Sadness - Chapter 8 – Fear
Kitty sat up straight suddenly. She noticed that some heavy comforters were on top of her, but with her fast move, they had fallen to the floor. For the first time in some days, she didn't know exactly how long, she was feeling relaxed, warm and still drowsy. There was a movement behind the infirmary doors, and Dr. McCoy came walking, a bit sleepy, but seeming rested.
"Katherine! I heard you waking up and I decided to check on you. Are you feeling any better?"
"I think I am, thank you."
"Are you still feeling cold?" Hank asked with one raised eyebrow.
"No." Kitty said and looking at his face she added, "Really, I'm fine. Maybe a bit groggy."
"Well, I think you should stay here just for another day, you see, to guarantee that nothing will happen." Hank said and blinked one eye to her. "By the way, shall I call Kurt? He really wants to see you."
Kitty tensed up. She didn't want to see him. She didn't know why, but some part of her kept thinking it was disgusting to see that blue face again. During some minutes she tried to come up with a plausible reason for not to see him, but failed miserably.
"Katherine?"
"Uh . . . Okay, bring him." She tried to smile casually but she knew her smile was revealing her thoughts.
"Is there anything you want to talk about? That day? During your unconsciousness?" Hank pressed a little. Poor girl, something wasn't right with her.
"No. I just want to rest." Kitty lay on her cot again and Hank pulled just one comforter this time.
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As Hank had left the room, Kitty kept trying to remember why she didn't want to see Kurt. Fragmented images came to her mind, she tried to keep them but it was like holding water, slipping through your fingers as it was through her mind.
She closed her eyes and tried to remember any dreams while she was unconscious. Dark scenes, at night, a graveyard, it was all she knew. But she was there and she wasn't alone, because there was a hooded person holding something . . .
Kitty sighed. It was difficult to remember and she felt like Dory (A/N: Finding Nemo, one of my fav movies), always trying but never finding out what it was. By the way, she had watched Finding Nemo with Kurt, the movie was funny but Kurt mocking Dory was better.
Suddenly the smell of brimstone invaded her nostrils, as her sight fell upon a blue figure, she found herself trying to breath, but it felt like her lungs couldn't get oxygen and her heart was slowing down. The despair came over her and she couldn't stop the scream she was trying to suffocate.
"Go away, you demon!" Kurt froze up. They have been good friends, but now she was creaming he was a demon. These words hurt him much more than any blow he could ever get from Logan.
He ran to her, to try to calm her down but she was in a fury with herself. Her hands were trying to stop him to come any further and her nails were leaving red marks all over her neck.
"No! Please, go away! Go away now! Oh, please." It was her second scream. Logan and Hank appeared and tried to hold her back to the bed while Kurt kept there in shock.
"Look what she did with her neck! Where's the peroxide? We need to clean this!" Hank said walking through the med lab to take the peroxide from a little box.
Logan kept holding Kitty's shoulders while she shuddered.
"What did you do, Elf?" Logan growled.
"Nothing. I came in and she started to scream!"
Hank was wetting some gauzes with peroxide as he remembered Kitty's face when he said he'd call Kurt.
"Do us a favor, Kurt. Go to school. We can talk later!" Hank said walking back to the cot and touching Kitty's skin with the wet gauze. Kitty shivered as she felt the burn on her neck.
"Shh, we need to get this cleaned up!" Hank said looking at Logan with concern in his eyes.
Kurt walked away from the room, giving one last glance at Kitty who was with her hair all messed up and wide eyed.
"When will Storm come back?" Hank asked.
"Today. So we better get some room to this new mutant." Logan answered and left med lab.
Hank threw away the gauze and looked at Kitty who was laid down but still wide eyed. He kept there for some minutes, but it seemed that she wasn't aware that he was still looking at her. Finally, he sighed and left the room, leaving Kitty alone with her incoherent thoughts.
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Thanks to my friends Darkness1 and inuficcrzy.
