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Family Business
Jubilation “Jubilee” Lee holds a photograph in her hand and looks at it. The photo is a family portrait of her and her parents. ‘Dear Mom and Dad. It’s October 15th again. Every year I hope it’ll just pass me by, and I won’t even notice. No such luck’ Jubilee thinks to herself as she sits on her bed at the Massachusetts Academy. Tissues and a bag of “snax” are on her bed, along with other photos and memorabilia relating to her parents. She tells herself that the day her parents died will always stick out in her mind. ‘I still think about you a lot, but I guess it’s been awhile since I wrote you, hunh?’ she remarks. She adds that the school has gone through a lot of changes since her last “letter”, explaining that a couple of months ago, the school was opened up to human students, so now Generation X have to hide the fact that they are mutants, even in their own home. ‘It’s not so bad, though. You know me. I just like to complain’.
She rests her head against one hand and remarks that sometimes she wakes up and for a split-second, she thinks she is back in her own bed, back in their house in Beverly Hills, before her parents’ car was run off the road and sent over a cliff. ‘But then I realize where I really am, and I get depressed all over again’. She doesn’t tell the other kids though. ‘You know me, stiff upper lip and all that junk’ she thinks. Suddenly, picking up another photo, Jubilee goes wide-eyed and gasps ‘Oh my GOD!’
Meanwhile, in the infirmary secretly located beneath the main campus, Monet St Croix stands at the life support unit holding her brother Marius – better known as Emplate – in stasis. Monet declares that she doesn’t know what their father sees in him. ‘You’re certainly not my brother anymore’ she scoffs, adding that she knows he didn’t mean to kill their mother when his mutant powers first kicked in, but tells him that terrible act is no excuse for the monster he has become. ‘Let’s see, since then, you’ve imprisoned me in a razor-sharp, mute body... converted a handful of innocent mutants into your personal slaves... oh, yeah, and tried – numerous times – to kill my friends. Monet reaches out, and is about to put her hand on Emplate’s, ‘But what is family for, right?’ she asks, when suddenly, Everett Thomas a.k.a. Synch grabs her and asks her if she is nuts. ‘You touch Emplate, and he can feed off you!’ Everett exclaims, telling Monet that she should know that better than anyone else, after all, when she was trapped in the Penance body, she was his round-the-clock buffet.
Monet pulls away from Everett and tells him that he is right, explaining that she was just lost in thought. ‘But it really doesn’t matter, anyway. I can handle Emplate’ Monet adds, ‘Uh-huh’ Everett replies, unimpressed, before asking Monet what she was thinking about. Monet replies that she was thinking about her father, and reveals that he is going to withdraw her from the Massachusetts Academy. ‘He’s gonna WHAT?’ Everett replies, wide-eyed. Monet tells him that it is true, and reveals that she and her father had a talk while Everett and the others were chasing after Penance. ‘Ultimately, he doesn’t think this is the best place for me anymore’ Monet states. Everett asks Monet what she is going to do. ‘You’re not gonna take this lying down... right?’ Monet replies that she is honestly not sure, adding that she has never quite felt at home here, which should come as no surprise. Monet then asks Everett if she left, whether he would miss her, and Everett looks puzzled.
Vermont, the horse ranch of Hunter Brawn: ‘Woo! Come on, Paige! You’re falling behind! I didn’t talk my grandfather into letting us take a break from school here so you could just trot along!’ Tristan Brawn calls out to Paige “Husk” Guthrie as they ride hoses. Paige reminds Tristan that she has never ridden a horse before today. ‘Watch this!’ Tristan calls out, and Paige gasps as he leaps over a stone fence. Tristan turns back to Paige and asks her what she is waiting for. ‘Come on!’ he cries. Paige replies that she doesn’t know, and asks ‘What if I don’t make it?’ Tristan tells Paige that is not an option, that she will make it. Paige smiles as the horse rushes over the fence. ‘Wow! That was great! I can’t believe I did it!’ she marvels. ‘Never a doubt in my mind, Paige! You can do anything’ Tristan tells her.
Suddenly a voice calls out ‘TRISTAN!’. Tristan frowns and turns to find his grandfather, and one of his ranch hands on horses nearby. ‘Do you realize how dangerous that was? Paige isn’t an experience rider’ Mr Hunter Brawn declares, adding that she should not be attempting jumps like that, as she could have been injured. ‘But, Grandfather, the horse has done that jump a hundred times. Paige wasn’t in any danger’ Tristan protests. Mr Hunter relents and tells Tristan that perhaps he is right, and that he shouldn’t have snapped at them, but he was worried. He tells Paige that he hopes she will forgive his manners. ‘Oh... of course, sir. Think nothing of it’ Paige replies.‘Thought Grandfather was really gonna tear into us, hunh, Paige?’ Tristan remarks. ‘Heh...yeah!’ Paige replies, while recalling that it wasn’t too long ago that Mr Brawn really did tear into her and the rest of Generation X. ‘Hard to believe that old man is so powerful’ she tells herself.Tristan and Paige set off, as Tristan tells his grandfather that they will see him later. ‘Have fun, children’ Mr Brawn calls out, before ordering his aide, LeGault, to come closer. ‘Yes, sir?’ LeGault asks. Mr Brawn tells him that he isn’t sure he likes the boy’s relationship with the Guthrie girl, as women make a man weak. ‘If Tristan’s ever going to take over the business, he’ll need to be strong... even ruthless’ Mr Brawn declares.
Back in her room, Jubilee is still on her bed, she feels like someone has punched her in the gut. She stares at the photograph, it was taken at some New Year’s Eve party at her father’s bank. Standing next to her parents in the photo is none other than Hunter Brawn. Jubilee realizes that she must have looked at this photo a hundred times and never given it a second thought, but, of course until a few months ago, she didn’t know Hunter Brawn from Magneto. But, all that changed when their headmaster, Sean Cassidy, got kidnapped, and she and the rest of Generation X went after him, tracking him to Brawn’s horse ranch, where the old man morphed into an energy form and attacked them. ‘Mom...Dad...Brawn is bad news. What were you guys mixed up in?’ Jubilee wonders, as she recalls Generation X’s battle with Brawn.
Elsewhere on the campus grounds, Everett is walking with Angelo “Skin” Espinosa and Jonothan Starsmore a.k.a. Chamber. ‘“If I left would you miss me”? What kinda question is that?’ Skin asks. ‘I don’t know, Angelo. That’s why I’m asking you guys’ Everett points out, while Jono asks him what he said. ‘I dunno’ Everett replies, ‘I guess I just said yeah, I’d miss her. You know, like I’d miss any of you guys’ Everett explains, ‘Oh, man, wassamatta with you? That wasn’t what she wanted to hear!’ Skin exclaims, extending his arm, and slapping Everett across the head. ‘HEY!’ Everett shouts, asking why everyone is always smacking him in the head. Chamber tells Ev that Skin is right, adding that Monet is going through a rough time, that she was looking for a little support, some reassurance that someone would be there for her. ‘Oh, well... wait a minute! Why am I taking advice on women from you? Last time I looked, your relationship with Paige was going nowhere fast’ Ev tells Jono, who replies ‘Those who can’t, teach’.
Later, Jubilee and Ev are sitting on a brick wall, as Jubilee tells Ev that she has to go away for a bit. ‘What do you mean?’ Everett asks. Jubilee replies that she has some business to take care of. Everett asks her what she is talking about, and whether something is wrong. Jubilee looks away and replies that it is personal, so she can’t tell him. ‘All I can say is that I’m going out of town to take care of something’ she explains. ‘You can tell me. We’re buddies’ Everett assures her. ‘Yeah...and that’s all we are, much to my chagrin’ Jubilee thinks to herself, frowning. She then smiles and puts her hands on Ev’s face, telling him trust her, that she will tell him everything, when she can. Jubilee then walks away, leaving Everett somewhat confused.
Later, Jubilee has arrived in Vermont. In her “letter” to her parents, she tells them that stowing away on a plane was no big deal, and that she had been through lots worse when hanging out with Wolverine. ‘I know, Mom, I know – Wolverine looks dangerous. But he took real good care of me when I was on my own. You’d have liked him’. Jubilee tells her parents that she picked up some other useful talents since she was last with them, and standing in front of a large wire fence with a no trespassing sign attached to it, she holds an extendable grappling hook in one hand, while admitting that she is no computer hacker, but that it was a cinch to search the web and find the address for the warehouse Brawn uses to store all his hardcopy backups, and she even had the foresight to bring a spare key – her grappling hook, which she releases, and it wraps around a lamppost overhead. She retracts the grappling hook so that it pulls her towards the lamppost. She then flips over it, and onto the other side of the fence.
‘Remember how much I used to complain about going to gymnastics practice? Well, these days, I’m pretty glad you made me go’ Jubilee thinks to herself, when suddenly, some large dogs start barking at her. ‘Who uses dogs these days?’ Jubilee wonders, realizing that she is in a bit of a jam, as she didn’t bring anything to counter dogs. She doesn’t want to hurt them, as they are just doing what they were trained to do – catch intruders, like her. She asks her parents if they remember Idgie, the German shepherd that they had when she was little, and how she hated thunder and lightning. ‘Well, I’m not much for thunder, but lightning, I can pull off’ Jubilee decides, and as the dogs run towards her, she releases her “fireworks” – bursts of colourful plasma energy. The dogs turn tail and run, whimpering as they go. However, this gets the attention of some men on site, ‘What the -?’ one of them asks, while the other asks ‘You saw that burst of light too, huh?’
