Okay, this is the next chapter. I'm sorry if the story line is confusing, my computer fucked up. I say compute this! (Take chain saw and chop in two. Mwaahahahahahahahaha!)

Chapter 6

'All I want in life is to be happy (happy).'
'It seems funny to me.'
'How fucked things can be.'
'Every time I get ahead.'
'I feel more dead.'

-KoRn-Dead-

Leo landed in front of the Mansion. He turned into his normal form. He was greeted by the rest of the X-Men.

"I don't want to fight you. I have come for Kathryn Hunter."

"You touch her and I'll kill you." Tobius threatened.

"I don't think so." He turned into his huge black dragon form. 'Now as I said, I want Kathryn.' He spoke in thought.

"Leo, I told you to leave." The Professor yelled.

'Not until I get what I want.'

"Ja, and if you didn't hear your not touching her." Kurt snarled.

'So be it.' He took off.

"Where'd he go?" Jean said.

A large burst of black flame hit the ground. 'I ask nicely, and this is what I get! Insolence?'

Another form flew straight to Leo. Asher took out his silver sword and sliced a large gash into Leo's thick hide. He let out a roar of pain. "Die fucker!" Leo stooped down at an incredible speed, then veered straight. Asher looked around to see where his prey went. He was greeted by a burning feeling in his back as Leo's black flame burned into him. Asher spun around and created a bright blue light that shot through Leo's wing.

'NOOoooo!' Leo roared. The blue light traveled through his veins, and Leo took off in agony.

Asher hovered in mid air then passed out, plummeting to the ground.

Jean stopped him in right before he hit the ground. She lowered him down gently.

Asher felt a horrible pain in his back. He tried to sit up, but it felt as though his back skin was splitting.

"Don't try to get up." Rouge cooed.

"Where the hell am I?"

"At the Institute's infirmary, a pretty dull place."

"My back." Asher said in agony.

"Yeah, ya go some pretty damn good burns."

"No, I can't be here. I have to find Leo." Asher got up from the bed. He didn't like the four walls that surrounded him, he wanted free open space, a place to stretch out his sore wings.

"Well you ain't gunna leave now, are ya? Your hurt."

"I don't like it here."

"What's ya problem?"

"I don't like rooms."

"Haven't ya ever been in a hospital, or lived in a home?"

"No. do you expect someone like me to walk into a hospital?"

Rouge looked him up and down. She didn't think so. "Sorry. But you've never lived in a home?"

"No. I grew up alone after my parents were killed by Leo when I was ten."

"How did he kill your parents when you were ten, he would have been about nine."

"No he wouldn't. He's part dragon, so he can live for a long time, so he might look 17, but he's actually in his thirties." Asher looked for his sword and X-bow. "Where are my weapons?"

"Da Professor got 'em. Don't worry so much."

"Hard not. I have no clue where I am."

"I told ya, your in the Institute."

"What the fuck is that?"

"Place for people like ya and me. A home for mutants."

"My only home is outside these walls." He tried to teleport out, but his energy was depleted from using the light beam. "I give up." He sat back down on the bed, his wings drooped.

"Ya givin up a'ready?"

"What's the point. I can't teleport out of here, no energy left, and there is no way I can fly out here." Asher sighed.

Kathy sat on her bed reading Dragonsbane. Her head still hurt, and she had an empty hollow feeling in her.

BAMF

"Hi Kathy." Kurt gave her one of his megawatt smiles. She looked up, her eyes dull and full of sadness. "Oh Kathy. Vat did he do to you?" Kurt walked over and sat on her bed.

"Help me. Take me away from this pain." Tears welled up in her eyes.

"I vant to help you, you know zat." He put his hand on the side of her face and turned her head to face his. He gave her a kiss on the lips. "You are za most important zing to me."

"Take the pain away from me." She buried her head in his chest and cried. He could feel her tears soak through his shirt. He stroked her head. "Kathy." He paused trying to think what to say. "I don't know vat to do."

The next morning Kurt woke up with Kathy hugging him. He looked down and saw her smile. He felt good, but was also mad at himself. He did it again, he made love to her. All he knew was that she was vulnerable and took advantage of her. He couldn't control his natural desires, but he knew it was wrong, especially since he would have to face Amanda. He stroked her cheek with the back of his furred hand.

Cookie meowed. He looked down and saw her eyes wide. "Don't tell." He said and pet her.

Kathy stirred. "Mmm, Blue boy." She purred.

"Guten Morgen."

Kathy opened her eyes. They were different than yesterday. Today they looked normal, the same glean and happiness that hid her feelings.

