Kitty thrashed about and pulled at they chains in the wall. Her hearing
picked up the sound of the door opening. She turned around and growled.
"Easy, Kitty. We're not here to hurt you." Jean said approaching her carefully.
Kitty snarled.
"That's close enough Jean. I don't want you harmed. Now, let's try to track down our Kitty."
Jean closed her eyes again and tried to contact Kitty.
Kitty? Are you still here? Where are you?
Jean! Help! I'm so frightened! How many people have I hurt? I never wanted to hurt people. Help me!
Kitty! It's okay! You haven't hurt anyone. I want to help you get control of this.
A long silence remained.
Kitty?
...You're lying. I have hurt people. I can feel tit from you, and I can smell your fear. I've hurt you. I can tell because you are weak. I never wanted to hurt anyone!
No! Kitty! It's alright!
No! It's not alright! I'm a monster!
Kitty! Wait!
Kitty roared at Jean and tried to get at her by pulling the manacles.
Jean turned to face the Professor. "I lost her." Jean said with the failure in her voice.
"It's alright Jean. I have another idea. If this doesn't bring her to her senses I have no idea what will." The Professor wheeled out of the room. "I have a phone call to make."
The next morning they had company.
"Where is my daughter? What have you done with her?" Mr. Pryde said.
"Please, be calm for Kitty's sake." Professor said.
"What happened?" Mrs. Pryde asked.
"Well, it seems that her powers have grown." The Professor said trying to keep his calm. "They have evolved into something that is out of her hands right now."
"What do you mean? How much of a problem could phasing through walls cause? She hasn't mentioned any problems in her e-mails home." Kitty's mother said.
"Well, she's not phasing through anything. Her gene has mutated drastically and eliminated those powers and giving her new ones."
"And...what are those?" Kitty's father said.
"Well, that's what we need your help with. Computer, show image of camera number 3 in Sector 5. Please prepare yourselves." The Professor said sensing their rising fear.
The image projected onto the monitor. He turned it so they could see. The horror stretched across their faces. Kitty was once again raging and thrashing about. Jean was in there just watching her. Making sure that she didn't hurt herself or her parents.
"We have tried to reach her telepathically. She's extremely frightened by the whole thing, and that's what causing her to lose control." The Professor stated.
Kitty's father stared at the Professor and her mother stared at the screen.
"We think that you are our last chance of regaining Kitty." The Professor said finally.
"Easy, Kitty. We're not here to hurt you." Jean said approaching her carefully.
Kitty snarled.
"That's close enough Jean. I don't want you harmed. Now, let's try to track down our Kitty."
Jean closed her eyes again and tried to contact Kitty.
Kitty? Are you still here? Where are you?
Jean! Help! I'm so frightened! How many people have I hurt? I never wanted to hurt people. Help me!
Kitty! It's okay! You haven't hurt anyone. I want to help you get control of this.
A long silence remained.
Kitty?
...You're lying. I have hurt people. I can feel tit from you, and I can smell your fear. I've hurt you. I can tell because you are weak. I never wanted to hurt anyone!
No! Kitty! It's alright!
No! It's not alright! I'm a monster!
Kitty! Wait!
Kitty roared at Jean and tried to get at her by pulling the manacles.
Jean turned to face the Professor. "I lost her." Jean said with the failure in her voice.
"It's alright Jean. I have another idea. If this doesn't bring her to her senses I have no idea what will." The Professor wheeled out of the room. "I have a phone call to make."
The next morning they had company.
"Where is my daughter? What have you done with her?" Mr. Pryde said.
"Please, be calm for Kitty's sake." Professor said.
"What happened?" Mrs. Pryde asked.
"Well, it seems that her powers have grown." The Professor said trying to keep his calm. "They have evolved into something that is out of her hands right now."
"What do you mean? How much of a problem could phasing through walls cause? She hasn't mentioned any problems in her e-mails home." Kitty's mother said.
"Well, she's not phasing through anything. Her gene has mutated drastically and eliminated those powers and giving her new ones."
"And...what are those?" Kitty's father said.
"Well, that's what we need your help with. Computer, show image of camera number 3 in Sector 5. Please prepare yourselves." The Professor said sensing their rising fear.
The image projected onto the monitor. He turned it so they could see. The horror stretched across their faces. Kitty was once again raging and thrashing about. Jean was in there just watching her. Making sure that she didn't hurt herself or her parents.
"We have tried to reach her telepathically. She's extremely frightened by the whole thing, and that's what causing her to lose control." The Professor stated.
Kitty's father stared at the Professor and her mother stared at the screen.
"We think that you are our last chance of regaining Kitty." The Professor said finally.