Chapter Ten.
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. Aqueous - glad you're liking it. And K.K.L - thanks for the kind words and the encouragement. I really appreciate it, you have no idea how much. Hope you like this one - it's getting sort of hard to write, writer's block setting in because I had to change up a few things.
I don't own X Men Evolution.
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Kitty stared long and hard at the photograph. Pietro was looking right back at her. *Gosh he looks gorgeous! Focus Kitty, focus!*
"This is Pietro Maximoff, codename Quicksilver." The Professor handed her another photo. "And this is Erik Lensherr, his father, codename Magneto."
Kitty stared at the photos blankly. What was this all about? Is Pietro in some sort of trouble? The Professor continued,
"Magneto has formed an organisation known as the Brotherhood and is at present recruiting mutants to help him in his fight against the human race." The Professor wheeled himself over to the window. "You see Kitty, the world is not yet aware of the mutant kind and I can guarantee you that everyone will not be as accepting of mutants as we would like. Some humans will see us as a threat, they'll fail to realise that we too are human beings; instead they will choose to believe we're a danger, menaces to society, they will choose the path of war. And when that day does come Kitty, Magneto will be waiting. What he fails to realize though is that he'll be doing the exact thing they'll be accusing us of - that the only way to bring about peace - to rid the earth of mutant kind - is to wage war."
Kitty sat there taking all this in. She didn't want to believe that Pietro was only using her. She just had to ask even though she already knew the answer.
"So is Pietro involved in any of this sir?"
"To an extent. His father has entrusted him with recruiting these young mutants. I believe Magneto already has three with them Lance Alvers, Freddie Dukes and..."
"... and Todd Tolensky." Kitty finished his sentence for him. She hid her hurt expression but the Professor saw through it right away. He immediately regretted telling her; maybe she just wasn't ready to hear all this right now. He tried to console her, "Kitty I know you and Pietro have become extremely close and I'm not exactly sure what part he plays in all of this. But I would just like you to keep your guard up around him. We're not too sure what his ulterior motive might be but we know that whatever his father is planning it's not good."
Kitty stood up. She swallowed hard and spoke in a mere whisper, "Professor please forgive me but it's getting late and I really should be heading on home. Thank you for explaining all this to me and I'll think about your offer to help me."
"Kitty it's really important to your future that you address all that we've discuss soon. Don't wait until it's too late." The Professor smiled at her encouragingly.
"I understand Professor and I promise to get back to you." Kitty walked to the door and opened it, "Thank you once again." She abruptly closed the door.
The Professor stared intently at the door, "choose wisely Kitty and do it quickly."
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It's been two weeks. Two weeks since I went outside, last visited that Professor and since I last talked to Pietro. I just couldn't face him or come to terms with the way he used me, humiliated me. Surprisingly Dad and Kory weren't reacting to my suspension as I thought they would. Dad has been very supportive and Kory has been... well Kory. Dad convinced me or rather bribed me to take a walk, a ride, anything, just get out the house for a change. I had to admit though I was actually tired of staring at my four bedroom walls. So I took Dad's advice.
The beach was always so calming, so soothing. Mom loves the beach; I guess that's where I got it. I just look out at the horizon and the setting sun and my problems just melt away.
"Kitty? Hi, how are you?"
I looked at him. How could he just stand there and pretend he has no ulterior motive. "What do you want Pietro?"
"Well I haven't seen you in a while, why didn't you call?"
"I've been re-evaluating my life and the things in it. I've decided that there are some things that I need to get rid off." She glared at him her tone cold and stiff.
"Kitty what's wrong?" He walked up to her and took her hand.
The ice barrier she had put up melted and she gave a slight shudder. "... please don't touch me!"
He drew back. "Kitty please tell me what's going on with you?"