With the dogs out of the way, Jubilee believes that she is home free, she rushes towards the main entrance of the warehouse, but finds it has a bolt through the door handles. Luckily, she came prepared, or so she thought, but as she tries to cut the lock with some bolt cutters, she finds they are no good – so she improvises, by blasting the handles with a surge of plasma. Entering the warehouse, Jubilee finds aisle of shelves, all labelled alphabetically. ‘Whoa’ she declares as she looks up at the towering shelves. ‘You’ve heard the expression “biting off more than you can chew”, right? Well, at that point, what I bit off wouldn’t even fit in my mouth’. She starts walking down one of the aisles, unsure of what she is looking for, but certain that she would know it when she found it. Boxes are stacked on the shelves, and she starts going through one of them, searching through boxes marked around the date of her parents’ death. Once she got that far, the rest was easy. However, the two security men on site, enter the warehouse, and look around for an intruder – but Jubilee is on top of the shelves now, and leaps over them.
She finds a secluded field where she can let her guard down a little, and examines the stash she made off with. She sits on a fallen tree trunk, a can of food open at one side, backpack on the ground, and a small fire keeping her warm. Reading Brawns’ financial records, she learns that Brawn was her father’s bank’s biggest client, and that the morning after her parents were killed, the bank was stripped of all its assets. ‘Coincidence? I think not’ Jubilee decides. ‘Like they say on the lawyer shows, all of this is “circumstantial evidence”’ Jubilee thinks to herself, realizing that she needs eyewitness testimony, so she plugs her laptop into her cellphone, hoping to track down one of her Dad’s old employees. Searching the computer, she narrows her eyes.
Jubilee stows away once again, this time on a tractor trailer, heading through Vermont, she arrived at Elliot Lu’s house in two hours. Lu was her father’s vice president, and worked closely with the Brawn account. ‘Yeah, I know what you’re thinking, isn’t it convenient that now he’s living in Vermont, just like Brawn?’ Jubilee remarks, as night has fallen, and she enters Lu’s house, ‘WAKE UP!’ Jubilee shouts, wearing her red and yellow Generation X costume, as she stands in Lu’s bedroom and creates several bright plasma blasts. ‘Huh...who are you?’ Lu calls out, looking out from his bed sheets. ‘Not important’ Jubilee snaps, telling Lu that she has been reading some files on Hunter Brawn’s involvement with his old bank. ‘Now I want you to tell me everything the files didn’t she declares. Lu claims that he doesn’t know what she is talking about. Jubilee jumps onto Lu’s bed and holding her hands close to his face, creates several small fireworks, giving him the opportunity to rethink his answer before she lights up his insides and turns him into a glow-worm.
‘Okay! Okay! Please, just... just don’t hurt me’ Lu pleads. Jubilee pulls back, and Lu informs her that Hunter Brawn was laundering lots of money through the bank, when the president, Mr Lee, started figuring out what was going on, he threatened to go to the police. But, that same night, Lee and his wife were killed in a terrible automobile accident, and the next day, the bank was completely drained of all funds. ‘And now here you are, working for a nice bank in Vermont...which also happens to be where Hunter Brawn lives. How... convenient’ Jubilee remarks. Lu points at Jubilee and tells her that she can’t prove anything. ‘No... but you can’ Jubilee replies.
Soon, Jubilee is in a phone booth outside a gas station a few miles from Lu’s house, and phones Everett. ‘Ev, it’s Jubes. You alone?’ she asks. Everett tells her that he is and asks her what is going on. Jubilee tells him that she can’t talk now, but the scoop is she talked to a guy who worked with her dad, and he told her that Hunter Brawn ordered the hit on her parents. ‘I’m going after Brawn tonight. I’m gonna make him pay’ she announces. ‘You’re gonna what? Jubes, do you know how powerful –’ Everett begins, but Jubilee interrupts, ‘I know he’s powerful Ev. And I might not survive the encounter’ she points out, before telling Everett that if he doesn’t heat from her by tomorrow, to tell Emma and Sean what has happened and come guns a’ blazin’. Everett tells Jubilee that she is crazy, and asks her to hold off while he gets the others so they can come and watch her back. Jubilee tells Ev that she called him because she trusts him, and that she wants his word he won’t say anything until tomorrow night. ‘Do I have it?’ she asks. Everett looks unimpressed, but he tells Jubilee that she has it. ‘Ev, I...I just want you to know that, well, you’re...you know...’ Jubilee begins, before hanging up the phone, leaving Everett confused.
Elsewhere on the campus grounds, Sean “Banshee” Cassidy is walking with Cartier St Croix, Monet’s father and tells him that he doesn’t understand why he thinks it is in Monet’s best interested to have her removed from the Academy. With a pipe in his mouth, Cartier explains that it is about being a better father, as he has been neglecting his children for too long now, and it is time he was more attentive, and that means listening to his children, and being more sensitive to their needs. ‘Monet has never really been happy here. Surely you must know that. But I never allowed her to entertain the notion of leaving’ Cartier adds, before remarking that upon careful consideration, he has come to think Monet might be right – perhaps this isn’t the best place for her. Banshee admits that he would never claim to being father of the year, but tells Cartier that he has learned the hard way that one of the biggest mistakes a father can make is to try and make decisions for his children.
Sean continues, telling Cartier that a family should be supportive, but children, especially teenagers, should learn to start making their own decisions. ‘And part of being a parent is having the strength to give our children the freedom they need to grow’ Sean adds, before cautioning Cartier that in his effort to be a better father, that he isn’t forcing Monet to do what he thinks she wants him to. Suddenly, Everett rushes up to Sean and tells him that they have to talk.
Arriving at hunter Brawn’s ranch, Jubilee remembers that the last time she was here, there was no fence around it, and wonders if Generation X’s break-in a few months back has convinced him to tighten security. There is a “private property” sign on the fence, and Jubilee knows that if she used her fireworks to blast through the fence, guards would come running, so to disable the fence, she has to make it look like an accident – or a freak of nature. She blasts a nearby tree with some fireworks, and it falls into the fence, toppling part of it, and enabling Jubilee to enter Brawn’s ranch with ease.
Minutes later, a storm has started, and rain beats down, as two ranch hands arrive at the fallen tree. ‘Whoa, check this out!’ one of them exclaims, while the other announces that he will check it in. He reports in, stating that the alarm they got is from a tree that fell on the fence, and that it looks like lightning hit the tree. ‘Damn storm. The old man’s not going to like this’ he mutters. The rain pours down on Jubilee, who approaches Brawn’s house. She stopped noticing the rain forty-five minutes ago, as it is hard to balance an adrenaline rush with patience, but that is what she has had to do. She knows that Brawn’s goons probably patrol in shifts, so she has to sit and wait until she can get their timing down. There is a flash of lightning, while Jubilee tells herself that once she knows their schedule, she can figure out how to avoid them. However, there is another flash of lightning, and a man appears behind Jubilee.
Jubilee realizes he is there, and she spins around, blasting some fireworks at him. He is wearing an extravagant black and gold costume, and Jubilee recognizes him as LeGault, Brawn’s personal enforcer. ‘And apparently, he’s got some weird clothes fetish, too’ she tells herself, unsure if he is a mutant or not, but she does know that he can create weapons of pure energy, like the shield he raises to block Jubilee’s fireworks and remarks ‘You know we shoot trespassers here, Jubilee?’ before transforming his weapon into a spiked ball at the end of a chain, which he spins around, ‘Let’s do it!’ he calls out. Jubilee blasts some more fireworks at him, and he loses his energy weapon, while remarking that she is quieter than last time. ‘What happened to your smart mouth?’ he enquires. Jubilee doesn’t say anything, she just leaps at LeGault, leg ready to kick him, LeGault asks ‘This is the new, improved Jubilee, eh? I’m not impressed’, before grabbing her by her foot, and holding her upside down, ‘Sorry. Game over. Thanks for playing’ he jokes, when suddenly, he screams as a powerful blast of sonic energy strikes him in the back, causing him to drop Jubilee.
‘Back away from her LeGault. Don’t make me raise my voice’ Banshee calls out as he stands alongside Monet, Synch, Husk and the mystery girl called Penance. Jubilee realizes that Banshee’s sonic blast has knocked LeGault down, but not out, as Penance races towards LeGault so fast she is practically a blur. Thinking about her parents, Jubilee recalls her previous letters about trying to befriend Penance, only, this is not that same Penance, this is a brand new mystery. ‘The old Penance – who’s now Monet (don’t ask) – had the temperament of a house cat. This new one was full-on pit-bull’. As Penance attacks LeGault, Jubilee turns to Synch and snaps ‘You hadda open your mouth, didn’t you? I trusted you, Ev. You had no right to betray me like that’. Synch points out that Brawn might have killed Jubilee’s mom and dad, but that Generation X is her family, too. ‘I couldn’t just sit by and watch you march to your death, alone’ he tells her. Banshee assures Jubilee that this is her gig, and that they are just here to provide the back-up. ‘You’re calling the shots’ he adds.
‘Wait... you’re putting me on, right?’ Jubilee asks. ‘Nae, lass. This is your show’ Sean assures her. ‘Get off me!’ LeGault shouts at Penance, while Jubilee rushes towards her, telling her hand on. Banshee tells Jubilee to go after Brawn, like she planned, while they handle his lackey. Jubilee pauses, before thanking Sean, then taking off. Banshee turns to Synch and Husk and tells them to go after Jubilee, as he doesn’t want her doing anything she might regret. ‘Yes sir’ Synch replies, while Monet slams into LeGault, ‘You may notice, sir, that I hit a bit harder than little Jubilee’ Monet declares. ‘Not hard enough!’ LeGault retorts.
