A Growing Boy Needs To Eat

[Dream]

"Zombie! Help! Jack...he was just sitting here, and he freaked out! I think he remembered something" she knew Zombie didn't really like her, but they were working together now. As far as Dream was concerned, they were on the same team.

[Zombie]

Zombie took a big breath. She walked over kneeling down beside that jack ass Luke. "Jack." She said calmly. "It wasn't real. Whatever you saw wasn't real. Your fine in the Entrance Hall." She said hoping he would see the line that would bring him to reality.

[Luke]

Luke held his arms out. "Hey, guys, step back a little! Give him some air! He's hysterical."

[Dream]

"It's ok Jack, you're here" said Dream. "Zombie...his spirit...his energy...can you see it? Can you help him? My powers can't help him"

[Jack]

Jack tried to stop crying long enough to speak, but it was impossible to breathe. He kept seeing that shadow, no matter how hard he tried to see the people around him. He clutched at Luke's shirt, sobbing.

[Dream]

Dream raised her hand and a bright, warm light flooded the room, casting all the shadows out. "You're ok Jack" she kept saying.

[Luke]

Luke didn't know what to do. Jack wouldn't stop crying. He put his arms around Jack and looked at the others. "Get someone. Jean or Professor X." He said quietly.

[Dream]

Dream just kept the light pulsing, and spoke gently to Jack.

[Zombie]

"He's scared. It's like the nightmare thing." Said Zombie falling to sit on her butt and look on. She couldn't do anything about this, but she wasn't about to leave. That's when she spotted it... a... spirit? She didn't say anything, she just stood up and followed it around a corner, moving away from Dream's light to check it out.

[Tiger]

Dimitri turned into a Cheetah and ran away from the scene and went to look for help. That way it was much faster.

[Dream]

"What is it?" Whispered Dream. "Do you want me to soften the light?"

[Zombie]

Zombie followed it. It seemed to keep moving from the light. "Put it out. I need the dark, pitch black." She said still walking forward. Though towards what, she didn't know. The glass in a near by display case shattered next to her and she turned and gasped but saw nothing. She covered her heart and calmed herself trying to figure this out.

[Dream]

Dream grabbed Jack and held him to her, hoping her protection would make him feel safe when the light went out. She shut out all the light in the room. "What was the glass from? Luke was that you?"

[Zombie]

"Display case." Said Zombie ignoring the sting from some shards. "Now shut it." She said and waited for everything to be quiet. She heard sniffles, thinking it was Jack she kept walking, and she spotted someone in a corner. She walked towards it. There was a little girl, looking to be about Four, she had reddish long curly hair, and her eyes were white like she was blind. "And who are you?" She asked kneeling down before her trying to calm her.

"Maria." Came the voice of the girl. It was obviously a spirit, she had gunshot in her head, and she cradled a teddy bear to her chest covered in blood. Zombie reached out and held the girls hand. To her they weren't like the normal ghosts. They were the real thing. Like anyone else. "And why did you break the glass Maria?" She asked her in a soothing voice trying to not scare the child.

"I don wan it ta hurt no more!" She cried and lunched into Zombie. She was shocked at first, but hushed her and held her tight picking her up as she did. She walked gingerly around the glass and back to the Entrance Hall. "I have it. Just keep the light dim. I think it hurts her eyes." She said wanting to cry. The poor thing seemed to be in complete misery. She just continued to hush and rock her slightly while she patted her hair, the poor thing was bawling.

[Dream]

Dream held her breath. She couldn't see the spirit, but she could sense her. The glass must have been the spirit. Professor X always said that a mutants powers had potency beyond human terms, maybe the imprint remained even after death...