I do not own any of these charcater except for Danielle. All the others are the property of Marvel

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Kurt stared at this person who was hiding in his cousin's skin.

"What do you want with her?" he growled

"We needed to get you. It was so incredibly perfect when she wandered in. Couldn't believe it when we found out she was your only friend. Quite a coincidence don't you think?"

Kitty had never seen Kurt this angry before; she thought that at any second he was going to lunge.

Mindbender continued talking but had probably realised that she was in some danger

"By the way, I wouldn't try to attack me because anything that will slow me down will have a lasting effect on the kid."

The others were dumbfounded; they were stuck. There was absolutely nothing they could do without risking Danielle's life.

"Why do you want him?" asked Logan

"That is classified information Mr Logan and I hope that will not ask me again. All that matters is that if Kurt is not back in Germany in three days Ben and I will begin systematically killing each villager we have hostage one by one. Your choice"

Kitty looked at Kurt; his face was showing a bizarre mixture of hatred and fear. They made eye contact for a second.

"We won't let that happen," she said, with such conviction that Kurt smiled for a second. Kitty felt so close to him at that instant that for a moment she wondered if they did have a future together.

Then she remembered how close he was to Danielle and her hopes shattered

"Whatever," mindbender yawned dramatically to show her distaste for what kitty had just said "Well then, must dash. Lots of families to torture,"

This time Kurt began to move but Kitty grabbed his arm

"Don't let her bait you," she whispered

"I'm going to kill her and Ben Franz if it's the last thing I do" Kurt hissed, and then he looked down at Kitty's shocked face and softened instantly. He smiled and put his hand on hers, which was still holding his arm.

"And remember Kurt," Mindbender put on a soppy face "Danielle loves you, don't break her heart again" Kurt's eyes locked on hers

"Again?"

Mindbender closed her eyes, her face suddenly changed and both her legs gave way.

Kurt moved away from Kitty and knelt down beside Danielle

"Ugh!" she groaned "Miene Gott! Miene kopf tut veh!" she groaned

"She just said her head hurts" Kurt translated (There you go folks! That is the only German I know!!)

"No wonder" Jean said.

"It appears that Danielle has a deep connection with this, 'mindbender', this has lead her into a deep stage of schizophrenia" explained the Professor

"In English Charles?" Logan asked seeing the confused looks on every bodies faces

"A schizophrenic is someone who has two separate personalities. At times one will completely take over the body. Later when the other personality regains control they will remember nothing of what happened. I believe that this is what is happening now."

Danielle opened her eyes

"What happened? " She asked

"You fainted but you're okay now" Kurt told her gently

"Okay, I'm really tired now. Am I going to crash with you or get my own room? "

Kurt asked the Professor where Danielle was going to sleep because she seemed exhausted

"You can take her to one of the guest bedrooms Kurt" Xavier said

Kurt lifted Danielle into his arms (surprised by how little she weighed) and teleported out.

Kitty saw how gentle he had been with her and how Danielle's arms went around his neck so naturally. Kitty would have given a lot to be lifted into those loving arms like that.

She had to tell him how she felt because she now knew herself

Kitty had a crush on him and nothing seemed to matter as much as telling Kurt. Even If he looked already taken.