Wild Love: Chapter 5
by Moonchild DJ
Disclaimer: You know the drill-X-Men = Marvel, Cat =mine. I'm not making any money off this, only pleasure in writing it. Oh, and I don't own "The Karate Kid", either..gotta cover all the bases..
Author's Note: 'Kay, people, here's Chapter 5. Happy? ^_^ Thanks to everyone out there who's wrote me about how much they're enjoying the story. Hope you enjoy what's to come, as well...feedback is greatly appreciated, even constructive critizism, but please, no flames, or Cat might come an' find you!! Here goes:
"*...*"-means telepathic thoughts
'...'-means internal thoughts
"W-where are we?" Jubilation murmured as Wild Cat hauled her out of the car, hands tightly tied behind her back and blindfolded. She stumbled dazedly as the assassin dragged her along with her.
"Your new home for an indefinite amount of time, Lee. Get used to it." Wild Cat snarled.
"How long I've been out? Travelling?" she mumbled, her mind a daze as she walked blindly along . "Three days to both questions. Couldn't let your friends find you so easily, now could I?"
"Excellent, Wild Cat. I see you've captured Miss Lee. None the worse for wear, I hope?" A new, but familiar female voice purred snidely. Jubilation froze, trying to remember the voice.
"A little battered and still a little under the weather-nothing worse than when Logan was first here." Wild Cat replied.
"Here? *Where* is here?" Jubilee asked.
"Take down the blindfold, then, Wild Cat. It isn't like she can get away from us."
Sudden light flared into Jubilee's eyes, and she winced as her dulled senses screamed in pain. Focusing, she took in a sign in the distance. "Department H, Canadian Affairs. I'm in freakin' Canada?!" she cried frantically, then winced again as her senses shrieked in agony at the loudness of her voice . Turning back to the woman in front of her, her blurred eyes took in a riot of green-black hair, green eyes and green uniform. A wide sneering smile clicked something in Jubilee, and she gasped.
"VIPER?!"
"So good of you to recognize me, Jubilation Lee. Now, come along, and no funny business, or Wild Cat might have to *hurt* you badly. We wouldn't want that, hmm?"
'Not like I could DO anything when I see *two* of you', Jubilee thought to herself as she grimaced in anger. Viper walked away, and she was forced to follow as Wild Cat rammed the barrel of a gun into her back.
A narrow-faced, spectacle-wearing weasel of a man hurried toward them, white doctor's coat flapping, smiling as he glimpsed Jubilation. Viper smiled as they stopped in front of him inside the building.
"Your specimen awaits, Professor," she grinned, gesturing to Jubilee. Jubilation wrinkled her nose as the man came toward her.
"Stay back if ya know what's good for you, Professor. I don't know what you all have cooked up, but I ain't goin' down so easily an' let you do what you will of me," she growled, backing away until she felt Wild Cat's gun jammed into her spine in warning.
"No funny business, Lee." she advised softly, untying Jubilee's hands slowly as the man stepped closer.
"Jeez, bub, ever heard of personal space?!" Jubilee snarled at him-he paid her no mind.
"Hmm..." the man mumured, poking and prodding her arms, legs and back with his fingers while she had no choice but to stand there and take it. "Excellent bone structure, no breaks or weak or brittle bones...Strong young muscles, wonderful body structure...She will make a magnificent candidate for the process."
"'Process'..? Now, you just wait a freakin' minute-!"
"Good, Professor, that is fine news," Viper purred over Jubilee's indignation as she started to leave with the man. She then turned back to Wild Cat and Jubilee. "Wild Cat? Strip her of her clothes and bring her to the laboratory."
"WHAT?! Are you crazy? You can't do this!" Jubilation railed at Viper's retreating back . "She can and she will, child. No games or you'll learn why they call me Wild Cat." the assassin threatened as she pushed her blonde hair away from her face. Jubilee opened her mouth to argue, but a desperate plan came to mind, forcing her to stand quietly.
"All right, we'll do it your way for now, Wild Cat. I won't fight."
Jubilation slipped off her boots, gloves and brown leather jacket, leaving her shirt, jeans and unmentionables. Then, with a realism that would've done an actress proud, she cried out and fell to the floor, clutching her head, startling Wild Cat.
"Whatchou put inthat tranq an' chlorrrofo'm, lady?" she groaned out, slurring her voice and moaning with pain.
"What the-?! What's wrong?" Wild Cat asked.
"Head's 'bout readyto...explode! What'd y'do t' me?!"
