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

Chicken Hawk

When Noh's ship had landed at the North Pole, the group of them had already called SHIELD to let them know they were making their approach — though they almost didn't need to confirm it, what with Kate's friends Teddy and Billy on the New Avengers team texting her about penguins.

Logan and Scott were both ready to go, though they didn't have that same, easy, relaxed vibe that they'd had before. Both were tense and had their jaws locked into place as they stared ahead.

"And now, you see the other side of the coin as it starts up," Jubilee said quietly over Kate's shoulder as she was steering Noh's ship while Noh checked on some last-minute readings to be sure the Skrulls didn't know they were coming. "I have a feeling this is going to be very very ugly."

"I mean I don't get it," Kate said with a little shake of her head. "They're, like, five years old. Both of them."

"It's so complicated and simple at once," Jubilee said, still in a low whisper as she too was shaking her head slowly, as if she couldn't believe she had to put up with both of them. "I mean, they could make this so easy."

"You know — if they used words. Like normal people," Kate agreed.

"There is so much built up drama there. Seriously."

"And yet Kurt is the drama teacher," Kate teased.

"Wrong kind of drama," Jubilee replied quietly before she spotted her be-bopping alien boy and just grinned and patted Kate on the shoulder. "I'll tell you about it later."

In contrast to Logan and Scott, Noh looked perfectly relaxed and even was looking forward to blasting some Skrulls, and he shot Jubilee a little grin when she bounded over to him. He had been listening to some music, but he pulled out one of the earphones when she approached as he caught her up in a spinning hug and she could hear "Be My Baby" playing through the earphones. It was his favorite song, so she knew it meant he was in a perfectly good mood — with friends to fight with and Skrulls to crush.

"When we're finished here, we should go dancing," he whispered in her ear when he set her down, and she broke into a huge, beaming grin and just nodded her agreement.

Kate tried not to roll her eyes as she could hear Noh turn up the volume on his favorite song and pull Jubilee into a quick spin, instead focusing on landing them neatly at the pole. As soon as she started up the landing procedures, the rest of the group headed for the doors, ready for round two against the Skrulls as the alien force was taken by surprise on their arrival. It was a much smaller force than had been on Mars, but enough that as soon as the six of them came bursting out of the ship, they had plenty to do.

Noh and Kate actually found themselves in an easy, familiar rhythm blasting through aliens as they both just took to shooting every Skrull in sight, seeming to know beforehand where each other's shots would land and moving accordingly, their old ties as former teammates obvious to see even without knowing that they had once been particularly close.

Kurt was in prime form, all three swords in play as he teleported around the field of Skrulls, and Jubilee was sending off plasmoids left and right — but the two of them were also both half watching Logan and Scott, as they already knew trouble was brewing from experience.

As before, Scott and Logan found themselves working together and moving back to back - Scott avoiding Logan's claws, and Logan dodging Scott's blasts. The camaraderie was simply not there though. They both looked irritated at the very least — and increasingly more livid as the battle raged on around them.

It took much less time for Scott to wear down, as they really hadn't taken much of a break since the last battle, but this time, when Scott started to protest Logan's move to cover him, Logan flat ignored him. It was obvious neither of them was listening to a word the other way saying, and so they were drifting further apart.