"Milana?"
"GO AWAY!"
"Whoa," Rogue said, taking a step back. "She's not in a good mood." But she had scarcely finished her sentence when the door burst open and revealed Milana, looking positively lived, her fists clenched and her chest heaving.
"How could you?!" she yelled. Scott and Rogue both backed away.
"Who?" Scott asked. This seemed to bring a sudden calm over the purple girl, and she put her hands up to her forehead, leaning against the doorframe.
"Milana?" Scott said. "Who's been bothering you?"
"Everyone!" Milana cried. "The whole lot of you! Logan was right, the whole place has gone mad! D... Kurt can't remember stuff that's so important to me, Rogue has been trying to separate me'n Kurt, and LOGAN THINKS ME AND KURT ARE DATING!" Milana shrank to the floor and looked down at it while Scott and Rogue exchanged looks. "Curse ice-cream," Milana muttered. Then she got up and walked away without another word, leaving two more confused people behind her.
"Ok," Rogue said, after Milana had disappeared. "Shall we go see what Kurt knows about this?"
"I hope he makes more sense than Milana," Scott replied.
*****
Kurt opened the door as soon as it knocked. When he saw Rogue he grabbed her shoulders.
"Vell?! Vot is vrong vith her? Vot did I do?" he cried. Rogue froze.
"What?" she said.
"Vot is vrong vith Milana!" Kurt almost shouted.
"Kurt, take it easy, please," Scott said. Kurt dropped his hands and took a deep breath.
"I'm sorry, I did not mean to shout," he said. "But how is she?"
"That's what we wanted to know," Rogue said. "What is going on between you two?"
"Milana and I..." Kurt trailed off. "Where is she?"
"She said something about ice cream and then walked off," Scott said.
"Ice cream?" Suddenly Kurt started to laugh, and disappeared with a loud Bamf and a puff of blue smoke.
"That's it, I'm going to the professor." Rogue said.
"But does this really involve you?" Scott asked.
"If Milana's mad at me and Kurt is... like *that* to me, I am so involved." Rogue said, walking off.
"Milana was right," Scott muttered, following the teenager. "This whole place is insane."
*****
"Milana?" Kurt walked through the kitchen doorway to find the teenager with a bowl of ice cream.
"Go away, I don't want to talk to you right now." Milana said, stirring her ice cream into mush with her spoon.
"But Milana, I don't even know vy you are mad at me," Kurt said. Milana sighed.
"Really," she said sarcastically. "You don't remember a few hours back us sitting in these exact same chairs eating this food talking about that subject. Yeah, great. Now I know you're getting old, suffering from short- term memory loss. Great." Kurt blinked.
"I vos not here then, I vos upstairs, sleeping all afternoon. I stayed up late vith Xavier last night, talking, so I vos tired," he replied. Milana looked at him. Just then Logan walked in, opening the refrigerator and taking out a can of beer.
"Well, it must have been your evil twin then, Pops, cause you looked like you and sounded like you. And you made a promise and then went right upstairs to bed." Milana said, rolling her eyes. Logan stiffened and turned around slowly.
"Did you just call him Pops?" he said slowly. Milana glared at him.
"Yeah, you know, Pops; as in, papa, daddy, dad, father, the old guy who helped your mum make you," she said. Logan dropped the beer can.
"I thought you didn't vant to tell-" Kurt began.
"I did want to tell! You don't remember? You didn't pay attention?! I don't know what's wrong with you Dad! I asked if it was alright if we could go and get a meeting together and tell everyone, and then you went all freaky and said ok and then I went up two hours later and you were ASLEEP and now you don't remember ANYTHING!"
"Wait, he's your father?!" Logan said. Kurt and Milana both ignored him.
"I svear, I vos not here!" Kurt repeated. Then he paused. "Vait, did you say I acted strangely, but you are sure it vos me?" Milana rolled her eyes.
She kept herself content with replying "Yes," but she made it as sarcastic as she possibly could. Kurt thought for a moment and then looked at Logan, who had figured it out as well.
"Mystique," the Canadian growled. Kurt nodded.
"Her? But doesn't she work with that other bad guy, Magneto?" Milana said. Both men nodded at her.
