Sorry about the delay of the update about god knows how many months but I
have been moving house so I've have finally decided to update the story
don't it will be finished (Eventually)
THE GUITAR WITH NO STRINGS!
Rogue stood there dumbfounded at the sight she had just seen. She could not believe her eyes, this was what Conner had been keeping from the youngster of the group, and she realised and understood why Conner was so upset about letting Jubilee go.
"Conner whay didn ya tell her" Rogue stated simply
"Because she doesn't deserve to be with a fucking freak, she wouldn't want to be with a freak, even if she did she wouldn't be safe from prejudiced bastards" Bobby's face appeared in his mind and his words rang as clear in his head as the bell of Notre dame etching yet another emotional scar on his heart.
"WHAT IN THE HELL WOULD YOU KNOW SHE WANTS" Cried Rogue the anger now starting to rise again, "YALL DIDN EVEN TELL HER BOUT ANY OF THIS". Knowing the pain her own mutation gave her and the heartache it gave her at the fact that she could never touch another human being but Conner and Jubilee had something that was possible and it made her angry at the fact Conner was taking it like a child.
"I'M A FREAK ROGUE AND I COULD NEVER BE WITH HER FOR FEAR OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN" Conner screamed "I KNOW WHAT PEOPLE WOULD DO TO HER, ITS HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE" Conner's hand went to his mouth as he realised what he had just said he had given something away that he had never told anyone in his entire life. Rogue saw this and realised that something dark had set itself on Conner's soul and that it was cutting him up deep inside and that unless it was dealt with neither he nor Jubilee could have a chance and she wanted that for Jubilee as the she was the most innocent of all the X-Men and looked on her as a little sister and could not bare to see her unhappy. Conner walked away starting to feel a little ill "There's no way I can tell her, she mustn't know at all costs she mustn't know" thought Conner as walked away. As she watched him leave Rogue saw the battered remnants of his beloved guitar, the same one she had seen him play only the other night, a small smile crept along her face, she had an Idea and she was determined to make it work.
Jubilee sat in her room she felt worse than ever thanks to the day's events "You finally find a guy and you can't hold onto him for five freaking minutes" Jubilee thought. She had been in there all day and never went down for dinner right now she didn't want to socialise with anyone least of all Bobby. She just couldn't understand why he had been like that towards her when things were starting to take shape for the best. All of a sudden the door creaked open, and Rogue walked in.
"Hey there Lee" Rogue said cautiously, which was met with no response but the tear stained face of Jubilee. "Listen Lee ah know that Conner loves ya".
"Bullshit" said Jubilee flatly.
"Well whatever yall might thank he does".
"Your saying this to make me feel better and I aint gonna buy into Rogue, if he did then why did he lead me on like that" she said with bitterness in her voice.
"Well ah know one thing about men and that's when they are lying this one wasn't, now Remy might be a big flirt but ah know that loves me even though sometimes he makes out like he don't, and I know that Conner loves ya coz when I looked into his eyes they said to me he is an honest man, something you don't find very often"
"If he wanted to be with me why didn't he just ell me what was wrong and we could have solved it together"
"Because, despite what yall are thanking he was trying to protect ya"
"Bullshit you can't prove jack shit," Jubilee snapped.
Rogue could feel the anger swelling up inside her and decided to nip it in the bud before she lost her temper "Right I didn't want to have to do this but yall left me no choice" Rogue said then grabbed Jubilee's wrist and dragged her over to Rogues own room. She proceeded to shove Jubilee in and locked the door behind her. "Rogue what in the hell are you doing" Rogue walked over to a gym back that was situated on her bedside cabinet, "Just shut-up yall see". Rogue then opened the bag and tipped the contents onto the floor. Pieces of wood and strings which may have once resembled a guitar littered the floor painted pieces of black wood which barely held together formed the neck of the instrument as the strings hung lifelessly of it and the body was snapped into pieces. "What is this Rogue" Jubilee said with an air of misunderstanding in her voice. Rogue picked up the neck and handed it to Jubilee and turned it over "Read" Rogue commanded. There was a small inscription on the back of the Guitars neck, which was carved in and barely readable.
Dear Conner, something for you now you're a man, and as a man you can accept the fact you are not a man, but something far more special, your music and your powers can help others never forget that we love you, I'm just sorry we're not here to hand it to you ourselves keep Mary safe for us and never stop playing happy 12th b'day luv Dad /Mum.
