Searching For Answers
Jean walked into the infirmary, with a vase of flowers in her hand. She saw Brian sitting in the same seat, staring at his sister. Peter sat on the other side of Elizabeth's bed, holding her hand, with his head lying on his arm. He was fast asleep. She sighed, and walked towards the stand next to Elizabeth's bed, squeezing herself behind Peter to do so. She placed the vase on the stand, and saw Brian looking up at her. She looked at Elizabeth, and rubbed her forehead. "Jean?" He said, breaking the silence.
Jean looked up at him. Brian sighed heavily. "Have you called your mom about Betsy?" Jean asked.
Brian shook his head. "I don't know what to say to my mum. She'll freak out, and fly here immediately. I don't think I'll be able to calm her down enough not to do so." Brian rubbed his eyes with his hand, and looked back at Jean, "Jean, can you probe her mind? I want to know exactly what happened."
Jean looked at Elizabeth, and sighed. "I don't know if I should, Brian. It may be too traumatizing, even for my head." Jean sighed.
Brian leaned forward towards her, resting his hands on Elizabeth's hand. "Please, Jean! I have to know!" Brian begged.
Jean thought for a moment, and then nodded. "Alright, Brian." She finally agreed.
Logan sighed as he stared out to the ocean from the Cliffside near the hanger area. He thought about Elizabeth, remembering how Sabertooth tossed her away like she was nothing more than a slab of meat. The thought enraged him. It was bad enough that all of the kids were like his own; ones that he had to watch over and protect with his life. But, once Elizabeth made the first move at him during their first training session, he knew there was something different about her. He shook his head; "I shouldn't have taken you on the mission, Betsy." He thought to himself.
His face turned red with anger, as he thought about Sabertooth. He was an old enemy of Logan's; going as far back as he could even remember. He was baffled on why Sabertooth was running loose in the first place. He thought that Sabertooth was away with Magneto and the Acolytes. Sabertooth had now added another enemy to his list; Elizabeth. Logan stared at his claws, as they slid out of their openings on top of his hand. "You just made it personal." He growled.
Jean opened her eyes with shock, staring at Elizabeth. "What happened?" Brian asked, impatiently.
Jean looked up at Brian, with her mouth dropped. She finally cleared her throat. "Brian; the pain! I couldn't even finish going through her mind! There was so much pain in her head." Jean said, shaking her head.
Brian raised his eyebrow at her, "How much did you look at, Jean?" He asked suspiciously.
Jean took a deep breath, and looked at him. "Brian, Logan tried to save her. He couldn't get to her fast enough." Jean began.
Brian sat back, staring at her, ready for the explanation of what happened.
Kurt sighed, reading his book. He looked up, and saw Kitty solemnly looking at her nails. He sat up, and looked at her. "Kitty?" He asked.
Kitty looked at him. "Are you alright?" Kurt asked, through his German English accent.
Kitty shrugged, "I don't know, Kurt. Nothing this serious has happened here before. I've never even seen Peter or Logan this concerned with anyone." Kitty said that last line with a twinge of jealousy.
Kurt raised his eyebrow, "Are you jealous, Kitty?" He asked.
Kurt knew Kitty too well. She was like a sister to him. He knew how to read her. Kitty sighed, "Well, Kurt, between you and me, I've had a little crush on Peter for some time. Ever since he came to the institute. Now, Logan on the other hand; I've just had a good relationship with him, and now Elizabeth comes to the institute. He's been around her almost all the time." Kitty sighed.
Kurt sat back, and looked at her. Kitty sat up straight, and put her long thick brown hair back into the trademark ponytail of hers. She relaxed her elbows on her knees, and looked at him. "What about Lance, Kitty?" Kurt asked.
Kitty shrugged. "I don't know what he thinks of me. It's so confusing to get him, it's like, he plays with my head or something." Kitty answered.
Brian saw Peter sleeping on his arm, while holding Elizabeth's hand. He smiled; he knew Peter had feelings for Elizabeth. He thought of Peter as an honest guy, knowing he would be the only one who could tame the shrew. He frowned, as he looked back at his sister. He grew angry, as he thought of what Jean had told him. She had told him every move Sabertooth had done to his sister. His thoughts were broken as Rogue walked into the room. Rogue pulled up a chair next to Brian. Brian looked up at her. She faintly smiled at him, "How you holdin' up?"
