Fire Ignited

Summary -- Kim is called in on a mission in New York and when they get there, the problem has been chased off by some oddly talented individuals. After being brought back to their HQ a secret is revealed about KP. What is in store for Kim Possible and her team? {KP/X-MEN Xover}

Disclaimer -- Kim Possible is the property of Disney and X-Men is the property of Marvel, I only own the plot sadly.

Yay! Chapter Two!

-~Chapter Two~-

-The Bird Will Not Rise-

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She had been on a mission in Atlanta to round up a mutant who had gone on a rampage. She was only gone a week… only a damn week. She looked at herself in the mirror as she adorned herself in a black suit, all black; she never thought that she'd hate the color so damn much. Sighing she wiped away the only tear that had escaped and felt all of her thoughts begin at once and before she knew it her hand was bleeding and her mirror was smashed. The noise of the mirror breaking had alerted someone in the hallway and a familiar African woman came in to see what the problem was. She came to stand next to her and reached out to hold the girl's bleeding hand.

"Why didn't he fight back, we all know that he could have." She said and the white-haired woman shook her head. "He should have fought back damn it, she was too far gone… she won't see reason." The white-haired woman just shook her head again, not believing what was coming out of the girl's mouth. She never thought she'd hear such hateful words be directed at the one person that understood Catalina in her youth. "Why did he leave, Ro… why…"

"I do not know, Catalina, but I am sure he would not want you to think of Jean like this, or think any less of him." The African woman spoke and Catalina noticed that the woman was cleaning out her cuts, when had she gotten the cloth and water? Who cares. "Maybe you should come downstairs with the rest of us… it's almost time." Catalina just nodded and let herself be led by the older woman out of her room, down the hall, down the stair and out the kitchen door to the memorial in the back of the mansion, set in a special place where Ororo could be seen gardening from time to time. There was a large headstone with a bronze engraved circle of Professor Xavier with his name above and short sentence beneath it. Catalina didn't really pay attention to any of it as she sat in the front row of the mourners and stared at the bronze engraving of her now dead mentor. Why was her world crashing again? Wasn't once enough for God? She didn't cry while the memorial was going on and she didn't cry when all of the mourners came by her in the short line of Xavier's first students to pay their respects. The younger students were escorted back inside and the X-Men team crowded themselves into the dead professor's office. Ororo stood as leader, since Scott and now Xavier were dead… two deaths in such a short time from the same person.

"If you don't plan on going after her, I suggest you lend me the damn jet…" Catalina whispered loud enough for everyone to hear and Logan just looked at her, he'd never seen the woman this defenseless, not even when she came back for retraining. The Beast stepped up next to her and put a consoling hand on her shoulder and she smacked it away and they all got a good look at her face, tears formed two streams down her face from her grieving emerald eyes. "Don't touch me! I don't want your pity, I want you to see damn logic! She a ticking bomb! She can rip molecules apart and she's done that to Chuck! You're gonna sit here and let her do it s'more? Has that man taught you nothing!" Catalina yelled.

"Cat, I really don't think—"

"That's right, you don't think! Or you would already be on the damn jet ready to fly it right at that bitch!" They all seemed shock at this, except Logan, he thought the reaction logical.

"Catalina, you grew up with Jean and defended her many times when she got into trouble. Why will you not defend her now when she truly has no control over her actions?" Ororo asked stepping forward from her position next to the bookcase, the fire in Catalina's eyes did not fade.

"Because she's killed the only family I have! That thing is not Jean Grey! That thing is a monster that has to be stopped. It killed Jean when the dam collapsed and now it's killed Uncle Chuck by literally ripping him apart and let's not forget Scott, killed him the same damn way and wanted to do it to Logan! I'm done trying to get through to her, I want her DEAD!" At this the fire that usually just coated her hands moved to engulf her arms and her legs and by the time she finished her rant, she was engulfed in red flames with blue coming towards the center. She literally saw red and nobody could stop the emotional rollercoaster that she was on, then as fast as it was there, it was gone and she collapsed to the floor in a crying fit and Ororo rushed from her spot to her grieving friend and held her tight. "I don't want to lose anyone else."

