Author's Note: Ah! Nothing like writing at 2 in the morning. So I have been locked in my room for a few weeks, I cant believe it took me this long to remember that I have a story I could be writing! Sorry for the late update. (Almost a year!) I wish I could say that it's because I have had writer's block or something but that would be a lie. I got lazy. I plan on updating a lot now, thanks to good ol' free time. Anyhow, back to the story.
The Inner Asylum
Hours had passed since Kali left Xavier's office. She sat on her bed back against the wall and head buried in her knees. She couldn't believe what she had done in her past. She killed her one and only brother, her own flesh and blood. Kali felt sick to her stomach. Kitty and Rogue shared a room with her. Rogue looked at Kitty, "Who wants to go in first?" Kitty shook her head implying 'not me'. Xavier told the girls some of what's going on leaving out details; and to give her some room for a while, could a few hours be enough?
"Isn't it strange?" Kitty started.
Rogue looked at her curiously, "What?"
"If something is up with Kali shouldn't, like, the brotherhood be around?" This was strange. The brotherhood often stuck together. One is having a crisis and they are nowhere to be found. The girls looked for them. While they walked down the halls of the labyrinth of halls within the mansion. Lance was outside sitting by a tree, he found his roommates a little hard to take, they were okay in small doses. Rogue and Kitty approached him. "Hey Lance." The girls greeted.
Lance looked up at them, "hey, what's up?" he asked.
"Have you seen Kali?" Rogue asked Lance as she put her hands on her hips and looked down at the brotherhood leader.
Lance sat up a bit straighter and shook his head, "No, not for a while. What did she do?" Lance was the brotherhood leader, if they did anything wrong he was just as responsible as they were. The girls looked at each other. Knowing Kali, Lance prepared for the worst. What could she have done in only a few hours? Stolen, possibly. Wrecked her room, no Kali is much too organized. Cussed out her roommates, most likely it. The ideas flew through Lance's head.
"She's up in her room. She ain't talkin' to anybody. Kinda just sitting there doing nothing." Rogue informed.
"Sounds like she's in a bad mood. It's best to just leave her alone." Lance replied.
"I don't think she's in a bad mood. It's totally something else." Kitty argued.
Lance thought for a moment then spoke, "I dunno, Pietro usually can get her into a better mood." He paused and muttered, "I swear, why don't those two start dating already."
Kitty smiled at the possibility Pietro and Kali getting together. When everything is all better she may just try playing matchmaker for them. "Where's Pietro?" She asked.
Lance shrugged, "somewhere."
"Very specific." Rogue said, with a slightly sarcastic tone. The girls turned and walked off. Pietro is so fast he may have even ran past the cameras and alarms and left the institute for all they knew.
Little did they know, Pietro had been running around, nearly door-to-door looking for where Kali was hiding. He forgot which room was hers and knowing Kali she wasn't even in her room, probably out in the most secluded place as possible. After a few minutes he finally found her room. He opened the door and looked in. Kali looked terrible. Pietro sat down next to her, "Hey, you okay?" He put a hand on her shoulder. Kali was quiet, she hugged her legs tighter. He shook her gently, and Kali looked up at him. Even in the room's dim lighting Pietro could tell she had been crying. "You okay?" He repeated.
Kali wiped her eyes and weakly replied, "not really."
Pietro cocked his head to the side, "details woman."
She smiled, whenever he tilted his head like that always reminded her of a confused puppy. The smile faded and she muttered, "I'll pass."
Pietro sighed. He ran his hand through his hair and looked away for a second. Then, he wrapped his arms around her. He smirked and said, "I'm not letting go until you spill it." Kali giggled.
She turned her head towards him and looked at him for a few seconds, "wont tell anyone?" Pietro nodded, then rested her head on his chest. "Promise?"
