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Warning: this is an old story with lots of errors and no proofreading for the past 5 years. Keep that in mind as you read it.

On a pleasant morning in Salem Center, New York, a young man is snoring away. His sleep is not restful, though. His mind is in turmoil due to his dreams. The famous mutant team known as the X-Men is in the center of the intense combat. Working side by side with them is the Fantastic 4, the web-slinging Spiderman, and a green goliath called the Hulk. The ferocious magnetic field-yielding leader of the Brotherhood of Mutants, Magneto, is leading a full-scale attack on the entrenched heroes' location. Trees and rocks explode as they absorb energy from stray or misdirected attacks. Power begins to pile up with deadly force. The terrain shakes madly at the presence of this might. A dark hole slowly pierces the night air as if a black hole has crashed on planet Earth. Air soars through the night into the darkness. Iceman jerks himself awake while inadvertently unleashing a flood of frozen energy into the bedroom. Piotr (Peter) Rasputin, code named Colossus, cracks the ice and snow with comparative ease.

"Done now, Bobby?" he asks with his thick German accent.

"Yes," Bobby Drake responds tiredly. "Sorry about that outburst, again", he says apologetically.

"Those dreams again, young Drake?" Colossus inquires, turning his skin from steel into healthy human flesh.

Bobby hesitates and answers cautiously, "I try not to think about it, but the dreams only get worse." Softly, Rasputin advises that he talk to the telepathic school counselor Jean Grey, code named Phoenix.

The advice becomes reality, and Iceman receives counsel that startles him. "The dreams are intriguing yet very familiar to me. Scott (her husband Cyclops led the X-Men on missions) has had his own share of nightmares. Surprisingly, his dreams coincide with yours. Professor Xavier is fascinated at the pattern. Many people in the mansion have had many variations but overall the same dream." Bobby is shocked.

"They all say the same thing as me?" he exclaims.

"Professor has confirmed the information beyond a doubt. However, we can find no connections to anything; so, we are dealing with the dreams as simple nuisances. We can do nothing about them. Try to dream differently. I will plant other thoughts in your mind and that will be the end of it, hopefully. Meanwhile, if I were you, I would dress up for the science lecture at 2:30. The Fantastic 4 are making a special visit to teach it. I expect you to attend it. Your grades may be affected."

"Yes, Miss Grey", is the unhappy answer.

Colossus and Wolverine volunteer to pick up the Fantastic 4 at the Empire State Building. Wolverine has the ability to pop a set of three adamantium claws out of the back of each hand and has a highly accelerated healing factor. Cyclops plans to escort the car with the FF at a distance on his motorcycle. Human Torch flies overhead to keep an eye on his sister, Invisible Woman (Susan Storm). On the way to the Empire State Building, Wolverine receives a speeding ticket, replaces a blown tire, and briefly sits in during a traffic jam. He quickly becomes antisocial.

Finally arriving at the meeting place, Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic), Thing (Ben Grimm), and Invisible Woman (Susan Storm) pile into the back of the automobile; Human Torch (Johnny Thunder) flies overhead as planned. The group begins the ride back to the mansion when Thing starts to complain, as usual. The FF is used to Ben Grimm's usual paranoia and ignores it.

"This car is too crowded and it smells weird," he complains, "Why do we have to go to another stupid science lecture?" Susan Storm tells Thing to be quiet. "But," Thing starts again, "This car is too crowded. These science lectures are always dead boring, and that car behind us will not stop following us. Some people have no sense of respectin' our privacy. We are not that famous! We're jest a couple of odd folk who want some stinkin' privacy!"

By this time, Wolverine and Mr. Fantastic both tell Thing to shut up. Thing grumbles quieter and less frequently after that. Colossus notices that the object of Ben Grimm's scrutiny is indeed following them. Colossus suggests that they take a scenic route through the countryside. Examining the other car, Colossus realizes that the other driver wears a familiar and frightening mask. The notorious Hellfire Club members wear the mask—a wealthy gentlemen club whose associates and operatives, while carrying out operations of questionable legality, often clashes with the X-Men.

Colossus tells Wolverine urgently, "Our old friends at the Hellfire Club are tailing us, and I strongly doubt that they will want our autographs if they catch us."

Reed Richards hears this exchange with alarm, declaring, "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's step on it!"

"That was wise advice, yet unwisely worded as you will very soon to find out." says Colossus to Mr. Fantastic. Wolverine proceeds to follow the advice given by Mr. Fantastic. The car leaps off small ramps over surrounding vehicles, barely landing on all fours.

