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Chapter 7

Return to the Danger Room

The early morning sun stretched its long rays over Kitty's bed. A soft beep steadily grew louder not too far from her head. She reached over and turned off the alarm clock. She lay there for a few extra minuets enjoying the warmth from the sun. From what she could see through the trees there wasn't a cloud in the sky. She could feel herself dangerously close to dozing off so she threw off the covers and reluctantly left the warmth of the sun.

She picked up her shower caddy and a change of clothes and went for the upstairs shower. There were six showers upstairs, three for the boys and three for the girls. When she walked into the girls' shower room she was surprised to see that someone already occupied one this early in the morning.

Rogue's head was just visible over the door on the far left shower. Kitty was very surprised to see that she was awake let alone moving around. She figured Rogue would be heart broken and bed ridden for at least a day. Not wanting to really talk to her, Kitty quickly crossed the tiled floor to the far right shower.

No sooner did Kitty turn on her shower she heard Rogue's turn off. Kitty ducked down as she undressed and stepped in the flowing water. It wasn't the easiest thing in the world to do but Kitty managed to successfully wash her hair while bent down. Just as she was going to soap up her body she heard the shower rooms inside door open and close.

Kitty slowly rose just incase she heard wrong but to her relief, Rogue had left. She continued her shower in peace. When she finished she toweled off, dressed and went back to her room. She replaced her shower caddy by her desk and grabbed a pair of socks and shoes. Once they were on she went down to the kitchen for breakfast.

The aroma of waffles wafted all around her when she opened the kitchen door.

"Good morning, Kitty," Storm greeted.

"Morning Storm." She walked over to the counter where Storm was making waffles. There was a small stack of waffles on a platter and Kitty picked up a plate and went to fork some on her plate.

"Hold on a sec." Storm stopped Kitty. "These will be done in a couple seconds. Might as well have fresh while you're standing here."

"Okay." Kitty wasn't going to argue that.

Storm made the best waffles in the mansion. She opened the waffle iron and was greeted by steam that just intensified the wondrous aroma that was homemade waffles.

"Here you go." Storm took the waffles in her tongs and placed them on Kitty's plate.

"Thank you so much." She walked to where the condiments were and started spreading butter on them.

"You're welcome." Storm went back to making more waffles.

After Kitty doused her waffles in syrup she walked into the dinning room hoping to see Bobby. To her disappointment he wasn't there. Still, she sat down by Peter and Kurt and ate her breakfast with them.

When they were done they all went down to the changing rooms. Kitty changed and walked out into the Danger Room. Storm was already standing in the room waiting for them. Peter, Logan, and Kurt were waiting as well. Kitty looked around and didn't see Bobby. Storm seemed to notice that too.

"Where's, Bobby?" she asked.

"I think he should not participate today." Peter answer in his Russian accent.

"What?" She seemed perplexed because Bobby was always the one excited to train.

"Da, I agree." Kurt added. "He's not right in mind."

"I don't believe this." Storm waved the men aside and marched into the men's changing room.

"What's going on with him?" Kitty questioned her teammates.

None of them could look at her. They stared down at the newly transformed Danger Room floor. It was similar to how it looked last time except that the buildings and streets were perfectly intact.

All four stood in the uncomfortable silence while they waited for Storm and hopefully Bobby. Another five minuets went by before the Danger Room door opened. Storm emerged and was followed by a depressed looking Bobby. His head hung low and his eyes were filled with anguish.

"Okay," Storm began as if nothing had happened. "Today's training we're going to be going up against the new cure guns. So in this mission the goal is to get to the rendezvous point on the other side of the city. Also I want you to be on your highest alert and also to disarm the police officers safely if you come across them. Also there will be some mutants from the Brotherhood out there so be careful. Kitty, I want you and Bobby to team up. Okay. Lets go."

The Four adults took off down the street to the left and Kitty led the way to the right. They stayed pressed up against the side of the building as they made their way into the heart of the city. When they came to the end of the block they stopped at the corner of the building. Kitty scanned the other buildings then looked back at Bobby. He was looking at the building across from them but he still didn't seem completely focused.

"Are you sure you're okay to be out here?" she quietly asked him.

"Yeah. I'm fine," he whispered unconvincingly.

She whacked him in his chest with the back of her hand. He looked down at her stunned.

"What was that for?" he said loudly then instantly covered his mouth and looked down the street to make sure no one heard him.

"Focus," she said and hit him again, this time in the arm.

"I am," he spat at her.

"No you're not. What's going on with you?"

He looked down at the ground and didn't say anything. Kitty waited a minuet for him to answer but he didn't.

"See? Now what's going on? I saw Rogue this morning in the bathroom and she didn't seem very distraught. Did you break,"

But Kitty didn't get to ask her question. A familiar voice echoed down from the building across the street from them.

"So Mr. Perfect Hero, where's your human girlfriend?"

They both looked up at the building but didn't see anyone. Kitty scoured the streets to see if there was anyone else but the streets were still bare.

"Is that?" Kitty started to ask then stopped.

"Yeah. It's John Allerydyce," Bobby answered.

"Oh come on." John walked out of the building across from them. "Don't be like that. You use to talk about her all the time when we roomed together. So where is she? Oh that's right. She's a human. I can't believe you would still want to be with that trash."

