X-Mansion
Jubilee was feeling very overwhelmed as she walked the halls of the school, the students were all moving around her. Her thoughts traveled back to the orphanage where she lived before finally finding what she thought was going to be her home. A young man approached her "Hello, I'm Armando Munoz. Your new here, right?" he asked getting a nod from Jubilee. "Well, let me be the first to welcome you"
Jubilee looked the young man over, his smile was genuine with his dark skin accenting off of his red shirt. "Yo, Darwin" called out a voice as he looked and waved.
"Darwin?" she asked considering he had just introduced himself as Armando not Darwin.
Armando smiled and waved his hand "Nickname…my mutant ability is reactive evolution" he laughed when Jubilee seemed really confused. "Basically, my body reacts to the environment and evolves to accommodate. Put me in a pool of water and I'll grow gills stuff like that" he said prompting Jubilee's eyes to grow large. "Don't let it intimidate you or anyone for that matter. Everyone is pretty cool and the X-Men keep all of us in line anyway" explained Armando.
"The X-Men?" Jubilee asked.
"The teachers, they work with the Professor. Once you finish schooling here and control your powers you can leave and go about your business, or you can stay here and work at the school and join the X-Men. Professor Xavier sends the X-Men on missions across the world to counteract the Brotherhood. It's real hush hush but when you reach a certain point like I have you get filled in." Armando started walking with Jubilee as other students approached, a man about Jubilee's age, "this is Bobby Drake" introduced Armando.
Bobby bowed to Jubilee as he took her hand and kissed it "Hello, can I show you all sorts of things around the mansion?" he asked with a toothy smile. He had blonde hair that he kept spiked and he clearly considered himself a lady's man. Jubilee ignored his question and followed Armando with Bobby close behind.
"So, what can you do?" she asked Bobby as they came to a lounge area where the three took a seat on a couch with the TV coming on.
"I can manipulate ice, so if you ever need to chill just come find me" Bobby explained as they settled in and flipped the TV on and watched the news.
The news was on, "A group of mutants were caught fighting in a local mall last night where several police officers were injured. No arrests were made but officials felt confident that the incident had no connection to the jailbreak in Boston" the report stated as the students started talking amongst themselves after the report.
"It's stuff like that, that is why mutants are misunderstood and people don't like us. Whoever was involved with this shouldn't be allowed to keep their powers" came a voice getting Armando to turn around.
"Hey, chill out. We don't know what happened" he called out trying to deescalate everything. Jubilee stood up and left the room and the group of students to be by herself.
Logan took a seat on the bed in the room that Scott and Jean had brought him to, he looked around noting the nice bathroom and good view out of a window. Scott brought in a pile clothes. "I had found some extra clothes lying around but it should work for you" he explained getting a nod from Logan.
"You don't like me very much, do you?" asked Logan thanks to all the years of meeting people who didn't like him.
Scott laughed as looked through his red glasses "I think your trouble, and trouble is something that I have to be very aware of. Jubilee mentioned what happened at the bar and I did a little digging. Pretty rough stuff, a few guys got lucky only lost a finger or a hand…quite a few of that little biker gang is in the hospital with serious injuries."
"They were going to hurt her" explained Logan as he took a step toward Scott.
"I know. But what I see there was a lack of restraint, maybe that's because they left you no choice and if that's the case then so be it. What I have to worry about is if you did that to them because you enjoyed it" explained Scott. The two of them locked eyes "The clothes belong to my friend Remy, try not to poke holes in them." He finished as he turned to leave the room.
"Not going to tell me to stay away from your girlfriend?" asked Logan hoping to score the last laugh in the brief confrontation.
Scott stopped at the door and turned around "I'd be more worried about yourself than be worried about Jean." He opened the door and walked out into the hallway.
Logan looked the clothes over and checked the pockets and found a deck of cards "This Remy must be a gambler" he remarked before tossing the deck and taking a seat on the bed. He sighed as he tried to calm himself, he would stay for a little while but staying in one place always led to problems. He was almost asleep when he heard a weak knock on the door, he got up and opened to find Jubilee waiting for him.
"Thought I should come see you" she remarked with a small voice as Logan nodded. She entered the room and took a seat in a chair next to the bed
"Glad you're okay" he said as he looked the young lady over. "I'm Logan."
"Jubilee" she said with a smile. "I just wanted to thank you for saving me yesterday."
Logan nodded "No problem, glad I could help. So what do you think of this place?" he asked wanting to get more of a sense of the whole place.
Jubilee shrugged "Met a few people, seemed nice but everyone here is just in control of themselves and I'm not. It's a little overwhelming."
Logan sighed "Well, if anyone gives you trouble just point me at them, I'll give them a good reminder of manners" he said with a smile. Jubilee laughed and Logan found himself liking girl he had saved in the bar.
The two of them talked for the next few hours and Jubilee ended up sleeping the bed meant for Logan and he ended up lounging in the chair next to the bed. Until late that night when they were shaken awake by banging on the other side of the wall.
Logan heard it first and jumped up as he could tell this was a much more vicious banging than one would normally hear. Jubilee snapped up and looked at Logan who waved at her to stay put. Logan went to the hall and found Hank and the Professor approaching the room "Back to your room Logan" the Professor ordered as Hank opened the door and was subsequently thrown back against the hallway wall.
Logan popped his claws as the Professor entered the room "Jean!" he shouted as Logan went to the door way and was shocked by the sight. Scott was pinned on the ceiling and Jean was staring directly at him with the Professor coming to her bedside and putting his hands on her head. "Focus Jean, come back to us" he muttered as he entered her mind.
Xavier wasn't worried about Logan at this point, he needed to ensure the safety of Scott and more importantly to check on Jean. "Everything was still in place, just a small flare up" he muttered to himself as he was able to relax Jean with his mind and wake her.
Jean shot up as Scott fell from the ceiling and landed next to her, Logan could see the bruises from the ordeal as Hank barreled past him and looked Scott over. "What happened?" she asked looking at Scott who was still recovering. "Another nightmare?" she asked as the Professor nodded and she started to cry.
"It's okay, we'll run more scans in the morning" the Professor assured her as Hank helped Scott out of bed and down to the infirmary.
"Is Scott okay?" she asked as Scott looked back with a smile.
"I'm fine, don't worry. Hank is going to give me a quick check up and I'll be right back up." Scott answered as Hank led him past Logan who looked at Jean one more time.
"You can go now Logan" stated the Professor as Logan nodded and closed the door before making his way back to Jubilee. The other doors on the floor were open and some students were looking to see what happened.
Logan entered the room and closed the door behind him, Jubilee looked at him with a questioning gaze "So much for control" he remarked as he reassured Jubilee who fell back to sleep, although he didn't get another minute himself.
