Us Not Them
"Vhat do you mean you don't like Errol Flynn!" Kurt exclaimed flabbergasted. "He vas the greatest Robin Hood. Let's not forget swashbuckler pirate either, ja?"
Rogue halted in her tracks, her jaw unhinged. "He was too dapper, chip cheerio kind of Robin Hood. I want the crude, blood thirsty Robin Hood of Loxly like Russell Crowe will be in the new one."
Kurt couldn't believe his blue ears. "Flynn is in. He vas the classic case of chivalrous Robin Hood, not cut throat. The Crowe man is just a gladiator, not made for Robin Hood."
"Ha! You haven't even seen the film yet." Rogue challenged, playfully though.
"Neither have you." They both giggled at their competitive immaturity of Robin Hood. They walked down the main classroom hallway, until Kurt heard HER AGAIN.
Rogue was sure correct about the class filled with younger X-Kids. Most of them were attentive in class, a few asleep, as they watched Ororo teach them about Gypsy culture. He knew a few things about the gypsies. The holistic perspective of life, the extravagant parties the gypsies used throw after a circus performance once a week. They were the few Kurt could proud to trust completely. Granted he missed them, the residual thoughts of Stefan and him drinking merrily crept in his mind causing Kurt to feel depressed.
His eyes drifted over to Ororo disregarding the hurtful memories. He hoped he could add Ororo to such company of trust like the gypsies and the entire circus family except Arnos Jardine, whose role encompassed deceitful profiteering. Rogue looked over at Kurt, his eyes intensely focused on her teacher.
He's got a crush on Ororo. That's so sweet. Time to play matchmaker, Rogue. Yeah to forget about your crappy relationship with Bobby. More like relationshit.
The bell rang, snapping Rogue out of her thoughts. Ororo's students rushed then stalled to get out of the classroom. Kurt's eyes went downcast, knowing he was the source of their anxiety. Ororo watched from inside the room as one of the children, Rayne came up to Kurt and pulled repeatedly his pant leg. Kurt was perplexed by the girl's behavior.
"Ms. Kitty is right, you do look like the Avatar people. Yellow eyes and blue skin. You're sure you not from Pandora?" Rayne inquired.
Rogue giggled a bit. "No, Rayne. He isn't Na'vi. We cleared this up remember?"
"Oh yeah." Rayne put her hands behind like she was embarrassed and quickly replied. "Just don't make Tah-sway-loo on anyone or anywhere okay. There are plenty of restrooms around here."
Rogue covered her mouth trying hard not to laugh. Ororo appeared confused looking to Rogue for some kind of explanation. She mouthed, "I'll explain later," to Ororo. Kurt was blown away by the moment.
Vhat just happened here?
Rogue saw the opportunity for Kurt and Ororo to spend some time together. "Oh hey it's recess time for you kids. I don't have class for an hour. You kids want to play dodgeball?"
Dodgeball could improve any situation. Plus it took the kids' attention away from Kurt. "Yeah!" The kids yelled. Rogue flashed Ororo a secretive wink.
What are you up to? "That Rogue." Ororo said her thoughts aloud regrettably.
"Vhat?" Kurt asked.
"Oh, uh, she's growing up so fast." She replied and Kurt smiled then the deafening silence came. That seemed to follow them around quite abundantly.
"It's simply a beautiful outside today." Ororo tilted her head to toward the den doors leading to the immense backyard
"Ja." It doesn't hold a candle to you. "Mein liebe." He said it again.
Great I'm still his sister.
Great Dummkopf! Kurt smiled as they set out on their walk, his hands kneading nervously behind him.
"Part of the lecture vas very interesting. Gypsy culture, ja?
"Ah yes. It's so exciting, no? They know so much about herbal medicine, and Earth's nature cycles. It angers me when people are so ignorant and pervasive about a culture they've never encountered. I've discussed gypsy culture on multiple occasions, with humans when I went to college. They regard their way of life as unorthodox. It unsettles me sometimes." Kurt noticed once again her distinct message of human/mutant duality. It concerned him and his summed up the courage to question her.
"Are you not human also, Ororo?"
