A/N: Hey, ya'lls! I'm finally back. Sorry, peoples, for makin' ya wait so long, but I can't get on da net very much. And da encouraging reviews I got are strongly appreciated. Thank ya'lls sooooo muchy! And, about my first A/N, I sorry I kinda blew up like dat. I was just so pissed off about what happened in da movie, ya know? And since I started dis crazy story, why not finish it, ya know? So, I got my second chapt right here. Hope ya'lls enjoy!
Disclaimer: Ya'lls know what I'm gonna say.
Note About Story: I know dat Scott can't cry due ta his mutation, but he cried in da movie, so I'm goin along wit dat, -k-? and about the formin' of da Scott/Jean link, I wanted ta customized my own way of formin' it. It also fits in da story, too.
Note ta reviewers: Ta (sorry, 'to') Venice, my first reviewer, I know I write kinda weird, but when I'm not writin' as apart of da stories, I like ta write how I talk. A girl such as me can't help herself. But I think it adds personality. If it bugs ya though, I won't write like dis anymore after dis chapt, -k-? I'll try ta get used ta 't y p i n g' (lol) normal. I sorry if I so totally annoyed ya! But anyways, enjoy! I hope ya review again!
Ta Summers-Spirit, my best friend, thanx so muchy for your support, girl. I glad ya like it so far. I brought Scott back for ours and CykePhoenixSummers' enjoyment. (and because he's an important character, too.) I just didn't wanna believe Scott and da Prof. were dead. I just can't figure out how ta bring Xavier back in dis fic, though. I mean, I don't know how I'm gonna do it. Can ya gimmie some 'o your great suggestions? Any kind would be appreciated! But, onto business, enjoy!
Ta CykePhoenixSummers, another good friend, I glad ya like it too. Same as wit S-S, I could use some suggestions from ya, too. I really need some ideas for after dis chapt. D'ya think ya can help me, too? If not, just r&r, -k-? HeeHee! I'd like ta kow how I'm doin'.
Finally, Sirona, well, all I can say is dat I highly acknowledge and value your support. I hope ya like dis chapt as ya did da last. I'll have my third chapt as soon as I can, -k-?
Well, folks, here it is!
Out in the grounds, three headstones peacefully stood side-by-side in the summer night. The tallest with a face engraved in it read the words, "Charles Xavier". A slightly smaller one stood at its side, reading, "Scott Summers". A third stood next to it. The words, "Jean Grey" were engraved, same as the other two. Silent, peaceful, the three stood in the midst of the night…Or so such was thought.
A crack ran up the "Scott Summers" gravestone. Without warning, it fell into a million pieces. This happened right before the stone at it's side vertically split in half and a Phoenix-shaped flame shot out. Quickly dissipating from its Phoenix shape, it formed into the figure of the now-alive Jean Grey. She could breathe the fresh, clean air once again.
"I'm back!" she gasped. Briefly following, she gently floated back down to the grassy lawn. She felt alive, she felt whole. But, a little too whole. Then, she realized it: Scott was alive, too! And she strangely knew exactly where he was.
"Oof!" Logan was slammed against the wall once more. "Haven't ya learned yet, Phoenix? I'm not easily killed!"
"So you think…" Scott/Phoenix made a hand motion of holding something as Logan was raised off the ground. "I could flash vaporize you if I wanted to, but that would be letting you off too damn easy."
"Logan? Scott!" Jean Grey, garbed in red, burst through the med lab door.
"Jean!"
The Scott/Phoenix noticed her to. Dropping Logan, he looked at her. Just looked at her. After a moment, Scott—the real Scott—said, "Jean?"
"Scott. I…I thought I killed you."
"So did I."
They stood there for a second or two until they caught one another in a warm embrace. Meanwhile, Logan was quickly recovering from his lack of air. Within seconds, he jumped to his feet and pinned Cyclops to the ground, drawing out his claws, "Alright, Scott, I don't like ta do this, but you're too dangerous now! I shouldda done this in the first place."
