NOT QUITE LOST
The next mornin' Ah woke up with a killer migrane. Ah almost didn't get outta bed, but Lorna gave meh somethin' for it. Ah wasn't exactly payin' attention ta what it was and just took them. It hurt too much ta think. After 'bout twenty minutes it started ta kick in and it really worked. Ah was just 'bout ta ask Lorna what it was she gave meh when Scott and Alex appeared at the door askin' if we were ready ta leave. So Ah just let it go 'cause anytime Alex and Lorna were together, the rest of the world didn't exist.
It was a pretty quiet trip all the way there. Meh and Scott didn't talk much at all, Ah'm pretty sure we were both uncomfortable with what happened last night. We were 'bout there when Ah asked them ta stay behind. With the uniform Ah was most likely not ta get caught, if this Kevlar really is all its cracked up ta beh. They agreed and parked in the woods while Ah went ahead ta where Scott said they were headin'. It's kinda funny 'cause Ah found the facility Ah was lookin' for, but while Ah was scopin' out the place Ah noticed somethin' in the distance. Ah could'a swore Ah saw a pair of yellow eyes on meh from a tree, but when Ah blinked all Ah saw was some smoke. Ah must be losin' it. So Ah keep movin' tryin' ta get a feel of this place when that sixth sense kicks in and somethin' tries ta grab meh from behind. Ah jump forward and slam mah fist behind meh without even lookin'. Whatever it was was slammed back pretty far, so Ah run towards it ta see if its gonna 'cause meh any trouble. From far away it looked blue. Blue? Then it disappears in a puff a smoke and reappears a few feet ahead of meh, but still guardin' its stomach. It looks blue and furry, like Hank, but had yellow eyes like Mystique.
"What'cha want with meh?"
"Was Sie hier suchend sind?" (What are you looking for here?)
"Excuse meh sugah, but Ah speak english?"
"Ich bin traurig. (I am sorry.) What do you want...here?"
"What's it ta ya'll? What are ya'll doin' here? What are ya? Ya'll a mutant?"
"Ja."
"Ya'll know of a mutant settlement near here?"
"Moglicherweise. (Perhaps) Why?"
"Ah have some friends lookin' ta stay at one."
"Why you here?"
"Ah need ta break inta that facility there. They have mah baby."
"I see."
"Look, it's obvious what Ah am since no human could hit ya'll that far."
"Ja, I am sorry. I just mean to be cautious."
"Ah understand. Can ya'll help meh?"
"I do not know if we can help you, but maybe your friends."
"Good 'nough."
"Lead the way."
So as Ah walked him back ta where th'others were waitin' in the car we talked. 'Pparently, his name was Kurt Wagner and he was raised in Germany by his adopted parents. He never knew his real parents. He goes bah the codename Nightcrawler, a name he used since his days in a circus. He was in America when the whole Apocalypse thang went down. In fact he was helpin' the fight 'gainst him. He seemed real nice, and real religious. Neither of us got real personnel, but Ah felt like he was somebody Ah could really trust. We just seemed ta naturally bond, like siblings or somethin'. Yeah, that's somethin', a blue furry guy as a brother. When we reached the car, all of them were a lil taken back, but that just seemed ta beh a normal thing ta Kurt. He loved the car, and as males do, they all bonded over it. Just a lil sick'nin. Kurt sat in the front with Scott givin' him directions, while Ah was the third wheel in the back. Kurt explained that the settlement was the perfect place ta beh. It was right under the humans noses and they could keep watch on them. It wasn't even an hour away, definitely not the way Scott was drivin'. It was real big too. 'Pparently, some woman named Madelyne led the community. She had no powers, but she had the X gene, which is good 'nough ta the humans.
When we met here, she was very friendly, but she looked so much like Jean. Scott and her seemed ta act like scared teenagers whenever they were 'round each other. Seemed like a bad idea ta meh, but hey, he's lonely maybeh Ah'm wrong. They told meh Ah could stay as long as Ah wanted, but theres no way. Ah'm so close ta gettin' her back. So they gave meh some copies of some maps they had on the facility and they even had some passwords and security codes. They told meh that they had some people in their undercover, but they weren't gonna beh able ta help meh much. That was fine, nobody needed ta die for meh. But Kurt insisted on meh stayin' one night and then he would help meh get back there. Ah agreed. Might as well eat somethin' before Ah risk anymore of mah sanity not ta mention mah life.
