Cosmic Girl Talk
Author's note: Takes place after Kitty goes cosmic but before Illyana brings the X-kids back to earth. Illyana and Kitty have some private girl talk. Fun little story or so I think.
Part 1: Cheese burger in paradise
Illyana and Kitty were sitting in an observation bubble on the starship. Nobody else was with them other than Lockheed who was snoozing in Kitty's lap.
"Mmmnph" Kitty mumbled around a mouthful of In-N-Out burger (Double double with raw onions). "God I've missed a good burger. You'd think the rest of the universe would invent one but noooo. Just earth".
"Mmmmph" was Illyana's eloquent reply as she also was chowing down upon a double double as well (with grilled onions).
"Damn, Illyana your powers have all kinds of perks. Did you actually teleport across the galaxy just for this or did you materialize it? Either way Mmmmmmm".
Illyana gestured with a fry. "You can probably do the same now. Just phase across space and time to the closest burger joint".
"Don't know. Scared to find out. Seems so wrong to use such power for such a trivial thing".
Illyana stayed silent while raising one eyebrow in a sarcastic question and eating the pointing fry.
"It's not wrong when you do it. People expect you to do such things if you're a sorceress. I've never been the uber powerful one. Hmm, any advice for the recently cosmically enhanced? I kind of noticed they you had no problems holding your own in our recent little escapade. You were a member of the Phoenix 5 and even before that ruled Limbo; not to mention that whole eating Limbo thingie you like to gloss over. I looked at you once with my new eyes and I saw so much that you choose to hide".
Illyana looked at Kitty with a blank expression, one that morphed into something that was somewhat sad.
"Avoid being the genie. People hate that. They like to succeed or fail at their own issues; regardless of what they say. Do it for them and they just end up hating you. Always have the team succeed by the skin of their teeth if you end up having to help save the day. Then they don't hold it against you. Then you have a real chance at being a team member, a friend, a person; rather then being just the heavy or a force".
Kitty contemplated the advice as she slurped the last of her Doctor Pepper. "Hmm. Like how you always minimized your magic abilities around the New Mutants? Yea we noticed. Ororo, Logan, and the rest of the X-Men; but I don't think the New Mutants ever really did".
"Yea, wanted to be normal, considered normal, treated normal; as much as possible for one such as I. Kind of hard to be considered one of the guys when you're a demon sorceress. Power is scary for those who don't have it; and in some ways... well you said you saw some of what I keep hidden so you have an inkling. Doug I suspect got wise to it in the end; before he was shot".
"Some? Crap now you're scarring me again. Explains why you kept tolerating Rahne's endless crap I guess. Kind of a test I suppose".
"If I had made her stop then nothing would have been resolved in anyway that I wanted. I wanted her to stop of her own resolve. That way I could have the illusion that I was better than I felt I was. That way I handled the problem as a person not as a force. Sometimes it's not getting things our own way. Having to deal with the unfairness of those around us that teaches us about ourselves. Power does no mean you get what you want. Sometimes just the reverse".
Illyana continued. "Let me know about any issues you might be having. They might not be as unique as you might think; part of Jean's problems, the original one, was likely not really having somebody to talk that really understands what it's like trying to be mortal when deep down you're really not".
"That's why I'm leaving the X-Kidlets with you for now. I'm not really worried about the rest of them except for Jean. They'll do ok, but Jean needs help dealing with darkness issues and I think you'll be a good mentor. On a lighter side I think you should start seeing people".
"I see quite clearly Pryde. Ohh look I see a person right now. She's in front of me and has ketchup all over her face".
"Quiet you. You know what I mean. Seeing people. Dating. Oh God, I just realized that I sound exactly like my mother".
Illyana had a smug expression on her face. "It's your fate. All Jewish girls end up sounding like their mothers. Just like all Russian girls end up declaring that their mother was right about men. It's something we all powerful entities know".
Kitty got a mischievous grin and threw a fry at Illyana which went right down Illyana's top. "Ha, take that! Your one weakness reveled".
Illyana squeaked out an uncharacteristic "Eeek" as she franticly dug for the offending fried tater slice.
The two commenced giggling which woke up a now grumpy Lockheed.