This is our first X-men Evolution story and it is a Kurty story. Enjoy!
"Text"-talk
Text-thought, reading, or vision
Decision
Kitty woke up to the sound of her mother calling her. She got up and headed downstairs to see her parents getting ready to head out. Her mom was fixing Kitty a quick breakfast while her father struggled to get his tie on. She giggled at his attempts and moved to help him.
"Thank you Kitty." he said. She smiled and sat down at the table. Her father called for her mother to hurry up. Kitty was amazed at how much her mother had cooked. She always did cook a little too much. Then her parents said goodbye and were out the door.
Kitty piled all the food onto three plates and carried them downstairs to the basement. Upon entering it, she couldn't help but feel a little impressed. Kurt had pulled out an actual mattress from the clustered stacks around him and set up a little bedroom complete with nightstand and an old TV. He was watching the news at the moment and turned to look at her as she approached him with the food.
"My mom overdid it again when she made breakfast this morning. Hope you're hungry." she said smiling. He took the plates from her and thanked her before wolfing it down. She giggled at his appetite. Then she saw his eyes flicker to the news again and he froze. She looked at the news which showed a reporter at the military base near the town.
"We're here live at the Theta military base set on the path leading into mutant held territory. We've been informed of a military presentation today. Look! There's General Hayward. The presentation is starting."
A man in an army dress uniform appeared at a stand. "Fellow countrymen and people of the world, we here in the United States military have successfully created a new unit in the forces deployed against the mutants. May I present the Sentinel trooper!"
At his command a full brigade (around three thousand) marched out for the assembled dignitaries and military personnel to observe. Kurt tensed as he saw so many of the red armored humans march out before stopping and turning to face the crowd. The general continued after they had stopped. Kitty noticed Kurt's reaction at the new troops and she moved to put a hand on his shoulder. Kurt felt it and welcomed it.
"These troops are completely robotic and have sensors built in that have them target mutants only. They have been given programs that have them take on their own personality while they perform their duties and act with human necessities in mind first and foremost. They will protect us from the mutant threat and ensure mankind's dominance on this world."
The people cheered and Kitty felt Kurt shiver as they did so. Just as she was about to comfort him, the general spoke up again. "Last night, these Sentinels were tested for the first time. They manned an anti aircraft battery and shot down a mutant helijet entering our airspace. The three man team they were carrying jumped out and landed near another group of Sentinels. One was killed immediately and another was so badly wounded he died later after his teammate tried to, unsuccessfully and futilely, get him to safety. We now have the last mutant intruder with us now and we plan on making a demonstration to the Brotherhood forces watching this feed."
Kitty felt Kurt tense up greatly and Kurt felt the same from Kitty as Sunset was dragged out to the general between two Sentinel soldiers. They deposited her in front of the general. Her uniform was torn up and she had several wounds upon her body. She glared up at the general.
"She was caught after she realized her attempts of fleeing were futile. To the mutants watching this broadcast, fear us. For your time has come. Nowhere will be safe for you monsters. The time has come for humans to reclaim their world. And it starts with the death of this demon."
The two Sentinels transformed their arms into swords and raised them high. Sunset looked with tears in her eyes at the Sentinels. The general saw this and told them to wait one moment. "If you have any last words, now is the time to say them."
Sunset looked into the camera. Tears were running down her face. "To all mutants watching this, don't fear. That's just what these men want. I don't regret anything in my life. Being a mutant, a soldier of the Brotherhood, and a friend. My friends, I'll miss you all and don't hate humans. They aren't all bad people; they've just been lied to by the military. Finally, to my…my best friend, take care of yourself and be sure to be yourself. That girl's cute by the way."
She hung her head low finally and waited for the blow to come. Kitty looked sideways at Kurt and saw his soldierly bearing at the TV. He had tears on his face, but kept watching. He's trying not to disrespect her. Kitty thought. She turned to do the same. The swords came down swiftly and her body went limp. Kitty felt Kurt flinch and began shaking at this. The news crew moved away from the scene and began to thank the viewers for tuning in.
