Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of X-Men Evolution, they
belong to Marvel and Kids WB; this story is making me no money.
Authors Note: This is kinda long but you try merging into one chapter two different episodes. This is a merge of the episodes Ghost of a Chance and Mutant Crush, with my personal touch.
Lying alone on a bed a girl is asleep. She has flashes back to memories that she doesn't understand. She sees a girl hand her something, then these people are attacking her from all sides. They are called the X-Men. A voice keeps telling her they are the enemy, she doesn't know where it's coming from but she's confused. Something tells her to ignore the voice but it won't let her. She feels like she is being pulled in two different directions, shadowed figures on each side pull her. It's starting to hurt. "Stop" she yells but it, continues. "STOP" the girl yells as she rises out of bed with her eyes open. "It was just a dream" she sighs with relief as she catches her breath, realizing she is in her bedroom.
"Rogue" a voice, says from behind her locked door. "It's Irene, I heard you yell. Is everything okay" she asks.
"Uh yeah nothing just a dream" she calls back then lies down.
"Alright" Destiny nods from outside and begins to walk away, her cane leading the way. She heard someone else in the hall. "Hello Emma" she frowned.
"Greetings Ms. Destiny. She was dreaming about them again. She's been like this since we got her and that was over a week ago. I still think she needs a little more reinforcement" Emma frowned.
"No, you've already done enough. Anymore will damage her mind. Just give her some time to sort things out" Destiny scolded.
"Well still she might be suspicious. So I think I better do a little more poking around" Emma said passing Destiny.
"You will do no such thing," a voice that belonged to Mystique said appearing up the stairs. She walked right over to Emma and stared her coldly in the eyes. "Do I make myself clear" she asked Emma.
Emma was about to give her a piece of her mind when Toad came hopping in, obviously excited about something. "Hey boss lady, look at this," he said holding a magazine. He thrust it up to her.
"Look Toad I have no time for your..." She began then read the headline, which stated SEE THE INCREDIBLE BLOB. She smiled and took it. "Excellent work Toad. Go have a treat" she said patting him on the head.
"Really me" Toad asked.
Emma looked flabbergast. "Him, excellent, what I don't understand" Emma frowned.
"Well good I like it when you're in the dark" Mystique smirked. "Now if you excuse me" she said.
"Where are you going" Emma asked.
"Why to Texas to see the incredible Blob" Mystique responded and walked out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Across town at the Xavier Institute, Charles Xavier is using his way of finding new talent. He has just exited Cerebro. "Everyone please meet me in the Planning Room" Xavier said then wheeled himself there. Scott was there first prompt as always, Jean followed, and then Bobby led Kitty and Kurt in. Storm came in next and finally Logan wandered in.
"What's going on Professor" Scott asked.
"I have just gotten out of Cerebro, and I want Jean and Logan to go to Texas and see this new mutant whose in a monster truck show" he explained. "I want you two to go immediately." He said.
"You heard him Red, let's go" Logan said and he and Jean got up and left.
"You didn't bring the rest of us here for nothing did you sir" Scott asked.
"Yes actually there was another thing. Recently I've detected strange and erratic psychic readings from roughly 200 miles northwest of here," he said. "It might be a mutant, though I'm not sure. I want to send a few of you to investigate," he explained.
"Right sir" Scott said getting up.
"No Scott, actually I was thinking of having Bobby run this mission" he said.
"Bobby" Scott exclaimed.
"Me" Bobby spat confused. "But why" he asked.
"Bobby its time you learn some responsibility" Xavier explained. I want you to take Kitty and Kurt with you and hopefully find out what is happening there. I have faith that you will rise to the occasion," Xavier explained.
Bobby nodded. "Yes sir I won't let you down," he said. "Come on guys."
"If two days pass and you find nothing come home. As I said it might be nothing more then an anomaly. If nothing else comes out of this, it's a nice area for a camping trip" he said.
Bobby nodded and he, Kitty and Kurt rushed off to get ready.
"Are you sure this is a good idea Charles" Ororo asked.
"Yeah Professor, I mean just the three of them on their own" Scott added.
Xavier nodded. "The boy is well trained and experienced but he needs to be able to support himself. He has always relied too much on the support of all you, especially Jean," he explained. "In the future we are going to need him, more and more to step up" he explained. "This test will benefit Kitty and Kurt as well. That is why neither of you are to interfere. And Jean is not to know. She is quite protective of the younger students, Bobby in particular."
Scott and Storm simply nodded. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About an hour later out in the Institute garage, Bobby, Kitty, and Kurt were just finished packing the X-Van with the supplies they were given.
"Like I can't believe we have to camp" Kitty frowned. "I mean can't we stay at a hotel or something" she whined.
"Yeah cause I'm sure they're will be a motel six smack in the middle of the Appalachian mountain forests" Bobby grinned.
"Besides mien freunds it will be a chance to get in touch with nature jah" Kurt smiled.
"And a chance to try out those two ATV's" Bobby grinned, indicating the ATV's that were on a trailer connected to the X-Van.
"Jah that too" Kurt nodded, getting into the drivers seat.
"Boys" Kitty rolled her eyes and hopped in the back as Bobby jumped into the front passengers seat and they pulled out, headed North. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Later that evening down in Texas, a Monster Truck show is going on. In the audience Jean and Logan can be seen sporting cowboy hats. In another part of the crowd Raven Darkholme watches and waits. A large monster truck runs over a bunch of cars then pulls out and two large monster trucks are brought in and were put opposite of each other's bumpers, which each had chains attached to them.
"And now for our feature attraction, the Incredible Blob' the announcer roared. The crowd erupted as a very large, and obese boy in tights came out. Jean, Logan and Raven all took immediate interest as the boy took hold of each chain, and put a foot on each bumper. He wrapped the chain around each arm and got into position. The two monster trucks roared as they started to go but neither went any where as Blob held both in place. Each driver pushed harder and Blob soon strained a bit but soon he pulled each in his direction and smashed the two trucks into each other. The crowd went wild and he stood triumphantly. That is till he slipped on some grease and fell over and on to the ground into the mud. The crowd roared with laughter. The Blob got up roared and stomped out.
Jean watched and sighed. "Poor guy" she thought as Logan motioned for her to get up and follow.
Raven watched and smiled. "I can use this" she smirked and got up and walked out of the arena and toward the backstage area. She found the boy sitting in his dressing room chewing on a steak. "They don't respect you," she said.
Blob looked up and frowned. "Well duh" he snapped and punched his door.
"I have an offer for you. One that promises that if you join our association we'll guarantee that no one will laugh at you again" she smiled.
Blob nodded. "I'm listening" he said and closed his door just as Jean and Logan appeared.
"Looks like someone has beaten us to the punch" Jean frowned. "So what are we going to do?" she asked.
Logan had been listening to the conversation and already had gotten a bad feel from this Blob guy. "We're going home" he said and pulled Jean off before she could protest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Meanwhile in upstate New York, Bobby, Kitty, and Kurt have set up camp for the night. "We'll set out tomorrow and see if we can find anything or anyone okay" Bobby said and the other two nodded. "Well time for bed" he shrugged and him and Kurt headed to the tent.
"Coming Katzchen?" Kurt asked.
Kitty shrugged. I'll be there in a bit I just got a little more to do" she said as she wrote in her diary.
"Okay Kit, but don't stay out to late" Bobby said and got into the tent. He made sure Kurt slept on the left side and Kurt was on the left, leaving Kitty in the middle when she came in.
Outside Kitty continued to write. But soon became tired and felt her eyes opening and closing before she fell asleep at the fireside. A little while later Kitty found herself awakened by a noise.
"Help me, help me" a girls voice called out from the woods. "Huh like whose there" Kitty called out.
"Help me I'm trapped" the voice said again. Kitty got up and looked around.
"Where are you, tell me where you are?" Kitty said running away from the campsite and into the woods. The voice continued to call to her and she continued to look. "Show me where" Kitty asked, then saw something out of the corner of her eye. She turned to see a Native American girl, but dressed in contemporary clothing standing in front of her. "Who are you" Kitty asked.
"My names Dani, please help me" the girl said then ran back into the woods.
"Wait" Kitty said and followed. She followed until she couldn't see where the girl went. "Like now where did she go" Kitty frowned. She heard some rustling in the brush and turned. "Dani" she asked but saw a hungry mountain lion. "Oh my god" Kitty screamed. "Help" she yelled.
