I'm Free 7
Author's Notes: Ace here's another updated chapter for you. I didn't forget about you, so cheer up. It's a new day, and a new story is all laid out for you guys. So enjoy this classic.

Disclaimer: None of the Marvel characters belong to me, in any way. I wished they did, but Stan the Man beat me to the punch. However, Zachary does belong to me, and if you use it with out permission I'll sing Barry Manillow songs. I mean it.
Zachary stood in the rear of the crowd stadium. He looked on as he saw so many bigots, walking around discussing their twisted views. Zachary always hated coming to these racist meetings, but his daddy had always made him come. He would normally sit there, dreading having to listen to the long boring meetings.

He also hated that his father was one of the main contributors, which normally meant that he would have to participate in the event as well. Tonight was no exception. He was assigned to get a head count, of everyone in attendance. So as he counted the amount of heads coming through the door, as he contemplated on how he was going to get his revenge.

He thought that blasting the evil bastard away with his powers, but thought that exposing yourself in a room full of mutant hating bigots would be a bad idea. So he decided that he would have to kill his father the old fashion way, which was none other than homicide. He reasoned that these bigots would learn about his mutant powers in all good time.

Soon the stadium was filled to the capacity, and Zachary made his way toward the stage. He stood at the foot at the stage, looking on as his father took the center stage. He grimaced as his father looked down at him, and smiled affectionately at his son through false pretenses. His father looked over at the audience, and patiently waited while they quieted down. He drunk some water, and cleared his throat before speaking.

"Ladies and Gentlemen of the Friends of Humanity society, I want to thank you for coming out this evening. Graydon Creed could not make it to tonight's meeting, so I'm going to fill in for him instead. Tonight's big discussion will be about our new proposal, which will prohibit any type of mutant to live in our fair city. For the past ten years the threat of mutants living in our city, has cause house values to go down dramatically. The crime rate has sky rocketed to an all time high, and there are even more life threatening diseases such as that Legacy Virus. These new diseases are cropping up everywhere, and they are destroying the last hint of humanity that's left. These mutants must be stopped."

Zachary's father talked about mutants, and how they were destroying the world. He walked onto the stage, and quickly stepped behind his father. His father turned around, and, sensed prescience behind him. He turned around and was immediately facing his son. Zachary placed both hands in his pockets, as the whole stadium filled with noise from the patrons. Zachary's dad looked him over, and leaned over to whisper in his ear.

"What do you want? Can't you see that I'm in the middle of this meeting?" He said as quietly as he could.

Zachary tightened his grip on the long bladed fisherman's knife that rested in his pockets, and pulled it out with one swift motion. He slashed the blade straight across his shoulders, and the impact made contact with his father's throat. He wished that he had a camera, so he could capture the expression on his father's face.

His dad clawed at his throat, as blood poured unmercifully. Zachary kneeled down, and lowered his head to his father's face. He lightly whispered in the man's ear, before his father could breathe his very last breath.

"I wished that I could've showed you some of my mutant powers. So how does it feel to know that your only son is a filthy mutie?" He said as he enjoyed the look of shock that was written all over his father's face.

He stood there until he witnessed his father breathe his last breathe, and looked up to see that most of the attendances were now gone. He looked over and saw a security guard pull out a gun. He quickly jumped off the stage, and began weaving through the bystanders that were still there. There were your typical bystanders who tried to get a cheap shot in at Zachary, that's until he made his body hot to the touch. So if anybody tried to grab him, they would get third degree burns for their effort. Soon Zachary heard people declare that he was a mutant, and a small smile crept on his face because of their acknowledgement.

When he was safely out of the stadium, He focused most of the heat within his body towards his feet, and the heat caused him to propel himself into the air. This power resembled a rocket ship, blasting into the air. He hated flying, but he had to get out of that area as soon as possible. He decided to find a cheap motel room, because by using his powers he would soon be exhausted. So he set off to find a room for the night.

As Logan carried Jubilee back to the Blackbird, he found that he had to keep his emotions in check. He wished that he could turn back the hands of time, and wondered how they got into this sticky situation in the first place. He hated seeing her so weak, and defeated.

Only moments ago, he had been the one who could barely move, and now the roles were reversed. He began to get nervous when her heartbeat decreased dramatically. It wouldn't have been so hard on Logan; if he couldn't hear her heart beat slowing down almost to a stop. He quickened his pace, and soon found that he was standing outside the plane. He waited until Remy punched in the coordinates to the plane.

Once the door was opened Logan rushed inside the plane, and went to the medical center in the plane. Logan placed Jubilee in the cot, and noticed that Jubilee was staring at him. She raised a shaky hand and lightly caressed his face. She tried to talk out loud, but found that she could only whisper.

"Wolvie, this is it." She said quietly.

"Don't say that. You'll be all right darlin." He said as he began cleansing her wounds.
"No I won't Wolvie. I'm dying. The time has come."
"Don't say that." He said as he grimaced.

"It's true."

"Scott will be back shortly with Jean."

"Wolvie..I love you."
"I love you too." He said as he leaned down to kiss her cheek.
"Do you mean that?" She asked expectably.

"Yeah baby I do." He said smiling.

"I'll miss you most of all."

