Chapter 86: Questions and Answers

Chapter 86: Questions and Answers

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1st September 2005, Bayville

(Jean Grey POV)

Jean had no idea what to do. Or whether to trust her with undoing the Professor's bindings. While what he did to her is disgusting, the Professor must have had a reason, and she trusted him with her life. She had to get his side of things.

"I need to talk to the Professor before doing anything."

The history teacher sighed, "Alright, just be quick about it. This is urgent and the bindings could collapse at any time. I'm telling you, that once you leave this office, what happens to you is your responsibility and if you become a danger to everyone, I will deal with you accordingly."

The last sentence made a chill travel through her spine; she had no illusion that her teacher would deliver on her threat. She couldn't help but ask, "Who are you, really?"

Her teacher just smirked, "As I said before, the truth is a beautiful and terrible thing. I'll tell you who I am when I deem you worthy."

Jean just sighed at the response and left the classroom. She had a lot to think about and a long conversation ahead of her with the Professor.

The second she got out of the classroom; Jean felt conflicted. While she was glad with her newfound control over her abilities, her conversation with Ms. Sayre gave her a lot of answers but even more questions. She wanted nothing more than to confront the Professor, get him to explain himself, to confess to messing with her head ever since she was a child.

This explains it now, how unstable she is, how broken she truly feels. A psychic binding at that age would greatly affect anyone, especially a telepath. The Professor told her many times that a telepath was very intimately connected to their own mind. To master her powers, she should master herself. At first, she though it was some wise quote he read somewhere, maybe he was pretending to be Yoda or something, but now she understands that she never had a chance in the first place; Someone defiled her mind, scarred her. She was incomplete and she felt it.

For the first time in years, she was in control. Even if it was just a volume button, she could finally think in silence. She had forgotten what silence felt like, there was always this buzzing in the background, the constant thoughts of others that were always trying to let themselves known in her mind.

Finally at peace, she could think without interruption. She started to analyze her behavior, her actions, her actions in the past, and it left her horrified. She started with her relationship with Duncan. She her feelings for him felt artificial, far more different from her feelings for her parents. It was like they were in black in white instead of in color. It was disturbing. She traced back her feelings for him and discovered its source. It was slow but she started to get her feelings whenever she was near the cheerleading squad. Oh God, she had passively mimicked her classmate's desires and tried to fulfill them herself. No wonder she never got physical with him; she subconsciously knew that she didn't have any feelings for him.

Holy shit, it was like a veil was lifted, her extra-curricular activities filled this pattern. She became a cheerleader because the other girls wanted to be ones, she joined the soccer team, the basketball team and the field hockey team. What was she thinking? It was pure madness to try keeping this schedule. And she wasn't passionate about a single one of those activities. How many of her decisions were truly hers? How many of her mannerisms are hers? Is she Jean Grey? Is there even a Jean Grey, or is she just a poor copy of everyone around her?

Jean felt nauseous and felt like she couldn't breathe. She needed to get out of here. Jean just realized that she was in her math class. When did she get there? She was sitting in the middle of class, like always. Was that her decision to do that? It was so not the time to second guess everything. She felt like she was going to vomit, she just raised her hand and spoke, "Mr. Daniels, can I go to the restroom, please?"

The white haired woman smiled at her, "Yeah, he's downstairs, with Logan and Doctor McCoy."

When she went towards the normally hidden entrance to 'downstairs' which pretty much had Cerebro, the danger room, and the X-men equipment, Scott ran up to her, "Let me join you. I wanted to ask Dr. McCoy about his upgrades to my glasses. He told me he should be done today."

Jean could sense his lie and she was a bit miffed at him. She's really trying to be understanding of his crush but there has to be boundaries and she feels like he's trying to spend time with her whenever it's possible. She sighed inwardly; this was not the time for this.

She took the elevator and entered the 'secret' corridor and the usual metallic silver greeted her eyes. She really needed to speak to someone about redecorating this thing. It looked futuristic and everything but it lacked character. On the right, she could see the entrance to the hidden garage, containing the infamous Blackbird, and a lot of odd vehicles they used for missions over the years.

They walked towards Dr. McCoy's office and heard the Professor's voice, "Are you sure about this, Hank?"

"Yes. Charles, Mystique's message is true; Magneto is missing."

Who was Magneto? What are they talking about and why are they in communication with Mystique? Jean only knew her to be the leader of the Brotherhood of mutants, a group of young mutants, who also attend Bayville High, that use their powers to their own benefits.

Jean heard the professor hum, "This is really worrying. Misguided as he might be, Magneto was a very powerful mutant. The presence of a foe capable of capturing him makes me nervous."

With that in mind, both teachers came out of their room, to find Scott and Jean waiting for them.

"Professor," Jean called out, "are you free? There are a few things I need to speak with you."

"Of course, Jean. I'm always available to help my students."

Before they could have their talk, some sort of giant purple ball materialized in the middle of the corridor. When it opened up, it revealed that inside, was some sort of blue man, probably a mutant, and a man in red wearing some sort of metal helmet.

"Get out of here now," the professor called out, "Run"

The man in the metal helmet just raised his hand and the professor's wheelchair was sent towards the bubble. Was he a telekinetic too? Jean tried to summon back the Professor but was quickly overpowered and their foes had the Professor in their grasp.

Scott just released his glasses, making his eyes released a concussive blast towards them, to Dr. McCoy's protest, who yelled out, "No!!"

The purple ball closed up and disappeared before the beam could reach them. Instead, it hit Cerebro, causing an explosion that engulfed the whole floor.

The last thing she saw was the fire going towards her, and then darkness. It seems like she won't be getting her answers today.