Ok, writers block seems to have subsided a bit. So I continue.
Thanx to all my reviewers!! Contradiction: that's exactly where I was planning this story to go! But its just getting there that's difficult.
Disclaimer: My Evo Kurt's head turns blue in water...
Talia ran around the institutes backyard doing somersaults and cartwheels and a plethora of naïve acrobatics. Her father and Uncle Bobby were putting together a little club house, a gift from her parents.
"Ach, if I had known this would be so difficult, I would have bought her that damn pony she's been asking for," Kurt joked, as he stared at the instructions.
"Ok, according to this, we put this thing into this thing, and then....I have no idea." Bobby threw the pieces he was holding in frustration.
Logan walked out of the institute, brandishing three beers. "I figured you guys could use a break, huh?"
"God, you have no idea Logan." Bobby said, grabbing one of the bottles and collapsing into a lawn chair.
Logan bent down to where Kurt was sitting puzzling the instructions. He handed him the beer. "Thanks." He opened the bottle and took a long swig. He then got up and joined Bobby in an adjacent chair. "I don't think I'm ever going to figure that verdammit thing out."
Logan picked the instructions up and raised an eyebrow. "I don't think I can help you here, Elf."
"Daddy! Is it done yet?" Talia, noticing that her father and uncle had stopped working, ran over to him.
"Not yet, baby, we're taking a break."
Talia climbed up into her father's lap and cuddled up against him. Kurt planted a kiss on his little girl's head.
"Are we all done already?" Wanda asked as she walked into the backyard with Rogue. "I have to say, honey, it doesn't look anything like the box."
"We're taking a break," Talia informed her mother.
"A break? You guys need a break from assembling a children's toy?" Rogue asked with a smirk on her face.
"Are you kidding? That thing is impossible!" Bobby answered, putting his head back onto the chair.
"And to think, I had so much faith in you," Wanda put her hand on Kurt's shoulder.
"It doesn't look that hard," Rogue said, picking up the directions. "Look, you just take this blue piece here, and connect it to that yellow piece there." She put the two pieces together.
Wanda looked over Rogue's shoulder at the instructions. "And then that connects to the pink pieces over here." Within minutes the two women had accomplished what Kurt and Bobby had been working on all morning.
The men just stared in awe. "I guess it's that extra half a chromosome," Rogue joked as she walked back into the institute. Talia jumped down from her fathers lap and ran into her new playhouse.
"Why don't you boys go get cleaned up," Wanda said, as she followed Rogue back inside. Logan chuckled as Kurt and Bobby just bowed their heads in shame and followed Wanda.
"Now you be good, munchkin. Don't go making any trouble," Logan warned Talia as he followed the others.
"I won't, Uncle Logan!" she said as she started to move some of her dolls into her new little house.
Mystique had watched this all unfold from her perch in a nearby tree. It had touched her watching her son interact the way he did with Talia. They way she cuddled right up to him like that. It reminded Mystique of everything she had missed out on in her life. Which made what she had to do all the more difficult.
Mystique had been a terrible mother. It wasn't that she didn't love her children, it was that she didn't know how to show them her love. How many times she had wished she could go back all those years and redo everything. But it was impossible. She had made her bed, now she had to lay in it. Another thing Mystique never quite knew how to do was prioritize. If she did, she would have never agreed with Magneto. She knew how much this was going to hurt her son, but she knew that it was for the greater good. Or Magneto had convinced her it was. But part of her just saw this as a way to redeem herself as a mother, or in this case grandmother. She had to do it. She had no choice. It was the right thing to do. It was the only thing that made sense. Mystique shifted her form once again to a small animal that might be found more intriguing by a six year old and climbed down the tree.
"Barbie is very sick, and Ken needs to find the doctor!" Talia put her Ken into the little corvette and drove it off a little table in her play house. "Oh no! Ken's dead! How will Barbie get better now?" She continued playing and didn't even notice as a chipmunk jumped in through the little window. "Oh no! Now Barbie's falling off the cliff! Ahhhhhhhh!!!" Talia dropped her Barbie, and then noticed the little creature.
"Hi!" she said. It stared at her with its big eyes. She bent down to pet it. But it backed away. "I'm not gonna hurt you!" She pushed her little hand out to it, and the chipmunk ran for the door.
Talia began to chase the little chipmunk all over the property. She followed it all the way into a wooded part of the institute. She ran through the trees, giggling as she chased her new friend. She lost sight of the chipmunk, though, as she ran right into a tall, dark woman.
Rogue walked out into the yard. She spotted the playhouse, and decided to sneak up on her little niece. She tiptoed over until "Boo!" she peered through the window. No one seemed to be home. She jumped as she pulled her head out to see Pietro standing right beside her.
