Chapter 7

Kurt had trouble sleeping that night almost from the start. Once again he had nightmares relating to both times Magneto had experimented on him. Although these nightmares were more surreal and confusing than the actual experience. Later when Kurt was fully awake, he'd realize he didn't remember anything of the dreams.

But for right now the only thing his subconscious was aware of was that he was incredibly frightened and wanted to end the torment.

Kurt shot up in bed with a jolt.

The movement was a mistake. Kurt immediately clutched his stomach and groaned in pain. His first split second thought was that he was still dreaming and the pain was almost as intense as he real thing.

Then Kurt came fully awake and he realized it was the real thing. This was no dream. The pain in his stomach was very real.

Kurt rolled into a little ball, whimpering as the pain from his stomach was at one of it's intense moments. This pain felt just as deep and internal as the brief pain he'd experienced at school that day. Only now the pain was sharper and wasn't fading.

Kurt groaned as he considered going to the infirmary to get checked out.

Unfortunately he couldn't straighten his body into a standing position without being in more pain than he already was.

And he couldn't risk teleporting with how tired he was. Which was weird considering that he's gone to bed even earlier than the previous night and he still felt exhausted. It just seemed that lately he couldn't get enough sleep.

Suddenly a crack of light appeared in his room and widened as the door was open.

Kurt looked up at the figure standing in the open door and whimpered as a fresh wave of pain came over him.

"Elf?" the voice asked, "Are you okay?"

Kurt breathed a sigh of relief as he heard the voice.

"Herr Logan … es tut weh!"

Logan stepped into the room and raised an eyebrow. He didn't understand what Kurt was saying, but the words and the position he was in looked all too familiar.

"Elf, what is …"

"IT HURTS!!!" Kurt screamed suddenly as a muscle in his stomach suddenly contracted very violently.

Logan wasted no time in asking questions. He simply walked into the room and scooped up Kurt, along with one of the elf's blankets.

Kurt let out a small cry of pain at the sudden change in position and rolled into an even tighter ball close to Logan.

"Machen Sie bitte den Schmerz Halt," Kurt whimpered out.

"It's okay Elf," Logan said, "I'm getting you some help right now."

Logan was so intent on getting Kurt to the infirmary that he didn't notice Kitty phasing through the wall of her bedroom until he nearly ran into her.

Kitty shrieked in surprise. "Sorry Mr. Logan, I didn't like … what's wrong with Kurt?!"

"That's what we're going to find out," Logan said gruffly, "I'm bringing him to the infirmary."

Kitty looked at the grimacing Kurt in Logan's arms and made a quick decision. "I'm coming with you."

"Nein Katzchen," Kurt protested, "you don't have to …." Kurt cut off as his stomach tightened once again.

"I said I'm coming with," Kitty said firmly grasping one of Kurt's hands as she and Logan started heading down the hall.

Kurt was in too much pain to argue with her and Logan's main focus was getting the elf to the infirmary.

*Charles … we're going to need Hank.*

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Both Hank and the Professor were waiting in the infirmary when Logan and Kitty arrived with Kurt.

The Professor didn't react at all to Kitty following Logan in, but Hank raised an eyebrow at Logan. Logan merely shrugged and set Kurt down on the bed as gently as possible.

Kurt didn't curl into a ball like he had done before, but he still clutched his stomach and his entire body was covered in sweat.

"Kurt," the Professor started, his entire face a mask of seriousness, "is this the first time you've experienced pain since being released from the infirmary?"

Kurt hesitated, but he couldn't lie to the Professor even if he didn't read Kurt's mind. "Nein Professor. I felt some pain similar to this at school yesterday."

Kitty looked surprised at Kurt's confession, but Logan merely growled.

"Why didn't you like say anything Fuzzy?" Kitty asked.

Kurt looked weakly over at Kitty. "I'm sorry Katzchen. But the pain was so brief and I honestly zhought it vas just a muscle cramp."

Kitty reached over to grasp Kurt's hand and gave it a light squeeze as if to say 'it's okay.'

During that time, Hank had pressed a button on the side of the bed which closed an X-ray screen over Kurt's lower body.

"Well why don't we check and find out," Hank said, "it might simply be a muscle cramp and we're just all overreacting."

"I hope so," Kurt said groaning.

"Don't worry Elf," Logan growled, "we'll get to the bottom of this."

The Professor smiled up at Logan as Hank started the X-ray process.

