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Hello. I am writink de chapter now. I vill post et vhen I half fenished. I do not know vhy I ahm tellink you thes. You cannot hear me typink. (that's a Russian accent by the way ;) and *no* it's not mine, just like the x-men are not mine.)

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! Here it is! Oh boy!

CHAPPA EIGHT!

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"Muh…huh? Wha?" Kitty felt herself being shaken roughly. She opened her sleep-laden eyelids to see Rogue standing over her, "Uh…whadda you want?"

"Kitty, ah need a huge favor from you." She talked low and fast like a person conspiring behind another's back.

" 'M tired. Go 'way…"

"You can take a Shadowcat-nap later! Ah need you now!"

"What." It was not a question. Kitty glared half-heartedly at Rogue, propping herself up by her elbows.

Rogue folded her arms. "Ah need you to get me into the room where the prisoner is being held."

"Eww! No way! That guy's like, a total freak! Besides, we're not allowed…" She trailed off, averting her gaze from Rogue's.

"Gawd, don't have a complete spaz or anythin'. For one, the Prof's not here, and two, all ah need is a quick shot 'o your powers…"

"No way. I'm not like, assisting in a violation of the rules. Wolverine'd be like so mad!"

Rogue rolled her eyes and sneered exasperatedly, "What 'e don't know can't hurt 'im! Now come on." She felt confusing emotions rising inside of her. Why did Kitty have to give her such a hard time?

"Unh. Like, no way I'm letting you down there alone. I'll go with to like, make sure that thing doesn't bite you or something." She hopped out of bed and trounced over to the door.

Rogue hesitated; she didn't really want Kitty with her for this, but then…

The emotions she didn't understand grew stronger. She picked up the sandwich she'd made (after all, who knew how much he'd gotten to eat since last night when they caught him?) and followed Kitty to the elevator.

Kurt hung his head. It felt as if the weight of the world pressed down upon it. The professor could be back at any moment. He'd scared him away once, but he didn't feel he he'd have the strength to do it again. Who knew what would happen to him now. A warm salty tear streaked his fur. His mother had always protected him…she was always the one to shield him from the angry eyes of the world. Now he was helpless and alone, trapped in a mansion with a bunch of psychotic killers. A sob racked his aching body. They would brainwash him and torture him and god only knows what else…

His head jerked up as he heard the sound of muffled talking outside the door. The boy swallowed heavily and braced himself for what was going to come.

"Are you sure about this Rogue? I mean, that thing is dangerous! I heard it tried to rip out the prof's throat last night!"

"He has a gender ya know." She was really starting to get annoyed by Kitty.

"Who? The Professor? Whatever. It's still dangerous." They stopped outside of the thick metal door sealing them off from the small unused lab where the mutant was being held.

"Well? Ya gonna let us in or what?"

Kitty took a deep breath, grasped Rogue's hand and phased through the door.

Kurt's heart was pounding, he needed a plan. He glanced desperately around the room, but there was nothing to aid him in his plight. The boy was shocked to see two girls step through the door without opening it. His heart stopped completely as he recognized the skunky haired one. He scrambled backwards on all fours as far as he could before his bonds halted him.

"Whoa, easy now. Ah'm not here to touch you." Rogue offered quietly.

Kitty hung back, peering at the stranger with curiosity from over the other girl's shoulder. He didn't look so scary now, she thought. Well, I guess he does still a bit. She laughed to herself, what's with the tail and the fur? He's just a skinny little freak, that's all. But she didn't get any closer.

Rogue sat on the floor before the boy. She smiled sadly and pushed the plate forward, "Thought you might want somethin' to eat."

The food filled Kurt's ravenous eyes. He was starving, but could he trust her? The girl looked away and fiddled with a lock of white hair that fell over her eyes.

"Go on, it's not poison."

It was all the incentive he needed. He leaned forward and grabbed the sandwich hungrily, bolting it down in oversized pieces.

~Yikes, what freaky hands. ~

Rogue shook her head angrily, trying to force the unwanted thoughts out of it. She peeked up and found him staring at her face, and shifted nervously,

"Guess ah should've brought more, huh." Her voice sounded very sad, Kurt noticed, why? He furrowed his brow.

"Like how much longer is this gonna take? Besides, the sign says you're not supposed to feed the animals."

Rogue saw the boy flinch visibly at the insult. Anger swelled inside of her.

"Kitty wha can't you ever just shut up!" she spat.

Kitty ignored her, but Kurt hadn't.

"What do you want?"

Rogue spun around at the sound of his soft murmuring.

"Ah…ah just wanna talk."

"Yeah right, and so does your professor." His tone was quiet and distant, "why won't you people just leave me alone."

"Well…" Rogue took a deep breath in preparation for what she was about to say, "Kurt…"

His head rose at the mention of his name.

"Kurt ah'm your sister."

The mutant's jaw dropped. Kitty suddenly became very interested in their conversation.

Rogue saw him searching for an explanation, his face was troubled and mistrusting, so she took another deep breath.

"Ah found out that Mystique was my adoptive mother a couple'a weeks ago. Then, the other day when ah touched you, well, ah absorbed some of your memories and…" she fished for the right words, "And ah found out that you were Mystique's son." Seeing his blank expression she fumbled on, trying to make him understand, "Ah mean, it's not like we're blood related or anythin' but I thought maybe, well I thought it, you know, gave us sorta a connection, you know…"

Kurt's yellow eyes were fixed on hers. How could this be true, an X-man his sister?

"I, I don't know-" he stumbled.

The three teens jumped as one as several voices echoed down the hallway outside. Kitty's eyes grew wide.

"We gotta get outta here!"

Rogue leapt up and made for the door but stopped and turned to her adoptive brother.

~You can't leave him here like this; you can't leave him in shackles. ~

She bit her lip.

"Kitty?"

"What-" the younger girl spun around but yelped. Rogue pressed her uncovered hand on her arm for a moment then rushed back to the mutant on the floor. "Like, what did you do that for!" Kitty cried.

Before she knew what was happening Rogue had phased the boy's arms and legs through the metal bands.

"Rogue are you nuts?!" Kitty shrieked.

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Bwuhahaha! No more 'til later! I might get a chance to write the next chapter tonight but don't count on it. As always, review!

Oh, by the way, in case you're wondering, Kurt doesn't have a German accent because in this story he wasn't raised in Germany. It's not cause I'm lazy ;)