Her gaze fell from his eyes, and she looked to the ground. Logan grabbed her face in a firm grip, and forced her to look at him.

"Don't talk like that. You're going to be fine."

"When I die."

"You're not dying." He said.

"When I die, promise me that you're going to be strong."

"You're not going anywhere."

"Promise me."

"Jubilee save your energy. Scott should be here soon, and Remy is preparing the plane for take off." He said in hopes of making her reserve her energy, until they made it to the med lab.
"Promise me."
"I promise. Now Jubes just rest, and save your energy." He said through a blanket of fresh tears.

"Kiss me."

Logan leaned over, and they kissed a very passionate kiss. The kiss had everything from passion, love, fear, and loss. As Logan pulled away from their last embraced, Jubilee took her last breath. When Logan looked down at the black haired beauty, he noticed that she was now dead. He bent down to kiss her lips one last time, and when he arose he felt an anger from within arise. All he could see red, and he dashed back out into the cold weather.

Remy was by his side in an instant, trying to get Logan to stay. However, Remy's pleas went unheard by deaf ears, as Logan bounded out of the Blackbird as a hunter in search of its prey. Remy wanted to rush out there to stop him, but he didn't want to leave Storm alone. So he watched as Logan ran back towards the caves with revenge on his mind.

Logan ran like never before, and the berserker rage boiled deep with him. He searched out the ones responsible, and he sought out blood. His promise all together forgotten, and revenge was the only thing in his mind.
Jean was locked away, when she received an onslaught of images flooding her head. She knew in that instant Jubilee was dead, but then an image of Jubilee being alive after her death also came. She could feel the exact moment when the young girl died, but soon after that Jean received a visit from Jubilee in the astral plane. The entity that resembled Jubilee sent one message to Jean, and Jean concluded that the entity was in fact Jubilee some how.

"Jean the time has come." The figure shouted.

"Who are you?"

"I think you already know who I am."

"Jubilee?" Jean said

"The time is now. Prepare for the best and the worst, and stay on guard. I'll help in any way I can. The time is upon us."
"Jubilee, I don't understand. Aren't you supposed to be dead? You died. This is impossible."
"The Jubilee that you knew is no more. I am both Jubilee and another."

"I don't understand." She said confusedly.

"Jean, you of all people should understand. This has happened to you as well."

"Are you implying, what I think you're implying?" Jean said confusedly.

"Yes. Jubilee will now be known as the Phoenix."

"That's impossible."

"Was it impossible when I inhabited your body Jean?"

"Why her?"

"She is very powerful, and she has a power that even succeeds your own."

"How can that be?"

"She has untapped power, a power that succeeds your own. She is the new Phoenix. She has be the one to stop the one."

"Whose the one?"

"Zachary."
"Whose that?"
"A man more powerful than Xavier, and even more deadlier than Magneto. You have two days before he's upon you, and he will strike with a vengeance."
"Isn't he the one that Magneto wanted?"

"Yes. Magneto is going to succeed in finding the man, but when that happens all will be lost."

"So are you saying that we must stop him?"

"No. We must kill him, and that's where the Phoenix comes in."

"If this man is as powerful as you say, then how can only one person stop him?"

"He is strong, but the Phoenix is stronger." She stated.

"So why do you need us? Surely there's no need for us to be here."

"I'll need you because Magneto will also get stronger."

"I don't understand any of this."

"You will in about five more minutes. Erik will come for you, and you must try to stop him. He will try an unorthodox procedure on you, which he tried on both Logan and Sabertooth that was unsuccessful. Only this time he will fully succeed."

"How do you know all of this?"

"Some of Jubilee's untapped power included the ability to know the future."

"She has never displayed any knowledge of any events, that were going to occur in the future."

"She only learned of them recently."

"Are you telling me that she knew everything that was going to happen today?"

"Why do you think she was here?"

"She knew? Then why didn't she warn any of us?"

"She has what is called delayed visions."

"Delayed visions?"

"Yes. The visions don't come until five minutes, before the futuristic event. She is still learning."

"Is this why you chose her? You chose her because she can foretell the future?"

"No. I chose her because she is powerful."

"Jubilee isn't as powerful as you think. She is still young, and her powers are very weak."

"To the untrained eye, she is very weak."

"Are you suggesting that she will eventually be stronger than me?"

"I'm suggesting that she already is. The time has come. Magneto approaches, so just be ready."

The vision of Jubilee faded, but not before Jean could see the wings of the Phoenix spread out. Jean quickly left the astral plane, feeling drained of energy. She looked on in horror, as Magneto came rushing into the room with a psychotic look on his face. So the Phoenix had been right, and if what she said was true, then they were in a whole world of trouble.
Oh the suspense is killing me. Is Jubes really the Phoenix, but wasn't she supposed to be dead? The answer is yes to both of those questions. You are probably wondering why the Phoenix waited until Jubes was dead, to inhabit her body? The answer to that was the Phoenix wanted sole possession of Jubes. So there you go. However, you may be wondering will the real Jubilee ever come back? What does she mean that Magneto will get even more powerful? To find the answers to these questions, then stay tuned to the next chapter. Hey Ace bet ya thought I forgot about ya huh? Well I hope you liked this twisted version of I'm Free.