Kurt broke down and began crying uncontrollably. Kitty surprised him by pulling him close to her and having his head rest against her shoulder. One of her hands cradled his head while the other wrapped itself around his back. "Kurt, I'm so sorry. She was the one who got you here and she let me help you. She trusted me to watch over you and I promise to you that I'll protect you. You're safe here."
Kurt seemed to melt in her arms and returned the embrace. They stayed like that for a while. Eventually, Kitty got up and went upstairs to change. While she was gone, Kurt began to think about the last few hours.
I'm getting along vith a human! Me! A fearless lieutenant of the Brotherhood! My sister told me not all humans vere bad and Sunset said the same thing as she died. I'm so confused and I don't know vhy! Kitty…she's an angel amongst these demons. Vait a second, did Sunset mean Kitty?! Vhat the…how…vhen…
He was interrupted as Kitty came back down fully dressed. She truly looked like an angel to Kurt. He couldn't help but smile at her. She noticed this and blushed. "What're you staring at?"
"Vould you be offended if I said you?"
"Hmmm. I'll have to think about that." she teased. She sat back down and began to talk with him about their lives.
Mutant HQ Forward Command Center
There was a mass of activity as the Brotherhood forces began to mobilize. Troop transports were loading as well as helijet squadrons. Several mutants were preparing to march on foot. A group of the lieutenants were meeting together before the forces planned on moving out.
"Those assholes! They executed her like it was nothing!" Evan (aka Spyke) yelled.
"Easy porcupine, save it for the enemy." Wolverine said.
"Yeah, we'll have to save our strength for the Sentinels." Laura (a young female clone of Wolverine) said.
The group of lieutenants looked out at the other lieutenants readying their cells. Cannonbolt's infantry cell was strapping spiked armor on their bodies. Iceman, Magma, Jubilee, and Beserker's cells readied their modified tanks. Boom Boom's explosives cell readied their gear. Quicksilver, Avalanche, and the Scarlet Witch made sure their cells knew their assignments. Storm was walking over to them with Beast. He had been teaching Wolfsbane and her lycanthrope cell some useful skills during combat. Multiple was hanging out with Sunspot and having his cell work with his.
Gambit and Colossus were training their cells. Pyro was working with his cell in training the new recruit Nightcrawler had brought in. Angel, Havok, and Danielle were staying behind with their cells to protect the mutant HQ. Forge and his cell were using their ability to make sure the vehicles were functioning at peak efficiency.
"The troops are anxious to get moving." Beast said.
"Do you really think this is a wise thing?" Jean asked.
"Jean, none of us really want to fight the humans anymore, but they created these machines to hunt us and kill us. We have to strike while they haven't begun to move yet." Cyclops (aka Scott) said. Then they heard the announcement from their lord. The strike force was moving out.
Kitty's House a few days later
Kitty was enjoying her days with Kurt more and more. She would talk about her simple life in Deerfield, her hobbies, and her friends. He was impressed when she said she had earned her black belt in martial arts. Kurt didn't speak much of his childhood, but did speak of his time with the Brotherhood, his friends, and his sister. He tried not to let his anger towards humans seep into the conversation, but occasionally she would catch it.
During the times they didn't talk about their interests, Kitty had asked Kurt to teach her his native tongue of German. She secretly loved his accent. She was a quick learner and made great progress with it.
"Sagen Sie jetzt, dass etwas Sie nur deutsche Wörter benutzen." (Now, say something using only German words.)
"Zustimmung. Danken Ihnen für alles Flaumiger Elf. Wir sollten hängt draußen irgendwann gehen. Sie wissen wie draußen." (Ok. Thank you for everything Fuzzy Elf. We should go hang out sometime. You know like outside.)
Kurt smiled at her and blushed violet. "Asking me out on a date Kätzchen?"
Kitty blushed not only at his nickname for her, but his question. She playfully tapped him on the chest. "Maybe. If I was, how would you like that?"
Kurt smiled and jumped up to activate his holo watch. He called it his inducer and it hid his mutant side from others. She preferred him in his fuzzy real self, but she understood if he had to go out it had to be in hiding. "I'd say let's get going!"
