Chapter 22
Rogue glanced over sharply at Destiny, who she'd always known simply as Irene. "You know about this? The whole time you knew what was wrong with Kurt?"
Destiny sighed. "I had a vision about Kurt just like I foresaw the form your powers would take Rogue. The only difference is the vision I had about Kurt was perhaps the only vision I never told Mystique about."
The Professor narrowed his eyes at Destiny. "You thought that Mystique would try to interfere with whatever had been planned for Kurt?"
Destiny shook her head. Since she couldn't see the dirty looks from either the Professor or Logan, she was completely immune to them. "No. I knew Mystique would interfere. She doesn't always show it, but I do believe that she does care for Kurt in her own way. She would never have accepted this."
Logan sighed, getting a headache from this whole mess. "Look lady, what exactly did you see about Elf?"
Destiny took a deep breath before beginning her account.
"Several years ago, a couple months before Kurt was born, I was sort of a mutual acquaintance of both Magneto and Mystique in a remote area of Germany. But I was staying at a small house that Magneto was living in at the time when I had a vision that I always hoped would never come true. The rise of Apocalypse."
Rogue came in the and closed the door since she obviously wasn't leaving now. In the meantime, all the mutants in the room were hanging their heads in shame since they all in some way blamed themselves for not being able to stop Apocalypse from reawakening.
"I saw all the terrible things that Apocalypse would do when he was reawakened," Destiny continued, "but, there appeared a small light on the horizon. There was one way to stop Apocalypse and that was to use the mutant powers he so praised against him. This could only be accomplished if the blood of several mutants came together."
Destiny paused to let her words sink in, but no one spoke to ask any questions so Destiny continued.
"The images of these mutants whose blood had to be used came to me in flashes, but I still remembered for years until I saw each and every one of them," Destiny said.
"I saw a woman with white hair riding air currents. A man without a past who needed a future. An orphaned boy from a plane crash. A girl from a prestigious family who was well liked, but unsure of herself. An only child that no walls could hold. An insecure girl forbidden to touch. One girl who came from a broken family, but was otherwise a free spirit. A royal girl who wasn't who she thought. A boy raised for a life of crime. A maniac who was the master of fire. A quiet sole who could take on a Goliath form. I even saw Magneto briefly in my vision. All these images combined into a brilliant light."
Destiny paused for breath as all the X-Men looked at each other. She mentioned the other people who were part of the child's genetic make-up, but she had said nothing about Kurt.
As if sensing the unspoken question, Destiny continued her story.
"However, the combination wasn't complete. After these first images had combined, one image stood out much longer than the others. I wasn't allowed to see the figure that clearly. But I clearly saw that the figure had dark hair and his blue body could blend into the dark. Just before I came out of the vision, the figure opened it's eyes and they glowed a golden color. But I didn't feel any fear. I could sense it was a good and pure soul standing before me."
Kurt's mouth quirked up a little bit in a smile. Maybe Destiny's lack of eyesight had actually helped her to gain some extra perspective, but Kurt had always been judged by his appearance.
"When Mystique's son was born," Destiny continued, "I knew he was the one I had seen in my vision."
"You didn't wonder that a male was meant to carry this child?" the Professor asked.
Destiny actually smirked. "Of course I did. Magneto agreed to conduct some tests on Kurt and when it was confirmed that he did carry the genes to make this event possible, the dormant genes were activated."
"Vhat about vhen I fell into the river?" Kurt asked. "If I vas so important, vhy didn't anyone go after me?"
Magneto answered for Destiny. "We did go after you Kurt. Mystique waited until I had left the bridge and followed the river. What she doesn't know to this day, is that I also followed the river. Both of us saw you being picked up by your adopted parents. I even saw where Mystique was the entire time. She left discreetly thinking that by leaving you there she was protecting you from me. In truth, I someone felt that you would never grow up with a good soul if raised by either myself or Mystique. Your foster parents raised you as Mystique never could. Count yourself fortunate Nightcrawler."
Kurt looked up at Magneto in surprise. Ever since learning that Magneto had experimented on him as a baby, Kurt had always wondered what would have happened to him if Magneto had had the chance to finish his experiments.