"But vy did she only talk to Milana?" Kurt wondered aloud.
"I think we'd better see Chuck 'bout this," Logan said. "I suppose he knows 'bout you two?"
"Him and Hank," Kurt replied, getting up. "Ve should teleport, it vill be faster," with that he grabbed Milana's wrist and suddenly she found herself right outside the professor's office. Kurt knocked on the door and then walked in as the Professor looked up. Scott and Rogue were also in the office, and Milana stared at Rogue long and hard for a moment, then shook her head, not wanting to question the girl right then.
"Mystique vos here," Kurt said. Xavier nodded.
"Yes, Scott and Rogue saw her escaping. Are you and Milana alright?" he asked, looking particularly at Milana. "I mean, you worked out the damage Mystique caused?"
"Yes, ve figured it out," Kurt said, and then he and Xavier looked at the teen, who sighed.
"I still want my meeting," she said, looking at Xavier. He nodded.
"I know, Hank, Jean, Ororo and Logan are already on their way." He said.
"What meeting? About what?" Scott asked.
"We're here, we're here," Logan said, walking in. Behind him the rest of the X Men came in, and Hank, who was last, shut the door.
"What's wrong professor?" Jean asked, looking concerned.
"There's nothing wrong Jean, and I think it will be up to Milana and Kurt to tell you what the meeting is about." All eyes turned to Kurt and Milana, who looked at eachother, as if trying to decide who should speak first. Finally Kurt nodded at Milana and she took a deep breathe as if trying to calm down. Then she turned to the others and spoke.
"Kurt's my father," she said. The other's, besides Hank, Logan, and Xavier, stared at her, then at Kurt, who smiled weakly.
"Vell, that vos it," he said, shrugging.
"What?" Scott managed to get out.
"Kurt is my daddy," Milana repeated. More staring, more open mouths, more silence. Kurt and Milana were beginning to get a little uneasy, and Milana looked at her father and at the others again. "Well?" she said.
"It wasn't what we expected..." Jean replied, unable to think of anything else. Logan snorted.
"I don't think anyone in the mansion would expect that." He said.
"How long have you two known?" Scott asked.
"About a week, around then anyway. Hank and Professor Xavier found out with us, but I didn't want them to tell you, and Logan found out by mistake a few minutes ago. I wanted to have a meeting this afternoon, but that's when things got a bit complicated." Milana shrank back a step, allowing Kurt to continue.
"Apparently Milana found Mystique, disguised as me, in the kitchen and told her she vanted to have a meeting. Mystique valked avay vile I vos asleep upstairs, and then after Mystique did not call a meeting she vent in search of me. The mix-up made her mad at me, and of course I didn't know vy, and then Mystique came back as Rogue, told me to leave everything to her, and then left Milana and I both in the dark. This made things worse ven the real Rogue vent to find Milana and she got even madder left, so Rogue and Scott came to my room and I vos a bit anxious, but neither of you knew vy, and only ven I found Milana downstairs and vos able to find out vat vos vrong did ve figure out that it was Mystique who caused the vhole thing." Kurt finished and Rogue sighed.
"So that's what was going on, you could have told us then you know," she said. Kurt shrugged.
"Milana didn't tell me she vanted you to know yet," he replied. Ororo looked at Xavier.
"So why was Mystique here in the first place?" she asked. "She didn't attack anyone, didn't do much besides make a lot of ill tension in the group, which got resolved, and she might have gotten injured in the process. What's going on professor?" Xavier sighed and shook his head.
"I don't know," he said. "And furthermore, I have no idea what Mystique's motive could possibly be."
"Whoa, wait a minute," Scott said. "How exactly did Milana and Kurt figure out they were father and daughter?" Kurt blinked and stared at Scott for a moment, then looked down at the floor. Milana's face went expressionless.
"After I got shot and started talking we both remembered." She said.
"But how did you twp separate in the first place? You two never let me in on that," Logan said. BAMF. Kurt disappeared and everyone besides Milana and the professor looked away.
"What?" Jean said. Milana walked out of the door.