In his office, Hunter Brawn is on the phone, ‘Don’t tell me what is and is not possible. Just do what you’re told!’ he barks, before his door explodes open, and Jubilee shouts out to him. Brawn turns around in his chair, ‘So you understand my instructions? Good. Don’t disappoint me’ he warns the person whom he is speaking to. He stares at his intruder, ‘Miss... Lee, isn’t it? To what do I owe the pleasure of your rather... robust visit?’ he asks. ‘YOU KNOW WHY I’M HERE!’ Jubilee screams as she leaps up onto Brawn’s desk. She grabs him by his collar and declares that he killed her parents, so she is going to make him pay. ‘Oh, you are, are you?’ Brawn smirks, while tapping a gold trinket he is holding, which activates a large armor around him, ‘Little girl, do you remember who you’re dealing with?’ he asks as Jubilee falls backwards. ‘I’ll snap you in half!’ Brawn boasts.
Jubilee blasts some fireworks over Brawn’s head, causing the ceiling to cave in on him. ‘Keep trying!’ Brawn suggests as he emerges from the rubble. He then picks Jubilee up, holding her against his oversized armor, he asks ‘Don’t you understand? You’ve lost this fight. Not only have I beaten you physically – but even as we speak, my men are entering Elliot Lu’s house, where they will silence him permanently – thereby wrapping up the last loose end in this melodrama’ Brawn declares, but Synch and Husk enter the office, and Synch tells Brawn that this is where he is wrong. ‘Yeah. You’re not the only one with back up plans’ Husk adds.
At that very moment, in the house of Elliot Yu, Brawn’s henchmen surround Yu’s bed, and aim their guns at him. But, suddenly, Skin sits up in the bed, and extends his fingers around the henchmen, taking them down. ‘Hoo-hah! Fooled ya didn’t I?’ he asks. One of the henchmen as he prepares to fire – but before he can, he and another are struck down from an attack courtesy of Chambers. Emma Frost the White Queen congratulates Chamber one some nice shooting. ‘I trust you left the men alive?’ she asks, while Mr Yu asks ‘Who... who are you people?’
‘Your master plan is falling down around you, old man!’ Jubilee calls out as she aims some more fireworks at Brawn, freeing her from his grasp. ‘You have not won yet!’ Brawn declares, while Jubilee increases the ferocity of the plasma fireworks and points out that she is getting their inch by inch. Suddenly, ‘That’s enough, the both of ya!’ Husk calls out as she pushes Brawn away from Jubilee. ‘We’re ending this fight – now. Without your totem – you’re powerless’ Synch declares as he takes Brawn’s trinket away from him.‘NOOOOO!’ Hunter Brawn calls out, as his energy armor form fades around himself. Jubilee stands before him, ‘Can you taste it, old man? Do you know what’s coming… in the end. I win’ Jubilee announces as Hunter is backed up against a wall. ‘I’m going to enjoy the smell of your skin burning’ Jubilee announces. ‘No... wait...’ Brawn calls out. ‘MURDERER!’ Jubilee screams as she raises her fireworks overhead, ready to strike at close range. ‘NOOO!’ Husk screams. ‘Don’t kill him!’ Synch tells Jubilee.
But, there is simply a massive explosion of fireworks through the rooftop, as Jubilee casts her energy upwards. She turns to her friends and assures them that she wasn’t going to kill Brawn, that she would never take a human life. Husk and Synch look embarrassed, and Synch tells Jubilee that they are sorry. ‘We thought...’ his voice trails off. ‘You know... because you used to hang out with Wolverine...’ Husk points out. Jubilee tells them that they really don’t get it, and explains that it is because of her time with Logan that she has learned not to take a life.
Later, in Vermont State Prison, Hunter Brawn is a booth, speaking to Tristan through the communication phone. ‘This is utter lunacy, Tristan. I certainly hope you don’t believe any of this nonsense’ he tells his grandson, adding that his lawyers will have him out of here in no time. ‘No, they won’t’ Tristan replies. ‘WHAT?’ Hunter asks. ‘I said “no, they won’t”. You had Jubilee’s parents murdered, grandfather. Mr Lu told the police everything. There’s no denying it. Good-bye’ Tristan then hangs his head, while his grandfather pleads with him, but Tristan hangs the phone up and walks away from the booth.
Outside, Tristan walks to the prison gate exit, where Jubilee is standing. ‘Jubilee’ he remarks, before walking past her. ‘Hey! Don’t just walk away from me!’ Jubilee calls out as she follows Tristan, assuring him that they can talk about this if he wants. ‘What is there to talk about?’ Tristan asks, telling Jubilee that he just had the last member of his family taken away from him. ‘Do you know how that feels?’ he enquires. ‘Yes. I do’ Jubilee reminds him .
Later, at the Massachusetts Academy, Everett, Paige, Jono, Angelo and Jubilee all hang back as Sean and Emma stand before Monet and her younger sisters, Claudette and Nicole. Their father stands nearby as Monet’s suitcases are packed into the car. ‘So, you’re really leaving, Monet?’ Everett asks. Monet announces that she is, and that her father has enrolled her in a school in Switzerland. ‘This is probably the day you’ve all been waiting for’ she tells her teammates, before remarking that she has never really felt like she fit in here, and that she thinks she will be happier somewhere else. Sean and Monet hug, as Sean tells Monet that she is always welcome here, should she reconsider. Turning to her other mentor, Monet just stares at her and remarks ‘Miss Frost’. Emma stands several feet away and replies ‘Monet. Be well’.
Angelo smiles at Monet as she goes over to him, and he tells her not to get all emotional on him. Monet smiles back and tells him never to change. Turning to Jono and Paige, Monet states that she should probably have something profound to say to them, before announcing ‘But we were never very close, were we?’ But, turning to Jubilee, Monet asks ‘Lee... you know how much I hated when you would brag about being in the X-Men?’, Jubilee retorts: ‘Yeah. Why did you think I did it?’ Monet admits that after seeing Jubilee handle Mr Brawn, she finally understands what the X-Men saw in her. Jubilee smiles, ‘Um... thanks. I think!’ she tells Monet, who the turns to Everett. ‘And you...’ she begins, before grabbing him and pulling him towards her, kissing him on the lips, and leaving everyone wide-eyed. ‘You will too miss me’ Monet tells Everett a she gets into the limo. As the limo drives away, Monet stares up to the room where the new Penance is looks at her, as if remembering what Monet used to be, trapped inside the Penance form. The new Penance stares back and raises a hand, as if to wave good-bye.
Later still, Jubilee sits between the gravestones of her parents. ‘And so, Mom and Dad, that’s what brings me here’ Jubilee tells them, informing them that Brawn has been in prison for a month now, and she thought they might like to hear the end of the story in person. She admits that she was kinda mixed up for a while, but that Sean and Ev and the others reminded her that although her parents are gone, she still has a family. ‘I love you, Mom and Dad’ Jubilee concludes.


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Artie & Leech’s Day Off
The Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, where the mutant students of the prestigious Massachusetts Academy are enjoying a well-deserved excursion. Emma Frost, the headmistress of the Academy and teacher Tom Corsi are supervising Everett “Synch” Thomas, Paige “Husk” Guthrie, Jono “Chamber” Starsmore and Angelo “Skin” Espinosa, four members of Generation X as well as the Morlock Leech and the mute boy Artie Maddicks, two wards of the Academy as they all look up at a dinosaur skeleton.
Angelo boasts that ‘these things’ looked scarier in that Spielberg movie as Jono asks Everett what the hand out says. Everett replies that it says the T-Rex could eat 500 pounds of meat and bones in one bite. Skin declares that he is hard to impress considering that they have fought giant robots that would have skinned a T-Rex alive, and asks Paige what her opinion is. 'Look at its feet! Can you imagine being stepped on by one of these things?' Paige exclaims.
Emma stands at the back of the group with Tom Corsi and she tells him that it was a good idea to bring the kids here. Tom thanks Emma and jokes that he may just be a gym teacher but that he has his moments. Emma adds that the kids could use something to take their minds off things, especially after they got the horrible news about Wolverine and Banshee and Jubilee had to go to Westchester. Tom agrees and tells Emma he is glad she allowed Artie and Leech to come along too, as he believes they need to get out more, even if they do have to use image inducers to hide their true appearances.
Standing to the side of the group, Leech whispers to Artie, telling him he thinks this is boring and that they should go have some fun! Skin declares that it feels weird to be out having fun while Jubilee is off with the X-Men, adding that he thought Wolverine could not die, because of his healing factor. Paige declares she thought he lost that when his adamantium skeleton was removed, to which Chamber asks if he didn’t get that back. ‘I dunno, so much stuff goes on with the X-Men I cant keep it all straight!’ No one notices as Artie and Leech sneak away from the group and use their image inducers to make them appear like totally different boys than the ones they just were.
Paige tells everyone that she cannot remember the last time she took a day off, to which Jono jokes that he would believe that. Emma turns around, and suddenly realizes that Artie and Leech are gone. Synch tells her that he thought they were with her, Skin and Husk declare that they swear they juts saw them, ‘The little wankers ditched us’ exclaims Chamber. Worried, Emma reminds everyone that with the boys’ image inducers they can look like anyone!
Artie and Leech are now outside the museum, and are amongst a large crowd of people in downtown Manhattan!
Back in the museum, Skin asks Emma if she cant just ‘do your psychic-whammy on them?’ to which Emma reminds everyone that Leech cancels out other mutants powers, which makes it impossible for her to get a telepathic hold on him, not to mention Artie has psionic powers of his own which makes tracking him difficult. Tom asks Emma what the plan is, and she announces that they are going to split up and search for the missing boys. She tells Jono and Husk to take the west wing, while Everett and Skin take the east, and she and Tom will handle the main corridor.
