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A/N: Since it's been so long a slight review might help...Wolvie and Jubes are married, they had a kid called Deanna, unfortunately a baddie called Alias was determined to kill the child thinking that she was the key to whether or not a plan failed or succeeded. In order to protect their baby, Logan and Jubes place her under Penance's protection and send her off with Gateway. Six months have passed and now Jubilee thinks that Deanna is back....as Domino.
PS Sadly I know nothing about how the government works or how a bill is passed...ahem.....I could give you the criteria involved in classifying a major psychological disorder though. Sheesh! I'm a Psych major not a Poli Sci major.
This is dedicated to Sarah who very dramatically kicked me in the ass and asked "Where the hell is the next chapter???" *grins* thanks!
Ties of Blood
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-Three days ago-
"Are we ready?" The woman with pale brown eyes tapped her foot impatiently.
"Yes, a message was sent to the X-men."
"Their response?"
"The time limit hasn't been reached. We gave them a week to decide."
"It won't matter, a week or a day won't make a difference. We've been planning this for over two years. Soon we'll have our world back from the filth that infects it now."
The men left the woman, who watched them go in disgust. She had succeeded in killing the child, a small stone tombstone marked her triumph. Allowing herself the privilege of relaxing for a moment, she shook out her long black hair and savored the quiet. The whole business with the X-men was just a mere distraction to keep them busy until the day she chose to move. Pulling out a small photograph, she regarded the small face enclosed in the small rectangle of paper. Bitter lines teased at her mouth as her lips thinned, anger as she thought of the day her child died because of them.
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A ratchet clattered to the floor as the puppy bounded onto Logan's stomach, spilling beer and motor oil in his hurry to get to the burly man. "Damn. Bad dog, bad bad bad dog." Logan growled as he wiped off the goo that was smeared over his arm and face.
"It's just a puppy, Logan." Scott chuckled, picking up the squirming mass of fur and putting him on the leather seat of the bike which it promptly peed on. "Crap!" Swearing under his breath, Scott tossed the puppy to Logan while he rapidly wiped up the liquid before it could spread to the *gasp* tires.
"Exactly." In the excitement, Logan had a streak of dirt trailing down his chin that the puppy was trying to lick off.
"I did suggest a hamster..."Scott trailed off at the look on Logan's face.
*Logan!* The message had Logan running out the door towards the lake where his wife was standing with Paige and another woman. Jubilee's face was a stark white, her blue eyes huge and her hands were shaking. Uncertain of what was going on, Paige was looking on in a mixture of horror and shock and as Logan reached the group she looked up at him speechless.
"What's going on?"
Before anyone could speak Domino stumbled back, bumping into Logan and then ran towards the house, sprinting across the lawn ignoring Scott calling after her. A kind of choking yearning sound escaped from Jubilee and seconds later she was dashing after the younger woman. Shaking his head in confusion Logan caught Paige's arm before she could follow her best friend.
"What's going on?"
Paige's eyes were wet, "Jubes thinks that Domino is Deanna. I thought she was okay, that she was better..."
"I'd know my own daughter's scent..." Logan sniffed catching the trailing scents, tagging the familiar one of his wife and noting the new one of Domino. "I've never smelt her before..." Logan frowned as he caught a single scent at the very essence of Domino, it was close but nothing like what he knew of his lost four year old child.
Inside the mansion, the professor had been using some well-earned free time to pursue a hobby that he rarely ever got to do when Domino burst into his office looking livid. "Why the hell did you ask me here?" she spat at him.
Charles carefully put away his pruning shears and set the bonsai tree aside. "You know something about the woman known as Alias, the person who has been targeting the X-men. I was hoping you could provide some information to help us. Is something wrong?"
"I was outside and this woman....she called me Deanna."
The older man sighed sadly. "That would have been Jubilee, she recently lost her daughter and has been under a rather fragile mental state. I apologize if she upset you but I'm afraid she will be a bit more shaken."
