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"My god, what did she do to him?!" Shrieked Jubilee as she blocked the oncoming Beast with a shower of her fireworks, buying her time to jump out of the way by temporarily blinding him.
"RrrrrrrrrARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGG!"
The possessed Beast had shied away from the blinding brightness, his eye catching another girl that stood nearby, a panicked look on her face.
"Nice Beast....look....I'm your friend...it's me....Kitty...." Kitty all but begged as Beast began to advance on her, hackles up and fangs bared.
"AHHH! " She screamed as he pounced.
She remembered her powers at the last moment and phased right through him, shuddering as she did so.
The animalistic Beast crashed to the ground, his eyes widening in surprise at missing his victim.
Kitty glanced over to where the blonde haired Emma Frost stood, and then turned to her friend.
"Jubilee !" She cried, pointing at Emma.
Jubilee looked at Emma then at the possessed Beast, and nodded in sudden understanding.
She crept up behind the occupied psychic and stuck one glove-covered finger to her neck.
"Give us back our Beast, chica, or I do one of my pole benders to this here neck of yours,"
Emma froze as she felt the energy flowing down through the finger, making a tiny burn on her neck as it threatened to release a blast of energy.
"Aren't you a little young to be in the X-men?" She asked coolly. " You're barely older than an infant . I wouldn't think Xavier allowed toddlers on his team."
Jubilee let the energy flow increase.
"Let him go," She hissed at the blonde telepath.
A smile crept over Emma's face as she probed the outer edges of Jubilee's mind for hurtful subjects.
"Remy is marrying Rogue because she is a woman," She whispered.
"He would never want a mere child like you."
Jubilee felt her control slip at those words and a blast shortly followed, rendering the said Emma Frost unconscious and incapable of further battle.
"That took care of that," She said nonchalantly as she stepped over the still smoking body of her former opponent, dusting off her glove-covered hands with a grin.
"How's Beast?"
Kitty shook herself out of her shocked daze.
"I dunno. He's..."
" 'He' is just fine, thank goodness," Beast's voice answered for her.
"Beast!" Cried the girls simultaneously, running to their fallen friend and smothering him in a hug.
"Oh-dear-careful there---ahh!" Beast said, gasping for breath amongst the rib crushing.
"I---oh!---need to breath---" He managed to squeeze out.
"Oh-ya---sorry about that, Hank." Jubilee said, falling back as he got to his feet.
"It's quite alright, Jubilation. Now-we must inform Cyclops of our position."
He pressed the X-shaped button on his wristband and held it to his mouth.
"Beast to Cyclops. Cyclops, do you read?"
There was a pause.
"Beast---ahh---we need-help---"
The sounds of metal scraping and twisting shrieked onto the receiver.
"Magneto---he's here---HELP!"
Beast shot a glance at the girls as the transmission ended.
"Call in Iceman," He said to Kitty in a grave tone.
"We're having a visitation with Magneto next, it seems."
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Logan gasped as he felt his whole skeleton shift within him.
"Oh fuck..." He hissed as he felt his natural bone start to ache, making him double up in agony as his claws came out against his will.
"What's wrong? Shugah?" Asked Rogue worriedly.
"Mag...Mag...Magneto!" He managed to whisper between throbs.
Rogue felt terror creep over every inch of her body.
"A-are you s-sure shugah?" She stammered, her emerald green eyes wide with panic.
"Fuck...Rogue.....the metal...in my.... body's.... movin'... I'm... pretty... damn ...sure!"
He groaned as his claws splayed slightly, making his arms scream in painful protest.
~Okay....okay....don't panic...stay calm...~ Rogue thought, taking a deep breath to steady her racing heart.
"Can yah smell 'im out for us, shugah?" She asked him gently as he groaned again.
"Don'.....don' need to," He gasped. "My....bones....are shiftin'.....that way....." His arm was more than happy to point in the direction of the pull.
Logan caught a far-off scream with his sensitive hearing.
"Jeanie," He gasped as his bones twisted again.
"Rogue....we gotta...help 'em..."
Rogue tried to ignore her immediate instinct to flee, and made herself think logically.
"Of course, shugah," She said, biting her lip and wrapping her arms around Logan's waist.
"C'mon, ah'll fly us there---just follow yah bones."
She picked him up and took off for the skies, her passenger swallowing and trying not to look at the scenery so far below.
