"What did you do?" Scott asked.
"What you told me to," Molly answered.
"That should have made and energy field protecting yourself." Scott said.
"I think it might have, but maybe it just spread to cover all of us," she hypothesized. "Stay still."
She focused on her energy and exerted it, like she did before just not as fast, or far. Her eyes turned black and a small disturbance was felt by Scott and Logan.
"Is she ok?" Gambit fretted starting towards her but was frozen solid before he could get too close.
Molly came out of her concentration and rush to his side unfreezing him, "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, fine." he assured her.
"Good," she sighed in relief.
"How did you do that?" Kitty wondered.
"Clear your head, think of nothing but your core energy. Focus on that and force it to every end of your body and beyond." She instructed.
Rouge and Kitty began the process but Kitty ended up going through the floor. When she came up Rouge's eye filled green and they could all see a yellow force come from her. As it spread quickly over them, they all fell to the ground. They were all withering in pain, having the life sucked out of you will do that to you.
"Rouge," Scott whispered. He was barely able to pull on pant leg.
As she came out of her trance, she had red beams shoot from her eyes, which she closed quickly. She soon became incased in metal and she fell through the floor.
"Grab her!" Kitty yelled as they all went for her but ended up bumping into each other. Kitty went through the floor and after Rouge.
"What just happened?" Gambit asked.
"When Rouge pushed her power at us she took all of our powers at once," Logan guessed.
"I think we should try this unless we're alone," Molly said.
"I agree," Scott said. Rouge and Kitty appeared on the other side of the room and Scott announced, "Since what we observed today seems dangerous, we're not going to try that again."
The bell rang and they all headed for the door.
"I never want to do that again!" Rouge exclaimed.
"Good idea," Gambit smiled at her wrapping his arm around her waist and out the door.
Kitty motioned to Colossus and turned to Molly, "Do you want to join us in the gardens?" she asked.
"Sure," she said walking off with the two.
Logan walked in the Professor's office quickly and waited for the Professor's attention.
"Logan," the Professor said.
"Professor," he said back. "I heard you needed me."
"Yes I need to know," he paused. "What do you think of Molly?"
"She's a good kid. Why?" he asked.
"I was just wondering, you two are a lot alike," the Professor said looking up at Logan's confused face.
"Yeah, we've both have had hard lives," Logan said. "We have a lot to talk about."
"So you think she's a good person?" the Professor asked again.
"Yes why what do you think of her?" Logan reversed the conversation.
"She's kind, smart, and powerful." the Professor described. " She's the perfect weapon for Magneto."
"You think she's gonna turn on us?" Logan questioned.
"No but I'm not saying Magneto won't try anything." he said.
"Don't worry Professor, we won't let anything happen," Logan assured him.
"Besides, I believe that Molly's the beginning of difference around here. She's making things change around here," the Professor said.
"Is that all you needed?" Logan asked.
"Yes, I believe so," the Professor said. As Logan got to the door he found something else to say, "Oh and Logan it wouldn't be wrong. Strange at first, but right in the end."
"I don't know Professor." Logan said unsurely walking out the door.
Storm was resting in her office, she had a brace on her leg it was propped on a pillow when she turned on the TV to the news. The headline sent shock waves through her.
'Cure for X-Gene: Found and Tested: Two and Half Weeks Till Release.' was the headline.
"Oh God," she said not believing it.
She made her way to the Professor's office and before she opened her mouth he had already known.
"I've seen the news," he said.
"Then you know we have a problem," Storm said.
"It's not a problem, if the humans have a need to feel like they have superiority let them," the Professor shrugged off.
"But Professor mutants are actually going to take thing drug," Storm exclaimed.
"If they have a need or want to be human let them, we can't force them into anything," he said.
"What about the students?" Storm worried. "Many of them watch the news they should find out soon," he said calmly.
"What if they want the cure?" Storm asked.
"I think we have taught them that their different is good," he said.
"So we let them go if they want it?" she asked.
"It's not our place to decide for them," he said.
"Alright, then I was just going to tell you," she said leaving the room.
Two weeks pasted.
Bobby's body was buried in the flower garden not far from Jean's memorial. The other's healed and were able to return to their rooms. The Professor was now his one hundred percent.
Everything was as close to one hundred percent as they were going to get. Molly apologized everyday as many times as she could, annoying everyone in the process.
The cure was now a full blown topic among the everyone. There were those who hated the idea, and then there where those who were considering taking the cure.
Molly had seen a big, fuzzy blue man in a suit walking around, talking to the Professor. He seemed to know a lot about what the cure was and what was going on. She wasn't able to listen in or talk to him since she was busy with school.
They had begun the Danger Room the week before and Kitty, Colossus, Logan, Rouge, Gambit, Storm, and her were learning to work as a team. That didn't really work out when Gambit and Rouge are dating like Kitty and Colossus were. They kept each others backs, Molly watched her own, and Storm and Logan helped each other out.
