Teb ran downstairs in a pink two piece she practically had to wrestle Jubilee for. She ran to the pool and crashed into Sabertooth.
"Oof!" said Teb.
"Watch where you’re going kid." said Sabertooth.
"Um, sorry." apologized Teb.
She side stepped the big man and walked to the rest of the group and sat in a chair next to Angelo.
Ange smiled, and said, "You gotta keep your eyes open, chica."
"Thanks for the advice." Teb said. "I still dont trust big and ugly." she whispered to Ange. "It’s just so wierd."
Ange gave Teb a reassuring hug.
"Don’t worry, chica. I trust Ryan, and Ryan trusts 'big and ugly'."
"Yea, I guess you’re right." Teb said.
Ange looked at Teb. Teb smiled.
"You like?" She asked as she got up and did a model turn.
"Si, I love." he said and wrapped his arms around her and kissed her.
Jonas was leaning on his elbows at the side of the pool.
"Ooooooooooooooooo..." he said in a childish way.
Teb blushed like crazy and Ange just smiled and held her tighter.
teb
Sammi and Hank were in the lab working on the vaccine.
"There, it’s done. Well, almost... it just has to cure for a little bit and then we can try it." Sammi said as she ran her hand through her hair.
"Ok. I'll wait for it. Why don't you go and have fun in the pool like Ryan asked before?" Hank said looking at her.
"Nope." Sammi said looking at Hank.
"What do you mean? You’re young. You should be carefree." Hank said surprised.
"I'm not going without my favorite lab partner. So I'm not going unless you go." Sammi said.
"But the vaccine." Hank said.
"It'll be fine. Besides, I’m sick of hearing that Hank McCoy is always in the lab. You remember fun, right? It hasn't been that long, has it?" Sammi asked.
"I guess a little time off would help. You go get changed and I'll meet you there." Hank said as he led Sammi out of the lab.
"Deal." Sammi said, and she was off.
~In Sammi and Jonas' room~
"I don't remember seeing a bathing suit when I unpacked the stuff that Jubes got me, but it wouldn't hurt to look." Sammi said to herself.
Sammi opened the top drawer and found a purple two piece bathing suit. She pulled out the pieces and looked at them.
"I think Jubes got me confused with Psylock. Well, I don't have anything else, so I guess I have to wear this." Sammi said as she went into the bathroom to get changed.
~Downstairs~
Hank was waiting by the Kitchen door when he heard Sammi say, "Are you ready?"
He turned to find her in a bathing suit that looked like Betsy's so he asked trying not to sound like he was shocked,"Did you steal that from Betsy, or did you buy that?"
"Actually, Jubes bought it for me."Sammi said looking down at it.
"You know your Father will kill you for wearing that."Hank said. He could see Logan's face now.
"What my father doesn't know can't hurt me."Sammi said with a smile. "So are we going or not?"
They headed outside. As Hank opened the door you could hear everyone having a great time. They walked out towards the pool and Sammi saw Jonas teasing Teb and Angelo and said," Can anyone join the fun or is this invite only?"
jubilee_79
Ryan stepped out into the pool area wearing a tan two-piece bathing suit. The top was halter style while the bottom was a string bikini. She didn’t have to worry about borrowing a suite from anyone because all she had to do was morph something into one. Ryan was really starting to like her powers. As she walked out into the area she heard a loud whistle and turned to see Victor grinning like the Cheshire cat.
“I’m surprised you’re not sending me back into the house to change.” Ryan said.
“Nope frail but I am considering sending everyone else back in the house so I can have you all to myself.” replied Victor.
Ryan took the glass of red wine Victor was holding and took a drink. She was glad to see that everyone was having fun. Victor took the glass from Ryan and set it on the table. She gave him a questioning look and then he pulled her face to his and kissed her. While she was wrapped up in the kiss he picked her up and walked into the pool.
