First of all thanks to all the people who supported this story you made me
make what I feel is the right decision and you will find out what that is
from the following chapter, now I must warn you that this following chapter
contains a lot of anti-iceman sentiment in it but bare with me it'll be
worth it.
AN ACOLYTES ALTAR!
Jubilee walked down the corridors of the Xavier mansion, she didn't care where they led. Her and Bobby had never been an item although Bobby had always wanted to be something more friends; in a way she had to be grateful to Bobby, as he was the loudest voice against her parents taking her back home after the attack from the sentinels. Still she couldn't help it she didn't love him, maybe she did once but that was past. She a lot about Bobby but never thought that he could be capable of trying to kill someone. She finally found herself in the library; she loved this place the smell of books always made her smile, even though she would rather read music monthly. "Can I help you Jubilee?" a gentle voice said behind her, startled she turned round to be faced with the gentle eyes of Hank "Beast" McCoy.
"What are you doing here Mr McCoy, I thought you had a training session with the rest of the mutants today"
"Well the students felt that it would be appropriate not to listen to my instructions, so I had to put them into line and let Logan take there session, he was bored so he decided to take it" Jubilee smiled at the mental picture of the shock on Bobby's face when he saw Wolverine come in, she hadn't actually seen it but Jubilee had a good enough imagination to draw her own conclusions.
"Mr McCoy could you help me with something please?"
"Certainly Jubilee if you would care to sit down" Beast said as he lead her to the table and pulled out her chair for her, that was something she always liked about Beast he was the perfect gentleman despite his appearance. "Now Jubilee how can I help you"
"Well you see there maybe someone who knows who attacked Conner, but they are afraid to come forward as it may implicate someone close to them"
"Jubilee, a life was nearly taken, do you know what that would have meant Conner's family not to mention yourself, a Life is worth preserving whether it's mutant, human, black, white, Irish, American or whatever it makes no difference a life is a life," Beast leant in closer to Jubilee and stared deep into her eyes, "Even if that person has a heart of Ice then we would help them all we could" Beast got up and left the Library.
"My God" Jubilee thought, "He knows and he's just waiting for me to come forward" Jubilee got up and left the library her head still full of worry for what the days will bring her, as she walked to the lobby she came to the conclusion that if Beast knew then Wolverine must surely know.
There was a loud knock at the door. Kitty hated being the only one in the lobby as she usually had to go and answer the door which usually meant she had to deal with foul mouthed, unshaven, pain the assess like that English guy Pete Wisdom. She put down her book, and went and opened the door, lo and behold who should be standing there but the man himself. The first thing she noticed about Pete was that he had Conner draped over his arm, "Like oh my god, is he ok" exclaimed Kitty.
"Well let me think, OF COURSE HE'S NOT SODDING OK" Kitty led them in and sat had Pete sit Conner down on sofa. Conner looked like hell, he wasn't bleeding but having been moved obviously caused him a great deal of pain. "What happened?" Kitty questioned.
"The Hospital found out Con was a Mutant and the fucking mincers threw him out and then a group of people started to chase after him, luckily I was making a visit and had me truck so I rushed im ere so ya could take betta care of im" Kitty saw the sincerity in Wisdom's eyes and knew that his whole bad guy routine was merely a façade. Kitty then ran to find Beast, but it was at that moment that Jubilee walked in and saw the incident at question and ran towards Pete and Conner.
"Is he ok" Jubilee questioned
"He's fine a bit shaken and tired but he's alright" Pete reassured.
"Will ye stop talking as if I'm dead I'm fine ok just need some rest and a good cup if coffee"? They took Conner into the kitchen where he could rest up and of course get a good cup of coffee, well the closest you can get when Peter Wisdom is making the coffee, both Pete and Conner lit up a cigarette each and took a long slow drag on each.
"You know Conner you shouldn't be doing that at all in your condition let alone in here the professor hates smoking in the institute although he allows it outside."
"Well the soddin Prof is going to have like it or bloody well lump it" Said Pete defiantly.
"Pete shut your fucking mouth and the fag outside ok," Conner ordered whilst stubbing his own cigarette in his coffee mug. Pete left in a mood stomping outside of the institute to finish his cigarette. Jubilee and Conner sat in silence for a few moments pondering what to say and who was going to talk first. Jubilee was looking at Conner intensely and he didn't like it, as he knew what she was going to ask next.
