Shiny
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chapter 4
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(A/N: Um... here. I hope its longer than before... I'm just very tired. Thanks to all who reviewed. You are my heros. To those who haven't reviewed. You had better, or I am going to bite you.)
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Piotr touched his father's cheek softly, and drew back. He backed away from their bodies and stood up, staring at them. His fists and teeth clenched. He grabbed the table and hurled it at the wall with all of his strength. It shattered after leaving a large dent in the wall. The impact shook decorative plates off their shelves and the broken pieces littered the ground. He slumped down to the ground, and sat there breathing heavily, staring at his feet as though he could bore holes through them.
Kitty gingerly tiptoed through the doorway, her hand over her mouth. She had never seen such a scene in her life. She swallowed and closed her eyes. She stepped up behind Piotr and put a hand on his shoulder. He didn't move. She knelt down next to him, making sure not to look at the bodies five feet away from them. "I'm sorry..." She murmured, not knowing what else to say.
He started to shake his head. "I couldn't protect them..." He said in a deathly low and calm voice. "I might as well have killed them with my own hands..." he held them up in front of his face.
Kitty drew back. "Don't say that! This was, like, totally Magneto's doing. You just did what you thought would make them happy and safe!"
"It doesn't matter. They're gone. My mother, my father, my sister, my brother. All gone. I'm alone..." He hung his head.
Kitty opened her mouth to say something, but the wiser part of her decided to keep it to herself. They stayed like that, he with his head in his hands, her hovering behind him, for several minutes until something caught Kitty's attention. A small scratching noise coming from somewhere off in the house. She followed it, grateful to leave the scene spread before her.
It led her into the house. She soon came to a little hallway, and at the end of it was a door. As she drew near the door, the scratching suddenly stopped. Kitty stopped as well, but only for a moment. Curiosity took over. She reached for the doorknob and turned it. She opened the door and tried to peer into the darkness. She was caught off guard a few moments later, as something fairly large was hurled at her, nearly knocking her backwards. It took her a little while to realize the trembling object attached around her middle wasn't something, but someONE. She looked down at the little blonde head, confused. Another noise came from the closet. A voice shouted something out in concern and warning. Kitty couldn't understand what was being said, but she made an educated guess it was being said in Russian. The little blonde girl, at hearing this, stepped away from Kitty in realization of something. She looked at her with wide, frightened, blue eyes. She started to slowly make her way back to the closet.
Kitty felt that the girl thought that she had been sent to hurt her. "No... its ok. I wont hurt you." She held out her hands, as if to prove some kind of point.
The little girl's expression didn't seem to change. That is, until she looked beyond Kitty. At that moment, she ran past Kitty, a look of somewhat happiness on her face. "Piotr!" She yelled, jumping up to the mutant who was standing at the end of the hall.
"Illyana?" Piotr murmured, as he scooped her up in his arms. She threw arms around his neck and buried her head on his shoulder. He squeezed her tight, whispering things in Russian.
Someone else stepped out from the closet. He walked up to the two mutants. "Piotr..." He said, solemnly. Piotr looked up, and drew the older man into a hug.
Kitty slipped out the back door, to her right. She cast her eyes down, in silent contemplation. She almost ran into Kurt. "Whoa! Kurt, just don't go sneaking up on people! Its, totally creepy!"
Kurt raised an eyebrow, but decided not to say anything about that. He directed his attention to the house. "Find anything?"
Kitty shrugged, but didn't have to say anything, because then Piotr and the other two emerged from the house. He still was holding the blonde girl tightly and her arms were around his neck. He walked up to the Professor. "Thank you sir. I am forever in debt to you."
The Professor smiled. "It was our pleasure. Now, if you are ready, we will return."
Colossus nodded, and the entire group went back into the jet, Logan still eyeing Piotr and his brother, but as hardly as before.
