Ok this is part 5 of my x-men crossover series.
here's the drill:
I don't own x-men..... I don't own Labyrinth......... I don't have money so there is nothing to sue for.
X-treme circumstances Part 5
"What?!," Sarah asked increduliously as the images started up on the walls again.
"The cave doesn't believe that you have caught on to all that its trying to tell you," Hoggle explained, "I believe that you are supposed to say what you have learned at the end."
Sarah couldn't believe this, "Why doesn't the cave just tell us the point so we can go?"
"Because this is how it's done here," Hoggle answered.
Sarah groaned in frustration, 'We won't get out of here in time to save Jareth," She sat down on the floor and burried her face, "I give up."
Wolverine, Gambit, and Hoggle just looked at Sarah unsure of what to do.
Jubilee frowned and shook her head, "No. We are NOT going to give up! We are going to help Jareth. We will get out of this cave, get the crystal and return with time to spare..........Sarah, you are not the type to give up. Don't say those words. We are going to help you figure out what the caves are trying to show you. I just know we will make it!"
Sarah looked at Jubilee. How could she have so much faith that things will turn out fine? It kind of reminded her of herself the first time she had entered the Labyrinth.
Sarah stood up, "You're right. I beat the Labyrinth before and I can sure as hell do it again."
Jubilee smiled, "God.... Let's go study those images!"
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Mystique smiled at Magneto as he entered the room she was working in.
"How goes the search for our mystery man?," Magneto asked.
"Jareth?," Mystique asked, "I have checked several private clinics in the area of the college No one resembling him has gone in."
Magneto frowned, "So you turned up nothing?"
"I didn't say that. I am checking out other leads..."
"For example?..."
"I was going to follow this Sarah girl but apparently she has disappeared from sight as well as that x-man Jubilee. I think she and Jubilee are somewhere together."
Magneto frowned, "Possible the X-men compound," he said bitterly.
Mystique nodded, "I followed one of the girls' friends and he came to the compound. I don't know what happened in there but it seems that he is staying over there for awhile. But that supports the idea of those two being at the compound."
"And where that girl is, most likely Jareth will be as well...," Magneto mused, "Hopefully we can get to him before he is healed up enough to have a thorough discussion with Xavier about the purpose of the X-men.
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James looked about the room he was shown to. Since he hadn't planned on his staying for the night, he had to borrow one of the extra workout outfits they had. Surprisingly, the sweatshirt and sweatpants fit pretty well.
James closed the door behind him and walked to the bed. After climbing under the sheets and turning off the lamp on his nightstand, James stared at the ceiling.
He couldn't sleep. jubilee and Sarah was on some kind of quest to save the old guy in the infirmary. James thought of Jareth... Something about him seemed familiar.
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Sarah studied the image before... Nothing looked familiar so she assumed the image must have been from after her previous visit...
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Jareth wandered around the castle in a daze. Somehow he found himself in his Library.
Picking up a book, he began reading it. As he was reading, a voice echoed throughout the kingdom:
"Sometimes, for no reason, I need you... I need you all."
Jareth dropped the book.
"Sarah?!," he asked as he brought up a crystal. Soon, in the crystal, and image of Sarah talking to Hoggle appeared. Hoggle seemed to be stalling.
Waiving his hand around the crystal he muttered, "Hoggle, what are you waiting for? She needs you and the others.... go to her at once."
As if hearing Jareth, Hoggle and several others appeared in Sarah's room.
Jareth put down the crystal, turned into and owl and flew through a mirror in the library. Soon he was in the real world and near a certain house.
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Sarah gasped as she realized what he was doing. That night when her friends visited her, he was outside of her window and looking in. She felt rejected. Why didn't he come in when the others did?
She frowned as she realized why not. It wouldn't have mattered.... she was mad at him at the time and wouldn't have allowed him to stay anyways.
The image switched again.
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A white owl flew high overhead Sarah. The owl seemed to be smiling as Sarah stopped to tie her shoe. The owl circled her and seemed to look down at her.
