bakerstreet | /insert jail quote HERE

[There are so many things he could say, but most of them aren't very useful. What he eventually settles on from his somewhat cowed corner is...]

Limbs?

[Jubilee whips around at the voice. Her fingers are sparking.

She pulls her powers back in when she sees him. Her eyes go wide.]

Elf? What happened?

[Jubilee walks over and crouches in front of him.]

Mojo find a way to de-age you? Because if so? I'm totally telling Hank and getting crankier at Mojo.

Wait... Jubilee?

[Not quite the classmate he remembers, though the difference isn't quite as pronounced as from her perspective.]

Uh, nein, same age I've been since last birthday...

Duh, who else would be this cranky? Well, okay, Wolvie, but he wasn't on the mission.

[Lucky jerk. Nope. It'd been the usual suspects this time: Gambit, Shadowcat, Jubilee and, of course, Nightcrawler. It was supposed to be simple. Then, they'd been nabbed by Mojo's thugs.]

Uh, last birthday you were thirty. While you look almost as young as me, you totally are not... this age.

[Hand wave at him.]

Dude, your husband is going to freak out.

I'm seventeen in January. And you're... two years younger than me? Maybe? I don't think I ever asked...

[Not to mention she's usually pretty quiet and laid back, comparatively. Not super chill, but this is more like talking to Boom Boom.]

Also, what?

[She stares at him and then groans, pushing herself up.]

REALLY?

[She yells the single word down the hall. Then, she turns back to her cellmate.]

Sorry, dude. In my universe you're five years older than me, married to my boyfriend's brother, and BFFs with Logan.

Man, Kevin and Scott are totally going to freak. My Dad is going to have someone's head mounted on a wall. Simple grab and go my butt.

[She looks back at him.]

So, do you use swords?

[Every time he has an answer she plows on ahead and he's opened his mouth and had to close it three times already. Hoping he hasn't forgotten anything, he awkwardly tries to list his curtailed responses, counting the best he can on too few fingers.]

That's really weird, I hope he's at least cute, Mr. Logan's cool and all but mostly he gives me creative detention, und my dad took away my Swiss army knife until I'm eighteen.

[She kicks the door again, frowning at the almost musical tone.]

I'm guessing you don't know Margali Szardos?

[She smiles a bit crookedly.]

Kevin is six-seven of solid muscle and blacksmith. You got the hottest Summers brother.

[He doesn't think kicking a door is very useful, but he feels lame just sitting, so he draws to his feet. He's got a lot of growing left to do before he's the Nightcrawler she knows, but would prefer a lack of short jokes, thanks.]

Only Margali I know is Amanda's mom, and that's less know and more stay away from my daughter, you mutant freak.

[He pauses sulkily, then perks up again.]

...Summers?

That'd be the same Margali, but in my world, she raised the Elf and is my aunt.

[And would smite the first person to call them freaks in front of her. But that's separate.

She chuckles.]

Mmhmm. Scott's baby brother, Kevin. I think my Elf and Kevin are plotting mine and Scott's demise-slash-wedding via Vegas.

[When they aren't busy shagging like rabbits. Seriously, they drove the ferals out of the house. She had been very amused.]

Ugh, that would make me and Amanda, like... brother and sister.

[That's just gross!]

Und... that's really weird.

[But it's notable he doesn't exactly seem unhappy about these details.]

So, anyway, I was waiting on escaping until I had some idea what I might be getting into. How's things out there?

That... well, yeah.

[Duh. Did you miss the husband part? Amanda not on her Elf's radar. Ever.

She sighs and presses her face against the bars, looking as much as she can. Jubilee lets out a piercing whistle but the only answer is a 'SHUT UP' from the guards. She can hear scuffling and other things going on.]

Stirred up. They really need to stop kidnapping X-Men. We tend to break out. Violently.

HEY! JACKASS! How about -

[Jubilee flies back and slams into the wall, grunting with the impact. An electric spark surrounds the door in blue arcs.

She pants, forcing herself up.]

Ow.

[He's sixteen and there's someone who'll hold his hand at the movies and not mind that it's fuzzy. This is important to him at this juncture. He's going to let the subject drop for now, though he continues to be curious on several points.

He hurries over to help her up if she'll let him.]

Ja, remember you have a teleporter? Let's try that before you get yourself blown up.

[Jubilee pushes herself up, her gloves smoking.]

Okay, not to put a damper on your life, but you do know we're in an alternate dimension right? I... don't know how your teleportation works.

[If he was her Elf? She'd just grab and go. But, her Elf isn't here. Sighing, she shakes her trembling hands.]

