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A/N: trying to fight writers block! Its getting hard but I think I have just had a spert of inspiration! Woohoo! Thanks for the reviews I am loving them all!
Chapter 7
Logan had scheduled a training session Tuesday night before he left the institute for a few weeks. All the students that gathered down to the planning room waiting for him to arrive. Scott hopped along through the small crowed of students trying to pull on his boot. He spotted the urban tint of Jean's hair at the front of the planning room and smiled to himself. Putting his foot on the ground he walked over to her. He placed a hand on her shoulder. She turned around and smiled warmly at him.
"Hey" she said turning around to face him. He nodded combing his fingers though her hair before letting his arm drop back down to his side.
"So every one is going to the movies tonight Evan and Kurt want to see Terminator again and everyone else is going. Up for it?"
Jean pursed her lips in thought. "I better not, the Professor has asked to see me after this and plus I am still kinda tired from last night" she said with a grin. Scott frowned but smiled at her. He shrugged turning his gaze to the doors and watched Logan walk in.
"You go and have a good time and I will catch up with you when you get back." She told him looking at Logan who was standing in front of every one with his muscular arms folded across his chest.
"Ok kids here is the thing. I am taking a few weeks out and before I go I want to see what levels you're all at. Now I'm gonna start at the easy levels and get higher." He looked at all the faces watching for any signs of disapproval. He was not disappointed. He reached over and pressed in a button. The double metal doors of the danger room opened and Logan stretched out an arm gesturing for them all to walk inside. They obliged walking inside and standing in the center of the room. He gave them a small wave before closing the doors. The student stood in silence looking around the room. Machines started to emerge from the walls and began shooting brightly coloured lazier beams in their direction. The team automatically spread out, all jumping away from the colourful bullets. Evan pushed him self along on his skate board throwing sharp, bony spikes at the moving pieces of machinery. Cyclops opened his visor, destroying anything harmful. He looked around spotting a few new recruits that had already been hit and were now sitting on the floor. He shook his head turning his attention back to the machines that were now growing legs and walking around the room. A small metal box was floating around the room shooting out orange paint.
Jean turned around spotting two orange paint bullets flying towards her. Closing her eyes she stretched out an arm creating a shield around her. Opening her eyes she used her other hand to throw the box across the room.
Logan watched from above at all the students run around the small room. He glanced down at the small display of buttons before him and grasped a small switch. He pulled it down and created an atmosphere inside the room.
The students looked around the room as rocks started forming from the ground, growing into mountains. The metal walls had disappeared and had been replaced with a sky and deserted space for miles. Cyclops pressed his back against the hard rock. His eyes danced curiously across the space, he spotted Kurt, Kitty and Jean on the other side of the room. He looked for the others wondering how many there were left. It was obvious that Logan had turned it up a level already. The sounds of shooting reached his ears and his gaze snapped back to the other side of the room. Kitty stood behind Jean who held up a shield protecting them both from a giant robot. Cyclops frowned looking around trying to find out the quickest way to get over to them. Opening his visor he looked at the robot with his naked eye and sent his red optic blasts toward the robot. Sure enough they hit the robot and it fell backwards. Kitty and Jean sighed in relief and ran off. Jean glanced over at him and sent him a small wave before following Kitty. Cyclops smiled to himself staring in front of him.
From above Logan frowned looking at Cyclops. "What the hell is that kid doing?!" he yelled to himself.
"Cyclops snap out of it will yer!" he yelled through the speaker. Cyclops shook his head and looked around before running off.
Rogue gripped her weapon tightly in her gloved hand as she walked cautiously through a gauge. She stopped in her tracks and listened. The gauge was deserted, the rocks were towering over her on each side. Her eyes widened as a growling noise reached her ears and began getting louder. She looked around before spotting a huge boulder rolling towards her. It was just big enough to move through the gauge. She let out a shriek before turning and running away from it. Her heart was pounding painfully in her chest and she looked left and right looking desperately for a gap between the rocks. Cyclops appeared in front of her she sighed in relief but panic over took her again as the rumbling beneath her feet became louder.
"Run!" she yelled breathlessly. Cyclops stopped in his tracks and hurriedly turned around now running beside Rogue. He looked over his shoulder and threw an optic blast at the boulder. Small fragments of the rock flew off in every direction; Rogue looked up at the falling rock and protectively held her arms over her head. Cyclops did the same feeling his legs begin to ache. Suddenly he felt his stomach flip over and his body felt weightless. He looked up to see Rogue floating beside him and Jean in front of them. He looked down to see the huge boulder rolling underneath him and past them. He sighed breathing deeply smiling at Jean who was now slowly levitating them all to the floor.
