Author's Note- Fans of the comic book will know Pete Wisdom. I've been
reading a little the comic and a lot of the fanfics so I've gotten to
really enjoy his character and wish that he was on Evolution. And it
bugged me that there's only one evolution fic with him.
Plus, I adore Lockheed. Thus we have this fanfic. As always there will also be some Romy. Also, I'm making Kitty to be seventeen, so Rogue is eighteen along with Kurt, that way the relationship doesn't seem that bad.
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Saying Goodbye and Meeting Wisdom
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Everywhere someone's getting over
Everybody cries and sometimes
You can still lose even if you really try
Talking 'bout the dream like the dream is over
Talk like that won't get you nowhere
Everybody's trusting in the heart
Like the heart don't lie
-Matchbox Twenty
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Kitty woke up, showered and went out to get the mail, as she always did. In the mailbox she saw a letter addressed from Lance. Curious she sat down on the front step to read it.
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Dear Kitty,
I guess this proves it; I am a screw up. I'm sorry Kit-Kat. I'm sorry I betrayed you, I'm sorry I have to go, and I'm sorry that I messed up your life. I should have realized from the beginning that you were too good for me. untouchable.
I've never loved anyone, not since my mother died. But then I met you. You were so damn beautiful, so innocent and pure. And what's the first thing that I did? I tried to use you. Allow me to promise you, Kitty, no matter what else went down between us, I never meant you any harm. No matter what else happened I always cared about you.
When you chose to date me I began to understand the meaning of the phrase walking on air. You have no clue as to how happy you made me, Kit- Kat, even for a short time.
I guess you're wondering why I'm even writing this. Pietro is leader of the Brotherhood now. I can't take orders from him. I refuse to be under that backstabbing freak. I have to go. I can't stay here anymore not when everything in this whole damn town reminds me of either the Brotherhood or you, it'd drive me crazy.
Dawn's coming and I still need to say goodbye to Todd. I only have one thing left to say. I love you, Kitty. I have since you fell out of that locker into my arms. I love you more than I ever thought possible. Don't try to find me; I need to leave all of this completely behind me. Remember me though; remember the good times that we did have.
Love always
Lance
~*~
Kitty put the letter back in the envelope before her tears could stain it. She never thought Lance could use his words so well. Her tears came harder as she realized that he was long gone in the time that she got the letter. She leaned against the door pulling her legs to her chest sobbing into her hands. She saw a shadow standing over her and jumped to her feet backing up, and (unfortunately for her) off of the porch. The man rushed to her pulling her up.
"You okay, kid?" he asked concerned. She phased through his arms instinctively. Then realizing what she had done, gasped. "It's okay, kid, I'm one of you guys," he assured her. "Mind telling me what `appened that made you look like your dog got ran over?"
"Yes," Kitty said wiping away her tears and raising her blue eyes to meet his midnight ones.
He smiled at this. "Fair enough. I have a meetin' with the professor. Would you show me to his office?" Sighing, Kitty motioned for him to follow her. He lit up a cigarette on the way in.
"Ewwe," Kitty said. "Could you, like not do that?"
He looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "My business, kid." She glared up at him before simply shaking her head and leading him up the stairs. "May I ask your name?"
"Kitty Pryde."
"Seriously?" he asked smirking.
She narrowed her eyes and crossed her arms. "Why would I lie about my name?" His smirk merely grew.
"Sorry. . . I've just never actually met someone who called themselves Kitty. . . at least not outside of a strip club." Her mouth dropped open and she slugged him in the arm, hard.
"How dare you!" He merely laughed at her outrage.
"I'm Peter Wisdom," he told her.
"Good for you."
"You seem to be in a bad mood."
"After what you said." She glared up at him as he began laughing at her. "Find your own way!" She walked away quickly. Rogue was sitting on her bed staring outside. "Damn annoying British jerk!" Kitty muttered walking in.
