"Just go away! Why do you always have to do that?" Kitty Pryde snapped at Kurt Wagner hanging over her head. "You are so creepy! Go away!"
"But I just vanted-"
"No! Look Kurt, just leave me alone. You are always bugging me!" Kitty said, slamming the door in his face. Kurt turned slowly and started down the
hallway. He heard a whirring noise in the background and recognized Professor
Xavier's wheelchair coming closer.
"As I was saying I think that we should be more worried about the damage to the premises on the north side of the institute." Professor Xavier stared at Logan who was turning down the hall. Logan grunted.
"But we should study the student who was attacked, if we don't find out how, the students will never go outside again. Most are staying inside for fear of being attacked." Professor Xavier said, as he wheeled his chair to the right of Logan.
"Whatever it is, its gonna be in trouble when I find out if it has been ruining the grounds." Logan repeated gruffly.
"Professor, can I talk-" Kurt began before the professor held up his hand.
"I'm sorry, Kurt, but I am really very busy with the business of the intruder on the grounds. Why don't you ask Ororo if you need some assistance? I'm sure she'd be happy to help you." Logan turned and Professor Xavier wheeled away without waiting for an answer. Kurt kicked the ground with his shoe, and turned around to find our if Ororo Munroe was in her office. He heard yelling and walked toward the gym.
"That was tight man! I saw that pass back there, and oh man! Was it good!" Evan Daniels said still dribbling the basketball on the tile floor near the court. Kurt stopped as he passed the door to listen. Scott Summers smiled, and just grabbed the ball and ran to half court.
"Hey!" Kurt jumped out of the shadows, and waved to Evan.
"What's up Kurt?" Evan said, taking his eyes of Scott for a split second.
"Mind if I shoot a few?" Kurt asked anxiously watching Scott try for a
three-pointer.
"No way man!" Scott shouted from the free-throw line, "Evan is mine! I need a rematch, he can't beat me this easy!" Evan looked quickly at Kurt and shrugged his shoulders, and then ran off toward Scott. Kurt sighed and turned back toward the hallway, wandering toward Ororo's office.
When he finally came to Ororo's office, he found the door open, and so he went inside, staying close to the door.
"Hello, Kurt." Ororo said warmly without looking up. " You look a little down on yourself." She smiled, and so Kurt relaxed and slumped into the big
leather, over-stuffed chair he loved to sit in. She heard him sigh again. " So I was
right, something wrong?" Ororo put down her pencil, and settled back into her
chair. She raised a finger and a breeze blew through the window and pushed the
oak door shut.
"Actually, it is about a dream I've been having. Vhen I usually dream, I am here vith my friends and professors at the institute. But lately, my dreams are much vierder and are somevhere else." Kurt licked his lips, and continued, " I don't know anybody in them, and at first, I didn't like it. But everyone there treated me very nicely, and now its a really relaxing dream." Kurt explained, although he still held a puzzled expression on his face.
"I don't understand. If it is so relaxing, why are you bothered by it?" Ororo asked folding her hands and leaning foreword.
"Maybe because vhen I vake up I feel like I have lost something, or because vhen I have a regular dream about here vith my friends, it alvays turns out to be a nightmare." Kurt said cautiously, "But that is not vhat is bothering me. Vhat is, is that I know that there's some kind of meaning. Its trying to tell me something, but I can't figure it out."Kurt looked almost dissapointed with himself, and so Ororo felt obliged to help out in any way.
"Kurt, to understand what is troubling you, I'd have to ask you many
questions. I think you could figure it out on your own much easier. But, I can start
you out." Ororo paused for a moment, " Is there some reason why being at the
institute makes you feel unsafe or unsure of yourself, Kurt?" Ororo watched his eyes twitch, and then return to normal.
"I, I think I'm going to go for a walk and think this out. Is that okay?" Kurt said, looking down so she couldn't see his eyes. She could always tell things by looking into someone's eyes.
"I think that would be okay, just be back in time for dinner, and don't worry too much, and if it keeps bothering you, please come back and talk to me again. Okay Kurt?" Ororo saw a a saddening gleam in his eye she had never seen there before.
