Okay, this is an exciting chapter. I love this chapter! Haha, I'm so very
egotistical..
CHAP14
Jean sat at cerebro knowing it could be the end of her. She had broken in, two
minutes before. She put the headpiece on and demanded to know where nightcrawler,
Shadowcat, and Rogue were. There was an ear piercing hum in the headpiece. Jean began
to scream. Then it came clear to her. She knew where they were. She pulled the
headpiece off of her head, her head pounding.
"Scott! Scott!" she yelled, dashing up the stairs.
"what Jean?" he asked, half asleep.
"I know where they went."
"WHO?"
"just get dressed, we're leaving!"
Back at the laboratory Kurt fell back into Aurora. Blood cascaded down the front
of him.
"KURT!" she screamed.
"Aurora..vhat.." he glanced down at his chest which was bleeding
profusely. He had been hit. Aurora knelt down beside Kurt.
"aurora.."
"shhhh...you're going to be okay." Tears poured down her cheeks. She touched
the wound. "you'll be alright.."
"Aurora..I have to tell you..."
"shh..."
Stryker laughed uproariously. He cocked the gun once more and put it to Aurora's head.
"bye, sweetheart. It was nice working with you." He pulled the trigger.
'Where the hell is that damn lab, again?' Rogue thought to herself rushing
through the halls. She had heard a gunshot not two seconds before. She said a silent
prayer, hoping Remy had found the others and made it safely out. And hoping that the
gunshot she heard was nothing more than a false alarm.
"Kurt! Aurora! Where are you? Ah'm lost!" yelled Rogue. She heard no answer.
The fear began to grow inside her. Where were they? Why weren't they answering? A
flashback of Kurt came into her mind. She remembered when he came home after
Amanda's funeral.
"please don't let Aurora be dead...Kurt can't go through that again. Or
Kurt...oh god, please let Kurt be alright." Her feet flew furiously over the tiled floor,
her hair flew up behind her.
"Ah've got to find them!"
At the lab, Aurora opened her eyes. She was still alive! But how??? Stryker threw
his gun down.
"damn it! Out of bullets!" he roared. "You got off lucky, princess..but not for
long."
"is that so?" roared Aurora. She stood over the fallen Kurt.
"Listen Stryker..you hurt my friend here...and when you hurt one of us..you
hurt all of us." She drew back her hand, a glow emanating from it.
"I'd run if I were you.."
Stryker turned and fled just as a large ball of energy flew his way. His foot was hit by it,
and he dragged his foot behind him as he ran. She threw another at him. She was
beginning to feel faint. She knew that her powers were slowly killing her. Stryker dashed
out of the doors and into the helicopter launch pad. He had escaped by the skin of his
teeth.
"get us out of here!" he ordered the pilot, jumping into the helicopter.
"yes sir." The helicopter took off. Stryker looked out the window. He watched, as
the freed mutants fled into the forest.
"I'll get those two little mutants...someday." he vowed to himself, as the
helicopter ascended over the building and was gone.
Aurora leaned over Kurt.
"Kurt?"
"Aurora...I think I'll be okay..." he tried to sit up but fell back down.
"just stay there..."
"aurora..did ve save them?"
"yes..yes, Kurt, we did." She smiled, with tears in her eyes.
"Vell..vhat happens to this place? Do you think he vill use it again?"
It dawned on Aurora. He'd escape now and be back within the month, capturing more
mutants. She knew what she had to do. Her own words echoed in her head. "Even if it
kills me." She knew now that it probably would.
"Kurt...I have to go, now, okay?"
"Vhat do you mean?" he looked into her blue eyes, filled to the brim with tears.
"I love you, Kurt. I always will..."
"I love you too.." she kissed him softly once more.
"there you guys are!" Rogue stood in the doorway.
"Rogue, take Kurt outside...." Aurora told her.
"Vhat are you doing Aurora?" questioned Kurt. Rogue stared at her in curiosity.
What was she doing?
"okay. Come on, then, Aurora, let's go!" she put an arm around Kurt hoisting him
up. Aurora shook her head.
"I'm staying. I said I'd bring this place down, and that's what I'm going to
do..."
"aurora, they're prolly' callin' the re-enforcements now! we have to go!" said
Rogue. Rogue stepped out of the door and waited for Aurora.
"Aurora?" Kurt looked in her eyes. He knew she was staying. "NO! Aurora! Let's
go! Please!" Aurora leaned in and kissed him once more.
"I love you Kurt. take care. Bye, Rogue. Thanks for everything." A tear slid down
Rogue's cheek as she watched her friend begin to close the door.
