Over the years in the Brotherhood, Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Colossus
formed a tight bond, Rogue even going so far as to call Nightcrawler her
brother; despite Mystique's insistence that she simply call him
Nightcrawler and not brother so much. Rogue ignored her mother and called
Nightcrawler whatever she wanted.
Since the attack on the Avengers, the Brotherhood was able to shut them down; leaving many cities open for attacks and raids to further their cause for mutant freedom from human oppressors. The only thorn in their side was the X-men, who always seemed to be where they shouldn't, and ALWAYS seemed to beat the Brotherhood whenever the two clashed.
Nightcrawler blamed himself since he was the one who made their battle plans and usually lead the battles against them. Magneto insisted that it wasn't and simply meant that they needed to train harder and that they would be able to beat the X-men one day. In the mean time, the more factories they attacked, the further their dream would get to completion.
Mystique and Nightcrawler did not get along, period. When Mystique wasn't insulting everything Nightcrawler did, Nightcrawler was pulling pranks on her or getting Rogue to come and have fun with him and the others when Mystique had forbade it. Nevertheless, some of the others saw a little something that always passed in Mystique's eyes when she left Nightcrawler after an argument. It was as if she was hiding a secret or something from him.
Tonight's argument was a really bad one. Mystique had stepped upon Nightcrawler's tail, and now the two were shouting at each other like they always did. Toad and Pyro tried to defuse the situation, each one trying to talk either Nightcrawler or Mystique out of the fight.
Needless to say, it was not working a bit.
" Hoi! Come on, Kurt! All ya gotta do is back down and we won't have any trouble ok, mate?" Toad said, resting a hand on Nightcrawler's shoulder. He was rewarded with a smack across the face with Nightcrawler's tail.
"Come on, Mystique. There's no reason to get into a rut over an accident!" Pyro said, trying to pull her back by her arms.
"Zhat vas no accident!" Nightcrawler shouted, baring his fangs dangerously. "She stepped on my tail deliberately! I'm going to make you pay for zhat, Mystique!"
"I would really like to see you try it!" Mystique shouted back. "You weak ungrateful bastard!"
"Ungrateful?! Ungrateful for vhat?!" he shouted, dragging Toad with him as he stepped towards her.
"You ungrateful bastard! I could have shot you or even stabbed you when I had the chance! All I did was let you fall down that waterfall!" Mystique shrieked without thinking about what she was saying.
"Vhen did I fall over a vaterfall?!" Nightcrawler asked.
"When you were a stupid fluffy baby! I let you fall because there was a chance you would make it out alive again! You're an ungrateful son!" she shouted.
Everything in the room got quiet. Nightcrawler stared at Mystique with wide eyes, stopping his struggling with Toad completely. Pyro looked at her with raised eyebrows. She looked at them in confusion until she realized what she had said. When she looked at Nightcrawler and opened her mouth to say something, she made a faint noise but nothing else.
Narrowing his eyes dangerously, Nightcrawler teleported away to his room.
"Oh damn it all to Hell." Mystique groaned, placing a hand over her eyes and shaking her head.
"I told you he would find out one day." Destiny said calmly from her heavily cushioned armchair. "You never listen to me when you should, Mystique. That's your problem right there."
"Well how am I going to fix this?" Mystique snapped.
"You won't have to." Destiny said calmly. "Your daughter will fix it just fine on her own."
As Destiny assured Mystique about her family, Rogue climbed the ladder to her shared room with Nightcrawler and found him perched on the railing of the balcony, looking up at the full moon.
"Nightcrawler?" she asked softly, slowly walking up beside him. He turned his head away and wiped an arm over his face too quickly to be nonchalant. When he turned back to Rogue, he smiled faintly and shrugged.
"I suppose zhis makes me your bruder, ja?" he asked softly, cocking an eyebrow slightly.
"Ah knew yer upset. . ."
"Upset?! Ve've been a team for years und now she lets slip zhat I am her son? Ach mist!" he growled, shaking his head.
"Nightcrawler. . ."
"Und zhen she says I am ungrateful! Vhat should I be grateful for huh? She threw me over a vaterfall!" Nightcrawler shouted into the night air. He bowed his head and took a deep breath, letting it out very slowly.
"Would ya prefer nevah knowin'?" Rogue asked, tilting his head towards him slowly. Nightcrawler sighed, shaking his head slowly.
"Nein, I suppose not." He admitted. "But still. . ." he left it open and shrugged a bit.
"If et makes ya feel bettah; Ah thin' yer a grea' big brother." Rogue said, placing an arm around his shoulders. "An' if ya would only try a liddle bit ta git along wi' 'er, Ah'm sure we could be a family."
Nightcrawler snorted softly, his tail swaying side to side lazily.
"Zhat vill be hard." He said. "But for you, I vill try mein best." Laughing softly, they hugged as they heard someone's footsteps. Looking up, they saw Mystique coming over slowly. Nightcrawler's tail curled up slowly and he looked at her.
"Guten nacht, mein mutter." He said softly, smiling a bit.
"Nightcrawler. . ." He waved his tail dismissively, letting it fall limp once more.
"Ve have time to talk later." He said. "Sit down und vatch zhe stars vith us." Mystique sat down between them both, looking up at the stars quietly.
