A/N: Sorry the chapters haven't been up as soon as possible like before. They're a bit short too. Well, I just want to explain. For some reason, I'm suddenly obsessed with Alan Cumming and have been renting all the videos he's made an appearance in. So, if you can just bear with me for a while… Thank-you.
-(XME)-
Chapter 13: Couldn't Really Think Of A Title
There was a slight throbbing in his head and a dull pain in his back; but they were going away, as his healing abilities regained their own strength. Opening his eyes, Logan found that he was staring up at the tiled ceiling in the infirmary. Squinting until his eyes got use to the light, Logan looked to the side. Sitting in a chair was Storm and a worried Kitty Pryde in the corner of the room. However, he knew she wasn't there because of him, but because of Kurt…
Remembering everything suddenly, Logan shot up in his bed, causing Ororo to look up from the newspaper that had been spread onto her lap, and now sat on the floor. Taking out his claws with a metallic sound, the man looked as if he was about to kill someone. "Logan, calm down." Storm said, placing a hand on the man's back and another one lowered down his hands, while Kitty looked surprised from her seat in the room.
Taking in a couple breaths, the man finally settled. Flexing his fingers, Logan looked down at his knuckles. There was no more blood. "It wore off…" Ororo gave the man a questioning look. "Jack, he had this certain kind of liquid that reduced my powers. He shot me with it and got Kurt as well." Something had just struck him. Looking around the room, Logan quickly realized something, "Where's Kurt?!"
Storm and Kitty were silent.
-(XME)-
There was a sudden pain across face, causing the boy to come back from his dreams. Waking up, Kurt looked to the driver's seat as his cuffed hand reached up for his cheek. Jack was glaring at him for a few seconds before his eyes went back to the road. "Ve are almost zere. Once ve are over zese mountains, your friends vill not be able to find us."
The blue mutant only gave the ringleader a disgusted look and turned away. His golden eyes looked out the window to the passing scenery. Mountains and lakes went past the clear glass. They stretched off into the distance, a railroad weaving its way, high in the air, through them. Putting a hand up to the glass, Kurt soon realized that it was cold. The morning sun hadn't yet warmed up the Earth.
Recognizing his reflection in the glass, Kurt noticed that his image inducer was off. It probably turned itself off when he was sleeping. 'Must have bumped it,' he thought, turning back to look out the front of the car. Allowing himself to think.
'I could cause a car vreck. Maybe give myself a chance to run avay, if I survived zat is. Ve'll have to stop sometime soon,' the blue demon looked over towards the gas gage and saw that it was getting close to empty. Letting out a sigh, he realized that they had to be close to the rendezvous point if the man wasn't stopping. Well, there wasn't much else he could do to escape except jump. Even then, it really wasn't worth it. He would either fall to his death or roll all the way down the mountain side. Either way, it was going to be painful and there wasn't much of a chance of him ever getting up after landing. Then again…
"Vhy are you doing zis?" Kurt said, trying to distract the man as his tail shifted from his left to his right. Jack only spared the beaten mutant a glance before he answered. "Because… you became mine, and I don't give up vhat's mine so easily. Besides," Jack looked back over to Kurt, was staring him straight in the eyes. This made the ringleader a bit uneasy at first. He wasn't sure if Kurt would try something, he doubted it, but he didn't want to take any chances. Looking away, "Urs tells me zat you two have some unsettled business."
At this, Kurt looked away, a bit ashamed as the memory came back to him. Staring at his three fingered hands, the boy asked, "Does he knov zat you vere ze one to give me ze gun?" "Nein," Jack answered. "And you von't tell him eizer."
"Vhy shouldn't I?"
"Because you vill be dead before ze words leave your mouz. Do not zink zat I vill not kill you over such a zing." The pale skinned man scoffed at this, thinking himself more superior than Kurt. Looking over to the teen, who now had raised his head once again, Jack suddenly felt that something was wrong. Narrowing his empty eyes at the blue mutant, who's back was now to the door, Jack tried to figure out what was going on.
