Perhaps my favorite chapter so far. I'm really liking Jack. This story is intriguing me more, but I am kinda stuck. Suggestions welcome. Ya know for Wolvie/Jubes shipper I seem to suddenly be writing a lot of Jubilee/other people stories. My muse must be mad at me or wanting me to test my boundaries. Look for a Wolvy/Jubes short soon.
Chapter Three
Dysis sat serenely in front of the two teachers in front of her. She pulled her knew yellow slicker tighter around her as she watched them glare.
"You will tell us where she is!" Emma Frost's voice reverted through the halls.
"I will not," she sniffed back.
Sean Cassidy shook his head exasperated, "Lass, dinnae think that she might get hurt out there?"
Dysis snorted, "Jubilee? Puh-lease."
"We'll see how assured you are when Jean and Wolverine arrive," Emma threatened.
Dysis rolled her eyes again and popped her gum even louder. She watched the small vein in Emma's through pop out tantalizingly. She grinned to herself. She never though she would enjoy herself this immensely. She really should hand over the note, but it was really to much fun. Any way's as soon as the two X-Men arrive she would have to or she might find herself throttled.
"Where is she?!" she heard his voice roar louder than anyone else. She plugged her ears as they became sensitive to his assaulting shriek.
Wolverine busted in the room with the leggy redhead behind them. Jean put a reassuring hand on the bulky man's arm as he glared down at the little shape shifter. Dysis meekly looked up and pulled out the letter.
"She left this behind, explaining everything," she answered quietly.
The room became silent as Banshee and the White Queen looked at the young student.
"YOU HAD THAT THE ENTIRE TIME, YOU LITTLE...LITTLE...JUBILEE WANNABEE!" Emma shrieked.
Dysis rolled her eyes.
"Puhlease...I am so much more annoying," she responded. She glanced back at Wolverine when he snorted with laughter.
"What does the letter say, Logan?" Sean asked after a moment.
Logan slid it out of the envelope.
Dear Peeps,
Look. Sorry that I had to like take off and all, BUT I figured you would blow a gasket if I just told you. So here is the sitch. I will be back to finish out my exams and all as soon as possible, but I have got some crap to deal with back in the So Cal. Do not follow me and do not tell Wolvy...
"Oops," Dysis muttered and lowered her eyes.
Please listen when I say I can deal and that I love you all and appreciate everything you've done, but I gotta do this. So without further yayayayaya...peace out,
Jubes
"So I guess I'm headed out to So cal," Wolverine growled. Everyone nodded in agreement. Dysis groaned inside her head. She had promised Jubes that she would stay here...but now she was going to have to go traipsing after Wolverine after Jubilee. Why did life have to be so annoying?
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"So why do you need my help?" Jubilee asked after the long, uncomfortable silence between Jack and herself.
"There's a mole in the department. I have no clue who. Could be my best bud to my fuckin captain. I can't find out telepathically either which means it's someone with some serious mojo. I need an anomaly or an unknown component. Basically I need you. Your a mutant, not a witch obviously. You don't have the cleanest aura, but it definatly ain't an evil on. Nobody will suspect you... We can find out who our murderer is," Jack explained.
Jubilee nodded along and found herself happy to have the help. She trusted him for some reason. She couldn't quite put her finger on it.
"Alright," she agreed, "What do we know so far?"
Jack pulled the case file from his jacket and tossed it on her bed.
"10 murders. I can't figure out the pattern, besides a different rune marked into each one of their skins. It's like a skin deep cut into a intricate pattern. All under the again of 13. Different sexes, but killed in sequential order. Girl, Boy, Girl, boy and so on," he explained.
Jubilee began to pour over the pictures, ignoring the way the gore turned her stomach. She shut her eyes briefly as she saw her friend's child. The one who had called her out here. How had the cops kept this secret?
"Very carefully. All our nosy reporters seemed to disappear or die over the last few years," Jack spoke.