Brian shrugged. "I still need to call my mum about Betts. I really have no idea what she'll do or say."
Rogue nodded. Brian looked back at his sister, "You know, I had Jean probe Betsy's mind, to tell me what happened," He began. Brian looked at Rogue, "One memory she remembers was you and her spending time at the mall together." He smiled.
Rogue sat back, looking at him, with a faint smile forming on her lips, "Really?"
Brian nodded. "I think Betsy really fancies you as a friend." Brian smiled.
Rogue looked at Elizabeth, and nodded, "Yeah, I think Betsy's pretty cool too." She looked at Brian, and saw him staring at his sister, "Brian, she was really upset when you left. She was depressed the whole time you were gone."
Brian shook his head, with tears coming to his eyes, "I should have never left. She wouldn't have gotten hurt in the first place."
Rogue placed her gloved hand on his arm, "Brian, there was nothing that could have been changed. Betsy's first mission may have been the cause of Sabertooth comin' after her. Who knows? But, Brian, don't blame yourself. There was nothing that could have changed of what happened to her." Rogue explained, trying to bring a sense of reality to him.
Brian sighed, "Rogue, I've spent my whole life looking after Betsy. That's the way my father raised me to be. Betsy was the little girl of the family. My father treasured her. After our father passed away, I felt the need to take his place for him. I was going to be the one to give her away at her wedding, I was going to be the one to protect her and watch out for her. That's why Betsy and I have never separated. We've just always been so close."
Rogue nodded. Brian sighed again, and continued, "I'm going to find this Sabertooth, and kill him for what he's done to her."
Rogue looked at him, "Brian, you can't. Sabertooth is hidden with another group of mutants. Sabertooth is so hard to locate; plus he'll kill you! He nearly took out Betsy!"
Brian shook his head, "Rogue, you don't know what I can do when it comes to messing with my family." He snapped.
Peter opened his eyes, and looked up at the two across from him. Rogue looked at Peter across from her, "Well, Peter may be the only one who knows where to find him."
Peter rubbed his eyes groggily, and looked at them. "Find who?" He asked.
"Where's Sabertooth?" Brian demanded.
Peter shook his head, "You're not going after him, Brian."
Brian shot up to his feet. He stared at Peter, "Don't piss me off, Peter!" He hissed.
Peter looked at Brian with a look of shock on his face, "Brian, ease down! I want to go after Sabertooth just as much as you do! But, you can't locate him! I don't even know where to find him anymore! Magneto moves around so much it's insane!" Peter sighed.
Logan leaned against the doorway to the infirmary, staring at the scene in the infirmary. He drank the last gulp of his beer, and threw it into the garbage can. He walked into the room, "How's the progress?" He asked, changing the subject.
Brian looked at Logan, as he sat back in his seat. Peter looked up at him, "Nothing yet. Dr. McCoy was in here earlier checking up on her, but nothing's changed."
Logan sighed, as he looked at Elizabeth. "What are you fightin' about anyway?" Logan snapped.
"Brian's wantin' to find Sabertooth." Rogue sighed.
Logan looked at Brian. "You really think you're going to find him, kid?" Logan asked.
"I will find him, is the correct statement. And once I do, I'm going to kill him, starting with ripping off every appendage from his body!" Brian angrily snapped.
Logan shook his head, "You're not going to be able to find Sabertooth, kid."
"Why not?" Brian asked, with frustration in his voice.
"Because, kid. He's hidin' behind his master Magneto. Magneto's found a way to shield himself from the Prof. We have to usually wait until one of them pops up." Logan explained.
Rogue tried to ease things down from around her. She took out a book from her back pack, and began reading aloud to Elizabeth. Brian looked at Rogue. Peter raised his eyebrow staring at Rogue across from him. "Rogue, what are you doing?" Peter asked.
"Reading to Betsy. Besides, I heard that reading to a coma patient heightens the chances of 'em wakin up." Rogue sighed, and looked at the three men standing around her. "Besides, I don't see ya'all makin much of a difference for progress!" She snapped.
