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The members of Gen X were sitting on a dock. The conversation was turning to the new guy Asa. Jubes and Paige were telling what they knew and that he was a very nice and friendly guy. Angelo and Chamber had a lot of suspicion about him. Penance was perched at the end of the dock looking into the water. Monet said nothing but paid attention to how they described what he did in the danger room the other day and in training sessions with Paige. After a few minutes a figure started to approach the group. It was Logan. Logan-"Excuse me but can I talk to Jubilee alone please." The other members of Gen X looked at each other and left. Jubilee sat down where Penance had been and just stared into the sky. Logan sat down beside her -" (umm..This is not the first time we have been here).... Hey kid." Jubilee replied in a cold tone -"Hello Logan." The tone made Logan want to run, but he stayed. Soon Jubilee with a straight face started to tell him how she felt. It hit Logan like a sucker punch from the Hulk. He hung his head to his chest. Jubes -" You know sometimes I think maybe if I would die someone might take notice that I was gon..." Logan quickly but gently cups his hand to the sides of her face and pulled her eyes to connect with his. Logan - "Don't you ever say that............!!!!!!" He proceeds to tell how he feels. He then says, "Jubes you are one of the best things in my life. I was an animal and you treated me like a man. You have been a light in my life. I know sometimes I have trouble showing it. But you are so special darlin' if I ever had a daughter I could only hope that she was half as special as you. I am so proud of you. You growing up so fast and I know you have been through a lot. And you still have a lot to learn. I promise that I will be around more in your life, I still have a lot to work on myself. Please forgive this old canuckle-head." Jubilee throws herself into his arms. Jubes - "Oh Wolvie I have missed you." They stayed like that for a long while each shedding a few tears of sorrow for the past and hope for the future. Finally they both stood up and she grab him by the arm. Jubes - "Come let's go see if there are any left overs from Gambit and Asa's cooked meal." Logan -"Gumbo and Preacher boy cooking together?" Jubes -"Yep." Logan - "Now just what is going on with you and that Asa guy." Jubilee smiles sweetly - "Nothin, he's my big brother." Logan -(Is he now)

Back at the Mansion Emma, Scott and Storm are in the war room. A silent alarm had been tripped and there were scanning the grounds to see who it might be. Another alarm tripped and getting closer to the mansion it self.

It was 10:30pm most of Gen X was watching tv with Sam and Bobby in the TV room. Rogue and Gambit were talking a stroll around the grounds. Marrow was in her room. Logan and Jubilee had made it back to the kitchen where Asa was trying to clean up some. Asa fixes Logan a plate of leftovers, he then serves them both some pie. Suddenly Logan notices Asa being quite and looking out the way they had come. Jubilee notices too. Jubes - "Are you ok Asa?" Asa - "I am fine. But I feel like something is coming." Logan and Asa step out side with Jubilee in the doorway. The two men take a few steps and stop. Asa - (I can feel a mutant and something strange, what is out there.) Suddenly Logan gets a message from Scott through a communication device. Scott -"Logan something has tripped an alarm near the lake." Suddenly a few explosions come from that direction. Scott - "Some of our security measures have been destroyed in that area." Logan - "I hear it Cyke. Me and the new guy are just outside the mansion facing that direction." Scott - "Logan our entire security system just went down, hold your position until back up gets there." Logan - "Hurry it up then." Logan took a few more steps toward the forest with Asa close behind. Logan had a pair of Jeans and flannel on; Asa had Jeans and a Nebraska College football sweat shirt on. Jubilee stepped outside as the members of Gen X came out behind her with Bobby and Sam. The could see Wolverine and Asa at the edge of the forest. Sam took to the air. Bobby turned into IceMan -"Stay here guys" and went toward the forest.