"Conner do you know who attacked you" Jubilee asked intensely as she already knew who attacked him.
"Well it all happened so fast I couldn't really say wh..."
"Cut the bullshit Conner and don't you dare try to charm your way out of this one you know I know who it was" Conner looked at his feet he knew he had been caught out.
"Well you see darlin the thing is..."
"YOU KNEW IT WAS BOBBY AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ANYONE YOU DIDN'T TELL ME, AND WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT YOU COULD HAVE TOLD ME YOU WERE A MUTANT. YOU DIDN'T BOTHER TO FIND OUT IF I WAS A MUTANT WHICH I AM YOU JUST PISSED ME AROUND ANYWAY" All the feelings that Jubilee had been feeling the past week towards Conner had finally boiled over and she was going to have her say even if Conner was ill.
"Shiite" Conner said hopelessly. Conner was starting to think to himself that maybe he should have stayed with the mob that trying to kill him earlier. Jubilee had calmed down a little, well she had stopped shouting which Conner thought came as a sign that maybe she would be a little more reasonable now.
"Listen Lee, you don't understand the full story there's more to it than you think"
"Really what would that be then" She said coldly. Conner proceeded to explain everything that transpired between both himself and Bobby on the day, which had made Jubilee emotionally sick, and right now the feeling wasn't being loosened at the revelation that Bobby had convinced Conner that she would not understand about his mutation. "So you now know what I did" Both Conner and Jubilee turned around to see the smiling face of Bobby or so they had thought, his were glowing white and the smile the crept onto his face was like nothing that Jubilee had ever seen let alone on her friends. Conner staggered to his feet and stood in front of Jubilee "Who in the hell are ye" Demanded Conner.
"Oh Conner have you forgotten me already, I never forgot my favourite child of darkness" Said the voice.
"Oh Jesus, it can't be you. Listen to me leave the boy alone."
"Well I shall obey your command, perhaps I should take your little friend there instead" Said the voice with a laugh that cracked like thunder. Conner immediately sprouted a series of thorns and vines from the ground that stood there to defend Jubilee at a moments notice.
"So this little one is out of the question" The possessed Bobby stood there looking at Conner and Jubilee for a moment "How's your sister Mary doing these days" Said the Demon inside Bobby with an evil grin.
"YOU STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM MARY, SHE'S SUFFERED ENOUGH BECAUSE OF YOU" Conner seemed to genuinely hate this creature whatever it was.
"Well well, it looks like my former acolyte still has some of the fire burning inside him, the same fire that had impressed me to take you under my wing." The creature knew a fair amount about what Conner was noted Jubilee, it wasn't your ordinary hate that Conner had for this creature, it was as if this was what had been twisting Conner's soul all the time she had known him.
"Well I suppose we can call this a warning from your former master, be on your guard Conner because my old friend you will be by my side again, despite what your friend Wisdom thinks he can do to stop me, neither you or he can do it this time."
By this time the rest of the institute had come into the kitchen to see what the commotion and Kitty and Wisdom had entered together along with the rest of the mutants following. Wisdom snarled at the creature inhabiting Bobby's body and a complexion of fear had graced the faces of both Storm and the Professor they too knew who this entity was. The creature turned to see the Professor and Storm and a snarl passed his lips, and a bright flash illuminated the room and both the creature and Bobby had disappeared. "What in the hell was that" asked Rogue. Conner and Wisdom both turned and looked at each other and then looked at the Professor and storm. The Professor nodded understanding what the two were trying to say in their looks at him and Storm. Conner turned towards the rest of the Mutants.
"I can explain who and what the creature is" Conner said with despair in his voice.
"Conner you can trust us to understand, we won't judge you believe me we'll stick by you, and you have my promise" Jubilee said whilst taking his hand and stroking it. Conner looked down at her and smiled half-heartedly.
"Well who is he then" Demanded Cyclops.
"He is the Shadow King" Storm said still visibly shaking from there encounter.
Sorry bout all this you just have to bare with me while I write this if it's a little inaccurate it's because of the way its turned out no other reason, just remember it is a story so it's left to the readers imagination, please I hope you enjoyed this chapter it's not one of my best but all will be revealed in the next few chapters about Conner's parents tragic deaths. And a big thanks to JT, Mysfit Chyld, Dark Dragon, and all the rest who encouraged me to carry on with the story YOU ALL RULE.
