Pilot of her own destiny
By LOGAN
The rain outside the bus fell with a slow rhythm mimicing the beating of her heart.
She couldn't believe she was being such a baby about visiting a friend but knowing it would be an extended visit did nothing to calm
her she knew she needed it away from Wolvie he had become distant lately and she found it easier to deal with if she didn't need to be around him for a while since she was beginning to feel that it was because of something she did.
She knew she would love seeing Hank again he had always been there for her in the past and she knew she could count on him now
to be the friend who listened when she needed him to....Wolvie tried but he didn't know how to really listen "Reading between the lines is not in his vocabulary she thought to herself".
As the bus traveled on she begain to realize she was hungry
"I wonder when this bus comes to it's next stop so I can score some munchies"She thought
A couple hours passed when on the horizon the promised land appears in the form of the sacred 7-11 sign
she decided she could go for a grape slushy and a bag of pork rinds she had always hated them but hanging around Wolvie she had grown to like them.
When she went up to pay for them she saw a couple of guys who looked like trouble buying tickets into Manhattan.
She decided these guys bore closer watching.As they boarded the bus she noticed they made a point of setting right behind the driver
which made her Wolvie honed instincts go into overdrive.
She took her seat in the middle of the bus she made a point to set on the aisle side haveing traded with the kid who had been tradeing jokes back and forth with her about Pokemon.She was ready if trouble started.
Things were fine till they came to a fairly secluded patch of road then as if a bomb exploded the bigger of the two pulled a sawed off shotgun from beneath his trench coat Jubilee realized how quickly the situation could get out of hand so she used some of her fireworks to blind him as she was moving to relieve him of his gun the other one rose and turned revealing himself to her she ignored him since no gun was in evidence in his hand.
Even as she completed her kick to his solar plexas bending him forward she felt a bolt of high energy plasma hit her in the back of her head .
As the lights went out on her awareness she kicked herslef mentally because Wolvie had always told her never to take things at face value because they always have a way of knocking you on your ass if your not careful.
It never occured to her that the reason he wasn't packing is because he was not your everyday run of the mill thug he was super human at least most likely a mutant
An hour later when her eyes opened she looked around but didn't recognize where she was at but she knew something was very wrong she couldn't feel her legs they were numb and she could see that she was laying in a pool of blood she started to cry she would die here alone without all her loved ones to comfort her.
She had never been so scared in her life she could feel her life draining from her with every passing minute.
Suddenly she heard a rustleing in the bushes to her right " Wolvie she cried out" Her heart jumped if he was here then she would be alright he would make sure she didn't die.
But she soon learned to her regret that it wasn't Wolvie who came throught the bushes it was a gang of thugs who looked like they were looking to get into trouble.
And they wouldn't hesatate to do anything that came into their depraved minds they moved slowly in towards her in an ever shrinking circle licking their lips like a starveing dog who hasn't eaten in a week.
She raised her head up and intended to let loose with a full barrage but her powers were draining out of her along with the blood that she had lost because she could only manage a small pop the thugs jumped back for a second but they moved in again having regained their courage.
At this moment the leader of the thugs decided that he would finally speak up" I always wanted to do a mutie". The flesh started to crawl on her neck because she knew what she was in for and right now she couldn't do anything about it.
They had two guys holding her down and the leader was about to violate her bodily when a commotion
occured at the entrance to the clearing all she could see from where she was laying was it was blue and it was pissed.
The leader started to go back to what he was doing he figured if he was going to go back to prison he was going to get his rocks off one last time when all of a sudden a strong arm reached around and picked him up like he was a baby and tossed him a good 20 feet Jubilee was then picked up in a pair of very muscular arms and carried to the side.
When she looked up to see who had saved her she saw the most handsome man she had ever seen he looked familiar but right now he was turning around to leap to the side of his fellow rescuer so she would have to figure it out later he was just in time to see a gunman taking careful aim on his comrade Jubilee called up the strength
to squeeze out one paff it was aimed at the eyes of the gunman and hit dead on as he screamed he was knocked out by the finger of his opponent!
The fight was over before the gang even had a chance to react the last thing Jubilee saw as she went back into unconsciousness was a worried Beast and his hansome companion who she remembered was named Simon
"Hey who turned on the high beams" Jubilee exclaimed as she woke from her hard slumber she was bandaged
and was hooked up to a monitor with IV's that seemed like they were coming out every pore she owned Hank was at her side in an instant looking like he hadn't slept in days
" How long I been out " she forced her voice to plead
" 3 days Jubilation and three longer days i've never spent"
" Was I that bad off doc?"