The kiss was broken when Ryan heard Sammi say," Can anyone join the fun or is this invite only?" Her thoughts still on the kiss Ryan momentarily thought Sammi was referring to that. Then she remembered the party.
“Come on in the water’s great.” She shouted over to Sammi. “Hey anyone up for any pool games?” She asked the general crowd.
Le Fae
Cara grinned. "Count me in!!!" she called to Ryan.
Cara felt so alive...so free. That stone arm had weighed a ton...but thanks to Jonas, she didn't have to worry about it anymore. And she found a new use for her powers. Cara saw Teb reach for a bottle of Soda.
"Hey Teb...want me to open that for ya?" she asked, grinning.
Cara placed one hand on the cement of the pool...a glowing streak of light shot out of her hand and trailed its way across the ground, up the patio table, up the bottle, and made its way to the cap of the bottle.
The cap glowed, then exploded off of the bottle shooting twenty feet into the air. It spinned several times, then fell back down, rattling to a stop on the ground on the far side of the pool area.
The bottle was unharmed, as well as the contents.
"Nice trick, kid...just don't use it on me..." Sabertooth said, half jokingly.
"Yeah, right...like I would. I'm not into killing." she said. Cara turned her attention back to Ryan. "So, Ryan...about those pool games!"
“Okay, that’s one, does anyone else want to join in?” Ryan asked.
Rainfall
"Not really." Maria replied. She was wearing a swimming suit that was similar to the one she had back home with the goggles from her uniform. She took advantage of the clothing replicator and made herself a swimsuit.
"I got a game we can try." Jubilee said with a wicked look in her eye. "Maria?"
"Yeah?"
"I want you to..." Jubilee whispered in the young girl's ear. Logan and Sammi were the only ones who could hear her and snickered.
"I can't do that!" Maria exclaimed.
"Sure you can. You did it with his visor."
"But that was different. I just want to see his face. I don't want to... I don't like it."
"You sound just like him."
"I know." Maria said as she crossed her arms. "I don't want to turn all of the men's swimwear invisible."
Maria Cline
Amanda headed towards the pool. Her head hurt and she wanted to be around living people. She had changed into a very short deep blue two piece. It was something she would normally never wear, but she loved the color, and it was hot.
When she got there she heard Jubilee' s comment to Maria. Though she normally would not condone such actions, she wouldn't mind seeing Charles and Scott's expressions, both men had just appeared by the pool.
(I dare you to do it, Maria.)
(WHAT!!!!!!!!)
(It would be so much fun!)
Maria just stared at Amanda, determining if she had truly lost it. Amanda just smiled back. She continued smiling when she saw Charles' face when he saw her suit. She gave him her best ' eat your heart out' smiles. He smiled back, with a glimmer in his eyes.
/Well, this could get interesting./ she thought.
Amanda scanned the pool til she found Jonas. She wasn't surprised when she saw him with Sammi. Sammi smiled and gave her a thumbs up when she saw the bathing suit. Sammi knew why she had worn it. Jonas gave Amanda a warm smile and started to turn away when his head stapped back. His eye got a little larger and he stared at her with an odd expression.
(We need to talk later.) Amanda explained.
(Yes, we do.) Jonas replied.
Although some of the tension had left him, he still had a puzzled look on his face.
A.C.
Jonas stared at Amanda, not only at her... but also at the two dragons standing on either side of her. They looked at Jonas and then at each other.
"Sammi, would you excuse me." Jonas said and walked over to Amanda.
(Thanagar, Azmaru... what have you done, are you not to have died.) Jonas asked them through Amanda.
Amanda looked even more confused now. She suspected that this was all connected, but Jonas acted like he had known them for a long time.
(Don't blame us, blame your friend here... she pulled us out of the void and now we share her mind, serve as her protectors.) Thanagar said.
(She has not yet accepted our help Thanagar...) Azmaru added.
"Let's take a walk." Jonas said harshly and Amanda followed him, and the two psychic dragons followed her.