"Thanks Jean" he said placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't thank me yet" she yelled panic in her voice as another boulder came rolling around the corner. This time small guns appeared firing lazier beams at them.
"Ah man!" Rogue breathed deeply. Cyclops nodded in agreement opening his visor and hitting the guns with his beams. Jean stuck out her arms and closed her eyes. The boulder came to a stop and everything went quiet.
"I can't keep it still for long" she told them. Cyclops looked at Rogue who shrugged.
"What should we do?" she asked him. Cyclops looked at Jean and bit his lower lip. Suddenly lazier beams began landing at their feet. Jean jumped as a lazier bullet burnt the side of her leg and she sucked in a breath of air. Rogue yelled out a cry of surprise as she leaped back feeling a bullet skim past her forearm ripping the material of her uniform.
"Jean the boulder!" Cyclops yelled gazing at the boulder now only a few inches away from them. Jean gasped clenching her teeth and held out her hands. The boulder stopped and Cyclops lifted his visor causing the boulder to explode into hundreds of small rocks. Jean groaned covering her head with her hands. A shower of rocks fell upon the three of them, covering their bodies. Dust and smoke rose from the pile of rocks as Cyclops pushed himself out from underneath them. He rubbed his forehead and sighed looking around. Panic washed over his body and he looked frantically over the rocks.
"Jean! Rogue!" he yelled looking around. He stood up grasping a wound on his left shoulder.
"Jean!" he yelled as he began to move the rocks.
"Over here" her voice sounded from behind him. Cyclops turned and ran over to where he had heard her voice. Jean and Rogue sat in a pile of rocks. Rogue pushed herself to her feet hearing her uniform tare. She looked down at her right arm, which was now bare. Her uniform arm had gotten caught on the edge of a rock leaving her with nothing but a glove on her arm. She growled folding her arms over her chest and looked helplessly at Cyclops. He shrugged looking down at Jean who was still sitting down. Suddenly a scream filled the air.
"It's Kitty!" Rogue yelled jumping off of the pile of rocks. She looked over she shoulder and waited for the other two. "Come on!" she yelled.
Cyclops looked down at Jean. He held out a hand and grasped hers. He pulled her to her feet and she winced. "Are you alright?" he asked feeling her weight upon him. She nodded looking at Rogue who was still waiting for them.
"You go and I will catch up" she told him pushing him away slightly. Cyclops frowned.
"But you're hurt" he protested walking up to her again.
"No I'm fine now go and I will catch up" Jean told him again lifting his body with her TK and levitating him beside Rogue. He looked over his shoulder at her helplessly. She smiled and gave him a gentle telekinetic push. She watched him and Rogue run down the gauge towards the scream.
She looked down at her leg. By her ankle, her uniform had been ripped revealing the skin of her leg. From her ankle to half way to her knee, her lower leg was throbbing painfully. Her skin stung and burned and was red raw. She bit her bottom lip levitating herself off of the rocks and she began to fly in the came direction as Cyclops and Rogue.
Kitty lay in a heap on the floor, her hand on her forehead. In the distance one of the giant boulders could be seen rolling away into the distance.
"Kitty are you alright?" Cyclops asked grabbing her arms and helping her to her feet. The younger girl rubbed her forehead and looked up at Cyclops and Rogue.
"Yeah but this like huge rock came at me and I phased through it and now I like feel light headed." Cyclops put an arm around her waist and balanced her.
"Uh Oh" Rogue murmured looking up at a small box, which was hovering above them. She swallowed watching as it armed its weapons. She suddenly realized that her own weapon was still held tightly between her fingers. She threw it up as high as she could and grinned as the weapon collided with the small box and they exploded. She smiled proudly and looked back to Cyclops and Kitty. Suddenly Kurt appeared beside them with Amara on his arm. They both smiled each looking rather battered.
"Every one else is out" Kurt said matter-of-factly. Cyclops nodded.
"Ok lets make our way to the doors" he ordered. They all nodded and began to make their way past the rocks to where the door stood on the other side of the room.
"You feeling better?" he asked Kitty who was still gripping on to him. She smiled warmly and nodded. Cyclops released his grip on Kitty and continued to follow every one else. Suddenly he stopped in his tracks and gasped looking around.
"Where's Jean?" he asked. The others looked over their shoulders at him and shrugged.
"She never caught up with us" Rogue told him. Cyclops felt his breath catch in his throat as he turned to look behind him.
