Cara had heard the dragon's roar of pain coming from outside...then all was still. She was torn...One of her teamates was outside; possibly dead...another teamate was on the hall closet floor, curled up in a tight ball; and she looked like she had seen better days.
Cara didn't know what to do...should she stay here and try to help Leilee, or go outside to check what was happening?!! She was frantically looking back and forth between the two doors, completely torn...
/Oh, I wish I were two people!!!/ she thought desperately...she closed her eyes and gritted her teeth, and wished as hard as she could...
"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" Cara screamed, as she doubled over and fell to the ground in intense physical pain...she felt like she was being ripped in two...then she passed out.
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Cara came to a couple of minutes later, and found herself looking up at the shocked and worried face of Leilee...and Leilee was looking at her, and something directly behind Cara.
Cara rolled over to see what was there, and found herself staring eye to eye with...HERSELF!!! Cara gasped; there were two of her!!!
The two Caras' stared at each other; two pairs of red, glowing eyes opened as wide as they could go...both girls sat up slowly, still watching each other, and they got slowly up to their feet...
Both of them looked at the door which led outside, then at Leilee who was standing there with her mouth open; then the two Caras looked once more at each other...
"You stay here with Leilee," said one to the other, "I'll go outside to see what is going on!" and with that said, she ran for the door.
The other Cara and Leilee looked at each other in shock...
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"Should we not try to cover the wounds up, or stop the bleeding?" Maria asked and looked at Jonas’s large sleeping Dragon body.
"The blood flow has already subsided, it would seem that his dragon physiology somehow caused the cell structure around the wound to burn itself, and thereby close the wound; and now that we have removed the offending claw from his back the more serious wounds can also heal themselves."
Jonas groaned and turned on his side, resting on the chest wound, his eyes open as he again felt the pain and roared out low. "This is getting old quick." he said and carefully stood up on unsteady legs.
"Take it easy big guy, you’re not ready to dance right now." Rogue said and helped him stand.
"Where is Sammi." Jonas sniffed in the air, there was several more people around that he hadn’t smelled before.
"I must help her." he extend his big wings, but when the blood rushed out into the wings, he almost blacked out.
Rogue stopped him from falling over. "You can help her by resting."
Jonas was about to argue, but the strain was too much and he collapsed on his side.
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Cara was running as fast as she could; she reached the others just in time to see Jonas the dragon collapse back on the ground.
She felt queasy...and her queasiness wasn't just from seeing the condition her teammate/friend was in either...
/I guess there is a limit to this new ability,/ she thought weakly, as she fell to her knees and wrapped her arms tightly around her waist, doubling over in pain...
/I can't seem to go very far from the other Cara, without being in extreme physical pain.../ was Cara's last thought, as she passed out again...
"Cara!" shrieked Maria, as she watched the girl fall...
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Back in the hallway, the other Cara suddenly doubled over in pain...
"Cara, What's wrong?!" a shocked and confused Leilee asked the shaking girl.
"Leilee...please help me...it hurts so bad," moaned Cara.
She looked up at Leilee, her eyes filled with pain..."Please get me outside with the other Cara...I can't move..." she said weakly, and passed out cold.
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Maria ran to the young girl and turned visible. "Cara?"
"Mansion." She moaned.
"Of course. The mansion." Maria said as she helped her up. That feeling of danger still lingered like a bad stench, still she had to help her.
Maria and Cara went to the mansion just as Leilee and another Cara came out. The two Caras smiled as they managed to stand on their own.
"Thanks." They said in unison. "We just learned how to split and we didn't know that we needed to stick by each other."
Maria sighed as she said, "Just pull yourselves together, okay? I have this strange feeling that something is still wrong."
"Like the fact that we're in a comic book universe?" Leilee quipped, hiding the pain she was showing before.
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The two Caras closed their eyes tightly, and gritted their teeth...they concentrated with all of their might trying to pull themselves back together into one person... But it was no use... The two Caras opened their eyes and stared at each other in dismay...
"We can't pull ourselves together!" they cried out in one voice...
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"Hmmm... maybe we can get Xavier to send us Jamie Madrox. His powers are like yours." Maria reasoned. "In the meantime, you two just stick by each other. We better go and see what the problem is."
