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One week had gone by. Darek had earned three of his playboys back; however, Jubilee's cold hadn't gotten any better. In fact you could go and say it had gotten worse. She had missed two classes already. Karry didn't know what to think or how to comfort her she had never been sick.
Jubilee was lying in her bed with a wet ragg over her eyes. She heard foot steps running up the stairs.
"DONE foot note and all." Darek saw her. "Are you still lying down? Gees just get up you'll get better."
"Darek." Her voice was horse. "Just take your porn and go, my head is killing me." She went into a coughing fit snd had to set up. Darek sat on the bed next to her. She reached for her glass of water but knocked it to the floor. With a defeated look, she went to stand up to get another one.
"No you don't." Darek pushed her back down, but when he touched her arms.... "Jubes you feel like you're on fire." She continued coughing she covered her mouth. The next cough sent a trickle of blood through her fingers.
"OH MY GOD, DAAAAAAD!!!!" Darek scooped Jubilee in to his arms and ran down stairs with her.
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If it wasn't for the fact that her head was spinning and she had the taste of blood in her mouth, Jubilee would be laughing her butt off right about now. Darek looked like a paniced five year old as he ran down the stairs with her in his arms.
"Son what is it?" asked Andrew as he came out of his room.
"Dad Jubes is coughing up blood," said Darek. Andrew spotted the blood on her fingers and nodded.
"We need to get her to the emergency room at the hospital. We'll take my car," said Andrew as he took Jubilee into his own arms from Darek. For a second Darek seemed relunctant to let go, but he complied when his father gave him a stern glare.
"It's not that bad. It's just a bad cough," said Jubilee. It would have sounded more reassuring if her voice wasn't so raspy that you could compare it to scraping metal.
"She isn't going to die like Mommy is she?"
The trio turned startled towards Karry. Andrew's expression softened and he shook his head.
"No sweety Jubilee isn't going to die. She just needs to get to the hospital to get better," said Andrew before walking towards the garage. Within ten minutes he and Darek were driving Jubilee to the hospital. Within an hour they were waiting in the waiting room. Jubilee was in Andrew's lap with her head leaning on his shoulder. She was now sweating and extremely drousy. Darek was outside doing who knows what. Most likely taking out his frustrations on a traffic sign with his berserker rage.
"Wolvie..."
Andrew looked down to see Jubilee staring at him. The girl looked extremely vulnerable. And she was most likely delirious and mistaken him for that Logan fellow.
"Yes Jubes?" asked Andrew, deciding to play along.
"....I'm sorry,"
"For what?" asked Andrew just to keep her talking. If she kept talking then she would wouldn't fall asleep. The nurse said to keep her awake while she got a doctor.
"For not being.. perfect.. you know like Jean. If I was perfect... you wouldn't have...," muttered Jubilee. She didn't finish, but instead closed her eyes.
"Jubes?! Jubes stay awake! Please stay awake honey," said Andrew as he began shaking Jubilee a little. Her fever was rising, he could smell it.
God its just like Gloria all over again. The blood and.. don't think about that Andrew.
"I NEED A DOCTOR NOW," roared Andrew as he stood up with Jubilee in his arms. The beast in him was taken over and it took all his will power not to pop his claws out and start shredding whatever was nearby.
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"It's mild Pnemonia." The doctor Stated. "One lung she'll be fine once her fever breaks. Are you her father?"
"No she's my tenant." Andrew said.
"I suggest you alert her family."
"Oh no I completing forgot they will be worried."
Andrew went to the pay phone and dailed home.
"Granpa, go up to jubilee's room and fined her adress book."
Andrew waited.
"What am I looking for?" Grampa Asked.
"Try 'home'"
"There is no home there, there's 'the mansion' Gen X? But there's a card here that says 'Dr. Henery McCoy.' on tht back it says 'Hank's Cell'."
"That could be her Family Doctor give me that number."
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"So you'll be here soon?" asked Andrew to 'Dr. McCoy'.
"Stars and Garters yes! I will arrive there as soon as possible!"
Andrew hung up and gave a sigh of relief. For a second there he thought Jubilee was.. well it didn't matter. She was going to fine now.
"Is Jubes ok?"
Andrew turn to see his son leaning against the wall. He was trying to appear casual about the question, but Andrew could smell the nervousness coming off him.
"She's going to be fine and her personal doctor is coming as well," said Andrew. Darek's body seemed to relax more with those words.
