**Chapter Sixteen**
(Pool ready-room)
"Jean, do I have to do this?" Lyric begged as she lowered herself to the pool.
~We need to figure out about this echo-location of yours. I'll be down here and set up somthing for you to try to use your power on. When or if you see something tell me. You ready?~ Jean told her through her telepithy.
Lyric gave a thumbs up and dove under the water. She focused her thoughts on Sierra but then let go of it. When she thought of Sierra it was pain. I need to focus on something, something that isn't painful. Scott! That's it! she focused on Scott. She tried to picture what his eyes looked like. How blue they were. She then felt this power. This controlable power in her forhead. She released it into the Olymic sized pool. It was a high pitched humming. A few seconds later the sound came back giving her a picture of a cone formation. She smiled coming out of the water.
"What did you see?" Jean was now at her end of the pool.
"A, a formation, pyamid. And Jean I, I, I controlled, before I was thinking of Sierra and how it was my fault... but I just thought of Sc- uh my family and I controlled it!"
"That's great,"
"I've gotta tell everyone," she headed towards the locker room dripping wet.
"Wait, don't you want a towel?"
"No thanks, I can handle it," she absorbed the water from her skin and hair to her hand in the form of a water ball.
"Here," Jean took the ball with her mind and lead it to the pool and Lyric disappeared.
**Chapter Seventeen**
Lyric walked into her room and found the three couples on different positions. Bobby and Rogue were on Rogue's bed Kitty was levatating in a sitting postition behind Kurt playing with his tail and Jubilee and Remy were standing near the window. "Hey..whats going on?"
"You're just in time," Jubilee said. "Remy and I have an announcement." Lyric took a seat on her bed where she had a view of the couple. "Uh there's no easy way to explain this but, Remy asked me to marry him and I said yes."
"Congradulations," "This is great," were the type of responses that were going on.
"Wait thats not the best part yet," Remy interrupted holding Jubilee's hand.
"Vell vhat iz the best part?" Kurt asked.
"We're having a baby," that was followed by more of the same reactions
"Boy or girl?" Rogue asked over the talking.
"We don't know yet,"
"When are you due?"
"Eight monthes. Any more questions?"
"Yeah," Lyric said. "When's the wedding?"
"Once again we don't know yet but we're working on it. We'll probably have it after the baby."
"Well what are you gonna do about the X-Men?" Kitty asked.
"I can still do it but after the baby is born,"
"Whats the X-Men?" Lyric was unaware of the group mentioned.
"The X-Men is a group of mutants that help other mutants or people. We're all in training for it," Bobby explained.
"Well who's a part of it?"
"Uh.. Jean, Scott, Ororo and Logan,"
"You should apply for it,"
***
(an old wearhouse in Time Square)
"Toad has a plan for what we're going to do with them," Mystique explained to John.
"Well whats the brilliant plan?"
"See this chip?" Toad picked up a chip the size of a dime showing it to John.
"Yeah.."
"It can control the mind of any of the X-men,"
"Thats all good and nice but how do you expect to get it in their head?"
Mystique smiled. "Thats why tomorrow we're taking the younger ones."
"Taking?"
"Yes,that's why we need you,"
**Chapter Eighteen**
(at the school)
"Scott," Lyric ran out to the garge trying to find him.
"Here," he stood up from behind his motercycle.
"Hey," she walked up to him.
"What can I do for you?"
"Nothing, I just came to tell you something,"
"What?"
"I did it,"
"Did what?"
"I controlled my echo-location!"
"That's great. How'd you do it?
"Well before I was thinking of Sierra and that was pain and I figured that out, so I thought about you- uh..I mean... I gotta go," she regreted what she had said.
"Wait," he grabbed her arm pulling her to him.
"What?"
"You thought of me?"
"Kinda had to...you're the only thing in my life that doesn't hurt right now-" she was cut off with him kissing her. His lips were pressed to hers and she slipped her toung in his mouth. He did the same then she pulled away. "I, I gotta go." she ran out the door leading to the mansion.
***
(Jean's class room)
"Logan, come in,"
"How'd you know I was here?"
"Its part of being telepathic," she got up from her desk walking to him. "Can I help you?"
"Not really, just came to say hello,"
"Thats not like whats on your mind?"
"Nothing,"
"Did you find what you were looking for?"
"What?"
"Out there while you were gone?"
"No I didn't, I think I'll stick around here for a while. I've got what I need,"
"Really? What is that?" with out an answer he leaned in and kissed her. "Logan." she pulled away. "I've got papers to grade." she sat back at the desk and Logan left hurting inside.