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The two Caras looked at Maria...she seemed very worried...as though she could sense something that the others weren't aware of.
Maria looked back in the direction they had come from...a shadow passed over her face.
"We have to get back there, NOW!" she said urgently to the other three girls...then turned around and began running.
Leilee and the two Caras looked at each other in shock, then began running after Maria...
Rainfall
Leilee stopped short at the sight. It was Sabretooth and Britney Spears. Only, it wasn't. There was no way in H*** that was Britney Spears. The thought pattern was different. And there was something there....Something different from everyone else’s pattern. It was subtle, but there, none the less. She motioned to the others the be quiet and stay put.
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While the others were dealing with Jonas and the two uninvited guests, Xavier was leading Amanda to Cerebro. He figured that the added boost would allow her to get the Beta scan of their opponents. Amanda was too worried about her teammates to argue.
"Sit down while I tune the machine to your brain frequency." Charles ordered.
"Wouldn't be better if you did it? I mean, you know what you’re doing." stated Amanda nervously.
"Do not worry. Just focus your thoughts on Sabertooth and the other presence. Once you have located them, see if you detect anyone else."
"Do you think someone else was behind the attack?" Amanda asked as she let her mind go.
"I know there is." Amanda heard Charles reply as she began to drift off onto the psychic plane.
Soon she felt Sabertooth and Ryan's presence and also Logan's and Sammi's. She could also detect another’s hiding behind a strong psychic shield. As she tried to penetrate it, Amanda could feel the darkness radiating from it. It seemed familiar. As she pushed past the psychic haze, she picked up on the person's plans for the X-men, and they weren't good.
Just as she identified who their opponent was, Amanda felt herself being slammed off the plane by an intense psychic wave. As Xavier came to help her, Amanda's last thought was that they were in for more trouble then she could possibly handle.
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Jonas once again got to his feet, this time more secure in his movement.
"Jonas it would be in your best interest to lie still and rest." Hank said, backing away from him slowly.
"I never been much for... My best interest." he said feeling his chest, it was a little sore but, it didn't hurt that badly anymore, but now he was thirsty and hungry.
"Jonas why don't we wait right here... Sammi will be back any minute." Rogue tried and held on to his leg, he tried to shake her off but damn was she strong.
"Haaaannnnkkkkk." Rogue yelled out as Jonas started to shake more violently, and Rogue was sent hurling away up in the air.
"Stop it Dragon..." Cable yelled out, but before he knew it Jonas was an inch from his face, his big blue cat like eyes staring down at him.
"...Or I will..." was all Cable managed to say before Jonas roared. "MY NAME IS NOT DRAGON!!!"
~SMACK~ Cable was sent flying from a straight slap by Jonas tail, Hank didn't wait for an invitation, but backed away.
Jonas again extended his wings, it hurt but not like before, and it hurt even more when he set to the air and started to fly...
/water, I’m so damn thirsty./ he thought and took off in the direction of the lake he knew was out there.
/Water first, then I find something to eat.../ he thought, but what was he going to eat? For a second that dragon that attacked before didn't seem all that bad, but he was quick to set aside that idea as he sat down beside the lake.
First he tried to scoop up some whit his hands but that didn’t work.
"Well I guess I have to go animal on this." he said and stuck his tongue into the water.
/Nice./ he thought and started drinking, slowly something inside him started to cool off.
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Cable stood up, shaking his head furiously. "When I get my hands on him, I will... Oh yes I will." he told himself and started to walk towards Rogue and Hank.
He suddenly noticed Maria, Cara and Cara... two Cara's? And a new kid he didn’t recognize run towards the Forest. Ok, he was going to get something straightened out right now.
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Jonas cleared his thoughts. "Sammi! She’s in trouble."
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Logan and Sammi were leading Sabretooth into a trap, Maria and the two Caras were on their way to help, but they didn't know about any trap.
Leilee was looking at the *Britney Spears* wanna be, Cable was on his way to get this straightened out, without a leader the situation could turn bad, by the drop of a pin... not to mention a 40 foot Dragon Landing with a bang behind Sabretooth, Roaring.
"Hi, Tooth!... you in the wrong dog yard, and I'm the guard dog!!!"
