"It's pouring out, what's Kitty doing out there

"It's pouring out, what's Kitty doing out there?" Kurt asked at the table. Rogue looked at him distracted and then mumbled a quick I-don't-know.

"Has anybody seen Rob? He was supposed to meet me for breakfast," she asked. It was almost nine. Rob didn't like getting up early, but he had promised to meet Rogue at eight forty-five. He had been nicer lately, participating in different events, talking and bonding with the students, and generally not being so distant. Rogue thought that this was all because of their conversation a few days ago.

"He's not here." Evan said. He was looking somewhat upset about it. He had been looking forward to playing more basketball this morning. Rob had proved to be quite the challenge. Their games always stayed tied at zero forever.

"Where is he?" Rogue asked again, her voice growing in volume. Suddenly, the front door of the mansion slammed loudly.

"Like, a little help here?" they could hear Kitty yell. They all rushed to the front door. A dripping wet Kitty stood there with Rob. Rob was unconscious on the floor. "I like, went out to get the newspaper and I found Rob in the bushes, ya know."

"Is he ok?" just about everybody said.

"He'll be alright," they heard Logan say from behind them. He and Ororo stood behind all of them. Logan picked up Rob and brought him down to the infirmary with Ororo. They immediately realized that he had just blacked out and didn't have any serious injuries. But the X-Men didn't know that.

~

"Do you think he's ok?" Rogue asked. They were sitting in the rec. room upstairs. After Rob's discovery, they had pretty much abandoned breakfast. Evan was randomly throwing spikes at a dartboard the professor had set up. Kitty was lying on a chair, sometimes phasing through it when she stopped paying attention. Scott and Jean were playing a mindless game of pool. Kurt was hanging off of the ceiling. They were all upset about Rob, but nobody was more upset then Rogue or Evan. They had become the closest to him.

"I think he'll be alright." Evan said. He was trying to look on the bright side. He didn't want to think about what would happen if Rob wasn't going to be ok. He'd grown on all of them. "What I want to know is what he was doing out there."

"Kitty?" Rogue said. Kitty had phased through her chair once again at the sound of Rogue's voice.

"What?" she said. She slowly pulled herself out of the chair.

"What was Rob doing outside?"

"I don't really know. He had his duffel bag with him though." She looked away from Rogue and Evan. Suddenly, she got up and left the room.

Rogue followed her out of the room. Kitty phased through the door of their room. Rogue didn't bother to follow her. She quietly walked into Rob's room. It was as neat as the day he had gotten there a few days ago. She scanned the room. There was no sign of Rob anywhere. It was like he had just vanished. She opened a few drawers. They were all empty. She quickly opened the closet door. The only thing in the closet was a small paper bag. She opened it. It contained the X-Men uniform that Professor X gave all his students. Seeing this, she ran from the room.