Wild Love: Chapter 3
by Moonchild DJ
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Disclaimer: X-Men characters aren't mine, they're Marvel's. Please
don't sue for my borrowing them! Cat's mine, so don't use her without
permission, or she might scratch your eyes out!
Author's Note: Thanks BUNCHES for the feedback, guys! I am SOOO pleased
you like my work as much as I like writing it! Feedback is always
appreciated, but flames go to Wolvie's Claw City-I look foward to your
comments...enjoy!
"*...*"-means telepathic thoughts
'...'-means internal thoughts
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Remy hoped Logan came to his senses soon, but he wouldn't count on it.
Poor Jubilation...
Logan started after Remy, but Catharine stopped him. He glanced into
her jade green eyes. "Remy's right, Cat. I gotta go talk to Jubilation.
I said some pretty nasty things to her." Catharine pouted prettily.
"What about me, Logan? I came here so we could spend more time together.
Don't you want to be with me?"
Logan sighed patiently, curving his broad hand gently against her
cheek. "'Course I do, Cat, 's just I need t'go talk to Jubilation. I
won't be long." he promised, kissing her temple as he rushed out of the
room.
Catharine narrowed her eyes, a sly smile curving her lips. "Don't
think me so blind, dear Logan, that I don't notice you don't call
me darling like your precious Jubilation." she sneered as she brushed
her hair out of her eyes, wiping away Logan's kiss. "But there's a
time and place for everything, don't you think...*Wolverine*..."
Sighing, she tapped against her right ear. "Viper, can you hear me?"
she murmured. The earpiece crackled slightly, then cleared.
"Of course I can, Wild Cat," a woman's voice murmured through the
earpiece. "This ingenious little communicator is so small and
invisible, even my dear husband Wolverine wouldn't be able to see it
with his keen eyesight, or catch its scent with his nose. Wouldn't
Wolverine just explode if he knew he was being spied on by me?"
Catharine nodded.
"Yes, but of course there's more to this than simple spying. Revenge."
"Of course. Revenge against Wolverine is just too delicious to pass up.
Is the little Asian girl there....Lee?"
"Affirmative, though she's not so little. The girl is a young woman.
Nineteen."
"Ah, well, time flies and my reluctant marriage to Logan *was* five
years ago. She must be quite the beauty now. Does Logan still cater to
her whims?"
"Yes, which should make your revenge against Wolverine so much better.
Have you found Cornelieus and the Professor?"
"Yes, the little weasel popped out of hiding. He should hide,
considering what he did to Wolverine in the Weapon X project. How will
you lure the girl away to capture her for the Professor?"
Catharine frowned, eyes darting to the hallway to make sure she wasn't
being watched or listened to. "Haven't decided yet. Don't worry, boss,
your plan will go through. Wolverine will suffer knowing his precious
Jubilee will undergo the same fate he did years ago. It will teach him
not to underestimate Viper's control of his life. Do you think he
loves her?"
"I do not care. I will use the little brat any way I see fit to make
Logan suffer. The fate of his little ward will be held by me and Logan
will know that Jubilee will live or die by my hand."
"Affirmative. Lee will be yours within the next twenty four hours. Wild
Cat out."
Catharine smiled as she touched the small device off. None the wiser
of her plans. Viper would be pleased.
Remy gasped silently, plastering himself to the wall in horror. He was
right! Catharine wasn't who she seemed-she worked for Wolverine's
enemy and dangerous wife-in-honor's name, Viper! They were going to
hurt Jubilation...over his dead body, he swore. He had to warn Jubilee
and Logan.
Moving with the silence and grace of a former thief, he slid along the
wall to safety and left to find his teammates. They had to know the
truth.
********
"Jubilee? You okay, darlin'? C'mon, let me in so we can talk!"
Logan's muffled voice came through the door of Jubilation's room as he t
ried the locked doorknob and pounded on the door. Jubilee sighed,
glaring at the door as she sat Indian-style on her bed.
