Perfect By Nature
Chapter IV: Meeting Evan
By: Michelle
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Wow. I was earlier than I thought with this chapter. I guess I really was bored on my day off.
Just Kidding.
Chapter 5 will be up by Saturday or Sunday.
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Kurt moved back and forth between each window to see the sights of New York City.
"Kurt, you need to stay still." Ororo said from the front seat of the car. "You're distraction my driving."
"Sorry. Did you See that cathedral?" Kurt teleported himself into the passengers' seat. "St. John the Divine. I Shall go there someday." He switched his image inducer on. "Is your nephew the son of your sister or brother?"
"Neither. I'm an only child" Ororo answered. "His mother is a real good friend of mine from college."
"You met her in college."
"Yeah." Ororo explained. "She was a history major like I was. While I became a teacher for Xavier, Vi got a job at a museum. Do you have any brothers or sisters?"
Kurt sighed. "My mother died when I was a baby. I don't know about my father. The Margali Szardos found me and adopted me. My foster brother is deceased. And my foster sister and Margali don't speak to me anymore." He hung his head.
"I'm sorry." Ororo looked over to Kurt. "I didn't mean to upset you."
"It's alright." Kurt smiled slightly. "The Lord vorks in mysterious vays."
"What do you mean?"
"I have you." Kurt's heart rose into his throat. I shouldn't have said that.
Ororo blushed and tried to hide it.
"And Professor Xavier, and Logan, and the children." Kurt added trying to cover up what he really meant.
Ororo nodded her head. "I know what you mean."
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"Aunt Ororo."
"Hi Evan." Ororo looked over her eight year old nephew. Boy is he growing up fast. It seemed like yesterday he was in diapers.
"I've missed you." Evan smiled and gave her a hug.
"I've missed you too. Vi. Derek." Ororo hugged her friends. "It's been a while. Since Christmas."
"We are so glad you came." Vi said to Ororo and looked at the person hiding behind her. "And I see you have brought a friend."
"Yes." Ororo pulled Kurt up to the door. "This is Kurt. He's one of the newest members at the institute."
"Well come in Kurt." Vi said. "It's always nice to have one of Ororo's friends visit."
Kurt slowly watched in. He preferred to stay hidden under his trench coat and hat, even though his image inducer was switched on. Yet, he felt comfortable enough to take them off. He just had to keep his tail wrapped around his leg.
"Thank you." He said with his German accent.
Vi smiled to Ororo.
"What?" Ororo looked confused at what her friend was implying.
"Oh nothing." Vi said. "It's just nice to see you bring someone besides Scott and Jean."
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In the back yard, Kurt, Ororo, Evan, and Vi sat down to discuss the problem while Derek grilled hamburgers.
"So Evan, your mother tells me you have been experiencing some unusual changes." Ororo addressed her nephew.
"Yeah." Evan shrugged. "It's no biggy."
"That's not what I heard. I heard weird things have been happening to you lately." Ororo continued. "Do you want to talk about it?"
Evan sighed and looked over to his mother, then, Kurt, and then Ororo. He knew there was no getting out of this one, so he might as well talk. "Spikes come out of my skin."
Like Logan. Kurt listened tentatively in the chair he was sitting in.
Ororo sat up. "What do you mean?"
"Spikes come out of my skin." Evan explained, but he could tell she was still confused. "I'll show you." He said and stood up.
Evan took a deep breath and four spikes raised up on his arm.
"Let me see." Ororo stood up and grabbed Evan's arm to examine it. "How do they come out?"
"I don't know." Evan explained and rubbed his nose. "When I think about it. But, sometimes they just pop out."
"How long has this been going on?" Ororo turned to Vi.
"It's been going on a few months. At first, we thought he was just being a typical rowdy boy with the way his clothes would end up." Vi informed Ororo. "But then after we noticed them on his body, we knew it was not the case."
Evan rubbed his nose again and made a few faces. My nose itches.
Ororo noticed a face Evan was making. "What's wrong?"
"I have to sneeze." Evan replied.
Vi and Derek backed up.
"AAAACHHHHOOOOOOOOO."
"Oh Lord Allmachtiger"[i]
Bamf
Ororo, Evan, Vi, and Derek looked over to the chair Kurt sat in, or was sitting in. It had five long bonelike spikes sticking into it.
Bamf
Kurt reappeared in another chair and made the sign of the cross. "Danke Schon Gott."[ii] He said taking deep breaths.
"I'm sorry." Evan apologized with a shirt full of holes.
"Kurt are you alright." Ororo asked as she rushed over to him.
He nodded, but still was scared out of his mind.
"This is serious." Ororo looked over to Evan. "Maybe its best if you came with Kurt and I back to the institute."
"No." Evan didn't really want to go. "I don't want to go away."
"I know, but you need to learn how to control your mutant powers." She explained. "Like we did."
"You and Mr. Kurt are mutants." Evan asked.
