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Summary: Wolverine returns from Japan with a strangely wrapped present for Professor X. When he finds out there is a problem with Jean, he goes in search of her.
The Prince and the Phoenix - Chapter 4
Completely unaware of the events of the night before, the X-man known as Wolverine made his way up to his room in the mansion after having just returned from a six month journey to Japan. He always felt refreshed after such visits, and the long trip had done his soul a world of good. Rarely coming back empty-handed, Logan was particularly careful with his parcels from this latest trip. After he finished unpacking, he gathered one package in particular and headed for Professor Xavier's office.
He found Professor X seated behind his large desk and looked to be in deep thought. When Wolverive approached him, it was obvious something was very wrong. He set his package down on a nearby table and asked, "What's up, Chuck? What's goin' on that's got you so troubled lookin'?"
"Ah, Logan. It's good to see you back. How was your trip to Japan?"
"It was great, and there's a lot I got to tell you, but first, are you going to share what's goin' on? I smell trouble, and I don't like it."
"I'm not really sure what's happening, Wolverine. There was an.accident in the Danger Room last night. No, no one was hurt, but the room was completely destroyed."
"Who?! Juggernaut, Sabertooth .?!"
"No, Wolverine. It was done by one of our own. It was . Jean."
"Jeannie! What happened? Is she all right? Chuck, if anything's happened to her." His eyes had a weird glint to them. His normally hard face looked even more sinister. Not for the first time, the Professor wondered at this fierce man's attraction to the red-headed telepath, knowing that her heart would always belong to Cyclops.
"Logan, Jean seems to be physically unharmed. She is resting in sickbay right now, but I intend to have a talk with her about last night's incident. I've been sensing something strange happening in Jean's psyche for a few months now. Yesterday, I put her through an extremely intense training session. It was designed to push her to her limits, and it succeeded, although the results were far more disturbing than even I had surmised."
"Cut to the point, Chuck. What's wrong with Jeannie?"
Charles looked at Logan with such an intent look that Wolverine felt himself brace for the worst. And it was the worst possible news that he could imagine. "Logan, I fear Jean is becoming the Phoenix once more."
Logan let out a breath of air as if someone had knocked the wind out of him. "I've got to go find her, Chuck." He crossed the room in five steps and was out the door in search of Jean.
"Logan, wait! You didn't tell me about the package you left ." but as his voice trailed off, he knew Logan was far out of earshot. He wheeled his way over the strange looking bowling ball shaped package. "I wonder what this could be," he whispered.
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"Jean, you in here?" Wolverine entered the semi-dark room in the medical center of the mansion. He knew she was; he could smell her unmistakable scent. He could just make out her figure as she sat huddled in a chair in the far corner of the room.
"What's happening to me, Wolverine? Why does everyone think I'm some sort of monster?" She asked in a forlorn voice.
"You're no monster, Jeannie. You know that." He crossed the room to stand in front of her. His arms were folded across his chest, and she could see he wasn't smiling, but his eyes were kind.
"Yes, I am. The people around here aren't even bothering to mask their thoughts when they pass by my room. They're projecting their thoughts so loudly that I can't fully mask them. I'm terrifying to them. I don't even know what HAPPENED!" She cried. When she turned her head away from him, he could see she'd been crying.
"I'm scared, Logan. More scared than I've ever been."
"Jeannie, the Professor told me what happened last night. But, you don't know you're becoming HER again! It could have been some sort of fluke, some sort of residual power left in ya' from the last time. You were threatened; you were under pressure. God knows, I understand goin' into a beserker rage." He wanted so badly to put his arms around her and wipe the tears from her face.
She suddenly stood up. "Logan, I've been in worse situations before and nothing's happened like this! The Professor said he'd felt CHANGES in me for months now. He's felt things happening to me that even I'm not aware of. But that's not the worst of it, because today, well, today I do feel different. I feel."
"What's that, Jean? Tell me what's goin' on."
"I feel hungry. But it's not food I crave."
"Jean, explain that. What do you mean?" But, Wolverine never got a reply, because just then Cyclops appeared and told them that the Professor wanted to see Jean right away. Jean made her way to the door, but stopped right before exiting. She turned around and looked at Wolverine, and the look she gave him was of someone going to go face their worst nightmare.
