Kurt and Johanna had of course heard about the Cross-Time Caper that
Excalibur had gone through, exploring different realities as they tried to
get back to their own. Kurt had just never realized that he could be sucked
into an alternate reality like they had!
He landed with a thud, dust rising up and making him cough badly. Waving a hand in the air to clear it, he looked around, trying to get his bearings. Decrepit looking buildings, some pieces crumbling off of them, surrounded him. One of them still had a tattered looking flag on it, blowing in the wind.
"What the..?" As he watched, the flag got caught in the wind and ripped off, fluttering down towards him. When it finally landed at his feet, he realized that he didn't like this place all ready.
The flag had a swastika on it. ***
"Johanna, go get your brother. We'll need his opinion on this." StarPryde said, laying out a few different colored tablecloths on a table.
"Ok, mom!" Phasing, Johanna glided down into Kurt's room where she knew he was supposed to be. When she found that he wasn't there, she frowned and phased back up to where her mother was.
"Kurt's not in his room!" she said. StarPryde looked up, cocking an eyebrow slightly.
"Didn't he say that he would be in his room doing his homework?" she asked. Johanna nodded, shrugging a bit.
"He did, but he's not in there now!" she said.
"Well maybe he went for a little walk." StarPryde said. "Go ask Lockheed to keep an eye out for him all right? He's bound to come back sometime." ***
"All right, Kurt. Try and think this through." Kurt was walking down the deserted sidewalk, trying to figure how the hell he got here, and how he could possibly get back. "When Excalibur went through this, they said that they had a train and Widget! What the hell am I going to be able to use?!"
Stopping, Kurt looked around, narrowing his eyes slightly. His tail flicked to one side angrily, and he teleported as far forward as he could.
When he reappeared, he found himself standing on the sidewalk, but the area wasn't exactly empty anymore.
"Freeze!" Kurt found himself staring at the barrel of a gun that reminded him of those old WWII movies he watched once with Ty. "Put your hands in the air now!" The person holding the gun at his head was a tough looking woman, one eye covered in a leather eye patch. Her arms were muscular and on her right arm there was a red armband with a black swastika on it. Her ebony hair looked short, but she had a long braid on the side of her head.
All in all, she had Kurt really worried.
Slowly, Kurt raised his hands up palms showing and he tilted his head to one side, trying to think of where he recognized her from somewhere. Suddenly, he realized who she looked like.
"Callisto!" he said. Her eye widened slightly, but Callisto kept her hold on the gun tight and steady.
"State your name and number." She said.
"Name and number?" Kurt repeated, cocking an eyebrow. "I don't have a number but my name's Kurt Wagner and..."
"Kurt Wagner?" Callisto repeated. Kurt nodded, and he suddenly wished he had made up a name when he heard her cock her gun loudly.
"You don't look like him." She said.
"Like who?" Kurt asked. "Look, I don't know what you're talking about but I just want to get back to my home and real dimension so..." Callisto's eye slowly narrowed dangerously, and Kurt really wished that he had kept his mouth shut.
"Your real dimension?" she asked slowly. "Do you know the name of it?"
"Um, they told me it once... It's Earth 616 and..."
Callisto pistol-whipped Kurt so fast; he was knocked out before he hit the ground. ***
"There's something wrong." StarPryde said, shaking her head slowly. "Kurt wouldn't just leave the lighthouse and not tell anyone."
"Have you checked his room for any clues?" Brian asked. "Maybe he left a note or something."
They looked through Kurt's room carefully, and it wasn't until Meggan looked under the bed that she discovered a clue.
Widget was lying under Kurt's bed, his eyes closed as if he was sleeping.
Kitty rolled the little metal ball around in her hands, narrowing her eyes slightly as she adjusted her glasses.
"Something's wrong here." She said softly. "But I can't put my finger on it..."
"I think I can." Rachel said. "Widget must have gone off under Kurt's bed!"
"But he only works when you set off your Phoenix power near him. That's how we went from dimension to dimension last time." Meggan said. Kitty's eyes suddenly grew wide.
"No, he went off twice before that..." she said softly. "Once he opened up to an Amazon world, and the other was to an animal world. He could go off even without Rachel's help!"
"So you're saying Kurt's in another dimension?" StarPryde asked. "Oh God..."
"There's no way of knowing where he went, StarPryde." Nightcrawler said. "Maybe..."
"What are you talking about?" Johanna asked, tilting her head to one side.
"He couldn't have possibly gone there..."
"What?"
"There's just too many variables and..."
"HEY!" Everyone stopped and turned to look at Johanna, who was standing in the doorway with her hands on her hips.
"Are any of you guys going to answer my questions or not? What dimension are you talking about?" she asked.
"Wait until..."
"Don't start that eighteen crap with me, mom!" Johanna snapped. "I'm going to be eighteen in three days and Kurt's missing! You need to start telling me a few things or we'll never find Kurt! Now what dimension are you talking about?"
Sighing softly, StarPryde looked away for a moment, collecting her thoughts before she turned back to Johanna.
