Rebirth

Rated: PG13

Summary: If you watched X2, then this story is not had to follow at all. For background information please read my other story "Cry Your Name," I made this it's own story because I don't want it to be a direct sequel of "Cry Your Name." You could say that this story is a fanfiction of that story hehe.

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"Jean are you okay" Asked Logan.

"I'm fine. I'm just tired that's all."

"Are you sure? You seem off the whole time we've been here. Kids getting to you?"

"No no.. believe me a trip to the museum instead of being in the mansion is great.. it's just a weird feeling."

"You know I'm here for you Jean.. if you.." Logan's sentence was cut short when a call from the professor alerted them of trouble brewing in the cafeteria involving Bobby, John, and Rouge. Luckily, the professor put a stop to it before the situation escalated.

"Professor, you better come see this." Said Ororo. The news on the television spoke of an assassination attempt on the President by a mutant. They wasted no time and headed back to the mansion.

Xavier was able to use cerebro and track the mutant responsible for the attack. He sent Jean and Storm to Boston to investigate. Logan stayed behind in the mansion, while Xavier went to visit an old friend.

"I don't like the Professor seeing Magneto alone." Jean commented.

"I know. I don't like it either." Logan responded.

"You sure you're up for this mission, I could go with Ro.."

"It's been over two years now... Don't worry about me. My telepathy seems off. I can't seem to focus, people's thoughts keep creeping in and I can't help the feeling that something is coming."

"Something bad?"

"I hope not… make sure you look out after the kids. Bobby, John and Rogue can help."

"You mean those 3 stooges… no thanks."

"Be good Logan."

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Jean and Storm stood inside a church that was having some renovations done.

"The professor was right. He is a teleporter." Said Storm.

"I'll try to hold him steady.. you blast him." Jean replied.

With a thought, Jean managed to hold the mutant still long enough for Storm to shock him with a mild thunderbolt. Down for the count, they tied him up and waited for him to wake up to gather questions.

Meanwhile, Xavier went to visit Eric, who has been in this plastic prison for years now. Charles visits every now and then, the last time was a few months ago. But this time, Eric seemed very different from before.

"My God Eric, what have you done?" Xavier said as gas leaked in and rendered Xavier unconscious.

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At the mansion, Bobby and Logan were enjoying soda in the kitchen. It was late and both of them were heading to bed. Suddenly, Logan picked up scents, he never smelled before, and they were more and more of them. He soon realized that the mansion was under attack. Men in black uniforms came in and Logan did his best to stop them, while Bobby, John and Rogue helped the younger mutants flee.

The four of them tried to hold back the intruders while Piotr, or Peter as he was called led the last batch of kids to safety. But they were outnumbered and had to flee. They took one of the underground tunnels in the mansion and it led them to one of the nearby garages. This was Scott's garage and had been closed off ever since his death. The place consisted of a few bikes and vintage cars that Scott had been working for. Shortly before passing, Scott bought a blue RX-8, which had been barely touched. Logan put the keys in and prayed it still worked. Luckily for them it did.

They made their way to Boston, where Bobby's family lived and where they hoped to meet up with Jean and Storm. Shortly after arriving at Bobby's house, they were greeted by police. Apparently, they were called in by Bobby's younger brother and there was a stand off between them and the police. John got careless and set several cars on fire, Rouge managed to stop him before he did any more damage.

The attention they made was not lost to Jean and Storm, who were flying nearby. They stopped and picked them up before more police can show up. But it was a little too late as the military was called in and launched several missiles at them. Storm managed to stop a few but two remained. Jean focused all her energy and managed to get ride of one but the other exploded near them and damaged their wing. They were going down fast, but to their amazement, they were stopped by none other than Magneto with Mystique by his side.

Magneto soon told them of the plot devised by Stryker and that he had Xavier in Alkali Lake in Canada. They developed some sort of drug which rendered mutants like zombies, like Kurt, aka Nightcrawler, who was responsible for the assassination attempt on the President. The X-Men did not like the idea of working with Magneto but in this instance they had no choice.

They camped out for the night and Jean stood alone at the base of the hanger.

"Don't worry Jean, the professor can take care of himself." Logan tried to say reassuringly.

"I know, but I still don't like this. If anything happens to him.."

"Don't do this to yourself Jean.. it's not your fault the professor was captured."

"I should've went with him.. maybe none of this wouldn't have happened."

"Don't play the blaming game again Jean. You know its not good for you."

A little annoyed. "I forgot to mention .. nice ride you had back there.. too bad it got blown up at Bobby's house."

