Author's Thank You Notes:
Telle: Tee-hee thanks. I'm super glad you are liking this story.
Fantasy Cat: I'm glad you found chapter 3 exciting. This chapter is going to be filled with a lot of excitement too.
Author's Note: I'm getting all the German stuff that Kurt says from a translation site so I hope it is accurate.
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After Kurt and Kitty had their dinner they sat the plates in front of the door.
Kitty let out a sigh and looked at Kurt.
"You know what's weird about this?" she said.
"Vhat is?" Kurt asked.
"Well, I have never seen a kidnapping like this before," she said. "I mean, like, when I think of kidnapping, I think of a dark, dirty dungeon cell and nasty tasting foods. We're in a metal room that actually has light and they, like, gave us a full healthy meal."
"Ja, I've noticed it too," he said. "It's like they're trying to keep us healthy."
"I'm surprised they haven't given us exercising equipment," she added.
He laughed and she sat in a corner across from him.
"When did you discover you had powers?" she said.
"It vas quite veird actually," he said. "I vas ten-years-old. It vas in the middle of the night and I vas hungry. My room vas upstairs and the kitchen vas downstairs. Vell, I vas too tired to go down and get some food myself so I vas thinking really hard about being in the kitchen and eating a nice late night snack. Next thing I knew, I vas in the kitchen. I vas very creeped out at first, but my adopted parents didn't seem surprised. I think they pretty much knew I vas a mutant. It's pretty obvious anyvay considering how I look."
"Wow," Kitty said.
"Vas about you?" he asked.
"Me?" she asked. "Well, I was having a dream that I was falling. Next thing I knew I fell through my bed, floor, ceiling, and was in the basement below."
"That must have scared you," he said.
"It did," she said. "I, like, had no idea what was happening to me."
She let out a yawn and sighed.
"I'll never get comfortable here," she said. "The floor is hard and cold."
"Vell, I don't mean to sound forward, but," he said blushing. "Ve could, you know, get cuddled against each other and keep ourselves varm."
"That's a good idea," she agreed.
He was surprised. He was expecting, "Eww! Like, no way!"
She walked up to him and lay down beside him.
He nervously put him arms around her. He was not used to being so close to a female before. No female ever liked him.
"Good night, Kurt," she said and drifted off to sleep.
He closed his eyes and sighed. He then said a silent prayer in German to himself.
"Gott behält, uns Safe. Besonders sie. Ich habe einen Freund wie sie vor nie gehabt. Ich bin so benutzt, befürchtet zu werden, und habe abgelehnt, daß ich keine Idee gehabt habe, wie dies fühlen könnte. Ich kann mich nicht leisten, sie zu verlieren. Behalten Sie bitte ihren Safe."
Translation: "God, keep us safe. Especially her. I have never had a friend like her before. I'm so used to being feared and rejected that I had no idea how this could feel. I can't afford to lose her. Please keep her safe."
He let out another sigh and whispered, "Behalten Sie ihren Safe."
Mystique let out an angry sigh and paced back and forth in her room.
"Sure, send Gambit!" she said angrily, "Why not me?! I can kidnap those X- Men just as easily as he can!"
"Mystique,"
"What?!" she yelled into the intercom.
"I want you to follow Gambit," Magneto's voice ordered. "That potion can wear off at any moment. If it does, I want you to bring him back here. If there's much resistance, kill him."
"As you wish," she said.
She walked over to a window and turned herself into an owl.
She flew high above Gambit as he walked to Xavier's institute.
"Curse you, Gambit," she thought. "Walking twenty miles to Xavier's house when you could have drove there. It's going to take all night just to capture those two."
It was three o' clock in the morning by time Gambit finally arrived at the institute.
Cold and tired, Mystique sat on a tree branch still in her owl form.
"Flying twenty miles in the cold, winter night," she grumbled angrily.
Gambit pulled out his rod and jumped over the gate of the institute and landed firmly on the ground.
He quietly broke into the house. He was very good at breaking in without triggering the security.