He never would have imagined something like this. That there had been an actual purpose behind what had happened to him.
But Kurt unexpectedly felt himself getting angry. All of this had still been done against his will. He'd never been told of any prophecy. Never been given any sort of a choice. And Magneto and Destiny's expressions of finality were simply the final straw on Kurt's already frayed temper.
"So," Kurt started, "a prophecy made over 18 years ago gave you the right to decide the course of my life!"
"Kurt ..." the Professor started warningly.
But Kurt either didn't listen or didn't care. "Nein Professor! I don't know what Magneto expected to get out of telling me this. I never agreed to zhis. Ich will kein Teil dies!"
Before anyone could stop him, Kurt quickly teleported out of the room.
"Where did he go?!" Rogue asked frantically as she ran out of the room before anyone could answer. Logan followed her while growling at Magneto. "If we survive this fight with Apocalypse, I might have to kill you for what you did to Elf."
The Professor bowed his head sadly as Magneto looked frantically at his old friend. "Charles, we must find Nightcrawler! If he teleported off the Institute ..."
"Kurt is not your responsibility Magnus. He's mine. And while both you and Destiny were explaining your story neither of you considered the fact he's very emotional right now," the Professor paused to make sure he'd gotten his point across.
"Besides you don't need to worry about Kurt. I know exactly where he is."
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Father Taylor breathed a sigh of relief when the last of people left the church and he was allowed to have the evening to themselves. The members of the church had taken quite a long time to calm down after having run into a group of mutants as they were leaving Sunday worship.
Ryan Taylor had then spent the majority of the afternoon trying to calm the people down by explaining that by because the church was this close to the Xavier Institute, there was bound to be some encounters with mutants. He also went on to explain that he'd never been threatened or placed in danger by anyone from the Institute.
However, it had still taken much persuading and by the time the last of the people had left, Taylor had had quite a headache.
And it wasn't going to be helped out by the fact that he had a mountain of paperwork waiting in his office. Suppressing a sigh, Taylor made his way down the aisle through the pews in the direction of his office. He had almost reached the pulpit when he heard a very distinctive 'bamf' coming from the left.
"Is someone there?" Ryan asked as he moved towards the noise.
He was pretty sure he saw he shape moving around the corner in the shadows, but the shape seemed to completely blend into the shadows.
"Look I saw you so why don't you come out before I call the police," Ryan said, hoping there was no trace of fear in his voice.
"Nein Vater Taylor," a voice called out, "I didn't mean to trespass. I just ... zhought die church vas empty."
Taylor relaxed as he recognized the voice. "Kurt you scared me. Why don't you come out of the shadows?"
"Nein! I've had enough stress today and I don't need someone else calling me a demon!" Kurt's voice replied back frantically.
Taylor sighed. "I've seen the news Kurt, and I've heard the rumors. I know what you really look like. But you're still Kurt Wagner. The German student who used to come here every Sunday and had so much faith. Have you no faith in me?"
Reluctantly Kurt stepped out of the shadows, and while Father Taylor should have felt fear he felt a need to help this boy.
How could one fear Kurt when there was such fear and humanity in his eyes?
"I've tried to convey the message that the devil can take many disguises and so there is no preconceived notion of what he looks like. And you are no devil Kurt. You're a teenage boy with one of the greatest souls I've ever seen."
Kurt amazingly started crying at the priest's words. Impulsively Taylor wrapped Kurt in a hug and the teen actually embraced him back.
"So," Taylor said with a funny quirk, "you really do have fur there, huh?"
Kurt gave a half laugh while still crying. "Ja. And it's more trouble zhan it's worse," Kurt said as he pulled back from the embrace, but didn't walk away.
"What's troubling you, Kurt?" Father Taylor asked.
Kurt grimaced. "It's very unbelievable. I'm not sure you'll be able to take it."
"Try me," Taylor said.
So Kurt actually told him everything. The experiments Magneto performed on him. The resentment towards his mother. His fear to go out in public. The kidnapping three months ago. The pregnancy ... that had been hard to do. Kurt even mentioned his resentment towards everyone fussing over him, and his feelings towards Kitty. Afterwards, Kurt paused and looked at Father Taylor nervously since he wasn't expecting it all to sink in.
