Chapter 3

"Who are you," Kurt wondered aloud, yawning.

It wasn't long before sleep overtook him. He was having a nightmare about the woman trying to attack him when he felt a stirring beneath him. He awoke with a start, first seeing that he had fallen asleep with his head on the woman's arm, then realizing that she was staring at him, fully awake. He jumped back in alarm.

"Where am I? What's happening? How did I get here?"

'Mein Gott. She has ze most beautiful accent I have ever heard,' Kurt thought. "It's ok, you are safe. You are here viz us in ze mansion. No vone here vill hurt you," Kurt reassured her.

He looked into the frightened green eyes that stared back at him. He could see the thoughts racing through her mind when all of a sudden it clicked.

"Oh my God, I tried to…I - I was going to drink YOUR blood too! "

"Sshhh. It is ok liebchen. You did not know vhat you vere doing."

"That's not my name."

"Vhat? Oh, no. Liebchen means….vell….it is a term of endearment," Kurt explained, embarrassed that he had used the term for a woman he didn't even know. "Now zhat you mention it, vhat is your name?"

"Furia. And yours?"

"Kurt. Kurt Vagner but in the Munich circ-"

"Wait a minute, why do I feel normal? Did it go away," Furia interrupted.

"Only for a vhile. It vas Rogue. Her mutation is zat she absorbs ozzer mutants' powers. Unfortunately, zey vill return to you," Kurt sad sadly.

'Mutant,' Furia thought sadly, 'that's what I've become.' She turned her head away from Kurt as tears slid down her cheeks. "I don't want them to return," she choked. "I could see everything I was doing, I just felt like I couldn't stop it. The desire for blood was just so strong. Oh God! I killed two people!"

"No vone but us knows you did zat and none of us vill ever tell anyvone. I know zat it is a hard zing to know you've done but you must realize zat you didn't have control over it."

"I don't know what happened. I remember leaving work. I was attacked by two men on the street and dragged into the alley before I could get to my car. I felt something inside me snap and before I could stop it, I - I killed them," she sobbed.

Kurt gently placed one hand on Furia's arm and used one to brush her hair away from her face. "Furia," he whispered, too soft for her to hear him. He just wanted to have her name on his lips. He stood calming her for a long time before she slowly turned to look at him again.

"You. It was different with you. I wasn't angry. I didn't want to hurt you like I did those men. I just wanted to…..to…taste your blood. I felt drawn to you in a way I wasn't to the other three people with you."

"Ja, vell, if it's all ze same, I vould like to keep all my blood," Kurt tried to joke.

Furia lie there looking up at Kurt. She took in his blue skin and pointed ears, his large three-fingered hands that were resting on her, his spaded tail twitching and occasionally waving behind him, his fangs. Wait a minute…..his fangs?

"Are you like me," Furia gasped, "Can you control it?"

"Nein, fraulein. I have fangs but I don't vant to drink blood. I'm not sure vhy I have zem. I have looked zis vay since birth," Kurt said resignedly and cast a furtive glance downward.

Furia saw that this upset him and wanted to reach up and touch his face, make him feel better like he had done for her and realized she was restrained.

"I suppose this is necessary for when the desire comes back," Furia stated solemnly.

"Ja. But, liebchen, Professor Xavier who owns this mansion and leads the X-Men can help you. He has vorked viz many mutants and helped zem to learn to control zeir powers."

"There it is, that word again. What does it mean?"

"Liebchen," Kurt asked, mentally kicking himself for using the term again. He blushed a violet shade and quietly stated, "It means, sveetheart. I'm sorry. I did not mean to be so familiar viz you."

"It's ok, Kurt. I don't mind. Now that I know what it means, I like it." Furia was wondering why she was enjoying this feeling of closeness with Kurt. Despite all that had happened to her in the last several hours, she was feeling an attraction to this kind, strikingly handsome blue mutant that was standing over her. She thought again about what Kurt had said about this Xavier maybe being able to help her control her powers. She hoped it was possible and hoped that maybe this would allow her to spend more time with Kurt.