Thing shouts from the back, "I don't think this car is made for this!"

"Shut your mouth or you can try finding the X-Mansion on foot! I cannot seem to lose'em in traffic. Now let me try to call the Professor and I'll get more instructions before things really get out of hand."

He swiftly leads the automobile out of main traffic at comparatively high speeds. Cyclops has seen the action and already has communicated with Xavier; Human Torch, on the other hand, is completely baffled at the vehicle's behavior. As the X-Men's car swerves yet again to avoid obstacles, Wolverine receives his instructions.

Xavier says, "Wolverine, Cyclops has already explained the situation to me. Avoid all possible combat. They are after the Fantastic 4. Keep them safe and bring our guests to the mansion. I will send reinforcements as soon as possible. And I mean it when I said avoid combat, Logan. Do not disobey my orders."

Wolverine replies angrily, "We can handle those agents without breakin' a sweat, Professor."

Xavier answers gravely, "Wolverine, you cannot handle all of your pursuers. Trust me on this one. Xavier out." Human Torch, by this time, has mostly figured out what was going on. He glides over the pursuing vehicle and unleashes a torrent of scorching fire onto its roof. Colossus sees out the review mirror what Human torch is doing to slow down the enemy. He opens the side door and leaps to the side of the dirty country road. The FF is shocked at his method of departure; Wolverine on the other hand is not surprised in the least.

The H. Club's car careens into a large oak tree. Human Torch lands and storms towards the object of his anger with feet and fists flaming. An agent flings a door wide and jumps out, rolling on contact with the ground. This distinguished man wears a large submachine gun and a fireproof suit and helmet. Human Torch shoots out a flame stream with enough force to make the agent fall over in a tangled heap. Five more agents stumble out of the car fully equipped to take out any of the Fantastic 4 on an individual basis. Human Torch with adrenaline flowing freely through his veins gives one agent a kick in the head and another receives a fiery punch in the stomach. The third agent body slams Human Torch allowing the fourth and fifth agent to hold him down. An agent that is strong and motivated knocks out Human Torch with the butt of his gun. The remaining agents are about to drag Human Torch into the car when one agent is tapped on the shoulder. He turns around and looks up at the towering figure of Colossus.

"Why don't you pick on somebody your own size?" he thunders.

The agent has enough time to yell in fright before he flies over the car, crashes into the oak tree, and lands unconscious on the car's hood. Bullets rain onto Colossus's thick hide to no avail. He makes quick work of the other agents and picks up Human Torch to leave when a man steps confidently out of the automobile.

"Mr. Rasputin—or should I say 'Colossus'?—you have laid waste to a considerable amount of hired agents of mine who undoubtedly will quit after this incident, making me lose money." the man known as Sebastian Shaw says.

Shaw has the ability to turn any kinetic force used against him into raw physical strength. Colossus turns to run when he loses the ability to move. Colossus rises off the ground as yet another man steps out of the H. Club's car with his hand raised. Human Torch falls to the ground still unconscious.

"Amusing yet futile attempt to escape, my young X-Man." says the man.

Wolverine speeds down the road. A large man steps into the middle of the narrow dirt road. Thing shouts for Wolverine to stop. Wolverine sees the uniform the person is wearing and speeds faster. The man sidesteps at the last minute and grabs onto the car. It jerks to a stop, and the man throws the X-Men's car into a farmer's field. The car rolls twice and lands on all four tires, which are flat having taken the brunt of the shock of the landing. Wolverine and the Fantastic 4, who are miraculously unharmed, scramble out of the car like scared rabbits. Thing has trouble exiting his transportation due to the door jamming.

Wolverine shouts to Thing, "Get out of there! Forget the car. It's only Cyclops' car anyway."

Thing obeys and ends up taking off the door, part of the roof, and part of the floor as he bashes his way out of danger. The man by this time is casually strolling towards the trashed vehicle. A large portal opens under the car. It falls into the grasp of the waiting swirling energies in the portal. Another portal appears above the Wolverine's head. Mr. Fantastic jumps and tackles Wolverine effectively removing the possibility of anything crashing down on him. Invisible Woman pushes the falling car slightly off to the side using an invisible rope and grapple. It narrowly misses the men as it falls, turned upside down, flattening the already wrecked roof. Wolverine runs at the large man, claws fully extended, letting loose a feral war cry. The man growls from under his mask in a very threatening manner. Jumping high, Wolverine attempts to slash the man to ribbons, and fails miserably. The man merely reaches over Wolverine and clasps his head tightly. He then swings Wolverine around by his head, sending him flying into another field. The man turned to the rest of his opponents and dramatically removed his mask.