"Jeez, you scared me!" she said, catching her breath.
"Sorry, Wanda just asked me to come out and get T.J."
"Oh, well, she's not in there." Rogue thought for a second. "She must be inside, somewhere. I coulda sworn she was out here, though."
"Hm, I'll check around inside." Pietro sped off back into the institute.
Rogue looked around. This was weird. It wasn't like her niece to just disappear. She knew better than that. She had been lectured about that many times in her six short years at the institute. She knew that she was to inform an adult whenever she was going somewhere.
With a 'BAMF' Kurt was standing beside her. "Mien Gott, never ask Pietro for a favor. He was supposed to come out here and get Talia."
"He did, but she's not out here. He went to look around inside." "What do you mean she's not out here?" Kurt's voice became full of dread. She had to be out here. This is where they had left her. She knew she wasn't allowed to wander off.
Pietro then reappeared. "She's not inside."
Kurt's heart dropped. Where was she? This is not good, not good at all. There had been many threats to the institute lately, could this be..'no, no, it's not. It can't be. Don't think like that!' he thought to himself, shaking the thought out of his head.
"Jeez, guys, did you forget or something?" Wanda said as she joined them all outside. Then she saw the expression on her boyfriend's face. "Where's Talia?"
Pietro walked over to his sister. "We..don't know."
The entire institute was turned upside down. Everyone was looking. But they couldn't find her anywhere. Wanda felt sick. She had never been so worried in her life. She knew her daughter. She knew that Talia hadn't just run off somewhere. Talia knew better. Someone had to have taken her. At that thought, she buried her face into Kurt's shoulder and just began to cry. It took a lot to make Wanda cry, but the thought of her daughter being in any kind of danger scared the living daylights out of her. Kurt tried to comfort her, but he was having a hard time keeping his composure himself. Who could have done this? Who would want to bring harm to his little girl? His wenig engel. They had searched the institutes grounds, and found nothing.
Rahne had offered her services and was able to track Talia as far as the far west end of the property, a small wooded patch of land. But that was it, she lost the scent there. Logan, though, was able to pick up another scent. One all too familiar.
"Mystique"
There you have it, chapter 3! Jeez, I talk about my writers block, then end up pumping these chapters out like nothing! Hope yall enjoyed!! Me likie reviews!
BTW: As you have noticed, I'm not typing accents. You all know how they sound, so I'm just not gonna go to all the trouble. It's just annoying...
Thanx to all my reviewers!! Contradiction: that's exactly where I was planning this story to go! But its just getting there that's difficult.
Disclaimer: My Evo Kurt's head turns blue in water...
Talia ran around the institutes backyard doing somersaults and cartwheels and a plethora of naïve acrobatics. Her father and Uncle Bobby were putting together a little club house, a gift from her parents.
"Ach, if I had known this would be so difficult, I would have bought her that damn pony she's been asking for," Kurt joked, as he stared at the instructions.
"Ok, according to this, we put this thing into this thing, and then....I have no idea." Bobby threw the pieces he was holding in frustration.
Logan walked out of the institute, brandishing three beers. "I figured you guys could use a break, huh?"
"God, you have no idea Logan." Bobby said, grabbing one of the bottles and collapsing into a lawn chair.
Logan bent down to where Kurt was sitting puzzling the instructions. He handed him the beer. "Thanks." He opened the bottle and took a long swig. He then got up and joined Bobby in an adjacent chair. "I don't think I'm ever going to figure that verdammit thing out."
Logan picked the instructions up and raised an eyebrow. "I don't think I can help you here, Elf."
"Daddy! Is it done yet?" Talia, noticing that her father and uncle had stopped working, ran over to him.
"Not yet, baby, we're taking a break."
Talia climbed up into her father's lap and cuddled up against him. Kurt planted a kiss on his little girl's head.
"Are we all done already?" Wanda asked as she walked into the backyard with Rogue. "I have to say, honey, it doesn't look anything like the box."
"We're taking a break," Talia informed her mother.
"A break? You guys need a break from assembling a children's toy?" Rogue asked with a smirk on her face.
"Are you kidding? That thing is impossible!" Bobby answered, putting his head back onto the chair.
"And to think, I had so much faith in you," Wanda put her hand on Kurt's shoulder.
"It doesn't look that hard," Rogue said, picking up the directions. "Look, you just take this blue piece here, and connect it to that yellow piece there." She put the two pieces together.
Wanda looked over Rogue's shoulder at the instructions. "And then that connects to the pink pieces over here." Within minutes the two women had accomplished what Kurt and Bobby had been working on all morning.
The men just stared in awe. "I guess it's that extra half a chromosome," Rogue joked as she walked back into the institute. Talia jumped down from her fathers lap and ran into her new playhouse.
