LILITH:
I was back in that dark room again, but this time it felt different, I could breathe though I wasn't sure what I was breathing was air. It didn't really matter much though. I saw the professor in the corner again and as usual he was in his catatonic state.
"Professor Xavier?" I called out to him.
It's the first time I had been able to talk to him, because the other times I couldn't breathe. Xavier stirred slightly and I ran to his side. His eyes became more focused as they fell on me.
"Lilith," he said warmly, yet weakly and slightly muffled, "What are you doing here?"
Xavier had something over his mouth, an oxygen mask, probably due to the lack of oxygen in the room.
"I'm not really sure.of anything really, I don't even know how I got here, or why I got here," I told him.
"You came to find me.isn't this how you always find people?" Xavier asked me.
"Well not really, I see them in my mind and they come to me," I told him.
"This is the same, You see when you find people, your mind leaves your body for a second, but only a second, because that's all the time you need before they come to you, but I can't come to you, so you are able to stay, because your mind hasn't achieved what you want it to do, though you can go back anytime you please," he explained.
"So what? You mean kind of like Astral Projection?" I asked in slight astonishment.
"Yes actually," he replied.
"So I can go anywhere, with my mind?" I asked him.
"Yes as long as the place or person is familiar to you," he told me.
"Then why don't I know where you are?" I asked.
"because of the device they put in my head, it limits my power and blocks the power of other telepaths, I can only go into the heads of those who are close by and willing to let me, which is not many people around here," he said.
"I guess not," I said with a half grin, "What should I do?"
"Well I don't think Buffy is going to get her phone call so I suppose you can help her find who she's looking for," Xavier smiled.
"Phone Call?" I asked.
The scene around me began to fade before I got an explanation. I Opened my eyes to find Logan, Jag and Storm sitting near me. I was laying in a bed, and it was apparent that I'd been unconscious for a while.
"What time is it?" I asked.
They all looked over in surprise, "Look who's decided to join us." Logan said sounding relieved.
"Your awake, How're you feeling?" Storm asked.
"I'm fine, I was talking to The Professor," I explained.
LOGAN:
"What?" I asked her.
"Yeah I kinda had an out of body experience, it was weird but Buffy's not going to get her phone call, and Xavier's fine I just can't pin point where he is because of this thingie, he has on the back of his head, I don't know what to do though, he said I could help Buffy though," Lilith said in an excited breath.
"You spoke to Professor X?" Storm said in disbelief.
"Yeah he says, I literally separated my mind and my body.He says that's how I normally find people but usually its only for a second, so neither, me nor the other person would notice it right? But since the professor couldn't come to me I stayed with him, he says it like astral projection.isn't that cool?" Lilith said excitedly.
"No, Jag was scared, we all were scared," Jag grunted.
"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I didn't even know I could do that," Lilith said reaching out and patting Jag on the shoulder, "Hey you're feeling better." she turned to me.
"I guess," I looked at her oddly.
Though I understood her, while she was unconscious, I told them what'd happened after they'd taken me. Mystique had astutely pointed out the reason that Lilith couldn't read me, at least her theory. She said that I was trying to protect them, that I didn't want anyone to go through what they put me through, and in order to protect Lilith I had to protect her mentally too, so I had to block her out, she said I must have at least known that subconsciously, which made sense now, because she could read me now.
"You can read him now?" Storm asked.
Lilith nodded.
"Ah, so sleep beauty awakes," A voice said from the door.
"Don't start blondie," Alchemy warned.
"I'm with you on the sleeping beauty theory I suggested someone should kiss her to wake her up but then Logan said if I said anything else I'd be an organ donor," Sparks said reminding me somewhat of Buffy's friend Xander.
"Yet your still talkin'," I growled.
"Okay shutting up now," Sparks replied quickly.
"And normally I'd tell Logan to be nice, but actually thank you for discouraging that theory," Lilith told me tossing an Annoyed looked in Sparks direction, "Let me try something real quick, don't freak out if this works."
She took a few deep breaths, she seemed to be focusing on something, and then she passed out again.
"Lilith?" I said cautiously.
"Over here," came Lilith's reply from behind Spike.
"Bloody hell how'd you do that?" Spike jumped.
"Astral Projection, isn't it cool?" Lilith said.
Spike reached out to touch her but her but his hand went right through her, he seemed intrigued by this as he swatted at her like a cat would if it saw a string through a glass down.