"Well, ... that's quite a lot to ... pregnant!" Taylor finally stammered out.
Kurt grimaced yet again. "I told you it was unbelievable. I just wanted to come her and ... you know .. pray. Like I used to."
Taylor visibly relaxed a little. This information was very overwhelming, but praying was something he could easily help Kurt with. "You're welcome to come here in the evenings Kurt. I usually be here if you need help."
Kurt smiled at him through some tears. "Danke Vater."
Father Taylor nodded at him as the two them simultaneously got down on their knees.
"Our Father, who art in heaven ..."
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"I'm so gonna kill that fuzzy blue boy!" Rogue declared as she stomped into the foyer where practically the whole mansion was already waiting for Kurt.
Rogue turned to face the Professor. "And you knew where he was the whole time?!"
The Professor smiled. "It's alright Rogue. No harm has come to Kurt."
Remy moved forward and placed a hand on Rogue's shoulder. "It's alright chere. I think your Professor would know what he's talking about."
Rogue shrugged off Remy's hand, but she did so only half-heartedly. And a split second later it didn't matter, because Kurt materialized right there in the foyer.
With a guest along for the ride.
"Father Taylor? What are you doing here?" Jean asked.
Taylor shrugged at her question. "Kurt wasn't sure he could make it home by himself so, I just agreed to come with him. Of course the was before I had any idea what he had in mind," he said, looking a little pale.
Rogue however was glaring at a yawning Kurt. "We've all been worried sick about where you'd disappeared to ... and you were at church!"
Kurt just yawned and nodded. "Ja. If you don't mind Professor, I'd just like to go up to bed now."
The Professor nodded seeing how exhausted Kurt was, and Kurt started heading up the stairs. Only pausing to give his parents a hug. Unnoticed by the wall, Kitty quickly and discreetly phased through the wall to start heading upstairs.
Father Taylor in the meantime starting making his way out. "Professor, tell Kurt he's still welcome at the church anytime. I think he'll definitely be feeling the need to come."
*So Kurt told you about his situation?*
Taylor looked somewhat surprised by the words projected into his head by the Professor, but he recovered quickly. Nodding Taylor replied, "Kurt has always had a good soul. Being a mutant doesn't change that."
In the meantime, Kurt had managed to reach the his bedroom and was fairly shocked to see Kitty already waiting for him.
"Kitty! Veren't you just downstairs?"
Kitty grinned at him. "I just wanted to make sure you where really alright."
Kurt smiled warmly at her. "Ja, Kitty. It's just an instinct of mine to pray when zhings are going badly. It's helped me through a lot of bad times," Kurt said, as he sat down on his bed. Kitty sat down beside him.
"We were just all afraid that you'd teleported somewhere you'd be in danger. And the Professor just kept saying that you were where you needed to be," Kitty said.
Kurt grimaced. "Zorry for worrying you Katzchen. By the way, was that Gambit who was still here?"
Kitty laughed. "Yeah. Like I guess Magneto thought we needed him or something. He asked Gambit to stay here. I've already got a scorecard made up for him and Rogue."
Kurt burst out laughing. "Vhat is it vith those two?! What happened to the rest of Magneto and his henchmen?"
Kitty shrugged. "According to Magneto he was going to send both Pyro and Quicksilver to explain things to the rest of the Brotherhood."
Kurt groaned. "Just what I need. To get humiliated by the Brotherhood."
"If it helps," Kitty said, putting an arm around Kurt, "Pyro called right before you got back, and at least you don't have to deal with Mystique. She wasn't there."
Kurt shook his head. "I think mein Mutter already knows Katzchen. And she resorting to spying and trickery to find out what's going on instead of just asking me."
Kitty sighed along with Kurt suddenly remembering something that she had to tell Kurt. And she wasn't sure how she was going to react.
"Kurt ...," Kitty started, "I don't want to add to your burdens, but ... Principal Kelly talked to me today."
Kurt groaned again. "And vhat did he vant?"
"You're not going to believe this," Kitty said.
Kurt looked at her confused. "Vhat is it Keety?"
"He actually said you're allowed to come to the graduation ceremony next month," Kitty said.
