Hauntress
Chapter Three: Hate When That Happens, Huh?
%%%^%%%Dream Sequence %%%^%%%
I looked up at Luana and Juno and grinned at them.
"Hellooo." I said chirpily.
"Hello, Kitten." The older girls had said in unison.
"Luna? What be that?" I asked, pointing to the staff Gabrielle always carried. Juno was holding it.
Luana and Juno looked at eachother for a moment, then replied, "Juno's keeping it for a while, okay, Kitten?"
I nodded. I didn't understand until . . .
The fire blazed around me; I was lost in an endless abyss.
"Juno! Luna! Gabrielle! Help me!" I screamed as the pain ripped through my body and everything got dark.
%%%^%%%End Dream Sequence %%%^%%%
%%%^%%% Lance's POV %%%^%%%
I jerked my head up when I heard a scream coming from the room Kitty was in.
Kurt was huddled in the corner with his blanket, staring down at everything, his eyes bloodshot.
"Kurt, go to sleep. They're gonna be okay. I'm up, I'll keep an eye on them for you." I told him.
He nodded and took one last look at them before closing his eyes and drifting off into a dreamless sleep.
I scooted over to the window.
Tears were streaming down Kitty's sweaty face, her hair matted against her skin.
I touched the glass.
This girl made me goofy.
I would do anything for her.
Change myself.
Maybe even kill myself.
She made me look stupid in front of my friends.
She made me want to make her laugh and smile.
And most of all . . .
She made me . . .happy.
For the first time in a long while, I was happy.
And then we broke up after the thing in the parking lot with Duncan.
When I was stupid enough to go along with his plan.
Destroy Scott Summers.
Ha. What a laugh.
She had a right to be mad . . .but does she hate me now?
I touched the glass as if I could feel her . . .reach out to her . . .anything.
Was she too far away from me to save her?
Did she want me to save her?
What if she didn't?
But one thing lingered in my mind the longest.
. . .Does Kitty still care for me? . . .
%%%^%%% In the hall %%%^%%%
"Hank, what do you suppose is going to happen?" Charles Xavier asked the beast.
"I'm not sure, Charles. They seem to be stable, but they seem like they won't wake. I just can't find the problem." Hank replied, shaking his head.
. . .Suddenly there was a scream coming from another room . . .
%%%^%%% With Lance %%%^%%%
The lights were turned on quickly, and Lance jumped up seeing Hank, the professor and Logan.
They were carrying Amara, who looked like she was sleeping, but she was thrashing out.
"What happened?" He asked hoarsly.
"Another one. Another victim of this strange . . .whatever it is." Jubilee told him as she walked in behind the professor. "We found her trying to choke Bobby."
"She was trying to CHOKE someone?" Lance asked, surprised.
"Charles! We got a problem with the machines!" Logan called from over at the window, where Kurt and he were looking in with strange looks on their faces.
"What is it, Logan?" Charles asked, then saw what they were talking about.
The girls had somehow gotten out and were hovering near the window, their eyes wide open. But their eyes were blank, and their expressions were grim.
Rogue's gaze landed on Kurt, and she raised her hand towards him. In an instant, the glass that separated them broke. The X-Men watched in horror as the girls looked at one another and nodded.
The girl with dark hair began flying straight for them!
Before she hit anything, she became translucent, and disappeared through the wall behind them as a bright gold light.
Rogue and Kitty looked at one another and started speaking in strange voices.
"Kill the traitor." They said in unison.
"You first, sister." Kitty said, moving back.
"Gracious of you, Trial." Rogue said, suddenly taking a dive right into the ground. Before she colided with the concrete, she held out her hand in front of her and the ground separated. She disappeared down, calling in an inhuman voice after her, "Fallen up, sister."
Kitty shook her head, "Do not let your power go to your head, Penalty."
She looked over to the X-Men, and saw Remy backing into the corner.
Kitty smiled. "Klekar has returned. How have you been, my cousin?"
Remy's scared expression suddenly became a dead one. "Fine, Trial."
"Feh. No use if you don't remember your power. The sepharim will be disappointed." Kitty said.
"Katzchen?" Kurt asked, looking up at her. "Are you alright?"
Kitty looked at him strangely. "You must be my other form's man, correct? Oh, well. I suppose I never did have the best taste in men. Not that Klekar wasn't good."
"Kitty, what are you talking about?" Lance called up to her.
"Oh, what's this? She has two? Well, little kitten has been having some fun, hasn't she?" Kitty said, smiling. "Just how it was before with Klekar and Venkess. Always was one on each team, wasn't it?"
Suddenly, a strange look came upon Kitty's face as a bright golden light surrounded her. "Damn." She screamed when something was pulled out of her.
"Trial, if you don't go back to hell right now, I SWEAR I will hurt that stupid pretty face of yours." A voice came out.
