The Truth Hurts
Chapter V: Telling Kurt
By: Michelle
Kurt waited patiently for Professor Xavier to enter the room. It had been a few days since he read his mind. Maybe he was finally going to tell him.
"Relax." Ororo said to him as she noticed his tail swishing nervously around.
Click
They both turned to see the door open and Xavier roll into the room.
"Good Afternoon Kurt, Ororo." He said as he made his way over to them
"Vat is it you vanted to see me for, Professor?" Kurt asked even though he already knew.
Xavier placed his hands together almost as if he were praying. "I have been doing a lot of research the past few days as you know. I wanted to make sure I was correct before I could fully talk to you about this."
"I understand." Kurt nodded and felt Ororo grab his hand.
"What I'm about to say is not easy?" He continued. "So I'm not going to say it."
Kurt looked at him confused. Why?
"I'd rather show it to you." Xavier held his hands on each side of his head.
Kurt shook aimlessly in the basket. What was going on? Where are we going mother?
Out of breath, she stopped. He could hear the sounds of water crashing in the distance.
He looked up at the woman and cried. She looked down at him giving him the first glimpse of her face. Her yellow eyes gazed at him underneath her red hair.
She bent down and touched his cheek. "Why couldn't you be more like me?"
He continued to gaze at her. He knew her. Not well, but he knew her. Mother.
She tucked him in tightly. "My baby boy." She brushed her fingers through his long cobalt locks. She smiled. He was a newborn, yet he had a full head of hair. She pulled out a knife and gently cut one of his curls.
He watched as she took the lock of hair and wrapped it safely in a handkerchief.
He could hear angry voices approaching. He looked again at his mother as her appearance changed into another.
"Mystique." Kurt whispered under his breath as a tear rolled down his cheek.
Ororo looked at Kurt and Xavier in the trance. Did she just hear what she thought she heard?
He cried as he felt himself lifted in the basket.
"Behold." She shouted disguised as the townsman. "The devil's child."
No mother.
"Sacrifice it."
Please mother why.
"Throw it over the falls."
He felt her let go.
Kurt jumped in his seat as Xavier lowered his hands. His eyes flowed with tears. How could the truth hurt so much?
"I'm sorry Kurt." Xavier apologized. "It was the only way for you to truly understand."
"What about my father?"
Xavier shook his head. "Only Mystique knows his identity. I'm not even sure if he was alive when you were born."
His eyes tightened and even more tears rolled down.
"Kurt." Ororo squeezed his hand. "It's going to be alright."
He ignored her.
"Kurt."
He shook his hand from her grasp and…….BAMF
Ororo watched as he disappeared leaving black smoke in his place. Kurt don't do this. Let me be there for you like you were there for me.
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Sabretooth walked into Mystique's room to find her gazing at small bags spread out on the bed.
He walked over to her and looked down. She was so hypnotized she didn't realize he was there. However, he knew why. Locks of hair. There were three Ziplocs there. One for each.
The first one was a jet black curl. Her first son. He remembered the story she told him about her first.
The next one was a straight blonde lock. Their son. He remembered that moment as he watched is only lead away to a better place. That was the day their feelings for each other ended.
The other bag was a mystery to him. Its dark brown nature didn't strike him as familiar. Or did it? Anyway, he could care less.
"Trip down memory lane." He said to her.
Mystique gathered up the bags quickly. 'What are you doing here?"
Sabretooth picked up his son's lock and handed it to her. "It's been a decades since that day hasn't it."
"Indeed it has." She replied. "And soon It will come to an end."
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Ororo passed around Xavier's office. "Where did he go?"
"Ororo, he needs time alone." Xavier stated. "I'm not going to pry."
She closed her eyes and a tear rolled down her cheek. Kurt, please come to me. Let me help you.
Xavier looked out the window and watched the bright sunny day darken. This was the beginning of one hell of a storm.