This is the beginning of chapter 3. I'm sorry I haven't gotten these on but I thought no one liked it so I decided to wait. Since I always forget the disclaimer, I figure better late than never! I don't own Kurt Wagner or any of the other X-men... though if I had it my way… that fuzzy blue elf would be my slave…
Chapter 3- Death
Two Hours Later
'I can't believe I did zat to him… vhy couldn't I haff just kept my big mouth shut?' Spirit thought, lying on her bed in major thinking mode.
FLASHBACK
"Zank you for helping me get my zings, Kurt. You are so kind," she said, a regular backpack on her back.
He smiled while blushing softly. "No problem. I'm alvays villing to help out a friend."
Looking at him, she frowned then stated, "Stay avay from a girl named Death. Vhatever you do, don't make her mad."
"Eh?" he asked confused.
Her eyes went wide and she muttered an apology as she fled to her room, slamming the door in his face.
FLASHBACK OVER
'Vell… at least I didn't tell him how to activate Death. I hope he never finds out,' Spirit thought, sighing.
Suddenly, there was a knock on her door. "Sugah? Ya in there? It's time ta eat!"
She sighed again, knowing that it was Rogue at the door. For the past hour, she'd been wondering what would happen if Kurt had been the one to call her to supper. Jumping off the bed, she opened the door and turned off the light as Rogue led the way to the dining room.
"Hey, Spirit? Wud'ya do ta Kurt? Ah mean, he ain't all hyped up like he usually is and he said ya hated him."
"Vhat? No, I don't hate him, I could never--! I… I just let somezing slip zat I shouldn't haff and I freaked. So I ran into my room and slammed ze door in his face. …do you zink he vill forgive me if I apologize?"
"Of course, sugah! Kurt ain't th' type ta hold a grudge plus he likes ya 'cuz ya didn't freak out 'cuz a his appearance! Just relax!" Rogue burst out laughing, slapping Spirit on the back for her 'stupidity.'
Spirit suddenly stopped. She couldn't move. She was losing control. 'Damnit!!' she thought as she went into the dark.
Rogue looked back to see the color draining from her hair and filling up her normally pale eyes. "Hey… ya okay?"
Death looked at the white-faced goth with her dark blue eyes. Her mouth curved up into an arrogant smirk as she replied darkly, "Ja, of course. Ve had better get to ze dining room if ve vant to eat…"
"Uh… right…" Rogue said as a shiver went down her spine. She felt that something was totally wrong. "Why's your hair silvah and eyes blue all of a sudden?"
"You'll see…" Death replied, walking away toward the smell of food.
Death did not eat a lot… and that worried everyone. Somehow, they were able to look past the silver hair thing, thinking it was a side affect from using her powers so much, but the evil on her face put everyone on edge. "So… are you sure you're not hungry? We have plenty, Spirit," Scott asked.
The second she put her haunting eyes on him, he had to look away. "Vhat's ze matter? You seem… terrified. Vhy do you fear?" she asked in a tone that indicated that she was enjoying what she was doing to him. Her eyes sparkled with cruelty.
"Spirit… why are you acting like this?" Xavier asked.
"Not Spirit…"
"What? Who are--?" Rogue started to ask.
Kurt interrupted, "Death? Are you Death?"
She looked over at him and grinned, evil all over her face. "Ja. So… Spirit did tell you of me. She vas so vorried zat you vould meet me… zat you vould zink she vas like me. Relax… she cannot compare to me."
Logan, who was at her left, said through a mouthful of steak, "Just relax, kid." He slapped her on the back, hard as if saying 'You only think you're badass.'
Death froze, her hair turning back to it's azure state. She rubbed at her temple, a headache pounding against her skull. "V-vhat…?"
Spirit's eyes suddenly opened wide. "Who is hurt? Vhat did Death do?!"
"Spirit…?" Kurt asked gently.
She looked at him, a flash of fear spread throughout her face. Then blackness. The lights suddenly went off and a scramble of sound indicated that the light manipulator had fled the scene. "Vell… zat vent vell," He muttered as Jean went to turn the lights on.
The telepath then turned to the professor and said, "I didn't sense another life force in her, Professor."
"I know, Jean. She has a split personality which seems to only be activated by some sort of force being pressed onto her back. In the same way, it is deactivated," he replied, nodding.
Kitty, a relatively popular-looking girl, asked, "So she's, like, psycho?"
"No! She probably made zat personality vhen she vas younger and in lots of trouble! It vas probably ze only vay to protect herself…" Kurt declared, glaring at the girl.
That took them by surprise. Kurt had always seemed rather taken by Kitty. The way he flirted with her, they never once had seen the blue elf actually glare at her.
But that didn't stop Kitty. Instead, she turned on him. "Give us a break, Kurt. We all know you like Spirit, but she's got a few cards short of a full deck, if you know what I mean. And you can't say that she's not a lunatic after seeing that display of mental looseness."
"Shut up, Kitty! Ze only vone who is mentally loose is you if you cannot understand vhat ze real reason behind zat vas!"
"Kurt, calm down. What are you saying?" Xavier commanded.
He replied, "She varned me about an hour ago. Spirit isn't so open about her split personality but… I called her my friend and she let it slip about a girl named Death. Vhen she realized zat she said zat, she vent into her room and shut ze door right in my face. She knows about Death and doesn't vant anyone to get hurt…"
"…Kurt, go get Spirit. We need to understand more about why Death came out the first time as opposed to why she comes out from a slap on the back," Xavier ordered.
A puff of smoke indicated Kurt's exit.
