It was a dark and stormy night in May of 1995.  As the lightning flashed, some people could just barely make out the form of the Phoenix as it streaked through the night sky towards Chicago, Illinois, where the mutant crew would be staying for their vacation.
     As they streaked through the sky over Albany, New York, Joss spotted some trouble in a mountain lake.  Someone had fallen through the frozen lake and were in deep trouble.
     "Aye, caramba!"  Joss said, "There's trouble down there!"
     "I'm heading down!"  Alex said.
     "No, you keep flying.  Steve, Dan, Tod and I will take care of it."
     With that, the four separated from the Phoenix and headed down to help.  As soon as they landed, they knew something wasn't exactly right.
     "I'm coming, kid,"  Steve said, "hold on... what the heck?!  I can't fly!"
     "Well, I'm going in!"  Dan said as he was stripping off his clothes.
     "I've got a better way!"  Alex said as he landed and the Phoenix was turning into Cathy, Jess, Derek, and Tony.
     "We told you to keep flying!"  Tod said, "Why'd you come back?!"
     "Well, Cathy told me about this lak..."
     "I'll take it from here,"  Cathy said, "This lake interferes with most mutant's powers.  That's why you could land, but couldn't take off again.  Since Alex has the Phoenix, he's protected from the powers and can do the rescue!"
     "Yeah, and I have a doozy of a plan,"  Alex said, "Watch!"
     With that, Alex became the Phoenix once again, but he didn't go too far off the ground.  The other eight kept watching as Alex used his psionic energy powers at the same time as the Phoenix.  Suddenly, there was a tremendous explosion.
     When the smoke cleared, Alex was in a suit of charged armor.
     "What the heck is that!?"  Jess asked.
     "It's an E-frame."  Alex said.
     "Well, what ar you going to do with that?"  Tony asked.
     "Watch!"  Alex said once again.
     They all watched as Alex launched the grappling hook toward the kid stuck in the middle of the lake.  When the kid took hold of the hook, Alex reeled it in.  As soon as the kid was to shore, they saw who it was.
     "Jubilee!?"  Tod said in disbelief, "What the heck are you doing here?!"
     "I tried to follow you,"  Jubilee said, "But when I got to this lake, I fell in.  When I tried to signal you with fireworks, I couldn't.  That's about the time you flew over."
     "Well, thank goodness we did.  That water must have been cold."  Alex said.
     "Yeah, but there's one thing I want to tell you."
     "What is it?"  Joss asked.
     "I'm coming with you, no matter what."
     "Fine.  Now, hold on, 'cause we're heading out.  Next stop: The Deadmore Hotel in Chicago, Illinois."
     As soon as he finished saying that, Alex became the Phoenix and engulfed his friends.  They took off just as the storm stopped.  About half an hour later, they were in Chicago.  They landed in front of the Deadmore, went in, and walked up to the desk.
     The clerk looked at them with stone cold eyes and said, "Welcome to the Deadmore.  You must be the Mutant Crew."
     "Yeah,"  Jess said, "We are.  Where are our rooms?"
     "Floor 13, rooms 13, 14, and 15.  Have a nice day."
     "Yeah, what ever,"  Joss said, "You too."
     They took the set of old, creaking stairs up to the thirteenth floor.  When they arrived at their floor, Steve said, "This place is decorated rather odd."
     "Yeah,"  Dan said, "It's decorated in early stone age or late death."
     "Whatever,"  Derek said, "The only thing I have to say is let's settle in for the night."
     They re -  grouped and headed for the rooms.  As they were getting settled in, the lights went out.
     "Great!"  Tod said, "Now the power's out.  How can things get any worse?"
     "They just said on the radio that there's a homicidal maniac on the loose,"  Jubilee said, "and he's heading this way."
     "Well, we'd better go turn the juice back on,"  Tony said, "and then we'll be safe."
     The rest of them agreed and headed for the basement with Alex in the lead, followed by Jubilee, who were lighting the way.
     They slowly made their way down the old, rickety, creaking stairs, one by one being swallowed up by the blackness of the power outage.  The basement was large and very damp, with large puddles of water everywhere and the constant sound of water dripping off the pipes and walls were heard by them all as they splashed through.
     What they didn't know was that the maniac was in the basement with them, plotting out some very horrible demise for each of the mutant crew.
     As they passed the first intersection, the killer jumped out of the shadows, grabbed Steve, and pulled him into the darkness of the basement.  There, the killer slit his throat and left him face down in a puddle of blood and water.
     The next person he got was Dan.  He repeated it with Tod, Jess, Cathy, Tony, Joss, and Derek.  It wasn't until Alex and Jubilee heard Derek's last breath that they turned around.
     "Holy cow!"  Jubilee said, "Where did everyone go?!"
     "The maniac stalks at midnight."  Alex replied.
