Sadness – Chapter 14 – Taking a night walk
A/N: Thanks to Drakness1 – who promised me that would write the fight scenes. Thank you, big bro.
Revelations along the way. . .
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Kitty sat uncomfortably on her spot at the dining room, eating her dinner. She was starving since she had skipped lunch, because of Logan's precarious cooking skills and Kurt who had never let anything stop him from feeding up his stomach.
Talking about him, Kurt was sat across her and was looking at his soup, avoiding any eye contact with her, just like what she was doing. Every time he looked up, she looked down and vice-versa.
Kitty looked at the other side of the table. Tabitha was looking at Kitty's new friend with disgust, Evan was trying to chat with her, but Larissa kept looking at her own soup.
"I heard Brasil is a wonderful place . . ."
"Everybody does." She answered shyly and not looking at him. All the other guys were also trying to talk to her, but she just gave empty answers. 'The girl is really tough.' Kitty thought.
Kitty started to look at her own end of the table and before her eyes would fall upon Kurt, she spoke up:
"Ororo, may I be excused?"
The older woman looked at her puzzled and said with a little excusing smile:
"Are you okay?"
"Yes, but I'm feeling sleepy and I wish I could finally go to my room."
Ororo looked at Hank who looked at Logan, but he wasn't paying attention because of Scott. The two of them were engaged in a debate about motorcycles. Hank sighed heavily and gave small nod back to Ororo.
"Okay. Have a good night, Kitty."
Kitty got up, rested her napkin beside her dish and walked away, totally aware of Kurt's gaze on her.
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Kitty was walking down the lane that lead to the woods, afraid that somebody would see her, worse, afraid Kurt would talk to her. She didn't know what was happening, but since the day he rescued her from freezing she had been afraid.
The cold wind was hurting her bones under the perfect peach skin, the sounds of the night birds and the sound of the leaves being swept by the wind was making her fall in a world where nobody could find her. Her secret world, the one that she was on that crazy day. A world that controlled all her abilities and thoughts. A world to get lost.
Her mind went numb as she kept walking. Walking to nowhere. Just leaving her feet lead her anywhere. Suddenly she found herself in front of the gates, after a long path inside the woods.
The same feeling of being numb took her. The same light she had seen in the snow. Looking back to the mansion, she checked if someone saw her, and then, looking the dark blue night sky, she phased the gates and found herself on the same spot she had been in that fateful day.
She walked step by step, through the road, following her imaginary light. She closed her eyes, trying to fight against this numbness, but the bright gold light was still there making her walk further and further.
Strong hands took her from behind, tying her arms behind her back. She tried to look at her kidnapper, but she felt a pain running down her spine and she fell into blackness.
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Kurt 'ported to the gardens. He knew Kitty would be there, thinking. He had decided to talk to her at any cost, even if she screamed. He was carrying the small velvety box with the necklace he had bought.
He looked around and didn't see her anywhere. 'Maybe she is the woods' he thought and 'ported everywhere he thought she would be. Hollow trees, on the top of the trees. But she was nowhere to be seen.
So, he decided to announce he was there:
"Keety!!! It's Kurt."
'Yeah, moron! Keep screaming and she will run away'. He thought bitterly.
He kept walking through the dark wood until he saw a shadow. The silhouette was too large to be Kitty but he ran to it all the same. His breath was condensing in front of him. He remembered that when he was a kid he liked to pretend he was smoking when these puffs of smoke escaped his lips. The remembrance made him smile a bit.
"Elf!" Suddenly Kurt knew whose silhouette was that. Logan!
"Logan . . ."
"Shhh . . . I'm sniffing the air. Someone else was here beside Kitty. It's such a familiar smell."
Kurt looked up to the half-moon through the clearing they were in. He prayed silently that Kitty wouldn't have run away again.
"Elf, we have two choices now. Or we go back to the mansion and alert everybody that Kitty's missing again or we take this as a little revenge against whoever the owner of this filthy smell is. I'm fond of the revenge." Logan stopped sniffing and looked at the blue mutant.
