CHAPTER TWO

Delirium-Earth 9997

Outside of the New York City Asylum was a peaceful scene. Birds were chirping and butterflies where soaring across the sky. Even worker bees seemed to be having a wonderful day collecting pollen. Anyone outside the asylum that was walking by wouldn't think of the people inside of it. Wouldn't be thinking of the purple haired blue eyed girl sitting inside one of the white padded rooms.

They put her into a straight jacket after she tried to stab someone with a knife. It disappeared after the guards had tackled her. They couldn't find the knife. I bothered them that they didn't know where it was or how she got it..

She sat against the wall just staring into space. The drugs they had given her had finally kicked in and she felt a sort of peacefulness. No worries almost, except for the fact that she felt she forgot why she was even here in the first place. It had something to do with a person, but she couldn't remember who. She couldn't remember if she was here to save them or destroy them.

Down the hall a door opened and a woman's voice could be heard. "Doctor Collins wants to make sure that this patient is fully dosed. Last week she claimed to be from a different universe."

"Why would she say that Doctor Andrews." Asked another female voice.

"It's a fantasy so that she doesn't have to deal with the fact that she tried to kill her friends. It's quite strange really, most of them are in comas. Only the teacher, a Professor Xavier and one former student Jean Grey seemed to have not been harmed in any way. They visit her, but we always make sure to have a least three guards with them. Who knows when she'll try to attack them again." Answered Doctor Andrews. "They will be here at two. Since you're new Ms. Jones I'll go with you and show you want you need to do. It's important to be very careful with her though."

They walked to the door that held the patient. The door was opened and they entered. The girl moved instinctively towards the far wall. She had a feeling that she was in danger. She remembered that this was the doctor who had her placed in the jacket.

"Good morning Betsy. We want to take you out of these restraints, but you have to promise to behave. Will you do that?" Asked Doctor Andrews.

Betsy nodded her head. She didn't want to be in these things. Her arms hurt, and she had a muscle that kept twitching because she couldn't move her right arm.

"Okay. Your friends will be here today to see you. I'm going to allow you to go back to your room. But you can't do anything disruptive. I don't want to have to put you back in these again today. Understand?" The doctors voice sounded like she was talking to a child.

The doctor and nurse Jones each walked on either side of Betsy. Betsy herself just walked with her head down. She was too tired to care where they were taking her. When they reached her room they unlocked her door and let her inside.

"Get some sleep Betsy. You look tired, we'll be back at two." Doctor Andrews closed the door and turn to leave. "I'm leaving the door unlocked Betsy. If you can't sleep you may go into the recreation room." Doctor Andrews then left.

Betsy sat on the bed then laid back staring at the ceiling. She had a headache. She closed her eyes and listened to the birds outside. It was a peaceful sound and she soon found her self asleep.

XOXOXOXO

15104

"Betsy?" Said a familiar male voice. "Betsy!" It repeated. "Wake up! We're going to be late for school."

Betsy opened her eyes and saw her boyfriend Bobby Drake standing above her. "I'm up." She mumbled. She rose from the bed and swung her legs over the side of the bed. Stretching her arms into the air she felt her right arm pop slightly. "Much better."

She walked to her closet and opened it. She picked out a light blue spaghetti strapped shirt and a pair of black jeans. Standing in her night shirt and underwear she turned to Bobby. "You mind?" Her voice was light and playful.

"Not at all. I love looking at you. I'd prefer nothing on you, but I can settle for this right now." Bobby wore a devious grin on his face.

"Oh stop." Betsy threw her night shirt in his face. She pulled on the jeans and shirt. Walking towards her night stand she brushed her hair, and grabbed her lip gloss. She ran in her bathroom brushed her teeth and applied the lip gloss. "Let's go." She grabbed her back pack and headed out of her room.

In Bobby's truck Kitty was already waiting and Kurt buffed into the back seat next to her. They were making puppy eyes at each other. Betsy laughed at them. She still couldn't believe that Kurt had really asked her out. She was happy though. They seemed right for each other.

