A/N: If you are reading this then I assume you liked the beginning of my
story as well as the continuation of Snitter In Rivendale's 'Outcast's
Always Mourn.' I won't say anything more than a special thanks to Snitter
for letting me complete his story.
Chapter Two: Guilty Until Proven Innocent.
Kurt was sitting in the back of the class, not paying attention. He was thinking of how he could get through the rest of day without breaking Kelly's 'no teleporting' rule. He just wanted to be with Amanda. Alone. Even though he had her on his side he still felt alone. He knew he wasn't he just felt that way. He didn't want to. He didn't see the teacher walk to his desk. Then
" Mr. Wagner! Are you paying attention?"
" Yes. Sorry." He replied.
" Then if you were paying attention you wouldn't mind recapping what was just covered." Said the teacher.
" Um, um." he was lost.
The teacher was agitated. " It seems that this mutant thinks he's to good to pay attention." The class laughs. " Well, Mr. Wagner, you can take your superior mutant hide to Principle Kelly's office. I'm sure that he will be glad to set you straight."
" This is all his fault to begin with." Kurt said.
" Yeah, right. You mutants always got to blame humans. Go to his office immediately."
Kurt got up from his desk. He could teleport but he didn't want any more attention than he already had. He opened the door and began to walk out. Then he heard the teacher mumble. " Goddamn mutant."
He closed the door as fast as he could. As he began to walk down the hallway he saw a student in the halls. Probably a ditcher. He began to walk again. The student saw him. He began to back away, " Ah, get away from me you mutant!" the student began to run. He turned a corner and was out of sight.
BACK AT THE MANSION
Jean let go of Xavier's hand. " How can people treat us like this? After all we did for them in the past.including when we sent Apocalypse back into space. I just don't get it."
Xavier pushed himself out of his wheelchair and sat on his bed. He wrapped his arms around Jean and hugged her. " Jean I'm going to tell you something that I think I shouldn't. But as an X-Man as well as a fellow telepath I think you should know. When I saw the future I saw peace between mutants and humans. There were still those who didn't want it but nevertheless there was peace. But it won't be in my lifetime. Or yours for that matter. Perhaps that's why I feel comfortable telling you this." He turned his head. ** I just hope she never finds out that the only reason people and mutants came together was to defeat Apocalypse. I hope to God that none of my students ever see the day that he returns. and he will. **
He turned back to Jean. " We need to focus on more important matters. Like Kurt." He put his hand on hers. They saw Kurt again.
BACK AT THE SCHOOL
Kurt was just around the corner from Kelly's office. When he turned the corner he saw Kelly talking to six students he didn't recognize. " Thank you for your time." He said. " I don't want this discussed with anyone else. I don't usually let these type of loop holes remain loop holes for long. but this time I'm willing to let it slide. Just remember our deal."
Kurt didn't know what they were talking about but he figured it was just about the football team. Some sort of loop hole about having less than a 2.5 GPA and still be able to play Junior Varsity.
But that wasn't what he was talking about. Kurt didn't know what they were talking about. but Xavier and Jean did. Xavier didn't want to leave the vision of Kurt so he used all of the telepathic powers to contact the other X-Men. ** X-Men. I want you to get to the school as soon as you can. You must find Kurt. I feel that something terrible is about to happen to him. ** They heard the call. and so did Jean. She broke the chain between her and the professor. " Sit down, Jean. I want you to be here to help me continue. Using all that power took some of my energy away. Without your telepathic power I may not be able to monitor Kurt's situation.
She sat down and put her hand on top of Xavier's. The professor began to use all the energy he could. " I'm maxed out, Jean. Now is when I need your help." She also began to flow her telepathic powers into the portal that bound Kurt's mind with theirs. They once again began to see through his mind.