Kitty sat up straight suddenly. She noticed that some heavy comforters were on top of her, but with her fast move, they had fallen to the floor. For the first time in some days, she didn't know exactly how long, she was feeling relaxed, warm and still drowsy. There was a movement behind the infirmary doors, and Dr. McCoy came walking, a bit sleepy, but seeming rested.
"Katherine! I heard you waking up and I decided to check on you. Are you feeling any better?"
"I think I am, thank you."
"Are you still feeling cold?" Hank asked with one raised eyebrow.
"No." Kitty said and looking at his face she added, "Really, I'm fine. Maybe a bit groggy."
"Well, I think you should stay here just for another day, you see, to guarantee that nothing will happen." Hank said and blinked one eye to her. "By the way, shall I call Kurt? He really wants to see you."
Kitty tensed up. She didn't want to see him. She didn't know why, but some part of her kept thinking it was disgusting to see that blue face again. During some minutes she tried to come up with a plausible reason for not to see him, but failed miserably.
"Katherine?"
"Uh . . . Okay, bring him." She tried to smile casually but she knew her smile was revealing her thoughts.
"Is there anything you want to talk about? That day? During your unconsciousness?" Hank pressed a little. Poor girl, something wasn't right with her.
"No. I just want to rest." Kitty lay on her cot again and Hank pulled just one comforter this time.
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As Hank had left the room, Kitty kept trying to remember why she didn't want to see Kurt. Fragmented images came to her mind, she tried to keep them but it was like holding water, slipping through your fingers as it was through her mind.
She closed her eyes and tried to remember any dreams while she was unconscious. Dark scenes, at night, a graveyard, it was all she knew. But she was there and she wasn't alone, because there was a hooded person holding something . . .
Kitty sighed. It was difficult to remember and she felt like Dory (A/N: Finding Nemo, one of my fav movies), always trying but never finding out what it was. By the way, she had watched Finding Nemo with Kurt, the movie was funny but Kurt mocking Dory was better.
Suddenly the smell of brimstone invaded her nostrils, as her sight fell upon a blue figure, she found herself trying to breath, but it felt like her lungs couldn't get oxygen and her heart was slowing down. The despair came over her and she couldn't stop the scream she was trying to suffocate.
"Go away, you demon!" Kurt froze up. They have been good friends, but now she was creaming he was a demon. These words hurt him much more than any blow he could ever get from Logan.
He ran to her, to try to calm her down but she was in a fury with herself. Her hands were trying to stop him to come any further and her nails were leaving red marks all over her neck.
"No! Please, go away! Go away now! Oh, please." It was her second scream. Logan and Hank appeared and tried to hold her back to the bed while Kurt kept there in shock.
"Look what she did with her neck! Where's the peroxide? We need to clean this!" Hank said walking through the med lab to take the peroxide from a little box.
Logan kept holding Kitty's shoulders while she shuddered.
"What did you do, Elf?" Logan growled.
"Nothing. I came in and she started to scream!"
Hank was wetting some gauzes with peroxide as he remembered Kitty's face when he said he'd call Kurt.
"Do us a favor, Kurt. Go to school. We can talk later!" Hank said walking back to the cot and touching Kitty's skin with the wet gauze. Kitty shivered as she felt the burn on her neck.
"Shh, we need to get this cleaned up!" Hank said looking at Logan with concern in his eyes.
Kurt walked away from the room, giving one last glance at Kitty who was with her hair all messed up and wide eyed.
"When will Storm come back?" Hank asked.
"Today. So we better get some room to this new mutant." Logan answered and left med lab.
Hank threw away the gauze and looked at Kitty who was laid down but still wide eyed. He kept there for some minutes, but it seemed that she wasn't aware that he was still looking at her. Finally, he sighed and left the room, leaving Kitty alone with her incoherent thoughts.
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Thanks to my friends Darkness1 and inuficcrzy.