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Chapter 4

Ororo walked into her room and went over to her bed. She spread her slender body over the middle of her cloud covers and took a deep breath. She had been working all day with Professor Xavier on trying to find some way to sedate Scott so that they could run tests on him.

She closed her eyes tightly to try and hold back the tears that wanted to pour down. Their only hope for a better life, the president, was dead. Her best friend was dead, and her other friend was going crazy.

"Guten taug," Kurt said as he stood at the doorway with a warm presence.

Storm was more than happy to see him. "Come in," she said as she motioned for Kurt to come closer. His hands suddenly slipped out from behind his back with red roses clutched to them. He handed them to her as she received them and gave him an appreciative smile. "Thank you. They're beautiful."

"Yes, zey reminded me of you," Kurt said as he sat on the edge of the bed next to her. He was relieved that she hadn't rejected them and told him how he could think of romance at a time like this. But the fear of that washed away from him quickly when it didn't happen. He turned to look at her face.

"Kurt, are these from my garden?" Ororo asked as Kurt sat quiet. She knew they were but just smiled and shrugged it off. She had not yet told him not to mess with her plants, even though he did it for all the right reasons. She turned to look directly at Kurt's intriguing yellow eyes. His warmth and kindness gave her every reason to melt in his arms. But she held back.

"Your garden is lovely," Kurt said.

"It's my favorite place in the world," Storm said as she looked away a little before continuing. "There, I feel like…" she paused for a moment. "I feel like no one's judging me. No one's watching me. I feel warmth and happiness with myself. The plants and sunshine welcome the part of me that without it, I would be empty."

"Your mutant ability ja?" Kurt finished for her as she nodded. "But Storm, there vas someone vatching you. Someone who appreciates you no matter vhat." Ororo looked at him intently as he looked above him to indicate the high Heavens.

Storm's brown eyes glistened as Kurt was captivated with them. He reached out his three-fingered hand to trace her lips softly. Before she knew it, their lips were entangled in each other's with passion. Kurt's fingers ran through her white locks as he longed for more.

The sky outside turned into dark clouds as the ground rumbled lightly with thunder. Storm's desire arose as well as her power. That was their first kiss, but she knew it wouldn't be their last. Her hands slid away from around his neck as she looked at his face and broke away from the kiss. "I have to get going. Professor needs me in the lower levels with Scott. We're finally going to run some tests on him."

Kurt took her hand and kissed it lightly. He nodded with a smile and exited the room slowly. "Good night… my love."

"Good night," Storm said sweetly as Kurt left the door slightly open. Storm smiled and got up from her bed. She walked over to her window to close it because of the chill she felt. When she turned around she felt something huge and hard hit her legs with force that sent her to the ground. She looked down to see a heavy dresser pressed hard on the bottom of her legs.

She couldn't move her legs nor her arm that landed behind her back. It had twisted behind her and felt even worse with her weight pressed against it. She pulled her right arm from under her as she lay there in pain and squeezed her eyes shut to try and help stop the pain. But her eyes opened wide as she heard low growls coming from nearby in the room. She didn't even have to look up to know who it was. Sabretooth.

She could hear his footsteps coming closer to her after he had shut the door lightly, so no one would hear. He bent down towards her body and hovered over it. He came up closer to her face as his growls could be heard in her ear.

Her low breaths were full of fear. "I haven't forgotten about you," he whispered in her ear with low growls as the words sent goose bumps up and down her spine.

Storm's eyes suddenly glazed over as her head titled back slightly and lightning started outside. Sabretooth knew what she was about to do and didn't want to go through that again. So he grabbed her right arm and held it tightly as her eyes went back to their normal state. He twisted it and then forced it behind her back.

She didn't scream, nor did she mutter a word. She knew that was exactly what Sabretooth wanted. To see suffering and struggle.

Storm tried desperately to move her legs but they were motionless. She tried to use the other arm to punch Sabretooth instead. She aimed it towards his hairy face as it jolted back away from her. Sabretooth was taken aback for a second, but just for that one second. Storm pushed back the pain that was throbbing in her arm and legs, and knew that she had to get up now.

She pulled the dresser off her legs desperately with one hand and tried to use her powers to fly. But as soon as she was about to try, she heard a voice that distracted her.

"Ororo?" Kurt's voice boomed from the hall as he knocked on the locked door. "Is everything alright? I thought you vere supposed to be vith za Professor?"

Suddenly Sabretooth grabbed her neck from behind, causing her body to be in a standing position. He pulled on it fiercely, grabbing her wrists behind her with his free hand. His grip was tight and harsh as he lowered his head to her. "Tell your boyfriend to leave."

Ororo didn't move her mouth as she choked on Sabretooth's hold. Sabretooth loosened his grip slightly, just enough for her to speak. "Everything's fine. I'll talk to you later," Ororo called back forcefully, trying to make her voice less shaky. Then Sabretooth tightened his grip on her throat again. But even harder this time.

When he let go after ten seconds, Storm tried to catch her breath as she fell to the floor. Sabretooth picked her up over his shoulders and opened the window. He would have usually broken through the glass, but he didn't want all the X-men to gain up on him.

The last time that happened, he was sent flying through the Statue of Liberty and into a boat. He had Wolverine and Cyclops to thank for that. They'll get what's coming to them. Soon enough.

Storm let out sounds of coughing. Sabretooth's grip around her body on his shoulders was tight. Her arm was limp and her throat was recovering. She just watched the moving ground in front of her eyes.

