Disclaimer: Same spiel as in part 1.
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"You did what?" Jubilee pushed Angelo Espinosa out into the hallway. It was five after seven in the morning and she had been rudely awakened. Luckily, her roommate, Paige, usually rose at the crack of dawn to exercise or do whatever it was she did. Jubilee was in no danger of waking her. Angelo, however, was in extreme danger.
"I thought it'd be funny. It will be funny. I just meant for Emma to be the one to drink the PowerAde." Angelo grinned sheepishly.
Jubilee threw up her hands in exasperation. "Ange, Paige probably drank that stuff. Not Emma! And Hayseed drinks a lot of it! What would have possessed you to spike it? Not that I care, but we're all gonna get it now! And what on earth did you spike it with?"
"Lo siento mucho, hermana, but I used some strong stuff."
"Cut the barrio act."
Jubilee, angry at having been woken up, allowed her voice to raise. It seemed to her like she'd been doing that a lot lately. Without warning, a door on the other side of the hallway opened. "Could you please try to be considerate of my sleeping habits next time you decide to begin some petty argument?" Monet stated dully.
Jubilee rolled her eyes and stuck her tongue out at the European girl. "We were just getting out of your way, M, dear." She said as syrupy as was humanly possible for the small firecracker. Monet nodded and disappeared into her dorm.
Jubilee turned to Angelo. "C'mon. Wake up Ev and Jono and start looking for her. If she's drunk, I can't believe I'm saying this about Hayseed." Jubilee glared at Angelo, but couldn't help cracking a smile. "If she's plastered, she shouldn't be jogging outside alone."
Angelo nodded. "I'll be right on it, muchacha." He strolled down the hallway towards the hall where the boys stayed.
"This is gonna be interesting," Jubilee mumbled to herself as she grabbed a fresh pack of Juicy-Fruit from her nightstand.
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"Illyana, you didn't have to do that. We could've pulled out the Intellivision or something." Doug pointed accusingly at the blond girl standing next to him. "Do you even know where we are?"
Illyana glanced around. "I know. This is one of the first and only times you'll hear me admit that I acted too rashly, Dougie." She sighed. "And no, I haven't a clue in Hades where we might be. I meant to take us to the beach on Cape Cod or something but….isn't that the Massachusettes Academy up there?"
Doug turned sharply. "Yeah. At least you got the right state! We'd better be careful we don't run into any trouble with the Hellions, meaning mostly Manuel. You can block him, but I'm useless."
"Or I could just 'port us out of here."
"But the others might be here too. You were in such a rush to get of the basement that you didn't even have focus your stepping disks. We could all be split up in places and times like that time…"
"I get it, Doug. Shhh! I hear someone coming!" A pink stepping disk enveloped them both, opening again behind a tree, hiding them from view.
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Paige had stopped jogging about fifteen minutes ago. She had to stop. In fact, she felt so groggy that she though she might have to sit down soon. Usually she was up and around at this time in the morning. And after the bottle of PowerAde she had had, she should have been as bubbly as the percolator on the coffeepot.
"Ah don' 'stand it," she said to no one in particular. She hadn't even noticed that she had begun to mumble and run her words together. "'Should be up an' 'round this time of day. Ain't nuthin'…" she pressed her hand against her forehead. She had a headache. "Must be comin' down wi' sumthin'." She saw a large oak tree off to the corner and sat down underneath it. "Ah'll haveta git Mistuh Corsi t'look at me."
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"I don't think that's a good idea." Doug whispered to his companion. "She might see us and go tell Miss Frost! We're not supposed to be here!"
"It's a perfectly feasible idea, Dougie. She's not gonna tell a soul because I'm going to make sure of it." Illyana glanced towards the front of the tree where a blond girl, about their age, seemed to have parked herself for quite some time. "Besides, we can't hide back here forever. And if I 'port both of us, I may accidentally 'port her too."
"Okay. I'll make a run for it and you get yourself to the other side of the walkway." Doug stated. Illyana nodded her agreement.
"Alright buster, on three. One, two three!"
Doug slowly snuck around to the front of the tree and tried to steer clear of the girl. He didn't notice her stand and make her way towards him.
"What'dya think y'all're doin'? This heah's private prop'ty."
From the other side of the walkway, Illyana buried her face in her hands. At least she'd gotten over all right. "I suppose I'm gonna have to help you out, aren't I?" she thought.
Doug took a step back. This girl was gorgeous. A bit drunk apparently, but beautiful nonetheless. She certainly wasn't any Hellion he had ever seen.
"Well, are ya jist gonna stand there, or are ya gonna tell me why y'all're sneakin' 'round heah?"
"We…" Doug stammered and glanced at Illyana in the trees behind him. "I got a bit disoriented. I lost my bearings in the woods and ended up here. An honest mistake really."
"That's fine." The girl said blankly. Her knees buckled under her. Doug caught her, then looked to Illyana for help. She shrugged and 'ported next to him.
"What should I do about her?" Doug questioned.
"How should I know?"
The girl's blue eyes fluttered open. "Ah'm fine." She struggled to stand up.
