Melissarxy1- I tried to go to bed last night after band camp. It didn't work out I was awake until after 3! So I'm still sore and tired, stupid splits! Anyway, I'll follow you're advice, I'm sick of being a crowd pleaser, for the moment. What might actually shock you is that at one point Lance was one of my favorite characters! Not too sure what happened.
Somekindafreaky- He will, but it really isn't him that finds her. Like 'the boss' said, they are out of psychic range, which means they are pretty far away! I have to ask myself if I really want Remy jealous, he has gone through so much! But you never know, anything is possible. I HATE LANCE! Can't you tell? I ask everyone to beat him up if he deserves it or I'll say he's stupid or something. I have to confess that I am working on chapter 36, that's why I am updating so quickly, I just make minor revisions and I post!I don't have to leave home, well I am gone for most of the day, but it's only 15 minutes from my house. What are you in your band? We have sparkly uniforms too! If you don't want to put all of that in a review you can email me, there is a link on my profile, just put your pen name as the subject, or in that area. Wow, this was really long.
Ch32- Decisions
The next morning Lance wakes up with a huge bruise on the side of his face. "What the hell?"
"Any of us would have done it to you. Katya doesn't deserve what you were doing to her."
"And how would you know? All of you Acolytes are weird. Every one of you has a different name for her."
"Lancegetoveryourself."
"I dare you to say that to me again and slower."
"Lance. Get. Over. Yourself. Slow enough?"
"You're going to die!"
"Guys!" Kitty says coming back in. "Break it up."
"But Pre-"
"If you finish that sentence I'll kill you myself." Kitty warns. "In other news all you guys are getting your heads shaved. I heard the guards talking about it."
"Not my hair!" Pietro says whining. "But I'll loose my strength!"
"Which you never had to start with." Kitty teases.
"Oh, you're gonna get it Pryde."
"Am I?" Kitty laughs.
"Oh yes, as soon as we get out of here. You're going to see what happens to girls that make fun of Pietro Maximoff."
"Oh really? I just can't wait!" Kitty rolls her eyes.
"How can anyone stay as perky as you in this situation?" Pietro asks.
"Someone has to lighten the mood. I have a feeling that if I wasn't here that it would be gloomy in here. I don't want to be around people who can't take it, and plus this is all kind of surreal to me. I keep thinking that I am going to wake up soon."
"And I don't want to hear about where you want to wake up." Pietro says smirking.
"Pietro!" Kitty yells. "You little pervert!"
"Not anywhere close to as bad as Remy. You are just attracted to guys like me and him, but mostly me, admit it."
"You cocky little...where is this going?"
"Nowhere."
"Then it had better stay there." Pietro picks Kitty up bridal style and starts spinning her around so fast that he's a blur. "Pietro! I'm going to get sick!" Pietro drops her causing her to skid across the floor. "Ouch, as if I wasn't already injured enough."
"I would say sorry Pryde, but I don't like to lie if it can be avoided."
"That's one good quality at least. But you're rude to girls and just too full of yourself." Kitty remarks.
"At least I don't speak in third person."
"Heaven help me! I couldn't stand two of you doing it! That is one miracle right there."
"Turn their collars on! He just used his power!" They heard a guard say from outside the door. Right then all of the mutants are frozen in place. "Get the white haired one!" The guards rush in and grab Pietro after they leave the cell they throw Kurt in and everyone can move again.
"Kurt!" Kitty says running over to him. "He's out... but his pulse is fine." Kitty picks him up and walks him to an empty cot. "Hopefully he'll wake up soon."
"Pretty Kitty, don't worry about him." Lance says putting his hand on her shoulder.
"Remove your hand."
"What's wrong?"
"Just remove your hand!"
"But-"Kitty phases through his hand.
"I don't ever want you to touch me again." Kitty slaps him.
"It looks like we have a mutant soap opera here." Kurt says waking up.
"Kurt." Kitty says happily smiling at him. "I'm glad you're awake, though I'm not really glad that you are here." She says frowning.
"What happens here? We have been looking everywhere for you!"
"I'm ok, I guess-"
"Turn back on the collars!" A guard yells they all are stopped and Kitty is carried out. "We're taking you to the boss."
-Boss's office-
"So, you are the girl that my men speak of so fondly. You seem to keep the morale up among the other mutant scum, and among my men."
"We're not scum!"
"That's a nice attitude. I like it. There's fire in your eyes when you are angry! You look like a seven year old boy, but things can be changed."
"What are you talking about?"
"I believe that you know. I brought you girls here for a reason, well other than the obvious powers of course. You are the men's main source of entertainment. Now that we have the uniforms the fun can really begin."
"I have to ask you what you are talking about again!"
"Oh, I believe that I don't need to tell you. What happened to a woman's intuition? I'm guessing that you're not ready yet."
"What am I not ready for?"
"You'll see soon enough. You are the key to saving your friends. Guards! Take her out of my office and leave her be for the day. She has a decision to make. Tell me your decision tomorrow, your friends freedom or your own selfish desires. Here is your new uniform. And this one is for Betsy and inside of this box are uniforms for all of the men in your cell." The guards come in and throw her back into the cell causing her to land on the box.
"Hey, I've got such a great surprise!" Kitty says sarcastically. "We've got uniforms! Here Betsy. They give us these fitted things and the guys get things that are so baggy that they are going to fall off. I almost told him that I was just a cross dresser!"
"We don't need that image Pryde."
"Stuff it Pietro." Kitty opens the box. "Wow, not too many sizes. Here ya go Pie!"
"Don't call me that!"
"Why not? I can't have a name to call you when you call me Pryde?"
"Just don't do it or you won't like the results. My father will-"
"Hello, I'm an X-Man! Not exactly scared of Magneto and not working for him! Oh, and here is your uniform." Kitty says handing him one.