Summary: Wolverine returns from Japan with a strangely wrapped present for Professor X. When he finds out there is a problem with Jean, he goes in search of her.
The Prince and the Phoenix - Chapter 4
Completely unaware of the events of the night before, the X-man known as Wolverine made his way up to his room in the mansion after having just returned from a six month journey to Japan. He always felt refreshed after such visits, and the long trip had done his soul a world of good. Rarely coming back empty-handed, Logan was particularly careful with his parcels from this latest trip. After he finished unpacking, he gathered one package in particular and headed for Professor Xavier's office.
He found Professor X seated behind his large desk and looked to be in deep thought. When Wolverive approached him, it was obvious something was very wrong. He set his package down on a nearby table and asked, "What's up, Chuck? What's goin' on that's got you so troubled lookin'?"
"Ah, Logan. It's good to see you back. How was your trip to Japan?"
"It was great, and there's a lot I got to tell you, but first, are you going to share what's goin' on? I smell trouble, and I don't like it."
"I'm not really sure what's happening, Wolverine. There was an.accident in the Danger Room last night. No, no one was hurt, but the room was completely destroyed."
"Who?! Juggernaut, Sabertooth .?!"
"No, Wolverine. It was done by one of our own. It was . Jean."
"Jeannie! What happened? Is she all right? Chuck, if anything's happened to her." His eyes had a weird glint to them. His normally hard face looked even more sinister. Not for the first time, the Professor wondered at this fierce man's attraction to the red-headed telepath, knowing that her heart would always belong to Cyclops.
"Logan, Jean seems to be physically unharmed. She is resting in sickbay right now, but I intend to have a talk with her about last night's incident. I've been sensing something strange happening in Jean's psyche for a few months now. Yesterday, I put her through an extremely intense training session. It was designed to push her to her limits, and it succeeded, although the results were far more disturbing than even I had surmised."
"Cut to the point, Chuck. What's wrong with Jeannie?"
Charles looked at Logan with such an intent look that Wolverine felt himself brace for the worst. And it was the worst possible news that he could imagine. "Logan, I fear Jean is becoming the Phoenix once more."
Logan let out a breath of air as if someone had knocked the wind out of him. "I've got to go find her, Chuck." He crossed the room in five steps and was out the door in search of Jean.
"Logan, wait! You didn't tell me about the package you left ." but as his voice trailed off, he knew Logan was far out of earshot. He wheeled his way over the strange looking bowling ball shaped package. "I wonder what this could be," he whispered.
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"Jean, you in here?" Wolverine entered the semi-dark room in the medical center of the mansion. He knew she was; he could smell her unmistakable scent. He could just make out her figure as she sat huddled in a chair in the far corner of the room.
"What's happening to me, Wolverine? Why does everyone think I'm some sort of monster?" She asked in a forlorn voice.
"You're no monster, Jeannie. You know that." He crossed the room to stand in front of her. His arms were folded across his chest, and she could see he wasn't smiling, but his eyes were kind.
"Yes, I am. The people around here aren't even bothering to mask their thoughts when they pass by my room. They're projecting their thoughts so loudly that I can't fully mask them. I'm terrifying to them. I don't even know what HAPPENED!" She cried. When she turned her head away from him, he could see she'd been crying.
"I'm scared, Logan. More scared than I've ever been."
"Jeannie, the Professor told me what happened last night. But, you don't know you're becoming HER again! It could have been some sort of fluke, some sort of residual power left in ya' from the last time. You were threatened; you were under pressure. God knows, I understand goin' into a beserker rage." He wanted so badly to put his arms around her and wipe the tears from her face.
She suddenly stood up. "Logan, I've been in worse situations before and nothing's happened like this! The Professor said he'd felt CHANGES in me for months now. He's felt things happening to me that even I'm not aware of. But that's not the worst of it, because today, well, today I do feel different. I feel."
"What's that, Jean? Tell me what's goin' on."
"I feel hungry. But it's not food I crave."
"Jean, explain that. What do you mean?" But, Wolverine never got a reply, because just then Cyclops appeared and told them that the Professor wanted to see Jean right away. Jean made her way to the door, but stopped right before exiting. She turned around and looked at Wolverine, and the look she gave him was of someone going to go face their worst nightmare.