Rouge and Jean:
Rogue looked confused.
"Sorry. Ah haven't been sleepin' too well lately. Must have fallen asleep."
Jean looked at her, taking in the shadows under her normally green eyes, the alarming weight loss, and the pale ghostly skin. She was about to accept Rouge's explanation until she noticed Rouge hiding something behind her back. Jean moved closer suddenly, startling Rouge into dropping the fiendish object. The shiny metal of a needle glinted with the all too bright sunlight.
Brian and Nova:.
Brian's vicious glare was matched with steel gray as Nova sat down to talk to him.
"She is a grown woman Brian. She should be able to handle herself…But yes, we all worry about her."
Brian looked ready to break down.
"With everything that that girl has been through. What with my brother put her through, and when she took his memory. She's had more than her share of hardships."
Nova's face was expressionless. "Rage and Wolfpack don't seem too upset over the proceedings.
Brian shook his head.
"Ah…obviously you don't know them too well."
The tension snapped the air around them, even as Nova laughed.
"They've been breaking into my lab since they could walk, and you say I don't know them."
Back at the Princess Bar:
Spell looked as if she were going to hit him, then turned her head, hiding the shame that crossed her face.
"He was my friend, one of the best. Has been since before he lost use of his legs, since the days when him and Maggie were still friends. They, well, they helped me out once."
Wolverine smiled grudgingly.
"No one knew it was coming. We thought the mansion was indestructible. Hell, with all its defenses, it damn well should have been."
Spell shook her head.
"So are you going to return to my house? Jubilee, well, she truly does miss you. Severly."
Jubilee and Gambit:
This was one question Gambit was not quite prepared to answer.
"Well, petite, it be like dis. Logan, he be a strong guy, an' he don' wanna ruin that image of himself. So he leaves, 'till he can get himself all fixed up."