Disclaimer: Sorry, not mine.

A/N: Since the last chapter was so short…and confusing…I thought I'd give you this now.

Schoolgurlx3 - Thank you! And I'd be confused too. Heck, I was confused when I wrote it. No, Rogue's not really dead. And about Carol, uh…Hopefully this chapter will help explain a bit. I think I destroyed this story with my stupidity.

Shadyk - Lol. I warned you! I know, it was shorter than I thought too. Well, this one's nice and long…and probably even more confusing; I hope not, though. (Cries) I don't need more crap to explain. Lol.

Roguechere - Me too. Hopefully this chapter will clear some stuff up.

Starrydreamz - Thank you. I didn't think you were rude, I really did feel bad about the Lancitty thing. Because it did start out that way, and then I kind of…lost track of everything or something; who knows anymore?

Chapter 10

Wake up

Kitty woke up the next morning in her bed. She groaned as she rolled over and looked at the clock again. Then she shuddered as she thought about the last dream she had. She had stumbled across her own body in the rec. room.

She climbed out of bed and made her way to the bathroom to take a shower. After a long, hot shower she slowly made her way downstairs for breakfast. She seemed to be the first one up, though, because there was no one else around. She glanced at the clock; 6:43 a.m. I hope Mr. Logan didn't schedule a Danger Room session.

She sighed and grabbed an apple off the table, biting into it. After about fifteen more minutes of no one showing up, she sighed and decided to make her way out to the garage to wait on the others' for a ride to school.

Scott's car was gone when she got there. A cold chill suddenly made it's way up her spine. That's like, weird. She thought, looking out a window. It's snowing in October.

Shaking it off she decided that she'd just skip today, so she went back upstairs and went to bed. It hadn't seemed that much later when she was woken up again by the sound of someone cranking up the stereo.

Kitty sat up; slightly annoyed that Rogue would blast music when she was obviously asleep. She was about to tell Rogue this when she saw something that shocked her; Rogue was crying. She was about to go over and comfort the girl, but Rogue suddenly tensed up and glanced around the room. Now Kitty was completely confused, does she not notice me?

"Ah know you're here swamp rat." She muttered.

"Chère, I hate to see ya cryin'." He said, coming out of the shadows and kneeling in front of her while taking his hands in hers. "Petite will come around. She's a strong femme."

"It's been three months."

"Trust me, mon amour." Remy said, causing Rogue to blush; he smirked. Sensing that they were having a moment, Kitty slid out of the room unnoticed.

She decided that she wanted to talk to Kurt, so she made her way down the hall to his room. After stopping in front of it, she knocked a few times and waited for him to let her in. There was no answer, but she could swear she heard him in there.

"Kurt?" She asked, knocking again; the door flew open.

"Kitty?" He asked, staring at her wide-eyed. He then reached his hand out and touched her face.

"What's like, up with everyone lately? This is just like my dream." Kitty mumbled, stepping into his room.

"How?" Was all Kurt managed to say.

"What are you talking about Kurt? How what?"

"You vere just…never mind." He said, realizing that this might not actually be Kitty and that he may be hallucinating or something.

"Whatever, you're like, totally freaking me out." She said, standing up and heading for the door. "I'm going to go over to the Brotherhood and visit Lance. I'll like, talk to you later, ok?"

"Sure." He said, still in disbelief as he watched her leave.

Kitty got a ride over to the Boarding House from Tabby who was going to visit Pietro. Once there, she went up to Lance's room where she figured he'd be; and she was right, of course. She didn't bother to knock this time, so she just walked right in. Lance was lying on his back on his bed and staring at the ceiling; his room smelled of alcohol.

"Lance?" Kitty said tentatively, walking over to his bed; he didn't answer her. No, not him too. She thought sadly, reaching her hand out and touching his face; he grabbed her wrist and stared at her.

"Kit…Kitty?"

"Yeah, it's me. Why are you so surprised?" Kitty asked, starting to worry.

Lance didn't answer, just sat up and pulled her into his arms. She could tell he was crying from the way his body was shaking. Confused, she put her arms around him as well and held him close. He broke away suddenly and backed away from her.

