"Jane?" Rachel exclaimed in shock as they watched the slim brown haired woman tearing through all the guardian creatures outside the sanctum. Dressed in a simple brown and gold uniform she fought with a ferocious grace, twin metallic claws extended from the back of each hand. "Who!" everyone looked at Rachel. Rachel shook her head, short red hair falling into her eyes as she said, "Would you mind if I go outside, we might want to stop her?" Illyanna raised her eyebrows but the blonde nodded, "Right." She looked at Kitty and smiled, "We'll be right back." "Be careful," Kitty cautioned as Illyanna summoned another stepping disk then she and Rachel were gone in a burst of light. Outside the young woman kicked out gracefully, her foot sweep dropping the one monster even as she headbutted another with simple economy of movement. "I just want to know where Rachel Summers is," she said coldly, claws gleaming as she braced for another attack, "is that so hard to understand?" "Jane!" Rachel called as she dropped to the ground nearby, Illyanna right behind her. With a dramatic mystic gesture and a softly chanted word Illyanna sent the army of guardian beasts back to where they came from even as she watched Rachel and the mystery woman rush to each other, the young lady enfolding Rachel in a firm hug. 'Well, I guess she's not an enemy,' Illyanna silently mused. "I've missed you," Jane murmured to Rachel, pulling back slightly to look up into the slightly taller woman's eyes. "How did you get here?" Rachel asked quietly, though from the look on her face she probably already knew the answer. Before Jane could answer Illyanna gave them a wry smile, "We might want to take this inside." With a thought she summoned stepping disks and whisked them from the busy New York street to the inside of the building where the others waited. Kitty swept the newcomer with a glance, the brown haired magician blinking as she blurted out, "She almost looks like Logan." Jane smiled slightly, her brow hair swept back in a oddly familiar style, her brown eyes oddly shy as she said, "That's my name, Jane Logan." Phoenix smiled wryly as Jean gave the younger woman a wry smile, "I thought we left you safely in the future." Jane shook her head firmly, "I wanted to make sure Rachel was all right, so I petitioned Lady Katherine and Illyanna to send me here." "Back up a minute," Illyanna jumped in, "I take it from what Phoenix and Rachel have said you're from their era, but who are you?" Rachel took Jane's hand and gave it a comforting squeeze as she said firmly, "I'd like you to meet Jane Logan, she's a member of the New Mutants as Feral." A pause, "And she's also a clone of the X-Man Wolverine." "It's nice to meet you," Jane nodded to them all, her smile slightly amused at the oddness of the situation. "This sort of thing happens to you often?" Alysande Stuart murmured, the brown haired woman standing beside Jean. "You'd be surprised at how often," Jean answered with a laugh. "Then I suppose I'll just have to get used to it," Alysande murmured, tentatively slipping her fingers into Jean's. Jean smiled back, squeezing her fingers slightly. 'Well isn't that interesting?' Kitty noted with some amusement. Turning back to the newcomer she smiled, "I can certainly see the resemblance." "I'm surprised that you're not asking all of the obvious questions," Jane said to Kitty with a faintly curious smile. "I'm tempted to, believe me," Kitty admitted, "but I suspect that we don't know enough about Logan in the here and now to understand where you came from." "That's very true," Rachel nodded, thinking back to what she knew about the X-Men in this place and time. "So," Illyanna looked at Rachel and Jane standing so close together, "should we put you two together in one room?" Jane actually blushed while Rachel grinned, "You got that right." She dropped her voice as she confided, "I may hang the 'Do not disturb' sign on the bedroom door early tonight and welcome Jane home the right way." "Ray!" Jane blushed. Kitty chuckled, feeling oddly amused to see a woman who looked so much like Wolverine be so cutely shy. Turning towards Alysande she smiled and boldly lied, "We're a little short on rooms, I'm sorry to say." "Oh?" Alysande raised an eyebrow, the older Englishwoman looking at her thoughtfully. "Would you mind terribly sharing a room with Jean?" Kitty asked. Alysande blushed faintly as she looked over at Jean but her voice was steady as she said, "No, I don't think it'll be a problem." "Good," Illyanna rubbed her hands together, "Jean, Rachel, why not help the newcomers unpack while Kitty and I get started on dinner?" "Nice," Kitty murmured as the two pairs walked away. Together they headed over to the kitchen, smiling slightly as they gave the ghost that haunted the kitchen their food orders. "You, Pryde, are a hopeless matchmaker," Illyanna scolded, taking an apple out of the fridge and crunching into it. She chewed and swallowed, "Just because Jean and Alysande are all blushy doesn't mean they're interested." Kitty gave her a look. "All right, they're interested," Illyanna conceded. She chuckled, "But you really shouldn't be trying to pair them up so quick." "I'm not expecting them to tear each others clothes off on the first night," Kitty said mildly, "but this will help them get there eventually." "It took us a while," Illyanna mused, "even being roommates." "I was pretty clueless," Kitty admitted as she leaned over to plant a kiss on Illyanna's cheek. She smiled, "Hopefully Alysande is quicker on the uptake." "I kind of thought she'd be the one trying to make Jean see the light," Illyanna laughed as she snuck another kiss. "Either way works," Kitty laughed. Dinner was a success, and Kitty was encouraged to see that the two pairs were still together. Rachel fed selected tidbits to the blushing Jane while the two looked into each others eyes. Over on the other side Jean and Alysande were lost I conversation, gazing happily into each others eyes. They all tried to stay up as long as possible, but Jet lag and a busy few days finally caught up with them. Rachel and Jane had retired first, Rachel whispering something in Jane's ear and making her blush, then Jean and Alysande made a more dignified exit. Finally Kitty and Illyanna settled into bed, nearly falling asleep... ...when the mystical alarms went off. Illyanna sat up in bed, tuffs of her blonde hair standing up and expression murderous as she muttered, "I'm going to kill 'em." Cursing under her breath Kitty got up out of bed and stalked over to the dresser, chanting a few words over a basin of water to turn it into a scrying pool. She looked at the image of the individual attacking the mystical shields and blinked, "Baron Mordo?" "Who?" Illyanna walked over to peer into the waters. "He was the Ancient One's apprentice beside Doctor Strange," Kitty frowned, "but I thought he reformed a while back?" "Guess not," Illyanna sighed. "Do you want to handle him or should I do it?" Kitty asked with a yawn, tiredly pulling a robe on over her nightie. "Let's do it together," Illyanna grinned, summoning her soulsword. Kitty chuckled, "Besides, I have some new spells I want to try on him." "You would," Illyanna laughed as they headed off to do battle... together. The End Notes: Kitty and Illyanna's battle with Baron Mordo was in chapter #1, after which Kitty had a flashback to how she and Illyanna got into using magic. Therefore it seemed fitting to bring the series full circle, more or less. So why am I ending it now? Well, I originally just planned this to be a silly x-over series, but a plot idea kind of got out of hand... so once I resolved the "anti-phoenix" thing it seemed like a good place to close. Of course I may or may not do a one shot on Rachel and Jane... Let's see... Jane Logan is based on X-23, a new character who was introduced in the X-Men comics recently as well having her own mini-series. She hasn't got an "official" name yet so I called her Jane, a female version of Wolverine's first name, James. Her origin tied in with Weapon-X, so since Kitty and Illyanna are unaware of that in this place and time, it makes sense that Jane couldn't easily explain it all to them.
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