Kurt awoke to the sound of birds almost being drowned out by the usual noise created by the other students in the morning, mainly the New Mutants on their way to a Danger Room session with Wolverine.

'If anyone can put survival instincts into them, it's Logan' Kurt thought as he rose out of his bed.

He walked to his usual perch on the balcony, taking in the view of the sun just above the horizon. No matter what time of day, this view always made him feel calm. With a bamf, he was gone, but soon re-appeared with a cup of coffee. It had become a morning necessity recently.

"Now I can see why people call it a drug" he said to himself as he took a big gulp of it.

Kurt let his mind wander, going back to the events of last night.

It had been a good ten or fifteen minutes that Kitty had been crying on his shoulder. Lance must have said something much worse than what Kitty had told him, otherwise she wouldn't have been in such a state. All he could do for now though was to just be a cushion.

"You know Keety, it is quite late. You stay here any longer and people vill get ideas. Then before ve know it, you'll be in a chastity belt and my nether regions will be on Logan's bookcase" he said with a grin he thought was bigger than the state line.

"You're right Fuzzy. I suppose we'll have to continue this conversation tomorrow" she replied, regaining some of her chirpy nature.

With that said, she simply went back inside the room and phased through the wall, heading back to her room. Kurt turned his attention back to the moon, gripped by its light. He looked forward to tomorrow at school, despite the usual anti-mutant treatment they got off many of the pupils and staff.

Finishing his coffee, Kurt once again disappeared, re-appearing in the kitchen, much to the dismay of some of the students at the table. It never ceased to amaze him how his sudden arrival bothered the younger ones so much. However, something caught his eye on the TV, something about another body being found, this time in Bayville.

"A body was found earlier this morning, police are not releasing too many details as they are unsure whether it is connected to the murders in Manhattan. However, they have confirmed that the body belonged to former Bayville High Football Star, Duncan Matthews. We'll have more…" the reporter said.

Kurt stood there, milk carton in hand, seemingly glued to the spot. Of all the people to be killed, it had to be a known anti-mutant protestor. He may not have liked the guy, but he didn't deserve this. He also was wondering how long it would be before they had even more picketers at the gates of the mansion.

"Somethin' botherin' ya Elf?" came a voice from across the room.

"Nein, Herr Logan, I'm fine" he responded, before settling down at the table.

He just stared at his food, picking at it, still in shock at the news.

In Queens, New York…

Peter had gotten ready for school and was about to set off out the door when his Aunt May called him into the lounge.

"Take a look at this dear, I bet that awful Spiderman had something to do with this" she said.

Peter looked at the same news bulletin that Kurt had seen, dumbstruck.

'I knew I shouldn't have given up looking for Carnage. He may not have had a role in this, but I have to check it out after school' Peter thought.

"Aunt May, is it OK if I go to the library after school? I need to get some more studying done" he asked.

"Of course, just don't be too late coming home" was her response.

Peter then left the house after saying goodbye, unknown to him that his Aunt had a look of concern on her face as he left.

Back in Bayville…

Carnage was abruptly woken by the sound of voices. He didn't like being interrupted when resting after a night out killing and fighting Spiderman, so whoever has woken him is going to pay dearly. Carnage launched himself onto the ceiling and crawled in the direction of where the voices were coming from. There he spotted two people talking about something, although he couldn't make out what it was. One was coated in armour, almost looking like bones, and the other had dark black hair.

'I suppose a little dessert couldn't hurt' he thought.

He immediately launched himself at the pair, going for the one coated in armour. With a strong kick, he was sent flying roughly 10 feet down the sewer tunnel. Carnage then turned his attention to the female. Reaching out with his tendrils, he grabbed her by the arm and was almost about to drain her when a flaming spike just flew inches from his face. Not wanting to risk being separated from a host, Carnage fled down-tunnel as a voice called after him.

"Yeah, and you'll get it much worse if you try that again!" it called.

Carnage ran, or what he called running, for a good five minutes until stopping to rest once more for a few hours. He could go out hunting in his new playground later.

Outside the front of Bayville High…

Kitty was standing at the front door, avoiding as many people as she could that tried to push her out of the way. She hadn't seen Kurt since the night before and hoped she could catch him before they had to go to class. That notion didn't look too good though as there were 5 minutes until class started. Kitty was just about to give up and head to class when something caught her attention beyond a few of the trees. There was Kurt sneaking around as always after a brief stop at some fast food joint. Kitty went over to him, although she wasn't sure how to begin the conversation.

"Er, hey Kurt" she said nervously, before continuing, "I'm sorry about last night Kurt. I was so caught up in my own problems I didn't consider that you might have wanted to be alone."

"It is nothing. I know it may not have been long since I broke up with Amanda, but that still doesn't mean I don't have time for you. Anyway, when do we go and teach Lance a lesson?" he said, going into humorous mode towards the end.

"Don't worry Elf, his time will come soon enough, which is apparently the same time as your time" was her response.

"Just what are you talking about?" a voice from behind them said.

They both jumped around to see Principal Kelly standing at the foot of the steps, arms crossed and tapping his foot. He looked at his watch and then looked back at the pair.

"Well? If you can give me one good reason not to slam you in detention after school, I may just let you go free" Kelly requested.

Kurt and Kitty just shuffled their feet, looking nervously as they tried to think of an excuse. A good 30 seconds passed of silence before Kelly continued speaking.

"I thought you wouldn't have an excuse. I want to see you in my office for detention by 3:30, any later and we'll have to think of a harsher punishment".

That said, Kurt and Kitty headed off to their class in a hurry as Kelly watched after them, seemingly pleased with the way he handled that. He happily walked back up the steps, eyes flashing a deep red.