Jean walked into the infirmary, with a vase of flowers in her hand. She saw Brian sitting in the same seat, staring at his sister. Peter sat on the other side of Elizabeth's bed, holding her hand, with his head lying on his arm. He was fast asleep. She sighed, and walked towards the stand next to Elizabeth's bed, squeezing herself behind Peter to do so. She placed the vase on the stand, and saw Brian looking up at her. She looked at Elizabeth, and rubbed her forehead. "Jean?" He said, breaking the silence.
Jean looked up at him. Brian sighed heavily. "Have you called your mom about Betsy?" Jean asked.
Brian shook his head. "I don't know what to say to my mum. She'll freak out, and fly here immediately. I don't think I'll be able to calm her down enough not to do so." Brian rubbed his eyes with his hand, and looked back at Jean, "Jean, can you probe her mind? I want to know exactly what happened."
Jean looked at Elizabeth, and sighed. "I don't know if I should, Brian. It may be too traumatizing, even for my head." Jean sighed.
Brian leaned forward towards her, resting his hands on Elizabeth's hand. "Please, Jean! I have to know!" Brian begged.
Jean thought for a moment, and then nodded. "Alright, Brian." She finally agreed.
Logan sighed as he stared out to the ocean from the Cliffside near the hanger area. He thought about Elizabeth, remembering how Sabertooth tossed her away like she was nothing more than a slab of meat. The thought enraged him. It was bad enough that all of the kids were like his own; ones that he had to watch over and protect with his life. But, once Elizabeth made the first move at him during their first training session, he knew there was something different about her. He shook his head; "I shouldn't have taken you on the mission, Betsy." He thought to himself.
His face turned red with anger, as he thought about Sabertooth. He was an old enemy of Logan's; going as far back as he could even remember. He was baffled on why Sabertooth was running loose in the first place. He thought that Sabertooth was away with Magneto and the Acolytes. Sabertooth had now added another enemy to his list; Elizabeth. Logan stared at his claws, as they slid out of their openings on top of his hand. "You just made it personal." He growled.
Jean opened her eyes with shock, staring at Elizabeth. "What happened?" Brian asked, impatiently.
Jean looked up at Brian, with her mouth dropped. She finally cleared her throat. "Brian; the pain! I couldn't even finish going through her mind! There was so much pain in her head." Jean said, shaking her head.
Brian raised his eyebrow at her, "How much did you look at, Jean?" He asked suspiciously.
Jean took a deep breath, and looked at him. "Brian, Logan tried to save her. He couldn't get to her fast enough." Jean began.
Brian sat back, staring at her, ready for the explanation of what happened.
Kurt sighed, reading his book. He looked up, and saw Kitty solemnly looking at her nails. He sat up, and looked at her. "Kitty?" He asked.
Kitty looked at him. "Are you alright?" Kurt asked, through his German English accent.
Kitty shrugged, "I don't know, Kurt. Nothing this serious has happened here before. I've never even seen Peter or Logan this concerned with anyone." Kitty said that last line with a twinge of jealousy.
Kurt raised his eyebrow, "Are you jealous, Kitty?" He asked.
Kurt knew Kitty too well. She was like a sister to him. He knew how to read her. Kitty sighed, "Well, Kurt, between you and me, I've had a little crush on Peter for some time. Ever since he came to the institute. Now, Logan on the other hand; I've just had a good relationship with him, and now Elizabeth comes to the institute. He's been around her almost all the time." Kitty sighed.
Kurt sat back, and looked at her. Kitty sat up straight, and put her long thick brown hair back into the trademark ponytail of hers. She relaxed her elbows on her knees, and looked at him. "What about Lance, Kitty?" Kurt asked.
Kitty shrugged. "I don't know what he thinks of me. It's so confusing to get him, it's like, he plays with my head or something." Kitty answered.
Brian saw Peter sleeping on his arm, while holding Elizabeth's hand. He smiled; he knew Peter had feelings for Elizabeth. He thought of Peter as an honest guy, knowing he would be the only one who could tame the shrew. He frowned, as he looked back at his sister. He grew angry, as he thought of what Jean had told him. She had told him every move Sabertooth had done to his sister. His thoughts were broken as Rogue walked into the room. Rogue pulled up a chair next to Brian. Brian looked up at her. She faintly smiled at him, "How you holdin' up?"