Kurt looked absolutely stunned. After all of this, Kelly was actually going to let him back on the school grounds. Even if it was only for an afternoon.
"You must of said something that really got to him when he came to visit the mansion, Kurt," Kitty remarked.
"Vhat do you mean?" Kurt asked.
"Well, ..." Kitty started, "he's not harassing us anymore. He just kind of ignores us. And he always seems to have this guilty look on his face."
"I don't believe it," Kurt said.
Kitty glanced at him nervously. "Are you going to be at graduation?"
Kurt turned to her and smiled. "As long as my family is with me."
Kitty smiled and kissed him. "We'll always be there for you Fuzzy."
Kitty than stood up, remembering to save any very romantic relationships for after the pregnancy. "Get some sleep Fuzzy."
Kurt was still smiling when Kitty phased through the wall. "Danke mein Katzhen."
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Okay. I got this up before the story, and finished Destiny's explanation. This chapter was much easier to write than the last one. Shrug.
I hope this will keep everyone preoccupied for the weekend.
Now, onto the reviews:
Mayzon: Sorry if I confused you. My guess is Destiny having the vision while living with Magneto meant that he was meant to find out about and pull the strings a little. I don't know how else to explain it. Also, in the beginning, when Destiny is thinking about the sacrifice of one innocent, she's thinking hypothetically about Nightcrawler. She's kind of resigning herself to the fact that Kurt might not survive or he'll be completely damaged emotionally by this. Well, I hope I was able to clear things up a little.
InterNutter: I actually checked out your story. Fairly interesting. You're right, there isn't much similarity between our stories. The Kurt pairing is even different. As for your plotbunny, ... I might use some semblance of that. I haven't completely decided yet. Thanks for letting me know about your story.
Amity Raven: I think this is a little less of a cliffhanger. Hope you like it!
Raskolian Phoenix: Don't know why. Just wanted to write this story cause it sounded like it would be fun. Hee hee. Still working out some of the details.
Sue sue magoo: I guess some chapters are bound to be better than others. Hope you like this one better.
Thanks! Keep reviewing!
~Ice~
Rogue glanced over sharply at Destiny, who she'd always known simply as Irene. "You know about this? The whole time you knew what was wrong with Kurt?"
Destiny sighed. "I had a vision about Kurt just like I foresaw the form your powers would take Rogue. The only difference is the vision I had about Kurt was perhaps the only vision I never told Mystique about."
The Professor narrowed his eyes at Destiny. "You thought that Mystique would try to interfere with whatever had been planned for Kurt?"
Destiny shook her head. Since she couldn't see the dirty looks from either the Professor or Logan, she was completely immune to them. "No. I knew Mystique would interfere. She doesn't always show it, but I do believe that she does care for Kurt in her own way. She would never have accepted this."
Logan sighed, getting a headache from this whole mess. "Look lady, what exactly did you see about Elf?"
Destiny took a deep breath before beginning her account.
"Several years ago, a couple months before Kurt was born, I was sort of a mutual acquaintance of both Magneto and Mystique in a remote area of Germany. But I was staying at a small house that Magneto was living in at the time when I had a vision that I always hoped would never come true. The rise of Apocalypse."
Rogue came in the and closed the door since she obviously wasn't leaving now. In the meantime, all the mutants in the room were hanging their heads in shame since they all in some way blamed themselves for not being able to stop Apocalypse from reawakening.
"I saw all the terrible things that Apocalypse would do when he was reawakened," Destiny continued, "but, there appeared a small light on the horizon. There was one way to stop Apocalypse and that was to use the mutant powers he so praised against him. This could only be accomplished if the blood of several mutants came together."
Destiny paused to let her words sink in, but no one spoke to ask any questions so Destiny continued.
"The images of these mutants whose blood had to be used came to me in flashes, but I still remembered for years until I saw each and every one of them," Destiny said.
"I saw a woman with white hair riding air currents. A man without a past who needed a future. An orphaned boy from a plane crash. A girl from a prestigious family who was well liked, but unsure of herself. An only child that no walls could hold. An insecure girl forbidden to touch. One girl who came from a broken family, but was otherwise a free spirit. A royal girl who wasn't who she thought. A boy raised for a life of crime. A maniac who was the master of fire. A quiet sole who could take on a Goliath form. I even saw Magneto briefly in my vision. All these images combined into a brilliant light."