Kitty looked at Bobby and saw his ears bright red and intensity in his blue eyes that she had never seen before. She saw fists clench and unclench as he started walking out into the street.

"Bobby wait," she pleaded but he kept walking.

"That's more like it, Iceman!" John yelled and struck is striker that was attached to his wrist and hand.

Bobby's whole body started to turn to ice as he started charging at John just as John shot a huge fireball at Bobby. Bobby lunged at John and tackled him into the building. Kitty started running for the boys but was suddenly tackled herself.

When she picked herself off of the cement she looked up into the eyes of Juggernaut. How she hadn't heard him coming was something she would think about the rest of her life. He laughed his gruff laugh and started taking swings at her. She dodged them left and right. There was nothing else she could do. Her punches would have no effect on his muscled body. Then she thought back to the night at Alcatraz.

She ducked under one of his punches and sprung at him, wrapping her arms around his waist. Then she phased both of them down into the pavement and left him with just his head visible. She phased back to the surface and went running into the building Bobby and John had gone in. The building was surprisingly quiet. She looked up the hall and saw a path of destruction and ice. Without even thinking about the dangers, she took off running through the wreckage.

When she got to the end of the building there was a giant hole in it. She slowly peered through it. There was a bit of smoke billowing from another building farther up the block. She stepped out of the building and started making her way up the street.

"Hey, I found one! Halt!"

Kitty looked over and saw a policeman pointing a gun at her about thirty feet away from her. She squinted at the gun and saw the red stripes on it. She took off running as she heard the officer yell again. Then she heard a bullet fire. She phased herself as she continued running as an extra defense. The bullets hit the building and bits of the cure and brick splattered towards her.

Once she was safely around the corner she pressed her back against the wall and caught her breath. She already had a plan and just waited for the policeman to come her way. Her heart pounded against her chest in anticipation. Then he finally came.

Kitty lunged at the officer and phased him through the cement down into the sewer pipe. She then grabbed the gun out of the delusional officers hand and on her way back to the surface let go of the gun, trapping it in the dirt.

When she surfaced she took a deep breath and took a quick look around. She didn't see any more police so she took off running towards the smoke again. When she rounded the corner she saw that the entire building had collapsed. Panicked, she ran as fast as she could towards the rubble.

As she got closer she could see someone sitting in the middle of the wreckage. She pawed and climbed over the large pieces of building making her way towards the mutant. Kitty reached out and grabbed another piece of building and quickly pulled her hand back. She looked at it and saw a large shard of glass sticking out of it. With a shaking hand she gently pulled the glass out of her other hand. She then tore off a strip of padding from her shoulder and tightly wrapped it around her hand.

With that problem taken care of she continued her quest. Once around an exceptionally large section of building she could clearly see who was sitting on another large chunk of building. It was Bobby and his back was towards her. The top half of his uniform was hanging around his waist and his back was all bloody and scratched up. His forearms were resting on his legs and his head was stooped down. Kitty walked up to him.

"Bobby? Are you okay?" She touched his arm. "You shouldn't be sitting out in the open like this."

"I killed him," he whispered.

"What?" She moved in front of him.

His left eye was starting to swell shut and he had another deep cut across his chest. He then motioned with his head to his right. Kitty looked over and saw a frozen fist with a broken part of John's striker on it sticking out from under a large piece of broken building.

"Bobby it's okay." She reassuringly caressed the non-bruised side of his face. "This is just training. John's not real."

"I slept with her," he blurted out with no feeling in his voice.

His bottom lip quivered slightly. Kitty dropped her hand and looked at him dumbfound. She could feel her heart literally ripping apart. Her legs gave out from underneath her and she landed hard on her knees and sat back on her feet. She never noticed the sharp pain seething through her knees. The anguish she felt inside was unbearable. It was the worse pain she had ever felt. She wanted to curl in a ball and cry, but she was paralyzed.

"She tricked me," he sobbed into his hands. "She lied to me. I think she knew I was going to break up with her so she told me that after taking the second dose of the cure there was a possibility that she would die and that the scientist said that she should try and live a full life while she could. And I fell for it."

He paused for a few seconds trying to compose himself. Kitty still felt numb. Bobby is supposed to be smarter than that. He's not supposed to be able to be tricked by the enemy. With a steadier voice, Bobby spoke again.

"After we did it she got up and told me that she was kidding about what she said earlier and that she was done with me." He started to get upset again. "How can someone treat someone else like that? It's not right. It's not right to play with people's emotions like that."

"It's okay, Bobby."

Bobby looked down at her surprised. She couldn't believe what she was saying either. But then she went with it and looked up at him, "It's okay. I'm here for you."

The biggest smile Kitty had ever seen spread over Bobby's face. He slid off the rubble to where he was on his knees and straddled her legs and wrapped his arms around her. She embraced him back. Then Bobby pulled back and stared into her eyes. Despite barely being able to see his left eye, Kitty couldn't help but feel warm and safe as she stared back at his beautiful blue eyes.

"I was so worried that you wouldn't want to be with me when you found out," he whispered.

"I'll never leave you're side."

He swept up her lips in his and they kissed more deeply and passionately than they ever had.

A/N: Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Don't worry, there's at least one more chapter to come.