It was no secret that Marvel was making comic books about their
adventures. The thing Kurt and Johanna found odd was that SkyElf and
StarPryde were not in them.
Nightcrawler kept issues nine through eleven hidden; after he and the others saw that they only showed the Lightning Squad as evil. ***
It was a few days before they turned eighteen, and Kurt and Johanna were feeling restless.
"Johanna, try to hold the ladder steady, bitte." SkyElf said. "I don't want to fall off!"
"Sorry!" Johanna said, adjusting her footing slowly as she tried to hold the ladder steady.
"We're running low on tape." Brian announced, looking over at Nightcrawler.
"Kurt, I should have more in my room." Nightcrawler said. "I'm a little busy at the moment!"
"Come on, Johanna!" Kurt laughed, grabbing her and teleporting away.
With a shout, SkyElf leapt off of the ladder and landed in a crouch before the ladder hit the ground. Sighing, he shook his head.
"That son of mine!" he growled, smiling helplessly. ***
"Check his desk." Kurt said, opening one of Nightcrawler's drawers. Nodding, Johanna started to look through a pile of papers. She took out a few folders and pamphlets before she found a few new packs of scotch tape. Smiling, she turned to Kurt, who was looking at something in the drawer.
"I found the tape!" she said, waving it over her head. When Kurt didn't turn around, she frowned and walked up, resting a hand on his shoulder.
"Kurt?" she asked.
"Look at this!" Kurt said, holding something out to her. Cocking her head to one side, Johanna put the tape down and she sat on the bed, looking at what Kurt handed her.
It was a comic book.
Issue nine of Excalibur called 'Weird War Three' ***
"Where are those children of yours?" StarPryde asked as she looked around the finished gymnasium. "They were supposed to bring us some tape."
"What do you mean my children?" SkyElf asked. "You mean to say that every time they do something wrong; they're mine?"
"Exactly." StarPryde nodded with a smile. SkyElf tilted his head to one side, thinking about this for a moment. Breaking into a smile, he shrugged.
"Oh well." He said.
They went into the kitchen for some of Rory's good coffee, finding some of the others all ready there with their own mugs.
SkyElf couldn't help but cringe as Moira slurped hers up.
"I swear, Moira! You get worse every..."
Kurt teleported into the room with Johanna just outside of the doorway; holding something rolled up in one hand.
"Where were you two?" Shadowcat asked, smiling at them. "You were supposed to get tape for us! We had to use gum!" Kurt didn't say anything, slowly walking up to his father.
Meggan and Fay looked at each other, sensing the waves of anger that were coming off the boy.
"Kurt..." Fay started softly.
"What's the matter, son?" SkyElf asked, putting his mug down. No one even realized Kurt was moving his arm until he suddenly struck SkyElf across the face with the rolled up comics in his one hand, making his head rock to one side.
SkyElf looked at Kurt in surprise, touching the side of his face lightly.
"What the..?" Kurt struck him again and again until Brian grabbed his arm and pulled him back before he let go.
"What's the matter with you?" Brian asked.
"Why don't you explain this, dad!" Kurt screamed, holding out the comics to him.
"What?" Kurt threw them on the table, and Nightcrawler cursed himself mentally when he saw which ones they were.
"Kurt, let mom and dad explain..." Johanna tried weakly. She shut her mouth as she watched her brother's body tremble in suppressed rage. Even Meggan and Fay were starting to change due to the strong emotions being thrown off. They started to turn black and ugly with large sores and spikes poking out of their faces and arms.
"You and mom were Nazis!" Kurt said, jabbing SkyElf in the chest with his tail, leaving bruises. "You and mom slaughtered your own people in your world!"
"Kurt..." SkyElf tried. His nose started to bleed when Kurt slapped him again.
"Kurt, stop this." Nightcrawler tried. "Let them explain! You don't understand..."
"There's nothing to explain!" Kurt said. "As far as I'm concerned, I don't have any parents and I don't want to be around assholes like you who would befriend them either!" Before any one could stop him, Kurt teleported out of the kitchen and into his room, where he started to pack his things.
Numbly, SkyElf fell into a chair, staring at nothing in particular. As Fay went to try and talk to Kurt, StarPryde hugged her husband around the shoulders, burying her tears in his fur. Closing his eyes, SkyElf hugged her back, his own tears starting to come down.
Johanna stayed at the doorway, looking very uncomfortable about the whole situation.
"Maybe he won't leave." She said slowly. "Then you can tell us why Marvel made those. Then maybe we can be happy again..." ***
"Get away from me." Kurt snarled as he headed for the door. "You were with them."
"Let us explain, Kurt." Fay said. "Marvel only showed one side of the whole issue..."
"I don't want to hear it!" Kurt snapped, turning on her. "You could have fought them! You didn't have to be Nazis like that! I hate you and I hate my parents. Now get away from me!" Her body was starting to hurt from the emotions Kurt was sending out, and he knew that. Narrowing his eyes, he made them stronger, and Fay was forced to run from him before she went mad.
"I don't need to stay here." He said to himself, throwing his bags onto a motorboat. "I'm getting as far away as possible from this!" Ignoring Johanna as she tried to run down and stop him, Kurt started the boat and he roared off, leaving his family in a spray of water.