What looked like a smile turned into a frown as the owl noticed something in some nearby bushes. the owl flew behind the person and summed up what stood before him.... A large man was eyeing Sarah and her purse.....he had a gun.
The owl turned into the form of the Goblin King and tapped the man on the shoulder. the man turned around and made a startled grunt as Jareth punched him and took his gun away.
"Sneaking up on unsuspecting women......for shame......," Jareth whispered harshly to the would-be mugger, "What should I do with a repulsive scab like you?"
Jareth smiled as he saw Sarah finish tying her shoe and start walking off ....unaware of the danger she was in. Jareth then turned to look at the large man and waived his hand in the air. A portal opened up behind the man.
"I know the perfect punishment for you," Jareth said with a grin forming on his face. He pushed the man through the portal and soon heard a splash.
Jareth smiled, "Now try to sneak up on anyone."
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Wolverine smiled, "I'm starting to like this Jareth guy."
Sarah allowed a faint smile on her face. She had to admit the Bog was a nice touch for a punishment. Her smile quickly faded when she realized that she could have been mugged if he hadn't stepped in.
"Strange."
The image faded and the cave began to glow. Apparently the cave wasn't showing any more movies.
Hoggle turned to Sarah, "Now its time to tell the cave what you saw."
"What?"
Hoggle sighed, "The cave won't opened the door until It's positive that you've understood its message."
"But I don't know what the cave meant!," Sarah protested.
The cave rumbled.
"Sarah, please try.," Hoggle insisted.
Sarah thought about the order the images were shown in... Jareth as a child, the moments she and Jareth were together , and things that happened after jareth's defeat.
"Well they were in chronological order...," Sarah started, "And in each one he was acting less and less like a jerk... maybe its showing how much Jareth has changed."
The cave rumbled again.
Hoggle shook his head, "That isn't it."
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James tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. His mind was running at full speed. He had seen that man before..... he knew it.... but where?
Giving up on sleep, James jumped out of bed and went to the infirmary. Maybe a closer look of the guy will jog his memory.
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Sarah didn't believe it... What else could those images have meant?
Jubilee looked at her friend, "Maybe you are just looking at the images the wrong way... Think, how many images shown had you in them or refered to you?"
Sarah counted to herself, "All but one."
Jubilee smiled, "ok... Now in those images, was he following the rules he learned in the first image we saw?"
"No."
"Perhaps the change you mentioned was triggered by you.," Gambit suggested after some silence went by.
The cave lit up for a second and then dimmed.... causing Hoggle to smile, "We're on the right track."
Jubilee smiled, "In how many images was he feeling hurt when you rejected him?"
Sarah didn't answer.
"How many images showed him watching out for your emotional welfare?"
Sarah shook her head. She didn't like where this was going....
"think about it Sarah.. In most of the images, he showed concern for YOU.," Jubilee continued, "He even stopped a mugger from harming you."
"How about yesterday when he pushed you out of the path of that bullet?", Wolverine added.
Hoggle looked at Sarah in shock, "Someone tried to kill you?"
Sarah nodded.
Jubilee looked at Sarah, "Well?"
Sarah couldn't stand the staring anymore, "What? Why are you staring at me as if I will say something brilliant. I don't know why Jareth does those things.... For all I know he could be in love with me."
Sarah was about to yell some more of her points when she noticed that Wolverine and Gambit were looking at something behind her. She turned around and gasped.
The door had opened.
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James looked into the infirmary and saw the blue mutant looking at monitors. The red-head was fast asleep in the arms of the mutant who had found him on the compound.
"Hello James," Beast said as he noticed the visitor, "What brings you here?"
James smiled, "Couldn't sleep. Figured I'd might as well see how he was doing.
"Jareth?," Beast asked, "Not very well I'm afraid... he only has about half an hour left before his time is. Hopefully the others will come with the crystal soon.