"I'm going to find him," she called back. "And don't ask him that again please." The door shut behind her and all eyes turned towards Xavier.
"What was that?" Rogue asked.
"Something those two obviously don't wanna discuss," Logan said. "Maybe we should listen to Milana."
"I agree with Logan on this," Hank said. "Though I personally think Milana implied that we should not ask her either in her parting statement." Xavier nodded.
"I would like you all to keep that in mind for a while, I'm certain she and Kurt will tell us when they are ready." Xavier said. Then he nodded and everyone left.
In the hallway Logan looked at Hank as the others left.
"I wonder what happened that upset Kurt so much," Hank said thoughtfully, walking down the hall. Logan nodded and then changed direction. Hank looked back and stopped. "Where are you going?" he called.
"To find out what upset the elf and his kid so much," Logan replied.
"But-"
"Are you coming or not?" Logan asked. Hank followed him after a moment of quick thought.
"I still don't agree with this approach," he said.
*****
"Dad?" Milana walked into the kitchen and found Kurt with his head in his hands. "Dad?" Milana walked in and heard a sob. She stopped for a moment and then sat by her father and hugged him.
"You're thinking about mom aren't you?" she asked. Kurt didn't answer. "I miss her too."
"I'm sorry, it's not you-" he said. Milana put her head on his shoulder.
"It's the memories that come back..." she finished. Kurt nodded and put an arm around Milana.
"But I still thank the Lord every minute for finding you again," he said.
"I know," Milana smiled up at him, and he smiled back.
*****
"Something about Kurt's, whoa, he had a wife?" Logan looked at Hank.
"Well, it's entirely plausible, Kurt does have a child and is very particular about his relationships," Hank said. Logan rolled his eyes.
"Well, something about her and the Lord. I can't hear anything with your loud breathing bub," Logan said. Hank sighed.
*****
What no one was aware of was that someone else was watching Milana and Kurt's conversation. An old man with silver hair and a metal helmet on his head was peering through one of the kitchen windows.
"Hmm, looks like Mystique was right about one thing, but quite off in another area," he muttered, then he turned and walked away, disappearing into the night.
"GO AWAY!"
"Whoa," Rogue said, taking a step back. "She's not in a good mood." But she had scarcely finished her sentence when the door burst open and revealed Milana, looking positively lived, her fists clenched and her chest heaving.
"How could you?!" she yelled. Scott and Rogue both backed away.
"Who?" Scott asked. This seemed to bring a sudden calm over the purple girl, and she put her hands up to her forehead, leaning against the doorframe.
"Milana?" Scott said. "Who's been bothering you?"
"Everyone!" Milana cried. "The whole lot of you! Logan was right, the whole place has gone mad! D... Kurt can't remember stuff that's so important to me, Rogue has been trying to separate me'n Kurt, and LOGAN THINKS ME AND KURT ARE DATING!" Milana shrank to the floor and looked down at it while Scott and Rogue exchanged looks. "Curse ice-cream," Milana muttered. Then she got up and walked away without another word, leaving two more confused people behind her.
"Ok," Rogue said, after Milana had disappeared. "Shall we go see what Kurt knows about this?"
"I hope he makes more sense than Milana," Scott replied.
*****
Kurt opened the door as soon as it knocked. When he saw Rogue he grabbed her shoulders.
"Vell?! Vot is vrong vith her? Vot did I do?" he cried. Rogue froze.
"What?" she said.
"Vot is vrong vith Milana!" Kurt almost shouted.
"Kurt, take it easy, please," Scott said. Kurt dropped his hands and took a deep breath.
"I'm sorry, I did not mean to shout," he said. "But how is she?"
"That's what we wanted to know," Rogue said. "What is going on between you two?"
"Milana and I..." Kurt trailed off. "Where is she?"
"She said something about ice cream and then walked off," Scott said.
"Ice cream?" Suddenly Kurt started to laugh, and disappeared with a loud Bamf and a puff of blue smoke.
"That's it, I'm going to the professor." Rogue said.
"But does this really involve you?" Scott asked.
"If Milana's mad at me and Kurt is... like *that* to me, I am so involved." Rogue said, walking off.