Raven Eyes
AN ACOLYTES ALTAR!
Jubilee walked down the corridors of the Xavier mansion, she didn't care where they led. Her and Bobby had never been an item although Bobby had always wanted to be something more friends; in a way she had to be grateful to Bobby, as he was the loudest voice against her parents taking her back home after the attack from the sentinels. Still she couldn't help it she didn't love him, maybe she did once but that was past. She a lot about Bobby but never thought that he could be capable of trying to kill someone. She finally found herself in the library; she loved this place the smell of books always made her smile, even though she would rather read music monthly. "Can I help you Jubilee?" a gentle voice said behind her, startled she turned round to be faced with the gentle eyes of Hank "Beast" McCoy.
"What are you doing here Mr McCoy, I thought you had a training session with the rest of the mutants today"
"Well the students felt that it would be appropriate not to listen to my instructions, so I had to put them into line and let Logan take there session, he was bored so he decided to take it" Jubilee smiled at the mental picture of the shock on Bobby's face when he saw Wolverine come in, she hadn't actually seen it but Jubilee had a good enough imagination to draw her own conclusions.
"Mr McCoy could you help me with something please?"
"Certainly Jubilee if you would care to sit down" Beast said as he lead her to the table and pulled out her chair for her, that was something she always liked about Beast he was the perfect gentleman despite his appearance. "Now Jubilee how can I help you"
"Well you see there maybe someone who knows who attacked Conner, but they are afraid to come forward as it may implicate someone close to them"
"Jubilee, a life was nearly taken, do you know what that would have meant Conner's family not to mention yourself, a Life is worth preserving whether it's mutant, human, black, white, Irish, American or whatever it makes no difference a life is a life," Beast leant in closer to Jubilee and stared deep into her eyes, "Even if that person has a heart of Ice then we would help them all we could" Beast got up and left the Library.
"My God" Jubilee thought, "He knows and he's just waiting for me to come forward" Jubilee got up and left the library her head still full of worry for what the days will bring her, as she walked to the lobby she came to the conclusion that if Beast knew then Wolverine must surely know.
There was a loud knock at the door. Kitty hated being the only one in the lobby as she usually had to go and answer the door which usually meant she had to deal with foul mouthed, unshaven, pain the assess like that English guy Pete Wisdom. She put down her book, and went and opened the door, lo and behold who should be standing there but the man himself. The first thing she noticed about Pete was that he had Conner draped over his arm, "Like oh my god, is he ok" exclaimed Kitty.
"Well let me think, OF COURSE HE'S NOT SODDING OK" Kitty led them in and sat had Pete sit Conner down on sofa. Conner looked like hell, he wasn't bleeding but having been moved obviously caused him a great deal of pain. "What happened?" Kitty questioned.
"The Hospital found out Con was a Mutant and the fucking mincers threw him out and then a group of people started to chase after him, luckily I was making a visit and had me truck so I rushed im ere so ya could take betta care of im" Kitty saw the sincerity in Wisdom's eyes and knew that his whole bad guy routine was merely a façade. Kitty then ran to find Beast, but it was at that moment that Jubilee walked in and saw the incident at question and ran towards Pete and Conner.
"Is he ok" Jubilee questioned
"He's fine a bit shaken and tired but he's alright" Pete reassured.
"Will ye stop talking as if I'm dead I'm fine ok just need some rest and a good cup if coffee"? They took Conner into the kitchen where he could rest up and of course get a good cup of coffee, well the closest you can get when Peter Wisdom is making the coffee, both Pete and Conner lit up a cigarette each and took a long slow drag on each.
"You know Conner you shouldn't be doing that at all in your condition let alone in here the professor hates smoking in the institute although he allows it outside."
"Well the soddin Prof is going to have like it or bloody well lump it" Said Pete defiantly.
"Pete shut your fucking mouth and the fag outside ok," Conner ordered whilst stubbing his own cigarette in his coffee mug. Pete left in a mood stomping outside of the institute to finish his cigarette. Jubilee and Conner sat in silence for a few moments pondering what to say and who was going to talk first. Jubilee was looking at Conner intensely and he didn't like it, as he knew what she was going to ask next.
"Conner do you know who attacked you" Jubilee asked intensely as she already knew who attacked him.