Kitty smiled and asked him to wait while she went upstairs to change. It was around nine in the morning so it wasn't very late. She chose a red tee and some form fitting black pants. She wore her hair in it's' signature ponytail and had on a pair of white tennis shoes. She came back down to find Kurt wearing a pair of baggy green pants, a red long sleeve shirt with a tan button up shirt left open, and tan sneakers. Kitty couldn't help but blush at how hot he looked to her. They left the house and headed for the mall.
Kurt almost regretted coming out, because Kitty had him carrying her purchases. Then he thought it worth it when she dragged him to a clothing store and began to try on outfits for him to judge. He had to struggle not to go mad at how she kept looking in each outfit. He kept thinking of one word to describe her. Angel.
Eventually they left the store and since it was around noon they stopped at the food court. When they sat down with their meals (Kurt's nearly three times her size), Kitty heard a voice call out to her.
"Hey Kitty!" They turned to see a trio of girls walking up with two guys trailing the group. Both guys had black hair while there was one brunette girl and two blondes. One of the blondes draped an arm over Kitty and smiled. "Who's the hottie with you?"
Kitty blushed and introduced Kurt to them. Kurt, in turn, was introduced to Mark, Sam, Christie (the blond that had asked the question), Alexis (the brunette), and Heather (the other blond). The guys sat on either side of Kurt while the girls grouped on Kitty.
"So, what're you two doing here?" Sam asked. He had the look in his eye that said he knew.
Kurt looked over to Kitty and she nodded. "Ve're on a date actually." Kurt blushed at his admission.
"Oh Kitty, how'd you land such a hottie? Not to mention one with a cute accent." Alexis asked.
"He sort of just showed up one day."
"Ja bin, ich beinahe tot an ihrer Türschwelle erschienen, als wir zuerst uns getroffen haben, und ich habe gedacht, dass sie ein Engel war." (Yeah, I showed up nearly dead at her doorstep when we first met and I thought she was an angel.) Kurt said.
"Aww, Kurt, der so süß ist! Aber erinnern Sie sich an, sprechen meine Freunde Deutsch nicht." (Aww, Kurt that's so sweet! But remember, my friends don't speak German.) Kitty said.
"Kitty? You speak German?" Mark asked.
"Yeah, Kurt's been teaching me."
They decided to go with the five teens to the outskirts of town to play at the park there. Christie had a jeep that fit all of them. They were listening to the radio and were almost to the park. They just had to get up the hill. As soon as they did, Kurt and Sam bolted out of the cramped jeep and leapt into the air. The girls laughed as Mark tackled Sam to the ground and both teamed up on Kurt. They rolled into a bush and didn't come out. The girls giggled before running after them.
"Hey guys, wait up…"
The girls stumbled upon the guys frozen in place as they looked out over the hilltop to the valley stretching outside the city. The girls gasped and drew their hands to their mouths. Before them, on the floor of the valley, a battle was occurring.
The U.S. army and the Sentinel brigade charged forward to meet the forces from the Brotherhood. While the Sentinels went in close, the U.S. troops stayed back. The brotherhood troops moved in close. Some strange looking tanks fired beams of fire, lightning, or ice at the human forces. Some mutant infantry units either shot guns or used powers from long ranges while they even saw some mutant troops shoot forward and using sharp objects on their armor tear through the human soldiers and even some Sentinels.
"Oh my god!" Mark yelled.
"I knew the mutants wouldn't like the televised execution. That's just asking them to attack!" Christie said.
Kurt looked at them. "Are you guys mutant sympathizers?"
Kitty's friends looked at him with wide eyed shock before gazing down. They nodded their heads and seemed to wait for his disapproval. "Sorry Kurt, Kitty, we just can't think of mutants as truly evil people. They're just trying to survive. If our government just sat down with them and negotiated a peace, things could be better."
Kitty hugged all of them, which brought confused looks from them. She turned to Kurt. "Kurt, zeigen sie Ihr wahres Selbst." (Kurt, show them your true self.)
Kurt hit his watch and his human image faded away. Kitty's friends were surprised then impressed at Kurt's true form. He was in his Brotherhood uniform and sported his simple pistol and hunting knife. He had left his katana at Kitty's house. After Kitty's friends were done inspecting him, Mark asked the question everyone was thinking. "Are you going to fight with the Brotherhood?"