Back at the site, Bobby and Kurt arose from their sleep. "Kitty" Bobby said and rushed out of his sleeping bag and out of the tent. "Come on Kurt Kitty's gone" Bobby gasped in a tone that displayed how worried he was.
"Vhat" Kurt exclaimed. They could both here Kitty's screams in the distance. "But vhere could she be" Kurt asked.
Bobby grabbed Kurt and created an ice pillar under them, which lifted them, both high into the sky. They looked around and heard Kitty's screams coming from just west of them. "Okay teleport us" Bobby told Kurt.
"But I don't know vhere I'm going" Kurt said.
"Just do it, all we need to do is get close" Bobby said frantically. He had to get to Kitty. Kurt nodded and the two disappeared into smoke.
Meanwhile Kitty was leaned back against a tree as the lion closed in on her. She wanted to phase but she found that looking into its eyes had paralyzed her with fear. "Oh like someone please find me," she sobbed. The lion reached to claw her when suddenly its claw became covered in ice. Another ice blast hit it's side and it ran off. Bobby and Kurt rushed over to Kitty, Kurt grabbed the other two and teleported them back to the campsite, and all three went into the tent.
"Are you okay" Kurt asked as Bobby held her. He realized what he was doing and was going to let go but found Kitty clinging to him.
"Yeah I, we were so worried" Bobby nodded.
"Yeah I was so scared but you guys saved me" she sighed.
Bobby nodded and the frowned. "But what in the world were you even doing out here by yourself" he said trying his best not to sound like Scott. "It's not safe" he explained.
"But I heard this voice calling for help, and I ran out to find her, and then I did. She said her name was Dani and then she ran off and disappeared" Kitty said and both Bobby and Kurt just looked at her. "Like you have to believe me," she said.
"Are you sure you didn't just imagine it" Kurt asked. "Maybe you fell asleep and dreamed it," he suggested and Bobby nodded.
Kitty turned away and frowned. "Look I know what I saw, it wasn't my imagination and how could it be a dream, I mean it's the reason I ended up in the woods" she snapped.
Bobby sighed. "Okay we'll go and look for her in the morning, and see if we can find her" he said.
"But tomorrow might be too late" Kitty pleaded.
"Well it's dark out and it's dangerous at night, we won't be doing this girl any good if we get ourselves lost or hurt" Bobby explained. Kitty looked at Bobby then at Kurt.
"He's right, ve von't do her any good by getting ourselves in trouble" Kurt nodded and Kitty finally nodded. "Then let's me getting some sleep then jah" he said and both Bobby and Kitty smiled and lied down. Soon they all fell asleep. A few hours later all three were tossing and turning.
In is sleep Kurt was having an awful nightmare. He found himself back in Germany, tied to a stake and it was being lit on fire. Angry crowds were cheering the death of the demon. Evil eyes all around him. He was so terrified.
Bobby also was not having a pleasant night sleep. He was dreaming he had iced up and then had started to melt. Soon he was nothing more then a melting head. He feared he was going to melt into nothingness.
Kitty was having her troubles as well. In her sleep she imagined she had become intangible and fallen into the ground and was phasing her way completely through the earth. She couldn't breath she was suffocating.
All three of them woke up with a jerk from their dreams. "Ahh" Kitty screamed. "No" Bobby yelled. "Help" Kurt yelled. They all turned and looked surprised at each other.
"Like that was too weird," Kitty said. "Well I just had the worst nightmare" she said.
"Yeah me too" Bobby said. They both looked at Kurt who simply nodded. They all sat in silence for a moment.
"Vell vhat do ve do about it then" Kurt said.
"I guess just try and get back to sleep" Bobby shrugged and Kurt and Kitty both nodded, though Kitty a little more reluctantly. They all lied down again. Kitty leaned up against Bobby who smiled and put a friendly arm around her. Kurt stayed where he was, and welcomed the extra room so his tail could lie out. Kitty awoke one more time to hear the girl's voice again calling her. She squeezed Bobby's hand and Kurt's leg, she was both worried and scared, but soon she fell back to sleep. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The next day back in Bayville. It was like any other day at Bayville High. Jean and Scott had gone to school, only to have Jean go off with Duncan and the rest of the popular crowd. Scott sighed. He usually had the others to keep an eye on but without even them around he found himself quite bored. He decided to go catch up with his friend Paul.
Meanwhile in the Principals office, the mutant known as Blob stood in front of Principal Darkholme's desk, where she sat. She handed him his schedule just as the bell was ringing. "Now go and stay out of trouble," she said brushing him away.
Blob nodded and wandered out to the hallways, which were pretty empty except for Jean and Duncan who were saying goodbye and heading off to different classes. Blob looked at his schedule and scratched his head. He was so confused and it made him frustrated. He saw Duncan walking and grabbed him by the collar. "Where am I suppose to be" he said thrusting the schedule into the jocks face.
"Possibly a freak show" Duncan smirked. "So maybe you want to let me go then" he said pushing Blob off.
"Don't call me a freak," Blob roared knocking Duncan down. He was so angry that he lifted a set of lockers and prepared to drop them on Duncan. Lucky for him Jean was watching and she rushed over.
Jean put a hand on Blob's shoulder. She recognized him from the night before. "Hey are you new, need some help with the schedule" she asked smiling. "I'm Jean Grey, what's your name," she said.
Blob turned to see a beautiful girl looking at him. In awe he dropped the lockers back where they belonged. Duncan decided it was best to leave and did so very fast.
"Uhh hi I'm Bl- I mean Fred" Blob said. "Yeah actually I could use a little help" he said.
Jean smiled. "Nice to meet you Fred" she said looking over his schedule. "Anyway you have history in room 114" she said and pointed him in the right direction. "See you around Fred" she smiled and walked off.
"Uhh yeah thanks" Fred said and watched with a dreamy look as she walked away before going to his class. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Meanwhile up north in the mountains and forest, Bobby, Kitty, and Kurt had gotten up and were preparing to search for the girl Kitty said she had seen. "Well okay the ATV's are all ready to go" Bobby said as he finished getting them ready. He hopped on one and Kurt on another, each of them strapped on their helmets.
"Like wait a minute why don't I get to drive one" Kitty frowned as she put on her helmet.
"Cause you don't even have your permit yet" Bobby told her. She frowned and just hopped on the back of Bobby's ATV.
"Fine" she said. "Now go," she told him and soon they were off. After a bit Bobby and Kurt began to race playfully. Kitty rolled her eyes at this as she held on to Bobby. She diverted her attention to the scenery looking for any sign of Dani. Suddenly she saw for a brief instance Dani staring at her from the edge of some tall trees. She then ran off. "Oh my god there she is again" Kitty yelled and grabbed Bobby. "Come on we have to go this way" she and phased through his body and grabbing the wheel. She turned it toward the direction that she saw Dani.
"Wait Kitty what are you doing" Bobby yelled as she phased them through a bunch of trees. Before she could respond they saw they were coming up on a ravine. "Watch out" He yelled and Kitty screamed. He took control of the ATV and swerved it on its side so it would stop. It skidded just short of the ledge but Kitty fell off and went flying. "Kitty" Bobby yelled.
"Help" she screamed but soon found herself rolling down the ravine and falling to the ground and was knocked out.
Kurt pulled up at the top of the ravine where Bobby was yelling down at the hill and searching frantically for Kitty. "Kitty can you hear me" he called out.
"Mien friend relax, vhat happened" Kurt asked worried.
"She drove us over here and then I was able to swerve before we went over, but she fell" he said. "Oh my god, this is all my fault, what if she's hurt or worse."
Kurt grabbed Bobby and shook. "Calm down, ve'll find her" he said. Bobby nodded. "Ve'll each go in one direction and search the ravine till we find her," he said and the two jumped on they're ATV's and drove off in separate directions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Back at Bayville High it was lunchtime. Jean sat chit chatting with her friend Taryn. Scott was sitting with his friend Paul eating lunch. Even the brotherhood boys were sitting in the corner chatting it up. The ground began to shake and everyone turned to see Fred enter.
"Yo isn't that our new guy, should we wave him over" Todd asked scratching his head.
