Chance For Reunions

Too (Two) Cute Girls

Sying had been particularly horrible that night because he had been so keyed up after the birthday party, and even though he finally went to sleep, he woke up early and was grumpy over not getting enough sleep. So both Noh and Jubilee were down in the kitchen trying to wake up with the first pot of coffee.

"Didn't think you two would be upright this early," Bobby said in a thick voice as he pulled a face with the first sip of his coffee. "What the hell did K do to the coffee when she made it anyhow? It shouldn't be this hard to get right!"

"I do not know, but I'm sorely missing it right now," Noh said with a sigh as Sying continued to grumpily thump his little fists against Noh until Noh let him down so he could scoot around.

Jubilee poured herself a bowl of Sugar Bombs with a yawn as Bobby clicked on the TV as usual, though when she looked up, she almost smirked. "Looks like someone else had a late night too," she muttered, tipping her head at JJ, who was just starting up his morning news.

"He probably slept on his mustache crooked," Bobby said. "Got a wild hair up his nose."

Jubes chuckled and nodded her agreement as Noh slid her a re-filled cup of coffee, though she quickly lost the smile when she saw the lead-in image for JJ's top story — another picture of Logan and K.

"The top story today — and breaking news," JJ said, sounding tired but incredibly pleased, which usually meant it was something juicy. "Recently uncovered video footage of the Weapon X program irrefutably proves that these government-sponsored sadists established complete control over civilians." He leaned forward in his seat. "During the course of today's story, this reporter will explain how the black-ops Weapon X group intended to create unstoppable weapons out of mutants and people alike, and despite politicians trying to put the focus of the blame on the people they captured and endentured, this program violated not only the laws of this country but the laws of human conscience."

"What ... what am I seeing right now?" Jubilee half breathed out, a frown on her face. "Rachel, if you're mind controlling me, this is not funny."

"No, I see it too," Noh assured her as JJ went into his disclaimers, warning viewers that the footage was graphic even with his best attempt to edit it for viewing. "It seems Jameson is... defending Wolverine and K."

"Spidey has to see this," she said. "His head will explode, but he has to see this."

"Your wish is my command," Noh said with a nod before he kissed her cheek and zipped off as Bobby hit the record button and rewound the DVR so that they could show Pete the top of the story and he could get the full effect.

When Noh returned with a very sleepy Peter — still pajama-clad — he set Pete down and then set a mug of coffee in front of him. "You should see this," he informed Peter.

"I am so not awake," Peter muttered. "Why do I need to see this?"

Bobby pointed at the TV with the remote. "JJ's... yeah, you just gotta see this," he said before he pressed the 'play' button and JJ's opening monologue started up again. He'd also mentally called out to Rachel, though she, of course, already knew what was going on — having picked her dad's brain anyway.

Peter glared at them all for a moment. "I can watch JJ lose his cool anytime ..." But he faded off as he listened to what the man was saying.

Noh and Jubilee and Bobby were mostly watching Peter's jaw drop through what they'd already heard, but then JJ really got into his story, and everyone in the kitchen suddenly found themselves glued to the screen.

They didn't know about any of this. It was all new — and Noh was almost automatically moving to wrap Jubilee up in his arms as she got madder and madder at what she was seeing. Even the edited-for-audiences video clips they were playing were just... wrong.