Emma tells everyone to keep in touch telepathically and that once they have searched the museum they will regroup and head outside. Chamber and Husk both tell Emma that their pairing may not be such a good idea, but Emma just shouts ‘Not now, you two’ and points for them to begin their search, adding that they need to set aside their differences and work together. Angelo tells Synch that he would hate to be in Jono’s shoes now, Synch asks why and as everyone goes their separate ways he replies that since Chambers “romance” with Paige went bad the two of them have not spent ten minutes alone together. He adds that thinks Emma did it on purpose. ‘Don’t look at me like that’ says Paige with her arms folded across her chest as she and Jono walk away together.
Elsewhere in Manhattan, Artie and Leech are inside a phone booth, ands they ring Directory Assistance. The operator asks what city they want, and Leech replies ‘this one’. The operator checks what area they are calling from, and asks what listing they want. ‘Leech want to talk to Fantastic Four’ says Leech. The operator tells him that she will give him the Fantastic Four’s administrative number ad after giving him the number asks if he would like her to connect him to the number for no extra charge. Leech covers the mouthpiece so the woman does not hear him and asks Artie if he wants to be connected for no extra charge. Artie nods and Leech tells the woman ‘yes please’.
At Four Freedom’s Plaza the phone rings, and a recorded message clicks into place when no one answers the phone. It’s the Invisible Woman and she states the no one is here to take the call, but if they leave a message and phone number someone will call them back as soon as possible. ‘Franklin not home’ says Leech after he lets out a big sigh.
Walking down a street in Manhattan, Paige walks several feet behind Jono and tells him that he could at least be civil to her, as it is not like they are complete strangers. Chamber angrily tells Husk that she is the one acting like she has been replaced by a Skrull. Stopping in her tracks, Husk asks Jono what that is supposed to mean. Jono starts to go down a list – Paige has stopped studying, he asks her what happened to the girl who used to fall asleep with her face in a book. Secondly, he asks her what is with her new clothes and all the make-up, not to mention what would her mother say about them.
Jono continues the list, making point three about Paige’s current boyfriend, Tristan Brawn; ‘need I go on?’ Haughtily, Paige snaps that she thinks this worked better when they weren’t talking. Genuinely concerned, Chamber asks Paige what the problem is.
Elsewhere, Synch tells Skin that he doesn’t have a problem, just that he wants to see the Black Panther, adding that the map he has says they are not too far away from the Wakandan Embassy. ‘Enough with the Black Panther already’, cries Skin exasperated. Two elderly people stop and stare at Skin and Synch as they walk past them, Skin asks Synch if he thinks the Black Panther just sits outside of the embassy on a stool and charges five dollars for an autograph. ‘Get real’. Synch tells Angelo to lighten up, as the Black Panther is his hero. Skin is about to say something to Synch when he turns the two staring people and throwing his arms in the air he tells them to take a picture, as it will last longer.
Synch asks Skin what it was that set him off like that, and Skin, quite upset tells Everett that if the Thing walked down the street people would be lining up for his autograph, and all because he got his powers by accident instead of by birth. But if he were born the way he looks, he would be like they are – feared and hated because he was born different. Angelo knows he could wear an image inducer but that would be taking the easy way out. Synch tells Angelo that he understands, and tells him that no one ever said fear and hatred had to make sense, which is what makes it so tragic.
Everett smiles when he sees the She-Hulk, and says ‘speaking of autographs…’ he declares that he has always wanted to meet the She-Hulk, ‘even more than your beloved Black Panther?’ asks Skin. Everett tells him to shut-up, and as the classy She-Hulk asks a hot dog vendor for ‘one dog, with everything’ Synch boasts that he is going to ask for her autograph. Skin tells him that it is a bad idea, as she is eating her lunch and deserves to be alone. ‘Nah, watch this’ says Everett as he walks towards her, getting her attention he excuses himself and tells ‘Miss, er, Hulk’ that he doesn’t mean to bother her on her lunch break, but was wondering if he could get her autograph. Jennifer looks at Synch and sighs before asking if he has a pen. Disappointed, Synch replies that he doesn’t, but Jennifer just smiles ands tells him not to worry as she has an alternative …
Emma and Tom walk side-by-side down a street, and Emma admits that she is worried, as while the boys may hang out alone in the tree house and the attic, it is different to be alone in the big city. Tom smiles and tells Emma that he tends to forget how emotionally attached she is to the kids. He reveals to Emma that Sean had a lot of convincing to do when he asked him to take the job at the Academy, as he did not want to work for Emma. Tom tells Emma that she probably doesn’t remember what he is about to tell her, but back when she was teaching the Hellions she had her student, Empath, do things to he and his friend Sharon Friedlander. Empath used his emotion controlling powers to make Tom and Sharon act like animals.
Emma closes her eyes and shamed, she tells Tom that she does remember and that it was not one of her proudest moments. Emma then tells Tom that she has been dreading this conversation since he came to the Academy. Tom tells Emma to relax, as he holds no grudge, adding that he could tell Emma was a different person now the minute he arrived at the Academy. Emma sighs and tells Tom that she wished everyone felt the way he does. Tom asks her what she means, and Emma reminds him that there people in her past that she has wronged, and if she were able to do it all over again, she would do a lot of things differently. Tom suggests to Emma that they are blowing this all out of proportion, as how much trouble could Artie and Leech really get into?
Across town, Leech and Artie are in the middle of a construction site, where Spider-Man is engaged in battle with the Sandman. Spider-Man tells the Sandman that the thing he hates most about fighting him is that whether he wins or loses, he always spends most of his evening picking the sand out of his costume. ‘That’s it, just keep yammering you skinny freak’ cries Sandman before throwing a sand punch at Spider-Man. Spider-Man tells Sandman not to let his “yammering” get him all rattled. Spider-Man sits on the edge of a dump truck and tells Sandman that he can have a “free shot”. ‘This is great!’ smiles Leech.
Sandman increases his density and a large hand is about to come crashing down on Spider-Man, when he jumps out of the way – however Sandman quickly reacts and whacks Spider-Man hard, causing him to fall to the ground, stunned. Artie and Leech see Spider-Man get knocked down, and Leech tells Artie that they have to do something. Sandman looms over Spider-Man and asks him if he wants him to start at his ‘head or your gut?’
‘Mr. Sandman!’ cries Leech, but as Sandman turns to the voice he sees another Spider-Man! ‘Maybe some kinda clone?’ he says before a stone is thrown at his head from Artie, who has also used his image inducer to turn himself into Spider-Man. Looking around, Sandman turns his back to the real Spider-Man. He declares that he doesn’t care how many of them there are, when the real Spider-Man gets up and knocks him out from the side, telling him not to accept any substitutes. Artie and Leech transform back into their “normal looking” human disguises and give each other a high-five behind some planks of wood.
‘Man I am never washing my face again!’ exclaims Synch who has a green lip mark on his cheek – a kiss from the She-Hulk. Angelo tells Synch that he has already told him that. On the corner of a street, a group of four youths hail a taxi, at the same time Everett and Angelo do. A taxi soon pulls up, and the four teens rush for it the same time Everett and Skin do. The four teens happen to be members of the New Warriors, in their civilian identities – Michelle (Mickey) “Turbo” Musashi, Chris “Bolt” Bradley, Richard “Nova” Rider and Robbie “Speedball” Baldwin. Mickey tells Robbie to let the other two have it, but Chris jokes that this should be a good fight.
Speedball tells Skin that he obviously doesn’t know who he is messing with, and Angelo replies that he knows he is messing with a ‘bunch of posers from the ‘burbs thinking they can play with the big kids’. Speedball asks him if he wants to put this to the test, when Everett pulls Angelo back from the fight. Skin tells Speedball that he doesn’t know how lucky he just got as Nova tells Bolt to help him hold Robbie back. Robbie protests as Synch apologizes and Michelle smiles, telling him it is no problem as they have been through worse.
Elsewhere, Husk and Chamber are now walking side-by-side and Chamber asks Husk what she wants to talk about. Husk tells him she wants to know how his date with Corrine went,. Jono tells Paige that Corinne is a nice girl and he needed a date, so they should just leave it at that. Suddenly two young men rush past Jono and Paige, and Chamber recognizes them as two members ‘from that pretty boy band that Jubilee listens to’. He is about to say something else when Husk gets him to turn around, where they quickly need to take cover as dozens of screaming fans rush past them to catch up with the celebrities. ‘Gonna marry them both’ ‘I want their children’ are some of the screams of excitement.
However down a side ally, the two celebrities have taken cover, as the fans rush past them, they laugh, before turning back into Artie and Leech. Artie pants, and Leech agrees that he is tired too, but that was a lot of fun.
A short time later, Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman get into a taxi. ‘Please take reed and Sue Richards to Avengers Mansion’ says Reed. ‘Um, okay’ says the taxi driver. A message comes over the taxi radio, it is Janet Van Dyne a.k.a. the Wasp, and she says ‘Whether I'm going shopping on 5th Avenue or heading to Avengers Mansion, I always wear my safety belt and you should too!’ Mr. Fantastic asks the driver ‘where was that person just talking?’ and the driver informs him that it was a public service announcement, while thinking to himself ‘this guys a bloody genius? Yeah, right’.
The taxi pulls up outside Avengers Mansion and the driver asks for $8.50 as the fare charge. Reed hands him some money and tells him to keep the change. ‘What change?’ asks the driver. Reed and Sue walk behind a van… but don’t appear on the other side of it, instead, Captain America and Thor do. The two heroes stand at the computer screen by the gate and inform the Avenger’s butler, Jarvis that they want to come inside. Jarvis narrows his eyes and says ‘I see…well then, do come in, sirs’.
