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Kurt's Defiance and Kitty's Legend
Kitty waited for something to happen. Kurt still had his arms around her in protection, but he wasn't moving to attack or anything. The others still had their backs to one another or were in a defensive stance like Zach or Sarah. Heck, even Faolan was growling a little as he put himself in front of Alexis. Kitty mentally counted twelve teleporters not including the red furred one. The tension was driving her nuts.
"One last chance, Nightcrawler. Come now and nothing bad has to happen. Well, nothing too bad." the mystery teleporter said.
Kitty watched as Kurt moved in front of her and drew his katana. She heard him half growl as he said, "Sorry, but there's no vay I can go back now. Friends, I'm sorry, but if you truly have no other choice, then neither do I."
The red furred mutant sighed and turned around. "Sorry to hear that. Lieutenant, save the other mutants, kill all the humans except the Fallen, and Kurt…dead or alive, preferably alive." Then he teleported away.
Two teleporters jumped at Kurt and drew their blades. He swiftly moved forward and twirled his blade so fast, Kitty couldn't even see it. Then he was past them and they collapsed on the floor dead. Sarah teleported and wound up behind one of them and teleported away with him. A second later they heard a crash from outside and a yell. Zach jumped at the pile of weapons he had made yesterday and started tossing them to the rest of the group.
Faolan turned into his werewolf form and struck out at the nearest teleporter who jumped back and vanished. The teleporter reappeared behind Mark, but was rewarded with a swift kick from Heather as she caught a sword tossed to her by Zach. Christie jumped away and rolled over to knock the feet out from under one of the teleporters. The mutant collapsed and came straight down on top of her. They began rolling around and later Sarah teleported in and jumped into the struggle.
Alexis kept back as Faolan crouched in front of her to prevent anyone from getting at them. She caught a pistol from Zach and shakily pointed it at the nearest teleporters. Two of them were approaching and were attempting to reason with Faolan.
"Come now, wolf boy, we only mean to take you where you're accepted."
"I'm accepted here!" Faolan growled. He jumped at the teleporter and used his claws to tear at the mutant's throat. The other one drew their blade and was about to strike him when a gunshot sounded. Faolan looked back to see Alexis's pistol smoking from being fired. The teleporter dropped to the ground.
Sam had grabbed a rifle and was trading fire with three teleporters. Mark was helping him and so was Zach. Heather kept the teleporters from getting close to them. Kurt was teleport fighting with two of them at once. One moment they'd be slashing at each other, the next they'd vanish and reappear wrestling or blocking a blow. Kitty was a little stunned by all of this and didn't realize Vengefulnight had lunged at her until it was too late. He grabbed her and yelled at Kurt. "Stop Nightcrawler!"
Everyone froze and looked at them. Vengefulnight held a dagger up to Kitty's throat and had an arm wrapped around her. Kurt let out a growl. The remaining teleporters moved over to Vengefulnight. Six of them were dead and the rest sported some wounds. Three of them lost their helmets and the other two could barely stand up. Vengefulnight hadn't taken any wounds and had put his helmet back on.
"Nightcrawler, please listen! This doesn't have to happen! Come back to the Brotherhood and we can work this out!" Vengefulnight pleaded. Kitty was so terrified. She looked at Kurt with tear filled eyes. Kurt kept glaring at him.
Vengefulnight sighed. "Listen, I'll give you till tonight at midnight to answer. If you don't come to the mutant base and surrender yourself, then I take the Fallen to Magneto and our new friends."
"Vhat do you mean the Fallen?!" Kurt yelled.
"Cado angelus quisnam vadum terminus is bellum. It's suus! Nos iustus postulo expergefacio suus vox!" he replied. Kurt had a look of shock and surprise on his face. Then he glared at him.
"EGO mos retineo suus fio famulus of Magneto!" Kurt yelled. He jumped at them, but the next thing Kitty knew, they had teleported. Kurt watched as the other surviving teleporters vanished as well. He fell to his knees. "Kitty…"
He felt Sarah put a hand on his shoulder. "Kurt, don't worry. We'll get her back."
