The Marvel Academy For Gifted Students

Secrets

Jean

As soon as Pym's class finished she ran to the door, Xavier's class was about to begin, but she would have to miss it.

Quickly she walked to the kitchen and managed to sneak through it grabbing and throwing as much food as she possibly could in her backpack without paying attention to whatever she was taking, by then everyone was entering their respective classrooms, that meant all her mutant friends were attending Xavier's class and so they would all realize she was missing, but she couldn't think about that now, she ran to her dormitory making sure almost no one saw her. As she arrived she shut the door and sneaked out of the window, her window had the quickest access to the enormous garden. It might have been incredibly ridiculous but she didn't know what else to do to avoid being caught, to be honest it was the first time she had broken the rules so she was a bit paranoic.

Jean ran to the small cottage that was used to storage things to useless to even throw away, she knocked on the door, as soon as it opened she dared to take a deep breath

"Good, you are here" she muttered

"You told me not to move" Logan answered as he stepped aside for she to enter

Jean would never disobey Professor Xavier but it had all happened so quickly that she hadn't really think about what she was doing. The night before she had took a walk all by herself in the garden, everything was just as usual until she felt the presence of someone hiding in the dark. His mind was unfamiliar to her yet it made her so curious, so without thinking it twice she stepped closer to the tree in where he was hiding behind

"It's okay, you can come out" she had said

Jean hadn't expected to see a grown man appearing, a thin layer of sweat covered his handsome face, he was frowning and his gaze was unfriendly but she could see much more in him, he was lost and disoriented even afraid

"My name is Jean" she began saying "what's yours?"

He stared at her with a blank expression, if she wasn't a telepath she might have thought he hadn't understood her, Jean entered his mind he was also a mutant and he had genuinely no idea of how he had got here, it was a bit tricky but she finally found a name

"Logan" she called him

Suddenly he took a step back clenching his fists, she could almost hear his heart beat increase

"I am a telepath" she explained trying to calm him down "I read your mind, I thought it would help but I'm sorry. Listen Logan, do you need help? I can get you to Professor Xavier"

He shook his head "No"

Jean tried not to show fear "your clothes are almost completely torn, are you sure you don't want me to call him?"

Logan took a step closer "No" he repeated, only when Jean had nodded he spoke again "where am I?"

"You are at the Mar... Marvel Academy ran by Professor Charles Xavier"

He frowned and looked at himself, even he seemed to be surprised at his bad state"I suppose you don't know how I got here"

Jean shook her head

"This is a school?" he asked again

"Yes, for both mutants and no mutants"

Logan snorted "For both?"

"Yes"

"That Xavier must be out of his damn mind"

Even though he was a complete stranger, and most likely dangerous she offered her help "Do you have somewhere to stay?"

He shook his head

Jean took a deep breath "You can stay at the small cottage until you figure out how you got here, I can get you a blanket and some food, but you should come with me, I'll take you to Xavier"

Logan sighed "I will take your first offer"

She nodded "Wait inside the cottage, I'll bring you clothes and food, tomorrow I have classes but I'll come again as soon as I can"

Just as she was turning away she heard him whisper a "Thank you"

And so, she was here again, breaking the rules one more time. Logan had cleared a small space of the cottage where he put the blanket and pillow she had brought him the day before. Jean handed him her backpack, he almost tore it apart as he opened it. He found apples, bottles of water, toast, and even a wrapped peanut butter sandwich, he wasn't impressed but because he was so hungry he didn't even complain and began eating.

Jean stood awkwardly next to the door but she waited until he had finished to ask questions "Are you comfortable?"

He nodded

She knew small talk wouldn't work so she asked directly "What's the last thing you remember?"

Logan sat on the floor, he arched his eyebrows at her "I was at a bar"

"And that's it?"

He sighed "No, I remember I was talking to someone and... I don't know it all went blurry, all I know is that I woke up in the middle of nowhere so I walked down the road until I found this place"

She nodded "So, you are a mutant..."

Logan stared at her "Are you inside my mind?"

"No" she excused herself "I got that from last night... It was one of the clear things I could find"

"You saw my memories?"

"No, well I could only distinguish a few things with the time I had"

His eyes sparkled with hope "You can go in again and get them right?"

Jean was speechless "Well I... I... Your memories are scattered around without any connection, I guess that maybe I could paste some of them somehow..."

"Could you then?" He asked again, this time with a gentle tone

"I don't know" Jean admitted "Logan I would have to ask you absolutely everything you remember about your past"

"Ask" he said

Jean stared in disbelief not knowing where to start "Yeah...sure so, what is your mutation?"

He looked down for a second and finally lifted his fist, three long metal claws appeared, she opened her mouth "wow"

He hid them again "I also have the curse of immortality and a regenerative healing factor"

She slowly nodded "Well I have my own curses too"

Logan stood up "Jean, why are you helping me?"

She took a deep breath, to be honest she wasn't even sure"I saw inside your mind Logan, trying to scare me off won't work, I know you need help and that you never admit it but it's your lucky day because I want to help you. Your memory is torn apart, and it's something like I have never seen before so please let me try to help you in my own way" she explained and without much mind into it she went closer to him and with the tip or her fingers she touched his brow. At first his skin tensed but after realizing she wasn't going to do anything bad to him he relaxed, Jean's full concentration was in his mind, so he dared to look at her eyes.

"Extraordinary" she whispered

Logan cleared his throat and she returned to reality, she hadn't realized they were so close to each other

"Found something fun?" he asked

Jean smiled shyly "No, it was actually very confusing but I can work on it and find the answers you are seeking"

He nodded "Okay"

"I'm still working on my telepathic abilities, if you let me take you to Xavier..." Logan stared at her and she stopped "Okay then, but promise me that when we figure this out you'll see him"

He lingered for a moment but finally agreed "Fine, but bring me some real food"