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"Yep, I'm really that pathetic," muttered Jubilee as she rubbed her forehead.
"Excuse me?"
"I mean, yeah sure I'll do it. I'd be happy to live here and help your son," said Jubilee with false cheer she wasn't feeling.
"Great! Darek should-"
Slam!
"We're home!"
The trio turned to see who was at the front door. As Jubilee guessed, Darek looked like a splitting image of Wolvie and Andrew, except a bit younger. He didn't have as thick a build, but she was sure he had plenty of muscle. Especially since he was carrying a dead deer over his shoulders.
"You're late," growled Andrew.
"Had to bring dinner. You know me, I like my food freshly killed," said Darek with a grin.
"And I caught a rabbit!"
Jubilee looked down and found a girl who couldn't be no more than thirteen besides Darek leg. She had green eyes and jet black hair just like the other ferals. The hair seemed to have a wild quality to it, but feminine as well. In her hands she proudly showed a dead rabbit. It was than that Jubilee noticed how both animals appeared dead from claw marks.
"Whose the chick?" asked Darek as he noticed Jubilee for the first time.
"This is Jubilee, she'll be rooming here. And she agreed to help you with your studies," said Andrew. From the tone of voice Jubilee knew he was preparing for a fight.
"Studies!? You mean I still have to go to that stupid place? Shoot I thought after giving that as- um oops can't say that in front of Karry," said Darek as he ruffled the girl's head. Karry meanwhile was waving shyly at Jubilee.
"Yes you still have to go to get a college education. I've convinced them to take you. It's what your mother wants," said Andrew.
"Dead people don't want anything Pop."
Snickt!
For the first time Andrew truly appeared just like Wolvie to Jubilee. With bone claws popped out, he dived across the table onto Darek. The rage he showed was something Jubilee saw several times with another feral. The sound of flesh being torn could be heard as the bone claws stabbed through the young man's chest. Once Darek gave a grunt from the pain, Andrew seemed to snap out of his berserk rage. He quickly got off and popped his claws back in. A look of pure regret was on his face and Jubilee found herself wanting to comfort the man.

Get a grip Jubilee! He is not Wolvie!

To distract herself, she turned to look at Darek. She was surprised when she saw his face. He actually looked happy about the attack and had a satisfied grin on his face. Which was strange since blood was all over his chest from the wound he took. Jubilee knew instantly that the guy had provoked his dad to attack on purpose.
"Get cleaned up for dinner," muttered Andrew before leaving the room. The grin left Darek's face and he left the room as well. But not before giving Jubilee a wink that she wasn't sure that she liked.
"Hi I'm Karry."
Jubilee blinked and looked down to see the girl staring at her with curiosity. The girl had acted like the whole violent scene was actually normal.
"Hi Karry," said Jubilee with a sincere smile. So far she seemed to be the safest person to talk to in this nut house.
"Want to help me skin and cook my rabbit?" asked Karry as she showed a very dead rabbit. Than again she could have been wrong in that assumption. Usually little girls offer to let you pet their rabbits, not eat them.
"Um sure," said Jubilee as she got up and let Karry led her to the kitchen.

Might as well get use to skinning dead animals. Something tells me it happens a lot around here.

"Don't forget I like my meat raw," said Grandpa from behind them. Jubilee gave a long shudder before she continued walking.

"So how do we do this?" asked Jubilee while trying to see the skinning of that poor rabbit as a normal thing.
"Well I'll skin the fur off, but you can help cut up the meat afterwards," said Karry with a smile as she laid the furry corpse onto the counter.
"Can't wait," said Jubilee with more enthusiasm than she felt.
Snickt!
"Oowwii! Ow ow ow!" yelped Karry as she waved the hand that now had a bone claw sticking out of it.
"Are you ok?" asked Jubilee concerned while not quite sure what to do. How do you help a girl with a piece of bone sticking out of her hand.
"Yeah I'm ok, it just stings at first when I pop it out. I'm just starting to learn to use them," said Karry sheepishly as she began slicing at the rabbit with her bone claw.
"So how long have you been able to pop those out?" asked Jubilee as she looked for a knife.
"Only a few weeks, Darek can pop his out without acting like a baby," said Karry with a sigh.
"Hey your not a baby, in fact from what I've seen Darek could learn to be a bit more mature from you," said Jubilee as she ruffled the girls hair causing her to giggle. Hanging around the girl reminded Jubilee of her times with young kids at the Institution. How long has it been since she saw Artie and Leech? Too long...
"He acts like a jerk, but his really nice. He just doesn't want people to know it," said Karry as she began releaving the corpse off its skin.
Jubilee found it a bit disturbing seeing the girl casually relieve the furry bundle of its fur. She had no idea of the true horror she would soon see.

Half an hour later at the dinner table...

"So much blood," whispered Jubilee, unable to do anything else other than watch. She had seen some gruesome stuff before. Wolvie gutting men and sending their blood flying in the air. She even saw Sabretooth kill a few people with even more fearsome and sickening pleasure. But neither was ever more terrifying a sight than what was before her now.
"Grandpa how about showing a little control," said Andrew with worry as he noticed Jubilee turning slightly green.
Grandpa wasn't eating the raw, bloody meat set on his plate. He was mauling at it. Not bothering with hands, he simply lowered his face and began attacking the meat with fierce bites. Jubilee wasn't even sure if he was taking time to chew. And every bite he took cause more blood to drip from his chin to his chest.
With a loud burp Grandpa lifted his face and noticed Jubilee staring.
"Aw sorry lady, want a piece," said Grandpa offering his plate. And just to show he was friendly, he grinned at her with those huge fangs that still had scraps of meat caught on them. Jubilee didn't say a single word, but simply bolted to the bathroom. Her departure caused Darek to erupt with laughter and Karry to give worried glances towards the bathroom. Grandpa didn't know it, but he had caused a profound change to happen in Jubilee's life. From that day forward... Jubilee became a vegetarian.