Kurt reappeared in the school parking lot. He re-applied his hologram and
walked over to meet Scott, Jean, Kitty and Evan.
"Like, where have you been?" Yelled Kitty.
Kurt ignored her. "Where is Rogue?" he asked.
Scott shrugged, "She said she had some stuff to do."
"Wait! Wait I'm right here! Don't leave yet!" Came Rogue's voice from across the pavement.
"Where were you?" Asked Evan when she reached the car.
"Nowhere important." She replied and sat down in the back of Scott's car.
Kurt took his own seat and fell silent. He felt a little uncomfortable with Rogue around. Knowing something like what he knew, how was he gonna tell her? What was he supposed to do?
The car started up and they rolled off to the street, where they sped off to the institute. They pulled into the driveway and filed out. Mr. McCoy awaited them.
"Get on up to your rooms and do your homework. Then get down to the danger room by four thirty for some drills." He instructed.
They all groaned. In the distance, they saw the new recruits. They were, as always, goofing off in the grounds.
Kurt teleported into his room and started on his homework. It didn't take him long, and he was finished by three fifty-seven. So he just sat on his bed and thought about Mystique and Rogue. He was so pre-occupied he forgot about the Danger Room and was completely startled when his alarm clock went off.
"Aah!" He cried and vanished from his bed, re appearing in the Danger Room.
Mr. McCoy chuckled. "You know Kurt, you are probably the only kid I know who can be late and yet be on time at the same time."
"Yeah," Said Kurt. "Well, I'm probably the only kid you know who can do a lot of things."
Mr. McCoy nodded and started up the simulation. Storm and Wolverine were already waiting in full costume. Storm, as a spy. And Wolverine as a hit man.
"Now," said Mr. McCoy, "this simulation is meant to teach you how to work separately and as a team."
The pupils looked confused.
"What I mean is, in this exercise you must learn to use your separate skills for separate reasons, while still achieving your goal." Explained Mr. McCoy
"Which is?" Asked Cyclops. (Scott.) He, like the rest, was in full uniform.
"Stop Storm from reaching that computer. It holds all of the details of our security systems and a listing of the locations of all of the institute's money. If an actual break-in occurred and they got their hands on that database the institute would be in serious trouble." Mr. McCoy informed them. "Now, be off on thine journey young X-Men" (Mr. McCoy was a big fan of Shakespeare.
The drill began. Nightcrawler and Shadowcat (Kurt and Kitty) headed after Storm with a few of the new recruits while the rest tried to face off with Wolverine. It seemed like Storm was nowhere to be found.
"Oh, like, this is no good!" Shadowcat snapped. "I'm calling for Jean."
She concentrated on sending a thought message to the telepathic member of the team.
[Jean! We can't find the infiltrator! We need you to track her neural patterns so we can find her.]
[I'll be right there Shadowcat! But be careful, the hit man is plowing through us. Cyclops is trying to slow him up but he's following your scent to get to you.] Came Jean's reply.
"I've got to get a clear shot!" Shouted Spyke (Evan) back down at the battle. "Move it Cyclops! So I can cage this guy in!"
Jean Grey flew up to the ventilation system where the other X-men were following the spy. Shadowcat's hand stuck out of one of the shafts. Jean grabbed it and was pulled into the vent with the others.
"Okay, let's do this." She said. She put her middle and index fingers on her temples and began to trace Storm's psychic waves.
Jean Grey guided the others to the spy and managed to stop her before she got to the computer.
"Yes!" Shouted Kurt. He sapped himself to the computer and lifted it triumphantly over his head.
The simulation and the computer vanished into thin air. They had won it and in ample time.
"Very good." Came the voice of the professor as he wheeled into the room. "But I think you need to become more coordinated when fighting. Next time, try to fight as a team."
Later that night as the X-men went off to bed, Rogue grabbed Kurt's arm just outside his door.
"Hey, great work in the simulation today." She said to him.
"You too." Kurt replied. "Well, good night."
