Raphaella: Thanks for telling these stuff! I am much more clever now! :-)

Kaliann: Well, Mystique's memories will get into Rogue's body, so she will be able to talk to Kurt the way Mystique would. She will know exactly what Mystique feels, and she will be able to talk to Kurt as though she was really Mystique. Hump... a bit complicated, isn't it? I mean the way I express myself.

Darkness1: Well, yes, Rogue's gonna have some mayor part. I don't really like her, I mean she could help herself if she really would want to, but she's a good character.

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Chapter 21: About trust

(by Kriszty)

Waking up Rogue wasn't as easy as it looked like; it took some hours. Xavier was sitting next to her bed, inside her dreams, and was calming her. Once he stopped for some seconds, just to tell the others that she was going to be Ok, she just needed some rest to be able to take control over the dreams, and realize which are her memories and which are Kurt's.

At least, the ones that have been planted in his mind.

After about an hour after Xavier's journey in Kurt's mind, the blue boy woke up.

Kurt looked around the room with confused and tired eyes. He didn't remember anything that happened before... in his whole life. He could remember nothing.

He looked around, and saw people. Someone was standing over a funny looking boy, lying in a bed, wearing sunglasses. Kurt thought that he could use one of those as well... he hardly saw anything because of the sun. The man he saw standing over him was short and looked like very strong. He shook his head, and suddenly turned toward Kurt... And smiled.

Despite not remembering anything, he had the feeling that a smile on this man's face was very rare, if visible at all.

Kurt turned his head a little bit, and saw another lying child; a girl, but she looked even funnier than the sun-glassed boy. She had two white stripes in her otherwise red hair; she had white body, and as Kurt saw, was sleeping. There were 3 people around her; two females and a male. The younger girl was tall, she had red hair as well, and she was whispering to the bald man next to her. The bald man nodded; he was sitting in a wheelchair, and was almost touching the white-skinned girl.

There was one, last person next to that girl's bed: a woman. She was definitely the most funny; she had red hair as well, but she had blue skin, and was wearing a white dress. All of the others were wearing normal, everyday clothes, but she had... a kind of uniform.

That woman made Kurt remember something... Yes it was here, in this strange room... She was talking to him... Making excuses... Asking for forgiveness...

But when Kurt tried to figure out what happened exactly, he felt so very exhausted that he didn't want to think about that woman at all... All he wanted was to fall asleep... asleep... And so he did.

He woke up again about 5 minutes later. There was a little change this time; noone was standing over the sick boy; and there was only the girl and the man next to the girl's bed. But there were three people standing next to his bed: the short man, the blue woman and a little girl. Kurt looked at her for a couple of seconds not to forget what she looked like; she was not little at all: she was about at his age, and was wearing something pink and blue and her hair was in a ponytail.

She suddenly blushed, and whispered so only the people around them could hear:

"Welcome back, Kurt..." "Kurt? Who's Kurt... Wait... Was she talking to me?"

"It's good to see you awake, elf" the short man growled. He was not smiling this time, but he saw real happiness in his eyes.

Elf... yes, he remembered this... And if he tried, he could remember their names as well... The man was called Logan. The lying girl was Rogue, the bald man Xavier, or Professor... The girl talking to him, calling him Kurt was... Kitty... and the blue skinned woman... her name was... was...

"Mystique?"

The woman named Mystique smiled, and knelled next to his bed.

"Hello, Kurt, it's good to see you're okay"

And the memories came back. He suddenly remembered these people attacking her... his mother... and himself defending her... And how she stopped him... But these were all bad people... They hurt them both, they wanted to see them hurt, sick, dying...

Kurt tried to sit up, to tell his mother to escape, leave him, run before these people around catch him... He was obviously in their hands already, but she could live... But she pushed him back.

"Don't worry, dear, just relax. They are not going to hurt anyone, they will help. I am staying here"

"But..." Kurt tried, but Mystique didn't let him finish.

"Look, I will never leave you, understood? Not even if my life depends on it. And while I am around, you don't ever have to be afraid. As long as we are together, nothing can happen to any of us, especially you.

Kurt lay, but he was still alarmed. He wasn't convinced by her words. He wasn't afraid of getting hurt or anything, he was just afraid that if these people around hurt her it will be all his fault.

Mystique saw these in his eyes, and smiled.

"Don't worry, rest. Like I said: nothing will happen to any of us if we are together. Trust me"

The magic words... Kurt realized that he trusted her, and believed in what she had said. So he lay back, smiled and closed his eyes.

He went to sleep again, with that smile on his face. The smile that showed that he totally trusted whatever his mother told him.