"Logan, what are you doing!" Jean exclaimed.
"He tried ta kill me, Jean!"
"No! It wasn't me!" Scott cried. "I didn't mean to! Jean," struggling half-heartedly (cuz he knew he really was a threat) against Logan, Scott pleaded to Jean. "please believe me! It wasn't--"
"We know!"
"Logan, stop," Jean cut in. "It isn't his fault."
"I know, but--"
"But you wouldn't dare," they looked at Scott. It was the Phoenix again. It gave a wicked grin just before hurling the Wolverine upwards and over to some nearby selves. Logan did not get up again. It then turned to Jean. "It's about time you came."
"Scott…this is Jean. Please hear me."
"Ha! Dear girl, you should know from experience that I cannot be overpowered, much less by a pathetic and weak boy like your fiancé. He is just a second pawn thanks to you. You two are now one whilst I am two.
"No, you're dead."
At that moment, Scott/Phoenix shot a pinkish wave of telekinesis at Jean. In reaction, a powerful, red optic blast shot from Jean's eyes. Aside from anger, a look of surprise passed her face. Her using Scott's power? And vice versa?
"You see?" the Scott/Phoenix laughed as they held their attack. (just picture da Scott unintentionally attacking Jean back in X2 at da dam when Scott was being controlled by Stryker, but da other way around.)
The lab door suddenly opened again. Hank and Ororo came through, "Ha! We've found--" Beast began, holding a syringe, but was cut short by the sight he and Storm saw.
"I don't…wanna do this!" Jean cried.
"It is too inevitable to be avoided. You, like your love, belong to me!"
"NOOOO!" Telekinesis and blast used together, Jean threw Scott/Phoenix to the other end of the room. It regained it feet in seconds, but Beast quickly threw the syringe and it hit Scott/Phoenix in the left shoulder.
It weakly pulled it out. Scott's immune system was obviously not a good fighter against sedatives. Scott/Phoenix took two steps and it dropped to one knee. Holding itself up with one hand on the floor, Jean's Scott looked up at her, "Jean…" the next second, he fell forward and moved no more.
Oh, my God!" Storm exclaimed. "What's happened..?"
"Hank…" Jean looked to her old classmate. "Something's happened to me and Scott. What is it?"
a few hours later in the X-Mansion brig
"You two have developed a psychic rapport of some sort, if I'm not mistaken," Beast explained.
"'Psychic rapport?'" Scott repeated. The other X-Men were gathered around a power-nullified cell which Scott, so the Phoenix doesn't possibly start up again, was in. "What the hell is that?"
"It is when two minds are collided to be as one. What happens in one mind, happens to the other."
"How could it have happened, Hank?" Jean questioned. "What does all this mean?"
"It seems…the Phoenix has overtaken you both."
"A bird?" Scott drew close to the transparent 'door' of the cell. "A bird? That's what brought Jean back? And me?"
"It's much more than an animal, Scott," Beast explained.
"More like a beast," Logan said, remembering what Xavier old him about the Phoenix Force.
"A cosmic/mental beast of unspeakable power. Jean, being a most powerful telepathic and telekinetic mutant, the Phoenix corrupted her when the control blocks Charles set upon her disappeared."
"So, why does it take over me too? I'm not telepath, and I'm not telekinetic. And I can sure as hell tell you that I'm not one of the most powerful of mutants."
"Really?" Logan, Storm, Jean, Iceman, Kitty and Colossus said together in a you-outta-think-about-that tone.
"Okay, okay. So maybe I am a little dangerous. But so what? Hank, you said so yourself that the Phoenix is a mental/cosmic power. That has nothing to do with me."
"Well, the only way it has been made possible because of the psychic rapport you and Jean now share. Because it is apart of her, it is apart of you."
"Nice," Scott snapped in sarcasm. He was getting agitated. What agitated him more was that he had to be kept in the containment cell for his and the others' safety.
