in her gym clothes.

"Fan service." She simply replied, stepping ahead. "You guys keep watch... this calls for someone with a bit more... flexibility." Techno music was heard as she slowly, but steadily, made her way around the lasers, doing various backflips, handstands, and ballet-like moves... all while singing. "Danger...Laser...Tetris...Impossible...Q-Bert...Frogger...Dig Dug...Marble Madness...Centipede...Millipede...Tenacious...Impossible-Impossible!" She stopped at a panel labeled 'Security'. With only room for her head, surprisingly, she used her horn to open the lock. "Just like Aunt Celestia taught me." She used her horn to flip the switches, turning off the security. All the lasers went away. The rest joined.

"Wow! That was amazing!" Morph complimented.

"And hot." Neaera added, turning and slapping her own butt.

"PUT YOUR DAMN CLOTHES BACK ON!!!" Wolverine growled, throwing her costume back at her.

The group arrived at another door. Storm reached to open the door, but Wolvering blocked.

"Hold on." He said, sniffing the air. "I smell gun oil." Neaera took out one of her shortswords.

"Hello?" She asked.

"Not yours! Guards; they're onto us!"

"Then step to the side." Storm spoke. Huge gusts of winds blew out of her hands, blowing both the door and guards away. They all ran, following storm, but stopped as they were close to the documents.

"Allow me." Morph said, turning into a high commanding guard. He entered the room, alerting the soldiers. "We're under attack! Report to the guard room, immediately!" The guards replied a 'Yes, sir!' and ran to the guard room. Morphs turned back to normal and snickered. "So long, suckers!!!" He closed the door on the guards. "Looks like clear sailing from here."

"Cool!" Neaera spoke "Let's get these files outta here and start ourselves..." he hands went on fire "A little cookout."

"You do that, Lunacy." Storm spoke "Beast, you have the computer."

"My pleasure," he spoke, taking a seat "no mutant name shall remain."

"Let's turn up the heat!!!" Neaera yelled. Beast, most likely on accident, clicked on the computer's keyboard, and very fitting fire music played. Neaera danced to the song, launching several fireballs at the files tossed around by Wolverine, Morph, and Storm.

"Storm!?" Cyclops spoke through an intercom "Storm, we got trouble out here!"

"Understood." Storm replied

"And... that's all folks!" Neaera spoke, burning the last file into a pile of fire. "And now, shall we dance to the gods for Rain?"

"Let's go, beast!!!" Wolverine growled again, holding the door as soldiers tried to bust through.

"When I am in haste, I'm never in a hurry." Beast replied

"Ooh! John Wesley!" Neaera spoke.

"Ah! Glad to see someone knows what I'm saying. Well, the files shall be-" A bolt of lightning stuck the computer, exploding it.

"My apologies, Beast," Storm spoke, summoning rain over the pile of fire & extinguishing it "by we have no time for poetry." She pressed the X-button over her left breast. "Storm to Cyclops: Mission accomplished!"

"Ooh! Where can I get an X button!?" Neaeara asked. "I wanna have it on my left thigh, so I can slap it to-"

"Enough talk!" Wolverine snapped "Move!!!"

"Sheesh... quite the grumpy pants, am I right?" The group ran to the entrance. Storm threw a lightning bolt, exploding the door, letting everyone out. Chaos was outside; Cyclops, Rogue, and Gambit fended off near-military looking guards.

"Halt!" A guard above yelled "Put your hands up!"

"How 'bout two!?" Neaera flipped him off with both birds before running away, laughing hysterically. Cyclops blasted the guard tower down, but Rogue caught the guard.

"Come to momma." She said.

"Put me down, you mutant freak!" the guard yelled

"Whatever you say, sugah."

I wouldn't mind her holding us.

I would prefer the flight.

Gambit exploded the fence, allowing them all to escape, though, in hindsight, Neaera & Beast coud've easily leap over the wall holding either Wolverine and Morph... but it's the thought that counted.

"Come on! Move it!" Wolverine yelled "We're missing Dinner."

"Dinner!?" Neaera asked. She ran faster and pushed her way through "TACO TUESDAY!!!"