"Yeah that's him alright" Lance nodded. "But I saw him talking with Grey before, and he hasn't even talked to us so forget him" he said. Todd nodded and Pyro, who was fixed on his lighter as usual, wasn't even paying attention in the first place
Fred grabbed a tray and went straight to the front of the lunch line. "Filler up" he told the lunch lady. She grabbed a plate but he shook his head. "Hey who said anything about a plate" he said. She nodded and simply covered the entire tray with food. Stacking more and more as he kept asking for it till the pan was empty. "Thank you" he said and waved as he looked for a place to sit. He found a nice round table that was empty and placed the heavy tray on it. He sat down and started to eat. But soon the chair gave way and collapsed from under him causing him to fall and pull the tabled down on it's side with him. Some of his food went flying as well and hit a bunch of people including Duncan. The rest fell on an embarrassed Fred.
Duncan turned around annoyed. "Okay who threw it" he snapped at the crowd of students. No one said a word.
Lance smirked at Toad and Pyro. "Time to have some fun, watch this. It was him" Lance said pointing at Fred.
Duncan nodded and threw some food right at Fred's face. An angry Fred couldn't see but threw some food in another direction, hitting some more people. Who threw back but missed and hit a few others. "Food fight" Toad yelled out as food began to fly everywhere.
"Let's go guys, our work here is done" Lance smirked as he walked out with Toad and Pyro.
Meanwhile Fred became quite angry as he heard people laughing. He couldn't see anything and assumed they were laughing at him. "Don't laugh at me," he said picking up a chair and swinging it around as he walked. Many of the students saw the big guy get angry and ran out of the cafeteria, but Jean stayed. She walked over to him but as she came close slipped on some food and fell to his feet. He was about to swing the chair at her when a stream of light hit it, coming from Scott. Jean screamed and Fred looked confused.
"Jean" he called out and rubbed the food out of his eyes as he began to calm down. "Sorry about that" he said and helped her up.
"Look it's okay" Jean began when Scott ran over and got between them.
"What's going on here" Scott demanded glaring at Fred, who was becoming angry. But Jean intervened.
"Look Scott I can handle this" she said. He tried to protest but she just gave him a stern look he sighed and walked off a bit annoyed. Jean turned to Fred and grabbed him. "Come here we need to talk" she said softly.
"Alright" Fred nodded happily, he liked her a lot.
"Look Fred you have the abilities, these gifts but you need to control them. Look I have gifts too" she explained and levitated a chair.
"Wow you could really do some damage with that stuff" he said amazed.
Jean shook her head. "No that's the point. You should use your powers to help people, but you need to get some training. Come to the institute" she said then took out a pen and paper, and wrote down the address giving it to him. He scratched his head.
"Training, well I'll think about it" he said.
Jean smiled. "Glad to here it, I've got to get going now" she said and began to walk off but Fred grabbed her.
"Look I don't know want to get a soda or something after school" he asked sleepily.
Jean sighed. She was worried he might like her that way, she didn't feel the same but still felt bad, and she actually was quite busy. "Look Fred, I can't today, I have some things to do" she said and got ready to leave but he continued to hold her.
He frowned. "This must be some excuse cause she don't like me," he thought. "Well I want her anyway" he frowned and picked her up. "Don't you lie to me. "And I'm going to show you that being with me is fun" he frowned and started to carry her away despite her protest. She used her powers to throw things at him but they didn't affect his body. A piece of wood hit her in the head, knocking her out. He smashed a large hole in the wall and walked out and away from the school. Several minutes later, Scott who had been waiting outside, came in wondering what had taken so long.
"Jean" he yelled and then ran after the trail of destruction. He called Logan on his cell as he ran. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Back in the wilderness Kitty was still knocked out but she was dreaming. It was that Dani girl. "What do you want?" she asked as the girl helped her up. "Help me" the girl said then pulled Kitty up and gestured for her to follow. Kitty did just that and walked after her. The girl led her through the woods and up the rocky hills and mountains until they reached a spot where there was a pile of dirt, wood and rocks "Like what is this place" she asked. The girl looked at her and waved her hands. An image showed her that same area and the girl walking over the pile of dirt and woods and falling through it down a mineshaft then the entrance being covered up by rocks.
"You were trapped" Kitty asked and the girl nodded.
"Help me" the girl said and led her down to the foot of the mountain to a covered up mine shaft entrance then vanished. "Where did you go" Kitty called out but soon saw a bright light. She awoke and saw the sun in the sky in her eyes her head was killing her.
Meanwhile Bobby was rushing to find Kitty when he caught sight of something in the woods. He jumped off his ATV and rushed to find Kitty bleeding. He hunched over and clutched her. She wasn't' breathing, she had no heartbeat. He was too late. He started to cry he had been too late. He looked up and saw Kurt, and the other X-Men looking at him.
"You killed her, it's your fault" they said. They chanted this and Bobby sat down and buried his head in his knees.
"No, it was an accident. I didn't mean to" he cried. Suddenly everything was silent. Bobby slowly lifted his head and looked around. He was alone; Kitty's body was nowhere in sight. "What's happening" he muttered and shook his head. He got up and rushed back on to his ATV. "I don't know what's going on but I have to find the others and get the hell out" he thought and sped off.
In another part of the woods Kurt is on his ATV, searching for Kitty when he finally sees her and Bobby standing around and waving him over. He nods and pulls over beside them. "Hey guys, vhat happened to Kitty" He began to ask when suddenly something came over him. He looked as his inducer failed and his fur grew. His small claws enlarged and sharpened, as did his feet. He could feel his fangs grow and his tail whip violently. He couldn't control himself and latched on to Kitty's neck biting her. His tail startled to strangle Bobby. He watched in horror as he continued to tear into both of them until he had torn them apart. He looked at his hands in horror, they're flesh and blood was covering them. "Mein god, I've killed them" Kurt sobbed and just ran over to his ATV, and saw his reflection in the mirror. He had turned into a hideous and evil demon, he had further mutated. Kurt sobbed and cried, covering his eyes then pulling them away. He looked at his hands they looked the same; they're no mangled bodies either. He took a look at his reflection, he was still his old self and the inducer was even still on. "This is very strange, like the vork of the devil" Kurt thought and rushed off on his ATV to find his friends.
As Kitty struggled to get up, she heard the sound of ATV's coming in both directions. Bobby and Kurt both pulled up and jumped off and rushed over to her helping her up. "Kitty are you okay," Bobby asked.
She nodded holding her head. "Yeah a little banged up but I think I'll be okay" she nodded.
"Fine then ve must go now" Kurt said. "This is an evil place, I had another horrible experience out in the voods, it was frightening" he explained.
Bobby nodded. "Yeah so did I" he said and grabbed Kitty but she phased out of his grip.
"No, we can't" she said. "I had like a vision or something, and she showed me where she is trapped" Kitty explained.
"Who" Bobby asked.
"Dani" Kitty explained.
"The girl you thought you saw the night before who needed help" Bobby asked scratching your head.
"Come now Katzchen, it could have been all in your head," he asked.
"No, like I'm sure. She took me through the woods and showed me this place, come on let me show you" she said. Kurt and Bobby both were quite reluctant. She looked at them. "Come on you have to believe me" she said.
Kurt looked at Bobby. "Vell your in charge" he said looking at him.
Bobby sighed. He agreed with Kurt, a lot of weird things had been going on and this place didn't seem safe, but Kitty seemed so sure and what if she was telling the truth. He thought for a bit then realized. "Wait what if it's all connected" he said.
"What are you talking about Bobby" Kitty asked.
"I mean you seeing this girl all the time, Kurt and I seeing those weird things, and all the bad dreams we had last night" he said. "I mean it could all be connected with what the Professor first detected. This vision Kitty got could lead us to what's going on" he said.
"But how" Kurt asked.
Bobby shrugged. "I have no idea, but I guess we can try and find the girl" he said.
"Good then let's go" Kitty said and got up and ran in the direction she had gone in her dream.
"I hope this is a good idea," Kurt said as he and Bobby followed.
About mid way there, Bobby and Kurt started to notice things. The wind seemed to blow more and it looked like the weather was getting worse. They could hear howling coming from the woods and the trees seemed alive. Kitty didn't seem to notice, she was almost in trance. She heard Dani calling to her.
"I think this place might be cursed" Kurt whispered.
