A/N: Since it was never specified that Cyclops died in "The Last Stand" (we never actually saw him get killed) I decided to write a short one-shot about what went down between him and Jean at Alkali Lake.
"I want to see your eyes," Jean whispered shocking Cyclops. "Take these off," she said reaching up to take off his glasses.
"No," he said instinctively grabbing her hands to stop her.
"It's ok," Jean tried to assure him. "I can control it now." Jean pulled off his glasses revealing his eyes still tightly shut. "You won't hurt me."
Slowly, but surely, Cyclops opened his eyes. For a small second you could see the optic blasts begin to form and then they faded back. Over whelmed with happiness at being able to finally see Jean without his glasses he grabbed Jean and began to passionately kiss her. As they continued to kiss, Cyclops felt something wrong and opened his eyes. His skin felt funny. He broke away from Jean and stared at her.
"What's the matter Scott?"
"Who are you?" He asked.
"Scott it's me. You know it is." Jean felt something in the back of her mind spike and she began to scream. Cyclops lost control of his blasts and shut his eyes, but not before noticing Jean's eyes turn black.
"What have you done with Jean?" He asked.
"Nothing compared to what I'm about to do you." She shoved Scott back across the edge of the cliff and sent him skidding across the rocky surface. "Now face the power of the Phoenix!"
Cyclops wasn't sure who this Phoenix person was, but he was going to show her what real power is. He opened his eyes and unleashed his optic blasts at full power. The Phoenix smiled and allowed the blasts to come at her full on. When they were only an inch from connecting, Jean formed a telepathic shield deflecting the blasts with ease. Cyclops attempted to put even more power into the blast, but the power began to take its toll on his mind. His nose started to bleed and he fell to his knees still not letting up.
"Are you forgetting what I said earlier, Cyclops?" Phoenix beamed into his mind. "I can control your powers."
Cyclops felt beams begin to lose power. He tried to start it back up, but The Phoenix wouldn't let him. Eventually his beams completely died out and The Phoenix pulled him to her. His head was pounding.
"Goodbye Scott," She said. Just as The Phoenix prepared to kill him she grabbed her head in anguish.
"I won't let you kill him," Jean choked out.
"You don't have a choice," The Phoenix answered back.
"No!"
"Your mind is mine. I'm more powerful than you."
"No stop it!" Jean screamed. Cyclops felt an invisible force grab him and fling him over the edge and crashed into the lake below. He was completely exhausted and sank to the bottom of the lake. His entire world went black.
Sometime later
Scott regained consciousness and opened his eyes. He appeared to be wrapped in some sort of telepathic cocoon of energy. How long had he been out though and what exactly happened with Jean? When he attempted to move the energy cocoon disappeared. The minute it vanished Scott's eyes fired another full powered optic blast that shot through the lake and into the sky. He shut his eyes immediately and slowly swam up to the surface. Upon surfacing he listened for the sound of any one that might have seen his blast. When he heard nothing he sighed and said, "The good news: no one was there. The bad news: no one was there." He managed to swim to shore and began to blindly walk on.
A/N: Yes Jean saved Scott and in turn wound up unconscious when Wolverine and Storm showed up.