Marvel Girl/Dark Phoenix:
Jean Grey's parents brought her to the Professor for help when she was suffering from a terrible trauma. Her best friend had literally died in her arms, and at that moment Jean's mutant powers emerged. Like the Professor, Jean has the ability to enter the minds of others, send out psionic force blots of awesome magnitude, and to move things telekinetically. In this case, Jean had shared her friends mind during the girl's last moments on Earth. The shock was too much for young Jean to bear.
The topic she discusses here is her courage to face the ultimate challenge, death then becoming reborn as Dark Phoenix!
(Telepathically written by Kate Pryde from Jean Grey's mind)
When we got to Alkali Lake, after Scott and the Professor went missing, I felt worried. Could we find them in time? Storm, Logan, Rogue, Bobby, Pyro and I had teamed up with Magneto and Mystique, and an odd person named Kurt Wagner whose codename was Nightcrawler, to find them. Little did we know we were heading into a trap set by William Stryker. Stryker had given Logan his anamantium skeleton.
The 8 of us made a plan to somehow get into the army base. Logan said he'd go, "Some how I bet he wants me alive." Magneto argued…and we sent Mystique disguised as Logan.
We waited in the jet for Mystique's confirmation message. Then it came, "I'm in." Logan stood next to Storm who was sitting at the computer consol. "She's good." He said. Magneto replied with, "You have no idea."
We left the Jet and started our journey towards the base, leaving Rogue, Bobby and Pyro behind.
We got there about 5 minutes later…but the doors were locked. Storm used her lightning to fry the circuit boards and the doors flew open. We walked in and found Mystique sitting at a consol with a headset on. She had found the children, which had been taken from the mansion. We spilt up into two groups; Storm and Nightcrawler went after the Children, while Mystique, Magneto and I went to find Scott and the Professor.
Then I realised that Logan wasn't with us. He had gone after Stryker. But we didn't have time to worry about him now. We had to find Scott, the Professor and the children.
About 15 minutes later, Magneto, Mystique and I were walking down a corridor when I felt something… something familiar. Scott! I used my telekinetic powers and pushed them forwards as a bolt of red lighting shot past me. If they had of been standing there they would have been blown away. "Go!" I yelled at them, "I'll take care of him." I heard Magneto mutter something but I was too focused on my goal; to get Scott back to his normal self. I pushed Scott backwards as a red bolt shot past me again. Near the end of the corridor, Scott used a bolt to move a jeep in my way but I pushed it away. He hit a wall and fell down a broken elevator. I hit a slab in front of me and looked down the well. Scott wasn't there. "Scott?" I called. I jumped down and looked for him.
I was looking for a really long time when he popped out. He shot me with a bolt but I telekinetically held it in front of me. I felt power run through me and through it at him. The explosion hit a pressure gauge and ruptured it. We didn't have much time. By the time I realised we were in trouble I was unconscious. When I came to, I heard foot steps and tried to move. Pain shot up my leg. I heard Scott's voice in my ear; "Jean! Oh I'm so sorry. I could see you but I couldn't stop myself." He helped me onto my knees and hugged me, "I love you." I told him that I thought I'd lost him. He helped me to my feet and we left the water room.
A few minutes later I was siting aboard the Jet, the Blackbird, with the children, Logan, Scott, Storm and the rest of the X-Men. Mystique and Magneto had stolen a helicopter. Storm and Logan sat at the controls trying to make the ship fly. I felt something so I turned and looked outside a window, that's a big wave! I thought. A tear stung my eye. I knew what I had to do. I had to sacrifice myself for the X-men. Scott, I will miss you more then anyone! I limped outside and stood before the Jet. I could see the X-men looking down at me from the Jet. I closed the hatch and made the ship fly up into the air as the big wave come crashing through the forest. I used telekinesis and held the water back. I then used telepathy to tell Scott something.
"I know what I'm doing, this is the only way. Goodbye" was what I said. I felt power rush through me again and I let the water rush over me. To the X-men I was dead. But not for long!
One day, months after the Alkali lake incident, I saw Scott standing on a cliff. I wanted to annoy him so I used telepathy and put random words in his head, "Scott!" "Help me." "SCOTT!" I saw his lips move then I saw him do something rather nuts. He shot the water I was under, inside my telekinetic cacoon. I laughed and caused an explosion which sent him backwards onto his butt. When he looked back to where he was thrown back. I was standing there. "Jean! How?" I wanted to tease his curiosity so I said, "I dunno." We hugged. I was happy about it; I hadn't had a hug for months. Little did he know I was gonna kill him. Which I did… AND I'M NOT PROUD OF IT!!! Anyway, I got to go Logan and Storm are here to find Scott… he's not here. I'm gonna pretend to be unconscious. Oh here they come. Bye Kate.