Hehe um yeah okay to start off I had no idea it had been two years since I touched this story dies of shame. Let me just tell you that I had no intention in the past months of finishing it because frankly I thought it was dead in the mud as far as inspiration goes. Then here comes a Saturday night and I'm bored and decide to read my good old X-men story that I left unfinished dies of shame again and get a little inspired once more. Now for the hints dropped in earlier chapters of plans um yeah I forgot anything regarding those original ideas since it's been forever hehe. Let's just see if I can get this story going again hey? That is in the very unlikely event anyone who was reading this story two years ago still gives a crap about it.
"I know I can find him Hank." Jean muttered to her companion for the fourth time in the last hour. The pair of teachers had found a small cave not too far from the mansion and had stayed there in hopes of finding any stray students who might have come this way as well.
"You need to let your mind relax Jean." He offered again. Beast was crouching against the cold rock while Jean Grey paced the entrance agitatedly.
"Why hasn't Charles tried to contact me yet?" she thought out loud.
Beast shook his head for all of his counsel seemed to sail right through the redhead's ears. Jean stopped against the opposite wall and slumped down degenerately. She pulled her legs into her chest for warmth and closed her eyes.
"Maybe meditation would help?" she half asked herself and Beast.
Beast nodded at her pleased.
Half an hour later Jean was starting to get impatient again. She clicked her manicured nails on the hard rock with her eyes closed. Finally a whisper sounded in the back of her mind.
Peace Jean. I can hear you.
Professor Xavior's voice came through her telepathic air ways so to speak and she breathed a welcome sigh of relief.
"Beast! I've got him."
"Finally some good news." Was his happy reply.
"Are you sure the President is even behind this? Maybe it's a smaller faction that are taking these drastic steps." Cyclops contradicted his own proclamation from when he had first heard the news report and blamed the president.
"Scott," Xavier started patiently for his friend had been getting more and more upset as time ticked by. "It would be foolish to think that the president could not know about the Act for all the news coverage on the tv."
Cyclops was grasping at straws at this point.
"It could be an anti-mutant organization that-"
"Scott! Calm down, this is a large set back I am aware but I have hopes that it won't last forever."
Silence resumed again in the Blackbird save for the quiet hum of the jets. Xavier decided to try once more to make telepathic contact with Jean for she would be the easiest to reach, Scott's concern notwithstanding. Reaching out with his powerful mind he searched for the familiar trace of his former student. After only a few minutes this time he found it.
A smile spread over his face as he told Scott the good news
"What do you think happened to Rogue?" Jubilee asked Logan as they wound through the backroads of Westchester.
Logan didn't answer as the question plagued him as much as her. He found that Jubilee wasn't nearly as chatty and loud when not around her friends and he found her a reasonable impromptu companion. Jubilee sighed under the breeze and rested her head against his back. The first time she did this Logan had jerked and accidentally revved the bike loud enough to scare off a flock of geese floating on a nearby pond. After several hours however he got used to the contact.
Logan became aware of a quiet beeping noise coming from his jacket, remembering the comlink Jubilee had given him earlier and he pulled to the side of the road.
"What's up?" Jubilee asked confused.
Logan quickly killed the motorcycle and retrieved the small device out of his jacket.
"Hello?" a voice crackled through the slight static.
"That's Cyclops!" Jubilee cried happily.
Logan grunted an affirmation.
"Yeah we're here One Eye." He answered.
"Who's we? Logan? Who do you have with you?" Scott's voice now flowed clearly through the link.
"Yeah it's Logan, I've got Jubilee here with me. Where are the others?" he asked with more urgency.
"The professor is here with me Logan and we're on our way to pick up Jean and Hank. Jean and Xavier were able to find each other telepathically. Keep your link on, it has a tracking microchip in it. We'll come find you in the Blackbird soon." Cyclops informed them.
Logan was relieved to know that Jean was safe as well as the Xavier.