"Milana was right," Scott muttered, following the teenager. "This whole place is insane."
*****
"Milana?" Kurt walked through the kitchen doorway to find the teenager with a bowl of ice cream.
"Go away, I don't want to talk to you right now." Milana said, stirring her ice cream into mush with her spoon.
"But Milana, I don't even know vy you are mad at me," Kurt said. Milana sighed.
"Really," she said sarcastically. "You don't remember a few hours back us sitting in these exact same chairs eating this food talking about that subject. Yeah, great. Now I know you're getting old, suffering from short- term memory loss. Great." Kurt blinked.
"I vos not here then, I vos upstairs, sleeping all afternoon. I stayed up late vith Xavier last night, talking, so I vos tired," he replied. Milana looked at him. Just then Logan walked in, opening the refrigerator and taking out a can of beer.
"Well, it must have been your evil twin then, Pops, cause you looked like you and sounded like you. And you made a promise and then went right upstairs to bed." Milana said, rolling her eyes. Logan stiffened and turned around slowly.
"Did you just call him Pops?" he said slowly. Milana glared at him.
"Yeah, you know, Pops; as in, papa, daddy, dad, father, the old guy who helped your mum make you," she said. Logan dropped the beer can.
"I thought you didn't vant to tell-" Kurt began.
"I did want to tell! You don't remember? You didn't pay attention?! I don't know what's wrong with you Dad! I asked if it was alright if we could go and get a meeting together and tell everyone, and then you went all freaky and said ok and then I went up two hours later and you were ASLEEP and now you don't remember ANYTHING!"
"Wait, he's your father?!" Logan said. Kurt and Milana both ignored him.
"I svear, I vos not here!" Kurt repeated. Then he paused. "Vait, did you say I acted strangely, but you are sure it vos me?" Milana rolled her eyes.
She kept herself content with replying "Yes," but she made it as sarcastic as she possibly could. Kurt thought for a moment and then looked at Logan, who had figured it out as well.
"Mystique," the Canadian growled. Kurt nodded.
"Her? But doesn't she work with that other bad guy, Magneto?" Milana said. Both men nodded at her.
"But vy did she only talk to Milana?" Kurt wondered aloud.
"I think we'd better see Chuck 'bout this," Logan said. "I suppose he knows 'bout you two?"
"Him and Hank," Kurt replied, getting up. "Ve should teleport, it vill be faster," with that he grabbed Milana's wrist and suddenly she found herself right outside the professor's office. Kurt knocked on the door and then walked in as the Professor looked up. Scott and Rogue were also in the office, and Milana stared at Rogue long and hard for a moment, then shook her head, not wanting to question the girl right then.
"Mystique vos here," Kurt said. Xavier nodded.
"Yes, Scott and Rogue saw her escaping. Are you and Milana alright?" he asked, looking particularly at Milana. "I mean, you worked out the damage Mystique caused?"
"Yes, ve figured it out," Kurt said, and then he and Xavier looked at the teen, who sighed.
"I still want my meeting," she said, looking at Xavier. He nodded.
"I know, Hank, Jean, Ororo and Logan are already on their way." He said.
"What meeting? About what?" Scott asked.
"We're here, we're here," Logan said, walking in. Behind him the rest of the X Men came in, and Hank, who was last, shut the door.
"What's wrong professor?" Jean asked, looking concerned.
"There's nothing wrong Jean, and I think it will be up to Milana and Kurt to tell you what the meeting is about." All eyes turned to Kurt and Milana, who looked at eachother, as if trying to decide who should speak first. Finally Kurt nodded at Milana and she took a deep breathe as if trying to calm down. Then she turned to the others and spoke.
"Kurt's my father," she said. The other's, besides Hank, Logan, and Xavier, stared at her, then at Kurt, who smiled weakly.
"Vell, that vos it," he said, shrugging.
"What?" Scott managed to get out.
"Kurt is my daddy," Milana repeated. More staring, more open mouths, more silence. Kurt and Milana were beginning to get a little uneasy, and Milana looked at her father and at the others again. "Well?" she said.
"It wasn't what we expected..." Jean replied, unable to think of anything else. Logan snorted.
