Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Marvel characters used in this story. I do own Frankie, so if you want to use her, please ask.

A/N: Sorry this took so long to get out. I was having some problems with this chapter. Besides the first chapter, this one took me the longest to write. Please reveiw and let me know how you like the story so far.

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Chapter 16

Jubilee picked up Frankie from the floor and placed her on the bed. They had taken her braces off when they had brought her home, so she made sure the wheelchair was within Frankie's reach. She then went back and held Frankie till she fell asleep again. When she was sure she could leave without waking Frankie, she quietly slipped out of the room. She was about to leave the warehouse when she felt someone behind her.

"Where do you think you are going?" Kitty asked.

"I need to get some air."

"You could do that on the loading dock. So 'fess up, where are you going?"

"There's something I need to take care of. Keep an eye on Frankie for me please?"

"I really think you should stay and do that yourself. We don't know how she will react to anyone but you."

"Just look in on her in a bit. I should be back before she wakes up."

Kitty looked at Jubilee a minute, then said, "You're going after Jan, aren't you?"

"That's my concern, not yours. Just watch her." and with that, she turned and walked out.

After walking around town for about an hour, scanning the people around her, Jubilee came across Jan's psy-sig. She knew what she wanted to do to her when she left the warehouse, but after walking around a while, she wasn't sure what she should do. One thing she didn't think about when she left was how Frankie would feel about what she was set to do.

Meanwhile at the warehouse, Frankie woke up to find herself alone. She searched the link to see where Jubilee was, and felt a wave of anger and confusion. As soon as she felt that, she knew what Jubilee was up to. She quickly put her braces on and went out to stop her soulmate from doing something she knew Jubes would regret later. The only problem was, while she knew what Jubilee was doing, she didn't know where. So the first place she was going to check was the bar where she last saw Jan.

About ten minutes after Frankie left the warehouse, Kitty went in to check on her. When she arrived at the empty room, she panicked. She didn't know what Jubilee was up to, and now Frankie had disappeared as well. So she went to tell Bishop what was going on. After telling him everything, he went over and tried to call Jubilee on her cell phone. His reason being that he figured she would want to know Frankie was up and coming after her.

After getting off the phone with Bishop, Jubilee knew she couldn't do what she set out to do. She needed to find Frankie and get her home. She knew the other woman would still be weak from what happened and shouldn't be roaming the city. She attempted to reach out with the link to find her, only to see her a second later. Now she had the choice of either avoiding her and going on with her plans, or calling to her to get her attention.

While she was deciding what to do, she didn't notice the other person sneaking up behind her. By the time she realized the other person was there, it was too late. The other person swung the bat she had and hit Jubilee in the back of the head. When the blow hit, Jubilee reached out to Frankie to get her to run, then turned over to confront her attacker. She had a feeling who it was, so she wasn't surprised to see Jan standing over her, getting ready to hit her with the bat again.

"Such a big girl. Can't fight without her bat. You scared you can't win in a fair fight?"

"There is no such thing as a fair fight with a mutant. That's right. I know you and that bitch ex of mine are mutants. If I would have known that when I was with her, I wouldn't have stopped with just crippling her. I can correct that mistake now though, but first, I am going to take care of you."

Jan pulled back the bat to take another swing at Jubilee, but found her momentum stopped. When she turned around to see who was stopping her, she came face to face with Frankie.

"I told you to get out of town. I also told you the next time you hurt anyone, I would finish what I started outside the bar. This is the last time you will ever hurt anyone. You made a big mistake not taking my advice." Frankie then let go of the bat and swung a right hook to Jan's head. The blow made Jan lose the bat. As soon as it left her hand, Frankie had it. As she raised it to start hitting her ex with it, she heard Jubilee through the link.

~If you do what you are planning, you are no better than her. It's time to stop all of this. I was wrong going after her myself. I see that now. It's time to let it all go.~

Frankie stood there for a bit, trying to decide what she should do. She was tired of feeling threatened by Jan everytime she saw her, but she didn't want to drop down to her level either. She knew she was better than that. Finally she dropped the bat to her side, then opened up all of her emotions and sent them to Jan.

As soon as the wave hit her, Jan dropped to her knees. Frankie only kept up the flow for a few seconds, but it was enough to get the point across.

"Now you know how you made me feel for two years. All the pain, fear, and confusion. I still to this day don't know why I stayed with you for as long as I did. I'm glad you are out of my life now. I said it once by the bar, leave this town and don't come back. Leave me, my friends and family alone. Also, don't even think about hurting another person again, or what you felt will just be a tip of what I will do to you. This is the end of your violent ways. This time, believe me when I say I will finish what I started."

Jan just looked at Frankie, but the other girl just brushed by her, picked up Jubilee and left. She believed her when she said she would end it, cause she felt that also in the wave she was sent. As soon as the other two were out of eye sight, she turned around and ran till she was out of town.

By the time Frankie and Jubilee got back to the warehouse, both were exhausted. It had been a very rough couple of days. Now they had to deal with disappearing on Bishop and Kitty. Bishop understood why they did what they did, but Kitty was a little harder to convince. She thought they should have made Jan pay for what she did. It took a while, but she began to see why Frankie did what she did. By that time, neither Frankie nor Jubilee had any energy left, and decided to head to bed.