Broken World
by Starsinger
Sheer speculation, that's all, and a response to Madripoor Rose's challenge about Lockheed and Kitty's bond. Nope, still don't own these characters.
The inside of the station was cavernous. It would have to be to hold the missile that was aimed at Earth, Kitty thought bitterly. This was it, the moment when the destiny of one mutant and millions of people on two worlds collided. Klaxons sounded all around them as they hurried toward the control with one thing on their minds: stop Kruun before his madness killed them all.
Sydren and Emma stayed behind on the transport, Sydren stayed in case they needed to call for back-up to evacuate people from the planet. Emma's stability had proven even more fragile since Scott disappeared. It hadn't been obvious in the hours immediately proceeding his departure, but Kitty found her in her room rocking back and forth, humming to herself. Hank took control of the team and contacted Aghanne himself.
This was it, the day and hour were here and the time was fast approaching. Brand opened the door, gun held at the ready. The door opened and they watched as Kruun's head snapped up in response, "So," he drawled, "the Mighty Colossus has finally come." His eyes flickered toward the screen. "You're too late, mutant. The missile will launch in an hour, your home is doomed."
Peter stalked across the room as a commotion and muffled curses broke out from the back of the room near the door. Kruun looked at him grimly, "What will you do? Kill me? It's too late," the two men clashed, fists crashed into flesh and steel as the will of two titans vied for the upper hand. Finally, the bruises and broken bones left Kruun gasping for breath on the floor. "It's too late, even if you were able to figure out the computer, the only one here who could figure it out is dead!" his eye gleamed evilly.
Cold clenched Peter's heart as he turned toward his team. Lockheed hung limply in Logan's hand as Kitty sprawled on the ground, she wasn't moving. Brand and Hank knelt by her, their discussion intense. Peter turned back to Kruun, tears threatened as he snapped Kruun's neck. This man did not deserve life. All the lives that had been destroyed because of this world and its leaders, he didn't deserve to live.
He powered down and turned back to the group only to discover Hank picking Kitty up and leaving with her and Lockheed quickly out the door. Brand approached him, "She's not dead, Peter, unfortunately, she's not going to recover quickly enough to help us. I don't need to say that she was the best chance we had to stop that missile."
"Kruun's goons came in looking for her," Logan sighed. They walked over to the computer and started punching buttons. Brand's computer was not helping much. When they finally pulled up the information, Brand's face blanched.
"Oh, hell, that missile isn't aimed at Earth," she said.
Logan looked at her, "Let me guess, it's aimed at this world's sun."
She nodded, "Just like the Palace of Corpses. Sydren," she radioed. "Contact all available ships; we need to get as many people off planet as possible. We can't stop this thing! Have Dr. McCoy call Aghanne, apprise her of the situation. Tell her we only have about two hours by this counter," she said looking at the computer. She soon joined the rest of the group rushing out the door.
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The evacuation went as quickly and chaotically as could be expected. This did not concern Peter. He sat in the sickbay sitting at Kitty's bedside. The good news was Lockheed was conscious and moving. Somehow, Kitty had managed to avoid most of the blast from their weapons only to be thrown against a bulkhead. Hank was worried about the broken leg and the bump on the head.
Peter heard the door open behind him; a voice roused him from his reverie. "This is a hospital?" he heard Aghanne ask.
"No," he heard Hank reply, "This is actually a sickbay. One of our team was injured earlier; I'll show you how we deal with that."
"I'm sorry," he told Aghanne. "I tried to stop it. I think I just made things worse. With Kitty out of action we punched buttons…"
The woman nodded as she looked at Peter, "I know you tried, Peter. We will find a new world and start over. Break World is gone," she looked at the nova that represented what remained of the sun. "We will do better."
With her help he set Kitty's leg, his plan was simple, Aghanne would return to Earth with them to learn more about medicine. Lilandra's people would help find them a new home. Kitty would be fine, as she assured him after she awoke, she was just going to be out of commission for a little while.
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Late that night, she moved restlessly in her sleep. Peter awoke to find her moaning in her sleep, Lockheed almost looked like a wild animal as his tongue flickered in and out of his mouth. Peter realized that whatever was affecting the dragon traveled down the bond that he shared with Kitty and caused her agitation. He awoke Kitty, and she looked around distractedly. She reached over to her bedside table and hit the intercom, demanding Brand's presence immediately.
The SWORD agent arrived slightly disheveled and very peeved as Kitty rounded on her, "When were you going to tell me that Lockheed was going into heat? Oh, I just treat him like a pet dog, he deserves better. Well, guess what, he's stuck with me!"
"He's been acting appropriately…" Brand's words trailed off as Kitty picked the prone dragon up and shoved him under her nose.
"Does this look normal to you?" Kitty asked, almost in tears. "Whatever else he's been, I've cared for him for the past eight years. I know him better than you. I want answers as to why you left this so late, and wouldn't allow him to come to me before it got out of hand!"
Well, someone needs to stand up to that infuriating woman. I hated how she treated Kitty in AXM 22. Well, obviously this is going to be more than one chapter, trouble is, I don't know how many! Please review.
