Ice Moon and Fire Wolf
Chapter Eight: The Vision
Author's note: Okay, people, here's the deal. Starting with this chapter, there will be X2 spoilers! Now, don't read them if you haven't seen the movie, ok?
"Oh, for the love of God, Wolf, do you and John have to go at it like a couple of newlyweds?" Luna snapped at Wolf one afternoon after she caught Wolf and Pyro making out in the garden. Again (third time that day; tenth time that week). "It's setting a bad example for the younger students."
"Oh, since when did you become like a female version of Cyclops, that arrogant bastard?" Wolf, who wasn't in a good mood to begin with and had no patience for Luna's rants about what she and John did any why they shouldn't be doing it out in public, snapped back. "Save it, Luna. I don't have the energy, or the patience to deal with you and your rants and raves today, ok? I am not in a very good mood to begin with."
"Fine, get caught then." Luna muttered darkly to herself as she stored off. "See if I care then." The truth was that Luna had always cared and she felt guilty and horrible inside whenever she found herself being jealous of Wolf's relationship. She knew that she should be happy for Wolf; Wolf was the happiest she'd been since her mom's death, but Luna wasn't happy on the inside like she was on the outside. On the inside, Luna was jealous beyond the telling of it and for some reason, she felt horrible at the idea of being jealous of the sister she'd never had. It was an awful thought, but it just kept pushing itself back into her head. She couldn't get rid of it. She figured that it was just the normal human version of jealousy and that it was nothing to worry about. So, she put it in the back of her mind and tried to forget about it. Unfortunately, she couldn't. Wolf's little barb had hurt a lot. And so, she stormed thorough the hallways, doors slamming right and left as she went by them, not caring who she crashed into as long as everyone got out of her way. She was not a happy woman. It didn't take a telepath to pick up on that.
By now, Jean knew Luna almost as well as Wolf did, so Jean almost immediately senses that Luna was on the warpath about something, but she wasn't sure what it was. So, she decided to follow the angry Luna.
Luna, by now was so upset and unreachable that she was using her power to destroy practically everything in her sight and blowing people out of the way. At least she wasn't going around hurting people with her powers…actually she was thinking about that.
Finally after watching Luna destroy several very valuable windows, Jean grabbed Luna by the arm.
The moment Jean's bare skin touched Luna's; Luna felt the indescribable rush that signaled to her the arrival of a premonition. Instantly, Luna's mind's eye was bombarded with a variety of images:
Jean in the X-jet, her eyes burning with flame
Jean fighting Cyclops, her eyes still burning with flame,
Jean surrounded by an aura that reminded Luna of a phoenix
Then, a huge Phoenix rising out of the a lake, declaring, " I am fire and life incarnate! Now and forever, I am Phoenix!"
Luna pulled away from Jean with a gasp…and then there was nothing but darkness as she hit the floor.