Equavetporsche: I'm very glad you're enjoying this story. I was scared the fighting stuff was gonna suck, but obviously it didn't ^_^

Fantasy Cat: Well they didn't exactly get it on in THAT way if you know what I mean.

Prohecy: Poor Gambit indeed. And yes, Mystique is an evil witch!

King-Cold: Ya hate Rogue now? Wow. Apparently a lot of people do. I don't hate her. I hated her in the beginning, but she's all right now.

Dark Raven: Wow thanks! A lot of people want a sequel so far! Wow this is awesome! But ya want it to be PG-13? Hmmm more cussing, blood, what? LOL. I don't wanna let ya'll down so I'll be thinking of sequel ideas!

My sister: Kill the fluff? Eh?! Oh come one! We all loves the fluffy stuff!

Author's Note: Attention all Kurtty fans! My sister wrote a one chapter fic called "Maybe it Was" and she's writing a story called "After Institute." If you all love Kurttys, then you'll love my sister's story! Her user name is Strawberries and Blueberries or you can click on my reviews and you'll see her name there. You're missing out if ya'll don't check her stuff out!

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Relaxation never lasted long...especially for the X-Men.

They had only got to rest for a couple days when Xavier told them that they still needed to find Mystique, and the remaining Acolytes and Brotherhood members. He also decided it would be best to destroy Magneto's secret base. There were way too many anti-mutant field rooms there and Xavier did not want it to get in the wrong hands.

Xavier had tried to find Mystique and the others using Cerebro, but that did not work. For once every single one of them was not using their powers. Which surprised everyone.

Everyone woke up in their nice comfortable beds in their new apartments, but sighed when they looked at the clock. It was eight AM and Xavier wanted to talk with all of them at nine.

Kurt woke up and pounded his three fingered hand on the alarm clock as it did its annoying beep...beep....beep.

He sat up in bed and stretched, but not too much (his wound still hurt like crap.) He swung his legs over the side of his bed and lifted himself up.

He walked into the living room letting out a yawn as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes.

"Someone looks tired," Gambit smiled sitting on the couch drinking a cup of coffee.

"Ja," Kurt said. "I vish I could sleep for the rest of the day."

"That's not gonna happen, mon ami," Gambit laughed. "We still gotta see the professor at nine."

"I know," Kurt sighed.

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Kitty phased her hand through her alarm clock as it started its annoying beeping. She stuffed her head in her pillow wishing she could make the day suddenly disappear so that she would not have to get out of bed. She lay there for a few minutes when she heard Rogue's alarm.

Five minutes later,

"ROGUE!" Kitty bellowed. "Turn off you freakin' alarm!"

When she heard that Rogue still had not turned off her alarm, she stormed into Rogue's room and saw he still sleeping away.

Kitty let out an annoyed grunt and hit Rogue's upside the head real hard with the pillow.

"What Ah didn't do it!" Rogue yelled randomly.

"What?" Kitty asked.

Rogue looked at the clock and flopped back down.

"Ah don't wanna get up," she sighed.

"Too bad," Kitty said pulling Rogue's blanket off. "We got, like, forty- five minutes now to eat breakfast and get ready."

Rogue grunted and got out of bed.

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Scott picked up his phone and dialed the number to Jean and Tabitha's apartment.

"Jean?" said Scott in the receiver. "Oh, Tabitha. Hey do you guys----sorry I mean girls, want me and Evan to pick you up? Okay, I'll see you in a few minutes."

"What was up with that?" Evan asked.

"Tabitha didn't like me referring to them as 'guys." Scott answered.

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All the X-Men drove to a house ten minutes from their apartment. Xavier, Logan, Hank, and Ororo shared the house together.

When they were all in the house, they took a seat (and floor.)

(A/N: By the way, the X-kids and the newer recruits are not at this meeting. Basically everyone there is Kurt, Kitty, Gambit, Rogue, Jean, Scott, Tabitha, Logan, Hank, Ororo, and of course Xavier.

"I want to thank you all for coming this morning," Xavier began. "As you all know, Mystique is still out there and so is the remaining Brotherhood and Acolytes. Another thing we need to worry about is Magneto's base. His anti-mutant fields are too dangerous and we need to do something about it. Before I continue I need to say something. Kurt, I do not think it would be a good idea if you come along this time. You are still wounded and it would be best if you stayed behind."

"Nein!" Kurt said. "I don't vant to be left behind! I'm fine...really! I vant to be apart of an official X-Men mission! I promise to be very careful! Please let me come!"

"Kurt, you could endanger yourself and everyone around you," Xavier argued. "We cannot risk trying to keep an eye on you."

"Professor," Rogue interrupted. "Ah think Ah know how to help Kurt."

"Yes?" Xavier asked.

"Well, if Ah were to absorb some of Wolverine's healing factor, then maybe Ah can heal Kurt with it. Ah'm not sure, but it's worth a trah rahght (right)?"

"Yes, it is worth a try," Xavier said and looked at Wolverine. "Logan, are you willing to let Rogue absorb some of your healing factor?"

"Sure," Logan said.

Rogue walked up to Logan and put her hand on his arm. She absorbed some, not a lot, but some of his healing powers. When she was done with that, she walked up to Kurt. She put her hand on his arm and concentrated on the healing powers and healing Kurt.

Slowly Kurt felt the pain go away.

She let go of him and took a step backwards.

Kurt lifted his shirt and Kitty helped remove his bandages. The wound was completely gone.

"Ah'm sorry Ah didn't think of this sooner," Rogue apologized.

