Right! Chapter five, here at last! There's only two chapters after this one btw people.
Wow!! I got more reviews for chapter four than any of my other stories got altogether…
Review replies:
Nari - thank you yet again! Ack, I've never been very good with tenses, once I've got it all finished I'll go back and check it when I have a chance…maybe… lol.
DanieLuvsPyro - Sorry, I have the pairing planned, plus it can't be Pyro or colossus because I don't know the characters well enough to write them.
Black Kat Kisato - ah Pietro…*drool* …*ahem* No! I can't, the pairing is planned! Pietro: damn, so close! DER: hahahahaha!
Also to: melissarxy1, jim bird, X-fan, KS-fan, Polouchi, Georgia Peach, Tigeress moon, FrEcHeSKaTzChEn, Fire chica1, seifer-and-zidane-lover and Mike, thank you all so much for reviewing and being nice!!
I apologise to everyone for the wait, it was partly because I've been at my dads, and I prefer writing on my own computer, plus if something went wrong with the chapter it would be ages before I could upload it again.
DISCLAIMER: It won't be much longer before I am the proud owner of a Gambit action figure, and hopefully a Spike (from Buffy) one too, but alas I am not the owner of the real Gambit or any of his associates.
Remy: Evenin' chere, I t'ought since y'not had any of y'muses round f'a while, I'd drop in.
DER: But Remy, you're only in this story a little, you know how I work, my muses are directly linked to the story.
Remy: But I *am* in de story chere…
DER: fine! But be quiet now, I'm writing.
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--Chapter five—
After a few days with the acolytes, Kitty had made quite an impression. Remy was convinced she must be gay, because she seemed impervious to his flirting (of course whenever he said this to the others, Piotr would just give him a look that spoke volumes about his thoughts on Remy's flirting, and Pyro would just laugh at him). Pyro thought she was weird because of the amount of time she spent in the shower, and Piotr voiced the opinion that she would be quite pretty, if she didn't dress the way she did.
Finally the day came for her to 'prove herself' to them, shortly after she'd got up, showered and dressed, Remy came by with a file, he handed it to her and said "Dis is y'firs' mission chere, not'in' big, jus' somet'in' t'prove y'really on our side."
After he left (or rather, after she'd forcefully evicted him from her room), she sat down to read the file, growing more and more worried by the minute.
(A.N. It's that time again folks, keep your hands and arms inside the train at all times as we enter the mind of Kitty once more…)
They want me to rob a bank!? I can't believe this… but then, it's nothing *too* bad, I don't have to kill anyone or anything… just walk through into the vault while they're distracting everyone, take the money and walk out again… But I can't do it, can I? It's wrong, isn't it? But what will happen if I don't do it? What will they do with me? I haven't seen hardly anything of the base, and I've no idea where it is, I wasn't paying attention and we were going too fast when I came here with Remy… Maybe they'll let me go? Or rather, kick me out, but where will I go then? I can't go back to the X-men, *especially* not now, not after I've been here, the only place I could go would be the brotherhood, but that would mean telling Lance everything before he figures it out… Would that be so bad though? Yes, it would, he's act weird around me, and be angry that I didn't tell him before, so I can't go there… Maybe I could go home? No, they'd tell the institute that I was there and Jean or someone would come to talk to me, to ask me why, and my parents would want to know why too, why can't they understand I don't want to tell them why?? I have no choice then; I have to do this…
Just as with her last mental battle, she wasn't alone in having one this time. Over at the Mansion, Rogue was sitting by the phone; it was her turn to wait in case Kitty called. Lance was sat nearby; he'd been staying at the mansion since the first night Kitty went missing. Rogue checked her watch, it'd be their turn to go out and look for her soon. That was better than sitting here, jumping every time the phone rang, and slamming it down when it turned out to be something else, not caring who was on the other side if it wasn't Kitty or someone who knew where she was.
(A.N and once again we make a journey, into Rogue's mind...again.)
This is all my fault, I know it. If I hadn't let her go that night then none of this would have happened, I could have stopped her, I could have stopped her easily, and then we could have found out what was wrong… or even just stopped asking, let her tell us when she was ready. I know Lance is blaming himself too, he thinks it's his fault for how he was acting in school, but it was nothing to do with that, I told him. The only reason she left was that we couldn't leave her alone, we couldn't let her make her decision, we had to question everything, had to push her… Well, looks like we pushed her too far.
I wonder where she is, maybe she's miles away, another state, working as a waitress or something, trying to make money so she can live. Maybe she's even living on the streets… Oh god, I hope she isn't, I couldn't bear it, it'd be all my fault if she ends up on the streets, it must be awful for her… Stop thinking like that Rogue! Kitty's smart, she won't end up on the streets, she'd find some way to avoid that, maybe she's gone home? No, wait, we've called her home, several times, there's been no sign of her there either. I wonder where she could have gone…
Similar thoughts were going through Lance's head, he was still blaming himself despite what Rogue had told him, if only he'd just kept walking, maybe this wouldn't have happened…
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Right everyone, sorry that was such a short chapter, but I've done everything I had planned for it so… *shrug*
The next chapter will be longer I promise, especially since I might take what I originally planned as two chapters and put them together as one, so you've either got one or two chapters left to come.
Nobody's managed to guess the pairing yet, but I think people have stopped trying, they're just waiting with bated breath to find out what it's gonna be… wow, I love keeping people in suspense…or, more accurately, I love having people to keep in suspense (i.e. fans)
After this is done I'm planning on maybe doing a bit more to "How the Acolytes got its Gambit." But I don't know what direction I'm taking it in yet. I also need to make a start on the Toad story, a new idea that I have, and to actually make a start on a few of my old ideas…
So, anyway, review please!!