"Didn't I tell ya!?" Morph asked "Smooth Sailing from here!" When the reached the edge of the forest, a Sentinel came crashing through.

"Look out! An Ironic twist to what you just said!!!"

"Hey! Tin Woodsman!" Wolverine shouted, getting the attention of the sentinel "I'm sending you back to Oz, in pieces!!!" Unfortunately, more Sentinels came out of the forest. A sentinel, in Wolverine's left blind spot, fired a laser.

"Wolverine! Move!!!" Morph yelled, pushing Wolverine out of the way. The laser... it hit morph. "GYAHHH!!!" Neaera paused and saw Morph fall to the floor... he wasn't movine... nor breathing.

"... Oh... my-"

"GAH!!!" Beast yelled. Neaera shook herself, seeing Beast fly backwards AND hitting the electric fence. He was shocked, followed by him, falling to the floor, luckily, unconscious.

"Beast!!!" Cyclops yelled

"I'll get him!" Rogue announced, flying to the sky... only to be shot down by a laser.

"It's adamantium tasting time, boys!!!" Wolverine yelled, charging ahead. He was, unfortunately, picked up by a rope and swung around. Neaera slapped herself in the face.

"Come on! You can do this!" She yelled to herself, turning to the group of sentinels. She pulled her shortswords out, turning them into their semi-auto forms, and fired at the robots! Cyclops and Gambit helped; Cyclops fired more optic blasts at the robots and Gambit threw his exploding cards. Unfortunately, as they destroyed a robot, more came down, outnumbering them.

The f**k!?!?!? We did so well in the simulation!

That was a simulation, idiot! And that was one, albeit, advanced sentinel, not multiple!

"Retreat!" Cyclops ordered "Get to the blackbird!!!" Neaera ran to the group, avoiding the lasers fired at her, and firing back at the oncoming swarm of sentinels.

"Eat shit, Cyclops!" Wolverine retorted "X-Men don't cut and run! I'm going back for Beast and Morph!"

"Uh... I think beast, but Morph-" Neaera said

"We can't help them!" Cyclops interrupted

"You can't, dickhead!" Wolverine growled "But I can!"

"I won't let you throw your life away! Come back here!!!" Wolverine stormed back to the battleground.

"I go, where I wanna go."

"Sorry, not this time, sugah." Rogue said, taking her right glove off. She touched Wolverine's exposed arm with her open hand; he froze and gasped. His veins seemed to pop out and he fell to his knees.

"Morph... Beast... Don't... leave them..." he fell, unconscious. Rogue took her hand off and put her glove back on. Neaera carried Wolverine onto the Blackbird and they retreated.

The ride home was silent. Neaera, though wanting to cheer the mood up, couldn't think of anything that'd be appropriate for the matter. All she could do was hold her mask in place, looking at it, and contemplated to herself.

"...Is this what a hero is like?" she asked. Rogue sate next to her.

"What was that?" she asked.

"Morph... I didn't know him, but he sacrificed himself to save Wolverine... and Beast... we just left him behind. I... I should've done something." Rogue gently smiled and caressed her mane. Neaera froze, but allowed the touch to go on.

"It's not your fault, sugah. You did all you could; ya'll are still new here, afterall."

"...Thanks, Rogue." They looked outside, seeing Wolverine delivering a hard punch into Cyclops' gut. The two looked like they were ready to fight each other, indicated by Wolverine's claws coming out and Cyclops' optic glasses charging up. Jean Grey, luckily, came and stopped the two. Wolverine marched right out. "Where's he going?"

"Don't know. He's probably going to use the jeep and drive off again. He's a member of the team, but he's still more or less a one man wolf pack."

"Hm... I'll be right back." Neaera got up, exited the blackbird, and followed Wolverine.

Neaera watched Wolverine get behind the wheel of a jeep, but turned to the vehicle next to him. He scooted out to the other car. Neaera jumped into the back of the jeep and hid herself, hearing what was happening.

"GAAH!!! FUCKING COWARDS!!!" Wolverine growled, followed by the car being sliced. "THEY'RE ALL COWARDS!!!"

