Pilot of her destiny part III
By: LOGAN
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The dark beast worked his way towards Jubilee he hoped to be able to get within the required distance he needed to fulfill his plan.

Jubilee was having the time of her life and would not have known anything was out of place if she didn't hear the sharp intakes of air many of the club patrons around her were taking she looked to her right but could not see what all the fuss was about and was just getting ready to go back to her fun when she caught sight of Hank just entering the dance floor she worked her way over towards him wishing with all her heart that Simon would have come along with him to find her.

Dark beast couldn't believe his luck she was actually coming to him but why wouldn't she after he did look like one of her best friends.

In anticipation his hand tightened on the syringe he couldn't believe his plan to get revenge on McCoy for all of the nights sleeping in the gutter eating scraps like some common street person would soon come to fruition.

As she drew closer to Hank, Jubilee saw that there was something not right about the way he held himself almost like he was hiding something.

It is probably nothing hanging around with Wolvie was turning her into a worrywart and she was there to have fun and dancing with Hank sounded like a good idea right now.

So as she got to him she grabbed his hand and drug him out further onto the floor and started to dance slowly to the music that was coming on she could feel he was very tense and had just started to look up when she felt a sharp object jab her in the arm.

It was like all the bee stings she had ever suffered in her life all rolled up into one she felt light headed almost instantly and was about to fall when the dark Beast caught her and whispered into her ear.

"Thank you for the dance my dear but I really must be going oh and tell Hank he brought this all on himself and all those he loves again farewell dear Jubilee I fear I won't be seeing you again in this life"

With that he turned to leave just as a fist landed with bone shattering force sending him flying through the air to land in a crumpled mess on the other side of the floor the mysterious figure hurried to tie a tourniquet to stop the flow of blood to try to hold off the poison from spreading

Just as he had finished tying it Hank and Simon came running up looked quickly at Jubilee's benefactor Spidey and understood why they had saw Dark Beast flying through the air moments earlier he probably picked up on the difference the minute he saw the Dark Beast walk into the club with his Spider sense.

"Jubilee" Hank said as he tried to wake Jubilee

"Hannnkk........wha.....where am I???"

"You are in the club you foolishly came to on your own what were you thinking??"

"That I wanted to have some fun before I went back to the stuffy mansion"

"Jubilee I'm so sorry this wouldn't have happened if I wouldn't have asked you to come for a visit!"

"Don't blame yourself Hank I never could listen......Hankkk!!!!!!!! What's happening I feel like I'm on fire help me please!!!!!!!!!!!"

"? Lets get her back to the mansion Simon she needs to be in a proper environment if I'm to save her"

"We should take Dark Beast along also see if we can get any answers out of him to save Jubilee"

"Already taken care of Cap and Thor are coming to get him in the mean time Spidey has him webbed up and will stay till they show up. "

Hank ran as fast as his legs would carry him to get back to the mansion and put her into the nearest bed and hooked her up to the monitors as he did he saw that her life signs were slowly but surely ebbing out of her at a steady but fast rate he tried every thing he could think of and decided it was time to swallow his pride and go talk to the Dark Beast and beg for Jubilees life.

"What will it take to convince you to tell me how to save her? Are you looking for me to beg because I will I love her and will do anything to see her better but remember one thing if she dies so do you slowly and painfully"

"Who are you trying to kid McCoy you don't have that kind of brass in you your threats make me laugh..ha.. Ha"

"You forget I'm not the only person who loves her.... How would you like a claw slowly inserted into your cerebellum???"

Suddenly the Dark Beast didn't find himself so confident of his future so he decided to help save Jubilees life and his own but there was a snag that he hoped wasn't going to get him killed anyways

"What do you mean suspended animation?"

"Wait it gets better can you say 150 years"

"Explain yourself"

"Well I'm quite proud of myself I must say my death not withstanding that I was able to come up with such an imaginative revenge. "

"You see the poison is such that it will take 150 years in suspended animation to work its way out of her system'

"And you figured if you could do this she would be in effect taken away from me since I'll be dead by then right"

"Give the mutie a medal....ha....ha'

As Hank walked down the hall he could hear the mocking laughter coming from the room it would have bothered him more if he didn't know that a certain person knew the room he was in and would take this "person" out of his life and everyone else's forever but he was to the point he didn't care anymore so he went to deactivate the alarms leading from outside to the room a fitting ending as far as he was concerned

The next day Hank and Simon were there to see her off she was in a chamber and was going to be under the protection of the Watcher on the moon until her time of awakening it had been arranged by Reed Richards

"Where is Logan I would have thought he would have wanted to be here to see her off Simon said"

"No but he promised to be around when she wakes up and if anyone can do it he's the one"

"I will be here for her also Hank in case she needs me Simon said"

"I wonder what she will do when she comes out of her suspended animation Hank wondered"

"Well all I know is that the Watcher was saying now she is the Pilot of her own destiny"

That thought gave Hank a reason to hope for the future and he would go on to dedicate his life to finding a way to be around to see his precious friend again..............

LOGAN 2000