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After they had taken off Kitty found herself staring at the family. "They're so cute!" She explained to Kurt. "I wish I had brothers or sisters..." She turned back around and stopped. The little girl had pulled herself away from her brothers and was lurking behind another seat, staring at Kurt and Kitty with wide blue eyes.
"Um... Hello? What's your name?" Kurt said, not really expecting her to understand.
"Illyana. Who are you?" She bounced over to them, her gaze fixed on Kurt's twitching tail.
"I'm Kitty, and he's Kurt."
Illyana smiled and nestled herself between the two. "They're talking boring stuff." She explained, giggling.
"How old are you, Illyana?" Kurt asked.
"I'm four years old!" She said proudly.
"Four years... that's such a young age for this to happen" Kitty thought, watching ILlyana giggle as Kurt wiggled his tail in front of her face. "She seems fine though..."
Illyana's eyes met Kitty's. She smiled sweetly. "You're pretty."
Kitty smiled.
"Are you Piotr's girlfriend?"
Kitty was dumbfounded. This was not the case for the teleporter. He started to chuckle uncontrollably. Illyana continued to smile. "Are you two getting married?! Can I come to your wedding?!" This roused even more laughs from Kurt, until Kitty licked her finger and stuck it in his ear.
"No. I'm not your brother's girlfriend." Kitty just said simply, mentally promising to hit Kurt with a pillow later.
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"So he didn't say anything?" Piotr asked, a finger to his chin in thought.
"No. He just came and attacked. Mother and Father stayed in the kitchen trying to hold him off., while I took Illyana and hid in the closet. He was about to find us when, for some reason, he suddenly left. Half an hour later, you came." Mikhail shook his head, causing strands of his hair to come undone from the tie that held it back.
Piotr sighed. "I am so sorry. I should have thought my actions through. If it hadn't been for me he wouldn't have..." He stopped, and glared at the floor.
Mikhail put a hand on his brother's shoulder. "It is alright, Piotr. You did what you thought was the right thing. It's no problem. Mom and Dad would have understood. We'll all be ok." Piotr looked over to where Illyana had scampered off. She seemed fine, she was smiling and the Blue one was laughing with her, seemingly at the one they called Kitty. "Will she be alright?"
Mikhail shrugged. "She's young, so this might have all slipped over her. I suppose time will only have to tell." He ran a hand over his short beard.
"When did you decide to grow a beard?"
Mikhail laughed out loud. "There's the Piotr I'm used to. Oh I don't know... couple months after you left. You like it? I think it makes me look even more handsome."
"Handsome might not be the right term... but definitely devilish."
"Yeah. I'm having to beat women off by the dozens, that I am. Don't worry, you'll soon become such a hit with the ladies as your big brother!" He slicked his hair back.
"Exactly what I've hoped for." Piotr said sarcastically.
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(A/N: Alright! So that was much longer than the other chapter. I hope your happy. Now I'm not going to hold this fic ransom again but I'll tell you something, more reviews will make me want to write the next chapter even faster... So its really up to you. No matter what it will be up by Thanksgiving.. But you have the power to make me write it by next weekend. =P
So... I love this chapter. I love Mikhail. I couldn't find really anything about him so I've pretty much had to write his personality from scratch. I think I did a good job.
So Fushigi Yuugi has influenced this fic to no end. The whole family dead thing... Tamahome's family. Illyana and the girlfriend thing is a spoof from the scene when Yuiren asks if Miaka is Tamahome's wife. Mikhail is a kind of mix between Tamahome, Hotohori, and Nuriko.
So things that are going on right now in my life- school is getting easier, thank God. I've been staying out too late every weekend. Hockey rules. Season starts tomorrow but I'll be so pissed if they don't have the Stanley Cup this year.
Also, My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Atlanta Thrashers player Dan Snyder. If you haven't heard he was in a car accident with fellow player Danny Heatly lat Monday. He died Sunday night without ever regaining consciousness. You'll be missed.))
