Kree, Shi'ar, and Skrulls, Oh My!

Did I Miss A Telepathic Bond?

Once they'd gotten back to the mansion and everyone had their uniforms and, in Kate's case, weapons — the team boarded Noh's ship as the former Marvel Boy seemed delighted to show Scott around, pointing out several systems that he already had ideas about integrating with the blackbird's systems. Noh seemed to love the idea of having something that he could contribute to helping the X-Men, and Scott was genuinely interested in the idea of intuitive controls — though when he sat down at them and they morphed into something that looked very familiar to Noh, Noh had to pause.

"That," he said, looking over the display, "is not what I expected."

"Is that a good thing or a bad one?" Scott asked, looking genuinely curious.

Noh turned his attention from the controls to Scott and frowned even deeper for a long moment. "Have you by any chance heard of the Starjammers?" he asked politely.

Scott rubbed the back of his neck for a moment at the question. "Ah, yeah. As a matter of fact," Scott said with a little sheepish grin.

"I very recently had dealings with them when they stormed my ship, and this—" Noh gestured to the controls. "—seems to be much like their ship's controls. With modifications, of course. I can see your blackbird in the design."

"That's ... probably because Corsair is my father," Scott admitted, still with that same sheepish look.

Noh leaned back and crossed his arms with a little frown before he just let out the slightest of nearly disbelieving breaths. "You X-Men have strange ties."

"We really do," Scott agreed before he tried to clear the air. "But ... I grew up thinking he was dead, so if that colors things..."

"Far be it from me to let an accident of birth stop our working together," Noh said quickly, shaking his head. "My former team included a supervillain and a half-Skrull, after all. I was simply making sure I was not letting a pirate see more of my ship than I intended."

"The last person you'd need to worry about pillaging your ship is Scott," Logan commented from a bit further back in the ship where Jubilee was showing him around..

"That is good to hear." Noh leaned back against the wall and nodded to Scott. "Well, if you would like — I can place the coordinates. I see no reason why I can't return the favor and allow you to fly my ship."

Scott grinned at that, and the two quickly fell back into their continuing conversation about the different systems — while the others in the ship just made themselves comfortable for the duration.

"When the fighting finally starts," Jubilee said over Kate's shoulder while the guys were having coffee. "You're going to want to make sure your battery is fully charged, because this is either going to be epicly bad — or epicly awesome."

Kate grinned at Jubilee. "I've already got Billy and Teddy blowing up my phone just from the one picture I've sent so far."

"Well, even if it's epicly bad? They're still incredible working together." Jubilee grinned widely in anticipation. "Seriously. They, like, don't even need to talk."

"Then why the heck don't they do that more often?" Kate asked, raising an eyebrow her friend's way.

"Personality issues," Jubilee said with a shrug. "They do it all the time though. Even when they fight, it's like ... poetry."

Kate just grinned at her again. "Then I'll make sure to charge the phone before we leave. Noh still have those ports that do it, like, five times as fast as normal?"

"Yes, I think so," she replied with a nod.

Kate just grinned wider and pulled her phone out of her pocket, crossing over the little dining area to find a port and sitting on the table as she did so — while a few of them bamfs were inspecting some of Noh's food with curious, unsure expressions.