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Chapter 10: There's no pain!


They entered the corridor, the security alarm had been triggered and it didn't take a telepath to work out that their 'guest' was awake.

Logan sniffed the air. This Kurt did smell very peculiar, not in a nasty way just in a hyper sensitive sense of smell way.

"He's in the corridor," Logan muttered quietly to his companion.

"Above us- to be more accurate" came the telepathic response, 'be on your guard Wolverine'.

The larger, rougher looking man smirked, "From what? A flying squirrel?" he joked.

'Precisely' was the response and Wolverine raised an eyebrow at it.


Then as he finally managed to work out Kurt's exact position, which coincidently was above him- 'the squirrel fell'.

Kurt panicked; he was going to hit the bodyguard!

Just touching Wolverines shoulder with a frantic hand, as Kurt threatened to land right in the scary mans arms-he teleported blind!



Kitty sat lounging in her room, her CD coming to an end with silence. She got up and was in the process of going to fetch another CD- one of Rogues this time with a, "What she doesn't know, won't hurt her" she smiled- only to have her sanctuary interrupted with a

BAMF!

A puff of smoke and a smell parted to reveal Kurt and Wolverine, they instantly staggered apart. Both looked a little disorientated.

Logan coughed on the smoke although Kurt seemed used to it and instead turned his attention towards Kitty's room, not even noticing her standing behind him until she dropped her CD player.

He spun around with a growl, fangs showing, going onto four legs, his tail curling up like a scorpions. He was in full defensive mode but it left him vulnerable from any attack from Wolverine.

"Uh hi" Kitty nervously waved even though she wasn't that far away from him.

"You!" recognition flooded his mind, "I told you not to tell!!" and betrayal instantly set in.

"I couldn't leave you like that!" she defended, her voice wavering slightly, "If we hadn't helped you- you would have died!!"

"We?!" he spat out, "How many people did you tell?" he chose to ignore the 'dying' part.

"Just a bunch of people like you and me!" she tried to build up to the X-men speech.

"There's no one like me!" his own voice starting to sound weak to even his own ears, "I'm not sure if I'm even a person!"

Wolverine dutifully stood unmoving and silently, the last thing he wanted to do was make the kid run, so he stood watching Kitty and Kurt having a conversation that was crucial to Kurt's future.

"You are a person" she lowered the volume of her voice and kept it calm, "You're a mutant- like me".

"A mutant?" Kurt stood up, closely watching her for any sign that she was lying.

Kitty just nodded with an almost shy smile.

He looked at his hands and palms up he put them closer to her, "I'm a little bit extreme for a mutant!"

He tried not to cry, "Don't you think?!"

"Everybody's mutation takes on a different form" she informed him as though she'd read it straight out of a textbook.

"And you're a mutant to?" he narrowed his eyes suspiciously.

"Yeah!" and she seemed eager to show off as she leaned down.

She picked up the CD player in her hand and let it pass through her hand. It fell to the floor with a clatter.

She groaned.

"Does it hurt?" Kurt took a step towards her.

"No but I forgot that my power shorts out the electronics in devices like my CD player" she sighed, "Probably needed a new one anyways".

"Oh" Kurt looked down at the CD player. His tail flickered.

"Why? - Do your powers hurt?" Kitty looked back up at him sympathetically.

"Not anymore" his tail lowered to the ground- a sure sign that he was depressed.

Wolverine cleared his voice from the behind the two, "You should probably come down to the study- the Prof wants to talk to you" he tried to sound non-threatening but he still saw Kurt instinctively jump.

The youth turned around with a dark frown marring his features in mistrust, "Fine- but she comes with me" he pointed to Kitty.

Realistically Kurt was at a total disadvantage, but Logan decided to give him some 'leeway' by going along with his 'demands' with a casual, "Sure kid- whatever".

Kitty and Kurt followed Logan down to the study, on the way there Kurt did nothing but memorise the corridors and layout. The study was on the bottom floor and that's where Kurt saw the mansions front door/entrance and most importantly- the Exit.

He was seriously considering making a run for it, he could teleport the distance he could see and be long gone before these people even knew what was happening.

