Sorry for taking so long. School's started again...
Thoughts
Telepathy
Chapter five: Fighting the Vodash
Kurt ran on all fours away from the Vodash. Suddenly, when he looked back, he ran into something. He looked up. What he saw made him rub his eyes and look again.
"Wolverine?"
"Hello, elf. No time to talk. Just take it easy."
It said "snit!" when Logan's claws came out and he rushed against the monster with a roar. Kurt couldn't believe his eyes when he saw Xavier, Rogue, Jean, Scott and Kitty standing before him.
"Vh... vha... vhat are you doing here?"
"Hm, let's see", Rogue said sarcastically. "Watching Lady and the Tramp? No. Jumping from branch to branch in a young oak? No. Rescuing you? Yep, that must be it! If you now excuse us, fuzzy, we must take care of that disgusting creature for you."
She, Scott and Jean set for the Vodash with determined faces. The voice in the speaker said: "Hm, it seems like Nightcrawler's gotten backup! That's not very good..."
Kitty fell on her knees beside the still confused Nightcrawler. She could barely believe that he really was there. She was with her fuzzy elf, and he was alive! Thank God thank God thank God, she thought. She ran her hand through his hair and enjoyed the sight of him.
"Keety?"
"Yes, Kurt?
"Are you really here, or am I hallucinating?"
"We're here, Kurt, don't worry. We'll take it from here. Are you, like, all right?" She seemed to search for wounds on his body. "Oh my God, what's that on
your forehead?"
"My forehead?" Kurt couldn't remember anything on his forehead. But wait... hadn't he gotten a cut there when he first came to Dimension 17? "Oh yes, zat... um, not very serious. I'll survive."
"Oh, let's hope so... On your shoulder then?"
"Don't touch it! It burns."
"Oh, you poor thing!"
"Take it easy, Kurt. We will take care of that for you", professor Xavier assured him.
"Really?"
"Of course."
It was strange how the three mutants could be so calm on the middle of all the tumult. Well, at least Kitty and the professor were calm. Kurt still had a lot of adrenaline in his body. Meanwhile, the four fighters had a (more or less) hard time.
"Scott! Blast it!"
"I can't, my visor's back in our dimension!
"So take of your glasses! I'll tell you where to look."
"Okay, Rogue." Scott took off his shades while keeping his eyes closed.
"Okay... right... right, no, left! That's perfect! Open your eyes... now!"
Scott opened his eyes, blasted the Vodash and cut off two of its tentacles. It roared in pain, and while it was distracted Wolverine cut off one more. Scott put his glasses back on. Jean got one of the remaining tentacles to hit the Vodash in its eyes.
"Jeez!" said the Vrogor in the speaker, "This really is bad! It seems like the Vodash's having problem!" The tone told that the voice barely believed what itself was saying.
All of a sudden, Jean heard the professor's voice in her head. Jean, I've got an idea! Listen. Take control over one of the tentacles, and make it 'tease' the Vodash right before its eyes. If we're lucky, it will bite itself. At least, it's worth a try.
Okay, professor. I'll give it a try.Jean got one of the tentacles with help of her telekinesis – there weren't many tentacles left now, just four or five – and did as the professor had told her to. It worked – the monster bit its own tentacle off.
"You know what?" Kitty said to Kurt and Xavier. "This is, like, too easy. There must be a drawback somewhere."
"I think you're right, Kitty", the professor answered thoughtfully. "This really is too simple."
"Actually", Kurt said, having calmed down a bit, "I don't zink zere is a drawback at all. Ze Vrogor told me zat none of ze other 'guests'", he snorted, "have ever made it before. Maybe, ve're just better fighters zan zey vere, and ve're better zan ze Vodash too. Vell, except for me." He looked a little melancholy. "I vould've been dead by now if you hadn't come. I'm vorthless."
"How can you say so? Of course you aren't worthless! And, like, none of us could have beaten that creature alone. It's teamwork that counts."
By now, the Vodash had lost all its tentacles and obviously it wasn't even aware of it, as it seemed to keep trying to throw the tentacles against the x-men. But, since all the tentacles were off, it wasn't doing too well. With one last optic beam from Scott the Vodash fell in a disgusting heap on the ground.
"I... I... I can't believe it!" the Vrogor said in the speaker. "They won! Nightcrawler and the others from Dimension 1 have fought the Vodash and..." he or she gulped, "won!"
The X-Men gathered around Kurt.
"You okay, elf?" Logan grunted.
"Yeah, just a few cuts", Kurt answered.
"We're sorry we didn't come sooner", Rogue excused herself.
"But we really came as fast as we could", Jean said. "Please, don't be angry with us!"
"But I ain't angry", Kurt told her. "I'm just happy you came at all."
"As much as I'd love to listen to this conversation", Xavier said, "we have better things to do."
"Of course!" the blue mutant shouted. "Get home as soon as possible!"
"Well, that too." professor Xavier smiled. "But we got to stop the Vrogor from kidnapping more creatures from other dimensions."
Kurt looked like Christmas had been cancelled. Would he have to stay any longer in this terrible dimension? Then he "heard" the professor in his head:
Yes Kurt, you have to stay for a bit longer. I know it's hard, but think of everybody else the Vrogor will hurt and kill because of their ridiculous imaginations. You were one of their victims yourself – do you want more people to go through that?
He blushed. No I don't. Excuse me professor.
The professor gave him a little smile and then said: "Okay X-Men, get ready for giving these people a lesson!"
God, do I feel embarrassed? THIS CHAPTER SUCKS! And it's very short, but that's a positive thing with it, I guess...(This friend of mine says that this chapter doesn't suck, but I know it does and you know that too, so could you please leave a review and tell her I'm right?)
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