Fallen Angel

By Cdragon

Disclaimer: I don't own X-men: Evolution.

Chapter Two: Amnesia

Kurt laid back down.  He'd borrowed some new batteries from Kitty for his Discman.  He wasn't listening to his usual techno, but instead his Goo Goo Dolls CD.  He didn't usually listen to them, but he bought the CD after hearing Iris.  There was something about the song that he really liked.  He listened to the song, repeating the words in his mind.  He was glad no one had bothered him for the past couple of days.  Even Scott had left him alone.  It was so annoying, to have seven people want to know every aspect of his life. If there was something he didn't outright tell them, they should leave it at that.  But no, he had some very nosey friends.

As the final "I just want you to know who I am" faded out, an image flashed into his mind.  It was the same girl from his dream, only she wasn't in the elaborate dress or horrible setting.  She stood in a black void, wearing just jeans and a deep red sweater.  She looked like a normal person.  She was staring at him, her eyes still pleading for help.  She suddenly fell to her knees.  Though her mouth didn't move, her voice called out.  Help me.

Sarah awoke, though she didn't open her eyes.  Her whole body ached.  She couldn't remember anything.  She felt a warmth against her side.  Her eyes flew open.  Slumped against her was a body, unmoving, bleeding.  Sarah was soaked with the blood of the gray-haired woman beside her.  Panicking, she looked around.

'Trapped.  I'm trapped!' she realized.  She pushed the old woman off her and managed to unbuckle herself.  She then tried to force the door open.  It was stuck.  The window was already broken.  She pushed herself out through the broken glass, cutting herself in the process.  As soon as she landed on the pavement she bolted.  She didn't see the brown haired boy as he jumped out of his red convertible and chased after her.

As fast as she was running, the brown-haired teenager was somehow managing to catch up.  She was distraught and continued to run, praying he wouldn't catch her.  She suddenly fell to her knees and screamed as an agonizing pain seared across her back.  She could feel her skin tearing apart as two black feathered wings burst out of her back.

"Oh my god," was the only thing Scott managed to breathe out.  He ran up to the winged girl.  She looked about his age.  She must've been a mutant.  He ran towards her.

Sarah kneeled over.  She couldn't even control her own sporadic breath.  She leaned forward, suddenly finding herself coughing up her own blood.  The last thing she saw was the blood on the ground before blacking out.

"Oh no," Scott said as he watched the girl collapse.  Her wings fell limp and slumped around her.  After a moment, they slid back into her body, leaving two long lines of blood along her back, but no visible wounds.  He knelt down beside her and carefully rolled her over.  He could see her chest slowly rising and falling.  She wasn't dead, but he wasn't sure how badly hurt she was.  She was soaked in blood.  He lifted her up and carried her back to his car.  He stopped and looked back at the tangled heap.  He quickly laid her down in the back seat and ran back.  The truck driver was unconscious, but okay.  He went to the station wagon and peered inside.  A woman lay dead in the front seat.

"Professor!" Scott called out.  Her carried the limp girl into the med wing and set her down.  It was difficult to carry her, her wings had come back out during the ride to the institute.  He ran back out to find the Professor.

Scott let himself into Xavier's office.

"Professor?  Professor?"  He was becoming a bit frantic, not being able to find the professor.  He walked back into the hallway and nearly walked into the Prof. 

"Scott, what's wrong?" he asked.

"You gotta come with me.  There was this accident and then this girl came out of one of the cars and ran but I chased after her and…"  The professor cut him off.

"Whoa, slow down.  Where is she?" the Prof said, picking up the rest telepathically.

"In the med wing, come on!"

The two then headed down to the med wing where Sarah lay.

Sarah woke up to find herself lying on a cold metal table.  All around her were bright lights.  She gasped and quickly sat up.  She looked around, unsure of where she was, or even who she was.  She remembered waking up in pain, the dead woman, the brown-haired boy, and the fear and pain.  Now it seemed worse.  She suddenly gagged and rolled over, coughing up more blood.  That seemed to be the last of it, though.  She pushed herself off the table and stood up.  She felt her wings stretching out.  When she saw them she would have screamed if the same brown-haired boy that chased her and a bald man in a wheelchair walked, or in the bald man's case, rolled, in.  She froze.

"Hello.  I'm Charles Xavier.  What is your name?" The bald man introduced himself.

Sarah said nothing. She only backed away from the pair.  The man had a kind tone to his voice, but it didn't matter.  She was too focused on her fear.

"Please calm down." Xavier asked.

Sarah again didn't respond.

"It's all right." Scott said, "You don't have to be afraid of us, we're friends.  We're not gonna hurt you."  He walked toward her.  Sarah backed into the wall.  She blindly reached over onto the counter beside her, grabbing the first thing her hand touched, which was an empty metal tray.

"S-stay back." She stuttered.

"Calm down, it's okay." Scott said.  He walked forward and grabbed the tray before she could smash  down on his head.  The next thing he knew she collapsed into him.  He turned back to see the Professor with his hands to his temples.

"I had no choice, there was no other way to calm her down." He explained.