Kitty glanced over to Kurt; he seemed to be slowing down. They hadn't spoken on their short trip to the study since Kurt seemed to have gone into deep thought or something along the lines. As she looked at him again and following his line of sight- she realised that he was considering escaping.

Instantly and shocking even herself, she grasped his hand; "Come on- we should keep up with Mr Logan".
Kurt turned his head around to face her with a blush furiously turning his face from purple into a deeper shade; "Sure" his voice was very faint.

To tell the truth he was surprised that she'd even touch him, her touch made him embarrassed and aware that he was wearing nothing but some shorts and a thin t-shirt.

Kitty just gave him a smile and tugged on his hand, they had to slightly run to catch up with Logan, nearly crashing into him when he abruptly stopped outside a door with a "We're here".

Kitty eagerly pulled Kurt into the room.

"I'll just wait out here," Logan said for Kurt's benefit.

The kid merely narrowed his eyes and lowly growled as he passed the Wolverine. Kitty elbowed him for it but Kurt took no notice.

He didn't look human, he didn't feel human and regardless of whether he was still human or not, he was relying on basic instincts to help him function alongside the fear he was feeling - his manors weren't really his top priority.

Kurt stepped into the room, instantly memorising its layout as well, his thoughts were interrupted by a warm genuine voice, "Welcome".

A bald man sat quite comfortably in a wheelchair at a desk, his hands clasped with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"To where?" Kurt prompted.

"This the Xavier Institute for Gifted Children!" Kitty beamed and accidentally interrupted the Professor, "Uh sorry, got carried away" she blushed and it made Kurt smile at her in away she'd never seen before- from anyone. She felt warm.

Kurt was still holding her hand, he seemed to draw strength from it, "Why am I here?" it was a really stupid question from Kitty's perspective but as Kurt continued she felt so sad, "I'm not 'gifted'- I'm just a freak".

"That's not true" thank god the Professor said it before she shouted it.

"Your appearance is obviously due to your mutation," the Professor calmly informed.

"I had my 'gift' before I looked like this" Kurt shot back, not really feeling triumph in his knowledge.

"Indeed, however you're current developments are designed to fully utilise your powers. Before you could only teleport once a day?" the Professor wanted to confirm Cerebro's current data.

"Yeah" Kurt admitted and took a step back, almost retreating to Kitty's side.

She seemed to be so supportive and different from the last time he'd met her.

She almost seemed like a totally different person in this Xavier's Institute. Kurt admitted that his appearance was quite terrifying but Kitty hadn't screamed when she'd saw him today. She'd been shocked but she'd spared him the screaming and it meant so much to him.

"Then can I assume that you have enough power to teleport currently?" Xavier enquired, whilst all the time trying to calm Kurt down with some of his telepathic influence.

He'd seriously thought that Kurt was going to teleport as soon as he'd seen the exit and as much as Xavier's 'influence' was slightly helping- it was actually Kitty's support that had led Kurt to where he was standing right now.

Xavier was relieved and he was definitely getting Kitty the new CD player that she'd absently thought about after she'd effectively 'trashed' it.

Kurt nodded, "I think I can 'port again" but he didn't care to give a demonstration, all of Kurt's previous teleportations had led to pain and near starvation. The last time he'd 'ported, when he hadn't felt pain, could have been a fluke.

"Please try" Xavier asked in what he hope was an encouraging voice, "Just across the room and back"

"That's two" Kurt warned

"I know Kurt- just trust me" the Professor spoke.

Kitty tapped Kurt's arm, "Trust him- trust us" she pleaded.

Kurt let go of her hand and gave her a reassuring grin, he looked at the room and motioned to a spot over by a bookshelf, he'd try it once and if it hurt then he'd stop.

BAMF

He was gone and then almost instantly reappeared in a puff of smoke. "No pain?" he whispered and then he teleported back to Kitty's side.

"No pain!" he excitedly repeated and bounced up and down, "I feel great!!"

The Prof simply smiled and Kitty hugged him, his excitement making her giddy as well.

"Cool!" she giggled.



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Author: I think it's starting to patch up into our current X-men Evolution story. Depends on how Kurt feels I guess. Hes doesnt know that Evan is a mutant-yet.


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