Rogue turned raising a confused eyebrow. "Ah assume that ya have a reason for sayin' that?"
"Yes, there's a damn annoying British jerk here to see the professor," Kitty said. There was a knock on the door. Kitty stood to answer it. It was him. "What do you want?"
He crossed his arms leaning against the doorframe. "You realize that you left me in the middle of the hall with no way to get to his office right?"
"That was the idea," she snapped.
"I take it that this is who you were talkin' about," Rogue said.
"Yes," Kitty said. She turned back to Peter. "Could you leave?"
"I'm late for my meeting," he said beginning to seem annoyed himself. "I'm not leaving until someone shows me where his office is."
"At the end of the hall to the left," Kitty said slamming the door shut. She had the pleasure of hearing him exclaim 'ow' when the door hit him in the head. She turned back to Rogue now with a half smile.
"Um, Kitty," Rogue said. "What was that about?"
"He said that I, like, had a stripper's name!" Kitty exclaimed causing her roommate to collapse back on her bed in laughter. "Oh, Rogue," Kitty said sweetly. Rogue looked up just to get hit by a flying purple dragon. She threw the stuffed animal back at Kitty.
/Kitty,/ Kitty sighed hearing the professor's voice. /I'd like to see you in my office./ She winced.
"Oh no," Kitty muttered. "I'm so dead."
"What's wrong?" Rogue asked.
"The professor wants to see me. Stupid British guy!" Rogue merely began laughing again as Kitty left going into the professor's office. Pete was sitting leaning back in the chair. The professor smiled when she entered.
"Kitty, I was receiving some strong distress signals earlier," he said. "I was wondering if you would like to tell me what's wrong." Kitty glared at Pete before sighing and fishing the letter out of her pocket. She handed it to the professor who read over it looking troubled. "Thank you for sharing it with me," he said handing it back to her. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," Kitty said. "It was just, like, a shock." She felt tears prickle his eyes thinking about Lance leaving. "I just don't know why he couldn't say goodbye, or come here."
"You know as well as I do that Mr. Alvers was very proud, he wouldn't have accepted our help," the professor said gently. Kitty nodded looking down. "Also, I was wondering, since you're here, if you could show Mr. Wisdom to his room and show him around."
"Me?" Kitty asked surprised.
"Yes, Scott and Jean are in college and you know Logan does not like to do this sort of thing."
"Okay," Kitty said glancing at Pete who was watching the exchange silently. "Come on, Mr. Wisdom." He followed her out of the room.
"Call me Pete," he said. She shrugged in response. "Before you show me where my room is, I need my bags." They went out to his car, a black 1972 T-Bird. She looked at it appreciatively. While she wasn't that knowledgeable about cars she knew that his was a classic.
"Nice," she said as he shouldered a duffle back carrying his other two bags. "So, are you, like, staying with us for good?"
"Don' know," he admitted. She led him back up the stairs. "So this Alvers, he your guy?"
"That's a bit personal," Kitty said.
"I'll take that as a yes."
"Mr. Wisdom, with all due respect, it's none of your damn business!" He chuckled softly.
"Must not have ended well."
"Are you, like, trying to make me angry?" She threw the door to his room open. "Unpack, I'll be in my room."
He saluted her mockingly. "Yes, ma'am." She stormed back into her room.
"All I wanted to do was crawl back into bed, but no!" Kitty exclaimed throwing her headphones on and throwing herself on her bed. Knowing that Kitty was obviously very upset but that she didn't want to talk about it yet, Rogue left to leave her friend alone. She turned up the Matchbox Twenty CD she had borrowed from a friend. Her tastes were gradually changing; she had fallen in love with the Rock band. She was so enthralled in her music that she didn't hear Pete knocking on her door.
He knocked once more before walking in. He saw Kitty lying with her eyes closed. He walked over to her standing just watching her for several seconds. She opened her eyes and phased straight through her bed. She stood glaring at him. "Sorry," he lied. She turned off her headphones. "You're supposed to show me around."