It was the face of Bizzaro #1, a warped clone of Superman possessing an equally warped reasoning system. While not incredibly stupid, Bizzaro #1 has a childlike personality (howbeit a very troubled child). Bizzaro ran at Thing grinding him into the dirt proving his superior strength. Thing did not even have time to move to get out of his way. Mr. Fantastic attacked him from three sides. Bizzaro flew straight up, grabbed Mr. Fantastic's wrists, and tied him into a tangled knot. Invisible Woman appeared in front of Bizzaro. Taking a serious risk, she tried to calm him.

"Bizzaro" she said gently, "I need you to calm down. You just need to calm down and play nice with the other kids. Okay?"

"Okay" Bizzaro rumbled, "You different than other mans."

By now, Wolverine and Thing were up and moving. They hurried over to Reed Richards to help him untangle himself. Invisible Woman, who was good with children, slowly retracted information from him. After she received all the information that she wanted from Bizzaro, she forced him to fall asleep by stopping his air supply using force fields. Thing and the others rushed over to her.

She quietly silenced their multiple questions by saying, "Bizzaro says he is working for a man in old Victorian clothes who has a black haired assistant who calls him Sebastian. He also thinks that an old man with a weird looking helmet is in charge, too. "

Wolverine and Mr. Fantastic arrived to the conclusion at the same time exclaiming simultaneously, "Shaw and Magneto!"

Colossus's reaction to Magneto was far less enthusiastic than his teammates'.

Magneto slowly turned Colossus over in the air while scolding to Sebastian Shaw, "My intervention should have been unnecessary, Shaw."

"The X-Men interference was not anticipated," Shaw replied, undaunted by the powerful mutant.

A figure moved unnoticed behind the powerful leaders. Shaw turned toward his car to reenter it when he saw Cyclops traveling on foot. Shaw shouted a warning as he dived for cover. Cyclops anticipated the move and blasted Shaw unconscious with his optical energy blast. Magneto, his attention divided; tumbled to the ground as Beast (a blue furred and skinned scientist of the X-Men possessing abnormal strength and agility) tackled him from behind. Spiderman unexpectedly leaped from the oak tree's branches covering Magneto and Shaw in web cocoon. The agents were stripped of their weapons were hanging in a web net from a tree branch, similarly tied; they were just beginning to stir. Colossus was curious about why Spiderman was there.

"I was webbing my way to the science lecture at the X- Mansion, when I saw X-Men sneaking around. And I decided to help," explained Spiderman.

Out of the grain in the next field, Lady Deathstrike (the female version, nemesis, of Wolverine) crawled into sight. Cyclops tried to blast her, but she jumped over the blast and punched the stuffing out of Cyclops. Spiderman saved Cyclops by trying to web her. Deathstrike made short work of his web with the claws protruding out of all her fingertips. She grabbed Shaw and threw her boss over her shoulder. The female menace turned to find Colossus standing in her way. He planted a huge steel fist squarely on her jaw. Having accelerated healing factors and metal-coated bones similar to Wolverine's, the blow merely forced her to stagger refusing to drop Sebastian Shaw. Magneto, using magnetic fields, stood up and threw Colossus into Spiderman who barely had time to roll with the throw. Mystique who is a lethal shape changer knocked out Spiderman (with great stealth) and Beast while disguised as Iceman. A helicopter landed nearby piloted by an agent of the H. Club.

"We will meet again soon, X-Men. Be assured of that," snarled Magneto. He stepped into the chopper and left.

While the heroes stood talking Fitzroy, a mutant with the ability to open portals in time, opened a portal next to Bizzaro, woke him up, and escaped through the portal. In front of Wolverine, a portal appeared and a dozen agents led by Fitzroy poured out.

"Did you miss me old man?" said Fitzroy sarcastically.

Thing walked up behind Fitzroy shouting the usual "It's clobberin' time!" Fitzroy turned and saw an orange fist; he went flying over Wolverine's head. The agents and their leader quickly disappeared into yet another portal. Wolverine was furious that both Bizzaro and Fitzroy escaped. After Wolverine calmed down, he suggested that his companions follow him to the mansion. They eagerly pounced on the offer after joining the other group.

Read and Review. This is a very old story, so I know it's crappy. This is just up so that I can have some time to try to break through my cursed writer's block on the rest of my stories.