Chapter 20: Jean.
Chelbell2016:
And another chapter down. After this there will be another one where Charlene is the main character. Please review.
*Daughter of Wolverine*
No ones POV:
Hank had arranged to meet with the mutant boy who holds the key to the cure, Jimmy. He has a few questions that need to be answered. He also worries about how long they are planning to keep this boy in Worthington labs. Just because he is the reason behind the cure it doesnt mean they have a right to keep him locked up.
He is also worried for the mutant boys safety. A lot of mutants will want to destroy the source of the cure. The only way to do that is to destroy that young boy.
After a long trip they finally make it to Worthington labs.
A woman comes to meet him as he is getting out of the helicopter. He climbs out and approaches her.
"Secretary McCoy, welcome to Worthington labs," the lady says.
Hank shakes her hand as they head towards the entrance.
"Thank you Dr Rao," he says to her. "Not an easy place to get to.
"It's the safest location we could find," Dr. Rao tells him. "Thats why we keep the source of the cure here."
As they enter the labs Hank decides to voice his worries.
"He is a mutant," he says to the lady. "You understand our concern."
"We are in full compliance with your policy," she assures him quickly.
They continue to walk as he asks his next question. "How long will you keep the boy here?"
"Until we can fully map his DNA," Dr. Rao says. "We can replicate it, but we can't generate it."
They approach a white door.
"And his power?" Hank asks as they stop for a moment. "What is its range?"
"You'll see," she replies.
The door opens to a pure white room. Inside is a bed, a dresser, some toys and a TV complete with a game console. Sat in front of the TV playing on the game console is the young mutant boy that Hank is there to see. Jimmy.
"Jimmy," the woman says alerting the young boy to the twos presence. He turns around to see the doctor and Hank. "Theres someone I would like you to meet."
Jimmy turns so he is no longer facing the TV but the other two.
Hank approaches the young boy.
"Hello there, son," Hank says.
He walks over to Jimmy who returns the greeting. "Hi."
"My name is Hank McCoy," he tells the young boy extending his hand.
As his hand gets closer his blue fur and skin disappear. Hank stares at it. It is obviously Jimmy's powers working.
"I'm sorry," Jimmy says to Hank.
"It's okay," Hank promises still mesmerized at his pale skin of his hand.
Jimmy doesn't say anything he just continue to look at Hank. Behind Hank, Dr. Rao watches intently with a small smile on her face.
"You have an amazing gift," Hank tells Jimmy. "Thank you, Jimmy."
Jimmy nods his head. He then turns back around and goes back onto his computer.
Hank continues to look at his hand as he turns back around and goes towards the doctor. His hand then turns back to blue.
"Extraordinary, isn't he?" Dr. Rao asks Hank.
Hank nods his head.
"Yes he is," he says.
He then exits the room with Dr. Rao in tow.
*Daughter of Wolverine*
There is a sudden ringing in everyones heads. Charlene, Logan and Storm race towards the professors office.
"What happened?" Storm and Charlene ask Logan.
"No clue," he replies.
They race into the professors office.
"Professor," Logan says as Charlene leans down to look at her brother. "Are you OK?"
Charlene can tell that there is something wrong with her brother but he is blunt with his answer. "Get to Alkali lake."
Storm, Charlene and Logan do as he tells them. As they get there they take the plane out of stealth mode. They drop down below the clouds to their destination.
When they get off of the plane it is so quiet. It is also really hard to see as there is so much fog around. The trio move as one trying to find what the professor sent them out there for.
"You don't want to be here," Storm says to Logan in a matter of fact tone.
"Do you?" Logan asks.
"I know I don't," Charlene says.
No one speaks for a while as they continue on. Logan can sense that there is something weird going on around there.
"I can't see a damn thing," Logan says a little annoyed.
Charlene looks to Storm.
"I can take care of that," the white haired woman replies.
She looks up and her eyes turn white. A second or two later and the air is clear. Charlene gasps when they see everything floating. It was like Claire was here and using her powers in overtime.
Logan and Charlene step to either side of Storm.
