Whew, here we go. I hope this thing doesn't want to go past 15 chapters.
My Harry Potter fic was supposed to be less than 20 chapters, and now I
just posted the 34th chapter. Really, that's ridiculous. But it does get
fun, messing with other people's characters. But, I digress! On with the
fic!
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"Petite, we here," Gambit shook Jubilee's shoulder, freeing her from her nightmares. She stood and stretched, grabbing her bag and waking Blayne.
"Let's go!" She bolted off the train and out into the crowd. Only the strange color of her cloak let the two men keep track of her in the station. She began accosting the attendants, shoving a picture of Wolverine in their faces. Gambit smiled and shook his head. Blayne shoved a thumb in her direction.
"Is she always like this?"
"Dis? Non, dis is one of her calmer days," he laughed. They followed her around as she asked nearly everyone who worked at the station. And then her face lit up. "I tink she found someting."
She bounded back over to them. "That guy's seen Wolvie! Said he went to someplace called Glen-something Castle."
"Glengorm?" Blayne asked.
"Yeah, you know how to get there?"
"My family and I went on a tour of the United Kingdom one year, and that was one of the stops. But I don't know if I know how to get back there." Jubilee jumped on him and squeezed him before he pushed her off and looked at her strangely.
"Right, your British," she rolled her eyes, smiling.
"Hey, what does that have anything to do with anything?!?" he asked jokingly.
Unable to think of a way to save herself, she took off with Gambit right behind her. Blayne chuckled and took off after them. He caught up with them at a car rental station. Jubilee was looking at the more expensive ones.
"This is aVauxhall Astra," the attendant said, "only £30 a day, or £150 for a week." Jubilee looked extremely confused. Blayne smiled and silently thanked his mother for giving him money. He took out £90 and gave it to the woman, and Jubilee turned and looked at him.
"You can pay me back when you get your money converted," he laughed. She nodded, dumbfounded. The woman processed all of Blayne's information, then handed him the keys.
"Thank you, and have a nice vacation." The three headed out and jumped in the red Astra, and Jubilee immediately dove for the radio switch. She popped in a CD from her bag and turned it up as Pink blasted the speakers to their max.
Hours later, and two more Pink CDs, they arrived at the castle, which was brimming with tourists. Jubilee search the throng for Wolverine, but couldn't really spot him in the masses. Blayne was barely stopped when Jubilee jumped out. She ran into the castle, amidst many protests from guides and tourists.
"If I was the Wolverine, where would I go to be alone in a castle full of people? Why the hell would I be in a castle full of people?" She stopped to admire a suit of armor, then her gaze shifted to a map of the area. Under the map, there was a small caption.
"Not only is this castle full of history and excitement, but the view from the east tower is one of the most breath-taking in the world." Jubilee shrugged and bounded up the stairs, following the signs directing her to the east tower. Once there, she realized the caption wasn't lying. It was the most beautiful sunrise she'd ever seen.
Then she saw it, a dot on the horizon. Resisting the urge to jump from the tower and test her recuperation skills, she bounded back down the stairs, apologizing to several people on the way down, and almost knocking Gambit over; only his cat-like reflexes saved him from tumbling backward down the stairs. She flew past them and out the rear door.
Gambit was amazed at her speed and wondered where the burst of energy had come from. By the time he had recovered and led Blayne out of the castle, she was a good half-mile ahead of them, and growing distant even as they gave chase.
Her lungs hurt and her legs were threatening mutiny, but she refused to stop. She didn't know how long she'd been sprinting; only that she wouldn't stop until she reached whomever that was walking in the distance. When she was close enough that she was sure whoever it was would hear her, she screamed.
"Wolvie!" The stranger didn't turn around, and Jubilee tripped on a branch. Performing a maneuver taught to her by her mentor, she rolled with it and came up running again, hardly losing any momentum. The man, for now she could see it was indeed a man, was growing closer, but he still didn't seem to notice her presence. She tried screaming his name one more time, and he froze in his tracks.
