Jen awoke in a hospital room. Her head was pounding. The pictures she had seen were still fresh in her memory, but the memories weren't hers. They belonged to someone else. Possibly the woman whose face had burned itself into her mind.

"Hey there beautiful." Wes said squeezing her hand. "You gave us a pretty good scare."

She turned to look at him. "Hi" She whispered hoarsely.

"How are you feeling?"

"Not so good, I just want to go home."

"Not yet," Wes said smiling at her. "The doctors want to keep you for a few days just to do some tests and make sure you're ok."

"What happened?"

"I don't know, maybe you can tell me. You went in to get ready for lunch and then a few minutes later you screamed and I found you lying on the floor."

"Wes, I-I don't know." Jen said putting her hand to her head.

"Jen, it's all right. You'll remember its just been a hard day." Wes said pulling the blanket up onto her. "Why don't you rest now?"

"I can't rest Wes, I've been having these dreams."

"Jen I know about the dreams." Wes said quietly.

"I keep seeing these people and places and I don't know who they are or where they are."

"A lot of us dream that way."

"But there's this woman who is in every one of them. Over and over again I see her face. But, this time when I saw her, Wes , I was awake!"

"Did she have red hair and brown eyes?" A strange man asked.

Jen stared at him he wore the same black uniform as the woman wore. But he had a device that covered his eyes.

"Who are you?" Wes said protectively standing and reaching for his sidearm.

"I wouldn't if I were you." He answered menacingly. "My name isn't important. What is more important is what you saw in your dreams."

Jen was afraid. She didn't know who this person was yet he seemed vaguely familiar. She was sure that he was going to hurt Wes.

"Please, I'll tell you anything you want. Just let Wes leave." Jen pleaded.

"I'm not going anywhere Jen and you're not telling him anything." Wes growled.

All of the sudden the strange man raised into the air. At the same time Jen fainted and slumped down in the bed.

"Jen!" Wes cried.

"Scott don't do this." Another woman's voice whispered from Jen's lips.

"Jen." Wes said gently.

As suddenly as Jen had lost consciousness she awoke.

"Wes?" She said confused.

"Jean. Please come back." Scott said in confusion.

"Who is Jean?" Jen said looking at him.

Jen's eyes closed again. The other woman's voice emerged again.

"I cannot remain." It said.

"Jean please, you have to tell me where you are." Scott pleaded.

Jen's eyes opened. "Who is Jean?"

"Her name is Doctor Jean Grey." An older man said coming into the room followed by a younger man with dark hair who Wes thought looked like a professional wrestler.

"And I am Professor Charles Xavier."

"Who was she?" Wes asked sitting down protectively next to Jen. "And how did you get in here?"

"I'm sorry that we are meeting on these terms." The professor said coming to the side of the bed next to Scott who stood there staring at Jen. Xavier could see his body trembling. "Dr. Grey was our friend and Scott's fiancée."

"Who are you?" Jen asked cuddling closer into Wes' arms.

"We are mutants."

"Mutants." Wes hissed reaching for his sidearm.

Jen put her hand onto Wes' and looked at him. "Let's hear what they have to say."

Wes nodded.

"Mutants? I thought they only existed in the future?"

"You're wrong mutants have existed for many years. We keep ourselves hidden. I run a school where people that are special like Scott, Logan, Jean, and even you Jennifer can learn to master your special abilities in the hope that one day we can exist alongside the human race."

"Me?" Jen said surprised. "I was genetically engineered. How does that make me a mutant?"

"Your visions and empathic abilities are just now blossoming. I think that is why Jean is trying to communicate through you. Jean sacrificed her life to save Scott, Logan, myself and many others at the Alkali Lake test facility."

"My father bought that research facility about 5 years ago. He shut it down." Wes said surprised.

Logan stepped forward impulsively, his claws extended slowly. The look on his face was pure fury. Professor Xavier raised his hand stopping him.

"Please Logan, Mr. Collins probably didn't know what was happening there."

"Oh, he knows." Logan growled.

Wes pulled back. "Honestly when my father found out about their experimentation on human subjects, he was disgusted and shut the facility down. To make sure this would never happen again." Wes regarded Logan. "If anything happened to you there I am truly sorry."

Logan just stared at him with hate filled eyes.

"Please excuse Logan, he's had a rough time. He was subjected to painful experiments there." The Professor explained.

"How did you get in here?" Wes asked. "This area has been secured."

"I have certain abilities that allow me to control the people around me." The professor explained.

"Please, I'd like to know more about Jean Grey." Jen said interrupting them.

"She was going to be my wife." Scott said bitterly turning away.

"Jen, I'd like to try something if you will trust me." The professor said moving closer to the bed.

Jen backed away.