"What the...?" Logan says in shock.
He touches a stone that had floated by his face. He shares a look with the other two and they carry on. They are trying to figure out what is happening.
They split up. Logan walks straight ahead. He is shocked when he sees a familiar pair of glasses floating in the air. There Cyclops glasses. So where is Cyclops?
He walks towards the shades. He grabs them by one of the arms and stares at them. He then glances up hoping for some sign that Scott Summers is around and that he is OK.
"LOGAN! CHARLENE!" Storms voice suddenly says.
Logan heads in the direction of the voice and along the way he meets Charlene. They race to where Storm is.
They are shocked to see her leaning down next to... Jean. They also lean down wondering how she is there right now.
"She's alive," Storm tells the other two.
Charlene senses something different about the girl. The only way she can explain it is that the Pegasus inside of her recognizes an enemy. But Jean isn't an enemy so Charlene blows it off.
"Jean," Logan says hoping she will wake up.
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They take her back to the mansion. Logan and Charles are the only ones with her right now. Logan is looking at her CAT scans.
"The sheer mass of water that collapsed on top of Jean should have obliterated her," Charles tells Logan as he leans over her head. "The only explanation of Jeans survival is that her powers wrapped her in a cocoon of telekinetic energy."
Charles moves his hands away from her head and leans back in his chair.
"Is she gonna be OK?" Logan asks hopefully.
"Besides my sister and Claire, Jean is the only class five mutant I've encountered," he says and Logan feels that there is something the professor isn't saying. "Her potential practically limitless. Her mutation is seated in the unconscious part of her mind and therein lay the danger. When she was a girl, I created a series of psychic barriers to isolate her powers from her conscious mind. And as a result Jean developed a dual personality."
Now Logan is confused and he voices this. "What?"
Charles attempts to explain.
"The conscious Jean, whose powers were always in her control," he says. "And the dormant side. A personality that, in our sessions, came to call itself Phoenix. A purely instinctual creature, all desire and joy and rage."
Logan begins to realize something.
"She knew all this?" Logan asks a little angry.
"It's unclear how much she knew," Charles says sounding a little worried. "Far more critical is whether the woman in front of us is the Jean Grey we know, or the phoenix furiously struggling to be free."
As Charles was speaking Logan moved so he is at the side of her.
"She looks pretty peaceful to me," he points out to the man in a wheelchair.
"Because I'm keeping her that way," Charles explains. "I'm trying to restore the psychic blocks and cage the beast again."
Logan is in complete rage now. He demands some answers. "What have you done to her?"
"Logan you have to understand..." Charles begins.
Logan cuts him off in temper.
"You're talking about a persons mind here," he says angry. "About Jean."
"She has to be controlled," Charles says with no regret to what he is doing.
"Controlled?" Logan repeats in shock and rage at what this man is doing to Jean. "Sometimes, when you cage the beast, the beast gets angry."
"You have no idea," Charles tries to calm him. "You have no idea of what she is capable of."
"No professor," Logan says still angry. "I had no idea of what you were capable of."
"I had a terrible choice to make," Charles is now getting angry. "I chose the lesser of two evils."
"It sounds to me like Jean had no choice at all," Logan points out.
Charles looks down. "I don't have to explain myself, least of all to you."
He leans back down to get inside of Jeans head. Logan still thinks what he is doing is completely out of order. He just walks out before he says something he might regret later.
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Logan is watching Jean. She has some sort of helmet on but she also looks peaceful. He rubs her chin a little. As he goes to pull his hand away she quickly grabs it. He is shocked that she is awake.
She uses her powers to take the helmet off. She then opens her eyes and sees Logan.
"Jean," Logan says seeing her awake.
She turns her head to fully look at him. "Hi Logan."
"Welcome back," Logan says.
Jean looks at her surroundings.
"Back where we first met," she says smiling widely. "Only I was in your place and you were in mine.
"Are you OK?" Logan asks.
"Yeah," Jean whispers quietly. "More than OK."
She takes the clips off of her chest and he looks at the place where her hands are. She bites her lower lip.