Kurt nodded slowely, then thanking her, opened the oak door and headed for the entrance doors to the outside.
"But I just vanted-"
"No! Look Kurt, just leave me alone. You are always bugging me!" Kitty said, slamming the door in his face. Kurt turned slowly and started down the
hallway. He heard a whirring noise in the background and recognized Professor
Xavier's wheelchair coming closer.
"As I was saying I think that we should be more worried about the damage to the premises on the north side of the institute." Professor Xavier stared at Logan who was turning down the hall. Logan grunted.
"But we should study the student who was attacked, if we don't find out how, the students will never go outside again. Most are staying inside for fear of being attacked." Professor Xavier said, as he wheeled his chair to the right of Logan.
"Whatever it is, its gonna be in trouble when I find out if it has been ruining the grounds." Logan repeated gruffly.
"Professor, can I talk-" Kurt began before the professor held up his hand.
"I'm sorry, Kurt, but I am really very busy with the business of the intruder on the grounds. Why don't you ask Ororo if you need some assistance? I'm sure she'd be happy to help you." Logan turned and Professor Xavier wheeled away without waiting for an answer. Kurt kicked the ground with his shoe, and turned around to find our if Ororo Munroe was in her office. He heard yelling and walked toward the gym.
"That was tight man! I saw that pass back there, and oh man! Was it good!" Evan Daniels said still dribbling the basketball on the tile floor near the court. Kurt stopped as he passed the door to listen. Scott Summers smiled, and just grabbed the ball and ran to half court.
"Hey!" Kurt jumped out of the shadows, and waved to Evan.
"What's up Kurt?" Evan said, taking his eyes of Scott for a split second.
"Mind if I shoot a few?" Kurt asked anxiously watching Scott try for a
three-pointer.
"No way man!" Scott shouted from the free-throw line, "Evan is mine! I need a rematch, he can't beat me this easy!" Evan looked quickly at Kurt and shrugged his shoulders, and then ran off toward Scott. Kurt sighed and turned back toward the hallway, wandering toward Ororo's office.
When he finally came to Ororo's office, he found the door open, and so he went inside, staying close to the door.
"Hello, Kurt." Ororo said warmly without looking up. " You look a little down on yourself." She smiled, and so Kurt relaxed and slumped into the big
leather, over-stuffed chair he loved to sit in. She heard him sigh again. " So I was
right, something wrong?" Ororo put down her pencil, and settled back into her
chair. She raised a finger and a breeze blew through the window and pushed the
oak door shut.
"Actually, it is about a dream I've been having. Vhen I usually dream, I am here vith my friends and professors at the institute. But lately, my dreams are much vierder and are somevhere else." Kurt licked his lips, and continued, " I don't know anybody in them, and at first, I didn't like it. But everyone there treated me very nicely, and now its a really relaxing dream." Kurt explained, although he still held a puzzled expression on his face.
"I don't understand. If it is so relaxing, why are you bothered by it?" Ororo asked folding her hands and leaning foreword.
"Maybe because vhen I vake up I feel like I have lost something, or because vhen I have a regular dream about here vith my friends, it alvays turns out to be a nightmare." Kurt said cautiously, "But that is not vhat is bothering me. Vhat is, is that I know that there's some kind of meaning. Its trying to tell me something, but I can't figure it out."Kurt looked almost dissapointed with himself, and so Ororo felt obliged to help out in any way.
"Kurt, to understand what is troubling you, I'd have to ask you many
questions. I think you could figure it out on your own much easier. But, I can start
you out." Ororo paused for a moment, " Is there some reason why being at the
institute makes you feel unsafe or unsure of yourself, Kurt?" Ororo watched his eyes twitch, and then return to normal.
"I, I think I'm going to go for a walk and think this out. Is that okay?" Kurt said, looking down so she couldn't see his eyes. She could always tell things by looking into someone's eyes.
"I think that would be okay, just be back in time for dinner, and don't worry too much, and if it keeps bothering you, please come back and talk to me again. Okay Kurt?" Ororo saw a a saddening gleam in his eye she had never seen there before.
Kurt nodded slowely, then thanking her, opened the oak door and headed for the entrance doors to the outside.
