Authors note: sorry this one took so long. Hopefully the next chapter won't take as long, but semester tests are coming up so I make no promises. I'll try to get one more chapter out before the end of this month.
A Madman's Heart
By Midnight
Jubilee awoke with a start. She looked around at the room noticing that she was in a fairly normal room. She slowly got out of bed dimly noticing that she was in different clothes. She walked around trying the windows and doors for anyway to escape but found none. She sighed sitting on the bed looking at the green material that covered most of her body. She sighed and waited unsure of what to do. She again stood up and paced letting her mind drift to other things. The first thought that came to her was where was Creed? She looked around hoping that perhaps she had missed something that could have gotten out. She then held out her hand and let a few pafs fly out.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." A voice said behind her. She turned around and looked at him. A man perhaps 5 and a half feet tall smiled at her and walked slowly towards her. As he walked over she could make out other features such as his black hair and green eyes that seemed to change colors every second. He wasn't very tall, perhaps 5'6 and he was very lean. She could make out his muscles under the tight black shirt and jeans. Behind him she noticed another figure, only this one seemed to have a more insane look on his face. The other man matched the first and Jubilee got into a fighting stance unsure of where she was or who these people were.
"She looks taste. I say we screw her then taste her." The insane one said and the other smiled at the thought. He walked over to her and stood a few inches out of her reach.
"Naw, I think we should roast her. That'll piss kitty cat off for sure." The other guy said and the insane one walked over and circled Jubilee.
"I think we need to cut her in half and deskin her then send her to kitten, David." The insane one said and David smiled.
"Naw, Shawn, slowly cut her with a dull knife and screw her as we go." He said and Jubilee frowned.
"Okay enough of the explaining. Either try to kill me or get out of here." Jubilee told them and they smiled back.
"Feisty, the kitties kitten has a whip of a tongue on her." Shawn said. David smiled back.
"Get lost wanna be." Jubilee said to him and slapped his hand away as he reached for a strand of her hair. Shawn smiled and jumped at her tackling her with easy. Jubilee kneed him in the crouch and Shawn smiled back.
"Kitten don't want to play. That's okay the big doggy help make play time more funny." Shawn said and David laughed.
"Get off of me, insano geek." Jubilee said trying to push him off. Shawn smiled and licked her neck. Jubilee brought back her hand and punched him. She knew it wouldn't be a very good punch, but it hit shown and forced his head back slightly. Shawn backed up slightly giving Jubilee enough space to get up.
"Pretty kitty got temper. She needs a lesson in manners." Shawn said and David smiled back.
"I think she's a real firecat. Oh I named her she's mine." David said and walked over to jubilee. He stretched his arms and smiled. His hair grew and he slowly began to transform into a type of werecat. Shawn smiled and bites his lip then licked a bit of blood away.
"Oh, leave me some. She looks good." Shawn said and David lunged at Jubilee. Jubilee in turn threw a few pafs at his eyes and David went on two legs swatting at his eyes.
"Bitch, that hurt." He said in an inhuman voice. He lashed out with a paw and caught Jubilee in the chest. Jubilee landed on the ground pushing away the pain that radiated from her chest. The five cuts bleed and she placed hand to her chest trying to stop the pain and bleeding.
"First blood, first blood. She gonna taste good." Shawn said as he slowly began to transform into a weresnake type animal. Jubilee backed up with her foot and threw more pafs at them.
"Get away from me. Dude's I'm still trying to decide if your going to eat me or…." She said leaving out the last part as David lunged at her again. Shawn let out another laugh and rushed at her with a blinding speed. Jubilee Tried to make a jumped to the left, but David stopped her and pinned her to the ground. He rubbed his head on hers and smiled.