BACK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
Kurt was already inside Kelly's office. Kelly was angry. It would be obvious to anybody who was looking at him. But Kurt didn't need to look. He already knew. " I don't know why you are here for the second time today, Mr. Wagner but I really don't care. I have had students and teachers watching you all day. Though they would like to see you fried as much as I do, they are still honest people." He turned around and looked at Kurt. " I am going to be honest. I don't like mutants and I don't like you. But I as well am an honest man. My contacts have told me that you didn't use your teleporting powers so I won't suspend you. But I see that you have caused enough trouble for the day. And as hard as it is to admit I am partly to blame. That is why when you go home I will contact the rest of your classes and tell them to count you tardy, not absent."
Kurt smiled, " Thank you."
" Shut up and go home, Mr. Wagner. Don't make me regret rewarding a mutant. Even if it is pointless. And don't come back until you have that little doodad of yours fixed. But if your not back tomorrow I will resume your status and you will be marked as an unexcused absence."
Kurt got up and walked to the door. " Oh, yes. I also have contacts outside the school. Let me tell you something. The school is responsible for the students until they reach the property of their homes. Even if they are standing right next to it they are still our responsibility. They have to have both feet on their property until they are none of our concern until the following day. If any of my contacts tell me that you used your powers until both feet are planted on that damn mansions grounds you and all of your mutant friends will be suspended for the rest of the semester."
Kurt didn't want to be expelled so he decided to not teleport. He opened the door, walked out, and closed it.
Kelly picked up his phone and dialed one of Kurt's teachers. The teacher picked up the phone in his room. " Yes, may I help you?"
" Yes this is Principle Kelly. You have a student named Kurt Wagner, right. " Kelly asked.
" Yes I do, what about him?" the teacher asked.
" Mr. Wagner has to take the rest of the day off. I would like you to count him as tardy not absent. Is that okay?"
The teacher looked at his watch. " Okay I think I can handle that." The teacher hung up the phone and Kelly his.
Kelly walked to his window. ** I know you don't want to come back to school tomorrow. Mr. Wagner. So I'm making sure that you don't. All I had to do was tell a couple of the football players that you were forcing a human girl to act as your cover and they just begged to handle the situation themselves. I hope to never see you again, Mr. Wagner. **
Xavier was furious, " That Bastard. How could he do something like this?" while he was talking he could still see Kurt. He was walking around a corner to the school's exit. But he did not see what Xavier saw.
Xavier saw a person in the corner of the hallway watching Kurt. It was the school nurse that bandaged Kurt. Xavier took a little detour from Kurt's mind to see what that nurse was doing watching Kurt. Jean did not resist his change of minds. " What is it, Professor?"
He was inside the nurses mind but it was locked. he couldn't read it. " I don't know who this is but she either has a strong will, we don't have the power to go into another mind, or this is another telepath." He didn't want to bother with it. He went back to Kurt's mind. He was already three blocks away from the school running as fast as he could. The school nurse was still following him, unawares to Kurt.
But also unawares to Kurt is a group of football players that were waiting ahead for him. One of them had a bat, one had a brick, one had a lead pipe, and the others had nothing but their bare fists ready for him when he passes by. Kurt was running by an alley when the student with the lead pipe stuck it out of the ally and close lined him. When he was on the ground they walked out of the alley.
One of the boys that was using only his fists smiled, " You want to screw with a human girl, you're going to have to pay."
Kurt was confused. " Vhat are you talking about? I didn't do anything."
" Damn liar!" said the one with the brick.
Kurt was getting up off the ground when the one with the brick smashed him over the head. ** Oh no! ** Thought Xavier.
Kurt was unconscious. And the X-Men were still to far away to help. " No one can save you, you furry bastard." One of them said. The boy with the bat was about to finish what they intended to do when the nurse stepped out into view.
" What do you think you are doing!" she screamed.
The football players looked at her. " Look it's the nurse from the school." One of them said. " Look, we don't want any trouble with you just leave and we won't have to hurt you."
" As long as there are bully's like you to hurt helpless mutants then I will not go away. You kind of people need to be dealt with." The nurse said.
" Listen, Nurse Lady, we don't like mutants and we don't like mutant sympathizers. So you can go away now. Unless you want some of this, too."