Sam was hovering trying to get a bird eye view. Logan was whiffing the air while Asa was trying to sense what was going on. Asa - (I can sense a mutant near by, but I sense something else very close, what is it?) IceMan joins the Wolverine and Asa; Sam is just behind them at tree top level. Wolverine -"Sniff..Sniff.... Something familiar...(oh no not him).... It's...!" Before Wolverine could finish a good-sized log came flying out of the forest toward the three men. The three men scatter IceMan dives for the ground. Wolverine jumps out of the way, Asa eyes turn yellow and he flies toward the sky and hovers next to Sam. Logan - "Look out it's Juggernaut!" Suddenly a big hand comes out of the forest and grabs IceMan by a leg and throws him at Sam and Asa. He misses Asa but hits Sam both fall to the ground. Asa with yellow eyes starts to pepper him with two dozen blue energy blasts. The ground around the giant explodes. But the target is unharmed. Juggernaut -"Ha..Ha ..ha that tickles." Suddenly two creatures step out of the forest. They flank Juggernaut one to each side roaring loudly. They were as tall as he is with muscled bound human type bodies, but with dragon's heads. One was yellow the other was green. The green one had wings, they both had tails, covered with scales, and sharp teeth. They both could breathe fire. The green one fires at Wolverine, who dodges it and starts to run toward it. Snikt! He slashes at with its his metal claws but the creature avoids the blows. Asa flies down and hovers just in front of Juggernaut punching him once in the stomach and twice in the helmet. Juggernaut only slightly affected backhands Asa back into the air. The green thing flies toward the watching Gen X team and scatters the teens with a blast of fire. Asa having recovered senses another mutant in the woods. But he has other worries at the moment; he lands in front of the helmeted giant and proceeds to use his kicks at super speed. The Green creature is hovering avoiding blasts from Jubilee and Chamber. Monet grabs the picnic table and throws it at the creature hitting it and forcing it to the ground. Asa forces Juggernaut backs up a few steps but then another creature which looks exactly like the yellow one jumps out and tackles him. Asa punches the creature in the face this time with a more desired result, knocking him flat on his back. Wolverine had managed to slash a decent sized wound into his opponent's stomach. Causing the creature to go to one knee. But suddenly Juggernaut grabbed him by the head and tried to bury him in the ground face first. And drove him 1 foot deep then pounded him a few extra few inches with two hard pouches to the back of the head. The green creature stood up only to have one wing slashed to ribbons by Penance, who quickly retreated. It winced in pain. Jubilee then blasts it with her power forcing it to retreat. Asa blasted his creature a few times at point blank range knocking it back a few feet. Then Juggernaut grabs him and tries to do what he did to Wolverine. Asa with blue eyes Manages to slip out of his grasp grab him by the arm and flip him over on to his head stunning him for a moment. The two yellow creatures start toward him, but one turns to ice while the other is knocked way back into the forest by Cannonball. Asa -"Thanks guys." Before they could reply another yellow and two green ones came out of the forest. The green ones were flying towards Gen X. While the yellow one was charging at Asa, IceMan, and Cannonball. Asa held up his right hand and fired a solid green beam into the creature. The beam went through the monster almost cutting it in half and out into the forest. It exploded a few yards into the forest making the ground shake a little, shattering a few trees and leaving a small crater in the ground a little bigger than the one in the dangerroom, a column of smoke rose above the trees. What was left of the creature fell to the ground. The two green monsters looked back at the explosion. When they turn back toward the mansion a red beam caught one in the face. The other one was knocked in the back by a lightening bolt. Both fell Scott, Storm, Emma, and Marrow were beside Gen X. Marrow armed with her bone knives looked around for another opponent. Emma was appraising the well being of her students. All of them had seen the result of Asa's blast. Scott - (Oh our maintenance bills are going to go up) Jubilee -"Oh no!! Wolvie!!!!!!!!" Everyone turned to standing Juggernaut holding a still recovering Wolverine above his head. Juggernaut -"Let's see if I can plant you a little deeper!" The closet ones were Asa, IceMan, and Sam. Sam had his own problems the creature Asa had wounded earlier was hurt but not out. It jumped Sam and was sitting on him as iceman was trying to freeze him. Asa was looking in the direction of the lake, he could not sense the creatures, but he could smell them and hear them. When his energy level got higher and if he focused his senses would become more attune to things, not as good as Wolverines, but better than most. He was worried about that unseen mutant lurking around out there. And he also sensed more help was on the way. From behind something hit the giant in the back and exploded, causing him to stagger forward. Then someone flew over him and grabbed Wolverine from his grasp. It was Gambit and Rogue. Rogue flew toward the Mansion. The giant stood up and ready to charge Gambit. Suddenly he was knocked down again from behind by Cannonball. Asa flew and picked up Gambit and was following Rogue. IceMan had frozen the ground under Juggernaut. The Giant kept slipping back down and getting madder by the minute. Gen X and the X men, plus Asa, regrouped in front of the kitchen door. Keeping the comicly looking giant in view. The group bunched close together. Gambit -"Thanks for the lift." Asa-"Anytime." Jubilee -"Are you ok Wolvie?" Wolverine -"I'm fine kid, just