"Yeah I'm starting to think your right, and I'm beginning to worry about Kitty" he said. Suddenly a pack of mountain lions appeared in their path. Kurt and Bobby froze, but Kitty kept walking. Bobby shot a stream of ice but it seemed to go through them. "Wait a minute" Bobby thought as the pack disappeared and they continued up the mountain. He turned to Kurt. "I think we're just seeing all-" he began but saw Kurt was staring at something.
In Kurt's view he saw the demon he had thought he had transformed into earlier appear before him and beckon to him. "No I don't want to be like you" Kurt moaned.
"Kurt what are you talking-" Bobby began but felt himself sink into the ground as a puddle formed. He was melting. "Oh my god not again" he yelled then realized something. "Wait a minute it's all fake, it has to be" he said and closed his eyes. "I'm not seeing this, I'm not seeing this" he said then everything seemed to stop. He looked around and everything was normal. He still saw Kurt in fear.
"Please stop" Kurt cried at the demon that wasn't even there.
Bobby grabbed Kurt by the shoulder. "It's fake close your eyes, and say it's not real" he said.
Kurt felt Bobby but still saw the Demon. He closed his eyes. "It's not real" he said and opened them and the demon was gone. "It was all fake" he said.
Bobby nodded. "Everything was. I figured it out after I tried to shoot those mountain lions" he said.
"You mean those ones" Kurt asked pointing to some mountain lions who were closing in on Kitty, who had kept walking not even noticing it.
"Yeah watch this" Bobby said and fired a stream of ice at them. He hit one smack in the head. "Oh they are real" he laughed nervously as they ran off. "Maybe we should keep an eye on her."
"Jah that would be good" Kurt nodded and the two ran up and watched Kitty as she continued up the way. "How much further" he asked.
"It won't be much longer, I'm coming Dani" Kitty said.
"Okay..." Bobby said. "I think she's lost it," he said as they climbed up a rocky and tall hill. At a flat surface she stopped and walked over to a mesh of dirt, grass and wood that was covering an old mine shaft entrance. "So Kitty is this it," he asked.
Kitty ignored him and nodded to herself. "I'm here Dani, and I know what I have to do" she said then jumped down into and through the covered entrance.
"Kitty" Bobby and Kurt yelled.
"We have to get her out" Bobby said and started to pull the rocks out of the way. But there were a lot. Kurt walked over and started to help him.
Kitty phased through at least a mile of fallen rocks and hard earth when she entered a deep part of the mind, where the girl, Dani, lay unconscious. A strange and bright light surrounded her. Kitty looked up and saw what used to be a hole to the surface covered with rocks. "I found you" Kitty said and picked up the girl and started to phase her back through.
Back outside Bobby cried as he continued to frantically dig through the debris. "Oh my god I shouldn't of let her go, this is my fault. I should have said we had to leave," he cried.
Kurt put a hand on his shoulder and tried to console him. "Mien friend you were just trying to help another person. You trusted Kitty and there is nothing wrong with that" Kurt said.
Bobby shook his head. "No it still was my decision to stay, and now she's gone" he sobbed and continued to dig. When suddenly from out of the rubble came Kitty, carrying a young Indian girl surrounded by light in her hand. Bobby smiled. "She's alive" he exclaimed.
"I found her" Kitty said then passed out from all the strain of phasing through so much.
Bobby caught her and picked her up as Kurt picked up the other girl. "You made the right decision mein friend," Kurt said to him. "Now let's go home" he said and Bobby nodded as they walked off carrying the girls. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Meanwhile back in Bayville, Fred had taken Jean to an abandoned building outside of town near the dump. "We'll hide out here till the coast is clear, then we'll hit the road" he said as he tied her to a chair.
Jean awoke and frowned at him. Her head her so much it was affecting her telepathy. "What do you want with me, why can't you let me go?" she pleaded with him.
He shook his head. "Nope you're never leaving my sight again. We'll go to Vegas and get married," he said. "You'll learn to appreciate me," he said. "Now give me a kiss" he said and began to lean in.
"No" Jean screamed. "Someone help me," she yelled.
Fred frowned. "No-ones going to here you, not where we are" he said. "Now where were we?" he said preparing to kiss her. She spat at him.
"My friends will find me," she said defiantly. "And I will never love you" she frowned.
Fred growled and wiped the spit off. "Oh you will, even if I have to teach you to like a dog" he said and was about to raise his hand when he heard something. "What the" he frowned. "This will only take a minute" he said and stormed out.
Meanwhile outside Scott and Logan had tracked them. "This is the place, I can smell Jeanie and the Blob" Logan said as his claws popped out.
Scott nodded and put on his visor, which he had kept in his car. "Fine let's do this" he said and rushed ahead. "Jean we're coming" Scott called out when suddenly the massive Blob leaped in front of him.
"Oh no your not" Blob growled and smacked Scott hard in the face, causing him to fly several feet and fall to the ground. "Pathetic" Blob laughed and turned to see someone flying at him.
It was Logan with claws ready. "Let's do this bub" Logan roared and charged at him. Blob waved his arm and with a bit of scratch was able to send Logan down, but he got back up and got ready to fight. "Lucky hit rookie, but it won't happen again" he said.
"Wait" Scott yelled as he got up. "Go find Jean, I'll handle this" He said.
"What?" Logan frowned.
"You heard me. It's something I have to do" he said and Logan nodded with understanding then ran off to sniff out Jean. Scott fired a blast a minor blast toward Blob distracting him while Logan got out.
"You want me? Your funeral" Blob laughed and ran toward him. Scott continued to fire small blasts at him. "That tickles" he laughed, as he got closer to Scott, who then smiled.
When Blob was close enough, Scott smiled and turned the knob on his visor to the max opening and fired a colossal blast that sent Blob flying into the air at least a quarter of a mile. "Did that tickle" he smirked weakly as he fell to his knees.
Logan ran down and found Jean cutting her free and picking her up since she was pretty worn out. "Come on let's get you some where safe" he said and carried her out.
"Thanks Logan" Jean sighed before passing out from the strain.
"No problem darlin" Logan said and carried her out to where Scott was.
Meanwhile Fred landed flat on his face in a pile of garbage and struggled to get up.
"Hey need a hand," a voice said and he turned to see Avalanche, Toad, and Pyro smiling at him as he took Lance's hand. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jean awoke in the infirmary with an ice pack on her head. "Oh right hit my head" she sighed remembering the whole horrible encounter. She looked around and saw across the room an Indian girl lying awake talking with Kitty they were both smiling and holding hands. "Wonder who that is" she said.
"Hey" a voice said and Jean smiled to see Bobby walk over and take a seat. "How you feeling" he asked.
"Hi yourself stranger" Jean said. "I guess I'll be alright, though it was kind of crazy and everything, I was lucky Logan came and got me out" she said.
"Oh Logan" Bobby nodded. He had heard about what Scott had done, but decided if he wanted her to know he would have told her.
"Anyway enough at me. It seems that your camping trip was more then what I was told" she smirked. "I doubt it's a coincidence the Professor sent you out camping and you come back with a mutant" she said.
Bobby shrugged. "Well yeah it was kind of more like a mission, and they put me in charge" he said.
"Well that explains why I was kept in the dark, keep me from worrying or chasing after you" she shrugged. "Well looks like my little snowball is finally growing up," she said. "Now tell me all about this girl and what happened."
As Bobby started to explain, outside the infirmary Xavier, Scott, Kurt, Storm, and Logan were standing.
"So what's the deal with the new girl" Scott asked.
"Her name is Danielle Moonstar and she has the power to project images from people's minds and make them seem real, fears in particular," He explained.
"So that is vhy ve experienced all those weird sights" Kurt nodded.
"Yes it seems when she fell into that old mine shaft and was knocked out her subconscious started to activate her powers around the area, which were the psychic readings I picked up with Cerebro" he said.
"And what about her and Kitty, they're acting as if they're close friends and they just met" Scott asked.
"Yes indeed" Xavier said. "It seems Danielle's subconscious was really seeking out a way to free her from her trapped state and when Kitty was the only one awake in an otherwise empty area, the mind focused on Kitty to help her, thus creating a special bond, that seems to have a developed a very special friendship" he said as they all watched Kitty and Dani smile and talk.
Okay this part is done. Sorry it took so long but I was trying my best to combine two episodes together and to put my personal spin on it. Anyway as always READ and RESPOND ideas are always welcome.
