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Chapter4

There was a knock on the door, and Kitty shook off her sleepiness. 'Guess I fell asleep.' She thought to herself groggily, and she quickly put away her diary and went to answer the door.

"Yes…oh! Like, hi, Mr. Logan. What's up-" She stopped, confused at the sad look on his face. "Something wrong?" 'Okay, this is scary…he's never looked like this before…'

"Kit-." Logan tried to talk, but had to take a breath to start again. "Kitty. The professor and I…well. We need you to come to the study. We need to talk."

"Okay…just give me a sec to get dressed…" She said, motioning at her pajamas.

Logan grunted.

Kitty furrowed her brow. "Mr. Logan- what's wrong?"

Without an answering word, he turned and walked down the hall.


"Kitty, please sit down." Xavier gestured toward the chair before him. Logan sat by Storm on the couch, still wearing the dazed expression she had seen him wear before her door. Hank stood looking out the window.

Kitty bit her lower lip. "Did…did I do something wrong?"

The professor sighed and shook his head. "Kitty, I'm afraid…" He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, centering himself.

Kitty's eyes began to tear as she saw the deathly pale look on the professor's face. "Please, No! It's...my parents, isn't it?" She leapt from her seat in sobs. "What's going on? Are they okay?"

Logan put his hand on her shoulder to steady her sobs. "Relax, half-pint; your parents are…fine."

Kitty sighed relief as she dabbed away her tears.

"But…"

She looked at each of the adults in turn, finally resting her eyes on Hank, who now spoke.

"Kitty, the tests we took yesterday..."

Kitty's heart beat inside her as she felt a chill going slowly up her spine.

"They…they indicate that you have...cancer."


P.S. A.N. Sob! I'm making myself cry, here...

I just wanted to say: Although I have had a friend with cancer (in remission, thankfully) and I have done some research on it, I don't know everything, so as the story progresses, please bear with any 'medical' mistakes I might make...thiswhole mutant thing is sorta sci-fi, anyway...