Destiny paused for breath as all the X-Men looked at each other. She mentioned the other people who were part of the child's genetic make-up, but she had said nothing about Kurt.
As if sensing the unspoken question, Destiny continued her story.
"However, the combination wasn't complete. After these first images had combined, one image stood out much longer than the others. I wasn't allowed to see the figure that clearly. But I clearly saw that the figure had dark hair and his blue body could blend into the dark. Just before I came out of the vision, the figure opened it's eyes and they glowed a golden color. But I didn't feel any fear. I could sense it was a good and pure soul standing before me."
Kurt's mouth quirked up a little bit in a smile. Maybe Destiny's lack of eyesight had actually helped her to gain some extra perspective, but Kurt had always been judged by his appearance.
"When Mystique's son was born," Destiny continued, "I knew he was the one I had seen in my vision."
"You didn't wonder that a male was meant to carry this child?" the Professor asked.
Destiny actually smirked. "Of course I did. Magneto agreed to conduct some tests on Kurt and when it was confirmed that he did carry the genes to make this event possible, the dormant genes were activated."
"Vhat about vhen I fell into the river?" Kurt asked. "If I vas so important, vhy didn't anyone go after me?"
Magneto answered for Destiny. "We did go after you Kurt. Mystique waited until I had left the bridge and followed the river. What she doesn't know to this day, is that I also followed the river. Both of us saw you being picked up by your adopted parents. I even saw where Mystique was the entire time. She left discreetly thinking that by leaving you there she was protecting you from me. In truth, I someone felt that you would never grow up with a good soul if raised by either myself or Mystique. Your foster parents raised you as Mystique never could. Count yourself fortunate Nightcrawler."
Kurt looked up at Magneto in surprise. Ever since learning that Magneto had experimented on him as a baby, Kurt had always wondered what would have happened to him if Magneto had had the chance to finish his experiments.
He never would have imagined something like this. That there had been an actual purpose behind what had happened to him.
But Kurt unexpectedly felt himself getting angry. All of this had still been done against his will. He'd never been told of any prophecy. Never been given any sort of a choice. And Magneto and Destiny's expressions of finality were simply the final straw on Kurt's already frayed temper.
"So," Kurt started, "a prophecy made over 18 years ago gave you the right to decide the course of my life!"
"Kurt ..." the Professor started warningly.
But Kurt either didn't listen or didn't care. "Nein Professor! I don't know what Magneto expected to get out of telling me this. I never agreed to zhis. Ich will kein Teil dies!"
Before anyone could stop him, Kurt quickly teleported out of the room.
"Where did he go?!" Rogue asked frantically as she ran out of the room before anyone could answer. Logan followed her while growling at Magneto. "If we survive this fight with Apocalypse, I might have to kill you for what you did to Elf."
The Professor bowed his head sadly as Magneto looked frantically at his old friend. "Charles, we must find Nightcrawler! If he teleported off the Institute ..."
"Kurt is not your responsibility Magnus. He's mine. And while both you and Destiny were explaining your story neither of you considered the fact he's very emotional right now," the Professor paused to make sure he'd gotten his point across.
"Besides you don't need to worry about Kurt. I know exactly where he is."
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Father Taylor breathed a sigh of relief when the last of people left the church and he was allowed to have the evening to themselves. The members of the church had taken quite a long time to calm down after having run into a group of mutants as they were leaving Sunday worship.
Ryan Taylor had then spent the majority of the afternoon trying to calm the people down by explaining that by because the church was this close to the Xavier Institute, there was bound to be some encounters with mutants. He also went on to explain that he'd never been threatened or placed in danger by anyone from the Institute.
However, it had still taken much persuading and by the time the last of the people had left, Taylor had had quite a headache.
And it wasn't going to be helped out by the fact that he had a mountain of paperwork waiting in his office. Suppressing a sigh, Taylor made his way down the aisle through the pews in the direction of his office. He had almost reached the pulpit when he heard a very distinctive 'bamf' coming from the left.