"It'll probably be one of those famous X-Men, you know she's real close to them," said Darek.
"Can we see her?"
The two turned to find Karry and Grandpa in the hallway. Karry was holding a bouquet of white roses and Grandpa was well naked.
"Sir! You cannot go around this hospital with that appearance," stated a nurse when she spotted Grandpa's lack of clothing. The old Feral rolled his eyes and grabbed a nearby hospital gown hanging on a door. He quickly tied it on then gave the nurse that glare which usually only hungry wolves could pull off.
"There I'm dressed, now scram!" growled Grandpa which sent the nurse scurrying away.
"They want her doctor to see her before we do sweety," said Andrew. Karry looked disappointed, but nodded.
"Ok, but I brought her some flowers to- what is that!" said Karry as she pointed down the other end of the hallway. All the Ferals stared at the blue, furry man in a doctors coat who was quickly walking up to them.
"He looks like the cookie monster on sesame street," said Karry with a giggle.
The blue man stopped to find four unusual people waiting in front of Jubilee's room. And three of them look very similar to Logan.
"Stars and garters," muttered Dr. McCoy as he rubbed his eyes and looked again.
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"I swear I was looking at Logan's.... well.... family?" Hank said.
Darek saw his name pin.
"You're Dr. McCoy?"
"Yes young man I am he."
"How did you get here so fast?" Andrew inquired.
"Ah, dear sir, Mr. Feral I presume? Yes all shall be made clear in do time, however at this very moment I must see a young girl, whom I used to scold for not eating her vegetables." Hank disappeared into Jubilees room.
"He'll be excited to hear that's all she eats now." The three male Ferels turned to the youngest, despite the dire mood they all laughed.
Jubilee was setting up in her bed. Her pale face lit up as her old friend entered.
"Hank!" It was horse, but showed happiness.
"Jubilation I am more than happy to see you. And despite the disgruntledness I feel that I rarely hear your voice because you never call home. Please do not talk."
"I did call you were-"
"Stop!, Give me your wrist."
She complied. She attempted to mouth the words 'My fever broke', but he was staring at his watch.
"Hmm, yes a little low. Where's your chart?" He found it and was looking over her blood test. "You're a bit on the anemic side, Have you be getting enough red meat Jubilee?"
Jubilee couldn't help but roll her eyes, Finally she had been eating vegetables and now Hank's after her about meat.
"Well your fever broke, the X-rays of your lungs show less congestion, we caught it early. I see no reason you can't go home tonight. Jubilation?"
She perked her eyebrows.
"Did you choose the Ferals because of there resemblance to a certain Canadian?"
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Jubilee knew this day would come. One of the X-Men would spot the Ferals and ask her about the similarities. She still wasn't sure though what to say.
"Well I um sort of ran into one of them at college. When I saw how much he looked like Wolvie, I talked to him and tried to see if they had any relation to Wolvie," said Jubilee slowly.
"I see and did they have some link to our shaggy X-man?" asked Hank. Jubilee was about to tell him about the claws and healing factors they had then paused.
"Jubilee?" asked Hank it little worried. He hoped her fever wasn't coming back.
"No, I mean not any besides their appearance. Maybe they are part of his family that he forgot, but who knows," said Jubilee as she shrugged her shoulders. Hank nodded and gave her shoulder a squeeze before getting up.
"Well I will be talking to the doctor about getting you some antibiotics to take for the next few days. Just to make sure you have a smooth recovery," said Hank before leaving. Jubilee simply laid there staring at the ceiling.
"Thanks for not telling."
She raised her head to see the four Ferals at the door. Karry shyly came up to her and handed the flowers. Jubilee gave her a smile as she took the roses and placed them in her lap.
"You could hear every word we were saying, couldn't you," said Jubilee. It was a statement not a question. Andrew simply nodded as he took a seat beside her. Darek sat at the foot of her bed while Grandpa simply curled up on the floor and looked like he was going to take a nap right there.
"So why didn't you spill what you knew?" asked Darek looking at her with curiosity.
"I.. want you guys to know you can trust me. Like be able to tell me what you are and stuff. I figured if I proved I wouldn't even tell my family the X-Men about you, then you might tell me more," said Jubilee knowing that they could smell that every word she said was true.
"Well I guess we can trust you to know a little more," said Andrew as he gave her hand a squeeze. Jubilee smiled and returned the squeeze with one of her own.