Uncanny Generation-X

Chapter 2: Jailbreak

By

The Uncanny R-Man

Disclaimer- All familiar character belong to Marvel Comics.

Bullspit, Texas-

Bullspit was a fairly typical stereotypical hick town in the middle of nowhere. There whole place was dusty and the population hardly graced the triple figure mark. There was practically nothing to do expect go to the local store, drink at the bar or pay the ladies a visit at the local brothel. To add to the image, the people of Bullspit weren't all that keen on strangers be they mutant or baseline human.

The sheriff of Bullspit was practically a walking stereotype himself. He was grossly overweight with a bald head and was sweating all the time, even during the winter. Sheriff Buford T. Pepper was his name, and prosecuting was his game.

One of the occupants of Pepper's cells was a pink-haired mutant girl who had been brought in after the deputy had found drugs on her. The girl claimed to be innocent, but Sheriff Pepper didn't care. As far as he was concerned the girl was a filthy mutie and that was more than enough to have her locked up in his cells.

'You can't hold me here like this!' The pink-haired girl, a former acquaintance of the Massachusetts Academy for Gifted Youngsters known as Gaia, protested as she peered out of her cell. 'It isn't fair!'

'Life ain't fair, mutie.' Sheriff Pepper retorted. 'Now, get back into your cell before I decide to get nasty.'

Gaia sighed heavily and walked over to the small cot in the corner of her cell. 'Don't I get a phone call or anything?'

'Y'all been watching too much TV.' Sheriff Pepper laughed. 'Freaks like you ain't got no chance here in Bullspit.'

'But… this isn't humane.' Gaia said. 'You can't hold me here like this. I'm innocent, I tell you. I want a lawyer!'

Sheriff Pepper was about to tell the girl where she could go shove her requests for a lawyer when somebody walked in through the door.

Sheriff Pepper looked the dark-skinned beauty up and down as she walked towards him.

'Well, howdy ma'am.' Sheriff Pepper smiled, trying the look as charming as possible, but only ended up looking foolish. 'What brings y'all here to mah lowly jail?'

Monet St Croix grimaced at the thoughts she sensed from the flabby man leering at her.

'I'm here to release one of your prisoners.' Monet said, trying desperately not to vomit while she used her telepathy to cloud the sheriff's mind. 'You will release her into my care.'

'Right away, ma'am.' Sheriff Pepper nodded obediently as he unlocked the door to Gaia's cell. 'Y'all have a good day now, y'hear?'

'One final thing…' Monet said as she turned towards the sheriff. 'You are the most vilest, foulest human being I have ever had the misfortune to meet. You disgust me so much that I'm goin g to plant a little suggestion in your mind. From now on, you will become sexually excited whenever you hear the words horse, jellybean, and tyre iron.'

Sheriff Pepper just smiled dumbly as Monet escorted Gaia off the premises.

'Monet, you came to save me!' The pink-haired girl grinned as she was led over to the waiting Blackbird jet. 'How did you know I was here?'

'Please, I'm Monet St Croix.' The dark-skinned woman smiled. 'There is precious little that I do not know.'

'We're not going already, are we?' Gaia asked as she stopped in front of the Blackbird. 'I want to clear my name first. I can't just run off, it would only make me seem more guilty.'

'Oh, for the love of…' Monet groaned. 'Do we have to? This place is disgusting. How did you even end up in a pit like this?'

'I think this place is kind of quaint.' Gaia shrugged. 'Okay, the people are jerks, but I liked it here until I was framed.'

'Why did they frame you anyway?' Paige Guthrie wondered as she and the others stepped out of the Blackbird.

'Why else, chica?' Angelo responded. 'Because they think Gaia's a mutant.'

'Who was it that framed you, luv?' Jono asked.

'Funnily enough, it was the sheriff's son.' Gaia explained.

'Heh. The day just gets better and better.' Jubilee grinned. 'Next you'll be telling me that he hangs out in a crappy Country and Western Bar.'

'How did you know?' Gaia blinked in confusion.

'Let's just say that M isn't the only one that knows stuff.' Jubilee chuckled as she put an arm around Gaia's shoulders. 'Now c'mon guys, we've got some payback to deal out.'

