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Kitty sometimes wonders, really wonders, why her? Why was she the one who got the visions, why was she the one who had to deal with watching the one she possibly loved (She says possibly now, because she couldn't tell if it's only dreams feeding and sparking up an old crush) gallivanting everywhere with his own girl, who was much more beautiful than Kitty could ever hope to be, could ever imagine to be, could ever dream to be, could ever be.

Girls like Kitty were defined as cute and adorable by boys. Girls like Marie were defined as hot.

Girls like Kitty didn't get the boy. Girls like Marie did.

Girls like Kitty don't get crushed on. Girls like Marie had a crowd of admirers.

Girls like Kitty had to go after the boy. Girls like Marie had to fight off crowds with a metal bat.

Girls like Kitty were friendzoned and set to the side. Girls like Marie were salivated after, every step took was like a walk on the runway.

Why did Bobby go after her? Marie definitely had it better when it came to her assets and...

What was she thinking? She knows Bobby really wasn't that shallow, he didn't only date someone because of their looks. He dated them for their personality, the beauty and looks were just an added bonus.

Rogue was nice too, she admitted to herself reluctantly. Reclusive but nice.

He really was a nice person, and had such a kind soul. On her first day here, it had been him who approached her and made her feel welcome to the mansion. He had introduced her to his group of friends, and group she was still close friends with now.

Well, recently actually. She wasn't so sure about now.


"What's the news?" The ever so smooth voice of Mystique greeted her, skipping polite greetings as per usual. Rogue had been offended at first, but now she was used to it.

"Your device works. I've managed to successfully hack into the school's system and keep the news of your regathering away from the X Men so far. They haven't found out, yet."

"Is there any chance of one of the X Men there would notice?" Mystique asked, a slow smile curling up on her lips. Of course she already knows the answer, she just wants confirmation. Rogue shakes her head.

"Beast is currently busy at Washington for several meetings, he probably won't be back for another month or so. The other person who would notice is a bit preoccupied and doing a fine job of keeping everyone else's attention away too." Mystique threw her head back and laughed.

"Pathetic thing, is she not? Running away from her duties because of one thing or the other, crying over useless things, throwing temper tantrums of the century. They put that in the X Men? Charles is really losing his touch."

Rogue couldn't deny that she felt a small thrill, knowing that another person saw through the homewrecker's bullshit.

"Has Kitty done anything to be wary of?" The third and final voice cut in, and Rogue turned to see their leader walking towards them. "You mustn't underestimate her, even if she is a little dramatic."

Rogue thought carefully. "Other than smiling a little more and that one time where she ventured out to see Bobby, there really is nothing new going on." Magneto raised his eyebrows and Rogue hastily added,"Don't worry, I got this."


"Half-pint." Kitty turned from the computer sitting in front from her, fingers still typing even as she looks away.

"Yeah Logan?" She smiled, staring at her mentor, the one who she had been recently mending her relationship with. "I figured, with Hank not here and me...being otherwise occupied, the security systems haven't really paid attention to or updated in a while. I was right, they're definitely lagging." Logan nodded, sitting down next to the ghostlike mutant and making himself comfortable. The security has taken a backseat in their minds when Kitty had moved from shotgun to driving, and then crashing.

"Hey that's weird... even with the systems not being checked up upon, they still shouldn't be behind this much. There's something wrong." She frowned and leaned forward. "There's like... a block on the system and it's slowing the entire thing down." Logan was glad Kitty kept the big words down to something he could understand.

"What's it do? What's it blocking?" He asked curiously, bracing himself for everything from the security breaches to Cerebro itself being hacked.

"It's blocking... the news?" Wolverine frowned. The news? Why would anyone block the news?

"Go see if you can get rid of this block and try to retrieve what's been restricted." He growled out, shifting forward as well. Kitty's eyes furrowed in concentration as she broke through the multiple obstacles and Wolverine waited with impatience. Two things happened at once. Kitty fell back against her chair, whooping and fist-pumping the air as multiple websites started popping up, one after another.

Child Missing, Parents Worried

Another Mutant Pops Up

Mutant Cure Not Permanent

Wolverine sat back in horror as he read the multiple titles and subtitles that keep coming up. Missing kids? Mutants? The cure not permane- He jumped up. "Marie!" An even more worrying thought came to mind. "Magneto! We have to warn Chuck!" His eyes furrows when he sees Kitty still in her chair, fingers racing. "What are you doing? Let's go!"

"One second! I gotta see who restricted these in the worst place!" He growled, pacing anxiously as he glared.

Kitty's fingers were flying and then... no. It couldn't be possible. She stopped, staring at the computer in horror.

"I can't believe this." Logan looked at her in worry.

"What is it, darlin'?" He asked, carefully, afraid that something had triggered her to go back to that sadmopeycryingdistantupset Kitty.

She hesitated. "The one who did this... it was Rogue."