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"He told me that you would die from that thing. I grieved you both... I feel like you are my brothers."
"We don't know how this happened, but we and the young lady share a powerful bond." Azmaru said looking over at Amanda.
"Jonas, I can't make heads or tails out of half of their talk. Please can’t you... maybe explain this to me?" Amanda said, desperate.
"I will try. Azmaru was my old protector; when I was born my old body was bonded to that of a dragon, Azmaru saw to it that I survived."
"But I failed, and Jonas died... I took his soul and mind to our world." Azmaru said, cutting Jonas off.
"Yes. Thanagar offered to give me his body... to give me a permanent host, so that I could live again." Jonas continued.
Amanda started to understand. "But they had nowhere to go... right? They died." Amanda looked sadly at the two dragons.
"I would be only too happy to accept your protection." Amanda said, giving the dragons a big smile. "But I’m not sure how you will protect me if you are only in my mind."
Thanagar frowned. "Why do Humans always underestimate themselves and others? We might not be able to inflict damage to the physical world... But we will guard the astral plane that surrounds you. We will be able to fight for you against anyone who may try to invade your mind."
"We can also act as your advisors.” spoke Azmaru. “Thanagar and I have great wisdom to share, we can also act as your eyes and ears... in places where you are not."
Amanda was about to say something, but Azmaru cut her off.
"You should know that if you accept this, we will be bonded to the heart, we will serve you to the best of our abilities. But there is no going back, only death can separate us."
"I understand." Amanda said and thought for a moment.
Admiral
Sammi watched Jonas leave, and hoped that he would tell her what happened, someday. She saw Logan walk over to her and he sat down on the edge of the pool with her.
"What do you call that?" He asked, looking at the bathing suit.
"A bathing suit. Why, what would you call it?" Sammi asked, amused by the tone in his voice.
"I call that indecent." Logan said looking at her sternly.
Sammi laughed and said,"Don't blame me, Jubes bought it for me. Speakin' of which, how is she handling me being your daughter?"
"I don't know. She hasn't mentioned it. Why?" Logan asked curiously.
"It’s just with everything with Kitty, I don't want that to be the case with us." Sammi said looking over at Jubilee.
"How did you know about that?" Lgan asked surprised.
"Same way we know a lot about all of you. You and Jubilee are tied in being my favorite heroes. Gambit is the next, followed by Bobby. I just couldn't get over the fact that he's accountant." Sammi said laughing looking at his face and seeing the surprised look on it.
"I'm going to go and talk to her, Ok?" Sammi said as she got up and walked over to Maria and Jubilee, who were fighting over whether or not they should play the ultimate prank.
"I think you should, but do me a favor and don't do it on my dad or Sabertooth. I don't think I could handle that." Sammi said smiling.
"Me, too. Besides, you can imagine what Wolvie would do to her." Jubilee said looking at Sammi and smiling.
"What HE would do to her? Think about me I would be scared for life." Sammi said looking at Jubes. She turned to Maria and said," Go with the safe bet. Remy. I think he would thrive on the attention, besides, it will give us a chance to see if all his talk is true." Sammi said smiling evilly.
"You are so bad." Jubes said smiling the same.
Leilee came over to the group and asked," So, what are all of you talking about?"
Sammi and Jubilee started laughing and Maria started to turn invisible.
"We're just trying to figure out if Remy is suave as he says he is." Sammi said and then looking at Jubilee asked," Can we talk?"
"Sure." Jubilee said.
Sammi looked at Maria and Leilee and said," I'll catch you guys later." And Sammi and Jubes walked away. They found a spot over by the side of the house and Sammi asked. "I a) wanted to thank you for the suit and b) I was wondering what do think about me being Logan's daughter?"
Jubilee was surprised, this was the first time in along time that someone asked her what she thought.
"You’re welcome for the suit. I saw it and knew it would be perfect. As for you being Logan's daughter, I think its great. I'm a little confused about it but I like it. I always wanted a big sister type."