"Yeah Kurt. We'll all help." Christie said. With similar remarks from the others, Kurt stood up. He picked up one of the helmets from the mutants that left and turned towards them.
"Sarah and I know where the base is. We were scouting it out this morning with Zach. Zach, go out back and grab the gear I told you to bring. We've got to get ready to move before tonight, but first we'll need to get some things straight."
At the Mutant Camp
Nearly fifty miles away and several teleportations later, Kitty collapsed as a wave of fatigue washed over her. She could barely stay awake and saw the six teleporters around her fall down tired as well. Then more mutants ran over and helped them up. Vengefulnight stood up and grabbed Kitty under one arm. Feeling too weak to actually fight back, she let him carry her over to a large tent and set her down. She heard other voices and then he left.
Once he was gone, she was handed a glass of something. "Drink up, it'll help clear your head and make you feel better." a voice said. She drank the liquid. It was sweet and did the trick. She instantly felt better. Then she noticed who else was in the tent.
There were four girls inside. They all wore the Brotherhood outfit, but one had a white version just like the mystery teleporter. There was a long red haired one, a long brown haired girl with a light tan to her skin, a blond haired girl that had it cut short (she was the one wearing the white version), and…
"Rogue?" Kitty asked when she recognized the girl from the video.
"You know my name?" Rogue asked.
"Yeah, Sarah showed us the video you made about the teleporter's religious service and we saw you towards the end of it."
"So that's who took it." Rogue laughed. She pointed to the redhead, then the brunette, and finally the blond. "This is Jean, a telepath and psychic, Laura, a self healer with an adamantium skeleton that she can pop out metal claws, and Destiny, who has refused to tell us her powers."
"Hey, don't blame me. My leader tells all of us to not use our powers so that we can have a few surprises when the final operation comes around. Unlike you guys in the Brotherhood, we aren't known to the humans yet." Destiny countered.
Kitty looked at Destiny in confusion. She's not with the Brotherhood? "Where am I? What did you do?!"
"Easy. Everything's going to be alright." Jean said. Laura kept silent while Destiny stood up.
"She's right. I mean, who knew that those fuzzballs were right? A fallen angel? Come on, this is just too good." She crossed over to the tent's entrance flap. "Make sure she's ready for the event tonight." Then she left.
"Those elitists from the League sure are jerks aren't they?" Laura asked.
"The what?" Kitty asked.
"The Gifted League. They're another mutant army that probably has just as much if not more following than Magneto. They haven't gone to war with the humans yet and their base is hidden even from us. They occasionally assist us by sending out small five man teams. However, when they found out you were with Nightcrawler…"
"Kurt." The three mutants looked at Kitty. "His name is Kurt."
To Kitty's surprise all of them smiled at her. Rogue sat down next to Kitty. "So he trusts you enough to tell his real name huh? Then you must mean something to him."
"We're just friends." Kitty replied while looking away. She heard them giggle. When she looked up she noticed Laura had looked away. "Anyways, you still haven't answered my questions."
"To answer your first question, you're at the Mobile Mutant Base about fifty miles away from the city at the moment. As for the second, you're going to have to be a little more specific." Jean said.
"What did you do to the others and why am I the only one here?" Kitty asked.
"Their probably still at the house you guys were hiding at. As for you, to be honest I'm not 100 % on the whole thing either. Only the teleporters, Magneto, and the League mutants know the whole deal."
"Actually, I know a little." Laura admitted. They all looked at her with confusion. "Come on guys, my dad practically taught me how to infiltrate any type of building. I caught some bits of what's going on.'
"There's a legend that all teleporters seem to know. They don't know how they know or why, but they trust that its' a message God sent them. The older ones like Kurt, Vengefulnight, and Eclipse tell the younger teens and kids of this legend. Long ago, the very first mutants were mistaken for gods and demons. The leader of the gods was a mutant who could control light and use it as a shield for humanity and a sword against the demon mutants. The leader of the demons was a mutant who controlled the shadows and used it for war on humanity.'