"You seem better Raptor." Zeke sat next to her.

"Hi Lizard boy." She smiled.

"Hi Feather head."

"Remember I used to call Blade, Blade the Bastard." She laughed

"Yeah that was funny. It was more funny to see him complaining." Zeke chuckled.

BAMF

"Hi'ya Kurt." Rouge greeted him.

"Hey Blue boy." Kathy said

"No time to talk, must eat." He said as he shoved a bagel in his mouth.

Kathy smiled. She knew it was wrong about them being best friends, and having sex, but only they would know.

Asher walked into the kitchen, and everybody stared. He stopped cold. "Well, I've just had the first brush with the welcome wagon."

"Where'd you come from?" Zeke asked the odd looking demon.

"Depends on what you mean." He looked the small lizard being in the eye.

"Um, dis is Asher, the guy that stopped Leo." Rouge said

"Asher? Interesting name."

"Asher Van Helsing to be exact." He said

"Wait, you're the great, great, great, great grandson of Van Helsing?" Kathy said

"Um, ya."

"I knew he was real, oh I have to start an article on this."

"Let's not Kat." Scott said. "Your still doing your Mothman article."

"Your point. I'm like De Vinci, I start something when it fascinates me, then I start a brand new thing."

Yeah, only we're not related to De Vinci, we're related to Alexander The Great. Tobius mind spoke to only Kathy's mind.

She looked around to see where he was.

I'm right on the chair next to you.

Kathy looked down and saw, who she thought was Cookie, was actually Tobius.

"How long have you been in Cookie's form?" Kurt asked worriedly.

Long enough to know you screwed my sister. Tobius spoke only to him.

"Tobius if you-"

Don't sweat it, only mind spoke to you.

"Mind spoke to him about what?" Kitty asked.

Tobius forgot to speak only to Kurt. Damn it. I hate when that happens. He morphed back to his original form.

"Hey your like Mystique." Todd said

"Yeah, which is weird." Lance agreed

"Oh no, I forgot they are with us now." Scott groaned.

"Boy I feel so wanted." Pietro said

"You always want to be wanted you egotistical freak." Wanda complained.

"Toby's the same way, in fact he can't hold a girl for more than six days." Kathy said

"That's a lie! I dated Adriana for seven days."

"Ooo, one more day. Now don't you feel special."

"At least I'm not screwed by my best friend."

Kurt choked. "Tobius!"

"Hey at least he can screw sterile boy." Kathy mocked

"You promised not to tell."

"Yeah, I did, before you just said… that."

"Well at least I'm not some depressed Gothic loser."

"At least I'm not some preppy punk."

"Dork."

"Doofus."

"Moron."

"Twit."

"Jack ass."

"Bastard."

"Bitch."

"Smotan."

"Serbian speaking idiot."

"French speaking loser."

"Whore."

"Idiotic, moronic piece of bullshit twit."

"Oh yeah!" Tobius paused. "I got nothing."

"HA."

"Ha yourself."

"Okay, ha to myself."

"Why do you have a comeback for everything I say?"

"Because I do."

"No fair."

"What do you mean no fair?"

"Because, um, it's not."

"You just want things your way."

"So?"

"You just care about yourself."

"Maybe I do."

"You're the biggest idiot on record."

"No, you're the biggest in the world."

"Galaxy."

"Universe."

"Dimensions."

"Um… what's bigger than the dimensions?"

"Your ego." Kathy took a knife to his hand.

"Ow, that didn't hurt what so ever." He pulled the knife from his hand, it healed over.

"Both of you stop it!" Scott yelled.

"He started it." Kathy said

"I don't care, I'll end it."

"Tobius, you." Kurt started. "You just told everybody right here."

"Woops."

"I'm going to-"

"You had sex with Kathy?" Bobby interrupted.

"Vat? Bobby shut-up."

"I'm serious. So how was it?"

"Bobby!" Kurt and Kathy yelled in unison.

"What? I can't be curious."

"No!"

"Okay, okay. I mean it can't be different than when you did it with Kitty."

Kurt went pale under his fur. "Bobby, how do you know zat?"

"Jean."

Kurt glared at Jean. "You vent zrough my thoughts!?"

"It was an accident!"

"But you told Bobby!"

"Actually I don't know anybody who doesn't know."

"Errrgh. You are destroying me!"

"Sorry, but your cheating on Amanda." Jean remarked

"No shit Sherlock." He exasperated

"Excuse me."

"Vell vat am I going to do, huh. I could tell everybody about vat you and Scott did."