"It's okay, I've got you." Doug said. He turned to Illyana. "She's plastered," he whispered.
"Thanks. Yer a gentlemen!" She looked up into his face and pointed a finger very close to his nose. "Ah'm gonna haveta thank you!" She smiled and stood up straight. Grabbing his head, she pulled him towards her and passionately kissed him. "Now don't you go off an' blow up on me too!"
Doug's eyes widened in shock. "Myaaana! Mummmphm moffoffed moo?" He addressed Illyana and tried to push the girl away. Not that he wasn't enjoying it, he most definitely was, he just didn't want a girl all over him for the wrong reasons.
Illyana doubled over laughing. "Gee, Doug, I don't think you should be struggling all that much!"
"Myaaana! Melp!"
"Douglas Ramsey! I cannae believe you drop t'such a level!" Rahne, Shan, and Bobby appeared from several bushes to the left. "We've been searchin' fir yuir group fir close to an hour. We didnae expect t'find this!"
"He can't get her off him. She's attached to him at the lip!" Illyana giggled. "Shan, maybe you should try to get her off."
"Mon dieu, I'll possess her and see if that does anything!" Shan smiled.
"I don't see anything wrong with that!" Bobby's eyes twinkled. "If Ramsey doesn't want her, I'll take her."
At the sound of Bobby's voice, the girl pulled away from Doug. Without his support she fell to the ground with a thud.
"'Berto? What're yuh doin' here? Ah'm sorry, Ah didn' mean tuh do nuthin'. Don' tell mah bruthah. He'd skin mah hide if he knew 'bout this!"
"C'est mystique! What is she talking about, Bobby? Do you know her?" Shan turned to face Roberto.
"He doesn't know her, but Dougie certainly does!" Illyana doubled over with laughter as Doug's face turned bright red.
"No!" Bobby glared at the girl. "I've never seen her before in my life."
Doug whispered. "She's drunk. She probably doesn't know what's going on. I think she's disoriented."
"Then how ken she know Bobby's name?" Rahne questioned. She refused to look at Doug, still embarrassed at his 'sinful' actions.
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"Hayseed! Yo, Paige, where are you?" It was too early in the morning for this. Jubilee was tired and ornery to start a search and rescue mission.
Be quiet, gel. Jono said telepathically. I think I hear voices to the left
After a few moments Everett spoke up. "I hear it too. Let's go!"
Jubilee grumbled. "Hayseed is more trouble than she's worth. When I was with the X-Men, we didn't have to go around looking for mutants who got drunk because of their teammate's idiocracy!" she glared at Angelo.
"I said lo siento!"
Shhh!
They had approached a clearing. Paige was sitting on the grassy floor, surrounded by a group of about five or six teenagers.
"Shouldn't we go get her, hombres?" Angelo whispered.
"No!" Everett hissed. "We have to see whether these guys are friend or foe first."
I hope she's alright.
"Why? Cause you still got a crush on her?" Jubilee snapped her gum. "I'm not just sitting here waitin' for her. I'm goin' in!" she stood up and stomped up to the group of befuddled teens.
"Get ready. We might have to go in after them!" Everett whispered.
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"Yo! Guthrie! C'mon! We've been lookin' for you all morning!" A short Chinese girl broke into the group of New Mutants and picked the blond girl up.
Doug's face paled. "Guthrie?"
The new girl snapped a wad of gum. "Yeah, you got a problem with that?"
Bobby also looked a bit paler than usual. "This is a Guthrie? As in my best friend Sam Guthrie?"
"You knew that, 'Berto! Don' go actin' all weird on me! Ah'm Sam's sistah!" the girl answered.
Doug paled even further. "I just…I mean, she just…Sam's sister just kissed me?"
Illyana's eyes twinkled with amusement. "Elizabeth, right? You're the oldest girl then."
Jubilee snapped her gum. "No, she's Paige. Now c'mon, Hayseed, you've gotta get to the school. Frostie'll have our hides if she finds out about this." Jubilee's efforts to drag Paige away met with no resistance.
"Bye! Nice t'meet y'all!" Paige waved as Jubilee supported her.
"How much booze did Ange put in that stuff anyway?" Jubilee quipped. "You're plastered!" She and the three boys led her back to the Academy.
In the clearing, Rahne was having a royal fit. "I don' understand! This isnae makin' any sense!"
"Isn't Sam the oldest one in his family?" Shan seemed puzzled.
"I must've not only missed the right place, but probably the right time too! We've got to find Sam and Dani and get out of here…" She watched her companions nod their heads. "Or," Illyana's eyes twinkled, "we could find out what's happened to us."
"Oh, no. No way…" Bobby stepped back. "I think that'll be a little to weird."
"Aww, c'mon! You wanted something to do!" Illyana retorted. "Besides, you can't go back until I say I'm ready to anyway!"
"I guess there can't be any harm in it," Shan started.
"'Sides, Illyana's as stubborn as a wee babe. We havnae a choice."
"Great, so it's settled." Illyana folded her arms across her chest.
Doug finally spoke as his face blanched. "I kissed Sam's sister?"