"I'm sorry, I didn't know. It's just that she called me by a name that only one person in my life ever used. It was a little unnerving"
"Really?" Charles looked up in interest, his line of questioning failed as Jubilee burst into the room, an almost manic look on her face, followed by Logan and then Paige.
"Logan! There she is, there's Deanna. My little Dena. My baby is back. She's back." Jubilee turned to her husband with a beatific smile on her face. "She's grown up to be such a beautiful woman."
Domino's eyes flashed with pity. "I'm so sorry but my parent's died when I was born. They were killed in a car crash when I was just a baby. A relative raised me. I'm so sorry, there's no way I could be your child."
Logan's arms resting reassuringly around Jubilee, warming her to the point where her trembles had subsided. He whispered in her ear. "Darlin, don't you think that I'd be able to recognize my own daughter? She ain't it."
"No!" Jubilee twisted out of his arms and gestured at Domino who stepped back. "You wouldn't recognize it after all these years and she wouldn't remember because I put the mental block on before she was sent away. Dena and I were...are...connected by a psi-link. I know this is Deanna."
*Don't you remember?* Jubilee pleaded. Gently and delicately, she broke through the barrier of her shields. *Remember meditating with me in the morning? Wanting a kitten called Ace? Your favorite green dress?*
Words strangled in Domino's throat as she became overwhelmed by memories. Her childhood had been far from difficult but when she had turned into a teenager, she had always hated that empty chunk of time that had kept the image of her mother away. Dark blue eyes that mirrored her own, stared back at Domino and she clutched her stomach, breathless as she finally saw the woman standing in front of her as her mother. With a choked cry she stumbled into Jubilee's arms, both holding each other as if they were afraid to let go.
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The busy hum of computers started the mornings at the offices of Julianna Pearson a.k.a. the White House accompanied the president on her morning stroll around the grounds. It was one of the few freedoms she insisted on retaining after she came to the office. As she entered her private quarters, she turned to Remy with a grin of relief. "Another day finally done with."
Remy tossed off his duster onto one of the heirloom pieces by the door. "Oui, but it won't be much longer non?"
"Four days." Julianna kicked off her shoes and sank into the couch, nursing a mineral water. "Four days and everything we've worked for will come into fruition." She took a sip of the chilled water. "I wish Jae was here, I miss her."
"Do you think the bill will be passed?"
Julianna stretched, rubbing the aches out of her neck. "I think so. I have the support of most of the senators. Now if I can live long enough to see it through."
Remy moved behind Julianna and massaged her neck, his hands moving smoothly and surely as he worked the knots out. "You'll live, we can sleep after this is all over." His hands caressed the side of her neck, brushing her cheek softly and she turned her face to him letting him kiss her.
Both had no illusions about an eternal love, but in a very lonely world they found comfort in each other's touch.
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Word had spread across the mansion like wildfire with the help of two telepaths, Bobby a.k.a. Gossip Boy and the fact that Jubilee was broadcasting it to the entire team. The two women had retreated to the eastern wing of the house that Jubilee and Logan occupied and had spent hours catching up.
Logan had sat and watched from a distance, frowning as Jubilee played with Domino's hair as the two talked about their lives. The former was currently eagerly listening to the latter's first kiss which involved much blushing on both parts.
"What's wrong Logan?" Xavier's hoverchair slid to a stop silently beside the man.
A growl rumbled in his throat. "Something ain't right. Even if Dena had changed over the years, the very essence of her scent wouldn't change. This Domino ain't got nothing like Dena's. It's similar but not the same."
"Jubilee seems to think that she is."
"Jubilee has been upset about Dena for six months now. I think she's seein something where there isn't."
Xavier laid a hand on Logan's arm. "And her memories?"
Logan shrugged. "Yer a telepath, what do you think happened?"
