Chapter 6-Her Words
Don't tell them! The Phoenix told Jean Grey. If you tell then I will hurt them! Do you want to help me?
I have no choice! Jean told Phoenix. She hated not being able to talk to anyone, but the Phoenix. At least let me talk to them! They won't do anything, but help! Jean tried to plead with the Phoenix.
No not until what I want is completed. It must be completed or else even your planet will be at risk. You help fight against evil forces here and that is what I need your help with, but in my realm. Please help!
Will you leave me if I help you?
Of course, I will bring you back and release you. Don't worry child the process will not harm you. Will you help?
Yes I will help you.
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"Jean? Jean can you hear me?" Scott Summers asked sitting in the chair next to her. "Why won't you talk to us? We're your friends. What's wrong?" Scott's look about melted Jean and instead of telling him everything like she wished she could, she just started to cry in his arms. So safe in his arms, like a guardian angel watching over her. He always seemed to care about her, no matter what he was always there for her. Perhaps it was because Jean excepted him for who he is on the inside and not on the outside like kids at school. He seemed to be hiding behind glasses, or too cool for everyone else to all the other kids.
Please just let me talk to him, Phoenix! Jean begged, hurt by the fact that she couldn't talk to one of the closest people to her. I won't tell him anything about you I promise, just please let me talk to him.
I will let you speak one time and I have decided that the others you live with can be trusted with the knowledge of my existence. They might be able to help, alittle. Gather them together, without words and you may speak, Phoenix told Jean
Thank you. Jean sat on the edge of her bed and took Scott by the hand and led him down the hall gathering the others as she saw them. Finally all ending up in the library.
"Jean? Are you okay?" Xavier asked, but Jean merely shook her head forgeting that the Phoenix had told her that she could talk to them for a second.
"Yes Professor," Jean said and the others looked surprised. "I'm sorry I didn't speak to you before, but I couldn't I promised."
"Promised who?" Ororo Munroe asked her.
"The Phoenix, she or he or it is in me and she needs my help. Our help."
"What do we need to do?" Xavier asked.
"Nevermind let's just extract it!" Logan told him.
"No!" Jean yelled being controlled by the Phoenix. Jean Grey's eyes began to glow gold. "You shall not harm the Phoenix!" The Phoenix enhanced Jean's telekinetic power with it's own and flung Logan across the room. "Stop!" Jean said weakly regaining control before she fell to the floor. The others rushed to Logan and Jean to check to make sure they were okay.
"I'm fine!" Logan yelled at them.
"She's weak, she shouldn't be moving around so much. The Phoenix temporarily exhausted her powers which drained her. It's not safe," Ororo told Xavier.
"No it isn't."
"Let's just kill it!" Logan told them.
"If we kill the Phoenix, we kill Jean. It's that simple Logan," Xavier told him trying to show him what would happen if they took his suggestion.