"You're not real." He murmured to himself. "Not real. Damn mind playing games with me again. Not real." Lance kept muttering, before reaching for a whiskey bottle and downing it.

"Lance? Lance! Stop it! I'm here, what's wrong with you?" Kitty shouted, taking the drink away from him.

"It…It's really you. You're really here." He whispered, taking her hand in his.

"Yes Lance, it's really me." Kitty said, tears starting to form in her own eyes; she feared for her boyfriend's sanity. "Lance, when did you start drinking?" She asked, worry and concern obvious in her voice and eyes.

"When…when you…how are you here? Rogue didn't tell me you woke up." Lance said, still not willing to believe she was real.

"Lance, seriously, you're scaring me." She whispered, biting her lower lip. Before Lance had a chance to reply, Lance's door flew open and Pietro glared at him from the doorway.

"Damnit Lance, I thought I got rid of all the alcohol. And who are you talking to anyway?" He asked, glancing around the room.

"Kitty. She's right here." Lance said in awe; Pietro sighed.

"Lance, how many times do we have to go through this? Kitty's gone."

"She's not gone!" Lance shouted, walking over to Pietro and shoving him up against the wall. "She's not." He said, loosening his grip and dropping to the ground.

With his head in his hands, he broke down. Kitty was too shocked to move. She watched as Pietro knelt down beside him and helped him up and back over to his bed. Lance sat down and continued to cry; Pietro left him alone.

"Lance." Kitty whispered, reaching out to him. "I'm right here. What's Pietro talking about?"

"You're not real! Go away! Leave me alone!" He shouted, refusing to look at her again. Kitty ran out of the house with tears in her eyes. What's gotten into him?

She ran all the way back to the Institute and collapsed on her bed. Rogue was nowhere to be found and at the moment she didn't care. She was so confused.

Later that night

Kitty woke up and looked out the window, noticing that the sun was starting to set; Rogue still wasn't back. Deciding to see what the others' were up to, she made her way downstairs. No one was around, and it was quiet; too quiet.

She went into the rec. room where everyone was just sitting around. She had a déjà vu feeling as she looked at all the sad faces. She looked around for Kurt or Rogue, but she didn't see either of them.

Leaving the rec. room, she made her way down the hall to the kitchen. Kurt was sitting at the table, head in his hands. She walked over to him slowly and sat down beside him, placing a hand on his shoulder; he jumped.

"Kitty?" He asked, surprised; but then he closed his eyes tight and shook his head. "Not again. Zhis isn't real."

"Kurt, what happened?"

"Rogue was attacked by some girl named Carol. She's in zhe med. bay now." He said, chancing a glance at her again; she was really there. How? He wondered.

Kitty suddenly felt like she was falling. Hadn't that already happened? What is going on? Kitty remembered visiting Rogue in the med. bay after the attack. She had woken up the next day with these new powers; super strength and the ability to fly.

Flashback thing

Rogue was horrified and slowly slipped into depression. Remy had joined the X-Men and hardly ever left her side. The Brotherhood members had joined as well, including Pyro. The Boarding House had burned down; and it actually wasn't Pyro's fault. Magneto had once again disappeared. And Mystique, well, she had failed…

Rogue ignored everyone and quit eating. She felt guilty about taking Carol's powers and leaving her in a permanent coma. Besides that, she had to live with Carol's memories and the guilt grew each day.

She had told Kitty once that Carol had been a pawn of Mystique's to get Rogue to leave the X-Men or something. With Mystique, it was hard to tell. Rogue said that she'd never forgive Mystique for this.

No one could get Rogue to come out of her depressed-state. It was like she had just given up; which was a huge possibility. But then again, it could've had to do with Carol's suppressed feelings or something flooding Rogue's own.

Rogue was slowly dying and there was nothing anyone could do for her. They put her in the med. bay and Hank monitored her behavior every day, but she never changed; if anything, she became worse.

Remy never left her side and Rogue couldn't understand why. She loved him, that much was obvious; but even he couldn't save her. He, though, was probably the only reason she lived as long as she did.