"Wolverine!" Jean Grey yelled. Wolverine got back to the jeep.

"Tell Cyclops that I made him a convertible." He started the engine

"What happened isn't his fault." He drove off. "It's not yours, either."

After a while of driving, the Jeep stopped and was parked. Neaera peeked out, seeing Wolverine looking over a cliff into a beautiful scene of nature.

"I'll avenge you, my friend." Wolverine spoke, sticking his claws out. "I swear it."

"And you won't be alone!" Neaera quipped. He jumped and turned to her.

"You've been here!?"

"Nope! In the jeep!"

"...Figures. What are you doing here? Here to annoy me with your lazy as hell jokes?"

"I would, but this isn't the appropriate time." This got Wolverine to pause.

"Wait... you're not gonna make a joke?"

"No. Not now... later, but I wanna help you ease off a bit."

"Like you can help with that." Neaera pulled out some cash.

"I got twenty bucks."

"...Fine... just stay low... I need a beer."

Both Neaera and Logan were in their regular clothing at a local bar and played pool together. The two actually got along pretty well; Neaera lerned that Morph had quite the history with the team, something that shutted her voices from calling calling him 'weak' and 'useless'.

And I had more!

I just thought he was weird, but, that's me.

Neaera really got more disturbing look by the only two men in there, though the bartender was busy in the back. Wolverine, despite being calmed down, got angered by the TV report, talking how the sentinel's 'saved' the night and it's people from 'mutant terrorists'.

"Can someone shut that crap up?" Logan growled.

"Easy, buddy," Neaera spoke "just focus on the game."

"...Yeah... my shot." The other two men, one looking like a trucker while the other more of a hippie.

"Come on, why don;t you get on, furries." The hippie one spoke. "This here's our table."

"Ahem, I'm not a furry," Neaera spoke "I am an anthro. There is a difference. Also, there's plenty of other tables you can use. Just use one and let my friend and I go on with out day. Take your shot, Logan." Logan took a shot, but the hippie one stopped the ball again.

"I don't think ya heard me right."

"Oh, I did!" Logan growled, his claws coming out.

"The Fuzzball's a mutant!" The Trucker yelled. The Bartender came out with a baseball bat.

" Get outta here!" He ordered "We don't want ya around here!"

"Yeah!" The Hippie added "Why don't you both go back to the freak show!"

"I go where I wanna go." Logan growled again.

"Logan." Neaera spoke "Remember? Woosah..."

"Wolverine! Lunacy!" Cyclops spoke, also in regular clothes "I need to talk to you two."

"Woosah, Logan, Woosah."

"But out, four eyes!!!" The hippie yelled, holding his cue stick like a weapon.

"You wouldn't hit a man with glasses, would you?" Cyclops asked

"Well then, take 'em off!" He ripped the glasses off.

"No!" He fired his optic blasts uncontrollably.

"And, we're outta here!!!" Neaera yelled, snatching the glasses, Wolverine, and Cyclops out. She placed the glasses on Cyclop's face.

"Ahh... thanks. Wolverine-?"

"If you're here to apologize for what happened, save your breath." Wolverine interrupted.

"I don't apologize for command decisions. But... how would you like to locate the Sentinels' home base?" This got his attention.

"...When and where?"

The three were at Jubilee's house, though Wolverine hid behind the house in costume as Cyclops and Neaera were inside with Jubilee's foster parents. The parents were quite surprised at Neaera's appearance, but her attitude more than made it up for her looks. The father came back after making a phone call and getting them soda.

"Ooh!" Neaera said, accepting a cup. "Thank you, good sir." She sipped. "Mm... root beer."

"We're not quite sure," the mother spoke "but... we think Jubilee's been... kidnapped by those things... those... sentinels!"

"Why would anyone do something like that?" The dad asked

"Because people fear what they don't understand." Cyclops answered

"Like puberty!" Neaera blurted. This got both parents to stare awkwardly. "...What? You know it's true."

"L-Look," the father spoke "you have to get outta here, now! They said we should call them if anyone came asking about Jubilee."

"Ooh! It's the pronoun game! Who's 'They'?"