"Jen, I promise I will not hurt you." The Professor coaxed.

Jen eyed him suspiciously.

"Jen, what I ask is that you let me touch your hand. It will help me see into your mind and then I will be able to see if Jean's consciousness is within."

"You're not going to do anything to her." Wes said moving between them.

"Wes, I believe him. He won't hurt me. I can feel it." Jen said touching Wes' shoulder.

"Jen, you heard him he can control minds." Wes argued.

"You may touch her shoulders. It will enable me to let you enter her mind as well. She trusts you and your consciousness will help her to remain grounded so Jean will not take over her mind and we will lose Jen forever."

Wes reluctantly put his hands on her shoulders. Professor Xavier took Jen's hands. "Concentrate Jen, let Jean speak through you." He said slowly.

Jen closed her eyes. She slowed her breathing and relaxed. Wes watched her and followed suit. Wes felt dizzy for a moment and then opened his eyes. He was standing atop a mountain that overlooked a dazzling valley. He looked to his right and saw Professor Xavier a few feet ahead of him staring down into the valley. All of the sudden the sky darkened and the scenery changed. A massive wall of water was coming towards him. Wes stumbled backwards and tumbled into the crevasse.

All of the sudden he was awake.

"Easy there son." Logan was saying.

Wes was hyperventilating. "There was this huge wall of water and it was coming towards me and .. Oh no, JEN!" he cried grabbing onto the Professor and Jen trying to break the fatal connection.

"NO!" Scott cried. Grabbing Wes and pulling him away from the Professor and Jen. "You can't break the connection. It's too dangerous."

"Like hell." Wes growled.

Logan grabbed him. "If you break the connection now we could lose all three of them."

Jen began choking, her face turned blue.

"Jen!" Wes cried struggling in Logan's arms.

"Wes it's all right the Professor won't let anything happen to Jen." Scott said moving between Wes and the bed just in case he broke free.

"Scott." An unfamiliar voice came from Jen's lips.

"Jean." Scott whispered. "Jean where are you?"

"I don't know. It's dark and cold. Magneto"

"What about Magneto?" Logan asked.

"Magneto, saved me, he's here." Jean choked.

All of the sudden a terrible pain ripped through Logan's body as his bones felt like they were being ripped through his skin. He cried out in agony.

Professor Xavier opened his eyes startled. He pulled back from Jen his head spinning.

"NO!" He cried.

"Jen." Wes whispered finally freed from Logan's vise like grip. He rushed over to Jen who was unconscious again.

The door to the room slammed open and magneto floated in.

"Eric." Xavier gasped exhausted.

"Come now Charles, do you really think I'd let you find her?"

"If you've done anything to her so help me." Scott threatened.

"You'll do nothing if you can't see. I would close my eyes if I were you." Magneto said waving his hand Scott's visor flew off.

Wes had taken cover behind the bed he was aiming his laser at Magneto when something hit him across the side of his head knocking him unconscious.

Mystique rose from behind him. "You must be more careful Eric, he was about to shoot you." She chided musically.

All of the sudden Jen sat up. Magneto suddenly went flying through the window. Logan struggled to his feet as objects began spinning through the air within the confines of the room. It was as if a giant vortex had opened and they were all caught in its grasp. Jen sat at the center of it. Eric burst into the room.

"Wes!" Eric yelled seeing him unconscious on the floor.

Wes stirred, dazedly he picked his throbbing head up.

"Stay down, don't move!" Eric yelled.

"Jen," Wes said trying to stand but he ducked to the ground again when he was almost blindsided by a chair.

The Professor's wheelchair began to rise into the air. Logan grabbed him and dragged him to the floor.

Eric was trying to find a way to make it to Wes and then for the two of them to get to Jen when one of the Silver Guardians came up behind Eric and seeing Wes on the ground let off a round of fire. The force of the blast knocked Jen from the bed on top of Wes. Everything that had been spinning through the room crashed to the floor.

"Jen!" Wes screamed pulling her into his arms. Tears streamed down his cheeks.

"What the hell were you thinking." Eric fumed grabbing the Guardian by the collar.

"I-I'm sorry sir. It was the only way." The blonde haired man stammered.

"You could have killed her!"

"Professor we need to get her to the Institute we can protect her there." Logan said quietly. He saw Scott's visor and picked it up. "I think this belongs to you." He said handing it to him.

"Thank you." Scott mumbled quickly.

Logan looked at Scott. He looked even more defeated now than when they had lost Jean in the flood. Now that he knew Magneto had Jean he wouldn't stop until he had brought her back home. Logan promised himself he wouldn't let Scott do anything that would kill him or anyone else. When it came to Jean, Scott would rather die than have anything happen to her. He knew that it would be next to impossible for them to find her and get her back.