Nightcrawler kept issues nine through eleven hidden; after he and the others saw that they only showed the Lightning Squad as evil. ***
It was a few days before they turned eighteen, and Kurt and Johanna were feeling restless.
"Johanna, try to hold the ladder steady, bitte." SkyElf said. "I don't want to fall off!"
"Sorry!" Johanna said, adjusting her footing slowly as she tried to hold the ladder steady.
"We're running low on tape." Brian announced, looking over at Nightcrawler.
"Kurt, I should have more in my room." Nightcrawler said. "I'm a little busy at the moment!"
"Come on, Johanna!" Kurt laughed, grabbing her and teleporting away.
With a shout, SkyElf leapt off of the ladder and landed in a crouch before the ladder hit the ground. Sighing, he shook his head.
"That son of mine!" he growled, smiling helplessly. ***
"Check his desk." Kurt said, opening one of Nightcrawler's drawers. Nodding, Johanna started to look through a pile of papers. She took out a few folders and pamphlets before she found a few new packs of scotch tape. Smiling, she turned to Kurt, who was looking at something in the drawer.
"I found the tape!" she said, waving it over her head. When Kurt didn't turn around, she frowned and walked up, resting a hand on his shoulder.
"Kurt?" she asked.
"Look at this!" Kurt said, holding something out to her. Cocking her head to one side, Johanna put the tape down and she sat on the bed, looking at what Kurt handed her.
It was a comic book.
Issue nine of Excalibur called 'Weird War Three' ***
"Where are those children of yours?" StarPryde asked as she looked around the finished gymnasium. "They were supposed to bring us some tape."
"What do you mean my children?" SkyElf asked. "You mean to say that every time they do something wrong; they're mine?"
"Exactly." StarPryde nodded with a smile. SkyElf tilted his head to one side, thinking about this for a moment. Breaking into a smile, he shrugged.
"Oh well." He said.
They went into the kitchen for some of Rory's good coffee, finding some of the others all ready there with their own mugs.
SkyElf couldn't help but cringe as Moira slurped hers up.
"I swear, Moira! You get worse every..."
Kurt teleported into the room with Johanna just outside of the doorway; holding something rolled up in one hand.
"Where were you two?" Shadowcat asked, smiling at them. "You were supposed to get tape for us! We had to use gum!" Kurt didn't say anything, slowly walking up to his father.
Meggan and Fay looked at each other, sensing the waves of anger that were coming off the boy.
"Kurt..." Fay started softly.
"What's the matter, son?" SkyElf asked, putting his mug down. No one even realized Kurt was moving his arm until he suddenly struck SkyElf across the face with the rolled up comics in his one hand, making his head rock to one side.
SkyElf looked at Kurt in surprise, touching the side of his face lightly.
"What the..?" Kurt struck him again and again until Brian grabbed his arm and pulled him back before he let go.
"What's the matter with you?" Brian asked.
"Why don't you explain this, dad!" Kurt screamed, holding out the comics to him.
"What?" Kurt threw them on the table, and Nightcrawler cursed himself mentally when he saw which ones they were.
"Kurt, let mom and dad explain..." Johanna tried weakly. She shut her mouth as she watched her brother's body tremble in suppressed rage. Even Meggan and Fay were starting to change due to the strong emotions being thrown off. They started to turn black and ugly with large sores and spikes poking out of their faces and arms.
"You and mom were Nazis!" Kurt said, jabbing SkyElf in the chest with his tail, leaving bruises. "You and mom slaughtered your own people in your world!"
"Kurt..." SkyElf tried. His nose started to bleed when Kurt slapped him again.
"Kurt, stop this." Nightcrawler tried. "Let them explain! You don't understand..."
"There's nothing to explain!" Kurt said. "As far as I'm concerned, I don't have any parents and I don't want to be around assholes like you who would befriend them either!" Before any one could stop him, Kurt teleported out of the kitchen and into his room, where he started to pack his things.
Numbly, SkyElf fell into a chair, staring at nothing in particular. As Fay went to try and talk to Kurt, StarPryde hugged her husband around the shoulders, burying her tears in his fur. Closing his eyes, SkyElf hugged her back, his own tears starting to come down.
Johanna stayed at the doorway, looking very uncomfortable about the whole situation.
"Maybe he won't leave." She said slowly. "Then you can tell us why Marvel made those. Then maybe we can be happy again..." ***
"Get away from me." Kurt snarled as he headed for the door. "You were with them."
"Let us explain, Kurt." Fay said. "Marvel only showed one side of the whole issue..."
"I don't want to hear it!" Kurt snapped, turning on her. "You could have fought them! You didn't have to be Nazis like that! I hate you and I hate my parents. Now get away from me!" Her body was starting to hurt from the emotions Kurt was sending out, and he knew that. Narrowing his eyes, he made them stronger, and Fay was forced to run from him before she went mad.
"I don't need to stay here." He said to himself, throwing his bags onto a motorboat. "I'm getting as far away as possible from this!" Ignoring Johanna as she tried to run down and stop him, Kurt started the boat and he roared off, leaving his family in a spray of water.