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With the professor no longer able to guide them, the X-Men are pondering their future course of action when Jean Grey's parents arrive for a brief visit and they must resume their roles as ordinary students. Not long afterward. Magneto sends a disguised Toad to compete in a televised track meet using his mutant leaping ability. When the Toad's superhuman performance causes him to be pursued by an angry mob, the X-Men intervene to rescue him. Magneto's scheme to have the X-Men take the Toad back to their base almost succeeds, but the Beast recognizes him and pulls off his disguise. As the Toad tries to escape, his partners arrive, and a battle ensues in which the Angel is captured by Magneto. While Magneto questions him in vain at his asteroid base, the Angel's teammates accompany the Toad, whose slavish devotion to Magneto drives him to return to the asteroid. Soon the Angel is free, and the X-Men and the Brotherhood again join in battle. The asteroid begins to break up, and the X-Men manage to get away in one of Magneto's ships. Returning home, they learn that Prof. X had only pretended the loss of his powers in order to provide them with a "final exam", their first battle fought completely on their own.