"Nothin' doin', Wolverine. Leave me alone!" she snarled angrily at the
older man to keep herself from crying. Logan could be so *dense*
sometimes. He didn't have a damn CLUE what she was upset about.
"Look, if this is about the way I talked t' ya earlier, I'm sorry!
Just let me in-!"
Jubilation frowned as she heard a muffled curse from Logan as someone
else shoved him out of the way and pounded on the door.
"Petit', it Remy. Open de door, now!!"
Jubilee gasped indignantly. "Don't tell me Logan put you up t' join
his little door-poundin' party too, LeBeau, 'cause that door is
*stayin'* closed! Give it up an' go away!!"
A smothered curse, from Remy this time, reached Jubilation's ears as
the door was kicked at furiously.
"You eit'er open dis door, Petit', or I'm gonna BLOW it open!"
Jubilee squeaked in alarm as she pictured an exposed room without
privacy or a door. She leapt off the bed, yanking open the door to a
gloating Gambit and a confused and grumbling Wolverine. She sniffed
huffily.
"Well, you got your way, Cajun. Now, what do you want?"
His grin sobering into a serious frown, Remy grabbed Logan and
Jubilation's arms, pulling them inside as he closed the door quietly.
"Need you two t' listen t' what I gotta say, so keep your mouths shut!
Dis ain't no joke, so shush!" Remy murmured, glancing meaningfully at
the two, which earned him double confused but silent frowns.
"What's this about, Gumbo?" Logan asked impatiently as he crossed his
muscular arms over his broad chest. Remy sighed, knowing this wasn't
going to be easy to explain.
"Well, le'see, mon ami, where do I start? How 'bout dat your
girlfriend is workin' for Viper?!"
Jubilee gasped, eyes widening in disbelief. "Are you serious, Remy?!
Are you sure?"
"I get any more serious, petit', an' I be like de always-serious
Cyclops, n'est ce pas? I swear, by all dat I hold holy, I tell de
trut'."
Logan's eyes narrowed in suspicion. "You don't hold much on sacred
ground, Gumbo, never will. Whatcha got 'gainst Cat? She ain't done
nothin' to you!"
Remy released his breath in a burst of frustration, raking a hand
through his red hair. "What's it gonna take t' make you believe me?!
Swear it in blood? I ain't lyin', Logan. I heard her plain as day.
She's wearin' some sorta earpiece y' can't sense an' she's workin' for
Viper to get revenge for her. She gonna hurt Jubilee!"
Logan snarled, collaring the Cajun X-Man against Jubilee's door with l
ittle effort. "What kinda game y' tryin' t' pull, LeBeau?! Cat don't
even *know* we're mutants an' she ain't gonna hurt Jubes! I ain't
gonna stand for you goin' around makin' a bad name for her!"
"Logan, cut it out!!" Jubilation cried, struggling to push the two men
away from each other. "You've only known Catharine for four months.
How do ya know what Remy's sayin' *ain't* true? Y'know he wouldn't say
somethin' bad 'bout someone if it wasn't true!"
Wolverine glared at Jubilee, turning on her as he dropped Remy like a
sack of potatoes. "What, you sayin' I ain't a good judge of someone's
character, darlin'? I knew YOU even less than I knew Cat 'fore I
brought you t' the X-Men. You could've been a serial killer for all I
knew!" he bellowed angrily as he fisted his hands, struggling to not
go into a berserker rage.
Jubilee gasped, her eyes filling with tears as she saw the betrayal
mirrored in his gaze. Did he honestly think that...? Her heart
cracked, her soul wailed in hurt..she struggled to breathe.
"L-Logan, you know I-I'd *never* hurt you. That isn't my nature.
Y-You know me inside an' out like we had a-a telepathic rapport...!"
"I didn't know you from Adam, Lee, an' yet I trusted you. Maybe you're
right..maybe I'm wrong 'bout people I trust. Maybe I had you pegged
all wrong-'cause right now, you're like a stranger t' me." Logan
growled fiercely, yanking open the door and slamming it after him as
he left.