"Kurt, you promised." Scott yelled

"Ja I did didn't I, zen again Tobius said he vouldn't tell anybody. So zis is all Tob's fault."

Tobius backed down. "Um it was nice chatting, but I gotta go and do something A.S.A.P., so B.Y.O.B., by." He turned into a cheetah and ran off.

"B.Y.O.B.?" Jean said.

"Okay that was weird." Asher said

"Welcome to the hell we live in." Kathy said.

"I'm going to kill zat brozer of yours."

Tobius poked his head through the door way.

"No, no, no. Not without my permission." Kathy said

Tobius gave Kurt a raspberry.

"So I give you permission."

Kurt smiled menacingly.

"Eeep." Tobius ran off. With a BAMF Kurt caught up to him.

"Funny. Tobius says something, and it starts a whole chain reaction." Bobby said.

"Wait, no. Please mercy! NOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" They all heard Tobius scream.

BAMF

"Feel better?"

"Hoyah."

"I hate you all." Tobius limped in, bruised and bleeding. He limped away.

"Nice cover Tobius." Kurt shouted.

"You be quiet!" He yelled.

"Well after that brisk fight, you should get to school." Logan said

Kathy walked down the halls as fast as she could without running. She headed toward European History to fetch Kurt and Tobius.

She opened the door.

"Kathy? Do you need something?"

"Yes Mrs. Smith, I need my brother, and Kurt Wagner."

"What for?"

"Something urgent and important." She said, trying not to sound fake.

"You heard her boys." Kurt and Tobius picked up their books and left.

"Vat is it?"

"You heard her, it's urgent and important." Tobius mocked

"I got some info on Leo."

"How? Shouldn't you be in algebra now?"

"Yeah I should, but I got out by annoying the hell out of Mrs. Kim."

They walked to the library. "Here."

"What's that." Tobius asked.

Kathy stared at him in disbelief. "It's a book."

"Really?"

"Naw, it's a whack bonk."

"What's a whack bonk.?"

"This." She whacked him on the head with the book and he bonked his head on the table.

"Cleverly named." Tobius said in pain.

"So vat do you have on him?"

"In this book are accounts of were beings, like were wolves, were tigers, were dragons. It says here that in 1979 a small white haired boy turned into a black dragon. That's him. That's Leo."

"Yeah okay, but Leo is 17, not in his thirties." Tobius said as he rubbed his forehead

"Wrongo! Asher says that since Leo has a dragon soul in him, he can live to a full dragon extent, making him look the way he physically feels as a dragon."

"Asher?"

"How hard did I hit you on the head? Asher, the demonic looking guy."

"Oh yeah, he was hitting on Rouge."

"Do you notice everyzing Tobius?" Kurt inquired

"Yep."

"Will you two listen to me. This is the info we need. It will help us, it will help me." Kathy said with concern.

"Ja, sorry Raptor."

Tobius said nothing.

Kurt sat on a bench in the park. He was waiting for Amanda, and wanted to talk to her.

"Hi blue boy." Kathy said. She walked down the bike trail.

"Oh Kathy, I vas expecting someone else."

"Amanda?"

"Ja."

She strolled over and sat down next to him.

"How are you feeling?" He asked

"My head still hurts me. It was bothering me when I went back to Algebra."

He smiled gingerly. His tail unwound from his leg, where it hid in the hologram, and wrapped around her leg. She put her head on his shoulder and sighed. "What am I going to do?"

"Don't vorry. It vill get better, I promise." His tail moved further up her leg.

Amanda came by and saw the two. "Kurt!" she yelled at him. He got up and unwound his tail, hiding it in the hologram.

"Amanda. Vait, don't go." he went after her. "Amanda." He grabbed her by the arm

"Kurt you had your tail so far up her leg that-"

"Amanda Kathy is my friend, you know zat. She is just having a real hard time and I don't vant to see her hurt."

"What about me?"

"Amanda, set's a stupid question, of course I don't vant to see you hurt."

She glared at him with a pouted look.

"I'm sorry." He kissed her.

Kurt came back to see that Kathy was gone. "Kathy?" He called out. Something in his gut made him worry.

"Finally I have you all to myself." Leo said.

Kathy woke up. Something wasn't right. She felt his hot breath on her chest, something she shouldn't of felt. She noticed that she wasn't wearing anything. Her hand were bound up over her head. She panicked and breathed hard.

"I got what I want." Leo went on top of her, his hand on a place that no hand should be on. Huge wings burst from his back, and Kathy could feel his skin dissolve into rough scales. Claws dug into her skin and she yelled out in pain. His hot sulfuric breath burned at her chest. His long leathery and bumpy tongue ran across her body.

