I forgot to include a disclaimer. So to be on the safe side, The X-men belong to Marvel, The Smallville gang and Mercy Graves belong to DC. Got it? Good!
Couples: Jott, Lancitty, Kurmanda, Clana, and Lance Alvers + Mercy Graves Larcy
Chapter two
Crappy teen drama song: Evanescence - Going under
After the car incident she decided to be more proactive. Scanning everyone in each of her classes before it started was a mentally exhausting, but a necessary precaution. She sent them waves of emotion hoping to make them curb their attitudes. Guilt over their actions and sudden fear being caught or retribution shut them up. Retribution, their minds were open doors to her. She could feel their fears and doubt, turn them against each other, or bring their nightmares to life right in front of them. She rejected these thoughts like she did every time she was faced with this temptation. But the reasons for choosing to fight the good fight were fading away. Her family, the Professor, Storm, Logan, everything they taught her and the examples they set were gone. Her friends, the people she had to be strong for and the people who had to be strong for her, weren't gone but in that moment they didn't matter. All she knew was how she felt when she first saw those ugly words etched into her car doors.
She focused on Taryn and something she picked up on during their friendship. There was a suicide in every generation of Taryn family as far back as anyone can remember. She searched Taryns mind for black and white photos, colour photos, memoriam cards, family gossip, speculation on what caused this curse, and who would be next. She would have the rest of the school year to torture Taryn and since they all knew what she was, Jean had to be cautious.
Taryn sat on the other side of the room near the door. She could hear the late students and teachers move quietly through the hallways during class. Though Jean's manipulations were keeping Taryn in check she was still riding the high of her victory and wondered how best to capitalize on it. She also wondered what Jean was going to do next.
Through the corner of her eye Taryn noticed someone loitering in hallway outside the class room. For reasons beyond her understanding this was very unsettling. She felt a familiar dread threaten her.
Jean wondered what to do next. Should she have a bloody apparition moan "yyyooouuurrrr nnneeexxxttt", or do a more restrained The Six Sense type thing? She decided to follow her heart.
It amazed Taryn how often the shame of those secrets crept into her daily life. Her stomach was often in knots that tightened every time someone brought up the subject.
She refused to let anything much less that, spoil the fun she planned to have today. She shrugged it off. Besides, it was probably some loser at their locker or something; nothing to get freaked out about. "Whatever!" Taryn concluded.
Just then a man came through the wall and into the class room. He moved through desks and students and stood in front of her.
"Uncle Matthew", she whispered to herself pressing her fist to her lips. Wearing the suit he was buried in he looked at her, shook his head, and left the way he came.
Jean kept Taryn from screaming and gave her enough self control to ask for a hall pass and willed the teacher to give her one. Taryn calmly walked out the door and ran to restroom. Jean released her hold and allowed fear and shame to silently tear through her. Jean made sure these hauntings and ghastly visits would randomly occur for the rest of the week.
Crappy Teen Drama song: Jessica Simpson – These Boots are Made for Walking
Jean should have been on her way to second period but instead she was moving down stairs to the Gym to meet Duncan who had study hall second period. She hid behind the vending machines for cover and waited. Duncan was a real morning person. He loved going to football practice before school and Gym class first period didn't faze him in the least. He and his friends came out of the boy's locker room and headed for the stairwell. Jean hit Duncan with a craving for a soda and willed the rest of his friends to catch up with him later. He walked toward her.
Lance, Todd, and Pietro cautiously moved through the school. Lance cleaned out his locker the day they were expelled. Todd didn't care about anything in his but Pietro left his IPOD at school and wanted it back. Maybe it was just some closure thing but they had to come back one more time. Pietro's locker was close to the boy's locker room. Pietro was emptying his locker when Duncan's voice startled them.
"You!" he started, "What do you want? Lemme guess, your car needs a new paint job right?" he said harshly.
The eavesdroppers waiting by Pietro's locker chuckled quietly at that one.
"If I asked you a couple months ago would have done it for me?" She answered.
"Before I found what a freakshow you were, and you told me off in front all our friends. We both know I would have done anything you wanted." He said turning his back on her.
"Duncan Wait," she said pulling his arm and turning him to face her. "I need…to talk to you."
"Jean come on, it's gone to far now, everyone knows and everyone is scared as hell of you people. Being with me isn't going to make people back off. It's just going to make things harder for both of us…Sorry."
"I know I can't be your girlfriend, Duncan. But that doesn't mean that you can't help me and I can't help you." She said taking his hand and moving him closer. His arms wrapped around waist.
Todd took a few steps back in complete shock. Lance's eyes bugged out of his head threatening the most extreme vengeance if Todd took one more step or uttered a single sound. Pietro just stood there, sporting a wicked grin and shaking his head. No one said anything; they just waited to see what would happen next.
"You're serious?" He asked her. She nodded. "Alright," he said, "I do what I can to take the heat off you, your friends, and any other mutie freaks at this school and you give me what I want, when I want, and I say how we do this. And we close this deal with more than a handshake right now!" he said pushing her into the small space between the wall and vending machine.
It took everything Todd had not to scream with disappointment when Duncan pushed her behind the vending machine and out of sight. Pietro had to admit he was disappointed too.
"What's Freddy gonna do when he finds out Jean Grey was boffing Duncan at school, behind a vending machine." Pietro asked laughing as quietly as possible.
"Fred, he's not gonna care. Summers is gonna lose going to it. I can't wait to tell him." Lance answered.
"Maybe we shouldn't? I'm telling you this expulsion is temporary, my father will see it to that. Her boffing Matthews might improve the atmosphere at this school, at least for awhile, ya think, Yes, No, Maybe?" Pietro offered.
"For Duncan Yes, for us I don't think so." Todd answered.
"We don't need her help. Besides if goggle boy knew about this he'd drive his precious car right off a cliff. This is too good." Lance said.
"No, this would be good if we could see the action behind the coke machine." Todd lamented.
Letting him roughly manhandle her like this was making her nauseous. His knee wedged her legs apart and she could feel him fiddling with her belt buckle. "Come on Duncan, Do you maul Alita like this?" She asked him.
"We had a deal." He said, crushing his body against hers.
"I know." She said as she gently cupped his face in her hands and made him look at her. His hard eyes softened apologetically and she pulled him into a sweet kiss.
With that Jean dropped him to the floor and collected his wallet. The boys saw Duncan fall and Jean go through his pockets. She took his money and his plastic.
"Oh man, guys, I don't know, should we call the cops or something cause, that machine is being violated." Todd exclaimed.
"The next guy who gets a soda from there's going to need a tetanus shot." Pietro added.
"I think the Prof would call that a gross misuse of your powers, don't you think?" Lance asked announcing their presence.
"The Prof doesn't have to leave his mansion and deal with this abuse every day does he?" Jean answered.
The guys looked at each other surprised by her response.
"How about this? You guys give me a ride to the mall and I'll give you Duncan's gas card. Deal?" She asked.
"Deal." Pietro responded even though it wasn't his jeep and he wasn't driving but no one can drive any where without gas and even Lance had to admit they could really use that card.
"Come on." Lance said heading for the exit.