He walked into each and every room until he reached Rogue and Kitty's room. One bed was empty, but the other had a sleeping Rogue on it.
Gambit grinned at his success in finding one of his victims.
He walked up to her.
He thought he was going to be able to grab her without a fight, but she suddenly woke up.
She gasped and screamed knowing that someone would hear her.
Gambit glared at her and stuck a needle into her arm. She stopped screaming and fell unconscious.
His job was to kidnap Rogue and Jean, but he could hear footsteps running down the hall so he picked up Rogue's unconscious body and jumped out a window.
Scott ran into the room and saw that Rogue was gone and the window open.
"No," he whispered.
Mystique frowned when she saw Gambit running outside with only one X-Man (or girl.)
"I knew he'd fail!" she thought bitterly.
Gambit ran as fast as he could at first, but then slowed his pace when he was far from the institute.
A few minutes later, it began to snow.
Gambit looked up at the sky and frowned. He then looked at Rogue. She was only wearing a pajama shirt and pants. She had no shoes, gloves, or anything to keep her warm.
He sighed and rolled his eyes.
"I want her alive and healthy," Magneto had said to him.
Rogue would surly get sick in the cold snow and he knew that.
He looked around until he found a strip of abandoned stores.
He walked into one of the old stores and laid Rogue down on the floor. He did not notice the small mouse follow him from behind.
The abandoned store was an old department store.
Gambit looked around and found some old pillows and blankets. He gathered the pillows and blankets and walked back to Rogue.
He laid the pillow under her head and laid the blanket on her body.
"I wonder what's so special about this mutant," he thought.
He touched her hand and felt something he did not like.
"What was that? It felt like an electric shock," he thought.
He shook his head and sat down on the other end of the room.
"Magneto is going to be mad when I come back with only one mutant," he thought.
Rogue began to moan and wake up. Gambit touching her hand caused her to use her powers, which woke her up.
Gambit quickly searched his pockets for another sleep potion, but found that he must have dropped them while running.
He then quickly ran back to wear he found the pile of blankets and quickly tied Rogue up so that she could not escape.
When Rogue was fully awake, she gasped.
"W-where am Ah?!" she demanded.
"That potion was supposed to last longer," Gambit said bitterly.
"Who are you?!" she asked. "Whah am Ah here?!"
"I don't feel like answering your questions," he said.
"Ah swear if Ah wasn't tied up," she threatened. "Ah'd suck all the energy outta ya!"
"I'm sure you would," he replied.
"You're rude, ya know that?!" she asked irritated.
"I was sent out to kidnap you, not to talk to you, okay?" he said.
"Are you the one responsible for Kitty Pryde and Kurt Wagner's kidnappin'?" she asked.
He ignored her.
"Are you listenin?!"
Still no answer.
"Aww forget it!" she yelled angrily.
"Whatever," he murmured.
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"Scott, what happened?" Jean asked.
"Someone took Rogue," Scott answered.
"Oh no," she breathed. "Go get Ororo and Logan. I'll wake the professor."
"I heard her scream and when I came to her room, she was gone." Scott told Xavier.
"Two of our team is gone," Xavier sighed.
"What do we do?" Jean asked.
"I know it's late, but I think you four should get ready and look for her," Xavier answered. "I'll try to track her on Cerebro."
The four got into the X-suits and went back to Xavier's room.
"I can't find her on Cerebro," he said.
"That's what I thought," Logan said. "She's probably unconscious and can't use her powers."
"We should leave now before the kidnapper gets too far away," Ororo said. "If we find the kidnapper, we find out why those machines took Kitty and Kurt."
"Good luck, X-Men," Xavier said.
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Kitty woke up and carefully moved away from Kurt. She did not want to wake him.
At that time, the door slid open and a frog like man put down two plats of breakfast.
"Eww, like, who are you?" Kitty asked.
"The name's Toad," he answered.
"Eww, no wonder," she replied, disgusted. She had seen strange looking mutants, but Toad was just plain weird!
"Yeah whatever, yo," he said closing the door and hopped away.
