X-Men Evolution is a trademarked product from Marvel, all the characters are owned by Marvel and not me. This is a work of fiction based off of said series. I make no money off this, yadda yadda yah. This is my first X-Men Evolution, or even X-Men related fic I've written. Be gentle.
"Angry Situation" - by Val Shrum (kiyonekatz at yahoo dot com)
Chapter 12
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Scott stood in the hall outside of Kitty's first class. He looked at his watch just as the bell rang. The students flowed out of the classroom and into the halls. Scott noticed Kitty pass by him as he raised his voice, "Hey! Kitty!"
She turned toward him and went over to where he was. "Hey Scott. I guess this is the first meeting, huh?"
"How're you feeling?" He placed a hand on her forehead, "You look flushed. Sure you can make it through the day still?"
Kitty nodded, "I told you I'm fine." She frowned as she noticed odd looks from people. "Scott, put your hand down. I'm great."
"You're still running a fever. Hold on." He reached into his bag, getting out a bottle of aspirin. "Take two of these. It'll take care of the fever and--"
She snatched the bottle out of his hand, then removed two pills from the bottle. She returned it back to him. "Fine. Anything else? I gotta jet to my next class. In fact, so do you."
Scott put the bottle back in his bag. He shook his head, "No... just..."
"Later." Kitty quickly left her Senior in the dust. Scott stood still, perplexed.
***
Kitty sat down in math class. She pulled out her accumulated homework and made sure everything was in order. She let out a sigh, 'Maaaaaaaaaaan. I hate this feeling. I swear, vacations just aren't worth it sometimes.'
A girl sat next to Kitty and murmured to her, "Hey Kitty! How're you doing? You skipped school again yesterday."
"Yeah, I so didn't want that." She replied back, "What's up?"
The girl shrugged, "Oh, just curious how you were. Me and Jay saw you at the mall the other night with some guy. You got a new boyfriend now, huh?"
Kitty blushed and laughed, "What? No! You guys." She smiled back, "Just a friend helping me pick out stuff. No big."
"He seemed really interested in whatever you were talking about, that's for sure."
"Considering everything, I think 'interested in me' is the last thing on his list. He's just a friend, Jen. Nothing more." Kitty leaned back in her chair.
"But you did blush. You like him?" She wondered.
"You're just embarassing me in general." Kitty nudged, "Class is about to start."
"I can take a hint." The girl laughed and headed to her chair.
Kitty rolled her eyes and finished getting her assignments together. 'Another day.'
***
Computer class, next period. Kitty stood outside the classroom door, dialing a number on her cell phone. "Yeah, Scott? Hey. Just checking in. Going into computer class now. No. No. I'm fine. Everything's been fine. Sure, I'll see you at lunch. M'kay, bye." She hung up the phone and headed in, going for a place in the back where she could relax.
"Hey." Said a male voice.
Kitty looked up to notice the blond guy attatched to it, "Doug... hey." She waved, going back to her notes.
"Can I sit here? You're a good lab partner." He moved to pull out the chair.
"Sure, go for it." She said half-heartedly. 'If he started to hang around me, there may be more trouble for him. I'm already an outed mutant. Why should it bother me? It's his own choice. But he really doesn't know...'
"You seem distracted, Kitty." He asked, "You skipped school yesterday, is there something wrong?"
"Well... like... not really. I'm fending off a killer fever, but otherwise... y'know, I'm fine." Kitty got out her notebook for this class.
Doug signed into the computer, "I see. You don't look too good to me, but it's your choice to be here or not, huh?"
"A headache and uncomfortable warmth is SO not a valid reason to skip class. I can still move." She nodded. "The man can't keep me down."
Doug chuckled, "Okay." He pulled out his notebook, "Here are yesterdays notes. Go ahead and copy them if you want. Luckily you didn't miss much."
"Lucky me." She copied down his notes as class began.
***
Next class was about to start. She dialed quickly on her phone. Eventually Scott picked up, "Tag!" she said before she hung up and went down the hall to the gym. Kitty entered the office, handing over a doctors note to her gym teacher. She was informed she could go to the library if she wanted since she couldn't be there. Kitty took that option and headed out.
'Maybe if I'm lucky I can find a corner to curl up in for an hour. I didn't think I was tired this morning, but now... I just want to find a couch and a blanket.'
The library was moderately sized. Kitty looked around and found a cozy corner area. She showed the librarian her written pass from her teacher, then picked up a book and settled into the couch end. She set the alarm on her watch, then relaxed, pretending to read the text as she dozed in and out of sleep.
