A/N: Thank you for the reviews!!
This-*- is a change of scenes, you'll understand when ya get to that spot… hopefully. Lol.
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"Luke..." Nikki asked, once they had gone. "You are okay aren't you?"
"Yea, I'm fine." Luke smiled.
Nikki bit his lower lip . "I got scared."
Luke frowned pulling Nikki into a hug, "I'm sorry." He whispered.
Nikki curled his fingers into Luke's jumper. "We'll never leave each other, will we?" He asked insecurely.
"No," Luke smiled, "Never."
Nikki smiled. "Good."
Pulling away slightly, Luke turned his attention to the door, "I should probably go and talk to Kitty now," He looked back down at Nikki, "You can come, but you should stay out side, you know..."
Nikki walked over to Luke and took his hand. "I'm coming. If yuo get in trouble, I wanna help.."
Luke smiled, "Alright." He said leading them from the kitchen and up to Kitty's room.
He hesitated briefly before knocking on the door.
Kitty, wiping at her eyes delicately with a tissue, sniffed, and looked at Logan for a second, before calling out in a choked voice. "Come in."
Luke glanced over at Nikki before pushing open the door, "Hey Kitty." He smiled softly as he walked in.
Logan glanced at Kitty and raised an eyebrow.
"It's okay Logan." she said hoarsely. "Thank you. Could you, like, give us a sec?" She asked
"Alright darlin', ya know where ta find me if ya need anything." He smirked slightly then stalked passed Luke and out into the hallway closing the door behind him.
Nikki, who had been sitting on the floor cross-legged, looked s-l-o-w-l-y up to Logan's face and eeped, freezing on the spot.
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Kitty wiped her face and got up, moving into the bathroom. "What do you want?" She called, running a tap to wash her face.
Logan smirked at Nikki, "How ya doin' kid?"
"I'm sorry I hurt you Kitty," Luke said softly as he followed her to the bathroom and stood in the doorway, "I honestly didn't know you... you had feelings for me."
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Nikki, remembering how Logan tried to help with the thing in his head, but still afraid of him, actually replied. "I-I-I..." okay... it wasn't MUCH of a reply... but it was something.
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"Didn't know I had feelings?" Kitty asked, suddenly angry, coming out of the bathroom. "What did you think I was doing when I asked if you wanted to go out? What did you think the kiss was about?"
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Logan chuckled softly, "It's a start kid," He shook his head glancing at the door, "What's he up to in there anyways?"
"He's talking to Kitty." He said, still timidly.
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Luke ran a hand through his hair, "Things have been real messed up lately Kitty, I didn't know 'what' was going on..." He sighed softly, "I'm sorry."
Kitty paced. "Yea, well, you, like, could a TOLD me Luke. If things were that messed up, you should a told me to wait for a while." She turned, angry again. "Besides, you don't seemed to be too confused about dating that little... SCREWBALL out there." She said, running a hand through her hair. "Why do all men DO this?" She asked herself, tears coming to her eyes once again.
"First of all, he's NOT a screwball," Luke said narrowing his eyes, "And second why do all men do what?"
"Why do all men go GAY on me." She spat. "And wake up Luke. The guy you're dating... he's crazy. Accept it."
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Logan nodded slowly, " Yer afraid of Kitty?" He asked raising an eyebrow.
Nikki looked round, hearing raised voices, then fidgeting nervously. "She's like mummy..." He said distractedly.
"Yer mum mean to ya?" Logan asked softly squatting down beside the boy.
Nikki leant away from Logan, looking at him curiously. Alex didn't talk to them in anything but a growl... and he was also less scary than Kitty...
"No.." He said, biting on his thumb. "Mummy punished me cause I was bad." He sniffed as the tears started. He rubbed at his face with the back of his hand. "I didn't mean to be bad, I didn't."
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"Even if me an' you went out Kitty, you would a found out that I'M just AS crazy. We both CAME from ASYLUMS!" Luke snorted and turned away running a hand through his hair, "I really am sorry that I upset you Kitty, it wouldn't have worked out anyways," He frowned slightly, "We can still be friends though..."
Kitty sighed. "I'm sorry." she said eventually. "I'm just, like, really upset here you know? You're the second boy I've like who likes another boy and I'm... well, I'm scared."
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"Yer not a bad kid Nikki," Logan tilted his head to the side slightly, "She put a lotta shit in yer head, didn' she?"
"No..." Nikki shook his head. "I'm bad, it's my fault, not mummy's." He looked round, then went back to chewing on his nails. "But I wish she hadn't drowned me in the bath. It upsets Luke."
Logan snorted, "Ya honestly think yer bad, huh Squirrel?"
"I don't mean to be, but I keep doing stupid things." He said mournfully.
"Like what?" Logan asked raising an eyebrow.