Jubilee slowly raised her head, "He smashed it, it was his guitar that his father gave him and he smashed it".
"You telling me don't love yall, you know how much that thing meant to him and destroyed it because, and he couldn't stand the idea of playing again"
"He told you this"
"He didn't have to I just know that by seeing his heart" Something inside Rogue told her that Jubilee understood. Jubilee turned her attention back to the neck of the guitar she ran her fingers up and down the instrument, feeling the grooves that the inscription made all the way down what was left of Conner's favourite guitar.
Suddenly there was a loud knock on the front door; it made the sound as if someone wanted to break down the gates of hell. It was answered by Kitty who was in turn taken a back by the young man at the front door; the man was about Scott's height around the same age as well he had a real shaving problem as he face was covered in stubble, he was wearing fingerless gloves and smoking a cigarette, his clothes kitty thought needed a serious re- think as his jeans were torn to shreds and his t-shirt was a battered Mega- death t-shirt with various holes and scratches on it. "Allo luv is there a bird called Jubilee in ere," said the youth. Kitty awoke from her daydream "Who can I say is asking for her".
"None of your sodding business" said the man flatly.
"Listen PAL I don't rightly care who you are but you can't come in unless I know" said kitty, she was starting to get really annoyed at the man for outright bad attitude and it reminded her to much of Lance.
"Listen sweetheart my names Pete Wisdom ok, so now that you know my name you can stop taking me for bloody Ice cream and let me see this bird Jubilee". Kitty gave Pete a look of great confusion. "Why would I take you for an Ice cream?"
"Listen as much as I would love to stand ere talking shop with ya can I now sodding see Jubilee?"
"She's up the stairs, first door on the left"
"Ya know luv a real host would show me the way personally" said Pete with smirk.
"Well that's tough shit isn't it"?
"Sorry to press some much of my time on you sweetheart, by the way can I ask mine hosts name".
"As far as your concerned my names Alfred". Kitty then proceeded to storm away in a fit of anger.
"Tatar Alf". Said Pete with a chuckle, and proceeded to walk upstairs to Jubilee's room only to find it empty "All this way down here for bugger all" Pete thought aloud. "I'm sorry can I help you," a voice said behind him. Pete spun round only to be met with the dark frown of Rogue and the smiling face of Jubilee "Yeah is your name Jubilee" Pete said, Jubilee didn't like the look of this young man and it wasn't just the clothes and the stench of cigarettes, "Yeah what can I do for you".
"Well it's about Conner" something about the way Pete, said his name lead Jubilee to believe that what was coming next was not going to be pleasant for either of them. "First who in the hell are you" Jubilee snapped.
"Sorry sweetheart I'm Pete Wisdom, nice to meet you" Pete held out a friendly hand which Jubilee took.
"Well what were you saying about Conner" Jubilee was acting like she didn't care but the fact was is that she cared more than anyone would know. "He was attacked by a gang he couldn't hold them off by himself me and the rest of the band only just came along in time, to save him but he got it pretty bad" Pete looked as though he was going to break down whereas Jubilee had already started to let the tears flow freely. "How bad did he get it?" said Rogue taking the youngster in her arms "He got a knife in the guts, they say he's going to recover but I would go and see him anyway".
"Did he tell ya ta come and get Jubilee" Rogue questioned.
"He tried to tell me not to tell her, but the thing is he's been ranting on about this girl he knows that lives in that big mansion on the hill called Jubilee, so I thought that I should go and find her for him" Pete explained. Jubilee turned back to Pete tears running down her eyes staining her t-shirt "Which hospital is he at" Jubilee asked.
"He's at Bayville general hospital, I'll take you". With that said Pete took Jubilee's hand and lead her out to the car. All the way down the stairs they had questioning looks from the rest of the X-men as the Londoner lead the American out to the car and drove off with her. "What was that about Rogue" asked Scott.
"Jubilee's guy has been attacked his friend came round to pick her up"
"Lets go talk to the professor about this" Scott said as they strolled towards the professors office Rogue thought to herself "please let them be ok, if Conner isn't ok then Jubilee won't be and we can't have that" as they entered the office of the professor as single tear ran down Rogues face as she hoped what she feared would not come to pass.