"Hush little firecat. It'll only hurt for a second." He whispered into her ear and brought his clawed hand up ready to strike at her chest and face again. Jubilee began to lash out as he did so, but nothing happened. In slow motion his hand began to come down, but instead of hitting her it was yanked back up. David froze for a minute and looked around to see who was holding his hand. Sabretooth growled at him and barred his teeth slightly. Shawn reared back and shot at Sabretooth with an alarming speed. Sabretooth yanked David up and threw him at Shawn. Both boys went flying at the wall and landed in a pile of flesh, fur, and scales. Shawn looked up at Sabretooth and hissed loudly as he untangled his self and again rushed at Sabretooth. He circled his self around Sabretooth and tired to get the larger man into his coils. Sabretooth growled in rage and brought his claws down on Shawn causing the snake like man to hiss out in pain and strike at Sabretooth with his poisoned fangs. Sabretooth ducked out of the way and noticed that David began to come to in his half-and-half state.
Sabretooth growled again and ran his claws along Shawn's skin that left five very large gashes on his body. Shawn slid away and then coiled up waiting for the right second to pounce. David got up and shook his head. After a few seconds he leapt at Sabretooth, but was only hit back into the wall and was knocked unconscience. Shawn smiled and struck out at Sabretooth while his back was slightly turned.
"Creed look out." Jubilee said and threw a handful of pafs at Shawn burning his eyes and most of his head. Creed snarled and grabbed him around the neck alone with his brother.
"I'm making this very clear here and now. You stay away from her. She is mine and any harm you do to her I will do to you a hundred fold." Sabretooth snarled the words out and both boys nodded. Sabretooth threw both boys at the door and they left quickly. He stood there for a second regaining some calmness so that he wouldn't lose it. He looked over at Jubilee. She was sitting on the floor in a semi-ball that hides most of her upper chest from sight. Sabretooth let out a single growl at the smell of her blood. He went over to her and picked her up lightly walking over to the bed.
"Hey I can walk you know." Jubilee said in protest and Sabretooth sat her down. She took a few steps and half fell and half sat on the bed. She pulled the torn shirt around her body better and looked at Sabretooth.
"Who were those guys?" She asked and Sabretooth shut the door.
"David and Shawn Heart. Both twins and shape shifters." He said and another lady came in. She was small and didn't look very dangerous. Her skin was white and she moved softly into the room. "I'll be back, this lady will get you ready." Sabretooth said and walked out. Jubilee sighed and watched the older woman as she got out some bandages. The woman walked over to Jubilee and smiled softly.
"I'm Gail, I was suppose to help you get comfortable around here but it seems that the Twins tried it already." The woman said with a soft smile. She looked to be in her mid forties and had long brown hair that was mixed with some gray hairs. She lifted some of the bandages and put them on the bed while reaching for a small bottle. "This is to help make the cut heal faster. But of course sometimes it doesn't work and then we'll use something else." She said while putting a small bit of the cream on the bandage and laid it gently on Jubilee's chest. She got out some tape and secured the bandage so that it wouldn't fall.
"So, where am I?" Jubilee asked and looked around.
"In a building outside of New York. Dr. Essex wants to see you soon so we got to find a dress to put you in." Gail said and went to the closet. She pulled out a long green dress with sparkles and a low neck. She frowned and looked over at Jubilee "No, this is much to bulky. Perhaps something a bit more soft, a pale yellow or green. Nothing that weights to much, you look like you tend to move around a lot." She said to herself and looked through the closet again. She pulled out a light blue dress that had a dragon print on the left leg side. Gail smiled and set the dress down for Jubilee to try on. She turned around as jubilee got out of the bed and slipped the dress on wincing slightly at the movement of her arms as it stretched the skin on her chest.
"So who are these twins? I mean why did they feel the need to attack me?" Jubilee said as Gail walked over to her. Gail smiled and had Jubilee sit at the table while she grabbed a brush.
"You look marvelous. Oh well they tend to think this is their home and not everyone else's. Plus they don't like your father at all. He tends to not care for them either, I'm sure that things will be fruitful for the next few days while your father is here." Gail said as she brushed out Jubilee's shoulder length hair.
"He's not my father, just a good friend. So who is this Dr. Essex person?" She asked. Gail smiled as she set the brush down.
