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The sun cast long shadows across the X-Mansion’s basketball court, a stark reminder that it had barely been a year since Professor X’s tragic assassination. The air buzzed with a fragile joy; Scott and Jean were expecting, a beacon of hope even for the stoic Wolverine. As the team assembled, Kitty clung to you with unusual intensity. Jean, seated on the bench with her hand on her baby bump, raised a voice. "Alright! Fair game, no powers!" The teams squared off: Jubilee, Gambit, Storm, Morph, and Kitty against Scott, Wolverine, Rogue, Beast, and you.