The Buttock Twister Bar, a short time later-

The Buttock Twister was a stereotypical bar for a stereotypical town. Unless you liked Country and Western music or strippers you wouldn't like the place. The patrons of the Buttock Twister didn't consider it a good night out unless there was a barroom brawl. Fortunately for them, today wouldn't be any different.

Jubilee pushed open the doors and walked right in. The firework-making mutant either hadn't noticed the stares she was getting from the patrons, or she just didn't care.

'Which one of you here is the sheriff's son?' Jubilee asked.

'Ah am.' A young man dressed in a red check shirt and jeans said. 'What I help y'all with?'

POW!

Jubilee slugged the guy on the chin, sending him tumbling on his backside.

'That was for framing my friend!' Jubilee glowered at the man. 'You'd better go tell your dad what really happened. Unless you want more of the same.'

Two of the guy's lackeys stood up from their bar stools and headed towards Jubilee.

'I was hoping this would happen.' Jubilee grinned as she ducked underneath one of the goons as he went to grab her. 'I've got some pent up aggression that I need to get rid of.'

PUNT!

Jubilee punched Mr Grabby in the stomach, making him double over. Goon Number Two grabbed for a pool cue and took a swipe at her. Jubilee grabbed the end of the pool cue and pushed back against it, shoving the other end into Number two's throat.

'Okay, who else wants some?' Jubilee challenged the other people in the bar 'We'll take you all on!'

'We?!' Paige spluttered in surprise. 'What do you mean we?'

'I don't think we have a choice, luv.' Jono said as he got ready for a fight. 'Why do all our days out end up like this?'

'I find this whole thing childish and tedious.' Monet sighed. 'Can't we just leave and be done with…'

SMASH!

One of the bar patrons smashed a bottle over Monet's head. Fortunately, she was invulnerable, so an attack like that couldn't hurt her.

Monet brushed the glass out of her hair with another sigh and grabbed the man who had just smashed the bottle over the head by the collar.

'Do you realise how much this hairstyle cost me?' Monet glowered at the man. 'No, I doubt you can. Can you even count?'

CRACK!

Somebody else attacked Monet with a pool cue, only for it to break harmlessly. The super-strong telepath grabbed him by the collar as well.

'Do you mind?' Monet asked the cue-wielding goon. 'I was trying to talk.'

CLONK!

Monet knocked the two goon's heads together, knocking them out cold.

One of the patrons tried to take off Angelo's head with a barstool, but the grey-skinned Latino mutant simply wrapped his pliable fingers around the stool's legs and snatched it away from the man before hitting him over the head with it instead.

PWANG!

'Angelo, look out!' Paige called out as she saw one of the patrons pull out a nasty-looking knife. The blonde-haired mutant snatched a picture of John Wayne off the wall and smashed it over the Knife Man's head.

CRUNCH!

'Gonna kill you, mutie!' Another patron yelled as he charged at Paige.

'Oi, hand off my girl!' Jono yelled as he grabbed the goon by the back of his collar and tossed him across the bar, sending the man sliding all the way down the room.

'Oh, dear…' Gaia grimaced at the sight of the chaos that had erupted around her. 'I never knew that things would end up like this.'

'Damn filthy muties…' The sheriff's son snarled as he grabbed hold of Gaia's leg and struggled to get up to his feet. 'Gonna kill you…'

'Eep!' The pink-haired girl yelped as she pulled her leg away from her assailant. 'get away!'

CRACK!

Gaia kicked the sheriff's son in the temple, sending him tumbling over the floor.

'Not that I don't enjoy a good barroom brawl or anything, but shouldn't we get out of here?' Angelo asked. 'The sheriff will be here any minute, and you'll know he'll be pissed after that mind-whammy Monet put on him.'

'These guys're pretty much beat anyway.' Jubilee shrugged as he pushed one of the unconscious goons with her foot. 'Let's get outta here.'

Jubilee was about to head out the door when a smile began to spread on her face. She stopped and turned to regard her friends.

'You know, we just took down a bar full of goons.' Jubilee pointed out. 'Heh. Wolvie will be so proud.'

TBC…

Next: Bushwhacked

Sheriff Pepper isn't finished with Monet St Croix, so he hires the mercenary known as Bushwhacker to hunt her down.