Flight of the Phoenix
Chapter 1: Beginning-Past
Flashback- 'What if they're not nice to me? What will they do to me? Why can't I think straight? ...iwonderwhatsforlunchithoughthelikedmewherethehellhasshegonenownostopithah... I need to get out now.'
"Jean, honey, are you ok?" said Mrs Grey as she saw her daughter grit her teeth in pain as she was driving the car. "Don't worry, you will be safe here and daddy and I won't be far away. I'm sure they will let you call now and again."
"I don't want to go! Why are you sending me to these people? I don't know who they are. I will miss you."
"We have already been through this dear. They will cure you, no more bad headaches. You won't be gone long and when you get back you will be all better." Replied her mother as they came up to a set of gates with a sign saying 'Friends of Humanity'.
She had always known that she was different. Ever since she could remember she had had terrible migraines and voices were coming from nowhere in her head. It wasn't unusual for her to pass out in the middle of the street. It had become increasingly worse over the years and her mother had finally decided to do something about it. Jean didn't know she was a mutant, but her mother did. It had been all over the news recently about mutants and Mrs Grey was firmly against them. "Imagine that scum living among us." Jean once heard her mother say this while watching the news. It was a great shock when she found her own daughter to be one. She loved Jean so decided to do something about it.
The strain she had been in trying to find someone that was willing to try and cure Jean was taking its toll on her and was driving her mad, she couldn't cope anymore but she put on a brave face. When she finally found the 'Friends of Humanity' it had been a dream come true. But she search had also stopped her from thinking of the consequences of sending her daughter to these monsters. It was obvious to see that she loved her too much.
The 10 year old Jean Madeleine Grey got out of the car and stretched her legs as she saw a man in a formal army uniform come over and start to talk with her mother. The place looked like a modern prison with high fences with barbed wire all around. There was a series of one story buildings dotted around the area with armed guards at every door. It was like a scene from a movie. She was taken to a seated area and told to wait. A few minutes later her mother came in with her little case to say goodbye.
"Remember I'm only doing what I think is best for you."
"Your mother is right." The guard told her. "We will treat you with great care."
When her mother was gone the guard told her to leave her case on one of the chairs where it would be dealt with and to follow him. They walked through white corridors until they came to a room with a single bed and sink in the corner.
"Is this my room and when is dinner?" the child inquired as the guard stopped outside and fumbled for a key. Just then she was half pushed, half thrown into the little room and as the guard left he muttered: "You will eat when we tell you, you will sleep when we tell you in fact don't even breath unless we tell you to. In here we play God."
Jean just sat down and wept.
A couple of hour's later three men in white suits came to the glass door. She recognised one of them to be the guard. They wrenched it open pulling her out roughly into the bright white light. She was about to ask what was going on when she felt all the voices in her head fade away, her knees go weak and her vision blur. She just had time to see a needle sticking into her arm before she collapsed.
-End flashback.
It was8 years later and a 18 year old Jean Grey awoke to find herself drenched in sweat and a foot above her bed. She suddenly fell back to her bed with a yelp and concentrated on pushing all the voices out of her mind.
'I can't stand having these dreams, why can't I just forget it all' she thought rubbing her temples. After half an hour of trying, she decided that she wouldn't be able to get back to sleep again. It was 5 in the morning anyway and some people in the mansion were already awake. She sensed Logan in the danger room with Ororo, not necessarily working out so she decided not to pry. She heard Kittyin the shower next door so she decided to follow suit and have a shower herself to wake herself up.
Halfway down the hall Scott Summers woke up with a start. It happened often. The bond that he and Jean shared sometimes caused them to share dreams, some of them not necessarily good ones and from what he could remember this one of Jeans was not the best. He sensed that she was awake but decided to leave her. She obviously wanted to be alone.
A/n: Well it's my first fic, tell me what you think. There is a bit of a cliché going on with Jean floating above the bed but it's a good one. It's a bit short but I'm trying. I don't mind constructive criticism so please help if you think I need it.