***
Kitty opened her eyes to a dark room, 'Oh no, not again.' She felt the panic rise within her, searching the room for a light switch or lamp. She switched on an overhead light and looked about the room for anything unusual, or odd. The room wasn't familiar in the least, piles of books upon shelves. Just an average apartment. She spied a corkboard with pictures and a desk with a computer. Kitty moved to sit down at the computer, 'Where am I now?' as she looked down at the papers atop the desk. 'Mail... mail... huh. It's addressed to me?' She paused, 'But why is my address...' then there was a knock at the door. She got up, "Coming." She voiced. Kitty stood up and headed toward the door when she came across a full length mirror. She paused and looked at herself - older, casually dressed, hair cut really short. She blinked, and approached the mirror, then waved her hand through the mirror - activating her power. She stepped back. 'Huh..'
"Hey, Kitty!"
***
"Hey, Kitty! Wake up, will ya?" Said a male voice.
Kitty blinked, opening her eyes a bit startled. "Huh? Wha?" She triggered her power and phased through the couch, falling back. She moved forward, clear of the couch, "Sam! Don't startle me like that!"
A boy, a little older than Kitty with blond hair and a bit of a southern drawl. "Sorry Kitty. I saw you asleep here in the corner... the bell is gonna ring soon. I was in here to pick up a book for English." Sam helped Kitty stand.
"Couldn't you, like, not have freaked me out? I was in the middle of a good dream." She yawned, picking up her bookbag and closed the book she was wasn't really reading.
"I didn't want you to get into trouble."
"I wasn't ditching! Sheesh." She looked annoyed. "I was pretending to read, get it straight."
Sam rolled his eyes, "Be glad it was me that found you. Imagine if Jamie was the one who tried to wake you up."
Kitty thought about that, then shook her head, "Let's not and say we did." At that point, the bell rang. "Finally, lunch. See you around, Sam."
"Yeah, catch you later, Kitty."
***
Kitty visited the cafeteria, then headed to the usual table. She was one of the first to arrive, Rogue being the other. A general nod of acknowledgement crossed from both girls as Kitty settled in to work on her meal.
"So the Professor let you come? Ah'm surprised." Rogue commented.
"I'd be so bored at home and you know it." Kitty broke open an orange, separating the slices. "So how's your day?"
"Borin'. I'd rather be at home." She smirked back at Kitty.
"And so our conversation provides the truth that we are complete opposites, thus us being roommates a flaw in the system." Kitty overdramatizes. Rogue threw a roll at Kitty. Kitty giggled and dodged.
Scott and Kurt approached the table, "Are we interrupting anything, ladies?" Scott smiled.
"Nothin' at all." Rogue went back to her meal.
Kitty yawned, continuing with her food slowly. "I think I need a jolt of caffeine. I fell asleep in the library. Two more periods and then I can go home and rest."
Jean sat down at the table, "Did you say you fell asleep?" She started to work on her food, "Has someone done something to our Kitty?" She joked.
"Ha-ha. Say, Jean, do you ever get weird dreams?" Kitty asked.
"Weird dreams?" Jean blinked, "Weird how?"
"Let's say like, dreams of the future? You're kinda telepathic, right? You've got to pick up some strange things."
"Something like a premonitory dream? Hmmm." She thought about it, "Just because I can pick up stray thoughts really doesn't give me a handle on the future, Kitty."
"Interesting. I always wondered how that worked." She finished her orange. "Anyone wanna go get me a soda? Kurt?" She holds out a dollar.
"Sure, Kitty." He grabbed the dollar and headed off toward the cafeteria again.
"Something with lots of caffeine!" Kitty yelled to Kurt as he left.
Jean took a drink of her own can, "Why'd you want to know?"
"Curiosity, I guess." Kitty shrugged, "I've forgotten already why I wanted to know."
Kurt approached the table, placing the canned soda in front of Kitty. She cautiously tapped the top a few times, then carefully opened it to make sure it hadn't been shaken up. Kitty took a long drink from the can before placing it back down on the table. "Thank you." she told Kurt.
Jean raised an eyebrow at Kitty, a little suspicious, then went back to her lunch. Rogue finished off her tray and bowed out.
"So Kitty, where should we meet after school?" Scott asked.
"Oh, uh... I can meet you at your car if that's good? Good enough place as any." Kitty nodded.
