Hey guys back with chapter 2. Thanks to showstopper for the review and the tips. For those of you who don't know, Paige is Sam's sister in the comic book series. She is/was dating Archangel and is a bio-morph, her code name is Husk. Rachel is Jean and Scott's daughter from the future (yeah wrap your mind around that one). Also in this chapter we'll see a danger room version of Juggernaut (super strong, invulnerable brother of Professor Xavier, currently a hero in the X-men comic book). Standard disclaimer, I don't own the characters and the title of this chapter is the title to a song by Sinai Beach.
My Gun, Your Bullets
When the door closed the action began. A Sentinel ripped through the room, followed closely by three others. "How do you want to do it Jubilee," Sam shouted over the noise. "Take them as they come," she shouted back before blowing the head of the first Sentinel off of its body. 'She ain't holdin' back anymore, that's good,' Sam thought. He blasted off, narrowly avoiding one of the Sentinel's hands. He saw that Jubilee was being kept busy by two Sentinels, but seemed to be doing ok. He shot through the head of one Sentinel and then circled back to take out the others that had been fighting with Jubilee. When he turned he saw that Jubilee had already taken them out. "Is this it," Jubilee crowed, "What a waste of my..." The words died in her throat when she saw the Juggernaut racing at her, Sam picked her out of the way just as Juggernaut seemed to be about to crush her. "Nice save, Country. What are we going to do now," Jubilee said to Sam. "Well I 'spose we could dive bomb him. Aim for his eyes and I'll drive him into the ground. You ready?"
"Let's do it Country." Sam flew up and then back at where Juggernaut was standing. "Now," Sam yelled. Jubilee quickly built up the biggest plasmid she'd ever made and then set it off in Juggernaut's face, blinding him just as Sam drove him through the floor. Despite this attack Juggernaut came out of the hole he'd been driven into and came after them again, latching onto Sam's left leg before he could get away. Jubilee fired three rapid, powerful bursts into the Juggernaut's face, temporarily blinding the man, but nothing else. Juggernaut grinned and then broke Sam's leg before throwing the other man and Jubilee across the room. Sam yelled in pain, but held onto his flight and was able to steer Jubilee and himself away from the wall they had been heading towards. "You alright Sam," Jubilee asked, afraid he might have been badly hurt. "Ah'm ok, lets just finish him and then we'll see about this later. Ah'm gonna ram him, try to take his helmet off. Ah need you to blind him again." Jubilee nodded and held herself to Sam's back as they flew towards a charging Juggernaut again. Jubilee quickly set off multiple bursts around Juggernaut's eyes causing him to stumble before Sam latched onto his helmet and flew at top speed, ripping the helmet off of the man. Before the Juggernaut could regain his footing they charged him again, this time at a slower pace so as not to kill the man and knocked him into a wall, causing him to go limp.
"Exercise complete," the computer said as the form of the Juggernaut shimmered and then disappeared into the air. "We did it Sam," Jubilee cried. "Good," Sam said while grimacing against the pain in his leg, now we gotta get to the med-lab before I pass out."
"Geez I totally forgot Sam, let me hop off and open the doors, maybe you can fly down there, so you won't have to use your legs."
"Alright, let's go." Fifteen minutes later he was lying on a cool bed in the med-lab, while Cyclops debriefed Sam and Jubilee, while Hank began to place a cast on his leg. "You two did a good job in there. Jubilee I'm always impressed by how much you've grown in the use of your powers and your confidence. Sam you had some good ideas out there. However, one thing both of you need to work on is knowing your enemy. I think you both knew that Juggernaut's helmet is his weakness, but you got too caught up in the fight and forgot. This kind of thing can get you killed on the field." Cyclops saw Jubilee stick her tongue out at him from the corner of her mouth. "Oh and by the way since you two were together when Sam got hurt, Jubilee, you'll be taking care of him till he gets better."
"What? You want me to take care of Country?!"
Sam was likewise disturbed by the idea of Jubilee making his meals and caring for him. "Scott I only broke mah leg. I can look after mah self."
"Regardless, these things happen in battle. When your teammate gets hurt you take care of them as best you can. It won't be long Jubilee, with the technology we have here it should only be a week or two at most," and with that Cyclops and Beast left the room.
"Great," Jubilee muttered, but knew it would get her nowhere.
"I'm glad you're taking this so well Jubilee, didn't realize I was so much trouble," Sam said, slightly angry at the way the girl was acting.
"Don't take it like that Sam; you know there are people better suited here for this kind of thing. I mean I'm more likely to put you back in here then keep you out," Jubilee said.
"Alright Jubilee, I'll try to take it easy on you, not rely on you too much. Now could you kindly pull my wheelchair to me so we can get out of here?
"Now you're talkin' Country." After she had gotten the wheelchair over to him she asked, "Where are we going?"
"My room." The walk/wheeling was silent for the most part as Sam was tired and Jubilee was still trying to figure out what was needed of her to take care of Sam. She wheeled him into his room and helped him into the bed after pulling back the sheets. She had never been in Sam's room before and looked around while he situated himself in the bed. "No pictures of X-force hanging on the wall."
"Wasn't the best of times for me," he said blandly, trying to fight off the sedatives till Jubilee left.
"What're you talking about? You and six or seven of your friends going around the country, being a leader,..."
"Seeing my best friend and girlfriend, whom Ah fought with every other week, together, never knowing where your next meal was coming from, never having a place to call home," he interrupted, "Yeah, those were great times. Don't get me wrong though, there were some good times. Ah just appreciate being here more than being with them."
"Yeah I guess some of that did kinda suck."
"Ain't no kinda about it. Oh well, listen Jubilee after dinner tonight, you mind gettin' me some leftovers and bringin' them up here. You don't have to feed me or nothin' 'S just I'm feelin tired and Ah'm not sure when Ah'm waking up, but Ah figure it'll be sometime t"
Jubilee kept waiting for Sam to finish as she continued to look around his somewhat bare room. "Sam?" She turned to look at him and saw he was fast asleep, his broken leg elevated by two pillows. She smiled and then left.