It all began during a late-spring afternoon in May. The clouds were
thickening with a gray puffiness, and infrequent tremors were in the
sky. A thunderstorm was on its way. Most dismissed this with rejection,
in a mansion with at least more than four recreational facilities, and
a danger room; generally all of the mutants had learned to take their
rainy days in stride. It usually didn't seem to matter to them whether
they were inside or outside anymore, both offered equal opportunity for
leisure. But there was something ominous and unsettling about the
weather, that put all of their nerves very slightly on edge, yet it was
something they couldn't quite, nor cared describe.
The students at the Xavier institute were walking as a collective through the mansion's main hallway and through a door, which lead towards a series of metal stairways. They all seemed excitedly chatty, they're expressions seemed anxious. Except the ever-detached Rouge, who had folded her arms, and smugly kept to herself as usual. Kitty was mentioning to Tabitha about something that happened to be about a surprise that was supposedly in the Professor's personal lab. Finally, Jean was the first to move amongst the front of the group. She hushed the other students, who silenced so quietly as if to hold their breaths. The door at the top level was clicked and pushed open so she could step inside. The other children followed her lead with hesitance, nonetheless excitedly. Kurt was the first, then Scott.
Everyone gasped in surprised shock, there was a brief pause. The students had clearly not been disappointed. The laboratory, which had been cleared completely of tables, and test samples, had been replaced with tangled chords and extra outlets that were carelessly left to accumulate on the floor. Despite this, their emotions mellowed to astonished "ooohs" and "ahhhs."
In front of them was an enormous machine. Reaching inches below the glass- dome ceiling, and thankfully a width that was only half that measure. There were monitors and signal light's that flashed various colors that flashed like neon lights. The room was completely lit up, like a disco room, even though the room lights had been turned on. The students were more impressed with it's size, they began to ask each other what on earth it could possibly be for, and pondered what anyone could feasibly hope to achieve with an object of such size.
Forge smiled, and stepped from behind the machine at the other side of the room, waving at the other students. Thankful to see him as well, they cheered, waved, and clapped in appreciation. "Hey guys!" He called, walking towards them all.
Kurt managed to look away from the machine for just a brief second. "Wow... what is this thing?"
"Glad you like it. It's the power supply for my newest invention: The time/space continuum projector. It's supposed to monitor activity of other dimensions."
"But like, what does this machine do?" Kitty asked testily.
"Well..." Forge began hesitantly, looking at the machine. "Nothing really."
"WHAT?" The students looked at each other in shock and slight disappointment. Tabitha was the first to regain her composure.
"Well, I can always just take it up to my room for some disco fever!"
Forge laughed at this. The other students noticed this with a simple curiousity. "No, no!" He laughed. "You see, this big piece of equipment before you... is just a battery."
Scott scratched his head. "But a battery for what?" The boy genius smiled and headed to a small wooden desk. He picked up a small contraption that looked like a condensed vacuum with a knob under it that appeared to be a trigger. "This. This is the time/space continuum projector, it's supposed to monitor activity of other dimensions so there won't be another accident with my experiments like past times. It also has the ability to transport materials from different dimensions. So in a nutshell, it's a fail proof transporting device all in one." The students regained only some of their interest.
"This thing can transport anything... from any dimension... here?" Jubilee asked. "Am I right?"
"Yes that's correct. Anything."
"Hey!" Tabitha and Kitty shoved her aside.
"Pick me!" Kitty declared.
"No me, first!" the blonde argued.
"Everyone will be able to get a turn, alright?" Scott said.
"Yeah, chill out." Agreed Jean.
Forge sighed, and cupped his chin to think for a moment. "Okay, Tabitha you can go first." Kitty pouted slightly as Tabitha jumped in the air with excitement.
"Okay, okay, okay now let's see..." She paused, tapping her head. "Oh, I know! Gold, and lots of it!"
Everyone gaped disapprovingly. "Like, I should've known." Kitty said.
"Alrighty. Everyone step back." The students did as they were told, and Forge also stepped back. He began to type on a little keyboard pad that was attached to the side of the contraption. He picked up a pair of sunglasses from the desk and placed them on. "Okay guys, here it comes!" There was a moment's hiatus; there was a wind-sucking sound as the machine powered up. The trigger was clicked, and suddenly a blinding flash of light was emitted throughout the entire room. Everyone, including Scott shielded his or her eyes at the light intensity.
There were groans, the students moaned for sight, even when the light had subdued and everything settled back to normal. Evan rubbed his eyes; they were the first pair to focus. But then he rubbed them again. "Uh... g- guys?"
"Wow!" Gasped Jean.
"What? What happened?" Tabitha rubbed her eyes repeatedly before the set themselves normally. "Oh... my... god."
