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Just a quick comment: today I read Uncanny X-Men 460 where Betsy comes back to the mansion from the Savage Land and I just want to congratulate Betsy for her excellent dissing of Emma (Emma, darling! So good to see you! KISS KISS Moved up to the big house, I see. KISS KISS) (…if resurrections are all the rage, shouldn't we be counting down the days until you-know-who comes back from the white hot you-know-where to reclaim her dear old husband? Won't that be fun?)YOU GO BETS!
X-Men are not mine but the babies are. Actually they belong to their mothers, who belong to Marvel who…You know what I mean!
Ch. 9 of 'the seatbelt sign should be on at all times' called "Homecoming King"
Why? Read and find out!
After the rescued X-Men had their coffee and returned to themselves, they were more than eager to go home.
Because the X-Copter was only build for 8, some X-Men found themselves sitting on top of each other and some in the aisle. Rachel sat on Kurt (getting them a glare from Scott every few minutes), Rogue (carefully) on Remy, Jean on Scott, and Emma on Hank while Havoc and Wolverine piloted the craft and Polaris, Psylocke and Iceman sat in the isle. Jessica and Emily slept in the arms of their respective mothers.
"So, how'd you crash?" started Kurt so that they wouldn't have to fly all the way back in silence.
The rescued X-Men looked over at Jean who looked not at all irked by the question
"It was Emma's fault" she stated, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Ex-CUSE me? MY fault? I didn't blow every electronic in the Jet with my telekinesis"
"No. You're right. I went into labor because I got up to help you. You're the one who insisted on coming on a mission while on maternity leave."
"You came too!" she shot back.
"I wasn't due for another month!"
Logan gave the helicopter a burst of speed that knocked every one back and shut the two women up.
"Ladies, would you do all of us a favor and NOT fight? It's a bad influence on your children and you're driving us all insane! Without the help of coffee-loss!"
The women glared at each other but stopped talking.
A small beam of light shone through the clouds and into one of the windows of the X-Copter hitting Jessica.
She gurgled and waved her hands in the direction of the sunlight, her phoenix mark began to glow and her body caught on fire.
"Ha!" exclaimed Kurt, "Did I call it or did I call it?"
"So Phoenix blood does run in the family" mused Alex.
"Gime me a second" Jean murmured as she got up and made her way to the back of the Copter.
She grabbed a glove from the spare uniforms compartment (AN/ Considering what they go thru on their missions, if they didn't have this closet, they'd be going home naked. Which isn't so bad if you come to think of it…) and put it on Jessica's hand. The glowing around the baby stopped.
Jean came back to sit with Scott.
"It's sunlight isn't it?" he asked her.
"We have to get her a better fitting glove" she said, ignoring her husband's question. "I don't want her to grow up with Phoenix powers. We'll let her know the truth when it's time, OK? Until then we have to keep this hidden"
Even though Scott didn't like the idea much, he did agree that it was best for their child.
"All right."
"So the Summers baby saves you and the Frost baby almost kills you." said Iceman. "Coincidence? I think not."
"Man, if this is what they're like at almost two weeks, i can't wait to see them when they start dating" laughed Gambit.
The comment earned him a whack from Emma and Jean and glares from Hank and Scott.
The rest of the ride was quiet for the most part. The babies would cry every now and then but other than that everyone was just relaxing, the refugees anxiously waiting for their home to come into view.
When 1407 Graymalkin Lane, Salem Center, Westchester County, New York came into view, the rescued X-Men were all ecstatic.
Havoc dropped the teams in the front lawn and took the Copter around to leave it in the hanger.
The X-Men eagerly went inside to be confronted with a very familiar sight.
"Ororo! You're home!" exclaimed Logan upon seeing his wife. She was looking at her reflection in the parlor mirror and looked over her shoulder upon hearing her husband's voice.
"How was Africa? Did you bring me back a souvenir?"
The Weather Witch smiled cleverly.
"Actually……"
She turned around to reveal that she was holding a bundle of blankets.
A bundle of pink blankets. That had blue-black hair.
Logan blinked in surprise.
"'Ro…"
Just then Jubilee came in holding an identical pink blanket.
"Hey, Logan! You're home!"
The Canadian man backed himself against the wall. There were two of them?
"Did I smell Logan?"
Everyone turned their attention to X23 who had just walked into the room and was feeding a bottle to another identical pink blanket.
"Hey, guys! Guess what? I'm a big sister!" she announced proudly. She bounced the baby in her arms up and down a little.
"Triplets!" Scott laughed. "Logan, you're fathering triplets!"
He expected a snide comment from Logan but when he got none, he looked over to where the Canadian was.
The Fearless Wolverine had passed out on the floor.
Everyone present blinked in surprise before bursting out into hysterical laughter.
"C'mon. Let's go get some smelling salts for Papa Logan" Ororo laughed.
Wen1: I know it's early for their mutations but when both your parents are mutants, I believe mutation comes at birth as are the cases with Rachel, Nightcrawler, and Cable if I'm not mistaken.
marvlix: always happy to have another fan. I stuck Hank with Emma because in Morrison's New X-Men he was always lovey-dovey around her and he was obsessed with fiding her when she shattered. I'm finding nore and more JOTT fans and we have to stick together, especially whith what the comics are doing to scott and emma. Thanx for reviewing and be sure to check out my other works.
Wen1, amazing redd phoenix, marvlix, and jenskott: Congrats to you guys for guessing that the souvenir was a baby. Bet none of you expected it to be triplets did you?
It's almost over folks. Just one more chapter and The seatbelt Sign Should Be on At All Times, my first fanfic story, will be over. Be sure to tune in to my other works in progress including On the Outside of Eden and The Moonstar Dairies, Dreams of a Stray