Authors Note: This is kinda long but you try merging into one chapter two different episodes. This is a merge of the episodes Ghost of a Chance and Mutant Crush, with my personal touch.
Lying alone on a bed a girl is asleep. She has flashes back to memories that she doesn't understand. She sees a girl hand her something, then these people are attacking her from all sides. They are called the X-Men. A voice keeps telling her they are the enemy, she doesn't know where it's coming from but she's confused. Something tells her to ignore the voice but it won't let her. She feels like she is being pulled in two different directions, shadowed figures on each side pull her. It's starting to hurt. "Stop" she yells but it, continues. "STOP" the girl yells as she rises out of bed with her eyes open. "It was just a dream" she sighs with relief as she catches her breath, realizing she is in her bedroom.
"Rogue" a voice, says from behind her locked door. "It's Irene, I heard you yell. Is everything okay" she asks.
"Uh yeah nothing just a dream" she calls back then lies down.
"Alright" Destiny nods from outside and begins to walk away, her cane leading the way. She heard someone else in the hall. "Hello Emma" she frowned.
"Greetings Ms. Destiny. She was dreaming about them again. She's been like this since we got her and that was over a week ago. I still think she needs a little more reinforcement" Emma frowned.
"No, you've already done enough. Anymore will damage her mind. Just give her some time to sort things out" Destiny scolded.
"Well still she might be suspicious. So I think I better do a little more poking around" Emma said passing Destiny.
"You will do no such thing," a voice that belonged to Mystique said appearing up the stairs. She walked right over to Emma and stared her coldly in the eyes. "Do I make myself clear" she asked Emma.
Emma was about to give her a piece of her mind when Toad came hopping in, obviously excited about something. "Hey boss lady, look at this," he said holding a magazine. He thrust it up to her.
"Look Toad I have no time for your..." She began then read the headline, which stated SEE THE INCREDIBLE BLOB. She smiled and took it. "Excellent work Toad. Go have a treat" she said patting him on the head.
"Really me" Toad asked.
Emma looked flabbergast. "Him, excellent, what I don't understand" Emma frowned.
"Well good I like it when you're in the dark" Mystique smirked. "Now if you excuse me" she said.
"Where are you going" Emma asked.
"Why to Texas to see the incredible Blob" Mystique responded and walked out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Across town at the Xavier Institute, Charles Xavier is using his way of finding new talent. He has just exited Cerebro. "Everyone please meet me in the Planning Room" Xavier said then wheeled himself there. Scott was there first prompt as always, Jean followed, and then Bobby led Kitty and Kurt in. Storm came in next and finally Logan wandered in.
"What's going on Professor" Scott asked.
"I have just gotten out of Cerebro, and I want Jean and Logan to go to Texas and see this new mutant whose in a monster truck show" he explained. "I want you two to go immediately." He said.
"You heard him Red, let's go" Logan said and he and Jean got up and left.
"You didn't bring the rest of us here for nothing did you sir" Scott asked.
"Yes actually there was another thing. Recently I've detected strange and erratic psychic readings from roughly 200 miles northwest of here," he said. "It might be a mutant, though I'm not sure. I want to send a few of you to investigate," he explained.
"Right sir" Scott said getting up.
"No Scott, actually I was thinking of having Bobby run this mission" he said.
"Bobby" Scott exclaimed.
"Me" Bobby spat confused. "But why" he asked.
"Bobby its time you learn some responsibility" Xavier explained. I want you to take Kitty and Kurt with you and hopefully find out what is happening there. I have faith that you will rise to the occasion," Xavier explained.
Bobby nodded. "Yes sir I won't let you down," he said. "Come on guys."
"If two days pass and you find nothing come home. As I said it might be nothing more then an anomaly. If nothing else comes out of this, it's a nice area for a camping trip" he said.
Bobby nodded and he, Kitty and Kurt rushed off to get ready.
"Are you sure this is a good idea Charles" Ororo asked.
"Yeah Professor, I mean just the three of them on their own" Scott added.
Xavier nodded. "The boy is well trained and experienced but he needs to be able to support himself. He has always relied too much on the support of all you, especially Jean," he explained. "In the future we are going to need him, more and more to step up" he explained. "This test will benefit Kitty and Kurt as well. That is why neither of you are to interfere. And Jean is not to know. She is quite protective of the younger students, Bobby in particular."
Scott and Storm simply nodded. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About an hour later out in the Institute garage, Bobby, Kitty, and Kurt were just finished packing the X-Van with the supplies they were given.
"Like I can't believe we have to camp" Kitty frowned. "I mean can't we stay at a hotel or something" she whined.
"Yeah cause I'm sure they're will be a motel six smack in the middle of the Appalachian mountain forests" Bobby grinned.
"Besides mien freunds it will be a chance to get in touch with nature jah" Kurt smiled.
"And a chance to try out those two ATV's" Bobby grinned, indicating the ATV's that were on a trailer connected to the X-Van.
"Jah that too" Kurt nodded, getting into the drivers seat.
"Boys" Kitty rolled her eyes and hopped in the back as Bobby jumped into the front passengers seat and they pulled out, headed North. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Later that evening down in Texas, a Monster Truck show is going on. In the audience Jean and Logan can be seen sporting cowboy hats. In another part of the crowd Raven Darkholme watches and waits. A large monster truck runs over a bunch of cars then pulls out and two large monster trucks are brought in and were put opposite of each other's bumpers, which each had chains attached to them.
"And now for our feature attraction, the Incredible Blob' the announcer roared. The crowd erupted as a very large, and obese boy in tights came out. Jean, Logan and Raven all took immediate interest as the boy took hold of each chain, and put a foot on each bumper. He wrapped the chain around each arm and got into position. The two monster trucks roared as they started to go but neither went any where as Blob held both in place. Each driver pushed harder and Blob soon strained a bit but soon he pulled each in his direction and smashed the two trucks into each other. The crowd went wild and he stood triumphantly. That is till he slipped on some grease and fell over and on to the ground into the mud. The crowd roared with laughter. The Blob got up roared and stomped out.
Jean watched and sighed. "Poor guy" she thought as Logan motioned for her to get up and follow.
Raven watched and smiled. "I can use this" she smirked and got up and walked out of the arena and toward the backstage area. She found the boy sitting in his dressing room chewing on a steak. "They don't respect you," she said.
Blob looked up and frowned. "Well duh" he snapped and punched his door.
"I have an offer for you. One that promises that if you join our association we'll guarantee that no one will laugh at you again" she smiled.
Blob nodded. "I'm listening" he said and closed his door just as Jean and Logan appeared.
"Looks like someone has beaten us to the punch" Jean frowned. "So what are we going to do?" she asked.
Logan had been listening to the conversation and already had gotten a bad feel from this Blob guy. "We're going home" he said and pulled Jean off before she could protest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Meanwhile in upstate New York, Bobby, Kitty, and Kurt have set up camp for the night. "We'll set out tomorrow and see if we can find anything or anyone okay" Bobby said and the other two nodded. "Well time for bed" he shrugged and him and Kurt headed to the tent.
"Coming Katzchen?" Kurt asked.
Kitty shrugged. I'll be there in a bit I just got a little more to do" she said as she wrote in her diary.
"Okay Kit, but don't stay out to late" Bobby said and got into the tent. He made sure Kurt slept on the left side and Kurt was on the left, leaving Kitty in the middle when she came in.
Outside Kitty continued to write. But soon became tired and felt her eyes opening and closing before she fell asleep at the fireside. A little while later Kitty found herself awakened by a noise.
"Help me, help me" a girls voice called out from the woods. "Huh like whose there" Kitty called out.
"Help me I'm trapped" the voice said again. Kitty got up and looked around.
"Where are you, tell me where you are?" Kitty said running away from the campsite and into the woods. The voice continued to call to her and she continued to look. "Show me where" Kitty asked, then saw something out of the corner of her eye. She turned to see a Native American girl, but dressed in contemporary clothing standing in front of her. "Who are you" Kitty asked.
"My names Dani, please help me" the girl said then ran back into the woods.
"Wait" Kitty said and followed. She followed until she couldn't see where the girl went. "Like now where did she go" Kitty frowned. She heard some rustling in the brush and turned. "Dani" she asked but saw a hungry mountain lion. "Oh my god" Kitty screamed. "Help" she yelled.
