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Bobby and Rogue stared at Ling curiously.
"But . . . Dr. Grey's . . . dead." Bobby said.
"No she isn't. I guess I saved her, you know, being able to breathe underwater and all. But then I forgot, so she was kind of sitting there for awhile. But I remember that she was almost dead, though."
Suddenly a choking noise was heard at the doorway. Scott was there, and it looked like he heard it all.
"Jean's . . . alive?" he gasped out.
Ling nodded.
Scott had some . . . expression on his face, something that Ling couldn't identify. It looked kind of like the face that Bobby and Rogue have when looking at each other. To this day Ling still couldn't figure out what it meant.
"Where is she?" Scott demanded.
"Um, in Canada, where Stryker was. I think I brought her to an underwater safe house."
"STORM!" Scott bellowed, and then they distantly heard him ordering her to fly to Canada.
"Are you sure about this?" Rogue asked.
"Positive. Unless someone's been messing with my head, as usual, and taking us into a trap." Ling laid out the other possibility like she was used to doing with Yuriko.
Three heads snapped to look at her and said, "A trap?"
"What? It's a possibility!" Ling defended herself.
"Should we be risking it Professor? Magneto might be following us . . ." John argued.
"Yeah, you should know plenty much about Magneto, don't you PYRO?" Bobby snapped.
~You could see that coming, couldn't you, John? ~ The Professor told John using his telekinesis.
~Yeah, I guess. ~ John thought.
The uncomfortable tension lingered in the air, even after Professor Xavier left to consult with Storm. They decided that they had to take the chance if Jean is really there. The four teenagers were in silence, and the only one that wasn't really bothered was Ling, since she was used to just standing around and waiting for orders.
"You know what just happened when you saw Dr. Grey?" John asked suddenly.
Ling jerked a little, surprised. "What about it?"
"What's the deal with it? Obviously it's something bad, but everybody else knew about it, and I'm still confused." John said.
"Fine, I'll tell you. Short version: I used to work for Stryker, but not willingly. He put a serum in his mutant slave's necks, to make sure they listen to him." Ling flipped her long hair forward and showed John the round mark on her neck. "But me and Yuriko-Lady Deathstrike-were partners, and we had the original serum, which Stryker improved later. It was kind of like a drug-we had to get it constantly. I never figured out why, until I had been without it for a long while and the mutation started. It controls me and forces me to undergo Stryker's most frequent demand-kill mutants. So that's why everybody was all panicky when it happened today. The end." Then Ling turned away and stared at the wall. She hated talking about Stryker, and the only reason she did was because John needed to know.
"Oh, sorry." John muttered.
Bobby and Rogue had been listening, even if they've heard the story before. Neither of them ever hated Ling for it, because it wasn't her fault. She may have thought that, but nobody was harmed, and actually, the two felt sorry for her, since she could do nothing about it.
The rest of the trip was flown in silence, and Wolverine was starting to get worried.
"Chuck, aren't kids supposed to be laughing and making fun of teachers when they're by themselves, not sitting in silence like that?" Wolverine asked.
"It's John, Logan, Bobby and Rogue are still uncomfortable with him around, and I'm not quite sure that Bobby has forgiven him yet. Neither has Rogue. Ling's the only one who's been nice to him, when she isn't deep in her thoughts and staring at the wall." Professor replied.
Wolverine stared at the Professor suspiciously. "Have you been spying on their minds, Xavier?"
"Bobby and Rogue's silence is easy to see why. Ling is harder to understand. She's been cut off from a normal life for so long; she doesn't really know how to act around others. But I'm glad when you found her when you did, Logan, because now she gets that chance." Professor X looked at Logan.
"I hope so." Wolverine replied.
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"Professor, we have reached our destination." Storm announced.
"Excellent, Storm. Good. Logan, get Ling up here."
"Kid, we're there. We need you to tell us where it is." Wolverine said. Ling silently got up and followed him into the cockpit.
"One question first: can this jet go underwater?" Ling asked.