"I remember," Kitty said leading him back down stairs. They stopped in the kitchen first. Jubilee and Rogue were there.
"So, are you goin' ta introduce us this time?" Rogue asked.
"Guys, this is Peter Wisdom," Kitty said. "That's Rogue and Jubilee."
"`Allo," he said.
"Hi," Jubilee said. "So, what're you guys doing?"
"I'm showing him around," Kitty said.
"My little tour guide," Pete smirked. The other two girls saw Kitty bristle at this. They exchanged amused glances.
"Remember that I know where you sleep," Kitty warned seeing that her friends were fighting a losing battle with their laughter.
"Sure, Kit," Rogue said.
"We'll be good," Jubilee told her.
"And hell will freeze over," Kitty said.
"Language, Kitty," Rogue laughed. She looked up at Pete. "You're already a bad influence on her."
Pete smirked. "Am I?"
"He's no influence on me," Kitty snapped grabbing Pete's arm leading him outside.
"What's the matter, Pryde?" he asked. Kitty ignored this as she showed him the grounds. He looked at the mansion grounds appreciatively. "It's very big."
"Yeah, getting lost is totally easy." She led him back inside and to the rec. room where she introduced him to the new recruits. Their last stop was the control room of the Danger Room. There the two watched as Logan went through his rounds.
"Damn," Pete muttered as Logan took out several robots. She led him down the stairs to meet Logan as he walked out.
"Good morning," she smiled.
Logan allowed a rare smile to touch his lips. He could smell the tears on her but it was obvious that Kitty was trying hard to keep her emotions under wraps. "Mornin,' half-pint," he said gruffly. He looked at the man beside her narrowing his eyes. "And who are you, bub?"
"Peter Wisdom," Pete said extending a hand. Logan took the hand watching the younger man carefully.
"The professor is making me show him around."
"Ah, you're the new teacher," Logan said nodding.
"Yeah."
"What are ya teachin'?"
"Science," Pete shrugged. Logan nodded again before starting away. Kitty led him back to his room.
"Welcome to mutant manor," she said as she had to Lance. "Breakfast is at seven."
"Thanks for showin' me around," Pete said. She frowned slightly at his attempt to be civil.
"Right," she said softly. "Um, like, no problem." She walked back to the kitchen. Rogue and Jubilee were already there. She got an apple before sitting down in front of them.
"So, what's he like?" Jubilee asked excitedly.
"He's a jerk," Kitty said biting into the apple.
"He definitely got a rise out of ya, Kit," Rogue said.
"You two looked cute together," Jubilee told her.
Kitty flushed. "He's like old, and he smokes."
"Lance smoked," Rogue pointed out.
"That's different," Kitty defended.
"And he's only five years older than you," Jubilee said.
"We talked to the professor," Rogue explained.
"That's five years. Five years is a lot." Kitty sighed. "Besides, I don't think now would be a good time for me to even think about getting into a relationship." She showed them the note.
"Ah knew somethin' else was botherin' ya," Rogue said taking her friend's hand and squeezing it sympathetically.
"Don't worry about it, Kit," Jubilee said. "You know what they say, jump right back on."
Kitty flushed and threw the apple core away. "I'm not jumping on, especially on Wisdom!" Rogue chuckled at this realizing that Kitty liked Wisdom more than she was letting on if the two of them talking about him bothered her that much.
"Too bad," a gruff voice said behind them. Kitty tensed turning and seeing Pete standing behind her. He grabbed a cup of coffee sitting next to her. Kitty tensed even more at this. Jubilee and Rogue both looked as though they were going to laugh. Kitty glared at them sinking lower in her chair.
"X-Men," Xavier said walking in, "Magneto is planning to steal a relic from a museum in China. Suit up, we have to go stop him." Now Kitty was smirking as she looked over at Rogue.