"She's probably out side vaiting for us" Kurt said. Cyclops shook his head.
"No, no she's not. You guys carry on. I'm gonna go and get her" he yelled as he ran back in the opposite direction.
"You heard the man lets go!" Rogue yelled walking forward.
Cyclops ran back through the gauge to the pile of rocks. He frowned looking around in search for Jean. He swallowed feeling panic rise up inside him.
"Jean!" he yelled, his voice echoing throughout the gauge. Suddenly a loud rumble sound reached his ears and his eyes widened as a rockslide began burying the gauge. He turned and ran, desperate to reach the end of the gauge. He could hear the rockslide coming closer, pebbles and stones hitting his ankles as they fell forward. He looked over his shoulder seeing that he was about to get buried when he felt a pair of arms wrap tightly around his chest and he saw his body leave the ground just in time. He looked up at Jean who held him tightly against her as she flew through the air.
"My guardian angle" he said and she smiled kissing his hair. By the time they reached the doors, everyone was waiting for them. The double doors closed behind them and Jean placed their bodies on the ground gently.
"Bravo" Logan said with a smile as he walked into the planning room. "Well I think I got what I wanted. Well done and you can enjoy yer break while I'm gone but expect to be workin' hard when I get back" he said and allowed them all to leave.
"Thanks Jean for saving me from an early burial" Scott said placing a hand on her shoulder as he began to walk. Jean smiled and began to walk with him. She left out a small cry of pain lifting her leg off of the ground.
"What's the matter?" Scott asked with a frown.
"It's nothing, I just hurt my leg" she said. Scott looked down at the revealed section of skin and made a face. "It stings a little" she told him. Scott bent down and scooped her up into his arms careful not to touch the tender part of her leg and began to carry her out of the planning room. Jean wrapped her arms around her neck and leant her face on his shoulder. She closed her eyes trying to ignore the blinding pain that ran up and down her lower leg and held her self tightly to him. Scott carried her into the elevator and Jean pressed the button for the hospital floor.
"I can stand you know" she whispered nestling her head into the base of his neck. Scott shrugged.
"I just like the feeling of holding you" he said barely above a whisper. Jean smiled to herself stroking his soft hair and placed a small kiss at the base of his neck. The elevator doors opened and Scott walked out into the hall and down to the hospital wing. Jean opened the double, wooden doors with her TK and Scott walked into a long room with a row of beds on each side. He walked over to a bed and gently sat Jean on it so that her legs hung over the edge. He looked into her eyes and reached up to touch her face. He gently caressed her cheek and leant in closing the gap between them. The kiss was sweet and gentle. Scott allowed his hand to linger on her jaw line as the kiss deepened. Jean wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him closer. She opened her mouth allowing Scott's tongue to wrestle her own. They sat kissing for a few short minutes before Scott reluctantly pulled away. He kissed the tip of her nose affectionately before looking at her leg.
"I'll go and get Doctor MaCoy" he told her kissing her again before running out of the room. Jean sat in silence for several minutes before some one walked through the door again. She smiled warmly at Mister Hank MaCoy, a large blue beast like man.
"Hello Jean" he greeted as he walking in front of her. "Scott tells me that you have hurt yourself" he began. Jean nodded turning her gaze to her wounded leg. Hank followed her gaze and found the rather large wound.
"Oh my that looks nasty" he said stepping closer. He placed an over size hand on her foot and gently lifted her leg up. Jean winced silently allowing him to lift her leg. Hank lent closer and stared at the wound for several seconds.
"It is pretty badly burnt so you will need to rest it. That means no walking for a few days." He told her slowly putting her leg back. Jean frowned.
"How am I going to get to school?" she said sadly.
"You wont, you will need to take a few days off in order for it to start healing and it looks like your uniform will attach itself to the tender part of your skin if I don't remove it" he told her. Jean swallowed nervously as she watched him reach for a pair of scissors from a near by tray and bring them to her leg.
"Just relax" he said as he began to cut through the material above her knee. "But the good news is that it doesn't look like it will scar" he told her. Jean sighed watching him cut at her uniform.
"This may sting a little" he told her once he had finished cutting. Jean held her breath and closed her eyes as Hank gently pulled back the material off of her leg. She suppressed a moan as Hank peeled the material off of her ankle. "There you go" he said throwing the material in to a bin next to the bed.
Jean smiled and used her TK to levitate the tray holding the bandages on it into Hanks waiting hands. "Thanks" he said pulling up a chair and sitting opposing her. He placed her bare foot on his knee and began to spray the wound with anti-septic. Jean retracted her leg, her eyes watering from the intense sting.