need to shake the cobwebs out." Ice Man - "He'll be alright Juggernaut only hit him in the head." Sam -"What now fearless leader." Scott - "We need to get that helmet off so Emma can use her powers on him." Asa - "There is another mutant out there somewhere, I do not know about those creatures I cannot sense them for some reason. I can smell them though." Bobby - "Who couldn't." Emma could sense another mind around, this one had good mental shields too. Scott -"Ummm let's try and deal with Juggernaut first." "Gambit, Storm, and myself will blast him with what we got from three sides to distracted him. Asa you and Rogue work together and try and get that helmet off him. Emma stay close and be ready to use your powers" Bobby , Sam and Logan will look out for anymore of those creatures. Gen X back them up and be careful, Asa says there is another mutant running around out there so keep your guard up. Let's go people." The plan goes into action as Juggernaut final able to stand charges them. Scott, Gambit, and Storm blast him from three sides causing him to stop. A recovered Wolverine, IceMan, Cannonball watch out for more creatures with Gen X backing them up. Emma stands ready. Asa and Rogue fly in and Asa hits him in the eye with a couple of blue blasts. This blinds him for a second and with the combined strength of Asa and Rogue easily gets the helmet off and retreated. Emma uses her power and the giant calms down. She is about to get him to leave when there is a loud noise coming from the sky. Everyone turns to see a ship the size of a Navy destroyer hoving above the Mansion. Suddenly small projects come fling out of the ship. they look like a bee swarm. But they really are inhibitor collars some how flying in the air, dozens of them. One finds its way around Emma's neck and she loses control of the giant and passes out. The collars are everywhere. One finds Sam and another finds Gambit and they fall to the ground unable to move. Cyclops blasts a few but is caught and falls. Penance destroys three but cannot get away. Marrow destroys half a dozen but is still caught. Angelo stretches out and grabs one and throws it into another. But fails to see the one from behind him. Rogue tries to fly to the ship and cause some damage there but is caught and falls to the ground. Asa and Storm are blasting the collars as fast as they can. Asa fires blue blast after blast. Storm calls on the power of lightning to help. Finally all the remaining collars are destroyed. Storm - "Logan free the others!" Before he can the unknown Mutant shows himself near the forest. It is Sabertooth. Jubilee looks at him with fright as she starts to shake. Sabertooth- "Hello runt, I have come to finish the job to your sweet little Jubilee..hahahaha" Paige goes to her side and tries to calm her down. Sabertooth approaches. Logan and Asa are too far away. Asa tries to use his super speed but a laser blast come from the ship and lands in front of him knocking him down and stunning him for a moment. Logan is quickly gaining. Jubilee is on the ground shaking in fear as Paige sits beside her and tries to calm her down or get her to run. Chamber stands between them and Sabertooth and fires an psonic energy at Sabertooth, who mange to dodge it. Storm and IceMan drop behind him to back Chamber up. Storm - "You will not hurt this beloved child again!" Before she can do anything a beam of light from the ship engulfs them. Storm and IceMan are out cold. Chamber is shocked as he is trapped in some kind of energy ball being beamed at the moment from the ship and cannot get out. Paige sheds her outter skin and becomes rock and charges Sabertooth. He prepares to grab her and throw her out of the way. But she suddenly stops and drop kicks him in the Groin area, much to his surprise and dismay. he falls backward and curses about the pain. Then a different colored light from the ship hits Husk, she screams, then falls, returning to her normal form. Jubilee rushes to her side. And then the same light that hit the others strikes her as well. Sabertooth is about to recover and pounce but Logan final gets there and jumps him. They proceed to kick, punch, slash, and bite at each other. Logan forces the battle away from Jubilee. Who holds Paige in her lap, Jubilee is not passed out but cannot move very well. Asa wakes up and it about to fly when Juggernaut grabs him from behind in a deadly bear hug. He is squeezing so hard that Asa can barely breathe. Asa trys and shakes him by flying. But Asa finds it too difficult without air in his lungs and is quickly losing power, if he does not stay awake he will be crushed. Suddenly ten of the green monsters pop out of the ship and hover over the mansion. Eight fresh yellow ones come out of the forest. An unfamiliar voice comes from the ship. "Feast on the flesh of the X-men and their allies, leave our two friends alone." The yellow and green monsters pass by Asa and Juggernaut and head to the fallen X-men slowly. As Sabertooth and Wolverine fight the light ray hits Logan and he falls. He is not knocked out but can barely stand. Sabertooth heads toward Jubes. Sabertooth - " I want you to get a front row seat to this one runt." Logan -"Sabertooth Noooooo!!!!!!!!!!!" Asa looks at the is before him. Dragon like creatures were about to eat the X- men and Gen X. Sabertooth was slowly moving toward Jubilee seeming to savor the terror in her eyes. Logan trying to depereatly crawl to protect Jubilee. Paige was out cool and would also suffer at Sabertooth's hands. He could see the terror in what was visible of Chambers face and heard his telepathic plea. "Oh God no, not Jubes, please not Paige.... please...PLEASE!!!!!!" Asa feels helpless and anger at the fact that he is helpless. Asa - "(Oh God help me!!).....AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

-Contiuned

What will Jean, Hank, and the Professor find when they return? Death?