Kurt cocked his head to the side, his face fit with an amused expression. A sly smile spread across the boy's face as he uttered, "Vell zen, it's vorth it." Jack's eyes grew wide, and his face showed nothing but shock. Kurt still smiled, even as his tail quickly unlocked the door and pulled on the handle. Jack didn't react in time to break, as Kurt's body fell out of the car.
-(XME)-
"That's all I saw, the bastard hit me before I saw what he did with Kurt." A now healed Wolverine finished telling what happened the night before, as the clock in the professor's office struck 6:00 A.M. Scott, Jean, Kitty, Rogue, Jubilee and Bobby all sat in the room, listening to the man's accounts. Sometimes Bobby and Jubilee would pitch in on the beginning parts. Storm and Beast stood off to the sides, listening intentlly as well. "My guess is that Jack took him."
Charles nodded, taking in everyone's story. "Yes, I think it was that way as well. Unfortunately, I cannot be certain. Even though it was dangerous, I felt that a mind sweep of the town was necessary. Unfortunately, I couldn't find them anywhere."
Jean spoke up, "Maybe Robin or one of the other performers know where he's gone. I mean they did work for him and Robin knew Kurt. There's a chance they're all in on this." The red head completed, causing some of the others to think. Xavier thought for a moment then concluded that Jean's theory was very possible. He told Scott, Jean, Kitty and Storm to go to the circus and see if they can get anything from the performers or hired hands.
There wasn't a moment wasted as the four mutants moved quickly out of the office and headed down to the hanger, intent on taking the jet. "I hope they find sometim," Rogue stated, watching the small group leave. "I don't want nottin to happen to Kurt." The girl was beginning to really worry for her brother. It had been nearly eight hours since he was abducted.
"We all want the elf to come home safely," Logan said, putting an arm around the southern bell and wishing he could have gone with the others. Bobby and Jubilee simply looked at each other. They felt a bit useless, causing more trouble last night that help. They had been taken down so easily, this simple fact embarrassed them and made them feel a bit guilty.
"Wish there was something we could do," Bobby whispered to Jubilee. Who gave a soft, "Yeah."
-(XME)-
The Jet landed in front of the tree line, causing the grass around it to go wild as the engines stayed on. Lowering the ramp, Kitty was the first to appear from the ramp, her heart sinking at the sight before her. "Kitty?" Jean asked as she saw the girl just standing there on the ramp, her face one of shock. Walking up to the brunette, Jean saw what had caused the girl to look so down.
"What is it?" Scott asked, moving from his seat to stand beside the two girls. "Oh," he said. All three teens looked out at the field where the circus had been. It was now just an empty plain of grass, a piece of trash thrown here or there. No more tent, no more trucks, no more animals. Thus confirming Jean's theory. They had all been here to just get Kurt.
Feeling the tears coming to her eyes as some hope was ebbed away from her heart, Kitty turned back into the jet and moved quickly to her seat. Jean and Scott gave the field one more look before moving back to their spots as well. Storm looked back at them, seeing Kitty with her hands over her eyes as she tried to hide her tears. Scott quickly explained that the circus had moved out. Nodding in understanding, Storm lifted the jet off the ground and began to head back towards the manor.
-(XME)-
They had just left the circus grounds when there was a sudden beep on the radar. Scott moved to the cockpit as Storm tried to figure out what had suddenly appeared. "What is it?" the teen asked, sitting down in co-pilot seat. The older woman was silent for a moment, as she flipped different switches and then looked back down at the radar. Two more dots appeared behind the first one. Again, the machine blipped.
"I do believe we've found our circus," Ororo said as another two dots appeared.
-(XME)-
A/N: Ahhh! I'm so sorry this isn't longer. But I can't concentrate at the moment! Stupid Alan Cumming, and his stupid cute accent… Anyway, I'm gonna have to take a break for just a day or two. I'll write what I can in this time and post it once I've finally gotten my head clear. Why is it that whenever I like an actor or character on a show that I can't just like them. I always become obsessed and have to learn everything I can about them.