"Don't say a word," Rogue warned.
"I'm not," Kitty said.
Plus, I adore Lockheed. Thus we have this fanfic. As always there will also be some Romy. Also, I'm making Kitty to be seventeen, so Rogue is eighteen along with Kurt, that way the relationship doesn't seem that bad.
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Saying Goodbye and Meeting Wisdom
~*~
Everywhere someone's getting over
Everybody cries and sometimes
You can still lose even if you really try
Talking 'bout the dream like the dream is over
Talk like that won't get you nowhere
Everybody's trusting in the heart
Like the heart don't lie
-Matchbox Twenty
~*~
Kitty woke up, showered and went out to get the mail, as she always did. In the mailbox she saw a letter addressed from Lance. Curious she sat down on the front step to read it.
~*~
Dear Kitty,
I guess this proves it; I am a screw up. I'm sorry Kit-Kat. I'm sorry I betrayed you, I'm sorry I have to go, and I'm sorry that I messed up your life. I should have realized from the beginning that you were too good for me. untouchable.
I've never loved anyone, not since my mother died. But then I met you. You were so damn beautiful, so innocent and pure. And what's the first thing that I did? I tried to use you. Allow me to promise you, Kitty, no matter what else went down between us, I never meant you any harm. No matter what else happened I always cared about you.
When you chose to date me I began to understand the meaning of the phrase walking on air. You have no clue as to how happy you made me, Kit- Kat, even for a short time.
I guess you're wondering why I'm even writing this. Pietro is leader of the Brotherhood now. I can't take orders from him. I refuse to be under that backstabbing freak. I have to go. I can't stay here anymore not when everything in this whole damn town reminds me of either the Brotherhood or you, it'd drive me crazy.
Dawn's coming and I still need to say goodbye to Todd. I only have one thing left to say. I love you, Kitty. I have since you fell out of that locker into my arms. I love you more than I ever thought possible. Don't try to find me; I need to leave all of this completely behind me. Remember me though; remember the good times that we did have.
Love always
Lance
~*~
Kitty put the letter back in the envelope before her tears could stain it. She never thought Lance could use his words so well. Her tears came harder as she realized that he was long gone in the time that she got the letter. She leaned against the door pulling her legs to her chest sobbing into her hands. She saw a shadow standing over her and jumped to her feet backing up, and (unfortunately for her) off of the porch. The man rushed to her pulling her up.
"You okay, kid?" he asked concerned. She phased through his arms instinctively. Then realizing what she had done, gasped. "It's okay, kid, I'm one of you guys," he assured her. "Mind telling me what `appened that made you look like your dog got ran over?"
"Yes," Kitty said wiping away her tears and raising her blue eyes to meet his midnight ones.
He smiled at this. "Fair enough. I have a meetin' with the professor. Would you show me to his office?" Sighing, Kitty motioned for him to follow her. He lit up a cigarette on the way in.
"Ewwe," Kitty said. "Could you, like not do that?"
He looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "My business, kid." She glared up at him before simply shaking her head and leading him up the stairs. "May I ask your name?"
"Kitty Pryde."
"Seriously?" he asked smirking.
She narrowed her eyes and crossed her arms. "Why would I lie about my name?" His smirk merely grew.
"Sorry. . . I've just never actually met someone who called themselves Kitty. . . at least not outside of a strip club." Her mouth dropped open and she slugged him in the arm, hard.
"How dare you!" He merely laughed at her outrage.
"I'm Peter Wisdom," he told her.
"Good for you."
"You seem to be in a bad mood."
"After what you said." She glared up at him as he began laughing at her. "Find your own way!" She walked away quickly. Rogue was sitting on her bed staring outside. "Damn annoying British jerk!" Kitty muttered walking in.
Rogue turned raising a confused eyebrow. "Ah assume that ya have a reason for sayin' that?"
