Lance nodded.<br/>"Um, yeah, sure."<br/>He got up and paid the bill before taking Lily's hand and walking out with her. That was when he discovered an empty street and two strange looking people standing before them. One was a scraggly, unkempt mutant down in a position like a frog getting ready to leap. The other was also scraggly and unkempt, but was standing on two feet. He snarled and the other one busted up laughing.<br/><br/>"Aw, isn't that so sweet," he said in a mocking tone, "but unfortunately, we're going to have to put that kitty down."<br/>Lance stepped forward, protecting Lily.<br/>"What do you want?"<br/>The snarling one pointed at him.<br/>"Are you Avalanche?"<br/><br/>"Yeah, what about it?"<br/>"I'm Sabretooth and this is Toad. We're members of the Brotherhood and we've been ordered to take you back by any means necessary."<br/>"Yeah, but see, we don't need the kitty. So, if you don't want to risk her getting hurt, you'd better come with us."<br/>Lance let go of Lily's hand and stood tall.<br/><br/>"Like hell I will! You two should know better than to get in the way of an Avalanche!"<br/>His eyes rolled back in his head and he hunched his shoulders as eerie guitar notes filled the air. The ground began to shake, and the Brotherhood mutants began to move from foot to foot trying to keep their balance. Lance then stomped his foot down, and an earthquake was sent at them, where it blew up a geyser of earth and sent them flying to the side. He then clasped his hands to the earth and began shifting it to form a large dome in which to trap them.<br/><br/>Before he could complete it, however, the two mutants escaped. Toad jumped high into the air and began lashing at him with his tongue. Lance caught it and threw him away. Toad jumped off the wall and came back, but was met with a 3.0 earthquake that traveled through the air and hit him. Toad's head was spinning and he struggled to recover. Lance formed a fighting stance.<br/>"Let's go!"<br/><br/>Sabretooth ignored Avalanche and headed straight for Lily. He recognized her as the one who had interfered with his plans earlier.<br/>"Here, kitty kitty!" he shouted with a menacing snarl.<br/>He then roared and leaped at her claws first.<br/><br/>Sniper stood over a defeated Juggernaut. He had managed to nail him in the eyes with two shots, and from there had removed his helmet and knocked him out the same way as last time. He felt he'd had enough training, so he went to find Storm. He wanted to talk to her about the Freedom Force training with the X-Men.