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Jubilee & The Undercover Sabretooth
Chapter 1
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"And so you are now ready to go out into the real world. You have passed your classes and now I say go do what you were destined to do," said the Dean. Jubilee and several others in robes stood up and threw their hats in the air. She was going to act happy damn it. She wasn't going to let it get to her. She had just graduated from college for Gods sakes.
So what if all the X-Men she was hoping to see hadn't bothered to come. So what if Wolvie hadn't even been at the mansion and she couldn't find a way to get an invite to him. So what if the people she used to call 'family' wasn't here…
"Isn't it great," said a guy next to her.
"Yeah swell," said Jubilee as she felt a tear come down her cheek. Probably the best time to cry was now, that way everyone would think they were tears of happiness.
No way… Aint going to cry. You've been through worst than this Jubilee.
Jubilee quickly wiped her cheeks and then began walking away from the stadium. Around her other new graduates hugged their mothers and fathers. They patted them on the back and told them how proud they were. As if she needed that, it would have just made her soft.
"Congratulations Jubilee."
Jubilee slowly turned to find herself facing Emma Frost. The shock of seeing her had caused her to freeze. Then Emma did something that caused Jubilee's thinking ability to go into melt down. She opened her arms and hugged her. It was awkward and obviously she wasn't comfortable with it, but she was hugging Jubilee. Emma Frost the woman who didn't even like to shake your hand.
"Thanks," muttered Jubilee. She found herself returning the hug and feeling as if a great weight had been lifted off her shoulders. After what felt like eternity they drew away from one another.
"You didn't think I'd stay away from this like those other fucking X-Men bastards?" asked Emma sweetly. One thing you had to admit about Emma was that she wasn't afraid to call them like she saw them.
"They said there was a emergency," said Jubilee. Yes here she was defending them when five minutes ago she was crying because of them. Don't ask Jubilee how her brain worked, she so far hadn't figured it out yet.
"There's always an emergency," Emma with no room for forgiveness in her voice. Jubilee found no way to argue with that statement. There was always an emergency that threatened mutant and human relations. Couldn't they have spared one hour to see her though? Maybe half an hour? Maybe even just ten minutes to see her grab the diploma?
"Come on, lets go some place that has more class," said Emma as she grabbed Jubilee's hand and lead her through the crowd. People seemed to instinctively step away from the woman in white.
"So what are you going to do with your life now?" asked Emma. They were both seated in a French restaurant with a name that Jubilee couldn't even pronounce.
"I honestly don't know," said Jubilee. It was the truth, she didn't really know what she wanted to do. She had majored into acting. That or art were the only things that caught her interest at college. Of course the logical step now was to become an actress. But for the last year she had lost the urge to follow that career…
"Its hard isn't it."
Jubilee raised her head. She had forgotten how piercing Emma's eyes were. It was as if they could stare right into your soul. And considering her abilities, that was probably true.
"How long has it been since any of them have even really talked to you over the phone Jubilee? Six months? Maybe even a year?"
"What are you getting at?" asked Jubilee as she felt her temper rise. She knew what Emma was getting at, but she didn't want to hear it. To hear it would be to acknowledge it. Let her stay in denial like over fifty percent of American citizens.
"What I'm 'getting at' is a simple fact that you've found out. A fact that shouldn't be true, but is true. A fact that is making you suffer now," said Emma before taking a sip from her glass.
"And that would be?" asked Jubilee. Might as well get her to say it already.
"The X-Men don't consider normal people family," said Emma. Jubilee absolutely expected the words, but still they caused a pain in her heart. Normal… that was what Jubilee was right now. Jubilee's childhood had been filled with tagging along Wolvie as he fought supervillians and saved the world with the other X-Men. Her teenage years had been filled with joining Generation X to do the same sort of things before Everett died. Then Angelo died when some religious mutant hating fanatics captured them both. That's when Jubilee truly decided to make an effort at a normal life. A life where you had a normal apartment and did normal things. Because the life of a mutant super hero was killing her. She went to college, determine to worry only about her GPA.
And then it started to happen… She began receiving less letters and phone calls from friends at the mansion. She only saw during the last few years at Christmas when she visited. None of them really made an effort to visit her. Because just like Frost said, the X-Men don't consider normal people family. How can they think of Jubilee when the new mutant girl who arrived is trying to cope with a deadly mutant power? How can anyone even remember Jubilee when another X-Men dies and is brought back to life again? When it came to the X-Men you needed to have something really screwed up happen to you for them to notice you. And Jubilee was living the 'normal' life where nothing terrible happens to you. So bit-by-bit they were forgetting her. She was just becoming another memory.
"So any word from Wolverine?" asked Emma. Jubilee flinched at hearing his name. Jubilee tried everything she could to keep in contact with the feral. Letters, phone calls, she even convinced him to try email, but she grew distanced from him just like everyone else. She couldn't compete very well for attention against the things he went through on a daily basis. He was either searching for his past, on a personal mission for revenge, or doing something else that required his full attention.