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chapter 4
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(A/N: Um... here. I hope its longer than before... I'm just very tired. Thanks to all who reviewed. You are my heros. To those who haven't reviewed. You had better, or I am going to bite you.)
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Piotr touched his father's cheek softly, and drew back. He backed away from their bodies and stood up, staring at them. His fists and teeth clenched. He grabbed the table and hurled it at the wall with all of his strength. It shattered after leaving a large dent in the wall. The impact shook decorative plates off their shelves and the broken pieces littered the ground. He slumped down to the ground, and sat there breathing heavily, staring at his feet as though he could bore holes through them.
Kitty gingerly tiptoed through the doorway, her hand over her mouth. She had never seen such a scene in her life. She swallowed and closed her eyes. She stepped up behind Piotr and put a hand on his shoulder. He didn't move. She knelt down next to him, making sure not to look at the bodies five feet away from them. "I'm sorry..." She murmured, not knowing what else to say.
He started to shake his head. "I couldn't protect them..." He said in a deathly low and calm voice. "I might as well have killed them with my own hands..." he held them up in front of his face.
Kitty drew back. "Don't say that! This was, like, totally Magneto's doing. You just did what you thought would make them happy and safe!"
"It doesn't matter. They're gone. My mother, my father, my sister, my brother. All gone. I'm alone..." He hung his head.
Kitty opened her mouth to say something, but the wiser part of her decided to keep it to herself. They stayed like that, he with his head in his hands, her hovering behind him, for several minutes until something caught Kitty's attention. A small scratching noise coming from somewhere off in the house. She followed it, grateful to leave the scene spread before her.
It led her into the house. She soon came to a little hallway, and at the end of it was a door. As she drew near the door, the scratching suddenly stopped. Kitty stopped as well, but only for a moment. Curiosity took over. She reached for the doorknob and turned it. She opened the door and tried to peer into the darkness. She was caught off guard a few moments later, as something fairly large was hurled at her, nearly knocking her backwards. It took her a little while to realize the trembling object attached around her middle wasn't something, but someONE. She looked down at the little blonde head, confused. Another noise came from the closet. A voice shouted something out in concern and warning. Kitty couldn't understand what was being said, but she made an educated guess it was being said in Russian. The little blonde girl, at hearing this, stepped away from Kitty in realization of something. She looked at her with wide, frightened, blue eyes. She started to slowly make her way back to the closet.
Kitty felt that the girl thought that she had been sent to hurt her. "No... its ok. I wont hurt you." She held out her hands, as if to prove some kind of point.
The little girl's expression didn't seem to change. That is, until she looked beyond Kitty. At that moment, she ran past Kitty, a look of somewhat happiness on her face. "Piotr!" She yelled, jumping up to the mutant who was standing at the end of the hall.
"Illyana?" Piotr murmured, as he scooped her up in his arms. She threw arms around his neck and buried her head on his shoulder. He squeezed her tight, whispering things in Russian.
Someone else stepped out from the closet. He walked up to the two mutants. "Piotr..." He said, solemnly. Piotr looked up, and drew the older man into a hug.
Kitty slipped out the back door, to her right. She cast her eyes down, in silent contemplation. She almost ran into Kurt. "Whoa! Kurt, just don't go sneaking up on people! Its, totally creepy!"
Kurt raised an eyebrow, but decided not to say anything about that. He directed his attention to the house. "Find anything?"
Kitty shrugged, but didn't have to say anything, because then Piotr and the other two emerged from the house. He still was holding the blonde girl tightly and her arms were around his neck. He walked up to the Professor. "Thank you sir. I am forever in debt to you."
The Professor smiled. "It was our pleasure. Now, if you are ready, we will return."
Colossus nodded, and the entire group went back into the jet, Logan still eyeing Piotr and his brother, but as hardly as before.
