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29th March, 2005

Kurt's POV

I heard a shocked gasp from Kitty. I turned around to see her looking like she'd just seen a ghost. Her skin was pale, paler than it usually was.

"Katzchen?" I asked uncertainly. "Are you feeling alright?"

At my question, every pair of eyes turned upon Kitty. Jean summoned a chair using her telekinesis and Kitty sat down like her legs had abruptly turned to jelly.

"Kitty," Professor Xavier said softly, wheeling his chair over to Kitty. "There's something obviously troubling you. Would you like to talk about it?"

"Anna can't be a mutant," Kitty's voice shook as her voice quavered. "She can't be one!"

I turned to look at the picture. I stared intently at the girl whose face was displayed on the screen.

She doesn't look like a mutant, I was tempted to say. But then again, most of the mutants at the Institute were normal-looking humans. Unlike me…

"She looks familiar," Scott commented.

"Of course she does," Jean shot. "Anna's a student who recently skipped a year, remember? Professor Darkholme announced it about a month ago."

"Oh yeah," I remembered. "She recently got onto the track team, too."

"Has she given Pietro a run for his money yet?" Scott asked with a grin. Everyone smiled vaguely. They all knew, of course that Pietro used his superspeed to win competitions.

"Cyclops, Jean, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, get suited up," Professor Xavier ordered, slicing through our thoughts. "I want you to recruit this girl."

"But-" Kitty protested. "I can't-"

"Sure you can," Logan said lazily. "You're her friend, after all."

"Yes, I agree," Professor Xavier agreed. "You're the breakthrough and you'll get through to Anna easily."

"That's easy for you to say," Kitty muttered darkly. "You don't have to tell your friend that she's a mutant who has powers that could easily destroy the whole world."

Alarms sounded suddenly. Professor Xavier turned to his computer. "Bayville Park," he told us. "Hurry!"

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