Issue #24

Sue cried on Jack's shoulders for about 10 minutes before she was finally able to compose herself. The woman wiped the tears off her face before she stood up.

"I need to head to the restroom. I'll call you later, Jack," Sue said with a smile. Jack saw that her tears had ruined her makeup but the confident smile that she showed him was one of the most beautiful sights he had seen in his life.

"Sure. I'll be waiting for your call," Jack smiled back before teleporting away

Sue continued to even smile before she strutted toward the bathroom to do her makeup. When she was all cleaned up, Sue walked out to see Reed still unconscious but her daughter was also in the room now.

"Valeria Meghan Richards! I thought I told you to wait in the other room," Sue reprimanded her daughter but Valeria just smiled back at her mother, not caring that she was being reprimanded at all.

"Don't worry about that, Mom. I have something important to show you," Valeria sat her mom down on the couch in the room.

Sue rolled her eyes but sat down and faced the TV to see what Valeria had to show her. But when the screen lit up and Sue saw the presentation title, she glared at Valeria once more.

"Valeria Meghan Richards! What the heck is this?!?!" Sue raged feeling embarrassed and helpless

On the screen, the title of the presentation read: Why you should marry Jack Frost. 10 in-depth takes on what makes him an excellent husband and father.

"I know that you would be mourning the loss of your current marriage based on how you reacted to many of the things Dad did as well as your other personal relationships but you need to strike while the iron is hot.

As I put in my presentation, Uncle Jack's already seen you at your worse and from the looks of it, he still thought you looked beautiful even when you looked like a clown. He is also a great man and loves both your kids. Besides..." Valeria was unable to continue speaking. Sue had lifted her up, placed Valeria over her lap, and began spanking her daughter.

"Young lady! I! Am! Your! Mother! If I decide to date someone, I will go out with them a few times before asking how you feel about him! I will not be dating men simply because my child wants me to, though!" Sue spanked her daughter a few times. But Valeria was not giving up so easily.

"But you two have basically been dating. Isn't that what a good friendship is? Dating without sex? And I'm sure you have feelings for him!"

Susan was just about to let Valeria up but when she heard her daughter mention sex, she kept the young blonde over her lap and continue the punishment.

Jack didn't know that his little niece was being spanked for trying to be the matchmaker between him and her mother. But even if he knew, there was nothing that he could do. Susan was terrifying when she was angry.

Jack reappeared back in the mansion before flying out to the field. When he arrived, the Hellions had just completed their round. Since only about 30 minutes had passed since he left, only about half of the teams had gone.

"Congratulations to the Hellions. They have completed level 4 of the mutant challenge. They have completed the challenge in 16 minutes, 25 seconds," Ororo announced

This time was considered pretty good. All of the level 4 challenges were 'classic' X-Men threats along the lines of the Brotherhood of Evil without Magneto or the 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse. For the Hellion to defeat a group like that, let alone in under 20 minutes, could be considered very impressive.

The Hellions walked back to the crowd feeling very proud. They had just fought the original Marauders and come out victorious.

"Tsk! If we wanna beat them, we gotta do a level 5 challenge too," Quentin complained. He was not willing to settle for second place because he wanted the reward that Jack had promised.

"I say we go with Human. If we choose to just choose mutants as they did, we may get less credit if we end up getting the same opponents. Plus, I think there is something special about this category," Melody deduced

"You're the field leader. We follow what you decide," Martha declared and the others nodded. They could all tell that they were lacking when it came to leadership material but Melody truly stood out in that area.

"Inquisitors. Please come up to the field and declare your challenge."

So after a round of discussion, Melody walked up on stage and declared their challenge.

"We, the Inquisitors, shall take on the Level 5 Human challenge."

Logan grunted and passed Emma a hundred-dollar bill when he heard their declaration. He had bet that they would take on mutants or mutates which unluckily for her, he had guessed wrong.

The program responded to the challenge that they had declared by conjuring up a very familiar place for Jack. The Inquisitors were brought inside a large training room where 7 people stood in front of them. Each of them looked very familiar but were wearing very different uniforms and suits compared to what they wore in the modern-day.

Iron Man, Captain America, Wasp, Ant-Man, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye stood before the group. This lineup was a mix of the most iconic members of the Avengers, except for Thor.

The Inquisitors looked at all the members with confidence until they got to the Hulk. Kid Omega's eyes bulged a little bit before he readjusted his glasses and nodded.

"We are so fucked," he stated calmly before summoning a psionic gun and shooting Hulk in the face. But instead of knocking him out, it only made the green man mad and painted a target on Kid Omega's back.