" Well lets just say funeral arrangements were a topic of conversation"
"Was Wolvie upset? "
" We don't know no one could find him"
"Figures " she says as she turns her back to Hank she didn't want him to see her heart breaking.
As she reflected on things for the next couple of days she couldn't get the man who had saved her out of her mind she laughed at herself and her developing knight in shining armor complex.
Wolvie would probably tell her to get over her self delusions and just worry about getting better
but she was coming to not care what he thought anymore.
She loved him and that would never change but he just wasn't the same man he had always been
he had withdrawn into himself and His problems what about her????
He used to care about her and how she was doing and the things that worried her she felt betrayed
by his attitude lately like he didn't have the time to care about her like he used to.
Before her brooding could drop her any deeper into a funk a door at the back of Hanks lab
opened she could hear Hank talking to Simon she found hearing his voice oddly comforting
and she hoped he would come further in so she could look him over she found her heart
was pounding so hard it was like a hammer and anvil in her ear as the blood flowed quickly through her veins. She couldn't explain it why was this man effecting her so much.
Granted he was handsome and friendly and out of the question when it came to age difference
and his code name "WONDERMAN"sounded to much like male ego but those cons were minor as far as she was concerned.
But she desided that it was timeto consentrate on her recovery and put these thoughts behind her
"At least for now" she said outloud to herself just as Simon walked in he asked her what she meant by
"At least for know" she blushed and told him she was telling herself to relax at least for know
She hated lying to such a nice guy who obviously was worried about her.
She liked the way that thought sounded to her someone was more worried about her than themselves
" So how do you feel Jubilee?" he asked
"Just fine now Simon can't you tell with your x-ray eyes "
"Sorry my eyes don't do that which is a good thing because if they did Hank would be trying to synthesize it "
" Hank? Mr responsible? Say it isn't so! "
" Right hand up to god that man is more of a party animal than most people think you ever hear of a beer bong? That was his idea "
" Your pulling my leg " Jubilee laughed
" Right hand up to god" Simon said as he raised his left hand with a smirk
Simon was glad he could get the beautiful young girl to laugh he found that she had a smile that lit up the room like a beacon he decided that he was going to make it a point to stop by and see
this girl everytime he got the chance.
He just wished that she wouldn't have had to go through the things she did the night him
and Hank had gotten the call from Westchester wondering why Jubilee hadn't called when she got to New York.
When they relized after a call to the dispatcher that she was on the bus that was hijacked
They were on a quinjet rocketing through the night towards where the bus had
been hijacked.
When they landed they saw a trail of blood and drag marks where a body had been drug
towards the bushes as they ran through the brush Hank saw Jubilee trying in vain to protect herself he screamed a scream that froze even the ions that constitute Simons " BLOOD"
He was glad when he could reach Jubilee in time to save her from being violated she didn't deserve that kind of dirty trick from fates cruel hand he knew how the things that were beyond your control were the things that drove people to do desparate things.
"Hey i'll see you later Jubes" He said as he turned to leave
"I'll hold you to that " Jubilee said feeling better haveing seen him smile
Simon walked throught the mansion trying to figure out why the girl effected him so
could it just be a brotherly thing or did it run deeper into something else he had never been a big believer in
love at first sight but after having met her he was starting to have his doubts but he was afraid to make his feelings known to Hank for fear of what his bounceing friend may say to discourage him.
He knew that she was only 17 but he could love her from afar till they could be together he knew that a further
complication would be Wolverine they had never gotten along on any of the occasions that they had been near each other he knew the man but didn't know his feelings for Jubilee and he didn't want to come between anyone that might be making Jubilee happy.
So it was important to him that he find out how she felt about him before he made a fool of himself ever since Wanda and him had their falling out he had felt himself retreating into a social coma. As far as Simon was conserned things were going to change for the better very soon.
Juilee sat up in bed a couple nights later feeling herself succumbing to boredom she needed to get out and
have some fun so she decided to sneak out to a party she had heard Hercules talk about when he had been in the mansion the other day.
Having been cleared throught Avengers security when she was brought to the mansion she found sneaking out to be fun even if it was a piece of cake she could feel her stitches being pulled even as she walked she made a mental note to take it fairly easy as she walked down the street all she was worried about was partyeeeing!!!
Which could explain why she failed to notice the dark smiling figure that followed her as she walked down the street........
What's in store for Jubilee next and will she ever find someone that is always there for her
look here for the second part soooooon............
