Hey. Yeah, I know, I should be working on my other stories, but this popped into my head, and I HAD to write it. SORRY! Anyway, this is my first X-Men fanfic and if the characters seem OOC, TOO BAD! I like it this way! So please NO Flames. Anyway, you got something nice to say to me, I would love to hear it! I have another chapter written on paper, so tell me if you want me to post it. Only one person needs to tell me, so go ahead. Read and the push the button on the bottom that says REVIEW and tell me something good! :)

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Setting: Wolverine and the X-Men episode titled X-Calibre.

Main Characters: Kurt Wagner, Sammy, Katara

Minor Characters: Sammy's Mom(Tell me her name plz!), Captain, Hakoda

Summary: Katara isn't a waterbender; she's a mutant and her Father is making her go to Genosha to escape mutant prejudice, but she doesn't want to go. On the way there, the boat is attacked. Set during X-Calibre except with Katara put in.

(Revise start date: 2/17/11)

The fog rolled over the empty, gravelly road to the docks making it seem more mysterious in the twilight than it would have been if it were daylight and the bright sun had burned away all of the low-hanging cloud.

"Dad!" Katara, a dark skinned, dark haired, bright blue-eyed girl, whined. "I don't wanna go to Genosha! I will fight if I have to! I..."

"Don't want to hear it." Katara's father, Hakoda, cut her off. "You are going to Genosha whether you like it or not. I will not lose you like I lost your mother." He was a big man with similar features to Katara, though his complextion was lined and weathered from age.

The last part was voiced barely over a whisper, but Katara heard it nonetheless and dropped the subject. For now, she thought.

They got out of the yellow, New York City taxi cab and walked down to the docks after Hakoda payed the cabbie. Hakoda handed Katara a waterproof backpack that she took in surprise. The two walked up to a mean-looking sailor with a thick black handlebar mustache and an Italian accent who standing at the end of a gangplank leading up to a cargo ship.

"Ya got de monay?" He asked in a gruff, unfriendly voice.

Hakoda nodded and handed the man the envelope. Then he turned to his daughter and whispered, " 'Tara, I... I can't go with you."

Katara felt as if the world had jerked out from under her. "W-what?" she whispered.

"Hun, I'm sorry, but I have to stay here with your brother. Plus, non-mutants aren't allowed on Genosha."

"That's not fair Dad! You're making me go to some stupid island all alone! You'd rather stay here with normal, Baseball-playing Sokka in your normal house pretending that you live a normal life without a FREAK for a daughter!" As Katara had been yelling, the ocean had been getting choppier. Hakoda saw the danger signs and tried to placate his daughter.

" 'Tara, please. I am sorry that you have to go alone. I don't think you're a freak, I love you and I want you to be safe. And 'Tara, please don't tell anyone of your abilities, I want you to always have a card up your sleeve if you need it. Honey, please be safe." He craftily skirted around the first two accusations she had made.

During his speech, the water had calmed. Katara threw herself into her father's arms and enveloped him in a hug, tears pouring down her face not noticing the unsatisfactory council. "Please Daddy! Please don't make me go! I wanna stay here with you and Sokka!"

It seemed as if the man who guarded the gangplank was getting sick of the sob fest, because he grabbed Katara's arm roughly and pulled her away from Hakoda.

Hakoda released his still sobbing daughter and allowed the greasy sailor to take her up the gangplank. "Be strong Katara," he whispered.

Katara forced herself to stop crying and walked silently and proudly up the wooden plank, her chocolate hair and long blue coat billowing in the slight breeze.

Unknown to the father and daughter below, the entire exchange was observed by a, not-so-fuzzy-anymore, blue elf.

Katara shivered slightly in her corner. Normally she wasn't bothered by the cold, but this ship had no insulation whatsoever and Katara had skipped the meal that had appeared out of nowhere, so she hadn't eaten for about 18 hours. She sniffled a little trying not to cry as she thought about how much she missed her father, brother and mother when she felt a blanket being wrapped around her shoulders.

"Hey, are you okay?" A voice asked.

Katara wiped her eyes and looked up. She probably should've screamed at the fishy face that greeted her, but she didn't have the energy and it would be a poor way to thank him for his kindness by making a big deal over his physical features. "Sure." She replied.

"I know how tough it is to be a mutant. Trust me, but it'll all work out on Genosha. It'll be peaceful. I'm Sammy, by the way." He rubbed the back of his head and smiled cheerfully at the older girl, trying to comfort her.

"I actually love being a mutant. It's just... I'm the only one left in my family, so... so I had to come here on my own. And I really don't want to go to Genosha. It's something my dad is making me do because he wants me to be safe." And, as if remembering her manners, she said, "I'm Katara."

"Well Katara, I'm sorry about all that. Maybe you'd feel better out in the open air?"

"Aren't we supposed to stay below?"

Sammy grinned conspiratorially and held out a webbed hand to haul Katara to her feet. She smiled and accepted the hand, following Sammy upstairs.

