Chapter 9: Elf, the Graceful, Spying Sneak
During lunch, Kurt sat next to some fellow mutants, but kept a sharp eye out for Kitty. He saw her about halfway through lunch, running up to him quickly. He smiled and waved.
"Hi Keety!"
She stopped right next to him, panting, her face pale.
"Kurt… I… don't know how it… happened… but… I lost Alara… and Pietro's gone… too… I saw him… get on the… bus this morning… but he wasn't… in my third… period class…" she gasped.
Kurt's eyes widened.
"You lost the new girl? On her first day? To Pietro?"
Kitty glared.
"It's not my fault Kurt! I can't help it every time the Brotherhood decides to swipe one of our new members!"
"Sorry Keety. It's just that you never had it happen to you before. It vorries me. She doesn't know anything about the Brotherhood. I vonder vhat Pietro plans to do vith her. I mean, ve don't even know vhat her powers are."
"I have an idea. Kurt, you can, like, teleport over to their house and get her back."
"I don't know Keety. Scott might get mad."
"Scott will, like, get mad at me if I lose the new kid! Do you want me to get in trouble?" Kitty asked.
"No," Kurt replied, pouting slightly. "I'll go."
Kitty nodded. "Good. I appreciate it."
Kurt smiled. Then when no one was looking, he bamphed over to the Brotherhood's home. From the inside, he heard voices, but they were quiet so Kurt bamphed into the top floor of the house to see if they were them. As soon as he appeared, he took one step forward onto a roller skate. His foot slid out from under him, flinging the roller skate against the wall and causing him to tumble down the stairs. Pietro jumped up from the couch and Alara screamed briefly.
"Kurt! What are you doing here?" Alara asked.
Kurt stood staring at two Pietros.
"There… there's two of you!" Kurt exclaimed.
Alara smacked her forehead.
"Sorry. I forgot."
Alara quickly turned back into herself. Pietro's cold, blue eyes danced with anger.
"What are you doing here, Fuzzy? Trying to crash our party?"
"Vhat are you doing vith Alara?"
"We were just talking. She told me some very interesting things. Isn't that right, Alara?"
Alara looked petrified.
Why is Kurt here? Why am I panicking? What's wrong? Something's not right, she thought as suddenly her mind began to race.
Pietro noticed her expression and smacked his forehead.
"Oh crap! I gave her the red drink! It's supposed to be blue!"
Kurt looked at Pietro.
"You gave her the hyperactivity drink instead of the lethargic one?"
Pietro looked surprised.
"You knew about that? How?"
Kurt smiled as evil as he could.
"I have my vays. But now ve must go. Come vith me Alara. Ve must go back to school."
"Her schedule won't be ready until tomorrow," Pietro growled.
"But still, Keety is supposed to vatch over her."
"Kitty? She was too busy spending her time making out with Lance."
Kurt glared. That vas a dirty lie, Kurt thought to himself. He looked over to Alara and held out his hand.
"Alara. Ve must go back to school."
Alara looked from Pietro to Kurt as they both advanced. Her heart felt like it was going to explode and her attention span seemed to last for about five seconds. She felt as though they couldn't be trusted. So she began to back up. As they advanced quicker, she spun around and ran for the door. Pietro sped ahead of her and put himself in the doorway. As Alara skidded to avoid Pietro, her instant thought was to morph. Suddenly, Pietro was faced with an out-of-control Bengal tiger coming straight for him. Pietro jumped over her, trying to grab her tail, which he missed and ended up grabbing Kurt's wrist.
Kurt tripped over Pietro, who had already began to fall as well, and they both ended up on the ground. Meanwhile, the tiger had slammed into the door with a loud crack causing the tiger to roar in pain and collapse. Kurt scrambled to get untangled with Pietro, accidentally kicking Pietro in the face. He rushed to get to Alara, who had temporarily fallen into unconsciousness. Pietro grabbed Kurt's ankle just before Kurt could touch Alara's tail and ended up bamphing with Kurt to school instead of Alara.
Kurt kicked Pietro once again in the face, this time on purpose, causing Pietro to let go because of a bloody nose. Then Kurt bamphed back to the Brotherhood's house alone to find the door hanging on its hinges and Alara running away down the street.