A/N: Wow, thanks for all of the reviews, you guys are too kind. Next chapter is up! Now read and review!

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I will show you fear in a handful of dust. - T.S. Eliot

For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore -
Nameless here for evermore. - Edgar Allan Poe

After a long and tiring search, Rahne finally gave up looking for her lost kittens. She had searched the entire institute and had combed the grounds but had found neither hide nor hair of her new kittens. She had almost given up hope until she saw Logan.

"Um, Jamie," she said, "You know those kittens that that cat had, have you seen them."

Jamie looked at her for a moment. Not wanting to offend his friend, he chose the simplest way to phrase the kittens' fat. "They, um, had to leave. I'm sorry."

"Oh, okay," Rahne said.

"They're so cute," Jubilee exclaimed as she picked up one of the new kittens.

"Yeah," Kitty added, "I'm, like, so glad that she had more."

"By the way," Jubilee said, "Did you ever figure out what happened to the other ones?"

"I asked Jamie and he said that "they had to leave"."

"It's a shame," Kitty said, "They were, like, so cute and tiny."

Bobby kicked the ball hard, sending it flying trough the air and into the woods nearby.

"Out of bounds!" someone shouted.

"No it's not!"

"The woods are the boarder, Bobby," Kitty snapped back.

"Just get the ball, someone," Jubilee intervened.

"I'll get it," Rahne volunteered and, morphing into a wolf, ran towards the ball. She picked the ball up in her teeth and was about to turn around until she saw a figure in the woods. She studied the figure for a while, watching as it put something in a bucket and hold it there. It appeared to be Jamie. She sniffed the wind. Kittens.

After the game she immediately searched the institute, looking for the kittens. She found no signs of them. "Hi, Rahne, sorry about the kittens," she turned around to see Jamie.

"What happened to the kittens?" she asked suspiciously.

"Um…they, uh, had to leave."

The wind blew, making little waves across the swimming the pool. Over the past few days the cat that she, Jubilee, and Kitty had been feeding had mysteriously disappeared. They had looked everywhere but in the end had simply assumed that she had moved on to 'greener pastures', as Jubilee had phrases it. There would be no kittens for a while.

"Hey, Rahne!" Jamie said, coming towards her. "We're playing mutant ball, do you want to - "

He didn't get to finish because just then he fell into the pool. There was a loud splash as he hit the water. Rahne walked to where he fell and looked over the edge. For some reason he seemed to be having trouble getting to the top. She watched as he flared his arms and as the bubbles rose to the surface. Suddenly, there were no more bubbles.

"Hey, Rahne, wanna play - " Jubilee stood, shocked as she looked into the depths of the pool. She looked cautiously at Rahne. "Rahne…wha-what happened?"

"He, um, had to leave."

A/N: Please forgive me and do not flame me for what has happened to Jamie. I used him because he was the last person anyone would expect. So…yeah…read and review!