[He's never been in another dimension before! Except in the process of teleporting, and he prefers not to think about that. But she's got a point.]

Ja, Wanda's powers can totally mess with my porting, so I bet other stuff can. Better try a test jump before I try and move us both out.

[She can't help the soft laugh that escapes her.]

I'm glad to know Wanda never changes. What about Magsy? He's kinda awesome at home.

[She pushes herself up.]

Be careful. Line of sight, out of the cell only, okay? You've got some awesome stuff ahead of you if your home is anything like mine.

Wanda is terrifying if helpful. I don't think I know a Magsy... Anyway, here goes.

[He vanishes in his usual puff of sulfurous smoke, but instead of appearing on the other side of the door, he reappears on the ceiling a few feet to the left of where he'd planned, only to plummet to the ground with an indignant squawk.]

Verdammt. Haven't done that since I was twelve. What-- Oops.

[He tries to pop back into the cell to avoid the sudden onslaught of guards. This time he pops up on the wall and tumbles to the ground yet again.]

Not so good.

You don't have Magneto? Then how do you have Wanda?

[Because the two are completely connected in her mind. She goes over to help him up.]

Yeah, not for nothing, but I don't think you'll be able to haul me with.

[She smiles a bit and puts her hand on his shoulder.]

It'll be okay. I know they got Gambit. Meaning, well, something should be happening soon. If they got Kitty too, they've probably taken over the place already and are releasing everyone.

[She only might be joking.]

[Apparently, being in a different dimension than usual is making his connection to the one he uses to teleport a bit wonky. Damn, that's unpleasant.]

That does sound like them, ja. But by Magsy you meant... I guess I never thought to give a cute nickname to the guy who tries to murder us every couple weeks.

[She's so used to her Elf, that she understands. She drops her arm around his shoulders and hugs him.]

It'll be okay. We'll have a seat, and wait for Gambit and Kitty to save us.

[She settles against the wall.]

Mags used to do that. Back when the Professor was... well, there were a lot of things going on. Now, we can control it better. He gets out of line, we send him to Genosha, or call Captain America to tell him to behave.

[She sighs.]

There's a lot of things in your future if it turns out like mine. You married, me dating Scott, Emma and Jean... Remy and Kitty, even though they haven't figured it out yet.

[Which works well. He's a sucker for physical affection, even if it comes from crazy alternate versions of younger classmates he doesn't even know that well.]

Well, it's good that Captain America's back in action. He's still in, I don't know, suspended animation back home. Getting a straight answer from Mr. Logan is kind of hard.

[He reluctantly takes a seat again.]

I don't know an Emma. Remy and Kitty, though? That's weird. I always thought he had a thing for Rogue, so I have to give him the hands-off-my-sister routine all the time.

[Tiring, too.]

And Kitty's all... On-again-off-again with Lance most times.

He woke up... five years ago or so. Him and Tony have been dating for most of a year.

[She shrugs. It's not a big thing for her.]

He might not remember. If he's like my Wolvie, things happened that took his memories. Him and Creed's.

[She laughs.]

Remy keeps taking Rogue home and his Papa tells him to marry her. Then she tries to drown him in the swamp, they come home and fight like five year olds. It's kinda hilarious. Best bros in the house, really. Kitty and Remy are... I dunno. They'll never marry or anything, but they're cute together. And evil. Never cross them. Ever.

[She keeps her arm around him, because, well, she likes snuggling with the Elf. Always has.]

[Doesn't know a Tony, either, but he suspects getting it explained wouldn't make any difference, really. And he doesn't recognize the name Creed, though he's certainly run into the guy under his code name... more times than he liked.]

I'll probably still make the angry brother face. Kitty might as well be a sister at this point.

[Considering how tenuous his claim on Rogue as family is, there's not a lot of difference adding Kitty, too.]

[Jubilee laughs.]

Dude, Kitty threatened poor Kevin so thoroughly when he asked my Elf out, that Kevin was afraid to talk to Kurt for like three days for fear of incurring her wrath. It was hilarious.

S'only fair you get to do the -

[She's cut off by a roar that echoes down the hall. Her blue eyes go wide and she jumps off the floor, rushing over to the door to try to look down the hall.]

Ooooh... this just got bad. For them or us, I dunno. C'mon, Sabretooth...

[She whispers the last, almost like a hope and a prayer.]

[Sabretooth? Really? Next he'll hear that Mystique is maternal.]

...You are from a very strange place.

[He joins her close to the door, wary of its electrical properties. Those are probably worse when you're covered in fur.]

Why would you EVER resist?

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Best thing is this isn't even weird for Mojoverse...

I know. That's what makes it awesome. XD

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