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The door to the Danger Room opened and Jubilee came through it, a dejected look on her face. She plopped down on the hall floor with most of the other trainees.
“Welcome to Valhalla,” Sam said.
“I really thought I was going to survive that time. But the computer said I didn’t. What does it know?”
“Getting snuffed sucks, but I think we’re doing better,” Amara said. “We don’t die as quickly as we used to. And these joint exercises are good for us. I learn a lot from watching the main team in action.”
A little while later, the door opened again, and Tiffany entered, her claws still out. Seeing how crowded the hallway was, she quickly pulled them back in, and then sat with everybody else.
“Damn, Tiff,” Ray said. “You’re always the last one of us to die. You’ll be on the real team before you know it.”
“I didn’t live the longest this time. Bobby is still in there.”
“Well, he’s been on more real missions than most of us. He was there when they were chasing that spider thing all over London.”
“Only because he stowed away on the Blackbird,” Jubilee pointed out. “Not because he earned it.”
“He doesn’t follow the rules, either,” Tabitha observed. “A guy after my own heart.”
“By the way, Tiffany,” Jubilee said. “I’m really happy that the Professor got SHIELD out of your face so you can stay.”
All of the other trainees expressed similar sentiments.
“Wow, thanks, guys. That’s quite a change from the early days, when everyone wished the Professor would get rid of me.”
“That was a different girl,” Sam said. “You’re a hell of a lot more fun than she was.”
Tiffany grinned. “I don’t miss her either. Y’know, thinking of the old X-23 as somebody else really helps. It allows me to disconnect. I just think of her shitty life and go ‘oh, the poor thing, good thing I’m not her’, just like everybody else does. Kind of a Jedi mind trick, I guess, but it works.” Read the rest of this entry »
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