Learning to Live Again
Revised Edtion
Chapter 14, "The Painful Truth"

Author Notes: Sorry its been taking so long, but school takes a lot of time these days, as do boyfriend troubles... Thanks for being patient though! And now on with the story...

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"Her vitals are improving, but she's remaining unconcious for the time. Jean and the Professor are working to get her back to her normal state, but it could be a while longer before she awakens."
The X-men gave a soft sigh at hearing the physicallly strongest of them all, and the Southern belle of the group wouldn't be with them conciously for a while longer.
"What about Joseph?" Cyclops asked cautiously, he too oweing Joseph more than he could possibly repay for his saving Jean's life.
Beast took of his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose before answering wearily. "It doesn't look good. He sustained very serious injuries when the ceiling beams fell on him. Cracked ribs, a broken rib that almost punctured his lung,a few mild spinal injuries, and a heavy concussion. Its almost surprised he survived. I am doing everything I can for him with Moira's help, but that doesn't seem to be enough without all the technology we had at the mansion."
The professor's face turned more serious at the mention of his long-time family home being destroyed yet again. "I'll see if I can reach Lilandra and ask for her assitance on the medical status of our two members, but as for the rest of you, lets see if we can get the mansion put back together some time in the near future..." With that, he left the room in silence.
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"Got something Logan?" Cyclops yelled across the yard to the man sniffing at the former base of the mansion.
"Nope...There ain't nothin' around here..."
That's odd...Logan can't pick up a scent, Cerebro didn't pick up any trouble until after the attack, and to top it off, the person we could really use to get this place back together is unconcious. This is great... just great.
"Come on Logan, we need to get back."
Logan looked up at Scott, with what Scott assumed was supposed to be an angry glare, but it did't quite make it to that point. "Whatever One-eye." Was the only response before Logan took one last sniff of the air, then headed to the Blackbird.
Scott sighed heavily and took a look around at the wreck that only a week before had been his home since Xavier took him home from the adoption agency. With a heavy heart, he too made his way back to the Blackbird.
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"Anything Professor?" Jean gave a tired glance to the man who had raised her for so long.
"I'm afraid not Jean. Whatever, or whoever is doing this knows how to keep their psycic signature from being left behind...Which means we're certainly dealing with atleast a high Alpha level telepath."
Jean watched as the wary professor lifted cerebro from his head and set it back on the console. He's been working so hard, and he hasn't been sleeping much, I can tell. I wish he would get some sleep. I'm not the only one worried about him...
Xavier took notice of the worried face upon his first student's face, and gave the most reassuring smile he could muster. "I'm fine Jean. And I plan on getting some sleep tonight then resumming this search in the morning." He wheeled to the door, then looked over his shoulder at her. "But thank you for the concern..." This time the smile seemed to brighten his entire face sucessfully, and that alone brought a smile to the red-haired telepath's face.
"You know we all worry about you professor..." Jean joined him at the doorway and kissed him on the top of his bald head. "It comes with the territory of being cared about by you."
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A/N continued:
Sorry this took so long! Hopefully my muse is back to stay so I can finish the new chapters of Divine and Looking Through Your Eyes. :) So check on those if you've been waiting!