Scott smiled. "If this jet can't do that, then it's not worth our time flying it."
"I'll take that as a yes. Ok, you see that big extra rock over there?" Ling pointed.
"Yes."
"Go underwater and go to that rock. Then you have to use your lights like a signal. Sort of like code. Flash it nine times then wait for two seconds and then flash it three times." Ling instructed.
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Bobby, Rogue, and John felt the Blackbird diving down . . . into the ocean?!
"Oh my god, are we crashing?! Ocean equals water, and water is very, very bad!" John yelled.
Bobby and Rogue smiled at John's discomfort with water. Since his element is fire, he hates most water-especially the ocean.
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"We're going down." Storm announced. She found the rock and did the flashing pattern exactly like Ling said.
It worked.
A part of the rock opened up to reveal a narrow tunnel, just barely big enough for the Blackbird to go through. Storm, very carefully, guided the jet into the cave. They all heard the stone gate close up behind them, and it made John a little nervous, but they went on.
Finally, there was a part where you had to go up towards the surface. They went up there and found that there was a cavern type area there, except it was like a beach house. They left the jet floating in the water, and all of them got out. They all marveled at the craftsmanship of this cavern, and how it was like a home, practically.
"Well, we all know why it's a 'safe' house. No one knows where it is!" John commented.
Ling started walking towards the doorway ahead of them. The others followed.
Inside was beautiful. Every tile on the floor, every bit of stone wall was put in to perfection. There was a couch, a TV, a kitchen, practically everything a teenager would need.
"Did you build this?" Professor Xavier asked.
"No. Actually, I don't remember how I know about this place. I just . . . knew, and it was the only place I knew to take the red-haired woman . . . her name's Jean, right? I don't know . . . she should still be here." Ling replied, sounding a little confused.
"JEAN?! JEAN, ARE YOU THERE?" Scott yelled. Ling covered her ears since she was standing right next to him.
Then, a figure came out of the shadows.
"Scott? Is that you?"
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Bobby and Rogue stared at Ling curiously.
"But . . . Dr. Grey's . . . dead." Bobby said.
"No she isn't. I guess I saved her, you know, being able to breathe underwater and all. But then I forgot, so she was kind of sitting there for awhile. But I remember that she was almost dead, though."
Suddenly a choking noise was heard at the doorway. Scott was there, and it looked like he heard it all.
"Jean's . . . alive?" he gasped out.
Ling nodded.
Scott had some . . . expression on his face, something that Ling couldn't identify. It looked kind of like the face that Bobby and Rogue have when looking at each other. To this day Ling still couldn't figure out what it meant.
"Where is she?" Scott demanded.
"Um, in Canada, where Stryker was. I think I brought her to an underwater safe house."
"STORM!" Scott bellowed, and then they distantly heard him ordering her to fly to Canada.
"Are you sure about this?" Rogue asked.
"Positive. Unless someone's been messing with my head, as usual, and taking us into a trap." Ling laid out the other possibility like she was used to doing with Yuriko.
Three heads snapped to look at her and said, "A trap?"
"What? It's a possibility!" Ling defended herself.
"Should we be risking it Professor? Magneto might be following us . . ." John argued.
"Yeah, you should know plenty much about Magneto, don't you PYRO?" Bobby snapped.
~You could see that coming, couldn't you, John? ~ The Professor told John using his telekinesis.
~Yeah, I guess. ~ John thought.
The uncomfortable tension lingered in the air, even after Professor Xavier left to consult with Storm. They decided that they had to take the chance if Jean is really there. The four teenagers were in silence, and the only one that wasn't really bothered was Ling, since she was used to just standing around and waiting for orders.
"You know what just happened when you saw Dr. Grey?" John asked suddenly.
Ling jerked a little, surprised. "What about it?"
"What's the deal with it? Obviously it's something bad, but everybody else knew about it, and I'm still confused." John said.
