Rogue and Bobby and John all walked away from the adults. They didn't think it would be dangerous. After all, it was
just a mall. What could happen? They didn't see the man walking along following them in step along the opposite side.
Didn't hear the cries that came. They didn't hear Scott's yell for them. They didn't hear Orauro's cry for Bobby, Jean's
scream for John, Wolverine's yell for Marie. They didn't hear any of it. They were looking around finally when they realiz
ed it.
"Bobby?" Marie asked a bit worried.
"Bobby where's Scott?" Bobby looked around. John did too. They all looked at each other. There was no sign of Scott,
of Jean, of Orauro. They saw no sign of anyone they knew. They searched for a while. Finally when Marie was more th
an a little worried, John said they should get somethign to eat to calm their nerves. They sat down and ate, though the
minds of Marie and Bobby were not concentrated on food. They were worried, what had happened, where were the te
achers. Where was Logan, why had they dissappeared? Then Marie got an idea.
"Bobby, what if, you know, someone recognized them as mutant sympathisers?" "And somethin' happened."
"Huh?"
"You mean like in those protests?" John asked. She nodded.
"You can see a lot of it down south, in certain places. Like where the Klu Klux Klan operates. It used to be, if you were
against segegation, and supported the blacks, that the KKK would come after you and beat you up, or worse." "I had
an uncle, he was around in those days, he got beat up pretty bad one night, just because he was friends with a black
man. He supported de-segregation." "It still happens sometimes. It's possible that someone recognized them from the
train staion, or from t.v. as mutant sympathisers. It's possible that they caught em'." they all looked at each othert,then
John smiled.
"Marie, I can tell you, that didn't happen."
"How do you know?" Bobby asked.
"Do you hear police sirens. If they had been caught we'd know, if they had been caught everyone would know." "Nothin
g could happen. We'd know if there was real trouble." "After all Logan is with them." "If they were getting beat up we'd b
e hearing metal slashing." all the hair on the necks of the three stood on end as they heard a blade strike a wall.
Bobby looked at John as they heard it.
"Nothing can happen." he said as he got up. They all three ran to the sound. It was coming from outside the building.
The good news was, it was not Logan, the bad news was, it was a person with a knife. There was a mutant who was
jumping around, he was dodging the knife easily. He was obviously enjoying himself. But then he saw one of the men
pull out a gun. He aimed it right at him. Marie did the only thing she could think of. She screamed as loud as she could.
Bobby and John looked at her. Everyone inside the mall stopped and looked at her. She yelled.
"He's got a gun!" she yelled. Everyone was looking at the men, and security guards were on their way from inside. But
someone else was headed their way as well. Logan heard the scream as did the others. Scott looked at Logan, but
only saw someone running ahead. They ran after him at top speed. They came out. Logan looked all over for a sign of
the three students. When he saw no sign he felt a mixture of relief and worry and anger. Then a scent rose to his nostr
ils. He smiled, he returned to the others, who had just come through the door. They were panting.
"They were here." logan said.
"We know that, you could hear Marie's scream from Timbuktu!" Scott said.
"Theyv'e moved, their back in the mall. From the way the scent is, it seems like Bobby and John were dragging Marie
in." "There was another mutant here. I can't tell who, it went with them." Logan followed the scent and the others follow
ed him.
Marie and Bobby and John and the cloaked mutant ran inside the mall and did not stop until they reached the b
oy's bathroom. Marie refused to enter, but Bobby and John pulled her in. Luckily there were no boys in their. Even with
no one around she was a little crimson. Bobby and John were cheking stalls.
"Are you alright?" she asked the mutant. He hid his face underneath the cloak even more. His voice had a German acc
ent.
"Yes, I am fine." "Thank you. Thank you for saving me, I did not know if I could get out in time."
"No problem. I'm Marie."
"Marie. Similiar to the Virgin Mary." she looked at him.
"Yes, yes it does. Are you religous?"
"Yes. I am. Tell me, your name is like the virgin Mary's, are you a virgin?" "I know it is personal, but please, I wish to kno
w?" Marie was in thought, it was a presonal question, but something about him made her feel comfortable.
"Yes, I am." she felt him smile.
"Thank you." he said. "I must go now."
"Wait! Can I know your name?"
"Call me . . . Kurt." he dissappeared in a puff of smoke. Bobby and John had just turned around to see it. They looked
Bobby had a worried look on his face.
"We did save him right?" Bobby asked later sitting at a table. "I mean, he was a good guy."
"Yes, he was."
"How do you know?" John asked.
"I just know." Marie said. "I'm sorry if I embarrassed you by screaming like that." she said.
"Are you kidding, you saved that mutants life. He did thank you right?" John asked.
"Oh yeah." she said.
"Where did you learn to scream like that?" Bobby asked.
"A lot of practice." Marie said. "I'm glad we could save him. I just wish we had run into Logan." she said. "Even Scott."
"Why?" Bobby asked. "Just curious." "Do you know what one of them would have done if they had seen you in a boy's
bathroom. I can picture Logan yelling." Bobby said.
