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Author's Note: This is my eighth X-men Evolution story and I really love writing for this section thanks to my brother and my sister. Please review and enjoy and please feel free to make any suggestions. If you like this story please read all the rest. Thanks. ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Difference

This world is full of hateful people. Neglecting all that is unlike them. Because of fear and lack of knowledge people who are different are excluded from human rights and a normal life.

Should mutants rebel against the world? Or should they try to change it in a positive way? Things are always so confusing. Life never has a solution to these kind of problems. Or does it?

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"We don't want you here?" a typical teenage girl squawked at the X-men.

"We could put your powers to use on tests and…" Duncan's voice echoed with bitterness.

"I'll need your M.V.P. trophy back," Principal Kelly said with hatred in his voice.

"You cheated with your powers on that shot," a fellow teammate wearing a basketball jersey said as the ball hit the ground with a loud thud.

Jean knitted her eyebrows down hard so they almost reached her closed green eyes.

Control yourself Jean, she heard herself saying in her head. "

"Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Jean cried as she fell into a black hole that had no end. No one there to save her. No one to be there when she fa……

"Jean!!!!!!" Scott exclaimed as he ran into her room. He was oblivious to the fact of running into her room spontaneously in the middle of the night. Something weird came over him, as if he was sharing the nightmare she was in. Kitty, Kurt, Rogue, Logan, Storm, Beast, and Professor Xavier walked in the room after they heard Scott's loud voice.

"What's the matter Scott?" Professor Xavier asked as the lights in the Xavier Institute hall were turned on by Logan.

"I don't know," Scott admitted as he sat on Jean bed and stared at her uncomfortable sleeping position. He stroked her fiery red hair and patted her on the shoulder. "Jean, wake up."

Jean saw an olive face with red sunglasses over his eyes. She smiled as her mind woke her up from her horrible nightmare. She turned to Scott and smiled as she examined his well shaped jaw line and muscular features. Everything was blurry to her wide eyes as she rubbed them roughly. She averted them to everyone else starring at her in her bed.

"Are you like alright Jean," Kitty asked with wide blue, worried eyes. Jean nodded and sat up straight.

"I just had a nightmare," Jean said as she thanked Scott telepathically in his mind. "It was horrible. Everyone from school was in it and they were taunting me and calling me names. My mind was replaying that horrible time like a movie with mixed in scenes."

"It's alright kid. Nothing to worry about," Logan said as he crossed his muscular arms around his chest.

"I knov vhat vill cheer you up!" Kurt exclaimed as he jumped up and down, his blue tale moving with him. His yellow eyes turned glossy as Jean sat up straighter and folded her attenuate body.

"Oh brothahr, what is it this tahm Kurt?" Rogue asked with her deep southern accent. She looked at her unrelated brother with sleepy brown eyes. Her brown hair was unbrushed and her front, white strands were pushed back from her forehead and toppled over the rest of her chestnut, cropped cut hair.

"Ve can go out to eat," Kurt said as they all rolled their eyes.

"It's the middle of the night and you're still thinking about food!" Scott exclaimed to Kurt as they all cracked a small smiled.

"Alright everyone," Storm said as her ebony skin glowed with her white hair and bright blue eyes. "Back to bed now."

"That's right," Beast said as he scratched his blue fur and led everyone out of Jean's room.

Scott was the last one left as he made sure Jean was safe. "Are you sure you're going to be ok?"

"Scott, I can handle it," Jean said as she laid her head on the pillow and turned it away from Scott as he closed the door. She didn't feel like talking to anyone at the moment. If she did, she knew it would get too confusing.

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Jean and Scott walked through the mall with their hands tied together. Kurt and Kitty had fled to the arcade place in the mall and Rogue went along with them. Jean and Scott were left alone in the huge mall that they had once fought a battle in. Jean loved hanging out with Scott and doing absolutely nothing but walking and holding hands. No matter what they did, as long as she was with him, she knew she would be enjoying herself.

"Let's go in here," Jean said to Scott as they walked in a clothes store. Scott groaned and watched Jean go through the clothes rack. She knew he hated when she did this, but she also knew that he wouldn't say anything if he knew better.

Scott sat on the bench in the corner of the store as Jean held up a red shirt that matched her hair against her tall, slender body.

"Sco…" Jean was about to yell over to Scott as she stopped in her tracks. She thought she had seen a familiar face pass by. A face that didn't belong here. She circled the rack to see who the guy was but nobody was there. She knitted her eyebrows and then felt someone push her back. "Who's there?"

She knew the man's power was telepathy, just like her, but stronger. Could it be who she thought it was?

"Scott," Jean said as she grabbed his hand and left the store as well as the shirt. "I thought I saw someone familiar."

"So?" Scott said. "It was probably just someone from school. You don't really want to talk to them, do you?"

Jean rolled her eyes and walked fast down the mall floor in the direction she saw the man go. She felt his presence but he was blocking himself from her. Why was he doing this? Who was this man? "Keep up with me." Scott did the following but it seemed as if Jean was being pulled in a certain direction. He grabbed her wrist and tried to hold her back, but she resisted.