"Logan...n-no...!" Jubilee sobbed in despair.
Remy winced at the wall that he had put between Logan and Jubilation
unintentionally. "Ah, Jube..I-I'm sorry! But I'm right 'bout Cat-"
"I don't *care* if you're right, LeBeau! You've just managed to ruin
nine years of the best friendship I've ever known. You've done enough
harm today-jus' leave me alone!" Jubilee cried, rushing out of her
room and out of the mansion altogether, sobbing as she ran blindly
through the darkness toward the safety of the cove behind the mansion.
Not paying atttention to her senses or anything that Logan had taught
her to protect herself, she collapsed on the dock in front of the
cove, giving in to her grief and anger. She didn't see the blonde in
the shadows grin as the plan fell into place.
****
Logan grumbled under his breath angrily as he stomped his way back to
where he had left Catharine. Gambit was wrong to accuse Cat of any
wrongdoing-she would never hurt anyone, he was sure of it. Remy must
be getting high off of his spicy Louisiana chili if he thought that
Cat was working for his reluctant wife, Viper. "No way would *that*
ever happen..." he murmured to himself, shaking his dark, tufted head
as he reached the room's entrance.
"Sorry that I was gone so long, Cat-"
He stopped in his tracks as he realized that the room was empty, save
for a note on the desk in front of him. Seeing Catharine's lacy
handwriting enscribing his name, he picked it up and flipped it open.
"Logan, darling, While I was waiting for you to come back, I realized
that I had some errands to run before I went home.
Knowing that you might be a while talking to young
Jubilation, I decided to get those errands done. It's
late, so I'll see you later this week. I have to take
a business trip, and I'll come see you as soon as I've
returned. I'll miss you.
Love, Cat"
Glancing out the window and not seeing Catharine's stylish dark blue
Miati in the driveway, Logan nodded. Being a high-powered lawyer, Cat
would have to take business trips. Ignoring the dark warning in the
back of his head, he folded the letter and ambled back to his room.
****
Catharine grinned slyly as she watched the darkhaired girl in front of
her cry her heart out, too distraught to know or sense she was in
danger. This would be too easy. Armed with a small tranquilizer gun
and a cloth soaked in chloroform, she raised the small gun armed with
a silencer and pulled the trigger without making a sound.
Jubilee gasped in pain as she felt a numbing blow in her shoulder,
jerking upright. Glancing down, she saw a tranq dart embedded in her
shoulder. "What the...?!" Wincing, she focused herself past the pain
and yanked the dart out of her skin. Her arm was becoming numb and her
mind fuzzy, but she leapt to her feet.
"Who's there? Show yourself!!" she screamed, her voice echoing across
the cove as her eyes searched the darkness.
Cat bit back an unladylike curse, not prepared for the girl to still
be moving. She should be passed out, asleep. Wolverine must have
taught her how to push back reaction time to a drug or dart or
whatever. Clicking back the hammer on the gun, she squeezed the trigger
just as Jubilee brightened the darkness with her mutant powers.
Seeing the flying dart in the light, Jubilee dropped to the ground,
moving out of target range. She also saw Catharine's enraged features
in the blinding light. Lunging to her feet, she glared at the woman as
fireworks crackled in her hands.
"So Remy WAS right. You *are* tryin' to hurt me! Let me tell ya one
thing, lady-it isn't gonna be so easy t' put me down, 'cause I learn
from the best!!"
Leaping into the air, she expertly placed a clean karate kick that
shot Cat off her feet and through the air. Righting herself like her
namesake as she flew through the air, Wild Cat shot another dart at
the girl as she landed on her feet.
"PLEASE." Jubilee snorted, using her pyrotechnics like a laser to
slice apart the tranq dart into two pieces. "You're gonna have t'
do better than that, lady. Who are you an' what do you want?"
