Dandelions: 1000   X-Men: 1

Disclaimer: I do not own X-men characters.

This story is written with a bit of help from my friends.  We've been having a lot of fun with it.  It is written mostly by me, and it is my first fic so please review and don't be too harsh.  Thanks and enjoy!  Oh ya, and beware this may cause odd behavior around dandelions, mostly hysterical laughter and the incredible need to pluck them.

~* thoughts *~

psychically transmitted thought

Chapter 1

            "All X-Men please report to the war room."  The professor's voice shot through everyone's heads like a bullet.  Each X-Man sighed and stopped their activities, upset by the interruption in their momentary freedom.  Multiple thoughts projected "I thought we weren't working this weekend," but they all responded to the professor's call anyway.

            "I'm sorry to ruin everyone's plans," the professor began once everyone had entered the room, "but I've been noticing lately how the team is not getting along very well.  I have decided to give you a task so you may learn to work as a team without the constant fighting."

            "What is this task Professor?" asked Jean in hopes it could be done quickly so her plan of a picnic with Scott could be salvaged.

            "Oh nothing hard," said the professor with a hint of a smirk beginning to grow on his face, "I simply want you, as a team, to rid our lawn of all those pesky dandelions.  They keep growing and I don't want to risk our privacy by hiring a gardener to treat the lawn."

            "Dat don' soun' to hard," said Gambit while shuffling a deck of cards absent-mindedly, "All Gambit have t' do is charge de flowers, an' problem solved."

            "Ah yes, that reminds me.  There will be no use of powers in this task.  You will only be allowed to use your hands and these."  The professor gave each X-Man some gardening tools and smiled as they began to exit the room frowning.  "And I will be monitoring you progress so don't try to sneak away or do nothing." Logan let out a low grow at that comment.

*** Outside ***

            Cyclops immediately took charge or the disgruntled X-Men.  "OK, the quicker we start, the quicker we can all return to our previous plans."  He smiled over at Jean. "So, let's just get this over with.  The professor gave me a list of the teams.  Rogue, Beast, Gambit, you will be taking the North Lawn.

            "You telling me I hav t' work with this moron!!" exclaimed Rogue pointing toward Gambit who had a rather large grin across his face.

 "That would be what the list says.  Me, Jean, and…"

"Cyclops!  There will be no changing of the teams."

"and Wolverine will be taking the South Lawn.  Storm, Iceman, Colossus, you will be taking the West Lawn.   Nightcrawler, Archangel, Jubilee, you will be taking to East Lawn."