Chapter Six

A month later

Mort and Kathy found themselves in New York. They had walked or hid on the roof of trailers all the way there. They were walking along the street. They had stole some clothes from a store. They had on hoods, so no one could see their faces.

"Where are we going?" Mort asked as they passed a police officer.

"How am I suposed to know,'' Kathy snaped,'' This was your idea.''

"Lets go in that building,'' Mort said,'' It looks abandon.''

They looked at the building in front of them. All the windows were broken, some of the doors were torn off, and the paint was chipping off the walls and there were some holes in the walls. They walked inside. It looked just like the outside.

"Oh ya,'' Kathy said,'' This is a good place.''

"I just heard something,'' Mort whispered,'' Check the place out.''

Kathy rolled her eyes She closed her eyes focused hard. Her eyes snaped open.

"There are some people here,'' Kathy said,'' But I couldn't read their minds. They are very well blocked.''

"Should we leave?" Mort asked.

"Not right now,'' Kathy said,'' We need to see who they are.''

"Are you sure?" Mort asked,'' What if they are dangerous?"

"I'm sure,'' Kathy said starting to walk down the hall.

Mort looked around and ran to catch up with Kathy.

"Something bad is going to happen,'' Mort muttered.

"Be quiet,'' Kathy whispered,'' If they are dangerous, then I'll just hum.''

Kathy climbed the wall. Mort followed her. They stuck to the ceiling. Just then the door in front of them blasted open. A man ran with red sun glasses on ran out, followed by two women with red and white hair. They didn't notice the kids on the ceiling. A minute later a old man walked out, followed by a woman with blue skin and a man who a furry. They were walking passed the kids, when Mort lost his grip and fell. Kathy tried to help, but he hit the ground in front of the old man. They stoped and stared at Mort, who stood up and back away.

"Why, hello,'' The old man said,'' What are you doing here?"

"Nothing,'' Mort quickly said.

"What's your name?" He asked.

"Mortimer,'' Mort said, backing up some more.

Mort looked up and Kathy, then back at the people. The furry man was about to look up where Mort looked. Kathy crawled along the ceiling and into another room.' What is she doing?' Mort thought,' Is she running? Is she leaving me?' Mort began to get scared. The blue woman steped forward.

"Hi,'' She said,'' I'm Mystique, this is Magneto and Sabertooth.''

Mystique pointed them out. Mort just backed up even more. Just then some people came running down the hall.

"Leave him alone,'' The man with red sun glasses on said.

"What are you doing back here?" Magneto asked.

"I got a telapathic message from someone saying they need help,'' The one with red hair said.

Kathy ran out of the room. She had jumped off the ceiling, before she contacted them. She ran over to Mort.

"I thought you left me,'' Mort sighed with relief.

"Why would I leave?" Kathy asked.

"Get behind us, kids,'' The white hair woman said.

They walked behind them, while they began to fight. Kathy and Mort ran back down the hall. The buildings roof was beginning to fall.

"This palce is going down,'' Magneto yelled,'' And it's not metal, we must leave.''

The three ran passed the x-men and down the hall. The x-men followed. Kathy and Mort backed up aganst the wall, while they ran into the room. The others joined soon after.

"We need to get the kids,'' The woman with red hair said.

The guy with red sun glasses ran over to them.

"Come on,'' He said grabbing their hands and leding them down the hall with the others.

Just then Mort triped. Kathy pulled away from the guy and ran back to Mort. She helped him up. The guy was about to run over to them, when part of the roof started to fall. Kathy used her power to throw Mort over to the others, just as the ceiling fell. Mort looked back, wiht a look of horror.' No,' Mort thought. The guy picked him up and ran out of the building. The women were waiting for him.

"Where's the girl?" The one with white hair asked.

"She didn't make it,'' He said setting Mort down.

Mort had tears running down his face. He quickly ran away from them. He didn't stop running for about five minutes. He sat down and started to cry. A minute later the three other people walked up to him.

"Come little one,'' Magneto said.

Mort looked up at them. He stood up and followed them to a helicopter. Mysique helped him in. She was driving. Mort started to cry again. The two men stared at him for awhile.

"What are you crying about?" Magneto asked,'' Did Cyclops, Jean, or Storm hurt you?"

Mort didn't answer.

"I think something happened to his friend,'' Mystique said.

"He can join our team,'' Magneto said,'' What is your power?"

"I can stick to walls,'' Mort said through tears.'' I can jump really high and have a very long tongue.''

"Like a toad,'' Mystique said,'' Maybe that can be his name.''

"Toad,'' Magneto grined,'' Welcome to the team.''

The x-men stood by the destroyed building.

"Should we of gone after him?" Storm asked.

"He would of just kept on running,'' Jean said,'' He's with Magneto right now. I think they just made him part of the team.''

"Ain't he a little too young?" Cyclops asked.

"They will train him,'' Storm said,'' Then they will let him fight when he is older.''

"He blames us for killing her,'' Jean sighed.

"Should we find her body?" Cyclops asked.

"Wait,'' Jean said,'' I'm reading someones mind. She is not dead. Quickly find her.''

The three began to search. Some cops were starting to show up.

"What happened?" One of them asked.

"The building collaspes,'' Jean said,'' A little girl was in it, when it did.''

The cops quickly started looking. They even called in back up.

"I found her,'' Cyclops said, picking up the knocked out girl.

Everyone came over. The cops backed off.

"She's a mutant,'' One said.

The three walked off. The cops did nothing, but stand there and watch them go.

"We'll take her to the mansion,'' Jean said,'' She'll love it there. She always wanted to help others. The x-men is the perfect place for her. Her name is Kathy.''

The three walked to a jet and flew away. Kathy woke up a few minutes later.' Mort,' Kathy thought,' Where are you?'

"Your friend ran off,'' Jean said.

Kathy closed her eyes.' I hope he don't forget me,' Kathy thought, before she fell asleep.

Mort was taken to a island, shown a room and given some other clothes.' I'll never forget you Kathy,' Mort thought as he laied in bed and went to sleep.

To Be Continued