"Sure, okay. I know Jean has a club. Did you want a ride home, Kurt?" Scott offered.
"Can't. I've got a club, too. Thanks though! You're a real pal." Kurt smiled.
"So it's just us, then." Scott commented, "I hope you don't mind the company."
"Oh Scott, you're always good company." Kitty finished her soda.
Kurt cleared his end of the table and said his goodbyes, "I've got to hurry to get a good spot for my next class. Auf wiedersehen!" The remaining crew waved.
Scott looked at his watch, "Kurt's right. I'm going to head out too. See you between fifth and sixth, Kitty. Talk to you later, Jean." He hurried and grabbed his tray, heading out as well.
Kitty pulled out her notebook and looked over a small list. She crossed off two or three things on it, then tapped her pen tip on the paper a few times.
Jean spoke up, "Kitty..."
"What is it, Jean?" Kitty looked up, only half distracted.
"I just want you to know that... even though sometimes I seem a little overbearing and short with you, I just want you to know that I'm looking out for your best interest. These last few days... Kitty, well, you've really worried everyone." Jean sounded honest, "With Evan leaving and everything, it's hard to pinpoint where everyone is at. Not only are you an important team member, but you're part of the family, and you're my friend. I think I forgot that, somewhere in all this."
"I think I get where you're going with this, and you're absolutely right." Kitty closed her notebook, putting it back in her bag. She said in a lowered voice, "I don't know what you've seen... or even what you know... but know this, Jean. I would never do anything to hurt my family. I would do everything within my power to make sure that their future will be a good future. If there is something I could do, something that I alone could prevent? I'd do it. Even if I died. It'd be worth it. Remember that, instead of assuming the worst." The bell rang. "Oops. Time to go! See you at the institute. Later!" Kitty grabbed her bag and headed off.
Jean blinked, "Kitty!" and was stunned by her friends' abruptness. 'That only makes me worry about you more.' She sighed.
***
*Authors Notes*
Hey folks! I'm not ignoring the comments/reviews. I love it, but I'll just address stuff at the end of the fic. For me, it disrupts the story if I deviate too much. Pretty much why I have just the copywrite thing, chapter #, and then story. Thanks for all the support though, I really do appreciate it! And for anyone who missed it, I did add Russian translation to the end of Chapter 8. I'm trying to do about a chapter a day, but I may fall behind because of work or something. Thanks again!
"Angry Situation" - by Val Shrum (kiyonekatz at yahoo dot com)
Chapter 12
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Scott stood in the hall outside of Kitty's first class. He looked at his watch just as the bell rang. The students flowed out of the classroom and into the halls. Scott noticed Kitty pass by him as he raised his voice, "Hey! Kitty!"
She turned toward him and went over to where he was. "Hey Scott. I guess this is the first meeting, huh?"
"How're you feeling?" He placed a hand on her forehead, "You look flushed. Sure you can make it through the day still?"
Kitty nodded, "I told you I'm fine." She frowned as she noticed odd looks from people. "Scott, put your hand down. I'm great."
"You're still running a fever. Hold on." He reached into his bag, getting out a bottle of aspirin. "Take two of these. It'll take care of the fever and--"
She snatched the bottle out of his hand, then removed two pills from the bottle. She returned it back to him. "Fine. Anything else? I gotta jet to my next class. In fact, so do you."
Scott put the bottle back in his bag. He shook his head, "No... just..."
"Later." Kitty quickly left her Senior in the dust. Scott stood still, perplexed.
***
Kitty sat down in math class. She pulled out her accumulated homework and made sure everything was in order. She let out a sigh, 'Maaaaaaaaaaan. I hate this feeling. I swear, vacations just aren't worth it sometimes.'
A girl sat next to Kitty and murmured to her, "Hey Kitty! How're you doing? You skipped school again yesterday."
"Yeah, I so didn't want that." She replied back, "What's up?"
The girl shrugged, "Oh, just curious how you were. Me and Jay saw you at the mall the other night with some guy. You got a new boyfriend now, huh?"
Kitty blushed and laughed, "What? No! You guys." She smiled back, "Just a friend helping me pick out stuff. No big."
"He seemed really interested in whatever you were talking about, that's for sure."
"Considering everything, I think 'interested in me' is the last thing on his list. He's just a friend, Jen. Nothing more." Kitty leaned back in her chair.
"But you did blush. You like him?" She wondered.
"You're just embarassing me in general." Kitty nudged, "Class is about to start."