"Fine, I'll tell you. Short version: I used to work for Stryker, but not willingly. He put a serum in his mutant slave's necks, to make sure they listen to him." Ling flipped her long hair forward and showed John the round mark on her neck. "But me and Yuriko-Lady Deathstrike-were partners, and we had the original serum, which Stryker improved later. It was kind of like a drug-we had to get it constantly. I never figured out why, until I had been without it for a long while and the mutation started. It controls me and forces me to undergo Stryker's most frequent demand-kill mutants. So that's why everybody was all panicky when it happened today. The end." Then Ling turned away and stared at the wall. She hated talking about Stryker, and the only reason she did was because John needed to know.
"Oh, sorry." John muttered.
Bobby and Rogue had been listening, even if they've heard the story before. Neither of them ever hated Ling for it, because it wasn't her fault. She may have thought that, but nobody was harmed, and actually, the two felt sorry for her, since she could do nothing about it.
The rest of the trip was flown in silence, and Wolverine was starting to get worried.
"Chuck, aren't kids supposed to be laughing and making fun of teachers when they're by themselves, not sitting in silence like that?" Wolverine asked.
"It's John, Logan, Bobby and Rogue are still uncomfortable with him around, and I'm not quite sure that Bobby has forgiven him yet. Neither has Rogue. Ling's the only one who's been nice to him, when she isn't deep in her thoughts and staring at the wall." Professor replied.
Wolverine stared at the Professor suspiciously. "Have you been spying on their minds, Xavier?"
"Bobby and Rogue's silence is easy to see why. Ling is harder to understand. She's been cut off from a normal life for so long; she doesn't really know how to act around others. But I'm glad when you found her when you did, Logan, because now she gets that chance." Professor X looked at Logan.
"I hope so." Wolverine replied.
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"Professor, we have reached our destination." Storm announced.
"Excellent, Storm. Good. Logan, get Ling up here."
"Kid, we're there. We need you to tell us where it is." Wolverine said. Ling silently got up and followed him into the cockpit.
"One question first: can this jet go underwater?" Ling asked.
Scott smiled. "If this jet can't do that, then it's not worth our time flying it."
"I'll take that as a yes. Ok, you see that big extra rock over there?" Ling pointed.
"Yes."
"Go underwater and go to that rock. Then you have to use your lights like a signal. Sort of like code. Flash it nine times then wait for two seconds and then flash it three times." Ling instructed.
* * *
Bobby, Rogue, and John felt the Blackbird diving down . . . into the ocean?!
"Oh my god, are we crashing?! Ocean equals water, and water is very, very bad!" John yelled.
Bobby and Rogue smiled at John's discomfort with water. Since his element is fire, he hates most water-especially the ocean.
* * *
"We're going down." Storm announced. She found the rock and did the flashing pattern exactly like Ling said.
It worked.
A part of the rock opened up to reveal a narrow tunnel, just barely big enough for the Blackbird to go through. Storm, very carefully, guided the jet into the cave. They all heard the stone gate close up behind them, and it made John a little nervous, but they went on.
Finally, there was a part where you had to go up towards the surface. They went up there and found that there was a cavern type area there, except it was like a beach house. They left the jet floating in the water, and all of them got out. They all marveled at the craftsmanship of this cavern, and how it was like a home, practically.
"Well, we all know why it's a 'safe' house. No one knows where it is!" John commented.
Ling started walking towards the doorway ahead of them. The others followed.
Inside was beautiful. Every tile on the floor, every bit of stone wall was put in to perfection. There was a couch, a TV, a kitchen, practically everything a teenager would need.
"Did you build this?" Professor Xavier asked.
"No. Actually, I don't remember how I know about this place. I just . . . knew, and it was the only place I knew to take the red-haired woman . . . her name's Jean, right? I don't know . . . she should still be here." Ling replied, sounding a little confused.
"JEAN?! JEAN, ARE YOU THERE?" Scott yelled. Ling covered her ears since she was standing right next to him.
Then, a figure came out of the shadows.
"Scott? Is that you?"
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