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Bellwether	By : Nemain Category: X-Men - Animated Series (all) > General Views: 4549 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-Bellwether
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- 3-3
- 4-4
- 5-5
- 6-6
- 7-7
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- 9-9
- 10-10
- 11-11
- 12-12
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- 21-21
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- 37-37
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- 46-47
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- 50-51
- 51-52
- 52-53
- 53-54
- 54-Epilogue
- 55-Epilogue
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Bellwether Chapter Twelve

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Jono tried cracking his fingers, to no avail. No synovial fluid to build up in the joints, he thought, sorely limited his options when it came to things to do to kill time and distract himself from present worries. He slid another glance at Jean and felt the overwhelming urge to shake her until she talked or thought at him or something, anything. He was not stupid and was tired of pointing that out to her, to everyone who wanted to pretend that nothing was amiss. Paige had taken to avoiding him the past three days, which at first had been a guilty relief but now was like a gaping hole in his day. He had grown so used to her ever present questions and just her sheer presence, the chatter when she was happy and the humming almost-silence when she was busy or contemplative. When she first took to staying out of the basement, right after Kitty had returned to the Institute, he had been almost glad for the silence. He was able to dwell on his own thoughts again, play the guitar without the teasing requests for Free Bird or Stairway to Heaven. But after about a day, the solitude got old. He could not go abovestairs yet�too many new students and already one had shrieked themselves raw on seeing him. Jean had come down to see him, finally, three days after whatever happened happened, and now he was eager for her to just SAY something, anything, to break the silence. Instead, she seemed intent on examining some of the older security equipment, unused safe for an emergency back up should the new system fail. Kitty had yet to find a way to hack into it so left his room pretty much alone.
�Jono,� Jean began slowly, making the other mutant wish he could sigh with relief, �have you spoken with Paige lately?� Paige was one of Theresa�s best friends in an odd twist of fate. The quiet country girl who was as wholesome (comparatively) as a glass of milk and the brash, outspoken former criminal (by no choice of her own) had become thick as, no pun intended, thieves over the past few months. They seemed to enjoy picking on each other to the point of near-shouting, but moments later they would be chatting as amiably as sisters. Jean figured that Jono, if anyone, would know something. Paige could not hold her tongue around him.
No, he replied after a brief hesitation. I can�t say that I have� She seems to be off me lately. Any reason that you know of? He rose from his seat by the radiator pipes and towered over Jean. I know something is up�I�m not an idiot. Paige is avoiding me, Kitty is back and freakishly quiet� He raised a brow, leaning one shoulder against the wall. And Emma is skulking about like she�s back to her old tricks, he added, feeling a shred of gratification as Jean stiffened.
�Emma,� she began, then vented a sigh and shook her head. The headaches that had been plaguing her seemed to vanish when she was in the basement and something, some tiny voice in the back of her mind, suggested she go visit their Shi�ar guest, see what happened� No, she scolded herself, not now. Not alone. �Theresa�s been kidnapped from the Boston school. A man named Juggernaut did it. He�s aligned with Black Tom, Theresa�s uncle and the man she thought of as her foster father for most of her life.� She shook her head and closed her eyes, her neck aching with tension. She despaired of ever being without pain some days.
Jono pushed away from the wall and began pacing in the narrow space between his little-used bed and the steam pipes. So why do you think Paige has told me anything? I get the feeling that this is a secret from most of the people here� Why do you think I�d know about it?

�Paige knows. Theresa means the world to her� And Sam is her brother. He�s distraught, to say the least. I was hoping that Paige had said something to you, maybe an indication if Theresa went willingly with Juggernaut in the heart of things, if this was all staged�� She trailed off, feeling a strong wave of guilt welling from within her, washing over her like a sickening wave.
Paige hasn�t said a word about such things. And if you�re implying Theresa would fake her own kidnapping, you�re as daft as a sack of hair. He crowded Jean then, stepping so close to her that he knew, if he had the ability, he would be able to smell her skin, feel her breath on his throat. Theresa is a lot of things but she is not so manipulative that she would fake a kidnapping. If she wanted to leave, she would leave. She would have said fuck you all and just walked out. The only reason she left here and went to Boston was to put distance between her and Sean. She�s not used to the idea of him yet and feels as if she is betraying the man who raised her, no matter Black Tom�s faults. He stepped back, glaring, the light emanating from his bandages limning his face in an eerie glow. Tell whoever put that idea in your head that they�re insane.
Jean frowned deeply. She did not like being intimidated but she did understand why Jono did it. It did not, however, mean she appreciated it. �I�m not implying anything. We�re trying to cover all the possible angles. You know as well as I do that things are so far outside the bounds of normal now that there�s no clear path to the truth anymore.� She turned, heading for the narrow stairs. �By the bye, the level above you is open. You should move there�this place is a tomb.� She was not sure but she thought she heard him chuckle.
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