She wiped a tear from her eye. "A couple of weeks ago I found out that I was mutant. I have some stupid ability called phasing, which means I can pass through solid objects. I also found out that you're one too. I know all about you and your father, about the Brotherhood and recruiting of mutants to fight some stupid war." She rose and eyebrow at him questionly.
"It's not a war! My father just wants to be prepared for the future. Wait... who told you all of this?"
"It doesn't matter who told me! "What I don't understand is why did you have to use me? Why couldn't you just tell me the truth?"
"Kitty I didn't use you! This has nothing to do with you!"
"So why didn't you tell me before Pietro? Didn't you trust me enough to think that I would understand?"
"Would you have understood Kitty? Listen, you're not the one my father's interested in..." Pietro hadn't realised what he said until the damage was done.
"What do you mean I'm not the one your father's interested in? I don't understand, the only other person is..." Kitty's eyes widened, "Kory! So you did use me! You used me to get closer to Kory!"
Pietro gave an exasperated sigh. "Kitty I didn't use you."
"Kory's mutant power - what is it? Is she like me?"
"You didn't know she was a mutant did you?" He looked at her sympathetically.
"Get real Pietro - up till a little while ago I didn't even know I was a mutant! Now Kory's mutant ability - what is it?" Kitty asked him demandingly.
"She's like you in a way - can pass through solid objects." Pietro scuffed. "Her other ability also reflects her personality - it's poison. When Kory's in her transparent form, unlike you she can emit a highly lethal gas that works through the body rapidly and totally shuts down the immune system. Extremely dangerous and she knows it. My father knows it too. She is the ultimate weapon - his ultimate weapon."
Tears streamed down Kitty's face, a small whimper escaped her.
Pietro drew a deep breath and swallowed. "Kitty you have to trust me when I say that I didn't use you. My father already knew about you and Kory - my interest in you has nothing to do with all of this."
"How could I have been so stupid? I not only believed everything you said but actually convinced myself I loved you!"
"Kitty don't say that! This thing with my father, I don't exactly know everything he has planned. but what I do know is that I would never let anything happen to you - I love you!"
"Come off it Pietro. You're lying to me now just like you've been lying to me all along. I'm sick of this - you can just leave me alone!"
"Kitty please... please don't do this!"
She didn't reply.
He tried reaching out to her again but it didn't work. He got nothing. He just turned around and left.
I swelled up inside. My insides began to ache and I could feel that little spark, that spark that was left inside me after getting suspended, finding out that I was a mutant, that Kory was a mutant, just go out. I sat there for hours and didn't move. How ironic. The place I came to for release from the real world has spiralled into the unknown. I felt like dying.
"Hey Kitty. How are you doing? I heard what happened."
"Oh hey Kurt. I'm hanging in there, taking it one day at a time."
"Have you been crying?"
"I think it's a cry worthy situation, don't you?"
"No I mean just now. I could always tell when someone has just been crying."
"Oh that. Sort of. Pietro and I had a disagreement that's all. It's nothing to make a big deal about."
"I didn't know you two were so serious."
"We're not actually. It's just that he's my friend and I hate fighting with my friends."
"I'm not stupid Kitty! I see the way you look at him; you don't want to be just friends."
"What do you mean?"
"Kitty he's not worth your tears, forget about him. He's the enemy. Why don't you say you and me go grab some burgers and a catch a movie?"
"That's really sweet of you Kurt but I want to be alone tonight. I've got alot to think about."
"Alright maybe another time then. I'm always here for you Kitty, I hope you know that."
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I was still having some trouble wrapping my head around the whole mutant thing, especially when it came to Kory but I was getting used to it. I even stared practicing with my powers a bit but I had to admit it was hard. I really had to go back and see that Professor. On the other hand my insides felt as though they had been sucked out through a straw. I couldn't eat, sleep or even breathe without thinking about Pietro. Call me crazy but I still had feelings for that lying, idiotic weasel! I wanted to call him so badly and even picked up the phone too but just then Kory burst through the door.