"I am sorry Jean, but I don't want you to get an infection."
"I know, I'm sorry" Jean apologized placing her foot back on to his knee. She looked away while Hank sprayed her leg one more time.
"So how did you do this?" Hank asked beginning to wrap the white bandage around the base of her foot and her ankle.
"The danger room. I got hit by one of the lazier things" she explained. Hank nodded.
"Well this is going to result to you having to stay sitting or laying down, I know it will be hard for you" he said with a chuckle. Jean smiled drawing her attention to the double doors that had been pushed open and Scott came in now changed out of his uniform. Jean smiled at him as he walked and stood next to Hank.
"Ooh, looks bad". Scott said and Hank nodded.
"She is not allowed to walk on it for a day or two so its your job to make sure she stays off of her feet" Hank told him not taking his eyes off of the bandage. Scott nodded.
"Hank, Kitty want's to see you about something to do with her head. I'll finish doing that for you" he said. Hank smiled gently lifting Jean's foot and standing from the stool. Scott sat in his place and continued to wrap the bandage up her leg.
"Why did you go back?" Jean asked once Hank had left the room. Scott looked up at her.
"I was worried about you" he explained drawing his attention back to his task. Jean smiled.
"I would have been alright" she said with a small laugh. Scott smiled making his way up her leg.
"Does it hurt?" he asked. Jean made a face.
"Like hell" she told him simply. Scott frowned watching carefully as he coiled the white material around her slim leg.
"Well don't worry I will look after you. I'm not going with Evan and Kurt tonight." He said not looking up at her. Jean frowned leaning back on her arms.
"Why not?"
"Because I don't want to leave you like this so I decided that I would take care of you and make sure you don't hurt yourself." Jean raised an eyebrow.
"And just how would I do that? I can hardly move now" she said dryly sucking in a sharp breath of air as Scott bandaged the last part of her wound. He placed a strip of bandage tape around the top of her leg to make sure that it wouldn't come undone. She sighed, feeling her voice break and she felt like crying. Scott stood from his chair and stood before her. He smoothed her hair back and placed a firm kiss on her forehead. Her lips curved into a smile and she lent into his warmth and wrapped her arms around him. Once again he pulled her into his arms and carried her out of the hospital wing. Scott held Jean tightly to him as he made his way down to the common room. It was almost eight o'clock and every one else had already left to see the movie.
"I'm sorry I made you miss your movie" Jean told him quietly closing her eyes. Her head was pillowed on his chest and the steady beat of his heart drumming behind his ribcage sounded in her ear.
"It's OK, to be honest I would rather stay here with you" he said grinning at her. Jean didn't open her eyes and she sighed relaxing in his arms. She let out a yawn, covering her mouth with her hand before snaking her arm around his neck again.
*Tired?* he sent to her mentally. He felt her shake her head.
*No, you are just very comfortable* she said sheepishly. Scott smiled to himself walking down the foyer staircase. They were silent while he made his way to the common room. Scott listened to Jean even breathing. His heat jumped and his body shivered when he felt her wriggle sleepily in his arms. They entered the empty common room, the television had been left on and a few magazines and old bowls of popcorn from an hour ago lay unfinished on the carpet. He walked over to the sofa and reluctantly put Jean down onto the cushions. She grumbled sleepily, lying on the sofa cushions letting her arms fall from around his neck. Scott gently placed a footstool under the ankle of her bad leg and sat next to her. Jean leaned over and rested her head on his shoulder and opened her eyes for the first time in a while.
He smiled down at her smoothing her hair back and kissing her forehead. Jean looked up at him, searching out his eyes from behind his visor. She placed a hand behind his neck and shifted her weight, not dropping her gaze. Their lips met, lightly brushing against one another. Jean moved closer, desperate to feel his warmth against her. The kiss rose in passion as Scott wrapped his arms around her torso and leaned forward. Jean allowed his tongue to enter her mouth as she fell back slightly. She combed her fingers through his soft brown hair and continued to fall slowly backwards until blinding pang of pain cause her to jolt away. She failed to suppress a moan as she reached down and grabbed her knee. She looked over at Scott who was sitting up right and looking at her.
"Sorry" she said feeling rather embarrassed. She awkwardly shifted her self so that her body was in line with her leg and sighed, leaning back on the sofa. Scott leaned over and covered her lips with his and captured her in a sweet soft kiss.
A/N: I hope this chapter was more enjoyable than the last. I am on my half term! Woohoo! So I have a little more time than I usually do. Please review! you know I love them!
