A/N: I've had absolutely no time to write at all. But thank you for your patience and all your comments I really love hearing any thoughts and ideas you may have.
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Chapter 47
Tristian was out of bed the next morning, freshly showered and shaved ready to face another day and only hoped no one questioned him about what had happened the other day with John. He wanted nothing more then to put the incident behind him. But for some reason he doubted it would be.
He was buttoning up his shirt when his bedroom door opened and Jean stepped inside. She froze when she saw him out of bed and he gave her an innocent smile. She pursued her lips and shut the door.
"And what do you think you're doing?" she asked folding her arms over her chest, but he saw the glitter in her eyes that kind of killed her motherly approach.
"I'm getting dressed or is that not clear enough?" he teased, straightening his shirt and fixing the sleeves, rolling them up to his wrists.
She brushed a strand of hair from her eyes, "Yes, but you should be in bed…resting."
He sighed and picked his watch up off the dresser, putting it back on his wrist. "Jean, if I have to lay in bed for another day I'm going to scream," he gave her a smile. "Besides, I feel fine, better then I have in years, you made sure of that last night."
Her face started to turn as red as her hair and she smiled, eyes cast to the floor like she usually did when he complimented her. "It was nothing."
"Nothing!" he sputtered and leaned against the wall. "You went inside my mind. Xavier wouldn't even go in there but you did. I don't know if you realize what you did was extremely dangerous. Death could have killed you, but you knew what you were doing…you managed to put him away," it was his turn to fold his rams. "How did you know how?"
She shrugged, he could feel her growing distant. "I just did…I've battled my own."
That's when it dawned on him. "The Phoenix."
"How do you know?" she asked.
"I remember bits of her from last night. Very powerful being, flame gifted. Eyes of amber and a power that nearly drowned out mine…how did you control her Jean?"
"It happened awhile back, after the incident at the lake when the damn burst. The jet wouldn't fly and the dam was giving out. I got out when no one was looking and lifted the jet with my telekinesis and with the Phoenix. The dam burst when I lifted the jet into the air. I blocked the water for as long as I could but I couldn't do it forever…so I let go," she had her head bent low, eyes distant as if seeing something he could not and he knew she was watching what happened all over again.
"It's all fuzzy after that. But…I remember the Phoenix…battling it in my mind as I did with yours, reliving memories over and over until I didn't know the real from the fake, but it was all memories, just watching over again. Then I faced her…controlled her by doing the one thing I feared to do…giving in, becoming one with it. That was how I got out, that was how I controlled her in a brief summary of it all. It was like what happened last night…but mine went on for months and I woke up here."
"Completely unaware of what was happening around you," he finished.
She nodded. "I had no idea…now everyone thinks I'm too weak or vulnerable to do anything when in truth I'm stronger then I've ever been in my life…as I'm sure you're feeling right now."
He nodded. Actually he was. He felt more power then he had in years and the fear of losing control was gone. It was all there, all his. Death was completely gone from his mind and he felt better then he could ever remember feeling.
He smiled at Jean as she stared at the ground forlornly. He put his arms around her, hugging her and she settled her head in the crook of his shoulder. "Everything's alright now, though. You know that? Now come on, I'm starving."
She nodded, taking a deep breath, but something still lay on her mind. Something she had picked up ever since seeing Frost in his memories. But she forgot it when he grabbed her hand pulling her out of the room to go eat breakfast. She smiled, the thoughts forgotten as she closed the door behind her.
Chapter 48…Frost's plans
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Chapter 47
Tristian was out of bed the next morning, freshly showered and shaved ready to face another day and only hoped no one questioned him about what had happened the other day with John. He wanted nothing more then to put the incident behind him. But for some reason he doubted it would be.
He was buttoning up his shirt when his bedroom door opened and Jean stepped inside. She froze when she saw him out of bed and he gave her an innocent smile. She pursued her lips and shut the door.
"And what do you think you're doing?" she asked folding her arms over her chest, but he saw the glitter in her eyes that kind of killed her motherly approach.
"I'm getting dressed or is that not clear enough?" he teased, straightening his shirt and fixing the sleeves, rolling them up to his wrists.
She brushed a strand of hair from her eyes, "Yes, but you should be in bed…resting."
He sighed and picked his watch up off the dresser, putting it back on his wrist. "Jean, if I have to lay in bed for another day I'm going to scream," he gave her a smile. "Besides, I feel fine, better then I have in years, you made sure of that last night."
Her face started to turn as red as her hair and she smiled, eyes cast to the floor like she usually did when he complimented her. "It was nothing."
"Nothing!" he sputtered and leaned against the wall. "You went inside my mind. Xavier wouldn't even go in there but you did. I don't know if you realize what you did was extremely dangerous. Death could have killed you, but you knew what you were doing…you managed to put him away," it was his turn to fold his rams. "How did you know how?"
She shrugged, he could feel her growing distant. "I just did…I've battled my own."
That's when it dawned on him. "The Phoenix."
"How do you know?" she asked.
"I remember bits of her from last night. Very powerful being, flame gifted. Eyes of amber and a power that nearly drowned out mine…how did you control her Jean?"
"It happened awhile back, after the incident at the lake when the damn burst. The jet wouldn't fly and the dam was giving out. I got out when no one was looking and lifted the jet with my telekinesis and with the Phoenix. The dam burst when I lifted the jet into the air. I blocked the water for as long as I could but I couldn't do it forever…so I let go," she had her head bent low, eyes distant as if seeing something he could not and he knew she was watching what happened all over again.
"It's all fuzzy after that. But…I remember the Phoenix…battling it in my mind as I did with yours, reliving memories over and over until I didn't know the real from the fake, but it was all memories, just watching over again. Then I faced her…controlled her by doing the one thing I feared to do…giving in, becoming one with it. That was how I got out, that was how I controlled her in a brief summary of it all. It was like what happened last night…but mine went on for months and I woke up here."
"Completely unaware of what was happening around you," he finished.
She nodded. "I had no idea…now everyone thinks I'm too weak or vulnerable to do anything when in truth I'm stronger then I've ever been in my life…as I'm sure you're feeling right now."
He nodded. Actually he was. He felt more power then he had in years and the fear of losing control was gone. It was all there, all his. Death was completely gone from his mind and he felt better then he could ever remember feeling.
He smiled at Jean as she stared at the ground forlornly. He put his arms around her, hugging her and she settled her head in the crook of his shoulder. "Everything's alright now, though. You know that? Now come on, I'm starving."
She nodded, taking a deep breath, but something still lay on her mind. Something she had picked up ever since seeing Frost in his memories. But she forgot it when he grabbed her hand pulling her out of the room to go eat breakfast. She smiled, the thoughts forgotten as she closed the door behind her.
Chapter 48…Frost's plans