"However, when the war seemed to never end, a demon fell in love with a human. They had to hide their love and secretly started a family. Bit by bit, more mutants from both sides as well as humans found out about this couple and started to secretly work with them to bring peace again. Eventually the two sides discovered this and formed an alliance to break apart the couple and the ones loyal to them. Later, it was revealed that the girl was actually a fallen angel sent from God to try and stop the war. She couldn't be touched by anyone she didn't allow to touch her and had the power of awakening other mutants who hadn't matured yet.'
"With a mutant from the side of light and one from the side of darkness, the two unified the mutants and humans together to fight the elitist of the demonic and angelic forces who thought they were superior to humans. In a battle that lasted nearly seven whole days, the couple's army defeated the two groups. Unfortunately, they had died from wounds received in the battle. Their children vowed to keep the peace even after humans forgot about mutants. The last mutants, who were so few now, spread out over the world and merged back into human society.'
"This legend says that when the war of mutants versus man becomes too great once more, another fallen angel will come to turn a shadowed mutant and he will gather a new army to end the conflict once and for all." Laura finished the story and waited for their reaction.
"So, what's that got to do with me?" Kitty asked.
"If you look at it with the demonic army being the Brotherhood, the angelic army being the Gifted League, and Kurt being the shadowed mutant, then that would make you…" Jean said.
"The fallen angel? But I don't have any powers! I'm not a mutant! It has to be a mutant right?" Kitty asked.
"That's probably why we've asked for the League's help. But out of curiosity, nothing's been different lately has it?" Rogue asked.
Kitty thought back to the time she thought her hand had gone through her dresser, but she still assumed she had been too panicked to think straight. "No, nothing."
The girls looked at each other and then to the tent entrance as a few more mutants came in. One was a brown haired guy with some type of eye wear, another was an African American guy with a unique blond cut, and the last was an African American woman with long white hair. She was introduced to them as Scott, Evan, and Ororo respectfully.
"So this is the girl who got the blue dude to leave?" Evan asked. He got a smack upside the head from Rogue. "What?"
"Don't talk like that Evan! She's a little spooked being here you know." Rogue said. "Where're the others?"
"Ray (Berserker) is playing catch with Bobby (Iceman), Rahne (Wolfsbane), Jubilee, Roberto (Sunspot) and Sam (Cannonbolt). Amara (Magma) and Tabitha (Boom Boom) are lounging around doing nothing. Jamie (Multiple) is running errands around camp for Hank (Beast), Logan (Wolverine), Warren (Angel), Forge, Alex (Havok), and Danielle." Ororo answered.
Kitty just sort of sat there. She had recognized a lot of those names as Kurt's friends. She also remembered they were all lieutenants of the Brotherhood. She grew instantly afraid. She wasn't sure when it dawned on her, but she knew she was probably going to be put through something she didn't want to do. She started crying a bit. This caused everyone in the tent to look at her. She felt a hand on her back and flinched before she realized it was Rogue.
"Easy, what's wrong?"
"What's wrong? WHAT'S WRONG?! I just got kidnapped from my friends and I'm stuck at the camp of a group of people who wants to use me for some strange prophecy!" she yelled. She drew her legs to her and wrapped her arms around them while burying her face into them. The others weren't really sure what to do.
"Kitty?" Rogue asked. Kitty looked up to her. "Could you answer me a question?"
"What?"
"Why'd my brother leave us?"
Kitty stopped crying for a moment and thought about it. "Well, I'm not really…wait, he said something the day you guys invaded my hometown. He said that he never expected to become friends with humans. He said he couldn't imagine not being with me now and that he wouldn't let me and my friends become slaves." She got really confused when she saw them smile at her. "What are you guys smiling about?"
"He kept his promise." Rogue said.
"Promise?"