"Is someone there?" Ryan asked as he moved towards the noise.
He was pretty sure he saw he shape moving around the corner in the shadows, but the shape seemed to completely blend into the shadows.
"Look I saw you so why don't you come out before I call the police," Ryan said, hoping there was no trace of fear in his voice.
"Nein Vater Taylor," a voice called out, "I didn't mean to trespass. I just ... zhought die church vas empty."
Taylor relaxed as he recognized the voice. "Kurt you scared me. Why don't you come out of the shadows?"
"Nein! I've had enough stress today and I don't need someone else calling me a demon!" Kurt's voice replied back frantically.
Taylor sighed. "I've seen the news Kurt, and I've heard the rumors. I know what you really look like. But you're still Kurt Wagner. The German student who used to come here every Sunday and had so much faith. Have you no faith in me?"
Reluctantly Kurt stepped out of the shadows, and while Father Taylor should have felt fear he felt a need to help this boy.
How could one fear Kurt when there was such fear and humanity in his eyes?
"I've tried to convey the message that the devil can take many disguises and so there is no preconceived notion of what he looks like. And you are no devil Kurt. You're a teenage boy with one of the greatest souls I've ever seen."
Kurt amazingly started crying at the priest's words. Impulsively Taylor wrapped Kurt in a hug and the teen actually embraced him back.
"So," Taylor said with a funny quirk, "you really do have fur there, huh?"
Kurt gave a half laugh while still crying. "Ja. And it's more trouble zhan it's worse," Kurt said as he pulled back from the embrace, but didn't walk away.
"What's troubling you, Kurt?" Father Taylor asked.
Kurt grimaced. "It's very unbelievable. I'm not sure you'll be able to take it."
"Try me," Taylor said.
So Kurt actually told him everything. The experiments Magneto performed on him. The resentment towards his mother. His fear to go out in public. The kidnapping three months ago. The pregnancy ... that had been hard to do. Kurt even mentioned his resentment towards everyone fussing over him, and his feelings towards Kitty. Afterwards, Kurt paused and looked at Father Taylor nervously since he wasn't expecting it all to sink in.
"Well, ... that's quite a lot to ... pregnant!" Taylor finally stammered out.
Kurt grimaced yet again. "I told you it was unbelievable. I just wanted to come her and ... you know .. pray. Like I used to."
Taylor visibly relaxed a little. This information was very overwhelming, but praying was something he could easily help Kurt with. "You're welcome to come here in the evenings Kurt. I usually be here if you need help."
Kurt smiled at him through some tears. "Danke Vater."
Father Taylor nodded at him as the two them simultaneously got down on their knees.
"Our Father, who art in heaven ..."
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"I'm so gonna kill that fuzzy blue boy!" Rogue declared as she stomped into the foyer where practically the whole mansion was already waiting for Kurt.
Rogue turned to face the Professor. "And you knew where he was the whole time?!"
The Professor smiled. "It's alright Rogue. No harm has come to Kurt."
Remy moved forward and placed a hand on Rogue's shoulder. "It's alright chere. I think your Professor would know what he's talking about."
Rogue shrugged off Remy's hand, but she did so only half-heartedly. And a split second later it didn't matter, because Kurt materialized right there in the foyer.
With a guest along for the ride.
"Father Taylor? What are you doing here?" Jean asked.
Taylor shrugged at her question. "Kurt wasn't sure he could make it home by himself so, I just agreed to come with him. Of course the was before I had any idea what he had in mind," he said, looking a little pale.
Rogue however was glaring at a yawning Kurt. "We've all been worried sick about where you'd disappeared to ... and you were at church!"
Kurt just yawned and nodded. "Ja. If you don't mind Professor, I'd just like to go up to bed now."
The Professor nodded seeing how exhausted Kurt was, and Kurt started heading up the stairs. Only pausing to give his parents a hug. Unnoticed by the wall, Kitty quickly and discreetly phased through the wall to start heading upstairs.
Father Taylor in the meantime starting making his way out. "Professor, tell Kurt he's still welcome at the church anytime. I think he'll definitely be feeling the need to come."
