Perfect By Nature
Chapter VIII: Two Presences
By: Michelle
"Hey Donnie." Leonardo said into the turtle com.
"Hey Leo. How was your drive?"
Leonardo sighed. "Long enough. I'm glad to be out of the Hummer."
"I can only imagine."
"Yeah, well." Leonardo stretched a bit. "So far, there is no sign of that dragon. Can you send me its coordinates?"
"I wish I can, but Michaelangelo blew the circuit breakers while blasting his radio. I still haven't been able to get the computer up yet."
Just my luck. "Alright. I guess I have some searching to do. I'll talk to you in a little while."
"Bye Leo."
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"Well look who's back." Ororo smiled as Kurt and Logan reappeared with new swim trunks on. Bummer. "And with new swim trunks."
"Yeah Darling." Logan replied taking a sip of his ice water.
Kurt smiled. "Unless you prefer less."
Ororo blushed at his comment. She rolled over on her stomach and began relaxing in the warmth of the sun. As she closed her eyes, Logan handed his cup to Kurt.
Kurt waited a few minutes for Ororo to relax. Then, he quietly made his way over to her and poured the cup of ice water on her. Revenge was sweet.
Ororo shrieked as the cold water hit her back. Oh goddess they didn't. She turned over to see Kurt smile mischievously at her before disappearing into thin air.
She picked up a few of the ice cubes and threw them at the laughing Logan. She folded her arms as Kurt appeared beside him joining in on the laughter. She cracked a smiled. "I guess this makes us even…For now."
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Leonardo Carefully made his way around the grounds of Xavier's school. He had never seen something so big before. He was quite amazed.
Of course, he was confused as hell too. The students here are definitely strange. Just a few minutes ago he saw a teenage girl walk through a tree over to her friends talking about seeing someone's ass.
But even with all that he had seen, he still couldn't find that dragon. It was really starting to piss him off.
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As Kitty's father left, Xavier found himself gazing out the window. He could sense something, but he wasn't sure what. It was two presences, he was sure of it. But, he was having trouble reading it.
He felt the first presence a few hours ago. He was unsure of what its intentions were, but his instincts told him that there was something sinister about it.
The second presence was fairly new. It was obviously less powerful mentally, but still he was having trouble reading. As far as he could tell, this presence thought differently. Its mind was calmer.
He sighed. He knew he wasn't going to feel relaxed until he knew exactly what they were up to. For now, he was going to wait.
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Later that evening…
Kurt relaxed on the couch. He didn't know how to explain it, but there was something about swimming that could tire a person out. And boy was he tired.
He looked around the den. It was fairly quiet. Most of the students were getting ready for bed or playing games in the other room.
"Relaxing." Ororo said with a twinkle in her eye.
"Ja." He smiled at her. "What about you?"
"I'm going to check on my plants in the greenhouse." She answered.
Kurt sat up and made a bold move. "Could I come with you?"
"Sure."
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"Do you think like Mr. Wagner liked the Pirates of the Caribbean T-shirt I got him?" Kitty asked.
"Of course, he loves pirates. Plus he is already wearing it." Rogue smiled. "But I don't think Logan feels the same way about the Mickey Mouse ears you got him."
"But that face he made when you put them on him was priceless." Jubilee said laughing.
"I almost got him the Goofy hat." Kitty giggled.
Rogue laughed and fell off the bed. "I'm sorry. Mental picture."
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Kurt watched in amazement as Ororo directed a mini rain cloud over the plants to water them. 'So this is how you relax."
"Yeah. I love it in here." She said checking on some new buds. "This is my sanctuary."
"I see." Kurt walked slowly over to her. "It's quite beautiful in here."
"I know." Ororo replied. "It's amazing how many beautiful colors nature can create."
"That to." Kurt smiled. "But they hardly do you justice."
Ororo blushed as Kurt stood before her. Her sapphire eyes met his golden ones as he leaned in…
"Mr. Wagner."
They quickly broke apart at the sound of Jamie's voice.
"There you are." Jamie smiled and rushed over to them with Evan following. He held up the Bible to him. "Can you read us a story?"
"Umm…sure." Kurt said taking the Bible from him. He turned over to Ororo. "Vhy don't you come join us?"
"I don't know."
"Come on Auntie O." Evan clung to her leg. "Please."
"Alright." She smiled at Kurt. "If you insist."
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"Hey Leo. I got my computer back up."
"It's about time." Leonardo replied a little frustrated. "I've been searching for hours, but there has been no sign of the dragon anywhere."
"He's been lingering around the school. I can't believe you haven't seen him yet."
"Donnie, I've seen a lot of shit here, but no dragon." Leonardo sighed.
"I'm working on the coordinates."
"Ok." Leonardo leaned against a tree catching a glimpse of something in the corner of his eye. "Donnie, never mind."
"What?"
"I found it." He replied. "It's entering the school."
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"Alright Jamie." Kurt said as they all sat on the couch. "Vat story do you vat me to read you."
"This one." He replied opening the pages.
Kurt looked at the passage. "But I've read you that story two times this veek already."
"I know." Jamie said. "But Ms. Monroe and Evan didn't hear it yet."
"OK." Kurt began reading. "In the beginning, when God created the universe…[1]"
Ororo listened to each word Kurt spoke. His voice was soft spoken with his German accent. It matched his gentle mood. He may have had the body of a devil, but he had the heart of an angel. She grabbed his free hand and squeezed it.
Kurt's heart raced as he felt her touch. "Then, the man said, 'At last, here is one of my own kind – Bone taken from my bone, and flesh from my flesh." He glanced over at her smiling face. "'Woman' is her name because she was taken out of man."[2]
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Logan cracked his neck as he walked out of the Danger Room. There was nothing like beating up holograms of Sabretooth to release some steam.
As he walked back to his room, he came to a stand still. His enhanced hearing caught the sound of sneaking footwork and his keen sense of smell picked up an unfamiliar odor. Someone one is here and not suppose to be.
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Sorry I have to leave everyone hanging, but I couldn't resist. I promise next chapter will have some fighting in it.
Michelle
[1] Genesis 1.1
[2] Genesis 2.23