Wolverine didn't realize what was wrong at first. It felt like a normal day, and t

When he heard glass shatter, he rolled his eyes affectionately and wondered who was causing trouble again. That generally tends to be a the reaction when he's been living with a hoard of teenage, hormonal children.

Whistling slightly, he let the sound of heartbeats wash over him, each to their own beat.

Wait.

Wait.

Wait.

One was missing.

Well actually more were missing but they were either on scouting missions or taking "secret" joyrides with the cars in the garage (he hopes they take Scott's car).

He'd like to think they were just on their scouting missions. It's good for training, and the kids these days really need that.

He hummed. Maybe he'll get the professor to look into lasers as a security measure.

But one important heartbeat was missing. One that hasn't left the mansion in ages.

Bobby, Ororo, Charles, Scott, Jean...

He couldn't hear Kitty's heartbeat.

Logan started running into the mansion, screaming for the Professor and Jean in his mind.

Wait... she's still in the mansion.

How can he smell her, but not hear her heartbeat?

She can't be...

He followed his nose to Kitty, lying in glass and water, bleeding where the glass pierced her skin. He took in a sharp breath, and his eyes widened when he smelled another familiar scent, one he hadn't smelled in a while.

Rogue.


"Bobby?" He rolled his eyes and turned over. So Kitty ran and snitched on him.

"Go away Ororo. I'm not apologizing for what I said to her."

Ororo's voice grew steely.

"Bobby, I had hoped by now you would've realized that the world does not revolve around you. Stop it with this childish temper tantrum and let's go." At those last words, the door blew down.

Bobby stared at the shatter remains of what had been a great door.

"Oh, the Professor is not going to be happy with that. You're paying for the repairs. I'm definitely not taking the fall for that. The professor wouldn't believe me either way."

Storm rolled her eyes, moving briskly around his room.

"Come on, let's go, you're not planning to stay in bed all day, are you?"

She started to drag Bobby out of bed, extremely strong for someone he's never seen lift weights at all.

"Why?"

Grudgingly, he started to pull himself off the bed too.

"It's Kitty."

He paused, before turning around, annoyed.

"I told you. I'm not saying sorr-"

Storm snapped.

"She's been poisoned. By your girlfriend. Rogue. Marie. Whatever she's called now. So please, stop it with the pity party."

Bobby's heart dropped.

"She came? She was here? Is she here anymore? Where was she-" He faltered when the second half of what Ororo said registered into his brain.

Poisoned? By Rogue?

"I-I-Is Kitty Okay? Do you know what happened to her? How did it happened?" Storm shook her head, whirling around and walking out. Bobby hurried after her, nearly tripping in his haste.

"Let's go, She's in the medbay. We've managed to get her heart beating again, it's weak but it's there. Jean and the Professor are trying to neutralize the poison, but it's a a lethal one, not to mention fast-moving. The drink was loaded up with the poison, as much as possible with making it blatantly obvious it was poisoned. Rogue wasn't taking any chances." Storm suddenly sends him a dark glare. "I doubt Kitty would have noticed either way, Kitten was so distraught that she was willing to trust Rogue, didn't even recognize it was Rogue."

Bobby flushed slightly, but persisted.

"How did Rogue get in? When did you find Kitty? Was Marie still here?" Bobby tried to ignore the heavy feeling of guilt, resting upon his shoulders, sinking down to his gut.

"We still haven't figured out how she got in, Kitty's security programs never caught her. Elle's currently working on that." Storm seemed a little less angry.

"Bet she's not happy about that." Bobby didn't know the pink haired girl all that well, but he definitely knew she was close with Kitty. He's surprised she left her side.

He knew he wouldn't have been able to.

"Not really. I think she was happy to be able to occupy herself and not have to look at Kitty in the state she's in. Poor girl was besides herself when she came down and saw Kitty," Ororo said sympathetically, "Wolverine discovered Kitty and alerted us of it afterwards. Rogue wasn't there anymore, and he's currently out looking for her."

They turned the corner, and Bobby felt his heart pounding as they walked closer. What will they see? Bobby didn't think he was ready.

He took a deep breath, and slowly pushed open the door.

He nearly left.

She was so pale, inhumanly pale, paler then he would like her to be. She didn't even look like she was sleeping. She looked dead.

"How is it?" He whispered, not wanting to somehow disturb Kitty.

"Badly, we don't even know what this poison is yet. We've never come across anything like this before. The professor is trying to get information, Jean's just trying to slow down the poison until we can heal her," Scott answered, "Ororo, come with me so we can help Wolverine search for Rogue. Maybe she'll know what poison it is, or at least something that could help.

Scott turned and looked at Bobby.

"Hey, you can stay for a while, just don't bother or get in the way of Jean."

Then Ororo and Scott left, and Bobby was alone with Kitty.

Well as alone as he could get.

Jean was still playing doctor, and he's pretty sure the Professor was only in the lab looking for answers. But he'll take what he can get.

"Hey," he whispered softly as he approached her, "I, uh, I kind of wanted to say, you know, I'm sorry. I was really didn't mean what I said... or maybe I did a little, but it wasn't fair to take it out on you. A-And I was a little harsh and yeah. Um. Get better soon."

He leaned down and carefully kissed her forehead.

But this wasn't a fucking fairytale, and kissing Kitty wasn't going to do shit.