(Pool ready-room)
"Jean, do I have to do this?" Lyric begged as she lowered herself to the pool.
~We need to figure out about this echo-location of yours. I'll be down here and set up somthing for you to try to use your power on. When or if you see something tell me. You ready?~ Jean told her through her telepithy.
Lyric gave a thumbs up and dove under the water. She focused her thoughts on Sierra but then let go of it. When she thought of Sierra it was pain. I need to focus on something, something that isn't painful. Scott! That's it! she focused on Scott. She tried to picture what his eyes looked like. How blue they were. She then felt this power. This controlable power in her forhead. She released it into the Olymic sized pool. It was a high pitched humming. A few seconds later the sound came back giving her a picture of a cone formation. She smiled coming out of the water.
"What did you see?" Jean was now at her end of the pool.
"A, a formation, pyamid. And Jean I, I, I controlled, before I was thinking of Sierra and how it was my fault... but I just thought of Sc- uh my family and I controlled it!"
"That's great,"
"I've gotta tell everyone," she headed towards the locker room dripping wet.
"Wait, don't you want a towel?"
"No thanks, I can handle it," she absorbed the water from her skin and hair to her hand in the form of a water ball.
"Here," Jean took the ball with her mind and lead it to the pool and Lyric disappeared.
**Chapter Seventeen**
Lyric walked into her room and found the three couples on different positions. Bobby and Rogue were on Rogue's bed Kitty was levatating in a sitting postition behind Kurt playing with his tail and Jubilee and Remy were standing near the window. "Hey..whats going on?"
"You're just in time," Jubilee said. "Remy and I have an announcement." Lyric took a seat on her bed where she had a view of the couple. "Uh there's no easy way to explain this but, Remy asked me to marry him and I said yes."
"Congradulations," "This is great," were the type of responses that were going on.
"Wait thats not the best part yet," Remy interrupted holding Jubilee's hand.
"Vell vhat iz the best part?" Kurt asked.
"We're having a baby," that was followed by more of the same reactions
"Boy or girl?" Rogue asked over the talking.
"We don't know yet,"
"When are you due?"
"Eight monthes. Any more questions?"
"Yeah," Lyric said. "When's the wedding?"
"Once again we don't know yet but we're working on it. We'll probably have it after the baby."
"Well what are you gonna do about the X-Men?" Kitty asked.
"I can still do it but after the baby is born,"
"Whats the X-Men?" Lyric was unaware of the group mentioned.
"The X-Men is a group of mutants that help other mutants or people. We're all in training for it," Bobby explained.
"Well who's a part of it?"
"Uh.. Jean, Scott, Ororo and Logan,"
"You should apply for it,"
***
(an old wearhouse in Time Square)
"Toad has a plan for what we're going to do with them," Mystique explained to John.
"Well whats the brilliant plan?"
"See this chip?" Toad picked up a chip the size of a dime showing it to John.
"Yeah.."
"It can control the mind of any of the X-men,"
"Thats all good and nice but how do you expect to get it in their head?"
Mystique smiled. "Thats why tomorrow we're taking the younger ones."
"Taking?"
"Yes,that's why we need you,"
**Chapter Eighteen**
(at the school)
"Scott," Lyric ran out to the garge trying to find him.
"Here," he stood up from behind his motercycle.
"Hey," she walked up to him.
"What can I do for you?"
"Nothing, I just came to tell you something,"
"What?"
"I did it,"
"Did what?"
"I controlled my echo-location!"
"That's great. How'd you do it?
"Well before I was thinking of Sierra and that was pain and I figured that out, so I thought about you- uh..I mean... I gotta go," she regreted what she had said.
"Wait," he grabbed her arm pulling her to him.
"What?"
"You thought of me?"
"Kinda had to...you're the only thing in my life that doesn't hurt right now-" she was cut off with him kissing her. His lips were pressed to hers and she slipped her toung in his mouth. He did the same then she pulled away. "I, I gotta go." she ran out the door leading to the mansion.
***
(Jean's class room)
"Logan, come in,"
"How'd you know I was here?"
"Its part of being telepathic," she got up from her desk walking to him. "Can I help you?"
"Not really, just came to say hello,"
"Thats not like whats on your mind?"
"Nothing,"
"Did you find what you were looking for?"
"What?"
"Out there while you were gone?"
"No I didn't, I think I'll stick around here for a while. I've got what I need,"
"Really? What is that?" with out an answer he leaned in and kissed her. "Logan." she pulled away. "I've got papers to grade." she sat back at the desk and Logan left hurting inside.