There was a soft footfall behind them and neither turned as Jean joined them. "Does it really matter?" Both men looked at her in surprise. "I just mean that if Jubilee thinks that this is her daughter what difference does it really make? They both look like they need each other and this. Why take it from them?" Jean's eyes spoke volumes more than her calm voice did. Beneath the emerald green fires there told a story of a long lost daughter that she had lost all hope of ever seeing again.
Neither man replied and continued to watch the two women, both suppressing the thoughts that they were both thinking.
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That night the X-men assembled around the large conference table in the communications room. Old and new team mates sat next to each other, called together for times of crisis, and all of the faces were worried as they looked at the Professor and Jubilee who were standing.
For the first time in a long time, his face looked young, unburdened by the responsibilities of his life...he looked like he had hope. As for the woman next to him, her face also contained the same kind of joy, the dark sadness that had plagued her for months disappeared.
Xavier moved slightly so that they could see the screen behind him. "As you all know President Pearson is a well known advocate for the mutant movement. However, we have received word that she is planning to propose a bill in the Senate in three days that will give mutants equal standing and rights with the rest of the world. We are the only people she has told about it, but we must be at the top of our game for the next few days. I will be splitting you up to cover various parts of the world."
Jubilee tied back her hair deftly, her face determined as she looked over her friends. "Remy is taking personal watch over the President and I will be joining him as soon as the meeting is over. Hank and Paige will remain at the mansion in case of casualties, Cecelia and Kurt will be on the field covering us there. The rest of you will be divided into three teams that will cover The White House, The Parliament, and any other thing that might and most likely will pop up." Jubilee held up a tiny gray earpiece the size of a jellybean. "Thanks to Forge, we have these to help us keep in contact anywhere on Earth."
"The teams will be divided up as follows, Team A; Scott, Storm, Jonothon, and Marrow. Team B: Jean, Bobby, Angelo and Sean. Team C: Emma, Monet, Wolverine and Sam will join you as soon as he flies in. Let's go suit up."
"Team B rules!" Bobby grinned, thrusting his fist in the air, to the laughter of the rest of the room.
*You know what that stands for don't you?* Jonothon said as they were leaving the room. *Team Butthea...*
The room was oddly silent after they filed out, leaving Jubilee, Xavier, Logan and Domino in the room alone. Logan wrapped his arms around his wife, pleased that she gave a sigh of contentment as she kissed him. "Be careful Darlin'." Jubilee merely nodded and gave him one more kiss before he left the room.
Xavier regarded the two women beside him and he could almost see the shift in Jubilee's personality as began to think of herself as Jae again. Domino was wearing her black leather catsuit and the two women could pass for sisters as they stood side by side. He sighed and pulled up another file. "I didn't want to worry the rest of the team but the woman known as Alias has threatened our group with exposure if we don't meet her demands."
"Which are?" Domino asked softly.
"Various amounts of money and technological equipment. To be honest she was fairly vague about the whole thing. From what I could pick up, it was mainly for a distraction."
Domino nodded. "That sounds about right. From what I know about the woman, she is determined to kill Julianna Pearson in an effort to get rid of mutants. She has gathered quite a following and rumor has it that she is planning to do something the day of the Presidents proposal to the Senate. I will be monitoring her during the whole thing."
"Sounds like a plan." Jubilee paused, worry marring her fine features. "Be careful Deanna, once was bad enough." Unwilling to let her emotions get ahead of her, Jubilee quickly walked out.
the two adults sat in the room for a moment, when Xavier patted Domino's arm comfortingly. "don't worry, she's much stronger than she looks."
"I know." Xavier carefully wheeled out of the room leaving the woman to sit and contemplate all that had happened in the past day. In less than twenty-four hours she had regained her past and her family. Her memory was still fuzzy, dim from years of not being able to remember, but at the very core of her being she knew that Jubilee was a part of her.
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A/N: It'll just get better as more of Domino's past gets revealed. See ya in the next chapter!