She cried. Leo roared as he readied himself. Ready to shoot his hot seed into her. His long serpentine body rippled. She tried to cut free the ropes with her claws, but her shaking in fear didn't help. He opened his huge jaws, drool dripped from his fangs onto her bare flesh, as it burned with heat. She cut through the last rope and lashed at his face.

He roared in pain. He shook his head and found out he could only see in his right eye.

'What did you do!' He shook his head, black blood rained down on her. She went to his left, knowing he was now blinded in that eye.

Leo searched for his prey. His long claws scratched at the ground.

Kathy hid behind a barrel. She knew where she was. She was at the old beer brewery in the older part of town where nobody lived anymore. All the houses and building where to be destroyed until they workers sighted a dragon, and said it was cursed. Now only stupid teens go there to meet their fate with Leo.

She ran behind him, always trying to get on his left side. Leo's horse like ears picked up the sound of her claws on the metal ground. He turned his long neck, looking for her through his good eye.

'I want you dead. Die you little worthless female. Suffer a fate that I so long ago suffered.'

Kathy kept hiding behind machinery.

'Suffer the fate of being undead, of walking this earth forever. You could join me, be immortal, or you stay mortal, wanting a love you can't have. You could be the Demon Queen, and I your King.'

His long tail whip-lashed the air. He used his fore paws to knock down barrels and machinery.

'I will spare you if you listen to me. Be the mother of my child. Be the mate of the most powerful being on the planet.'

Kathy knew the reason Leo wanted her; he wanted her to be his toy.

Leo searched the place, but every time he went to the spot she was, she would mover back to an older spot, confusing him into circles.

As she went to a mill, she found a trap door. Kathy opened it and jumped inside.

It was dark and damp. Not to mention cold. She shivered, her breath visible in the damp cold air. She didn't know what to do, or where to go. She had no way of getting out, and no way of telling anyone where she was. She sat on the cold hard ground, and curled up into a small ball to keep warm. She knew what happened to him. He was punished for what he did, the people that he killed. As their souls walked the land, they robbed him of his own soul, cursing him to live a life of immortality. That is why Leo was so scared of Asher. Asher could take away his life line, his dragon soul, and then he would be dead.

Kathy wanted him dead now. She shuddered one last time, then fell asleep.

"Vere could she be?" Kurt asked frantically. It was late, and no sign of Kathy. He paced back and forth, muttering in German.

"Kurt. Your making a German spectacle of yourself." Tobius said.

"Was? Ach, I mean vat?"

"Chill man. She's my sister, do you honestly think that I'm not worried?"

He shook his head. "I know, but, ach, I can't take zis man. It's 12:00, and ve don't know vere she is." He shook with fear.

"Leo took her to the old beer brewery." Asher said.

"How do ya know that?" Rouge asked.

"That's where Leo resides. He wants a place away from the people. So he took her there."

"To the brewery." Tobius muttered under his breath.

Kathy woke up to the chill of the room. She found out that this was where they used to store the beer. It was like a fridge, only it was actually an underground ice room. Her not wearing any clothes didn't help her either. She shivered profoundly. Her body ached with the burns and bruises, and cuts made by Leo. Hunger pangs shot throughout her body. She needed food, and fast. Her birdlike metabolism meant that she needed to eat at least every two hours, about two hours faster than that of normal people. And she would need to eat about two times more than average. Her bare legs wobbled as she got up. The air was still thick with the scent of alcohol, which bothered her acute sense of smell. She sat back down, knees up to her chin.

Tobius, Kurt, Asher and Rouge took the X-Van to the old brewery.

"Wait, what if Leo gives us the Welcome wagon, like burning our HEADS OFF!!" Tobius shouted irritantly.

"Tobius, we're going to surprise him. We'll distract him, and Kurt and Rouge will search for Kathy." Asher said.

"We will distract Leo? Do you mean you and this seat. Or you and the air particles.

"Tobius! I mean you and me."

"Alright, alright."

"Coward." Rouge said under her breath.

Kurt drove. His face was blank and expression less. All he wanted was Kathy.

Leo stopped searching.

"Where did you go you bitch!." He yelled at nothing.

He tried to find out where she could have gone. He was able to see in his human form, but was blinded in his left eye in dragon form. He tried to concentrate on her, but felt another presence. One that sent fear into his veins. "No, the Demon has found me."

Kathy huddled in the corner. She sobbed severely. She wanted to be rid of this pain that she felt, the pain of, not her head, but the pain of longing. She wanted Kurt to be there with her. She wanted him. She wanted him to hold her like he did and tell her everything was fine. For him to kiss her the way he did. For his gentle body to be warming her.