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The plan was working out fine, til she started to smell Cara, Maria, Leilee, and Cable? She had to think fast. Then she felt Jonas's presence even before she saw him land. That's when it came to her," NOW!!!" She yelled and sent a very strong thought to the girls and Cable.
Sammi jumped up as Jonas had Sabertooh distracted , "That would be my guard dog, bub. So why don't you mess with me." She popped her claws and slashed him across the back.
He howled a bit and turned, and said, "You messed with the wrong guy, frail." He started to advance but didn't get too much of a chance as she sent a range of HIGH grade explosives at his face.
"You got that wrong. You, bub, messed with the wrong TEAM." She said as Logan stood behind her, ready for a fight.
"That's right, darlin'."
Sammi thought very hard sending it to Jonas, /Clabber him on the back of the head Very Hard./
Jonas did and he was out cold.
*************************************************** ~On the other side~
Maria, the two Caras and Leilee were surprised when they heard Sammi's thought, /When I say, ambush Bimbo Spears./
As Cable got the thought, he smiled and said, "No wonder Wolverine is so protective of her."
They were in attack positions when they heard, "NOW!!!!"
The Four girls jumped and tackled the blond and Maria punched her in the face so hard that she was knocked out, cold. "That was for hurting my friends!" She said surprised that she actually did that.
Cable was surprised too, because of Maria and the fact that neither him nor Wolverine had to lift a finger to help the new team.
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Jonas grabbed Creed quick in his big hands when he saw that he was starting to come around. He looked at him with a strange grin on his face. Creed looked back eyeing him evil.
"What are ya looking at." Creed growled.
Jonas eye's narrowed, lifted Creed close to his head, smacking his lips...
"Lunch..?" Jonas, said matter of fact smiling like crazy as he heard Logan laugh.
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"No, Jonas, Don't eat HIM. You may get fleas." Sammi said laughing along with Logan.
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Mystique watched from the shadows; she saw her crew about to be taken out by the X-Men, and a group which she had never seen before... She quickly opened up the com-link...
"Boss! I think we should go to plan B...NOW!!!" she spoke urgently into the com-link.
Just as she finished speaking the last word, a portal suddenly opened up directly behind her... She made a run for it...
Sabertooth saw the portal open...he sank all of his claws and fangs into Jonas the dragon's hand. Jonas dropped him with a ferocious howl of pain... Sabertooth ran for the portal...
Ryan (who still looked like Britney Spears) woke up and saw the other two make a run for it...
/Oh, no...you are not leaving without me!!!/ she thought to herself.
She grabbed Maria and threw her into the other girls...got up and began running for the portal...
One of the Caras grabbed a small stone, energized it, and threw it in front of Ryan... it exploded on the ground, and threw Ryan several feet through the air.
She got up quickly, looked back at Cara, then at the portal which was beginning to close.
"Well, there's no time to kill you now," she said to the annoying girl, an evil smile pasted on her face, "so I'll have to take a rain check... but you can have THIS as a parting gift!!!"
She focused her powers on the Cara that threw the stone... both Caras collapsed to the ground in pain...
Ryan's evil laugh could be heard as she disappeared through the portal...and it closed behind her...
Rainfall
The Caras groaned in the med lab as everyone recovered from their first battle.
Maria was sitting in the corner as she rubbed her fist. "You okay?" Nathan asked as he offered a cup of coffee.
"Yeah." Maria said as she waved her hand. "I don't like coffee.”
"You seem uneasy."
"I’ve just been through my first battle." Maria said as she struggled to keep her voice as low as possible. "I know that you’ve fought all your life but this battle thing is new to me. I haven't even fought before."
"You did manage yourself well for a first timer."
"Thanks."
The two paused as Scott walked across the room to one of the Caras and talked to Hank. Nathan glanced at Maria's face and surface feelings to notice a startleness and a degree of shock. It was strong and there was a sense of fear of losing.
"You can sense what I was thinking." Maria said in a matter of fact way.
"Yes."
"Can I talk to you in private?" Maria asked as she touched Nathan's metallic arm.
"Okay." Nathan said as Maria took his arm and led him out.
"Alone."
**We can talk like this.** Nathan said as Maria's eyes widen.
**Okay.**
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Leilee stepped between Maria and Cable. "Before you two get all telepathic and stuff on us, I want you to know the baddies didn't get away scott free. No offense, Cyke."