A/N: Since it's been so long a slight review might help...Wolvie and Jubes are married, they had a kid called Deanna, unfortunately a baddie called Alias was determined to kill the child thinking that she was the key to whether or not a plan failed or succeeded. In order to protect their baby, Logan and Jubes place her under Penance's protection and send her off with Gateway. Six months have passed and now Jubilee thinks that Deanna is back....as Domino.
PS Sadly I know nothing about how the government works or how a bill is passed...ahem.....I could give you the criteria involved in classifying a major psychological disorder though. Sheesh! I'm a Psych major not a Poli Sci major.
This is dedicated to Sarah who very dramatically kicked me in the ass and asked "Where the hell is the next chapter???" *grins* thanks!
Ties of Blood
-in-
-Three days ago-
"Are we ready?" The woman with pale brown eyes tapped her foot impatiently.
"Yes, a message was sent to the X-men."
"Their response?"
"The time limit hasn't been reached. We gave them a week to decide."
"It won't matter, a week or a day won't make a difference. We've been planning this for over two years. Soon we'll have our world back from the filth that infects it now."
The men left the woman, who watched them go in disgust. She had succeeded in killing the child, a small stone tombstone marked her triumph. Allowing herself the privilege of relaxing for a moment, she shook out her long black hair and savored the quiet. The whole business with the X-men was just a mere distraction to keep them busy until the day she chose to move. Pulling out a small photograph, she regarded the small face enclosed in the small rectangle of paper. Bitter lines teased at her mouth as her lips thinned, anger as she thought of the day her child died because of them.
-in-
A ratchet clattered to the floor as the puppy bounded onto Logan's stomach, spilling beer and motor oil in his hurry to get to the burly man. "Damn. Bad dog, bad bad bad dog." Logan growled as he wiped off the goo that was smeared over his arm and face.
"It's just a puppy, Logan." Scott chuckled, picking up the squirming mass of fur and putting him on the leather seat of the bike which it promptly peed on. "Crap!" Swearing under his breath, Scott tossed the puppy to Logan while he rapidly wiped up the liquid before it could spread to the *gasp* tires.
"Exactly." In the excitement, Logan had a streak of dirt trailing down his chin that the puppy was trying to lick off.
"I did suggest a hamster..."Scott trailed off at the look on Logan's face.
*Logan!* The message had Logan running out the door towards the lake where his wife was standing with Paige and another woman. Jubilee's face was a stark white, her blue eyes huge and her hands were shaking. Uncertain of what was going on, Paige was looking on in a mixture of horror and shock and as Logan reached the group she looked up at him speechless.
"What's going on?"
Before anyone could speak Domino stumbled back, bumping into Logan and then ran towards the house, sprinting across the lawn ignoring Scott calling after her. A kind of choking yearning sound escaped from Jubilee and seconds later she was dashing after the younger woman. Shaking his head in confusion Logan caught Paige's arm before she could follow her best friend.
"What's going on?"
Paige's eyes were wet, "Jubes thinks that Domino is Deanna. I thought she was okay, that she was better..."
"I'd know my own daughter's scent..." Logan sniffed catching the trailing scents, tagging the familiar one of his wife and noting the new one of Domino. "I've never smelt her before..." Logan frowned as he caught a single scent at the very essence of Domino, it was close but nothing like what he knew of his lost four year old child.
Inside the mansion, the professor had been using some well-earned free time to pursue a hobby that he rarely ever got to do when Domino burst into his office looking livid. "Why the hell did you ask me here?" she spat at him.
Charles carefully put away his pruning shears and set the bonsai tree aside. "You know something about the woman known as Alias, the person who has been targeting the X-men. I was hoping you could provide some information to help us. Is something wrong?"
"I was outside and this woman....she called me Deanna."
The older man sighed sadly. "That would have been Jubilee, she recently lost her daughter and has been under a rather fragile mental state. I apologize if she upset you but I'm afraid she will be a bit more shaken."