The large gates to the Mansion open and “Captain America” says to “Thor” get ready Artie, this be cool’. Suddenly, behind the disguised Artie and Leech, the Mansion’s security defenses open up and they are captured by the metal cables. Jarvis walks out of the Mansion behind Avengers Firestar and Justice, as well as the real Captain America and Thor. Justice asks Firestar if she thinks they are Skrulls, but Angelica tells her fiancé to be quiet and let Cap handle it. Captain America congratulates Jarvis on having the security systems ensnare intruders, before asking the tangled “gentlemen” if they care to explain themselves. Thor tells his teammates to be ready for anything, as Justice could be correct in suspecting the intruders might be Skrulls.
Artie and Leech use the image inducers to return them to their regular selves. Leech declares that they are not Skrulls, but ‘We Artie and Leech’. Cap finds it odd that the two boys are wearing image inducers, a device not too common, and asks them who they are. Leech declares that he and Artie were ‘at the dinosaur place’, but got bored and wanted to see Franklin, who wasn’t actually at home, so ‘we make pretend we super heroes’. Cap sternly tells them that ‘playtime is over’ and asks whom he should call to come and collect them. When Leech says ‘Emma Frost’ Firestar gasps, shocked at hearing her former teacher’s name.
One phone call later… Emma, Tom and the Gen X kids are at Avengers Mansion and mingling with the Avengers while being served food by Jarvis. ‘Thanks Jeeves’ says Skin when he accepts the food Jarvis gives him. Emma stands before Artie and Leech and asks them what they thought they were thinking and whether they knew what kind of danger they could get themselves into in a city the size of Manhattan.
Suddenly, Firestar storms up to Emma and declares ‘that’s enough, we need to talk. Now!’ and drags her outside. Firestar asks Emma if she even recognizes her, to which Emma calmly says ‘Of course I do, Angelica’, adding that she was always one of her most special students. Angelica puts her hands on her hips and says ‘Oh yeah, “special” is a good word for it’ and asks her if that means she brainwashed her more than the other Hellions.
Firestar declares that she did not even know what a mutant was until Emma enrolled her at the Massachusetts Academy and tried to turn her into an assassin. ‘You cost me my childhood’ says Angelica angrily. Emma looks somewhat nervous and reminds Firestar that it was in the past, but remembering the incident with Tom and Sharon, another thing she is ashamed of.
Emma asks Angelica if she remembers the last time they met – when Angelica was still with the New Warriors and Emma had the Hellions try and bring her back to the Hellions. Emma says she remembers mocking Angelica’s idealism and telling her that one-day she would be apologizing to her. ‘But I was wrong, it is I who should be apologizing to you’. ‘Oh really? How so?’ says Angel not convinced.
Solemnly, Emma reminds Angel that a madman from the future massacred the Hellions, and since then she has been given a new class of students, thanks to Banshee and Charles Xavier. Emma declares that some of the children she teaches now define idealism and in the time she has spent with them they have taught her that a little idealism can go a long way.
Angelica understands, and tells Emma that since they are being honest with each other she reveals that since they first met she has had her share of darkness. Angel informs Emma that her father was nearly killed by a New Warriors enemy and her boyfriend went to jail after killing his own father. She declares that maybe, ‘just maybe’ she was a little naïve when they last met – but she is not apologizing for it.
Angel tells Emma that if Professor Xavier trusts her enough to put her in charge of another group of students, then she can give her the benefit of the doubt. However she adds that if she ever hears of Emma messing with another child’s head then she is going to come after her, and bring the Avengers with her.
Later, Emma walks in the center of the group of Gen Xer’s and tells Artie and Leech that if they ever pull another stunt like that again then they will never leave the attic. The two boys both use their image inducers to turn into Emma, and laughing, Emma says ‘So that’s what I look like when I'm angry, eh?’ Suddenly, Skin draws Synchs attention to a rooftop where he sees the Black Panther leaping across to another. Synch smiles and tells Artie and Leech that they have to run away more often!


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Christmas Fear Part 1
Cordelia Frost runs through the snow-covered woods surrounding the Massachusetts Academy. Tears stream from her eyes, she is quite scared. She trips on a fallen branch and as she tries to gather herself a figure approaches her, and tells her not to be afraid, as it will only hurt for a second.
Meanwhile, at the Massachusetts Academy itself, a school which the general public believe to be an elite boarding school, but to a select few special students that attend it, it is a place where they learn to live with their mutant powers in a world that hates and fears them because they were born different. Normally the mutant students need to keep their powers hidden from the human students who attend it also, but it is Christmas time, and the human students have all gone home for the holidays.
Three special students, Jubilation “Jubilee” Lee, Jonothan “Chamber” Starsmore and Angelo “Skin” Espinosa are currently engaged in a snow fight. Skin proclaims that Jubilee is ‘going down hard’ to which the plucky former X-Man replies that he should not let his extra skin protect him from her patented “snowballs of death”. Chamber asks Jubilee if she doesn’t mean “Conversation of death” and tells her to shut up and throw the snowball.
Jubilee complies, and throws the snowball at Jono telling him to try and bio-blast his way out of it, to which the British mutant replies that he doesn’t need to and merely ducks out of the way, leaving room for Jubilee’s snowball to hit Leech, the Morlock ward of Generation X to be hit on the head by it. The young boy declares that he is not amused as Jubilee declares that she can take all the boys on, and uses her mutant “fireworks” to destroy the snowballs before they hit her.
Suddenly though her powers stop, and asking what happened she gets the reply ‘Leech happened’ from the young mutant who cancels out powers. Leech smiles and Jubilee calls for “time out” but too late as all the boys throw snowballs at her. As Angelo helps Jubes out of the snow, she asks if they didn’t think that was a little excessive, to which Angelo replies that it looked fine from where he was standing. Artie Maddicks, another young ward of the Academy displays an image of his thoughts, Jubilee trapped inside snow, and Leech says ‘good one’, until his attention is drawn to the mysterious Penance.
Everybody else looks at Penance as she stands by a sculpture she just created, the sculpture represents the mysterious X-Men ally Gateway. Skin wonders if Penance sculpted it by herself and Jubilee wonders who it is, Jono suggests it might be someone from her past, someone she misses. The mute Penance offers no answers.
In the school gymnasium two old friends, Sean Cassidy, a.k.a. Banshee and one of the headmasters of the school and Tom Corsi, a former police man turned teacher, both once members of the Muir Island X-Men, are engaged in a round of boxing. Tom jokes that he “coulda been a contender, coulda been somebody” but Sean doesn’t get the joke and just tells Tom that he is sure he would have been very good. Tom punches Sean and tells him it was a joke and to pay attention or he may end up taking off his head. Tom ducks when Sean punches back, joking that he will make a fighter out of him yet.
Sean manages to hit Tom this time, and hard too, as Tom asks him to ‘keep this friendly’, but when Sean doesn’t calm down, Tom punches back hard, to free himself from Sean’s attack. Sean is smashed across the boxing ring and Tom goes over to help him up, reminding him that while he may look like an average Native American, his body is super-charged before asking Sean if he wants to tell him what the problem is.
Banshee apologizes to his friend and informs him that it is his daughter, Theresa, and that when he invited her to the Academy to spend Christmas with him she turned him down, and he didn’t think she seemed much like herself. He reminds Tom that Siryn almost had her throat cut out by Feral, a member of the “New Hellions”. Tom tells Sean that all of this has to be rough, as Theresa must be experiencing all kinds of emotional stress brought on by her injuries, and suggests that that is probably what is making her act out of character. Tom tells Sean not to take it personally and informs Sean that after he takes a shower he is going to the airport so he can spend Christmas with his family. He asks Sean if he is going to be okay, and Banshee replies that he will be, and hopes that Tom is right about Theresa.
Meanwhile, the Academy’s headmistress, Emma Frost, walks towards her office telling herself that she didn’t realize the toll having so many students at the school would have on her telepathic powers when Adrienne convinced her to have the school go public. Emma realizes that she had forgotten how hard it is to shut out so many active minds, but with most of the students away on winter break, she can actually hear herself think – literally.
Entering her office, Emma sees something on her desk that was not there when she left her office several minutes ago. The secretary is away and Emma is not picking up any latent thought patterns either. Opening the file she sees it is headed “The New Hellions” and attached to it are photos of its members including, her former Hellions Tarot and Magma, and Christopher Aaronson a mutant who turned down her offer to join the Hellions. Horrified, Emma declares that is someone thinks they can take the name of her dead students and get away with, then they have another thing coming.
In the living room of the main house, the remaining members of Generation X are sitting around the Christmas Tree wrapping gifts. Skin proclaims that it is time for ‘another orphan family Christmas’ Jubilee tells him that he is not an orphan, but Angelo replies that he may as well be, as his father is dead and his mother believes him to be dead. He adds that if his mother knew he was a mutant she would wish he were dead. Chamber declares that his parents probably do not even realize that it is Christmas, as they would be too busy going on an African Safari or climbing Mount Everest or something.
As he is tying a bow on a present he asks Angelo to ‘put a finger here’ so he can tie the knot. Angelo uses his power to extend a finger, doing what Jono asked. Holding up a wrapped box, Jubilee boasts that when Wolverine sees his present he is going to love it. Penance frowns before Skin declares that he hopes Husk likes the present he got her, as she has been acting so weird lately it is hard to predict what she would like.
Suddenly, Penance leaps up and rushes out of the room, much to the surprise of the others. Skin asks the others what they think got into her, and Jubilee replies that she doesn’t know, but asks the guys to think about how frustrating it would be for Penance, as they do not know anything about her. Jubilee supposes that Penance might have parents and probably misses them, or that they might be dead. She declares that either way all the festivities must be tearing her up, and though she hates to admit it, Jubilee reminds the boys that the one person who might have some insight into this, is the one person who knows what Penance is going through … Monet.