So, his prayers had failed but he wouldn't. Before he could even think, his head nodded in approval of Logan's choice.
As they both had keen senses, they heard paces on the dried grass, coming to where they were. They're first reaction was to fake a conversation.
"The weather is pretty good today. Maybe I'll have a walk tomorrow and cancel the Danger Room sessions with the other kids." Logan lied looking at the moon.
"Yeah." Kurt answered. Well, there was no point in lying anyway; everybody knew he was the worst liar ever.
The march stopped and they looked at the entrance of the clearing. Larissa was stopped there, with her usual black clothes with Rogue right behind her.
"You know what, Logan? You're a terrible liar, just as my little brother." Rogue said and gave a small and fast smile. If you blinked you'd miss that unusual happening. As anybody answered, she went on, "And, my little gothic friend here told me that they're minds merged today, so I think she's a good help, huh? By the way, Kurt, didn't you tell me two or three days ago that Kitty was fine?"
Kurt looked at his feet and said:
"Fine! You're coming with us."
Rogue and Larissa looked at each other and smiled. 'This is starting to scare me.' Kurt thought and smiled his best elfish smile at them, but the girls didn't smile back.
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Kitty woke up slowly, feeling pain all over her body. Her brain was working really slowly and she couldn't even think. She looked but she didn't see. She listened but she didn't hear. The only thing she knew was that she was laid in a hard and broken mattress, and the walls that protected her were dirty, and the painting was starting to peel.
The door was abruptly opened and a metallic bowl of soup was put on the floor. A voice, a melodious male voice spoke up, trying to seduce her:
"Keep your cool, cherié. Soon, our new master will set you free but only after he gets what he wants. You know what? I think Magneto sucks, petite. He was too old and he couldn't even defeat Apocalipse, but he . . . can. Ops, I think I said too much. Take a cat nap and rest as much as you wish."
The door was closed and she heard the key being turned in its lock. 'Assholes. I can phase.' She thought for the first time and as she did, she moaned in pain. Her brain was on fire.
A/N: Thanks to Drakness1 – who promised me that would write the fight scenes. Thank you, big bro.
Revelations along the way. . .
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Kitty sat uncomfortably on her spot at the dining room, eating her dinner. She was starving since she had skipped lunch, because of Logan's precarious cooking skills and Kurt who had never let anything stop him from feeding up his stomach.
Talking about him, Kurt was sat across her and was looking at his soup, avoiding any eye contact with her, just like what she was doing. Every time he looked up, she looked down and vice-versa.
Kitty looked at the other side of the table. Tabitha was looking at Kitty's new friend with disgust, Evan was trying to chat with her, but Larissa kept looking at her own soup.
"I heard Brasil is a wonderful place . . ."
"Everybody does." She answered shyly and not looking at him. All the other guys were also trying to talk to her, but she just gave empty answers. 'The girl is really tough.' Kitty thought.
Kitty started to look at her own end of the table and before her eyes would fall upon Kurt, she spoke up:
"Ororo, may I be excused?"
The older woman looked at her puzzled and said with a little excusing smile:
"Are you okay?"
"Yes, but I'm feeling sleepy and I wish I could finally go to my room."
Ororo looked at Hank who looked at Logan, but he wasn't paying attention because of Scott. The two of them were engaged in a debate about motorcycles. Hank sighed heavily and gave small nod back to Ororo.
"Okay. Have a good night, Kitty."
Kitty got up, rested her napkin beside her dish and walked away, totally aware of Kurt's gaze on her.
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Kitty was walking down the lane that lead to the woods, afraid that somebody would see her, worse, afraid Kurt would talk to her. She didn't know what was happening, but since the day he rescued her from freezing she had been afraid.
The cold wind was hurting her bones under the perfect peach skin, the sounds of the night birds and the sound of the leaves being swept by the wind was making her fall in a world where nobody could find her. Her secret world, the one that she was on that crazy day. A world that controlled all her abilities and thoughts. A world to get lost.
