In the World Outside Time. Jubal and Wreck

[mancalledjubes]

The great hall of the castle stands empty, its far corners and the uppermost reaches of its carved and fabulously vaulted ceiling forgotten in shadows. All is silent but for the soft scrape of a footstool's feet as it walks toward a side door.

Then there's a swish and a flash of light, and two men appear. Both are tall. One, a slender Asian with bright blue eyes, immediately takes to the air and hovers a few feet over the head of his companion, who is more muscularly built. The man on the ground's face is partially sheilded by a brown beard, but even so his expression is clear.

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[trecebo.livejournal.com]

Wreck urged Jubes to listen. "We don't have much time, which is weird, since we are outside time, but then---"

Delicate but strong fingers stopped his wandering. "Still the same ol' seadog. On and on..."

He nudged her gently. "If he says it's time to say good-bye, you'd better get to it."

[mancalledjubes]

She turned to her friend and gave her a hug that would have knocked Wreck on his rear, but the winged woman stood firm and wrapped those massive wings around her.

"Go vith Gott," murmured Anmut softly. "Meine Schwester." She trailed off into a language that sounded like some root of German and Dutch, and Jubilee responds fluently.

"Come on." Jubal sighes, then starts as the toddler abandones the good ship Wreck and jumps to him. "Oh, hi."

[trecebo.livejournal.com]

Little hands traced the face that seemed so familiar to the tot and yet was different. "Mama face?" Gentle pats bring a partially tooth filled grin as the baby blue eyes see the same basic love hiding in the older blues.

[mancalledjubes]

"Uncle." Jubal grinned. "Mama's brother, sort of."

"Just rememeber that's mine." Jubilee turned away from her friend to give him a cocky grin. "So, we gonna get this show on the road?"

[trecebo.livejournal.com]

Wreck took one last look at the ancient version of the Wolverine. He slowly saluted the older man before turning to follow his friends.

[mancalledjubes]

Their last glimpse of the old one is of him standing silently in the shadows, watching them walk away.

"Alright," said Jubal as they reached an antiroom. "Jubes, here, you take Hector, 'cause I'm not going where you are."

[trecebo.livejournal.com]

Wreck gave the other man a look. "Hey, remember? I'm the one going back and taking her with me."

[mancalledjubes]

Jubal chuckled as the toddler jumped to his mother and pointed to the little one. "Hector."