The nurse grew an angry face. " Mutant sympathizer, no." the nurse began to change from the feet up. " I am a mutant!"
The change was almost to her waist. Her skin was blue. But not furry like Kurt's. Then as the change passed her waist you could see a white skirt like clothing with skulls on the waist for a belt. Xavier was shocked, ** Mystique! ** The thought rang in his head repeatedly. The change was past her head and revealing her blue face and red hair. It was indeed Mystique. " You little humans need to be taught that nobody. I repeat nobody harms my son and gets away with It." She begins to run towards the group of high school muggers. She didn't see one of them grab an object from the back of his waist. He pulled it out to reveal that it was a gun. Xavier's thoughts rang so loud that Jean heard them, ** No, HE WOULDN'T! ** The boy with the gun pulled the trigger and Mystique turned partially sideways and avoided the bullet. But by the time she was able to balance herself again the boy pulled the trigger again. She tried to dodge it by stopping and doing a back flip but in the middle of the flip the bullet passed right through her leg. The blood was seen flowing from he leg. When she landed it was flowing quite freely. The football player with the lead pipe turned to the boy with the gun. " This was supposed to look like a mutant beating, not a cold blooded murder you stupid!" he turned into the alley and began to run. " Let's beat it. If there was one there are probably others!" The other assailants ran into the alley. They were gone. Mystique got up to her feet. She tried to stand on her wounded leg but couldn't. She paused for a second. The wound began to heal. After a few more seconds the wound was completely healed. She walked over to Kurt and knelt down. She picked his head up and hugged him. She could hear a voice in the distance. It was Scott. When she turned around Kurt opened his eyes. He saw her. " Mother?" She didn't hear him. She was listening for footsteps. She both heard and saw Scott., Kitty, and Magma running down the street towards her. " Damn." " Ger away from him you creep!" Scott screamed he could see her but he was still to far away to see who she was. As they ran the saw her stand up and begin to disappear. Then she totally vanished.
Kurt turned to his side and tried to stand. He saw blood on the ground and touched his head. " Ouch!" he yelped. He looked at his hand and saw blood on it. ** My Blood. That's my blood! ** he fainted again. Scott and the other reached him and started looking around. " Keep looking for that person. What we saw could have been an illusion." They looked around and couldn't see anything. " I don't." Xavier and Jean felt a shock in their hands as a bolt of lightening shot them to opposite sides of the room. Jean got to her feet. She ran over to the professor. " What happened?" she helped him up, and into his wheelchair. He frowned, " When that happens it means that your powers and mine are completely exhausted. We have nothing left. Not even a pinch. It takes months to recharge our powers." Jean sat down on the floor. " What happens from now until then? We can conserve our powers until they are fully charged. I mean we can use small amounts as it does, right?" He looked at her. She could tell that as well as his powers, he too was exhausted. " I'm afraid not, Jean. If we use our powers until they recharge then the results could be fatal. It cold even lead to death if used the wrong way or strained in any way. We are helpless, Jean, totally helpless."
Before he could say anything more the phone rang. He wheeled to his study desk and answered it. " Hello?" " Prof, this is Scott. We have Kurt. We're at my car and are heading back to the institute ASAP." " That's good, Scott. I will summon Mr. McCoy and meet you in the infirmary." He smiled and hung up the phone. " Professor, I don't feel those bad feelings anymore. What happened?" Jean asked. " Jean, lucky for both of us. When our powers were drained we lost the ability to feel what Kurt feels. Only a telepath can feel that. In the deepest of ways I am grateful that this happened. I could have handled the pain because I have felt it before. But you could not have. for you the pain would only have gotten worse by the day. It may have become so painful that you would have either gone into uncontrollable seizures until the pain went away or you would have gone crazy from the torment of another mutant's emotions in an underdeveloped telepath brain. Be grateful, Jean, be very grateful." The two left the room and went to seek out The Beast. He was needed. Greatly needed.
