Lance might've hated the X-geeks, but when the chips were down, he always
convinced his team to come through.
As he walked down the hallway at Bayville High, Lance heard some crying. Turning the corner, he saw Kitty. Her arms were crossed and she was just rocking back and forth in front of her locker. The bell hadn't rung yet, so they were the only ones there. "Kitty?"
She looked up at him blankly. Lance held out his hand, without saying a word. She grabbed it hesitantly and fearfully, but trustingly. and they walked outside to his jeep. They drove to a spot off campus and talked. She cried intermittently.
Later, the brotherhood stormed into their house. The X-men had ticked them off royally, and Lance hadn't been around to help them. Pietro paced back and forth really fast "Where is he. When I get my hands on him!"
Lance came walking in, and was immediately slammed against the wall by Pietro. "Where'veyoubeenyou should'vebeentherewhyweren'tyou."
Lance punched him in the stomach. "Let's get serious guys, got something we've got to do." Pietro just looked at him in shock, with his mouth gaping.
"Listen up. I won't tell you who this happened to, or the specifics. But someone we know has been raped, and I'm going to get the bastard! Now you can either come with me or be a bunch of cowards." He'd said the magic words. First, even the brotherhood wouldn't stoop so low as to rape someone. Injure them maybe, possibly even kill if the motivation were high enough. but rape was something else entirely. Secondly, calling them cowards was an act of war.
Jean went to the professor. "Something is wrong with Kitty. She's not talking or joking like her usual self. I'm almost tempted to read her mind."
Xavier shook his head. "Not without her permission. I can tell she's upset too, but she'll have to talk to us in her own time."
Jean walked out of the room, and went to the nuthouse as she occasionally called it. Where everyone watched tv, played games, etc. When she walked in, she noticed Kurt holding Kitty tightly as she cried. There was a news broadcast. Something about an earthquake in an abandoned warehouse, and one dead body. "Though details are sketchy, the body appears to have been shaken with extreme force before the earthquake that registered as a 10 on the richter scale. We repeat, the person known as......."
( Many friends of mine have been hurt.. and I refuse to call rapists by their names. They aren't human and don't deserve to be called one.)
As he walked down the hallway at Bayville High, Lance heard some crying. Turning the corner, he saw Kitty. Her arms were crossed and she was just rocking back and forth in front of her locker. The bell hadn't rung yet, so they were the only ones there. "Kitty?"
She looked up at him blankly. Lance held out his hand, without saying a word. She grabbed it hesitantly and fearfully, but trustingly. and they walked outside to his jeep. They drove to a spot off campus and talked. She cried intermittently.
Later, the brotherhood stormed into their house. The X-men had ticked them off royally, and Lance hadn't been around to help them. Pietro paced back and forth really fast "Where is he. When I get my hands on him!"
Lance came walking in, and was immediately slammed against the wall by Pietro. "Where'veyoubeenyou should'vebeentherewhyweren'tyou."
Lance punched him in the stomach. "Let's get serious guys, got something we've got to do." Pietro just looked at him in shock, with his mouth gaping.
"Listen up. I won't tell you who this happened to, or the specifics. But someone we know has been raped, and I'm going to get the bastard! Now you can either come with me or be a bunch of cowards." He'd said the magic words. First, even the brotherhood wouldn't stoop so low as to rape someone. Injure them maybe, possibly even kill if the motivation were high enough. but rape was something else entirely. Secondly, calling them cowards was an act of war.
Jean went to the professor. "Something is wrong with Kitty. She's not talking or joking like her usual self. I'm almost tempted to read her mind."
Xavier shook his head. "Not without her permission. I can tell she's upset too, but she'll have to talk to us in her own time."
Jean walked out of the room, and went to the nuthouse as she occasionally called it. Where everyone watched tv, played games, etc. When she walked in, she noticed Kurt holding Kitty tightly as she cried. There was a news broadcast. Something about an earthquake in an abandoned warehouse, and one dead body. "Though details are sketchy, the body appears to have been shaken with extreme force before the earthquake that registered as a 10 on the richter scale. We repeat, the person known as......."
( Many friends of mine have been hurt.. and I refuse to call rapists by their names. They aren't human and don't deserve to be called one.)