"I'm sorry about that.. we used the underground tunnels and ended up in the garage.. I had no other ride.. Jean.. its been over 2 years.. you need to let him go."

"I have Logan.. don't worry."

"Are you sure?"

"…"

"Jean .. you know how I feel about you.. and I've been patient .."

"I know you have." Jean responded and Logan stepped closer to her. He leaned in and started to kiss her. She started to kiss back, but she accidentally dropped some tools on the floor. The sound brought her back to reality and she quickly released herself from Logan's embrace.

"I'm.. I'm sorry Logan.. but these repairs need to be done.. if we're ever going to get to Alkali Lake."

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The next morning, they made their way to Alkali Lake, where Stryker had a secret base below. The X-Men manage to infiltrate the base and forced Stryker to hasten his plan. Using parts he stole from the mansion, he was able to replicate Cerebro and now used Xavier into using Cerebro to kill all mutants on the planet.

The team broke up, with Storm and Kurt looking for the other children. Logan was off on his own, searching for one of Stryker's female assailant. Jean went off with Magneto and Mystique to try and find Stryker.

"My dear, are you ok?" Magneto asked Jean.

"Yes, I'm fine."

"You certainly don't look it."

Jean stopped and sensed something, something familiar. She wasn't quite sure. Suddenly, she sensed some guards coming and they fired. Jean managed to use her TK and push Magneto and Mystique out of danger. Jean told them to move forward while she handled the guards. She managed to stop them and she quickly moved to try to catch up with the others. Suddenly, the weird feeling she had crept back to her and this time it drew her in and she couldn't loose it. She deviated from her path and went through a dark hall and she stopped in front of a door. The feeling was stronger now and using her TK, she opened the door.

Meanwhile, Magneto managed to reach cerebro and Xavier, but he didn't stop Xavier, but merely changed some of the controls of cerebro and now Xavier targeted humans. Magneto left the compound, but found Stryker trying to flee. He chained him up and left him to die.

Storm and Kurt found the other kids and they met up with Logan outside Cerebro.

"Where's Jean?" Logan asked.

"I don't know." Storm responded. "But we have to get in there now and stop the professor."

"What's going on?" Asked Logan.

"I watched from the video monitors, Stryker attacked the mansion to get parts from cerebro, so that he could use it and have the professor telepathically kill every mutant on the planet, but I saw Magneto change the controls to target humans."

"Oh my God!"

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Jean opened the door slowly, letting the light from the hallway slowly enter. She could tell automatically that this was some sort of cage or prison. And when the door was fully opened she saw in the back of the cell a man, his hands shackled to the walls and on his knees with his head down. He only wore torn up pants and his body was littered with cuts, bruises, and blood. The man was clinging to life as Jean saw him take slow breathes. He woke up from his daze and looked straight at Jean. Jean was shocked and was hypnotized as the light from the hallway fell across his face. The man opened his eyes. A menacing red light started to form and came running right at Jean. Jean used her TK to deflect it but the energy from the blast left a mark with the dam and weakened its foundation.

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Kurt teleported Storm inside where they were able to stop the professor. The water pressure was too much for the dam and it was about to burst. They quickly made their way out, where Rouge struggled with the Jet controls, but managed to land it.

"Wait.. Jean's still inside." Logan called out.

Out of nowhere Jean cries out: "I'm here!"

Logan and the rest of them had their mouths wide open as they saw Jean with a man, unconscious and bruised. His arm was flung around her shoulder and she used her TK to help support him.

"That can't be…. Scott?" Storm said in amazement.

"There's no time, everyone get inside." Jean yelled. They all rushed inside. Jean slowly placed Scott in the rear of the plane and fastened him to a seat. Then she ran up to the cockpit to join Storm. The dam had broken and the water was rushing forward. The jet was not responding to any controls and they couldn't start the plane.

"I'll try rerouting power from the solar cells." Storm called out. Jean looked at everyone's faces. They were tired and shocked by all the recent events and then she looked back to where she placed Scott. She was determined that she would not loose him again and she summoned all her strength. She used her TK to levitate the jet. Storm saw Jean struggling to keep the jet up and used her power of wind to help Jean. This gave the professor enough time to reroute power from the fuel cells and jumpstart the jet. The power came back on and Storm fired the rockets and they flew off.

The Beginning…

Authors Note: I know I shouldn't be starting a new story as some people have messaged me to continue with "Start of Summer" which I will finish up soon, I hope. But I wrote this one night during my 2 month stay in Europe. I hope you enjoyed and as always feedback is welcomed.