"I'm confused about it, too. I'm glad you like it. I always wanted a sister, too. I mean with Jamar I already have a brother. But sometimes you just need a sister. Ya know?" Sammi said giving Jubilee a hug.
Jubilee hugged her back and said, "I know."
They hugged for a little while and then Sammi said," I really hate to cut this short but I need to think about a few things. I'm going to go for a walk, OK?"
"No prob. If you need to talk I'm here, sis." Jubilee said smiling.
"Same here, sis." Sammi said as she walked away.
She walked down to the lake, she put Jubilee's shirt on because she was starting to get a little cold out of the pool. She stood on the deck and looked up to the sky. It was beautiful. There were so many stars out and she immediately found Orian, Leo, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
She stood looking at the stars and thinking about Jonas. She wanted to talk to him about what happened, but most of all she just wanted him to hold her and never let go.
"Thank you, Aphrodite." She said to herself.
jubilee_79
While Sammi was walking, Amanda and Jonas was talking. Jonas had asked for the full account and Amanda had relayed it to the best of her abilities, with the help of her protectors. Jonas nodded his head occasionally.
"Are you sure you are up to this? It is a bond till death." Jonas asked.
"I am sure." replied Amanda.
Jonas nodded. Amanda wanted to talk to him more. She wanted to apologize for failing him. She wanted to apologize for not being the leader she should have been. She wanted to apologize for not being the friend she should have been.
"So, I guessed you heard about Charles and me?" she asked.
Jonas smiled. He knew what she want to talk about. The others had told him about the funeral and her speech. Charles had also mentioned something about what happened in the woods, though Jonas believed he had edited a few parts. Parts Jonas was curious about. Maybe he would need to rattle it out of her. He smiled.
A.C.
Teb finished her fourth drink. Ryan was good at sneaking drinks to her and Ange. Well, she was getting a little bit crazy. Ange only had a couple so he was fine. Teb was dancing around to the music. She was singing along and fell down into Anges lap.
"Whoops, haha." she laughed.
"Chica, you ok?" Ange asked concerned.
"Oh, I’m fine now." she said and kissed Ange on the lips.
“Okay." said Ange.
Teb kissed him on the mouth and then on the neck and around his collar bone.
"Chica, what are you doing?"
"Mmm... I love you angelo."
"I love you too, chica."
Teb ran her fingers through his hair and kissed him deeper.
"Chica..."Ange said and looked at all the people around them.
Teb stopped and gave Ange an angry look.
"Forget you then." she got up and walked away from him.
Teb got a few more drinks and then went to see who else she could find. She saw Jono sitting on the couch inside.
She walked up and jumped on him.
"Hey Jono." she said.
~Hey Teb~ he noticed she was just in a bathing suit ~Aren’t you cold?~
"No, not really. You look cute tonight." she said and flicked his floppy hair. She snuggled up next to him and rested her head on his shoulder.
~Thank you. Where’s Ange?~
"Gee, I don’t know."
~I havn’t seen much of you from the time we’ve been here. Gen-X has pretty much kept our distance with all the drama going on.~
~Teb?~
Teb was passed out on his shoulder.
teb
========== **telepathy //thoughts :: indicates talk from another personality ==========
The noise was carrying throughout the mansion as Jamar grabbed a bottle of wine, and went for a walk. He'd been doing much of that lately. He didn't even go to the Danger Room with the others to practice. He didn't really see the need. He'd just spaz out and become one of a hundred different people, mutants, whatever.
/I really should tell Sammi the headaches have started back. It looks like I left one world only to die in another./
::Why should you tell her anything? Let her be happy Jamar.::
/Maybe you're right./
::I just wish there were some more ladies here.::
::Like someone’s gonna be interested in dating a schizo freak like us.::
Jamar continues walking away from the pool and through the side of the mansion.