"He's a kid Bobby. Our age, one of them could have convinced him to come to the school. He doesn't deserve to be on
the street. He should be in the school. He's like us."
"Well, how do we know?" John asked.
"He had a blue hand Bobby, and it had three fingers instead of five and let's not forget, blue skin, now you tell me, was he a mutant?" John said.
"I know, but, I just have this feeling, that we somehow exposed ourselves. Mabey I'm just worried about finding Scott
and Logan. I wish Ms. Grey was here." he said.
"I wish Logan was here, I'd have someone to help me fight. Even Scott would agree to self defense." John said.
"I wish Ms. Munroe was here. Where is Orauro?" "And Logan?" she looked around. John was only concerned with prot
ecting himself. But Bobby wanted to get out of here. Marie, she wanted to find the boy, Kurt, she owed him that. She
would never have had the courage to do that if he hadn't of just stood there, unbelieving what was happening. She look
ed around, she hoped mabey she could get a glimpse of him.
"We have to find Kurt." Marie said.
"Who?" Bobby asked.
"The boy, his name is Kurt. He told me." "He's like us Bobby, we need to find him. Who knows what could happen to
him if we don't."
"So, your mutants too." a gruff voice said. They turned, there were the three men who had been attacking the boy. One
pulled a knife.
"Well, let's see if it's true. Do mutants look the same as we do on the inside?" he asked. Marie got up her courage agai
n, and in a small amount of time again.
"Bobby, John, run!" they all seperated and ran. There were six men and they too seperated to chase after them. Two to
a person. They chased after them. Bobby didn't even notice that he had run past a man in a trenchcoat. A man did the same. Remy saw what was goign on. He took out the Ace of Spades. Perfect for punishment in his opinion. One man passed him already, he saw the next one coming. He threw the card, the man flew back against a wall, but Remy was clear of the spot in time. Bobby was backed into a wall.
"Listem Mr. I don't want to hurt you. Just leave me alone." he kept approaching. "I'll hurt you if I have to." "Trust me I will
I'll do it." he kept approaching. "Back off." Bobby stepped forward. His hands ready to sprout ice. The man pointed a
gun at him. He froze. The gun was right in front of his forehead a few inches from it.
"Hey, mabey you should listen to the kid." Logan was right beside the man.
The next thing Bobby knew the man was being lifted off his feet. Logan had him by the collar.
"Leave him alone." he threw him into a wall. Everyone was watching.
"You okay?" he asked him.
"Yeah." Bobby said. "Thank you."
"No problem kid." "Come on, let's find Rogue." he said determined. The two headed the way Bobby had come from at
a running pace.
just a mall. What could happen? They didn't see the man walking along following them in step along the opposite side.
Didn't hear the cries that came. They didn't hear Scott's yell for them. They didn't hear Orauro's cry for Bobby, Jean's
scream for John, Wolverine's yell for Marie. They didn't hear any of it. They were looking around finally when they realiz
ed it.
"Bobby?" Marie asked a bit worried.
"Bobby where's Scott?" Bobby looked around. John did too. They all looked at each other. There was no sign of Scott,
of Jean, of Orauro. They saw no sign of anyone they knew. They searched for a while. Finally when Marie was more th
an a little worried, John said they should get somethign to eat to calm their nerves. They sat down and ate, though the
minds of Marie and Bobby were not concentrated on food. They were worried, what had happened, where were the te
achers. Where was Logan, why had they dissappeared? Then Marie got an idea.
"Bobby, what if, you know, someone recognized them as mutant sympathisers?" "And somethin' happened."
"Huh?"
"You mean like in those protests?" John asked. She nodded.
"You can see a lot of it down south, in certain places. Like where the Klu Klux Klan operates. It used to be, if you were
against segegation, and supported the blacks, that the KKK would come after you and beat you up, or worse." "I had
an uncle, he was around in those days, he got beat up pretty bad one night, just because he was friends with a black
man. He supported de-segregation." "It still happens sometimes. It's possible that someone recognized them from the
train staion, or from t.v. as mutant sympathisers. It's possible that they caught em'." they all looked at each othert,then
John smiled.
"Marie, I can tell you, that didn't happen."
"How do you know?" Bobby asked.
"Do you hear police sirens. If they had been caught we'd know, if they had been caught everyone would know." "Nothin
g could happen. We'd know if there was real trouble." "After all Logan is with them." "If they were getting beat up we'd b
e hearing metal slashing." all the hair on the necks of the three stood on end as they heard a blade strike a wall.
Bobby looked at John as they heard it.
"Nothing can happen." he said as he got up. They all three ran to the sound. It was coming from outside the building.
The good news was, it was not Logan, the bad news was, it was a person with a knife. There was a mutant who was
jumping around, he was dodging the knife easily. He was obviously enjoying himself. But then he saw one of the men
pull out a gun. He aimed it right at him. Marie did the only thing she could think of. She screamed as loud as she could.
Bobby and John looked at her. Everyone inside the mall stopped and looked at her. She yelled.