Wild Cat smiled in reluctant admiration. "Revenge for my employer,
Viper. As to who I am..? I am called Wild Cat. You should know my name
before you get what's coming to you."
Jubilee grinned, powers flaring brightly. "Overconfident, aren't we?
You haven't won yet, lady."
"Oh, really?" Wild Cat snarled, rushing her and putting the
chloroformed cloth over Jubilee's mouth and nose as she trapped the
girl's arms behind her so she couldn't get away. Jubilee's eyes glared
daggers and spat sparks at Wild Cat as she struggled to push the
assassin away or blind her with a well-placed arc of light. Problem
was, her limbs were becoming numb from the first tranq dart and she
couldn't get a fresh breath of air away from the chloroformed cloth.
Her struggles were becoming weaker...then she grinned sluggishly behind
the cloth, an idea coming to mind. If she could just hold on a little
longer...
Wild Cat grinned in anticipation as Jubilee's rather strong struggles
became weaker and her body started going limp. "Good girl. I thought
for a minute you were going to best me, but I see the chloroform is
taking effect. Good thing I parked the car nearby so I won't have to
drag you across Creation. This is going perfectly..."
She loosened her grip on Jubilee, not seeing the young woman's hand
ignite with a handful of pyrotechnics.
"NOT!" With that feral cry, Jubilee released her powers straight into
Wild Cat's eyes. The woman screamed in pain, nearly falling over as
Jubilee made a break for freedom.
*"Jean, hear me!"* Jubilee cried mentally to the resident telepath,
hoping that Jean would "hear" her thoughts. *"I'm in trouble-been
tranqued an' chloroformed by-"*
"No, blast you!!" Wild Cat cried, shooting two darts in succession at
her blindly. Jubilee's frantic sending ceased as the darts found their
targets, and she fell to the ground unconscious.
Hearing the noise as the girl fell, Wild Cat grinned as she lowered
the gun and rubbed at her eyes. "Gotcha." she growled softly.
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by Moonchild DJ
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Disclaimer: X-Men characters aren't mine, they're Marvel's. Please
don't sue for my borrowing them! Cat's mine, so don't use her without
permission, or she might scratch your eyes out!
Author's Note: Thanks BUNCHES for the feedback, guys! I am SOOO pleased
you like my work as much as I like writing it! Feedback is always
appreciated, but flames go to Wolvie's Claw City-I look foward to your
comments...enjoy!
"*...*"-means telepathic thoughts
'...'-means internal thoughts
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Remy hoped Logan came to his senses soon, but he wouldn't count on it.
Poor Jubilation...
Logan started after Remy, but Catharine stopped him. He glanced into
her jade green eyes. "Remy's right, Cat. I gotta go talk to Jubilation.
I said some pretty nasty things to her." Catharine pouted prettily.
"What about me, Logan? I came here so we could spend more time together.
Don't you want to be with me?"
Logan sighed patiently, curving his broad hand gently against her
cheek. "'Course I do, Cat, 's just I need t'go talk to Jubilation. I
won't be long." he promised, kissing her temple as he rushed out of the
room.
Catharine narrowed her eyes, a sly smile curving her lips. "Don't
think me so blind, dear Logan, that I don't notice you don't call
me darling like your precious Jubilation." she sneered as she brushed
her hair out of her eyes, wiping away Logan's kiss. "But there's a
time and place for everything, don't you think...*Wolverine*..."
Sighing, she tapped against her right ear. "Viper, can you hear me?"
she murmured. The earpiece crackled slightly, then cleared.
"Of course I can, Wild Cat," a woman's voice murmured through the
earpiece. "This ingenious little communicator is so small and
invisible, even my dear husband Wolverine wouldn't be able to see it
with his keen eyesight, or catch its scent with his nose. Wouldn't
Wolverine just explode if he knew he was being spied on by me?"
Catharine nodded.
"Yes, but of course there's more to this than simple spying. Revenge."