"Nothing, I swear! I-" Wild Cat cried, touching Jubilee's shoulder frantically. She gasped as the young woman straightened with a sly smile.
"Gotcha."
With a quickness that would've made Wolverine cheer, Jubilee decked the assassin with a one-two punch that laid her out flat and unconscious.
Shaking her tingling hand briefly, she checked the woman's pulse, then quicky stripped, putting on Wild Cat's uniform and her own clothes on Wild Cat. "Sorry, Cat. Wolvie'd probably kill me for knockin' you out, but I'd like to get outta here alive, y'know?" she murmured, slipping the uniform's hooded mask over her face and hair.
Stepping cautiously to the door, she opened it and peered out. Seeing no one, she crept out, searching for an escape route. Seeing a window, she glanced out into the night, not worried about the height from the ground- she was a natural acrobat and Wolverine had taught her a lot. She quietly opened the window, not seeing the shadow behind her..until she felt the prick of a dart against her neck.
"Going somewhere, Jubilation?" Viper replied. She turned to face her, seeing the aimed dart hand catapult Viper used as a weapon. She cursed mentally.
"How'd you know, Viper?"
"That it was you and not Wild Cat? You move differently than Wild Cat-more springy and quicker. Besides, she didn't have you captive as she should've. I suppose Wild Cat is unconscious and in your clothes?"
Jubilee nodded reluctantly as Viper sent guards to the room while she kept the weapon trained on her.
"Nice try, child, but you can't outwit me. Now, move, or else you'll feel the venom of Viper."
Grumbling under her breath, Jubilee moved to the laboratory, Viper following closely. The man she knew only as Professor was there, along with another man he referred to as Cornelieus. Why did that name sound so familiar?
"Oh, God, no...!" she whispered as it dawned on her.
Viper leaned in close, smirking at the horror on her face. "Ready for Weapon X-the sequel?" she sneered.
The Professor turned away from the large cylindrical tube in front of him, smiling gleefully as he saw them. "Excellent, our specimen has been found. Prepare her for the process."
"NNOOOOOOOO....!!" Jubilee screamed, breaking away from Viper and making a run for freedom.
"Guards! Restrain her!!" Viper shrieked furiously as Jubilee made it out of target range. Two burly guards tackled the terrified girl, clamping metal glove inhibitors on her hands and divesting her of her clothes while she struggled wildly.
"Put her inside the cylindrical casing so we may begin our process."
Jubilee fought frantically, but knew it was no use as they dragged her to the contraption. Her life, as she knew it, would be changed forever! She couldn't let them DO this!!
She tried to manifest her powers, but the gloves on her hands just ricocheted the fireworks back into her hands. She kicked, bit and struggled as much as she could, but the guards were too much for her to handle, and without her powers, she was helpless. She wouldn't give up, though-she wouldn't give them that satisfaction to break her down. She would fight with everything that was within her, fight until her dying breath, like Logan had taught her...Logan..oh, if only he was here, she wouldn't be so scared..but Logan would want her to fight. So fight she did.
She grinned maliciously as a well-placed foot caught one guard in a sensitive area, hearing him grunt in pain and feeling him double over breathlessly. She laughed, quickly using her heavy metal glove on her free hand to crash it down upon the man's head. Spinning gracefully, she kicked hard into the other man's abdomen, wiping him off of his feet, then using that free hand to slam into his face forcefully. This all happened before one could blink their eyes and react, for Wolverine had taught her well to defend herself should she ever lose her mutant powers.
'But, Wolvie,' she had protested as he told her of the training he would teach her. 'I'm never gonna need this, 'cause I'm never gonna lose my pafs.'
'You don't know that,' Logan had scolded softly. 'Ya can't use yer powers as a crutch, 'cause that crutch could someday be taken away from you an' leave you defenseless. Then where would you be? Helpless an' alone with no way out 'cause your only defense is gone. Trust me, darlin', you'll appreciate this. Maybe not now, but someday. It could come in handy, Jubilee.'
He had been right. She did appreciate the intense training he had put her through when she was still with Generation X. Oh, for those simple times, when Logan was everything to her and nobody else mattered..nobody else had stole his heart away from her...She had felt ridiculous at the time, like a generic form of the Karate Kid and his trainer, Mr. Miyagi, but it made her realize that she wasn't just the Firecracker, just a mutant. She could defend herself, and make Logan proud. Now, if only she could live through the fight. She grimaced as the guards came for her...
