Chapter Ten: Here We Go Again

"I refuse to speak to you," Adam pouted as Carly entered the Misfit home the next day. She had moved in with Beach Head (who was already regretting his drunken agreement the night before) after their prank.

"Don't be such a baby," she replied. "You don't see me harping on about the week I spent in a purple haze. Or about the fact that my new daddy is red! Whose prank was that?"

"Ours," Wanda admitted pointing to Althea and herself.

"Good one! I thought he was going to have a stroke. Are we ready to go?"

"The X-Geeks are going to be so glad to see us," Wanda said sarcastically. "We haven't tortured them in a while so this is going to be good."

"Hi, honey, we're home!" Pietro yelled out. They faintly heard a few groans from the various X-Men around the house.

They entered the Foyer in time to see Kitty run in with a bag from the local pet shop.

"Hey guys! Come see what I got Lockheed!" she called out. "A catnip toy and a whole bag of catnip to refill it!"

She pulled the toy out of the bag and tossed it past Carly and onto the floor in front of Lockheed. Almost immediately both Carly and Lockheed began to purr and the Misfits groaned.

"Here we go again," Adam whined.

"If I weren't afraid for our safety, I'd say that we ambush her and take her home," Wanda sighed.

"What's wrong?" Kitty asked. "It's only catnip."

"Only catnip? Only catnip?" Pietro repeated in awe. "If you think it's only catnip, then we have one thing to say to you."

The other Misfits chimed in with the next line; "She's staying with you tonight!"