It was worth it

It was worth it!! Part five (Another bout of insanity with Jo the Phoenix.)

DISCLAIMER: The characters aren’t mine. (Sorry, I don’t have enough imagination left to come up with a witty and/or sarcastic remark.)

Author’s note: Thanks so much to the lovely loved people who read and reviewed. ‘Preciate it! Really!

This will be, I think, the final installment of this series. (Collective sigh of relief from )

I go away for a week and the whole place goes to hell. I’d seen that maniacal glee in ‘Lee’s eyes a few times before and knew that it was high time to take a vacation.

So I threw a few things in a backpack, hopped back into my jeep and got the flamin hell outta there. Rambled around southern Alberta and British Columbia for a while, the Rockies really are quite beautiful this time o year. A week later, after givin time to who ever Jubes totured time to cool down, I headed back to Westchester.

When I opened the door, I knew immediately that a week wasn’t enough time. I nearly tripped over Hank, who was busy putting a liquid of some sort onto Jubilee’s roller skate laces.

"What’s that?"

He jumped up, capping the small vial. "Oh, it is simply a chemical compound that will ultimately disintegrate the fibrous lining -"

"English, Hank!"

"It will break her laces when she pulls on them, even slighly."

"Is this payback of some kind, or what?" I asked. He shrugged and walked out with a grin.

I sighed and decided I’d leave again, but I ventured, against my better judgement, into the rest of the mansion.

Rogue was in the kitchen. After realizing who had just walked in, she smiled and let me in on her secret. "Toothache gel…" she told me quietly as she took from the oven a batch of cookies. "They look normal, but when you eat ‘em, you’ll want a napkin quick, sugah, cause your whole mouth goes numb!"

"Who are these for?" I asked, a little unsettled at her ruthlessness.

"Basically every one….Only Remy, Jubilee and Ah know not to eat ‘em."

I understood immediately. The Cajun prob’ly told her "with us or against us, cherie, non?"

Shaking my head, I roved the rest of the place, marvelling at the calousness and, well, evilness of everyone. Only when I seen the Professor getting into it did it cross my mind again to leave.

"Everyone has lost it. I’m outta here!" I muttered as I picked up my backpack and headed back to my jeep.

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