Ororo woke with a soft groan resting a hand on the bruised side of her head
and she looked around slowly blinking a bit her vision still blurred up.
She was in a plain room with a wooden door but no windows anywhere. She
stood up slowly and she tried to remember what had happened before she fell
to the ground and was knocked out. She remembered getting ready to make a
rainstorm to stop Pyro.
The Brotherhood!
Quickly she turned on the door and she narrowed her eyes as they became pure white. She gave a startled gasp as a pain came to her throat and she fell to her knees her hands flying to her neck. She felt a cold metal there and she realized that she was wearing an iron collar with an electronic lock on it. For some reason it was able to block her powers leaving her helpless. As the door slowly started to open she got ready to fight at once her heart racing. She gave a soft sigh in relief when she saw it was only Kurt but it faded when she saw the look on his face as he held the tray of food in his misshapen hands.
Nightcrawler looked at her quietly and he slowly walked up and he placed the tray on the ground lightly. " Here," he said keeping his eyes away from hers as best as possible which wasn't easy when he saw that she had a bad bruise on her temple where his tail had struck her from the factory battle. " Are you hurt?" he asked chancing a quick look at her.
" Well, my head still hurts," Ororo said softly sitting down and looking at the food before looking back up at Kurt, " Kurt, what happened back at the factory?"
Nightcrawler looked into her eyes, " My name is Nightcrawler," he said softly, " und I had to hit you vith my tail to help my freund Pyro."
" Your friend!? Kurt, you belong back at the mansion with us!" Ororo said.
Nightcrawler shook his head slowly, " Nein, I belong here vith my family," he said.
" Your family? Kurt, what are you talking about? You said your family was in the Munich circus touring Europe right now," Ororo said.
Nightcrawler looked at her seriously, " I found my real mother und I vish to stay vith her for as long as I can. You und the other X-men could never understand vhat it is like to never know your parents! I have finally found one of them und I vish to stay!" he said his tail becoming rigid slightly in anger. " Now rest up, Magneto vill vant to see you later to talk," he said as he left the room and closed the door locking it with his tail. He looked at the door once in quiet thought and then he slowly shook his head and he walked away into his room, which was empty since he had not been able to get his circus posters. He sat down on his cot and he looked at the ground sighing softly.
" What is the matter, my son?" Mystique asked walking in slowly looking down at him, " Are you still upset that I told you to leave those beads in the helicopter? I didn't mean what I said I was just tensed up for the mission."
" Nein," Nightcrawler said shaking his head and looking up at her quietly, " I am not upset about that. It is just.vhy did ve take her?" he asked once more his tail curling up slightly at his side.
Mystique sat down beside him and rested a slender arm around his shoulders gently. She gasped softly feeling something warm and wet there and she looked at him in surprise. " Are you bleeding?!" she asked.
Nightcrawler nodded and he pointed to a dagger with a polished maple wood handle and a curved silver blade that was newly tinted with blood. " New sins," he said softly.
" You carved more letters into your skin? Why do you disfigure yourself like this over a God who doesn't exist?" Mystique asked.
Nightcrawler stiffened under her and he looked at her angrily. " God is real und I do it for penance to remind myself of my faults so that I never forget und that I always remember that no matter vhat I am not perfect!" he snapped.
Mystique shook her head and she cupped his chin in one hand, " My son, God is nothing but one big fairy tale," she started.
Nightcrawler's tail whapped her hand away and he stood up slowly looking at her feeling angry once more towards her. " God is real," he said softly, " Vhy do you say such awful things about Him?"
" Look at us, my son. If there really was a God who loved all of his children then why did he let me be hunted down and almost killed? Why did He let you be captured and tortured like you were even though you're so loyal to Him? I am telling you the truth; God is not real!"
" Und I am telling you that He is real und loving towards His children! How else do you explain me living through the fall vhen I vas only a babe?" Nightcrawler asked tears coming to his eyes slowly, " Get out of here," he said softly.
" Nightcrawler."
" Now!" Nightcrawler shouted his tail smashing on the ground hard sending up a large wave of pain through his entire body but his anger was able to dull it down completely as he glared at his mother.