Kitty was almost scared to eat the food that came from that gross looking guy.
She shook her head and woke Kurt.
"We got breakfast," she said.
"Good, I'm hungry," Kurt replied with a smile.
"Some gross guy named Toad brought it here," she said lifting to lid of the plate of fried eggs and sausage.
"Vas he frog like?" Kurt asked.
"Yes," she answered. "How did you know?"
"Vell his name is Toad so I figured he is frog like," he answered.
She laughed.
"Oh, right," she said.
"So, did you sleep vell?" he asked.
"Yes, I did," she answered, blushing slightly.
"I'm glad," he said.
He let out a yawn and put a fork full of eggs in his mouth.
"Did you get any sleep?" she asked.
"Vell, to be honest," he said. "No. I vas scared they'd try to hurt you in the middle of the night."
"You were worried about me?" she asked.
"Yes," he answered.
"Why?"
"Because....you're the only friend I've ever had," he answered.
"That's, like, really sweet, Kurt," she said. "But don't lose sleep over me."
"I can't help it," he said.
"People are crazy for not looking on the inside," she commented. "So many people has missed out on having you as a friend."
"Thank you, Keety," he said. "Your vords means a lot to me."
She smiled and blushed again.
"Keety! I have an idea!" he said.
"What?" she asked.
"Put your fork on your plate and pretend to choke," he said.
"Why?" she asked.
"Trust me," he said.
"Okay," she said and put her fork on her plate and put her hands on her throat while making choking noises.
Kurt jumped up and ran in front of the door.
"Help! Someone help! Keety is choking on her food!" he yelled.
He heard the sound of running...or was it jumping....come towards the door.
The door came open and Toad ran into the room.
"What's wrong, yo?" he asked.
"This," Kurt said and punched Toad in the gut hard enough to knock him unconscious.
"Come on, Keety," Kurt said. "Now's our chance to escape!"
Author's note: Will the X-Men find Rogue? Will gambit come back to his senses and help the X-Men? Will Kurt an Kitty escape? You'll find out soon!
Telle: Tee-hee thanks. I'm super glad you are liking this story.
Fantasy Cat: I'm glad you found chapter 3 exciting. This chapter is going to be filled with a lot of excitement too.
Author's Note: I'm getting all the German stuff that Kurt says from a translation site so I hope it is accurate.
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After Kurt and Kitty had their dinner they sat the plates in front of the door.
Kitty let out a sigh and looked at Kurt.
"You know what's weird about this?" she said.
"Vhat is?" Kurt asked.
"Well, I have never seen a kidnapping like this before," she said. "I mean, like, when I think of kidnapping, I think of a dark, dirty dungeon cell and nasty tasting foods. We're in a metal room that actually has light and they, like, gave us a full healthy meal."
"Ja, I've noticed it too," he said. "It's like they're trying to keep us healthy."
"I'm surprised they haven't given us exercising equipment," she added.
He laughed and she sat in a corner across from him.
"When did you discover you had powers?" she said.
"It vas quite veird actually," he said. "I vas ten-years-old. It vas in the middle of the night and I vas hungry. My room vas upstairs and the kitchen vas downstairs. Vell, I vas too tired to go down and get some food myself so I vas thinking really hard about being in the kitchen and eating a nice late night snack. Next thing I knew, I vas in the kitchen. I vas very creeped out at first, but my adopted parents didn't seem surprised. I think they pretty much knew I vas a mutant. It's pretty obvious anyvay considering how I look."
"Wow," Kitty said.
"Vas about you?" he asked.
"Me?" she asked. "Well, I was having a dream that I was falling. Next thing I knew I fell through my bed, floor, ceiling, and was in the basement below."
"That must have scared you," he said.
"It did," she said. "I, like, had no idea what was happening to me."
She let out a yawn and sighed.
"I'll never get comfortable here," she said. "The floor is hard and cold."
"Vell, I don't mean to sound forward, but," he said blushing. "Ve could, you know, get cuddled against each other and keep ourselves varm."
"That's a good idea," she agreed.