"Why are you handing them out?"
"Why not? I have bad news to give you all in a minute anyway, even though I'm not quite sure what he was saying, maybe someone can help me figure it out." Kitty says continuing her work.
"Do you try to annoy me Pryde?"
"No, it just comes naturally, oh and I like the new look. Somehow you look younger without your hair. Most guys look older."
"Shut up! You aren't helping."
"Oh, but you know that you love me!" Kitty says smiling.
"No, there is only one man on the planet who is dumb enough."
"That was low. I'll get you back and trust me he will hear about it."
"I'm not scared."
-20 minutes later-
"Umm... where to begin."
"The beginning is always the easiest." Kurt jokes.
"Yeah, yeah. He told me that that Betsy and I are here for the entertainment of his men, and then-"
"I will be the entertainment for no man!"
"It looks like it's too late for either of us to have a say. I need to know from all of you, and I need honest opinions. This boss of theirs, he kind of gave me an offer. I can stay here and all of you will be released, but I really didn't understand what he wanted, but I also have faith in Pietro's ability to run to his father, so I know that I wouldn't be here too long."
"You're not going to give yourself for us. Trust me when I say that, because I do have an idea of what he wants." Logan says causing everyone else to nod in agreement.
"Pryde you don't deserve that, even though I may not like you, I'm not able to stand you normally actually, but none of us could live with that."
"But it can't be-"
"Katya, I refuse to leave here without you. No one would be happy because to leave and let you be further mistreated would be wrong."
"Ok, but I think that you all are just afraid of 'certain reactions', am I right?"
-Two Days Later-
Moans were heard as two spirit broken teen mutants were added to the collection of mutants waking everyone up.
"I'm starting to think that we are an ant farm!" Kitty says as she looks at them and recognizes them. "Jean! Scott! What's wrong?" She says running over to them.
"They attacked the mansion and they killed Professor Xavier!" Jean says crying Kitty walks over and wraps her arms around the sobbing girl.
"It'll be ok. He wouldn't want you to be like this, he would want you to uphold his ideals. He thought more of you than this. He saw a strong person inside that would one day carry on his work both with Cerebro and with the Institute." Kitty says trying to cheer her up.
"He was beheaded Kit, none of us should be thinking like that. It's a time for grief right now. Let her grieve." Scott says solemnly.
"Don't say that! What would the Professor say! If that is how you two choose to act after his death, fine by me, but I refuse to act that way." Kitty says standing up. "How do you behead a telepath?" Kitty asks almost as an afterthought.
"What would you know, I bet you're still an Acolyte."
"I thought that there may be another way to do things, another way to live, but I was wrong. Maybe I should have stayed an Acolyte, at least then I wouldn't have to put up with this excuse of leadership!"
"I am not an excuse for leadership!" Scott yells.
"Hello Mr. I love the Danger Room sessions, let's go twice a day!" Kitty mocks. "I think that you are a sorry excuse for a leader." (A/N- Don't ask where that came from, but it sounds like him, doesn't it?)
"And you'd do any better?"
"Yes I would, I won't put up with your crap, and that is the first step, you can't think for yourself. Heaven help the X-Men if you're in charge."
"At least I know where my allegiance lies."
"I don't think that anyone in this room will blame me when I say I know that Magneto was right all along. The war between mutants and humans has just started. I hope it's not too rough on you when you get out. You know, that rude awakening that will come with being completely wrong."
"No, war can still be avoided. You're just a little know-it-all brat who really doesn't know anything at all!"
"Let me tell you this Goggle Boy, I know that I'm right, who in here agrees with me?" Everyone nods but the sobbing Jean and angry, reddening by the minute Scott.
"Kurt!" Scott says seeing him agree with Kitty.
"Sorry man, but the fuzzy dude must agree! Kitty has a point."
"The time in here with her has ruined all of you. Kitty, you are no longer an X-Man." Scott says.
"You can't make that call." Logan says. "It's for whoever's in charge now."
"If she's there I'm leaving."
"Go ahead and leave, the only person who will miss you is Jean!"
"Katya." Piotr warns. "You might want to back down, we do not need to fight amongst ourselves."
"Yeah, I'll back down now, but this isn't over by a long shot." Kitty turns from Scott to look at Piotr. "Thanks, I was loosing my head, wasn't I?" She smiles and Piotr just nods. "I actually looked to you as a friend once, but now I'm not so sure." She says as she looks back at Scott.
"Good, because I don't look to you as anything."
"Fine by me, I won't force you to like me, but it's going to be hard for you in here if you hate me, because we're stuck in this room all the time!"
-X-Men-
Everyone sits in the rec room, some just sitting there, some are crying, a few have cried themselves to sleep. Storm stands up and walks out, Mr. McCoy follows her. (A/N- Yes, Mr. McCoy is now here. I haven't really had anything happen here in a while, just thought that I would say he is 'the Beast'.)
"So what do you think that we should do?" He asks her. "We are the only adults present."
"Yes, and that worries me. I'm not sure that we are as safe here as we believe."
"Yes, I agree, but I don't think that we should move the children. We have lost four of our main team."
"Five. Kitty, Logan, Kurt, Scott and Jean. What are these people after? I'm sure that other mutants are missing also. I find it hard to believe that we are the only team missing team members."
"Yes, I do too. Think of their powers, that is what I believe they are after."
"Yes, which means that none of us are safe. We need to take the children away, but I just can't bring myself to say anything to them."
"You may just be their next target."
"I am more than aware of that. My powers would be very useful, but I believe that there are students with better powers for them than mine, so I will concentrate on protecting them. Many of them will be leaving after the funeral tomorrow. Until after that we won't know who he even left everything to."
"Yes, I suppose that we must know that before we decide anything."
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