Mutants of the mansion
Chapter 14
In all fairness, it wasn't my fault. Whatever I did.
(Rogue)
"Hey, at least nobody else got hurt!"
"Just hold still, Child!" The thing we had to fight was a pretty huge one. Just a magically engineered human that could change their size. Big enough to crush Jubilee's right leg. "It won't help if you insist on moving!"
"It's not even painful!" Storm and I were the only ones back here. Apparently nobody else liked all the blood. "Can't I just sit up?"
"What parta 'stay still' dontcha get? It probably doesn't hurt 'cause you're still hyper with adrenaline." With a sigh of frustration, Storm walked to the front of the ship to regain control from Jean.
"Are you feeling okay, Jubilee? Do you need some painkillers?"
"Nope. I'm not even feeling any pain."
"Are you telling me the truth? Or are you just saying that so you don't look weak?" a pause. "I thought so. Don't worry. I'll fix you up as best I can when we get back."
"Will I be able to use it again?" I turned one of the chairs around and sat down as Jean looked over the mangled limb.
"There's a 50-50 chance. You'll definitely have to have it in a cast for at least 2 months." That was answered with a grumble.
"Don' worry, Petit. I'm sure it will be fine. Bobby has t' be extra nice t' you now."
"Why do I have to be nice?! She kicked me in the back!"
"To save you from getting crushed!"
"I could have stopped it myself, you know!"
"You weren't even looking at his hand! You were too busy freezing it's foot!"
"All right, everybody calm down!" Storm yelled from the front of the plane, instantly silencing everybody. "I cannot concentrate on flying a plane if you are all yelling at each other!" That is the most effective way I've seen. When Jean sat down, I leant against the wall and looked down at her face. I pressed two of my fingers to my lips, then to her forehead. With a grin, she grabbed my hand and kissed the same two fingers.
"Storm? Do we really have to sit in silence?" Bobby whined.
"It is better than distracting me whilst I am flying the plane you are all currently on." Jubilee shrugged. It was only about 10 minutes until we got back to the mansion. The way Jean got Jubilee to the med bay was pretty funny. She got a wheelchair and put some plasterboard on the seat so Jubilee's leg was still straight.
"To the needles!"
"You are the only person I know that is excited to go into the medical lab, Jubilee."
"Well, I gotta find some joy in this, right?"
"You're in for a rough time, Jeanie." I grinned, patting her shoulder.
"This is why we have anaesthetic. You guys go to the professor without me." She smiled, wheeling her patient down the hall and trying not to bark when she was just talking about being attacked with needles.
"Reckless, Stu-"
"Do not say 'stupid', Cyclops. You know that is not true." Scott stopped mid grumble, glanced at Storm, then stalked off to the war room. The rest of us followed, then made a nice semi-circle in front of Professor X.
"Was it a mutant?" He began, putting his elbows on the arms of his chair and pressing his fingertips together.
"No, sir. A person with magical enchantments. He is in custody now."
"Did you have any problems?"
"Bobby was almost crushed."
"Yeah, got kicked in the back..." He grumbled, folding his arms and glaring at the floor.
"By Jubilee, who got her leg crushed instead." Storm added, with a side ways glare at Bobby. The professor thought for a moment before speaking.
"I see. Dismissed." He grumbled, turning back to the computers. We all wandered off to different parts of the mansion. Gambit decided to join me in the TV room.
"D' you know how t' play go fish Cheré?"
"Sure Ah do." We played for about 2 hours. And we had a tie of 2-2. Then Jean walked in.
"I managed to fit all the bone back together. I will never complain about a jigsaw again." She did look pretty worn out as we both walked over. "Feel free to go see her. Jubilee will still be asleep, but the drugs should wear off soon. I'm going for a nap."
"Come on Cheré, Gambit know you miss de Petit already." I'm still wondering how he found out. Since he won't tell me. "It be hard not t' miss the litt' ball of energy."
"Ah think Logan's gonna blow a fuse when he finds out." I grinned, starting off down the hall.
"It be his own fault for runnin' after sometin wit' Kitty." Apparently everybody else was busy, since we didn't run into anybody in the halls. "Ah, if only it were dis quiet erry'day."
