Chapter 14 : Secret
Date : August 22, 2003
A/N: I am resolving to Word, y'all. I normally use Notepad. But that is gettin' annoying. But anyways…You guys should buy Maroon 5's CD 'Songs About Jane', or download "She Will Be Loved". It is SUCH a wonderful song. ^_^ Oh, and I mention a book in this chapter. I recommend you read it to get what I'm trying to say, or get a point across about this story.
DISCLAIMER: Marvel owns all original X-Men characters. And I own mine (Kalli, Hanna, Avari, Idget, and Emmet).
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Kalli slouched down on the loveseat, her socked feet resting on the coffee table. Remy was on her right-hand side, his arm around her. Kurt sat on the edge of the couch across from them, casting annoyed and heated looks at Remy. Remy had a strange smirk on his face. Professor Xavier was seated in his wheelchair, as always. Jean and Ororo sat next to Kurt on the couch. There was silence in the room, until a shrieking and giggling noise protruded into the room as Kitty and Rogue ran into the room. Kitty skidded to a halt as she noticed the occupants of the room.
She grinned nervously. "Oh, hey, Prof. Everybod-" Rogue ran into her, and knocking her down.
Rogue giggled. "Sorry, Kit," She lent her a hand and pulled her up. Rogue realized that the others were in the room and turned to face them. "Hi!" Then she noticed Kalli. "KALLI!!"
Kitty and Rogue ran to her and gave her tight hugs, making Kalli gasp for breath. "Uhh..guys. I would like to breathe again,"
"Oh, right. Sorry," Kitty said, and they pulled apart.
"Oh, who's the hottie, Kal?" asked Rogue, noticing Remy. She flirtishly smiled at him. Remy returned the gesture with a small smile and wink.
Kalli scrunched her nose in distraction. She turned back to Professor. "I'm not sure if you know or not, but I've...uh..taken on a new power,"
Everyone stared at her with disbelief. All except for Remy, as he was accidentally on the receiving line of her power. Kalli half-smiled and she held her palm out and a few sparks flew until a flame glimmered and grew slightly. Kurt stared at fixed fascination at the blaze. Rogue stepped back a few feet away from her. Xavier smiled. *Just like your mother.* Kalli side-glanced at him and almost smiled.
"Like, wicked sweet, Kalli," Kitty exclaimed, laughing.
Kalli grimaced slightly, and the flame went out. She smacked a hand to her forehead. 'Shit! I FORGOT IDGET!'
"Hanna's coming back, so don't you worry about your canine companion," said Xavier, sensing her sudden change of mood.
The motorcycle's engine shut off and its riders stared in awe at the sun setting over the city. The bluff had been Logan's place in the world to come and think. It was truly a wonderful thing to see; the reddened sun's rays peaking out from in between each building. Logan put the kickstand down and got off. Avari removed her helmet and leaned back in the seat, still mesmerized by the cityscape's beauty at sundown. She sighed lightly, and thought back to when she had still been with her husband…and Kalli.
Avari realized how immature and selfish she was when she came to the conclusion to just drop Kalli off with Emmet and go join the Brotherhood; To abandon Kalli just to get away from her husband. Avari hadn't really thought about the consequences of her actions, acting irrational. Avari bit her lip. She should've listened to Remy in the first place. She should've gotten an apartment out of the city, raise Kalli by herself, and get a divorce. And, certainly, she shouldn't have joined Magneto. That was one of the things she regrets most; her top regret was abandoning Kalli, her one and only daughter, whom she loved very much and would give her life for. But Avari was only 18, married her high school sweetheart right after graduation.
She really couldn't make decisions by herself. Emmet was always the one who made them for her. He was very possessive of her. If she was in the bathroom for maybe 5 minutes, he would pound on the door and ask her what the hell she was doing. The thing that she despised most about this man was when he beat her. He was only drunk, and had come home from a "hard day at work", when he did the deeds. But, of course, Emmet was always drunk. The way he treated her was almost like a character in one of Stephen King's books that she had read once. The book, as she remembered, was called "Rose Madder". Norman (the main character's husband of 14 years) liked to talk to her…up close.