"Why don't you boys go get cleaned up," Wanda said, as she followed Rogue back inside. Logan chuckled as Kurt and Bobby just bowed their heads in shame and followed Wanda.
"Now you be good, munchkin. Don't go making any trouble," Logan warned Talia as he followed the others.
"I won't, Uncle Logan!" she said as she started to move some of her dolls into her new little house.
Mystique had watched this all unfold from her perch in a nearby tree. It had touched her watching her son interact the way he did with Talia. They way she cuddled right up to him like that. It reminded Mystique of everything she had missed out on in her life. Which made what she had to do all the more difficult.
Mystique had been a terrible mother. It wasn't that she didn't love her children, it was that she didn't know how to show them her love. How many times she had wished she could go back all those years and redo everything. But it was impossible. She had made her bed, now she had to lay in it. Another thing Mystique never quite knew how to do was prioritize. If she did, she would have never agreed with Magneto. She knew how much this was going to hurt her son, but she knew that it was for the greater good. Or Magneto had convinced her it was. But part of her just saw this as a way to redeem herself as a mother, or in this case grandmother. She had to do it. She had no choice. It was the right thing to do. It was the only thing that made sense. Mystique shifted her form once again to a small animal that might be found more intriguing by a six year old and climbed down the tree.
"Barbie is very sick, and Ken needs to find the doctor!" Talia put her Ken into the little corvette and drove it off a little table in her play house. "Oh no! Ken's dead! How will Barbie get better now?" She continued playing and didn't even notice as a chipmunk jumped in through the little window. "Oh no! Now Barbie's falling off the cliff! Ahhhhhhhh!!!" Talia dropped her Barbie, and then noticed the little creature.
"Hi!" she said. It stared at her with its big eyes. She bent down to pet it. But it backed away. "I'm not gonna hurt you!" She pushed her little hand out to it, and the chipmunk ran for the door.
Talia began to chase the little chipmunk all over the property. She followed it all the way into a wooded part of the institute. She ran through the trees, giggling as she chased her new friend. She lost sight of the chipmunk, though, as she ran right into a tall, dark woman.
Rogue walked out into the yard. She spotted the playhouse, and decided to sneak up on her little niece. She tiptoed over until "Boo!" she peered through the window. No one seemed to be home. She jumped as she pulled her head out to see Pietro standing right beside her.
"Jeez, you scared me!" she said, catching her breath.
"Sorry, Wanda just asked me to come out and get T.J."
"Oh, well, she's not in there." Rogue thought for a second. "She must be inside, somewhere. I coulda sworn she was out here, though."
"Hm, I'll check around inside." Pietro sped off back into the institute.
Rogue looked around. This was weird. It wasn't like her niece to just disappear. She knew better than that. She had been lectured about that many times in her six short years at the institute. She knew that she was to inform an adult whenever she was going somewhere.
With a 'BAMF' Kurt was standing beside her. "Mien Gott, never ask Pietro for a favor. He was supposed to come out here and get Talia."
"He did, but she's not out here. He went to look around inside." "What do you mean she's not out here?" Kurt's voice became full of dread. She had to be out here. This is where they had left her. She knew she wasn't allowed to wander off.
Pietro then reappeared. "She's not inside."
Kurt's heart dropped. Where was she? This is not good, not good at all. There had been many threats to the institute lately, could this be..'no, no, it's not. It can't be. Don't think like that!' he thought to himself, shaking the thought out of his head.
"Jeez, guys, did you forget or something?" Wanda said as she joined them all outside. Then she saw the expression on her boyfriend's face. "Where's Talia?"
Pietro walked over to his sister. "We..don't know."
The entire institute was turned upside down. Everyone was looking. But they couldn't find her anywhere. Wanda felt sick. She had never been so worried in her life. She knew her daughter. She knew that Talia hadn't just run off somewhere. Talia knew better. Someone had to have taken her. At that thought, she buried her face into Kurt's shoulder and just began to cry. It took a lot to make Wanda cry, but the thought of her daughter being in any kind of danger scared the living daylights out of her. Kurt tried to comfort her, but he was having a hard time keeping his composure himself. Who could have done this? Who would want to bring harm to his little girl? His wenig engel. They had searched the institutes grounds, and found nothing.
Rahne had offered her services and was able to track Talia as far as the far west end of the property, a small wooded patch of land. But that was it, she lost the scent there. Logan, though, was able to pick up another scent. One all too familiar.
"Mystique"
There you have it, chapter 3! Jeez, I talk about my writers block, then end up pumping these chapters out like nothing! Hope yall enjoyed!! Me likie reviews!
BTW: As you have noticed, I'm not typing accents. You all know how they sound, so I'm just not gonna go to all the trouble. It's just annoying...