The beautiful Monet St. Croix however is half a world away at another exclusive boarding school, this one nestled in the Swiss Alps. Holding up her red and yellow Generation X uniform, Monet tells herself that she must be losing her mind, because if she doesn’t know any better, she realizes she actually misses the kids at the Massachusetts Academy. Monet boasts that as the air is thinner up in the Alps she is probably suffering from a lack of Oxygen, after all, why else would she be thinking she made a mistake in letting her father transfer her here. Monet knows she used to complain about being “out of her element” among the other students at the Academy.
Looking at a photo of herself and the other five Gen Xer’s Monet realizes that the saying is true: ‘Be careful what you wish for’. She turns to the door when someone starts to work the lock, but as the door opens it her roommate, Charlene, greets her. Monet quickly places her uniform under her mattress and when Charlene asks her what she is doing, Monet tells her that she was unpacking some clothes she had just laundered. Charlene grabs Monet by the hand and tells her to forget about that as Tabby had just got a Quija board and they are going to meet in her room and ask it some questions.
Monet makes a feeble protest as she is dragged along, but when the girls reach Tabby’s room, they find no answer. Charlene declares that she just came from Tabby’s room and that Tabby did not say she was going anywhere. Trying to turn the door handle, Charlene learns that it is locked and wonders what is going on. Charlene hopes Tabby is okay as Monet asks to try the door. Shoving the door open, Monet didn’t want to risk using her super-strength but her telepathy is picking up signs of panic behind the door. Behind the door panic did ensure, as Tabby was attacked by a vampire, and when Monet and Charlene burst in they see Tabby sprawled out on the floor.
Back at the Massachusetts Academy, everyone has gathered in the lounge and Leech declares that he and Artie want to open one present early. Jubilee reminds the young boys that they have already been told this is not the way it works, and asks Banshee for some help in telling the boys that they have to wait. Sean just mumbles ‘Uh-huh’, to which Jubes tells him that she has decided to leave the school and become a game show host. He replies ‘Uh-huh’ again, until Jubilee shouts at him. Banshee snaps back to reality and apologizes, admitting that he is a million miles away, thinking about how Christmas changed for him after he found out he had a daughter and the realization that the person who had kept he and Theresa apart was his own flesh and blood, Black Tom!
Still gazing out the window, Sean adds that he just misses his family, to which Chamber tells him to consider himself luck for if his own family even remembers it is Christmas he will be lucky to get a Pair of socks. Banshee smiles and jokes that Jono is always looking on the bright side, before peering hard out the window, thinking he sees something - until that something comes flying through the window.
Sean is knocked back and Jono and Jubilee help him up as Emma looks at their uninvited guest – her sister Cordelia! Tears still streaming down her face, Cordelia tells her older sister that she has to help her, as “he” is after her. Emma asks Cordelia who “he” is, as she should know that she cannot read her mind. Cordelia is about to reveal the name of her assailant when she passes out. Skin and Jubilee look at Cordelia, surprised that they would ever see her again, Skin reminds Emma that they still owe her little sister, and Jubilee declares that it is because Cordelia is the one who brought Mondo to the school, who then betrayed them to Black Tom.
Jubilee adds that Bastion then killed Mondo, so she thinks he got what he deserved. Banshee tells Jubilee, Skin and Chamber to go and suit up, as they need to be prepared for anything in case Cordelia’s pursuer catches up with her. He tells Artie and Leech to go down to the underground complex, as they will be safe there.
Soon, the three Gen Xer’s have suited up and are outside the window that Cordelia smashed. Jubes asks which direction they think Cordelia came from, and Skin replies that it could have been any direction and therefore they need to be on alert. Jono asks his friends who they think is chasing Cordelia and Jubilee jokes that knowing Cordelia’s penchant for getting into trouble, it could be anyone. Skin tells his teammates to knock off their chatter, when suddenly Chamber warns them to look out, when a huge pile of bricks jumps out at them.
Jubilee’s fireworks don’t stop it, and just as he is about to tell the others whom he thinks it is that they are fighting, the pile of bricks knocks Skin back. Chamber boasts that he has whoever it is that they are fighting and tries to blast him with his bio-blast powers.
Banshee flies Emma onto the scene and asks if the kids are all okay. Chamber replies that they are, but after blasting their foe they do not know where he is. Jubilee turns to Skin and helps him up asking if he is all right, and Angelo jokes that he does this for fun. Jono starts to tell his teachers ‘strange as it sounds I think we might be up against –‘ when Emma cuts him off, proclaiming that their opponent is nearby – right behind them!
All five heroes are knocked back by a snow creature and Emma declares that she cannot get a telepathic lock on him as his mind is closed to her. She orders Sean, Jubilee and Chamber to combine their powers attacking him in unison, which they do, causing the snow creature to cry out in pain and as Jubilee points out, begin to melt back into the ground. Emma tells the Gen Xer’s not to let their enemy fool them, as he will still be around somewhere. Banshee declares that his sonic scream seemed to bother their enemy most of all, when the enemy reappears in the form of a wood man behind Emma and Skin, and he tosses them out of the way before attacking Chamber and Jubilation.
Banshee jibes the mysterious foe, declaring that there are no more children for him to fight now, and uses his sonic scream on the enemy, who covers his ears until he falls over into the snow, unconscious. Banshee is joined by Emma and the kids who are all equally shocked to see that their enemy is Mondo!
Banshee asks the kids if they are okay, to which Jubilee replies that they are but cannot believe that it is Mondo, who was supposed to have been killed by Bastion. Cordelia rushes onto the scene and thanks everyone for stopping him, but tells them that they have to kill him before he wakes up, and that it is their only hope. Cordelia starts to cry again as Emma tells her that no one is going to be killing anyone. Cordelia tells her sister to let go of her and that she obviously doesn’t understand how dangerous Mondo is, as he was trying to kill her.
Banshee declares that everyone needs to relax, as the threat is no over, when suddenly someone tells Banshee that he has something that belongs to him. Sean knows whom the voice belongs to and turns to see his cousin Black Tom and Tom’s friend the Juggernaut. Tom asks Sean if he isn't glad to see him, joking that he thought he might like all the family here for the holiday. He hopes no one minds that he brought his old friend the Juggernaut to join in the celebration…‘Hiya kids!’ says Cain smiling.


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Christmas Fear part 2
‘Ho. Ho. Ho’ laughs Cain Marko, a.k.a. the Unstoppable Juggernaut as he wishes the kids of Generation X – Jubilee, Chamber and Skin – a Merry Christmas before using his incredible strength to smash the ground and send the kids flying backwards. Jubilation “Jubilee” Lee boats that she has the Juggernaut, to which Angelo “Skin” Espinosa reminds the plucky Jubilee that they are up against the Juggernaut, ‘like on of the most powerful hombres on the planet’ and tells her that her fireworks are not gonna to do anything against him. Jono “Chamber” Starsmore declares that it is a good thing that the human students of the Massachusetts Academy have all gone home for Christmas, or else they would have to come up with a very interesting explanation as to why super villains are attacking the school and why some of the students have mutant powers.
Headmaster and former X-Man Sean Cassidy, a.k.a. the Banshee turns to his evil cousin, Black Tom Cassidy and asks him why he has attacked them like this and what he wants. Tom sarcastically tells Sean that he wants to be with his family for the holidays. Emma Frost, the other headmaster of the Academy and former White Queen of the Hellfire Club turns to her younger sister, Cordelia as Cordelia points to the unconscious man on the ground, declaring that he is Mondo and tried to kill her. Emma tells her sister to focus as Sean and Black Tom use their powers on each other, powers that cancel each other out.
Realizing he cannot harm his cousin with his sonic scream, Sean picks up a lead piping that was on the ground and declares that he does not need his powers to take care of ‘the likes of you’. Tom looks at the lead piping and jokes that it is ‘charming’ before asking what is going on with all the construction at the site and asking if this is not where Proudstar Hall used to be. Blocking Sean’s lead pipe with his staff, Tom tells his cousin that he should be ashamed of himself as he used to be able to beat him easily before he whacks Sean in the face hard with his staff and asking whatever happened to ‘that tough guy ex-spy?’
Emma starts to run over to Banshee until her sister asks her to stay with her, as they will kill her. Emma slaps her sister and tells her to be strong as the Juggernaut grabs Skin, who asks the villain if no one ever told him that ‘guys in dorky helmets should not throw stones’. Emma tells Cordelia to get back and stay down as Juggernaut is forced to let Skin go, who jokes that all his extra skin makes him squirmy.
Jubilee throws some of her fireworks at Juggernaut, who gets blinded by them and tells her that all she is doing is annoying him. Jubes jokes that she is happy to do her part when Cain is attacked from behind by Chamber’s bio-blast. Chamber introduces himself as they haven't met, and tells Cain that he can refer to him as “that guy who kicked my butt”. Juggernaut runs towards Jono and tells him to ‘bring it on’, which Jono does, increasing his bio-blast, deciding he has taken enough from the Juggernaut, Jono suddenly realizes that he has not used this much bio-energy before, but can somehow feel the Juggernaut weakening.
Suddenly, Jono stops and Gen X, Tom and Cordelia watch as the dust settles. Cordelia asks what it was that Jono did, to which Emma reveals that Chamber expanded more energy than he has ever done before. Black Tom calls to his friend Cain asking him if he is all right, as the dust clears they see Juggernaut standing upright, while holding an unconscious Chamber at his side, joking that he didn’t have what it takes to ‘run with the big dogs’.