"None taken."
Maria stared at her. "What do you mean...?"
Leilee grinned. "Well....I left her a little parting gift..."
======Baddie's Headquarters====== "I CAN'T CHANGE BACK!!!!!!" screamed Ryan.
Mystique stared at her. "What do you mean you can't change back?"
"I can't focus. No matter what I do. It's like my ADD's on Hyperdrive! I'm stuck as BRITNEY SPEARS!!!!!"
"It's an improvement, Frail."
"WHAT'S THAT, CREED?"
"Nothing...."
======X-men Headquarters====== "How could you tell she had ADD?" asked Cyclops.
"The thought pattern. It was a little more....hyper. Not as organized as a normal thought pattern. And I could sense a slight chemical difference. She also acted similar to this boy I tutor who has it too. When he's excited, he acts just like she did. So I made her ADD....go into lightspeed."
Cara grinned. "You are bad."
Leilee grinned back. "I know."
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Cyclops looked sharply at the two Caras; only one had smiled at Leilee... the other one only stared off into the distance, looking confused...
/That wasn't supposed to happen,/ he thought, /they should BOTH have smiled...I better have a talk with Jean...I think something is wrong with Cara./
Rainfall
~Baddies Headquarters~ Outside, children played oblivious to the danger in the building beside them. Ryan sat at the window and watched them with some fascination. She was finally starting to calm down a little but was still unable to change back to her regular form. Her thoughts drifted to the children outside. So innocent, so young… the world has such promise at that age.
“When did I lose that outlook on life? When did I become so bitter? Probably when that jerk I gave my virginity to cheated on me and dumped me a week later. Not to mention all the jerks since then that got me drunk just to get in my pants and all the boyfriends that beat up on me. Just when I thought I had finally found a nice guy he ends up cheating on me. He seemed so nice I can’t believe he did that with my best friend.”
Ryan had dated some jerks in her life but the last one took the cake. At least with the others it was obvious… they treated her like s--- so she never really got attached to them. Sam was different though, he seemed nicer. He seemed honest and caring. She really thought she was in love. Then she came home early from work one day to catch him and her best friend in bed. That is when she lost it and burnt the house down.
“No such thing as a nice guy, Ryan. Some are just better at faking it then other ones” Ryan said remembering the advice her brother had given her when she was little.
“Do you always talk to yourself, frail? ”
“Shut up Scooby before I turn you into a bug and squash you!”
She had heard him come in when she first began talking to herself but she hoped he would just go away. The sad thing is that Victor had been the only guy to treat her well. He never tried to get in her pants and treated her like a real person. Sure he tried to kill her but that is much better then being used… or being lied to.
“Maybe we could go outside and scare some kids. Ruin the teen queens rep a little. Have a little fun with your temporary face! What would you say to that frail?”
He was trying to cheer her up. Ryan smiled and said “You’re on!”
She made a mental note to stay away from him. She was getting to close and he was getting to nice. That always led to trouble, just like with Sam, but for now she needed some fun.
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==X-Mansion== ~Outside~
Sammi and Jonas were sitting by the lake. He was still in dragon form because he was not fully healed yet. Sammi was sitting on one of his large legs.
She looked out to the lake and asked," I was afraid that I lost you. I don't know what I would do if that happened." She was trying not to cry again but it wasn't working.
Jonas looked at her. "I wouldn't be able to stand it if I lost you either. Have you heard anything about Jamar?"
"No. Logan said that he would come and get me when he woke up." She said turning to him, looking him in his eye and said, "I’m gonna go check on him. Will you be alright?"
"I'll be fine. You go. When he wakes up, you need to be there or the X-Men are going to lose another room." Jonas said with a big dragon smile.
Sammi got up, hugged him and said, "By the way, Thanks for protecting me, again." She kissed him on the side of his dragon nose and started into the house.
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~Somewhere in a park…~
“Mommy, Brittany Spears took my ice-cream!!” A small child wailed at his mother.
Ryan and Victor had been walking through the park generally tormenting anyone who came into sight. Taking candy and bikes from children. When the kids recognized Brittany they would run up to her and try to get her autograph… she would ignore them and Victor would try to pimp her out to the kids parents. Just as a joke of course to see what reaction they would get.