"Of course. Revenge against Wolverine is just too delicious to pass up.
Is the little Asian girl there....Lee?"
"Affirmative, though she's not so little. The girl is a young woman.
Nineteen."
"Ah, well, time flies and my reluctant marriage to Logan *was* five
years ago. She must be quite the beauty now. Does Logan still cater to
her whims?"
"Yes, which should make your revenge against Wolverine so much better.
Have you found Cornelieus and the Professor?"
"Yes, the little weasel popped out of hiding. He should hide,
considering what he did to Wolverine in the Weapon X project. How will
you lure the girl away to capture her for the Professor?"
Catharine frowned, eyes darting to the hallway to make sure she wasn't
being watched or listened to. "Haven't decided yet. Don't worry, boss,
your plan will go through. Wolverine will suffer knowing his precious
Jubilee will undergo the same fate he did years ago. It will teach him
not to underestimate Viper's control of his life. Do you think he
loves her?"
"I do not care. I will use the little brat any way I see fit to make
Logan suffer. The fate of his little ward will be held by me and Logan
will know that Jubilee will live or die by my hand."
"Affirmative. Lee will be yours within the next twenty four hours. Wild
Cat out."
Catharine smiled as she touched the small device off. None the wiser
of her plans. Viper would be pleased.
Remy gasped silently, plastering himself to the wall in horror. He was
right! Catharine wasn't who she seemed-she worked for Wolverine's
enemy and dangerous wife-in-honor's name, Viper! They were going to
hurt Jubilation...over his dead body, he swore. He had to warn Jubilee
and Logan.
Moving with the silence and grace of a former thief, he slid along the
wall to safety and left to find his teammates. They had to know the
truth.
********
"Jubilee? You okay, darlin'? C'mon, let me in so we can talk!"
Logan's muffled voice came through the door of Jubilation's room as he t
ried the locked doorknob and pounded on the door. Jubilee sighed,
glaring at the door as she sat Indian-style on her bed.
"Nothin' doin', Wolverine. Leave me alone!" she snarled angrily at the
older man to keep herself from crying. Logan could be so *dense*
sometimes. He didn't have a damn CLUE what she was upset about.
"Look, if this is about the way I talked t' ya earlier, I'm sorry!
Just let me in-!"
Jubilation frowned as she heard a muffled curse from Logan as someone
else shoved him out of the way and pounded on the door.
"Petit', it Remy. Open de door, now!!"
Jubilee gasped indignantly. "Don't tell me Logan put you up t' join
his little door-poundin' party too, LeBeau, 'cause that door is
*stayin'* closed! Give it up an' go away!!"
A smothered curse, from Remy this time, reached Jubilation's ears as
the door was kicked at furiously.
"You eit'er open dis door, Petit', or I'm gonna BLOW it open!"
Jubilee squeaked in alarm as she pictured an exposed room without
privacy or a door. She leapt off the bed, yanking open the door to a
gloating Gambit and a confused and grumbling Wolverine. She sniffed
huffily.
"Well, you got your way, Cajun. Now, what do you want?"
His grin sobering into a serious frown, Remy grabbed Logan and
Jubilation's arms, pulling them inside as he closed the door quietly.
"Need you two t' listen t' what I gotta say, so keep your mouths shut!
Dis ain't no joke, so shush!" Remy murmured, glancing meaningfully at
the two, which earned him double confused but silent frowns.
"What's this about, Gumbo?" Logan asked impatiently as he crossed his
muscular arms over his broad chest. Remy sighed, knowing this wasn't
going to be easy to explain.
"Well, le'see, mon ami, where do I start? How 'bout dat your
girlfriend is workin' for Viper?!"
Jubilee gasped, eyes widening in disbelief. "Are you serious, Remy?!
Are you sure?"
"I get any more serious, petit', an' I be like de always-serious
Cyclops, n'est ce pas? I swear, by all dat I hold holy, I tell de
trut'."
