A/N: Here's the promised next chapter. Please R&R! Thanks!
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Chapter 14:
"Kitty, have you seen Jean?" Professor X asked the younger mutant.
Kitty turned from the show she was watching, Smallville, and answered, "Yeah Professor, she went out hours ago. She didn't say where she was going, but she was dressed pretty hot."
She turned her head back to the screen to see Lex on it; she let out a happy sigh.
"Was she carrying anything?" the Professor persisted.
"Yeah, like a big old book," Kitty answered.
"Thank you Kitty," he said solemnly, starting to head for the exit.
But Rogue and Scott were in the way. "Is something wrong Professor?" Scott asked concernedly.
Professor X let out long sigh. "I won't lie to you; I think there's something seriously wrong with Jean. Her behavior has changed drastically and she's undertaking questionable activities.
Now Kitty abandoned Smallville in favor of this conversation. "She stole something from me, a book," the Professor continued.
"What kind of book?" Kitty asked eagerly; Rogue and Scott already knew.
"An ancient Egyptian book on curses and spells," he answered, sounding very worried.
"They can't possibly be real," Scott scoffed.
"Do you really want to find out if they are or not?" Professor X countered.
"What should we do, Professor?" Rogue asked.
"Nothing," he answered. "At least not yet. Hank, Logan and I are going to investigate the remains of the Sphinx. I believe her behavior changed right after our encounter with Apocalypse."
"I want to go!" Scott quickly insisted.
"No," The Professor quickly squashed that thought. "I have a feeling you will be needed here." He shot Rogue a quick glance. "We'll be leaving tonight. Should Jean return tonight, observe her but don't confront her about her whereabouts unless she is forthcoming. Scott, you and Storm will be in charge."
With those last instructions Professor Xavier wheeled out of the room.
Kitty quickly added her own thoughts. "I get the feeling he isn't telling us something." She turned to the couple, now noticing Rogue's frown. "Rogue what's wrong?"
"This is all mah fault!" she announced.
Scott grabbed her shoulders and turned her to face him. "What are you talking about?"
Rogue broke away from his grasp and turned her back on him. "If it wasn't for meh letting Mystique use meh, Apocalypse wouldn't have come inta our lives and messed Jean up."
Scott couldn't stand the self-loathing he heard in her voice. He wanted to reach out and take her in his arms, to reassure her, but since Kitty was there all he could do was give her shoulders a squeeze. "How many times do we have to tell you that that wasn't your fault? It was Mystique, all alone. Besides we don't even know that Apocalypse has anything to do with the way Jean's acting."
"Yeah, totally!" Kitty chimed in.
The couple turned to stare at the younger girl forgetting momentarily that she was in the room.
"Thanks Kitty, Scott," Rogue added, smiling.
"Oh great Apocalypse, soon you will be of this world again. Soon you will have all the power!"
Jean sat in front of an alter, one ancient Egyptian hieroglyph engraved in stone lay across it, the sign of Apocalypse.
"And how do you plan to accomplish this?" Jean turned around to find none other than Mesmero standing there. "How do you intend to succeed, where I failed?"
He mocked her; it made her angry. With the flick of her wrist she had him pinned high up on the wall. "I am not a stupid, insignificant man such as yourself. I, Magda, high priestess to Apocalypse have powers you cannot imagine. And with the help of this," Jean/Magda held up the thieved book to her face and stroked it lovingly. "I will succeed!"
She let him slip down to the floor and laughed at the twisted heap he landed in. "And this girl's powers are an added plus!"
Grunting in pain, Mesmero lifted himself off the floor. More warily this time he asked again, "Yes but how is a book going to bring my master back?"
"I shall need a baby, of incredible mutant powers," Jean/Magda stated, her voice was menacing.
"And where will you get this child?"
"I know of one." She smiled widely, her grin evil as sin.
I hope you liked.
I can't exactly remember what happened to Mesmero in the end of Evolution, but I think he did live. So here he is again. If he didn't live, well let's just pretend he did, ok.
So now you have the answer to Jean's OOCness. I'll be expanding on this new fact in later chapters.
I've got the next three chapters all done, so I'll try to post them soon.
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