Where's Jubilee

Chapter 7

The next morning at the X-Mansion, the X-Men awoke for another session in the danger room. Everyone was there, except for Jubilee of course. No one knew that she had left, except for Bobby and Logan.

Scott looked around to see everyone was accounted for. He frowned when he did not find Jubilee amongst the bunch, "Not again. That girl is always late for morning practice." he looked to Bobby, "Bobby, can you wake her up and make sure that she's coming?"

Bobby shifted uncomfortably, "Uh... Cyke. I'm not sure as how to say this but..." he glanced over at Logan, who was pretending to be off in another world, then looked back at the X-Men's fearless leader, "Jubilee's not coming."

Scott's face went from annoyed to concern, "Why not? Is she not feeling well?"

"Well... Not exactly. She left last night."

"Last night? Where'd she go?"

"To stay with a friend."

"Well, do you know when she will be coming back?"

Bobby shook his head sadly, "She said that she wasn't coming back."

"What?!"

Everyone looked at Bobby in shock, except Logan. They all began asking questions as to where she went, but they were talking all at once that Bobby couldn't hear a thing that any of them said. He finally couldn't take it anymore and shouted at the top of his lungs for them all to be quiet.

"Look!" he cried, "She didn't tell me where she was going to stay, okay!?! All's I know is that something got happened that she had to leave and that she's not coming back."

He tried his best not to let the whole truth out. He didn't want all of the X-Men to know what the real reason for Jubilee's leaving was. Not just yet at least.

The whole room was silent, but not for long. Soon everyone began shouting out suggestions as to what to do about Jubilee.

"We should find her!"

"Forget practice, let's go find her right now!"

"I say we use cerebro to track her down."

"No. That's for emergencies only. Let's have Jean or the Professor scan for her!"

"That won't work! Jubilee's mental shields are too strong for them to penetrate."

Over all of the shouting Bobby slowly made his way over to Scott and Jean and whispered to that he needed to talk to them. Jean and Scott looked at him questioningly, but understood what he was trying to do. So Scott called off the danger room session and told everyone to stay on mansion grounds, until further notice.

Scott, Jean, and Bobby waited for everyone to leave the danger room to begin the discussion. Bobby waited until he was for sure that the others were out of hearing range and then began to tell Jean and Scott about what Jubilee had told him and the reason why she left. By the end of his story both Jean and Scott had mortified looks on their faces.

"And she said that she was never coming back, because Logan told her that she was not worthy enough to be an X-Men." he sighed.

"And that's why she left?" Jean asked.

"That and Logan told her that if he saw her again, then he would make her wish that she was never born."

"That doesn't sound like Logan." Scott murmured.

Jean looked at her husband sadly, "Logan has become a lot more less forgiving towards the women who have had some kind of relationship with him sometime in their lives. So far everyone of them has hurt him in one way or another and he has forgiven every one of them. But since he married Viper he hasn't been quite so forgiving lately."

Scott frowned and crossed his arms in front of his chest disapprovingly, "Still. That's no reason for him to say those things to Jubilee. Even though she shouldn't have been drinking in the first place she was still too drunk to make any kind of judgment good or bad. He should know that."

"So, what should we do?" Jean asked.

"I know that everyone will want to look for her." Bobby said, "But I think Jubilee doesn't want to be found or helped."

Scott nodded in agreement, "I know this goes against every principle that I believe in, but I have to say that this is what Jubilee probably needs right now. Time away from the X-Men so that she can clear her head is what she really needs right now. If Bobby says that she will call if she needs anything, then she will call and let us know."

Jean shook her head, "I don't like it, but you think that's the best for her then I won't stand in your way."

"You guys won't tell the others what I told you will ya? If they knew why she left, then they'll go out and try to go after her."

"Don't worry, Bobby. We won't." Jean replied. "We'll just have to tell them that Jubilee's taking some time off, until she's ready to come back."

They all agreed and left to go tell the others their version of why Jubilee left.

Mean while Jubilee and Creed were riding in his jeep all the way up to Canada.

Jubilee stared out the passenger side window, deep in thought, wondering if Bobby told the others about why she left. She sighed, knowing deep down inside that Bobby would do his best to keep what she told him a secret, but she also knew that he wouldn't lie to Jean or the Professor.

'What will the others think if Bobby tells them the truth?' she thought to herself. She shook her head, 'Get a hold of yourself, J. It shouldn't matter anymore what the others think. You're no longer staying at the Mansion anymore.' she turned her head to look at Creed for a moment, then turn back to the window, 'Why did I choose to go live with Creed instead of finding a place of my own or at least call in a few favors from some old friends back home?'

Her thoughts were interrupted by a rough hand gently placed on her shoulder. She turned her attention back to Creed. His eyes were on the road, but he did not say anything. He just kept his hand on her shoulder, squeezing gently every now and then, as if tell her that everything was going to be all right. Whether or not if it was false reassurance she didn't care, as long as she was getting far away from Logan and the others she really didn't care.