"Oh, look. It's a hunter. Hello there." Kitty said.
Behind Kitty, there was a man with a long sword. He had it pushed through Kitty's back.
"KITTY!" Lance and Kurt called to her.
"You know, Dubner, the one good thing about me." Kitty paused and pulled the sword out of her back, the clothes feeding back together. "Is that I never die until I am killed the way I was long ago. And guess what? It don't work anymore."
Kitty turned on the man and threw the sword through his chest. "It hurts, doesn't it?"
The man named Dubner nodded, then fell back lifeless. A large light erupted around him and when the light receeded, the X-Men could see who it really was.
"Is that- Is that SCOTT?" Jubilee screamed, seeing the lifeless body of her captain.
Kurt looked at Lance. He grabbed his and Logan's arms and teleported them out to where Scott lay.
Kitty had flown down to watch him for some reason.
Suddenly, Jean appeared there, and started to help Scott.
"Is he okay, red?" Logan asked.
"Yeah. He's just . . .asleep." Jean said, looking at him with tears in her eyes.
"Damn." Kitty said from behind them. "I thought he would die that time, too."
"What did you do to Kitty, monster?" Lance asked, making the ground shake a bit.
"Well, little earthquake. I'm not so sure what kitten sees in you. Or any of you for that matter. But I will not harm you. Kitten has made me promise not to. Oh, well." Kitty said, yawning. "I'm not sure why she likes mutants. Or did she not tell you everything?"
Kurt looked up and said, "No. Why don't you."
A strange turquoise and red light surrounded Kitty's body, and she answered, "Oh, well. Seems like my time here is up. I will be back. And tell little kitten to watch out for her . . .old friends."
The lights stopped, and Kitty was hanging there, in mid air, her eyes closed. She began to slowly open her eyes, then her eyes flickered open and she blinked.
She looked down at her feet that were off the ground, and mumbled, "Shit."
Kitty fell forwards and landed in Lance's arms. She was mumbling incoherent curses and breathing hard.
"Kitty?" Kurt asked, pulling the couple apart a little.
Kitty didn't look at Kurt. She stared through him.
"Katzchen?" Kurt asked, feeling hurt.
"Kurt?" Kitty asked, her voice normal.
Kurt came closer. "Yes, Kitty?"
"I'm sorry." Was all Kitty said before disappearing in a flash of turquoise light.
~*End Chapter
Yeah...
Chapter Three: Hate When That Happens, Huh?
%%%^%%%Dream Sequence %%%^%%%
I looked up at Luana and Juno and grinned at them.
"Hellooo." I said chirpily.
"Hello, Kitten." The older girls had said in unison.
"Luna? What be that?" I asked, pointing to the staff Gabrielle always carried. Juno was holding it.
Luana and Juno looked at eachother for a moment, then replied, "Juno's keeping it for a while, okay, Kitten?"
I nodded. I didn't understand until . . .
The fire blazed around me; I was lost in an endless abyss.
"Juno! Luna! Gabrielle! Help me!" I screamed as the pain ripped through my body and everything got dark.
%%%^%%%End Dream Sequence %%%^%%%
%%%^%%% Lance's POV %%%^%%%
I jerked my head up when I heard a scream coming from the room Kitty was in.
Kurt was huddled in the corner with his blanket, staring down at everything, his eyes bloodshot.
"Kurt, go to sleep. They're gonna be okay. I'm up, I'll keep an eye on them for you." I told him.
He nodded and took one last look at them before closing his eyes and drifting off into a dreamless sleep.
I scooted over to the window.
Tears were streaming down Kitty's sweaty face, her hair matted against her skin.
I touched the glass.
This girl made me goofy.
I would do anything for her.
Change myself.
Maybe even kill myself.
She made me look stupid in front of my friends.
She made me want to make her laugh and smile.
And most of all . . .
She made me . . .happy.
For the first time in a long while, I was happy.
And then we broke up after the thing in the parking lot with Duncan.
When I was stupid enough to go along with his plan.
Destroy Scott Summers.
Ha. What a laugh.
She had a right to be mad . . .but does she hate me now?
I touched the glass as if I could feel her . . .reach out to her . . .anything.
Was she too far away from me to save her?
Did she want me to save her?
What if she didn't?
But one thing lingered in my mind the longest.
. . .Does Kitty still care for me? . . .
%%%^%%% In the hall %%%^%%%
"Hank, what do you suppose is going to happen?" Charles Xavier asked the beast.
"I'm not sure, Charles. They seem to be stable, but they seem like they won't wake. I just can't find the problem." Hank replied, shaking his head.
. . .Suddenly there was a scream coming from another room . . .
%%%^%%% With Lance %%%^%%%
The lights were turned on quickly, and Lance jumped up seeing Hank, the professor and Logan.
