AN This one is also an older story I wrote a couple of years back. They idea had plagued me for like ages, and when trying to ignore it didn't work I decided to write it down. Please let me know what you think of it, for it will only help me to be a better writter (well, that and the fact that getting reviews is higly addicting ;P)

Disclamer: I don't own any of these characters, they all belong to Marvel!

Prologue

Jubilee and Gambit were drinking a cup of coffee in the kitchen after their training round in the Danger Room when Wolverine walked in with a gruff look on his face.

"Coffee mon ami?" Gambit asked over his shoulder.

Wolverine ignored him though and shoved Gambit roughly aside to get something from the fridge.

"Hey!" Gambit reacted slightly irritated.

He hated it when Wolverine acted as if he didn't exist, and he didn't liked to be shoved aside that easily neither.

"You got a problem with something!" Wolverine said defiantly, threatening stalking over to Gambit.

Gambit could see a strange, almost feral lustre inWolverine's eyes that he had never seen in them before. His empathic abilities couldn't read him either and that made Gambit slightly worried. Usually he could sense in detail other people's emotions if he wanted to, and could even identify people before he could see them by simply reading their emotions. This time though he could only feel a cold, emotionless anger, and he couldn't even feel a trace of Wolverine's usual emotions. This made Gambit alert.

Jubilee could feel the tension rising and positioned herself between Gambit and Wolverine.

"Knock it off you two!" she said trying to keep the two from fighting.

Gambit and Wolverine had fought before, but this time she had the distinct feeling that things were getting out of hand.

"Get out of here!" Wolverine snarled at her.

Jubilee looked at him rather confused; He had never talked to her like that before.

To Gambit Wolverine's reaction was only a confirmation of his suspicions. Whatever was wrong with Wolverine, he sure wasn't himself.

Jubilee could feel a strange tingling in her head and when she looked at Gambit over her shoulder and saw how his eyes had turned a darker shade of red, she knew that he was reaching out with his empathy. Something he rarely did, especially this strong. And she realised that that could only mean that there was something more going on than she was aware of.

Gambit slowly walked up closer to Jubilee, meanwhile never leaving Wolverine out of his sight.

"Petite, do as he says…" Gambit said calm. He could feel Wolverine's anger and that he was looking for a fight, and he didn't want to get Jubilee involved when that would happen.

Jubilee didn't want to leave him alone though, because she knew for sure what would happen then.

She turned around to Gambit ready to object, but before she could utter a word Wolverine had pushed her hard in her back, which caused her to fly across the kitchen and she landed hard against the door.

As in a flash Gambit drew some cards and with one movement he placed himself between Jubilee and Wolverine.

Jubilee was slowly getting back on her feet and stopped Gambit.

"NO, don't!" she yelled, her voice hoarse with fear.

Gambit looked at her incredulous.

"Petite, he is not quite in the mood to be persuaded by mere words, in case you didn't notice!" he said sarcastic. But he discharged his cards anyway.

At that same moment Wolverine lunged at them with his claws.

Gambit could feel him coming for them sooner than he could actually see him and was barely able to dodge him taking Jubilee down with him. Wolverine had recovered quickly though and lashed at Gambit who couldn't dodge him completely this time.

He could feel how his side was being ripped open by Wolverine's claws. "Merde!" Gambit cursed. It didn't happen often that he was on the receiving end in a fight, and he wasn't about too either.

Jubilee had walked around them and was closing in on Wolverine from behind.

Wolverine had heard her though and his full anger was directed straight at her.

"So you thought you could sneak up on me from behind, did ya!" he said angry.

Jubilee cautiously backed away when he came stalking right at her.

"Wolvie…it's me, Jubes!" she tried. But he didn't react

Jubilee was cautious, and kept talking persuasively to him, hoping to get trough to him somehow and bring him to reason.

He lashed out at her though and she wasn't fast enough to dodge his claws completely. She fell down to her knees against the closet grasping for air while Wolverine kept coming closer.

"Pick someone your one size!" Gambit said sarcastic hoping it would take Wolverine's attention off of Jubilee.

"As if you could stop me!" Wolverine growled.

Before Jubilee could grasp what was going on Wolverine had already pulled her up from the floor by her collar and threw her with enormous power against Gambit sending them both threw the table by the sheer force of it.

Gambit was the first to recover and worriedly checked to see how Jubilee was doing.

"You're okay petite?" he asked worried when he saw that her uniform shirt was starting to drench with her blood.

"I..I think so…What's gotten into him!" she wondered out loud when she groaningly tried to get back on her feet...

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