"See its all a matter of control, if I focus on staying in one spot after I focus on the person, then I can walk around outside my body," Lilith said, as her body began to fade.
"Neat Trick," I told her as she sat up in her own body.
Though I had to admit it was slightly disturbing. But it could turn out to be a helpful power.
"Hey Spike, How's Angelus? That's the second time he's been impaled," Lilith smirked slightly.
"Oh right I forgot to mention, he said he was going to kill you two," Spike replied gesturing toward Alchemy and Sparks, "Actually he said he was going to torture you until you begged for death and then torture you some more until you begged some more, and then he's going to let you drown in your own blood, But you know in more words."
"I want to see him," Lilith said quickly.
"Are you nuts?" Sparks asked.
"No I want to know if he's serious or just talking," Lilith explained.
"Can't you just do that astral projection thing?" I asked.
"No, I can't read anyone while I'm outside my body," she told me.
"You ain't goin'," I told her.
"Fine," She said.
SPARKS:
I had decided, I wasn't going to sleep.ever, ever again. This guy was scary as hell, I'm sorry but Ali may think that whole vampire thing was cool but regardless of what I might say or do, it scared me, that blonde guy included. Somehow, I didn't think that Angelus guy was bluffing.
"Be glad she's not as stubborn as Ali," I told them.
"Very funny Sparky," Alchemy said glaring.
"It's Sparks," I snapped.
"Would both of you just shut up?" Raven snapped breaking her silence.
"Someone's grumpy," Ali rolled her eyes.
Raven ignored her and walked around everyone until she was face to face with Spike.
"You tell Angelus, that unless he wants to eat his own spleen.he should sit down, shut up and be a good little leech, or I'll gladly rip out his spleen, because those dorks back there, are my friends and no one, lays a hand on my friends, Are we clear?" She snapped, her voice was low threatening, her eyes were icy cold and probably could've turned Blaze to ice.
Spike cocked his head to the side, "How 'bout this love, I'll tell him, but you'd just better be able to back that threat up love."
"Come on Rave," I said, as I gently tried to pull her back, But her muscles were tense and she wasn't budging. In fact I thought she was going kill Spike.
"I have to admit, love you're a bit feisty, he'll love killing you," Spike told her as a matter of fact-ly.
"Maybe, but he's gonna hate to have to try," Raven replied, pulling away from me and taking a step toward him.
"Kid back off," Logan ordered.
This time she ignored him, her eyes glazing over feral yellow in anger.
"Raven seriously chill," Ali insisted.
Logan becoming impatient grabbed her by her shoulders and pulled her roughly backwards away from Spike.
"Get outta here Spike," Logan snapped.
Raven pulled away from him to, but then Logan grabbed her by one shoulder and slammed her into the wall and held her there. Not hard enough to do any damage but hard enough to make her anger go through the roof.
"See you around love," Spike said backing out of the room.
I held my breath, afraid Raven was going to hit him. Her gaze at this point was more deadly than Cyclops's. She looked at Logan's hand then at Logan, then back again. Any normal person, would have let go at this, any lesser person probably would've ran. But Logan wasn't a lesser person, Logan wasn't even a normal person.
"Listen up kid," Logan said slowly, "The next time you completely ignore me, I'm gonna knock you out, it was a hollow threat, that's all, just the same as your hollow threat get over it."
"The next time you lay a hand on me, Your never going to be able use it again, now let go of me, and if you think that was a hollow threat try me," Raven growled.
The silence was just as thick as the tension, you could cut it with a knife. Logan let her go, but he didn't move, so she still couldn't go anywhere.
"You talk big for such a small girl," Logan said slowly.
"Logan," Scott said cautiously.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Logan rolled his eyes, and walked away.
Raven glared after him for a second before walking out of the room. Lilith stood up for a second watching her leave. Then she went after her.
"Why do I get blamed for everything?" Logan asked.
"I don't think she blames anything on you, In fact if I know Raven well enough, Lil probably just wants to keep her from doing anything stupid," Ali explained, "When Raven's mad she doesn't really think right, Raven's always been really protective over her friends, Violent with her enemies, and distrustful of everyone who doesn't fall under either of those categories."
"Yeah she doesn't trust you, or else she wouldn't have been so mad at you," I told Logan, "Notice she didn't threaten me with excessive violence,"
"Dually noted," he said simply.
