Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, except for Katherine and Kevin, and any more to appear in future chapters.

Chapter Three: Finding Kevin

Just then, Katherine momentarily stopped her writhing. Logan saw her open eyes, and alerted Kurt and Scott.

"Hey, kid. Are you okay?"

"I'm not sure."

"May I ask you a question?" Scott inquired.

"Yes."

"Why were you writhing, and why has your breathing changed?"

"My brother and I have some type of connection. We're not sure if it's a twin connection, a sibling mutant connection, or a little bit of both. But, if one of us is hurt, the other can feel the pain as if they are being hurt also. My only guess is that Kevin was being hurt, punched, something of that nature, and that I could feel it also."

"What about the breathing?"

"Something probably happened to him, and he's most likely having a difficult time breathing as well. His breathing now is getting to the level where it could become a lot more dangerous very fast."

"What does that mean?"

"It means that if we don't find my brother soon and get him some help, he could die."

"What about you little one? What will happen to you?"

"I have no idea. We've never experienced this before."

Just then, the professor entered the room.

"I know where her brother is."

Logan carried Kitty onto the X-jet, and carefully set her in a seat and fastened the seat belt. The other X-men came onto the jet and sat down. Scott and Storm went to the front of the plane, and sat down at the controls.

"Well, let's go rescue Kitty's brother," Scott said.

Scott started the jet, and they were on their way. A few minutes into the flight, Kitty started having an even more difficult time breathing. Kurt looked at her, and then back at the professor.

"Professor, do ve have any oxygen masks on here?"

"I believe so. Check in the compartment under your seat."

Kurt bent down and retrieved a mask from a drawer under his seat. He placed it over Kitty's mouth and nose. It seemed to have no affect on her breathing.

"We're nearing the place you described professor," Storm said as she turned to look at Kitty. "How's she doing?"
"We're not sure. Kurt placed an oxygen mask on her face, as you can see, but it seems to have no affect on improving her breathing."

Storm turned back around.

"There's the warehouse you saw professor. Ah! And there's a field right over there. I'll set her down over there."

Scott brought the plane down in the field, and shut all of the engines off.

"Professor, do you want to stay in here with Kitty? You can communicate with us via radio."

"I'll stay with her. You all go in and find her brother quickly. We may loose her, and her brother, if you don't hurry."

Scott handed the professor a radio, and walked down the steps. Logan, Storm, and Kurt followed him. They made their way over to the warehouse, and Kurt took them inside one by one. Once inside, they found that they were in a huge room. They saw a young teen in the corner.

"If only Kitty were here right now. She'd be able to keep us invisible."

"I guess we'll just have to chance it, as before."

The group quietly walked over to the teenager and looked at him.

"It looks like how Kitty described her brother. Is it him?"

"Professor, professor, is Kitty awake enough to answer questions?"

There was a momentary pause, and then he answered back.

"Awake enough, yes. What did you want to ask her?"

"When can she tell if we found her brother or not?"

A gaspy breath came on the radio.

"Do you have any more oxygen with you?"

"Yes. Kurt is placing it over the boy's face now."

There was a pause. Kitty then came back on the radio.

"It's not him."

"How can you tell? It looks just like your brother."

"It's not him. If the oxygen is on his face right now, it should be getting easier for me to breathe, but it's remaining the same. A failsafe way to see if it really is my brother or not, lift up his shirt, and look at his shoulders. What do you see?"
"Nothing."

"It's not him. Kevin has a birthmark on his right shoulder, clearly visible if you look at his shoulders from the front when he's not wearing a shirt. You're looking at a shape shifter, not my brother."