Logan's eyes narrowed in suspicion. "You don't hold much on sacred
ground, Gumbo, never will. Whatcha got 'gainst Cat? She ain't done
nothin' to you!"
Remy released his breath in a burst of frustration, raking a hand
through his red hair. "What's it gonna take t' make you believe me?!
Swear it in blood? I ain't lyin', Logan. I heard her plain as day.
She's wearin' some sorta earpiece y' can't sense an' she's workin' for
Viper to get revenge for her. She gonna hurt Jubilee!"
Logan snarled, collaring the Cajun X-Man against Jubilee's door with l
ittle effort. "What kinda game y' tryin' t' pull, LeBeau?! Cat don't
even *know* we're mutants an' she ain't gonna hurt Jubes! I ain't
gonna stand for you goin' around makin' a bad name for her!"
"Logan, cut it out!!" Jubilation cried, struggling to push the two men
away from each other. "You've only known Catharine for four months.
How do ya know what Remy's sayin' *ain't* true? Y'know he wouldn't say
somethin' bad 'bout someone if it wasn't true!"
Wolverine glared at Jubilee, turning on her as he dropped Remy like a
sack of potatoes. "What, you sayin' I ain't a good judge of someone's
character, darlin'? I knew YOU even less than I knew Cat 'fore I
brought you t' the X-Men. You could've been a serial killer for all I
knew!" he bellowed angrily as he fisted his hands, struggling to not
go into a berserker rage.
Jubilee gasped, her eyes filling with tears as she saw the betrayal
mirrored in his gaze. Did he honestly think that...? Her heart
cracked, her soul wailed in hurt..she struggled to breathe.
"L-Logan, you know I-I'd *never* hurt you. That isn't my nature.
Y-You know me inside an' out like we had a-a telepathic rapport...!"
"I didn't know you from Adam, Lee, an' yet I trusted you. Maybe you're
right..maybe I'm wrong 'bout people I trust. Maybe I had you pegged
all wrong-'cause right now, you're like a stranger t' me." Logan
growled fiercely, yanking open the door and slamming it after him as
he left.
"Logan...n-no...!" Jubilee sobbed in despair.
Remy winced at the wall that he had put between Logan and Jubilation
unintentionally. "Ah, Jube..I-I'm sorry! But I'm right 'bout Cat-"
"I don't *care* if you're right, LeBeau! You've just managed to ruin
nine years of the best friendship I've ever known. You've done enough
harm today-jus' leave me alone!" Jubilee cried, rushing out of her
room and out of the mansion altogether, sobbing as she ran blindly
through the darkness toward the safety of the cove behind the mansion.
Not paying atttention to her senses or anything that Logan had taught
her to protect herself, she collapsed on the dock in front of the
cove, giving in to her grief and anger. She didn't see the blonde in
the shadows grin as the plan fell into place.
****
Logan grumbled under his breath angrily as he stomped his way back to
where he had left Catharine. Gambit was wrong to accuse Cat of any
wrongdoing-she would never hurt anyone, he was sure of it. Remy must
be getting high off of his spicy Louisiana chili if he thought that
Cat was working for his reluctant wife, Viper. "No way would *that*
ever happen..." he murmured to himself, shaking his dark, tufted head
as he reached the room's entrance.
"Sorry that I was gone so long, Cat-"
He stopped in his tracks as he realized that the room was empty, save
for a note on the desk in front of him. Seeing Catharine's lacy
handwriting enscribing his name, he picked it up and flipped it open.
"Logan, darling, While I was waiting for you to come back, I realized
that I had some errands to run before I went home.
Knowing that you might be a while talking to young
Jubilation, I decided to get those errands done. It's
late, so I'll see you later this week. I have to take
a business trip, and I'll come see you as soon as I've
returned. I'll miss you.
Love, Cat"
Glancing out the window and not seeing Catharine's stylish dark blue
Miati in the driveway, Logan nodded. Being a high-powered lawyer, Cat
would have to take business trips. Ignoring the dark warning in the
back of his head, he folded the letter and ambled back to his room.
