Disclaimer: I do not own X-Men Evolution. Ruth is mine, though. In a way.

The three Brotherhood members, sat around Kitty's hospital bed. Lance was on one side of her, holding her hand, while Wanda was holding the other, with her blinking back tears. Toad was at the end of her, looking down at the ground, trying to hide the fact, that seeing Kitty like that, made scared and afraid of what was going to happen next. Pietro was leaning back in a chair, looking away from Kitty's body. The way she looked it was almost like she was dead. But Pietro shook his head, trying to wipe that image from his mind. They all sat in silent, not saying a thing to each other. Toad was getting tired of it.

"Yo, we gunna take turns or something?" Toad asked. The Brotherhood looked at him, then at each other. Pietro shrugged his shoulders.

"Sure, Who wants to go first?" He asked. Toad looked up at the others.

"Can I?" He asked. Lance almost objected as he wanted some more time alone with his girlfriend. But he realized Kitty was like a sister to the little guy, so he nodded his head.

"Sure, go ahead Toady." He said. The others got up and left, leaving Toad with Kitty.

"Hey, Kitty." He said, once he heard the hospital door close.


The brotherhood walked out of Kitty's room, with Lance closing the door. The X-Men glared at them. Logan spoke up.

"What's going on?" He asked.

"We're taking turns." Lance explained. Logan nodded his head. Wanda then walked towards Storm.

"Storm. Why is Kitty in the hospital? I mean, I can tell she was attacked, but that can't be the only reason." She said. Storm looked like she wanted to breakdown and cry again, until she took a few deep breathes and finally answered.

"The doctors say she had overdosed on sleeping pills. Which, maybe true, since I found the empty bottle in the bathroom. It could've been accident, which I know sounds stupid, but Kitty would never do something like this." She told her. Wanda's eyes quickly widen as she heard Kitty overdosed. Pietro's eyes also widen, as he was close by listening. The twins stared at each other. Wanda walked over to him.

"Pietro, can we talk somewhere private?" She asked her brother. Pietro nodded his head, and the two walked out, somewhere outside.

"What's up with them?" Kurt asked Scott, who shrugged his shoulder.


Pietro and Wanda found a place where nobody could see or hear them.

"Pietro, you heard what she said right?" She asked her brother. Pietro slowly nodded his head.

"I did, sis. I did." Wanda looked at him, with fear and concern in her eyes.

"Well, what do you think? Do you think Kitty did what I think she did?"

"Sis, you got to be more specific." He told her. Even though she was worried, she still managed to roll her eyes, at him.

"Suicide! Do you think Kitty committed suicide?!" She shouted at him. Pietro looked away from her.

"It's hard to tell, Wanda." He said.

"Pietro, she's just like Ruth!" She said raising her voice. Pietro looked at the ground, with an angry look on his face.

"Don't mention her name." He said.

"Why? She's just like Kitty, Pietro!" Pietro glared at her.

"Yeah, so? We don't know that Kitty committed suicide." He said trying to sound calm, but wanted to shout at his sister.

"But Ruth did!"

"So what?" He said.

"How can you be so calm!?" Wanda shouted. Tears were streaming down her face. Pietro finally had enough, and looked up at her.

"I'm trying to be brave for Ruth!" He shouted.

"Ruth should be honored! Not forgotten!"

"How would you know?!" He shouted as he got in her face. Wanda's hands were glowing.

"I know more than you do! Do you know Ruth's favorite color? What music she listened to? Her favorite animal?" She shouted. Pietro opened his mouth, but nothing came out. He couldn't come up, with a good explanation. Wanda was smirking at him.

"Yeah, that's what I thought! Her favorite color is purple! She loved listening to classic! And she loved Giraffes! See, I know more about her than you! So how would you know how she would like to be remembered! You don't know anything about her!" She shouted. Pietro glared at her.

"Whatever!" He said as he walked away. Wanda watched as Pietro WALKED away from the conversation. She then punched a brick wall with her powers.

"What have I done?" She asked herself.


"Hey, Kitty." Toad said to her.

"You seem... comfy." He said chuckling nervously, he looked away from her and frowned.

