Note: Thanks for the reviews and keep on reviewin and I'm really really really sorry for taking sooo long to update. Busy with exams and had a major writer's block. But now I'm back.
"So how are you feeling?" Jean asked Kitty as she poured some milk into Kitty's glass.
"Great," Kitty grumbled.
"So you're ok to go to school?"
"Of course," she said sarcastically. "I would be a lot safer there than staying alone and getting killed by that 'thing'."
Jean sighed. "Listen Kitty, nightmares are just nightmares. They're not real."
"It wasn't a nightmare Jean!" Kitty snapped. "Nightmares don't feel real!"
"Hey," Rogue suddenly entered the kitchen.
"Good morning Rogue," Jean greeted her. "C'mon have some breakfast. I made pancakes and this time, they're good. Right Kitty?"
"Yeah sure," Kitty said staring at her untouched breakfast.
"You're up early," Jean observed as Rogue took a seat opposite to Kitty's.
"Hmmm," Rogue murmured. "Ah slept so well—Never slept like that before."
"Sleep?" Kitty said under her breath. She recalled the words ~Rogue's sleeping…does that mean she's dead or does it mean something else?~
"Good to hear that," Jean said as she washed the dishes left from dinner yesterday.
"What?!" Rogue said in an annoyed tone when Kitty's eyes were fixed on her. "What do you want?"
"Truth," Kitty replied.
"Kitty," Jean sensing the situation, came upto her. "Don't you have something to do?"
"Yeah… right…" Kitty mumbled getting up to leave. "I'm going." She left the kitchen.
Jean shook her head as she sat down where Kitty was previously sitting.
"I'm worried about her," Jean told Rogue rubbing her temples. "I've never seen her act this way before. Fighting all the time…. Rogue, is there something, about Kitty which is not exactly normal? You have her memories now. So tell me, is there something that's not right?" Jean shook her head and gave a weak smile. "I-I'm sorry—I know I may sound really crazy right now but I couldn't get any sleep because of her," Jean laid her head on the table.
"They're not much," Rogue said.
"Well they must be," Jean looked up, resting her chin on her arms. "You knocked her unconscious last night."
"Ah—what?" Rogue asked in total disbelief.
"I-I meant to say she touched you," Jean said laying her head on her arms and closing her eyes. "If you find anything just let me know, please?"
"Ah—" Rogue concentrated. Everything that happened the previous night was replayed except she was seeing through Kitty's eyes. "That's not possible…." Rogue whispered to herself in shock.
"Hmmm?" Jean asked not bothering to look up.
"Nothing just nothing," Rogue said her voice changing. "You just rest."
Jean groaned. "Why do I think my pancakes gave you a sore throat?"
"A sore throat?" Rogue smiled her hand grasping the butter knife on her side. ~I'll give you a sore throat bitch!~ Rogue was about to strike when the sound of somebody's footsteps interrupted her aim and it was stabbed in the table instead.
"Hey guys," Scott greeted entering the kitchen. "Anything good for breakfast?"
"Hey…. Scott…." Jean trailed off on finding the knife mere inches from her face. She gave Rogue a questioning look.
"A spider," Rogue pulled it out. "Sorry."
"It's…ok…" Jean replied hesitantly.
"Ah'm goin ta go pack mah things," Rogue said quickly getting up and ran out of the kitchen. "W-What was that all about?" Rogue asked herself as she climbed up the stairs. ~What's happenin ta me?!~
"HeHay!" Evan yelled as she skateboarded down the stairs. "Hey Rogue," he greeted when he passed her. "Me and Kurt are goin to try and get a picture of that thing after school, you comin?" Evan shouted as he went down.
"Shut up you spike freak idiotic thing!" Rogue snapped.
"Rogue I—Ahhh!" he screamed when he lost control. He hit the bottom hard and his spikes accidentally shot out from his body. "Whoa!" he rubbed his head and pulled himself up in a sitting position. "That wasn't so bad." He looked up and let out a gasp. "Rogue!" he climbed the stairs with great speed towards the crouching Rogue. A spike was stabbed on her right shoulder.
"Get—away—from—me!" she said her breath coming in gasps. She took a hold of the spike and with one pull took it out of her shoulder.
Evan watched in disbelief when her skin started to miraculously heal.
Rogue got up and slowly turned around to face Evan. "You've had it….Porcupine!" Rogue snarled. Evan watched in horror as a black residue started to cover her hands then her entire body. Now he was staring at a completely different person.
"K-Kitty was right!" Evan backed away. "You—No! Let go!" he screamed when he found himself suspended in mid-air.
"You're going to forget," Rogue put one hand on her temple. "You don't remember any of this."
Evan struggled for a second before losing consciousness. Rogue quickly placed him on the bottom of the stairs just in time when she heard the others coming.
"Are you alright?!" Scott came running and stopped near Evan.
Kurt suddenly teleported infront of Rogue. "Vhat happened?"
"Evan fell," Rogue said her back towards the wall and the spike soaked in her blood behind her back. "He was skateboardin."
"Oh and vhat about zat?" Kurt asked pointing at Rogue's shoulder where her shirt was torn.
"His spike kind of scratched me," Rogue answered
Evan moaned then slowly opened his eyes. "Uh…what happened? Did I fell?" he asked in a daze.
"Obviously, ja!" Kurt teleported to his side and helped him up.
"Way ta go Porcupine!" Rogue made her way up quickly but carefully, hiding the spike.
"Aww man my head hurts," Evan groaned clutching his head.
"When will you ever learn?" Jean said annoyed.