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"You'll find a guy, Kitty," Luke smiled softly and pulled her into a hug, "He's out there somewhere."
Kitty hugged him back *I want you* but she didn't say anything.
"You okay?" Luke asked pulling back from the hug.
"I don't know.." She sighed. "I'm just so lonely. Ever since the other guys.." She trailed off.
"Other guys?" Luke asked tilting his head to the side slightly.
"The other mutants" Kitty said quietly. "All my old friends, all of them were killed.."
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"Like I'm always hungry and I eat too much, or I make too much noise when she wants some quiet, or when I spilt things on the carpet, or that time I came back home late, or when I was talking but no one was there... and the time I saw the thing in my closet..." He continued, an endless litany of simple childhood accidents mixed in with the workings of his schizophrenic mind.
"Nikki," Logan interrupted the kid's ramblings, "If what ch'ya mentioned makes ya a bad kid, then we're all in trouble. Yer just a normal kid."
"But mummy got mad." He said, confused. "I was a bad boy, she said. And then she punished me. Cause I was bad..."
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Luke frowned, "How?" He asked suddenly drawn in and curious.
Kitty turned her head, hiding it in his chest. "The FOH came." She said quietly. "They were all killed in their beds." She bit her lip and tears fell from her eyes. She cried quietly, her shoulders shaking with sobs.
Luke wrapped his arms around Kitty's small shaking frame, "I'm sorry..." He whispered at a loss of words.
Kitty cried harder. "They were only kids." She wept. "What did we do?"
Staring at the wall Luke shook his head slowly, "There was nothing you could of done... it's set in the minds of humans that we're evil and will some day destroy them all." He swallowed thickly; it wasn't a bad idea after all.
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Child abuse, he had seen several cases of it but none as bad as he was witnessing right now, "I bet Luke's constantly tellin' ya yer not a bad kid, isn' he?" Logan grunted, now sitting cross-legged in front of Nikki.
"Luke's nice to me." Nikki nodded. "I love him." He said simply.
Logan smiled, "I know ya do, kid"
Nikki started at that. "You do?" He said. "You're not gonna be mad with us are you?" He asked warily.
"Course not," Logan grunted shaking his head slightly, "Why would I be made at ya?"
Nikki frowned. Because he associated Logan with Alex, he was finding it hard to differentiate between what he had said and what Alex had said. Somehow he managed. "Because... Alex said... that only he was allowed to touch us and no one else, not even each other."
Logan snorted; this Alex guy was a sick bastard, "Yer no longer under his control anymore. Whatever he did to you two is in the past and yer gonna have ta work through it. You an' Luke are strong, I'm sure you'll both be okay." Logan smirked slightly; he wasn't only trying to convince Nikki...
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"But we should've been more prepared... so many died...what else where we training for...?" She dissolved into helpless tears.
"No one expected that things would get as bad as they did," Luke sighed resting his chin on top of Kitty's head, "No one knew that those bastards would actually go through with their plans."
Kitty whimpered. "But we were supposed to be ready for anything." She clung to Luke. "I HATE them all. " She said viciously.
"I know," Luke whispered softly, his head was beginning to hurt again, "But hating isn't going to get any of us anywhere."
Kitty sniffled. "I guess you're right." She said, but still held onto Luke, unwilling to let go yet.
The room suddenly tilted and spun violently; slamming his eyes shut, Luke staggered slightly and felt himself begin to fall.
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Nikki nervously bit at his already chewed nails. "I'm not strong.. I can't forget.." He dropped his hands and held his head, shaking it hard. "He won't get out of my head...." he said, his voice slightly frantic
"Who won't?" Logan grunted softly and raised an eyebrow.
"He won't, he won't..." Nikki yelped in a rush and acted as if he was fighting someone off.
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Kitty sagged when Luke's weight fell against her. She grabbed him and held him up, but had to go on her knees, as she wasn't strong enough to hold him. "Luke.. LUKE?" She called, shaking him.
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"Ya alright there, kid?" Logan asked reaching his hand out to rest on Nikki's shoulder. He quickly withdrew it when he heard Kitty start to scream.
"What the Hell?" He muttered climbing to his feet; her voice was laced in panic and fear. Without any further hesitation, Logan raced into the bedroom finding Luke unconscious on the floor.
Kitty stood back from Luke. "He just passed out Logan." She said, sounding distressed and unnerved, wet tear tracks still running down her cheeks.
Outside the room, Nikki had gone still against the wall with his eyes closed, and had almost bitten his lip through, blood running into his mouth and down his chin so fast that his shirt front was already stained with it.
Logan sniffed the air then looked over his shoulder, "I smell blood..." He turned all the way around and walked out into the hallway finding Nikki propped up against the wall bleeding.
~Chuck, we've got problem.~
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