Mystique looked at her son sadly and she shook her head slowly, " I'm sorry you still believe in such foolish things," she said, " but I will go and hope that you learn that God is nothing but a story." With that, she left his room closing the door as she went.
When his mother was gone Nightcrawler he fell onto his side on his cot and he covered his head with his arms holding back sobs as his body trembled with rage and a feeling of being betrayed. He thought that living with his long lost mother would be something nice but now all he saw was that it was hurting the woman he loved and making him almost start to doubt God. " Und if I start to doubt God," he said softly, " then I lose everything."
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" Gambit would loik ta' know where Logan is flyin' us ta'," Remy said still feeling woozy both from the smell of the clouds and also the fact that they were flying once again only faster than before.
" Listen Gumbo, the Brotherhood has Ororo and I am not leaving her with them for longer than I have to now stop your bitching before I shove my foot so far up your Cajun butt that you'll be flossing with my shoelaces!" Logan snarled softly holding onto the controls tightly his nails digging into the leather.
" We need to have a plan first," Scott said. He barely had time to duck as Logan swiped at his head with one clawed hand.
" Shut up, get ready, and shut up!" Logan snarled looking over at him causing the Blackbird to make a nosedive.
" Sacre bleau!!!" Remy screamed holding onto the chair tightly and he retched all over Rogue who proceeded to punch him hard in the face
Nightcrawler paced back and forth in his room thinking about what he should do. If he told Ororo why Logan had seen what he had seen maybe she would understand and let him return to the mansion. Then again; he did fight them and he even knocked out Ororo without any further qualms about it. He sighed sadly sitting on his bed his head in his hands as his tail swayed behind him. This was all Mystique's fault. If she hadn't said such horrid things about his faith then maybe he wouldn't be having second thoughts about staying here as a member of the Brotherhood which seemed to be composed of people who only wished to commit more sins towards people. He stood up slowly and he got undressed in front of the mirror looking at the new scars on his shoulders, which were still red and bleeding a bit. He sighed and he dressed in his old clothes smiling faintly at his glittering circus jacket as he slipped it on ignoring the slight bloodstains that came up. " I vill talk to Ororo," he said to himself, " und if she hates me aftervards then I can at least say I tried!" He nodded a bit at his reflection and he left the room heading for Ororo's without a further thought to it.
Ororo looked up when the door opened expecting to see Magneto but when she saw Nightcrawler dressed in his old clothes she smiled faintly but concern changed it when she saw the red stains. " What happened, Nightcrawler?" she asked slowly walking up and lightly touching his right shoulder.
Nightcrawler closed the door and he looked at her quietly his eyes seeming to glow dully, " My name is Kurt," he said softly, " und I am fine. They are only new scars for new sins." He took her hand in his and he looked into her eyes as he motioned for them to sit down. " I vish to explain to you vhy Logan saw me und Mystique hugging each other," he explained as they got comfortable.
" Yes, we all wanted to know that," Ororo said.
Kurt sighed softly his tail swaying back and forth gently as if a wind was blowing it back and forth. " Vell, she is my mother," he said.
" What?!"
Kurt laughed softly nodding a bit, " I said the same thing vhen she told me that at the mansion. She told me that she threw me over the vaterfall because people vanted to kill her und myself because of the vay ve looked. I vanted to hate her but; vith one vith sins as many as mine; it vould be vrong to do so. Vhen Logan saw us hugging, ve vere bonding after so many years of being alone!"
Ororo looked at Kurt sadly and she hugged him gently around his neck making him gasp softly in surprise his tail pricking up but he slowly relaxed and he hugged her back closing his eyes. " Kurt, we would never have sent you away or made you feel unwelcome if you had just told us the truth!" she said.
Kurt smiled and he stroked her hair slowly and he looked at her. " Ve vill get out of here then und tell the others vhat vent on!" he said standing up holding her hands in his smiling. " You vill help me talk to Logan, ja?" he asked looking at her with a hopeful smile.
Ororo laughed softly and she nodded looking up at him, " Yes, of course!"