"No, he wasn't at the mansion when I called," said Jubilee. When she called twenty times in the last two weeks.
"Perhaps you should go back and join the team now as a X-Men. I remember you always talking about how much you admired them when in Generation X," said Emma then took another sip of her wine. The suggestion was attractive. She had actually enjoyed life at college, but now it was getting a bit dull for her. She wanted something more exciting, but there was just one problem with Emma's suggestion.
"They never offered me a position on the team," said Jubilee. And chances are they wouldn't. After all they sort of demoted her to Generation X. And what did she have to show that would cause them to say they wanted her to join the X-Men? Four years of college with a 4.00 GPA? That sounds impressive academically, but it wasn't going to get her points for being a X-Men.
"I could persuade them," said Emma with a sinister smile. Emma was very good at persuading people. Though sometimes the persuading involved mind powers and threats. Jubilee didn't even bother to give Emma's offer a second of consideration.
"If they really thought I earned the right to be a X-Men they'd have made an offer by now. I don't want you bullying any of them to let me join. I'd only want it if I earned it," said Jubilee as she played with her food. It was funny, but a few years ago she was certain that she would end up joining the X-Men. Now that prediction looked like it could be false. The people she considered family was becoming strangers, except for Emma Frost. She always kept in close contact with Jubilee even after she left. And for that Jubilee would always be grateful.
"What do you want then Jubilee?" asked Emma as she once again gave Jubilee that piercing stare. She really wished Emma would stop that. It was just plain creepy.
"Why don't you read my mind?" asked Jubilee half joking. She knew Emma could read her mind in a second, but also knew that she could trust Emma not to do so.
"I already tried."
"WHAT!??"
So much for trust, but then it was Emma. She really shouldn't act even remotely surprised over this.
"Relax, I can't read a single thought you have. Remember those latent telepathic abilities you have?" asked Emma. How could she forget? Emma pestered her for months to have Beast run tests, but Jubilee was firm in her decision not to have those powers tested. Her life was complicated enough without being a telepath.
"Well even though you didn't do anything to strengthen your telepathic powers, it seems they have still grown. Enough so that you now have a mental shield that is impossible for me to pierce. At least not without seriously harming you," said Emma. She could tell by the tone that Emma still didn't approve that decision. Well she could just sip her ten thousand dollar wine and suffer.
"So I'll never again have to worry about telepaths picking up my stray thoughts?" said Jubilee. For the first time since her graduation she was beginning to feel cheerful. It was about time she heard some good news.
"Basically yes which is why I have no clue as to what you want to do with your life now Jubilee," said Emma. She almost sounded like she was pleading for an answer. Almost mind you.
"Frosty, I really don't know what I want to do myself," said Jubilee. Emma's left eyebrow twitched at the word 'Frosty'. It annoyed her to death that Jubilee called her that. Which was why it was so much fun calling her it.
"Well if you ever make a decision send me a call. How are you financially?" asked Emma. She always offered a helping hand when it came to money. And Jubilee always refused because she didn't want handouts. She had to beg for money as a kid and she was never going to do that again.
"Got it covered Frosty. My job at the bar is still secure even after graduation," said Jubilee. Jubilee worked as a bartender at a club known as Blitz. A place where young college students went for drinks. She told more than one X-Men about her job, but she had a feeling none of them really remembered her mentioning it. Wolvie seemed to think she was working as a waitress at some diner last time she talked to him. Yep she and Wolvie were just as close as ever.
"I hope you find out what you want to do with your life Jubilee," said Emma with sincerity. Emma gave a smile then, it was actually a little scary seeing a sincere smile on her face. But Jubilee tried to not shiver and simply returned the smile.
"Thanks me too. I was wondering… why do you.. I mean why..," muttered Jubilee. She couldn't bring herself to finish the question. The question of why Emma still stayed in close contact with her. Why she worked to stay friends with her when the rest of the X-Men practically forgot her.
"I keep an eye on all my former students Jubilee. You, Monet, Paige, and the others who used to be under my care. But I have to admit I seem to end up giving you even more attention than the others Jubilee," said Emma as she gestured for the waiter to come.
"And why is that?" asked Jubilee. She almost held her breath as she waited for an answer.
"Tell you what, work on that telepathy and I'll tell you," said Emma. She placed her elbows on the table and was now back to giving her sinister smile.
"That's blackmail," said Jubilee in mock outrage.
"That my dear is what we call negotiating in the business world," said Emma as she pulled out her credit card.
There were lights…
Flashy, rainbow lights that would make any feral with sensitive sight close his eyes. So now he had his eyes closed and he was… floating?
"What the hell is going on," muttered Victor Creed. His whole body felt funny and tingly. The last thing he remembered was battling more of Apocalypses forces with Blink by his side. Then their side began losing… real bad. It was soon down to him and Blink and she turned to him. She said good-bye and then pushed him.
That's when he started seeing the annoying lights.
And suddenly he felt like he wasn't floating anymore.
Thump!