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Sarah cautiously stepped through the doorway and saw that instead of the cavern they had previously been in, they were outside of the cave.
Hoggle smiled, "It's a straight path from here to the castle.....free of distractions."
Sarah looked at her watch, "Hurry guys! We'd better run if we want to get the crystal in time.
They started running towards the castle.
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Jean woke up and looked around the Infirmary. Seeing James looking at Jareth, she got up and walked towards him. "Don't worry. I'm sure they'll come back in time."
She studied the look on James's face, "Jareth reminds you of someone......doesn't he?"
James nodded, "I'm not sure of who he reminds me of. He just looks familiar."
Jean smiled, "I see...... a case of deja vu?"
"Something like that...," James decided to change the subject, "So how much time left?"
Jean looked to Beast She had been wondering the same thing. Beast looked at his watch. "About five minutes. After that, he's living on borrowed time."
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The five ran as faxt as they could.
A sigh of relief escaped Sarah as the familiar sight of the Goblin City came to view. She was even happier to see the gates were opeened.
"Thank God.", Sarah said as she ran into the city and no goblins came to challenge them.
The group entered the castle and stopped. Where could the crystals be?
Sarah glanced at her watch: three minutes left.
"Ok, Wolverine and Gambit, you go that way," Sarah pointed to her left, "Jubilee, Hoggle, follow me."
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Wolverine and Gambit ran up the stairs and were about to enter the room when Wolverine stopped and pulled Gambit away from the door.
"What are you doing Wolverine?," Gambit asked.
"Something about this room isn't right," Wolverine answered.
Gambit looked into the room and noticed stairs all over the room going in different direcitions.
"There's no way I'm going in there," Gambit said, "How would I find my way out in time?"
Wolverine extended his claws, "Wait here." He walked into the room bringing his claw against the wall leaving a large scratch, "This should mark my way."
Wolverine walked in further, being sure to drag his claws alongside the wall...... Seeing no crystal, he sighed and turned around
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Sarah searced frantically about the room she had entered. She saw nothing. Moving into the hallway She saw Hoggle and Jubilee walking towards her, "Anything?"
they shook their heads.
"Damn!"
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Beast looked sadly at Jean and James, "Time is up. All we can do now is pray."
James looked at Jareth with concern. Pray? that's all they can do? No..... He refused to believe it.
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Sarah looked to Wolverine and Gambit who were running in her direction, "Did you find a crystal?"
They shook their head.
Sarah sighed in frustration and glanced at her watch. It was 30 seconds past....
"No!," she cried out as she realized time was up, "Oh...... I wish we could find a crystal right now!"
Just then an idea came to her head...........
turning to Hoggle she smiled, "Hoggle, where is the library?"
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James sat on the chair trying to think of what to do.
He oped that Jareth pulled through. Not only because Jubilee and Sarah were working hard to save him but also because something insided of him told him that this guy was important somehow. James didn't know how but he felt a connection to the man that lay before him.
Jean looked over to where James sat and sent a reassuring smile. Cyclops had left the infirmary and so James was the only one on that side of the room.
She felt sorry for him. James didn't seem like the kind of person who would be used to such strange circumstances. He must be feeling uncomfortable.
She sat next to him. "Why don't you get some rest?," she suggested.
James shook his head, "no point..........I can't sleep....... Jubilee and Sarah are supposed to come in soon...... Besides how could I gvo to sleep with him in such condition?"` He pointed at Jareth.
Jean smiled at Jame's comment. "It's refreshing to hear such a thoughtful comment. It's rare to find people so concerned about their fellow man much less one concerned about someone unordinary."
James smiled, "Everyone is different. I don't consider myself ordinary by no means." Jean liked James's philosophy. Too bad that philosophy wasn't mor common.
A monitor connected to Jareth started beeping. Beast looke at the screen and turned to Jean. "Jean, get over here now."
Thje monitor started to flat line....
"Oh dear.", Beast commented.