"I don't believe it" Kitty exclaimed. In front of them was a harvest of golden jewelry that piled high enough to block their vision of Forge on the other side. "This thing, is awesome..."
Tabitha was at a loss for words. She scooped up handfuls of gold, laughing greedily. Forge cleared his throat, coming from behind the piles of gold. "Kitty, it's your turn."
"Oh!" She bit her lips uneasily.
"It's okay, just take a minute."
"Well... how about a... necklace?" She asked. "Something that's like, a little meaningful I guess."
"Hmm..." He snapped his fingers. "I know something that'll be perfect for you!" He stepped back and began typing on the keypad. Everyone else stepped back as well. The thunder outside began to rumble quietly. Bobby whistled. "Uh oh, looks like it's finally here."
"It's looked nasty outside all day." Kitty said.
"Oh man..." Forge clicked his tongue resentfully.
"What's wrong?" Jean asked.
"I'm afraid I can't continue with the demonstration. It's probably unsafe to use such sensitive equipment in the unwanted presense of electricity." The other students groaned.
"It's okay guys. Just come back in another hour when the storm's over." The sky rumbled again. The students mumbled uneasily, and headed towards the door. Rhane was telling Jubilee about what she was going to get when Forge's machine was ready again. Jubilee giggled.
"A frisbee? C'mon you already have so many!"
Kitty paused, besides Tabitha who was still playing with her new treasure. She turned her back disappointedly and began to walk away. All of a sudden there was a loud crash. In only a couple seconds, a tremendous streak of lightning channeled from the glass dome of the ceiling, and hit the "battery" of the projector. For a moment, the monitors of the battery flickered on and off in colorful flashes for a moment.
There was a loud sucking sound coming from the time/space continuum projector, and the device turned itself on automatically, flashing it's blinding light, but this time it was different. The light homed in, straight after Kitty, who was solemnly walking away.
"Look out!" Tabitha managed to utter, but it was too late. Kitty gave a terrified shriek as the light encircled her entire body rather than throughout the room itself. Forge's jaw dropped in confused terror.
"Kitty!" He cried. Her high-pitched shrieks turned more and more faint until she was completely silent. She limply fell to the ground, and the light dissipated into nothingness. Tabitha and Forge wasted no time. They rushed to her side; Tabitha cradled Kitty in her arms. "Kitty, are you alright! Kitty, wake up! Kitty?!"
There was no response, for Kitty had lost total consciousness. There were minor cuts all over her body. Her ponytail was let loose, the hair was disheveled this way and that due to static, but perhaps one of the most peculiar things about Kitty's body was that it appeared to look slightly more... mature.
What has happened to Kitty, what will happen to her once she wakes up? Stay tuned for the next chapter to find out.
Nymph
The students at the Xavier institute were walking as a collective through the mansion's main hallway and through a door, which lead towards a series of metal stairways. They all seemed excitedly chatty, they're expressions seemed anxious. Except the ever-detached Rouge, who had folded her arms, and smugly kept to herself as usual. Kitty was mentioning to Tabitha about something that happened to be about a surprise that was supposedly in the Professor's personal lab. Finally, Jean was the first to move amongst the front of the group. She hushed the other students, who silenced so quietly as if to hold their breaths. The door at the top level was clicked and pushed open so she could step inside. The other children followed her lead with hesitance, nonetheless excitedly. Kurt was the first, then Scott.
Everyone gasped in surprised shock, there was a brief pause. The students had clearly not been disappointed. The laboratory, which had been cleared completely of tables, and test samples, had been replaced with tangled chords and extra outlets that were carelessly left to accumulate on the floor. Despite this, their emotions mellowed to astonished "ooohs" and "ahhhs."
In front of them was an enormous machine. Reaching inches below the glass- dome ceiling, and thankfully a width that was only half that measure. There were monitors and signal light's that flashed various colors that flashed like neon lights. The room was completely lit up, like a disco room, even though the room lights had been turned on. The students were more impressed with it's size, they began to ask each other what on earth it could possibly be for, and pondered what anyone could feasibly hope to achieve with an object of such size.
Forge smiled, and stepped from behind the machine at the other side of the room, waving at the other students. Thankful to see him as well, they cheered, waved, and clapped in appreciation. "Hey guys!" He called, walking towards them all.
Kurt managed to look away from the machine for just a brief second. "Wow... what is this thing?"
"Glad you like it. It's the power supply for my newest invention: The time/space continuum projector. It's supposed to monitor activity of other dimensions."
"But like, what does this machine do?" Kitty asked testily.
"Well..." Forge began hesitantly, looking at the machine. "Nothing really."
"WHAT?" The students looked at each other in shock and slight disappointment. Tabitha was the first to regain her composure.
"Well, I can always just take it up to my room for some disco fever!"