"I made him promise me that if given the chance he would make friends with a human. I made him promise that right before he arrived in your town." Kitty was really confused. "Kitty listen, not all of the Brotherhood mutants want to fight the humans. We just sided with Magneto because he offered us sanctuary when humans hated us. But now, he's started talking about human genocide. A lot of mutants would leave, but we don't know where to go."
Kitty looked at all of them. "What if you all left at once and made a deal with the government to not fight them?"
"Well, that wouldn't be bad if we could get them to agree to talk with us, but we'd need a leader among us to do so. No more cells, lieutenants, or divided groups. One unified group is what we need." Jean said.
"Why not one of you guys? You're lieutenants right? That means you've got a few followers and loyal troops right?"
"Yes, but none of us want to lead. We've had a taste of power in control and not many of us can do it without going too far with it. Scott's good with small teams, but not large forces. I'd say either Logan, Hank, maybe even Kurt, but not any of us have the leadership quality."
"Logan's a lone wolf and Hank's too into science experiments. Why do you think Kurt would be good?" Laura asked.
"He's not too serious of a person most of the time, but when he needs to be he's smart, careful, and considerate of others around him. He's also very brave and fearless." Jean said. "Most mutants have some of these qualities, but not all."
Kitty thought about it. If Kurt was leader and acted the way they say he does, then many people wouldn't fear mutants. Her thought were interrupted as four mutants in the white uniform moved into the tent. They set up on either side of the entrance and in walked the mystery teleporter from before.
"Hello my friends! Glad to see you're getting to know the Fallen. Isn't she just amazing. An ordinary girl turning Nightcrawler against us, but we learn she's really the one that he's been waiting for. How wonderful!" He approached Kitty and leaned into her face. "Not to mention she's not a bad looker for a human."
Kitty was paralyzed as the red furred teleporter began to move closer until he was yanked back. Kitty saw it was Scott and Evan who did this and they tossed him back towards the white uniformed mutants. Two of them caught him as he stumbled back while the other two strode forward.
One removed his gloves and she saw something that resembled speakers in his palms. His helmet did two things as well. Where his ears would be, they became pointed and elf like and where his eyes were, that part of the helmet slid away to show his eyes. She saw they were red, but what really got her attention was that his pupils were shaped like musical notes. The other mutant dropped straight into the ground and popped back up covered in rock armor with a slit for where their eyes would be.
"How dare you lay a hand on him!" the musical note eyed mutant said. Kitty saw Laura, Evan, Ororo, Scott, and Jean get in defensive stances and Rogue stood directly in front of her.
"I don't care if he is the leader of your League, a guy can't get that close to a girl like that without permission. He's being a player and rude to her!" Rogue yelled at him. One of the mutants that caught the teleporter walked forward as well and Kitty realized it was a girl as she spoke.
"He is the one who shall take the Fallen as his own and save the mutant race." Her body seemed to emit electricity and fire as she walked forward. Kitty even saw her arms begin to ice over. "How dare you accuse him of…?"
"Enough." the teleporter said. "When Nightcrawler comes to rescue her, we can begin the ceremony. Right, DarkDawn?" He turned to the last mutant who merely nodded and seemed to stare at the backs of the three mutants. They calmed down and let their powers die down. "She'll be mine by the end of the day and her powers will finally awaken."
The League mutants left the tent and Kitty let out a breath she had been holding. The mutants turned to her and each had the look of protection that they had just shown. Rogue sat back down next to her.
"Kitty, no matter what happens, we won't let them take you." she said.
Kitty hugged Rogue and said, "Thank you. I can see why Kurt is proud to be your brother."
Later that night
Kitty walked forward with Rogue and Laura on either side of her as they approached a large gathering of mutants. Most wore the Brotherhood's black uniform, but lining a path through them into the center were mutants wearing the League's white uniform. They walked through and occasionally Kitty would see the various mutants she had met over the last few hours.
