Chapter 4-The Crash and Confusion
"Everyone this way!" one of the astronauts yelled and everyone followed to the other end of the shuttle where there was a shielded portion of the shuttle that would hopefully shield them from the radiation. "Everyone in and buckle up! This is going to be a crazy ride down!" Everyone was in and buckled and the hatch was sealed. Jean, Scott, and Kitty sat at the very opposite side of the hatch. Jean in the middle and Scott on her left and Kitty on her right.
The shuttle began to shake violently and it felt as if they were spinning out of control at the same time. Like they were on some insane spinning top ride at a amusement park that had been set up upside down. The cabin they were in seemed to glow orange from the outside heat, which caused for the X-Men's disguises to fail them.
"Hey who are you!?"
"Yeah you're just all kids!"
"What the @ &#! are you doing here?"
"Just nevermind!" Scott said trying to concentrate on how Jean and Kitty where doing. He could tell that both of them were scared, but then so was he. The glow became more of a bright light and then it seemed as if the cabin was on fire.
"Scott!" Jean screamed as she was totally surrounded by the light. It seemed to be attracted to her and left the rest of the astronauts alone to put all of it's focus on Jean. The light engulfed her.
"Jean!" Scott yelled, he could not see or hear her. Where was she? Was she dead? Had he failed her? What was happening? "Jean!" were the last words Scott Summers said before the black, empty void of unconscienceness overcame him.
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"Scott? Scott can you hear me?" the voice called to him softly inviting him back into conscienceness. It was Professor Charles Xavier who had woke him. Where was he? How did he get there? Where was...?
"Jean?! Where's Jean?" Scott asked sitting strait up in his bed.
"She's not here."
"Where is she?" Scott demanded to know where she was and wanted to know what had happened to her.
"We don't quite know."
"What? You don't know? She was sitting right next to me."
"Yes I know."
"How about Kitty?"
"She's here, she's fine. She's just a bit tired."
"But Jean? We have to find her!"
"I've been trying Scott. You've been unconscience for five days, and in those five days I've tried finding Jean through the usual hospital and military sevices offices but no luck. I've also used cerebro, but I can't locate her. I'm afraid that we might have to face the fact that Jean may very well be dead."
"No! She can't be!"
"Scott calm down."
"Was there ashes or a body or anything to suggest that she is..." he could not put himself to say it.
"We're not for sure."
"Why not?"
"Scott, the shuttle and the cabin you were in were completely submerged in the Hudson Bay. There's no way of knowing right now, they're still fishing out the rest of the shuttle and searching the bottom of the bay."
"I can't believe that this is happening!"
"Scott. Calm. Down. Try to sleep."
"How can I?"
"Just try."