"How did you think Kurt got out of the way that quickly?" Ororo reminded him.
"He jumped."
"Not exactly." Ororo signaled to Kurt to switch off his image inducer. "He's a teleporter."
Kurt did as instructed and bamf right next to her.
"Awesome." Evan didn't really care about Kurt's appearance; he was more interested in his teleportation.
Kurt smiled and turned back on his image inducer to avoid being seen by any on the neighbors
"So you're a mutant too." Evan turned to his aunt.
"That's right." Ororo's eyes turned pearl white.
Derek looked up. "Don't make it rain, I'm trying to cook dinner."
Evan looked up at the stormy sky. Was his Aunt really the one doing this? Ororo tilted her head slightly and lightning popped across the sky.
"Ororo." Derek reminded her.
Her eyes turned back to their original color and the sky cleared up again. "You know Evan. There a few other kids your age at the school. I think you might like it there."
"Maybe."
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Kurt pulled a small suitcase out of the trunk of Ororo's car as she phoned the Professor. He looked around at the neighborhood Evan lived in. Boy did he love being able to see clearly in the dark. Evan was a lucky kid compared to him. During his childhood, he spent most of his time on the road or performing.
As he looked around, he noticed a set of red eyes coming from a bush. He put down the suitcase and closed the trunk. He clenched his rosary and walked towards it.
"Kurt, where are you going?" Ororo asked wondering what was taking him so long.
He turned to her, then back to the bush again. It was gone now. "I thought I saw something."
She looked over to the direction he was looking in. "It was probably a cat or something."
"Probably." Kurt grabbed the suitcase and walked back into the house.
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"Ya'll can sleep in here tonight." Derek left Ororo and Kurt standing in the doorway to the guest bedroom.
Kurt's heart pounded so fast he thought it was going to explode in his chest. He couldn't do this. He couldn't share the bed with her. Why did Evan destroy the couch? He began fiddling nervously with his rosary.
Ororo noticed Kurt's shocked expression. "I'm going to get some extra sheets to make a pallet on the floor"
He took a sigh of relief as she walked down the hall to get more sheets.
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Kurt held his rosary tight. It was sweet of Ororo to arrange a bed for him while he was in the shower. He began to pray silently to himself.
Ororo walked into the kitchen after her bath and found Vi eating a bowl of ice cream.
"There is some ice cream in the freezer if you or Kurt want any." Vi said as she looked up from eating.
Ororo pulled out a bowl and scooped out some ice cream for herself. "So where is Derek?"
"Helping Evan get some things together. You know. Father son bonding stuff." Vi answered. "So what's going on with you? It's been a few weeks."
"Same as usual." Ororo sat in a chair and curled her legs under her. "With it being summer, we've been trying to keep the kids busy."
"I meant with you and Kurt." Vi said taking a bite of her ice cream.
"What do you mean?" Ororo said avoiding the obvious.
"Ororo, I've seen the way you look at him."
"What way do I look at him?"
Vi smiled at her friend. "Star struck, like you are in love."
Ororo blushed. "Nothing is like that between us. He's my friend."
Vi knew better than that. "That's usually how it starts out."
"Vi. What makes you think that?"
"Well Ororo, you are almost 30 years old." Vi said to her. "It's about time you found yourself a nice man to settle down with."
"I know." Ororo admitted. "I'm just afraid."
"Of what."
"I'm an X-man. It's not that simple." Ororo stirred her now soupy ice cream. "I'm just afraid if I get too close and something happens." She took a deep breath. "I don't know I could live."
"I know what you mean." Vi grabbed her hand. "I was scared too. Especially when Derek was called to Desert Storm when Evan was only two. But, I had faith that no matter what happened, we'd be together here." She placed her hand on her heart. "Now let's change the subject shall we."
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Ororo smiled as she walked into the room to find Kurt fast asleep on the floor. He's so peacefully looking. She gently tucked him in.
Kurt turned softly from laying on his back to lying on his stomach.
Ororo smiled and climbed into bed. Vi didn't know what she was talking about?
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Dragon Lord tapped his fingers on the end of his throne. "What have you found out so far?"
"The mutant is staying at a friend's house." The spy announced.
Dragon Lord growled. "And."
"It returns to the institute in the morning, with two other mutants."
"Damn." Dragon Lord stood up and paced around. "We need it to be alone before we can attack it."
"Of course your Majesty." The spy agreed. "But, I won't be able to hold it myself. I'll need some men to help me."
"Right." Dragon Lord sucked in a deep breath. "Find out its routine. Once you learn it, I'll call out the Rank to assist you.
"Yes Majesty." The spy bowed and returned to his mission.
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AUTHOR'S NOTES:
I made Evan eight because Ororo just seemed too young to have a fifteen year old nephew.
Oh, this fanfic takes place before my fanfic, THE TRUTH HURTS.
Michelle
[i] Oh Lord Almighty
[ii] Thank You God