// I'm not done yet. I think I have a few more ideas left before I finish: one includes Amanda. And I still have not explained the two times that Xavier felt that great pain.//
Chapter Two: Guilty Until Proven Innocent.
Kurt was sitting in the back of the class, not paying attention. He was thinking of how he could get through the rest of day without breaking Kelly's 'no teleporting' rule. He just wanted to be with Amanda. Alone. Even though he had her on his side he still felt alone. He knew he wasn't he just felt that way. He didn't want to. He didn't see the teacher walk to his desk. Then
" Mr. Wagner! Are you paying attention?"
" Yes. Sorry." He replied.
" Then if you were paying attention you wouldn't mind recapping what was just covered." Said the teacher.
" Um, um." he was lost.
The teacher was agitated. " It seems that this mutant thinks he's to good to pay attention." The class laughs. " Well, Mr. Wagner, you can take your superior mutant hide to Principle Kelly's office. I'm sure that he will be glad to set you straight."
" This is all his fault to begin with." Kurt said.
" Yeah, right. You mutants always got to blame humans. Go to his office immediately."
Kurt got up from his desk. He could teleport but he didn't want any more attention than he already had. He opened the door and began to walk out. Then he heard the teacher mumble. " Goddamn mutant."
He closed the door as fast as he could. As he began to walk down the hallway he saw a student in the halls. Probably a ditcher. He began to walk again. The student saw him. He began to back away, " Ah, get away from me you mutant!" the student began to run. He turned a corner and was out of sight.
BACK AT THE MANSION
Jean let go of Xavier's hand. " How can people treat us like this? After all we did for them in the past.including when we sent Apocalypse back into space. I just don't get it."
Xavier pushed himself out of his wheelchair and sat on his bed. He wrapped his arms around Jean and hugged her. " Jean I'm going to tell you something that I think I shouldn't. But as an X-Man as well as a fellow telepath I think you should know. When I saw the future I saw peace between mutants and humans. There were still those who didn't want it but nevertheless there was peace. But it won't be in my lifetime. Or yours for that matter. Perhaps that's why I feel comfortable telling you this." He turned his head. ** I just hope she never finds out that the only reason people and mutants came together was to defeat Apocalypse. I hope to God that none of my students ever see the day that he returns. and he will. **
He turned back to Jean. " We need to focus on more important matters. Like Kurt." He put his hand on hers. They saw Kurt again.
BACK AT THE SCHOOL
Kurt was just around the corner from Kelly's office. When he turned the corner he saw Kelly talking to six students he didn't recognize. " Thank you for your time." He said. " I don't want this discussed with anyone else. I don't usually let these type of loop holes remain loop holes for long. but this time I'm willing to let it slide. Just remember our deal."
Kurt didn't know what they were talking about but he figured it was just about the football team. Some sort of loop hole about having less than a 2.5 GPA and still be able to play Junior Varsity.
But that wasn't what he was talking about. Kurt didn't know what they were talking about. but Xavier and Jean did. Xavier didn't want to leave the vision of Kurt so he used all of the telepathic powers to contact the other X-Men. ** X-Men. I want you to get to the school as soon as you can. You must find Kurt. I feel that something terrible is about to happen to him. ** They heard the call. and so did Jean. She broke the chain between her and the professor. " Sit down, Jean. I want you to be here to help me continue. Using all that power took some of my energy away. Without your telepathic power I may not be able to monitor Kurt's situation.
She sat down and put her hand on top of Xavier's. The professor began to use all the energy he could. " I'm maxed out, Jean. Now is when I need your help." She also began to flow her telepathic powers into the portal that bound Kurt's mind with theirs. They once again began to see through his mind.