They arrived at school five minutes after the bell rang. It didn't bother them though. They were the most popular people as Brookes Dale High. Aside from Jubilee, John Allerdyce, Pedro Frederick and Wanda Maximoff, and her brother Pietro. But they were popular only because they were the ones everyone were afraid of. They had exposed them selves as mutants their freshman year. They called themselves The Brotherhood. Of coarse Bobby, herself, Kitty and Kurt weren't afraid of them. They had already proven that at the Senior-Junior prom last year.

The Brotherhood wanted to make the prom a really rememberable one and decided they were going to burn and trash the football field. They succeeded. When they had got there is was on fire, John Allerdyce had used his powers to control the fire. Jubilee and Wanda were using their to crush the power lines and to crush the bleachers. Pedro just sat there laughing and clapping like a idiot.

Bobby took care of John, Kitty was dealing with Pedro, Kurt was buffing around causing Jubilee to play target practice. Betsy had to deal with Wanda. Pietro was actually at the dance with a girl. And had no idea what was happening until later. It was hard to fight in a long red prom dress. But Betsy had used her telepathy to control Wanda for a bit, until Wanda had used her to throw Betsy back into the bleacher. Betsy's dress caught fire, and she wound up concerning her self with not burning to death. When Bobby realized that she was on fire he left John and helped her.

After she was fine they had disappeared. Bobby put the fire out and they headed back to the X mansion. Later on while they were sitting in the living room watching tv. Kitty came running and turned to the local news station. Their school was on the eleven o clock news. The prom had be cut short, and everyone went home. Later on at school everyone knew who did it. They just couldn't prove it.

Betsy walked up the steps holding hands with Bobby. She kissed him on the cheek and headed to her first period class Biology. I was a boring class, the teacher never shut up, and always complained about the atmosphere. Besty prepared to faze out again when a note was thrown onto her desk. Looking over she say her friend Lorna Dane sitting beside her. Lorna had a big smile on her face. She pointed to the note, and mouthed Read it. Besty opened it and began to read it.

Oh my gawd! Like Pietro has been totally checking you out lately.
I know you have Bobby and all but Pietro seems to dig you
Even though he's a mutant and part of the Brotherhood. He's nothing like Wanda and her friends.
I think you should talk to him. He's really sweet too.
I like dropped a library book, stop smiling, I do read too. Well anyway
He totally helped me and gave me this smile that made me melt.
Talk to him during track today. I'll be right with you there.

Betsy looked over towards the door. Pietro was looking bored just like everyone else as the teacher continued to yap. Betsy had to admit he was good looking. His blond hair was so blond it looked white. And he had a strong jaw line, along with a killer track body. She knew he didn't use his powers much. Especially during track meets and competitions. He was really fast too. She'd seen him running really early in the mornings. Sometimes normal, and other so fast that she's only see a blur. She was still looking at him when he turned around and stared right at her. She quickly turned her face down at the desk.

It was a bad move because her head started to pound. Betsy put her hand to her head rubbing the nerve, but it didn't seem to work. The pain increased and Betsy closed her eyes. She heard more they felt the objects in the class room moving. It was making a very loud noise and everyone was screaming or crying. Images were flashing before her eyes. A woman she didn't know who was catching on fire and then destroying everything. There was New York destroyed and strange machines as tall as buildings walking around. A man who was killing millions of people, and mutants calling himself a king were moving so rapidly that when Betsy opened her eyes they were glowing a bright purple. The hand that was at her forehead had something extending from it. Betsy rose rapidly placing both hands on her head now. She let out a shrieking scream not hearing anyone else around her, not even Lorna who was calling her name.

Betsy couldn't control her power anymore. She felt over whelmed and felt the thing on her hand move to her palm. It felt like three small daggers. An image flashed into her mind. She screamed again and on impulse she wiped her arm and hand back and threw them.

Lorna quickly rose in the air and sent a magnetic shield over the class. Barely making it in time to stop the projections. In a instant Pietro had Besty in his arms and was out of the door so fast that anyone had time to blink.

