Author's note: So why did it take so long to get this chapter out you may ask. My lazy Muse decided that cursing me with writer's block would be a fine way to take a vacation. Any way, here it is, have fun reading it. Nothing in this chapter belongs to me, though maybe one day it will. Okay over wishing, but who cares.
A Madman's Heart
By Midnight
Jubilation pushed, trying to find out where she was. The darkness surrounding her was as thick as an endless night. She began to run hoping to find some sight of light. Suddenly, almost as quickly as the speed of light a face flashed in front of her. She stopped running and came to a skidding stop in front of the man she once thought of as a friend. He reached down and grabbed her shoulders. Each hand almost big enough to squeeze the life out of her with ease. She stared in shock knowing that she should be running. For in front of her was the same man who had betrayed her to Sinister. Had been the cause of a new life that would forever be surrounded in shadows. He brought her to her feet and shook her slightly, but with enough force to make her feel like a limp doll.
"Pup, wake up, Now." The words came from deep in his chest along with a growl just as deep. She tried to pull away and felt the darkness began to fade into a room.
Jubilee woke with a start. Her head spinning with confusion and her mind lost between reality and dreams. Slowly she felt the hands of Creed shake her once again. She started to scream but was cut off when Sabretooth put a hand over her mouth.
"Not a word, Stay quiet and don't scream." He growled and she stopped moving as he removed his hand and went to her closet. He appeared shortly with a pair of old jeans and a black tank top. She hated the street, the color made her feel depressed, but she knew Creed was in no mood to be argued with. He threw the clothing at her and grabbed a bag. Again he disappeared into the closet next to her room. She quickly dressed and looked around trying to make some sense of what was going on.
Not less then three months ago, the man in her room had betrayed her to Sinister. Sinister had pumped up her powers to the point where she destroyed one of his labs unknowingly. The scientist helping was still in a coma while Sinister only felt more intrigued by her powers. The worse part came later when she learned that once again Sinister would be trying to increase her powers since she had already learned control over her increased ones. This news shocked her while making her more frightened then ever before. She was not a person who enjoyed using her powers; it sometimes hurt her hands after long training hours and often made her feel weird. But now that they had increased, those very feelings had seemed to fade, that alone made her worry.
"Let's go." Creed said walking out of the closet with the bag full of her things. Jubilee gave him a stern look and he in return gave her a look full of different meanings.
"First off where are we going? And why are you here. Come to hand me to Sinister personally again." Jubilee whispered angrily. Creed looked out the door checking the hall for anyone.
"No," was the only answer he gave and walked out of the room. Jubilee sighed angrily and followed crossing her arms. She soon caught up to him and was about to turn the corner when Creed grabbed her. She tried to get out of his grip till she saw who was beyond the corner. There, in half Shadow was Sinister, a name and man she hated more then anything. He smiled to her and walked forward.
"Now, Creed. Tell me where do you think you are taking my young Ms. Lee?" He asked and Creed gave a loud growl. Soon the hallway had a good twenty people surrounding the pair. Creed reached out and gutted one while Jubilee feel into suit and sent her pafs at a few of the guards. They mostly hit in the face or chest area and the guards feel to their feet. While her attention was diverted Sinister had moved closer to her and pulled out a syringe full of green liquid. Creed snarled at him but quickly five of guards had jumped onto him trying to hold him down. They only seceded in keeping him busy a few seconds then he threw them off him and into the wall. Sinister took advantage of these few moments and as Jubilee jumped back towards him, he moved forward and stuck the needle in her neck. He drained the liquid into her body as she tried to move away and soon her body felt limb, but at the same time like it had a million ounces of energy in every molecule.
Sinister backed away and soon Jubilee felt her hands burn along with her eyes and every opening. Instantly pafs flew out of her hands in every direction while bits of pafs flew out of her eyes like tears of anger. Her eyes shifted from blue to vibrant colors of blue, red, yellow, and green then back to blue once again. The pafs began to flow more easily out of her hands and she concentrated on trying to aim them. The only thing that happen was a flash of light as the hall way was blown to bits and the people inside thrown to either end of the hall. Jubilee slipped unconscious.
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Creed growled, feeling as though a truck had hit him with more force then he could handle. He slowly stood up to find that burnt bodies and a stench that he disliked and liked surrounding him. He felt as the wounds on him began to heal and the burnt areas lost their burning sensation. He stretched and walked over to the center of the burning mess and saw that Jubilee was curled up into a small ball shaking. He picked her up and threw her over his shoulder careful not to wake her. He looked around and began to run out of the complex. He didn't stop running till her was a good mile from the place and had finally reached his Jeep. He set the smaller girl in the passenger seat and went to the driver seat.
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Jubilee woke up in a motel room on a soft bed, well as soft as Motel beds could ever be. She opened her eyes stretching then wincing as the burns on her body made themselves known. She took a calming breath and looked over at Creed who had in return been staring at her.
"So, why'd ya do it?" She asked him and he growled ignoring the question. "Well, I want answers."
"Would you rather be a lab rat again?" He said in a threaten Voice and she frowned. She bite her lip and shock her head no. "Good, besides. That ain't no place for a pup like you."
Jubilee couldn't help the small smile at the corner of her lip. "Yeah well they had good Italian. Now what?"
"Now I take you some where safe." He growled and Jubilee sighed. This day was just getting worse and worse.
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Jubilee looked at the place in front of her, a large mansion with tons of forest and a lake of the side. "This is safe? These people are likely to kill me before letting me stay." She said jerking her thumb at the x-men's mansion. Creed grunted and stopped the Jeep outside the perimeter of the gate.
"Be nicer then what sinister will do to you." He growled and Jubilee crossed her arms in defeat, but still glared at him. The drive to the mansion had been eventful. It started off with them not saying a word, then when Jubilee could no longer stand the silence she began to chat about junk. Creed eventually turned on the radio figuring it was either the only way to shut her up or drowned her out.
"So, oh wise furry man, how do you plan to get us in here. Not like we can go up there and say, Hello we would like two rooms and not to much fighting other then for fun." Jubilee said sarcastically. Creed grinned slightly and then went serious.
"No, I was planing on dropping you off out here and leaving. You'd stand a better shot in there with out me around." Creed said and got out of the car. Jubilee gave him a scrunched up angry face.
"I am so not going in there alone. Either you come with me since this is so your idea, or I don't go at all." She stated in a determined voice and Creed shook his head and for the first time in his life rang the buzzer of the X-men mansion.