"He's got a gun!" she yelled. Everyone was looking at the men, and security guards were on their way from inside. But
someone else was headed their way as well. Logan heard the scream as did the others. Scott looked at Logan, but
only saw someone running ahead. They ran after him at top speed. They came out. Logan looked all over for a sign of
the three students. When he saw no sign he felt a mixture of relief and worry and anger. Then a scent rose to his nostr
ils. He smiled, he returned to the others, who had just come through the door. They were panting.
"They were here." logan said.
"We know that, you could hear Marie's scream from Timbuktu!" Scott said.
"Theyv'e moved, their back in the mall. From the way the scent is, it seems like Bobby and John were dragging Marie
in." "There was another mutant here. I can't tell who, it went with them." Logan followed the scent and the others follow
ed him.
Marie and Bobby and John and the cloaked mutant ran inside the mall and did not stop until they reached the b
oy's bathroom. Marie refused to enter, but Bobby and John pulled her in. Luckily there were no boys in their. Even with
no one around she was a little crimson. Bobby and John were cheking stalls.
"Are you alright?" she asked the mutant. He hid his face underneath the cloak even more. His voice had a German acc
ent.
"Yes, I am fine." "Thank you. Thank you for saving me, I did not know if I could get out in time."
"No problem. I'm Marie."
"Marie. Similiar to the Virgin Mary." she looked at him.
"Yes, yes it does. Are you religous?"
"Yes. I am. Tell me, your name is like the virgin Mary's, are you a virgin?" "I know it is personal, but please, I wish to kno
w?" Marie was in thought, it was a presonal question, but something about him made her feel comfortable.
"Yes, I am." she felt him smile.
"Thank you." he said. "I must go now."
"Wait! Can I know your name?"
"Call me . . . Kurt." he dissappeared in a puff of smoke. Bobby and John had just turned around to see it. They looked
Bobby had a worried look on his face.
"We did save him right?" Bobby asked later sitting at a table. "I mean, he was a good guy."
"Yes, he was."
"How do you know?" John asked.
"I just know." Marie said. "I'm sorry if I embarrassed you by screaming like that." she said.
"Are you kidding, you saved that mutants life. He did thank you right?" John asked.
"Oh yeah." she said.
"Where did you learn to scream like that?" Bobby asked.
"A lot of practice." Marie said. "I'm glad we could save him. I just wish we had run into Logan." she said. "Even Scott."
"Why?" Bobby asked. "Just curious." "Do you know what one of them would have done if they had seen you in a boy's
bathroom. I can picture Logan yelling." Bobby said.
"He's a kid Bobby. Our age, one of them could have convinced him to come to the school. He doesn't deserve to be on
the street. He should be in the school. He's like us."
"Well, how do we know?" John asked.
"He had a blue hand Bobby, and it had three fingers instead of five and let's not forget, blue skin, now you tell me, was he a mutant?" John said.
"I know, but, I just have this feeling, that we somehow exposed ourselves. Mabey I'm just worried about finding Scott
and Logan. I wish Ms. Grey was here." he said.
"I wish Logan was here, I'd have someone to help me fight. Even Scott would agree to self defense." John said.
"I wish Ms. Munroe was here. Where is Orauro?" "And Logan?" she looked around. John was only concerned with prot
ecting himself. But Bobby wanted to get out of here. Marie, she wanted to find the boy, Kurt, she owed him that. She
would never have had the courage to do that if he hadn't of just stood there, unbelieving what was happening. She look
ed around, she hoped mabey she could get a glimpse of him.
"We have to find Kurt." Marie said.
"Who?" Bobby asked.
"The boy, his name is Kurt. He told me." "He's like us Bobby, we need to find him. Who knows what could happen to
him if we don't."
"So, your mutants too." a gruff voice said. They turned, there were the three men who had been attacking the boy. One
pulled a knife.
"Well, let's see if it's true. Do mutants look the same as we do on the inside?" he asked. Marie got up her courage agai
n, and in a small amount of time again.
"Bobby, John, run!" they all seperated and ran. There were six men and they too seperated to chase after them. Two to
a person. They chased after them. Bobby didn't even notice that he had run past a man in a trenchcoat. A man did the same. Remy saw what was goign on. He took out the Ace of Spades. Perfect for punishment in his opinion. One man passed him already, he saw the next one coming. He threw the card, the man flew back against a wall, but Remy was clear of the spot in time. Bobby was backed into a wall.
"Listem Mr. I don't want to hurt you. Just leave me alone." he kept approaching. "I'll hurt you if I have to." "Trust me I will
I'll do it." he kept approaching. "Back off." Bobby stepped forward. His hands ready to sprout ice. The man pointed a
gun at him. He froze. The gun was right in front of his forehead a few inches from it.
"Hey, mabey you should listen to the kid." Logan was right beside the man.
The next thing Bobby knew the man was being lifted off his feet. Logan had him by the collar.
"Leave him alone." he threw him into a wall. Everyone was watching.
"You okay?" he asked him.
"Yeah." Bobby said. "Thank you."
"No problem kid." "Come on, let's find Rogue." he said determined. The two headed the way Bobby had come from at
a running pace.