"AURORA! NOOOO! PLEASE! I LOVE YOU, AURORA! I LOVE YOU!"
Kurt howled. "I'm going to teleport her out." He said. Rogue knew what she must do.
"sorry, shugah." She said, as she pressed her ungloved hand to his face. He fell
unconscious in a matter of seconds. She dragged him out into the woods.
"where's Aurora?" asked Kitty, helping Rogue to set down the unconscious Kurt.
"she's gone." Said Rogue. "she's gone."
Aurora retreated into the back of the laboratory and pressed her hands to the tiled
floor. She felt a surge of energy. A faint glow began from her hands and began to cover
the entire floor. She was taking down the building. She screamed in pain. Her hands felt
hot. The computers around her crackled and sizzled at her sudden energy burst, and
began to fall apart. The building shook as though hit by an earthquake. Her ball of energy
was covering the whole building now, and she screamed again in agony.
"Kurt..this is for you!" with those words, she released the energy she
had been building up, and the entire building burst into flames. The others screamed at
the sight. She had blown up the building..and herself. The flames on the building
crackled horribly. Kurt slowly woke up and wailed at the sight of the blown up building.
"Aurora! She's still in there! Rogue! Do something! Kitty! We can still save her!
Come on!" Tears streamed down his face. Kitty grabbed him and held him tight.
"she's gone, Kurt...she's gone." Kurt sobbed into Kitty's shoulder.
"no...she can't be..." He gasped. "she can't be..."
"there they are!" said Jean from the jet pointing to Kurt and the others. Logan
landed the jet in the forest nearby.
"Logan! Jean! Scott!" Kitty ran to them. "I knew you'd find us." Rogue ran to
them. "how did you find us?" she asked.
"Jean here found you on Cerebro!" Logan said, nodding to Jean. Jean blushed.
"it was nothing." She said. The professor began to snap out of his dream state.
"what..Logan?"
"professor! What happened?" Logan walked over to him.
"well I went out last night to talk to the brotherhood about Magneto's
disappearance, and I was ambushed..they took me there, and injected me with...some
sort of serum.." He explained. Logan turned to Kurt.
"hey, what's wrong with fuzzball?" Kurt hung his head down, and crouched near
a bush, holding the wound on his chest.
"oh dear..it's Aurora..." Said Xavier. The mutants all turned to the burning
building, and hung their heads.
"let's get you kids home. Kurt needs medical attention." Said Logan. He was met
with the eyes of dozens of mutants he had never met before. The ones that had been
liberated thanks to Kurt, Aurora, and the others.
"ah, I guess they can come, too." Grumbled Logan. With that, all loaded into the
jet, and they were off. Kurt, Kitty, Rogue, Remy, and toad mourned their friend as they
looked out the window at the burning building one last time.
"Ah can't believe she's gone." Sobbed Rogue. Remy put her head on his
shoulder.
"I know, Chere. She was a good person." A tear slid down his cheek.
"She wasn't bad for an X-geek. She was kinda'...nice." said Toad, staring out
the window. Logan walked to the back of the jet.
"I'm sorry, kid." He said, patting Kurt's head. "I'm..so sorry." Kurt turned away
and sobbed uncontrollably. Kitty patted his back, and began to cry, too. Kurt pushed her
away. He wanted Aurora..his dear, precious Aurora.
Two days later at the mansion, Kurt sat outside on a bench. A tear fell down his
blue furry cheek. He heard a noise behind him and turned to see who it was. It was
Xavier.
"hello, Kurt." Xavier addressed him, as he rolled up next to him. Kurt was silent,
as another tear rolled down his cheek and plopped onto his chest. He fiddled with the
bandage on his bullet wound.
"Kurt...I have to tell you something." Said Xavier.
"Vhat is it..professor...?" whispered Kurt.
"I have to tell you that..I have this strange feeling that Aurora is alright."
Kurt's pointed ears perked up.
"you mean she lived though that explosion???!!!"
"yes."
"Vell then vhat are ve vaiting for? Let's find her! Go onto cerebro! Let's find
her!" exclaimed Kurt.
"Kurt..I'm afraid that wherever she is..she doesn't want to be found." She
professor folded his hands on his lap.
"b-but vhy?" he asked.
"because she loves you." Answered Xavier. Kurt looked at him strangely.
"goodnight, Kurt." Xavier wheeled back into the mansion leaving Kurt with the
fact that Aurora was still living..somewhere..Kurt felt the night breeze whipping
through his hair. He began to remember everything about Aurora. The long scars on her
arms, her messy blonde hair, her cute smile, her laugh... He sighed.
"Goodbye, Aurora." He whispered to the night. He looked upon the purple sky,
and had a feeling that somewhere, she was looking upon the same sky.