"You'll never believe what an incredible night I just had."
"Oh you did. Well that's great Kory, I'm happy for you."
"Do you have any idea what I'm speaking about?"
"No, not really. What are you talking about?"
"Me and Pietro!"
"It's Pietro and me."
What Kory had just said took a few moments to register to my brain and then my heart just dropped. My knees went weak and my mouth went dry. I managed to stutter out,
"Er... you and Pietro what?"
"We had a date silly. Dinner, dancing, and a moonlit stroll on the beach. It was so romantic. I told you he would come around."
"Did he kiss you?"
"You know for some strange reason he didn't. I could tell he wanted too because the mood was set but he just kept avoiding it. I'll eventually get him to kiss me though, it's just a matter of time."
"Well... that's... um, great Kory. Just great. I'm glad you had a nice time and I wish you all the best."
"Kitty are you alright?"
"Yeah, why do you ask?"
"Because you're crying, and that's not like you."
"It's just that I'm so happy for you, it's seems as though you've finally found the perfect guy."
"Really? That's so cool of you Kitty. I'm gonna take a bath. Look, I'm still shaking from all that excitement." (A/N - I can't believe she bought that! Talk about stupid!)
Just then I felt my entire world fall apart. I had lost Pietro. I lost Pietro to my sister. Anyways what did I care, he used me. Nope, I wasn't convincing myself. The phone rang...
"You've been a naughty girl, haven't you?"
"Who is this? What are you talking about?"
"I told you to stay away from Pietro Maximoff but it seems as though you want to play it the hard way. That's fine but you'll be sorry and that's a promise."
The line went dead. Who was that? I was so scared and I had no one to talk too. I felt so alone.
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Author's Note: Please review and let me know what you thought. Pray that writer's block doesn't creep in too rapidly. Maybe to get my juices flowing some more I'll try writing another one-shot. What do you think? I got only two reviews for my last chapter but I'm aiming, hoping for at least a few more this time. I post the next chapter up soon.
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. Aqueous - glad you're liking it. And K.K.L - thanks for the kind words and the encouragement. I really appreciate it, you have no idea how much. Hope you like this one - it's getting sort of hard to write, writer's block setting in because I had to change up a few things.
I don't own X Men Evolution.
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Kitty stared long and hard at the photograph. Pietro was looking right back at her. *Gosh he looks gorgeous! Focus Kitty, focus!*
"This is Pietro Maximoff, codename Quicksilver." The Professor handed her another photo. "And this is Erik Lensherr, his father, codename Magneto."
Kitty stared at the photos blankly. What was this all about? Is Pietro in some sort of trouble? The Professor continued,
"Magneto has formed an organisation known as the Brotherhood and is at present recruiting mutants to help him in his fight against the human race." The Professor wheeled himself over to the window. "You see Kitty, the world is not yet aware of the mutant kind and I can guarantee you that everyone will not be as accepting of mutants as we would like. Some humans will see us as a threat, they'll fail to realise that we too are human beings; instead they will choose to believe we're a danger, menaces to society, they will choose the path of war. And when that day does come Kitty, Magneto will be waiting. What he fails to realize though is that he'll be doing the exact thing they'll be accusing us of - that the only way to bring about peace - to rid the earth of mutant kind - is to wage war."
Kitty sat there taking all this in. She didn't want to believe that Pietro was only using her. She just had to ask even though she already knew the answer.
"So is Pietro involved in any of this sir?"
"To an extent. His father has entrusted him with recruiting these young mutants. I believe Magneto already has three with them Lance Alvers, Freddie Dukes and..."
"... and Todd Tolensky." Kitty finished his sentence for him. She hid her hurt expression but the Professor saw through it right away. He immediately regretted telling her; maybe she just wasn't ready to hear all this right now. He tried to console her, "Kitty I know you and Pietro have become extremely close and I'm not exactly sure what part he plays in all of this. But I would just like you to keep your guard up around him. We're not too sure what his ulterior motive might be but we know that whatever his father is planning it's not good."