"I can take a hint." The girl laughed and headed to her chair.
Kitty rolled her eyes and finished getting her assignments together. 'Another day.'
***
Computer class, next period. Kitty stood outside the classroom door, dialing a number on her cell phone. "Yeah, Scott? Hey. Just checking in. Going into computer class now. No. No. I'm fine. Everything's been fine. Sure, I'll see you at lunch. M'kay, bye." She hung up the phone and headed in, going for a place in the back where she could relax.
"Hey." Said a male voice.
Kitty looked up to notice the blond guy attatched to it, "Doug... hey." She waved, going back to her notes.
"Can I sit here? You're a good lab partner." He moved to pull out the chair.
"Sure, go for it." She said half-heartedly. 'If he started to hang around me, there may be more trouble for him. I'm already an outed mutant. Why should it bother me? It's his own choice. But he really doesn't know...'
"You seem distracted, Kitty." He asked, "You skipped school yesterday, is there something wrong?"
"Well... like... not really. I'm fending off a killer fever, but otherwise... y'know, I'm fine." Kitty got out her notebook for this class.
Doug signed into the computer, "I see. You don't look too good to me, but it's your choice to be here or not, huh?"
"A headache and uncomfortable warmth is SO not a valid reason to skip class. I can still move." She nodded. "The man can't keep me down."
Doug chuckled, "Okay." He pulled out his notebook, "Here are yesterdays notes. Go ahead and copy them if you want. Luckily you didn't miss much."
"Lucky me." She copied down his notes as class began.
***
Next class was about to start. She dialed quickly on her phone. Eventually Scott picked up, "Tag!" she said before she hung up and went down the hall to the gym. Kitty entered the office, handing over a doctors note to her gym teacher. She was informed she could go to the library if she wanted since she couldn't be there. Kitty took that option and headed out.
'Maybe if I'm lucky I can find a corner to curl up in for an hour. I didn't think I was tired this morning, but now... I just want to find a couch and a blanket.'
The library was moderately sized. Kitty looked around and found a cozy corner area. She showed the librarian her written pass from her teacher, then picked up a book and settled into the couch end. She set the alarm on her watch, then relaxed, pretending to read the text as she dozed in and out of sleep.
***
Kitty opened her eyes to a dark room, 'Oh no, not again.' She felt the panic rise within her, searching the room for a light switch or lamp. She switched on an overhead light and looked about the room for anything unusual, or odd. The room wasn't familiar in the least, piles of books upon shelves. Just an average apartment. She spied a corkboard with pictures and a desk with a computer. Kitty moved to sit down at the computer, 'Where am I now?' as she looked down at the papers atop the desk. 'Mail... mail... huh. It's addressed to me?' She paused, 'But why is my address...' then there was a knock at the door. She got up, "Coming." She voiced. Kitty stood up and headed toward the door when she came across a full length mirror. She paused and looked at herself - older, casually dressed, hair cut really short. She blinked, and approached the mirror, then waved her hand through the mirror - activating her power. She stepped back. 'Huh..'
"Hey, Kitty!"
***
"Hey, Kitty! Wake up, will ya?" Said a male voice.
Kitty blinked, opening her eyes a bit startled. "Huh? Wha?" She triggered her power and phased through the couch, falling back. She moved forward, clear of the couch, "Sam! Don't startle me like that!"
A boy, a little older than Kitty with blond hair and a bit of a southern drawl. "Sorry Kitty. I saw you asleep here in the corner... the bell is gonna ring soon. I was in here to pick up a book for English." Sam helped Kitty stand.
"Couldn't you, like, not have freaked me out? I was in the middle of a good dream." She yawned, picking up her bookbag and closed the book she was wasn't really reading.
"I didn't want you to get into trouble."
"I wasn't ditching! Sheesh." She looked annoyed. "I was pretending to read, get it straight."
Sam rolled his eyes, "Be glad it was me that found you. Imagine if Jamie was the one who tried to wake you up."
Kitty thought about that, then shook her head, "Let's not and say we did." At that point, the bell rang. "Finally, lunch. See you around, Sam."
"Yeah, catch you later, Kitty."
***
Kitty visited the cafeteria, then headed to the usual table. She was one of the first to arrive, Rogue being the other. A general nod of acknowledgement crossed from both girls as Kitty settled in to work on her meal.
"So the Professor let you come? Ah'm surprised." Rogue commented.
"I'd be so bored at home and you know it." Kitty broke open an orange, separating the slices. "So how's your day?"
