The Right Cause
Chapter 2
The few that form the mass
"Ok, so this is the plan," Kitty begins in the expensive hotel suite that the three friends were sharing on her family's bill, "we need a new house, and we need to find people who are willing to come with us. We can't be dictators, and we can't do something stupid. We can have ties to all the groups, but we can't favor Xavier over any others. I still have connections to Logan, who would even come to me if I needed him."
"Yea, but Logan can be a loose cannon Kit, ya neva know wit him. Ah wouldn't trust it." Rogue says and as she opens her mouth to say more there is a loud knock on the door.
"I'll get it, you two go into the bedroom." Kitty says closing her pink robe over her shorts and tank top and walking to the door and taking a deep breath. "Who is it?" She asks though the door.
"Care ta talk some business wit a few fellow mutants?" A masculine voice asks causing Kitty to open the door and meet Remy's gaze. Remy stands in the hallway, wearing his trademark glasses and standing between Pietro and Piotr, an odd combination.
"Sure, just get in here fast, and if I say leave, you leave." Kitty says quickly taking glances down the hallway for spies of either party, or anti-mutant protesters.
"Of course, we agree to that." Piotr says nodding at the smaller girl, making her look no larger than an infant.
"Remy knows dat dis ain't de best o times fer ya three. We wanted ta know what ya needed." Remy says entering the room after the other two and closing the door behind him.
"You two can come out." Kitty says closing the door and crossing the room to stand behind the counter in the kitchen, to the immediate right of the suite door.
"Ah just hate ta think that there will be an uprising wit Magneto once he knows he's lost three mutants." Rogue says as she and Kurt port in directly behind Kitty.
"Dere be worse fates in life, mon chere."
"Oh yea, and one of yer worst fears is my life on a daily basis." Rogue nearly growls scowling at him as he attempts to charm her.
"Remy thinks there be a misunderstanding." Remy apologizes bowing his head slightly at the southern girl.
"Ok, you all aren't in here to mindlessly flirt, so get on with this. I need to know what you need, and you need to know what we have, so start talking." Kitty says opening the coffee maker, pouring in a bag of coffee grounds and beginning a pot of coffee.
"So the way I see it, we have a few options here, but we have to make a quick decision. My family owns a mansion outside of the city, it's remote, and we can use it if we need to. It's not equipped to handle the training that Rogue, Kurt and I are used to, but we can make it into anything we want. This would keep us out of harms way for a long time, since the groups just won't find us easily. We won't have the means of getting recruits like the others do, but we don't need it. That is the only thing that we can't change, we need somewhere to go." Kitty says slowly sipping her cup of coffee as she thinks.
"Well, Remy has some connections ta get yer mansion up ta training code. Remy don't think recruiting will be hard. If nothing else we don't really need them yet. Nothing be happening dat be worth getting into. De others, dey think dat all these things require mutant help, but if we keep quiet long enough, we can come out full force, and if the situation comes up, dere be nothing dat anyone can do."
"Comrade, I do not like this idea. I like the house outside of town, but I do not want to fight two mutant groups at once." Piotr says thoughtfully.
"That is where we come in." Kitty says smiling. "Xavier won't attack three of 'his own', and there is no way that Logan will attack me. We don't need to worry about mutants."
"And there is just no way that my dad will attack me. He won't want to risk it." Pietro says smiling and catching onto Kitty's idea.
"We don't need to worry about other mutants. We have an advantage here, we were all raised a little rougher than the rest. I had the easiest time of all of you, but it was no walk in the park. We have everything we could possibly need to be self sufficient, for the most part." Kitty adds standing slowly.
"So let me get this straight," Kurt begins, "we are going to be living on your family's land, most likely even growing our own food, and attempting to wait this out, while building our numbers and hoping that if we need to fight, we're ready?"
"Yes, that is the plan. I think we can manage." Kitty says smiling and placing her hand on Kurt's. "If we must grow our own food we have ways to do it. Weren't you a farmer Piotr?"
"Da, I was. It will be a challenge for me here, but I don't see how much could be different." Piotr says looking out the window at the drizzling rain. "If mine family can grow food amongst ice, I can make something work here."
"I like your way of thinking." Kitty replies smiling at the larger mutant who blushes slightly and stares with more intensity out the window. "But these connections Remy, that is what worries me. Can we trust them? Will they be the first to turn their backs on us when we need them?"
"Non, dey be afraid of Remy. He put de fear o God inta dem." Remy smirks silently as if a joke had just come to him, or a too fond memory.
"Then it's settled. We can leave tomorrow. I want to look at this mansion that no one has lived in for over half a century. I hear it looks like it could have come out of Gone With the Wind." Kitty giggles as Rogue raises and eyebrow at her, and the four men in the room look worried.
"Are you sure that you aren't suffering from some mental disease Pryde?" Pietro asks suddenly cut off by a knock on the door.
"Kitty! I know you can hear me!" Comes the scream of Tabby Smith. "Get your little ass out here and let me in before I wake up the entire floor."
"Shut up!" Kitty seethes as she runs to the door and opens it and a soaked Tabby falls into the room. "Why did you three come with her?" Kitty asks looking at Bobby Drake, Jubilee and Amara the questions written on her face.
"Jean is going crazy. She thinks that you all just jumped ship to join Magneto or something. I don't know what is going on." Jubilee says entering the room followed by Amara.
"Well, are you all just going to leave me to get your bags?" Kitty asks as the bags disappear before her eyes, in a breeze.
"Can't have all of that, now can we?" Pietro asks arrogantly.
"Thank you Pietro. Remy, if they found us, should we stay here tonight? These three aren't trained to find people, I imagine that you are." Kitty asks worry lines appear on her young face.
"Remy thinks dat yer on de right track. Ya should not have stayed in this upscale of a hotel. It be a bad idea if yer not trying ta be found. Remy says we leave soon."
"Then it's settled." Piotr agrees, "we leave tonight."
Deathrosekitty- you pose a good question, one that I don't even have an answer to yet. We shall see. I have some plans, but they are not set in stone.
Squrlie Jack- Thank you very much for your review, I appreciate it!
JCRobin- this may sound mean, and I don't mean it to, I may look for a beta reader but it is not high on my list since people read these things for enjoyment, and it's not for a grade nor is it for money. I had one at one point, but then they always end up changing too much. The problem with the last chapter was that I wrote it and didn't reread it before I posted it. If I get a good offer I will get one, but like I said I do this for fun.