CHAP14
Jean sat at cerebro knowing it could be the end of her. She had broken in, two
minutes before. She put the headpiece on and demanded to know where nightcrawler,
Shadowcat, and Rogue were. There was an ear piercing hum in the headpiece. Jean began
to scream. Then it came clear to her. She knew where they were. She pulled the
headpiece off of her head, her head pounding.
"Scott! Scott!" she yelled, dashing up the stairs.
"what Jean?" he asked, half asleep.
"I know where they went."
"WHO?"
"just get dressed, we're leaving!"
Back at the laboratory Kurt fell back into Aurora. Blood cascaded down the front
of him.
"KURT!" she screamed.
"Aurora..vhat.." he glanced down at his chest which was bleeding
profusely. He had been hit. Aurora knelt down beside Kurt.
"aurora.."
"shhhh...you're going to be okay." Tears poured down her cheeks. She touched
the wound. "you'll be alright.."
"Aurora..I have to tell you..."
"shh..."
Stryker laughed uproariously. He cocked the gun once more and put it to Aurora's head.
"bye, sweetheart. It was nice working with you." He pulled the trigger.
'Where the hell is that damn lab, again?' Rogue thought to herself rushing
through the halls. She had heard a gunshot not two seconds before. She said a silent
prayer, hoping Remy had found the others and made it safely out. And hoping that the
gunshot she heard was nothing more than a false alarm.
"Kurt! Aurora! Where are you? Ah'm lost!" yelled Rogue. She heard no answer.
The fear began to grow inside her. Where were they? Why weren't they answering? A
flashback of Kurt came into her mind. She remembered when he came home after
Amanda's funeral.
"please don't let Aurora be dead...Kurt can't go through that again. Or
Kurt...oh god, please let Kurt be alright." Her feet flew furiously over the tiled floor,
her hair flew up behind her.
"Ah've got to find them!"
At the lab, Aurora opened her eyes. She was still alive! But how??? Stryker threw
his gun down.
"damn it! Out of bullets!" he roared. "You got off lucky, princess..but not for
long."
"is that so?" roared Aurora. She stood over the fallen Kurt.
"Listen Stryker..you hurt my friend here...and when you hurt one of us..you
hurt all of us." She drew back her hand, a glow emanating from it.
"I'd run if I were you.."
Stryker turned and fled just as a large ball of energy flew his way. His foot was hit by it,
and he dragged his foot behind him as he ran. She threw another at him. She was
beginning to feel faint. She knew that her powers were slowly killing her. Stryker dashed
out of the doors and into the helicopter launch pad. He had escaped by the skin of his
teeth.
"get us out of here!" he ordered the pilot, jumping into the helicopter.
"yes sir." The helicopter took off. Stryker looked out the window. He watched, as
the freed mutants fled into the forest.
"I'll get those two little mutants...someday." he vowed to himself, as the
helicopter ascended over the building and was gone.
Aurora leaned over Kurt.
"Kurt?"
"Aurora...I think I'll be okay..." he tried to sit up but fell back down.
"just stay there..."
"aurora..did ve save them?"
"yes..yes, Kurt, we did." She smiled, with tears in her eyes.
"Vell..vhat happens to this place? Do you think he vill use it again?"
It dawned on Aurora. He'd escape now and be back within the month, capturing more
mutants. She knew what she had to do. Her own words echoed in her head. "Even if it
kills me." She knew now that it probably would.
"Kurt...I have to go, now, okay?"
"Vhat do you mean?" he looked into her blue eyes, filled to the brim with tears.
"I love you, Kurt. I always will..."
"I love you too.." she kissed him softly once more.
"there you guys are!" Rogue stood in the doorway.
"Rogue, take Kurt outside...." Aurora told her.
"Vhat are you doing Aurora?" questioned Kurt. Rogue stared at her in curiosity.
What was she doing?
"okay. Come on, then, Aurora, let's go!" she put an arm around Kurt hoisting him
up. Aurora shook her head.
"I'm staying. I said I'd bring this place down, and that's what I'm going to
do..."
"aurora, they're prolly' callin' the re-enforcements now! we have to go!" said
Rogue. Rogue stepped out of the door and waited for Aurora.
"Aurora?" Kurt looked in her eyes. He knew she was staying. "NO! Aurora! Let's
go! Please!" Aurora leaned in and kissed him once more.
"I love you Kurt. take care. Bye, Rogue. Thanks for everything." A tear slid down
Rogue's cheek as she watched her friend begin to close the door.
"AURORA! NOOOO! PLEASE! I LOVE YOU, AURORA! I LOVE YOU!"
