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by Francisco Charrua
SCENE I
It was a calm October night at Xavier's school for gifted
young people. Everyone was asleep in their own private
quarters, something that took a great load off the newlywed
couple in charge of the place, Sean and Emma. They were
peacefully cradled in each others arms, sleeping. The girls
were asleep on the same floor. The period of normal life
this group had been experiencing was going to end this very
night.
Jubilee, looking out the window of her room, was the first
to see it. Starting at the floor of the building and
working its way up, was a turbulent ball of psionic energy.
Before our beloved mutant had the time to blurt out a
"Ohmygod", a good part of the wall had started to combust
and crumble. She swiftly ran to Paige's room and urgently
tugged at her arm.
"Humm?" She asked, quickly awakening herself. "Our building
!!". She stared at her former roommate like someone waiting
for a cue card to be flashed.
"We need out, like, NOW !!" bursted Jubes.
In a few blinks Husk had a body made of hard granite. She
picked up Jubilee and with her back broke through the
burning wall of her room. As they both landed on the
pavement, Jubilation wished that her friend had turned into
something that could fly.
"Alrightallrightalright. So having a room on the second
floor wasn't a great idea! As IF ..." her whining was
interrupted by a familiar voice.
"Are ye alright ?" inquired Sean. "I assume the lass fell
first ..." he muttered looking at Paige, who was slowly
getting up and husking away her rocky outer shell.
By now, whatever was happening to the building had stopped
happening. Sean looked at the badly damaged part of the
building with an exasperated look on his face. From around
the corner, appeared Monet St Croix carrying Chamber.
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SCENE II
The next day, at the local park ... Poor poor Jono ...
Everyone in the team out playing softball and he Just HAD to
sit there and be nurtured to death. Sitting to his left and
his right were Emma and Sean. Monet had revealed the source
of the explosion to them. Now it was up to him to explain
how and why, two questions that he could barely answer.
"You don't have to say anything dear ... I know ... These
psionic powers can be more than we could handle. Keeping
them under control can be ..." Emma tried to sound as
supportive as humanly possible.
Jono just looked down. Inside, he was trying to figure out
why for apparently no reason, he had nearly destroyed five
rooms of the house and came so close to killing two of his
best friends. Sean got off the bench.
"Emma dear, think I'll join the lads for a game." He figured
Emma was better at this supportive stuff than he was.
Emma looked at Chamber with concern, the last thing she
needed was another Monet on her hands. As the team played
ball, the White Queen tried to get Chamber to open up about
the incident. Finally, after trying almost everything, she
looked at Jono and apologized. Seconds later Chamber felt a
jolt go through his body.
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SCENE III
Jono was slowly awakening from a dream. A dream of a sunny
day at the park and an encounter with that white lady
dressed in black. As the images faded from his mind he
thought about turning over. His body slowly complied, and he
lay there yawning and thinking about his dream. He wouldn't
dare tell Gayle about this. Getting off his bed, he noticed
a figure standing by the door. Now he remembered, SHE was
the white lady in black. It was Emma Frost.
"Hello Jono ... " , she walked over and sat beside him.
"Hello Emma ...", he replied. But who the hell was Emma
Frost ? She seemed old enough for him to call her ma'am, or
Ms. Frost. Yet there was something familiar about her.
"You look well young man." she slowly said, looking at his
not yet shattered torso.
Jono looked up in shock as Emma put her palm against his
ribs. Emma had very soft hands, and he began to feel at ease
with her presence. He was starting to daydream about
something when he noticed her hand was becoming like a
suction cup. He started feeling dizzy as a huge wave of
pressure started to come from inside of him. Emma's white
skin was turning into dark scar tissue. He then saw
everything around him turn violent red.
Chamber opened his eyes again. The whole team was looking at
him with puzzled looks on their faces. Next to him, Emma was
backing away slowly, obviously in a mild state of shock. He
was back at the park.
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SCENE IV
"Can you pass the potatoes?" Mondo reached out as Paige
handed him a big bowl full of mashed up stuff. "Yum ...
thanks."
Emma, at the head of the table, let a smile slip by. Paige
anxiously awaited the last byte of that particular meal. "I
suffer making it, it's only fair that they should suffer a
little eating it" She cleared her throat as Jubilee sneaked
another forkfull into a bag she was concealing under the
table. "You know Juby dear, if you want to save some for
later ..."
Monet, who was sitting next to Angelo, started abruptly "I
can explain what happened to Ms. Frost back at the park.".
Sean quickly swallowed what he was eating " Couldn't it wait
till after, lass?
"I'm sorry sir but I am afraid last night's little accident
may have had little to do with Jonothon's ability to control
his power. I believe I have enough evidence as to what
happened from what I've observed in Ms. Frost's telepathic
contact with Jonothon."
"WHAT ?!!!" Emma's fork fell in her desert.
Banshee turned red as he blurted "Ye mean ye witnessed the
whole bloody thing and did nae do a thing to stop it !...
Perhaps I should have sent you BOTH to yer rooms ! Him for
playing his games and you for ..."
"Actually, I was trying to interact with his subconscious
mind in order to find possible triggers for his excessive
psionic energy releases. I found three." Now every one had
stopped eating and was facing Monet.
"And what could THESE be ?" Inquired Sean, who was now
squatting next to his wife, holding her hand. They both
listened attentively for a response.
"Two of the reasons are rather personal and shouldn't even
be mentioned" she briefly looked at Paige, who was looking
at her empty plate in relief. "As for the other ... I'm
afraid that my brother's attempt to drain him may have
created a sort of defense mechanism ..." Monet was now
avoiding eye contact with her peers.
Chamber's ghostly presence filled the room, as he reached
out to them with his psionic speech. He slowly walked
towards the kitchen. {Something is wrong and it's not me.}
he was now looking at Monet. {He has returned, hasn't he ?}
Further words were not needed. Jonothon knew someone very
familiar had paid him a visit that night. They all did. They
looked at M, waiting for ... something ... She quickly got
up propelling her chair against the wall, and ran towards
her room.
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Images drawn by Louai
All the characters in this story were created by and are
copyright of Marvel Comics. This can be passed around, but
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