"Someone has been planning this for a while," Jubilee answered. She started to read each individual profile. The pieces began to differentiate inside her brain. She filed different pieces different places and looked for the unique aspects of each individual instead of similarities. She must have been quiet for over four hours. She was getting frustrated when a pizza appeared in front of her.
She glanced up at Jack and grinned. She hadn't really noticed he was gone. She grabbed a slice of the loaded piece and stuck in into her mouth.
"There is something here that I am missing and it is pissing me off," she grumbled to him as she chewed.
He gave her an amused look. What was it about this woman that made his skin jump to alert.
"What type of mutant are you? Besides a telepathic..." he found himself asking. She looked at him in surprise. They were getting personal?
"I'm a pyrotechnic...plasma and such. I'm not a terribly powerful telepath, but what I have works for what I need it for," she shrugged.
"That would explain it," Jack replied.
"Explain what?" Jubilee shot him a puzzled look and gave him her full attention.
"I'm not only telepathic. I'm...well... I don't know what to call it? Clairvoyant, maybe? I feel people abilities. You feel charged. Full of energy. It's very...intoxicating..." Jack murmured as he brushed a stray piece of hair out of her face.
Jubilee gulped as a wave a nervousness washed over her. She felt her face tingle where his hand had been. He must be at least twenty-six and her only eighteen...the age difference...age...ages...different ages...
"Oh, my god," Jubilee pulled back abruptly and grabbed the files and began to put the in an order.
"What is it?" Jack asked as she frantically put the papers together. She looked up at him triumphantly.
"13, 12, 10, 9, 7, 6, 5, 3, 2 and 1...the victims ages go down. We're missing 11, 8, and 4. Those are the ages of the last victims. There are three left. It was so obvious...!" Jubilee voice rose an octave as her brain finally connected the pieces. She started to pace anxiously and then stopped.
"Sacrificial. Age countdowns usually mean sacrifice not serial in St. Bernardo.
What are they doing?" she wondered out loud.
"I'm assuming they are wanting to let loose some type of demon on us. Just which one?" Jack mused.
Jubilee sighed, "We'll be needing to talk to the local magic shops then. See who might know something. Someone is supplying them with all the supplies."
Jack nodded, "Let's go."
Jubilee cocked her head at him. How easily this strange partnership was coming. His eyes met hers and she felt her blood rise in a very arousing way. She clamped down on her erotic thoughts and threw shields up as tight as she could.
"Better start out with the reputed good magic-users around here. I take it you know who?" she asked as they made there way to his vehicle.
"Yea, let's go," he stopped beside a huge bike. Jubilee felt her excitement rise even higher as she slipped behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist. Jack pulled her closer as he rev-ed the engine and shot out of the parking lot.
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Logan was in the air and out of Massachusetts's before he raised his voice to the little sneak.
"Come on out, Kiddo."
Dysis stood up abruptly. He smelled her, of course, she felt so stupid. Jubilee would never have made a mistake like that.
"Don't feel bad kid, you can come," Wolverine grinned as she feral cat slipped down beside him in the other bucket seat.
"Names Panther," she growled back at him. He laughed even more abruptly.
"Your defently Jubilee's," he choked out.
"Don't you dare say anything bad about her," the cat hissed.
Wolverine sobered up, "Kid, I wouldn't ever say anything bad about the firecracker, she's got more soul that anyone I remember. You picked a good one for a role model."
"I'm going to be her future partner, she said so," Dysis told him smugly.
"That so," Wolverine's voice rumbled over hers.
"Yea," she shot back.
"I think we could have ya, around. Your kinda funny," he answered.
Dysis was taken aback, but she soon began to hum with pleasure at the praise. Jubilee might be the coolest female super-hero, but Wolverine was definitly the raddest dude.
"So what was it like working with Jubilee in the X-Men?" she asked suddenly.
Wolverine looked over at her and smiled, "A new experience every day."