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

Overly Concerned Loved One

After a decent meal, the little group on Noh's ship was in much better spirits as Billy and Teddy tried to catch Kate up on what she had missed with their friends in the days she had been gone — particularly a viral video of her first interview with Jameson that had been autotuned to hilarious effect by someone with a screenhandle 'friendlyneighborhoodspidey'. The video had everyone in stitches, as JJ's shouting was even funnier when put to music, and the bamfs stole Kate's phone to watch it repeatedly even after Kate and Kurt had turned in to catch a nap on the way to the blackbird.

Logan had found a quiet corner to settle into and rest while Jubilee finally just gave him a very quick kiss on the cheek to rush over to basically climb on Noh's lap as soon as he came back from Hank's so she could listen to him tell her stories about his other journeys and battles against the Shi'ar across several dimensions.

Once they arrived at the blackbird, the group had a quick meeting to try and figure out who would go home in what craft. The Young Avengers were torn between the familiarity of traveling in Noh's ship again and the pure excitement of flying in the blackbird with so many of the original X-Men.

What eventually decided it was Noh's promise that his ship had a 'silent' mode that would let them sleep without interruptions short of an attack on the ship — and those that had been captured, along with Logan, decided to stay on the ship and get some decent sleep while the Young Avengers would head back with Scott and Hank.

But as they were boarding the blackbird and saying their goodbyes, the proximity alarms went off, signalling that they had unexpected company. Noh ran to the controls and let out a string of oaths that Jubilee was quickly coming to recognize before he just shook his head. "I'm sorry, my friends. This is going to be more trouble."

"How are you feeling, Logan?" Scott called out. "Did you have enough time to recover?"

Logan just nodded, though he visibly looked ready to sleep for a few days still. "Jubes, you get enough sugar?" he asked, and she enthusiastically nodded and popped a fresh piece of gum in her mouth. "Then we're about as good as we can hope for," Logan called out to Scott, though he looked up at Noh for a moment. "You okay?"

"I have passed through the judgement of your resident doctor, so I would hope so," Noh said with a small smirk.

"Yeah, but you know yourself better than he ever will," Logan pointed out.

Noh just laughed quietly to himself as he settled into the controls. "I am healing well — thank you for your concern. Now if we can simply shake this latest danger, I think I would like to stop on Earth for a pancake dinner when we are through."

"Hear that, Wolvie?" Jubilee said brightly. "Canada here we come!"

Logan just rolled his eyes at her and started to stretch.

"Cyclops, if you could give me some support in your craft," Noh suggested. "Perhaps we two could blast them out of the air."

"You sure you don't want to try talking with them first?" Kate asked as she looked over the readings over his shoulder. "That's a Kree ship."

"No, I am quite sure they will not want to talk with us," Noh said with a little frown. "That is an Accuser craft."

"They've been reasonable enough in passing," Scott said with a frown to match Noh's, though he was rushing toward the blackbird anyhow.

But before Scott could reach the connecting passage, a hit rocked the ship, and the passage exploded - along with the blackbird. The explosion tilted the entire ship sideways, and Noh had to struggle for control for a moment as they were thrown clear, though the ship caught much of the debris from the exploding blackbird in the process.