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Chapter One:

Mall Rat

A nineteen-year-old Jubilation Lee fiddled with her earring. She was looking for any rent-a-cops. Lately, what seemed like their one soul purpose in life was watching her like a hawk, just waiting for her to do something against the law. Of corse, she never did do anything against the law. Except for maybe accidentally break that one arcade game. But that was, after all, an accident. Her parents had paid for it. Out of her allowance. But still, that was a long time ago. A very long time ago. Finding the cost clear, she made her way down to the electronics store. She needed a new CD player, she had just broken her last one. Looking through the different kinds, she struggled to find the cheapest one. Humming to herself, she picked out a black one. Turning around she saw a man at the cash register. He had long blonde hair, and was wearing a baseball cap. A painful memory suddenly shot threw her.

*****

Jubilation was running home from the skate park. It was raining and almost time for dinner. She crossed her fingers, hoping her parents were in a good mood, and that they wouldn't mind an almost late and wet Jubilee.

Getting to the door, she sung it open and yelled, "Mom, Dad, I'm hoooooooooome!"

There was no answer. The Asian cuisine food was sill cooking on the stove. The microwave was beeping. Jubilee began to get nervosas. Her dad's briefcase was lying on the stairs, papers everywhere. Jubilee inhaled slowly.

"Mom?"

Her parent's room door slowly open. Jubilee felt her hart rate quicken. Out of it stepped a tall man with long blonde hair; He had four metal claws coming out of his knuckles, and blood was dripping from them. Her parent's blood. He smiled a toothy grin, blood on his teeth also. Around his neck was a necklace of human ears, two of them with fresh blood on them. Her parent's ears. Jubilee felt a chill go up her spine. She dropped her skate board and ran out the door.

*****

Jubilee shook her head. She had to regain control. She couldn't let him know she was here. She slowly backed up.

"Hey!" said a voice behind her.

She quickly turned around and saw that she had run into an African-American woman with bleach-white hair and lightning-shaped earrings.

"Sorry," mumbled Jubilee.

She looked nervously around and darted to the stack of batteries by the entrance. Waiting until he wasn't facing her, she darted out of the store.

"Yah, you'd better be sorry!" Yelled Ororo Munro after the girl that had just bumped into her.

She mumbled something under her breath until she caught sight of the man at the register. Creed. She forced back a scream, and grabbed Jean by the wrist. "Hey," began Jean. She followed Ororo's gaze. Her eyes grew wide. The girl that had bumped into Ororo darted out of the building. Creed took his by of whatever he had just bought, and followed her. Jean meet Ororo's gaze.

"We should go get Logan," Ororo said.

Jean nodded.

Logan hated these little shopping expeditions Jean and Ororo insisted on going. They tried to talk Kitty into going too, but Kitty, the smart girl, decided to stay home and have a video game compotation against Bobby and Kurt. He sighed as he saw the two girls racing towards him. He already at about fourteen bags that they had asked him the "watch". Chances were, that at the end of this little escapade, he's be asked to carry them too. He was happy to see that they didn't purchase anything at the Radio Shack. When they reached him, they were out of breath. Jean was the first to speak up.

"Creed…at the store…" she panted.

Ororo finished her sentence.

"Took off…that way…after…an Asian…girl."

She pointed in the opposite direction that they had just come. Logan stood up, and was about to pop his claws when a voice said

* No Logan. Not here. I'll contact the professor. You and Ororo can nail Creed. *

Logan nodded.

"Okay 'Ro, let's go after Creed. Jeanie can stay here and contact the professor," said Logan.

Jean rolled her eyes, annoyed that Logan had "stolen her line". Logan motioned for Ororo to come with him, and they took off after Sabertooth.

Jubilee ran towards the exit as fast as she could go, breathing hard. She had to stay away from him. He would kill her. She knew he would. Suddenly, he appeared before her.

"There!" said Ororo.

"There he is!"

Logan growled.

"I see him," he said.

"Hey frail," said the man.

Jubilee was like a deer in headlights, unable to move, barley able to breath.

"It's about time," he said grabbing her throat, "that I finished what I started." Jubilee chocked back a cry. An image of her dead parents suddenly flashed through her mind. Her face hardened.

"Not in this life time, buddy," she said.

"Goddess," said Ororo,

"He's going to kill her."

She turned and faced Logan.

"We have to help her."

Logan turned Storm around just in time for her to see the Asian girl blast Sabertooth with a dazzling array of light.

"Doesn't look like she needs help to me," he said.

Jubilee looked on in surprise as the man stumbled back. She had never been able to control those gobs of light before. They usually happened unexpectedly, shooting out when she least needed them. Her wide eyes looked at the guy who killed her mom and dad. Had she killed him? His skin was black and smouldering. He got up and growled at her.

"Develop an attitude in the past three years, did ya?" Jubilee held her arms out in front of her.

"Don't touch me," she whispered, slowly backing up.

"Make me," growled the man.

"Howza'bout I make ya', Creed?" said a voice behind Jubilee.

She spun around.

"Duck," the man said.

She did so, and her arm was grabbed by the woman who she had bumped into earlier.

"Come with me," she said.

"Jean," Ororo said, "Jean, Sabertooth was trying to kill this girl when she burnt him to a crisp."

"Cool," said Jean.

"The Professor said that he was sending Rogue over wit the X-jet. He said to let Logan and Sabertooth fight, as long as no one gets hurt."

"What about…" Ororo looked at Jubilee.

"What's your name?" she asked.

"Jubilee," she answered.

"What about Jubilee?" Jean shrugged.

"I'll ask the professor."

Jean closed her eyes.

*Professor, what do I do about the girl who bar-b-q ed Sabertooth before Logan got there?*

*Take her with you. There's no telling why Sabertooth was after her. Keep an eye on her, though. *

Jean opened her eyes.

"We're taking her with us."

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Wow! Wish they'de take ME with them! NOw, do I need to tell you to review? I think no. Reveiw. No. Click that button. I know you want to. So do it.