X2 with Jubilee
~ Heavenstar3
Disclaimer: I do not own the X-Men. Borrowed material from Stan Lee, Bryan Singer, and Chris Claremont.
Author's Note: I would like to thank the very first person who reviewed my story, Huntress-X. Thanks to Mia for your suggestion about changing my format.
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Chapter 2
Narrator's POV
Lying down on her bed, staring at the ceiling remembering what she had been taught about history and how it always somehow manages to repeat itself, Jubilee couldn't help but think of what was going to happen to mutants if history did repeat itself.
Will it be like what happened to the Jews in Europe during WWII or the Japanese Americans with consentration camps? Will it be like the 1960s with the African Americans wanting their Civil Rights?
Frustrated with her thoughts, Jubilee gives a small growl, gets up, and exits her room heading toward Professor Xavier's office. 'I wonder if his meeting is over,' she wondered. She got the answer she was looking for when she stood next the Xavier's door.
"You're right." Jubilee heard the Prof. "If Eric had his way."
'Eric? Magneto? He is behind this?' Jubilee angerly wondered.
Then she heard Scott's voice behind the door. "Think of the repercussions, Professor. it pushes us into a corner, it forces everyone to choose sides. Mutants, good or evil, no more middle ground, no more equivocating."
"You know how the government will respond," Storm said. "They'll reintroduce the Mutant Registration Act."
"Or worse," the Professor agreed.
"He's a survivor of Auschwitz, Professor," Scott said, "maybe this is his own little version of the Reichstag Fire. Maybe he figures, by provoking an extreme response against mutants, we'll have no choice but to embrace his cause. Mutant superiority, mutant hegemony, guarantees mutant survival."
Jubilee heard the Prof's voice again, "Do you really believe that, Scott?"
"He does, Professor. That's what matters. I know he's your friend. I know this school is as much his creation as yours, but he's seen--he's survived--the worst we can do to one another. I think that's made him willing to do anything, anything, to prevent it from happening again. If that means destroying the village in order to save it, he's there, locked and loaded."
"The White House assassin's the key," what sounded like Jean's voice.
"If the Feds had him, they'd have announced it. That means he's on the run," Scott said.
"Could he have been working alone?"
"The only way to determine that," Professor Xavier decided, "is to find him before the authorities do. Using Cerebro, I've identified his signature and have been able to track it to the vicinity of Boston. Jean, Storm, I'd like you to take the Blackbird and make contact. Hopefully, through him, we can defuse this nightmare before it gets any further out of hand."
Jubilee was contemplating everything she had heard that she didn't notice they stopped talking until it was too late. She noticed the door knob start to turn. Thinking fast, she ran around the corner, not wanting to get caught ease dropping, Again. She calmed herself down and walked normally back to the Professor's office, just in time to see the teachers come out.
"Ah, Jubilee, the Professor will see you now."
"Thanks, Cyke." Jubilee enters the room, Cyke closes the door behind her. She sees the Professor in his wheelchair staring out of the window, looking down at his other students.
"Please sit down Jubilation." She sits in a chair close to his desk. "Do you know why I wanted to talk to you?"
Jubilee actually didn't know why the Prof. wanted to talk to her, but she did know it had something to do with her reaction to the news. "Does it have to do with my reaction to..." she couldn't finish.
"To the president's assassination attempt," the Prof. turns toward her.
Jubilee didn't say anything, just looked at her hands. Ever since Jean and the Professor fount out she had some telepathic powers, Jubilee has been emotional. Getting angry, happy, sad, every kind of emotion for no good reason. Like she could feel everybody's emotions or something.
The Professor studied his pyrotechnic student. Understanding what she was going through, but at the same time not. "It's your telepathy is it not," he broke the silence.
Jubilee was hesitant, "Yes. It's like..."
"You can feel and hear everything," the Professor concluded for her. All she could do was nod. "This is normal Jubilation. I went through the same thing when I found out about my telepathy. Jean also. You just have to control it."
"I don't know if I can Professor. For me...it's hard."
Xavier knew what his student was talking about. Before Jubilation came to his school, she was emotionally and mentally damaged. But she always managed to stay strong by pushing everything deep inside. Nobody could get through to her. Not him, Jean, Scott, Ororo, nobody. She just wouldn't open up. It could also be her psionic "stealth" power which makes her capable of escaping detection from other telepaths and now with her new found telepathy, if Jubilee concentrates hard enough, even Cerebro wouldn't be able to detect her.
"Jubilation controlling this power takes time and patience. I know you have been through a lot in your life, but I promise everything will be okay."
Jubilee sat there thinking about what the Prof. had just said. It's true, she has been through a lot, sometimes she would like to forget all about it. Nobody knew about her past, her true past except the Professor. The teachers and some of the students knew a PG-rated version of her life before the X-Men, but that's it.