Copyright 2000 LOGAN
By LOGAN
The rain outside the bus fell with a slow rhythm mimicing the beating of her heart.
She couldn't believe she was being such a baby about visiting a friend but knowing it would be an extended visit did nothing to calm
her she knew she needed it away from Wolvie he had become distant lately and she found it easier to deal with if she didn't need to be around him for a while since she was beginning to feel that it was because of something she did.
She knew she would love seeing Hank again he had always been there for her in the past and she knew she could count on him now
to be the friend who listened when she needed him to....Wolvie tried but he didn't know how to really listen "Reading between the lines is not in his vocabulary she thought to herself".
As the bus traveled on she begain to realize she was hungry
"I wonder when this bus comes to it's next stop so I can score some munchies"She thought
A couple hours passed when on the horizon the promised land appears in the form of the sacred 7-11 sign
she decided she could go for a grape slushy and a bag of pork rinds she had always hated them but hanging around Wolvie she had grown to like them.
When she went up to pay for them she saw a couple of guys who looked like trouble buying tickets into Manhattan.
She decided these guys bore closer watching.As they boarded the bus she noticed they made a point of setting right behind the driver
which made her Wolvie honed instincts go into overdrive.
She took her seat in the middle of the bus she made a point to set on the aisle side haveing traded with the kid who had been tradeing jokes back and forth with her about Pokemon.She was ready if trouble started.
Things were fine till they came to a fairly secluded patch of road then as if a bomb exploded the bigger of the two pulled a sawed off shotgun from beneath his trench coat Jubilee realized how quickly the situation could get out of hand so she used some of her fireworks to blind him as she was moving to relieve him of his gun the other one rose and turned revealing himself to her she ignored him since no gun was in evidence in his hand.
Even as she completed her kick to his solar plexas bending him forward she felt a bolt of high energy plasma hit her in the back of her head .
As the lights went out on her awareness she kicked herslef mentally because Wolvie had always told her never to take things at face value because they always have a way of knocking you on your ass if your not careful.
It never occured to her that the reason he wasn't packing is because he was not your everyday run of the mill thug he was super human at least most likely a mutant
An hour later when her eyes opened she looked around but didn't recognize where she was at but she knew something was very wrong she couldn't feel her legs they were numb and she could see that she was laying in a pool of blood she started to cry she would die here alone without all her loved ones to comfort her.
She had never been so scared in her life she could feel her life draining from her with every passing minute.
Suddenly she heard a rustleing in the bushes to her right " Wolvie she cried out" Her heart jumped if he was here then she would be alright he would make sure she didn't die.
But she soon learned to her regret that it wasn't Wolvie who came throught the bushes it was a gang of thugs who looked like they were looking to get into trouble.
And they wouldn't hesatate to do anything that came into their depraved minds they moved slowly in towards her in an ever shrinking circle licking their lips like a starveing dog who hasn't eaten in a week.
She raised her head up and intended to let loose with a full barrage but her powers were draining out of her along with the blood that she had lost because she could only manage a small pop the thugs jumped back for a second but they moved in again having regained their courage.
At this moment the leader of the thugs decided that he would finally speak up" I always wanted to do a mutie". The flesh started to crawl on her neck because she knew what she was in for and right now she couldn't do anything about it.
They had two guys holding her down and the leader was about to violate her bodily when a commotion
occured at the entrance to the clearing all she could see from where she was laying was it was blue and it was pissed.
The leader started to go back to what he was doing he figured if he was going to go back to prison he was going to get his rocks off one last time when all of a sudden a strong arm reached around and picked him up like he was a baby and tossed him a good 20 feet Jubilee was then picked up in a pair of very muscular arms and carried to the side.
When she looked up to see who had saved her she saw the most handsome man she had ever seen he looked familiar but right now he was turning around to leap to the side of his fellow rescuer so she would have to figure it out later he was just in time to see a gunman taking careful aim on his comrade Jubilee called up the strength
to squeeze out one paff it was aimed at the eyes of the gunman and hit dead on as he screamed he was knocked out by the finger of his opponent!
The fight was over before the gang even had a chance to react the last thing Jubilee saw as she went back into unconsciousness was a worried Beast and his hansome companion who she remembered was named Simon
"Hey who turned on the high beams" Jubilee exclaimed as she woke from her hard slumber she was bandaged
and was hooked up to a monitor with IV's that seemed like they were coming out every pore she owned Hank was at her side in an instant looking like he hadn't slept in days
" How long I been out " she forced her voice to plead
" 3 days Jubilation and three longer days i've never spent"
" Was I that bad off doc?"
