"Ack", Nightcrawler looked into the room, a women, he assumed was Quentin's mother was lying on her bed. The woman was crying, groaning, moving as if she having a horrible nightmare she couldn't wake from.

"Help me!"

Nightcrawler teleported back into the hall where Cyclops was lying asleep on the floor. "What is going on?"

Nightcrawler kneed down by Cyclops and shock him, "Dude, dude....Scott, wake up".

Cyclops jumped up, "Jean..." he ran downstairs. "Jean!"

"What is going on?" Kurt followed his leader down the stairs.

Scott and Kurt raced out of the house, and found Jean lying on the porch. Scott prayed Jean was alright, he wasn't ready to lose her. He had felt her pain; it was like she was being burned. Yet she looked well, just asleep. She looked beautiful.

"Find Rogue" Scott ordered.

"Where is she?" Kurt looked around

"I thought "find Rogue" explained I don't know"

"I'll find her"

Scott turned, "I'm sorry...". Kurt wasn't there, just a cloud of smoke. He looked back to Jean. "I've messed up, Jean, can you hear me, I'm sorry...Jean"

Nightcrawler appeared in front of him, "I can't find her, she isn't around. I noticed something"

"What?"

"The grass over there, it's scorched" Nightcrawler pointed, "Pyro?"

"Well, the kids not here?" Scott picked Jean up, and carried her in his arms. "I'll take Jean back to the jet, you..."

"There's a women in the bedroom, she's in a coma or something" Kurt intrupted. "I think I should get her to a hospital"

"Agreed. She may know where Quentin Quire is", Cyclops walked off, "Get her to a hospital then meet me back at the jet, I'll make sure Jean's safe then we'll find Rogue"

"Ay, this mission is worse then I imaged"

"I know" Scott walked away carrying Jean.

"It's not your fault, Y'know", Kurt ran in front of Cyclops, wanting him to know the truth.

"We'll talk about this later, when lives aren't at stake"

Kurt ported out of sight, leaving Scott alone with Jean.

Scott raced to the X-jet, never slowing down, he carried Jean in his arms, but knew for her own good he had to stay focused on where they where going, and not peek at his sleeping beauty.

When Scott arrived at the X-jet he raced inside like he'd never before, he lay Jean down on her chair, and tipped the back of it down so she could rest. "Jean, you're, ok, you're gonna be ok" he stroked her hair and moved it away from her face. "I'll be right back" he said, and moved towards the communications system. "X-jet to the institute, does anyone hear me? Help?!" Scott scream

~Yes, Scott~ the Professor entered him mind

"There's been a problem, sir. Pyro is here, he may have taken Rogue and the boy. Jean's been hurt. It felt like she was on fire, but there doesn't look to be anything physically wrong with her"

~Make sure that she is safe, I will send Logan and Storm to met you. But we can't let this mutant go, nor can we lose Rogue...Scott you must find them, please~

"I know sir, I will"

"Scott...", he heard a voice from behind him

"Jean's awake professor, I'll contact you soon, hopefully I'll have better information".

Scott ran to Jean and kneeled down by her chair. "Scott..." she whispered

"I'm here Jean", he reached for her hand, it was so cold. He felt it, and shivered. "Jean...?"

"What happened?"

"I don't know", Scott walked to one of the jets overhead compartments and pulled out a sheet, "here", he spread it over her, "you're freezing"

"I was on fire"

"I felt it", Scott replied, "You must have tried to contact me, do you remember", Jean shock her head. "But you don't have any burns?"

"Are you sure" Jean stood up from the chair, and dropped the sheet Scott had given her, "Have you looked everywhere?"

Scott coughed in shock, he watched as Jean begun to undress in front of him. "Jean...you're freezing, you should get dressed, you could be in shock"

Jean stopped what she was doing and moved towards him, "Is that what you want?" she asked wrapping her arms around him.

"No" Scott admitted, "But it's what's best for you"

She kissed him, exploring his body with her hands, this was the moment the couple had waited for, and it had taken a near death mission to make it happen, Scott thought. Was this the right time?