That night I fell asleep almost immediately. I had had my first work out
session in the danger room and I was wiped. As soon as my head hit the
pillow, I was out. The dream started coming in between flashes of light.
A crash.
Screams.
Blood.
Falling.
I was falling.
We were falling.
Mom.
Dad.
HELP!
"Goodbye baby."
I woke up screaming. It was the same old nightmare, the one about the accident. I covered my face with my hands and sobbed. There were loud knocks at my door and Jean came in, followed by Ororo and Scott.
"Maria? Are you all right? What is wrong?"
"Nightmare", I choked out.
"Ok, everybody, MOVE. Now!" Logan shouldered his way through the growing crowed of students. "Ok Evan, she has the top to her pajamas on so you can leave."
I saw Ororo smack the side of her nephew's head before she and the rest of the team left. Logan sat down on the edge of my bed and put his arm around me.
"Nightmare, hu? Tell me about it. It helps, I would know."
He began to stroke my hair as I started talking.
"I first got my powers when I was eleven years old. Unlike many people I have heard of, my parents were not scared that I had powers, in fact they were happy for me 'cause I had always wanted to do something that no one else could. We lived a 'normal', happy life for seven years. We were coming home from a New Years party the year of my senior year of high school and my dad decided to take a short cut. This "short cut" led around a mountain and we hit a large patch of black ice."
At this point Logan tightened his arm around me; he could obviously sense what was coming.
"We sailed right off the road and I couldn't reach them. I could have phased through the car with them and saved their lives but I couldn't reach them. I went through the back of the car and the both died instantly. I finished high school at the top of my class, but no one heard me speak again. I only started to again last year. That summer I ran away. They all probably think I'm dead. It's my fault, it's my fault." I was sobbing again, like I had right after the accident; huge sobs that shook my whole body.
I fell asleep with Logan rocking me back and forth like a baby, running his fingers through my hair and whispering in my ear, "It's ok, shhhhh, it's ok."
A crash.
Screams.
Blood.
Falling.
I was falling.
We were falling.
Mom.
Dad.
HELP!
"Goodbye baby."
I woke up screaming. It was the same old nightmare, the one about the accident. I covered my face with my hands and sobbed. There were loud knocks at my door and Jean came in, followed by Ororo and Scott.
"Maria? Are you all right? What is wrong?"
"Nightmare", I choked out.
"Ok, everybody, MOVE. Now!" Logan shouldered his way through the growing crowed of students. "Ok Evan, she has the top to her pajamas on so you can leave."
I saw Ororo smack the side of her nephew's head before she and the rest of the team left. Logan sat down on the edge of my bed and put his arm around me.
"Nightmare, hu? Tell me about it. It helps, I would know."
He began to stroke my hair as I started talking.
"I first got my powers when I was eleven years old. Unlike many people I have heard of, my parents were not scared that I had powers, in fact they were happy for me 'cause I had always wanted to do something that no one else could. We lived a 'normal', happy life for seven years. We were coming home from a New Years party the year of my senior year of high school and my dad decided to take a short cut. This "short cut" led around a mountain and we hit a large patch of black ice."
At this point Logan tightened his arm around me; he could obviously sense what was coming.
"We sailed right off the road and I couldn't reach them. I could have phased through the car with them and saved their lives but I couldn't reach them. I went through the back of the car and the both died instantly. I finished high school at the top of my class, but no one heard me speak again. I only started to again last year. That summer I ran away. They all probably think I'm dead. It's my fault, it's my fault." I was sobbing again, like I had right after the accident; huge sobs that shook my whole body.
I fell asleep with Logan rocking me back and forth like a baby, running his fingers through my hair and whispering in my ear, "It's ok, shhhhh, it's ok."