In the process of the multiple visions, and of the speed that Pietro was going Betsy fainted in his arms. Pietro kept running until he was far enough from the high school. When finally he stopped he was in front of the X-Mansion. Pietro thought about knocking on the door, but thought better of it. Instead he ran to the back of the house and looked for Betsy's room.

He found it on the third try. Laying her onto her bed he touched her forehead, brushing a few purple strains of hair away. She was beautiful. She had luscious full lips, that made her Asian face more exotic, a body that was in perfect shaped, but that honestly didn't matter. He remembered her when she use to be in her real body. She was as beautiful then as well. He was just as attracted to her then, then he was now. Something about her was so intoxicating to him. He was tempted to join her X-Men, just so he could be next to her. To hear her laugh and speak. He sat on the edge of her bed. Looking at her sleeping. How long he waited to be able to have just a few moments with her without her X-Men buddies.

Leaning down he lowered his face towards hers. He thought to himself. Am I her prince, should I kiss this sleeping beauty and wake her from her eternal sleep. He laughed at that idea. But he would kiss her anyhow. Just to feel those lips, to have a small taste of her on his mouth. He leaned all the way in and placed his lips onto Besty's. She sighed and seemed to stir a bit.

He had start to move away from her when her voice stopped him.

"Pietro? So you woke up this eternal Beauty?" Her voice held a ring of playfulness.

Pietro looked a bit baffled. "How'd, you just sat there???? Why."

Betsy entered his mind. Because I wanted you to kiss me. My body may have been unconscious but I am telepathic. Besides I liked the way you though about me. "It made me feel good." she finished saying.

She lend into him, placing one hand onto his thigh and the other into his face and jaw she asked him a question. "Would you have really joined the X-men???" Her face was inches from his. Pietro showed no signs of nervousness nor did she read any in his mind. He was more confident then any boy or man she'd met before.

"Yes. In a heart beat, if you wanted me to."

Betsy leaned in completely and started kissing Pietro. She felt on fire as he pulled her into his arms. He was still sitting on the edge of the bed, when Betsy climbed into his lap. They were kissing and touching each other as if they were lost lovers and had finally found each other. Pietro broke the kiss and looked at her.

"If you want me to, I won't ever hide my mind from you. I want you to read my mind at your will." His lips were inches from her. "I'd rather you know everything, then nothing about me at all."

She looked at him and smiled. As you wish. And she began kissing him again.

XOXOXOXOXOXOX

Betsy woke up with a start. She was back in the ward. Was it only a dream. She thought. It felt so real though. She didn't understand why it was happening to her. Every time she closed her eyes she was a different Besty. She knew she was someone else but she couldn't interact with them. There was a mental block that continuously sloped her from interfering. To understand why this was happening.

The door opened and Doctor Andrews walked in. "They are here. Let's not keep them." She reached out and took Betsy towards the visitation room. When they walked in Betsy saw Professor Xavier and Jean Grey. They had sober looks on their faces. As the doctor walked out three men walked in. And instantly slumped to the floor after the door closed.

"Psylocke?" Said Jean Grey. "Scott died today. His brain waves went off the charts then just stopped. The machines were stopped too. I couldn't even save him, even with the Pheonix within me still." She had red rimmed eyes. She looked down.

"What did you do Psylocke?" The Professor was looking at her but entered her mind instead of speaking. Your powers were out of control about half an hour ago. Why did you kill Scott?

"I didn't kill him." Betsy's voice was cold. She looked up and her eyes were glowing. "You can keep in here as long as you want Xavier, but I'll get out sooner or later. When I do I will be coming for you. Not even your powers are stronger than mine anymore."

"That's true. That is why you are here. Until we find out why you are attacking all of us you'll remain here." The Professor looked into her eyes.