Kurt howled. "I'm going to teleport her out." He said. Rogue knew what she must do.
"sorry, shugah." She said, as she pressed her ungloved hand to his face. He fell
unconscious in a matter of seconds. She dragged him out into the woods.
"where's Aurora?" asked Kitty, helping Rogue to set down the unconscious Kurt.
"she's gone." Said Rogue. "she's gone."
Aurora retreated into the back of the laboratory and pressed her hands to the tiled
floor. She felt a surge of energy. A faint glow began from her hands and began to cover
the entire floor. She was taking down the building. She screamed in pain. Her hands felt
hot. The computers around her crackled and sizzled at her sudden energy burst, and
began to fall apart. The building shook as though hit by an earthquake. Her ball of energy
was covering the whole building now, and she screamed again in agony.
"Kurt..this is for you!" with those words, she released the energy she
had been building up, and the entire building burst into flames. The others screamed at
the sight. She had blown up the building..and herself. The flames on the building
crackled horribly. Kurt slowly woke up and wailed at the sight of the blown up building.
"Aurora! She's still in there! Rogue! Do something! Kitty! We can still save her!
Come on!" Tears streamed down his face. Kitty grabbed him and held him tight.
"she's gone, Kurt...she's gone." Kurt sobbed into Kitty's shoulder.
"no...she can't be..." He gasped. "she can't be..."
"there they are!" said Jean from the jet pointing to Kurt and the others. Logan
landed the jet in the forest nearby.
"Logan! Jean! Scott!" Kitty ran to them. "I knew you'd find us." Rogue ran to
them. "how did you find us?" she asked.
"Jean here found you on Cerebro!" Logan said, nodding to Jean. Jean blushed.
"it was nothing." She said. The professor began to snap out of his dream state.
"what..Logan?"
"professor! What happened?" Logan walked over to him.
"well I went out last night to talk to the brotherhood about Magneto's
disappearance, and I was ambushed..they took me there, and injected me with...some
sort of serum.." He explained. Logan turned to Kurt.
"hey, what's wrong with fuzzball?" Kurt hung his head down, and crouched near
a bush, holding the wound on his chest.
"oh dear..it's Aurora..." Said Xavier. The mutants all turned to the burning
building, and hung their heads.
"let's get you kids home. Kurt needs medical attention." Said Logan. He was met
with the eyes of dozens of mutants he had never met before. The ones that had been
liberated thanks to Kurt, Aurora, and the others.
"ah, I guess they can come, too." Grumbled Logan. With that, all loaded into the
jet, and they were off. Kurt, Kitty, Rogue, Remy, and toad mourned their friend as they
looked out the window at the burning building one last time.
"Ah can't believe she's gone." Sobbed Rogue. Remy put her head on his
shoulder.
"I know, Chere. She was a good person." A tear slid down his cheek.
"She wasn't bad for an X-geek. She was kinda'...nice." said Toad, staring out
the window. Logan walked to the back of the jet.
"I'm sorry, kid." He said, patting Kurt's head. "I'm..so sorry." Kurt turned away
and sobbed uncontrollably. Kitty patted his back, and began to cry, too. Kurt pushed her
away. He wanted Aurora..his dear, precious Aurora.
Two days later at the mansion, Kurt sat outside on a bench. A tear fell down his
blue furry cheek. He heard a noise behind him and turned to see who it was. It was
Xavier.
"hello, Kurt." Xavier addressed him, as he rolled up next to him. Kurt was silent,
as another tear rolled down his cheek and plopped onto his chest. He fiddled with the
bandage on his bullet wound.
"Kurt...I have to tell you something." Said Xavier.
"Vhat is it..professor...?" whispered Kurt.
"I have to tell you that..I have this strange feeling that Aurora is alright."
Kurt's pointed ears perked up.
"you mean she lived though that explosion???!!!"
"yes."
"Vell then vhat are ve vaiting for? Let's find her! Go onto cerebro! Let's find
her!" exclaimed Kurt.
"Kurt..I'm afraid that wherever she is..she doesn't want to be found." She
professor folded his hands on his lap.
"b-but vhy?" he asked.
"because she loves you." Answered Xavier. Kurt looked at him strangely.
"goodnight, Kurt." Xavier wheeled back into the mansion leaving Kurt with the
fact that Aurora was still living..somewhere..Kurt felt the night breeze whipping
through his hair. He began to remember everything about Aurora. The long scars on her
arms, her messy blonde hair, her cute smile, her laugh... He sighed.
"Goodbye, Aurora." He whispered to the night. He looked upon the purple sky,
and had a feeling that somewhere, she was looking upon the same sky.