I was back in that dark room again, but this time it felt different, I could breathe though I wasn't sure what I was breathing was air. It didn't really matter much though. I saw the professor in the corner again and as usual he was in his catatonic state.
"Professor Xavier?" I called out to him.
It's the first time I had been able to talk to him, because the other times I couldn't breathe. Xavier stirred slightly and I ran to his side. His eyes became more focused as they fell on me.
"Lilith," he said warmly, yet weakly and slightly muffled, "What are you doing here?"
Xavier had something over his mouth, an oxygen mask, probably due to the lack of oxygen in the room.
"I'm not really sure.of anything really, I don't even know how I got here, or why I got here," I told him.
"You came to find me.isn't this how you always find people?" Xavier asked me.
"Well not really, I see them in my mind and they come to me," I told him.
"This is the same, You see when you find people, your mind leaves your body for a second, but only a second, because that's all the time you need before they come to you, but I can't come to you, so you are able to stay, because your mind hasn't achieved what you want it to do, though you can go back anytime you please," he explained.
"So what? You mean kind of like Astral Projection?" I asked in slight astonishment.
"Yes actually," he replied.
"So I can go anywhere, with my mind?" I asked him.
"Yes as long as the place or person is familiar to you," he told me.
"Then why don't I know where you are?" I asked.
"because of the device they put in my head, it limits my power and blocks the power of other telepaths, I can only go into the heads of those who are close by and willing to let me, which is not many people around here," he said.
"I guess not," I said with a half grin, "What should I do?"
"Well I don't think Buffy is going to get her phone call so I suppose you can help her find who she's looking for," Xavier smiled.
"Phone Call?" I asked.
The scene around me began to fade before I got an explanation. I Opened my eyes to find Logan, Jag and Storm sitting near me. I was laying in a bed, and it was apparent that I'd been unconscious for a while.
"What time is it?" I asked.
They all looked over in surprise, "Look who's decided to join us." Logan said sounding relieved.
"Your awake, How're you feeling?" Storm asked.
"I'm fine, I was talking to The Professor," I explained.
LOGAN:
"What?" I asked her.
"Yeah I kinda had an out of body experience, it was weird but Buffy's not going to get her phone call, and Xavier's fine I just can't pin point where he is because of this thingie, he has on the back of his head, I don't know what to do though, he said I could help Buffy though," Lilith said in an excited breath.
"You spoke to Professor X?" Storm said in disbelief.
"Yeah he says, I literally separated my mind and my body.He says that's how I normally find people but usually its only for a second, so neither, me nor the other person would notice it right? But since the professor couldn't come to me I stayed with him, he says it like astral projection.isn't that cool?" Lilith said excitedly.
"No, Jag was scared, we all were scared," Jag grunted.
"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I didn't even know I could do that," Lilith said reaching out and patting Jag on the shoulder, "Hey you're feeling better." she turned to me.
"I guess," I looked at her oddly.
Though I understood her, while she was unconscious, I told them what'd happened after they'd taken me. Mystique had astutely pointed out the reason that Lilith couldn't read me, at least her theory. She said that I was trying to protect them, that I didn't want anyone to go through what they put me through, and in order to protect Lilith I had to protect her mentally too, so I had to block her out, she said I must have at least known that subconsciously, which made sense now, because she could read me now.
"You can read him now?" Storm asked.
Lilith nodded.
"Ah, so sleep beauty awakes," A voice said from the door.
"Don't start blondie," Alchemy warned.
"I'm with you on the sleeping beauty theory I suggested someone should kiss her to wake her up but then Logan said if I said anything else I'd be an organ donor," Sparks said reminding me somewhat of Buffy's friend Xander.
"Yet your still talkin'," I growled.
"Okay shutting up now," Sparks replied quickly.
"And normally I'd tell Logan to be nice, but actually thank you for discouraging that theory," Lilith told me tossing an Annoyed looked in Sparks direction, "Let me try something real quick, don't freak out if this works."
She took a few deep breaths, she seemed to be focusing on something, and then she passed out again.
"Lilith?" I said cautiously.
"Over here," came Lilith's reply from behind Spike.
"Bloody hell how'd you do that?" Spike jumped.
"Astral Projection, isn't it cool?" Lilith said.
Spike reached out to touch her but her but his hand went right through her, he seemed intrigued by this as he swatted at her like a cat would if it saw a string through a glass down.