THE GUITAR WITH NO STRINGS!
Rogue stood there dumbfounded at the sight she had just seen. She could not believe her eyes, this was what Conner had been keeping from the youngster of the group, and she realised and understood why Conner was so upset about letting Jubilee go.
"Conner whay didn ya tell her" Rogue stated simply
"Because she doesn't deserve to be with a fucking freak, she wouldn't want to be with a freak, even if she did she wouldn't be safe from prejudiced bastards" Bobby's face appeared in his mind and his words rang as clear in his head as the bell of Notre dame etching yet another emotional scar on his heart.
"WHAT IN THE HELL WOULD YOU KNOW SHE WANTS" Cried Rogue the anger now starting to rise again, "YALL DIDN EVEN TELL HER BOUT ANY OF THIS". Knowing the pain her own mutation gave her and the heartache it gave her at the fact that she could never touch another human being but Conner and Jubilee had something that was possible and it made her angry at the fact Conner was taking it like a child.
"I'M A FREAK ROGUE AND I COULD NEVER BE WITH HER FOR FEAR OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN" Conner screamed "I KNOW WHAT PEOPLE WOULD DO TO HER, ITS HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE" Conner's hand went to his mouth as he realised what he had just said he had given something away that he had never told anyone in his entire life. Rogue saw this and realised that something dark had set itself on Conner's soul and that it was cutting him up deep inside and that unless it was dealt with neither he nor Jubilee could have a chance and she wanted that for Jubilee as the she was the most innocent of all the X-Men and looked on her as a little sister and could not bare to see her unhappy. Conner walked away starting to feel a little ill "There's no way I can tell her, she mustn't know at all costs she mustn't know" thought Conner as walked away. As she watched him leave Rogue saw the battered remnants of his beloved guitar, the same one she had seen him play only the other night, a small smile crept along her face, she had an Idea and she was determined to make it work.
Jubilee sat in her room she felt worse than ever thanks to the day's events "You finally find a guy and you can't hold onto him for five freaking minutes" Jubilee thought. She had been in there all day and never went down for dinner right now she didn't want to socialise with anyone least of all Bobby. She just couldn't understand why he had been like that towards her when things were starting to take shape for the best. All of a sudden the door creaked open, and Rogue walked in.
"Hey there Lee" Rogue said cautiously, which was met with no response but the tear stained face of Jubilee. "Listen Lee ah know that Conner loves ya".
"Bullshit" said Jubilee flatly.
"Well whatever yall might thank he does".
"Your saying this to make me feel better and I aint gonna buy into Rogue, if he did then why did he lead me on like that" she said with bitterness in her voice.
"Well ah know one thing about men and that's when they are lying this one wasn't, now Remy might be a big flirt but ah know that loves me even though sometimes he makes out like he don't, and I know that Conner loves ya coz when I looked into his eyes they said to me he is an honest man, something you don't find very often"
"If he wanted to be with me why didn't he just ell me what was wrong and we could have solved it together"
"Because, despite what yall are thanking he was trying to protect ya"
"Bullshit you can't prove jack shit," Jubilee snapped.
Rogue could feel the anger swelling up inside her and decided to nip it in the bud before she lost her temper "Right I didn't want to have to do this but yall left me no choice" Rogue said then grabbed Jubilee's wrist and dragged her over to Rogues own room. She proceeded to shove Jubilee in and locked the door behind her. "Rogue what in the hell are you doing" Rogue walked over to a gym back that was situated on her bedside cabinet, "Just shut-up yall see". Rogue then opened the bag and tipped the contents onto the floor. Pieces of wood and strings which may have once resembled a guitar littered the floor painted pieces of black wood which barely held together formed the neck of the instrument as the strings hung lifelessly of it and the body was snapped into pieces. "What is this Rogue" Jubilee said with an air of misunderstanding in her voice. Rogue picked up the neck and handed it to Jubilee and turned it over "Read" Rogue commanded. There was a small inscription on the back of the Guitars neck, which was carved in and barely readable.
Dear Conner, something for you now you're a man, and as a man you can accept the fact you are not a man, but something far more special, your music and your powers can help others never forget that we love you, I'm just sorry we're not here to hand it to you ourselves keep Mary safe for us and never stop playing happy 12th b'day luv Dad /Mum.