Kitty stood up. She swallowed hard and spoke in a mere whisper, "Professor please forgive me but it's getting late and I really should be heading on home. Thank you for explaining all this to me and I'll think about your offer to help me."
"Kitty it's really important to your future that you address all that we've discuss soon. Don't wait until it's too late." The Professor smiled at her encouragingly.
"I understand Professor and I promise to get back to you." Kitty walked to the door and opened it, "Thank you once again." She abruptly closed the door.
The Professor stared intently at the door, "choose wisely Kitty and do it quickly."
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It's been two weeks. Two weeks since I went outside, last visited that Professor and since I last talked to Pietro. I just couldn't face him or come to terms with the way he used me, humiliated me. Surprisingly Dad and Kory weren't reacting to my suspension as I thought they would. Dad has been very supportive and Kory has been... well Kory. Dad convinced me or rather bribed me to take a walk, a ride, anything, just get out the house for a change. I had to admit though I was actually tired of staring at my four bedroom walls. So I took Dad's advice.
The beach was always so calming, so soothing. Mom loves the beach; I guess that's where I got it. I just look out at the horizon and the setting sun and my problems just melt away.
"Kitty? Hi, how are you?"
I looked at him. How could he just stand there and pretend he has no ulterior motive. "What do you want Pietro?"
"Well I haven't seen you in a while, why didn't you call?"
"I've been re-evaluating my life and the things in it. I've decided that there are some things that I need to get rid off." She glared at him her tone cold and stiff.
"Kitty what's wrong?" He walked up to her and took her hand.
The ice barrier she had put up melted and she gave a slight shudder. "... please don't touch me!"
He drew back. "Kitty please tell me what's going on with you?"
She wiped a tear from her eye. "A couple of weeks ago I found out that I was mutant. I have some stupid ability called phasing, which means I can pass through solid objects. I also found out that you're one too. I know all about you and your father, about the Brotherhood and recruiting of mutants to fight some stupid war." She rose and eyebrow at him questionly.
"It's not a war! My father just wants to be prepared for the future. Wait... who told you all of this?"
"It doesn't matter who told me! "What I don't understand is why did you have to use me? Why couldn't you just tell me the truth?"
"Kitty I didn't use you! This has nothing to do with you!"
"So why didn't you tell me before Pietro? Didn't you trust me enough to think that I would understand?"
"Would you have understood Kitty? Listen, you're not the one my father's interested in..." Pietro hadn't realised what he said until the damage was done.
"What do you mean I'm not the one your father's interested in? I don't understand, the only other person is..." Kitty's eyes widened, "Kory! So you did use me! You used me to get closer to Kory!"
Pietro gave an exasperated sigh. "Kitty I didn't use you."
"Kory's mutant power - what is it? Is she like me?"
"You didn't know she was a mutant did you?" He looked at her sympathetically.
"Get real Pietro - up till a little while ago I didn't even know I was a mutant! Now Kory's mutant ability - what is it?" Kitty asked him demandingly.
"She's like you in a way - can pass through solid objects." Pietro scuffed. "Her other ability also reflects her personality - it's poison. When Kory's in her transparent form, unlike you she can emit a highly lethal gas that works through the body rapidly and totally shuts down the immune system. Extremely dangerous and she knows it. My father knows it too. She is the ultimate weapon - his ultimate weapon."
Tears streamed down Kitty's face, a small whimper escaped her.
Pietro drew a deep breath and swallowed. "Kitty you have to trust me when I say that I didn't use you. My father already knew about you and Kory - my interest in you has nothing to do with all of this."
"How could I have been so stupid? I not only believed everything you said but actually convinced myself I loved you!"
"Kitty don't say that! This thing with my father, I don't exactly know everything he has planned. but what I do know is that I would never let anything happen to you - I love you!"