Logan watches as Jamar leaves, and remembers something that Sammi had mentioned before she left.
"Dad something’s wrong with Jamar. He's been closed off for weeks now." Sammi had said.
"Well darlin. We've all been stressed over the whole Sinister thing." Logan had replied.
"Maybe you're right." Sammi had said.
But as Logan watches Jamar, he's not so sure that's the only thing troubling him.
*****
Jamar comes out the other side of the mansion. Having finished the bottle of wine, the bottle shatters as it's flash frozen and then incinerated. He hears talking as he enters the clearing.
"Hey Jonas, Amanda, Dragons. How's it goin?"
Everyone seems startled as they realize what Jamar's just said. Jamar continues to walk on but Amanda stops him.
"Jamar, you can see them?"
"Yeah. See ya."
"Jamar where are you going?" Amanda asks. The smell of wine is strong on his breath.
::"We're going where we wanna go. What's it to ya?"::
"J. you're too drunk to go anywhere. Why don't you come back with us to the party." Jonas says as he takes hold of Jamar.
::"Let us go.":: With that last outburst a purple orb of fire surrounds him and he implodes with a hiss and a pop.
Amanda and Jonas look around and realize they are standing in a large crater and the trees have been scorched clean of leaves.
"Amanda, is he...?"
"No, he's still alive. I can catch a glimmer of him on the astral plane. It seems he teleported."
"I didn't know he could do that. We better tell the others."
Chaos
After Maria had shown her how to use the clothing replicator, Athena managed to put together a swimsuit. A nice little deep green one piece that criss-crossed in back. She managed to create a matching wrap and sandals too. Athena had always been conservative and swimsuits made her nervous.
She looked at herself in the mirror and then sat back down on Bobby's bed. By the time she had gotten to his room he was gone and she was thankful for the privacy. She had never been very courageous about wearing swimsuits. As she idly twirled a lock of her hair, she wondered if anyone would notice if she didn't go to the party. Then she stood and walked to the door.
She had been the one to talk Bobby into going in the first place. She opened the door and cautiously glanced both ways before exiting the room. She was relieved to find the hall empty. As she descended the stairs, she began to envy Maria's invisibility. She slowly reached the door leading out to the pool and stopped. Thinking now or never, she took a deep breath and walked outside.
snowbaby
Cara was bored...she sat by the pool letting her feet trail in the water. She'd had fun swimming, but she was tired of that now. She looked around at all of the people. Amanda, Jonas, Jamar and Sammi had all left...Teb was inside, passed out on Jono... Angelo had gone after Teb, then stalked off somewhere after seeing them... Ryan was snuggled up to Sabertooth, Wolverine was watching them. Maria and Leilee were talking...Cara didn't know what about. She didn't want to interrupt.
Cara sighed, and leaned back, putting both hands palms down on the cement. Suddenly, involuntary streaks of light shot out from her hands and ran across the ground behind her... one made its way to and up the patio table. It and the drinks on the table began to glow... another streak of light made its way up the wall.
~KAAABOOOOOOM!!!~ All of the drinks on the table exploded, sending shards of glass everywhere.
~KAAABOOOOOOM!!!~ the table blew apart right after the drinks.
~KAAABOOOOOOM!!!~ half of the lights in the pool area exploded, leaving the side that Cara was on in darkness. All that could be seen of Cara were her wide glowing red eyes.
No one was hurt, but everyone stopped what they were doing and looked over at Cara, their eyes wide with shock. Wolverine looked at the wasted beer, and groaned.
Cara's glowing red eyes were also wide with shock...her jaw hung down and her face was white as a sheet...it soon turned bright pink with embarrassment.
She closed one eye and said, "EEP!!!"
Cara quickly jumped to her feet and took off running. She vaulted over the cement wall surrounding the pool area, and took off running across the grounds.
Rainfall
Ryan ran off after Cara. She didn’t know what had caused the accident but she was worried about her. Cara was like a little sister to Ryan. She wanted to make sure she was ok.