"Borin'. I'd rather be at home." She smirked back at Kitty.
"And so our conversation provides the truth that we are complete opposites, thus us being roommates a flaw in the system." Kitty overdramatizes. Rogue threw a roll at Kitty. Kitty giggled and dodged.
Scott and Kurt approached the table, "Are we interrupting anything, ladies?" Scott smiled.
"Nothin' at all." Rogue went back to her meal.
Kitty yawned, continuing with her food slowly. "I think I need a jolt of caffeine. I fell asleep in the library. Two more periods and then I can go home and rest."
Jean sat down at the table, "Did you say you fell asleep?" She started to work on her food, "Has someone done something to our Kitty?" She joked.
"Ha-ha. Say, Jean, do you ever get weird dreams?" Kitty asked.
"Weird dreams?" Jean blinked, "Weird how?"
"Let's say like, dreams of the future? You're kinda telepathic, right? You've got to pick up some strange things."
"Something like a premonitory dream? Hmmm." She thought about it, "Just because I can pick up stray thoughts really doesn't give me a handle on the future, Kitty."
"Interesting. I always wondered how that worked." She finished her orange. "Anyone wanna go get me a soda? Kurt?" She holds out a dollar.
"Sure, Kitty." He grabbed the dollar and headed off toward the cafeteria again.
"Something with lots of caffeine!" Kitty yelled to Kurt as he left.
Jean took a drink of her own can, "Why'd you want to know?"
"Curiosity, I guess." Kitty shrugged, "I've forgotten already why I wanted to know."
Kurt approached the table, placing the canned soda in front of Kitty. She cautiously tapped the top a few times, then carefully opened it to make sure it hadn't been shaken up. Kitty took a long drink from the can before placing it back down on the table. "Thank you." she told Kurt.
Jean raised an eyebrow at Kitty, a little suspicious, then went back to her lunch. Rogue finished off her tray and bowed out.
"So Kitty, where should we meet after school?" Scott asked.
"Oh, uh... I can meet you at your car if that's good? Good enough place as any." Kitty nodded.
"Sure, okay. I know Jean has a club. Did you want a ride home, Kurt?" Scott offered.
"Can't. I've got a club, too. Thanks though! You're a real pal." Kurt smiled.
"So it's just us, then." Scott commented, "I hope you don't mind the company."
"Oh Scott, you're always good company." Kitty finished her soda.
Kurt cleared his end of the table and said his goodbyes, "I've got to hurry to get a good spot for my next class. Auf wiedersehen!" The remaining crew waved.
Scott looked at his watch, "Kurt's right. I'm going to head out too. See you between fifth and sixth, Kitty. Talk to you later, Jean." He hurried and grabbed his tray, heading out as well.
Kitty pulled out her notebook and looked over a small list. She crossed off two or three things on it, then tapped her pen tip on the paper a few times.
Jean spoke up, "Kitty..."
"What is it, Jean?" Kitty looked up, only half distracted.
"I just want you to know that... even though sometimes I seem a little overbearing and short with you, I just want you to know that I'm looking out for your best interest. These last few days... Kitty, well, you've really worried everyone." Jean sounded honest, "With Evan leaving and everything, it's hard to pinpoint where everyone is at. Not only are you an important team member, but you're part of the family, and you're my friend. I think I forgot that, somewhere in all this."
"I think I get where you're going with this, and you're absolutely right." Kitty closed her notebook, putting it back in her bag. She said in a lowered voice, "I don't know what you've seen... or even what you know... but know this, Jean. I would never do anything to hurt my family. I would do everything within my power to make sure that their future will be a good future. If there is something I could do, something that I alone could prevent? I'd do it. Even if I died. It'd be worth it. Remember that, instead of assuming the worst." The bell rang. "Oops. Time to go! See you at the institute. Later!" Kitty grabbed her bag and headed off.
Jean blinked, "Kitty!" and was stunned by her friends' abruptness. 'That only makes me worry about you more.' She sighed.
***
*Authors Notes*
Hey folks! I'm not ignoring the comments/reviews. I love it, but I'll just address stuff at the end of the fic. For me, it disrupts the story if I deviate too much. Pretty much why I have just the copywrite thing, chapter #, and then story. Thanks for all the support though, I really do appreciate it! And for anyone who missed it, I did add Russian translation to the end of Chapter 8. I'm trying to do about a chapter a day, but I may fall behind because of work or something. Thanks again!