"The Mutant registration program." The mother replied.

"You've done nothing wrong," Cyclops spoke, putting a hand on the father's shoulder. "You just wanna help her, and you've had."

"R-really?" He asked

"Us." Neaera answered, finishing her cup. "Mm... can I get some more to go?"

"We're out." The mother replied.

"...dang it." She got up and followed Cyclops out of the door. A sentinel landed nearby, in front of the house.

"Surrender, Mutant!" It ordered.

"Of course," Cyclops replied, 'surrendering'. "NOT!!!" He fired his optic blast at the sentinel's left arm, making it fall off.

"Oh! He just pulled the 'Not' Line!" Neaera yelled, running away "The line every second grader used when they had nothing clever to say! Snap, Cyclops, snap!!!"

"...What?"

"Sentinel 14 damaged by unknown Mutant." The sentinel spoke "Returning to base for repairs." The sentinel flew off. The three ran to the Blackbird, switching to their costumes.

"I have the Sentinel on radar." Storm spoke through their intercoms.

"Let's go get them!" Cyclops ordered

"This chicken's going home to roost!" Rogue spoke as they entered the Blackbird & the doors closed behind them.

They landed in Detroit. Neaera, looked around, paranoid.

"What's wrong?" Rogue asked

"We're in Detroit, that's what!" Neaera replied.

"...Oh... can't argue with that."

"Come on!" Wolverine yelled, running into the warehouse the Sentinel landed in. "The party's just started."

"... Andrew W. K., please?" Neaera asked.

But of course.

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Rogue ran and broke the wall. Everyone ran in; Cyclops blasted the Sentinels, Gambit threw his cards, Storm with lightning, and Neaera fired ahead, blasting the Sentinels with her twin weapons. Wolverine and Rogue got physical with their own Sentinel; Rogue delivered heavy crosses across the faces of each Sentinel, and Wolverine clawed at their backs, roaring in anger! Neaera found and ran to Jubileee, pulling Gibson out and stopped a sentinel from squishing her. With all her muscles, Neaera pushed the Sentinel off, slicing it's foot off, then the other. She pulled her other swords out and rapidly sliced the falling Sentinel into harmless junk. She quiclkly pulled Gibson out and delivered devastating headshots to the Sentinels.

"We could use the help." Neaera spoke.

"Got it!" Jubilee spoke, firing more of her fireworks at the Sentinel. The group got together again as more Sentinels gathered around them.

"Leave no sentinel unharmed." Cyclops spoke.

"That, I can work with." Wolverine replied with a smile.

"Let's go, X-Men!!!" Neaera yelled, charging and slicing at the sentinels!

Eventually, the last sentinel fell. Everyone stood around, sweating, breathing hard, but pumped with adrenaline.

"That all of them?" Cyclops asked.

"Ain't that enough?" Rogue asked.

"I hope there's more!" Neaera replied, sheathing her weapons. "Or, at least, find their creators."

"That won't be for a while." Storm said. "But for now, we should head back."

"Oh yeah! We gotta get outta here! The gang bangers are coming!" Various gun shots were heard outside. "RUN!!!"

Moring had arrived to Xavier's school, and Neaera, though tired, stayed awake as Xavier looked at her reports.

"Hm... you did well last night, Neaera." He spoke. "And I am quite surprised at your other actions."

"...Other actions, sir?" she asked.

"Yes... unlike your father, you didn't make jokes when everything went wrong. You stayed respectful, and you want everyone to get along, more specifically, with Logan."

"...Is that good?"

"Oh, it's more than good. And, I think you may like this." He strolled to his desk and opened a drawer. He pulled out an X-Button. Neaera gasped. Xavier smiled at her response. "Welcome to the X-Men, Neaera."

"YES!!!" She snagged the button off and jumped around. "YESYESYESYESYESYESYES!!!"

"But, you'll also be a teacher here as well." She paused.

"...Teacher!?"

"Well... more like master & apprentice."

"Oh... who's my apprentice?" The door opend and Jubilee entered.

"Excuse me," she spoke "I'm looking for Neaera."

"... YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!"