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Shadowed Ghost

Chapter Three

She woke up in the hospital room of the mansion. She could tell by the sent of fresh linens and anti-bacterial soaps. Groaning she tried to sit up slightly amused at how little strength she had. With a sigh she gave up and lay back down. 'No, no, no' she thought. 'This isn't right! I'm supposed to be dead!' She blinked in the bright lights and noticed a knife on her bedside table. 'They probably found it in my pocket.' She tried to reach for it but she couldn't get it unless she sat up. 'Damn.' She had to wait a few minutes to catch her breath before she tried again, determined to kill herself, to end this miserable excuse of a life. Unfortunately, her struggle had woken up a sleeping Rogue.

"Now what are you trying to do, kill yourself?" Kitty gasped and fell back down, eyes wide open, mouth trying to find an excuse. Her eyes followed Rogue as she stood up and moved the table to the other side of the room. She then walked over to Kitty and sat down.

"We need to talk." She was playing with one of her gloves, not meeting Kitty's eyes.

"What do we need to talk about?" She was still kind of hoping that Rogue wouldn't want to talk about the obvious.

"I think you know what." She put her glove back on but still wouldn't face Kitty.

"Well," Kitty said wearily, giving up on all hope of just letting this slide. "What do you want to begin with?"

"With this." And with that Rogue leaned over and brushed her lips against Kitty's. It took a few seconds before Kitty pushed back, trying to deepen the kiss but not getting access into Rogue's mouth. Rogue broke the kiss once Kitty's tongue started to try and force its way in. When she looked down at Kitty it was with longing.

Shaking her head, Rogue explained, "It's too dangerous. I don't know if I can control my powers and you lost too much blood to find out."

"Oh." They both sat there in an awkward silence.

"So… what else do we need to talk about?" Kitty liked the first thing Rogue had to say and was hoping for a similar topic.

"How about why you tried to kill yourself?" Again Rogue played with her gloves, not meeting Kitty's eyes.

Kitty sighed, "I liked the first topic better."

Rogue couldn't help but grin at that. "Yeah, I liked it too."

Again, the awkward silence started to creep in before it was prevented by Rogue.

"We still need to talk about-"

"She's up!" Kitty looked up from her hands just in time to see Jean hurl herself towards her, pushing Rogue out of the way.

The Professor came in along with Scott and Storm.

"Jean, while I appreciate your concern, you're kind of crushing me."

"I'm so glad that you're ok! You had me scared to death!" She gave one last squeeze and let go of Kitty. Kitty had time to take a quick breath before Storm gave her a hug and a kiss on her forehead.

"How are you feeling?" Scott had sympathy written all over him as he gave her a shoulder a mildly strong squeeze (he probably didn't want to hurt her). Kitty felt a sense of shame overwhelming her. She really didn't want to worry these people. They deserved better.

"I-I'm alright." She looked at the Professor who had a smile on his face but his eyes held thousands of questions, question that Kitty didn't really want to answer right now. "But I'm still kind of tired. I think I'm going to sleep some more."

"Are you sure you're too tired to talk for a while? I… have a few questions I'd like to ask you." He never did like not being able to solve problems.

"I'm really worn down…" Kitty had to think of an excuse, and fast! "I'm just feeling so weak! I don't think I could manage more than sitting here and sleeping." She thought for a second. "I suppose I might be able to handle TV but that might be too strenuous for me."

"Well, I promise not to make you walk. I'll have Jean bring down some tea for us and then we can talk." He turned to Jean who was looking so eager to help in any way that Kitty couldn't help but love her.

"Are you sure I can't sleep?" She wasn't going to win this battle and she knew it. Damn

"There'll be plenty of time for that later but as for now I'd like to ask you some questions." He turned to Jean, Scott and Rogue. "Would you three mind telling everyone that she is alright? I'll be up for dinner."

"Dinner…? What's for dinner?" Kitty's mouth started water at the prospect of food. She licked her lips but stopped as the Professor got a strange gleam in his eyes. Uh-oh

"We're having cheeseburgers." Kitty mentally gasped. That was her favorite!!!! Oh, he was good. He must know that she really isn't that weak, well, she is its just physical. He was going to do anything to get her to sit down and talk with him. Well, she couldn't give in. This was war!

"Oh… interesting…." She noticed how Storm was still there and suddenly she had an idea. She let out a huge yawn and stretched her arms out. Then suddenly she gasped, scrunched up her face in pain and clasped her wrist. The Professor's eyebrows snapped together before they widened with false worry as Storm ran up to Kitty to make sure she was ok.

"Kitty, what is it? Is your wrist in pain? Did the stitches fall out? What's wrong?"

"Storm," Kitty tried to put on a brave smile. "It's just hurting a little bit. I mean, compared to my head my wrist doesn't hurt a bit."

"What's wrong with your head? Here, I'll give you some Asprin. Your headache must be because of your lack of blood. I'll give you something go help you sleep. You obviously need to rest." Kitty struggled to sit up but fell back because she was too weak to lift herself up.

"No, I have to talk to the Professor!" It was getting hard not to laugh. The Professor's face showed that he obviously knew she was faking this and that he couldn't do a damn thing about it. She kept trying to sit up but Storm gently held her down.

"You can talk to him once you rest but only if I see that you are well enough to have a heavy conversation. I don't want you getting too worked up." By this time the professor had to say something.

"This talk will be good for her! If I thought she was in any danger I would never even bring up a serious topic but I think she can handle this discussion."

"Really Charles, can't you see she's in pain?" She motioned to Kitty who had stopped trying to sit up once she realized that she had won and that she was starting to sweat.

"Ororo, I honestly feel that Kitty is up to this and I promise that the moment I see her starting to get weak I will release her back into your care." Damn, he might be able to win after all. Kitty let out a grunt and held her head again.

"I'm sorry, Charles, but I'm insisting that you leave now before she gets worked up again." She had started wheeling him out but he had caught a glimpse of Kitty holding a hand over her mouth to stop herself from laughing out loud.

"Are you sure I can't have a few moments with her?" He had stopped the wheelchair. "I won't take up more than five minutes." She started wheeling him out again.

"No, Charles. In fact, I'm banning you from this wing until she is well again." She looked at him apologetically as he stared at her from over the threshold. "I'm sorry; you just make her too stressed."

"Can I just-"

"I said no. I'll see you at dinner." He raised a hand to try one more time but the door had slid closed right across him, the last thing he saw of Kitty was a relieved look upon her face.

"Preposterous, this is absolutely preposterous" he muttered as he wheeled himself away. He had always known that she was concerned about the health of the students but he had never known just how much she worried about them. It was just ridiculous.

Author's Note: I'm working on the fourth chapter, really I am. So be patient. Thank you for reading! Oh, and I know that the title is spelt wrong. It was an accident that I'm too lazy to change. Plus, I like it spelt that way so ha.