A/N: trying to fight writers block! Its getting hard but I think I have just had a spert of inspiration! Woohoo! Thanks for the reviews I am loving them all!
Chapter 7
Logan had scheduled a training session Tuesday night before he left the institute for a few weeks. All the students that gathered down to the planning room waiting for him to arrive. Scott hopped along through the small crowed of students trying to pull on his boot. He spotted the urban tint of Jean's hair at the front of the planning room and smiled to himself. Putting his foot on the ground he walked over to her. He placed a hand on her shoulder. She turned around and smiled warmly at him.
"Hey" she said turning around to face him. He nodded combing his fingers though her hair before letting his arm drop back down to his side.
"So every one is going to the movies tonight Evan and Kurt want to see Terminator again and everyone else is going. Up for it?"
Jean pursed her lips in thought. "I better not, the Professor has asked to see me after this and plus I am still kinda tired from last night" she said with a grin. Scott frowned but smiled at her. He shrugged turning his gaze to the doors and watched Logan walk in.
"You go and have a good time and I will catch up with you when you get back." She told him looking at Logan who was standing in front of every one with his muscular arms folded across his chest.
"Ok kids here is the thing. I am taking a few weeks out and before I go I want to see what levels you're all at. Now I'm gonna start at the easy levels and get higher." He looked at all the faces watching for any signs of disapproval. He was not disappointed. He reached over and pressed in a button. The double metal doors of the danger room opened and Logan stretched out an arm gesturing for them all to walk inside. They obliged walking inside and standing in the center of the room. He gave them a small wave before closing the doors. The student stood in silence looking around the room. Machines started to emerge from the walls and began shooting brightly coloured lazier beams in their direction. The team automatically spread out, all jumping away from the colourful bullets. Evan pushed him self along on his skate board throwing sharp, bony spikes at the moving pieces of machinery. Cyclops opened his visor, destroying anything harmful. He looked around spotting a few new recruits that had already been hit and were now sitting on the floor. He shook his head turning his attention back to the machines that were now growing legs and walking around the room. A small metal box was floating around the room shooting out orange paint.
Jean turned around spotting two orange paint bullets flying towards her. Closing her eyes she stretched out an arm creating a shield around her. Opening her eyes she used her other hand to throw the box across the room.
Logan watched from above at all the students run around the small room. He glanced down at the small display of buttons before him and grasped a small switch. He pulled it down and created an atmosphere inside the room.
The students looked around the room as rocks started forming from the ground, growing into mountains. The metal walls had disappeared and had been replaced with a sky and deserted space for miles. Cyclops pressed his back against the hard rock. His eyes danced curiously across the space, he spotted Kurt, Kitty and Jean on the other side of the room. He looked for the others wondering how many there were left. It was obvious that Logan had turned it up a level already. The sounds of shooting reached his ears and his gaze snapped back to the other side of the room. Kitty stood behind Jean who held up a shield protecting them both from a giant robot. Cyclops frowned looking around trying to find out the quickest way to get over to them. Opening his visor he looked at the robot with his naked eye and sent his red optic blasts toward the robot. Sure enough they hit the robot and it fell backwards. Kitty and Jean sighed in relief and ran off. Jean glanced over at him and sent him a small wave before following Kitty. Cyclops smiled to himself staring in front of him.
From above Logan frowned looking at Cyclops. "What the hell is that kid doing?!" he yelled to himself.
"Cyclops snap out of it will yer!" he yelled through the speaker. Cyclops shook his head and looked around before running off.
Rogue gripped her weapon tightly in her gloved hand as she walked cautiously through a gauge. She stopped in her tracks and listened. The gauge was deserted, the rocks were towering over her on each side. Her eyes widened as a growling noise reached her ears and began getting louder. She looked around before spotting a huge boulder rolling towards her. It was just big enough to move through the gauge. She let out a shriek before turning and running away from it. Her heart was pounding painfully in her chest and she looked left and right looking desperately for a gap between the rocks. Cyclops appeared in front of her she sighed in relief but panic over took her again as the rumbling beneath her feet became louder.
"Run!" she yelled breathlessly. Cyclops stopped in his tracks and hurriedly turned around now running beside Rogue. He looked over his shoulder and threw an optic blast at the boulder. Small fragments of the rock flew off in every direction; Rogue looked up at the falling rock and protectively held her arms over her head. Cyclops did the same feeling his legs begin to ache. Suddenly he felt his stomach flip over and his body felt weightless. He looked up to see Rogue floating beside him and Jean in front of them. He looked down to see the huge boulder rolling underneath him and past them. He sighed breathing deeply smiling at Jean who was now slowly levitating them all to the floor.
