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A New Kind Of Terror

Chapter 1: Nightmare?

Jean Grey was walking along one of the many corridors of the Xavier School for the gifted. It was eerily quiet and deserted. Usually around this time all the kids were either in the corridors or in the yard. So she decided to go check out the schoolyard.

When she got there and saw that no one was there either she began to panic. 'What the hell!' she thought. This made no sense what so ever, no one in the corridors, no one in the schoolyard. Was anyone even in the school? She was part telepathic; maybe she could talk to the professor telepathically and find out what was happening here.

"Professor, Professor!" she telepathically called to him. After waiting for five minutes for him to answer her and getting no answer, she tried again: "Professor, Professor please answer me. Its Jean." still no answer. No one was in the school. 'Wait' she thought. 'Even if the Professor is not in the school, he should be answering me. Something is terribly wrong. What is happening here?'

She had no chance to ponder this thought or formulate any new ones. With a rush of sound and a blur, the schoolyard filled with kids and students. "Jean, what's the matter?" It was a great surprise to Jean. The professor had just answered her, but he wasn't before. The schoolyard was empty and within a second all the students just appeared. 'This is unreal, it must be a dream' she kept thinking to herself. "Nothing is wrong Professor. I was just making sure you were still here. I had a bit of trouble in my course and you weren't answering me." She replied to Xavier's previous calling.

Charles Xavier was taken a back, by this reply. How was it possible? The only way he could not have heard Jean's telepathic call was if he was not on this world, and he had never left the school to begin with. "Well I am here now and I can hear you." He was still pondering how he could not have heard her, and then he blanked out.

Jean whipped around as she felt the Professor once again leave her mind. She looked around for one of the other X-men when she spotted Scott.

"Scott, Scott. Get over here now!"

Scott came running to her. "Jean, honey what's the matter?" Scott looked worried when he looked at her.

"Scott something is wrong, earlier I tried to reach the professor telepathically and he never heard me. Just now I was talking to him and he just blanket out."

In a hurry Scott rounded up the rest of the gang of X-Men. It was composed of: Bobby, also known as Ice Man; Marie, also known as Rogue; Kurt, also known as Night Crawler; Logan, also known as Wolverine; Ororo, also known as Storm; Scott, also known as Cyclops and Jean, also known as Marvel Girl. Together the X-men ran into the school.

"This school is huge, we can't possibly find him." cried out Rogue.

"Little one, we will find Charles, no worry," announced Storm in a soothing voice.

"But what if we don't find him in time?" asked Ice Man.

"Jean can you sense him?" questioned Cyclops as he searched the first room to his right.

Jean stopped walking and closed her eyes. She wavered a bit as she concentrated on locating Xavier. Finally she found him. "He's on the second floor in the boardroom."

As soon as she said it everyone started running there. Jean suddenly stopped and screamed: "NO!"

Within five second the group had stopped and spun around to face Jean. Cyclops walked back to Jean. "I've never seen you so white. Are you alright?"

Jean took in a deep breath and calmed herself before she spoke. Once she was slightly calmed, she announced: "We have to move very quickly, the Professor is dieing!" Without a second thought the group dashed off even faster then before.

Like they were one, they burst into the room and ran to were the Prof. lay. "We're to late. He's dead," announced Kurt after checking for a pulse and finding none.

It was now morning and Jean had forgotten most of her horrible nightmare. She had told her husband Scott about it of course. Scott had done everything he could to calm her down. Scott was a little shaken as well after he heard about her nightmare. He never told Jean, but he had had the same dream of the Professor dying. Was it just a dream and a coincidence that they had had the same one or was it a vision of something to come.

"Mom! Dad!" Jean and Scott had been walking hand in hand for a while now, silently. They had been lost in there thoughts. Now the sound of Allen's voice brought them back to reality. "Is everything all right?" Allen asked with a look of puzzlement. Jean began to laugh.

"Allen, you do realize you look extremely goofy with that look on you're face." All three of them began to laugh at this statement.

"Mom, dad."

This time Scott answered: "Yes. What is son?"

When Jean turned to look at Allen she saw tears running down his cheeks. "Allen, what's the matter?"

Scott kneeled down beside Jean to talk to Allen as well. Allen was now twelve and had just recently discovered his mutant powers. He had the ability to make himself invisible.

"Why are you crying son?" asked Scott.

"I've never been so happy in my life. For ten years I was past from family to family never one wanting to keep me. They didn't even want me at all. I never thought I would have a true family. But then you two came and didn't just say we'll keep him for a while, but keep him forever. We'll be his family. That's why I am crying, cause I am so happy to have you, mom and dad." Answered Allen. Jean was now crying to.

"Allen we love you so much." Scott took Allen in his arms.

Jean gasped and Allen chuckled: "Dad I am a little to old for this."

Scott began to laugh. "Well I'll keep you in this position until after I've told you this good news cause you might lose your legs with this one. Allen we got the papers today. You are now officially our son. You are now officially Allen Summers."

Jean had a huge smile on her face, as did Scott. Allen's eyes went wide and he let out a loud yell of joy. "You really mean it. I am yours. I'm your son."

Jean replied: "Yes Allen. You are our son."

Everyone was now smiling, laughing and hugging. As they left the park they were walking in, they were all three hand in hand. At least this is what Mystique saw.

She had been tracking and following them for over an hour now. She had used her powers to disguise herself as a teenager. She still did not know why her boss had sent her on this weird and stupid quest.

Once the three of them left she turned and walked over to her car. Mystique got in a drove away. After two hours, she finally got back to the base. As she walked into the building, she returned to her normal self. The mutant was blue all over and had spikes on her skin.

As she walked into his office, Magneto lifted his head and looked at her. "Well, we finally return Mystique."

Mystique glared at him. "Well it was hard to find the boy. You have a picture of him when he was five; he is now twelve. However we have a slight problem. We will have to deal with legal Rangel."

Magneto walked up to her and asked: "What do you mean Mystique."

Mystique took in a deep breath and continued: "He has been adopted."

Magneto was surprised: "By whom."

Mystique grumbled the name: "The Summers."

"Scott, Jean; may I please speak with you both?" The Professor asked the two, after they opened the door to his knock.

"Sure Professor. Come on in." At the moment Jean and Scott had been cleaning up their little hut they lived in, ever since they had married less then a year ago. "What is the matter Professor?" questioned Scott as he sat down. Jean took a seat right beside him.

"I have just heard the news about Allen. I am delighted. It is perfectly alright, all though I may have some bad news."

Jean was shocked, all though she managed to gasp: "What?"

"The orphanage called me today. Allen's real parents called them today and asked about him. They gave them your address and they will come here tomorrow to meet with him and possibly take him back with them." At this announcement Jean began to tremble and Scott held her.

From behind them came and outraged voice: "I will not leave the only family I have ever known! I will not leave the Summers! I will not leave my family!" It was Allen. His eyes were drowned in tears. The boy ran to his parents and cried in there arms.

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