I'm really into this story, so I wrote two chapters in one day. I'm weird like that, OK? Anyway, enjoy!
The first sensation Magneto felt was cold. He opened his eyes and looked around. Mystique was on a bed next to him. She seemed pretty hurt.
He sat up and looked around. What had happened to him? Why was he in one of his own hospital beds?
The door opened and Toad walked in.
"Magneto!" Toad yelled. Startled, he fell back against the door he had just come through, "You're awake!"
"Yes, I'm awake. Why wouldn't I be?" Said Magneto, "What's wrong with Mystique?"
Toad blinked at his boss with confusion, "Don't...don't you remember what happened?"
"No. What happened?"
Toad gulped. He was not looking forward to this, "Do you remember the girl?" He asked.
"The...the girl? What girl?"
Toad swollowed again, "The mutant girl. Nocturne."
It was like a slap. The name brought back the memory of the kidnapping in an instant.
"Where is she?" Asked Magneto, standing up.
"She...she got away, Magneto."
"WHAT?"
"She attacked everyone and got away! I came back to find you, Mystique, Pyro, and Sabretooth laying on the ground. Pyro was the only one who was concious when I arrived."
"She got away?"
"Yes! She got away!"
Magneto looked back at the beds in the room. Pyro, Sabretooth, and Mystique were on top of them. Pyro was still moaning.
"She attacked all of them and ran?"
"Yes."
"She got away? How did she get away?"
"I don't know, boss. I wasn't here, remember?"
Despite his anger, he wanted to know how the rest of them were doing. They were the only ones he had the nerve to call friends.
"How are they?" He asked Toad.
With a small sigh of relief, Toad slipped past Magneto and walked toward Pyro's bed.
"Pyro's fine. He just refuses to leave. He says that he still feels some pain."
"And Mystique?"
"Mystique hasn't moved since I put her here. She hasn't even made a sound. I'm not sure how she's doing."
"Sabretooth?"
"His pride hurts more than anything else. When he woke up, he was feeling dizzy. I gave him a sleeping pill and he hasn't woken up since."
Magneto was begining to remember the details of the fight, "He took a hit to the head, right?"
"Yeah. He feels like an idiot for being beat by a girl."
Magneto could tell that Toad was trying not to laugh. Toad and Sabretooth had a little rivalry going on. They were always trying to show off to each other, a gesture that often lost them some fights.
"Where did she go?"
"I don't know."
Magneto began to pace, thinking, "Maybe we can hire some other mutants to get her. Someone who can gain her trust, then bring her to me."
Toad began to avoid looking at Magneto, "Actually, I already thought of that." He said.
Something in the tone of Toad's voice made Magneto nervous, "What did you do?" He asked.
Toad gulped, "Uh...I kinda already got some mutants to help us find her."
"I don't like this. Toad, who did you get."
Toad busied himself looking at a hole in his shoe, "Well..."
"Who, Toad?"
"The X-Men!"
"The...the what?"
"The X-Men, alright! I went to the professor and convinced him to get his little group of superheroes to find the girl."
"You hired the X-Men to find my mutant?"
"The Professor is the only one with the power to find mutants! He has Cerebro! He could do it!"
"And how do you know that they will deliver the girl to us?"
"I...I don't."
"Exactly! You don't! You also don't know that they're even able to capture her! How do we know that that little bitch didn't kill Charles' mutants?"
Toad cringed, "I don't! Professor Xavier told me that he believed they'd be able to convince her to come with them."
Magneto advanced on his employee with a look of pure hatred on his face, "He is not just going to hand over the girl without a fight, Toad! We are going to have to take her! We are going to have to kill them to take her! What have you done, Toad?"
It was Pyro's voice that broke the ensuing silence, "Why do you want her, anyway? Why would you want a mutant who can kill you?"
"Because she was promised to me, Pyro. I was promised a powerful mutant girl, and I intend to have her!"
Pyro stood up, "So what? She'd done nothing to prove that you can use her! You're taking your advice from a crazy woman who ran away from her life! That lady was crazy, Magneto, and she can't promise you anything that you need!"
Magneto walked up to him, "I want that girl, Pyro. I want her on my side."
He turned around and walked toward Toad, "Get Sabretooth up. I need to retrieve something that belongs to me."
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Storm walked up to the door and knocked. She hadn't seen Kurt all day and she wanted to make sure he was OK.
She hesitated before knocking quietly, "Kurt? Can I come in?"
There was no answer, but the door opened. Kurt looked at her and smiled.
"Come on in." He said, opening the door a little wider to let her in.
Storm smiled and walked inside.
"Rouge's been wanting to talk to you. She wants to make sure you're all right after T.J. ran out on you yesterday."
"I am all right. It happens alot." Said Kurt with a slight smile. He was, however, avoiding Storms gaze.
"Kurt, I want to know you're OK."
"I already told you that I am fine."
Storm looked at the ground as Kurt walked toward the window. She had been wanting to tell him...
"Kurt, I have to tell you something." She said.
Kurt turned to look at her, "Vhat is it?" He asked.
"When we found T.J...we found her in the same church where Jean and I found you. She was hiding in the rafters..." Her voice trailed off.
"That is a good place to hide." Said Kurt, "Vhy does this bother you?"
"She has a cross, Kurt." Said Storm. She decided that it would just be easier to tell him, "She has a cross that's identical to yours."
Kurt stole a look at the silver cross hanging from his belt before answering, "This is one of a kind. It vas given to me by my great grandfather. He had made it himself."
"Well then why does she have one exactly like it?"
"Surely it can't be exactly the same?"
"I'm pretty sure that it is, Kurt. Otherwise, it's one hell of a resemblance."
Kurt twitched when the word left Storm's mouth, but said nothing about it.
"Kurt, I need to get the both of you together." Said Storm.
Kurt sighed, "Vhy do you need to do that?"
"Please, Kurt?"
Kurt only sighed again before replying, "If you can get her to come, I vill be more than happy to oblige."
Storm smiled, "Thank you, Kurt."
Kurt smiled back, "No problem." He said it exactly like she had said it to him the night before.
Storm looked at the ground, then suddenly looked up and kissed Kurt on the cheek. She smiled sheepishly, almost like a little girl, when Kurt's eyes grew wide. She knew that if Kurt's skin color could change, he'd be blushing a bright red.
She walked to the door, "I'll come get you when I've convinced T.J., OK?"
Kurt nodded, then closed the door behind Storm as she walked out. He turned and leaned against the door, gently touching the spot where Storm's lips had touched his cheek. He smiled when the memory of the kiss came back to him. He loved her, and he knew it. But did she know it? He deeply wished that he could show his feelings toward her, but he felt embarassed to do so.
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On the other side of the door, Storm sighed, touching her lips. She still couldn't believe that she had kissed him, even if it had only been on the cheek. She knew she loved him, but she didn't know if he felt the same way about her.
She sighed again and walked away from the door, looking back only once as she walked away down the hall.
Awww! How cute! I love the idea of Kurt and Storm together. I kinda wanted to make it feel like a high school crush or something. Review and tell me how I did, please!
