Chapter 3: Chapter 3
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Tropical Thunder
Chapter 3: Danger Room Sessions
Kurt was truly beginning to like it at the mansion. It was his third day there and everyone did their best to make him feel welcome. Scott had taken him out to lunch and out for a nice long walk the day before, much to Rogue's protest. After he returned, Storm, asked him if he would help her in her garden. Kurt was more than happy to help. The garden Storm grew was gorgeous, to Kurt. The day before that, Kitty and Evan showed Kurt around the city and took him to the mall to buy a few things to make his stay in Bayville comfortable. It was summer time and Kurt had only brought jeans with him, so the two youngest students decided to make Kurt get the appropriate attire for the summer. Once the shopping trip was over, Jean asked for his and Evan's help in the kitchen. When Kitty asked if she could help, Evan and Jean quickly told her she was fine.
It was Saturday now and Kurt was enjoying sleeping in for once, but a sudden knock at the door kept him from going back to sleep. The young limona groaned in irritation and opened the door. To his surprise, it was Scott standing at his door with a strange looking spandex, leather like material. Scott smiled at Kurt and said, "Morning Kurt. I know you're wondering what's going on, right? Well the morning we have a Danger Room session, and it seems the professor wants you to join us."
Kurt, who was still not completely awake, groaned and mumbled underneath his breath. Scott, who was listening very closely, could have sworn the young limona said something about damn professors and it being too early to be out of bed. Scott smiled and took Kurt by the hand and led him out his room. After walking to a dead end hallway, Scott pressed his hand against a portion of the wall. Kurt looked at him as if the was asking him if he wanted dynamite on his pancakes, but soon heard and ding. Suddenly the wall in front of Kurt divided and revealed a hidden elevator. Kurt's jaw dropped and looked to Scott for and explanation. Scott rubbed the back of his neck slightly nervous and said, "Well this school was designed to help us control our powers, and Prof X decided to put the training facility underground so no civilians would get hurt.
After the brief explanation, Kurt and Scott walked into the elevator. It was a short trip as the door of the elevator reopened to metallic hallway. Though the scenery was new to Kurt, he thought it felt very familiar. Shrugging the feeling away, Kurt asked where they were supposed to go from there. Scott smiled and took Kurt's hand once more. Kurt never really thought about Scott taking his hand. He innocent minded limona thought that Scott was just the touchy feely type.
It was about two minutes before Scott lead Kurt into the male locker room. Kurt scanned the room and found Evan changing out of his bed clothes. Kurt blushed once more as he looked at the toned body that Evan hid underneath his baggy clothes. Though the muscle wasn't a predominant as it was Logan's Kurt could tell Evan worked hard to get such a sturdy lithe form. Evan then noticed Kurt, smiled and waved at the Fuzzy dude as Kurt called himself when they were out yesterday. Kurt smiled back and walked over to him. Neither Kurt nor Evan noticed the sudden gleam of red energy building behind Scott's visor, but he quickly checked his temper knowing the two boys were friends. Even, so Scott became slightly pissed off when Kurt would turn his attention away from him.
Evan quickly began to explain what the Danger Room was, but this did nothing to scare the young nightcrawler. However Evan told him that today was just a diagnostic of the speed and agility so there wouldn't be anything too dangerous. Kurt sighed in relief and looked at the uniform Evan put on as they were talking. Evan's suit looked just like Scott's but the material looked different for some reason. Evan smiled at Kurt and told him that there was a suit waiting for him too. Kurt looked at him puzzled, but Evan remedied it quickly and he pulled out another uniform from the locker next to his.
Evan tossed the uniform into Kurt's hands. As the blue elf caught the fabric, he realized it was made of leather and felt perfect against his fur. The majority of the suit was black, but along the area of his shoulders were red shoulder pads that reached the front of his suit. What surprised Kurt the most was how well the uniform fit him and how good it felt even along his legs and feet. The suit fit him perfectly, and Kurt was ready to see if the Danger Room lived up to its name.
He and Evan walked out of the locker from, with a disgruntle Scoot right behind them. As they made it to the Danger Room, the automatic doors opened up and revealed an enormous room that was odd shaped like an egg. As the stepped inside, Kurt noticed Mr. Logan standing in the middle of the room with a dispassionate look on his face. Even with that look on his face, Kurt could do nothing but stare at the man. The uniform Logan was wearing was much different from his and Evans, but it made him all the better to look at.
Logan's uniform was cut off just after the shoulders and gave off a nice view of Logan huge biceps. One of the things Kurt noticed about the uniforms was that they were made to fit the body. In Logan's case it may have been too tight. Kurt was able to see every muscle the rippled underneath the line layer of clothing. Kurt gulped hoping wasn't have problem with his little tail. Kurt soon turned away knowing if he was like everyone else, he'd be as red as a tomatoes. When he turned around, Kurt missed the smirk that spread across Logan's face.
