Let's skip a few days. Enter Kitty and Kurt at school. Where's everyone
else? Cramming for a test they "forgot" to study for over vacation. (
The bell rang, and students filed out into the hallway. Before long the halls were filled with noise and corruption. Kitty was struggling with her combination lock as always and barely noticed the figure coming up behind her.
"Hey Kitty. What's happenin'?" Came a snide voice from behind.
Kitty spun around to see Lance Alvers in his usual torn jeans and ragged t- shirt. She rolled her eyes. Lance was another mutant she didn't like to deal with. He had a major attitude as well as a major crush on her. And, being seismokinetic, able to create earthquakes at will, he was a major pain.
"What do you want Lance?" She asked irritably.
Lance put up his hands as if to hold off an advancing animal.
"Hey for once I'm not trying to flirt with ya. I just have a message for your three fingered, fuzzy friend."
Kitty's eyes narrowed. She clenched her fists and steeled her jaw.
"Kurt doesn't need any message from that freak! And if you make one more crack about the way he looks--!"
"It's alright Kitty." Kurt's voice cut her off, "I'm used to it."
Lance smirked. "Well, this is a nice surprise. I can deliver Mystiques message direct."
Kurt frowned, "Alright then, I'm listening."
Kitty put a hand on his arm, feeling his fur through the hologram. "You don't have to listen to them Kurt. It's not important. Like, they're probably just making it up!"
Kurt yanked his arm away, "It's important to me." He said.
Lance spoke up, "She says she's gonna get in touch with you soon. Real soon." Then he walked away.
Kurt looked thoughtful, his eyes were narrowed and he tilted his head to the side. He seemed too calm for the situation.
Kitty waved her hand in front of his eyes. He seemed too distant.
"Like, hel-lo! Earth to Kurt! Like, come back pal!" She said loudly.
Kurt snapped out of it. "What? What is it?" He asked.
Kitty stuck out her lower lip. "You are way to calm about this whole mess!" She cried.
Kurt grinned at her. He robbed the back of his neck in discomfort.
"I guess I just thought about it a lot." He said.
"And?"
"And," Kurt said slowly. "I want to see what she has to say."
Kitty rocked back. "What?!"
"I want to see what she wants to tell me. I-it could be the answers I'm looking for." Kurt explained.
He hoped Kitty would understand. She had always been open-minded, but she felt pretty strongly about matters like this. She never liked Mystique. Who could blame her? Kurt just hoped Kitty wouldn't make a big deal about it.
Kitty stood glaring at him. He had to be out of his mind! He was going to trust that monster to be gentle and understanding? No way!
Kurt avoided further confrontation by saying he was late for algebra. He was grateful to get away from the glaring Kitty. She scared him when she got like that.
Later that day, Kurt was walking out of the school to meet Scott for the ride to the institute. He was just about to call for Scott when a hand clamped over his mouth and jerked him into the shade of a tree.
Kurt looked up to see the former principal, Ms. Darkolm, staring down at him.
"Aah!" cried Kurt. "It's you!"
He was about to teleport away but the woman grabbed him in time and they both were teleported to a nearby hill.
The snow had begun to melt and the ground was soggy. The brown grass stuck up in ragged patches in a futile attempt to grow.
Ms. Darkolm turned her head and closed her eyes, as if she was hurt by the sight of him.
"I told you I would get in touch with you soon. Here I am." She said. And with that, she transformed to the blue-skinned Mystique.
"M-Mystique! You're really here!" Cried Kurt.
Mystique looked at him, her eyes full of sadness. "Kurt, there's one thing I want you to call me from now on."
"W-what?"
"Mother."
The bell rang, and students filed out into the hallway. Before long the halls were filled with noise and corruption. Kitty was struggling with her combination lock as always and barely noticed the figure coming up behind her.
"Hey Kitty. What's happenin'?" Came a snide voice from behind.
Kitty spun around to see Lance Alvers in his usual torn jeans and ragged t- shirt. She rolled her eyes. Lance was another mutant she didn't like to deal with. He had a major attitude as well as a major crush on her. And, being seismokinetic, able to create earthquakes at will, he was a major pain.
"What do you want Lance?" She asked irritably.
Lance put up his hands as if to hold off an advancing animal.
"Hey for once I'm not trying to flirt with ya. I just have a message for your three fingered, fuzzy friend."
Kitty's eyes narrowed. She clenched her fists and steeled her jaw.
"Kurt doesn't need any message from that freak! And if you make one more crack about the way he looks--!"
"It's alright Kitty." Kurt's voice cut her off, "I'm used to it."
Lance smirked. "Well, this is a nice surprise. I can deliver Mystiques message direct."
Kurt frowned, "Alright then, I'm listening."
Kitty put a hand on his arm, feeling his fur through the hologram. "You don't have to listen to them Kurt. It's not important. Like, they're probably just making it up!"
Kurt yanked his arm away, "It's important to me." He said.
Lance spoke up, "She says she's gonna get in touch with you soon. Real soon." Then he walked away.
Kurt looked thoughtful, his eyes were narrowed and he tilted his head to the side. He seemed too calm for the situation.
Kitty waved her hand in front of his eyes. He seemed too distant.
"Like, hel-lo! Earth to Kurt! Like, come back pal!" She said loudly.
Kurt snapped out of it. "What? What is it?" He asked.
Kitty stuck out her lower lip. "You are way to calm about this whole mess!" She cried.
Kurt grinned at her. He robbed the back of his neck in discomfort.
"I guess I just thought about it a lot." He said.
"And?"
"And," Kurt said slowly. "I want to see what she has to say."
Kitty rocked back. "What?!"
"I want to see what she wants to tell me. I-it could be the answers I'm looking for." Kurt explained.
He hoped Kitty would understand. She had always been open-minded, but she felt pretty strongly about matters like this. She never liked Mystique. Who could blame her? Kurt just hoped Kitty wouldn't make a big deal about it.
Kitty stood glaring at him. He had to be out of his mind! He was going to trust that monster to be gentle and understanding? No way!
Kurt avoided further confrontation by saying he was late for algebra. He was grateful to get away from the glaring Kitty. She scared him when she got like that.
Later that day, Kurt was walking out of the school to meet Scott for the ride to the institute. He was just about to call for Scott when a hand clamped over his mouth and jerked him into the shade of a tree.
Kurt looked up to see the former principal, Ms. Darkolm, staring down at him.
"Aah!" cried Kurt. "It's you!"
He was about to teleport away but the woman grabbed him in time and they both were teleported to a nearby hill.
The snow had begun to melt and the ground was soggy. The brown grass stuck up in ragged patches in a futile attempt to grow.
Ms. Darkolm turned her head and closed her eyes, as if she was hurt by the sight of him.
"I told you I would get in touch with you soon. Here I am." She said. And with that, she transformed to the blue-skinned Mystique.
"M-Mystique! You're really here!" Cried Kurt.
Mystique looked at him, her eyes full of sadness. "Kurt, there's one thing I want you to call me from now on."
"W-what?"
"Mother."