"I know Professor, I'll try to control it. It's just so...overwhelming. I mean I had a hard time with my other power. My hands burning and all and that was painful. Now I'm going to have pains in my head? It's just," she pauses for awhile, "overwhelming."
The Professor was going to say something, but Jubilee didn't want to talk about herself or her powers anymore, so she changed to the real subject. "So did you find out who is trying to kill the president?"
Xavier knew Jubilee was good at finding an excuse to dodge any conversation that was about her or her past. Whenever something bad comes up that bothers her, she always make some sort of joke or wisecrack or she would just ignore/pretend that the bad news didn't effect her and she would go live life normally. Like today, going to the mall after she heard the news about Washington. Ignoring the bad news. "No Jubilation, but I have located him in Boston."
"Is he working with anybody?"
"I do not know, but Scott thinks this mutant is working for Magneto."
"That wouldn't make sense. I mean Magneto doesn't want the Registration Act to be in play and he knows that an attack, especially on the president, would bring it into play. I don't think it was Magneto."
Xavier had an amused look on his face. He knew Jubilee was wise beyond her years even though she never showed it. She would though in front of him. "I would have to agree with you Jubilation."
"Do you think someone is controlling this mutant? I mean, I don't think any mutant, especially what happened after Liberty Island, would do something this drastic and idiotic. Attacking this country's leader with a knife that have the words MUTANT FREEDOM NOW is like a suicide note." Jubilee pauses, "I don't know, maybe it's my imagination, but I feel that something terrible is about to happen. Much worse than what happened this morning."
"That is why I'm sending Jean and Storm to go and get this mutant for questioning. To see if and who he is working for. Or if he is being controlled, who is the controller."
Jubilee agreed with him. She wanted to go with Jean and Storm to Boston, but knew the Prof. would not let her. So she decided to end this conversation. "Well Professor if thats all, I have some lessons to teach some of the students."
"Lessons?"
"Dance lessons. Some, well most, of the younger girls saw me dance and practically begged me to show them how to dance."
Professor Xavier chuckled, "Very well," and added telepathically, *Don't worry Jubilation, everything will be fine in the end.*
*I can only hope Professor. I can only hope,* Jubilee replied telepathically and left his office.
Professor Xavier wheeled behind his desk, contemplating his conversation with Jubilee. 'That young lady will make a great leader someday. With help, someday.'
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That's the end of chapter two of X2 with Jubilee, I hope you like it. I will try to update soon. Please review!!!
Thanks!!! Heavenstar3 ^_^
~ Heavenstar3
Disclaimer: I do not own the X-Men. Borrowed material from Stan Lee, Bryan Singer, and Chris Claremont.
Author's Note: I would like to thank the very first person who reviewed my story, Huntress-X. Thanks to Mia for your suggestion about changing my format.
* * is telepathic speech
' ' are thoughts
**************************************************************************************************************
Chapter 2
Narrator's POV
Lying down on her bed, staring at the ceiling remembering what she had been taught about history and how it always somehow manages to repeat itself, Jubilee couldn't help but think of what was going to happen to mutants if history did repeat itself.
Will it be like what happened to the Jews in Europe during WWII or the Japanese Americans with consentration camps? Will it be like the 1960s with the African Americans wanting their Civil Rights?
Frustrated with her thoughts, Jubilee gives a small growl, gets up, and exits her room heading toward Professor Xavier's office. 'I wonder if his meeting is over,' she wondered. She got the answer she was looking for when she stood next the Xavier's door.
"You're right." Jubilee heard the Prof. "If Eric had his way."
'Eric? Magneto? He is behind this?' Jubilee angerly wondered.
Then she heard Scott's voice behind the door. "Think of the repercussions, Professor. it pushes us into a corner, it forces everyone to choose sides. Mutants, good or evil, no more middle ground, no more equivocating."
"You know how the government will respond," Storm said. "They'll reintroduce the Mutant Registration Act."
"Or worse," the Professor agreed.
"He's a survivor of Auschwitz, Professor," Scott said, "maybe this is his own little version of the Reichstag Fire. Maybe he figures, by provoking an extreme response against mutants, we'll have no choice but to embrace his cause. Mutant superiority, mutant hegemony, guarantees mutant survival."
Jubilee heard the Prof's voice again, "Do you really believe that, Scott?"
"He does, Professor. That's what matters. I know he's your friend. I know this school is as much his creation as yours, but he's seen--he's survived--the worst we can do to one another. I think that's made him willing to do anything, anything, to prevent it from happening again. If that means destroying the village in order to save it, he's there, locked and loaded."
"The White House assassin's the key," what sounded like Jean's voice.
"If the Feds had him, they'd have announced it. That means he's on the run," Scott said.
"Could he have been working alone?"
"The only way to determine that," Professor Xavier decided, "is to find him before the authorities do. Using Cerebro, I've identified his signature and have been able to track it to the vicinity of Boston. Jean, Storm, I'd like you to take the Blackbird and make contact. Hopefully, through him, we can defuse this nightmare before it gets any further out of hand."