"Thanks Jean" he said placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't thank me yet" she yelled panic in her voice as another boulder came rolling around the corner. This time small guns appeared firing lazier beams at them.
"Ah man!" Rogue breathed deeply. Cyclops nodded in agreement opening his visor and hitting the guns with his beams. Jean stuck out her arms and closed her eyes. The boulder came to a stop and everything went quiet.
"I can't keep it still for long" she told them. Cyclops looked at Rogue who shrugged.
"What should we do?" she asked him. Cyclops looked at Jean and bit his lower lip. Suddenly lazier beams began landing at their feet. Jean jumped as a lazier bullet burnt the side of her leg and she sucked in a breath of air. Rogue yelled out a cry of surprise as she leaped back feeling a bullet skim past her forearm ripping the material of her uniform.
"Jean the boulder!" Cyclops yelled gazing at the boulder now only a few inches away from them. Jean gasped clenching her teeth and held out her hands. The boulder stopped and Cyclops lifted his visor causing the boulder to explode into hundreds of small rocks. Jean groaned covering her head with her hands. A shower of rocks fell upon the three of them, covering their bodies. Dust and smoke rose from the pile of rocks as Cyclops pushed himself out from underneath them. He rubbed his forehead and sighed looking around. Panic washed over his body and he looked frantically over the rocks.
"Jean! Rogue!" he yelled looking around. He stood up grasping a wound on his left shoulder.
"Jean!" he yelled as he began to move the rocks.
"Over here" her voice sounded from behind him. Cyclops turned and ran over to where he had heard her voice. Jean and Rogue sat in a pile of rocks. Rogue pushed herself to her feet hearing her uniform tare. She looked down at her right arm, which was now bare. Her uniform arm had gotten caught on the edge of a rock leaving her with nothing but a glove on her arm. She growled folding her arms over her chest and looked helplessly at Cyclops. He shrugged looking down at Jean who was still sitting down. Suddenly a scream filled the air.
"It's Kitty!" Rogue yelled jumping off of the pile of rocks. She looked over she shoulder and waited for the other two. "Come on!" she yelled.
Cyclops looked down at Jean. He held out a hand and grasped hers. He pulled her to her feet and she winced. "Are you alright?" he asked feeling her weight upon him. She nodded looking at Rogue who was still waiting for them.
"You go and I will catch up" she told him pushing him away slightly. Cyclops frowned.
"But you're hurt" he protested walking up to her again.
"No I'm fine now go and I will catch up" Jean told him again lifting his body with her TK and levitating him beside Rogue. He looked over his shoulder at her helplessly. She smiled and gave him a gentle telekinetic push. She watched him and Rogue run down the gauge towards the scream.
She looked down at her leg. By her ankle, her uniform had been ripped revealing the skin of her leg. From her ankle to half way to her knee, her lower leg was throbbing painfully. Her skin stung and burned and was red raw. She bit her bottom lip levitating herself off of the rocks and she began to fly in the came direction as Cyclops and Rogue.
Kitty lay in a heap on the floor, her hand on her forehead. In the distance one of the giant boulders could be seen rolling away into the distance.
"Kitty are you alright?" Cyclops asked grabbing her arms and helping her to her feet. The younger girl rubbed her forehead and looked up at Cyclops and Rogue.
"Yeah but this like huge rock came at me and I phased through it and now I like feel light headed." Cyclops put an arm around her waist and balanced her.
"Uh Oh" Rogue murmured looking up at a small box, which was hovering above them. She swallowed watching as it armed its weapons. She suddenly realized that her own weapon was still held tightly between her fingers. She threw it up as high as she could and grinned as the weapon collided with the small box and they exploded. She smiled proudly and looked back to Cyclops and Kitty. Suddenly Kurt appeared beside them with Amara on his arm. They both smiled each looking rather battered.
"Every one else is out" Kurt said matter-of-factly. Cyclops nodded.
"Ok lets make our way to the doors" he ordered. They all nodded and began to make their way past the rocks to where the door stood on the other side of the room.
"You feeling better?" he asked Kitty who was still gripping on to him. She smiled warmly and nodded. Cyclops released his grip on Kitty and continued to follow every one else. Suddenly he stopped in his tracks and gasped looking around.
"Where's Jean?" he asked. The others looked over their shoulders at him and shrugged.
"She never caught up with us" Rogue told him. Cyclops felt his breath catch in his throat as he turned to look behind him.