Kurt looked out over the valley as the Brotherhood forces reached the base and began attacking it. Then he saw the rear guard peel off and begin making its' way to the city. He saw tanks, transports, and small units of infantry charge for the city. About four hundred high powered mutants were about to attack the city. Kurt looked directly at Kitty and could see the fear and worry on her face. He saw the same on his new friends faces. My…my new… friends? Kurt looked down and clutched his chest and his head. I've made friends with humans. The one thing I said I vouldn't ever do. But since they are my friends, I…
Kurt looked back up at them. Kitty saw defiance and determination in his eyes. "Kitty, I never expected to befriend humans. But, ever since I showed up in your backyard, I can't imagine not being with you. You and your friends actually like mutants despite vhat ve've done to protect ourselves. Even with the Sentinel brigade, the Brotherhood vill overwhelm the army's defenses. They vill march into the city and suppress the humans here. I von't let you or your friends go through that. I'll get you out of here and away from this place."
Kitty hugged Kurt and said, "Danken Ihnen Flaumiger Elf." (Thank you Fuzzy Elf.)
"Let's go." Kurt said. They all ran for Christie's jeep. They reached it and piled in. Kurt directed them back to their neighborhood which happened to be where Kitty's house was. He told them to get some clothes and necessities and meet back at Kitty's house in thirty minutes. Everyone bolted for their homes and began gathering things. Kurt and Kitty grabbed a couple of things from their house as well as Kurt's other gear. Kitty was in the middle of throwing a few things in her back when she reached for her dresser to grab a few pairs of underwear when Kurt knocked on her door spooking her.
"You done yet, Kitty?"
"Almost." Kitty replied. She looked back to her dresser to see that her hand had gone straight through it. She got wide eyes and pulled her hand back. Hesitantly she tried it again and her hand didn't go through. I must be really tired and freaked out.
A moment later she threw a duffel bag into Christie's jeep. Mark, Sam, Christie, Heather, Kurt, and Kitty were just waiting on Alexis. Finally she came running with two duffel bags. She tossed one with the other duffel bags and held on tight to the other one. Kurt was curious why she brought two while everyone else brought one, but put it out of his mind. They saw smoke rising from the city as they approached it. Kurt put on a helmet that hid his face and looked more like a biker's helmet.
"Christie, go slow and stay behind me." Kurt commanded. He got out of the jeep and started walking slowly forward. The plan was to make it to the other side of the city and start heading for the western U.S. But first they had to make it through the city war zone. Already, panicked people were fleeing every which way. They had made through half of the city before they came across a mutant checkpoint. Luckily they hadn't been spotted yet so Kurt had them wait while he used his helmet to check out who was waiting at the checkpoint.
"How can you tell who they are and what powers they have?" Heather asked.
"The helmet lets me see their uniform id tags and explains vhat their powers are." Kurt answered. After a moment, he turned his faceplate to them. "I count six mutants. One pyro controller, three earth rumblers, two teleporters, and an invisible mutant."
"You can see invisible mutants as well?" Sam asked.
"Ja, the helmet lets me see in infrared scans as vell. Alright, guys I hate to do this, but I'm going to need you to let me chain you up for a moment."
They let Kurt tie their hands and got in the backseat while Mark, the bigger of the two guys, sat up front with Kurt. He drove towards the checkpoint hoping the mutants there wouldn't see how loose the bonds were. They were stopped by one of the rumblers.
"You there, teleporter! Your suit isn't broadcasting your id!"
"Sorry, my suits been damaged. Here's my id tag." Kurt said. He handed a square metal chip over to the rumbler as the other two rumblers walked up. The man snapped to attention and saluted Kurt.
"Sorry Sergeant Nightrunner, but we heard reports you were dead."
"I managed to slip away and found an abandoned church to heal in. Heard you guys finally decided to move in."
"Sorry, but it took time to gather the advanced force and plan the attack."
"The advanced force? You sent the elite mutants to fight?"
