Within the Eye
Kitty Pryde was wrapped tightly in a blanket in the arms of Piotr Rasuptin. Kurt Wagner and Kody Drew, Brook's older brother, stood over trying to mend Brook's broken wing, and her other cuts and bruises.
"We like have to be the most unlucky people there are," tears slid down Kitty's face. Piotr held her in his lap and started to rock her as Kurt and Kody worked. "Everywhere we go, everyone we meet trouble follows us."
"Shh now Katya, we'll get back home safely." Piotr consoled her.
THREE DAYS EARLIER.
Brook ran through the halls of the Xavier Mansion. Kitty and Piotr were in the dance room, as Kitty was trying to teach Piotr to do a pirouette. They saw Brook brush passed the door. "Like where do yo think the fire is Piotr?" Kitty giggled as she and Piotr ran behind her. Brook zoomed up the stairs, crossing paths with Kurt and then disappeared in Professor Xavier's office.
"Commrad, did you see--" Piotr tried to catch his breath.
"She went into Professor X's office." The couple dashed off. Kurt took a look at them , and tailed right behind them.
Professor Xavier sat at his desk with his hands folded over each other. When Brook placed a piece of paper on the desk he took it into his hands and began to read trough it. Kurt, Piotr, and Kitty walked into the room as they heard Xavier agreeing to something, loud shrieks of joy coming from Brook. "Perhaps you should ask your friends right now," Brook turned around as Xavier said this. Brook ran happily over to them swinging her arms around Kurt and lifting him a couple of inches off the ground.
"Like what's this all about Roxi," Brook went back over to Xavier's desk and the piece of paper shoving it in Kitty's hands.
" 'Dear Brook, I'm glad with all the friends you made at school. Mom is happy that you get the chance at a somewhat normal life. Anyways, I just wanted to ask if you and your friends would like to come onboard for a few days. The weather is a bit cold out here on sea, so if you can come wear something warm. Mom would kill me if I let you get a cold. The ship will be docking in on Friday to load up on supplies, hope to see you soon. Love Kody Drew. CLASS 27.' " Kitty gave the letter back to her.
"Wow Brook! You're lucky to have him as a brother, I'd love to go."
"It's totally perfect too. We leave on Friday, spend time out at sea for three days and we won't miss school." Brook smiled from ear to ear. Piotr and Kurt also agreed, except for the part about school, they could do without that.
"Well what are we waiting for then. We better get packing," Kurt exited the room by teleportation mode, leaving the smell of brimstone in the wake. The rest left too to pack their things as well.
Kitty phased through her bedroom door and took out a suitcase from the closet that she shared with Rogue. She opened up her dresser drawer and rummaged to find warm clothes.
With another bamf Kurt was in his room. He threw a couple pairs of pants and shirts on his bed. As he stuffed the last bit of his clothes into his duffle bag he bamfed downstairs to the kitchen to gather up on some soda, candy, and eat a couple of Burger Bombs while he was there.
Down that hall from Kurt's room was Piotr's. You could be able to hear Piotr running down the hall and stopping at his door. Inside it looked more like a mini gym than a bedroom. A bench press was in a corner, opposite his bed, in his closet he had nicely ironed shirts and some weights ranging from 15 to 50 pounds. He took out a few white shirts from his closet and then some pants from his dresser drawer.
Finally in Brook's room, music was blasted and she was singing with it. "I survived the crash, I survived the burn, I survived the worst bit but I've learned..." singing and dancing as she packed her stuff. A few extra things like hair gel, lotion, toothbrush and toothpaste, portable CD player, and her Harry Potter book collection. When she was done she turned off her CD player and walked down to the kitchen to get a snack.
"Hey Brook, like what do you suppose we'll be doing?" Kitty asked as she saw her enter the kitchen.
"Probably fishing, he and I would always do that. He doesn't like to eat them so he throws them back, but not before taking a picture as a souvenir." Brook took out a banana from the pantry and a breakfast smoothie from the fridge.
"I can look forward to that." Kitty took a bite of her oatmeal while reading her horoscope in the newspaper.