"Now, the only way we can restore the mental blocks," Beast continued. But nobody noticed that, suddenly, Scott stumbled backwards and slammed against the back wall. "…is if we find a powerful telepath capable of that sort of thing." Scott grimaced and reached up to his forehead. "Though, I doubt there is one half as powerful as Charles."
"Xavier…" the evil voice emerged from Scott again. The room shook violently. "Xavier!--No. Not now! He is the one who--NOOOO!" he doubled over, clutching his head.
"I will have my vengeance," the voice, in feminine form, began to come from Jean as well.
"No, not again!" Storm cried.
"Jean, control yourself!" Angel tried to control her as he grabbed her shoulders, but she telekinetically slammed him to the floor, knocking him out cold. It was clear that since Jean wasn't having her power nullified, the Phoenix surfaced in her, carrying then to Scott.
"No. Warren!" Jean, Scott with her, tried desperately to fight off the Phoenix Force. "You are all going--stop! Leave me alone!"
"I will kill--no! Get outta my head!" Scott screamed. His and Jean's backsides flared with orange flame. It did not seem to affect either one of them. Some of the X-Men fled, but Logan, Rogue, Bobby, (Angel, of course) and Beast remained rooted in their spots.
"AAARRRGGGHHH!" A silhouette in flame of a phoenix emerged from Cyclops and Marvel Girl. The containment cell shattered, the floor vibrated. A squawk of a phoenix sounded loud enough to nearly deafen everyone's hearing.
The remaining X-Men hit the floor in reaction, covering their ears. Rogue grabbed Bobby's hand. (she was cured, so she didn't wear gloves anymore.) But she felt something she hadn't in a long time. It was the feeling of taking someone's energy or mutation. (surprise, surprise, huh?)
Scott and Jean sharply turned towards them in one swift move. They, especially their eyes (even though Scott's couldn't be seen), glowed in the color of orange-red, the Phoenix's color. The two of them spoke as one, though their voices were ever so slightly different. "Mutants are back."They then speedily shot a glare at Logan. "And so am I."
Automatically, Logan extended his claws again. However, the Phoenix(es?) did not attack any of the other X-Men. Instead, the flame about them increased. Shortly following, a bright light (fiercely blinding the others) of flame flashed as well as another phoenix call. When the X-Men opened their eyes, Scott and Jean were gone.
"Where'd they go?" Rogue asked looking around.
"I dunno," Logan replied as he sat up.
"I don't think I'm ready for another Phoenix Insanity…um, thingjmkn ," Bobby said.
"This time the Phoenix isn't brainwashed by Magneto," Beast pointed out. "He nothing but an old fossil now without his powers to impress it."
"No…" Rogue looked at her hand. The vanes and such started to fade as her every breath was seen less and less.
"Rogue?" Logan looked at her.
"My powers are back!" Rogue whispered.
"In the presence of an angry Phoenix…" Beast wondered.
"I'm gonna find 'em," Logan jumped to his feet.
"Logan, that's insane," Rogue followed suit.
"Yeah, you know how the Phoenix is," Bobby added. "And it's using Jean and Scott this time. That's twice the anger, twice the power--I hope you realize it can kill you in one glance."
"This isn't about the Phoenix, Iceman," Logan answered. "This is about Scott and Jean. I'm gonna find 'em, and I'm gonna bring 'em back.
"Wolverine, we all know how much Jean means to you, but--" Beast started.
"I'm not doin' this because I loved Jean," he turned towards Beast. "I doin' it because Scott loves her, and she loves him. I finally understand why Jean loves him over me. They are as one. And I'm gonna make sure they come back as the X-Men they once were. We need a leader, and we need second doctor. So, anyone with me on this?"
A/N: Sorry if dis is kinda cheesy, but I couldn't think of another way ta word it. Chapt three comin' soon, but it depends on ya'lls on how soon ya want it. (and, because an unwanted inconvenience, it also depends on how soon I can get back on da net.) but on muchy more happier thoughts, see ya next chapt! ;)
