Chapter 1

CLICK! CLICK!
Her fingers gracefully clicked away as she checked her e-mail. Old friends still wrote to Kitty. Though she concealed her mutant life from them, telling them she now lived in Key west with a good paying job that allowed her no time to reunite.
She lived a lie. To her own friends. And even to the X-men, or what was left of them. After the Phoenix incident, nothing was close to the same. Scott hadn't had a single calm night without a nightmare. Some of the X-kids had left in belief of not being safe. And Storm and Logan had left out of grief and confusion. Colossus joined Magneto's new league called the Acolytes. "It didn't make sense, Kitty thought he'd understand, she'd refused to be his betrothed for many good reasons.
She was under too much pressure and grief, being co-leader with Scott was hard. And after everything that happened...she never coped with death well. It was all just too much. "I wish you hadn't left Professor"...BUZZ!A new instant messenger appeared on the monitor. Oreo1 Kitty looked puzzled. She didn't know anyone by the name...Ororo? Oreo was Kitty's special nickname for the African goddess. They hadn't spoken since Storm left. She'd lost contact. And with her sudden burst in mutations, Kitty had lost track of her priorities...and friends. "Could it? Is it you Storm?"

KittyPryde13: Ororo? Is that you?
A short pause.
Oreo1:Kitty?
A smile and sigh of relief hit Kitty, along with a wave of recognition.

KittyPryde13: Oh, Storm, I miss you! You don't know how much has changed since you guys left.
Oreo1: I miss you too, Kitty. Fill me in.
A few hours went by before Kitty told Storm what she and Logan had been missing. But after all the grief information had been passed, Kitty knew Storm sat with tears at the computer desk. But the worst was still to come. Scott was only the leader because he was next in line after Storm. A position that would be filled...if he was alive, Storm had left Kitty in charge, she'd declined of course, but finally accepted. Kitty was severely scared, to be frank, she didn't feel right to lead. But she was relieved to co-leader when Scott arose from the ashes. He'd just, appeared in the garden. Staring at the grave stone marked for him. Kitty had told everyone to lay off the questions they had for him. And she asked, one herself, "How?" His answer was vague and to the point, "Jean".Kitty doesn't remember when the headaches started, but they had grown steadily worse...emmensely worse. Storm grew more worried by the minute.

Oreo1: Kitty? How worse?
A pause settled at Kitty's fingertips, telling Storm the extent of the damage meant hurting Kitty to tell, and making Storm worry.

Oreo1: Kitty? How worse?
Another pause.
KittyPryde13: Well, to the point of passing out.
Oreo1: Oh Kitty,
Another pause.
KittyPryde13: I know, but since the Professors gone...who can i go to? I mean, there is no way i would go to Emma for help.
Oreo1: wait,wait, EMMA? Emma's THERE?
KittyPryde13: Uh, i didn't want to worry you.
Kitty began to explain how Emma had come mysteriously after Professor had gone and Scott returned. Calling herself the "new Professor". Kitty had hated and disposed Emma so deeply from the moment she'd joined the X-men. Emma had captured the X-men that day, Kitty was entrusted to save them. She did, and she'd never forgiven Emma since then. Emma was only the new co-leader because she was older, more experienced, and was now Scott's new bedmate. But Emma was up to something, Kitty knew it. She'd brought the cuckoos with her to "keep a mind on things". They always kept a very close eye on Kitty. But the reasoning was unclear.

Oreo1: That settles it, Logan and I are coming to you KittyPryde13: Really? When?
Oreo1: Give us a day or two.
KittyPryde13: Geez, where are you guys?
Oreo1: Logan talked me into moving to Canada...where we got married.