"Yeah," he answered. Kali began telling him about her visit in Professor X's office, what she asked him to do, and what they found out about her past. Pietro was shocked. Kali is a tough girl, no doubt. But she couldn't kill anyone. Kali began to cry; he held her closer and ran his finger's down her hair. "It's okay Kal, everything is all right." He mumbled in a soft tone. Kali shook her head 'no'. Pietro kissed the crown of her head. "Yes it is."
"I-I don't know what to do. Where t-to go. Who to go t-to. I-I-I feel like I'm loosing m-my mind." Kali stuttered. "Like I'm in an asylum in my own head." She muttered,
He had never seen Kali like this before, he had no idea what to say to make her feel any better. It's not like he had gone through the same thing. Pietro was speechless. There was that word. Asylum. Then he thought back to his sister Wanda. He bit his lower lip, he didn't want to leave her like that. To him, leaving his sister like that certainly felt like he killed her. The only difference between Pietro leaving his sister and Kali killing her brother is the fact that Wanda was still alive. Finally he spoke, "Kal, you know you can always come to me. And what is there to do? No matter how much you want to, you cannot go back in time and change things. Your parents could have kept you, but no, they chose to loose two children that day. And besides, that girl isn't even you."
Kali looked up at him confused, when her breathing calmed she replied, "What? Yes it is. That was my childhood. My memory."
He honestly didn't know why that last part came out. Looking down he tried to quickly think up something. Then he shook his head, "You may have been that Dawn girl. But that's not you anymore. Kal, you have changed so much from that hot-headed killer twerp. I know you, you might brake a few faces here and there, but you would never kill anyone." Kali sat up a bit and put her head on his shoulder. She swallowed hard. He let out a sigh of relief, Pietro kissed her cheek and held her.
"Pietro?" Kali started.
"Yeah?" He replied.
She paused and then answered, "Never mind."
"No, not never mind. What is it?" He insisted.
"Stupid question, but… what happened to your family? I know everyone in the brotherhood doesn't have any." Pietro didn't answer. Finally Kali said, "See, stupid. You don't have to answer me." They both fell silent.
Finally Pietro replied, "My mom is dead. My dad, well, he's around. Somewhere. And my sister…" He paused.
"You have a sister?" She asked.
Pietro nodded. "Twin sister." He turned his head away from Kali and finally spoke, "when we first developed our powers, my sister, Wanda, couldn't control hers. Eventually out father sent her to an asylum." After hearing this Kali felt bad for using the word.
"Can she ever come out?" She asked quietly. Pietro shook his head. Kali looked off into space. "I'm so sorry." She wrapped her arms around Pietro. "That's a shame. I would have wanted to meet her." And once again, they felt silent.
An hour passed and they had both said nothing to each other. They sat on Kali's bed, enjoying their nonverbal moment together. This entire time Pietro was calming down Kali, it was a shame she didn't know she was doing the same for Pietro as well. Earlier today Pietro was arguing yet again with Evan. No surprises there, they do get at each other's throats almost every time they make eye contact. The soothing moment had him nearly forget, it was a shame, he couldn't stay relaxed like this forever. Nearly Thirty Minutes had passed and Kali and Pietro had fallen asleep.
Just then, Kitty, loosing a rock, paper, scissors match with Rogue, opened the door and peeked in. She giggled at the sight and motioned Rogue to take a look as well. Rogue looked at the sleeping pair as well. "Wake em up." She muttered.
"No way, you do it." Kitty replied
"Nu-uh, you." Rogue insisted. The girls went back and forth several more times until Pietro lifted his head, looked over to the girls and shushed them. Carefully he laid Kali down and got up. Quickly he left the room, Kitty and Rogue watched him leave. "They are so totally going to hook up." Kitty giggled.
Author's Note: A little shorter than I hopped, I figured people don't want to read 3+ pages of self-pity. Thinking about adding in Wanda, once I try to think of a way to break her out of the nutty shack. Thank you for reading. I'm gonna try to update asap! Woah, the chapters look all weird. I'm gonna need to fix this.