He was surprised. He was expecting, "Eww! Like, no way!"
She walked up to him and lay down beside him.
He nervously put him arms around her. He was not used to being so close to a female before. No female ever liked him.
"Good night, Kurt," she said and drifted off to sleep.
He closed his eyes and sighed. He then said a silent prayer in German to himself.
"Gott behält, uns Safe. Besonders sie. Ich habe einen Freund wie sie vor nie gehabt. Ich bin so benutzt, befürchtet zu werden, und habe abgelehnt, daß ich keine Idee gehabt habe, wie dies fühlen könnte. Ich kann mich nicht leisten, sie zu verlieren. Behalten Sie bitte ihren Safe."
Translation: "God, keep us safe. Especially her. I have never had a friend like her before. I'm so used to being feared and rejected that I had no idea how this could feel. I can't afford to lose her. Please keep her safe."
He let out another sigh and whispered, "Behalten Sie ihren Safe."
Mystique let out an angry sigh and paced back and forth in her room.
"Sure, send Gambit!" she said angrily, "Why not me?! I can kidnap those X- Men just as easily as he can!"
"Mystique,"
"What?!" she yelled into the intercom.
"I want you to follow Gambit," Magneto's voice ordered. "That potion can wear off at any moment. If it does, I want you to bring him back here. If there's much resistance, kill him."
"As you wish," she said.
She walked over to a window and turned herself into an owl.
She flew high above Gambit as he walked to Xavier's institute.
"Curse you, Gambit," she thought. "Walking twenty miles to Xavier's house when you could have drove there. It's going to take all night just to capture those two."
It was three o' clock in the morning by time Gambit finally arrived at the institute.
Cold and tired, Mystique sat on a tree branch still in her owl form.
"Flying twenty miles in the cold, winter night," she grumbled angrily.
Gambit pulled out his rod and jumped over the gate of the institute and landed firmly on the ground.
He quietly broke into the house. He was very good at breaking in without triggering the security.
He walked into each and every room until he reached Rogue and Kitty's room. One bed was empty, but the other had a sleeping Rogue on it.
Gambit grinned at his success in finding one of his victims.
He walked up to her.
He thought he was going to be able to grab her without a fight, but she suddenly woke up.
She gasped and screamed knowing that someone would hear her.
Gambit glared at her and stuck a needle into her arm. She stopped screaming and fell unconscious.
His job was to kidnap Rogue and Jean, but he could hear footsteps running down the hall so he picked up Rogue's unconscious body and jumped out a window.
Scott ran into the room and saw that Rogue was gone and the window open.
"No," he whispered.
Mystique frowned when she saw Gambit running outside with only one X-Man (or girl.)
"I knew he'd fail!" she thought bitterly.
Gambit ran as fast as he could at first, but then slowed his pace when he was far from the institute.
A few minutes later, it began to snow.
Gambit looked up at the sky and frowned. He then looked at Rogue. She was only wearing a pajama shirt and pants. She had no shoes, gloves, or anything to keep her warm.
He sighed and rolled his eyes.
"I want her alive and healthy," Magneto had said to him.
Rogue would surly get sick in the cold snow and he knew that.
He looked around until he found a strip of abandoned stores.
He walked into one of the old stores and laid Rogue down on the floor. He did not notice the small mouse follow him from behind.
The abandoned store was an old department store.
Gambit looked around and found some old pillows and blankets. He gathered the pillows and blankets and walked back to Rogue.
He laid the pillow under her head and laid the blanket on her body.
"I wonder what's so special about this mutant," he thought.
He touched her hand and felt something he did not like.
"What was that? It felt like an electric shock," he thought.
He shook his head and sat down on the other end of the room.
"Magneto is going to be mad when I come back with only one mutant," he thought.
Rogue began to moan and wake up. Gambit touching her hand caused her to use her powers, which woke her up.
Gambit quickly searched his pockets for another sleep potion, but found that he must have dropped them while running.
He then quickly ran back to wear he found the pile of blankets and quickly tied Rogue up so that she could not escape.