Kurt smiled and he got ready to lead her out the door when it suddenly flew open and they came face to face with an enraged Magneto who raised his hands and threw both of them back hard against the wall using metal on Ororo's collar and the iron in Kurt's blood to control them. " Traitor!"
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The Brotherhood!
Quickly she turned on the door and she narrowed her eyes as they became pure white. She gave a startled gasp as a pain came to her throat and she fell to her knees her hands flying to her neck. She felt a cold metal there and she realized that she was wearing an iron collar with an electronic lock on it. For some reason it was able to block her powers leaving her helpless. As the door slowly started to open she got ready to fight at once her heart racing. She gave a soft sigh in relief when she saw it was only Kurt but it faded when she saw the look on his face as he held the tray of food in his misshapen hands.
Nightcrawler looked at her quietly and he slowly walked up and he placed the tray on the ground lightly. " Here," he said keeping his eyes away from hers as best as possible which wasn't easy when he saw that she had a bad bruise on her temple where his tail had struck her from the factory battle. " Are you hurt?" he asked chancing a quick look at her.
" Well, my head still hurts," Ororo said softly sitting down and looking at the food before looking back up at Kurt, " Kurt, what happened back at the factory?"
Nightcrawler looked into her eyes, " My name is Nightcrawler," he said softly, " und I had to hit you vith my tail to help my freund Pyro."
" Your friend!? Kurt, you belong back at the mansion with us!" Ororo said.
Nightcrawler shook his head slowly, " Nein, I belong here vith my family," he said.
" Your family? Kurt, what are you talking about? You said your family was in the Munich circus touring Europe right now," Ororo said.
Nightcrawler looked at her seriously, " I found my real mother und I vish to stay vith her for as long as I can. You und the other X-men could never understand vhat it is like to never know your parents! I have finally found one of them und I vish to stay!" he said his tail becoming rigid slightly in anger. " Now rest up, Magneto vill vant to see you later to talk," he said as he left the room and closed the door locking it with his tail. He looked at the door once in quiet thought and then he slowly shook his head and he walked away into his room, which was empty since he had not been able to get his circus posters. He sat down on his cot and he looked at the ground sighing softly.
" What is the matter, my son?" Mystique asked walking in slowly looking down at him, " Are you still upset that I told you to leave those beads in the helicopter? I didn't mean what I said I was just tensed up for the mission."
" Nein," Nightcrawler said shaking his head and looking up at her quietly, " I am not upset about that. It is just.vhy did ve take her?" he asked once more his tail curling up slightly at his side.
Mystique sat down beside him and rested a slender arm around his shoulders gently. She gasped softly feeling something warm and wet there and she looked at him in surprise. " Are you bleeding?!" she asked.
Nightcrawler nodded and he pointed to a dagger with a polished maple wood handle and a curved silver blade that was newly tinted with blood. " New sins," he said softly.
" You carved more letters into your skin? Why do you disfigure yourself like this over a God who doesn't exist?" Mystique asked.
Nightcrawler stiffened under her and he looked at her angrily. " God is real und I do it for penance to remind myself of my faults so that I never forget und that I always remember that no matter vhat I am not perfect!" he snapped.
Mystique shook her head and she cupped his chin in one hand, " My son, God is nothing but one big fairy tale," she started.
Nightcrawler's tail whapped her hand away and he stood up slowly looking at her feeling angry once more towards her. " God is real," he said softly, " Vhy do you say such awful things about Him?"
" Look at us, my son. If there really was a God who loved all of his children then why did he let me be hunted down and almost killed? Why did He let you be captured and tortured like you were even though you're so loyal to Him? I am telling you the truth; God is not real!"
" Und I am telling you that He is real und loving towards His children! How else do you explain me living through the fall vhen I vas only a babe?" Nightcrawler asked tears coming to his eyes slowly, " Get out of here," he said softly.
" Nightcrawler."
" Now!" Nightcrawler shouted his tail smashing on the ground hard sending up a large wave of pain through his entire body but his anger was able to dull it down completely as he glared at his mother.
Mystique looked at her son sadly and she shook her head slowly, " I'm sorry you still believe in such foolish things," she said, " but I will go and hope that you learn that God is nothing but a story." With that, she left his room closing the door as she went.
