Chapter 3

Storm left the danger room feeling exhausted and slightly flustered, it was the first session the Professor had gone into in a long time, he certainly was happy to be able to walk and jump. He had said to her that he was greatly impressed with the performance by the whole team and said that if ever they have another emergency, he would be proud to send the whole team out.

She thought he seem a little unhappy about the fact that Logan wouldn't come to join them, though she guessed that Logan was intentionally avoiding human contacting, she felt it was because he knew he was the reason Jean died, he was the one who had the responsibility of the terrible deed.

She walked her way through the underground level and worked her way to the first floor, wandering through the many corridors that were shuffling with kids. The students at the school weren't feeling the pain of Dr. Jean Grey's passing again as severely as before, for many of them didn't even know that Jean had been alive again and most were happy because the Professor was back.

Storm knew that Scott didn't want to talk, but she had to talk to some one and she wasn't going to talk to Logan, at the moment she felt that she was always at odds with him.

She found the door that lead to Scott's room, she opened the door to find the room was swallowed by darkness. Scott was sitting below the window with his back to the wall and his face towards the floor.

Storm walked in calmly she walked over to the window above Scott's head and pulled back the curtains, Scott bolted upright, he faced Storm with a look of distain.

"I don't want to talk," was Scott's only words has he walked to the bed and sat on the very edge, as if he was ready to fall off the face of the earth.

"No, I want too," Storm replied sitting on the floor before him.

Scott turned away from her.

"Scott please, I need some one to listen too me," Storm pleaded.

"Talk to the Professor then," he replied not looking any where near her.

"I want some to listen and to have an opinion not a solution," she replied, placing her hand on his knee.

"And, I know you need some one to talk too. You just won't admit it," she stated.

Storm noticed that he didn't respond, so she took that as an ok. She understood his actions, she knew he didn't want to talk, but she knew that he desperately needed to. For after Jean's first death they had given him some space to mourn, but when she died again, they had expected him to be ready for the onslaught of feelings, yet he seemed to be worse than before.

"Scott, I know you miss Jean, but there's nothing any of us can do. Or could of done," she said softly.

"He didn't have to kill her," he breathed.

Storm turned at the comment, she knew who he was talking about and she personally didn't feel that Logan had done anything bad, yes he had sacrificed Jean, but it was for there survival.

"Jean was obviously still in there some where, otherwise why did the Professor and myself reappear," he asked himself.

"I don't know Scott, I don't know," Storm replied, she felt that maybe it was a little too soon to talk to him about Jean's death. So she decided that she would stay there for emotional support.

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Jean had known that the Phoenix that had been captive in her body for so long, had a significant power, but she knew that she had died, how can she and her split personality be 'alive' in this physic limbo. At least she knew she could protect herself from this, the Professor had explained a lot to her when she was younger about her powers and her split personality Phoenix.

He had explained to her that she had a lot of power and that when she was younger, she had all the power but she didn't have the urge or the need to use it, there for she has never used all of her power, he also explained that he was scared that if she ever did utilize all of her power that she would not be able to control it, so he had put up the mental blocks so that once she had gained an amount of control she could release on of these blocks and take her time in controlling her power.

And in those explanations she learned that it wasn't the phoenix that had all the power, but the Phoenix was the only one that wanted to use all of their power.

"I'm not afraid of you," Jean shouted at the fashioned Phoenix in front of her.

"Oh, I doubt that. At least, you may not be frightened of me now, but soon. I will make you afraid," Phoenix threatened.

"Yeah, I'd like to see you try," Jean shouted back.

"You'll see, oh, you'll see," the Phoenix replied disappearing.

Jean sat done again, she knew she had to get out of here. This world was too weird, her life on earth was perfect, she wanted to go back. She didn't want to be a captive prisoner any more, she wanted freedom, air and a chance to see the people she loved.

Jean curled up in a ball on the bed, tucking her knees under her head, and cried herself to sleep.

A/N: Now, peoplez, I've closed the other vote/pole thing now. I have a request to make. If you want me to do some kind of ship please review and mention it in your review and I will tally the responses, I can't guarantee a ship and all but, I really don't mind who Jean is with as long as she is alive.

Now, I have come up with a new idea for the Jean/Phoenix problem with who is in control. And I think your going to love it. At least I hope your going to love it.

Well thx for the wonderful reviews and I hope you all will still R & R.

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