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"My god, what did she do to him?!" Shrieked Jubilee as she blocked the oncoming Beast with a shower of her fireworks, buying her time to jump out of the way by temporarily blinding him.
"RrrrrrrrrARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGG!"
The possessed Beast had shied away from the blinding brightness, his eye catching another girl that stood nearby, a panicked look on her face.
"Nice Beast....look....I'm your friend...it's me....Kitty...." Kitty all but begged as Beast began to advance on her, hackles up and fangs bared.
"AHHH! " She screamed as he pounced.
She remembered her powers at the last moment and phased right through him, shuddering as she did so.
The animalistic Beast crashed to the ground, his eyes widening in surprise at missing his victim.
Kitty glanced over to where the blonde haired Emma Frost stood, and then turned to her friend.
"Jubilee !" She cried, pointing at Emma.
Jubilee looked at Emma then at the possessed Beast, and nodded in sudden understanding.
She crept up behind the occupied psychic and stuck one glove-covered finger to her neck.
"Give us back our Beast, chica, or I do one of my pole benders to this here neck of yours,"
Emma froze as she felt the energy flowing down through the finger, making a tiny burn on her neck as it threatened to release a blast of energy.
"Aren't you a little young to be in the X-men?" She asked coolly. " You're barely older than an infant . I wouldn't think Xavier allowed toddlers on his team."
Jubilee let the energy flow increase.
"Let him go," She hissed at the blonde telepath.
A smile crept over Emma's face as she probed the outer edges of Jubilee's mind for hurtful subjects.
"Remy is marrying Rogue because she is a woman," She whispered.
"He would never want a mere child like you."
Jubilee felt her control slip at those words and a blast shortly followed, rendering the said Emma Frost unconscious and incapable of further battle.
"That took care of that," She said nonchalantly as she stepped over the still smoking body of her former opponent, dusting off her glove-covered hands with a grin.
"How's Beast?"
Kitty shook herself out of her shocked daze.
"I dunno. He's..."
" 'He' is just fine, thank goodness," Beast's voice answered for her.
"Beast!" Cried the girls simultaneously, running to their fallen friend and smothering him in a hug.
"Oh-dear-careful there---ahh!" Beast said, gasping for breath amongst the rib crushing.
"I---oh!---need to breath---" He managed to squeeze out.
"Oh-ya---sorry about that, Hank." Jubilee said, falling back as he got to his feet.
"It's quite alright, Jubilation. Now-we must inform Cyclops of our position."
He pressed the X-shaped button on his wristband and held it to his mouth.
"Beast to Cyclops. Cyclops, do you read?"
There was a pause.
"Beast---ahh---we need-help---"
The sounds of metal scraping and twisting shrieked onto the receiver.
"Magneto---he's here---HELP!"
Beast shot a glance at the girls as the transmission ended.
"Call in Iceman," He said to Kitty in a grave tone.
"We're having a visitation with Magneto next, it seems."
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Logan gasped as he felt his whole skeleton shift within him.
"Oh fuck..." He hissed as he felt his natural bone start to ache, making him double up in agony as his claws came out against his will.
"What's wrong? Shugah?" Asked Rogue worriedly.
"Mag...Mag...Magneto!" He managed to whisper between throbs.
Rogue felt terror creep over every inch of her body.
"A-are you s-sure shugah?" She stammered, her emerald green eyes wide with panic.
"Fuck...Rogue.....the metal...in my.... body's.... movin'... I'm... pretty... damn ...sure!"
He groaned as his claws splayed slightly, making his arms scream in painful protest.
~Okay....okay....don't panic...stay calm...~ Rogue thought, taking a deep breath to steady her racing heart.
"Can yah smell 'im out for us, shugah?" She asked him gently as he groaned again.
"Don'.....don' need to," He gasped. "My....bones....are shiftin'.....that way....." His arm was more than happy to point in the direction of the pull.
Logan caught a far-off scream with his sensitive hearing.
"Jeanie," He gasped as his bones twisted again.
"Rogue....we gotta...help 'em..."
Rogue tried to ignore her immediate instinct to flee, and made herself think logically.
"Of course, shugah," She said, biting her lip and wrapping her arms around Logan's waist.
"C'mon, ah'll fly us there---just follow yah bones."
She picked him up and took off for the skies, her passenger swallowing and trying not to look at the scenery so far below.
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