How did he get into the mansion? How did he get past the security systems? How would he know where my room was? Storm's mind screamed with questions as she tried to contact the professor through her mind.

But before she could do so, she felt her body fall into something. Something small and tight. Storm saw Sabretooth's satisfied face as he shut the top of the small place above her head.

"No! STOP! Get me out of HERE!!" Storm screamed as she stayed in the corner trying to ignore the walls that were closing in on her. How would he know she was claustrophobic?

"SOMEBODY HELP!!!"

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"Like an eagle with red and gold feathers," Scott murmured to himself as he held his knees to his chest. "No, why?" Scott closed his eyes and tried not to remember. Trying didn't work.

Jean's wrists were cuffed tightly to metal chains that dug deep into her skin. She bent her head down helplessly and choked on small sobs.

"Shut up!" Scott exclaimed with cruelness. "Just shut up! You. You possess too much power. For that, we have to kill you. And I'm going to enjoy doing it too."

"No," Jean cried. "Please." She suddenly felt a fist go straight at her stomach, then at her face. She felt the blood drip down to her mouth and tasted it's salt painfully.

Scott took a knife out of his pocket and flung it at Jean's shoulder. She cried out in pain, not able to do anything. She didn't even attempt to use her power. She didn't feel like she possessed it anymore. She felt empty.

The door slammed open as Storm, Logan, Kurt, Bobby, and Rogue walked in. Storm raised her arms and summoned upon storm clouds. Lightning heaved over Jean's head and hit her, sending electric shock through her body.

She screamed at the top of her lungs. Then Wolverine sheathed his claws and aimed them towards her face while Nightcrawler put in a kick. Bobby froze her legs and arms as she shivered with coldness. Her arms and legs began to feel numb. She saw Rogue approaching her with bare hands. Then everything started turning black.

Before she closed her eyes completely, all she saw was Scott's face. She dropped her head forward and tried to get rid of the pain. She kept trying, but it was useless. Her breathing descended and her heart shut down.

"NO!" Scott exclaimed as he wiped the sweat from his face. "Stop it!!!"

"J-j-j," he murmured slowly under his breath and started trembling with fear.

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Jean's eyes popped open as she started trembling with fear. She sat up in her bed as her eyes moved around the room in paranoia. She brought her knees to her chest and clutched her fast beating heart.

She looked outside her window into the forest and decided to take a walk. She flipped the covers off her trembling body and opened her closet. She put on a sweatshirt and a pair of jeans on and headed out the door quietly.

She started her trail into the forest. She felt a sudden rush of emptiness inside and her body started burning. "Who am I?" she asked aloud as tears welled up in her eyes. Her pace sped up and her steps started moving more rapidly on the forest ground. Her walking became running.

She didn't stop running. She just kept going and going. She just ran straight ahead and allowed tears to come down rapidly. Her sobs were more intense now and she kept asking herself, "Who am I?"

When she came to a pond with a little waterfall at the end of the forest she fell to the ground. She buried her face in her hands and sat on her knees. "WHO AM I?!?" she shouted as the mini waterfall started squirting in all directions. Jean looked up to realize she had caused that with her powers. But she didn't care.

She got up and lifted her arm to rip out a tree telekinetically from the ground. She held the tree with her mind effortlessly and swung it back towards the other trees. Then she lifted a boulder, that was to the side of the pond, with her mind. She smashed it into the water ragingly. She picked up a broken tree branch with her bare hands and swung it in all directions in the air. She threw it into the air and caught it with one hand.

Her face showed satisfaction as she dropped the branch on the floor. The forest echoed with silence. Only the sound of the branch dropping to the floor could be heard.

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Magneto motioned for John to come closer to what he was staring at intently. John walked over slowly as his eyes twinkled with delight. "These… are for me?" he asked not believing what Magneto has offered him.

"Yes," Magneto said. "But there is one thing I need to know."

"What?"

"You cannot allow any of your past relationships to stop you from anything," Magneto said. John just looked at him and nodded quickly. "Good then."

Magneto slightly smiled and gave Pyro the tanks slowly. Pyro embraced them with the feeling of power. Absolute power.

"Pyro," Magneto said before Pyro left the room. "I just wanted to inform you that Jean Grey died almost two weeks ago at Alkali Lake."

Pyro just shrugged and smiled. "Great. One less person to worry about."

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Professor Xavier opened the door to where Scott was staying in one of the lower level rooms. He breathed in deeply and knew that he had to watch Scott going crazy again. He expected screaming and jumping and murmuring non-understandable things, but that's exactly what he didn't receive.

Scott was sitting on one of the chairs with his head straight forward. He couldn't see if his eyes were blinking, squinting, or doing anything behind his glasses. He sat up with his broad back erected and his whole body stiff like a statue's.

"Scott?" Professor asked curiously to see if he would respond. Maybe he would be able to enter his mind now. He strolled up beside Scott with his wheelchair, and still no movement. He put his hands close to his temples, yet not touching.

Professor Xavier closed his eyes. "Hey, just wanted to tell ya I bought a pack of beer. I'll drink it when all the kids are asleep," Logan said with a smirk and a gruff expression.

Professor Xavier ignored his comment and interruption and continued with his job. Logan just stood there watching intently.

Professor Xavier closed his eyes and tried to enter Scott's mind. He searched and searched with all his energy. But nothing came up. Something had pushed him back. Something more powerful than he could imagine. But Professor Xavier managed to retrieve one thing from Scott's mind.

"He's seems to be in a state of shock," Professor Xavier said.

"State of shock?"

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