Off Balance
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Also guys, sorry it's taking so long. I don't know when the next chapter will be coming up. It might be tomorrow, or Wednesday, or next month.
But I think if I'm really lucky and work hard I might be able to get in a chapter or two on the weekend. Fingers crossed!
Chapter Seven – The Visit
It took half an hour for the Brotherhood to pry an explanation out from Lance but eventually they understood that Kitty was in terrible condition.
"Okay, so Kitty-cat got hurt." Toad shrugged. "What's this have to do with you?"
Lance was frozen on the seat. Fred had had to pick him up and carry him to the chair. "I'm the one who did it." Lance whispered.
"Lance, what makes you think you did it?" Wanda groaned. "I mean, how did she get hurt?"
"She… she fell." Lance whispered softly. "She fell off the mountain. An… an earthquake… lost balance…"
"Yeah, that does seem like it's your fault, yo!" Toad laughed.
"Toad?"
"Yes, sweetie-pie?"
"Try to have a little bit of tact for once in your life or I'll shoot you with a hexbolt for… how many times have I done it today?"
"I think three." Pietro said, glancing over at his sister.
Lance didn't move a muscle. "Look, it's not your fault." Pietro sighed. "And don't worry about it. So she took a little tumble. What happened, a broken arm? She'll be fine."
"A broken arm, a leg broken in two places, concussion, broken ribs, hypothermia." Lance murmured. "They're not sure if she's gonna make it."
"So why don't you just go visit her?" Fred suggested, slumping on the couch. "Pick some flowers out of a garden and say hi, sorry for trying to kill you."
Lance slumped in the chair and covered his face with his hands. "I can't even do that. The rest of the X-men all want to kill me. If they see me…"
"So how about we get rid of them for now?" Pietro said, a flicker or a smile crossing his face. "We make a huge explosion and a bit of damaging public property… all of those goody-two-shoes would come."
"Yeah. They'd kick our butts in five seconds yo." Toad said, taking his shoe off and inspecting his feet.
Pietro frowned, but there was a slight glint in his eye as he glanced at his sister subtly. "Yeah, they would. So Lance couldn't visit Kitty in the half a second we'd last… unless…" He looked at his sister.
Wanda scowled and Pietro tensed. "You want me to help you defeat the X-men?" She growled.
"Only to help Lance." Pietro pointed to Lance, who was still holding his head in his hands. "Talking-to-Kitty,-saying-sorry-might-give-him-a-bit-of-closure. We-won't-even-have-to-hurt-them…-give-them-five-minutes-to-get-there, we-might-be-able-to-hold-them-for-another-five-and-you-could-just-keep-them-busy-for-around-fifteen."
"Explain to me why you want this again?" Wanda growled.
"Just-to-help-Lance. Why-else?" Pietro smiled.
Wanda groaned and lay back into the chair. "Fine. I'll help."
Lance held the flowers in his hand.
It was the next day, and as far as Lance could tell, nothing had happened to improve it. He had stopped trying to call the X-men. He'd tried the hospital but they said they 'weren't authorised to give personal information about the patients', even though all he'd asked was if she was there.
Pietro was there in his Quicksilver uniform, but the others were at the far side of town, ready to begin. "Kay-I'll-just-check-what-room-she's-in,-and-then-I'll-go. Wait-until-the-x-men-all-leave,-and-then-come-in."
Lance rolled his eyes. "Yeah, sure." He muttered as Quicksilver shot into the hospital as fast as he could. Which was saying something.
Jean, Scott, Rogue and Kurt were in the room watching Kitty. Jean was crying softly, and Scott held her. Rogue was biting her lip, and Kurt (wearing the hologram) sat next to his best friend at the institute, holding her hand.
The door was ajar, and a gust of wind blew it open. Jean looked over but didn't move as the wind that had vaguely shaken her hair disappeared.
"Did anyone tell the school that you're not going to be there today?" Jean asked, searching for something to fill the silence.
Rogue shrugged. "Who cares? They're not going to miss us anyway."
Jean's hand shot to her head in a telepathic gesture showing that she was either sending or receiving something. "The Brotherhood – they're at the school. They're apparently blowing it up."
Scott hesitated, looking at Kitty. "What, they don't realise that we're not in the friendliest mood to them today?"
"Come on." Rogue said, standing up. "Let's go see if we can make Alverz the next patient here. Maybe even tha rest of the Brotherhood."
Okay, please review. I really hope you like it.
Sorry it's taking me so long. I'm a teenager going through her first year of high-school. But I'll try to work more on it. I really want to be able to finish it!
And yeah. Sorry it's short. :(
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