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"Well where do I start...?" muttered Andrew as he rubbed his head. They were all back in the Feral's house. And Andrew had finally agreed to give her some answers. The five of them were in the living room.
"How about by telling me exactly what you guys are if not mutants. You're not like um aliens from another planet are you?" asked Jubilee. She was awarded with barks of laughter from all the Ferals.
"Hey if you saw some of the stuff me and the X-Men saw you wouldn't considered it so far fetched," said Jubilee as she began to sulk.
"Well we aren't aliens. We're another species Jubilee, different from humans. We've been on this planet just as long as humans, but have been a minority compared to them," said Andrew. Jubilee simply nodded, waiting for him to say more.
"We don't have a name for a species as a whole, but we are seperated into clans. Us here are part of the Wolf Clan. We have bone claws that distinguish us from the others. The other clans have their own distinct um features," said Andrew awkwardly. He obviously wasn't used to talking about this.
"I.. see...," said Jubilee. So there a different species, ok big deal. But what would Logan think if he heard this? He has been fighting for the Professor's dream for a long time. Would that cause matter to him if he found out he wasn't even a mutant? Of course he now had Jean to keep him fighting.
"Well there you go," said Andrew as he got up. Jubilee raised her head alarmed.
"Wait! Thats it? Thats all your going to tell me?" asked Jubilee. She wanted to know more. Like why hadn't anyone noticed this different species before? What were the other clans like?
"Yep, told you I'd tell you a little bit more," said Andrew with a grin. Then Andrew and the other Ferals left the living room for Jubilee to be alone with her thoughts.
TenchiNacht
"SHE'S LIVING WITH A BOY?!"
Hank rolled his eyes. He had spent twenty minutes telling Logan how nice the Ferels had been. Giving her a place to stay, looking after her when she was sick. But all Logan heard was that his little Darlin' was living with a boy her own age, and he, Logan, wasn't there to make sure they were "behaving". Hank had left out the part about the resemblence between him and the Ferals.
"My dear deanim clad friend, she is happy, she will be all better soon."
"Pnemonia huh?"
"Not any more."
"Lets go see her."
"Logan it's almost 8:00."
"You think they're asleep?"
"No but it is late and-"
"Hank take me to her."
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"Jubes?" called out Andrew as he walked onto the backyard. There was a swing tied to a tree branch out there. Andrew remembered tying that swing up for Darek when he was five. There was Jubilee on that swing now, not swinging of course. But just sitting there staring at the ground.
"Jubes you should come in. The doctor wants you to keep warm," said Andrew softly as he knelt beside her. He had a sudden urge to move a hair that was near her eyes like he did with Karry, but suppressed that instinct.
Jubilee raised her head and stared at Andrew with those crystal blue eyes.
"Andy.. did I um say anything weird while I was sick?" asked Jubilee. Andrew wasn't sure what to say. She must have some memory of the things she said while delirious.
"You mentioned someone named Jean," said Andrew. He wasn't planning on elaborating more. Jubilee nodded and took a deep breath before speaking again.
"Andrew how long do you think it'll be before you get over Gloria. Before you like think you can find someone else to be with?" asked Jubilee. The way he stared at her in shock, she knew she caught him by surprise.
"You don't have to answer if you don't want to," said Jubilee hasitly. Mentally cursing herself for opening up old wounds. She could see the grief that was in his green eyes now.
"I sometimes say to myself I'll never get over it, but I know thats not true. We Ferals live very old, its a curse in a way. My memories of Gloria will get faded and one day I'll fall for another woman. But I promised myself that wouldn't happen at least until her children are grown and living on their own," said Andrew. She was actually surprised he answered.
"I.. you know the leader of the X-Men died a little over a month ago. And like had this wife. They were married for years and had a son and you know how long it took her to get over him? To go sleeping with another guy?" asked Jubilee as her voice raised with each word. Andrew stayed silent as Jubilee's cheeks flushed with anger.
"A month! A freaking month! I mourned over dead fish for longer then that! So now I see Scott's memory totally insulted! Jean I can't even think about without getting a sour taste in my mouth! And thats not even the worst part about it!" shouted Jubilee as she jumped off the swing. She was in full swing emotional shouting now. If a Sentinel attack happened she would keep talking.
"Whose the guy who sleeps with the widow? Whose the guy who now sounds like scum?! My Wolvie thats who! One guy I'm always looking up to and who I respected more then anything else! And I hate it! I just freaking hate it!" shouted Jubilee as she raised her arms. A rainbow of colors burst forth and shot towards the ground.
Boom!
A charred hole was now five feet away where her plasma blast tore away the grass and earth. Jubilee simply stood there for a second with her hands forward. Without a word Andrew stood up and hugged her. She returned it and he could smell tears coming down her cheeks.
"Sounds like your really angry at how they treated Scott's memory," muttered Andrew as he stroke her hair.
"Actually me and Cyke never really were that close, but.. but you don't do what they did. Cyke was like the leader, the one who was always thinking about trying to keep everyone alive. You don't sleep with his wife a month after he dies while trying to protect you," muttered Jubilee. She was grateful for the warmth that Andrew's arms gave her. Andrew stiffened as he sniffed the air. He quickly turned and Jubilee followed his gaze. She turned pale when she saw the figure in the shadows there. The figure of Wolvie and by the shocked expression on his face, Jubilee would say he heard a lot of what Jubilee had just yelled.
TenchiNacht
Jubilee pulled away from Andrew never taking her eyes off Logan. She began shaking her head throughing tears every where as she backed tward the house. With a final look to her past and presant father figures she ran into the house. Wolverine bolted after her, but was stopped by a man and his extended bone claws.
Jubilee blinded by tears ran into something hard. She tried to clear her vision to see what it was but found out when she heard Dareks voice.
"Jubilee," his soothing voice was no larger than a whisper "What's wrong did someone hurt you?" Sobbing she nodded.
"But I've hurt him now too and I don't think he'll ever forgive me." The cries racked her body. Darek held her head close to his heart.
"Don't worry I'm here no one will ever hurt you again." He pulled back and with one finger lifted her chin so she had to look at him. "I promise you." He leaned in close and pressed his lips against her's. The crying stopped, she somehow felt there would never be any reason to cry again it her life. The feeling wouldn't last long, but for now this is all she needed. To be in the arms of her chosen lover.