The previous night, after meeting the blue elf, Logan figured a good way to start was to catch the boy's attention. From what he could tell from their first meeting, the kid was impressed with him, so he decided to bulk up a little more. With him constantly working out, and his regenerative ability, he was able to build muscle faster than normal. He also asked Charles to let the kid in on the speed and agility course that was taking place that Saturday. Charles thought it was a good idea to see what Kurt may be capable of. Logan's plan seemed to work so far, but there was only two down sides to his plan so far. The first was Summers' seemed interested in the elf as well, and secondly was his now thicker body was cramped in the uniform he was wearing.
A few moments later the girls were coming into the Danger Room along with Beast right behind them. As Rogue looked over at the Scott, she notice Kurt was there as well and she turned to Logan. "What's he doing here? There is no way I'm letting my brother participate in the session. It's too dangerous," Rogue, said turning a sharp glare at Logan.
Kurt, who was happy to see his older sister, soon dropped his shoulders as his sister went on the war path, again. Even though Rogue's heart was in the right place, Kurt needed to grow up and something like this my help. Kurt lifted his head and looked towards his sister. "Rogue, stop it! I'm not a baby anymore; let me grow up. I want to try this. It's just an obstacle course trust me, I can do this," Kurt pleaded trying to save Logan from Rogue's death like touch.
Rogue looked at her brother bewildered expression. Kurt had never shouted at her before, but with the look he was giving her, it seemed she had no choice but let Kurt participate in the training session.
Once he knew he had won, Kurt smiled and turned to face Logan. Logan could only smirk and shook his head. 'This has got to be the brave kid here,' Logan mused but then turned his attention back to the X-Men's training.
"Alright now that that's out of the way, I want you all to line up. Today we gonna be testing your speed, reflexes, and agility. The course will be filled with traps and obstacles that you will have to overcome to get to the finish line," Wolverine said staring the runts down as he explained today's training exercise.
Kurt smiled to himself and he thought it wouldn't be too bad. From some of the things Evan told him, this would be simple.
"Oh and I forgot to mention no using yer powers and the first one across the finish line gets to skip next week's Danger Room session," Logan said as he turned to walk away from the group of teenagers. It seemed everyone was excited about the news. Even Kurt figured he'd try and win, just in case they try and get him to start coming to their training exercises from now on.
Hank shook his head as he figured Logan was doing this to get everyone to be at least somewhat competitive. He walked over to the smaller control panel for the Danger Room and started the obstacle program. "Alright guys don't get over excited, you know Logan's gift always come with a price," hank reminded them, but no one seemed to be paying him attention. As the countdown finished, everyone took off running. The first obstacle to appear of the wall climb, the wall was at least 30 feet high and two ropes were dangling in front of them. Kurt smiled to himself as dropped to his hand and feet and sped up in front of the others.
Kitty saw this and figured it was a challenge so she took off running as well to catch up with Kurt. While the two cats were running ahead, some of the others became discouraged; however they kept going because they knew that Kitty and Kurt couldn't keep that pace up forever. As Kurt and Kitty reached the wall Kurt quickly took hold of the rope and started climbing. Logan watched, as the elf seemed to jog up the wall with Kitty on his tail. This really impressed Logan, Kitty was the fastest one in the school, and Kurt was ahead of her and keeping her at a distance.
Once they made it up the wall, there sat a set of floating bars that stretched out for about twenty feet. Kurt smirked as he waited for Kitty to catch up. As she pulled herself to the top of the wall Kurt turned to her and said, "Sorry Kitty-cat but this is my domain, see you at the finish line!" With a strong jump, Kurt was able to grab the bar and swung out and caught the bar that. Kitty watched for a moment and growled under her breath. 'No way is that cat gonna show me up' Kitty yelled mentally as she took off after Kurt. At the pace Kurt and Kitty were going, Logan figured they'd be done in about three minutes or so but the next set of obstacles would take a more than just physical strength.
After clearing the bars, Kurt and Kitty slid down a firemen's pole to the ground and took off again. Both competitors wanted the prize, and both seemed to have the stamina to go for it. The next obstacle they came across was a spinning log, but that wasn't the only problem, underneath the logs was a pool of water. When the two looked out at the log, it only reached out about an eighth of the way to the other end. Then they noticed the other spinning logs that seemed to spin faster the further you went out. Kurt gulped at the sight, but with a free pass on whatever class was happening next week on the line, Kurt ran out onto the first log and quickly stepped across it.
Kitty having the same idea ran to the other set of logs and did just as Kurt did. The two warriors were half way across as they started losing their balance on the logs. Kurt then started moving his legs to the outside of the log and jerks the other leg as he did the first. His tactic worked as he made it across and soon saw the finish line about 90 yards ahead of him. He smiled and he looked back and saw Kitty just making it to log number 6 of the 8. Not wanting to miss his chance, he took off towards the finish line. Never noticing the laser alarm in front of him, he activates the last obstacle and the most difficult.