Katara took a deep breath of fresh, salty, sea air and instantly felt better.

"Better?" Asked Sammy.

Katara smiled at the younger boy and replied, "Much. Thanks Sammy."

"No problem."

After a short awkward pause, Katara decided to ask Sammy a question that she hoped wasn't too personal and to break the stillness. "What's your mutation?"

"Other than the fact that I look like a fish?" he asked bitterly. "I just breathe underwater."

Katara nodded. "That's cool." She was saved from being asked what her power was when they were interrupted by Sammy's mom.

"What are you two doing here?" She demanded. "You know you're not supposed to be up here! Now come on, back downstairs with the lot of you." Then she turned around and disappeared into the belly of the ship.

Sammy groaned and Katara grinned sheepishly, both preparing to follow Sammy's mom back under deck but they both stopped when they heard a 'bamf.' Sammy turned and Katara followed. Sammy knew instinctively that the one responsible for the noise and smoke that followed it was who had brought the food and blankets to the mutants earlier.

"Thank you for the food and blankets," he said sincerely.

"You're velcome."

"You're Nightcrawler aren't you? One of the X-men!"

"The who?" Katara asked, but she was ignored.

"Yes," replied Nightcrawler. "But you can call me Kurt.

"I'm Squidboy!" Sammy said, excitedly shaking Kurt's hand. Catching Katara's raised eyebrow, he blushed under his scales. "I mean, I... I... I'm really called Sammy, but you can call me Squidboy. Th-That would my X-Man name i-i-if, you know..." Sammy trailed off.

"If vhat?" Kurt asked.

"If my powers didn't stink or nothing."

"What!" Katara exclaimed. "Your powers are great. Especially on a bucket of bolts like this! I wish I could breathe underwater!" She didn't mention that she could just control the water around her. That wouldn't have made Sammy feel any better about his exceptional gift.

"Took zhe vords right out of my mouth," Kurt agreed vehemently. "No vone's power is vorthless." As if just noticing Katara was there, he asked, "Umm, who are you?"

"Glad you finally noticed I was here." Katara said dryly. "I'm Katara," She said a bit more politely, if a little stiffly. "And I'd rather be anywhere, but on this stupid tin can heading to stupid Genosha."

Sammy looked a little hurt at this.

"Not that I'm not glad to have met you Sammy. And Kurt. I guess. Sammy, you and Kurt have been really nice to me, and meeting you was the best thing to come of this whole mess my father set up for me."

Sammy looked a little happier at this, and even Kurt seemed happy.

"So vhat are your powers?" Kurt queried.

"I breathe underwater," Sammy replied dejectedly while Katara said,

"I'm a... A hydrokinetic."

Kurt smiled at both, and Sammy's mouth dropped open.

"I would appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone though," Katara begged. Both her new friends nodded.

"You'd better get down stairs with your mother, Sammy." Sammy nodded and gestured for Katara to go before him.

"Good night Kurt," Katara said.

"Guten nacht Katara," Kurt replied.

"Kurt," Sammy said. "I'm glad you're on board." Kurt smiled, but his eyes portrayed shock. Katara and Sammy were so accepting of him. Sammy might understand physical mutation, but Katara was just nice. It reminded Kurt a little bit of Kitty back home. A home he hadn't been back to in years, he thought sadly.

Just as the two children were nearing the bottom of the stairs, the hold door swung open and a mutant was slammed to the floor with everyone else following him up the stairs to the deck.

"Mom!" Sammy called rushing into her arms. While Sammy did this, Katara slipped back into the back room and grabbed her backpack, stowing it in a hidden nook on the top deck where it would be protected from the elements before getting in line beside Sammy and a tall male mutant that she didn't know.

The captain stalked out of the shadows and started speaking. "We've had some thefts, and on my ship, thievery is a punishable offense. And when that thief hides, the punishment goes to everyone!" He snatched the blanket off Katara's shoulders, pulling her forward slightly.

"Tell me who it is!" He demanded of a thin, goth girl standing on the other side of the tall male mutant.

"I don't know," She snapped.

"That's too bad," the captain replied and in mock sympathy. Two big goons grabbed the goth and tossed her, screaming, off the side of the boat. Katara made to go after the girl and bring her back, but Sammy grabbed her arm and held her back. Katara was about to yell at him to let go when there was a 'bamf' followed by another 'bamf' and another and another and another until the entire crew was knocked on their backsides.

Kurt finally landed on all fours on the captain's shoulders.

"A moment of your time Herr captain?" Kurt quipped before he teleported to the top of the tallest mast on the ship. Katara couldn't hear what was being said, but she saw Kurt almost drop the captain, though on purpose or not she couldn't say. Finally Kurt landed back on the top deck and proclaimed, "We haf come to an agreement!" All the mutants cheered and Katara allowed herself a small smile. Her smile faltered a bit as she felt a disturbance in the water.

"Nightcrawler!" She tried to warn, but it was too late.