CHAP 10

BAMF!

Kurt and Aurora appeared on the streets of the town, not much later.

"so..vhy did you suddenly vant to take a little trip?" Kurt watched her as her icy

blue eyes scanned the area. First flicking left, then right, then the middle of the street.

"I have to show you something, Kurt. I just need to find it first." As she continued

to scan the area, Kurt studied her features. Her scars, her blonde hair, blue eyes that could

cut steel. They now seemed so alien to him. What was it about her that always seemed to

engulf him?

"ah. This way." Aurora began walking in the direction she had indicated. Kurt

hesitated, and, for the first time, wondered whether to trust her.

"Kurt....you wanted to know. Now I'm giving you the chance. Are you going

to take it, or what?" she turned around and eyed him sharply.

"ja,ja, sorry.I vas just..y'know." He put his hands behind his back and

twisted uncomfortably. Her eyes widened in expectation. Somewhat reluctantly, he

followed her, and not a word was exchanged between them. Finally they reached a

graveyard, which was one of the last places Kurt had expected to end up when he

ventured with her that night. She approached an uncommonly large headstone, and wiped

away the fresh rainwater from the engraving on it.

"Kurt....meet my mom. Mom, Kurt." Kurt leaned over and looked at the

engraving.

"McCarthy...you have a last name..." Kurt muttered, running his three

fingers over the stone. " vhen did she..."

"die?"

"vell....yeah."

"Dunno....I just know it wasn't too long ago. I attended her funeral. You

should have seen the looks on some of those old rich ladies' faces! Priceless."

"Aurora....aren't you upset about-y'know.."

"My mom? Why should I be?"

"She's your mom." Kurt took her hand. She yanked it away and her eyes clouded

over.

"My mom? She's not my mom. She gave up being my mother when she tossed

me over to the government." Aurora turned to the grave with a wild look in her eyes.

"I was six years old! Dammit, Mom!" She kicked the dirt, and wailed angrily. It

sounded inhuman, and this scared Kurt.

"Aurora...how did you find out your mother was dead?" he took her hands and

held them tightly.

"you know what? I don't know. I'm serious, I just.....maybe that explosion

hit me harder than I thought last year, huh? Oh god, Kurt." She sobbed and fell to the

ground. "I'm only trying to find out who I am..w-what I am! But every time I get

close to the truth, something happens...I lose my memory, or someone dies...or

like this time, I lose my memory AND someone dies. What luck, huh? WHY WON'T

GOD JUST LET ME FIND MYSELF?"

"maybe he has other plans for you, liebchen."

"Plans...so he planned for me to lose my memory? For my mom to die just as

I'm about to find her? God, I can't even remember what happened to my hands." Kurt

hesitantly placed his hand on her shoulder. The ice around her heart was melting. He

could feel it. He gently brushed her hair from her eyes. She looked up at him, and his

heart skipped a beat. It was her. The girl he had known, and fell in love with just a year

ago. It was his Aurora. She no longer seemed inhuman, or different, She was herself. He

turned her face to his, and whispered

"It's okay...I'll help you vith..vhatever you want." He pulled her to him, and

time seemed to linger for a moment. Finally, in what seemed like forever, his lips touched

hers, and they were wrapped up in a kiss that had been soulfully missed by both of them.

Aurora broke away.

"I don't think I can do this.." A tear slid down her cheek.

"Aurora..."

"no, Kurt. I can't..I just can't.." with that, she fled into the night. Kurt

dashed after her, but lost her at a busy street. He quickly teleported across, but it was too

late...she was gone.