There was a swagger in her step as Jubilee made her way back towards Hank. The smirk on her face told him all that he needed to know. Of course it had been a foregone conclusion since Sabretooth, Lady Deathstrike and Magneto together presented less of a challenge for Logan than resisting Jubilee. A healing factor, adamantium skeleton and claws and hyper senses were as nothing against puppy dog eyes and a "please Wolvie".
"You now have one more test subject Hank. It wasn't easy but I put on my best daddy's little girl act and he fell for it hook, line and sinker. In fact he was nearly in tears at the end. He's probably putting on the cologne even as we speak," said Jubilee.
"Oh my stars and garters Jubilee but you really are incorrigible. We are most fortunate that you are on our side. Still my friend with the coat of vivid hue we have places to go and things to buy," said Hank.
"Yeah let's see how many shops we can get through in two hours. We'd better take some samples with us just in case we get an opportunity," said Jubilee.
"I don't think my cologne is quite ready for the public yet but I'll take one bottle with me just in case. It's always best to be prepared after all. Oh almost forgot. I'd better switch on my image inducer. After all my blue-furred form is quite well known and I don't want to be the target of mobs of adoring women," said Hank.
Without further ado he set his image inducer to appear as a normal human and Jubilee once again marveled at its effectiveness. She knew that this image was how he used to appear before he changed. His ginger hair was now of cause blue fur and his blue eyes were the only thing about him that had remained the same. Smiling she reached out and took Hank by the hand at first startled by the feel of fur instead of skin but then it wasn't really any different to holding Logan's hand.
Logan was watching them from the window as they left. For a few moments he regretted not going with Jubilee but he really was not in the mood today. Tomorrow of cause he would make it up to her and go the mall willingly. Probably a visit to the superbowl or to see a movie would be in order. Then he would pretend to be grumpy and bored while secretly enjoying himself. Of course Jubilee would pretend to be taken in by this when she knew that he was enjoying himself in spite of himself. That was all part of the fun of course.
"I suppose I might as well see what this cologne smells like," said Logan as he opened the bottle and inhaled.
To his surprise it was a delight to his senses. Just one little sniff made him feel so much happier and his black mood was now only a memory. Perhaps McCoy's little Eau de Beast was just what the doctor ordered so to speak. A grin tugged at the corners of his lips and his rough hewn features softened as he smiled. He quickly applied a generous amount of the cologne and then decided to go and see the other X-Men. He was really feeling quite euphoric now.
"Guten morgen Logan. It's nice to see you so happy mein freund," said Kurt Wagner as Logan passed him.
Logan gave Kurt a dazzling smile and then embraced the astonished X-Man before he could even think of teleporting. Kurt found himself hugged so tightly that he was sure his ribs were going to crack. Then Logan drew his face close to Kurt's and for one horrifying moment Kurt thought he was going to kiss him. Instead Logan gave a gentle laugh and simply beamed into Kurt's face.
"Kurt my friend it's so great ta see ya. Ya know that yer my favourite fuzzy elf don't ya. I'm so glad that were friends and that we'll always be here fer one another. I love ya fuzzy elf," said Logan.
He gave Kurt another gentle affectionate hug before setting him back down. He ruffled Kurt's fur with one hand and then gave him a pat on the head before strolling off whistling a merry tune. Baffled Kurt could only watch him leave.
"I'm fond of you too Logan but I would not think to be so demonstrative about it," muttered Kurt.
Remy was feeling considerably better now that he had tried on the new cologne. As usual he was stylishly dressed and neatly groomed and he was all set to impress the ladies. Now he would just have to go out and get Rogue some nice flowers, a bottle of wine and an expensive present and then he would be ready to apologise to her. Of course she would forgive him and then everything would be fine. At least until the next beautiful woman came along and distracted him. Still he could hardly help it if women kept finding him irresistibly attractive and he never made them do anything they weren't willing to do.
He heard a knock at the door and opened it to get an eyeful of cleavage. This impressive cleavage belonged to the perfect physique and stunning beauty of the female telepath known as Emma Frost. Remy tore his glance upwards and managed to look her in the eye. Those dreamy blue eyes and long silky blonde hair helped to keep his gaze from traveling downwards but it was no easy task. It didn't help that she was in one of her usual revealing white leather costumes.
"Hello Remy. I'm here to speak to Xavier and I'm sure a handsome and dashing man such as yourself would be willing to assist a woman in need. If you could take me to him I would be most pleased. I'm sure that you want to please me don't you," said Emma.
"Of course chere, nothing would please Remy more than to assist a belle dame like you. If you care to step dis way," said Remy before he noticed Emma staring at him.
He reasoned that she was probably checking him out which was fine since he had done the same to her. That look in her eyes though told him that she was planning to go further. He was still surprised though when she grabbed him and pulled him to her so that he nearly got a face full of cleavage. Then her lips met his and she kissed him deeply and passionately to his mixed surprise, pleasure and fear.
Rogue happened to be flying around the corner at that moment. Seeing Remy apparently making out with Remy in the hall she was overcome with rage. She increased her speed determined to snatch up Emma and dump her in the pond to cool her ardour. Then Remy would have a lot of explaining to do and if he was extremely fortunate he might get off with severe bruises instead of having every bone in his body broken.
"Remy what in tarnation are yah doing with that no good hussy," snarled Rogue.
"She just threw herself at me chere," said Remy which didn't improve Rogue's mood one iota.
Then she suddenly smelt his cologne and here mood underwent a rapid reversal. She pushed Emma aside sending her flying into a wall and tenderly picked Remy up. Baffled by this Remy could only watch in terror as she hugged him gently and then kissed him full on the lips with immediate and devastating consequences.