Hank worked the machine for a few moments in the midst of a tense silence. The minutes stretched away until Hank finally turned towards the Professor with a frown on his face.

"Professor, … you wanna come and have a look at this."

The Professor wheeled his chair over to the display panel as he asked, "Is something wrong Hank?"

"Other than an extra organ," Hank replied as a he pointed out a round looking sac that the X-ray showed was in Kurt's abdomen.

Both Kitty and Logan looked up in complete surprise, but Kurt on the other hand looked completely calm.

"Is it located in mein lower stomach and in front of the intestines?" Kurt asked calmly.

Hank looked up at a Kurt with a suspicious look on his face. "Yeah … why?"

Kurt shrugged as best he could while lying down. "I've always had that organ."

A complete silence engulfed the infirmary after that announcement. One that was broken by the Professor.

"How long have you known about this, Kurt?"

Kurt shrugged again. "As long as I can remember. Zhe doctors couldn't figure out vhat the organ did, but since it vasn't causing any damage zhey just let it be," Kurt answered.

"Well that's what causing your stomach pain now," Hank answered as he looked back at the screen, "the muscles around the outer part of the organ are expanding and contracting."

"So, it really is nothing more than muscles cramps?" Logan asked with a quizzical look on his face.

"I'm not sure," the Professor said, "Kurt, has this organ ever done anything like this before?"

"Not that I can remember," Kurt replied.

Everyone remained silent after Kurt's answer. They all appeared completely mystified by what was going on.

Finally Kitty spoke up. "Professor, if the organ is like causing pain now couldn't you just remove it now?"

"Vhat? Remove it?" Kurt said with a hint of fear in his voice.

The Professor shook his head. "I don't want to remove the organ if it's just simply a case of muscle cramps. The organ could be doing something important that we're just not aware of."

"If I may offer an opinion Professor," Hank said. He continued when the Professor nodded at him. "If Kurt has had this organ for probably his whole life it may be related to his powers. The organ expanding and contracting could simply be a result of his powers evolving. And since teleporting takes up a lot of his energy it could also explain why Kurt has been so fatigued lately."

"Zhat does sound reasonable," Kurt said as he squirmed a little on the table.

"Are you feeling any better?" Kitty asked.

"A little," Kurt said, "the pain is easing up somewhat."

Kitty smiled as she rubbed the back of his hand. She was still fairly worried for the guy who had become her best friend, but it was comforting to know that the pain was simply from muscle cramps. Even if she still hated seeing him in pain.

Logan watched Kitty comforting Kurt with a knowing look on his face. From the way the two teens were looking at each other it was obvious what their feelings for each other were growing into.

"Kurt if you don't mind," the Professor started, "I'd like to keep an eye on this organ at least for the next few days. Just to make sure something isn't seriously wrong."

Kurt sighed. In all honesty he was getting real sick of the infirmary and everyone fussing over him. Although he did enjoy the attention he was getting from Kitty. And the Professor was just trying to look out for him.

"I don't like it Professor, but whatever you say," Kurt said with another sigh.

The Professor turned to Hank. "Let's give Kurt some pain medication and a mild sedative."

Hank nodded and walked away to get the necessary medication. In the meantime the Professor turned back to Kurt.

"Kurt, if you'd like to stay home from school tomorrow …"

"Nein!" Kurt interrupted. Everyone looked at him in surprise after his outburst. "I mean I don't vant to miss anymore school than I already have," Kurt said. And he didn't need anymore fussing over him.

"If your sure Kurt," the Professor said.

"I'm sure."

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Kurt later regretted not taking the Professor's offer to stay home from school.

After all, it was only Tuesday and he would have had the whole week to make up for the one day he missed.

The pain in his stomach had faded by the time he woke up. But once again he had no appetite whatsoever at breakfast and he was even more wiped out than he had been the previous day.

Amanda actually had to kick him awake during math class. Luckily the teacher didn't notice and Amanda was such a great friend that she let Kurt copy the notes he had missed.

"What is wrong with you today, Kurt?" Amanda asked. "You look like you're about to drop dead from exhaustion."

Kurt shrugged as he shoved his math book into his locker. "I don't know," he then looked around the hall to make sure no one was looking. "Can I tell you something in confidence, Amanda?"

"Of course," she said instantly.

"The Professor thinks that my powers might be evolving … and teleporting takes a lot of energy so …."