****
Catharine grinned slyly as she watched the darkhaired girl in front of
her cry her heart out, too distraught to know or sense she was in
danger. This would be too easy. Armed with a small tranquilizer gun
and a cloth soaked in chloroform, she raised the small gun armed with
a silencer and pulled the trigger without making a sound.
Jubilee gasped in pain as she felt a numbing blow in her shoulder,
jerking upright. Glancing down, she saw a tranq dart embedded in her
shoulder. "What the...?!" Wincing, she focused herself past the pain
and yanked the dart out of her skin. Her arm was becoming numb and her
mind fuzzy, but she leapt to her feet.
"Who's there? Show yourself!!" she screamed, her voice echoing across
the cove as her eyes searched the darkness.
Cat bit back an unladylike curse, not prepared for the girl to still
be moving. She should be passed out, asleep. Wolverine must have
taught her how to push back reaction time to a drug or dart or
whatever. Clicking back the hammer on the gun, she squeezed the trigger
just as Jubilee brightened the darkness with her mutant powers.
Seeing the flying dart in the light, Jubilee dropped to the ground,
moving out of target range. She also saw Catharine's enraged features
in the blinding light. Lunging to her feet, she glared at the woman as
fireworks crackled in her hands.
"So Remy WAS right. You *are* tryin' to hurt me! Let me tell ya one
thing, lady-it isn't gonna be so easy t' put me down, 'cause I learn
from the best!!"
Leaping into the air, she expertly placed a clean karate kick that
shot Cat off her feet and through the air. Righting herself like her
namesake as she flew through the air, Wild Cat shot another dart at
the girl as she landed on her feet.
"PLEASE." Jubilee snorted, using her pyrotechnics like a laser to
slice apart the tranq dart into two pieces. "You're gonna have t'
do better than that, lady. Who are you an' what do you want?"
Wild Cat smiled in reluctant admiration. "Revenge for my employer,
Viper. As to who I am..? I am called Wild Cat. You should know my name
before you get what's coming to you."
Jubilee grinned, powers flaring brightly. "Overconfident, aren't we?
You haven't won yet, lady."
"Oh, really?" Wild Cat snarled, rushing her and putting the
chloroformed cloth over Jubilee's mouth and nose as she trapped the
girl's arms behind her so she couldn't get away. Jubilee's eyes glared
daggers and spat sparks at Wild Cat as she struggled to push the
assassin away or blind her with a well-placed arc of light. Problem
was, her limbs were becoming numb from the first tranq dart and she
couldn't get a fresh breath of air away from the chloroformed cloth.
Her struggles were becoming weaker...then she grinned sluggishly behind
the cloth, an idea coming to mind. If she could just hold on a little
longer...
Wild Cat grinned in anticipation as Jubilee's rather strong struggles
became weaker and her body started going limp. "Good girl. I thought
for a minute you were going to best me, but I see the chloroform is
taking effect. Good thing I parked the car nearby so I won't have to
drag you across Creation. This is going perfectly..."
She loosened her grip on Jubilee, not seeing the young woman's hand
ignite with a handful of pyrotechnics.
"NOT!" With that feral cry, Jubilee released her powers straight into
Wild Cat's eyes. The woman screamed in pain, nearly falling over as
Jubilee made a break for freedom.
*"Jean, hear me!"* Jubilee cried mentally to the resident telepath,
hoping that Jean would "hear" her thoughts. *"I'm in trouble-been
tranqued an' chloroformed by-"*
"No, blast you!!" Wild Cat cried, shooting two darts in succession at
her blindly. Jubilee's frantic sending ceased as the darts found their
targets, and she fell to the ground unconscious.
Hearing the noise as the girl fell, Wild Cat grinned as she lowered
the gun and rubbed at her eyes. "Gotcha." she growled softly.
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