"Yes, there's a damn annoying British jerk here to see the professor," Kitty said. There was a knock on the door. Kitty stood to answer it. It was him. "What do you want?"
He crossed his arms leaning against the doorframe. "You realize that you left me in the middle of the hall with no way to get to his office right?"
"That was the idea," she snapped.
"I take it that this is who you were talkin' about," Rogue said.
"Yes," Kitty said. She turned back to Peter. "Could you leave?"
"I'm late for my meeting," he said beginning to seem annoyed himself. "I'm not leaving until someone shows me where his office is."
"At the end of the hall to the left," Kitty said slamming the door shut. She had the pleasure of hearing him exclaim 'ow' when the door hit him in the head. She turned back to Rogue now with a half smile.
"Um, Kitty," Rogue said. "What was that about?"
"He said that I, like, had a stripper's name!" Kitty exclaimed causing her roommate to collapse back on her bed in laughter. "Oh, Rogue," Kitty said sweetly. Rogue looked up just to get hit by a flying purple dragon. She threw the stuffed animal back at Kitty.
/Kitty,/ Kitty sighed hearing the professor's voice. /I'd like to see you in my office./ She winced.
"Oh no," Kitty muttered. "I'm so dead."
"What's wrong?" Rogue asked.
"The professor wants to see me. Stupid British guy!" Rogue merely began laughing again as Kitty left going into the professor's office. Pete was sitting leaning back in the chair. The professor smiled when she entered.
"Kitty, I was receiving some strong distress signals earlier," he said. "I was wondering if you would like to tell me what's wrong." Kitty glared at Pete before sighing and fishing the letter out of her pocket. She handed it to the professor who read over it looking troubled. "Thank you for sharing it with me," he said handing it back to her. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," Kitty said. "It was just, like, a shock." She felt tears prickle his eyes thinking about Lance leaving. "I just don't know why he couldn't say goodbye, or come here."
"You know as well as I do that Mr. Alvers was very proud, he wouldn't have accepted our help," the professor said gently. Kitty nodded looking down. "Also, I was wondering, since you're here, if you could show Mr. Wisdom to his room and show him around."
"Me?" Kitty asked surprised.
"Yes, Scott and Jean are in college and you know Logan does not like to do this sort of thing."
"Okay," Kitty said glancing at Pete who was watching the exchange silently. "Come on, Mr. Wisdom." He followed her out of the room.
"Call me Pete," he said. She shrugged in response. "Before you show me where my room is, I need my bags." They went out to his car, a black 1972 T-Bird. She looked at it appreciatively. While she wasn't that knowledgeable about cars she knew that his was a classic.
"Nice," she said as he shouldered a duffle back carrying his other two bags. "So, are you, like, staying with us for good?"
"Don' know," he admitted. She led him back up the stairs. "So this Alvers, he your guy?"
"That's a bit personal," Kitty said.
"I'll take that as a yes."
"Mr. Wisdom, with all due respect, it's none of your damn business!" He chuckled softly.
"Must not have ended well."
"Are you, like, trying to make me angry?" She threw the door to his room open. "Unpack, I'll be in my room."
He saluted her mockingly. "Yes, ma'am." She stormed back into her room.
"All I wanted to do was crawl back into bed, but no!" Kitty exclaimed throwing her headphones on and throwing herself on her bed. Knowing that Kitty was obviously very upset but that she didn't want to talk about it yet, Rogue left to leave her friend alone. She turned up the Matchbox Twenty CD she had borrowed from a friend. Her tastes were gradually changing; she had fallen in love with the Rock band. She was so enthralled in her music that she didn't hear Pete knocking on her door.
He knocked once more before walking in. He saw Kitty lying with her eyes closed. He walked over to her standing just watching her for several seconds. She opened her eyes and phased straight through her bed. She stood glaring at him. "Sorry," he lied. She turned off her headphones. "You're supposed to show me around."