*****
Well, I'll leave it at that for now. Stay tuned for Chapter 6, coming soon! Deal with it. ^_^
Disclaimer: You know the drill-X-Men = Marvel, Cat =mine. I'm not making any money off this, only pleasure in writing it. Oh, and I don't own "The Karate Kid", either..gotta cover all the bases..
Author's Note: 'Kay, people, here's Chapter 5. Happy? ^_^ Thanks to everyone out there who's wrote me about how much they're enjoying the story. Hope you enjoy what's to come, as well...feedback is greatly appreciated, even constructive critizism, but please, no flames, or Cat might come an' find you!! Here goes:
"*...*"-means telepathic thoughts
'...'-means internal thoughts
"W-where are we?" Jubilation murmured as Wild Cat hauled her out of the car, hands tightly tied behind her back and blindfolded. She stumbled dazedly as the assassin dragged her along with her.
"Your new home for an indefinite amount of time, Lee. Get used to it." Wild Cat snarled.
"How long I've been out? Travelling?" she mumbled, her mind a daze as she walked blindly along . "Three days to both questions. Couldn't let your friends find you so easily, now could I?"
"Excellent, Wild Cat. I see you've captured Miss Lee. None the worse for wear, I hope?" A new, but familiar female voice purred snidely. Jubilation froze, trying to remember the voice.
"A little battered and still a little under the weather-nothing worse than when Logan was first here." Wild Cat replied.
"Here? *Where* is here?" Jubilee asked.
"Take down the blindfold, then, Wild Cat. It isn't like she can get away from us."
Sudden light flared into Jubilee's eyes, and she winced as her dulled senses screamed in pain. Focusing, she took in a sign in the distance. "Department H, Canadian Affairs. I'm in freakin' Canada?!" she cried frantically, then winced again as her senses shrieked in agony at the loudness of her voice . Turning back to the woman in front of her, her blurred eyes took in a riot of green-black hair, green eyes and green uniform. A wide sneering smile clicked something in Jubilee, and she gasped.
"VIPER?!"
"So good of you to recognize me, Jubilation Lee. Now, come along, and no funny business, or Wild Cat might have to *hurt* you badly. We wouldn't want that, hmm?"
'Not like I could DO anything when I see *two* of you', Jubilee thought to herself as she grimaced in anger. Viper walked away, and she was forced to follow as Wild Cat rammed the barrel of a gun into her back.
A narrow-faced, spectacle-wearing weasel of a man hurried toward them, white doctor's coat flapping, smiling as he glimpsed Jubilation. Viper smiled as they stopped in front of him inside the building.
"Your specimen awaits, Professor," she grinned, gesturing to Jubilee. Jubilation wrinkled her nose as the man came toward her.
"Stay back if ya know what's good for you, Professor. I don't know what you all have cooked up, but I ain't goin' down so easily an' let you do what you will of me," she growled, backing away until she felt Wild Cat's gun jammed into her spine in warning.
"No funny business, Lee." she advised softly, untying Jubilee's hands slowly as the man stepped closer.
"Jeez, bub, ever heard of personal space?!" Jubilee snarled at him-he paid her no mind.
"Hmm..." the man mumured, poking and prodding her arms, legs and back with his fingers while she had no choice but to stand there and take it. "Excellent bone structure, no breaks or weak or brittle bones...Strong young muscles, wonderful body structure...She will make a magnificent candidate for the process."
"'Process'..? Now, you just wait a freakin' minute-!"
"Good, Professor, that is fine news," Viper purred over Jubilee's indignation as she started to leave with the man. She then turned back to Wild Cat and Jubilee. "Wild Cat? Strip her of her clothes and bring her to the laboratory."
"WHAT?! Are you crazy? You can't do this!" Jubilation railed at Viper's retreating back . "She can and she will, child. No games or you'll learn why they call me Wild Cat." the assassin threatened as she pushed her blonde hair away from her face. Jubilee opened her mouth to argue, but a desperate plan came to mind, forcing her to stand quietly.
"All right, we'll do it your way for now, Wild Cat. I won't fight."
Jubilation slipped off her boots, gloves and brown leather jacket, leaving her shirt, jeans and unmentionables. Then, with a realism that would've done an actress proud, she cried out and fell to the floor, clutching her head, startling Wild Cat.
"Whatchou put inthat tranq an' chlorrrofo'm, lady?" she groaned out, slurring her voice and moaning with pain.
"What the-?! What's wrong?" Wild Cat asked.
"Head's 'bout readyto...explode! What'd y'do t' me?!"