"I'm sorry, I didn't know. It's just that she called me by a name that only one person in my life ever used. It was a little unnerving"
"Really?" Charles looked up in interest, his line of questioning failed as Jubilee burst into the room, an almost manic look on her face, followed by Logan and then Paige.
"Logan! There she is, there's Deanna. My little Dena. My baby is back. She's back." Jubilee turned to her husband with a beatific smile on her face. "She's grown up to be such a beautiful woman."
Domino's eyes flashed with pity. "I'm so sorry but my parent's died when I was born. They were killed in a car crash when I was just a baby. A relative raised me. I'm so sorry, there's no way I could be your child."
Logan's arms resting reassuringly around Jubilee, warming her to the point where her trembles had subsided. He whispered in her ear. "Darlin, don't you think that I'd be able to recognize my own daughter? She ain't it."
"No!" Jubilee twisted out of his arms and gestured at Domino who stepped back. "You wouldn't recognize it after all these years and she wouldn't remember because I put the mental block on before she was sent away. Dena and I were...are...connected by a psi-link. I know this is Deanna."
*Don't you remember?* Jubilee pleaded. Gently and delicately, she broke through the barrier of her shields. *Remember meditating with me in the morning? Wanting a kitten called Ace? Your favorite green dress?*
Words strangled in Domino's throat as she became overwhelmed by memories. Her childhood had been far from difficult but when she had turned into a teenager, she had always hated that empty chunk of time that had kept the image of her mother away. Dark blue eyes that mirrored her own, stared back at Domino and she clutched her stomach, breathless as she finally saw the woman standing in front of her as her mother. With a choked cry she stumbled into Jubilee's arms, both holding each other as if they were afraid to let go.
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The busy hum of computers started the mornings at the offices of Julianna Pearson a.k.a. the White House accompanied the president on her morning stroll around the grounds. It was one of the few freedoms she insisted on retaining after she came to the office. As she entered her private quarters, she turned to Remy with a grin of relief. "Another day finally done with."
Remy tossed off his duster onto one of the heirloom pieces by the door. "Oui, but it won't be much longer non?"
"Four days." Julianna kicked off her shoes and sank into the couch, nursing a mineral water. "Four days and everything we've worked for will come into fruition." She took a sip of the chilled water. "I wish Jae was here, I miss her."
"Do you think the bill will be passed?"
Julianna stretched, rubbing the aches out of her neck. "I think so. I have the support of most of the senators. Now if I can live long enough to see it through."
Remy moved behind Julianna and massaged her neck, his hands moving smoothly and surely as he worked the knots out. "You'll live, we can sleep after this is all over." His hands caressed the side of her neck, brushing her cheek softly and she turned her face to him letting him kiss her.
Both had no illusions about an eternal love, but in a very lonely world they found comfort in each other's touch.
-in-
Word had spread across the mansion like wildfire with the help of two telepaths, Bobby a.k.a. Gossip Boy and the fact that Jubilee was broadcasting it to the entire team. The two women had retreated to the eastern wing of the house that Jubilee and Logan occupied and had spent hours catching up.
Logan had sat and watched from a distance, frowning as Jubilee played with Domino's hair as the two talked about their lives. The former was currently eagerly listening to the latter's first kiss which involved much blushing on both parts.
"What's wrong Logan?" Xavier's hoverchair slid to a stop silently beside the man.
A growl rumbled in his throat. "Something ain't right. Even if Dena had changed over the years, the very essence of her scent wouldn't change. This Domino ain't got nothing like Dena's. It's similar but not the same."
"Jubilee seems to think that she is."
"Jubilee has been upset about Dena for six months now. I think she's seein something where there isn't."
Xavier laid a hand on Logan's arm. "And her memories?"
Logan shrugged. "Yer a telepath, what do you think happened?"