"I am a mutant, Kurt, nothing more, nothing less." She expressed staunch in her statement.
"Vell…." Kurt wondered how he could say in constructively, "… you have the activated X-Gene ja? Vith the other human genes, you have just one that sticks out from the rest."
That stopped Ororo in her stride. She immediately turned to face Kurt. "So you're equating me to one of the many humans out there protesting us, the mutants?" She crossed her arms.
Kurt looked around the field for some loophole. He catechized Ororo, and instant karma entered. Verdammit! Can't teleport! Scheisse!
"Kurt?"
"Uh, ja." Kurt gulped, hoping to lessen his apprehension.
"The humans out there won't accept us, Kurt. That's why I'm here. To save and educate mutant youth. They are the next generation."
He spotted the contradiction and went with it. "But, liebe, is that Xavier's objective? I recollect that the X-Men fight for a greater future to unify humans and mutants."
"I'm still angry Kurt! You haven't witnessed the constant bombardment of hate that is propelled toward us." Ororo glanced to sky. The wind gust picked up.
Kurt reacted instantly. "Ororo, someone so beautiful should not be so angry [1]. Kurt said it simply, though complexly amazed at his honesty. I really just said that.
Ororo couldn't believe her ears. Kurt just called me beautiful. Don't fall too easily Ororo. Remember keep your guard up. "Well, sometimes, anger can help you survive [1]."
Kurt nodded. "Maybe true. It depends liebe." He took a deep breath, then exhaled. "But faith alvays can."
Ororo stood aghast, attempting to start a response. Nothing came out, just the lightness of her breath. In this moment, something drew her closer to Kurt, an unknown force in the way he voiced his words. It magnetized her. She neared him, her blue orbs never swaying from Kurt's. Why was he having this effect on her? Ororo had the answer. In the few days she spent with him, a definite attraction aroused. Like she had to acquire all the information about him, and it scared the Goddess out of her. And here she was acting on it, grabbing his hand slowly. She placed her other hand on Kurt's face, his eyes shaking at the onset of her touch.
"Kurt, I-"
"Rayne, you can't use your powers!" One of the X-Kids shouted. Kurt and Ororo turned their attention to Rayne in her wolf form chasing after a young blonde boy.
"You better not bite me!" He yelled. "Or consider yourself wet." The boy stood his ground, putting his hands out in front of him. A huge water globule began to form around him.
Ororo's eyes glazed over, a resounding echo of thunder blasted in the distance, as she went to settle the situation. BAMF! Kurt teleported frightened by the noise into a tall tree only a few yards from the wolf formed Rayne and water bubble boy incident.
Kurt did the sign of the cross when he glanced, really glanced to the side. He was about fifty feet up on the wide base of tree branch. "Danke Gott." He huffed.
Below Ororo told Rogue to sort out the situation. She complied. "Kurt hold on! I'm coming up to get you!"
"Sehr guht [2]!" Kurt yelled from among the treetops. Then he heard rustling in the branches above him. The wind whipped furiously and Kurt made the by looking down again. Although he could see that it wasn't Ororo causing the fierce gust, he also accounted the fifty-foot high, panoramic view of the mansion's backyard this time.
"Kurt, don't think I'm gone. Soon bruder, I vill see you again." Stefan's resonated through the wind.
"Nein. Not again." Kurt said, grabbing his hair. "Please mein Gott, help me." Tears flowed from his bright yellow orbs, as he felt another flare of wind brush along his back. Kurt trembled, hoping to the almighty that Stefan was not in his presence.
"Kurt, it's okay. I'm here to take you down." Ororo summoned the winds to take her cautiously toward him through the onslaught of dense vegetation.
He breathed a little easier knowing it was Ororo. He grabbed the trunk of the tree to balance himself and turned to her. Ororo gasped at him, his eyes were bloodshot.
He must be afraid of heights. Poor guy.
"Just relax Kurt. You'll be out of this soon."
Kurt shivered as Ororo attempted to make contact with him and pulled away. She was clueless about the situation.
How the Goddess am I going rectify this? Take your time Ororo.
"Kurt, please talk to me." Ororo asked, having the utmost patience. "What's wrong? Besides being in this tree." She added a little humor to reduce the tension.
