Chapter 28: Attack of the Tiger

They looked at each other, glaring. Then Kurt bamphed over to Alara and Pietro ran to her other side. They walked for another minute in silence, and then Alara turned to face Kurt and Pietro, walking backwards.

"What's wrong with you guys? You seem… different."

Kurt and Pietro glanced at each other.

"Vhat do you mean Alara?"

She shrugged.

"You guys just seem different."

"I was gonna say the same about you," Pietro muttered.

She stopped walking and stared at Pietro for a second. Then her eyes widen.

"I know what's wrong."

She grumbled something under her breath about herself being stupid and not being able to control her powers. Then she walked over to Pietro and put her index finger on his cheek. Suddenly, Pietro felt like waves of heat and electricity kept hitting him. He stood there, frozen on the spot as the thought from last night returned. Then he smiled almost evilly. Alara then walked over to Kurt and stared at him a moment before nodding.

"I did it to you too. Didn't I?"

Kurt blinked as she put her index finger on his cheek. Kurt shuddered in delight as the waves of electric heat swarmed through him. Suddenly, Kurt was remembering the night before, just before Alara had run away. When she bandaged him, he had felt lust. When he held her hand, he felt lust. When he climbed into her bed, it had disappeared and it had been replaced with a need to cuddle. As all of the desires flooded back into him, he turned into a brilliant red. Pietro had turned red also. She sighed.

"I hate it when I do that. It always makes me feel like I need to… well… It makes me feel like you're probably feeling now."

Kurt and Pietro looked at her slightly dazed. Alara looked at them, slightly frightened.

"Uh…. Oh… I think I gave you two some of mine. I think I overloaded your systems."

Alara could see Pietro's eyes light up as he looked her up and down, making her feel uncomfortable. She started to back away from them when she saw Kurt look her up and down as well. They started to advance again.

"Whoa," Alara muttered. "Déjà vu."

She spun around and started running down the street. Pietro ran after her quickly, and stopped in front of her. Her feet started sliding on the gravel, but she stopped and turned just before he could grab her. She ran back towards Kurt who stood absolutely still until suddenly, Pietro appeared in front of her. In surprise, she put her hands on his face. All at once the waves began to swarm into Alara. She let go after absorbing some of it into her. She shuddered and Pietro blinked.

"Wha-?" he murmured, almost sleepily.

Alara then looked over to where Kurt was. Kurt still stood, shocked. She walked over to him and placed both of her hands on his face. The waves for her only lasted a few seconds because she let go quickly, but Kurt still stood frozen. He then blinked.

"Keety?"

Alara stared at him, her mouth falling open partially in surprise. She turned slowly back around and started walking away. She passed Pietro who was still trying to get an idea on what had just happened. She passed the restraunt she was going to have breakfast at. She passed everything on her way to school. She stared at the ground as she walked. Finally Kurt came out of his stupor and looked around.

"Vhere did Alara go?"

"What just happened?" Pietro asked, confused.

Kurt shook his head.

"You should have paid attention."

"YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE ALARA WENT YOU BIG HYPOCRITE!"

Kurt sighed and looked down the sidewalk. In the distance, he saw her walking away.

"There!" he exclaimed, pointing.

He bamphed over next to her quickly as Pietro looked up and asked, "What? Where?"

Pietro saw Kurt appear and charged to keep up. He got there just as Kurt asked, "Vhat's wrong Alara? You seem… vell, you seem upset."

Alara looked up at him, her eyes filled with flames.

"Upset? UPSET? OH IS THAT ALL? YEAH I GUESS I'M JUST A LITTLE UPSET."

Kurt blinked in surprise.

"Vhat? Vhy?"

"OH I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE YOU CALLED ME BY YOUR NEW GIRLFRIEND'S NAME!"

Kurt turned slightly pale as Pietro laughed maniacally.

"That's who this was all about?" he gasped through his laughter.

Alara turned to Pietro, growling.

"OH. YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY?"

Pietro smiled out of fear.

"Um… no?"

Alara punched him in the arm as hard as she could, causing Pietro to laugh.

"You call that a punch? That was sooooooooOOOOOOOOOH SHIIIIIIT!" he yelled as she turned into a giant tiger.

She roared and lunged after Pietro who ran towards school. Alara then turned to Kurt, who started backing up.

"Now, now Alara. This isn't like you. You don't vant to kill me."

Alara growled, "Oh really? Do you honestly want to find out?"

Kurt's eyes widened and he bamphed over to school. Alara then morphed back into her human form and walked the rest of the way to school, dejected. She turned the lust absorption over in her mind. Just where had she seen that happen before? She couldn't put a face to the ability after a few minutes of thinking, so she sighed angrily and walked faster. The school was only a block or two away when a large thug stepped out of a side alley. She blinked in surprise and moved to step around him murmuring, "Excuse me."

"Not so fast, cup cake. Not so fast."

She glared up at him, jutting her jaw out.

"Don't call me cup cake, you tub of lard. Now piss off; I'm in a very bad mood and I'm not very tolerant towards idiots right now."

The large man, obviously drunk as he was slurring his words horribly and smelled of Jack Daniels, just smiled wider.

"Feisty. I like 'em feisty."

She moved again to avoid the drunkard, but he clasped her shoulders roughly.

"Why don't you come with me into this alley? I've got a present for ya…"

She growled and thought desperately for an idea. Wrapping her hands around the large man's wrists delicately, she replied forcefully, "I really don't like presents."

The man gasped raggedly as he felt the emotions consuming him flood into the girl in front of him with surprising rapidity. His face paled drastically, sweat breaking out all over his body. His hair seemed to lose its color, turning almost transparent. She smiled as his eyes closed and he started to shake. In an instant, the man collapsed to the ground, wheezing rapidly. Alara felt invincible, slightly tipsy, but most of all, incredibly lusty. She blinked roughly several times as the emotions swirled inside of her, the stranger's clashing with hers. Suddenly, she felt something give way inside her mind. She was going to get back at all the men who've wronged her. Her face contorted into a smirk that was not hers and she moved seductively towards the school. Inside, her mind raced.

What am I doing? This isn't me.

The man she had drained had done this many times before, she knew that from what she had absorbed. However, he never had an attractive body to do it with. Her body seemed to know that and with every step she moved closer to the school, her primary target for revenge of the sweetest kind.