As Kurt draws closer to the line, something tells Kurt to stop. He obeys the mental command and luckily avoids a large sword that lands in front of him. He looked his left and notices a large robot with four arms looking down at him. The first arm was attached to the sword that lay in front of him, while the other three held a blaster, another sword, and a its last arm was a pole. Kurt looked at the menacing automaton and gulped again as he dodged another swing of its sword.
By this time Kitty made it across the logs and looked behind her and noticed the others had just made it to the logs. She mentally cursed the logs as she took off to catch Kurt. Soon she realized why she hadn't heard him shouting for victory. Looking at the automaton, she realized Kurt wouldn't be able to escape that things sight. She smirked and ran as fast as she could to get past the machine while Kurt kept it busy. As she neared the machine, she heard the sound of a gunshot and looked up. Before she could try and dodge, a net wrapped itself around her. Kitty soon fell knowing she couldn't get out without using her powers.
Kurt, who was still dodging the attacks, saw Kitty caught in the net. He wanted to try and help her, but the automaton wouldn't let up. Kurt looked around to see if he could fight the thing off but noticed it futile. Continuing to dodge, Kurt was backing up towards the spinning logs. If he didn't so something soon, Kurt was going to lose, and that was at the motivation Kurt needed to try one last trick. As the robot threw another attack with its pole arm, Kurt dodged it and turned his back to the automaton. Kurt then took hold of the pole arm and used every ounce of strength he had. Using the Judo throw technique he learned at an early age, he flipped the robot onto its back. Logan and Beast nearly dropped their jaws at the sight. Kurt's slim and tithe body was able to flip one of the best attack drones they had onto its back as if it was a piece of paper. Kurt on the other hand, turned around and took off in a dead sprint. His body was aching from fatigue, but Kurt was so close. Pushing his body to its limit, Kurt crossed the finish line in 5 minutes and 32 seconds.
Kurt smiled weakly as the others came up behind him not having to worry about the attack robot. Congratulations were passed around for the young cat and he thanked everyone, but then an odd sound caught everyone's attention. Jean was the first to turn around and saw the automaton was back on its feet. Jean thought it was going to return to its holding block, soon found out she was wrong as it took off running at the group. No one had time to respond as the machine fired nets at everyone except Kurt. The young cat was now sitting on the floor still out of breath, and no way to defend himself. The robot's cracked optics screens were red staring at the young limona. It raised its sword and began to bring it down.
Kurt then closed his eyes waiting for the strike, but all he heard was an odd sound. A split second later, Kurt heard and bamf sound again and still hadn't felt the sword. He cracked open his eyes and saw he was on the other side of the room and the automaton was searching for him. Kurt's heart rate picked up again as the robot spotted him and charged again. Kurt scrambled to his feet and started running.
The other X-Men watched in horror as Kurt ran for his life. Logan growled under his breath and brought out his claws and ripped the net to shreds. His tail stood up as he clenched his fists and ran after Kurt.
For those who are wondering why the other can't escape and help Kurt, the nets were made with a special lining that keeps an empowered limona from using their abilities. Logan's adamantium claws are not a part of his limona abilities so he can still use them.
Once he was close enough, Logan jumped the psycho-bot and drives his claws straight into its head. The automaton soon shuts down for good and Logan turns to a frightened Kurt. Slowly Logan knelt beside Kurt and asked if he was okay. Kurt was trembling didn't seem to hear him. Logan sighed and got closer to the distraught limona. He then wrapped his arms around Kurt and spoke softly into Kurt's pointy ear.
It took about half an hour for Kurt to stop trembling; giving the others enough time to get out of the nets and soon rushed over to Kurt. Everyone was shocked to see Logan so calm and caring about another person, but they all knew that someone had to do it. Once the boy was calm, Logan carried him to his room and quickly took off his uniform. After that he placed the boy into bed and waited for Charles to return.
Professor Xavier soon returned, after going into town to find a few pieces of art for the house, and when he heard about Kurt, he asked the young limona if he wanted to forget what happened. The young Wagner told the professor no and said that it was just another thing that life threw at him and he wasn't going to run from it. Logan smirked at the boy's bravery, but he felt that the kid needed protection from the thing life would throw at him.
Later that day Kurt was up and about walking around the mansion, when he came across Logan in the gym. He knew he should thank him for saving him, but he couldn't figure out how to. Carefully he walked into the gym and cleared his throat. Immediately Logan turned and faced the kid. He smiled and asked, "Hey elf, you feelin any better?"
Kurt nodded as he replied. "U-uh, yeh I'm fine. And thank you for saving me." Kurt quickly turned around and was going to leave but stopped when Logan called him by his name.
"You know you don't have to run from me. Stay, you've spent time with everyone else and talked so why not with me," Logan said smoothly.
For once in his face, Kurt's blush became so bad his fur began to look as if it turned purple, but nonetheless, Kurt went and sat on a bench and started a friendly chat with his new crush, Loan the Wolf.
TBC…
Okay so what do you all think? This one took me a while, and I know I didn't mention much of Kurt's power but the next chapter it will be mentioned more. So was it good, bad, or is there something you wanna see? Tell me….Well TTFN
