(Kitty's final few minutes and thoughts. DOFP Rogue Cut. Kitty/Bobby.)
(Okay so I'm slow. I just bought and watched "Rogue Cut". Obviously I liked parts of it a lot, particularly the deepening of the previously rather hinted at relationship between Kitty and Bobby. And of course there was one part I really did NOT like but it made me think of this.)
He kissed me. I told him "Please just bring yourself back" and he kissed me. Did he know? Did he know that it would be the last kiss he would ever give me?
It's probably the blood loss, the blood loss that made him decide to go get help, but I think I can still feel his lips on mine. I close my eyes for a moment. I can do that now, now that Rogue has taken my place. I can let my mind wander. I don't have to concentrate on holding Logan. But there's no where for my mind to go. Just here. Just him.
I heard the jet return and they came in. There was the Professor and then Magneto and after him someone I hadn't seen in years. Rogue. Of course that was who Bobby went after. We had tried once before and had barely managed to escape the Sentinels without even coming close to the house much less entering. I looked for Bobby. I couldn't see him.
"Where's Bobby?"
It was a stupid question. I had a wild thought. If I hadn't asked it did that mean maybe it wouldn't have happened? Okay now that IS stupid. But I don't care. I pleaded with my eyes, pleaded with them all for Rogue not to say what she did.
"I'm sorry Kitty."
Rogue absorbed my powers and took over holding Logan. All I can do is sit here, half curled up in a ball and wait. Wait for the Sentinels; wait for the past to be rewritten. And either way I lose him.
He left me. He left me alone. He told me he would never do that. But he did. Oh Bobby I'm so sorry. I'm not angry with you; I could never be angry with you. I love you. But it hurts so much.
I thought after all this time, all the misery and death and horrible things we have seen that there would be no tears left to shed. But there are. I cried.
It's not fair. I've loved Bobby since the night he took me ice-skating at the school. I kissed him then. I shouldn't have because back then he belonged to Rogue. And I never begrudged her that. But after we lost her, and for so long didn't know where she was or even if she was dead or alive, he became mine. Finally. And now he's gone and I can't bring him back again like I have been doing by altering time.
God the Sentinels are here. The battle raged outside but it s over now. No need to ask who won. There's a slight pause and the walls are torn open as they force their way in.
There's no one to stop them. Magneto is badly wounded and the Professor's mind abilities won't work on them. I suppose I could phase out but what would be the point? I can't run, I can't hide and... I don't want to anyway. I'm empty. Let it happen. I feel sorry for the others but I welcome the end.
The faces open and the beams reach out for us. My tears have dried up. I touch my lips one more time and feel his kiss. I fix his face in my mind's eye. It will be the last thing I ever see.
The world spins and goes dark and I have time for just one more thought.
Bobby. Wait for me. I'm coming.
(The End)