They were carrying Amara, who looked like she was sleeping, but she was thrashing out.
"What happened?" He asked hoarsly.
"Another one. Another victim of this strange . . .whatever it is." Jubilee told him as she walked in behind the professor. "We found her trying to choke Bobby."
"She was trying to CHOKE someone?" Lance asked, surprised.
"Charles! We got a problem with the machines!" Logan called from over at the window, where Kurt and he were looking in with strange looks on their faces.
"What is it, Logan?" Charles asked, then saw what they were talking about.
The girls had somehow gotten out and were hovering near the window, their eyes wide open. But their eyes were blank, and their expressions were grim.
Rogue's gaze landed on Kurt, and she raised her hand towards him. In an instant, the glass that separated them broke. The X-Men watched in horror as the girls looked at one another and nodded.
The girl with dark hair began flying straight for them!
Before she hit anything, she became translucent, and disappeared through the wall behind them as a bright gold light.
Rogue and Kitty looked at one another and started speaking in strange voices.
"Kill the traitor." They said in unison.
"You first, sister." Kitty said, moving back.
"Gracious of you, Trial." Rogue said, suddenly taking a dive right into the ground. Before she colided with the concrete, she held out her hand in front of her and the ground separated. She disappeared down, calling in an inhuman voice after her, "Fallen up, sister."
Kitty shook her head, "Do not let your power go to your head, Penalty."
She looked over to the X-Men, and saw Remy backing into the corner.
Kitty smiled. "Klekar has returned. How have you been, my cousin?"
Remy's scared expression suddenly became a dead one. "Fine, Trial."
"Feh. No use if you don't remember your power. The sepharim will be disappointed." Kitty said.
"Katzchen?" Kurt asked, looking up at her. "Are you alright?"
Kitty looked at him strangely. "You must be my other form's man, correct? Oh, well. I suppose I never did have the best taste in men. Not that Klekar wasn't good."
"Kitty, what are you talking about?" Lance called up to her.
"Oh, what's this? She has two? Well, little kitten has been having some fun, hasn't she?" Kitty said, smiling. "Just how it was before with Klekar and Venkess. Always was one on each team, wasn't it?"
Suddenly, a strange look came upon Kitty's face as a bright golden light surrounded her. "Damn." She screamed when something was pulled out of her.
"Trial, if you don't go back to hell right now, I SWEAR I will hurt that stupid pretty face of yours." A voice came out.
"Oh, look. It's a hunter. Hello there." Kitty said.
Behind Kitty, there was a man with a long sword. He had it pushed through Kitty's back.
"KITTY!" Lance and Kurt called to her.
"You know, Dubner, the one good thing about me." Kitty paused and pulled the sword out of her back, the clothes feeding back together. "Is that I never die until I am killed the way I was long ago. And guess what? It don't work anymore."
Kitty turned on the man and threw the sword through his chest. "It hurts, doesn't it?"
The man named Dubner nodded, then fell back lifeless. A large light erupted around him and when the light receeded, the X-Men could see who it really was.
"Is that- Is that SCOTT?" Jubilee screamed, seeing the lifeless body of her captain.
Kurt looked at Lance. He grabbed his and Logan's arms and teleported them out to where Scott lay.
Kitty had flown down to watch him for some reason.
Suddenly, Jean appeared there, and started to help Scott.
"Is he okay, red?" Logan asked.
"Yeah. He's just . . .asleep." Jean said, looking at him with tears in her eyes.
"Damn." Kitty said from behind them. "I thought he would die that time, too."
"What did you do to Kitty, monster?" Lance asked, making the ground shake a bit.
"Well, little earthquake. I'm not so sure what kitten sees in you. Or any of you for that matter. But I will not harm you. Kitten has made me promise not to. Oh, well." Kitty said, yawning. "I'm not sure why she likes mutants. Or did she not tell you everything?"
Kurt looked up and said, "No. Why don't you."
A strange turquoise and red light surrounded Kitty's body, and she answered, "Oh, well. Seems like my time here is up. I will be back. And tell little kitten to watch out for her . . .old friends."
The lights stopped, and Kitty was hanging there, in mid air, her eyes closed. She began to slowly open her eyes, then her eyes flickered open and she blinked.
She looked down at her feet that were off the ground, and mumbled, "Shit."
Kitty fell forwards and landed in Lance's arms. She was mumbling incoherent curses and breathing hard.
"Kitty?" Kurt asked, pulling the couple apart a little.
Kitty didn't look at Kurt. She stared through him.
"Katzchen?" Kurt asked, feeling hurt.
"Kurt?" Kitty asked, her voice normal.
Kurt came closer. "Yes, Kitty?"
"I'm sorry." Was all Kitty said before disappearing in a flash of turquoise light.
~*End Chapter
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