Amanda nodded as he trailed off. "I understand. At least you'll be graduating in a few months and won't have to worry about school work."

"Ja," Kurt said shutting his locker, "it will be nice to get away from Principal Kelly."

Amanda nodded down the hall to where Rogue and Kitty were. The two girls were heading their way. "Here come your two bodyguards."

Kurt looked up at Rogue and Kitty with an amused look on his face. Rogue had her usual lack of care expression about her, but Kitty had a really weird look on her face. Actually she'd gotten that look on her face when she caught sight of Amanda.

And apparently Amanda had noticed that as well. She nodded at Kitty. "I think she's jealous."

"Vhat?! Of me?" Kurt asked.

"Yes you," Amanda said lightly swatting Kurt on the arm. "You're quite the catch you know."

Kurt snorted in disbelief. "Amanda, I'm just a fuzzy blue elf-demon. Kitty likes guys like Lance … not mistakes like me."

"Now listen Kurt," Amanda said, "Kitty broke up with Lance because he was a jerk. You may look different, but that's what makes you unique. But beyond that you're sweet, sensitive, and a caring person. Kitty would be a fool not to fall in love with you."

Kurt smiled. Suddenly feeling warm and energized despite his fatigue. "Thanks Amanda. You're a good friend."

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"Yo man. It's a good thing that we already ate or the blue furred freak would have cleaned out the whole cafeteria," Todd said.

Wanda shrugged off the whole thing and Lance simply looked over at the X-Men table and scowled. It was true that Nightcrawler was packing away a lot more food than he usually did, but that wasn't what drew Lance's attention.

It was the sight of Kurt and Kitty that had him looking up. The two were laughing and carrying on. And Kitty was actually rubbing her hand up and down Kurt's arm.

Lance couldn't hear what either of them were saying, but he recognized flirting when he saw it.

"Who cares if the blue freak is practically eating the school down," Lance growled.

Both Fred and Todd laughed at Lance's response.

"Ohhh, someone's jealous," Todd said.

At the same Pietro said, probably to himself, "the increased appetite is to be expected."

The Brotherhood looked at him in confusion.

"Is there something you know?" Fred asked, "I mean it was your father that kidnapped blue boy."

Pietro shrugged as he walked off and avoided Wanda's suspicious gaze. "Why would I know anything? It's not like I talk to Magneto on a regular basis."

Lance, Fred and Todd all looked confused as Pietro walked off. However, Wanda still looked suspicious. "He's hiding something."

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A/N: Okay, first of all sorry for the delay in getting the story updated. But I moved into my dorm and I just started classes today. I'll still try to update the story at least once a week. Next chapter should start moving things along more. I've just been trying to set up the story, but expect morning sickness to start in the next chapter.

Also, I wrote in the first chapter that this was a mpreg story … for the few that still don't know what that means … it stands for male pregnancy. I didn't invent this concept I just find writing these stories fun. But I understand that some people find the concept too weird … if you're one of them just don't read my story. I don't want my mailbox full of nasty reviews. I'm writing this story because it's fun and I'm not forcing anyone to read this. So please, constructive criticism is welcome just be polite about it.

Anyway, on to the reviews.

Weirdlet: Part of Kurt's stomach pain might be from the embryo burrowing into the lining, but I was thinking that this sac or womb that Kurt has in his body had never been used and muscles tend to cramp or hurt if they are suddenly being used after a long time of just lying still. But that's just what I was thinking.

Thanks for your review and support.

To-wo-di: Nice name …. I'm half expecting you to write ach-da-ba the next time you review my story. Hee hee. I'll explain about Mystique later. (For the rest of the reviewers … my friend likes to leave me weird reviews under anonymous names so this is kind of an inside joke to us).

Raskolion Phoenix: Hey it's nice to know this came as a welcome surprise to someone. I like shocking people. Hee hee. Keep up with the reviews … I look forward to them.

Maxine-chan: I'm planning on starting with the morning sickness in the next chapter. So, bear with me … I also have to school to occupy part of my time now. But I plan on finishing this story.

Thanks to everyone for the supporting reviews. And I'd like some suggestions for any other pairings I should do (besides Kurt/Kitty and Scott/Jean because I'm already doing those two). Just no slash pairings in this story. I've done slash stories before, but I don't want to do it in this one.

Also, I'm trying to write Amanda as friend to Kurt in this story. They're not going out anymore they just stayed very good friends.

Thanks again!