Disclaimer: See chapter 1
Crash and Burn
By: Skye Dragon
Skye's rambling spot: Okay, well. This is the last chapter. I want to thank everyone who has reviewed this story. You guys are awesome! I love you! (Not that way!) I also wish to ask that anyone who has been reading this story and NOT reviewing, please review at least this chapter (since this IS the end, ya know.) You never know how much it means to the author. And Megan, um the last chapter was actually suppose to end right after Rouge got done saying her piece. But I kinda kept writting and thats why it got turned into a cliff-hanger. But at least all the other chapters had nice endings, right?
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*beep* *beep* *beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-*
Rouge stared at the heart monitor that had suddenly flat-lined. " . . . no . . . "
What had happened? Scott had been fine less than a minute ago. Had she accidentally brushed up against him with her hand and deprived him of whatever strength had been keeping him alive? No, she'd remember something like that, she'd feel it. A state of total and complete panic descended on Rouge's mind and she could come up with nothing better to do than scream.
"SSSSSCCCCCOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!"
Luckily, The others hadn't gotten far enough away so as to not be able to hear her ear-piercing scream.
A puff of smoke and suddenly Kurt, his hand clenched tightly on Xavier's shoulder, appeared behind her.
"Rouge!! What's-"
The unending screech of the heart monitor answered Xavier's question.
"I didn't do it!!!" Rouge cried even as she backed slowly away from Scott's now dying body. Her eyes were wide and fearful. On the bed, Scott himself was starting to convulse with his body's attempt to stay alive. A single heartbeat and then he flat-lined again. The piercing noise of the monitor seemed to keep everyone frozen in place.
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"NO!! I WANT TO LIVE!!!" Scott freaked. The fire was dead, just like he would be soon. What irony that this happened right when he finally had made his decision. Scott's mind kept going back and forth from the meadow to reality, where several people he couldn't see were standing over him, yelling. He couldn't make out anything that they said, for a constant, annoying whine filled his ears, interrupting his frantic thoughts. He didn't want to die! Not now! In his mind's eye, Scott felt his body becoming sluggish, it was getting hard to breathe. Why was this happening now?!
In the background mountains crumbled, the forest died, and in it's place was blackness. Death. It was eating away at the meadow. Getting closer and closer. And there was nothing Scott could do to stop it. Closer and closer still. It promised an end to the pain and panic. So near now, he felt he could reach out and touch it. There was no way to fight it.
Finally, reluctantly, Scott submitted and gave himself up to the icy blackness.
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Rouge remained plastered to the wall, watching with wide, horrified eyes. This couldn't be happening. For the second time in the same hour, she experienced shock and panic. But these was much different than Jean, Jean hadn't been dying. Scott was. His body had been weakly thrashing a moment ago, caught in the throes of distress, but now he lay still, deathly still.
She had told him she wouldn't mind if he died, only now Rouge realized what a lie that was. Was that why Scott was dying? Because she said that? A cold fear, born of guilt and shame, began to grow in her gut.
The others were yelling, talking frantically, but their words were only a blur to her ears. Rouge was now lost deep within her own thoughts. Ororo, Logan, Kitty, and Evan were all present now, having been called by a telepathic message from the professor. Kitty, Kurt, and Evan had been told to stay outside the door(in an effort to keep the small room from being over crowded). They'd tried to get her to move, but Rouge hadn't responded and she wasn't immediately in the way so she was left alone.
Ororo was brandishing a pair of E.K.G. paddles (the machine that shocks people who go into cardiac arrest to restart their heart). She had no idea how to use them, but Xavier did. He was now instructing her telepathically (because everybody was talking at once and she might have misheard him). Xavier would have done the job himself, had he not been confined to his wheelchair.
An electric shock was released into Scott's body. There was a jerk, but no heartbeat. Another shock produced two heartbeats before Scott flat-lined, again, for the third time. Ororo attempted once more.
This time, the shock caused the heart monitor to once again begin beeping in a steady fashion. There was a shaky breath, and then a moan as Scott stirred.
There were excited exclamations all around (minus Rouge) and then several bodies pushed forward to find a place near the bed, to see if the leader of the X-men would wake up.
He did.
With another painful moan, brusied eye-lids flickered open. Scott rolled his head to one side and was slightly startled to find Kitty's face only a few inches away from his own. The heart monitor skipped a beep.
"Shh, Scott, it's okay. It's just us."
Slowly, wearily, Scott traced that voice to it's owner and was reassured to see Professor Xavier.
". . . I'm not dead . . ." Scott said weakly. His throat was sore and awfully dry.
"Nope." And there were tears in Kitty's eyes when she said that. Scott closed his eyes and smiled.
Xavier didn't even have to read Scott's mind to know what the young man wanted at that moment. With a knowing smile, he usered the others out of the room. Scott was tired after his ordeal. He wanted to sleep. And Xaiver let him. He would be alright now.
Everything would be alright.
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And somewhere, in another realm that no living being has ever entered, a mother and a father embraced each other and smiled happily. For their son was once again out of their reach, but that was fine with them. They could wait. They could wait as long as they needed.
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The End
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And that's it! Review please! ^_^ Oh and I may do an epilogue if you guys want it . . . (heck I may do it anyway!)