"She's probably out side vaiting for us" Kurt said. Cyclops shook his head.
"No, no she's not. You guys carry on. I'm gonna go and get her" he yelled as he ran back in the opposite direction.
"You heard the man lets go!" Rogue yelled walking forward.
Cyclops ran back through the gauge to the pile of rocks. He frowned looking around in search for Jean. He swallowed feeling panic rise up inside him.
"Jean!" he yelled, his voice echoing throughout the gauge. Suddenly a loud rumble sound reached his ears and his eyes widened as a rockslide began burying the gauge. He turned and ran, desperate to reach the end of the gauge. He could hear the rockslide coming closer, pebbles and stones hitting his ankles as they fell forward. He looked over his shoulder seeing that he was about to get buried when he felt a pair of arms wrap tightly around his chest and he saw his body leave the ground just in time. He looked up at Jean who held him tightly against her as she flew through the air.
"My guardian angle" he said and she smiled kissing his hair. By the time they reached the doors, everyone was waiting for them. The double doors closed behind them and Jean placed their bodies on the ground gently.
"Bravo" Logan said with a smile as he walked into the planning room. "Well I think I got what I wanted. Well done and you can enjoy yer break while I'm gone but expect to be workin' hard when I get back" he said and allowed them all to leave.
"Thanks Jean for saving me from an early burial" Scott said placing a hand on her shoulder as he began to walk. Jean smiled and began to walk with him. She left out a small cry of pain lifting her leg off of the ground.
"What's the matter?" Scott asked with a frown.
"It's nothing, I just hurt my leg" she said. Scott looked down at the revealed section of skin and made a face. "It stings a little" she told him. Scott bent down and scooped her up into his arms careful not to touch the tender part of her leg and began to carry her out of the planning room. Jean wrapped her arms around her neck and leant her face on his shoulder. She closed her eyes trying to ignore the blinding pain that ran up and down her lower leg and held her self tightly to him. Scott carried her into the elevator and Jean pressed the button for the hospital floor.
"I can stand you know" she whispered nestling her head into the base of his neck. Scott shrugged.
"I just like the feeling of holding you" he said barely above a whisper. Jean smiled to herself stroking his soft hair and placed a small kiss at the base of his neck. The elevator doors opened and Scott walked out into the hall and down to the hospital wing. Jean opened the double, wooden doors with her TK and Scott walked into a long room with a row of beds on each side. He walked over to a bed and gently sat Jean on it so that her legs hung over the edge. He looked into her eyes and reached up to touch her face. He gently caressed her cheek and leant in closing the gap between them. The kiss was sweet and gentle. Scott allowed his hand to linger on her jaw line as the kiss deepened. Jean wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him closer. She opened her mouth allowing Scott's tongue to wrestle her own. They sat kissing for a few short minutes before Scott reluctantly pulled away. He kissed the tip of her nose affectionately before looking at her leg.
"I'll go and get Doctor MaCoy" he told her kissing her again before running out of the room. Jean sat in silence for several minutes before some one walked through the door again. She smiled warmly at Mister Hank MaCoy, a large blue beast like man.
"Hello Jean" he greeted as he walking in front of her. "Scott tells me that you have hurt yourself" he began. Jean nodded turning her gaze to her wounded leg. Hank followed her gaze and found the rather large wound.
"Oh my that looks nasty" he said stepping closer. He placed an over size hand on her foot and gently lifted her leg up. Jean winced silently allowing him to lift her leg. Hank lent closer and stared at the wound for several seconds.
"It is pretty badly burnt so you will need to rest it. That means no walking for a few days." He told her slowly putting her leg back. Jean frowned.
"How am I going to get to school?" she said sadly.
"You wont, you will need to take a few days off in order for it to start healing and it looks like your uniform will attach itself to the tender part of your skin if I don't remove it" he told her. Jean swallowed nervously as she watched him reach for a pair of scissors from a near by tray and bring them to her leg.
"Just relax" he said as he began to cut through the material above her knee. "But the good news is that it doesn't look like it will scar" he told her. Jean sighed watching him cut at her uniform.
"This may sting a little" he told her once he had finished cutting. Jean held her breath and closed her eyes as Hank gently pulled back the material off of her leg. She suppressed a moan as Hank peeled the material off of her ankle. "There you go" he said throwing the material in to a bin next to the bed.
Jean smiled and used her TK to levitate the tray holding the bandages on it into Hanks waiting hands. "Thanks" he said pulling up a chair and sitting opposing her. He placed her bare foot on his knee and began to spray the wound with anti-septic. Jean retracted her leg, her eyes watering from the intense sting.