"That's the last time you skate board down the stairs!" Scott told him strictly.
"What did you do?" Kitty asked angrily as Rogue passed her in the hallway.
"Nothin," Rogue replied crushing the spike. "Yet…."
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~Who could it be?~ Peter asked himself for the millionth time as he tried to digest what the Physics teacher was talking about.
"Miss Pryde would you pay attention?!" the teacher suddenly shouted snapping Peter out of his thoughts.
"S-Sorry Ma'am," Kitty apologized as she tried to hide a piece of paper. Unfortunately, the teacher caught sight of it and snatched it.
"This is physics class not arts Katherine!" She held up the drawing for the whole class to see. "We don't draw diagrams like this in Physics!"
Everyone either laughed or snorted but Peter didn't find it a least bit funny. Instead he felt like he had hit the jackpot.
"Now pay attention!" she shouted crumbling the paper and throwing it in the bin.
"Yes Ma'am," Kitty said quietly.
~Ok so my question has been half answered~ Peter thought. ~Now the other question is…When is this class ever going to end?~
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"She's a what?!" Pietro who had been messing around with the lockers, screeched at Todd's words.
"I-I don't know—B-but it looks like a cross-breed between Mystique and something out of an alien movie," Todd whispered.
"Oh! Why don't we ask her friends, the original Martians?" Pietro snorted. "Oh look here comes one now!" Pietro said when he spotted Jean walking down the hall. "Oh Jean!" Pietro called.
"Pietro no!" Todd tried to stop him but failed.
"Hey Jean!" Pietro greeted grinning at her. "Did you know that your goth is the alien—"
"Yo! Redhead," Todd cut in. "Don't mind him. He's just feelin a little crazy."
"Typical of you two to be stealing things after school is over and making lame excuses," Jean said rolling her eyes.
Pietro ignored her and continued. "She's that thing everybody's looking for. You know the one that fought Juggernaut and maybe killed him? Can you believe her doing all those things alone without you X-Geeks? Oh and she also threatened to slice open Toad if he tells anyone about her 'secret identity' and we're not stealing we're just borrowing money," Pietro said and quickly took a one dollar bill that was in her jeans pocket. "Bye, bye!" he said and zipped off.
"Is this true Todd?" Jean asked in complete shock.
"Err…yeah. I wanted to tell you guys, b-but I couldn't."
"I'm really thankful that you told me about this sooner," Jean said placing a hand on his shoulder. "Who knows what she could've done? But there's one teeny tiny problem."
"W-What?" Todd asked nervously.
"I'm not Jean."
Todd's eyes open wide in horror. "W-What?"
"Not Jean froggy!" she said angrily.
Toad screamed realizing who it was. He tried to run but found himself floating in air.
"Telling on me again?" Rogue slammed him against the locker with telekinesis. "I already have one person threatening me. I don't need two!" she said angrily. "And as promised," she unsheathed her claws. "I slice you into—Huh? Oh great!" Rogue quickly released him and brought the claws back in. "Act normal!" she whispered to the petrified Todd just as sound of footsteps were heard.
"Oh there you are Jean!" Kitty said who appeared from around the corner.
"Hey Kitty, what's up?" Rogue asked.
"Jean I—I know you may not approve to this but—I will—I'll be staying at the Brotherhood house for…sometime."
"Really?" Rogue's brow shot up.
"M-Maybe till when the Professor comes back," Kitty said uncertainly.
"Of course, I understand," Rogue said.
"You do?" Kitty looked at her surprised. "I-I thought that maybe—"
"You thought wrong then," Rogue said then turned to Todd "You'll take good care of her won't you Toad?" Rogue asked the shivering Todd.
"S-Sure yo! K-Kitty's l-like a s-sister!" Todd said putting on a fake smile still shivering.
"Nice to hear that," Rogue said sarcastically.
"Umm…ok then I'll be leaving. Umm…Toad you coming? Lance is waiting for you," Kitty said.
"Y-Yeah! L-Let's go now!" he said and quickly dashed off. Kitty followed behind.
"Bye Jean," Kitty shouted behind her back.
"Bye," Rogue said. "Good riddance for a while too!"
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"Kitty! Hey Kitty!" Peter called out when he caught sight of her in the parking lot. It was really weird. Earlier after physics class he had tried to get a hold of her but she just vanished after turning around a corner of the corridor.
"Oh Hey Peter!" Kitty said brightly when he came upto her. "You need a ride? I'm sure Scott would—"
"No thanks," he said briskly. "Listen, I—You forgot something." Peter said then handed her a piece of paper.
Kitty's face fell when she saw what it was.
"It's a nice sketch, really—But who is she? It's a 'she' right?"
"No one," she said. "I have to go." She started to walk away but Peter stopped her.
"Look at this sign," he pointed at the spider sign on the sketch. "I've seen it many times. It used to be on the costume worn by a really dangerous criminal. Listen Kitty, if there's anything you know about this, then please—I really need to know. I'm not doing this for myself or for money, but I'm doing it for the innocent people."
"I can't tell you—Not now—" she looked around nervously. "W-Why don't we meet again tonight? Umm..midnight is ok with you?"
"Sure," Peter said giving her a quizzical look. "Midnight's ok! I'm a midnight person myself."
She smiled. "Me too."
"But Kitty, I advise you to be very careful," Peter said in a serious tone. "This person could be very dangerous."
"I-I know—I'll be careful—Promise," she said and started to walk towards the car where Scott and Jean were waiting for her.
"Hmmmm…" Peter thought as he watched them sped away. "Now why do I get the feeling you're not what you seem?"