"Jean, are you okay? You're scaring me," Scott said as Jean disappeared from his view. "JEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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She couldn't resist, could she? She would be plenty of help in his plan and maybe something more. He pulled her towards him as he kept walking until he got to a safe place outside of the mall. The man that was with her seemed to have been left behind which left him with no challenge.

Jean came closer to his prescence and when she was close enough she would still not see his face. Jean was also a powerful telepath, but not as powerful as him. He would not show her his face so she would stay calm and not put up a fight until they were away from everyone.

This was all part of his plan and he knew that it was working perfectly so far with no interruptions. Jean walked out the door not knowing who she was following. He examined her flowing, red hair and bright green eyes. They matched so well with her tall, slender body. The mysterious man smiled and got in his black car. He brushed his blond hair back and stared into his rearview mirror. Jean was coming towards the car, trying to see who was in it.

She knocked on his dark mirror as he pulled it down. Get in the car Jean, he said as Jean tried to resist but couldn't. He wanted to cause no pain so he lured her in as quietly as possible.

Without a word she stepped in the passenger side door as they drove off to his home.

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The man stopped his car around a corner and decided to walk to the mansion of the Xavier Institute. He carried Jean towards the mansion as she opened her eyes in slow motion. She tried to get a good look at the guy who was carrying her somewhere. "Who……" Jean said lazily as she tried to clear her eyes. "Are you?"

The man didn't answer her question as he put her next to the doorstep. "I'll see you soon," he said as he disappeared. The voice sounded familiar, but not familiar enough for her to distinguish who this man was. She rubbed her eyes and was glad that he meant no harm to her. But why was he hiding himself and what has he come here for? Why has he even bothered with her? Maybe he wanted her to tell the other.

"Jean!" Scott exclaimed as he ran up to the door step and gave her a hug. As soon as she had seen the man disappear, everyone else came to her. Had they not seen him? "Where did you go? What was wrong with you? Are you alright?"

"Scott, it's alright," Jean said, trying to calm him down. He shouldn't have to worry about her like this. She could take care of herself.

"Why did you just leave lihke that?" Rogue questioned with her gloved hands on her hips.

"You interrupted me and Keety's game at ze arcade!" Kurt said as he raised his three fingered hand in the air for justice. Kitty nodded, agreeing with Kurt happily.

"Sorry guys," Jean said. "Really, it's no big deal."

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Magneto's eyes gleamed with disaster and hatred. The world will bow at their feet and treat them as kings and queens. Mutants will be the rulers and the people will be the slaves. Magneto felt as if he was the only one that accepted the truth. His old friend Charles Xavier seemed to believe otherwise. He believed that they had to go about the situation in a more calm fashion.

"It is finally time to take action," Magneto said with a icy tone. "Nothing, not even the X-men, will stand in my way."

Magneto stepped up as his four man came from behind. Sabertooth, Gambit, Pyro, and Calluses smiled evilly.

"The world doesn't know who they're messing with!" Magneto said as he let out a sinister laugh. His plan is going to be set in motion.

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Evan broke out from the sewers and into the dark night. He decided that they were going to have a decent meal tonight. But he knew he was going to get it alone, because if he brought everyone else with him just to fetch food, then a war between man and mutant would break out. Evan, or Spike, spotted a car drive by from around the corner. This was often in New York, so he had to be careful.

He hid behind a corner where trash lay. He took a moment to examine himself. His mutation had gone out of control not too long ago when he was with the X-men. Because of that, there was no hope of him living in the normal world. It was also hard for the rest since they were exposed as mutants also. But it was even harder for him. He didn't know what had become of him. His deep ebony skin had now grown a heap of long spikes that he could not hide. His blond hair was now covered and his mutant powers were improved, with his spikes shooting fire from them.

He took a shortcut to the back of a fast food place he knew. He couldn't be out on the streets, for people were watching everything. He had no choice, which is one of the fallbacks on being a mutant. No one accepted them as people. They were considered horrible monsters that needed to be destroyed.

Evan couldn't fight back the feeling of longing to see his friends that he considered family. But he knew that would be too risky. He missed everyone, especially his Aunt Ororo, or Storm. He didn't even say a real good-bye.

Evan shook the thought from his head and waited for the worker to open the door. He finally approached as Evan hid. He waited until the man went in as he slipped through the almost closed door. He had no other choice but to steal. The last time he tried to shop like a normal person, he was treated hatefully with no reason. He grabbed enough fries and burgers to last the Morotters for tonight and escaped out the door.

"Hey you!" a man that worked at the fast food restaurant yelled. "Come back here!"

Evan escaped as quickly as possible before he could get caught. He hated being treated like a juvenile delinquent. All he wanted to do was get some food. Was that too much too ask. He ran to the sewer hearing an echo of the man's bitter voice.

"YOU FREAK!!!!!!!! DON'T EVER COME BACK HERE AGAIN, YOU HEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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