Upon reaching the center of the gathering, she once again saw the five mutants who had almost started a fight to get to her. The red furred teleporter, who she had learned was called DarkFang, stood in front with the unknown mutant DarkDawn on his right and the fire/lightning/ice mutant called DarkElement on his left. The last two were behind him. She saw the earth armor mutant (DarkTerra) and the musical note eyed mutant (DarkEcho) were fidgeting as if they were uneasy.
"The time has come for you to awaken, Fallen. You have been revealed as the one who shall save us from the accursed humans and their treacherous ways." DarkFang said. A cheer went up from the mutants, but Kitty noticed a lot of them didn't cheer at all. "Nightcrawler has refused to show himself, therefore I lay claim to…"
"Sir!" Everyone turned to see a group of seven League uniformed mutants walked forward with Kurt and Sarah in the center of their group. One mutant carried their weapons and kept back a certain distance. The leader of the group stopped just outside of the circle and pulled Kurt forward. "Nightcrawler has come with only Twilight. The others have fled their area of hiding apparently."
Dark Fang brushed past Kitty and went to stand in front of Kurt as the man pushed him forward. Laura leaned in to whisper to Kitty. "This isn't like Kurt. He wouldn't surrender like that. Plus I smell something from those League mutants." Kitty nodded slightly and watched Kurt and DarkFang's exchange of words.
"So, where are the others?"
"They aren't mine to command so I asked them to flee while they could. Sarah however wouldn't leave my side. You know how sisters can be."
"Indeed, but what do you intend to do here?"
"I hold up my end of the bargain and you let her go." Kurt said. His eyes flickered over to Kitty who mouthed 'Your friends are here and will help.' "Now let her go!"
DarkFang laughed at him. "You really think you're in any position to make demands?" He glared at Kurt. "She's mine you traitor and I have no intention of releasing her. Soldiers, deal with Mr. Nightcrawler and his companion." He turned to DarkDawn and nodded to her. She removed her helmet and Kitty saw silver hair and eyes greet her. She also removed her gloves and placed her hands on Kitty's shoulders.
"Look me in the eye, Fallen." she commanded. Kitty knew she shouldn't, but something in DarkDawn's eyes drew her in.
"Vhat're you doing?!" Kurt yelled as more League troops came to restrain him.
"DarkDawn is an awakener. Very rare to find one, but if you do you can create a new following. Awakeners have the ability to peer into the very gene pool of a human and if they can find even a fragment of a dormant X gene, then they can activate it."
Kitty was aware of what they were saying and continued to struggle to look away. Then she heard Kurt yell. "Rogue! Please help me!"
A second later, Kitty was able to look away as Rogue put her hands on DarkDawn and the mutant collapsed unconscious. DarkFang and the other mutants stared in disbelieve at what just happened, as did Kitty. DarkFang glared at Rogue and was walking towards her when Sarah teleported directly in front of her with her weapons in her hands. He looked back at the League troops who brought her in to see that they weren't League troops.
It was Kitty and Kurt's friends! They had thrown off their helmets and drawn pistols or katanas. Kitty even saw Alexis, the most unlikely person to ever use a weapon, holding two pistols out in front of her. Christie and Sam also had pistols. Zach was in the center of the group with more pistols and ammo covering his body. Mark and Heather each held a katana. Faolan was in his werewolf form and snarling at the mutants around him. And Kurt was holding his katana inches from DarkFang's face.
"What is the meaning of this?!" DarkElement yelled as electricity and fire began to dance around her.
"We're done following you and Magneto." Logan said stepping out from the crowd.
"Indeed. Its' time we ended this war, but not as humanity's conquerors." Hank said. All of the mutants Kitty had met did the same as well as several more. Soon, she could've sworn half of the mutants had stepped out and she noticed they all had an X marked on their shoulders.
"We agree with Nightcrawler!"
"Humans aren't our enemies!"
"We don't need you anymore!"
DarkFang growled. He teleported back to DarkDawn and picked her up. "Those of you still loyal to the Brotherhood, redeem your organization's good stand against the humans! Kill the traitors!"