Banshee turns to Tom and starts to threaten him in case Chamber is hurt, but Tom just smiles and reminds Sean that he cannot hurt him with his powers, when Emma steps forward and declares that hers can. She reminds everyone that Juggernaut’s helmet makes him immune to her telepathy, but Tom has no such defenses, and taking possession of Tom she orders him to use his energy staff on Juggernaut.
Black Tom is forced to comply and fires at Cain, who tells him to stop, reminding him that his energy cannot hurt him. Juggernaut manages to get to Tom and puts him to safety before turning to the Gen Xer’s and declaring that it was fun for a while, but that ‘playtime’s over’ and he clasps his hands together, causing a seismic shock to knock everyone out.
Meanwhile, at an exclusive boarding school in the Swiss Alps, former Generation Xer, the beautiful Monet St. Croix and her roommate Charlene stand outside the room of Charlene’s friend Tabby as police officers remove Tabby’s body from the school. Charlene cries, unable to believe Tabby was murders she asks Monet what they are going to do, but Monet offers no answer. Instead Monet tells herself that she cannot blame Charlene for falling apart at a time like this before recalling that she left the Massachusetts Academy to go to a normal school but no sooner does she arrive than girls start getting murdered.
Monet knows that Tabby was killed while she and Charlene were just a few feet away from her, knocking on her door. She wishes she knew who killed her, when the school Headmaster, Mister Delacourte steps up beside the girls, and startles them, asking what kind of headmaster he would be if he let his students gawk at such a gruesome scene. He asks Monet if she would take Charlene back to their room so she can get some rest, before informing her that he would like her to the come to his office so he can speak with her in private. Monet just glares at him.
Back at the Massachusetts Academy, Tom and Mondo have woken up and stand with the Juggernaut in front of Emma, Sean, Gen X and Cordelia who are all tied up in some metal construction equipment. Tom asks them if they are comfy and tells them not to look to Mondo to save them, as he can assure them that will not be happening. Tom then reveals that Mondo has never met any of them save Cordelia. Jubilee asks Tom what he is talking about, and Tom asks Cordelia if she would like to tell the story or if she should. Cordelia just smirks at Tom and he begins his tale “there once was a lass named Cordelia Frost …”
(flashback)Cordelia met with Shinobi Shaw, who at the time was the head of the Hellfire Club’s Inner Circle, a group of mutants set on world domination. Cordelia came to Shinobi wanting to fill the role made vacant by her older sister Emma – the White Queen. Cordelia wanted to buy her way into the Inner Circle by giving them a powerful mutant she befriended then captured the Samoan mutant Mondo.
However Shinobi Shaw was not as impressed as Cordelia had hoped he would be and Shaw reminded Cordelia that the Inner Circle was a distinct hierarchy that one could not just buy his or her way into.
The negotiations between Cordelia and Shaw were interrupted by some more uninvited guests, who came not with a mutant like Cordelia did, but with weapons. The employer of these men, a man named Barrington had hacked into Shaw’s private computer, and announced that he would be taking custody of Mondo, whether Shaw liked it or not.
(present)Tom ends his story by concluding with the fact that they all now Cordelia then came to them looking for help in rescuing her abducted Mondo. A furious Emma Frost turns to her sister and asks her if this is true, but Cordelia does not reply. Tom smirks at seeing Emma so annoyed, and reminds everyone that they rescued Mondo and he joined the team, only to betray them when he met them last.
Banshee asks his cousin how he knows all this, and Tom smiles, declaring that he is Barrington and after he had liberated Mondo from Cordelia he replaced him with a clone. Tom reveals that from the very beginning, it was intended for the clone of Mondo was to infiltrate the school, and while Bastion managed to kill the clone, the real one had been living with Tom all this time. Black Tom laughs when he boasts that he has always been good with kids, and tells them to just ask Sean’s daughter Theresa. Banshee tells Tom to ‘shut up or I will kill you with my bare hands’. Chamber tells Sean to calm down, before asking Tom to explain why they attacked Cordelia. Putting an arm around Mondo, Tom tells them to think of it was a Christmas present to his “son”.
Trying to squirm free from the restraints, Skin recalls to himself that he saw Penance creeping around in the woods and thinks that between the two of them they may be able to save the day. Mondo leans down to Cordelia and stroking her chin tells her that he has waited a long day for this. Tom declares that he knew Cordelia would go running to Emma, just as she always does when she is in trouble and jokes that they will have their nice family reunion for the holidays now. ‘After all’ says Tom ‘Revenge is a dish best served cold’.
Skin has almost broken free from the metal restraint and when he does he leaps out telling the ‘bad guys’ that they missed one. Juggernaut reminds Tom that he told him Skin was a squirmy one and Tom orders his allies to ‘get him’. Just them Penance springs onto the scene and slices through the metal restraint with no problem, thus freeing the kids, Sean and Emma. Getting ready for action, Banshee tells everyone to keep it together, as this is not an impossible victory, they can use teamwork and survive it. He tells Emma to telepathically link everyone up so he can map out a battle plan as Juggernaut asks Chamber if he wants another round. Jono replies that he doesn’t, but “she” is interested, and Cain turns just in time to see Penance leaping at him, claws outstretched.
Tom jokes to Chamber that he is going to let his poor mute friend try and slice off Cain’s helmet while he attacks him, and Chamber informs Tom that he can thank Sean for this strategy, as while Banshee’s powers do not affect Tom, Jono’s do. Angelo and Jubes approach Mondo and tell him that it doesn’t have to go down like this, and Jubilee reminds him that they used to be friends. Mondo asks the kids if they are deaf or just stupid, and reminds them that he has never met them before, which means as he turns his body into rock, he has no problems beating them into a coma.
In the air, Sean tells Jubilee and Skin to stand their ground as Mondo is not their friend, while Penance manages to claw off Cain’s helmet, and Sean swoops down to grab it before Cain can get it, leaving him open to Emma’s attack, and she does attack him, knocking him out. On the ground, Tom shouts that it was not supposed to end like this, and tells Mondo to remember the plan to get them out of here. Jubes and Angelo chase Mondo as he turns himself into dirt and starts to surround Tom and Cain, who as Tom reveals can use his powers to transport them out of here. Just before they leave, Tom tells the kids not to look so sad, as they will see their “Uncle Tom” again.
Gen X regroup and Emma decides that there is no point in going after them as she cannot track Mondo. Slumped over in the snow, Cordelia declares that his means that Mondo is free to come back and try and kill her again. “Thanks for saving my life, guys” mocks Skin to Cordelia, joking back “oh you’re welcome Cordelia, our pleasure. He asks Jono how he is doing and Chamber replies that he is a little woozy after taking on the Juggernaut, but that he will be okay.
Jubilee turns to Emma and asks her if that was really Mondo or if Tom was lying. Emma replies that she scanned Tom’s mind and it seems that he is telling the truth, although Emma admits that she wishes it were not the real Mondo. Sullenly, Sean remarks that this means Tom is raising another child …
Meanwhile, back at Monet’s school, Monet is sitting in Delacorte’s office and the headmaster asks Monet if she understands why he has asked her to come here privately. Monet replies that she thinks so, and Delacorte tells her that he wants to make sure she is all right after witnessing something so traumatic. Smiling, Delacorte reminds Monet that she is new here and wants to let her know that he likes to give all of his students special attention. With that, Delacorte’s eyes flash green and Monet realizes that he is trying to hypnotize her, however fortunately for Monet her telepathic powers are serving as a natural blocker.
Delacorte bares his fangs and declares that it is interesting Monet can resist his will, and jumping on her proclaims that they will have to do this the old-fashioned way. Monet was unprepared for how strong Delacorte is and is knocked off-balance, but she is no slouch in the strength department. Delacorte boasts that he will have Monet, but the powerful young mutant tells him ‘over my dead body’ and smashes him back off her.
Delacorte gathers himself and tells Monet that ordinarily he would take her up on that offer but that he was unprepared for her tenacity. Jumping out his window, he tells Monet that they will meet again. Monet tidies her hair while comprehending that she just fought a vampire, she thinks that she could call the Academy as some of the kids ran into Vampires not too long ago. However she thinks against it, as it is not like he bit her…but as Monet’s hand brushes against her neck, she pulls her hand into sight, and discovers blood!


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A graveyard in Switzerland a recently dug grave and planted grave, belonging to Tabitha Gance, suddenly the grave is broken from beneath by scratching – and Tabitha bursts through, fangs bared and dressed to kill.
Monet St. Croix, the beautiful and phenomenally powerful Algerian former member of Generation X, sits calmly in the back of a police car as it races towards her new school in the Swiss Alps. Monet thinks back only a short time – when she told herself that she left the Massachusetts Academy because she did not fit in there. For while she was a mutant, possessing superhuman abilities, she was more fortunate than other mutants as she can seamlessly blend into society, and therefore has no interest in fighting to save a world that hates and fears her kind.
Monet wonders why then, in light of all that, did she go out of her way to alert the authorities to a killer that is plaguing her new school? She thinks a psychologist would probably have a field day with her. When Monet arrived at the elite Swiss boarding school she was made aware that a number of students had been killed in a gruesome manner, and mere days after her arrival her roommate and she came dangerously close to witnessing the latest murder – Tabitha Gance – a girl in their dorm was murdered while Monet and her roommate were mere feet away.
Monet then met with the headmaster, Arthur Delacorte, and not only did she discover that he was the murderer – but also a vampire! Monet didn’t mention that to the police when she went to them, otherwise they would have locked her up. Monet knows she didn’t imagine the whole thing however, for she has proof – a small bite mark on her neck. After being bitten by Delacorte, Monet learned that a simple bite does not turn a person into a vampire, but that you have to be killed by a vampire to become one. Being bitten would, however, normally make one susceptible to the mental domination of the vampire that bit you. Fortunately for Monet, she is naturally telepathic and therefore able to “tune out” Delacorte’s manipulation, but not without a lot of concentration.