Back at the site, Bobby and Kurt arose from their sleep. "Kitty" Bobby said and rushed out of his sleeping bag and out of the tent. "Come on Kurt Kitty's gone" Bobby gasped in a tone that displayed how worried he was.
"Vhat" Kurt exclaimed. They could both here Kitty's screams in the distance. "But vhere could she be" Kurt asked.
Bobby grabbed Kurt and created an ice pillar under them, which lifted them, both high into the sky. They looked around and heard Kitty's screams coming from just west of them. "Okay teleport us" Bobby told Kurt.
"But I don't know vhere I'm going" Kurt said.
"Just do it, all we need to do is get close" Bobby said frantically. He had to get to Kitty. Kurt nodded and the two disappeared into smoke.
Meanwhile Kitty was leaned back against a tree as the lion closed in on her. She wanted to phase but she found that looking into its eyes had paralyzed her with fear. "Oh like someone please find me," she sobbed. The lion reached to claw her when suddenly its claw became covered in ice. Another ice blast hit it's side and it ran off. Bobby and Kurt rushed over to Kitty, Kurt grabbed the other two and teleported them back to the campsite, and all three went into the tent.
"Are you okay" Kurt asked as Bobby held her. He realized what he was doing and was going to let go but found Kitty clinging to him.
"Yeah I, we were so worried" Bobby nodded.
"Yeah I was so scared but you guys saved me" she sighed.
Bobby nodded and the frowned. "But what in the world were you even doing out here by yourself" he said trying his best not to sound like Scott. "It's not safe" he explained.
"But I heard this voice calling for help, and I ran out to find her, and then I did. She said her name was Dani and then she ran off and disappeared" Kitty said and both Bobby and Kurt just looked at her. "Like you have to believe me," she said.
"Are you sure you didn't just imagine it" Kurt asked. "Maybe you fell asleep and dreamed it," he suggested and Bobby nodded.
Kitty turned away and frowned. "Look I know what I saw, it wasn't my imagination and how could it be a dream, I mean it's the reason I ended up in the woods" she snapped.
Bobby sighed. "Okay we'll go and look for her in the morning, and see if we can find her" he said.
"But tomorrow might be too late" Kitty pleaded.
"Well it's dark out and it's dangerous at night, we won't be doing this girl any good if we get ourselves lost or hurt" Bobby explained. Kitty looked at Bobby then at Kurt.
"He's right, ve von't do her any good by getting ourselves in trouble" Kurt nodded and Kitty finally nodded. "Then let's me getting some sleep then jah" he said and both Bobby and Kitty smiled and lied down. Soon they all fell asleep. A few hours later all three were tossing and turning.
In is sleep Kurt was having an awful nightmare. He found himself back in Germany, tied to a stake and it was being lit on fire. Angry crowds were cheering the death of the demon. Evil eyes all around him. He was so terrified.
Bobby also was not having a pleasant night sleep. He was dreaming he had iced up and then had started to melt. Soon he was nothing more then a melting head. He feared he was going to melt into nothingness.
Kitty was having her troubles as well. In her sleep she imagined she had become intangible and fallen into the ground and was phasing her way completely through the earth. She couldn't breath she was suffocating.
All three of them woke up with a jerk from their dreams. "Ahh" Kitty screamed. "No" Bobby yelled. "Help" Kurt yelled. They all turned and looked surprised at each other.
"Like that was too weird," Kitty said. "Well I just had the worst nightmare" she said.
"Yeah me too" Bobby said. They both looked at Kurt who simply nodded. They all sat in silence for a moment.
"Vell vhat do ve do about it then" Kurt said.
"I guess just try and get back to sleep" Bobby shrugged and Kurt and Kitty both nodded, though Kitty a little more reluctantly. They all lied down again. Kitty leaned up against Bobby who smiled and put a friendly arm around her. Kurt stayed where he was, and welcomed the extra room so his tail could lie out. Kitty awoke one more time to hear the girl's voice again calling her. She squeezed Bobby's hand and Kurt's leg, she was both worried and scared, but soon she fell back to sleep. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The next day back in Bayville. It was like any other day at Bayville High. Jean and Scott had gone to school, only to have Jean go off with Duncan and the rest of the popular crowd. Scott sighed. He usually had the others to keep an eye on but without even them around he found himself quite bored. He decided to go catch up with his friend Paul.
Meanwhile in the Principals office, the mutant known as Blob stood in front of Principal Darkholme's desk, where she sat. She handed him his schedule just as the bell was ringing. "Now go and stay out of trouble," she said brushing him away.
Blob nodded and wandered out to the hallways, which were pretty empty except for Jean and Duncan who were saying goodbye and heading off to different classes. Blob looked at his schedule and scratched his head. He was so confused and it made him frustrated. He saw Duncan walking and grabbed him by the collar. "Where am I suppose to be" he said thrusting the schedule into the jocks face.
"Possibly a freak show" Duncan smirked. "So maybe you want to let me go then" he said pushing Blob off.
"Don't call me a freak," Blob roared knocking Duncan down. He was so angry that he lifted a set of lockers and prepared to drop them on Duncan. Lucky for him Jean was watching and she rushed over.
Jean put a hand on Blob's shoulder. She recognized him from the night before. "Hey are you new, need some help with the schedule" she asked smiling. "I'm Jean Grey, what's your name," she said.
Blob turned to see a beautiful girl looking at him. In awe he dropped the lockers back where they belonged. Duncan decided it was best to leave and did so very fast.
"Uhh hi I'm Bl- I mean Fred" Blob said. "Yeah actually I could use a little help" he said.
Jean smiled. "Nice to meet you Fred" she said looking over his schedule. "Anyway you have history in room 114" she said and pointed him in the right direction. "See you around Fred" she smiled and walked off.
"Uhh yeah thanks" Fred said and watched with a dreamy look as she walked away before going to his class. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Meanwhile up north in the mountains and forest, Bobby, Kitty, and Kurt had gotten up and were preparing to search for the girl Kitty said she had seen. "Well okay the ATV's are all ready to go" Bobby said as he finished getting them ready. He hopped on one and Kurt on another, each of them strapped on their helmets.
"Like wait a minute why don't I get to drive one" Kitty frowned as she put on her helmet.
"Cause you don't even have your permit yet" Bobby told her. She frowned and just hopped on the back of Bobby's ATV.
"Fine" she said. "Now go," she told him and soon they were off. After a bit Bobby and Kurt began to race playfully. Kitty rolled her eyes at this as she held on to Bobby. She diverted her attention to the scenery looking for any sign of Dani. Suddenly she saw for a brief instance Dani staring at her from the edge of some tall trees. She then ran off. "Oh my god there she is again" Kitty yelled and grabbed Bobby. "Come on we have to go this way" she and phased through his body and grabbing the wheel. She turned it toward the direction that she saw Dani.
"Wait Kitty what are you doing" Bobby yelled as she phased them through a bunch of trees. Before she could respond they saw they were coming up on a ravine. "Watch out" He yelled and Kitty screamed. He took control of the ATV and swerved it on its side so it would stop. It skidded just short of the ledge but Kitty fell off and went flying. "Kitty" Bobby yelled.
"Help" she screamed but soon found herself rolling down the ravine and falling to the ground and was knocked out.
Kurt pulled up at the top of the ravine where Bobby was yelling down at the hill and searching frantically for Kitty. "Kitty can you hear me" he called out.
"Mien friend relax, vhat happened" Kurt asked worried.
"She drove us over here and then I was able to swerve before we went over, but she fell" he said. "Oh my god, this is all my fault, what if she's hurt or worse."
Kurt grabbed Bobby and shook. "Calm down, ve'll find her" he said. Bobby nodded. "Ve'll each go in one direction and search the ravine till we find her," he said and the two jumped on they're ATV's and drove off in separate directions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Back at Bayville High it was lunchtime. Jean sat chit chatting with her friend Taryn. Scott was sitting with his friend Paul eating lunch. Even the brotherhood boys were sitting in the corner chatting it up. The ground began to shake and everyone turned to see Fred enter.
"Yo isn't that our new guy, should we wave him over" Todd asked scratching his head.