Betsy looked at both Jean and Xavier. Her head had ached, part of her was confused. Did she just threaten her friends, the only family she had left. Slowly images of the last few days played through her head. She was sitting next to Hank, and Scott. They were the first to get the psychic knife jammed into their skulls. Next was Kitty, who disappeared after being cut by the blade. Kurt, Rogue and Ororo were in Comas like Scott had been. But they would never wake up, she knew. She had used the strongest of her powers on them. Then she remembered Warren.

"Besty! What are you doing?" He ran in front of her. Sadness in his eye's but also determination. Determination to stop her. She couldn't let that happen

"Warren I am truely sorry, but the Besty you knew and loved is dead. She will never be alive in this world again." She raised her psychic knife but Logan had interfered. He'd knocked her onto the floor. Claws bearing and huffing like a bear did when someone was messing with his cubs.

"She don't smell right Bub. She smells like she's tanted by something." He started walking to wards her.

I need Logan alive, she thought. He's the only one I know I can trust. Logan ran for her, but Betsy was faster. She slid under him, and punched him in the stomach. Then she flipped him over and stuck her psychic into his neck. She'd hoped that he had recieved the incripted messages once he was in a coma for three days. After that he'd wake up. She dropped him to the ground.

Warren came up behind her. Grabbing her he started to fly , but Besty flipped around onto his back and took hold of his neck. "Forgive me." She whispered and snaped Warrens neck. They both fell to the floor. She skid onto her knees and then rose. Jean was running at her. Her powers at their fullest even with the Phoenix inside. Besty looked at her and cocked her head to one side. Jean rose up into the air and was thrown into the far back wall.

Besty eyes slid to their left and she saw behind her Professor Xavier.

"As powerful had Jean was she'd never been able to not create destruction while using the Phoenix, but you Betsy. You've kept everything one and thing contained in this room. How is that possible?"

"I just is professor." Besty turned to the Professor and raised her hand. " Now it's your time."

The professor used his telepatic powers to overmind Betsy. She knelt to the floor, holding her head, teeth gritting she looked at the Professor. He didn't look like the professor, and then she fell over eyes sliding shut. Barely visible figures apparched her.

'I will need to moniter her. She has powers greater than those of Jeans, but I believe she is being helped by someone outside our realm. Take her to the room"

And Besty felt no more.

Images ran through her mind, but she'd remembered now. And she knew what was really happening to her world, and the next. She let go of her head and took a sip of water that was beside her. Locking up her mind she looked at the Professor and Jean. And she spoke "Every universe is going to collapse into each other. Everyone you were, to become will merge and become a subhuman. And in that glimpse you will see what you truly are. There's nothing you can do to stop it. The shifts in reality have already begun. The outcome depends on which side you choose" Besty rose up. " I've said what I needed. We are done here." She turned around and head for the door, then turned. "Your values,even loved ones may no longer excist. Your time is running out."

She headed down the hall to her room. She laid back on the bed closing her eyes and drifting to a nice soft blissful sleep. She knew why she allowed herself get caught. And she realized that many of her friends had risked their life for a meaningless leader. She didn't have time to feel her sorrow now. When the time came she'd shed those tears for her family. She was stronger than them and even stronger in her sleep and no one could touch her, and that each universe during dreams could be breached.

Authors Note: EARTH 9997 is referred to as Earth X. I never read the comics with this world, but I did read A0A. I totally love that series.

Earth 15104 is What Comes Tomorrow, or something. I just needed some terms for worlds and all.

Doesn't Psylocke kick ass. I promise that everyone will learn why she is this way. At first I thought of having Emma Frost go nuts because let's face it she's crazy, but then I thought of the Scott thing. Reviews are always welcomed too. Please tell me if you like it or hate it. If making Xavier a bad guy pushes your buttons or anything like that. Also I'm using the majority of X-Men from Amazing X-Men, Astonishing X-Men, Age of Apocalypse, etc. Any bad guys you can think of that you want in here just PM me and I talk it over with you. I love people with input.

P.S. I found that I had mistakenly mispelled Betsy name. If you notice any please let me know. Thanks. 8D