Summary: this is the story of shade, the son of nightcrawler and Shadowcat
Disclaimer:no i do not own nor did i create the x-men, its characters, or anything related to them other then this story.
Pass the Torch
Kurt Wagner(codename Nightcrawler) obtained an ability from birth that allowed him to travel through another dimension and return to his own somewhere else(this power along with the ability to climb and hang on to walls). Although his abilities to teleport through dimensions was limited, (two miles east and west and three miles north and south) with his training and determination his skills grew at an alarming rate. Being a social outcast, Kurt found religion to keep his insanity from taking over his actions and decisions. After serving in the X-men, through Excalibur, Kurt married a long-time partner, Katherine Pryde.(codename shadowcat)Kitty wielded the ability to pass through any solid object by simply passing the atoms in her body through the empty space between that of the object for as long as she can hold her breath. Both Kurt and Kitty have mastered many forms of martial arts such as karate, ninjutsu ,aikido, and other forms of hand to hand combat, their bodies are perfectly fit for swift battles.
On the arrival of his new baby, Kurt hopes for a normal looking child, one without a tail, or three fingers and toes. He wishes for a child that would be able be socially accepted like his wife. The birth process takes much less pain and time with kitty, her powers simply allow her to become a ghost, her breath is held for a matter of seconds as a doctor from Xavier's institute reaches in and pulls out their new baby boy. Although Kitty would have liked to have a child naturally, looking down at the table and noticing that there was not a trace of blood, other bodily fluids, or wastes, she decides that maybe going through the pain for the same product wasn't worth her struggle. Doing all he can to stay calm Kurt reaches for the ceiling and begins to pace back and forth. As the news came forward, being so eager to hear of his new child, teleportes in front of the doctor waiting for an instant unscrutinized review of his son.
"Is he alright, sir?"
"Kurt I'm sorry to tell you this…although your child is helthy, I don't believe he
will be normal to anyone"
"Oh no…please…you could not mean…does he resemble his father?"
"…Kurt…with the exception of five fingers , I would say he's a clone of the nightcrawler that stands before me"
"Oh…lord in heaven have mercy…"
"Kurt you have to promise me you won't tele-"
Instantly teleporting to his wife's bedside he looks at his new born son. As the doctor had told him, he had his father's tail, blue fur, golden eyes and ears. Finally let him understand why Wolverine always called him an elf. Today was marked in Kurt's mind as the greatest day of his life even though he knew that tomorrow would be the worst.
"Kitty….he's….so small"
"Yes Kurt that's usually how baby's come out"
"….Are you sure you are in no pain?"
"I know what you're thinking 'he's not going to fit in with the kids at school' but I think as long as he has someone, going through the same situation, he can get right through it"
"your right, he'll be fine… I will be there to help him…"
From that moment on Kurt set to work on making a child's necklace. This necklace worked much like his image inducer, giving both Kurt and Brian the power to look like normal people allowing them to walk the streets without any chaos. The golden chain was just long enough to give the baby some slack but tight enough for him to move about without it breaking. The golden lace around his neck shimmered like the gold in his eyes. The golden pendant is engraved with the great soul sword that helped nightcrawler overcome so much evil in his youth. The soul sword is mounted in front of the cross, another tool of his fathers that kept him from insanity and let him have the child that wears the golden symbol of his acceptance to the world.