"Yeah that's him alright" Lance nodded. "But I saw him talking with Grey before, and he hasn't even talked to us so forget him" he said. Todd nodded and Pyro, who was fixed on his lighter as usual, wasn't even paying attention in the first place
Fred grabbed a tray and went straight to the front of the lunch line. "Filler up" he told the lunch lady. She grabbed a plate but he shook his head. "Hey who said anything about a plate" he said. She nodded and simply covered the entire tray with food. Stacking more and more as he kept asking for it till the pan was empty. "Thank you" he said and waved as he looked for a place to sit. He found a nice round table that was empty and placed the heavy tray on it. He sat down and started to eat. But soon the chair gave way and collapsed from under him causing him to fall and pull the tabled down on it's side with him. Some of his food went flying as well and hit a bunch of people including Duncan. The rest fell on an embarrassed Fred.
Duncan turned around annoyed. "Okay who threw it" he snapped at the crowd of students. No one said a word.
Lance smirked at Toad and Pyro. "Time to have some fun, watch this. It was him" Lance said pointing at Fred.
Duncan nodded and threw some food right at Fred's face. An angry Fred couldn't see but threw some food in another direction, hitting some more people. Who threw back but missed and hit a few others. "Food fight" Toad yelled out as food began to fly everywhere.
"Let's go guys, our work here is done" Lance smirked as he walked out with Toad and Pyro.
Meanwhile Fred became quite angry as he heard people laughing. He couldn't see anything and assumed they were laughing at him. "Don't laugh at me," he said picking up a chair and swinging it around as he walked. Many of the students saw the big guy get angry and ran out of the cafeteria, but Jean stayed. She walked over to him but as she came close slipped on some food and fell to his feet. He was about to swing the chair at her when a stream of light hit it, coming from Scott. Jean screamed and Fred looked confused.
"Jean" he called out and rubbed the food out of his eyes as he began to calm down. "Sorry about that" he said and helped her up.
"Look it's okay" Jean began when Scott ran over and got between them.
"What's going on here" Scott demanded glaring at Fred, who was becoming angry. But Jean intervened.
"Look Scott I can handle this" she said. He tried to protest but she just gave him a stern look he sighed and walked off a bit annoyed. Jean turned to Fred and grabbed him. "Come here we need to talk" she said softly.
"Alright" Fred nodded happily, he liked her a lot.
"Look Fred you have the abilities, these gifts but you need to control them. Look I have gifts too" she explained and levitated a chair.
"Wow you could really do some damage with that stuff" he said amazed.
Jean shook her head. "No that's the point. You should use your powers to help people, but you need to get some training. Come to the institute" she said then took out a pen and paper, and wrote down the address giving it to him. He scratched his head.
"Training, well I'll think about it" he said.
Jean smiled. "Glad to here it, I've got to get going now" she said and began to walk off but Fred grabbed her.
"Look I don't know want to get a soda or something after school" he asked sleepily.
Jean sighed. She was worried he might like her that way, she didn't feel the same but still felt bad, and she actually was quite busy. "Look Fred, I can't today, I have some things to do" she said and got ready to leave but he continued to hold her.
He frowned. "This must be some excuse cause she don't like me," he thought. "Well I want her anyway" he frowned and picked her up. "Don't you lie to me. "And I'm going to show you that being with me is fun" he frowned and started to carry her away despite her protest. She used her powers to throw things at him but they didn't affect his body. A piece of wood hit her in the head, knocking her out. He smashed a large hole in the wall and walked out and away from the school. Several minutes later, Scott who had been waiting outside, came in wondering what had taken so long.
"Jean" he yelled and then ran after the trail of destruction. He called Logan on his cell as he ran. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Back in the wilderness Kitty was still knocked out but she was dreaming. It was that Dani girl. "What do you want?" she asked as the girl helped her up. "Help me" the girl said then pulled Kitty up and gestured for her to follow. Kitty did just that and walked after her. The girl led her through the woods and up the rocky hills and mountains until they reached a spot where there was a pile of dirt, wood and rocks "Like what is this place" she asked. The girl looked at her and waved her hands. An image showed her that same area and the girl walking over the pile of dirt and woods and falling through it down a mineshaft then the entrance being covered up by rocks.
"You were trapped" Kitty asked and the girl nodded.
"Help me" the girl said and led her down to the foot of the mountain to a covered up mine shaft entrance then vanished. "Where did you go" Kitty called out but soon saw a bright light. She awoke and saw the sun in the sky in her eyes her head was killing her.
Meanwhile Bobby was rushing to find Kitty when he caught sight of something in the woods. He jumped off his ATV and rushed to find Kitty bleeding. He hunched over and clutched her. She wasn't' breathing, she had no heartbeat. He was too late. He started to cry he had been too late. He looked up and saw Kurt, and the other X-Men looking at him.
"You killed her, it's your fault" they said. They chanted this and Bobby sat down and buried his head in his knees.
"No, it was an accident. I didn't mean to" he cried. Suddenly everything was silent. Bobby slowly lifted his head and looked around. He was alone; Kitty's body was nowhere in sight. "What's happening" he muttered and shook his head. He got up and rushed back on to his ATV. "I don't know what's going on but I have to find the others and get the hell out" he thought and sped off.
In another part of the woods Kurt is on his ATV, searching for Kitty when he finally sees her and Bobby standing around and waving him over. He nods and pulls over beside them. "Hey guys, vhat happened to Kitty" He began to ask when suddenly something came over him. He looked as his inducer failed and his fur grew. His small claws enlarged and sharpened, as did his feet. He could feel his fangs grow and his tail whip violently. He couldn't control himself and latched on to Kitty's neck biting her. His tail startled to strangle Bobby. He watched in horror as he continued to tear into both of them until he had torn them apart. He looked at his hands in horror, they're flesh and blood was covering them. "Mein god, I've killed them" Kurt sobbed and just ran over to his ATV, and saw his reflection in the mirror. He had turned into a hideous and evil demon, he had further mutated. Kurt sobbed and cried, covering his eyes then pulling them away. He looked at his hands they looked the same; they're no mangled bodies either. He took a look at his reflection, he was still his old self and the inducer was even still on. "This is very strange, like the vork of the devil" Kurt thought and rushed off on his ATV to find his friends.
As Kitty struggled to get up, she heard the sound of ATV's coming in both directions. Bobby and Kurt both pulled up and jumped off and rushed over to her helping her up. "Kitty are you okay," Bobby asked.
She nodded holding her head. "Yeah a little banged up but I think I'll be okay" she nodded.
"Fine then ve must go now" Kurt said. "This is an evil place, I had another horrible experience out in the voods, it was frightening" he explained.
Bobby nodded. "Yeah so did I" he said and grabbed Kitty but she phased out of his grip.
"No, we can't" she said. "I had like a vision or something, and she showed me where she is trapped" Kitty explained.
"Who" Bobby asked.
"Dani" Kitty explained.
"The girl you thought you saw the night before who needed help" Bobby asked scratching your head.
"Come now Katzchen, it could have been all in your head," he asked.
"No, like I'm sure. She took me through the woods and showed me this place, come on let me show you" she said. Kurt and Bobby both were quite reluctant. She looked at them. "Come on you have to believe me" she said.
Kurt looked at Bobby. "Vell your in charge" he said looking at him.
Bobby sighed. He agreed with Kurt, a lot of weird things had been going on and this place didn't seem safe, but Kitty seemed so sure and what if she was telling the truth. He thought for a bit then realized. "Wait what if it's all connected" he said.
"What are you talking about Bobby" Kitty asked.
"I mean you seeing this girl all the time, Kurt and I seeing those weird things, and all the bad dreams we had last night" he said. "I mean it could all be connected with what the Professor first detected. This vision Kitty got could lead us to what's going on" he said.
"But how" Kurt asked.
Bobby shrugged. "I have no idea, but I guess we can try and find the girl" he said.
"Good then let's go" Kitty said and got up and ran in the direction she had gone in her dream.
"I hope this is a good idea," Kurt said as he and Bobby followed.
About mid way there, Bobby and Kurt started to notice things. The wind seemed to blow more and it looked like the weather was getting worse. They could hear howling coming from the woods and the trees seemed alive. Kitty didn't seem to notice, she was almost in trance. She heard Dani calling to her.
"I think this place might be cursed" Kurt whispered.
