Title: Sleeping With Ghosts
Author: MazzaRedd
Disclaimer: I don't own the X-Men, they belong to marvel and "Sleeping With Ghosts" belongs to Placebo. If you haven't heard this song I recommend it and all of Placebos songs.
Jean's body floated along the shallow waters of Alkali Lake. Her lifeless body reached a part of land, still wet and muddy. She was now nothing more than a corpse, lying there dead to the world. Seagulls started to surround her body, cautiously inching forward. Suddenly Jean's eyes snapped open to reveal flames. The seagulls burnt within seconds and Jean sat up taking in much needed oxygen. She looked around the deserted lake then a glow caught her eye. She was on fire! But she didn't burn. It wasn't hot.
The sea's evaporating
Though it comes as no surprise
These clouds we're seeing
They're explosions in the sky
Scott lurched up in bed feeling Jean in his mind. "Jean, Jean where are you?" It was silent in the room. Scott lay back down on the bed. He knew she was here, he just couldn't see her. Every time he tried to focus on her she disappeared. Scott was so frustrated and still mourning over her death. He buried his head into the pillow as tears leaked from his eyes.
It seems it's written
But we can't read between the line
Hush it's ok
Dry your eye
Jean felt Scott's pain, he was crying for her. She entered Scott's mind speaking words of comfort. "Jean?" Scott then felt invisible arms wrap round him.
"Scott, don't cry please." The tears seemed to be wiped from his face and the arms grasped tighter round him. "I'm here Scott, I'll always be here. Not in body, but in mind."
Dry your eye
Soul mate dry your eye
Cause soul mates never die
"Jean, is it really you? I can't see you." He tried to reach out and touch her but it was only air.
"I'm here in your mind Scott."
She was alive. She is alive. She survived it. But not here in body. She was never coming back. It was Stryker's fault. Infact it was humanities fault. Most of his life Scott had fought for peace with humans and mutants. But that just left his fiancée dead. His students still scared after the traumatic experience with Stryker's soldiers. And even still after all that. Xavier still tries to make peace with the President. It was him that made this happen. Gave the go ahead for Styker's men to break into the school. What was Xavier thinking.
"Scott you know why." Scott relaxed in the arms holding him tears falling again.
This one world vision
Turns us into compromise
What good's religion
When it's each other we despise
Damn the government
Damn the killing
Damn their lies
Hush it's ok
Dry your eyes
"Scott I have to go." The tears didn't stop. She kept wiping them away. "Scott we'll always be together no matter what will happen in the future. When I'm ready you come find me. I'll look for you. Soul mates always find each other and that's what we are." He felt her lips on his and she pulled him close. Scott fell asleep in her arms. Sleeping with a ghost.
Soul mate dry your eyes
Cause soul mates never die
END