"Do you know what happened to Rogue and Gambit?!" Jubilee shouted urgently.
"No we don't Jubilee. They might have taken a comlink with them as well as other groups so we're keeping an eye out."
Logan snorted at the unintentional pun and Jubilee rolled her eyes.
"Thanks Cyclops." She said instead.
"I'll let you know when we're on our way." He said.
Logan stuffed the link back inside his jacket. He wheeled the bike over to large boulder and leaned it gently against the rock. He settled himself against it and crossed his arms.
"There's no telling when they'll get here. Might as well get comfortable." He told his younger sidekick.
"Do you think they'll find anyone else?" she asked coming to sit next to him on the hard rock. She shifted around for a few moments before leaning against his shoulder. Logan was in a good mood from their impending airborne ride so he let her. Jubilee's shampoo had a nice smell to it besides, as the top of her head rested under his chin.
"Possible." He muttered.
The softness of her sleek black hair was starting to distract him. He inhaled the jasmine scent of it and shifted a bit. Jubilee just scooted closer and tucked herself more into him for warmth. Late November in New York got pretty cold, especially with the dampness of the rain the night before.
"There must be a better spot than this rock." Logan said looking at their surroundings. He spotted a large log just into the tree foliage that looked reasonably dry and motioned to it. Jubilee got the hint and moved off him. They wheeled the bike into the trees and settled against the large fallen tree instead, it being a bit more comfortable than the boulder.
"Cyclops might be a couple hours with the jet." Logan warned Jubilee because she was looking impatient.
"Yeah I figured that." She said quietly.
The young woman found a roughly flat spot and draped herself along the tree trying to get comfortable. Logan sat and leaned against a large branch sticking upwards thick enough to hold his weight. Jubilee looking around as if for an audience then scooted so she was right next to him. Logan glanced down at her and grumbled in a resigned way. He pulled off his heavy jacked and handed it to her. Jubilee boldly set it in his lap and used it for a pillow curling into a ball. Had it been in any other circumstance Logan would only have allowed Rogue to do such a thing. He figured that under the circumstances however he would make a one exception seeing as there was no one around to witness his developing soft spot for the small Chinese woman.
"The beacon says they should be right below us professor." Scott said to his mentor. Xavier looked out the window at the sea of trees.
"Where to park the Blackbird poses a problem however." He mused.
Scott mapped out the road and could find no nearby clearing.
"Do you think we could chance landing on the road?" Cyclops suggested half joking.
"We don't have any other options save traveling some distance away and I think that would be even less safe." Xavier reasoned.
"That's good enough for me." Scott replied.
He maneuvered the Blackbird down over the widest strip of roadway and gently set the jet on the ground. He quickly unbuckled himself and went to the latch.
"I'll find them and be back as fast as I can professor." He said and hurried down the platform.
The engine noise had no doubt alerted Logan and Jubilee to their presence but Scott called them over the comlink anyway.
"Logan are you there? We're here with the Blackbird but we have to hurry." He called into the device and stopped at the edge of the trees.
"That wouldn't be because you parked the jet in plain view of traffic would it?" Logan said sarcastically stalking out just feet away him and making him start.
"Very amusing." He responded dryly.
"Let's go then huh? It's freezing out here!" Jubilee said enthusiastically following Logan.
Without a word Cyclops about faced and led them into the Blackbird. He set himself down at the controls and lifted the jet back into the air. Logan sat down behind him after greeting Xavier and Jubilee threw herself into the seat next to Wolverine.
"So….where are we going?" Jubilee asked no one in particular.
"I found a nearby cell block where I think they may have taken mutants after the Registration Act was passed." Xavier said.
"You think they took our friends there?" Jubilee ventured quietly.
"I think it is likely." The professor said kindly.
"What are we waiting for then?" Logan said.
I know it's most likely shit but ya know what I just want to finish this thing. It won't be as long as I had originally wanted it but I've resigned myself to shorter stories than I'd like. I hope someone will still read this lost story.