"I remember," Kitty said leading him back down stairs. They stopped in the kitchen first. Jubilee and Rogue were there.
"So, are you goin' ta introduce us this time?" Rogue asked.
"Guys, this is Peter Wisdom," Kitty said. "That's Rogue and Jubilee."
"`Allo," he said.
"Hi," Jubilee said. "So, what're you guys doing?"
"I'm showing him around," Kitty said.
"My little tour guide," Pete smirked. The other two girls saw Kitty bristle at this. They exchanged amused glances.
"Remember that I know where you sleep," Kitty warned seeing that her friends were fighting a losing battle with their laughter.
"Sure, Kit," Rogue said.
"We'll be good," Jubilee told her.
"And hell will freeze over," Kitty said.
"Language, Kitty," Rogue laughed. She looked up at Pete. "You're already a bad influence on her."
Pete smirked. "Am I?"
"He's no influence on me," Kitty snapped grabbing Pete's arm leading him outside.
"What's the matter, Pryde?" he asked. Kitty ignored this as she showed him the grounds. He looked at the mansion grounds appreciatively. "It's very big."
"Yeah, getting lost is totally easy." She led him back inside and to the rec. room where she introduced him to the new recruits. Their last stop was the control room of the Danger Room. There the two watched as Logan went through his rounds.
"Damn," Pete muttered as Logan took out several robots. She led him down the stairs to meet Logan as he walked out.
"Good morning," she smiled.
Logan allowed a rare smile to touch his lips. He could smell the tears on her but it was obvious that Kitty was trying hard to keep her emotions under wraps. "Mornin,' half-pint," he said gruffly. He looked at the man beside her narrowing his eyes. "And who are you, bub?"
"Peter Wisdom," Pete said extending a hand. Logan took the hand watching the younger man carefully.
"The professor is making me show him around."
"Ah, you're the new teacher," Logan said nodding.
"Yeah."
"What are ya teachin'?"
"Science," Pete shrugged. Logan nodded again before starting away. Kitty led him back to his room.
"Welcome to mutant manor," she said as she had to Lance. "Breakfast is at seven."
"Thanks for showin' me around," Pete said. She frowned slightly at his attempt to be civil.
"Right," she said softly. "Um, like, no problem." She walked back to the kitchen. Rogue and Jubilee were already there. She got an apple before sitting down in front of them.
"So, what's he like?" Jubilee asked excitedly.
"He's a jerk," Kitty said biting into the apple.
"He definitely got a rise out of ya, Kit," Rogue said.
"You two looked cute together," Jubilee told her.
Kitty flushed. "He's like old, and he smokes."
"Lance smoked," Rogue pointed out.
"That's different," Kitty defended.
"And he's only five years older than you," Jubilee said.
"We talked to the professor," Rogue explained.
"That's five years. Five years is a lot." Kitty sighed. "Besides, I don't think now would be a good time for me to even think about getting into a relationship." She showed them the note.
"Ah knew somethin' else was botherin' ya," Rogue said taking her friend's hand and squeezing it sympathetically.
"Don't worry about it, Kit," Jubilee said. "You know what they say, jump right back on."
Kitty flushed and threw the apple core away. "I'm not jumping on, especially on Wisdom!" Rogue chuckled at this realizing that Kitty liked Wisdom more than she was letting on if the two of them talking about him bothered her that much.
"Too bad," a gruff voice said behind them. Kitty tensed turning and seeing Pete standing behind her. He grabbed a cup of coffee sitting next to her. Kitty tensed even more at this. Jubilee and Rogue both looked as though they were going to laugh. Kitty glared at them sinking lower in her chair.
"X-Men," Xavier said walking in, "Magneto is planning to steal a relic from a museum in China. Suit up, we have to go stop him." Now Kitty was smirking as she looked over at Rogue.
"Don't say a word," Rogue warned.
"I'm not," Kitty said.