"See its all a matter of control, if I focus on staying in one spot after I focus on the person, then I can walk around outside my body," Lilith said, as her body began to fade.
"Neat Trick," I told her as she sat up in her own body.
Though I had to admit it was slightly disturbing. But it could turn out to be a helpful power.
"Hey Spike, How's Angelus? That's the second time he's been impaled," Lilith smirked slightly.
"Oh right I forgot to mention, he said he was going to kill you two," Spike replied gesturing toward Alchemy and Sparks, "Actually he said he was going to torture you until you begged for death and then torture you some more until you begged some more, and then he's going to let you drown in your own blood, But you know in more words."
"I want to see him," Lilith said quickly.
"Are you nuts?" Sparks asked.
"No I want to know if he's serious or just talking," Lilith explained.
"Can't you just do that astral projection thing?" I asked.
"No, I can't read anyone while I'm outside my body," she told me.
"You ain't goin'," I told her.
"Fine," She said.
SPARKS:
I had decided, I wasn't going to sleep.ever, ever again. This guy was scary as hell, I'm sorry but Ali may think that whole vampire thing was cool but regardless of what I might say or do, it scared me, that blonde guy included. Somehow, I didn't think that Angelus guy was bluffing.
"Be glad she's not as stubborn as Ali," I told them.
"Very funny Sparky," Alchemy said glaring.
"It's Sparks," I snapped.
"Would both of you just shut up?" Raven snapped breaking her silence.
"Someone's grumpy," Ali rolled her eyes.
Raven ignored her and walked around everyone until she was face to face with Spike.
"You tell Angelus, that unless he wants to eat his own spleen.he should sit down, shut up and be a good little leech, or I'll gladly rip out his spleen, because those dorks back there, are my friends and no one, lays a hand on my friends, Are we clear?" She snapped, her voice was low threatening, her eyes were icy cold and probably could've turned Blaze to ice.
Spike cocked his head to the side, "How 'bout this love, I'll tell him, but you'd just better be able to back that threat up love."
"Come on Rave," I said, as I gently tried to pull her back, But her muscles were tense and she wasn't budging. In fact I thought she was going kill Spike.
"I have to admit, love you're a bit feisty, he'll love killing you," Spike told her as a matter of fact-ly.
"Maybe, but he's gonna hate to have to try," Raven replied, pulling away from me and taking a step toward him.
"Kid back off," Logan ordered.
This time she ignored him, her eyes glazing over feral yellow in anger.
"Raven seriously chill," Ali insisted.
Logan becoming impatient grabbed her by her shoulders and pulled her roughly backwards away from Spike.
"Get outta here Spike," Logan snapped.
Raven pulled away from him to, but then Logan grabbed her by one shoulder and slammed her into the wall and held her there. Not hard enough to do any damage but hard enough to make her anger go through the roof.
"See you around love," Spike said backing out of the room.
I held my breath, afraid Raven was going to hit him. Her gaze at this point was more deadly than Cyclops's. She looked at Logan's hand then at Logan, then back again. Any normal person, would have let go at this, any lesser person probably would've ran. But Logan wasn't a lesser person, Logan wasn't even a normal person.
"Listen up kid," Logan said slowly, "The next time you completely ignore me, I'm gonna knock you out, it was a hollow threat, that's all, just the same as your hollow threat get over it."
"The next time you lay a hand on me, Your never going to be able use it again, now let go of me, and if you think that was a hollow threat try me," Raven growled.
The silence was just as thick as the tension, you could cut it with a knife. Logan let her go, but he didn't move, so she still couldn't go anywhere.
"You talk big for such a small girl," Logan said slowly.
"Logan," Scott said cautiously.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Logan rolled his eyes, and walked away.
Raven glared after him for a second before walking out of the room. Lilith stood up for a second watching her leave. Then she went after her.
"Why do I get blamed for everything?" Logan asked.
"I don't think she blames anything on you, In fact if I know Raven well enough, Lil probably just wants to keep her from doing anything stupid," Ali explained, "When Raven's mad she doesn't really think right, Raven's always been really protective over her friends, Violent with her enemies, and distrustful of everyone who doesn't fall under either of those categories."
"Yeah she doesn't trust you, or else she wouldn't have been so mad at you," I told Logan, "Notice she didn't threaten me with excessive violence,"
"Dually noted," he said simply.