Rogue passed away on a Sunday afternoon, a little over a month after the attack. A funeral was held for her at the Institute and it was just a sad affair. Kitty remembered watching as Remy spoke silently to her grave before Logan appeared. And then they both left; Remy never to be heard from again.

End flashback thing

"But…Rogue died." Kitty said, looking back up at Kurt. "This already happened. Kurt, are you alright?"

"What are you talking about Kitty?" He asked her, confused.

"You don't remember? Rogue was trying to find out who attacked me, Tabby, and Jubilee. Then, once she found out it was Mystique, she ran off into the woods with Gambit following. And then Carol showed up and she held on too long. Rogue died a month later." Kitty was staring at him in disbelief. "Why don't you remember?"

"I don't know vhat you're talking about. You vere the only one attacked, but you vent into a coma. That vas three months ago." Kurt said, holding back the tears as he remembered it all too clearly.

Flashback

Someone had screamed in the middle of the night; someone that had sounded an awful lot like Kitty. Kurt had jumped out of bed and teleported downstairs where he believed the scream was coming from.

His heart seemed to stop when he noticed the girl lying on the floor in front of him. She was bruised horribly and she was lying in a small puddle of her own blood. Kurt wondered why no one else was coming.

He immediately scooped her up and teleported them both to the med. bay. He lay her down on a bed and ran to get McCoy. Hank cleaned her up while Kurt was talking with the Professor, Logan, and Ororo.

"I don't know what you're talking about, bub." Logan said after Kurt told them what happened. "No one screamed."

"I have to agree with Logan, Kurt." The Professor added. "But in any case, I am glad that you found Kitty when you did. I fear that if she had gone unnoticed any longer, she would have bled to death."

McCoy joined them and told them that Kitty had a few broken ribs and that he had to stitch up the spot where she had been stabbed; not to mention she was covered in bruises. The others' all wondered who could have done it, but there were no leads; the cameras had been short-circuited previously.

Hank continued to monitor her for the next few weeks, but she never once opened her eyes. And after a month, he concluded that she was, indeed, in a coma.

Her condition still hadn't changed and they never did find out who did it to her. They were still searching, but it was becoming harder to find anything out and they knew that in time all leads would end and they would either know, or not.

End flashback

Kitty stared at him incredulously. What is he talking about? Has he like, lost his mind? She was about to ask him this when it hit her that everyone was acting weird toward her lately. In fact, no one had answered her when she spoke to them and they were acting like they couldn't even see her; everyone except Kurt and Lance. And that's when she realized she wasn't real.

Tears formed in her eyes and she looked back at Kurt. He noticed and decided to take her down to the med. bay. Once there, she saw her own body lying there, the only sign that she was alive was coming from the constant beep of the machines and the rising and falling of her chest.

She realized that she must be there for a reason. And that, after three months of this, she was able to talk to certain people. She then turned to Kurt and told him that he had to stop Rogue from becoming depressed and that he had to make sure she lived…for her.

Kurt agreed, but continued to stare at her lying on the bed. She also asked him to make sure Lance was ok. She told him to burn down their house and get them to join the X-Men; since they wouldn't have anywhere else to go. Kurt, once again, agreed.

"I vill make sure everything turns out for zhe best, Kitty." He said, turning around to look at the "spirit" Kitty.

"Thank you Kurt." She said quietly, smiling through the tears. "Can you also tell Lance that I love him."

"Ja." Kurt said hesitantly. "But you're going to get better. Don't give up Kitty. Please."

"I have to go now Kurt." Kitty said as she started to disappear into thin air. "My job here is done."

"No!" He shouted, reaching out to her.

"Goodbye Kurt." She whispered, giving him a small smile; and then she was gone. Kurt turned back to the girl on the bed and took her hand in his.

"Please…wake up." He whispered.

A/N: Hmm…now you all get to wonder if she'll wake up or not. Hehe.

Well, I made this chapter nice and long since the last one was all short and confusing. Hope this cleared up some stuff; or everything, actually. If not, just tell me what you want to know and I'll try my best to explain. Oh, and the next chapter will probably be the last...maybe.