The Search Begins

Chapter 19

Jubilee and Creed took refuge the next day in an empty cave the next night. They were tired, hungry, and extremely cranky. Jubilee laid down on the cold, damp floor, and closed her eyes. Creed laid down next to her and pulled her towards him, she was too tired to resist, so she just let him do whatever he wanted.

He looked down at her and took in her scent. Her scent was different now, he couldn't place it, but her scent that made him want her even more and made him fear her as well. It might have been just what happened with her and her powers that caused him to be a little afraid, but then it could be just him getting paranoid.

Jubilee's ears twitched at the sniffing sounds that he made, lazily she opened one of her eyes, and looked up at him. "I know I haven't taken a shower for a couple of days, but do I seriously smell that bad?"

Creed opened his eyes and looked down at her, he smiled and said, "Yeah. First thing I'm gonna do when we get to any source of water is throw ya in."

"Yeah, right. That'll be the day when you can catch me."

"I've caught ya before and I can do it again."

"We'll see. Remember I've got a new powered up body, so I might actually be faster than you now."

"First water we come across, I'm throwing ya in, even if it means that I have to get in there and scrub ya down myself."

"I'm a big girl, Creed. I'm perfectly able to washing myself without your help." she laid her head back down on his chest and closed her eye, attempting to go to sleep, but unfortunately the conversation that they just had had just made her more wake. She groaned and pulled herself out of his arms, "Damnit! Now I can't sleep. Thanks a lot, fur ball."

"You're welcome. Now that you're up you can go fetch us some dinner and cook it."

"Fetch it yourself!"

'Damn she's mouthy more than ever.' he thought to himself, 'Oh, well. It'll be the more fun to break her of that habit.'

Logan had took one of the X-Jets to the Canadian boarder. He started his search where General Tyler said that they were last reported. It was the area where Jubilee lost control of her powers. His eyes widened when he saw how much damage her powers had done to the land.

"Damn." he murmured, "What the hell did they pump that girl with?? If she really did this much damage, then she's gonna be harder to catch than I thought." he then smirked at the thought of a fight with the newly powered Jubilee, "This ought to be fun. I've been aching for a fight."

He pulled out a communicator that Tyler had given him, clicked the button, and called him up, "Tyler. Ya there?"

Static emitted from the communicator, until General Tyler's voice spoke on the other end, "General Tyler, if you please, Wolverine."

"I'll call ya anything that I want, Tyler. I'm at the coordinates that you gave me. So far all's I see if one big mess that used to be land."

"That'll be Jubilee's handy work. My satellites picked up on her power signature and took photos."

"How far did her powers go?"

"One hundred miles exactly from all sides."

"You do know that you fucked up by giving her this great a power, right? She's not exactly gonna obey ya once you get her back. Plus, her powers are emotion based, which she has no control over half of the time."

"You just worry about bringing her back to me. Remember our deal, Wolverine."

"Yeah. I'll remember. Now where do I go from here? I don't think that I'll be able to track her by her scent."

"Our satellites have been following her every movement, but our systems shut down on us, and we lost track of her. I can send you the last recording of her whereabouts and hopefully you'll be able to take it from there. Think you can handle that?"

"Can a dog lick its own ass?"

"Charming, Wolverine. It's a wonder how you became so popular with the ladies."

"I was referring to you, Tyler."

"Watch it! Otherwise, I might just call off our deal."

"Yeah. Yeah. Whatever."