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Out of the Shadows- Not Like This
Fear is pain arising from anticipation of a future evil.
- Aristotle
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X-mansion
Mortimer crouched on a branch high up in the oak tree, cradling his head in his hands. 'I thought I was safe here,' he thought. 'and now they know. It'll be the orphanage all over again.' At the last thought, Mortimer had to repress a shudder.
"Mortimer!" he looked down from his perch and saw Remy standing at the base of the tree. "Come down, homme!" Mortimer sighed and sprang out of the tree, landing directly in front of Remy. Used to it by now, Remy didn't even flinch. Instead he laid a hand on Mortimer's shoulder. "What is it, mon ami?" Mortimer closed his eyes and looked away. "I-I grew up in an orphanage where I was tortured because I was a freak. And it will happen here too. They were right; I deserved it, but-"he was cut off by Remy shaking him. "No! That will never happen here! De Professer will NEVER let that happen. And you did NOT deserve what happened to you!" Mortimer just looked at him sadly.
"How can you be sure?"
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Meanwhile, in the X-mansion
Jubilation Lee whistled happily to herself as she walked to her room. She was stopped by her friend Rogue. "Hey," she said, "did you here about what Kitty was doing?" Jubilee shook her head. "Well, she is telling people that we shouldn't have visibly mutated student here. That if we do we risk the FOH finding out our secret."
Jubilee was confused. "But...but we don't have any visibly mutated kids here." Rogue shrugged. "Well...apparently there is a guy who hangs around Remy who is one. We haven't met him for some reason. Kitty is saying it's because he's psycho or something. But Remy says he's not. Most of the students are siding with Kitty, though." She bit her lip. "Bobby is."
Jubilee offered a sympathetic look. "This could get really bad." Out of the corner of her eye, Jubilee saw Piotr come up to her. "What's up, Petey?" he ignored the hated nick-name and quietly said to them words they did not want to hear.
"Kitty and her followers are going to go talk to the guy. We have to stop her."
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"LeBeau!" Remy turned at the sound of his name. A determined Kitty was approaching him and Mortimer, with about thirty people at her back. 'Oh, no.' he thought. He saw Mortimer begin to back away. 'Oh, crap! People freak him out...what are they doing!'
Kitty stepped up to him. "It's over, LeBeau. We're going to the Professor. We," she gestured to those behind her, "are not going to allow someone like him," she pointed at Mortimer, who was backing farther away, "endanger our lives!"
Remy was angry now. "Shut up, Kitty! He is just like us. He is no more a danger to our secret than you are!" he shouted. Kitty thrust her finger in his face. "Don't you dare compare me to that...that FREAK!" she took a menacing step forward. Remy watched as Mortimer, now terrified, sprang into the nearest tree. Which was ten feet away.
"And don't think I don't have the same opinion of you, demon eyes!" Kitty spat. Remy started forward, furious, when suddenly Scott and Jean appeared.
"Everyone! Back to your classes!" Scott shouted, bringing authority to the situation. Jean held Remy and Kitty back. "You two are coming with us. I believe we need to talk." She looked over at the trees, then back at Remy and Kitty. "Come on." The last thing Remy heard before he went inside to face the inevitable lecture and punishment, was Jean whispering quietly under her breath.
"Not like this. Please, not like this."
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So, what do you think? Comments? Suggestions? REVIEW!
A.N. In response to a question I got, Kitty is the bad-girl here because of how, in the comics, she treated Kurt like crap when she joined the team. So, she was the most prejudiced one I could think of. No offense intended if you like her character, but I needed a baddie! In the next chapter, Mortimer's orphanage experience is revealed and prejudice is seperating the students of the X-mansion even more. Soon, if something is not done, there will be civil war. Only this time, it's between mutants and not humans.
- Cera