"Come off it Pietro. You're lying to me now just like you've been lying to me all along. I'm sick of this - you can just leave me alone!"
"Kitty please... please don't do this!"
She didn't reply.
He tried reaching out to her again but it didn't work. He got nothing. He just turned around and left.
I swelled up inside. My insides began to ache and I could feel that little spark, that spark that was left inside me after getting suspended, finding out that I was a mutant, that Kory was a mutant, just go out. I sat there for hours and didn't move. How ironic. The place I came to for release from the real world has spiralled into the unknown. I felt like dying.
"Hey Kitty. How are you doing? I heard what happened."
"Oh hey Kurt. I'm hanging in there, taking it one day at a time."
"Have you been crying?"
"I think it's a cry worthy situation, don't you?"
"No I mean just now. I could always tell when someone has just been crying."
"Oh that. Sort of. Pietro and I had a disagreement that's all. It's nothing to make a big deal about."
"I didn't know you two were so serious."
"We're not actually. It's just that he's my friend and I hate fighting with my friends."
"I'm not stupid Kitty! I see the way you look at him; you don't want to be just friends."
"What do you mean?"
"Kitty he's not worth your tears, forget about him. He's the enemy. Why don't you say you and me go grab some burgers and a catch a movie?"
"That's really sweet of you Kurt but I want to be alone tonight. I've got alot to think about."
"Alright maybe another time then. I'm always here for you Kitty, I hope you know that."
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I was still having some trouble wrapping my head around the whole mutant thing, especially when it came to Kory but I was getting used to it. I even stared practicing with my powers a bit but I had to admit it was hard. I really had to go back and see that Professor. On the other hand my insides felt as though they had been sucked out through a straw. I couldn't eat, sleep or even breathe without thinking about Pietro. Call me crazy but I still had feelings for that lying, idiotic weasel! I wanted to call him so badly and even picked up the phone too but just then Kory burst through the door.
"You'll never believe what an incredible night I just had."
"Oh you did. Well that's great Kory, I'm happy for you."
"Do you have any idea what I'm speaking about?"
"No, not really. What are you talking about?"
"Me and Pietro!"
"It's Pietro and me."
What Kory had just said took a few moments to register to my brain and then my heart just dropped. My knees went weak and my mouth went dry. I managed to stutter out,
"Er... you and Pietro what?"
"We had a date silly. Dinner, dancing, and a moonlit stroll on the beach. It was so romantic. I told you he would come around."
"Did he kiss you?"
"You know for some strange reason he didn't. I could tell he wanted too because the mood was set but he just kept avoiding it. I'll eventually get him to kiss me though, it's just a matter of time."
"Well... that's... um, great Kory. Just great. I'm glad you had a nice time and I wish you all the best."
"Kitty are you alright?"
"Yeah, why do you ask?"
"Because you're crying, and that's not like you."
"It's just that I'm so happy for you, it's seems as though you've finally found the perfect guy."
"Really? That's so cool of you Kitty. I'm gonna take a bath. Look, I'm still shaking from all that excitement." (A/N - I can't believe she bought that! Talk about stupid!)
Just then I felt my entire world fall apart. I had lost Pietro. I lost Pietro to my sister. Anyways what did I care, he used me. Nope, I wasn't convincing myself. The phone rang...
"You've been a naughty girl, haven't you?"
"Who is this? What are you talking about?"
"I told you to stay away from Pietro Maximoff but it seems as though you want to play it the hard way. That's fine but you'll be sorry and that's a promise."
The line went dead. Who was that? I was so scared and I had no one to talk too. I felt so alone.
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Author's Note: Please review and let me know what you thought. Pray that writer's block doesn't creep in too rapidly. Maybe to get my juices flowing some more I'll try writing another one-shot. What do you think? I got only two reviews for my last chapter but I'm aiming, hoping for at least a few more this time. I post the next chapter up soon.