The group walked up to a largish building that had the word "Clinic" written on it in five different languages, not all of them human. When the captain asked why she shrugged and said,
"We get all types here." And walked in.
"Hey Fuzzy," she called out upon entering, "you in here?"
The two humans, and one Vulcan, looked around the building. It had a waiting room, several exam rooms, a lab, and an OR.
"Ja, Rogue. I am here." Said a large mass of darkness that came swinging out of the lab.
He landed quite gracefully in front of the group. He was tall, though he stood stooped. His hair was so black, it appeared blue, and his eyes were yellow. Not in the sense of jaundice, but yellow all the same. The most noticeable thing though, was the fact that his entire body was covered in blue fur. The second most noticeable thing was that he had a forked tail, similar to a devil from human mythology.
He hugged Rogue and laughed. When he pulled away, and was finally in the light, one noticed a gaping scar under his left eye. The humans were frightened. Spock was curious.
"Vas ist wrong, mein Schwester? Are you hurt?" the blue mutant was asking with obvious concern.
"No, sugah, not me. One a them." She said, gesturing to the group of outsiders.
The mutant looked angry. "Humans." He spat. "I vill not help zem!" he said, storming off.
"But Kurt! Please, it's to help a mutant." She said, grasping for straws, and half following him.
"If he associates with zat kind, zen he should die!" with that final declaration, he went into the lab and sealed it shut.
"Oh, Ah was afraid a this." Rogue said, falling into a chair and putting her head in her hands.
"Why doesn't he like humans?" asked Kirk, kneeling down next to her.
Rogue started laughing. It was an evil, unhappy, crazy cackle. It sent shivers of fear down the humans' spines. Spock was still merely curious.
Rogue finally stopped and looked serious.
"You remember about the mutenagenics war, right?"
"Right." Kirk said with obvious confusion.
"Real mutants, like myself, fought in that war. Kurt fought in that war. That's how he got his scar. He was tortured for information, then thrown in a cage. He escaped, with his daughter, and vowed never again to trust humans." She started to cry a little. "They experimented on her, ya see. Little Talia. Kurt's a lovin' and forgivin' guy, but he couldn't forgive what they did to her."
"What did they do?" asked the doctor with morbid fascination.
"They spliced genes from different animals into 'er. She heals fast, even as a baby. Poor little thing glows in the dark, still! We managed to get rid of most of the effects, but, Gawd! She was two years old! They were monsters." Rogue finished in tears.
"So, Kurt hates humans because he has seen what they can, and will, do. He's afraid that it will happen again." Spock said, speaking for the first time since they entered the clinic.
Rogue nodded.
"So what's to prevent a Vulcan from speaking to him?"
The captain laughed. "Spock," he said, "you're a genius!"
I'll leave it at a cliffhanger, here. We'll meet Talia in the next chapter, and see Kurt's reaction to Spock
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