Her mind went numb as she kept walking. Walking to nowhere. Just leaving her feet lead her anywhere. Suddenly she found herself in front of the gates, after a long path inside the woods.
The same feeling of being numb took her. The same light she had seen in the snow. Looking back to the mansion, she checked if someone saw her, and then, looking the dark blue night sky, she phased the gates and found herself on the same spot she had been in that fateful day.
She walked step by step, through the road, following her imaginary light. She closed her eyes, trying to fight against this numbness, but the bright gold light was still there making her walk further and further.
Strong hands took her from behind, tying her arms behind her back. She tried to look at her kidnapper, but she felt a pain running down her spine and she fell into blackness.
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Kurt 'ported to the gardens. He knew Kitty would be there, thinking. He had decided to talk to her at any cost, even if she screamed. He was carrying the small velvety box with the necklace he had bought.
He looked around and didn't see her anywhere. 'Maybe she is the woods' he thought and 'ported everywhere he thought she would be. Hollow trees, on the top of the trees. But she was nowhere to be seen.
So, he decided to announce he was there:
"Keety!!! It's Kurt."
'Yeah, moron! Keep screaming and she will run away'. He thought bitterly.
He kept walking through the dark wood until he saw a shadow. The silhouette was too large to be Kitty but he ran to it all the same. His breath was condensing in front of him. He remembered that when he was a kid he liked to pretend he was smoking when these puffs of smoke escaped his lips. The remembrance made him smile a bit.
"Elf!" Suddenly Kurt knew whose silhouette was that. Logan!
"Logan . . ."
"Shhh . . . I'm sniffing the air. Someone else was here beside Kitty. It's such a familiar smell."
Kurt looked up to the half-moon through the clearing they were in. He prayed silently that Kitty wouldn't have run away again.
"Elf, we have two choices now. Or we go back to the mansion and alert everybody that Kitty's missing again or we take this as a little revenge against whoever the owner of this filthy smell is. I'm fond of the revenge." Logan stopped sniffing and looked at the blue mutant.
So, his prayers had failed but he wouldn't. Before he could even think, his head nodded in approval of Logan's choice.
As they both had keen senses, they heard paces on the dried grass, coming to where they were. They're first reaction was to fake a conversation.
"The weather is pretty good today. Maybe I'll have a walk tomorrow and cancel the Danger Room sessions with the other kids." Logan lied looking at the moon.
"Yeah." Kurt answered. Well, there was no point in lying anyway; everybody knew he was the worst liar ever.
The march stopped and they looked at the entrance of the clearing. Larissa was stopped there, with her usual black clothes with Rogue right behind her.
"You know what, Logan? You're a terrible liar, just as my little brother." Rogue said and gave a small and fast smile. If you blinked you'd miss that unusual happening. As anybody answered, she went on, "And, my little gothic friend here told me that they're minds merged today, so I think she's a good help, huh? By the way, Kurt, didn't you tell me two or three days ago that Kitty was fine?"
Kurt looked at his feet and said:
"Fine! You're coming with us."
Rogue and Larissa looked at each other and smiled. 'This is starting to scare me.' Kurt thought and smiled his best elfish smile at them, but the girls didn't smile back.
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Kitty woke up slowly, feeling pain all over her body. Her brain was working really slowly and she couldn't even think. She looked but she didn't see. She listened but she didn't hear. The only thing she knew was that she was laid in a hard and broken mattress, and the walls that protected her were dirty, and the painting was starting to peel.
The door was abruptly opened and a metallic bowl of soup was put on the floor. A voice, a melodious male voice spoke up, trying to seduce her:
"Keep your cool, cherié. Soon, our new master will set you free but only after he gets what he wants. You know what? I think Magneto sucks, petite. He was too old and he couldn't even defeat Apocalipse, but he . . . can. Ops, I think I said too much. Take a cat nap and rest as much as you wish."
The door was closed and she heard the key being turned in its lock. 'Assholes. I can phase.' She thought for the first time and as she did, she moaned in pain. Her brain was on fire.