" Well lets just say funeral arrangements were a topic of conversation"
"Was Wolvie upset? "
" We don't know no one could find him"
"Figures " she says as she turns her back to Hank she didn't want him to see her heart breaking.
As she reflected on things for the next couple of days she couldn't get the man who had saved her out of her mind she laughed at herself and her developing knight in shining armor complex.
Wolvie would probably tell her to get over her self delusions and just worry about getting better
but she was coming to not care what he thought anymore.
She loved him and that would never change but he just wasn't the same man he had always been
he had withdrawn into himself and His problems what about her????
He used to care about her and how she was doing and the things that worried her she felt betrayed
by his attitude lately like he didn't have the time to care about her like he used to.
Before her brooding could drop her any deeper into a funk a door at the back of Hanks lab
opened she could hear Hank talking to Simon she found hearing his voice oddly comforting
and she hoped he would come further in so she could look him over she found her heart
was pounding so hard it was like a hammer and anvil in her ear as the blood flowed quickly through her veins. She couldn't explain it why was this man effecting her so much.
Granted he was handsome and friendly and out of the question when it came to age difference
and his code name "WONDERMAN"sounded to much like male ego but those cons were minor as far as she was concerned.
But she desided that it was timeto consentrate on her recovery and put these thoughts behind her
"At least for now" she said outloud to herself just as Simon walked in he asked her what she meant by
"At least for know" she blushed and told him she was telling herself to relax at least for know
She hated lying to such a nice guy who obviously was worried about her.
She liked the way that thought sounded to her someone was more worried about her than themselves
" So how do you feel Jubilee?" he asked
"Just fine now Simon can't you tell with your x-ray eyes "
"Sorry my eyes don't do that which is a good thing because if they did Hank would be trying to synthesize it "
" Hank? Mr responsible? Say it isn't so! "
" Right hand up to god that man is more of a party animal than most people think you ever hear of a beer bong? That was his idea "
" Your pulling my leg " Jubilee laughed
" Right hand up to god" Simon said as he raised his left hand with a smirk
Simon was glad he could get the beautiful young girl to laugh he found that she had a smile that lit up the room like a beacon he decided that he was going to make it a point to stop by and see
this girl everytime he got the chance.
He just wished that she wouldn't have had to go through the things she did the night him
and Hank had gotten the call from Westchester wondering why Jubilee hadn't called when she got to New York.
When they relized after a call to the dispatcher that she was on the bus that was hijacked
They were on a quinjet rocketing through the night towards where the bus had
been hijacked.
When they landed they saw a trail of blood and drag marks where a body had been drug
towards the bushes as they ran through the brush Hank saw Jubilee trying in vain to protect herself he screamed a scream that froze even the ions that constitute Simons " BLOOD"
He was glad when he could reach Jubilee in time to save her from being violated she didn't deserve that kind of dirty trick from fates cruel hand he knew how the things that were beyond your control were the things that drove people to do desparate things.
"Hey i'll see you later Jubes" He said as he turned to leave
"I'll hold you to that " Jubilee said feeling better haveing seen him smile
Simon walked throught the mansion trying to figure out why the girl effected him so
could it just be a brotherly thing or did it run deeper into something else he had never been a big believer in
love at first sight but after having met her he was starting to have his doubts but he was afraid to make his feelings known to Hank for fear of what his bounceing friend may say to discourage him.
He knew that she was only 17 but he could love her from afar till they could be together he knew that a further
complication would be Wolverine they had never gotten along on any of the occasions that they had been near each other he knew the man but didn't know his feelings for Jubilee and he didn't want to come between anyone that might be making Jubilee happy.
So it was important to him that he find out how she felt about him before he made a fool of himself ever since Wanda and him had their falling out he had felt himself retreating into a social coma. As far as Simon was conserned things were going to change for the better very soon.
Juilee sat up in bed a couple nights later feeling herself succumbing to boredom she needed to get out and
have some fun so she decided to sneak out to a party she had heard Hercules talk about when he had been in the mansion the other day.
Having been cleared throught Avengers security when she was brought to the mansion she found sneaking out to be fun even if it was a piece of cake she could feel her stitches being pulled even as she walked she made a mental note to take it fairly easy as she walked down the street all she was worried about was partyeeeing!!!
Which could explain why she failed to notice the dark smiling figure that followed her as she walked down the street........
What's in store for Jubilee next and will she ever find someone that is always there for her
look here for the second part soooooon............
Copyright 2000 LOGAN