"Keep your guard up. Leo could be waiting. Just one simple rule, never look into his eyes." Asher said as they entered the brewery.

It was dark in there, and Asher could smell the horrible scent of sulfur and musk that came from the dragon.

"Where do we start?" Rouge asked

"Where the dragon's flame burned last."

"Hell man, this is creepy."

"It vas abandoned for a reason, right." Kurt said

"Maybe it was more than Leo, maybe this place is haunted, you know. Dude, this could be on like the X-Files."

"Zere actually is an X-Files. Learned zat from her." He sighed.

"What Kath tells you has polluted your mind man. Like she says, don't believe half of what I tell you, because it's like a circus sideshow, if you believe it's real, then maybe you're the one that has lost your mind." Tobius emphasized.

"Ja, unless zere really is a blue furred demon zere, zen maybe you should start to believe a little." He walked past Tobius.

"You actually sink so low as the people who call you that to believe it?" Asher said to Kurt.

"Vat?"

"Demon. You actually think that you look like a demon?"

"Vell, if your called one for your whole life, almost getting killed for looking za vay I do ven I vas young back home, zen it starts to sink in."

"You my friend are no demon. Demons traditionally have bat wings, horns, spikes, claws. Now I have those features, and you don't. If I went to your home town, who would they call a demon first?"

"Vell, I don't know. Zay might burn both of us at za same time."

"Not unless the fires put out." Asher made a quick movement of his hand. "That's the joy of being me. You can do almost anything, except walk on water."

Kurt smiled.

"What's that sound?" Rouge asked.

They all stopped to listen.

Leo closed his long jaws. He forgot that he made a raspy sound as he breathed.

"It was Leo." Asher said. He took out his sword. "Split up. Tobius and I will distract Leo. You two look for Kathy."

"Great, they get to look for Kath, and we get our butts burned." Tobius grumbled.

"Ya know how many places there is in this place to hide? Barely none. What if she not here? What if we're looking in the wrong place?" Rouge said

"Look, zere has to be someplace to look. Some place to hide."

"Like where Kurt?"

"I don't know!"

"Well then." she walked to an old mill and tripped on a trap door handle.

"Is zat a trap door?"

"I dunno, why don't ya look." She opened the door.

BAMF

Kurt teleported inside. It was dark and cold, and he couldn't see much. The thick scent of alcohol still lingered in the air. He heard a noise and snapped around. He couldn't see anything. As he turned his head, two eyes shone like cat eyes. "Kathy?" He walked over and could tell it was her. She huddled in a corner. He reached out, but she flinched. "Oh Kathy, it's me."

She looked up. She literally jumped into his arms. "Kurt, you don't know how I feel." she said between tears. Kurt picked her up. He held her cold bare body close to his.

Hey Leo. Looky, looky. Tobius taunted. He morphed into a black dragon, just like Leo.

'Die you SOB.' Leo roared. He flew after him.

Asher stared, not knowing which dragon was which. "Tobius! Which one are you!"

The one trying not to get his ass roasted.

"Gee that helps." He aimed his X-Bow at the dragon he hoped has Leo. He let go the trigger.

'NOoooooooo!' Leo roared in pain as the arrow shot through his arm.

"Asher!" Kurt ported to him. "Take her."

Asher felt awkward to hold Kathy the way she was, but soon collected himself and flew off.

'No!' Leo lunged for Kurt, his talons extended.

He grabbed him and rammed him against a brick wall, his large forepaw holding Kurt up. He gasped for air, having the wind knocked out of him.

'Die you demon. Die slowly, and painfully.' Leo scanned his mind, searching for a weakness, going through his memories and thoughts.

"GO TO HELL!" Kurt screamed at him.

'Oh don't worry, I am hell.' Leo opened his huge jaws. Kurt felt his hot breath on his face. Suddenly Leo felt hot pain searing through him.

Tobius morphed into a griffon, his forepaws equipped with talons like an eagle, gripping into Leo's hide. Leo let go of Kurt and turned his snake like head in Tobius's direction. He opened his jaws, ready to snap.

"GRRoooooawwwwlll!" Leo roared as Asher stuck his sword into his paw. 'The pain. Mercy, please!' Leo wriggled his huge body in pain. Pinned down by the sword.

"GO! I'll hold him off!" Asher shouted at them. They hesitated then ran.

'Ready to die Demon?' Leo opened his huge jaws, Asher looked up in horror as he saw Leo's jaws come closer.