BACK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
Kurt was already inside Kelly's office. Kelly was angry. It would be obvious to anybody who was looking at him. But Kurt didn't need to look. He already knew. " I don't know why you are here for the second time today, Mr. Wagner but I really don't care. I have had students and teachers watching you all day. Though they would like to see you fried as much as I do, they are still honest people." He turned around and looked at Kurt. " I am going to be honest. I don't like mutants and I don't like you. But I as well am an honest man. My contacts have told me that you didn't use your teleporting powers so I won't suspend you. But I see that you have caused enough trouble for the day. And as hard as it is to admit I am partly to blame. That is why when you go home I will contact the rest of your classes and tell them to count you tardy, not absent."
Kurt smiled, " Thank you."
" Shut up and go home, Mr. Wagner. Don't make me regret rewarding a mutant. Even if it is pointless. And don't come back until you have that little doodad of yours fixed. But if your not back tomorrow I will resume your status and you will be marked as an unexcused absence."
Kurt got up and walked to the door. " Oh, yes. I also have contacts outside the school. Let me tell you something. The school is responsible for the students until they reach the property of their homes. Even if they are standing right next to it they are still our responsibility. They have to have both feet on their property until they are none of our concern until the following day. If any of my contacts tell me that you used your powers until both feet are planted on that damn mansions grounds you and all of your mutant friends will be suspended for the rest of the semester."
Kurt didn't want to be expelled so he decided to not teleport. He opened the door, walked out, and closed it.
Kelly picked up his phone and dialed one of Kurt's teachers. The teacher picked up the phone in his room. " Yes, may I help you?"
" Yes this is Principle Kelly. You have a student named Kurt Wagner, right. " Kelly asked.
" Yes I do, what about him?" the teacher asked.
" Mr. Wagner has to take the rest of the day off. I would like you to count him as tardy not absent. Is that okay?"
The teacher looked at his watch. " Okay I think I can handle that." The teacher hung up the phone and Kelly his.
Kelly walked to his window. ** I know you don't want to come back to school tomorrow. Mr. Wagner. So I'm making sure that you don't. All I had to do was tell a couple of the football players that you were forcing a human girl to act as your cover and they just begged to handle the situation themselves. I hope to never see you again, Mr. Wagner. **
Xavier was furious, " That Bastard. How could he do something like this?" while he was talking he could still see Kurt. He was walking around a corner to the school's exit. But he did not see what Xavier saw.
Xavier saw a person in the corner of the hallway watching Kurt. It was the school nurse that bandaged Kurt. Xavier took a little detour from Kurt's mind to see what that nurse was doing watching Kurt. Jean did not resist his change of minds. " What is it, Professor?"
He was inside the nurses mind but it was locked. he couldn't read it. " I don't know who this is but she either has a strong will, we don't have the power to go into another mind, or this is another telepath." He didn't want to bother with it. He went back to Kurt's mind. He was already three blocks away from the school running as fast as he could. The school nurse was still following him, unawares to Kurt.
But also unawares to Kurt is a group of football players that were waiting ahead for him. One of them had a bat, one had a brick, one had a lead pipe, and the others had nothing but their bare fists ready for him when he passes by. Kurt was running by an alley when the student with the lead pipe stuck it out of the ally and close lined him. When he was on the ground they walked out of the alley.
One of the boys that was using only his fists smiled, " You want to screw with a human girl, you're going to have to pay."
Kurt was confused. " Vhat are you talking about? I didn't do anything."
" Damn liar!" said the one with the brick.
Kurt was getting up off the ground when the one with the brick smashed him over the head. ** Oh no! ** Thought Xavier.
Kurt was unconscious. And the X-Men were still to far away to help. " No one can save you, you furry bastard." One of them said. The boy with the bat was about to finish what they intended to do when the nurse stepped out into view.
" What do you think you are doing!" she screamed.
The football players looked at her. " Look it's the nurse from the school." One of them said. " Look, we don't want any trouble with you just leave and we won't have to hurt you."
" As long as there are bully's like you to hurt helpless mutants then I will not go away. You kind of people need to be dealt with." The nurse said.
" Listen, Nurse Lady, we don't like mutants and we don't like mutant sympathizers. So you can go away now. Unless you want some of this, too."
The nurse grew an angry face. " Mutant sympathizer, no." the nurse began to change from the feet up. " I am a mutant!"