To be continued.......
What do you think.
here's the drill:
I don't own x-men..... I don't own Labyrinth......... I don't have money so there is nothing to sue for.
X-treme circumstances Part 5
"What?!," Sarah asked increduliously as the images started up on the walls again.
"The cave doesn't believe that you have caught on to all that its trying to tell you," Hoggle explained, "I believe that you are supposed to say what you have learned at the end."
Sarah couldn't believe this, "Why doesn't the cave just tell us the point so we can go?"
"Because this is how it's done here," Hoggle answered.
Sarah groaned in frustration, 'We won't get out of here in time to save Jareth," She sat down on the floor and burried her face, "I give up."
Wolverine, Gambit, and Hoggle just looked at Sarah unsure of what to do.
Jubilee frowned and shook her head, "No. We are NOT going to give up! We are going to help Jareth. We will get out of this cave, get the crystal and return with time to spare..........Sarah, you are not the type to give up. Don't say those words. We are going to help you figure out what the caves are trying to show you. I just know we will make it!"
Sarah looked at Jubilee. How could she have so much faith that things will turn out fine? It kind of reminded her of herself the first time she had entered the Labyrinth.
Sarah stood up, "You're right. I beat the Labyrinth before and I can sure as hell do it again."
Jubilee smiled, "God.... Let's go study those images!"
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Mystique smiled at Magneto as he entered the room she was working in.
"How goes the search for our mystery man?," Magneto asked.
"Jareth?," Mystique asked, "I have checked several private clinics in the area of the college No one resembling him has gone in."
Magneto frowned, "So you turned up nothing?"
"I didn't say that. I am checking out other leads..."
"For example?..."
"I was going to follow this Sarah girl but apparently she has disappeared from sight as well as that x-man Jubilee. I think she and Jubilee are somewhere together."
Magneto frowned, "Possible the X-men compound," he said bitterly.
Mystique nodded, "I followed one of the girls' friends and he came to the compound. I don't know what happened in there but it seems that he is staying over there for awhile. But that supports the idea of those two being at the compound."
"And where that girl is, most likely Jareth will be as well...," Magneto mused, "Hopefully we can get to him before he is healed up enough to have a thorough discussion with Xavier about the purpose of the X-men.
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James looked about the room he was shown to. Since he hadn't planned on his staying for the night, he had to borrow one of the extra workout outfits they had. Surprisingly, the sweatshirt and sweatpants fit pretty well.
James closed the door behind him and walked to the bed. After climbing under the sheets and turning off the lamp on his nightstand, James stared at the ceiling.
He couldn't sleep. jubilee and Sarah was on some kind of quest to save the old guy in the infirmary. James thought of Jareth... Something about him seemed familiar.
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Sarah studied the image before... Nothing looked familiar so she assumed the image must have been from after her previous visit...
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Jareth wandered around the castle in a daze. Somehow he found himself in his Library.
Picking up a book, he began reading it. As he was reading, a voice echoed throughout the kingdom:
"Sometimes, for no reason, I need you... I need you all."
Jareth dropped the book.
"Sarah?!," he asked as he brought up a crystal. Soon, in the crystal, and image of Sarah talking to Hoggle appeared. Hoggle seemed to be stalling.
Waiving his hand around the crystal he muttered, "Hoggle, what are you waiting for? She needs you and the others.... go to her at once."
As if hearing Jareth, Hoggle and several others appeared in Sarah's room.
Jareth put down the crystal, turned into and owl and flew through a mirror in the library. Soon he was in the real world and near a certain house.
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Sarah gasped as she realized what he was doing. That night when her friends visited her, he was outside of her window and looking in. She felt rejected. Why didn't he come in when the others did?
She frowned as she realized why not. It wouldn't have mattered.... she was mad at him at the time and wouldn't have allowed him to stay anyways.
The image switched again.
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A white owl flew high overhead Sarah. The owl seemed to be smiling as Sarah stopped to tie her shoe. The owl circled her and seemed to look down at her.
