CHAPTER 14

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Next morning, I was awakened by Ororo Munroe to help them retrieve Jean, who had run away during the night. Taking a deep breath I decided to help them, this time for good. Maybe if I stopped Raven from dying in the following events things would change, I needed them to change, I was not ready to die or have Emily die on me.

Inside the X-Jet, I began to plan for every possible scenario, and how I could act upon it, I knew Jean was stronger than me, even without her connection to the Phoenix Force, meaning right now she was totally out of my league, but even in my own weakness, there were still things I could do to achieve my own personal quest, saving Raven, that was my only reason for being here with them right now, I mean… retrieving Jean? Laughable, right now she was at a level she could take us all.

"You know something," Charles said, getting my attention. "Your mind… is agitated… I can feel it…"

"I am understandably stressed," I shot back, "Jean is powerful, and now according to you, beyond your control, so… you can understand my agitated state." I added, reminding him of what he had told the team before getting in the jet.

"No… you know something we don't, I can feel it!" Charles pressed, getting everyone's attention on me.

"How about we focus on what you did and know, that Jean herself doesn't know?" I growled, this conversation was getting out of hand.

"What do you know?" Scott demanded.

Rolling my eyes, I ignored him, when all of the sudden, I started to get a headache, and from my side view saw Charles staring at me, his left hand on his temple, "I don't know what you know… but if it can help us save Jean, I need to know, so open your mind to me… and this won't hurt." Each passing second, the pain I was feeling started to grow stronger and stronger, to the point I felt I was back with Edward in that lone room within Hydra.

"You think," I hissed, pain throbbing in my head like a knife on the heart, bleeding with each passing second, "That I will… bend to you? I didn't bend to Hydra old man! I will not bend you!" angered, I started to make my way towards him.

"I'm sorry, but this… this all goes beyond my promise to you, I need to help her… and I know you know more… I can feel it…" Before he could continue, before I could reach him, planning to stab the man on the eye, Raven stood up, and slapped him with enough power to shake him off my hand, heck she even drew some blood.

"Charles, that's enough!" Raven said, her tone cold and angry. 

"After we solve Jean's situation, I am gone," I growled, feeling Charle's grasp on my mind disappear, "And thank the gods I don't want to kill you, not because I don't want too, but because you are not worth it."

"As if you could," Scott scoffed.

"I was trained to kill, not to fight brat," I smiled, "All it takes is one single moment, and he's dead… but I am beyond that, I promised myself my time in hell would not define me… besides like I said, he is not worth it," I hissed.

Scott growled, and before he could do anything, Raven slapped him, loving this woman more and more by the second, "Is this what we are now?"

"Raven, I can feel he knows something," Charles muttered, trying to convince her, "He is hiding what he knows… and it could help us!"

"I will admit, I do know more than any of you about all of this," I stated, getting everyone's attention, "But… my knowledge of what is happening it's at best a cup of water of the sea of information we need to help her… so yes, I know things, but no… none of those things can help Jean, only Jean can help herself," I swear to God I will castrate that crippled bastard by the end of this ridiculously difficult mission.

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The rest of the trip was spent in silence, all while I fought the urge of wanting to kill Charles, if all but body he had tried to rape me, to violate the santity of my mind, my knowledge, did he really thought I was so selfish not to share, the only reason I didn't share was because I knew nothing I knew would help at all.

The information on the Phoenix Force I had was useless, all I knew was that the cosmic entity inside Jean was beyond our power, and that she was her host, nothing more, nothing less, that didn't help, but it could certainly make the situation worse.

"Is it true?" Ororo asked.

"What?" I asked.

"That nothing you know can help her?" Ororo elaborated.

"Yes, believe me, if I could help her… if there was a way to solve all this with a snap, I would," Well, the infinity stones could do that, but that was also beyond my pay grade, for now.

"I believe you," Ororo smiled.

"Well, that makes you the only one," I chuckled.

"We are here," I heard Beast say, his tone carrying a lot of weight.

"Well… let's see how it goes," I sighed, mentally preparing for combat.

Outside the Jet, I could see Jean standing outside the porch of what I assumed was her dad's house, her eyes changing colors for a brief second for her natural color to orange. [Jean Grey LV 227]

"You shouldn't have come here," Jean said, in a dangerous tone.

"Why is that? We've only come to bring you home, Jean." Charles replied.

"I don't have a home… you made sure of that." Jean hissed.

"I know you are mad, believe me, he tried to mind rape me a few minutes ago, but… you do need some help," I said, if I was to be here, I might as well take an active role on this shit.

"What do you know about helping others?" Jean laughed, "I mean, just last night… you were debating if you wanted to kill me or not…" what in the actual fuck.

"He might not be able to read your mind, but I can… at least better than him," Jean growled, "You fear me… you fear the power I have in me… and the truth is… you should."

"You were debating what?!" Scott roared.

"Now is not the time!" I hissed at him.

"Jean, don't trust him.. Trust us…" Charles said, changing the focus back to him, "We only want what is best for you…"

"Like with my father?" Jean hissed, her eyes shining with power. "You only ever wanted me for my powers!"

"Jean… you don't have to trust me, but please… read me," I knew this was risky, but if letting her know the nature of her power could help, then maybe just maybe we would skip all of this.

"No," Jean replied, and with a move of her hand, pushed me into the air for Kurt to catch me.

"Jean, this is not you!" Scott cried.

"The police are coming," I announced, seeing the cops on my minimap.

"Scott… I…" Jean muttered, but before she could finish her reply, the police cars I had felt approaching started to approximate her, which in turn trigger something inside her, and with a loud wail of anger, and her powers getting out of control she exploded sending a powerful telekinetic wave, "STAY AWAY FROM ME! ALL OF YOU!"