She slowed down, her lungs screaming with pain and her legs going numb, until she reached him. She placed her arm on his shoulder and began to turn him around, when she collapsed, clutching at her chest. The scenery around her began to swirl and fade out, and the last thing she saw was a pair of rough hands reaching out to catch her.
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"Petite, we here," Gambit shook Jubilee's shoulder, freeing her from her nightmares. She stood and stretched, grabbing her bag and waking Blayne.
"Let's go!" She bolted off the train and out into the crowd. Only the strange color of her cloak let the two men keep track of her in the station. She began accosting the attendants, shoving a picture of Wolverine in their faces. Gambit smiled and shook his head. Blayne shoved a thumb in her direction.
"Is she always like this?"
"Dis? Non, dis is one of her calmer days," he laughed. They followed her around as she asked nearly everyone who worked at the station. And then her face lit up. "I tink she found someting."
She bounded back over to them. "That guy's seen Wolvie! Said he went to someplace called Glen-something Castle."
"Glengorm?" Blayne asked.
"Yeah, you know how to get there?"
"My family and I went on a tour of the United Kingdom one year, and that was one of the stops. But I don't know if I know how to get back there." Jubilee jumped on him and squeezed him before he pushed her off and looked at her strangely.
"Right, your British," she rolled her eyes, smiling.
"Hey, what does that have anything to do with anything?!?" he asked jokingly.
Unable to think of a way to save herself, she took off with Gambit right behind her. Blayne chuckled and took off after them. He caught up with them at a car rental station. Jubilee was looking at the more expensive ones.
"This is aVauxhall Astra," the attendant said, "only £30 a day, or £150 for a week." Jubilee looked extremely confused. Blayne smiled and silently thanked his mother for giving him money. He took out £90 and gave it to the woman, and Jubilee turned and looked at him.
"You can pay me back when you get your money converted," he laughed. She nodded, dumbfounded. The woman processed all of Blayne's information, then handed him the keys.
"Thank you, and have a nice vacation." The three headed out and jumped in the red Astra, and Jubilee immediately dove for the radio switch. She popped in a CD from her bag and turned it up as Pink blasted the speakers to their max.
Hours later, and two more Pink CDs, they arrived at the castle, which was brimming with tourists. Jubilee search the throng for Wolverine, but couldn't really spot him in the masses. Blayne was barely stopped when Jubilee jumped out. She ran into the castle, amidst many protests from guides and tourists.
"If I was the Wolverine, where would I go to be alone in a castle full of people? Why the hell would I be in a castle full of people?" She stopped to admire a suit of armor, then her gaze shifted to a map of the area. Under the map, there was a small caption.
"Not only is this castle full of history and excitement, but the view from the east tower is one of the most breath-taking in the world." Jubilee shrugged and bounded up the stairs, following the signs directing her to the east tower. Once there, she realized the caption wasn't lying. It was the most beautiful sunrise she'd ever seen.
Then she saw it, a dot on the horizon. Resisting the urge to jump from the tower and test her recuperation skills, she bounded back down the stairs, apologizing to several people on the way down, and almost knocking Gambit over; only his cat-like reflexes saved him from tumbling backward down the stairs. She flew past them and out the rear door.
Gambit was amazed at her speed and wondered where the burst of energy had come from. By the time he had recovered and led Blayne out of the castle, she was a good half-mile ahead of them, and growing distant even as they gave chase.
Her lungs hurt and her legs were threatening mutiny, but she refused to stop. She didn't know how long she'd been sprinting; only that she wouldn't stop until she reached whomever that was walking in the distance. When she was close enough that she was sure whoever it was would hear her, she screamed.
"Wolvie!" The stranger didn't turn around, and Jubilee tripped on a branch. Performing a maneuver taught to her by her mentor, she rolled with it and came up running again, hardly losing any momentum. The man, for now she could see it was indeed a man, was growing closer, but he still didn't seem to notice her presence. She tried screaming his name one more time, and he froze in his tracks.
She slowed down, her lungs screaming with pain and her legs going numb, until she reached him. She placed her arm on his shoulder and began to turn him around, when she collapsed, clutching at her chest. The scenery around her began to swirl and fade out, and the last thing she saw was a pair of rough hands reaching out to catch her.