"We're talking about the dimension where I came from." She said. "Where Fay and your father came from as well."
He landed with a thud, dust rising up and making him cough badly. Waving a hand in the air to clear it, he looked around, trying to get his bearings. Decrepit looking buildings, some pieces crumbling off of them, surrounded him. One of them still had a tattered looking flag on it, blowing in the wind.
"What the..?" As he watched, the flag got caught in the wind and ripped off, fluttering down towards him. When it finally landed at his feet, he realized that he didn't like this place all ready.
The flag had a swastika on it. ***
"Johanna, go get your brother. We'll need his opinion on this." StarPryde said, laying out a few different colored tablecloths on a table.
"Ok, mom!" Phasing, Johanna glided down into Kurt's room where she knew he was supposed to be. When she found that he wasn't there, she frowned and phased back up to where her mother was.
"Kurt's not in his room!" she said. StarPryde looked up, cocking an eyebrow slightly.
"Didn't he say that he would be in his room doing his homework?" she asked. Johanna nodded, shrugging a bit.
"He did, but he's not in there now!" she said.
"Well maybe he went for a little walk." StarPryde said. "Go ask Lockheed to keep an eye out for him all right? He's bound to come back sometime." ***
"All right, Kurt. Try and think this through." Kurt was walking down the deserted sidewalk, trying to figure how the hell he got here, and how he could possibly get back. "When Excalibur went through this, they said that they had a train and Widget! What the hell am I going to be able to use?!"
Stopping, Kurt looked around, narrowing his eyes slightly. His tail flicked to one side angrily, and he teleported as far forward as he could.
When he reappeared, he found himself standing on the sidewalk, but the area wasn't exactly empty anymore.
"Freeze!" Kurt found himself staring at the barrel of a gun that reminded him of those old WWII movies he watched once with Ty. "Put your hands in the air now!" The person holding the gun at his head was a tough looking woman, one eye covered in a leather eye patch. Her arms were muscular and on her right arm there was a red armband with a black swastika on it. Her ebony hair looked short, but she had a long braid on the side of her head.
All in all, she had Kurt really worried.
Slowly, Kurt raised his hands up palms showing and he tilted his head to one side, trying to think of where he recognized her from somewhere. Suddenly, he realized who she looked like.
"Callisto!" he said. Her eye widened slightly, but Callisto kept her hold on the gun tight and steady.
"State your name and number." She said.
"Name and number?" Kurt repeated, cocking an eyebrow. "I don't have a number but my name's Kurt Wagner and..."
"Kurt Wagner?" Callisto repeated. Kurt nodded, and he suddenly wished he had made up a name when he heard her cock her gun loudly.
"You don't look like him." She said.
"Like who?" Kurt asked. "Look, I don't know what you're talking about but I just want to get back to my home and real dimension so..." Callisto's eye slowly narrowed dangerously, and Kurt really wished that he had kept his mouth shut.
"Your real dimension?" she asked slowly. "Do you know the name of it?"
"Um, they told me it once... It's Earth 616 and..."
Callisto pistol-whipped Kurt so fast; he was knocked out before he hit the ground. ***
"There's something wrong." StarPryde said, shaking her head slowly. "Kurt wouldn't just leave the lighthouse and not tell anyone."
"Have you checked his room for any clues?" Brian asked. "Maybe he left a note or something."
They looked through Kurt's room carefully, and it wasn't until Meggan looked under the bed that she discovered a clue.
Widget was lying under Kurt's bed, his eyes closed as if he was sleeping.
Kitty rolled the little metal ball around in her hands, narrowing her eyes slightly as she adjusted her glasses.
"Something's wrong here." She said softly. "But I can't put my finger on it..."
"I think I can." Rachel said. "Widget must have gone off under Kurt's bed!"
"But he only works when you set off your Phoenix power near him. That's how we went from dimension to dimension last time." Meggan said. Kitty's eyes suddenly grew wide.
"No, he went off twice before that..." she said softly. "Once he opened up to an Amazon world, and the other was to an animal world. He could go off even without Rachel's help!"
"So you're saying Kurt's in another dimension?" StarPryde asked. "Oh God..."
"There's no way of knowing where he went, StarPryde." Nightcrawler said. "Maybe..."
"What are you talking about?" Johanna asked, tilting her head to one side.
"He couldn't have possibly gone there..."
"What?"
"There's just too many variables and..."
"HEY!" Everyone stopped and turned to look at Johanna, who was standing in the doorway with her hands on her hips.
"Are any of you guys going to answer my questions or not? What dimension are you talking about?" she asked.
"Wait until..."
"Don't start that eighteen crap with me, mom!" Johanna snapped. "I'm going to be eighteen in three days and Kurt's missing! You need to start telling me a few things or we'll never find Kurt! Now what dimension are you talking about?"
Sighing softly, StarPryde looked away for a moment, collecting her thoughts before she turned back to Johanna.
"We're talking about the dimension where I came from." She said. "Where Fay and your father came from as well."