"Yessir, the lieutenants are here even leading their cells."
Kurt looked down one street to watch a fight between Sentinels and five pyros. The pyros were winning.
"Sir, who're these humans?"
Kurt turned to see the lead rumbler leaning in to check out his friends. "Spoils of war. Some mutant sympathizers or so they say. I thought it vould be nice to have some more slaves."
Kurt saw the man look directly at Kitty. He removed his helmet and approached her. "Some slaves huh? How about you let me have on of them? This girl looks nice…"
Kurt teleported in front of the rumbler. "Keep your hands off them. Especially her."
"Come on man, share the wealth." a second rumbler said while reaching for Kitty. As he grabbed Kitty, Kurt snapped. He pulled out his pistol and put a bullet through the man's helmet. He turned and fired off another round at the lead rumbler's chest. The man collapsed to the ground dead. The last rumbler pulled out his rifle and pointed it at Kurt.
"Sergeant! Stand down!"
"Private, don't try and stop me." Kurt replied menacingly. The two teleporters appeared on either side of Kurt and drew their katanas. "That goes for all of you."
"Sorry sir, but you're way out of line. You just killed two mutants to protect humans. That's not like a sergeant of the Brotherhood."
Kurt turned his head to look at the teens in the jeep. The girls had their faces buried while both guys nodded to Kurt. He turned back to the mutants and pointed his pistol off to an empty spot near them and fired. A second later, a Brotherhood soldier dropped from their hidden spot and fell down with a bullet hole in their side. Kurt drew his katana and slashed the rifle in the rumbler's hands before turning to confront the teleporters.
Mark jumped out of the jeep and wrapped his arms around the rumbler's neck and started squeezing. Kurt ducked the blade from one teleporter and brought his up into their chest. He pulled it out and turned to face the remaining teleporter. He heard a snap from behind him and snuck a peak to see that Mark had snapped the rumbler's neck. Only one left.
"Fraulein, you should just leave us be." Kurt said to the teleporter. From his helmet scans, she was shaking pretty badly.
"Nightrunner! Why're you doing this? Lieutenant Nightcrawler wouldn't do this!"
"Do I know you?" Kurt asked.
The teleporter removed her helmet. She had the same features all of Kurt's fellow teleporters, but her hair was long and had been tied into a bun. Kurt recognized her immediately. "Twilight?"
"So you remember me?"
Kurt signaled for Mark to untie the others and sheathed his sword. Twilight had a look of confusion on her face. Kurt removed his helmet and she gasped. "Lieutenant?"
"Sorry about this Twilight, but…" he started saying, but was cut off as Twilight tackled him in a bear hug. The teenagers looked confusingly at the two. "Hey guys, meet Twilight. She considers me her big brother since I vas the one to rescue her from some humans trying to catch her."
The teens said hello and waited for Kurt to decide what to do. "Kurt, what's the plan here?"
Twilight looked at Kurt with confusion. "Brother? What're you doing?"
"Twilight, I'm leaving the Brotherhood, at least for now. I can't let these kids fall into the hands of Magneto and the more extreme mutants. So I'm going to get them to safety."
Kurt patted her on the head and motioned for everyone to get moving now. Kurt watched as Twilight shrunk in the distance. Once they reached the other side of town and got to the city limits, Kurt had them stop.
"Kurt, like why are we stopped?" Kitty asked.
"Just vait a moment." he replied. They did as he said and were rewarded by a puff of smoke and the smell of brimstone. Twilight stood off to the side of the jeep. She clutched the straps from her backpack she wore. "So, you decided to come?"
Twilight nodded. Kurt motioned for her to hop in. Kitty saw the girl's worry on her face and put a hand on her shoulder. The girl smiled at her. "By the way, my real name is Sarah."
"I'm Kitty."
The group of six humans and two mutants drove off towards the west. Unknown to them, a mutant look out was on top of a building and looking at them through his helmet's long range scanner. He removed his helmet and smiled with his fangs clearly showing. "Well, well, lieutenant. Turned traitor have we? That'll break your sister's heart, not to mention make all your friends and Lord Magneto hate you." Then the man teleported away.
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