Crash and Burn
By: Skye Dragon
Skye's rambling spot: Okay, well. This is the last chapter. I want to thank everyone who has reviewed this story. You guys are awesome! I love you! (Not that way!) I also wish to ask that anyone who has been reading this story and NOT reviewing, please review at least this chapter (since this IS the end, ya know.) You never know how much it means to the author. And Megan, um the last chapter was actually suppose to end right after Rouge got done saying her piece. But I kinda kept writting and thats why it got turned into a cliff-hanger. But at least all the other chapters had nice endings, right?
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*beep* *beep* *beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-*
Rouge stared at the heart monitor that had suddenly flat-lined. " . . . no . . . "
What had happened? Scott had been fine less than a minute ago. Had she accidentally brushed up against him with her hand and deprived him of whatever strength had been keeping him alive? No, she'd remember something like that, she'd feel it. A state of total and complete panic descended on Rouge's mind and she could come up with nothing better to do than scream.
"SSSSSCCCCCOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!"
Luckily, The others hadn't gotten far enough away so as to not be able to hear her ear-piercing scream.
A puff of smoke and suddenly Kurt, his hand clenched tightly on Xavier's shoulder, appeared behind her.
"Rouge!! What's-"
The unending screech of the heart monitor answered Xavier's question.
"I didn't do it!!!" Rouge cried even as she backed slowly away from Scott's now dying body. Her eyes were wide and fearful. On the bed, Scott himself was starting to convulse with his body's attempt to stay alive. A single heartbeat and then he flat-lined again. The piercing noise of the monitor seemed to keep everyone frozen in place.
* * * * *
"NO!! I WANT TO LIVE!!!" Scott freaked. The fire was dead, just like he would be soon. What irony that this happened right when he finally had made his decision. Scott's mind kept going back and forth from the meadow to reality, where several people he couldn't see were standing over him, yelling. He couldn't make out anything that they said, for a constant, annoying whine filled his ears, interrupting his frantic thoughts. He didn't want to die! Not now! In his mind's eye, Scott felt his body becoming sluggish, it was getting hard to breathe. Why was this happening now?!
In the background mountains crumbled, the forest died, and in it's place was blackness. Death. It was eating away at the meadow. Getting closer and closer. And there was nothing Scott could do to stop it. Closer and closer still. It promised an end to the pain and panic. So near now, he felt he could reach out and touch it. There was no way to fight it.
Finally, reluctantly, Scott submitted and gave himself up to the icy blackness.
* * * * *
Rouge remained plastered to the wall, watching with wide, horrified eyes. This couldn't be happening. For the second time in the same hour, she experienced shock and panic. But these was much different than Jean, Jean hadn't been dying. Scott was. His body had been weakly thrashing a moment ago, caught in the throes of distress, but now he lay still, deathly still.
She had told him she wouldn't mind if he died, only now Rouge realized what a lie that was. Was that why Scott was dying? Because she said that? A cold fear, born of guilt and shame, began to grow in her gut.
The others were yelling, talking frantically, but their words were only a blur to her ears. Rouge was now lost deep within her own thoughts. Ororo, Logan, Kitty, and Evan were all present now, having been called by a telepathic message from the professor. Kitty, Kurt, and Evan had been told to stay outside the door(in an effort to keep the small room from being over crowded). They'd tried to get her to move, but Rouge hadn't responded and she wasn't immediately in the way so she was left alone.
Ororo was brandishing a pair of E.K.G. paddles (the machine that shocks people who go into cardiac arrest to restart their heart). She had no idea how to use them, but Xavier did. He was now instructing her telepathically (because everybody was talking at once and she might have misheard him). Xavier would have done the job himself, had he not been confined to his wheelchair.
An electric shock was released into Scott's body. There was a jerk, but no heartbeat. Another shock produced two heartbeats before Scott flat-lined, again, for the third time. Ororo attempted once more.
This time, the shock caused the heart monitor to once again begin beeping in a steady fashion. There was a shaky breath, and then a moan as Scott stirred.
There were excited exclamations all around (minus Rouge) and then several bodies pushed forward to find a place near the bed, to see if the leader of the X-men would wake up.
He did.
With another painful moan, brusied eye-lids flickered open. Scott rolled his head to one side and was slightly startled to find Kitty's face only a few inches away from his own. The heart monitor skipped a beep.
"Shh, Scott, it's okay. It's just us."
Slowly, wearily, Scott traced that voice to it's owner and was reassured to see Professor Xavier.
". . . I'm not dead . . ." Scott said weakly. His throat was sore and awfully dry.
"Nope." And there were tears in Kitty's eyes when she said that. Scott closed his eyes and smiled.
Xavier didn't even have to read Scott's mind to know what the young man wanted at that moment. With a knowing smile, he usered the others out of the room. Scott was tired after his ordeal. He wanted to sleep. And Xaiver let him. He would be alright now.
Everything would be alright.
* * * * *
And somewhere, in another realm that no living being has ever entered, a mother and a father embraced each other and smiled happily. For their son was once again out of their reach, but that was fine with them. They could wait. They could wait as long as they needed.
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The End
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And that's it! Review please! ^_^ Oh and I may do an epilogue if you guys want it . . . (heck I may do it anyway!)