"Logan, you're making me blush," she says seductively.
"You reading my thoughts?" Logan asks her.
"I don't have to," Jean informs him. "It's OK."
She sits up and turns so she is facing him. Her legs dangle off of the bed. Logan wonders why she would try and flirt with him. Scott is her fiance.
"It's OK," Jean says again.
Logan sighs and then they share a deep kiss. She wraps her legs around his waist as they continue to kiss. She takes his shirt off and his shirt off and he is left in his vest.
She lays down and he climbs on top of her. She scratches his arms but he heals quickly. He rubs her leg and without him noticing her eyes turn black.
Upstairs both Claire and Charlene sense a dark presence down in the med bay. Claire decides to go and investigate.
Back with Logan and Jean they are still making out. Logan suddenly comes to his senses and stops.
"Wait," he says to Jean.
"No!" She practically growls but whispering at the same time.
Logan looks down as his belt comes undone without him touching it. He looks back at Jean and then climbs off of her. He steps back a little as she sits up.
"Jean," Logan says trying to talk some sense into her. He walks forward and places his hands on either side of her face. "This isn't you."
"Yes it is me," Jean says placing her own hands on his face.
"No," Logan says trying to hold her away from him. "Maybe you ought to take it easy. The professor said you might be different."
This makes Jean even more angry.
"He would know, wouldn't he?" She says to him. "What? You think he's not in your head too? Look at you Logan. He's tamed you. Him and those two Pegasus'."
Claire walks in. "What is going on here?"
Jean seems to get an even darker glint in her eyes.
"Dad..." Claire says knowing that even though this woman looks like Jean there is something different.
He ignores her and speaks to Jean. "Where's Scott?"
She seems to change in a second. She looks down and Claire steps to her dads side.
"Jean," Logan tries to get her attention.
Claire senses something different now.
"Where am I?" Jean says looking around in confusion.
"In the mansion," Claire says before turning to her dad. "Dad just step back."
Logan gives his daughter a strange look. He wonders why she looks unsure. This is Jean. He turns back to the red head.
"You need to tell me what happened to Scott," he tells her.
Jean looks around still looking confused.
"Jean," Logan says and Claire gasps as he pulls out Scott's glasses. "Tell me what happened to him."
Jean looks down at the glasses. Claire stares at the woman. Theres something wrong with her. She isn't the Jean who had always been there for Claire.
"Oh god," Jean says suddenly looking up and around at the two occupants of the room.
Everything begins to move. Screws begin to unscrew, Scott's glasses shatter into pieces. Computers begin to fly. Claire raises her hands and keeps as many of them as she can stable.
"Look at me," Logan says trying to calm her. "Stay with me. Talk with me."
Waters bubbling and screens are going haywire. It is becoming a competition between Claire's and Jeans powers.
"Dad do something," Claire says as she keeps a good hold on everything.
Claire can not win against Jean. The last time she tried Jean had died after she won. Logan continues to call out to Jean.
"No," Jean finally says something.
"Focus, focus Jean," Logan says her face still in his hands.
Jean now has tears in her eyes as she begs Logan. "Kill me."
"What?" Logan asks shocked.
"Kill me before I kill somebody else," Jean says hysterically.
"Don't say that," Logan says shaking his head.
"Please," Jean begs again.
"Stop it," Logan tells her.
"Kill me!" Jean exclaims.
Everything moves this time and Claire fights to push it back.
"Jean STOP!" Claire says feeling dizzy.
"Stop it! Look at me!" Logan tries to stop Jean seeing his daughters struggles. "Look at me Jean. It'll be all right. We can help you. Hey the professor can help. He can fix it."
Jeans eyes go black. "I don't wanna fix it."
Claire screams as she slams her dad into a wall and he is knocked out. She moves towards her but she raises a shield. Jean tries to get through but nothing works.
"Pegasus," Jean scoffs. "I will have you eventually Claire."
She then walks out and Claire collapses from lack of energy.
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Chelbell2016:
Ok done. Hope you enjoy. Please review.
This chapter was posted on the 24/05/2017 at 17:22