I know this chapter is short but it is getting hard to see where I want to take the story, I have some ideas but so many characters that each one deserves some screen time. Hope you like it

4.

Moira checked the monitor, Hank seemed to be making a more than successful recovery, specially considering the extent of the damage he had suffered the previous night. His vitals were good and he seemed to be resting. Moira was relieved. She wouldn´t want to witness Xavier´s anger at seeing one of his kids killed. Okay, this one was not a kid anymore but still, he had been one of the first students of the school, and eventhough Xavier loved each and everyone of them as a good foster father, he had a special place in his heart for the first ones. Moira knew better than anyone how hard Xavier was taking the fact that Scott had joined Magneto, Scott had always been his favourite one. There has never been any competition for Summers till Wolverine arrived and Charles decided that the mysterious Canadian could be a great asset for his team.

Moira left the med-lab still thinking on the past, on how she used to talk with Charles about his dream of building a school for mutants all those years ago. As if he had been reading her mind, Charles appeared, it was still strange to see him walking around in this new body but Moira was getting used to it, the funny part was that even with the new body his smile was still the same and Moira was just as able to read his bodylanguage as she used to before.

-"Is he getting better?"- Xavier walked closer to her

-"Surprisingly, the answer is yes. Charles, he should have died after that explosion, he had lost too much blood and the damage was considerable"- Moira answered, avoiding looking him in the eyes, she didn´t want him to see how worried she was.

-"What is wrong, Moira?"- Charles knew her better than she thought

-"Charles, I have been with the Cuckoos sisters, I had to sedate them again, they were in histerics. Those poor girls, and this is just the beginning, Am I right?"- Moira refused to look at him-"This place is not safe anymore, send the kids home"

-"There are no safe places anymore, Moira, we are mutants, that is how it is. Most of these kids do not have a home to go back to. The parents who want their children to return home will start calling and I will send them if they want to. I love my children, you know that, I will never do anything that could put them at risk. I cannot control what others can do to them"- Xavier was sad but ready to keep up the fight

-"That is funny coming from a man that can control minds"- Moira raised her face and met his eyes for the first time

-"You know how I feel about that"- Xavier said

-"And you know how I feel about you, so please, do not try to read my thoughts, there is nothing new there"- She told him. Xavier smiled again.

-"So Hank is out of danger, let´s concentrate now on our next patient"- Xavier walked to the other round door-"She was awake this morning for a brief period, I could sense her, she was so confused and distraught"

-"Why have you let her wake up? I swear, Charles, I have no idea why are you letting her live again, after what she did, what she did to you. Have you forgotten?"- Moira asked

-"No, how could I? When Logan first found her among the debris I tried to read her mind and she let me in. She was scared and hurting but she was Jean. I could feel her power and although most of her mental blocks were gone she was still Jean Grey, the Phoenix was not in control."-Xavier explained-"When she wake up here, in the mansion, Jean was still in control. I know how dangerous she can be, but right now she is not and I cannot let her go again without trying to help her. She needs help, Moira, she deserves it, after all these years, after seeing her grow up I cannot turn my back on her and let her die."

-"The Phoenix can try to kill everyone again"- Moira warned him

-"Well, that way we could stop worrying about the sentinels"- Xavier said full of sarcasm-"She seems peaceful"

Logan was laying exhausted on the examining couch, Jean was curled up on his chest. Xavier hated to wake him up but he needed to examine Jean. He contacted Logan telepathically.

-"Logan"- He called

-"Already awake, Chuck, you make so much noise, even without the wheelchair"- Logan blinked tired, he stroke Jean´s hair a last time and gathered her in his arms. He didn´t want to wake her up, but she seemed to be too tired to feel how she was lifted up and then placed back. Logan looked at her and then at Charles.

-"You are going to put those mental blocks back on her mind again, aren´t you?"- he asked the Professor

-"I will do what has to be done"- Charles Xavier wasn´t up for another ethical discussion with the man.

-"I know, now I do. The lesser evil. I understand"- Logan tried to block the memory of him killing Jean from his mind but he was sure Charles have seen it-"look, all I am saying is that Jean has a right to know, she has read my mind, she knows what happened. It is Jeannie, Chuck, is really her, this time, she didn´t came back wrong"

Charles closed his eyes, this was a hard decision, Logan was right but it could be too dangerous. He knew what Storm would say.

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