His head swayed. "There's no hope for me, Ororo. He vill always be after me. There is no retribution worse than this. I vill not ever know peace."
"Who is He?" Ororo asked, her concentration full and aware that Kurt might jump from the tree.
Kurt kept turning his head from side to side. "No mein liebe. You should not be pulled into this. This is the demon I bare for my foolish and horrible sin."
Once again the wind picked up and mysteriously the base of the branch where Kurt stood instantly broke. Injured Kurt Wagner or not his reflexes were still intact. He latched all his appendages to the trunk of tree as he watched what could have been his final fate with the branch. Ororo moved out of the way of the branch's path, then returned to grab Kurt, his back to her chest.
Ororo used more wind updraft to get them gradually back down to the lawn, where Rogue and the children were relieved the situation ended well.
"Rogue. Take the kids inside." Rogue didn't question her teacher's order, but still looked back at Kurt as she entered the mansion.
"What was that up there, Kurt?"
He began to answer then chose to avoid his personal distress. "I'm sorry for making the ordeal worse for you, Ororo. Danke for saving me." His voice was a little hoarse.
She put a hand on his shoulder. "It's okay. I must say this. Kurt, whatever has caused you so much anguish must be relented. You cannot go on living like this. Trust me. I have been in your shoes before and it's so import-"
[Ororo, please come to my office.] Xavier said, his voice a bit pressing.
[Yes, professor.]
"Kurt, I have to talk to the professor. Do you need help to your room?" Ororo asked her eyes filled with concern.
"Nein. I vill be fine Ororo. If you need me I vill be in the den." I hope you need me like I need you. Kurt placed a hand over hers on his shoulder and patted her hand delicately.
"Okay." And she was off.
I can't endanger them.
Ring, Ring…
"Hello, dis be Xavier's School for the Gifted." Remy answered, carefully sitting down with a cylinder icepack nursing his nether zone.
"Hi, I'm Joey Ioni." Joe replied, his voice scratchy.
"So?"
Joey laughed a bit. "I'm Kurt Wagner's boss from the pizzeria he worked at. Is there anyway I can speak to him?"
"Oh, Le Demon Bleu? I'll check if he's around." Yeah right. Gambit ain't doin none of that. Remy saw Kurt actually enter the house and sit down in the den's erect door."Oh darn. I don't see him no where around. Ya want to leave a message?"
"Yes. Please tell him I would like to see him for a chat over a beer hopefully tonight. The sooner, the better because we need to discuss his work situation."
"Alright. Remy gon relay the message." Remy winced at shifted the ice pack again. Damn Stormy's knee.
"How is he doing with his injuries?" Joe asked concerned.
"How you know about that?"
"The professor notified me."
"He be fine. Just a little down in the blues." Remy laughed a bit. "Remy can tell these things."
"Okay there, Mr. Remy. Thank you for this. Please get the message to Kurt."
"No problem, there, Joey Ioni." Remy hung up the phone. Gambit might want a free beer. Just have to be around the blue wonder. "Aw, what the hell."
"God he's annoying." Joey said leaning his office chair.
A male employee knocked on the door. "Hey Joey. Word is you're closin the store at 7. That's 2 hours early, sir."
"Danny, it's Friday night and I'm feelin' good. Go on ahead and enjoy your weekend." Joey said cheerfully.
"No complaints from me." Danny dashed off. "Peace, Mr. Ioni."
"Tonight I shall see my son." Joey's voice altered as he turned into Mystique in his office. "Isn't that right, Mr. Ioni?" Mystique devious grin sparkled when she looked down under the desk to the freshly dead Joey Ioni.
Okay, so I know that the chapter was put up later. I've got my flaws, and they to are flawed also. Hall, I know there was no Ororo in the last chapter, but there's plenty in here. Won't be able to please everyone. I will get the next chapter up ASAP. Will Kurt finally meet his mother or not? And what does Xavier have to discuss with Ororo? We'll see! Until next time!
jhessyemon ;)
[1] Quotes From X2 Jet Scene
[2]Sehr guht-Sure good in German