"I don't think anyone in the mansion would expect that." He said.
"How long have you two known?" Scott asked.
"About a week, around then anyway. Hank and Professor Xavier found out with us, but I didn't want them to tell you, and Logan found out by mistake a few minutes ago. I wanted to have a meeting this afternoon, but that's when things got a bit complicated." Milana shrank back a step, allowing Kurt to continue.
"Apparently Milana found Mystique, disguised as me, in the kitchen and told her she vanted to have a meeting. Mystique valked avay vile I vos asleep upstairs, and then after Mystique did not call a meeting she vent in search of me. The mix-up made her mad at me, and of course I didn't know vy, and then Mystique came back as Rogue, told me to leave everything to her, and then left Milana and I both in the dark. This made things worse ven the real Rogue vent to find Milana and she got even madder left, so Rogue and Scott came to my room and I vos a bit anxious, but neither of you knew vy, and only ven I found Milana downstairs and vos able to find out vat vos vrong did ve figure out that it was Mystique who caused the vhole thing." Kurt finished and Rogue sighed.
"So that's what was going on, you could have told us then you know," she said. Kurt shrugged.
"Milana didn't tell me she vanted you to know yet," he replied. Ororo looked at Xavier.
"So why was Mystique here in the first place?" she asked. "She didn't attack anyone, didn't do much besides make a lot of ill tension in the group, which got resolved, and she might have gotten injured in the process. What's going on professor?" Xavier sighed and shook his head.
"I don't know," he said. "And furthermore, I have no idea what Mystique's motive could possibly be."
"Whoa, wait a minute," Scott said. "How exactly did Milana and Kurt figure out they were father and daughter?" Kurt blinked and stared at Scott for a moment, then looked down at the floor. Milana's face went expressionless.
"After I got shot and started talking we both remembered." She said.
"But how did you twp separate in the first place? You two never let me in on that," Logan said. BAMF. Kurt disappeared and everyone besides Milana and the professor looked away.
"What?" Jean said. Milana walked out of the door.
"I'm going to find him," she called back. "And don't ask him that again please." The door shut behind her and all eyes turned towards Xavier.
"What was that?" Rogue asked.
"Something those two obviously don't wanna discuss," Logan said. "Maybe we should listen to Milana."
"I agree with Logan on this," Hank said. "Though I personally think Milana implied that we should not ask her either in her parting statement." Xavier nodded.
"I would like you all to keep that in mind for a while, I'm certain she and Kurt will tell us when they are ready." Xavier said. Then he nodded and everyone left.
In the hallway Logan looked at Hank as the others left.
"I wonder what happened that upset Kurt so much," Hank said thoughtfully, walking down the hall. Logan nodded and then changed direction. Hank looked back and stopped. "Where are you going?" he called.
"To find out what upset the elf and his kid so much," Logan replied.
"But-"
"Are you coming or not?" Logan asked. Hank followed him after a moment of quick thought.
"I still don't agree with this approach," he said.
*****
"Dad?" Milana walked into the kitchen and found Kurt with his head in his hands. "Dad?" Milana walked in and heard a sob. She stopped for a moment and then sat by her father and hugged him.
"You're thinking about mom aren't you?" she asked. Kurt didn't answer. "I miss her too."
"I'm sorry, it's not you-" he said. Milana put her head on his shoulder.
"It's the memories that come back..." she finished. Kurt nodded and put an arm around Milana.
"But I still thank the Lord every minute for finding you again," he said.
"I know," Milana smiled up at him, and he smiled back.
*****
"Something about Kurt's, whoa, he had a wife?" Logan looked at Hank.
"Well, it's entirely plausible, Kurt does have a child and is very particular about his relationships," Hank said. Logan rolled his eyes.
"Well, something about her and the Lord. I can't hear anything with your loud breathing bub," Logan said. Hank sighed.
*****
What no one was aware of was that someone else was watching Milana and Kurt's conversation. An old man with silver hair and a metal helmet on his head was peering through one of the kitchen windows.
"Hmm, looks like Mystique was right about one thing, but quite off in another area," he muttered, then he turned and walked away, disappearing into the night.