A/N: Sorry this has taken so long. I've been REALLY busy with Summer term. So much to do! So much to learn! @.@ But here's another chapter for you all to devour!
"Come on, Kurt, who is it? You can tell us," Kitty insisted, hanging on Kurt's arm. Rogue made assenting noises. Kurt flushed, but shook his head.
"No, I cannot."
"It's not a. . . guy is it?" Rogue asked, making a face.
"No, it is not a guy!" Kurt gasped, horrified that they would ever think that of him. Kitty burst out laughing.
"Now, that was priceless." Kurt humphed at her, and turned away to continue walking back to the Institute.
"Why can't you tell us, sugar?" Rogue asked. Kurt scowled fiercly and marched a little faster. How could he tell them that the girl they were referring to was just a dream? She was pretty- angelic, even- but she was not real.
"Touchy," Kitty remarked, and then she and Rogue started arguing about some assignment. Kurt breathed a sigh a relief, and looked up at sky.
He had met her a few weeks ago. She was just sitting on the floor, humming to herself, and playing with a strand of pure white hair. Surprised, Kurt had asked her who she was. When she turned around, she nailed him with those piercing blue eyes.
"I'm Li," she had told him in a soft voice. "Who are you?"
"Wagner. Kurt Wagner," Kurt had answered when he found his tongue again. She tilted her head very slightly to the left, and asked,
"Why do you have two names?" From there on, Kurt had seen her almost every night. Last night she had been sad: crying so much that he simply had to hold her. It was strange that she could cry, because Kurt had never seen her smile. She had not even said anything.
"Whoa, Earth to Kurt! Walking across the street generally requires that you check the crosswalk light first!" Kitty caught Kurt's back pack and hauled him back onto the sidewalk.
"Danke. I guess I wasn't paying attention."
"You sure weren't," Rogue agreed. "The institute is this way."
This was certainly one Kurt was not going to live down. If only he could share with them how incredible Li was. Even if she was just a dream, and nothing real. Strange, though. Kurt had never had a dream that repeated like this one. Or one with a character that was so well developed, even though he had never seen her in real life. Maybe this meant something. As of yet, Professor Xavier told him he was not sure of the cause of these dreams.
Kitty practically hauled him up the front steps, because Kurt did not want to go inside, and head back to reality. Professor Xavier was waiting for them at the front door. Almost at once Evan said,
"Whatever it was, I didn't do it." The other three kids looked at him suspiciously.
"No, you are right. This time you did not. Please come in. I need to brief you all on a situation that came to my attention last night."
Professor Xavier led the into the rec room, and they all took a seat. Kurt chose to sit in the window seat, because he was not very excited by the prospect of another mission. Logan was there too, and that meant a very important mission. Ororo gave her nephew a sidelong glance, which told him she had heard what Evan had said on the porch.
"Good, I see that we are all here. Last night, Jean and I shared a dream that I believe came from a young mutant. Unfortunately, this mutant is being held captive currently. Yes, Jean, I found her location using Cerebro."
"So, she is a girl?"
"Yes. I'm afraid I could get little more information with Cerebro. The facility where she is being held is heavily guarded, and it will take quite a bit of cunning to get her out of there. Kurt, you are going to be every important in this mission."
"So that means no clowning around," Scott warned. Kurt made a face.
"I can be serious," Kurt insisted.
"Yes, you can," Professor Xavier agreed. "That is why I am trusting the most important part of the mission to you. You are to go inside the cell and retrieve the mutant. Her name is Li."
Coincidence, Kurt convinced himself before he could fall out of the window seat. Professor Xavier outlined the rest of the plan as breifly as he could. As they suited up, Kurt wondered how much of this really was coincidence.
"Come on, Kurt, who is it? You can tell us," Kitty insisted, hanging on Kurt's arm. Rogue made assenting noises. Kurt flushed, but shook his head.
"No, I cannot."
"It's not a. . . guy is it?" Rogue asked, making a face.
"No, it is not a guy!" Kurt gasped, horrified that they would ever think that of him. Kitty burst out laughing.
"Now, that was priceless." Kurt humphed at her, and turned away to continue walking back to the Institute.
"Why can't you tell us, sugar?" Rogue asked. Kurt scowled fiercly and marched a little faster. How could he tell them that the girl they were referring to was just a dream? She was pretty- angelic, even- but she was not real.
"Touchy," Kitty remarked, and then she and Rogue started arguing about some assignment. Kurt breathed a sigh a relief, and looked up at sky.
He had met her a few weeks ago. She was just sitting on the floor, humming to herself, and playing with a strand of pure white hair. Surprised, Kurt had asked her who she was. When she turned around, she nailed him with those piercing blue eyes.
"I'm Li," she had told him in a soft voice. "Who are you?"
"Wagner. Kurt Wagner," Kurt had answered when he found his tongue again. She tilted her head very slightly to the left, and asked,
"Why do you have two names?" From there on, Kurt had seen her almost every night. Last night she had been sad: crying so much that he simply had to hold her. It was strange that she could cry, because Kurt had never seen her smile. She had not even said anything.
"Whoa, Earth to Kurt! Walking across the street generally requires that you check the crosswalk light first!" Kitty caught Kurt's back pack and hauled him back onto the sidewalk.
"Danke. I guess I wasn't paying attention."
"You sure weren't," Rogue agreed. "The institute is this way."
This was certainly one Kurt was not going to live down. If only he could share with them how incredible Li was. Even if she was just a dream, and nothing real. Strange, though. Kurt had never had a dream that repeated like this one. Or one with a character that was so well developed, even though he had never seen her in real life. Maybe this meant something. As of yet, Professor Xavier told him he was not sure of the cause of these dreams.
Kitty practically hauled him up the front steps, because Kurt did not want to go inside, and head back to reality. Professor Xavier was waiting for them at the front door. Almost at once Evan said,
"Whatever it was, I didn't do it." The other three kids looked at him suspiciously.
"No, you are right. This time you did not. Please come in. I need to brief you all on a situation that came to my attention last night."
Professor Xavier led the into the rec room, and they all took a seat. Kurt chose to sit in the window seat, because he was not very excited by the prospect of another mission. Logan was there too, and that meant a very important mission. Ororo gave her nephew a sidelong glance, which told him she had heard what Evan had said on the porch.
"Good, I see that we are all here. Last night, Jean and I shared a dream that I believe came from a young mutant. Unfortunately, this mutant is being held captive currently. Yes, Jean, I found her location using Cerebro."
"So, she is a girl?"
"Yes. I'm afraid I could get little more information with Cerebro. The facility where she is being held is heavily guarded, and it will take quite a bit of cunning to get her out of there. Kurt, you are going to be every important in this mission."
"So that means no clowning around," Scott warned. Kurt made a face.
"I can be serious," Kurt insisted.
"Yes, you can," Professor Xavier agreed. "That is why I am trusting the most important part of the mission to you. You are to go inside the cell and retrieve the mutant. Her name is Li."
Coincidence, Kurt convinced himself before he could fall out of the window seat. Professor Xavier outlined the rest of the plan as breifly as he could. As they suited up, Kurt wondered how much of this really was coincidence.
