Return to New York

Hello, readers! Welcome to the eighth chapter of The Misadventures of Ed and Jake! As usual, the disclaimer will appear at the end of the chapter. Without further ado, here is Return to New York!

(The Misadventures of Ed and Jake)

"Well, well. Looks like Chuck has rolled out the red carpet for us."

Edward nods his head as he sees that the aircraft hangar is already opened. As they fly in, they see Professor Xavier and others standing on an observational deck waiting for them. Successfully stopping the plane, the four passengers get out of it and head towards the deck. At the sight of Hagrid, everyone but the professor looked surprised. Instead, he rolled towards Logan as he made it to the top.

"Welcome back, Logan. I presume your trip went well?"

"Great, Chuck. Got schooled by a kid in Kendo, but it was fun seeing old friends. Where is she?"

"She got here about an hour ago, but she didn't want to come in."

Logan sighs as he shakes his head. "I'll go get her. See you guys later." With that, he jumps off the observational deck and runs into the forest. At this, Professor Xavier shakes his own head and turns towards the other three. "Mr. Hagrid, these are Mr. Henry McCoy and Ms. Ororo Munroe, instructors at this school, the Xavier Institute. It is very similar to Hogwarts- my apologies for reading your mind- and they can tell you more about it. I believe you find it interesting."

"Wait a second? Reading my mind? You can perform Legilimency?"

"Yes, but not through magic. Hank and Ororo will explain more if you wish."

"Sure" he says as he waves goodbye to Edward and Jacob as he follows the teachers into the mansion. Now, the only people on the deck are Xavier, Edward, Jacob, a young woman with red hair, and a young man with ruby quartz sunglasses. Xavier continues with the introductions.

"Edward, Jacob, these are Scott Summers and Jean Grey. I have already told you about Jean's extraordinary psychic abilities, which will be helpful on your journey."

Edward's eyes widen as he looks at Jean. "You mean you're coming with us?"

"Yes. I received a vision from Rafiki that I'm supposed to help you awaken your latent psychic abilities."

"What latent psychic abilities?"

"Come with me and I'll show you. It'll take a while to refill the jet, and that will give us enough time."

As they leave, Xavier turns to Jacob. "Several of my students wanted to say goodbye to you before you went out again. Scott will take you to them."

Jacob nods, mouthing thank you as he follows Scott into the mansion.

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Jacob and Scott walk down a hallway in complete silence. Bearing it no longer, Jacob turns to Scott. "So what's your power?"

"Eye beams"

"Okay." After a few minutes, Scott asks a question of his own.

"Did you or the other guys get any visions with me in them? Ones that said that I should come along?"

Jacob shakes his head, wondering why Scott would want to come with them. Suddenly, it dawns come in. "Is Jean your girlfriend?"

Scott slowly nods his head. "I know Jean is strong, probably the strongest mutant here besides Professor Xavier, but if she's in trouble, I want to be there to help her. To protect her."

Jacob completely understands; he's going around asking random people if a monkey sent them clues that will lead him to the girl he loves. It was okay when it was just him and Edward involved. Now, people who have nothing to do with Bella are caught in the mix, and Jacob doesn't want them to get hurt because of it.

"Don't worry Scott. I promise that I will watch over Jean, and nothing serious will happen to her. I promise."

A smile finally comes across Scott's face. "Thanks, man."

Turning a corner, the guys see Claire coming towards them. "Jacob!" she says as she runs and hugs him, "I'm so glad to see you!"

"You too, Claire! I'm just goodbye to some people while my jet is being refilled."

Claire nods her head. "Can you come with me for a minute? You can come too, Scott, and help Jacob with this."

The three teens walk to the hospital ward, Claire talking all the way. "I wanted to thank you for helping me when I first came, so when I heard you were on a quest, I thought this would help."

She opens a large freezer, and pulls out five large blue coolers. "What's in those?" asks Jacob.

"Her blood" responds Scott, getting a nod from Claire.

"My power is healing rapidly" says Claire before Jacob can freak out, "My blood also has healing properties. It can heal minor injuries, major injuries, and maybe even reverse death. That might be an exaggeration, though."

Jacob takes one of the coolers. "Thank you for this Claire. This is greatly appreciated."

"I'll help you take those to the jet after you say goodbye to everyone else."

With that, the group leaves the room.

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"So what type of psychic powers do you have?" asks Edward.

"I can read minds…" starts Jean before Edward cuts her off. He couldn't believe that Rafiki was having more people come with them to find Bella. Having someone useless come along is more than he can take.

"I can already read minds" says Edward, and he would have continued if Jean's voice didn't start ringing in his head.

Can you project your thoughts into other people's heads?, she asks.

Edward shakes his head. "How did you do that?"

"Practice. I can teach you how to do it as well. I can also help you develop your telekinesis"

"You're telekinetic? Can you show me?"

Jean turns her gaze to the forest around the mansion. All of a sudden, most of the trees bend towards the ground. The trees snap back into place, spilling leaves onto the school grounds. All Edward can do is look in wonder.

"Figured that was you, Red"

Wolverine comes walking towards them with his arms around a young girl, whose arms were folded. "Showing DD what you can do?"

"Yeah" says Jean, "Gotta show him what his teacher can do."

"You're going with him?" he says before he comes over and hugs her, "Good luck, then, Red. DD, you're real lucky to have her as a teacher. Come on X-23!"

Edward watches Logan and X-23 enter the mansion. "X-23?" he asks allow before trying to delve into Logan's mind. Jean's voice rings in his head again. Okay, she says, first rule: you can't invade the minds of others.

"Invading someone's mind is invading their privacy," Jean says aloud, "Unless you're given permission to look into someone's mind or in dire situations, we don't do it."

"Okay" says Edward. That's going to be hard for him to do, but it will give him a chance to actually get to know people rather than scanning their brains and ignoring them.

Professor Xavier's calm voice infiltrates Jean and Edward's minds. The jet's fueled, he says, you all can board now.

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"This place is amazing!" exclaims Hagrid as he carries four of the five blood coolers into the jet, "This would be a great place for all of the American wizards who aren't in wizarding schools already!"

"It's great that Claire gave us all this blood" says Jacob, barely listening to Hagrid as he carries the last cooler in, "I don't know what we will experience, but healing blood will be extremely useful."

Meanwhile, Edward watches Jean and Scott hug and kiss each other goodbye. Movement behind him makes Edward turn around, seeing Professor Xavier with a watch.

"This is for you, Edward. It's a holographic watch, and although it can't do anything about the feeling of your skin, it will hide its uniqueness."

Edward slowly takes the watch and puts it on his wrist; at least one issue has been resolved. "Thank you so much for this."

Professor Xavier nods his head. "I wish you all well on your quest."

With that, Edward follows Jean into the jet's cockpit. Jacob and Hagrid join them soon after.

"What about the next clue?" asks Jacob, alarmed that they haven't received anything to lead them to Bella yet.

"I received a vision last night" says Jean, "Although it was vague, I could clearly see a T-shaped building."

"That sounds like a good enough clue" says Edward, "You and Jacob can look through the jet's maps and see if there is a match to your vision. Hagrid, if you want, you can see how I fly the plane."

With that, the jet pulls out of the mansion and goes to its next destination.

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This is the end of Return to New York. Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, X-men Evolution, Harry Potter, or Heroes; they are the properties of their respective owners. Thank you to all who have read, reviewed, alerted, and favorited this story, and please continue to do so. What is the significance of the T-shaped building? Find out in the next chapter!