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"And in other news, Professor Charles Xavier's funeral was held today. A man dedicated to bringing equal rights to mutants was killed by one of his own merely days ago. As of yet, no attempts to find the culprit have been made, but there had been watches posted at the known residence of his school…" She stopped listening when she heard the word funeral; how had he been killed, he seemed like such a strong man. She sat up on the couch and looked to her wrist Kimmunicator and pushed a button.

"Hey Kim what's up?"

"I need a ride to the Xavier Mansion, fast." He didn't ask questions, and as soon as he broke the connection, Kim called Ron. "Get over here, we're paying a visit to Xavier's." Before the blonde could protest she ended the call and went up to her room to pack a small bag: a change of clothes and her battle suit. She knew that something would go down the second she got there.

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Their ride got there in no time and it took just as much time to make it to the Xavier mansion where they were met outside by a white-haired woman who introduced herself as Ororo Monroe, codename Storm. Kim nodded to her and they went inside.

"I do not understand what you intend to do to help. You will have little to no chance in this fight."

"I fought again Shego for four years, I think I can handle a few mutants." The African woman nodded and led them into the kitchen where the familiar Catalina sat with a cup of hot tea and a blow pop.

"Catalina, they are here to help." She didn't acknowledge their presence just shrugged before throwing the cup across the room at a wall. Ororo was used to such outbursts, after all, it had only been a few days and she couldn't expect any better for at least a month. "Catalina, maybe you should go upstairs." The woman didn't seem to hear her, but she left the room anyway. "I'm sorry about her, she has taken this extremely hard. He was her uncle, as she affectionately called him." Kim nodded in understanding and then looked back at Ororo.

"Do you know anything about Catalina outside her time here?" Ron was busy going through the cabinets and the fridge looking for drinks and food to satisfy his naco craving.

"I know that this is her second time here. She was here when she was about four or five until she was about ten or eleven and then something happened to her and her brothers and she was gone. That was the last time that we saw her really innocent at all. She came back once when she was about sixteen, but she only visited for the day, she got into a fight with the professor and she was gone again… her skin was really pale. Then she came back about six months ago; just in time to hear about Jean's unpleasant end then Scott disappeared, that's about the time that Jean returned to us only to disappear again. She didn't take that well either, Jean was like a sister to her." Kim nodded at this, she knew that Catalina looked familiar, but not that familiar… could she? Who knows… "Come, we must discuss plans, down in the war room." Ororo led them to an elevator and they went straight down into the underground base and Ororo led them into a room with a few others, they were all dressed in X-Men uniforms. "We have gotten reports of Magneto forming armies of underground mutants and we have also gotten reports that he has Jean as an ally. We must tread lightly." The others nodded. "Do we know where they are going to strike?"

"We know that they will most likely go for the laboratory on Alcatraz island. It was the facility that developed the cure. The military guard there is ready, but they aren't enough to stop Phoenix and Magneto's army of Omegas." This came from Henry McCoy, codename: The Beast.

"What exactly are we fighting here?" Kim asked as Ron stepped up next her, his 'serious face' on. "I mean, if they're willing to bring the military in on this, it has to be huge."

"It is Kimberly, Jean Grey had been Professor Xavier's student for many years, but more recently a barrier began to break in her mind. The professor had put in a mental barrier to keep the more dangerous side of her mental abilities at bay, a second personality, if you will. It came to be known as the Phoenix. With this ability, the Phoenix can tear apart objects and people by the atom, needless to say, she is very dangerous and needs to be stopped." Kim nodded in understanding.

