Chapter 2- Jessica
It was six o'clock in the evening when Professor Charles Xavier and Logan returned to the mansion. They found the kids and Ororo in the library working on their projects. "I'll be right back," Ororo told Kurt and Evan when she saw Logan and Xavier. Ororo Munroe approached them, and the three of them stepped out of the room. "What happened?" she asked.
"We must leave immediately," Xavier told her. "The children cannot come, they must not know where we are going or why we were going. If they knew..." Xavier hesitated.
"It would destroy them. They would trust no one and the world harmony balance would be destroyed," Ororo finished for Xavier.
"Then we are agreed?" Xavier asked.
"Yes," Ororo told him.
"Agreed," Logan added.
"Good. We will tell them that we must attend a meeting in Washington D.C. at the Senate House. They will not detest that reason," Xavier told them. Xavier, Ororo, and Logan reentered the library, the kids looked up to see their worried faces looking upon them.
"What's wrong?" Jean asked, aware that Xavier, Logan, and Ororo were upset and scared.
"Nothing, we just need to attend a meeting at the Senate House tommorrow, so we need to leave now. We will be back at the end of the week. Scott and Jean will be in charge. I hope that you all can work together to keep this house in one piece."
"Of course Professor. We'll be fine," Scott said trying to reassure them.
"Good," the professor said leaving the kids to study on their own.
"Scott," Jean called.
"Yeah?"
"They're lying."
"What?!" Scott said surprised at Jean's accusation. "They wouldn't lie to us!"
"They lied about Principal Darkholme," Jean pointed out. "They're lying, Scott, I know it! They're scared and they are hiding something from us."
"What would they be hiding from us?" Scott asked.
"I don't know, but they are."
"Jean, if they are hiding something, then it's probably for our own good."
"Scott?"
"Fine, let's go," Scott said with Jean following him to the professor's office. Scott Summers knocked on the office door, and he heard the professor call him to come in. Scott opened the door and he and Jean entered the office. Ororo and Logan were also present with Xavier.
"Why are you lying to us?" Jean asked.
"Jean, please understand that sometimes we do things or keep things from you and the others to keep you safe."
"Can't you tell us?"
"Might as well tell these two, only," Logan told Xavier.
"They should know."
"I will tell you two, but you must not tell anyone," Xavier told them.
"I promise," Jean told them.
"I promise, too."
"We are going to California, there were two mutants that were discovered while at school. They were beaten almost to death, so we are going to talk to their parents, the school staff, and the students. We might be gone for as long as a week, so I'll be depending on the both of you to keep the others under control."
"We can do that," Scott told him, noticing that Jean was sitting next to him with her knees pulled to her chest and the look on her face was one of face.
"Jean, don't worry," Xavier told her sensing the fear in her.
"I was just thinking..."
"Don't worry, we'll take care of those kids," Logan told her.
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Professor Xavier, Ororo Munroe, and Logan left the mansion that night, and Jean and Scott had promised to keep the mansion in one piece. Jean and Scott made sure that they kept the cover story the professor had told them. Scott had told all of them that the absence of the adults could help them prove that they could help them prove that they can be responsible by keeping the mansion in order and only recieving good reports from school. Everyone agreed that theywould try, and Scott hoped that it would be enough.
It was their first night by themselves, and Scott and Jean made sure everything was locked and everyone was asleep before they actually went to their rooms for the night.
Jean Grey couldn't sleep, so she stared out of her window at the stars. She was thinking about the two kids in California who had been beaten, how scared they must have been. What were the students at that school thinking? It wasn't like they were hurting anyone, they were just different. What's wrong with being different? Jean saw someone below her window, Jean strained her eyes to see who it was. Was it? Could it be? He mother? Jean left her room and ran down the stairs and unlocked the front doors. She ran to where she had seen her mother, and who she found wasn't her mother and she realized that the minute she sensed her thoughts that she wasn't her mother, but Mystique in disguise. "Mystique!" Jean excalimed as Sabretooth captured Jean and covered her mouth so no one could hear her scream.
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Jean Grey awoke not knowing who she was or where she was. She was in a pink painted room in a light purple dress, much like the dress Alice in Alice in Wonderland wore, with a white half apron and all. She also wore a light purple headband. She looked out the window of her room, and saw a perfect neighborhood with flower lined beds and paved sidewalks. Was this perfect little neighborhood her home? Was this pink bedroom hers? The door to the pink room and in came a woman with light brown hair and blue-green eyes, she smiled at her.
"Hello, how are you feeling?" she asked the girl sitting on the bed.
"I'm okay, but I can't remember anything. Where am I? Who am I?"
"You're at home, you fell and the doctor said that your memory might be affected. You and your brothers and sisters were playing and you all fell and were unconscious when we found you. You are my daughter, Jessica. Don't worry you'll remember."
"You're my mom?"
"Yes I am. Why don't you believe me?" Jessica's mother asked.
"Of course I do. Tell me about my brothers and sisters," Jessica asked.
"You have three brothers and two sisters, and each one of you have a special gift that makes you even more special than you already are. You are my Jessica and you have two gifts, you can read minds and move things with your mind. You have one older brother named Andrew and he has the power of energy beams through his eyes. Next is your younger sister named Fiona and the touch of her skin drains any other gifted child's powers temporarily or drains energy from them, so you must be careful of her. Alexander is blue and fuzzy, but we just love him more, he can transprt in a puff of smoke. The last two are Miranda and Drake, Miranda can phase through solid objects and Drake can produce boney spikes. I love you all for your differences and similarities. You are all special and I love you so much. Jessica, my Jessica." Her mother kissed her forehead and Jessica fell back asleep dreaming of her siblings.
The door closed and in the hallway her mother changed from brown haired blue-green eyed beauty to red hair light blue eyed demon...