Hiya, Lamby, The Gilgamesh Countess, and Summers-Spirit…and anyone else reading! HeeHee. I'm still overcoming my writerz block on my other story, so I updated dis one, -k-? this has da Phoenix…um, beginning thing. Frankly, it's what I predict what da thoughts and etc. are between Jean/Phoenix and Scott/Cyclops when Jean begins to come back. Dis is kinda a two-song chapt, if ya'lls don't mind none. I just couldn't stop after da first one. If dis is kinda corny ta ya'lls, review and tell me so I can make it better, pleez! If ya'lls like it, review and tell me! ;) and about da Scott/Jean link, I just had ta use it in dis one, -k-? if ya'lls get confused, it's just cuz I altered stuff again, especially the X3 info. I wanted ta make some changes in order for it ta fit in my fic, -k-?
Notes ta Reviewers: I hope ya like this one as muchy as ya did da previous one, Summers-Spirit! I promise I'll get back to finishing New Friends: Old Enemies in a bit, -k-? Ta Lamby, I'm glad ya like it, too. I have read bits and pieces of one of your stories, but I haven't gotten around ta reviewin' cuz I'm tryin' ta finish my own stories before school ends, -k-? I promise I'll send a review ASAP. But, if I don't soon enough, I gotta tellya that you're a kick-ass writer just like Summers-Spirit. Da one main thing ya have in common is talent in writin'. I hope ya keep it up! And, 4 now, enjoy!
Note About First Song: Now, originally, dis song is about a husband leaving his wife/singer, but it fit in perfectly with the story, so I thought 'maybe I should use it', ya know? I hope ya'lls agree wit me.
Disclaimer: X-Men not mine, dis two songs not mine. Da songs Sleepless Nights and River of Time belong ta da Judds
Dedications: Ta my best friend, Summers-Spirit and a new friend of mine, Lamby. Thanx muchy for da support, ya'lls! They da best!
Through these sleepless nights
I cry for you
And wonder who
Is kissing you
Oh, these sleepless nights
Will break my heart in two
"Scott?" Cyclops opened his eyes to see his good friend Ororo Munroe a.k.a. Storm kneeling next to him. He suddenly remembered that he'd fallen asleep the previous night in the surrounding trees. He had dreamed of that fateful day at Alkali Lake again. He saw the small radio beside him which was playing another Country song. He must've brought it out with him without even knowing it. It reminded him so much of Jean.
Somehow though the days
I don't give in
I hide the tears
That wait within
Oh, but then through sleepless nights
I cry again
"Scott," Storm repeated. "Are…are you okay? Why…"
Why did you go?
Why did you go?
More tears leaked from Scott's glasses as he stared at the radio.
Don't you know
Don't you know
I need you?
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
At the bottom of the Alkali Dam, a woman who slept in an eternal sleep sharply blinked her eyes and awoke from her slumber. She faintly heard her fiancé's thoughts many miles away through their link. He was crying as she also heard a strange song through his mind.
I keep hoping you'll
Come back to me
Oh, let it be
Please let it be
Jean just had to go back. She felt life in her once again, but not enough to matter.
Oh, my love, please end these sleepless nights
For me
She grew desperate as she gasped to get to the air on the surface. There was no way she would make it up before she drowned again. Scott needed her and she wasn't gonna waste her second chance to live. Of course, was it really a second chance, or a second life? Nonetheless, a sudden force boiled around Jean, and engulfing her. Quicker than lightening, she shot out of the water. She stopped several meters up above it. It seemed that a silhouette of flame shaped like a bird…a phoenix followed her. Her beautiful eyes and hair glowed with orange flame. She felt new power, new life flow--no, race through her.
My love, please end these sleepless nights
For me
"My love, I will return to you. I will end your sleepless nights. Jean has returned, and the Phoenix has arisen."
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
"Scott," Storm comforted. "I know you want to believe she's still here, but you've got to understand--"
"I know, Storm," Scott had only heard this several times. "She's not coming back."
I'm holdin back a flood of tears
Just thinkin' 'bout
Those happy years
Like all the good times
That are no more
My love is gone
Gone, gone forever, now
"I just feel so lost now that she's…gone," he choked, trying so hard to hold back his tears. He knew he couldn't cry and hold on forever, but it hurt him deeply.
Silence so deep
Only my soul can hear
Says now the past
Is what I fear
The future
Isn't what it used to be
Only today
Is all that's promised me
The Phoenix soon approached the back grounds by Scott and Jean's favorite trees. There she saw Scott and a dark-skinned woman with white hair. "Ah."
Flow on,
River of Time
Wash away the pain
And heal my mind
Flow on
River of Time
Carry me away
And leave it all far behind
Flow on, River of Time
Phoenix touched down between the two.
"Jean!" Scott and Ororo cried in unison, unbelieving what they saw. Ororo was the first to find her voice, "Jean, this…this is impossible. I--I can't believe--"
"And I cannot believe you would try to take him from me."
"What? Jean I--" Phoenix then telekinetically threw Storm against a tree. "Jean, what are you--"
We're all driven by the winds of change
Seems like nothin' ever stays the same
Faith that got me around the bend
Lies forever beginning
Beginning again
"Now you know not to try to steal from me."
"Jean, what the hell are you doing!" Scott stood, watching in horror, yet unable to do anything for it felt like his fiancé was holding him still with her telekinesis.
"Jean, I wasn't--" Storm tried but was thrown again.
"Silence!"
"Jean!" Scott forced against Phoenix's hold, lifted his glasses, and fired a close shot of optic beams in her direction. He didn't want to hit her, so it was merely a warning shot.
Phoenix looked in his direction, but she blinked several times as if she was confused. The orange flickers left her eyes and such. She looked over at the beaten and bruised weather witch and released her, as if she just realized what she was doing.
Flow on,
River of Time
Wash away the pain
And heal my mind
Flow on,
River of Time
Carry me away
And leave it all far behind
Flow on,
River of Time
"Scott! Oh, Storm!" she cried as she sank to her knees. "I'm…I'm so sorry! I don't know what happened! I didn't mean--"
"Jean," Scott knelt next to her and Ororo approached. "It's okay. I'm just glad you're alright."
"Yes, we are," Storm added as they both embraced her. " you probably didn't know what you were doing. We'll talk to the Professor. He can help you. Everything'll be fine."
"I--I just wanted to be carried back to you," Jean whispered. "Back to the X-Men."
Carry me away
And heal my mind
Flow on, River of Time
"My power evolved greatly. I just lost control. But I'm glad to see you again. I love you guys so much."
Carry me away
And heal my mind
Flow on, River of Time
Flow on
Carry me away
And heal my mind
Flow on, River of Time
A/N: #sniffle#. I gotta stop here, -k-? I was gettin' too emotional for me ta continue! #straightens up# Just kiddin', ya'll. It isn't very emotional. That's cuz I ain't very good at that sorta thing. But I hoped ya'lls liked it. Like I said before, I sorry it's nothin' like the X3 comin' up, but I'm proud of it. Pleez review, ya'll!