When his mother was gone Nightcrawler he fell onto his side on his cot and he covered his head with his arms holding back sobs as his body trembled with rage and a feeling of being betrayed. He thought that living with his long lost mother would be something nice but now all he saw was that it was hurting the woman he loved and making him almost start to doubt God. " Und if I start to doubt God," he said softly, " then I lose everything."
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" Gambit would loik ta' know where Logan is flyin' us ta'," Remy said still feeling woozy both from the smell of the clouds and also the fact that they were flying once again only faster than before.
" Listen Gumbo, the Brotherhood has Ororo and I am not leaving her with them for longer than I have to now stop your bitching before I shove my foot so far up your Cajun butt that you'll be flossing with my shoelaces!" Logan snarled softly holding onto the controls tightly his nails digging into the leather.
" We need to have a plan first," Scott said. He barely had time to duck as Logan swiped at his head with one clawed hand.
" Shut up, get ready, and shut up!" Logan snarled looking over at him causing the Blackbird to make a nosedive.
" Sacre bleau!!!" Remy screamed holding onto the chair tightly and he retched all over Rogue who proceeded to punch him hard in the face
Nightcrawler paced back and forth in his room thinking about what he should do. If he told Ororo why Logan had seen what he had seen maybe she would understand and let him return to the mansion. Then again; he did fight them and he even knocked out Ororo without any further qualms about it. He sighed sadly sitting on his bed his head in his hands as his tail swayed behind him. This was all Mystique's fault. If she hadn't said such horrid things about his faith then maybe he wouldn't be having second thoughts about staying here as a member of the Brotherhood which seemed to be composed of people who only wished to commit more sins towards people. He stood up slowly and he got undressed in front of the mirror looking at the new scars on his shoulders, which were still red and bleeding a bit. He sighed and he dressed in his old clothes smiling faintly at his glittering circus jacket as he slipped it on ignoring the slight bloodstains that came up. " I vill talk to Ororo," he said to himself, " und if she hates me aftervards then I can at least say I tried!" He nodded a bit at his reflection and he left the room heading for Ororo's without a further thought to it.
Ororo looked up when the door opened expecting to see Magneto but when she saw Nightcrawler dressed in his old clothes she smiled faintly but concern changed it when she saw the red stains. " What happened, Nightcrawler?" she asked slowly walking up and lightly touching his right shoulder.
Nightcrawler closed the door and he looked at her quietly his eyes seeming to glow dully, " My name is Kurt," he said softly, " und I am fine. They are only new scars for new sins." He took her hand in his and he looked into her eyes as he motioned for them to sit down. " I vish to explain to you vhy Logan saw me und Mystique hugging each other," he explained as they got comfortable.
" Yes, we all wanted to know that," Ororo said.
Kurt sighed softly his tail swaying back and forth gently as if a wind was blowing it back and forth. " Vell, she is my mother," he said.
" What?!"
Kurt laughed softly nodding a bit, " I said the same thing vhen she told me that at the mansion. She told me that she threw me over the vaterfall because people vanted to kill her und myself because of the vay ve looked. I vanted to hate her but; vith one vith sins as many as mine; it vould be vrong to do so. Vhen Logan saw us hugging, ve vere bonding after so many years of being alone!"
Ororo looked at Kurt sadly and she hugged him gently around his neck making him gasp softly in surprise his tail pricking up but he slowly relaxed and he hugged her back closing his eyes. " Kurt, we would never have sent you away or made you feel unwelcome if you had just told us the truth!" she said.
Kurt smiled and he stroked her hair slowly and he looked at her. " Ve vill get out of here then und tell the others vhat vent on!" he said standing up holding her hands in his smiling. " You vill help me talk to Logan, ja?" he asked looking at her with a hopeful smile.
Ororo laughed softly and she nodded looking up at him, " Yes, of course!"
Kurt smiled and he got ready to lead her out the door when it suddenly flew open and they came face to face with an enraged Magneto who raised his hands and threw both of them back hard against the wall using metal on Ororo's collar and the iron in Kurt's blood to control them. " Traitor!"
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