The change was almost to her waist. Her skin was blue. But not furry like Kurt's. Then as the change passed her waist you could see a white skirt like clothing with skulls on the waist for a belt. Xavier was shocked, ** Mystique! ** The thought rang in his head repeatedly. The change was past her head and revealing her blue face and red hair. It was indeed Mystique. " You little humans need to be taught that nobody. I repeat nobody harms my son and gets away with It." She begins to run towards the group of high school muggers. She didn't see one of them grab an object from the back of his waist. He pulled it out to reveal that it was a gun. Xavier's thoughts rang so loud that Jean heard them, ** No, HE WOULDN'T! ** The boy with the gun pulled the trigger and Mystique turned partially sideways and avoided the bullet. But by the time she was able to balance herself again the boy pulled the trigger again. She tried to dodge it by stopping and doing a back flip but in the middle of the flip the bullet passed right through her leg. The blood was seen flowing from he leg. When she landed it was flowing quite freely. The football player with the lead pipe turned to the boy with the gun. " This was supposed to look like a mutant beating, not a cold blooded murder you stupid!" he turned into the alley and began to run. " Let's beat it. If there was one there are probably others!" The other assailants ran into the alley. They were gone. Mystique got up to her feet. She tried to stand on her wounded leg but couldn't. She paused for a second. The wound began to heal. After a few more seconds the wound was completely healed. She walked over to Kurt and knelt down. She picked his head up and hugged him. She could hear a voice in the distance. It was Scott. When she turned around Kurt opened his eyes. He saw her. " Mother?" She didn't hear him. She was listening for footsteps. She both heard and saw Scott., Kitty, and Magma running down the street towards her. " Damn." " Ger away from him you creep!" Scott screamed he could see her but he was still to far away to see who she was. As they ran the saw her stand up and begin to disappear. Then she totally vanished.
Kurt turned to his side and tried to stand. He saw blood on the ground and touched his head. " Ouch!" he yelped. He looked at his hand and saw blood on it. ** My Blood. That's my blood! ** he fainted again. Scott and the other reached him and started looking around. " Keep looking for that person. What we saw could have been an illusion." They looked around and couldn't see anything. " I don't." Xavier and Jean felt a shock in their hands as a bolt of lightening shot them to opposite sides of the room. Jean got to her feet. She ran over to the professor. " What happened?" she helped him up, and into his wheelchair. He frowned, " When that happens it means that your powers and mine are completely exhausted. We have nothing left. Not even a pinch. It takes months to recharge our powers." Jean sat down on the floor. " What happens from now until then? We can conserve our powers until they are fully charged. I mean we can use small amounts as it does, right?" He looked at her. She could tell that as well as his powers, he too was exhausted. " I'm afraid not, Jean. If we use our powers until they recharge then the results could be fatal. It cold even lead to death if used the wrong way or strained in any way. We are helpless, Jean, totally helpless."
Before he could say anything more the phone rang. He wheeled to his study desk and answered it. " Hello?" " Prof, this is Scott. We have Kurt. We're at my car and are heading back to the institute ASAP." " That's good, Scott. I will summon Mr. McCoy and meet you in the infirmary." He smiled and hung up the phone. " Professor, I don't feel those bad feelings anymore. What happened?" Jean asked. " Jean, lucky for both of us. When our powers were drained we lost the ability to feel what Kurt feels. Only a telepath can feel that. In the deepest of ways I am grateful that this happened. I could have handled the pain because I have felt it before. But you could not have. for you the pain would only have gotten worse by the day. It may have become so painful that you would have either gone into uncontrollable seizures until the pain went away or you would have gone crazy from the torment of another mutant's emotions in an underdeveloped telepath brain. Be grateful, Jean, be very grateful." The two left the room and went to seek out The Beast. He was needed. Greatly needed.
// I'm not done yet. I think I have a few more ideas left before I finish: one includes Amanda. And I still have not explained the two times that Xavier felt that great pain.//