Uncanny Generation-X

Chapter 1: The Wrath of Jubilation Lee

By

The Uncanny R-Man

Disclaimer- All familiar characters belong to Marvel Comics.

'My doctor says I wouldn't get so many nosebleeds if I just kept my finger out of there.'- Ralph Wiggum (The Simpsons: I Love Lisa)

The Xavier Institute For Higher Learning-

Monet St Croix was in the kitchen with her younger sisters Nicole and Claudette. The St Croix twins had been sent to the Institute by their father to learn how to use their powers. Nicole and Claudette both had limited telepathic powers. They also had the ability to merge with their older siblings Monet and Marius, otherwise known as the villainous mutant Emplate.

'It's really cool that father let us join you here, Monet.' Nicole smiled as she munched on an apple. 'I can't wait until I'm old enough to become one of the X-Men.'

'You still have much to learn about your powers, Nicole.' Monet told her sister. 'You have much to do until you are strong enough to fight the likes of Magneto.'

'Can't we even join you on missions?' Nicole asked.

'I'm not even an active member of the X-Men.' Monet explained. 'I'm a reserve member. I take over a place on the team if somebody is ill or otherwise unable to take part in a mission. I couldn't care less either way. I don't need a place in the X-Men to prove how great I am.'

'Claudette thinks being an X-Man would be awesome.' Nicole grinned. Unfortunately, Claudette was unable to speak for herself as she suffered from a severe case of autism.

'I'm sure that both of you will make great additions to the X-Men.' Monet smiled as she kissed Claudette on the forehead. 'But not for a long time yet.'

Unfortunately, the warm family scene wasn't to last as a rather irate Jubilee stormed into the kitchen.

'Gah! I can't believe his nerve!' Jubilee ranted as she threw her arms up in the air. 'After all the times I've helped the X-men! How dare he not let me have a place on the new roster! Reservist my butt!'

'Still fuming over the roster changes, I see.' Monet surmised. 'You really are starting to become like a scratched record.'

'Bite me, St Croix.' Jubilee retorted. 'You might not care if you get a place on the team, but I do! I've been with the team for God knows how long, and the damn ingrates won't even let me be on the team!'

'As your teammate and… friend, I suppose... I had at least try to feign interest.' Monet sighed.

'Don't bust your back on my account.' Jubilee grumbled as she slumped down in a chair. Claudette held up a piece of apple for the angry mutant to take.

'Thanks, kid.' Jubilee smiled slightly as she took the offered piece of apple. As much as she'd had to admit it, the St Croix twins were kind of cute. Nothing like their older sister at all.

'You're not the only one that was left out.' Monet told her friend. 'Have you thought how Paige, Jono, and Angelo feel?'

'Paige and Jono are too busy making goo-goo eyes at each other to worry about being part of the X-Men.' Jubilee sighed. 'They're so sweet together, it makes me sick.'

'If you feel like you have to prove yourself to Cyclops and the others, why don't you form your own team?' Monet suggested. 'Everybody is doing it, and you always did have a habit of doing whatever was fashionable at the moment.'

'Yeah, I think you're right, M.' Jubilee nodded thoughtfully. 'You know that Paige and the others'll want to be in on it. Heh. How about it, you wanna be part of a Generation X reunion?'

'I know that I am going to regret saying this, but you can count me in.' Monet rolled her eyes. 'Just don't mess this up, okay?'

Later-

Jubilee had gathered together the other former members of Generation-X and was explaining to them why she had decided to reform their old team.

'Don't you think Sean and Emma will be angry when they find out that you've reformed the old team without telling them?' Paige frowned in concern, crossing her arms.

'Like Emma actually cares about what we do.' Jubilee snorted.

'Emma isn't as much of an ice queen as you make her out to be, Jubilee.' Paige told her friend. 'If she was as much of an emotionless witch as you think, she wouldn't have a child with Hank, would she?'

'Nothing but details, Guthrie.' Jubilee rolled her eyes. 'Now, are you guys up for a reunion or what?'

'It's not like we have a choice in the matter.' Jono sniffed. 'It looks like you already made up our minds for us.'

'You are one stubborn chica, Jubes.' Angelo smirked. 'We know better than to argue with you.'

'Where's Monet gotten to anyway?' Paige asked. 'Doesn't she want to be part of the team?'

'M's using Cerebro to try and find other members.' Jubilee explained. 'Do you remember that Gaia chick?'

'Pink hair and reality-warping powers, right?' Jono remembered.

'That's the one.' Jubilee nodded. 'She might now be one of the originals, but we need more than five members, what with Synch being… you know.'

'I think we're forgetting somebody else.' Angelo reminded her. 'What about Penny? Do you think she'd want to join us?'

'Penny's a big girl now, Ange.' Jubilee replied. 'She doesn't need us to keep watching over her shoulder. Besides, she's got her own team now with the Sirens. She doesn't want to hang around with us old farts any more.'

'I wouldn't say that, Jubes.' Paige said. 'It's not like we're old.'

'Let's leave Penny be for now.' Jubilee suggested. 'If she wants to join the reunion, then she can come along whenever she wants.'

'We have a problem…' Monet announced as she headed towards the group, coming from Cerebro's direction. 'It's Gaia. She's only gotten herself into trouble.'

'Gotten herself into trouble?' Jubilee asked. 'Do you mean the gotten-herself-knocked-up kind of trouble?'

'I mean the locked-up-in-a-Texan-jail kind of trouble.' Monet explained. 'It seems that during her travels Gaia fell in with the wrong crowd and somebody used her as a scapegoat by planting drugs on her person, or so she believes.'

'Then what are we waiting for?' Jubilee asked the team. 'Let's go bust her out of jail!'

TBC…

Next: Jailbreak

The newly-reformed Generation-X head to Bullspit, Texas to bust Gaia out of jail. Nothing's better for a first mission back like a jailbreak, huh?