Disclaimer: I don't own any of the x men characters. But I do own Rune
(hehehehe I control her yay!)
A/N: Hello all. This is the first fan fiction that I have written so take
pity on me and r&r. Pretty please with sugar on top.Oh and by the way this
is set after the second movie if Jean hadn't died.
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Rune fingered her markings on her wrist as she stared at the wall in front
of her. God this place gave her a headache. It was the smell she knew and
she wished she could wash it off but no such luck. She sighed and brought
her knees to her chest and ran a hand through her short black hair. It felt
disgusting. It had been two hours since she had been caught. One hour had
been spent in the interrogation room and that last hour had been spent in
the sparse cell. Only ten minutes ago they had told her someone was coming
to talk to her. The guards feared her as they did all mutants. She could
hear them now whispering about the hot looking mutant they had at their
mercy. Or so they thought. Simple fools. She had eluded them for this long
what made them think she couldn't escape now. With a shriek of metal on
metal the cell door opened and a tall woman dressed in sensible skirt and
suit jacket with her red hair unbound stepped inside, shoes tapping against
the concrete. She wore subtle make up and had glasses, which made her look
like a university lecturer. Next to her Rune felt like gutter scum, dirty
and uncouth.
"I'm Jean Gray" she held out her hand, her manicured nails where coated in
a clear nail polish. She was nervous and sweating slightly, she didn't want
to be here.
"Rune" Rune enclosed Jean clean hand in her dirty one.
"Are you a reporter?"
"What?" her voice had an American accent
"Are you a reporter coming her so you can say you actually saw a mutant and
it was horrible" she glared at Jean and Jean suddenly smiled
"No actually I'm here to set you free" now it was Rune's turn for disbelief
"What?"
"I'm here to offer you something as well, I understand that you have a
major in psychology"
"Yes I do" Rune leaned forward her heavy booted feet ringing out on the
concrete floor
"Well I would like to offer you a job at a school for the gifted as a
school psychologist" Jean smiled, she wasn't as nervous anymore but seemed
slightly distracted. She seemed nice but then so did Rune's stepmother and
she turned out to be a cow.
"What's the pay?" Rune asked causally, slightly wary of Jean Gray
" 40, 000 plus you get free board at the school that includes food unless
you want something special like beer for example" Rune chewed her bottom
lip in thought
"40,000 that's pretty low" Jean leaned closer and whispered
"You'll also get understanding of your gift" Rune furrowed her brow in
slight confusion
"Where?"
"New York" Rune laughed, her laugh echoing painfully to her ears
"Look Miss Gray-"
"Jean"
"Jean, okay for one thing I'm in a jail in case you hadn't noticed and I'm
a mutant and they know so I don't think they'll be letting me out any time
soon" Jean smiled again
"That's where you're wrong Rune" Jean turned and knocked on the metal door
and it creaked back open. She turned back to Rune
"Don't worry Rune we'll get you out of here" with a loud clang the door
closed and Rune was trapped again.