"Yeah I'm starting to think your right, and I'm beginning to worry about Kitty" he said. Suddenly a pack of mountain lions appeared in their path. Kurt and Bobby froze, but Kitty kept walking. Bobby shot a stream of ice but it seemed to go through them. "Wait a minute" Bobby thought as the pack disappeared and they continued up the mountain. He turned to Kurt. "I think we're just seeing all-" he began but saw Kurt was staring at something.
In Kurt's view he saw the demon he had thought he had transformed into earlier appear before him and beckon to him. "No I don't want to be like you" Kurt moaned.
"Kurt what are you talking-" Bobby began but felt himself sink into the ground as a puddle formed. He was melting. "Oh my god not again" he yelled then realized something. "Wait a minute it's all fake, it has to be" he said and closed his eyes. "I'm not seeing this, I'm not seeing this" he said then everything seemed to stop. He looked around and everything was normal. He still saw Kurt in fear.
"Please stop" Kurt cried at the demon that wasn't even there.
Bobby grabbed Kurt by the shoulder. "It's fake close your eyes, and say it's not real" he said.
Kurt felt Bobby but still saw the Demon. He closed his eyes. "It's not real" he said and opened them and the demon was gone. "It was all fake" he said.
Bobby nodded. "Everything was. I figured it out after I tried to shoot those mountain lions" he said.
"You mean those ones" Kurt asked pointing to some mountain lions who were closing in on Kitty, who had kept walking not even noticing it.
"Yeah watch this" Bobby said and fired a stream of ice at them. He hit one smack in the head. "Oh they are real" he laughed nervously as they ran off. "Maybe we should keep an eye on her."
"Jah that would be good" Kurt nodded and the two ran up and watched Kitty as she continued up the way. "How much further" he asked.
"It won't be much longer, I'm coming Dani" Kitty said.
"Okay..." Bobby said. "I think she's lost it," he said as they climbed up a rocky and tall hill. At a flat surface she stopped and walked over to a mesh of dirt, grass and wood that was covering an old mine shaft entrance. "So Kitty is this it," he asked.
Kitty ignored him and nodded to herself. "I'm here Dani, and I know what I have to do" she said then jumped down into and through the covered entrance.
"Kitty" Bobby and Kurt yelled.
"We have to get her out" Bobby said and started to pull the rocks out of the way. But there were a lot. Kurt walked over and started to help him.
Kitty phased through at least a mile of fallen rocks and hard earth when she entered a deep part of the mind, where the girl, Dani, lay unconscious. A strange and bright light surrounded her. Kitty looked up and saw what used to be a hole to the surface covered with rocks. "I found you" Kitty said and picked up the girl and started to phase her back through.
Back outside Bobby cried as he continued to frantically dig through the debris. "Oh my god I shouldn't of let her go, this is my fault. I should have said we had to leave," he cried.
Kurt put a hand on his shoulder and tried to console him. "Mien friend you were just trying to help another person. You trusted Kitty and there is nothing wrong with that" Kurt said.
Bobby shook his head. "No it still was my decision to stay, and now she's gone" he sobbed and continued to dig. When suddenly from out of the rubble came Kitty, carrying a young Indian girl surrounded by light in her hand. Bobby smiled. "She's alive" he exclaimed.
"I found her" Kitty said then passed out from all the strain of phasing through so much.
Bobby caught her and picked her up as Kurt picked up the other girl. "You made the right decision mein friend," Kurt said to him. "Now let's go home" he said and Bobby nodded as they walked off carrying the girls. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Meanwhile back in Bayville, Fred had taken Jean to an abandoned building outside of town near the dump. "We'll hide out here till the coast is clear, then we'll hit the road" he said as he tied her to a chair.
Jean awoke and frowned at him. Her head her so much it was affecting her telepathy. "What do you want with me, why can't you let me go?" she pleaded with him.
He shook his head. "Nope you're never leaving my sight again. We'll go to Vegas and get married," he said. "You'll learn to appreciate me," he said. "Now give me a kiss" he said and began to lean in.
"No" Jean screamed. "Someone help me," she yelled.
Fred frowned. "No-ones going to here you, not where we are" he said. "Now where were we?" he said preparing to kiss her. She spat at him.
"My friends will find me," she said defiantly. "And I will never love you" she frowned.
Fred growled and wiped the spit off. "Oh you will, even if I have to teach you to like a dog" he said and was about to raise his hand when he heard something. "What the" he frowned. "This will only take a minute" he said and stormed out.
Meanwhile outside Scott and Logan had tracked them. "This is the place, I can smell Jeanie and the Blob" Logan said as his claws popped out.
Scott nodded and put on his visor, which he had kept in his car. "Fine let's do this" he said and rushed ahead. "Jean we're coming" Scott called out when suddenly the massive Blob leaped in front of him.
"Oh no your not" Blob growled and smacked Scott hard in the face, causing him to fly several feet and fall to the ground. "Pathetic" Blob laughed and turned to see someone flying at him.
It was Logan with claws ready. "Let's do this bub" Logan roared and charged at him. Blob waved his arm and with a bit of scratch was able to send Logan down, but he got back up and got ready to fight. "Lucky hit rookie, but it won't happen again" he said.
"Wait" Scott yelled as he got up. "Go find Jean, I'll handle this" He said.
"What?" Logan frowned.
"You heard me. It's something I have to do" he said and Logan nodded with understanding then ran off to sniff out Jean. Scott fired a blast a minor blast toward Blob distracting him while Logan got out.
"You want me? Your funeral" Blob laughed and ran toward him. Scott continued to fire small blasts at him. "That tickles" he laughed, as he got closer to Scott, who then smiled.
When Blob was close enough, Scott smiled and turned the knob on his visor to the max opening and fired a colossal blast that sent Blob flying into the air at least a quarter of a mile. "Did that tickle" he smirked weakly as he fell to his knees.
Logan ran down and found Jean cutting her free and picking her up since she was pretty worn out. "Come on let's get you some where safe" he said and carried her out.
"Thanks Logan" Jean sighed before passing out from the strain.
"No problem darlin" Logan said and carried her out to where Scott was.
Meanwhile Fred landed flat on his face in a pile of garbage and struggled to get up.
"Hey need a hand," a voice said and he turned to see Avalanche, Toad, and Pyro smiling at him as he took Lance's hand. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jean awoke in the infirmary with an ice pack on her head. "Oh right hit my head" she sighed remembering the whole horrible encounter. She looked around and saw across the room an Indian girl lying awake talking with Kitty they were both smiling and holding hands. "Wonder who that is" she said.
"Hey" a voice said and Jean smiled to see Bobby walk over and take a seat. "How you feeling" he asked.
"Hi yourself stranger" Jean said. "I guess I'll be alright, though it was kind of crazy and everything, I was lucky Logan came and got me out" she said.
"Oh Logan" Bobby nodded. He had heard about what Scott had done, but decided if he wanted her to know he would have told her.
"Anyway enough at me. It seems that your camping trip was more then what I was told" she smirked. "I doubt it's a coincidence the Professor sent you out camping and you come back with a mutant" she said.
Bobby shrugged. "Well yeah it was kind of more like a mission, and they put me in charge" he said.
"Well that explains why I was kept in the dark, keep me from worrying or chasing after you" she shrugged. "Well looks like my little snowball is finally growing up," she said. "Now tell me all about this girl and what happened."
As Bobby started to explain, outside the infirmary Xavier, Scott, Kurt, Storm, and Logan were standing.
"So what's the deal with the new girl" Scott asked.
"Her name is Danielle Moonstar and she has the power to project images from people's minds and make them seem real, fears in particular," He explained.
"So that is vhy ve experienced all those weird sights" Kurt nodded.
"Yes it seems when she fell into that old mine shaft and was knocked out her subconscious started to activate her powers around the area, which were the psychic readings I picked up with Cerebro" he said.
"And what about her and Kitty, they're acting as if they're close friends and they just met" Scott asked.
"Yes indeed" Xavier said. "It seems Danielle's subconscious was really seeking out a way to free her from her trapped state and when Kitty was the only one awake in an otherwise empty area, the mind focused on Kitty to help her, thus creating a special bond, that seems to have a developed a very special friendship" he said as they all watched Kitty and Dani smile and talk.
Okay this part is done. Sorry it took so long but I was trying my best to combine two episodes together and to put my personal spin on it. Anyway as always READ and RESPOND ideas are always welcome.