Not being the best tracker in the world Ryan ended up getting lost in the backyard.
/Oh, Great this is wonderful./ She thought to herself as she tried to backtrack to the pool.
Ryan cam through the some brush to see Sammi’s friend sitting on a log thinking. It looked like he was talking to himself.
“Hi, Jamar, right?” She said as she approached him. “ I’m a little lost.. I came after Cara because she seemed upset but now… I don’t know where I am? Can you point me in the direction of the house?”
Jamar smiled at the girl, he really didn’t know her all that well but she seemed nice enough. Sammi and Jonas had made peace with her and she seemed to have brought the best out in Sabretooth.
“I think if you follow that path it will take you back to the house and then you can follow the voices back to the pool.” he said.
“Thanks.” Ryan turned to leave but then turned back around. “Are you ok? I don’t want to barge into your business or anything like that but if you want to talk I have a great ear. Plus I can crack a really horrible joke at really bad times guaranteed to make you laugh. “ She said smiling at Jamar. He seemed to be troubled by something.
Le Fae
Athena had gone after Cara. She had been following Ryan, but in the dark woods surrounding the house, she lost sight of her. She continued in the direction she had seen Cara go in, and soon found her sitting against a tree. Her knees drawn toward her chest, she was crying softly. Athena sat down in front of Cara and put her arms around the girl.
After a long while she said, "It's going to be o-kay. I don't know what happened back there and I'm sure you don't either. No one is going to be upset with you. I'm sure everyone will understand. We all have these new powers and I don't think anyone expects us to have complete control over them so soon.”
“Accidents happen, and that's what that was, an accident. I'm sure it happens to everyone. In order to gain control of our newfound powers, we are all going to have to face the fact that we each have limits. We really are only all powerful together. So, if you hide here in the woods, your making the whole team weaker.”
“Take a deep breath and let's get back. We can talk to the others about what happened. Maybe there is an exlplanation for it. Maybe it's related to your emotions or thoughts. What were you thinking just before it happened?" Athena tried to smile as she comforted Cara. It just broke her heart to see any of her friends in pain.
snowbaby
~Ryan and Jamar~
"I appreciate the offer but no one can help u...me." ::Nice save.:: "What will happen can't be stopped." Jamar tone changes to one of pure sadness. Through the mist of tears Ryan can see his eyes have become swirling rainbows.
"Jamar, I can tell you need a friend. What's wrong?" she asked.
In a maelstrom of emotion, Jamar lets loose and the thing he's been trying to hide from everyone comes out.
"My headaches have started again and I think I'm gonna die. I can't tell the others, especially Sammi. I told **her I was in the hospital before arriving here but she thinks it was just the ward. For the past year they had me on the floor for the terminally ill."**
Ryan gasps as she realizes that he'd spoken some of that directly into her head. His emotions were so thick that she started crying.
"You've gotta tell Sammi."
::"No, Jamar can't tell Sammi. It'll hurt her too much. She just found her dad and we won't spoil her happiness. If you truly are wanting to be our friend you won't tell her."::
"I...I promise. I won't say a thing."
::"Thank You!!!"::
Jamar takes her hand and in a flash of purple fire they are back by the mansion. Ryan heads back over to the pool to look for Sabretooth while Jamar just stands there.
::How bout another bottle of wine or two or three?::
"That sounds great."
"Mind if I join you kid? Although three bottles may be too much for ya."
Jamar turns to regard Logan as the full weight of what he said drives home.
"You heard Zekk? But that's impossible, they either speak through me or to me. None of them has ever talked to anyone while I'm in control. I think I need something stronger than wine." he says as he plops down on the ground as if his legs could no longer support him.
Logan noted that his heart was racing and his scent had changed.
"Kid I think we need to get you to the medlab quick."
Jamar stood up and then tripped, falling into the darkness.
Chaos
