Chapter 17: A Little Bird Watches From Her Perch

After Kurt and Alara had gone into the room to train with Logan, Kitty made her way to where Hank was working. She walked in and sat next to him, smiling.

"Hey Hank. What's up?"

"Not much, Katherine. I'm just setting up a battle between Kurt and Logan."

"Oh, that reminds me. Logan's going to come up and tell you to add Alara into it too."

"The new girl. No way! He'd never fight someone going in for their first time."

Kitty nodded just as Logan walked through the door.

"Hey Hank. Hey Half-Pint. Half-Pint? What are you doing here?"

Kitty smiled at Logan.

"Oh, I heard from a little bird that you were fighting Alara and I wanted to watch."

Logan smiled and nodded.

"Well, that's right. This little bird should stop listening to other people's conversations."

Kitty snickered slightly. Hank looked slightly surprise.

"So you ARE fighting a new kid. Interesting."

Logan smiled.

"Ah don't worry. I'll take it pretty easy on her. She should be an easy win."

Kitty smirked.

You have no idea what you're getting into Logan, Kitty thought.

"All right Logan. What scene do you want? Open field? Waterfall? Or did you have something else in mind?"

"City. A top the highest building possible," Logan instructed.

Hank looked at him in disbelief.

"But since they had such a rough day, maybe we should-."

"No. I told them I wouldn't take it easy on them. I want to make them think it."

Hank raised an eyebrow, but nodded.

"All right," he muttered. "But if that girl faints in surprise, it'll be your fault."

Logan nodded.

"All right," he growled, walking out.

Kitty watched as Hank loaded the city scenery and wrinkled her nose. It was the ugliest, bleakest scenery in the whole lot. Hank looked over at Kitty and laughed slightly.

"I know," Hank grumbled. "Ugly."

"Why don't you just load the field one anyways?" Kitty asked.

"Because, Miss Pryde, it would be going against Logan and you know how angry he gets when he doesn't get his way."

"Yes, but aren't teachers supposed to do what's in the best interest of their pupils?"

Hank looked at her suspiciously.

"You want me to load the field?"

Kitty nodded.

"With butterflies."

Hank chuckled.

"Right."

The screen changed just as Kurt, Alara and Logan walked in. Logan walked in, his face contorted in disbelief. Kurt and Alara walked in and smiled. Hank and Kitty listened to Kurt and Alara speaking, turning up the volume on the microphone to high, since they were speaking quietly. Suddenly, Logan's deafening roar echoed in their ears, causing them to ring. They winced and turned the volume back down.

"HANK! IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE GIRLY! I SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR THE CITY SCENERY!"

Kitty snickered as Hank replied, "I thought it would be better for someone like Alara. The city scenery is just so… ugly. Plus, Kurt and Alara needed a break from what I heard happened today… I mean.. come on Logan! They-."

"I KNOW! I KNOW!"

Hank and Kitty both cracked up laughing.

"Thank you!" they heard Alara cry. "It's very pretty!"

Hank and Kitty sighed happily and Hank replied, "You're welcome!"

As they watched, Kitty winced each time Logan sliced Kurt. She looked over and Hank was doing the same thing. When she looked back, Alara was standing in front of Kurt, who was on the ground. Her shirt was ripped and tears fell from her face. Kitty and Hank watched in amazement as she turned into a copy of Logan.

On the intercom, Hank reported, "How'd she do that?!? She isn't supposed to do that!! She can only change into animals!!"

Over the intercom, a voice growled, "I lied."

Suddenly, Alara attacked Logan with speed only he could attack with. Subconsciously, Kitty began to lean towards the screen. When she saw Logan running to attack Kurt, she leaped out of her chair and shouted at the screen, "NO! ALARA! WATCH OUT!"

Hank looked at her in surprise. Kitty blushed slightly.

"Heh. Sorry," she muttered.

Then Hank gasped.

"Alara's been hit! She was protecting Kurt and got slashed!"

Kitty turned back to the screen and watched Kurt and Alara interact. She smiled softly.

How cute, she thought. It's too bad that that's not Lance and me down there.

She looked at Hank and waved.

"I'm gonna get outta here. I have homework to do."

Hank nodded.

"All right."