There was a soft footfall behind them and neither turned as Jean joined them. "Does it really matter?" Both men looked at her in surprise. "I just mean that if Jubilee thinks that this is her daughter what difference does it really make? They both look like they need each other and this. Why take it from them?" Jean's eyes spoke volumes more than her calm voice did. Beneath the emerald green fires there told a story of a long lost daughter that she had lost all hope of ever seeing again.
Neither man replied and continued to watch the two women, both suppressing the thoughts that they were both thinking.
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That night the X-men assembled around the large conference table in the communications room. Old and new team mates sat next to each other, called together for times of crisis, and all of the faces were worried as they looked at the Professor and Jubilee who were standing.
For the first time in a long time, his face looked young, unburdened by the responsibilities of his life...he looked like he had hope. As for the woman next to him, her face also contained the same kind of joy, the dark sadness that had plagued her for months disappeared.
Xavier moved slightly so that they could see the screen behind him. "As you all know President Pearson is a well known advocate for the mutant movement. However, we have received word that she is planning to propose a bill in the Senate in three days that will give mutants equal standing and rights with the rest of the world. We are the only people she has told about it, but we must be at the top of our game for the next few days. I will be splitting you up to cover various parts of the world."
Jubilee tied back her hair deftly, her face determined as she looked over her friends. "Remy is taking personal watch over the President and I will be joining him as soon as the meeting is over. Hank and Paige will remain at the mansion in case of casualties, Cecelia and Kurt will be on the field covering us there. The rest of you will be divided into three teams that will cover The White House, The Parliament, and any other thing that might and most likely will pop up." Jubilee held up a tiny gray earpiece the size of a jellybean. "Thanks to Forge, we have these to help us keep in contact anywhere on Earth."
"The teams will be divided up as follows, Team A; Scott, Storm, Jonothon, and Marrow. Team B: Jean, Bobby, Angelo and Sean. Team C: Emma, Monet, Wolverine and Sam will join you as soon as he flies in. Let's go suit up."
"Team B rules!" Bobby grinned, thrusting his fist in the air, to the laughter of the rest of the room.
*You know what that stands for don't you?* Jonothon said as they were leaving the room. *Team Butthea...*
The room was oddly silent after they filed out, leaving Jubilee, Xavier, Logan and Domino in the room alone. Logan wrapped his arms around his wife, pleased that she gave a sigh of contentment as she kissed him. "Be careful Darlin'." Jubilee merely nodded and gave him one more kiss before he left the room.
Xavier regarded the two women beside him and he could almost see the shift in Jubilee's personality as began to think of herself as Jae again. Domino was wearing her black leather catsuit and the two women could pass for sisters as they stood side by side. He sighed and pulled up another file. "I didn't want to worry the rest of the team but the woman known as Alias has threatened our group with exposure if we don't meet her demands."
"Which are?" Domino asked softly.
"Various amounts of money and technological equipment. To be honest she was fairly vague about the whole thing. From what I could pick up, it was mainly for a distraction."
Domino nodded. "That sounds about right. From what I know about the woman, she is determined to kill Julianna Pearson in an effort to get rid of mutants. She has gathered quite a following and rumor has it that she is planning to do something the day of the Presidents proposal to the Senate. I will be monitoring her during the whole thing."
"Sounds like a plan." Jubilee paused, worry marring her fine features. "Be careful Deanna, once was bad enough." Unwilling to let her emotions get ahead of her, Jubilee quickly walked out.
the two adults sat in the room for a moment, when Xavier patted Domino's arm comfortingly. "don't worry, she's much stronger than she looks."
"I know." Xavier carefully wheeled out of the room leaving the woman to sit and contemplate all that had happened in the past day. In less than twenty-four hours she had regained her past and her family. Her memory was still fuzzy, dim from years of not being able to remember, but at the very core of her being she knew that Jubilee was a part of her.
-fin-
A/N: It'll just get better as more of Domino's past gets revealed. See ya in the next chapter!