"I'm sorry, I just figured with the way he was arguing with Dr. Essex that you might have been his daughter. Anyway, I'm afraid I don't know much about Dr. Essex. He tends to keep to himself for the most part. All done, now let's get going before we're late." Gail said pulling Jubilee out of the chair. Jubilee followed almost reluctantly. She wanted nothing more then to stay back there because what ever was up a head might be worse then the twins. Key word at the time for her was might. She would take anything thrown at her if she had to, but that didn't mean she liked it. Gail stopped in front of a door and paused looking at Jubilee.
"Well here you go." She said and walked away not even pausing to say good bye. Jubilee watched her leave and looked at the door. She pushed it open to reveil a large lab area.
"Ah so the young Jubilation has arrived. Welcome to my labs, Ms. Lee." A voice came to the side of her and she turned to see a paled faced man with strange markings on his face. He looked strange to her eyes and extremely dangerous.
"Yeah, well I would be more interested in wondering why I was here." Jubilee said and notices David walk up by Mr. Sinister.
"Victor was right, you do seem to have an large attitude." Dr. Essex said and David smiled. "My name is Dr. Essex, but do call me Mr. Sinister since that name ablies more now. I have brought you here to be a lab rat in a sense. You see you were not to be picked up yet, but those men were clumsy and I had no choice but to have you brought. "
"What do you mean I wasn't suppose to show up yet." Jubilee said and Mr. Sinister smiled.
"You see your powers are quiet useful to me, but you lack the control needed to access your powers to a full potential. Creed was to train you to use your strengths and weakness to better fight and survive, but as I said before my men were careless and brought you to me too soon. A mistake that has been corrected on their part." Sinister said and smiled. Jubilee watched him and looked around for any other sign of escape besides the door behind her. Her eyes rested on Davids and she felt a cold wind flow down her back, raising every hair on her body.
"So, was it fun to have Victor beat your ass?" Jubilee asked and made sure to let bits anger drip like vemon from her words. David frowned and smiled again taking a small step forward.
"What's he like in bed, or did you two just get it on in the car?" David asked and Jubilee frowned but then smiled as she picked up the game.
"Don't know, I don't kiss and tell to the terminally furry." Jubilee told David and sinister smiled watching the two with great interest.
"Sure sweats, how about we give it around." David said and walked a few more steps towards her. Jubilee smiled and stood her ground.
"Bite me asshole." Jubilee let the sarcasm flow into David's face and smiled innocently.
"Not a bad idea." David said and Sinister gave a wicked laugh. David stopped and looked at Sinister ignoring the pissed of Jubilee.
"Now now children, let's not forget the reason for your being. David, if I remember correctly you had your brother to take care." Sinister said and David let out a small growl before leaving. Jubilee watched him go and had a sudden new interest. She pushed it aside and looked over at sinister who was now seated in a large chair in the middle of the room. She looked over the lab again taking in the equipment and her eyes feel to a single table that had equipment out and prepped to work with.
"So, what am I doing here?" Jubilee asked and Sinister laughed. Another man came out from a hidden door and Jubilee couldn't place whether he was on drugs or had a disorder.
"You, my dear, are here to get your powers extended. I know that you do not have the control to take them to their fullest power. Let us just say this is a test run to see how useful you will be." Sinister said and Jubilee felt a bit of worry knot in her stomach. She looked around and noticed that the door behind her was closed and she made a break for it.
When she reached the door she began to turn the doorknob, but someone grabbed her arm with a strong grip. She flung a hand full of Pafs into the person's face, but only got that arm turned around behind her body. She cried out slightly as pressure was applied and looked the person in the eye. She felt like she had been hit by a hundred cars when she saw Creed's face.
"But, why?" She asked barely above a whisper. Creed smiled and she watched as the man who entered earlier injected some type of drug. She felt her body slowly goes slack and her mind twirled into darkness as she stared into Creed's eyes for any type of truth. They held nothing but blank, empty hunger and hatred. The look along might have made her cry, but she knew something was behind it. Her mind finally drifted of before she could make out the other emotions.