"Zat's okay," Kurt said with a smile. "So can I come along now?"

"I don't see why not," Xavier said.

"Yes!" Kurt exclaimed. "My first X-Men mission!"

Everyone laughed as he started dancing around the room. His tail was swinging in different directions.

Hank loudly cleared his throat and said, "I think we should get back to business."

"Right, sorry," Kurt said and sat back down.

"What do we do first?" Scott asked.

"First we destroy the machines inside the base," Xavier explained. "And then we destroy the base itself. I have an idea about the machines. Kurt and Kitty could place bombs inside the machines since it seems that they can only be destroyed from the inside. I figured Kurt could quickly 'port himself and Kitty out of there before the bombs explode." He then looked at Gambit. "Gambit, you can charge kinetic energy into anything correct?"

"Yes," Gambit answered.

"I figured with your powers you can charge energy into the building and blow it up," Xavier said.

Gambit nodded in agreement.

"After all that is done," Xavier continued. "We have to find Mystique and the others. This will be difficult since they are not using their powers. They could be out of the country by now. I will try to find them again, but until then, I want Kurt, Kitty, and Gambit to get ready."

The three he addressed stood up and started walking out the door.

"Wait! Can Ah go with them too?" Rogue asked.

Xavier smiled. He knew exactly why she wanted to tag along.

"I don't see why not," he said.

Rogue smiled and followed them outside.

"Kurt, wait," Ororo called.

Kurt stopped and spun around.

"We made this for you," she said handing him some clothes. "This is your uniform."

(A/N: Yes the famous red and black Nightcrawler uniform.)

"Danke, Ororo," he said.

"You are very welcome," she answered.

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After Kurt, Kitty, Gambit, Rogue and Logan were in uniform, Logan drove the X-van to where Magneto's base was.

"The detonators will go off in five minutes after you press the button," Logan reminded them. "That should give Nightcrawler enough time to get himself and everyone else out of there."

"You can count on me!" Kurt said.

"After Nightcrawler and Shadowcat has destroyed all the machines," Logan continued. "Gambit will destroy the actual building."

When they to Magneto's base, Logan got out of the X-van and began sniffing.

"What is it, Mister Logan?" Kitty asked.

"I smell....someone from the Brotherhood," he said. "...Avalanche."

"Anyone else?" she asked.

"Nope, just him," Logan said. "Alright, kiddies, go on."

"What about you?" Rogue asked.

"You four can handle him, can't you?" Logan asked.

"Of course we can!" Kitty shot back, insulted.

Logan laughed and waved for them to go on.

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The four walked over to the platform controls, but the access code had been changed.

"Ha! They think that can keep us out?!" Kitty laughed.

Kitty took Rogue's hand and the sunk through the ground. Kurt put his hand on Gambit's shoulder and 'ported them down.

When they were all down there, they saw the five machines all lined up in a row.

"Let's get this over with," Kitty said and handed Kurt a few detonators.

"Not so fast!" came a voice behind.

They all turned around to see Lance "Avalanche" Alvers.

"I'm gonna rock your world!" he exclaimed.

"Oh, please, that, like, gets really old!" Kitty said.

"Oh yeah, just another thing that's not good enough for you, huh?" Lance shot back.

Kurt was very confused. The two talked as if they were once a couple.

Rogue flew in the air and tried to detect some kind of metal in Lance.

"Trying to use Magneto's power against his team?!" Lance said in disgust. "I will kill you and your friends for that!"

He stomped his foot on the ground and the entire building shook.

Rogue was hit by a chunk and the ceiling and she fell to the floor.

Kitty and Gambit were knocked off the floor and got flung into the wall.

"That's eet!" Kurt snarled and 'ported on top of Lance.

"No one hurts Keety and gets avay vith eet!" Kurt growled.

"What are you, her new boyfriend?" Lance laughed. "So she prefers blue, furry freaks like you over normal looking people?"

Before Kurt could do anything, Lance kicked Nightcrawler off him and sent another wave at him.

Kitty came out of her daze and saw a very large chunk of the ceiling begin to fall.

"Nightcrawler!" she gasped and lunged at him. She grabbed on to his tail and the ceiling chunk phased right through them.

"Thanks, Keety," he said.

"You two make me sick!" Lance snarled. He got ready to send another wave at them, but Rogue was much quicker. She grabbed a metal pole that fell from the ceiling and hit Lance's head really hard, knocking him unconscious.

Kitty stood up and looked at Lance with disgust.

"Ex-boyfriend?" Kurt asked.

"Yeah," Kitty answered. "I don't know what I ever saw in him." She then looked at Kurt and smiled. "You are, like, WAY better than him."

Kurt and Kitty grabbed their detonators. Kurt 'ported inside while Kitty phased through them.

Kurt placed a detonator in three of the machines, while Kitty got one in two of them.

"Let's get out of here," Kurt said. "Grab on to me everyone."

Rogue pulled Lance towards her and placed one hand on him and the other on Kurt. Once everyone was touching Kurt, he 'ported them all back to the X- Van.

Five minutes later, all the detonators went off.

Once the smoke and debris settled, Kurt and Gambit walked up to the remainder of the building.

Gambit placed his hands on the building and concentrated all energy into it.

"It's gonna blow!" Gambit said.

Kurt grabbed on to Gambit, and 'ported to safety.

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Author's Note: Hey I hope you all like this chapter. The next chapter (or possibly chapter 18) will have some Gambit angst in it so Gambit's fans brace yourselves. **Puts on shield**