Rising to the Sunset, Part II
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Chapter 3
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Jean soared to the top of the Danger Room. She and Scott had been battling the gauntlet of obstacles that the professor had thrown at them for nearly half an hour. Currently, there was a lull in the action, so they were cautiously scanning the room for the next challenge. Jean waved down at Scott.
**Honey, come down from there**
**I want the best view**
**You're making me nervous**
**I'm having no trouble**
**You never used to be able to fly**
**I know, isn't this cool?**
Scott frowned and shook his head. Sighing, Jean began to descend to him. Suddenly, four laser guns emerged from the center of the domed ceiling. They instantly emitted blue bursts of energy. Jean threw up a telekinetic shield without even looking up. She sensed their presence.
**That was fast**
**Instantaneous, Scott. Speed of thought. The shield went up the second the guns emerged**
A number of snaking, pincher arms shot out from the walls. Scott quickly fired on them, however one arm was quicker than he was, and snatched his visor.
"What the fuck?" Scott growled, clenching his eyes closed. **It's like he was specifically targeting the visor. I'm useless to you now**
**No, you're not**
Jean sailed down to where Scott stood defenseless and blind. She wrapped her arms around his waist and soared back up to the ceiling. Scott stiffened the second they left the ground.
**What are you doing?**
**When I say, open your eyes**
**Jean, no!**
**I'm behind you**
**But…**
**Trust me**
Scott nodded reluctantly. Jean turned them around in the air, to face one of the arms she was holding back telekinetically.
**Open now**
Scott slowly opened his eyes, and blasted the arm with a surge of bright red optic force. Jean adjusted her telekinetic hold, tapering his beam for the next arm so that he would do less damage to the Professor's toys. Finally, all of the arms were incapacitated, and Jean turned Scott's beam completely off.
**Woah**
**I can do it! I always wondered if I could**
**I…I haven't seen in color in years. Just red**
**Nice, huh?**
Scott nodded as he scanned the room. Jean spun herself around to face him. He slammed his eyes shut.
**Scott!**
**No! It's too dangerous**
**It isn't. I want to see your face**
**Jean, I can't…**
**Please, Scott**
Scott shook in her arms.
**You won't hurt me. I can hold it back**
**Okay. Just…let me open my eyes for the first time again without you directly in front of me**
**Sure**
Jean kissed his forehead and ducked down. Scott opened his eyes. Nothing. Jean was holding it back. She raised herself back up to face him. His hands instantly came up into her hair.
**I didn't realize how vibrant it was**
Jean was silent for a few moments, just staring into Scott's eyes.
**They're blue**
**Yeah, I wondered if they still were, or if they'd just become voids of nothing**
**Definitely still blue**
Jean leaned in and kissed Scott passionately. They kissed briefly until Scott broke away.
**Not right now. You need to concentrate**
**Scott, I can do it**
**Humor me Jean. You're holding back my blasts, while holding us twenty feet above the ground**
Jean laughed. **Okay**
"I am done with the two of you for today," came the Professor's voice from the God mic in the control booth. "Excellent work, Jean. I was pleased to see that level of trust, Scott. Your visor will be waiting for you by the door. Have a nice day."
Slowly, Jean lowered them to the ground. She glided over to the door, retrieved the black visor, and brought it back to her fiancé. Once it was snugly over his eyes again, she threw herself into his arms, seeking out his lips with hers.
**Not in the Danger Room**
**Why not?**
**Someone could catch us**
**Wuss**
**Am not**
**Are too**
**And this isn't, uh, exactly comfortable in uniform. They're rather snug**
Jean laughed. **Okay, you can have that one**
**Women don't need to worry about that**
Jean smiled. **Locker room?**
**Bedroom**
**No fun**
**But comfortable**
**You are so difficult**
**And you love me anyways**
Jean nodded, grabbing his hands and pulling him closer again.
**More than anything**
She threw her arms around his waist and just held him.
**Jean, why do you think the Professor took my visor?**
**He was testing me, I think. To see how I'd compensate. I think he knew I'd try that, and wanted to see if I could do it**
**It was a little scary**
**I know. But now you trust me**
**Always**
Scott leaned in and kissed her deeply.
**I thought you wanted to go upstairs?** Jean asked as his hands roamed her backside.
**Well…**
Jean grinned and reached around to the zipper in the back on his uniform.
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