Brian shrugged. "I still need to call my mum about Betts. I really have no idea what she'll do or say."
Rogue nodded. Brian looked back at his sister, "You know, I had Jean probe Betsy's mind, to tell me what happened," He began. Brian looked at Rogue, "One memory she remembers was you and her spending time at the mall together." He smiled.
Rogue sat back, looking at him, with a faint smile forming on her lips, "Really?"
Brian nodded. "I think Betsy really fancies you as a friend." Brian smiled.
Rogue looked at Elizabeth, and nodded, "Yeah, I think Betsy's pretty cool too." She looked at Brian, and saw him staring at his sister, "Brian, she was really upset when you left. She was depressed the whole time you were gone."
Brian shook his head, with tears coming to his eyes, "I should have never left. She wouldn't have gotten hurt in the first place."
Rogue placed her gloved hand on his arm, "Brian, there was nothing that could have been changed. Betsy's first mission may have been the cause of Sabertooth comin' after her. Who knows? But, Brian, don't blame yourself. There was nothing that could have changed of what happened to her." Rogue explained, trying to bring a sense of reality to him.
Brian sighed, "Rogue, I've spent my whole life looking after Betsy. That's the way my father raised me to be. Betsy was the little girl of the family. My father treasured her. After our father passed away, I felt the need to take his place for him. I was going to be the one to give her away at her wedding, I was going to be the one to protect her and watch out for her. That's why Betsy and I have never separated. We've just always been so close."
Rogue nodded. Brian sighed again, and continued, "I'm going to find this Sabertooth, and kill him for what he's done to her."
Rogue looked at him, "Brian, you can't. Sabertooth is hidden with another group of mutants. Sabertooth is so hard to locate; plus he'll kill you! He nearly took out Betsy!"
Brian shook his head, "Rogue, you don't know what I can do when it comes to messing with my family." He snapped.
Peter opened his eyes, and looked up at the two across from him. Rogue looked at Peter across from her, "Well, Peter may be the only one who knows where to find him."
Peter rubbed his eyes groggily, and looked at them. "Find who?" He asked.
"Where's Sabertooth?" Brian demanded.
Peter shook his head, "You're not going after him, Brian."
Brian shot up to his feet. He stared at Peter, "Don't piss me off, Peter!" He hissed.
Peter looked at Brian with a look of shock on his face, "Brian, ease down! I want to go after Sabertooth just as much as you do! But, you can't locate him! I don't even know where to find him anymore! Magneto moves around so much it's insane!" Peter sighed.
Logan leaned against the doorway to the infirmary, staring at the scene in the infirmary. He drank the last gulp of his beer, and threw it into the garbage can. He walked into the room, "How's the progress?" He asked, changing the subject.
Brian looked at Logan, as he sat back in his seat. Peter looked up at him, "Nothing yet. Dr. McCoy was in here earlier checking up on her, but nothing's changed."
Logan sighed, as he looked at Elizabeth. "What are you fightin' about anyway?" Logan snapped.
"Brian's wantin' to find Sabertooth." Rogue sighed.
Logan looked at Brian. "You really think you're going to find him, kid?" Logan asked.
"I will find him, is the correct statement. And once I do, I'm going to kill him, starting with ripping off every appendage from his body!" Brian angrily snapped.
Logan shook his head, "You're not going to be able to find Sabertooth, kid."
"Why not?" Brian asked, with frustration in his voice.
"Because, kid. He's hidin' behind his master Magneto. Magneto's found a way to shield himself from the Prof. We have to usually wait until one of them pops up." Logan explained.
Rogue tried to ease things down from around her. She took out a book from her back pack, and began reading aloud to Elizabeth. Brian looked at Rogue. Peter raised his eyebrow staring at Rogue across from him. "Rogue, what are you doing?" Peter asked.
"Reading to Betsy. Besides, I heard that reading to a coma patient heightens the chances of 'em wakin up." Rogue sighed, and looked at the three men standing around her. "Besides, I don't see ya'all makin much of a difference for progress!" She snapped.