Avari squirmed in the seat slightly, still caught up in her memories and thoughts. Logan turned to face her, and saw her look of repulsion. "Avari?" His voice, full of concern, brought Avari back to earth. She looked up at him, confusion and panic. Logan stepped towards her. "You alright?"
Avari bit her lip even harder, her eyes downcast. "I'm not sure," She replied. Her hands folded on the seat.
Logan looked uncertainly at her, thinking of what to say or do. "You wanna talk 'bout it?" Avari lowered her head, her hair falling into her face, and shrugged. "Or…how 'bout you just talk and I listen?"
Avari looked up into his face, trust and concern shown through his eyes. She inhaled and sighed. She told him everything.
Kalli, Remy, Kurt, Kitty, and Rogue were in the rec. room now. Kitty and Rogue were interrogating Kalli about what went on in the Brotherhood. Remy and Kurt were only half-listening, as they were exchanging glares of pure hatred every now and then. Kurt restrained from BAMF!-ing over to Remy to strangle him when Kalli gossiped with her girlfriends about her and Remy's "close-encounters". All Remy did at this was smirk across the room at him, really loving the major burn on his "competition".
But once Kitty and Rogue turned their attention to the Cajun and started getting to know him, Kalli faced Kurt. She saw him eyeing Remy. She touched his arm lightly, getting his attention. He smiled timidly. "I'm sorry, Kalli," his eyes shifted back to Remy for a moment. "I don't trust him at all. I just have my suspicions that he is using you,"
Kalli cocked her head to the side, confused about what he meant by that last remark. Kurt shrugged. "That he's using you for…"he shifted his eyes back to Kalli, "One thing...and also to get into the Manor and have better chances of attacking from the inside under Magneto's command,"
Kalli rolled her eyes. "Come on, Kurt. You really don't think that. Sure, he may act...flirty, but that's who he is. He's caring, he was the one who convinced me not to stay at the Brotherhood," She folded her hands in her lap.
Kurt stared at her. "You were going to stay?" Kalli nodded helplessly. "But, why?"
Kalli shrugged. "I only stayed the only three or four days just to find out more about my mother. I knew that after the brief hour of Magneto talking about my mother, I was on the right track. Then Remy brought up the subject of coming to the 'Hood when my mother was there. And he mentioned that he was in contact with her. So…"
Kurt chuckled. "You used him?"
A small smile wiped across Kalli's face, and nodded. "To my advantage, yes. But I guess him being useful to me had surprised me. Because I started to…"
The smile on Kurt's face disappeared immediately. He grunted in annoyance. "Like him?"
"Would you PLEASE stop finishing my sentences?" Kalli was feeling restless. She was in a disgruntled and impatient mood already, because she was still waiting for her mother. And Kalli was starting to get a headache.
"HELLOOOOOOO!!!!" a voice screeched from the foyer. Kalli's head shot up. That voice sounded so familiar. She got up and sped out of the room, Kitty, Rogue, Remy, and Kurt staring after her. At once, Kurt bamfed out of the room. Kitty grabbed Rogue's gloved hand and sped off towards the wall and phased through, leaving Remy all alone in the room. His eyebrows furrowed in annoyance, and got up and waltzed out the door to the foyer.
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A/N: Wow. I so realize I don't like thunderstorms much any more. A county surrounding mine had a tornado warning. And we had a SEVERE thunderstorm. It was freaky. But, it eased up about 40-50 minutes ago. Thank goodness we didn't get the friggin' tornado. Heh-heh. Welp, hope you guys liked this chapter. REMEMBER TO REVIEW!!! Oh, and one thing, too: It's easy, and it's fun. Just remember it's rise over run. =P Haha. Just a jingle my Algebra II teacher made up to help us remember Slope.