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psy speech
"This. Is. War." Jubilee mutters to herself through gritted teeth, lifting her petite frame from the floor she's become so well acquainted with. Getting to her knees she pauses a moment to wipe away some blood drops trickling from the corner of her mouth. Once to her feet the young girl lifts one hand to place her sunglasses over her eyes. She channels her energy into the other hand, making her mutant powers come alive, calling forth burning balls of plasma from nothingness. Smirking she says, "You're going down St. Croix!"
In another lifetime Jubilation Lee lived on the streets of Southern California, but now she spends her time commuting from a prestigious private school in Massachusetts, to a high rise penthouse in New York City. So how does a homeless, parent-less, 15 year old, chinese american get a deal like that? First, because she caught the eye of the very wealthy, very influential, Miss Emma Frost. Second, because Miss Lee, and Miss Frost, have one vital thing in common, they are both Mutants. And third, because Miss Lee is a former student of one Professor Charles Xavier.
Monet St. Croix stood across the room bracing herself for the impact of the brightly colored plasma, or "fireworks" as Miss Lee calls them, but much to Monet's dismay she instead found herself blinded by the brilliant light they emit, rather than burnt by their heat. Jubilee takes advantage of her very small window of opportunity and goes in for a sweep at Monet's legs. Beautifully delivered, Jubilee was already patting her back before Monet hit the ground, unfortunately she never really did hit the ground, using her own mutant abilities to float back to her feet instead. With a rather coy grin on her face she says "That was quite the skillful maneuver Jubilation. Too bad all your effort was wasted. You'll never be good enough to best me."
Monet St. Croix, was born to a obscenely wealthy family in Monaco. Her father, an ambassador, babied her for her entire life, the perfect daughter. On the faithful day that her mutant powers were awakened, she became a pariah, and her father did the only thing he thought he could do: contact Emma Frost. Fortunately she was in London recruiting another student, and was more than happy to take Monet. Monet was more than unhappy, but she knew she had to go. He older brother, Marius was also a mutant, unfortunately his powers drove him insane, eventually killing their mother. Since then he'd completely disappeared. It was the safest thing for her father, and two younger sisters, the only way she could prevent herself from repeating her brother's actions. At the time the only two members of The Hellfire Club's fledgling team were Jubilation Lee, a loud hyperactive American, and Jonothan Starsmore, a depressed british boy with only half a face. On first sight, Monet decided never to bother with Jonothan, and that Jubilee was the bane of her existence, rivals from the very start, and Jubilee was more than happy to hate her in return.
"Listen Monet, your powers may make you perfect, but perfection is entirely over rated. This isn't like your home, where people get paid to make you feel good. You're on my turf now!" Jubilee shouted threateningly.
"Jubilation you really shouldn't talk so much, it's bad for your health. After all, I'm sure you must be having trouble breathing from taking that beating I gave you. Truthfully, you do a great impression of a rag doll." Monet boasted.
"St. Croix, you just don't know when to stop, do you!" Jubilee shouted in frustration.
"One good thing about me is that I never have to." She stated with a smile glued on to her face. You see, Monet's mutation was perfect, just like her. It did not change her flawless ebony skin, or deform any part of her model-esque appearance, but gave her the gifts, of flight, strength, virtual invulnerability, and mild telepathy. She probably would never tire, as long at she was able to eat enough food to maintain her high metabolic rate, but surely she could have Jubilee in the hospital before lunch.
"That's it." And with that Jubilee launched an all out attack on the older, taller, stronger female. Her first attack was a spin kick which fell just short of hitting Monet, followed by a second which made contact, and opened Monet for a third, until Jubilee's foot was grabbed. Jubilee's arms were too short to do anything useful, so she jumped with her second foot, reversing the spin of her body completely until she was out of the girl's grasp. Coming out of the air Jubilee placed her arms out to rebound back to her feet rather than face plant again.
This was Monet's turn, as she closed in to restrain both of Jubilee's arms. As soon as Jubilee felt Monet's hand on her wrist, she hooked her foot around M's ankle, and pulled with all her strength. This time Monet actually hit the ground, but pulled Jubilee down with her. As Jubilee landed with her back on top of Monet, M still held tight to the other girls hands with one of hers, and swung the free arm around Jubilee's neck, putting her in an effective choke hold.
That's when the door to the training room opened, and they both felt the icy chill that was Emma frost. "What in the world do you girls think you're doing?" Emma hissed in that horribly intimidating way that only she could.
When Emma Frost found Jubilation Lee, she expected the girl to come running, willing to do anything to get off the streets. Anyone else in her position would have, but not her. In less than a month after being withdrawn from the Xavier Institute Jubilation Lee's life was ripped apart. Her parents died in a car wreck, leaving Jubilee with no living guardian, and all of her parent's fortune lost in a stock market crash only a week later. Orphaned and poor, Jubilee refused to become a ward of the state, or be sent to her only living relatives in China. Instead she took whatever cash she could scrounge up and headed out to make her way back to Xavier's. It had been almost a year and she hadn't made it out of California when Miss Frost found her. Jubilee had acquired many new skills from her time on the streets, and was more than determined to complete her trek across the country, but there was something about Emma's offer that Jubilee liked, and that was what Emma liked.
"Get up! Both of you, now!" Emma ordered. Both girls quickly complied. "This isn't a place for cat fights, it's meant for training, more importantly, to be trained as a team, not to beat each other senseless. I'm not sure who I'm more disappointed in." Both of her charges knew better than this and they felt just as bad about being immature, as they were mad for not being able to finish their fight. "Both of you go get changed, I'll talk to you both tonight, but for now we have a new student that we must introduce to the team."