"Well it all happened so fast I couldn't really say wh..."
"Cut the bullshit Conner and don't you dare try to charm your way out of this one you know I know who it was" Conner looked at his feet he knew he had been caught out.
"Well you see darlin the thing is..."
"YOU KNEW IT WAS BOBBY AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ANYONE YOU DIDN'T TELL ME, AND WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT YOU COULD HAVE TOLD ME YOU WERE A MUTANT. YOU DIDN'T BOTHER TO FIND OUT IF I WAS A MUTANT WHICH I AM YOU JUST PISSED ME AROUND ANYWAY" All the feelings that Jubilee had been feeling the past week towards Conner had finally boiled over and she was going to have her say even if Conner was ill.
"Shiite" Conner said hopelessly. Conner was starting to think to himself that maybe he should have stayed with the mob that trying to kill him earlier. Jubilee had calmed down a little, well she had stopped shouting which Conner thought came as a sign that maybe she would be a little more reasonable now.
"Listen Lee, you don't understand the full story there's more to it than you think"
"Really what would that be then" She said coldly. Conner proceeded to explain everything that transpired between both himself and Bobby on the day, which had made Jubilee emotionally sick, and right now the feeling wasn't being loosened at the revelation that Bobby had convinced Conner that she would not understand about his mutation. "So you now know what I did" Both Conner and Jubilee turned around to see the smiling face of Bobby or so they had thought, his were glowing white and the smile the crept onto his face was like nothing that Jubilee had ever seen let alone on her friends. Conner staggered to his feet and stood in front of Jubilee "Who in the hell are ye" Demanded Conner.
"Oh Conner have you forgotten me already, I never forgot my favourite child of darkness" Said the voice.
"Oh Jesus, it can't be you. Listen to me leave the boy alone."
"Well I shall obey your command, perhaps I should take your little friend there instead" Said the voice with a laugh that cracked like thunder. Conner immediately sprouted a series of thorns and vines from the ground that stood there to defend Jubilee at a moments notice.
"So this little one is out of the question" The possessed Bobby stood there looking at Conner and Jubilee for a moment "How's your sister Mary doing these days" Said the Demon inside Bobby with an evil grin.
"YOU STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM MARY, SHE'S SUFFERED ENOUGH BECAUSE OF YOU" Conner seemed to genuinely hate this creature whatever it was.
"Well well, it looks like my former acolyte still has some of the fire burning inside him, the same fire that had impressed me to take you under my wing." The creature knew a fair amount about what Conner was noted Jubilee, it wasn't your ordinary hate that Conner had for this creature, it was as if this was what had been twisting Conner's soul all the time she had known him.
"Well I suppose we can call this a warning from your former master, be on your guard Conner because my old friend you will be by my side again, despite what your friend Wisdom thinks he can do to stop me, neither you or he can do it this time."
By this time the rest of the institute had come into the kitchen to see what the commotion and Kitty and Wisdom had entered together along with the rest of the mutants following. Wisdom snarled at the creature inhabiting Bobby's body and a complexion of fear had graced the faces of both Storm and the Professor they too knew who this entity was. The creature turned to see the Professor and Storm and a snarl passed his lips, and a bright flash illuminated the room and both the creature and Bobby had disappeared. "What in the hell was that" asked Rogue. Conner and Wisdom both turned and looked at each other and then looked at the Professor and storm. The Professor nodded understanding what the two were trying to say in their looks at him and Storm. Conner turned towards the rest of the Mutants.
"I can explain who and what the creature is" Conner said with despair in his voice.
"Conner you can trust us to understand, we won't judge you believe me we'll stick by you, and you have my promise" Jubilee said whilst taking his hand and stroking it. Conner looked down at her and smiled half-heartedly.
"Well who is he then" Demanded Cyclops.
"He is the Shadow King" Storm said still visibly shaking from there encounter.
Sorry bout all this you just have to bare with me while I write this if it's a little inaccurate it's because of the way its turned out no other reason, just remember it is a story so it's left to the readers imagination, please I hope you enjoyed this chapter it's not one of my best but all will be revealed in the next few chapters about Conner's parents tragic deaths. And a big thanks to JT, Mysfit Chyld, Dark Dragon, and all the rest who encouraged me to carry on with the story YOU ALL RULE.
Raven Eyes