Forge laughed at this. The other students noticed this with a simple curiousity. "No, no!" He laughed. "You see, this big piece of equipment before you... is just a battery."
Scott scratched his head. "But a battery for what?" The boy genius smiled and headed to a small wooden desk. He picked up a small contraption that looked like a condensed vacuum with a knob under it that appeared to be a trigger. "This. This is the time/space continuum projector, it's supposed to monitor activity of other dimensions so there won't be another accident with my experiments like past times. It also has the ability to transport materials from different dimensions. So in a nutshell, it's a fail proof transporting device all in one." The students regained only some of their interest.
"This thing can transport anything... from any dimension... here?" Jubilee asked. "Am I right?"
"Yes that's correct. Anything."
"Hey!" Tabitha and Kitty shoved her aside.
"Pick me!" Kitty declared.
"No me, first!" the blonde argued.
"Everyone will be able to get a turn, alright?" Scott said.
"Yeah, chill out." Agreed Jean.
Forge sighed, and cupped his chin to think for a moment. "Okay, Tabitha you can go first." Kitty pouted slightly as Tabitha jumped in the air with excitement.
"Okay, okay, okay now let's see..." She paused, tapping her head. "Oh, I know! Gold, and lots of it!"
Everyone gaped disapprovingly. "Like, I should've known." Kitty said.
"Alrighty. Everyone step back." The students did as they were told, and Forge also stepped back. He began to type on a little keyboard pad that was attached to the side of the contraption. He picked up a pair of sunglasses from the desk and placed them on. "Okay guys, here it comes!" There was a moment's hiatus; there was a wind-sucking sound as the machine powered up. The trigger was clicked, and suddenly a blinding flash of light was emitted throughout the entire room. Everyone, including Scott shielded his or her eyes at the light intensity.
There were groans, the students moaned for sight, even when the light had subdued and everything settled back to normal. Evan rubbed his eyes; they were the first pair to focus. But then he rubbed them again. "Uh... g- guys?"
"Wow!" Gasped Jean.
"What? What happened?" Tabitha rubbed her eyes repeatedly before the set themselves normally. "Oh... my... god."
"I don't believe it" Kitty exclaimed. In front of them was a harvest of golden jewelry that piled high enough to block their vision of Forge on the other side. "This thing, is awesome..."
Tabitha was at a loss for words. She scooped up handfuls of gold, laughing greedily. Forge cleared his throat, coming from behind the piles of gold. "Kitty, it's your turn."
"Oh!" She bit her lips uneasily.
"It's okay, just take a minute."
"Well... how about a... necklace?" She asked. "Something that's like, a little meaningful I guess."
"Hmm..." He snapped his fingers. "I know something that'll be perfect for you!" He stepped back and began typing on the keypad. Everyone else stepped back as well. The thunder outside began to rumble quietly. Bobby whistled. "Uh oh, looks like it's finally here."
"It's looked nasty outside all day." Kitty said.
"Oh man..." Forge clicked his tongue resentfully.
"What's wrong?" Jean asked.
"I'm afraid I can't continue with the demonstration. It's probably unsafe to use such sensitive equipment in the unwanted presense of electricity." The other students groaned.
"It's okay guys. Just come back in another hour when the storm's over." The sky rumbled again. The students mumbled uneasily, and headed towards the door. Rhane was telling Jubilee about what she was going to get when Forge's machine was ready again. Jubilee giggled.
"A frisbee? C'mon you already have so many!"
Kitty paused, besides Tabitha who was still playing with her new treasure. She turned her back disappointedly and began to walk away. All of a sudden there was a loud crash. In only a couple seconds, a tremendous streak of lightning channeled from the glass dome of the ceiling, and hit the "battery" of the projector. For a moment, the monitors of the battery flickered on and off in colorful flashes for a moment.
There was a loud sucking sound coming from the time/space continuum projector, and the device turned itself on automatically, flashing it's blinding light, but this time it was different. The light homed in, straight after Kitty, who was solemnly walking away.
"Look out!" Tabitha managed to utter, but it was too late. Kitty gave a terrified shriek as the light encircled her entire body rather than throughout the room itself. Forge's jaw dropped in confused terror.
"Kitty!" He cried. Her high-pitched shrieks turned more and more faint until she was completely silent. She limply fell to the ground, and the light dissipated into nothingness. Tabitha and Forge wasted no time. They rushed to her side; Tabitha cradled Kitty in her arms. "Kitty, are you alright! Kitty, wake up! Kitty?!"
There was no response, for Kitty had lost total consciousness. There were minor cuts all over her body. Her ponytail was let loose, the hair was disheveled this way and that due to static, but perhaps one of the most peculiar things about Kitty's body was that it appeared to look slightly more... mature.
What has happened to Kitty, what will happen to her once she wakes up? Stay tuned for the next chapter to find out.
Nymph