“For extra the kids can watch or you can make them a video.” The sad part was that a couple of the fathers seemed interested in the idea. The majority of them would just look in shock and take their kids far away as fast as they could. When they got bored of that they started beating up on clowns making balloons for they kids in the park.
“Hey watch this!” Ryan said as she turned a clown into a giant ant. The kids ran away screaming.
“You seem in a better mood now, Frail.” Sabertooth said as he tripped a couple of crying children.
“Don’t call me frail.“
He stopped her and looked in her eyes. “What’s the matter with you girl? Why do you hate everyone so much? I got a reason to hate, I got an animal in me, you don’t so what’s wrong?”
She looked in his eyes and then she saw it. He was going to try to kiss her and she was not about to let that happen. So she screamed and punched him in the face.
“What the??” Sabertooth said as he saw her run out of the park.
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Sammi slowly walked into Jamar's room. She grabbed the chair and brought it to the bed and sat down. She looked at the IV that Hank had put up, and followed it down to his hand.
She placed her hand on his and said," You’re going to be OK. Everyone here is going to help you. I'm not going to let you, be taken away from me again. I promise."
*****
~Outside the door~
Logan stood listening. As he heard her promise, he knew why he was becoming more and more protective of her, she was like him. She acted like Jubilee at times but the more he knew her she reminded him of himself.
/I won't let anything happen to you, either, darlin'./ He promised to himself.
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"Change room mates, why?" Jonas growled and looked at Xavier through the window of his office, still in Dragon form.
"I'm concerned about you and Sammi sharing rooms, you have become rather close, it would be... wrong of me to ignore that."
"Did I fall asleep and wake up in the dark ages?" Jonas said matter of fact, this was silly.
"I think that it would be in every one's best interest, Sammi could stay with Jamar." Xavier looked serious.
"Are you afraid that we will... Like please." Jonas lowered his head down to rest on the window frame, rolling his eyes.
"I was about to ask Sammi if she would like to stay in Jamar's room, but I don't think she should be forced in there." Jonas said stomping his tail into the ground.
Jonas suddenly smelled someone coming.
"Xavier, I think we can talk about this later, your... favorite student is coming." Jonas said angrily and left the window as Amanda opened the door.
He walked over to the window where Jamar was resting, lifting himself up on his back legs and looking into the window, Sammi was resting in a chair. Jonas carefully tapped one claw on the window, Sammi smiled and walked over to open it.
"Hey Sammi, I just had an interesting conversation with Xavier."
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Maria and Nathan watched the young girl walk away with a grin on her face. Maria just had to smile. Then she glanced at Cable again. **Okay, so... I need some advice.**
**Go ahead.** Nathan said.
Maria looked down and said softly in her mind, **I know things about this world that not even you know about. Did Cyclops tell you about where we came from? Other than the alternate dimension thing?**
**Not really.**
**Well... This will sound off...I guess we come from the future and in an alternate universe.**
**Doesn't sound so odd to me.**
Maria smirked and said, **Yeah, you would. But, you see... we know things. But not everything we know is absolute truth. There's some things that are a little wonky. Did the psi wars happen in this world?**
**Yes.**
**Then, how did you regain your telepathy?**
**It just came back. I'd say...a couple of days ago.**
**That's when we started popping up.**
**Let me guess, you want to know if we should know what you know.**
**Yeah, I mean, it's very important but if I tell you another alternate world might suffer because of me. But, I don't want your dad or anyone else here to be ignorant of the truth about something.**
Nathan sighed. This girl and the others obviously did know things but for some odd reason, why do they know about some of the petty things about this life? **If it's been bothering you so much, I suggest that you do tell Scott. It might accidentally slip out of your mind. May I ask you something?**
**Shoot.** Maria said as she snickered to herself at the bad pun.
**Did the battle of Apocalypse occur yet in your world? Did the Gathering of the Twelve happen?**
Maria blinked as she fought the tears from her eyes. "No comment." she said verbally as she stared at Scott who was on the phone. "No comment at all. Excuse me. Thanks for the help." Maria said as she vanished.
Nathan watched the chair move slightly and the faint sounds of pittering pattering feet and even fainter sounds of sobs.
