Chapter Four
8 months ago: X-Mansion
It took some doing, but X-Force was found and contacted. They were going to need all the help they were going to get if there were going to get Jubilee in one piece from Sinister's hands. Nathan Christopher Dayspring Summers, the time traveling Cable, who had come home to see his parents and to see Domino, who came to meet him, had decided to stay and help. He contacted Nate Gray who promptly arrived to help out. Rictor and Shatterstar somehow heard of the sudden call to arms as well and arrived only hours ago to be briefed by Samuel Guthrie.
The recent events have also had a profound effect on everyone. Sam kept a close eye on his sister. Jono too kept a close eye on the blonde hayseed. As a result, Paige found herself with a guard at almost all times.
The younger set found themselves constantly being watched. The fear was high for if Sinister wanted one youngster, it was logical to conclude that he might want another. It had taken the X-men, with all their state of the art technologies, to locate a possible hideout for Sinister. Now comes the strike. Gambit with his limitless connections and contacts had placed Sinister north of Argentina.
"You guys all right?" Sam asked as he took seat next to his sister.
"We're fine," Paige replied absentmindedly as she continued to knit a brightly colorful scarf. It was cold outside, Jubilee was going to need something warm when they find her. "What did the big boys decide?"
"We hit Sinister tomorrow morning."
"Why tomorrow?" Everett's voice contained an almost feverish eagerness. They had spent too many days sitting around while others did work, tracking down the enemy while Generation X simply sat on their hands waiting to rescue one of their own. "Why don't we get him today? What's the delay?"
"Equipment." Sam knew that the poor kid was getting more and more anxious with every day that Jubilee stays missing.
Rictor took pity on the worrying youth. He remembered Jubilee from the time she rode to the rescue with Wolverine in Genoa. She may have been annoying, but she was good at what she does. And above all, she was loyal to the X-family. "We're waiting for Dr. Moria MacTaggert to get here with some underwater equipment that we need. It's just going to take a few hours. We head out at O five hundred."
"We've got equipment and..."
"Not the ones we need, Everett." Sam sighed and got up from his station by his sister. "Most of us are going in through the front gates but we need to make sure that Jubilee is safe while we attack his fort. It would be a waste of effort of Jubilee gets hurt in the process of us coming to her rescue." He placed a comforting hand on the boy's wide shoulders. "I know you want to help your friend, but you have to be patient. Going into Sinister's lair halfcocked is not going to do Jubilee any good. Let's line up all our ducks first."
With a sigh, Everett sighed and sat down heavily. He knew that everything everyone was saying made plenty of since but he still did not have to like. The helpless feeling was slowly beginning to eat away at the patience of everyone.
"Take a moment to rest up boys and girls," Bobby Drake came in all iced up and grinning from ear to ear. "We move out in an hour."
"What?" Sam sat up and looked at the man that was mere year older than he was. "Have everything been moved up?"
"Moria just showed up with the equipment and we're loading them in now. In fact, we could use a couple of extra hands down there. Peter is strong but he can't take care of everything by himself. When everything is loaded up, we're all going to board the USS Blackbird and kick a little Sinister-ass." The grin he gave them seem to indicate the he was going to be having plenty of fun when he got his hands on a certain blue-face villain. Assuming Wolverine doesn't get to him first.
The other's got up in a mad scramble for the door. It was time for a little payback and they were eager to get it started. X-Force headed down to the hanger bay since they were always dressed in uniform and ready for action. Generation X took off toward their temporary quarters at the mansion to suit up. Paige paused long enough to grab an extra red and gold suit for Jubilee along with her long yellow slicker and pink sunglasses. She had a feeling that her friend was going to need a fresh change of clothes.
"Let's move people," Scott hollered as one after another the X-Men came in. There wasn't going to be enough room on the Blackbird but the former Excalibur and Cable had graciously lent their jets as well for this very special mission. "Generation X with Excalibur, X-Force go with Cable. Quickly people."
The professor and Dr. MacTaggert sat by the bay door and nodded their understanding. Professor Xavier had agree to act as a monitoring station for them all along with Bishop who had been elected to stay behind to stay behind.
"Jet prime and ready." Cable called out through the headset and motioned for Sam to take the controls.
"Just give the word, my friend." Kurt said as he took the control. He had not felt this prime for anything like this since.... much too long.
"Let's got get back our Jubilee." Scott said and nodded to Wolverine who sat stoically in his seat with claws extended and ready.