What looked like a smile turned into a frown as the owl noticed something in some nearby bushes. the owl flew behind the person and summed up what stood before him.... A large man was eyeing Sarah and her purse.....he had a gun.
The owl turned into the form of the Goblin King and tapped the man on the shoulder. the man turned around and made a startled grunt as Jareth punched him and took his gun away.
"Sneaking up on unsuspecting women......for shame......," Jareth whispered harshly to the would-be mugger, "What should I do with a repulsive scab like you?"
Jareth smiled as he saw Sarah finish tying her shoe and start walking off ....unaware of the danger she was in. Jareth then turned to look at the large man and waived his hand in the air. A portal opened up behind the man.
"I know the perfect punishment for you," Jareth said with a grin forming on his face. He pushed the man through the portal and soon heard a splash.
Jareth smiled, "Now try to sneak up on anyone."
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Wolverine smiled, "I'm starting to like this Jareth guy."
Sarah allowed a faint smile on her face. She had to admit the Bog was a nice touch for a punishment. Her smile quickly faded when she realized that she could have been mugged if he hadn't stepped in.
"Strange."
The image faded and the cave began to glow. Apparently the cave wasn't showing any more movies.
Hoggle turned to Sarah, "Now its time to tell the cave what you saw."
"What?"
Hoggle sighed, "The cave won't opened the door until It's positive that you've understood its message."
"But I don't know what the cave meant!," Sarah protested.
The cave rumbled.
"Sarah, please try.," Hoggle insisted.
Sarah thought about the order the images were shown in... Jareth as a child, the moments she and Jareth were together , and things that happened after jareth's defeat.
"Well they were in chronological order...," Sarah started, "And in each one he was acting less and less like a jerk... maybe its showing how much Jareth has changed."
The cave rumbled again.
Hoggle shook his head, "That isn't it."
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James tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. His mind was running at full speed. He had seen that man before..... he knew it.... but where?
Giving up on sleep, James jumped out of bed and went to the infirmary. Maybe a closer look of the guy will jog his memory.
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Sarah didn't believe it... What else could those images have meant?
Jubilee looked at her friend, "Maybe you are just looking at the images the wrong way... Think, how many images shown had you in them or refered to you?"
Sarah counted to herself, "All but one."
Jubilee smiled, "ok... Now in those images, was he following the rules he learned in the first image we saw?"
"No."
"Perhaps the change you mentioned was triggered by you.," Gambit suggested after some silence went by.
The cave lit up for a second and then dimmed.... causing Hoggle to smile, "We're on the right track."
Jubilee smiled, "In how many images was he feeling hurt when you rejected him?"
Sarah didn't answer.
"How many images showed him watching out for your emotional welfare?"
Sarah shook her head. She didn't like where this was going....
"think about it Sarah.. In most of the images, he showed concern for YOU.," Jubilee continued, "He even stopped a mugger from harming you."
"How about yesterday when he pushed you out of the path of that bullet?", Wolverine added.
Hoggle looked at Sarah in shock, "Someone tried to kill you?"
Sarah nodded.
Jubilee looked at Sarah, "Well?"
Sarah couldn't stand the staring anymore, "What? Why are you staring at me as if I will say something brilliant. I don't know why Jareth does those things.... For all I know he could be in love with me."
Sarah was about to yell some more of her points when she noticed that Wolverine and Gambit were looking at something behind her. She turned around and gasped.
The door had opened.
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James looked into the infirmary and saw the blue mutant looking at monitors. The red-head was fast asleep in the arms of the mutant who had found him on the compound.
"Hello James," Beast said as he noticed the visitor, "What brings you here?"
James smiled, "Couldn't sleep. Figured I'd might as well see how he was doing.
"Jareth?," Beast asked, "Not very well I'm afraid... he only has about half an hour left before his time is. Hopefully the others will come with the crystal soon.
