"...as it is in Heaven!"

Cerebro was huge, but it had a dirty, ugly, abused look to it. Unlike Kurt and Storm, I could see Jason and Professor X on the platform in front of us. I could also see a faint, ghostly outline of the little girl 143 was projecting into my companions' heads.

She looked just like I thought she would, as described to me by one of the masters. "All peaches and cream, her hair a glorious gold blond, pretty as a picture, sweet as can be, a dream made flesh." Her eyes though, were Jason's eyes. One was a brilliant sky blue, the other a handsome hazel brown. Those eyes sent shivers up and down my spine and made me cringe. They were by far some of the creepiest eyes I'd ever seen.

Storm and Kurt looked around and focused on the image of the girl. Little Girl 143 stared at them innocently. "Hello," she said. "What are you looking for?" Sweet as can be. It made me sick.

"Professor?" Strom called out, her voice echoing slightly. "Can you hear me? You've got to shut off Cerebro NOW!" There was a hint of urgent order in her voice. I closed my eyes, and I could almost hear the screaming of the billions of innocent people.

"Who are you talking to?" Little Girl 143 asked. Her tone almost sounded like "There's no one else here, duh!"

Kurt took a step forward towards the girl. "No, don't move," Storm ordered as she stopped him.

"Stay here," I whispered to Kurt.

"But she is just a little girl," he said.

"No, she's not," Storm said, glaring at her.

"Didn't Jean tell you not to believe anything you saw in here?" I reminded Kurt. He nodded and stayed put.

Little Girl 143 smiled. "I've got my eyes on you!" she said. Oh no. Not the eyes. I tried to look away from them, but I couldn't. It was almost like they had me trapped. I didn't like that one bit. It was only when I blinked that I was able to look away.

Storm thought for a minute, and then turned to Nightcrawler. "Kurt, it's about to get very cold in here," she warned him. I grinned. Blizzard time!

"I'm not going anywhere," Kurt promised her.

"Me neither," I promised Kurt, and I braced myself for the mother of all indoor blizzards.

Storm's eyes went white, and the cold wind started to blow, faster and faster, colder and colder. She was using Cerebro's curved surface to her advantage for her wind to bounce off of and form a spinning vortex. Nightcrawler started shivering violently. I was less affected by the freezing wind. Frost was forming on 143's body and chair, as well on Professor X's.

"What are you doing?" Little Girl 143 asked worriedly. Things were not at all going according to plan for Jason. To tell you the truth, I didn't really feel sorry for him at all.

Kurt fell to his knees. I kneeled down beside him and wrapped my arms around his shoulders trying to shield him a bit from the Weather Goddess' blizzard. He was shivering uncontrollably, and unfortunately there wasn't much I could do to prevent it.

"Stop it!" Little Girl 143 shouted at Storm, but she would not stop. Jason looked absolutely frozen. He was shivering too, and I thought I could see some of his sickly golden brain fluids freeze over.

"Jason..." Professor X said as he finally realized what was happening.

"He's gonna be so angry at me," Little Girl 143 cried. She screamed and vanished as Jason finally lost control and dropped his illusions. Charles took off his helmet, shutting down Cerebro and Storm silenced her blizzard. I breathed a sigh of relief as I helped Kurt to his feet.

"Are you okay?" I asked him. He nodded slightly, signifying he was. Suddenly, everything started to rumble. Cerebro began to crack and pieces began to fall from the walls and ceiling. Professor X turned around and gave Jason a most sorrowful look. Jason just stared back at him, his face blank.

A huge chunk of Cerebro's ceiling broke off and fell right towards Storm. Thinking quickly, Kurt wrapped his tail around my waist and grabbed Strom in a bear hug. He bamfed us out of there one second before the chunk of rubble slammed into the walkway where we had stood. Another second later, Kurt did the same for the Professor. He was about to go back for Jason, but I stopped him.

"Kurt, there's no time. We've got to get out of here now!" I said urgently. He sighed and obeyed me. He helped Strom support Charles and we all high- tailed it out of there as fast as we could go.

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AN/ The master's description of 143's girl is taken directly from the novelisation by Chris Claremont. As you may guess, Mr. Claremont if the master I'm referring to. I love that description. I had read the novel before I saw X2 for the first time in theatres, and when that little girl first appeared on screen all I could think of was "Peaches and cream, peaches and cream. She really does look like peaches and cream. Except for those eyes." Those eyes really do freak me out!

Oh, and Krisian Rose, I have considered doing someone from Van Helsing. Carl would be a great idea! I just need to see the movie again to check how easy it would be to do. And you know that I am going to do Skinner...eventually. He may be the third one I do. :)