- - - - - - -
After they had taken off Kitty found herself staring at the family. "They're so cute!" She explained to Kurt. "I wish I had brothers or sisters..." She turned back around and stopped. The little girl had pulled herself away from her brothers and was lurking behind another seat, staring at Kurt and Kitty with wide blue eyes.
"Um... Hello? What's your name?" Kurt said, not really expecting her to understand.
"Illyana. Who are you?" She bounced over to them, her gaze fixed on Kurt's twitching tail.
"I'm Kitty, and he's Kurt."
Illyana smiled and nestled herself between the two. "They're talking boring stuff." She explained, giggling.
"How old are you, Illyana?" Kurt asked.
"I'm four years old!" She said proudly.
"Four years... that's such a young age for this to happen" Kitty thought, watching ILlyana giggle as Kurt wiggled his tail in front of her face. "She seems fine though..."
Illyana's eyes met Kitty's. She smiled sweetly. "You're pretty."
Kitty smiled.
"Are you Piotr's girlfriend?"
Kitty was dumbfounded. This was not the case for the teleporter. He started to chuckle uncontrollably. Illyana continued to smile. "Are you two getting married?! Can I come to your wedding?!" This roused even more laughs from Kurt, until Kitty licked her finger and stuck it in his ear.
"No. I'm not your brother's girlfriend." Kitty just said simply, mentally promising to hit Kurt with a pillow later.
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"So he didn't say anything?" Piotr asked, a finger to his chin in thought.
"No. He just came and attacked. Mother and Father stayed in the kitchen trying to hold him off., while I took Illyana and hid in the closet. He was about to find us when, for some reason, he suddenly left. Half an hour later, you came." Mikhail shook his head, causing strands of his hair to come undone from the tie that held it back.
Piotr sighed. "I am so sorry. I should have thought my actions through. If it hadn't been for me he wouldn't have..." He stopped, and glared at the floor.
Mikhail put a hand on his brother's shoulder. "It is alright, Piotr. You did what you thought was the right thing. It's no problem. Mom and Dad would have understood. We'll all be ok." Piotr looked over to where Illyana had scampered off. She seemed fine, she was smiling and the Blue one was laughing with her, seemingly at the one they called Kitty. "Will she be alright?"
Mikhail shrugged. "She's young, so this might have all slipped over her. I suppose time will only have to tell." He ran a hand over his short beard.
"When did you decide to grow a beard?"
Mikhail laughed out loud. "There's the Piotr I'm used to. Oh I don't know... couple months after you left. You like it? I think it makes me look even more handsome."
"Handsome might not be the right term... but definitely devilish."
"Yeah. I'm having to beat women off by the dozens, that I am. Don't worry, you'll soon become such a hit with the ladies as your big brother!" He slicked his hair back.
"Exactly what I've hoped for." Piotr said sarcastically.
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(A/N: Alright! So that was much longer than the other chapter. I hope your happy. Now I'm not going to hold this fic ransom again but I'll tell you something, more reviews will make me want to write the next chapter even faster... So its really up to you. No matter what it will be up by Thanksgiving.. But you have the power to make me write it by next weekend. =P
So... I love this chapter. I love Mikhail. I couldn't find really anything about him so I've pretty much had to write his personality from scratch. I think I did a good job.
So Fushigi Yuugi has influenced this fic to no end. The whole family dead thing... Tamahome's family. Illyana and the girlfriend thing is a spoof from the scene when Yuiren asks if Miaka is Tamahome's wife. Mikhail is a kind of mix between Tamahome, Hotohori, and Nuriko.
So things that are going on right now in my life- school is getting easier, thank God. I've been staying out too late every weekend. Hockey rules. Season starts tomorrow but I'll be so pissed if they don't have the Stanley Cup this year.
Also, My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Atlanta Thrashers player Dan Snyder. If you haven't heard he was in a car accident with fellow player Danny Heatly lat Monday. He died Sunday night without ever regaining consciousness. You'll be missed.))