There had been lots of tension between everyone. Logan was mad at Scott for going back to being depressed when he wasn't needed anymore. Storm was upset at Logan since Logan was tired of teaching, he had a bad attitude.
"I'm trying to teach them to work together!!" Storm scolded Logan.
"I'm not a team kind of guy, and Mr. Depressed isn't much help these days so you're stuck with me," he shot back storming off.
"Good job guys," Storm said before limping down the hall.
"Sorry!" Molly shouted after her.
"For the thousandth time it's ok," Storm smiled before disappearing around the corner.
The five students began down the hall before Rouge turned to Kitty, "How much longer?" she asked.
"Just a few minutes," she informed.
"Ok," she said.
"Few minutes till what?" Molly asked.
"The news, they're gonna say when they're going to let mutants start taking the cure," rouge said excitedly.
"Who ever gets the cure is just ungrateful, we mutants were given these powers for a reason," Molly said.
"Yeah I think the guy that made it was just a jerk and scared of change," Gambit agreed.
From there they all separated, Molly was on her way to the Professor's office when she saw Logan and Storm run as fast as the could out of his office.
"Where are Strom and Logan going?" Molly asked the Professor entering his office.
"On and errand for me," he said with a frantic face.
"Where?" she asked.
"It's nothing that concerns you," he said sternly.
She turned and ran after Logan and Storm then she could hear them talking in the garage.
"Why do you think he wants us at Alkali Lake for?" Logan asked Storm.
"I'm not sure we'll find out when we get there," Storm said.
That was all she needed, she was through the nearest wall and in the air in record time. She flew at her fastest speed and knew that Logan and Strom weren't far behind her in the X-Jet.
She arrived at the dreadful place in a little less than an hour. She land before Storm and Logan and was able to land on a beach of rocks. What she saw next frighten and worried her.
She saw Scott with a red head. It was Jean, she had risen from the dead. Things were levitating all around the beach. The two themselves were shortly off the ground.
"Scott!" Molly yelled out.
No response.
"Jean!" She shouted.
Getting once again no response she ran to the pair. Jean was pale and her eyes were black, you could she her veins and she looked dead as she was crushing Scott's head.
Molly wedged her way between the pair pushing on Jean, but Jean didn't move and Scott was unconscious.
"You're killing him!" She shouted not changing anything. She looked at Scott, lost, very close to death.
So Molly did the only thing she could think of. She focused on her core energy but instead of letting it out slowly and carefully, she rushed it, it was forced and rough. When it released it sent Jean hurdling to back a few yards away.
Everything around them levitating fell to the ground. Molly rushed to Scott's side checking for a pulse and breathing. There was both, barely but it was there.
"Hang in there Scott!" She encouraged as she looked around for his headset.
She saw it resting near the edge of the water and ran to get it. When she yanked off the ground and turned around their stood Logan in his X-Men uniform.
"Crap!" Molly said in shock. "Don't do that!" she shouted at him.
"What are you doing here?" he questioned.
"I heard you two talking about Alkali Lake so I followed." She defended against his accusing voice.
"What did you do?" Storm asked from Scott's side.
"I came here and Jean was like crushing the life out of him!"
"Jean?" Logan said disbelievingly.
Molly motioned dumbly to Jean's body. Logan sprinted to her and began to check her for life.
"What happened, Molly?" Storm asked.
"I got here and Jean had Scott in a death grip, things were levitating and I did Scott's energy burst thing." She explained. "She landed over there and I came over here to get his headset and then you guys showed up."
"We need to get them back to the mansion!" Storm yelled to Logan.
The flight back was quiet. Storm was constantly in the back checking on Scott and Jean. Logan flew the jet quickly back to the mansion, and one hour later they came rushing in with their friends in their arms.
The Professor and Storm began doctoring the pair up right away. Logan and Molly stayed in the hall waiting. Storm came out of the room first. She said the Professor was finishing up. It took another fifty seven minutes for the Professor to appear in the hall.
"Are they ok?" Logan asked.
"Jean should awake any minute now. Scott is in a probably irreversible coma. It can only be reversed if Jean undoes what she did." The Professor said.
"Damn it!" Logan yelled slamming his fist into the wall.
Molly ran off to find Rouge to talk, she was good for things like that. But before she could find Rouge Gambit ran up to her.
"Hey," she said as happy as she could fake.
"Have you seen Rouge?" he asked frantically.
Then Kitty ran up to them with their answer. "Did you guys know that they started to give the cure this morning?" she asked.
Not the longest I've done lately but I wanted this out before I have to start studying for my permit and read a book for school. So what do you people think?? Good or bad? I need to stop or continue??
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--Ashley P.