Tilting his head to one side, Nightcrawler slowly made his tail wrap around Rogue and Mystique, giving them both a slight squeeze in gratitude.
Since the attack on the Avengers, the Brotherhood was able to shut them down; leaving many cities open for attacks and raids to further their cause for mutant freedom from human oppressors. The only thorn in their side was the X-men, who always seemed to be where they shouldn't, and ALWAYS seemed to beat the Brotherhood whenever the two clashed.
Nightcrawler blamed himself since he was the one who made their battle plans and usually lead the battles against them. Magneto insisted that it wasn't and simply meant that they needed to train harder and that they would be able to beat the X-men one day. In the mean time, the more factories they attacked, the further their dream would get to completion.
Mystique and Nightcrawler did not get along, period. When Mystique wasn't insulting everything Nightcrawler did, Nightcrawler was pulling pranks on her or getting Rogue to come and have fun with him and the others when Mystique had forbade it. Nevertheless, some of the others saw a little something that always passed in Mystique's eyes when she left Nightcrawler after an argument. It was as if she was hiding a secret or something from him.
Tonight's argument was a really bad one. Mystique had stepped upon Nightcrawler's tail, and now the two were shouting at each other like they always did. Toad and Pyro tried to defuse the situation, each one trying to talk either Nightcrawler or Mystique out of the fight.
Needless to say, it was not working a bit.
" Hoi! Come on, Kurt! All ya gotta do is back down and we won't have any trouble ok, mate?" Toad said, resting a hand on Nightcrawler's shoulder. He was rewarded with a smack across the face with Nightcrawler's tail.
"Come on, Mystique. There's no reason to get into a rut over an accident!" Pyro said, trying to pull her back by her arms.
"Zhat vas no accident!" Nightcrawler shouted, baring his fangs dangerously. "She stepped on my tail deliberately! I'm going to make you pay for zhat, Mystique!"
"I would really like to see you try it!" Mystique shouted back. "You weak ungrateful bastard!"
"Ungrateful?! Ungrateful for vhat?!" he shouted, dragging Toad with him as he stepped towards her.
"You ungrateful bastard! I could have shot you or even stabbed you when I had the chance! All I did was let you fall down that waterfall!" Mystique shrieked without thinking about what she was saying.
"Vhen did I fall over a vaterfall?!" Nightcrawler asked.
"When you were a stupid fluffy baby! I let you fall because there was a chance you would make it out alive again! You're an ungrateful son!" she shouted.
Everything in the room got quiet. Nightcrawler stared at Mystique with wide eyes, stopping his struggling with Toad completely. Pyro looked at her with raised eyebrows. She looked at them in confusion until she realized what she had said. When she looked at Nightcrawler and opened her mouth to say something, she made a faint noise but nothing else.
Narrowing his eyes dangerously, Nightcrawler teleported away to his room.
"Oh damn it all to Hell." Mystique groaned, placing a hand over her eyes and shaking her head.
"I told you he would find out one day." Destiny said calmly from her heavily cushioned armchair. "You never listen to me when you should, Mystique. That's your problem right there."
"Well how am I going to fix this?" Mystique snapped.
"You won't have to." Destiny said calmly. "Your daughter will fix it just fine on her own."
As Destiny assured Mystique about her family, Rogue climbed the ladder to her shared room with Nightcrawler and found him perched on the railing of the balcony, looking up at the full moon.
"Nightcrawler?" she asked softly, slowly walking up beside him. He turned his head away and wiped an arm over his face too quickly to be nonchalant. When he turned back to Rogue, he smiled faintly and shrugged.
"I suppose zhis makes me your bruder, ja?" he asked softly, cocking an eyebrow slightly.
"Ah knew yer upset. . ."
"Upset?! Ve've been a team for years und now she lets slip zhat I am her son? Ach mist!" he growled, shaking his head.
"Nightcrawler. . ."
"Und zhen she says I am ungrateful! Vhat should I be grateful for huh? She threw me over a vaterfall!" Nightcrawler shouted into the night air. He bowed his head and took a deep breath, letting it out very slowly.
"Would ya prefer nevah knowin'?" Rogue asked, tilting his head towards him slowly. Nightcrawler sighed, shaking his head slowly.
"Nein, I suppose not." He admitted. "But still. . ." he left it open and shrugged a bit.
"If et makes ya feel bettah; Ah thin' yer a grea' big brother." Rogue said, placing an arm around his shoulders. "An' if ya would only try a liddle bit ta git along wi' 'er, Ah'm sure we could be a family."
Nightcrawler snorted softly, his tail swaying side to side lazily.
"Zhat vill be hard." He said. "But for you, I vill try mein best." Laughing softly, they hugged as they heard someone's footsteps. Looking up, they saw Mystique coming over slowly. Nightcrawler's tail curled up slowly and he looked at her.
"Guten nacht, mein mutter." He said softly, smiling a bit.
"Nightcrawler. . ." He waved his tail dismissively, letting it fall limp once more.
"Ve have time to talk later." He said. "Sit down und vatch zhe stars vith us." Mystique sat down between them both, looking up at the stars quietly.
Tilting his head to one side, Nightcrawler slowly made his tail wrap around Rogue and Mystique, giving them both a slight squeeze in gratitude.