Jubilee was contemplating everything she had heard that she didn't notice they stopped talking until it was too late. She noticed the door knob start to turn. Thinking fast, she ran around the corner, not wanting to get caught ease dropping, Again. She calmed herself down and walked normally back to the Professor's office, just in time to see the teachers come out.
"Ah, Jubilee, the Professor will see you now."
"Thanks, Cyke." Jubilee enters the room, Cyke closes the door behind her. She sees the Professor in his wheelchair staring out of the window, looking down at his other students.
"Please sit down Jubilation." She sits in a chair close to his desk. "Do you know why I wanted to talk to you?"
Jubilee actually didn't know why the Prof. wanted to talk to her, but she did know it had something to do with her reaction to the news. "Does it have to do with my reaction to..." she couldn't finish.
"To the president's assassination attempt," the Prof. turns toward her.
Jubilee didn't say anything, just looked at her hands. Ever since Jean and the Professor fount out she had some telepathic powers, Jubilee has been emotional. Getting angry, happy, sad, every kind of emotion for no good reason. Like she could feel everybody's emotions or something.
The Professor studied his pyrotechnic student. Understanding what she was going through, but at the same time not. "It's your telepathy is it not," he broke the silence.
Jubilee was hesitant, "Yes. It's like..."
"You can feel and hear everything," the Professor concluded for her. All she could do was nod. "This is normal Jubilation. I went through the same thing when I found out about my telepathy. Jean also. You just have to control it."
"I don't know if I can Professor. For me...it's hard."
Xavier knew what his student was talking about. Before Jubilation came to his school, she was emotionally and mentally damaged. But she always managed to stay strong by pushing everything deep inside. Nobody could get through to her. Not him, Jean, Scott, Ororo, nobody. She just wouldn't open up. It could also be her psionic "stealth" power which makes her capable of escaping detection from other telepaths and now with her new found telepathy, if Jubilee concentrates hard enough, even Cerebro wouldn't be able to detect her.
"Jubilation controlling this power takes time and patience. I know you have been through a lot in your life, but I promise everything will be okay."
Jubilee sat there thinking about what the Prof. had just said. It's true, she has been through a lot, sometimes she would like to forget all about it. Nobody knew about her past, her true past except the Professor. The teachers and some of the students knew a PG-rated version of her life before the X-Men, but that's it.
"I know Professor, I'll try to control it. It's just so...overwhelming. I mean I had a hard time with my other power. My hands burning and all and that was painful. Now I'm going to have pains in my head? It's just," she pauses for awhile, "overwhelming."
The Professor was going to say something, but Jubilee didn't want to talk about herself or her powers anymore, so she changed to the real subject. "So did you find out who is trying to kill the president?"
Xavier knew Jubilee was good at finding an excuse to dodge any conversation that was about her or her past. Whenever something bad comes up that bothers her, she always make some sort of joke or wisecrack or she would just ignore/pretend that the bad news didn't effect her and she would go live life normally. Like today, going to the mall after she heard the news about Washington. Ignoring the bad news. "No Jubilation, but I have located him in Boston."
"Is he working with anybody?"
"I do not know, but Scott thinks this mutant is working for Magneto."
"That wouldn't make sense. I mean Magneto doesn't want the Registration Act to be in play and he knows that an attack, especially on the president, would bring it into play. I don't think it was Magneto."
Xavier had an amused look on his face. He knew Jubilee was wise beyond her years even though she never showed it. She would though in front of him. "I would have to agree with you Jubilation."
"Do you think someone is controlling this mutant? I mean, I don't think any mutant, especially what happened after Liberty Island, would do something this drastic and idiotic. Attacking this country's leader with a knife that have the words MUTANT FREEDOM NOW is like a suicide note." Jubilee pauses, "I don't know, maybe it's my imagination, but I feel that something terrible is about to happen. Much worse than what happened this morning."
"That is why I'm sending Jean and Storm to go and get this mutant for questioning. To see if and who he is working for. Or if he is being controlled, who is the controller."
Jubilee agreed with him. She wanted to go with Jean and Storm to Boston, but knew the Prof. would not let her. So she decided to end this conversation. "Well Professor if thats all, I have some lessons to teach some of the students."
"Lessons?"
"Dance lessons. Some, well most, of the younger girls saw me dance and practically begged me to show them how to dance."
Professor Xavier chuckled, "Very well," and added telepathically, *Don't worry Jubilation, everything will be fine in the end.*
*I can only hope Professor. I can only hope,* Jubilee replied telepathically and left his office.
Professor Xavier wheeled behind his desk, contemplating his conversation with Jubilee. 'That young lady will make a great leader someday. With help, someday.'
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That's the end of chapter two of X2 with Jubilee, I hope you like it. I will try to update soon. Please review!!!
Thanks!!! Heavenstar3 ^_^