Be Careful What You Wish For

Chapter 4: Through Sparrow's Eyes


I was flying ahead of Skye when I heard a two loud sounds ring out and echo off of all the buildings. I looked back to ask her what the sound was, but I she wasn't behind me; she was falling toward the ground.

"Skye!" I screamed.

She hit the ground with a thud and the two men ran up to her shouting happily about how they had killed 'the damn mutant'. I wanted to help Skye, but I knew that I couldn't. Those men were huge and I was just a little kid. So instead I hid on top of the nearest building and watched as the men started kick at Skye's body.

"Stop it, leave her alone!" I yelled down to them and I searched for something to throw at them.

They seemed to notice me for the first time as I heard one of the shout "There's another one on the roof, let's kill it too!"

Since the rooftop that I was on was covered in gravel I picked up handfuls of it and I threw it as hard as I could towards the two men who were searching for a ladder up to my roof. Whenever some of the gravel would hit them they would yell words that I didn't know the meaning of, but they didn't sound like nice words.

Soon, the men found a metal ladder attached to the side of the building and they started to climb it. As I continued to throw gravel I noticed that a small crowd of people had gathered across the street to see what was happening, but none of them made a move to help us.

The two men were nearing the roof of the building when they both suddenly flew off of the ladder and into the ground. Neither of the men moved.

I looked back down at Skye who was still wasn't moving and I saw two women dressed in black kneeling down next to her. One of the women had red hair and the other woman looked familiar with tan skin and white hair. Then I realized where I had seen her before; she was the woman from the grocery store.

I was afraid that they were going to hurt Skye, so I pulled my bag full of food off of my shoulder and I flew down to the ground with it. I landed behind the white haired woman and I swung my bag around and hit her in the side. Since she wasn't expecting the blow she was knocked over. Then I ran at the red haired lady. I knew that I didn't have to defeat them, I only had to stall them long enough for Skye to heal and we could escape.

But something unexpected happened as I prepared to hit the other lady. She raised her hand in my direction and then I couldn't move. It was like she was holding me in place.

"Don't worry we won't hurt you," the red haired woman said. "We are mutants, too, and we just want to help you." She lowered her hand and I could move again. "My name is Jean Grey and this is my friend Storm," she told me pointing to herself and then to the white haired lady.

"Were you the one who knocked those men off of the ladder?" I asked her suspiciously, dropping my bag to the ground.

"Yes, that was me," she smiled. "I am telekinetic and telepathic and I …" she was then interrupted by Storm.

"Jean, the police should be here soon, we have to go." She said calmly even though her eyes looked anxious.

"You're right, let's go!" Jean then picked Skye up using her powers and Storm took her bag.

"Wait! Where are we going?" I called as I followed them down the street past the scared normal humans.

"We are taking you back to the mansion with us," Storm said from behind me. "It is a safe place for mutants and your friend can get medical attention there."

That sounded like a good idea, especially since Skye was still passed out; even though I knew that she would be fine.

We rounded the next corner and Jean started to climb up the fire escape of the building next to us, with Skye still floating right next to her. Then I felt the wind pick up and Storm flew passed me, so I opened my wings and flew after her. I landed on the roof behind her and Jean and in front of us was a nice looking jet. It was silver and black and it looked like it could fly really fast.

"Is that yours?" I asked Storm. "It is a very pretty plane."

Jean smiled and Storm said, "Yes, this is our jet. It's called the Blackbird." She finished as we all got into the jet.

I settled back into one of the seats as Jean helped to buckle me in after she had secured Skye to a stretcher-like bed in the back of the jet, while Storm started up the jet.

I hoped that Skye would wake up soon.