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CHARLES

Meanwhile, back at the dance, Scott is tending to Bobby and Logan to Piotr who they discovered unconscious in a corner of the room. The Professor takes charge and yells at the group of flustered students. "Everyone! Please remain calm! Everyone must stay here with Scott and Logan, understand?" There was a murmur of agreement and Logan and Scott came over to Xavier. He spoke briefly with them and persuaded them to stay here while he searched for Storm, Kurt, Rogue and Mystique with the help of Cerebro. He thought it was very odd, he could sense Pyro but he couldn't tell where on Earth he was. Forget Mystique, she learned how to shield he mind ages ago, maybe she taught Pyro but he didn't have a total handle on it yet....

MYSTIQUE

Pyro and Mystique ran through the mansion with their burdens. Mystique saw Pyro nearly trip over Rogue's feet. Clumsy boy, she thought, why did I let him come with me? He will probably just tell Magneto what I am going to do, but I don't care. She looked down the hall and finally saw what she was searching for, Kurt's room. It was exactly where Pyro guessed it would be. I guess the boy does have some uses, she mused. She half dragged Kurt into the room and laid him on his bed, then she retreated to the door and grabbed Rogue from Pyro. He seemed relieved that he didn't have to carry her anymore but he looked at her quizzically.

"Why are we not taking them to the base?"

"Because, you fool, if we take them there Xavier will find it and we will have to relocate again!" She also didn't mention that Magneto would not approve. She turned her gaze towards the two figures lying on the bed, they were starting to stir. She locked the door quickly and looked at Pyro.

"It might be best if you hide somewhere. They are going to be violent when they awaken."

He sputtered a protest but she silenced him by striking him on the side of the head hard and knocking him unconscious. She dragged him into the bathroom and emerged just as Kurt was sitting up and helping Rogue up. They both took one look at her and tried to attack. She managed to fend them off without hurting them then finally when she grew bored she grabbed Rogue by the wrists and pulled her in front of her. Kurt stopped abruptly and glared at her.

"What do you want?"

He asked simply. She smiled; he was such a simpleton, so naive and innocent. She levelled her gaze on him and spoke with authority.

"First, I wouldn't mind if you stopped attacking me. Second, I would like to simply talk with the both of you."

"Why do you want to talk to us?"

Rogue asked viciously. She was clearly unhappy that she was being used as a shield for the second time in a row. Mystique let go of Rogue's wrists and shoved her to the floor. As Nightcrawler leaned down to help her Mystique strode over to the bed and sat down. They stood watching her every move. She finally bit the bullet and told them what she had meant to tell them long ago.

"Kurt, Rogue, I'm your mother."

ORORO

Outside Storm waited furiously for Mystique and Pyro to come out but they never did. She was heading inside to see if the Professor had located them with Cerebro when his voice entered her mind. Storm, what in God's name did you think you were doing?!

I had to try and stop them! She thought. Sometimes Xavier could not figure anything out even with his powers. I knew that but did you have to kick that window in? He said calmly. She decided not to respond to this; instead she stepped inside Cerebro to talk to him face to face. He turned his wheelchair around to face her and a grim expression was set on his face. She was about to ask him if he had located Kurt but he must have read her mind and answered before she could speak.

"Yes, I found them. They are still in the mansion, but...something strange is happening. Both Rogue and Nightcrawler are in deep shock. Whatever happened has deeply troubled them. They are in Nightcrawler's bedroom, go and see if you can talk to them. I will send Scott and Logan in a minute."

As she left Charles sighed. She knew that this was hard for him too but she had to get to Kurt. She can only deal with one distressed mutant at a time.

KURT

"You...WHAT! You're lying...you're lying..."

That was all Rogue could say. She was obviously stunned as was he. He had a real mother, and a real sister! He eyed Mystique with suspicion; this was too good to be true. She must be lying as Rogue kept saying but looking into Mystique's yellow eyes he could see the family resemblance between himself and her....

"No, Rogue, I'm not lying. I am your mother and Kurt is...well...your half brother. I your mother but your fathers are not the same people. If you will let me explain..." She could not finish her sentence due to the fact that Rogue had torn off her gloves and started hitting her with her fists. Mystique simply stood and let Rogue continue to beat on her; it didn't seem to affect her much. Finally, Rogue dissolved into tears and Mystique caught her. Kurt could feel tears welling in his eyes as well. She didn't want him and had abandoned him when he was child, why would she want him now? Mystique started to tell Rogue why she had to leave her and Kurt listened attentively.

"When I was pregnant with you Marie I knew I could not keep you. Kurt had blue skin like me and he couldn't hide it. Then when you were born and you had normal skin and you looked like everyone else I was so happy! Maybe I could give you to a normal family and you would turn out normal, but deep down I knew you would end up becoming a mutant. I feared how your powers would manifest, I mean my and Kurt's powers is partially our skin color and for Kurt his tail, I knew you were going to have extremely dangerous powers. So the night you were born I had you I had intended to kill you. I ran away and planned to get rid of you." She looked at Rogue who was sobbing even harder into Mystique's chest and she stroked her hair.

"Just as I was about to throw you into a waterfall you started to cry, just like you are now. When I heard you crying... I guess you could call it motherly instinct...I started to comfort you and you started laughing. It was then that I realised that I couldn't kill you. I left you with a family in Mississippi and told them to raise you as their own and not to mention me. You would have had a family...something I could have never been to you or you Kurt." She looked up at him. The tears that were building in his eyes now glistened on his face, he cried because he was hurt and happy at the same time. He had always dreamed of having a family and now that he had one he didn't know what to think. Rogue stopped crying and went to sit on the bed, she stumbled and Kurt caught her hands. Rogue just looked down at his hands and then at Mystique who was nodding her head.

"I thought that this might be possible."

Mystique moved so she could stroke Rogue's cheeks, Rogue caught Mystique's hands with her own and closed her eyes. Mystique turned to Kurt who was completely clueless as to what was going on.

"Marie's power is that when she touches someone she takes their life force...their will to survive."

She clarified for him seeing the puzzled face he had made.

"When she touches a mutant she takes their gifts, their abilities. Because I am her mother and I have the same blood that runs through her veins it counteracts her powers and it does not harm me. It must be the same with you but I doubt she would be able to touch you for long, though."

Mystique smiled and dropped her hands from Rogue's face and walked over to Nightcrawler and hugged him. He had never been happier in his entire life and suddenly the door banged open at he realised he was looking at Ororo's frightened face.