"I can ask GJ to come in, they could lend a hand, they owe me a favor, and I can get Wade to do something to inhibit them, he's a computer genius." The mutants around her nodded and she looked to Ron. "We want to help fight." They looked at her like she was crazy. "I know I'm not a mutant, I don't have special powers, but I have saved the world quite a few times. I want to help." She said and Storm looked around the table, there were no objections.

"We could use all the help we can get."

"Good, I'm coming too." They all turned to see Catalina standing in the door way, she looked up with an old face mask over her eyes and they all smirked at her. They remembered the days when she insisted on wearing the damn thing, and they were happy that she was back to her old silly self.

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They got there in time to see Magneto pull the bridge over to the island and the fight began instantly, the X-Men immediately dove in and each went up against their respective rival and even more. Catalina blasted back those that came at her with no problem while Storm struck lightning at her opponents, Wolverine stabbed with his claws and the others used their various abilities to defeat opponent after opponent. Surprisingly, Kim and Ron were holding their own quite well, and apparently Ron wasn't as clumsy or stupid as he acted as he unleashed his full ability as monkey kung fu martial arts master. Finally Catalina's path way was clear and she saw the Jean Grey "impersonator" in front of her and she growled.

"You bitch!" She screamed and she charged as her body engulfed in fire and the resulting hit between the two caused a sound that was like a bomb going off as a large explosion blasted Catalina far away from the Phoenix. Kim noticed this and cried out with her hand outstretched and something peculiar happened, Catalina's fall stopped and she glided to the ground softly and unconscious. Shocked, Kim just looked at her own hands as the battle continued on around her. While Catalina was unconscious the battle raged on until Wolverine managed to get through to Jean and stop her, and the Beast got Magneto with the cure. It seemed like all would be safe again. Finally.

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When Catalina awoke she was in an infirmary bed with Logan and Ororo at her side, in the next bed over was Kim and sitting next to her was a casted Stoppable, he had an arm and leg cast, opposite sides. When she tried to sit up a firm hand forced her back down.

"You broke quite a few ribs, bub, I suggest you keep it easy." He said and he looked to Ororo. "You've also got a concussion and we had to lop off your right leg."

"What?!" She sat straight up and laughter burst out of everybody and a headache immediately started after she realized all of her limbs were still there. "Don't joke like that asshole."

"Hey it was funny." He said with a smirk and she slapped him.

"So is it finally over?" He nodded and she laid back down, feeling the broken ribs as she went back down. "What happened…"

"She's dead… I'm sorry Cat." Logan said and he looked down.

"It's okay, I probably would have done the same if I could get close to her… but we always were complete opposites." She said with a smirk and he smiled, genuinely smiled. "Ya wanna hear a funny story?" He nodded. "When we were younger, I was in Uncle Chuck's office with my newest creation of glass from the sand in the sandbox he had set up for me, and Jean was brought in with McCoy right behind her. She looked so ashamed." Her eyes glazed over as she went back to the memory. "She had… um… he had thrown a candle her way hoping she would catch it with her mind in mid-air… well… she did that… only she didn't keep it there for long." At this time Catalina was smiling, and laughing softly. "Let's just saw McCoy didn't have to shave his legs or his face for about two months." Logan laughed softly at that and Catalina smiled. "I miss her Logan… so much." She looked at him. "I don't know what I'm going to do, now that I know she's not there." Catalina curled into Logan who readily hugged her and about this time Kim shot up in the bed, finally awake.

"How did I do that!" She exclaimed. Ororo looked at her. "I…I-I-I helped Cat… I-I-I caught her… in in mid-midair like it was nothing. How did I do that?!" Ororo moved over to Kim's bed and moved to get her to lay back down. "How did I do that Storm? How?"

"It seems that you are one of us young one, now sleep and we shall call your parents in the morning to let them know where you two are."

Okay, so I had to zip past the part where Jean dies, I don't know if it's entirely accurate I haven't seen the movie in a while, but yeah! If it isn't I'll go back and fix it once I've gone over the movie. And yes, I made Kim a mutant! yay me!

Chezi Out