"I am sorry Jean, but I don't want you to get an infection."
"I know, I'm sorry" Jean apologized placing her foot back on to his knee. She looked away while Hank sprayed her leg one more time.
"So how did you do this?" Hank asked beginning to wrap the white bandage around the base of her foot and her ankle.
"The danger room. I got hit by one of the lazier things" she explained. Hank nodded.
"Well this is going to result to you having to stay sitting or laying down, I know it will be hard for you" he said with a chuckle. Jean smiled drawing her attention to the double doors that had been pushed open and Scott came in now changed out of his uniform. Jean smiled at him as he walked and stood next to Hank.
"Ooh, looks bad". Scott said and Hank nodded.
"She is not allowed to walk on it for a day or two so its your job to make sure she stays off of her feet" Hank told him not taking his eyes off of the bandage. Scott nodded.
"Hank, Kitty want's to see you about something to do with her head. I'll finish doing that for you" he said. Hank smiled gently lifting Jean's foot and standing from the stool. Scott sat in his place and continued to wrap the bandage up her leg.
"Why did you go back?" Jean asked once Hank had left the room. Scott looked up at her.
"I was worried about you" he explained drawing his attention back to his task. Jean smiled.
"I would have been alright" she said with a small laugh. Scott smiled making his way up her leg.
"Does it hurt?" he asked. Jean made a face.
"Like hell" she told him simply. Scott frowned watching carefully as he coiled the white material around her slim leg.
"Well don't worry I will look after you. I'm not going with Evan and Kurt tonight." He said not looking up at her. Jean frowned leaning back on her arms.
"Why not?"
"Because I don't want to leave you like this so I decided that I would take care of you and make sure you don't hurt yourself." Jean raised an eyebrow.
"And just how would I do that? I can hardly move now" she said dryly sucking in a sharp breath of air as Scott bandaged the last part of her wound. He placed a strip of bandage tape around the top of her leg to make sure that it wouldn't come undone. She sighed, feeling her voice break and she felt like crying. Scott stood from his chair and stood before her. He smoothed her hair back and placed a firm kiss on her forehead. Her lips curved into a smile and she lent into his warmth and wrapped her arms around him. Once again he pulled her into his arms and carried her out of the hospital wing. Scott held Jean tightly to him as he made his way down to the common room. It was almost eight o'clock and every one else had already left to see the movie.
"I'm sorry I made you miss your movie" Jean told him quietly closing her eyes. Her head was pillowed on his chest and the steady beat of his heart drumming behind his ribcage sounded in her ear.
"It's OK, to be honest I would rather stay here with you" he said grinning at her. Jean didn't open her eyes and she sighed relaxing in his arms. She let out a yawn, covering her mouth with her hand before snaking her arm around his neck again.
*Tired?* he sent to her mentally. He felt her shake her head.
*No, you are just very comfortable* she said sheepishly. Scott smiled to himself walking down the foyer staircase. They were silent while he made his way to the common room. Scott listened to Jean even breathing. His heat jumped and his body shivered when he felt her wriggle sleepily in his arms. They entered the empty common room, the television had been left on and a few magazines and old bowls of popcorn from an hour ago lay unfinished on the carpet. He walked over to the sofa and reluctantly put Jean down onto the cushions. She grumbled sleepily, lying on the sofa cushions letting her arms fall from around his neck. Scott gently placed a footstool under the ankle of her bad leg and sat next to her. Jean leaned over and rested her head on his shoulder and opened her eyes for the first time in a while.
He smiled down at her smoothing her hair back and kissing her forehead. Jean looked up at him, searching out his eyes from behind his visor. She placed a hand behind his neck and shifted her weight, not dropping her gaze. Their lips met, lightly brushing against one another. Jean moved closer, desperate to feel his warmth against her. The kiss rose in passion as Scott wrapped his arms around her torso and leaned forward. Jean allowed his tongue to enter her mouth as she fell back slightly. She combed her fingers through his soft brown hair and continued to fall slowly backwards until blinding pang of pain cause her to jolt away. She failed to suppress a moan as she reached down and grabbed her knee. She looked over at Scott who was sitting up right and looking at her.
"Sorry" she said feeling rather embarrassed. She awkwardly shifted her self so that her body was in line with her leg and sighed, leaning back on the sofa. Scott leaned over and covered her lips with his and captured her in a sweet soft kiss.
A/N: I hope this chapter was more enjoyable than the last. I am on my half term! Woohoo! So I have a little more time than I usually do. Please review! you know I love them!