*So Kurt told you about his situation?*
Taylor looked somewhat surprised by the words projected into his head by the Professor, but he recovered quickly. Nodding Taylor replied, "Kurt has always had a good soul. Being a mutant doesn't change that."
In the meantime, Kurt had managed to reach the his bedroom and was fairly shocked to see Kitty already waiting for him.
"Kitty! Veren't you just downstairs?"
Kitty grinned at him. "I just wanted to make sure you where really alright."
Kurt smiled warmly at her. "Ja, Kitty. It's just an instinct of mine to pray when zhings are going badly. It's helped me through a lot of bad times," Kurt said, as he sat down on his bed. Kitty sat down beside him.
"We were just all afraid that you'd teleported somewhere you'd be in danger. And the Professor just kept saying that you were where you needed to be," Kitty said.
Kurt grimaced. "Zorry for worrying you Katzchen. By the way, was that Gambit who was still here?"
Kitty laughed. "Yeah. Like I guess Magneto thought we needed him or something. He asked Gambit to stay here. I've already got a scorecard made up for him and Rogue."
Kurt burst out laughing. "Vhat is it vith those two?! What happened to the rest of Magneto and his henchmen?"
Kitty shrugged. "According to Magneto he was going to send both Pyro and Quicksilver to explain things to the rest of the Brotherhood."
Kurt groaned. "Just what I need. To get humiliated by the Brotherhood."
"If it helps," Kitty said, putting an arm around Kurt, "Pyro called right before you got back, and at least you don't have to deal with Mystique. She wasn't there."
Kurt shook his head. "I think mein Mutter already knows Katzchen. And she resorting to spying and trickery to find out what's going on instead of just asking me."
Kitty sighed along with Kurt suddenly remembering something that she had to tell Kurt. And she wasn't sure how she was going to react.
"Kurt ...," Kitty started, "I don't want to add to your burdens, but ... Principal Kelly talked to me today."
Kurt groaned again. "And vhat did he vant?"
"You're not going to believe this," Kitty said.
Kurt looked at her confused. "Vhat is it Keety?"
"He actually said you're allowed to come to the graduation ceremony next month," Kitty said.
Kurt looked absolutely stunned. After all of this, Kelly was actually going to let him back on the school grounds. Even if it was only for an afternoon.
"You must of said something that really got to him when he came to visit the mansion, Kurt," Kitty remarked.
"Vhat do you mean?" Kurt asked.
"Well, ..." Kitty started, "he's not harassing us anymore. He just kind of ignores us. And he always seems to have this guilty look on his face."
"I don't believe it," Kurt said.
Kitty glanced at him nervously. "Are you going to be at graduation?"
Kurt turned to her and smiled. "As long as my family is with me."
Kitty smiled and kissed him. "We'll always be there for you Fuzzy."
Kitty than stood up, remembering to save any very romantic relationships for after the pregnancy. "Get some sleep Fuzzy."
Kurt was still smiling when Kitty phased through the wall. "Danke mein Katzhen."
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Okay. I got this up before the story, and finished Destiny's explanation. This chapter was much easier to write than the last one. Shrug.
I hope this will keep everyone preoccupied for the weekend.
Now, onto the reviews:
Mayzon: Sorry if I confused you. My guess is Destiny having the vision while living with Magneto meant that he was meant to find out about and pull the strings a little. I don't know how else to explain it. Also, in the beginning, when Destiny is thinking about the sacrifice of one innocent, she's thinking hypothetically about Nightcrawler. She's kind of resigning herself to the fact that Kurt might not survive or he'll be completely damaged emotionally by this. Well, I hope I was able to clear things up a little.
InterNutter: I actually checked out your story. Fairly interesting. You're right, there isn't much similarity between our stories. The Kurt pairing is even different. As for your plotbunny, ... I might use some semblance of that. I haven't completely decided yet. Thanks for letting me know about your story.
Amity Raven: I think this is a little less of a cliffhanger. Hope you like it!
Raskolian Phoenix: Don't know why. Just wanted to write this story cause it sounded like it would be fun. Hee hee. Still working out some of the details.
Sue sue magoo: I guess some chapters are bound to be better than others. Hope you like this one better.
Thanks! Keep reviewing!
~Ice~