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Sarah cautiously stepped through the doorway and saw that instead of the cavern they had previously been in, they were outside of the cave.
Hoggle smiled, "It's a straight path from here to the castle.....free of distractions."
Sarah looked at her watch, "Hurry guys! We'd better run if we want to get the crystal in time.
They started running towards the castle.
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Jean woke up and looked around the Infirmary. Seeing James looking at Jareth, she got up and walked towards him. "Don't worry. I'm sure they'll come back in time."
She studied the look on James's face, "Jareth reminds you of someone......doesn't he?"
James nodded, "I'm not sure of who he reminds me of. He just looks familiar."
Jean smiled, "I see...... a case of deja vu?"
"Something like that...," James decided to change the subject, "So how much time left?"
Jean looked to Beast She had been wondering the same thing. Beast looked at his watch. "About five minutes. After that, he's living on borrowed time."
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The five ran as faxt as they could.
A sigh of relief escaped Sarah as the familiar sight of the Goblin City came to view. She was even happier to see the gates were opeened.
"Thank God.", Sarah said as she ran into the city and no goblins came to challenge them.
The group entered the castle and stopped. Where could the crystals be?
Sarah glanced at her watch: three minutes left.
"Ok, Wolverine and Gambit, you go that way," Sarah pointed to her left, "Jubilee, Hoggle, follow me."
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Wolverine and Gambit ran up the stairs and were about to enter the room when Wolverine stopped and pulled Gambit away from the door.
"What are you doing Wolverine?," Gambit asked.
"Something about this room isn't right," Wolverine answered.
Gambit looked into the room and noticed stairs all over the room going in different direcitions.
"There's no way I'm going in there," Gambit said, "How would I find my way out in time?"
Wolverine extended his claws, "Wait here." He walked into the room bringing his claw against the wall leaving a large scratch, "This should mark my way."
Wolverine walked in further, being sure to drag his claws alongside the wall...... Seeing no crystal, he sighed and turned around
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Sarah searced frantically about the room she had entered. She saw nothing. Moving into the hallway She saw Hoggle and Jubilee walking towards her, "Anything?"
they shook their heads.
"Damn!"
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Beast looked sadly at Jean and James, "Time is up. All we can do now is pray."
James looked at Jareth with concern. Pray? that's all they can do? No..... He refused to believe it.
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Sarah looked to Wolverine and Gambit who were running in her direction, "Did you find a crystal?"
They shook their head.
Sarah sighed in frustration and glanced at her watch. It was 30 seconds past....
"No!," she cried out as she realized time was up, "Oh...... I wish we could find a crystal right now!"
Just then an idea came to her head...........
turning to Hoggle she smiled, "Hoggle, where is the library?"
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James sat on the chair trying to think of what to do.
He oped that Jareth pulled through. Not only because Jubilee and Sarah were working hard to save him but also because something insided of him told him that this guy was important somehow. James didn't know how but he felt a connection to the man that lay before him.
Jean looked over to where James sat and sent a reassuring smile. Cyclops had left the infirmary and so James was the only one on that side of the room.
She felt sorry for him. James didn't seem like the kind of person who would be used to such strange circumstances. He must be feeling uncomfortable.
She sat next to him. "Why don't you get some rest?," she suggested.
James shook his head, "no point..........I can't sleep....... Jubilee and Sarah are supposed to come in soon...... Besides how could I gvo to sleep with him in such condition?"` He pointed at Jareth.
Jean smiled at Jame's comment. "It's refreshing to hear such a thoughtful comment. It's rare to find people so concerned about their fellow man much less one concerned about someone unordinary."
James smiled, "Everyone is different. I don't consider myself ordinary by no means." Jean liked James's philosophy. Too bad that philosophy wasn't mor common.
A monitor connected to Jareth started beeping. Beast looke at the screen and turned to Jean. "Jean, get over here now."
Thje monitor started to flat line....
"Oh dear.", Beast commented.
To be continued.......
What do you think.