A/N: So, yeah, title speaks for the center of the story. I'm quite fascinated with Kitty Pryde in both comic books and movies. I then found out that she belongs to an ancient supermutant race called Neo (still don't know if it's true, but it did made my imagination work). Post-DoFP and the first two paragraphs would tell more info about the setting. I added a hint of Last Stand in this story, so on with the story then.
Few months after Logan's return from his trip from the dark future to the past then back to the future again everything seems fine. Other than him, only the Professor knows about the story of the Dark Timeline, well except for Hank who knows a few, but other than that everything is normal.
Former students Kitty, Bobby, Marie, Piotr and John (who never rebelled against the authority in this timeline) graduated, took their degrees and are now professors at Xavier's. Scott Summers, Jean Grey and the others that have died in the dark timeline are all back to life. Magneto and his Brotherhood of mutants were not that all hostile against humans, since Mystique's rescue to President Nixon gave them a huge favor. The sentinels were never upgraded to invincibility and was not even developed at all. Mutants are somehow accepted in this timeline's society.
"Aaaaah!" an eerie shriek coming from Kitty Pryde's room rattled the staffs' dormitory. She's been having headaches for days now. At first, she thought it was some sort of migraine, so she'll either just ignore it or if the attacks are unbearable, she will just grab some medicine from Jean to relieve the pain, but this time it's different. She can hear a voice calling her in her head. She thought it was the professor or maybe Jean, but they can communicate with her in her mind without hurting her.
"Kitty..." the voice in her head trailed off. She was on her way to her first class when suddenly that voice called and left an excruciating sensation on her head.
"Kitty!" the voice of Bobby Drake called as he swung the door open, "Are you alright?"
"Would you believe me if I say 'yes'?" she answered sarcastically as she curled up on her bed like a ball with her hands on her temple because of the pain. "Go away Bobby! Go to your class or do your thing with Rogue!"
He positioned himself next to the bed to carry Kitty in his arms "I'll take you to Jean"
"Leave me alone!" Despite of her protests to let her go, Bobby took Kitty in his arms and carried her to Jean. He walked down the hall and took the elevator down to the basement. He headed for the double doors at the end of the hall and pushed one of it open.
"What's the problem?" Jean asked as she jumped off her seat.
"She's having one those headaches again" he answered then glanced at Kitty who can't barely open her eyes and groaned.
Jean led Bobby to a bed and laid Kitty down as instructed by Jean. She pulled a syringe and injected it to the brunette who is now fighting Bobby off to let her go. The sedative soon took effect on the her and immediately fell asleep "That should do it"
Bobby stroked the cheek of his best friend as he watched her slumber. Then he looked at Jean who was currently checking her vitals "Will she be alright?"
"I can't say that she will be. We still don't know what causes her head to ache" Jean answered as she noted Kitty's blood pressure on a paper attached in a clipboard "It could be stress or other things or it could also be her mutation"
The last words surprised Bobby. Isn't she a mutant already? "Mutation?"
"Secondary mutation to be exact. Maybe her genes are undergoing mutations again. Like yours did some years ago, that's why you can make your body turn to ice" Jean finished writing all the vital informations of Kitty that she needs and attached some electrodes on her head "Would you mind staying here to keep an eye on her? I may need to talk to the professor about this, he'll know what to do"
Jean left the room. Bobby took the seat beside the bed where Kitty sleeps peacefully. He never saw her act so hostile before. What he saw earlier is not the sweet Katherine Pryde that became his best friend. He took Kitty's hand and gently squeezed it. Some minutes later Jean returned with Professor Charles Xavier
"Professor" Bobby called as he stood up to make way for the professor.
Professor Xavier nodded as he wheeled to Kitty's head and placed his fingers on its sides and explored her mind "Her genes are mutating again, but something else is causing greater disturbance in her head."
"What is it Professor?" Jean asked
The headmaster searched for what disturbs Kitty and quickly removed his fingers from her head and gasped for air, "Professor, are you alright?"
"Yes...yes, I am. Jean, come to my office, we need to talk" he wheeled his way across the room "for now, let her rest. All of her classes for today will be cancelled and so are yours Bobby"
"I'll place some medicine on my desk, give it to her as soon as she wakes up" Jean placed her hand on Bobby's shoulder before she followed the professor out of the room.
Bobby sat again on the stool next to the bed in which his best friend laid. He whipped off some hair on her face back to where it should be. Suddenly his phone rang and he pulled it off from his pocket. He checked who texted him - it was Rogue.
"Where are you? And how's Kitty? We heard about what happened, and me, John and Piotr are worried sick"
He composed a message as a reply "We're in the lab. and don't worry she's okay now. Professor said she's just having a secondary mutation. We'll be back as soon as she's up"
He sent it and stared at the brunette lying in front of him as he returned his phone to his pocket. Then he eventually got bored and dozed off.
Kitty was walking in the hallway like any other day she had at Xavier's. Students rushing to their rooms saying "Good morning" to her, her friends Marie, Bobby, John and Piotr having great conversations in the kitchen, Jean and Scott heading for the Professor's office, but then in a blink of an eye everything disappeared from her sight. She looked around and found nobody, her friends are gone and the students have vanished as well. Then she glanced upon the hall at her back, which was surprisingly turning dark and it's coming her way. Kitty found herself running in what seems to be an endless hall, until slowly the light turned to shadows. "Kitty..." the same voice that she heard from inside her head called. She kept on running until she found herself in a dark forest. She panted and looked around, but saw nothing except willows. Despite all the running she did, she continued to run, even though she doesn't know where is she going. She reached a clearing with a small pond that reflects the moonlight, "Kitty..."
There was woman standing by the pond, she cautiously walked closer "Hello?" the woman turned around and to her surprise she looks just like her. Except that this woman has black corneas with silver iris that resembles the moon. Her skin is pale, almost white and she has strange markings on her face.
"Kitty, I've been waiting for you" the woman grinned and instantly gave Kitty the chills. She walked closer to Kitty, which instantly made the brunette to step back "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you."
"Do I know you?" Kitty took another step back and prepared to run again if necessary, although she clearly knows that she can no longer do so after what seemed to her as an endless running. The woman's grin grew wider. And in a blink of an eye she's gone, or is she? Then a voice from her back whispered.
"I am you."
I added a bit of Silent Hill and maybe in the next chapters to come. Reviews would be so much appreciated since I've rusted a bit. It's been a year or two since I last published a story here.