"Nothing, I swear! I-" Wild Cat cried, touching Jubilee's shoulder frantically. She gasped as the young woman straightened with a sly smile.
"Gotcha."
With a quickness that would've made Wolverine cheer, Jubilee decked the assassin with a one-two punch that laid her out flat and unconscious.
Shaking her tingling hand briefly, she checked the woman's pulse, then quicky stripped, putting on Wild Cat's uniform and her own clothes on Wild Cat. "Sorry, Cat. Wolvie'd probably kill me for knockin' you out, but I'd like to get outta here alive, y'know?" she murmured, slipping the uniform's hooded mask over her face and hair.
Stepping cautiously to the door, she opened it and peered out. Seeing no one, she crept out, searching for an escape route. Seeing a window, she glanced out into the night, not worried about the height from the ground- she was a natural acrobat and Wolverine had taught her a lot. She quietly opened the window, not seeing the shadow behind her..until she felt the prick of a dart against her neck.
"Going somewhere, Jubilation?" Viper replied. She turned to face her, seeing the aimed dart hand catapult Viper used as a weapon. She cursed mentally.
"How'd you know, Viper?"
"That it was you and not Wild Cat? You move differently than Wild Cat-more springy and quicker. Besides, she didn't have you captive as she should've. I suppose Wild Cat is unconscious and in your clothes?"
Jubilee nodded reluctantly as Viper sent guards to the room while she kept the weapon trained on her.
"Nice try, child, but you can't outwit me. Now, move, or else you'll feel the venom of Viper."
Grumbling under her breath, Jubilee moved to the laboratory, Viper following closely. The man she knew only as Professor was there, along with another man he referred to as Cornelieus. Why did that name sound so familiar?
"Oh, God, no...!" she whispered as it dawned on her.
Viper leaned in close, smirking at the horror on her face. "Ready for Weapon X-the sequel?" she sneered.
The Professor turned away from the large cylindrical tube in front of him, smiling gleefully as he saw them. "Excellent, our specimen has been found. Prepare her for the process."
"NNOOOOOOOO....!!" Jubilee screamed, breaking away from Viper and making a run for freedom.
"Guards! Restrain her!!" Viper shrieked furiously as Jubilee made it out of target range. Two burly guards tackled the terrified girl, clamping metal glove inhibitors on her hands and divesting her of her clothes while she struggled wildly.
"Put her inside the cylindrical casing so we may begin our process."
Jubilee fought frantically, but knew it was no use as they dragged her to the contraption. Her life, as she knew it, would be changed forever! She couldn't let them DO this!!
She tried to manifest her powers, but the gloves on her hands just ricocheted the fireworks back into her hands. She kicked, bit and struggled as much as she could, but the guards were too much for her to handle, and without her powers, she was helpless. She wouldn't give up, though-she wouldn't give them that satisfaction to break her down. She would fight with everything that was within her, fight until her dying breath, like Logan had taught her...Logan..oh, if only he was here, she wouldn't be so scared..but Logan would want her to fight. So fight she did.
She grinned maliciously as a well-placed foot caught one guard in a sensitive area, hearing him grunt in pain and feeling him double over breathlessly. She laughed, quickly using her heavy metal glove on her free hand to crash it down upon the man's head. Spinning gracefully, she kicked hard into the other man's abdomen, wiping him off of his feet, then using that free hand to slam into his face forcefully. This all happened before one could blink their eyes and react, for Wolverine had taught her well to defend herself should she ever lose her mutant powers.
'But, Wolvie,' she had protested as he told her of the training he would teach her. 'I'm never gonna need this, 'cause I'm never gonna lose my pafs.'
'You don't know that,' Logan had scolded softly. 'Ya can't use yer powers as a crutch, 'cause that crutch could someday be taken away from you an' leave you defenseless. Then where would you be? Helpless an' alone with no way out 'cause your only defense is gone. Trust me, darlin', you'll appreciate this. Maybe not now, but someday. It could come in handy, Jubilee.'
He had been right. She did appreciate the intense training he had put her through when she was still with Generation X. Oh, for those simple times, when Logan was everything to her and nobody else mattered..nobody else had stole his heart away from her...She had felt ridiculous at the time, like a generic form of the Karate Kid and his trainer, Mr. Miyagi, but it made her realize that she wasn't just the Firecracker, just a mutant. She could defend herself, and make Logan proud. Now, if only she could live through the fight. She grimaced as the guards came for her...
*****
Well, I'll leave it at that for now. Stay tuned for Chapter 6, coming soon! Deal with it. ^_^