Rogue smiled. "Yeah, good night . . . Cuz."
"Like, where have you been?" Yelled Kitty.
Kurt ignored her. "Where is Rogue?" he asked.
Scott shrugged, "She said she had some stuff to do."
"Wait! Wait I'm right here! Don't leave yet!" Came Rogue's voice from across the pavement.
"Where were you?" Asked Evan when she reached the car.
"Nowhere important." She replied and sat down in the back of Scott's car.
Kurt took his own seat and fell silent. He felt a little uncomfortable with Rogue around. Knowing something like what he knew, how was he gonna tell her? What was he supposed to do?
The car started up and they rolled off to the street, where they sped off to the institute. They pulled into the driveway and filed out. Mr. McCoy awaited them.
"Get on up to your rooms and do your homework. Then get down to the danger room by four thirty for some drills." He instructed.
They all groaned. In the distance, they saw the new recruits. They were, as always, goofing off in the grounds.
Kurt teleported into his room and started on his homework. It didn't take him long, and he was finished by three fifty-seven. So he just sat on his bed and thought about Mystique and Rogue. He was so pre-occupied he forgot about the Danger Room and was completely startled when his alarm clock went off.
"Aah!" He cried and vanished from his bed, re appearing in the Danger Room.
Mr. McCoy chuckled. "You know Kurt, you are probably the only kid I know who can be late and yet be on time at the same time."
"Yeah," Said Kurt. "Well, I'm probably the only kid you know who can do a lot of things."
Mr. McCoy nodded and started up the simulation. Storm and Wolverine were already waiting in full costume. Storm, as a spy. And Wolverine as a hit man.
"Now," said Mr. McCoy, "this simulation is meant to teach you how to work separately and as a team."
The pupils looked confused.
"What I mean is, in this exercise you must learn to use your separate skills for separate reasons, while still achieving your goal." Explained Mr. McCoy
"Which is?" Asked Cyclops. (Scott.) He, like the rest, was in full uniform.
"Stop Storm from reaching that computer. It holds all of the details of our security systems and a listing of the locations of all of the institute's money. If an actual break-in occurred and they got their hands on that database the institute would be in serious trouble." Mr. McCoy informed them. "Now, be off on thine journey young X-Men" (Mr. McCoy was a big fan of Shakespeare.
The drill began. Nightcrawler and Shadowcat (Kurt and Kitty) headed after Storm with a few of the new recruits while the rest tried to face off with Wolverine. It seemed like Storm was nowhere to be found.
"Oh, like, this is no good!" Shadowcat snapped. "I'm calling for Jean."
She concentrated on sending a thought message to the telepathic member of the team.
[Jean! We can't find the infiltrator! We need you to track her neural patterns so we can find her.]
[I'll be right there Shadowcat! But be careful, the hit man is plowing through us. Cyclops is trying to slow him up but he's following your scent to get to you.] Came Jean's reply.
"I've got to get a clear shot!" Shouted Spyke (Evan) back down at the battle. "Move it Cyclops! So I can cage this guy in!"
Jean Grey flew up to the ventilation system where the other X-men were following the spy. Shadowcat's hand stuck out of one of the shafts. Jean grabbed it and was pulled into the vent with the others.
"Okay, let's do this." She said. She put her middle and index fingers on her temples and began to trace Storm's psychic waves.
Jean Grey guided the others to the spy and managed to stop her before she got to the computer.
"Yes!" Shouted Kurt. He sapped himself to the computer and lifted it triumphantly over his head.
The simulation and the computer vanished into thin air. They had won it and in ample time.
"Very good." Came the voice of the professor as he wheeled into the room. "But I think you need to become more coordinated when fighting. Next time, try to fight as a team."
Later that night as the X-men went off to bed, Rogue grabbed Kurt's arm just outside his door.
"Hey, great work in the simulation today." She said to him.
"You too." Kurt replied. "Well, good night."
Rogue smiled. "Yeah, good night . . . Cuz."