"Sorry, Kitty. You know I'm terrible at talking with girls. Heh, of course you know this. Remember that one time? You came over for a date with Lance. Lance told me to tell you, he was still getting ready. So I did. When you came in, you sat down on the couch. At first I could tell you were disgusted by me. I told you I was use to it, though. At first you were confused, but I then told you most people hated me, and you said you can relate. I didn't understand what you meant at first, but then you told me you had no friends before you moved to Bayville. We then immediately started bonding over how we were loners, or whatever an introvert is. Lance then came down, and you had to leave, but before you left, you smiled at me! You actually smiled at me! You were immediately my older sister! Whenever you had dates with Lance, you'd talk to me about school, and help me with my homework. Everything an older sister should do. I hope you survive this, you know. We all do. We care about you! We like you!" Toad said. Tears were falling down his face. He smiled as he wiped them away.

"I should probably leave, give the others a chance to talk with you." He patted her hand, and held it in comfort.


Pietro came back walking, as Toad finished closing the door. Pietro had a sad look on his face, and didn't pay attention to any of them. Lance stopped him, before he could walk in.

"Are you okay?" He asked him.

"Yeah," Pietro replied. "Do you want to go?" Lance closed his eyes, and shook his head.

"I can't see her like that again." He said. Pietro walked in without saying another word. Toad walked over to Kurt, and sat down by him. Kurt could tell he was crying or has been, and he put a hand one his shoulder

"What happened?" He asked. Toad casually shrugged his shoulders.

"Just a memory."


Pietro sat in silence, not knowing what to say.

"Kitty, I had a crush on you!" He said with his super-speed. He crossed his arms.

"Just going to let it out. I have no idea what I'm doing!" He said.

"It was really short, though! I see how much Lance loves you. I think you deserve him more than an egotistic jerk like me. I mean nobody deserves me! Everybody hates me, and I ruin all the relationships I have! I ruined a friendship with Daniels, I ruined it with my sister! Every relationship I have ruined! I worry I might even ruin it with Rogue! That's why I don't want to get serious with her! I haven't even confessed my feelings to her! GOD!" He said shouting, as he paced back and forth. If he kept pacing he probably would've created a whole in the floor. He then took a few deep breathes, and calmed down.

"Sorry, Kitty. I guess I just needed to vent with someone. Thanks." He said as he walked out of the room.


As he walked out he saw his sister had returned, and there were no more tears in her eyes. They eyed each other, as he walked by to get a candy bar from the vending machine, when in reality he was going to see Rogue. She wasn't anywhere. He knew it was stupid to just now realize she was gone, but Kitty was her roommate and best friend. Why would Rogue stay by her side? Or at least visit! Logan stared at Wanda.

"Go on in." He said nodding towards the door. Wanda just nodded, and walked in.


Wanda looked away from Kitty. She couldn't believe she was still capable of doing like this.

"Why?" She asked. That was the first word, she finally had said to her. "Why'd you do it? I thought you were this sweet, happy, girl! Didn't care what people said or think, just went along with life! They say you didn't commit suicide, but I know you did! I've seen this before!" She shouted. She than sat down by Kitty's bed.

"I've never told anybody this. Only Pietro knows. But when I was younger, I had a cousin named Ruth. When Pietro had playdates with Evan, she would come over, and we would laugh, and talk and play. We would hang out forever, until she would have to go home. It was fun back then, but as we got older things changed. Instead of wearing purple, she would wear black, she hated listening to classic, only punk rock or songs about death, and she didn't smile or laugh. I once saw she bleeding, but she told me she was fine. Pietro told me, she came home with the word 'Freak' written on her head. I was then told a day later, that she killed herself. She slit her wrists, and died due to loss of blood. I cried for days. Pietro kept on comforting me, and my father would let me stay home somedays. Part of me hated her, and the other part wanted to just cry for days, and pray she was still fine. But nope! I guess that's returned. Thanks to you! Why? It seems like everybody I become friends with, they instantly leave me. Like, I meant nothing to them. Was I nothing to you, Kitty? Did you want to leave me this much, that you killed yourself!?" A vase then fell over, as Wanda then realized she was using her powers. She wiped tears that were pouring down her face. She walked towards the door, but stopped, before turning towards Kitty again.

"Next time, somebody leaves me, I want a warning." She said as she walked out.


Wanda walked out, and everybody suddenly stared at her. Storm just walked over, and put a hand on her shoulder. Wanda didn't know what that was for, but she just went to sit down by Toad. They all turned when they heard a blood hurling scream. Storm then ran to the door, with tears.

"Get help! Kitty's flatlining!"

Done! I finally updated! I also can't do a German or Southern accent, so that's why Kurt and Rogue don't have those accents. I know Wanda's backstory, but Magneto did alter her memories, so all of that did happen just different, and Ruth was real, she wasn't made-up. Kind of. I guess she's one of my OC's. I've never done one, but yeah. Well, I'll be sure to update again!