Jubilee slowly raised her head, "He smashed it, it was his guitar that his father gave him and he smashed it".
"You telling me don't love yall, you know how much that thing meant to him and destroyed it because, and he couldn't stand the idea of playing again"
"He told you this"
"He didn't have to I just know that by seeing his heart" Something inside Rogue told her that Jubilee understood. Jubilee turned her attention back to the neck of the guitar she ran her fingers up and down the instrument, feeling the grooves that the inscription made all the way down what was left of Conner's favourite guitar.
Suddenly there was a loud knock on the front door; it made the sound as if someone wanted to break down the gates of hell. It was answered by Kitty who was in turn taken a back by the young man at the front door; the man was about Scott's height around the same age as well he had a real shaving problem as he face was covered in stubble, he was wearing fingerless gloves and smoking a cigarette, his clothes kitty thought needed a serious re- think as his jeans were torn to shreds and his t-shirt was a battered Mega- death t-shirt with various holes and scratches on it. "Allo luv is there a bird called Jubilee in ere," said the youth. Kitty awoke from her daydream "Who can I say is asking for her".
"None of your sodding business" said the man flatly.
"Listen PAL I don't rightly care who you are but you can't come in unless I know" said kitty, she was starting to get really annoyed at the man for outright bad attitude and it reminded her to much of Lance.
"Listen sweetheart my names Pete Wisdom ok, so now that you know my name you can stop taking me for bloody Ice cream and let me see this bird Jubilee". Kitty gave Pete a look of great confusion. "Why would I take you for an Ice cream?"
"Listen as much as I would love to stand ere talking shop with ya can I now sodding see Jubilee?"
"She's up the stairs, first door on the left"
"Ya know luv a real host would show me the way personally" said Pete with smirk.
"Well that's tough shit isn't it"?
"Sorry to press some much of my time on you sweetheart, by the way can I ask mine hosts name".
"As far as your concerned my names Alfred". Kitty then proceeded to storm away in a fit of anger.
"Tatar Alf". Said Pete with a chuckle, and proceeded to walk upstairs to Jubilee's room only to find it empty "All this way down here for bugger all" Pete thought aloud. "I'm sorry can I help you," a voice said behind him. Pete spun round only to be met with the dark frown of Rogue and the smiling face of Jubilee "Yeah is your name Jubilee" Pete said, Jubilee didn't like the look of this young man and it wasn't just the clothes and the stench of cigarettes, "Yeah what can I do for you".
"Well it's about Conner" something about the way Pete, said his name lead Jubilee to believe that what was coming next was not going to be pleasant for either of them. "First who in the hell are you" Jubilee snapped.
"Sorry sweetheart I'm Pete Wisdom, nice to meet you" Pete held out a friendly hand which Jubilee took.
"Well what were you saying about Conner" Jubilee was acting like she didn't care but the fact was is that she cared more than anyone would know. "He was attacked by a gang he couldn't hold them off by himself me and the rest of the band only just came along in time, to save him but he got it pretty bad" Pete looked as though he was going to break down whereas Jubilee had already started to let the tears flow freely. "How bad did he get it?" said Rogue taking the youngster in her arms "He got a knife in the guts, they say he's going to recover but I would go and see him anyway".
"Did he tell ya ta come and get Jubilee" Rogue questioned.
"He tried to tell me not to tell her, but the thing is he's been ranting on about this girl he knows that lives in that big mansion on the hill called Jubilee, so I thought that I should go and find her for him" Pete explained. Jubilee turned back to Pete tears running down her eyes staining her t-shirt "Which hospital is he at" Jubilee asked.
"He's at Bayville general hospital, I'll take you". With that said Pete took Jubilee's hand and lead her out to the car. All the way down the stairs they had questioning looks from the rest of the X-men as the Londoner lead the American out to the car and drove off with her. "What was that about Rogue" asked Scott.
"Jubilee's guy has been attacked his friend came round to pick her up"
"Lets go talk to the professor about this" Scott said as they strolled towards the professors office Rogue thought to herself "please let them be ok, if Conner isn't ok then Jubilee won't be and we can't have that" as they entered the office of the professor as single tear ran down Rogues face as she hoped what she feared would not come to pass.