"Ah don't know 'bout you, but ah'd be bored in a day." It was weird, Jubilee asleep on a medical table, her entire right leg and half her foot in a deep blue cast. "A 50-50 chance of her ever walkin' right 'gain." I sighed, walking over and moving a stray lock of charcoal hair from her eyes. "I wonder when the sedative'll wear off?"
"Maybe you should kiss 'er and see if she wakes up, non?"
"You'd jus' love that, wouldn'tcha, Remy?"
"I actually wouldn't mind that." You could hear the amusement in Jubilee's voice as she puckered her lips in a mocking way.
"That ain't no way t' ask for anythin'." I couldn't help but grin as I put my hand over the bottom half of her face. "You feelin' alright, Sweet pea?"
"My head is fuzzy." She grumbled when I moved my hand. Then the pale blue of her eyes flashed open, then closed. "It's too bright in here!" Giving a quick hand motion to Gambit, he threw her shades over to me, and I put them over her eyes. "Much better! Thanks!" Then she tried to sit up again. "Ulp. Nope, too fast." And her head went back to the table. "The hell kinda drugs did Jean give me?"
"Did ya feel pain, Petit?"
"Noo..."
"Then good ones." He smiled with a cigarette between his lips and a lit match in his hand. "An' don't give me no trouble 'bout smokin' in here. Nobody is 'lergic to smoke."
"Is this what a hangover is like? Remind me not to drink." With a slower sit up, Jubilee shook her head to get rid of the dizziness. "I think Jean mentioned something about crutches..."
"'Less you want ta' walk wit a constantly straight leg." Gambit grinned again, walking to the far side of the room and bringing metal poles with handles back. It didn't surprise me that Jubilee decided to float off the table to get a good footing. With a little practise walk around the room, she was satisfied.
"Let's go annoy people!"
(Jubilee)
Click click click
"What in zhe hell is zat noise?" Kurt poked his head out of the kitchen, then went from angry to calm when he spotted me. "Oh, It's only you, Jubilee. Having fun there?"
"My head still hurts." I grumbled, getting a chuckle from Rogue.
"Is zat zhe reason for zhe glasses?" With a shrug, I poked my shades up a little.
"Hey! It ain't so bright now!" With that, they were back on my forehead, as usual. Gambit had already wandered off. Said something about 'organising his cards'.
"Come on, Sweet pea. We best getcha sat down somewhere." And so, we ventured into the TV room, where some of the team was sat. I got the seat next to Cyclops after I was being asked if I was alright. I think Rogue was reluctant to sit between Colossus and Bobby. I ended up biting my tongue to keep quiet through the last half of a stupid romance movie. Life doesn't work like this. It would be pretty funny to see a movie about me and Rogue. I'd probably look like a total dweeb through all of it.
"Jubilee can you stop making those faces?" Storm sighed. And that's how I got all the attention. Again.
"In terms of romance movies, that is the usual reaction for a teenager-" Oh, please don't say it. "-Who has a crush on somebody." Cyclops grinned. With a groan, I put my head in my hands. "And that just proved it."
"Don't start this!" I whined into my hands. Bobby 'ooooh'ed.
"Who are ya crushin' on, Jubes?" I shot Rogue a 'help me' look. "Don't be all defensive about it!"
"Yeah, like you weren't defensive about your crush on Frosty." When all the attention was on him, I snuck out to the -now empty- kitchen, sat down and groaned into my hands.
"Don' worry 'bout it, Sweet pea." Rogue's voice broke the silence minutes later. "That was a mean thing ta do to ya."
"Tell that to them." I couldn't help but smile as my girlfriend sat next to me and grabbed my hand. "'Sides, I can't tell them who my crush is." We both leaned closer. "Because my crush is dating me." I said before pressing our lips together. My hands went to the sides of her head, and I felt one of hers rest on the knee that wasn't casted.
"She doesn't look very upset to me." We both turned to the door, where four member of the X-men stood. Bobby's eyes looked like they were about to jump out of the sockets, Storm looked like she was about to rip somebody's head off, Peit looked amused and Scott was the embodiment of indifference. The only word I managed was:
"Busted."