As the police arrive at the private academy, Monet can only imagine what kind of scene they must have caused as they roared up to the headmaster’s office. One of the police inspectors asks Monet if she is sure the murderer is at the school, and as they follow her, Monet replies that she is certain of it and will lead them to him.
Entering the office block, the headmaster’s elderly assistant sits up and annoyed at the interruption she asks the men if she can help them. Monet ignores the woman and walks past her as one of the inspectors tells the assistant to take her seat. Monet opens the door to Delacorte’s office and tells the inspectors that the murderer is in there.
Standing up, Delacorte turns to Monet and smiles, telling her how charming of her it was to bring the police with her he asks to what does he owe the pleasure. One of the inspectors informs the headmaster that Miss St. Croix told them that she knew who was committing the murders that have been plaguing the campus, but that they had no idea she was talking about him, and apologizes, saying that it must be a mistake or a cruel joke.
Monet realizes that the inspectors don’t believe her, but then again she didn’t really expect them to, especially without proof. Clutching at a curtain she tells the inspectors that she has al the proof they need, and draws open the curtains which let in the bright sunlight. Expecting Delacorte to explode or something, Monet looks quite confused when Delacorte just shields his eyes from the brightness and asks Monet if she is feeling all right and tells her that she is behaving rather madly.
Monet thought that direct sunlight was a vampire’s worst enemy as it turns them instantly to dust. ‘At least that’s what all the books said’. Delacorte apologizes to the men for Monet’s behavior informing them that he has had difficulties with her before. Monet turns her back to the men as Delacorte tells the inspectors that she is taking the death of her classmate hard, as they could imagine, and adds that he will make sure she receives the appropriate care. Delacorte tells the inspectors that he and his staff have the utmost appreciation for their efforts in catching the murderer who plagues the academy.
Delacorte farewells the inspectors and closes the doors behind them as he asks Monet if she is quite pleased with herself. Monet boasts that she may not be able to prove it, but that she knows what he is, and that if the police will not help her stop him then she will do it herself. Delacorte smiles and sarcastically asks Monet if she can stop him alone before mocking her mutant powers and declaring that it should be interesting, as he has never feasted on mutants before. Monet defiantly tells Delacorte to ‘try it’ as she can guarantee he will not get close enough to even smell her. Delacorte opens his door and says patronizingly ‘Come now, Monet. Do you really think I’m dumb enough to attack you right here, after the police just left? Please. Give me some credit’. Monet knows Delacorte has a point and there was no use in her attacking him, she decides that she is better off to do some more research and leaves.
Walking down some stairs out of the building, Monet is greeted by her roommate, Charlene, who tells Monet that the word around school is that she was seen with some cops and asks her if anything is wrong. Monet tells Charlene that nothing is wrong and thanks her to mind her own business and tells others to do the same. Charlene apologizes and starts walking with Monet, telling her that she is still trying to process the fact that it was they who found the body. She exclaims that this is all serious stuff, what with someone going around nipping people on the necks. Monet replies that she supposes so while thinking to how serious it would be if Charlene knew how the girls really died. Charlene tells Monet that she is a good listener if she wishes to talk about it, but Monet starts to walk away, replying coldly that she is fine, and probably not hearing Charlene solemnly say ‘Yeah. Me too’.
Night falls, and Monet sits cross-legged as she hovers in the air, staring intently ahead without blinking she recalls how some of her former teammates at the Massachusetts Academy fought a vampire, but she “missed out” on that adventure. The last think Monet wants to do is go running back to Generation X for help, and since she no longer has access to the Massachusetts Academy’s vast database she has to turn to another source in researching ways to kill a vampire – the Internet.
Monet drops to the ground and since sunlight apparently does not hurt Delacorte, she has two other ways to destroy him. She could drive a stake through his heart, or alternatively she could cut off his head. ‘Decisions, decisions!’ Some rustling in nearby shrubs grabs Monet’s attention and she turns quickly, only to see Tabitha leaping at her exclaiming ‘You look delicious’. Tabitha shoves her elbow at Monet and knocks her back while revealing that she knows all about Monet’s powers and informs her that the master says since they cannot bring her over they will just have to kill her.
Monet just stares at Tabitha when the vampire asks her if her strength surprises her. Getting no answer, Tabitha says she will take that as a ‘yes’. Suddenly, Tabitha moves backwards, away from Monet when she sees a cross around her neck. Monet smiles and tells Tabitha that she was always the better student before giving her a walloping, sending her flying backwards. Monet breaks off a branch from a tree as Tabitha gathers herself and boasts that the cross will not protect her forever. Monet tells Tabitha that it doesn’t have too, and leaps at Tabitha with the broken branch ‘Oh no’ says Tabitha before the stake is driven through her chest and she bursts into dust. Monet stands over the ashes for what seemed to her like ages, trying to convince herself that she did not just commit murder, and supposes that it is hard to murder someone who is already dead.
Elsewhere on the campus, Monet’s roommate, Charlene, is being comforted – by Headmaster Delacorte! Charlene sniffles as she reveals that she dreams about it every night, for Tabitha was her friend, a friend who was murdered just mere feet away. She asks how she is supposed to live with that. Delacorte tells Charlene that she has already set herself on the path to recovery by coming to talk to him, as it is an important first step. Delacorte tells Charlene that it is his job to be here for all of his students and that having nightmares is perfectly normal given the extreme circumstances. He adds that he would be worried if she weren’t upset.
Charlene wipes her nose and thanks Delacorte, admitting that she feels rather silly. Delacorte pulls her in towards him and proclaims that she will be safe with him. Baring his fangs, he smiles and leans in on the unsuspecting Charlene – just as Monet, dressed in her Generation X uniform, bursts through a window, shattering the glass, she lands near Delacorte and tells him to back away from Charlene. Delacorte tells Monet smugly that her visit with Tabitha didn’t go quite as planned. ‘Sorry to disappoint you’ says Monet sarcastically, when Delacorte informs her that it is she who will be disappointed and turns into mist disappearing.
Looking rather nervous, Tabitha asks Monet what happened, the reply being that vampires can turn into mist. Charlene tries to comprehend what she has just seen and asks Monet how any of this is possible. She asks Monet who she is and why she saved her. Monet snaps her out of it and tells Charlene to keep it together and that she should stay at one of her friends’ rooms tonight and not be alone. Charlene gets the message and as she leaves Mrs. Hilmersson, Delacrote’s assistant enters the room, asking what just happened. Monet tells her that she cannot explain it, but that it should make more sense in the morning.
Monet looks out the window searching for a sign of Delacorte, but only sees her reflection, and though Mrs. Hilmersson stood behind Monet, she cast no reflection. Monet turns quickly to face the secretary and realizes that she should have known the old woman was a vampire and declares that she must have helped keep Delacorte’s secret. Mrs. Hilmersson rushes towards Monet and tells her that it is a secret she will take to the grave. Monet says haughtily that ‘I always had a problem respecting my elders’ and punches the old woman, sending her crashing into a desk. Monet picks up a splintered piece of wood and deducing it as sharp enough she plunges it through the old woman, who bursts into dust.
Monet stands in the mess, thinking that it was almost too easy, and it made her sick to think how good she was getting at stabbing people through the heart. Delacorte’s assistant bought him enough time to get away and Monet realizes that she has no chance of finding him now before he claimed another victim – unless she resorted to drastic measures. Monet was able to “tune out” Delacorte’s telepathic influence, so she figured that may be able to use the psychic connection to her advantage, by using her own telepathy to back track the link, which she hoped would lead her straight to him.
This process takes the young telepath a few minutes of concentration, and it worked, for she received a clear impression of him – about to feast upon another student. Monet flies from the building and once she had a fix on his location it took her mere seconds to cross the campus and swooping down she grabs him away from his next victim, using her super strength she pulls him into the air. Delacorte asks Monet when she will learn that she cannot stop him, and dissipates into mist again.
Monet hovers in the air as Delacorte boasts that he doesn’t think she realizes the full scope of his power, revealing to her that his vampiric abilities allow him to change shape. Which he does – into a monstrous flying bat-like-human. Flying towards Monet, Delacorte reveals that thanks to a procedure that was first pioneered by a Nazi vampire named Baron Blood, he is now able to withstand the sun’s hot and deadly rays. He admits that Monet is strong, but asks if she is as fast and agile.
Monet flies near Delacorte and tells him that regardless of whether or not she destroys him, his reign of terror ends now. The vampire asks Monet how she deduces that, and she informs him that at least one other girl has seen what he is. Leaping at Monet as they fly near the bell tower he tells her that she will devour the other girl after he has feasted on Monet’s mutant blood.
Monet fights back and gets on top of Delacorte pinning him down she tells him that when he was bragging about his powers she didn’t hear him say anything about being able to withstand a stake through the heart. Monet pushes him down with her strength so that he lands right on top of the deadly spike, which stands atop of the tower, and Delacorte lets out a mighty scream as he explodes.
Later, Delacrote’s death rendered all the vampires inert and they were given proper burials. The school was closed and the townspeople burned it to the ground – before deciding that no one would ever speak of what went on there again. When everything was sorted, Monet had to pick another school to attend, she thought long and hard about where she wanted to continue her education, and kept coming back to the same school.
Massachusetts Academy, a chauffeur asks Monet if he wants to drive her up to the front door, and calmly she says ‘No, thank you. Right here is just fine’.