Kitty had to duck as hell exploded around her. Mutants started to attack other mutants. She rolled away as Laura and Logan both jumped at DarkTerra and started to try and penetrate his earth armor. She felt herself being pulled and looked up to see Vengefulnight dragging her. She reacted on instincts from her training in martial arts and arched her back to swing her legs up and over to kick him in the head.
"You don't get to touch me you jerk!" she yelled at him.
He held his head in pain and seemed to lunge at her, but Kurt tackled him and rolled around on the ground until he had him pinned. "Viktor! Come to your senses! I vas just like you and I now know fighting the humans is vrong!"
"Don't call me Viktor!" Vengefulnight yelled. He struggled to move out of Kurt's grip, but he wasn't strong enough. "That's the name my human parents gave me!" He drew his head back and head butted Kurt. Kurt jumped off him and watched as he teleported away. Before he could react, a hand clamped down on his shoulder.
"Where do you think you're going?" DarkElement said before sending a jolt of electricity through him. His back shuddered and arched in pain at the jolt. Kitty saw a pistol lying near here and picked it up. She aimed the weapon at DarkElement and pulled the trigger. Nothing happened. She tried again before realizing the thing was empty. So she did the next best thing. She threw it.
It hit DarkElement in the back of the head. She let go of Kurt and clutched her head. Kurt quickly took advantage of this and swiftly kicked back and sent her flying straight back into a tank. She hit her head again and collapsed unconscious. Kurt instantly ran over to Kitty.
"Vhy did you throw the gun?!" he jokingly glared at her.
"Hey, the thing was empty!" Kitty half yelled back. She felt a smile on her face despite what was going on around her. Then they were back to the fight. Kitty stuck near Kurt the entire time. After what felt like hours, the fight ended. The few remaining Brotherhood and League mutants ran off into the night. The ex-Brotherhood mutants sent up a cheer that echoed loud and strong. She hugged Kurt and he swung her around in victory.
About three hours later
"Hey, relax guys! Its' good to see you all again as vell." Kurt pleaded.
"Not a chance elf." Logan said with a semi evil grin on his face.
Kitty couldn't help but laugh with the others at this. Kitty and her friends sat off to one side of the tent as Kurt got reacquainted with the other lieutenants and his teleporters. She noticed Laura hung pretty close to him.
"Hey guys! Check this out!" Evan called out. He was messing with a TV set hooked up to a generator. A news broadcast was running.
"That's right everyone! We just got a feed from one of our news choppers. Here's a recording of a recent battle not too far from our city." The anchorman played a video behind him. It showed the recent battle they had just fought. As it progressed, the anchorman continued. "It appears that the mutants have split themselves into two groups now. The interesting thing is that some audio was heard before the battle began of several saying they would no longer fight humans. This has really gotten politicians and military personnel to begin talks of sending out representatives to meet these mutants. There is even a rumor going around that they may try and recruit these mutants."
Kitty noticed the looks on the mutants around her. They seemed hesitant and happy about this. Then as one they looked at Kurt. He was looking about them in confusion. "Vhat?"
"You know very well what, little bro." Rogue said.
"She's right elf, you started this whole thing. Now what are you going to do about it?" Logan said.
"I…" Kurt shot a glance at Kitty before he stood up straight. "I vill oppose Magneto and DarkFang. As long as they're around, humans vill alvays be afraid of us. They have some type of plan that involves Kitty and I don't intend to let them have her. If you guys agree vith me, then I ask you to help me do this."
The response was loud and exhilarating as everyone said they'd help. Kurt promised them that he wouldn't go nuts with his new power and that he wouldn't ally with the humans unless he was 100% positive they meant well. Kitty smiled and snuck outside the tent. It was nearly midnight now and the entire mutant camp was either sleeping or still celebrating their desertion of the Brotherhood.
She watched the stars twinkle up in the sky. She felt a deep sleep come over her and barely made it to her tent to sleep. As she fell asleep, a ghostly presence entered the tent. It came over to her side and whispered, "In time you will know the truth, Kitty."
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