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"What did you and Xavier talk about?" Sammi asked. She was curious about this. First, she finds Xavier and Amanda making Jonas the Dragon do the chicken dance and now Jonas is having an interesting conversation with Xavier.
/What gives?/ she thought. "Did he make you do the Macarana or something?" She asked looking at her dragon.
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"No, and thank G*d. He wants us in different rooms." Jonas said sadly.
"What? Why?" She said and then she thought,"Oh. He thinks WE can't handle our hormones. At least we can admit our feelings. If him and Amanda don't do something soon, one of them is going to burst."
Jonas looked shocked. "You know?" He asked when he could speak again.
"Yeah. Last night, While we were talking I heard them in the garden. This super hearing is cool. I can hear everything. And the sense of smell is even better." She said as she turned towards the door, "You don't have to stay out there all night, Logan. If you come in I promise I won't bite."
Logan came in the door looking embarrassed, "Sorry, darlin'. I was worried about you."
"Thanx." She said turning back to Jonas," What are we going to do?"
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"If you would like to share room with me, I think I can push some button's on Xavier... and Amanda." Jonas said with a big... BIG grin.
"But I don't wanna push them if I don't have to, but I’m not about to give in to him thinking that it would be immoral that we sleep in the same room."
Sammi leaned close and looked him in the eyes... "What button's are we talking about here... Dragon?" she said, smiling like Crazy.
Logan looked puzzled.
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Logan heard the low moan coming from Jamar. He looked to Sammi to see that she heard it too. She walked back to the bed and sat down.
"Jamar? Can you hear me?" She asked.
"Sammi? Is that really you?" He asked slowly opening his eyes. "Man, Its good to see you. I thought I was dreaming before."
"This is not a dream, kid." Logan said.
"Don't call me kid, OK? And I won't trash anymore rooms. Deal?" He said looking at Logan. Jamar still didn't know where he was but as long as Sammi was there he knew everything was going to be fine.
"Deal." Logan said looking at the two. He noticed that Jamar was a lot calmer with Sammi there and he stopped saying 'us'. "I'm gonna leave you two alone." He said looking at Sammi and Jamar. Then he turned looking at Sammi and Jonas. "Whatever you two are planning, I want in. Maybe it will get the old Chuck off my back." He smiled and left.
As he was walking down the hall he realized that he was still smiling.
/Now that’s a change./He thought, /I've been doing this alot since these kids showed up. I'm sure gonna miss them when they go./
*****
~Back in Jamar's room~
When Logan was talking to Sammi and Jonas, Jamar looked over to see a dragon looking in his window. He sat up and said," A DDDDragon?"
"Oh, sorry. I didn't get the chance to introduce you." Sammi said as she went over to the window.
"Jamar, This is Jonas, my boyfriend.” Sammi pointed to Jamar and said, "Jonas. This is Jamar, my brother." She turned back to Jonas and said," Maybe you should change back and come in the door." She said with a smile and kissed him on the nose.
"I'll be right, back and meet you proper, Jamar." Jonas said as he left.
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Scott got off the phone with Jamie Madrox. He told the multiple mutant about his situation with the two Caras. He didn't tell him about the fact that they are from an alternate dimension, just the fact that they are hopelessly lost.
"Cyclops." a meek voice whispered.
Scott looked around and nodded. "Hello, Maria. Can you please show yourself?"
Maria faded into view. "Sorry, it's just that when I get nervous, I tend to go invisible. I need to tell you something that's very important. But I might be wrong. I need to ask something. Did Alex die when a time machine exploded on an airplane?"
Scott swallowed a little and nodded. "Yes."
"And Polaris insisted that he's alive despite the fact that Alex's body is destroyed?"
"Yes."
Maria took a deep breath. She started to fade again as her hands shake. "Okay, now I know what's it’s like to have a younger sibling. I know that you are probably in pain about Alex's 'death'. But, you should know."
She leaned closer as Scott bent down to listen to her whisper, "He's alive. The time machine explosion combined with Fixx's probe shunted his soul to an alternate universe. He's in this weird universe where Storm's a vampire, Madelynn Pryor is his wife before she became the Goblin Queen, and he has a son named Scotty. The kid is some alternate version of Cable. I think. I know that sounds hard to swallow but with your history, this might sound very normal."
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