Victor growled as he unsteadily raised himself up. He opened his eyes and stared. It was nighttime now and he could see stars up in the sky. Blink and those goons were nowhere in sight. He appeared to be on a street, surrounded by buildings. What was strange is that it look liked a normal town road. Like the ones he saw before Apocalypse screwed up the whole planet.
"What the hell is going on!? Clarice! Where are you!?" yelled Victor with a hint of fear in his voice. What did that girl do? Did she transport them away? If so where was she at?
Victor than heard a whirling sound and stared up. Some sort of hovercraft was approaching him and on its side was the word SHIELD.
"Scotch on the rocks babe."
"Coming up," said Jubilee as she flipped a bottle. It took her a while to get used to being called babe, chick, honey, and other names without punching the guy in the face. But that came with the job of serving drinks to drunk, young men at a bar. Why did she work there? Maybe because the booze and the smoke in the air reminded her of Wolvie. Maybe because the tips were worth putting up with the over horny dicks. Or maybe just because she liked the movie Ugly Coyote. Take your pick.
"What will it be?" asked Jubilee as she more sensed than saw someone come up to the bar.
"One hour of your time."
That did it! Being called babe was one thing, mistaking her for a hooker was another. She quickly turned and grabbed the guy's shirt.
"Look bub you have five seconds to leave before I kick your ass- Nick!" shrieked Jubilee as she let go of the shirt. It had taken her a minute to realize she was threatening Nick Fury, leader of SHIELD. A guy who could kick her ass from here to the ocean coast. Nick brushed his shirt while giving a smirk.
"Nice to see you Jubilee. Not sure though if Logan would approve of you working in a place like this," said Nick as he glanced at nearby college students laughing their heads off. Jubilee didn't know him very well. He was a close buddy with Wolvie though and they sometimes went drinking.
"What do you want Fury?" asked Jubilee. Might as well get right to the point. Jubilee had a gut feeling that this involved SHIELD business. And if theirs one thing she learned from Wolvie it was trust your gut. Of course he had a much bigger gut than she did.
"Like I said before, one hour of your time. Just to talk outside if that's ok with you," said Fury. Jubilee stared at him for a second, trying to read from his face what this was about. Unfortunately Nick was very good at having a poker face. Probably why he always beat Wolvie at cards. With a sigh Jubilee nodded. What did she have to lose?
"Hey Tammy mind watching the bar solo for a sec? I need to take a break," said Jubilee. A blonde girl near Jubilee wearing a tight shirt nodded and continued collecting orders. Within five minutes Jubilee was outside the bar with Nick. The two of them walked down the street while Nick smoked on a cigar. Finally after they were out of sight of the bar, Nick spoke.
"Hear anything about Sabretooth lately?"
That question caused Jubilee to stop and give him a glare.
"Naw Nick can't say that I have. For some reason us recent graduates don't keep up with current events on mutant serial killers. But if you want I'll suggest to the dean that we open up a course on them called Psychos 101," said Jubilee. Nick chuckled before taking another whiff of his cigar.
"Still have that smart mouth of yours I see. Nice to know you haven't lost it. Well the word is that he seemed to disappear from the world in the last two or three months. Know why?"
"I have a better question for you. Why do guys ask questions they know the person can't answer? Is it like something to boost their ego? Some sort of help on their self-esteem?" asked Jubilee sweetly. Nick scratched his chin.
"Possibly, a man needs his self-esteem raised once in a while. I mean look at me, over thirty and still single."
"It's probably that top secret, ultra classified work position you have. Makes it difficult to tell the ladies what you do."
"Maybe, well I won't ask you anymore questions you can't answer. The reason no one heard from Sabretooth lately is because we have him. We were able to apprehend him and best of all we were able to do without anyone knowing that SHIELD was responsible. For all anyone knows he could just be on a long vacation."
"And why do you want to keep it a secret that his been captured?" asked Jubilee, feeling her curiosity perking up for the first time.
"I'll get to that, but first I want to ask you something. And this time it is a question you'll probably know the answer to. Ever heard of parallel worlds? Worlds with people just like us, but their different?" asked Nick. His tone had become serious and Jubilee suddenly realized he didn't want to hear a joke this time.
"Yeah I know of them, the X-Men even ended up in one or two I think. Couldn't tell you any of the scientific stuff about it, that's Beast department. All I know is that there world is different from ours, but they can have the same people. Like how that Dark Beast creep showed up from one," said Jubilee cautiously. She was still totally clueless on where he was going with this. And she didn't like the feeling.
"That's a good example. You might be wondering why I'm talking about this parallel world stuff. Well I'd like to introduce you to someone," said Nick. As soon as he finished the sentence, Jubilee heard footsteps. She quickly turned and found herself staring at a tall figure wearing a coat. The man removed his hat and Jubilee found herself face to face with a man she had nightmares of. She could still remember that face from when she had been a child. When the man tried to kill her.
"Jubilee may I introduce Victor Creed," said Nick than took another puff on his cigar. The silence was deafening.
