I sat in the middle of the entire school as we watched our soccer star land goal after goal. We all cheered on Jean as she won the game along with her teem. Today was her valedictorian speech and to me she darn well deserved it. She looked so happy as Duncan lift her in his arms and kissed her for winning. It hurt me because I knew what he really felt for her, but if I told her that he only saw her as a trophy it would brake her heart.

"Hey you alright Dev?" I turned my head to look at Scott who didn't look all to thrilled at Duncan and Jean kissing.

"I should be asking you that." his eyebrows rose and he sat back in his seat.

"W...What do you mean?" I pat his back and smiled.

"I know what your feeling Scott." He turned to me and sighed.

"Yeah… I know. But what can I do?" I thought for a moment and smiled.

"Show her." he looked at me confused.

"Show her what?" my smile grew as I placed my hand over his heart.

"what you feel. When she sees how you feel for her she might just notice how much you care about her and how much Duncan doesn't." he smiled at that.

"You really think I got a shot?" I nodded my head as the school made their way to the auditorium. Jean stood and began her speech.

"Thank you all for your support and go Bayville Hawks! We all worked so hard this year and I know all of you will do your best at the final exams. Don't give up and stand strong because you know you can…. You can.." she started to trail off like she was getting a headache. She held her hand over her head and looked frightened.

"Jean?" I read her heart and sense a large amount of concern and fear rushing through her. Scott noticed this to and quickly ran to the stage along side me as we helped her down I grabbed the microphone and spoke jokingly to keep the school calm. "And that's why you shouldn't stay up partying, she'll be fine don't worry."

Everyone chuckled as we left the room and took her to an empty hall, Scott tried to keep her calm but failed she looked sicker and sicker by the second. We decided to take her back to the institute for Beast to look her over. The whole drive Jean looked like she was going to vomit and Scott did not stop holding her hand the whole way there.

"You'll be OK… you will." he muttered to himself, I didn't need empathy to know he was scared. I summoned a blue flame around my hands and placed them on her head the flames danced around her hair until she calmed but it lasted only a moment. I frowned but kept trying as we took her to the institute he rushed her inside in her arms as I ran before them taking her to Hank's office.

"Oh my whats wrong?" he asked as Scott laid her on the metal table.

"We don't know she just started freaking out at her speech. He brought her here, please do something!" Hank quickly looked her over and noticed something.

"Has she been using her powers?" we shook are heads as Hank looked at Jean she turned to him and cryed yes I can. "She cant stop using her telepathy." he used the intercom to call the professor and he came as fast as he could to check on her.

"Jean listen to me, focus on my words." she glanced at him holding her head in pain. "imagine a wall around your mind, imagine it hiding every thought as they come to you. Can you do that Jean?"

"I… I can.." after a few moments she calmed down and she returned to her normal self. "I I think it's stopped."

"Thank god.." Scott took a breath he looked like he was going to faint from concern, it was kind of sweet of him. Jean smiled up at him but then her eyes opened wide and she screamed holding her head as she ran out of the room, the objects inside it started to float as she ran. "Jean!"

"Something is wrong!" the professor shouted as we followed her, the whole of the mansion was floating as if gravity had stopped. We found her in the mess of the storm objects floated around her in a vortex as she herself floated in the air her eyes were deep red as she screamed in pain. "There is something controlling her mind! I can not stop it!"

"There has to be something we can do!" I looked at Scott and thought.

"My fire might be able to help her… but with the way her emotions are I might not be able to get close to her… I can only think of one way to get her to calm down… Scott." I walked up to him and looked in his eyes. "you have to show her your feelings."

"What!? How will that help!?" he asked I narrowed my eyes as I stared at her.

"If you show her the truth I might be able to get through to her heart, if I do this right it might make her stronger then the one controlling her. We have to hurry though or she might not hold on." Scott gulped down his fear and nodded his head. He walked into the fray of the spinning vortex firing a blast at the objects as they flew at him.

"Jean please listen to me!" she just stared off into space as her mind slowly fell into the control of whoever was doing this. "Please Jean!"

I jumped into the fray trying to reach her and touch her heart. The objects bombarded me as I got closer but I managed to reach out and touch her as she exploded with mental energy sending me away from her and right into Scott.

"Devlin! Are you ok!?" he asked as I stared at him.

"Scott." I felt myself speak but it was not my voice, it was as if someone was speaking for me.

"Jean!? Is that you?" my head nodded as I started to shed tears that were not my own.

"Yes… Scott, it hurts." He held me close to him and looked me in the eyes.

"Jean please just listen to me, you can do this just concentrate and don't let whoever is doing this in!" it was as if Jean's mind and heart were inside me. I could only cry as Jean's heart fluttered in mine.