     "Repeat what you said, except in plain English."
     "Oh, sorry.  I was thinking aloud.  That maniac must have gotten them."
     "Well, we can't s-s-stop now.  We have to turn the power back on."
     "I g-g-guess you're right.  I mean, we're all alone in this dark basement with a crazed k-k-k..."
     "Killer on the loose.  I know.  Now, can we go?!"
     With that, they ran the last twenty yards to the power box.  They quickly opened it and Alex was just turning on the power when the intensity of the plasmoid induced light dimmed a bit.
     He turned around to see the killer dragging a limp Jubilee off into the shadows.  He hit the power switch so that the lights would turn on.  He than ran through all the corridors, searching for his friends.  He found them all right, all of them dead.
     Alex heard a noise behind him.  He slowly turned around to face the killer.  The guy had a knife and it reflected all of what was going on.
     Slowly, ever so slowly did Alex back up until he was cornered.  The killer slowly advanced, wielding the knife everywhere, the sharp blade glistening like dragon's eyes.
     "Hey, back off buttwipe!"  Alex said, "I'm warning you, I'm a deadly weapon.
     "Heh, heh, heh, right,"  the killer said, "and my dick's a mile long."
     "I warned you!"  Alex said as he let loose the powers of the phoenix.
     The fire burned like crazy past the killer, turning him into a pile of ashes.  When Alex made sure he was destroyed, he let loose the Phoenix's healing powers.
     After a couple minutes, the entire mutant crew met near the stairs out of the basement.  They discussed all of what had happened while they were heading for their rooms.  As soon as they got there, the power went out again.
     "Great!"  Jess said, "It happened again!"
     "Well, we're going to go turn the power back on again,"  Alex said, "but this time, we're going to keep in total mental contact the whole time!"
     "Sounds great!"  Tod said, "Let's roll!!"
     They slowly walked down the stairs into the dark basement once again, making sure they watched where they were going and that they were in total mental contact at all times.
     What they didn't know was that there was a new nemesis in the hotel's basement and it was an ugly one.  It was the alien and it was very angry.
     As the mutant crew slowly made their way through the basement to the power box, the alien started to pick the unsuspecting crew off, one by one.  Alex could feel the mental strings breaking as they died.  As soon as the remaining four turned the power back on, they saw the alien rushing right at them.  Alex and Jess used psionic shuriken, Dan used his elemental powers, and Jubilee used her plasmoids on the alien and blew him clear into the next dimension.  To finish up, Alex and Jess used their healing powers to restore everyone.
     On the way back to their rooms, Freddy Kruger appeared out of the shadows and began cutting everyone up, but the only fatalities were Cathy and Steve.
     As soon as that happened, Alex yelled, "Run!"  and they all took off.  When they reached the major intersection, they stopped for a second.
     "I have and idea!" Tod said, "There are six of us and only one of him so why don't we split up.  He can't chase all of us at the same time!"
     "Brilliant!"  Dan said, "Let's do it to it!"
     "Ok, Split up!!"
     At that, they all took off in their own separate ways, trying to keep one step ahead of Kruger and his metal claw.
     They continued to run through all the halls and corridors until they make it to the final interchange.  There, they their stand.  But what they saw shocked them.
     There were six Krugers and six of them.  Alex used psionic shuriken to take out two of them.  They all concentrated on two more of them.  With only two left, they merged into one extremely ugly and horrifying creature, with two heads and two razor-sharp metal claws.
     They now double powered Kruger sliced up Tod, Derek, Dan, Jubilee, Joss, and Tony.  With only Jess and Alex left, there would be big trouble.
     "Jess,"  Alex said, "use your healing powers to revive everyone and then get them out of here!"
     "Gotcha!"  Jess said, "Healing powers are working."
     With that, Jess revived everyone and got them out of the building in under 2.2.  Alex was about to get his butt kicked when Dan ran back into the building.
     "Alex!"  Dan yelled, "I'm here to help you!"
     "I thought I told you to stay out there!"  Alex said.
     "I couldn't leave you to die, so I came back!"
     "Good!  Now, use your elemental abilities and take out the right head of that creature!"
     "It's as good as done!"
     With that, Dan summoned up a fire snake and took care of the right head.  Alex used psionic shuriken to take care of the rest of the creature.
     As soon as the creature was destroyed, Alex and Dan ran out of the building.  They regrouped with the others and turned towards the building.
     "Let the fireworks,"  Alex said, "begin!"
     "Why?"  Tony asked.
     "We have to destroy this place in order to be sure we're safe and others are safe."
     "Oh,"  Joss said, "well then, let's get it over with!"
     With that, they all concentrated their powers on the building.  In only a few short seconds they leveled the place.  They then headed back to Newport, NH, by way of the Phoenix.  As the Phoenix flies, peace will remain with the Mutant Crew and where ever they go.