8 months ago: X-Mansion
It took some doing, but X-Force was found and contacted. They were going to need all the help they were going to get if there were going to get Jubilee in one piece from Sinister's hands. Nathan Christopher Dayspring Summers, the time traveling Cable, who had come home to see his parents and to see Domino, who came to meet him, had decided to stay and help. He contacted Nate Gray who promptly arrived to help out. Rictor and Shatterstar somehow heard of the sudden call to arms as well and arrived only hours ago to be briefed by Samuel Guthrie.
The recent events have also had a profound effect on everyone. Sam kept a close eye on his sister. Jono too kept a close eye on the blonde hayseed. As a result, Paige found herself with a guard at almost all times.
The younger set found themselves constantly being watched. The fear was high for if Sinister wanted one youngster, it was logical to conclude that he might want another. It had taken the X-men, with all their state of the art technologies, to locate a possible hideout for Sinister. Now comes the strike. Gambit with his limitless connections and contacts had placed Sinister north of Argentina.
"You guys all right?" Sam asked as he took seat next to his sister.
"We're fine," Paige replied absentmindedly as she continued to knit a brightly colorful scarf. It was cold outside, Jubilee was going to need something warm when they find her. "What did the big boys decide?"
"We hit Sinister tomorrow morning."
"Why tomorrow?" Everett's voice contained an almost feverish eagerness. They had spent too many days sitting around while others did work, tracking down the enemy while Generation X simply sat on their hands waiting to rescue one of their own. "Why don't we get him today? What's the delay?"
"Equipment." Sam knew that the poor kid was getting more and more anxious with every day that Jubilee stays missing.
Rictor took pity on the worrying youth. He remembered Jubilee from the time she rode to the rescue with Wolverine in Genoa. She may have been annoying, but she was good at what she does. And above all, she was loyal to the X-family. "We're waiting for Dr. Moria MacTaggert to get here with some underwater equipment that we need. It's just going to take a few hours. We head out at O five hundred."
"We've got equipment and..."
"Not the ones we need, Everett." Sam sighed and got up from his station by his sister. "Most of us are going in through the front gates but we need to make sure that Jubilee is safe while we attack his fort. It would be a waste of effort of Jubilee gets hurt in the process of us coming to her rescue." He placed a comforting hand on the boy's wide shoulders. "I know you want to help your friend, but you have to be patient. Going into Sinister's lair halfcocked is not going to do Jubilee any good. Let's line up all our ducks first."
With a sigh, Everett sighed and sat down heavily. He knew that everything everyone was saying made plenty of since but he still did not have to like. The helpless feeling was slowly beginning to eat away at the patience of everyone.
"Take a moment to rest up boys and girls," Bobby Drake came in all iced up and grinning from ear to ear. "We move out in an hour."
"What?" Sam sat up and looked at the man that was mere year older than he was. "Have everything been moved up?"
"Moria just showed up with the equipment and we're loading them in now. In fact, we could use a couple of extra hands down there. Peter is strong but he can't take care of everything by himself. When everything is loaded up, we're all going to board the USS Blackbird and kick a little Sinister-ass." The grin he gave them seem to indicate the he was going to be having plenty of fun when he got his hands on a certain blue-face villain. Assuming Wolverine doesn't get to him first.
The other's got up in a mad scramble for the door. It was time for a little payback and they were eager to get it started. X-Force headed down to the hanger bay since they were always dressed in uniform and ready for action. Generation X took off toward their temporary quarters at the mansion to suit up. Paige paused long enough to grab an extra red and gold suit for Jubilee along with her long yellow slicker and pink sunglasses. She had a feeling that her friend was going to need a fresh change of clothes.
"Let's move people," Scott hollered as one after another the X-Men came in. There wasn't going to be enough room on the Blackbird but the former Excalibur and Cable had graciously lent their jets as well for this very special mission. "Generation X with Excalibur, X-Force go with Cable. Quickly people."
The professor and Dr. MacTaggert sat by the bay door and nodded their understanding. Professor Xavier had agree to act as a monitoring station for them all along with Bishop who had been elected to stay behind to stay behind.
"Jet prime and ready." Cable called out through the headset and motioned for Sam to take the controls.
"Just give the word, my friend." Kurt said as he took the control. He had not felt this prime for anything like this since.... much too long.
"Let's got get back our Jubilee." Scott said and nodded to Wolverine who sat stoically in his seat with claws extended and ready.