"I can't… he's to strong." Scott shook his head.

"No Jean your stronger, I know you are no one knows you better then I do. This guy has no chance of taking you! Fight it Jean!" I reached out and touched Scott's heart and connected it with Jeans and my own. The love he had for her washed over us filling us with warmth. I don't know what my body was doing but I reached out and kissed Scott the vortex of objects stopped their moment and jean's heart and mind flew out of my body as I pulled away from Scott blushing like and idiot.

"The hell did you do!?" I shouted embarrassed. Scott blushed just as hard as I did but rushed for Jean helping her off the ground. She looked much better as she stood up rushing to me taking me in a hug.

"Thank you," she turned to Scott and hugged him too. "Thank you too Scott… I don't know what would I do without you."

"You would have managed." he said smiling. For a moment they looked like they were about to kiss when a voice rang through our minds.

'This is not over, she may have been taken from my grasp but you will soon all bow before me as my slaves. Until next we meet Guardian of the Azure Flame.' the professor shouted and slammed his fist on his wheel chair.

"Who ever you are you will not harm my students!" he quickly drove his chair to the elevator. "I will begin tracking down this menace with Cerebro, please go see Hank and make sure you are all not injured"

We did as he said, Hank gave us a clean bill of health and we returned to school… well they did. I decided to look around for whoever was trying to control Jean, all that I could find was a foot print in the dirt. I had an idea, I summoned ten wolves and Crest as they ran around the place looking for whoever was inside. One of the wolves howled and they all ran toured it along with me.

'I sense a powerful prescience being chased by the wolves. He is slow and they are fast.' Crest smirked and so did I.

"Perfect." Crest howled and so did the wolves I climbed on top of him as he grew and dashed into the woods. We found him surrounded by my wolves. His face was covered in tribal tattoos and he wore a large purple cloak. Even surrounded by my angry fangs he chuckled at me like he was going to get out of this not rend in pieces. "Who are you and what do you want?"

"I want what he wants eldest son of the goddess." I growled at him

"How do you know what I am?" He chuckled again much to my annoyance.

"I know many things, join me child of the goddess. Together we can open the final door and awaken the true ruler of the world!" I had no idea what he was talking about and I did not care I snapped my fingers and the wolves leaped only to land on the ground as he vanished.

"Darn it!" I pound the ground with my fist as my ears folded on my head in anger even the hair on my tail prickled. Something about this is not right, he said he was taking orders from someone. Whoever it was was in deep trouble, there is no way he was going to be able escape me. First he hurt Pyro and now Jean. He is dead meat!

/X-Men\\\\

I walked through the halls of the institute when I bumped into Thorn, the man smiled at me from under his hood, he looked tried and a bit winded.

"Hey, you alright?" I asked he nodded while stretching his arms.

"Yeah, I just went through a Danger room session with that guy with the claws. Mans a beast he can really put up a fight." I smiled at that, Logan sure knew how to fight alright, I just hope he didn't go too hard on him.

"He really can, his name is Logan if you didn't know. Hey you doing anything right now?" he shook his head as I asked. "Cool then do you want do hang out? The professor asked me to pick up some supply's in town and I could use the company."

"Sure, sounds interesting." he followed me out of the institute as I turned on my image inducer. "you know I think I like your ears and tail better on you."

"So do I but I can't have people freak out thinking I'm a werewolf or something." we walked together for a while while I picked up some pencils in a large box in bulk. That being all that we needed I went with him to buy some clothes since he hasn't gotten an outfit yet and I didn't want him to suffer through a shopping spree with the girls like I did. I took him to a nice shop and he picked out a few nice shirts that showed off his strong tattooed arms and a few hoodies. He looked so thankful to be getting cloths.

"Wow, I never got such a variety of things to wear before. Usually I just got what I could from good will." I bit my lip and I had to ask.

"Do… do you want to talk about it?" he sighed and looked at me for a second before nodding.

"It was a long time ago, my parents kicked me out of the house for being a mutant. I lived on the streets having to steal to live, I almost got caught once but my powers helped me escape. It was so long since I ever slept under a roof, it wasn't until I met hydra that I ever fought a real mutant or even know what a mutant was. They put us all through experiments trying to extract our powers somehow and plant them in a guy. They made us stronger but kept us locked up. I gained more and more power each day but all I wanted was to go back to the streets… but now… I really like it in the institute. I no long have to be afraid of sleeping, thinking that someone will knife me while asleep. Plus I got to meet a lot of cool people… like you." I felt touched that he was happy and safe now after being so long by himself.

"Let's go home." I took his hand in mine and led him back to the institute. I was glad we could take him in, that he will no longer have to be afraid… I'll make sure to keep it that way. Whoever that man is I will fight him and his leader. No way is he hurting one more of my family!