When Rogue was fully awake, she gasped.
"W-where am Ah?!" she demanded.
"That potion was supposed to last longer," Gambit said bitterly.
"Who are you?!" she asked. "Whah am Ah here?!"
"I don't feel like answering your questions," he said.
"Ah swear if Ah wasn't tied up," she threatened. "Ah'd suck all the energy outta ya!"
"I'm sure you would," he replied.
"You're rude, ya know that?!" she asked irritated.
"I was sent out to kidnap you, not to talk to you, okay?" he said.
"Are you the one responsible for Kitty Pryde and Kurt Wagner's kidnappin'?" she asked.
He ignored her.
"Are you listenin?!"
Still no answer.
"Aww forget it!" she yelled angrily.
"Whatever," he murmured.
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"Scott, what happened?" Jean asked.
"Someone took Rogue," Scott answered.
"Oh no," she breathed. "Go get Ororo and Logan. I'll wake the professor."
"I heard her scream and when I came to her room, she was gone." Scott told Xavier.
"Two of our team is gone," Xavier sighed.
"What do we do?" Jean asked.
"I know it's late, but I think you four should get ready and look for her," Xavier answered. "I'll try to track her on Cerebro."
The four got into the X-suits and went back to Xavier's room.
"I can't find her on Cerebro," he said.
"That's what I thought," Logan said. "She's probably unconscious and can't use her powers."
"We should leave now before the kidnapper gets too far away," Ororo said. "If we find the kidnapper, we find out why those machines took Kitty and Kurt."
"Good luck, X-Men," Xavier said.
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Kitty woke up and carefully moved away from Kurt. She did not want to wake him.
At that time, the door slid open and a frog like man put down two plats of breakfast.
"Eww, like, who are you?" Kitty asked.
"The name's Toad," he answered.
"Eww, no wonder," she replied, disgusted. She had seen strange looking mutants, but Toad was just plain weird!
"Yeah whatever, yo," he said closing the door and hopped away.
Kitty was almost scared to eat the food that came from that gross looking guy.
She shook her head and woke Kurt.
"We got breakfast," she said.
"Good, I'm hungry," Kurt replied with a smile.
"Some gross guy named Toad brought it here," she said lifting to lid of the plate of fried eggs and sausage.
"Vas he frog like?" Kurt asked.
"Yes," she answered. "How did you know?"
"Vell his name is Toad so I figured he is frog like," he answered.
She laughed.
"Oh, right," she said.
"So, did you sleep vell?" he asked.
"Yes, I did," she answered, blushing slightly.
"I'm glad," he said.
He let out a yawn and put a fork full of eggs in his mouth.
"Did you get any sleep?" she asked.
"Vell, to be honest," he said. "No. I vas scared they'd try to hurt you in the middle of the night."
"You were worried about me?" she asked.
"Yes," he answered.
"Why?"
"Because....you're the only friend I've ever had," he answered.
"That's, like, really sweet, Kurt," she said. "But don't lose sleep over me."
"I can't help it," he said.
"People are crazy for not looking on the inside," she commented. "So many people has missed out on having you as a friend."
"Thank you, Keety," he said. "Your vords means a lot to me."
She smiled and blushed again.
"Keety! I have an idea!" he said.
"What?" she asked.
"Put your fork on your plate and pretend to choke," he said.
"Why?" she asked.
"Trust me," he said.
"Okay," she said and put her fork on her plate and put her hands on her throat while making choking noises.
Kurt jumped up and ran in front of the door.
"Help! Someone help! Keety is choking on her food!" he yelled.
He heard the sound of running...or was it jumping....come towards the door.
The door came open and Toad ran into the room.
"What's wrong, yo?" he asked.
"This," Kurt said and punched Toad in the gut hard enough to knock him unconscious.
"Come on, Keety," Kurt said. "Now's our chance to escape!"
Author's note: Will the X-Men find Rogue? Will gambit come back to his senses and help the X-Men? Will Kurt an Kitty escape? You'll find out soon!
