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I do not own any of these characters, I just like to play with them.

Chapter 10

Kitty was visibly shaking as she sat at the breakfast table, idly poking at the food in front of her. Every once in a while when she received a nudge from Rogue and she would remember to actually eat some of it. Kurt walked in to the room and instantly took the seat to Kitty's left as her right was already preoccupied by her room mate.

Kurt took in the girls pale skin and the slight darkness under her eyes that clued him in that her night had been filled with bad dreams.

His tail slowly started to rub gently at her lower back in comforting circles. "Katzchen, don't vorry so much, ve vill be at your side all day."

Rogue nodded from beside her and slung a cloth covered arm across the back of her chair. "Ya and ah'll punch him if he even tries comin near ya."

Kitty smiled gratefully at her friends. She had come out with the truth to Rogue the night before and her best friend had hugged her and soothed away her fears, assuring the girl that she would love her no matter what.

She sighed and stood with the others, heading out to Scott's car to head to school. She hadn't noticed that the rest of the students had been shooting her looks that ranged from pity to fury, love and most of all protection.

None of the students were mad with her other than for the reason that she had tried to hide something from them, all of them however where letting their imaginations run wild with what they wanted to do to Lance.

Evan, Kurt and Scott all locked gazes with each other, they had made a plan for one of them to always be by Kitty's side during the school day and Kurt was making his own plan for when he found Lance.

X

Kurt took the chance while Scott was keeping an eye on Kitty to search for Amanda. Usually the girl would be glued to his side but he couldn't seem to find her and he thought he knew why. He had been pushing her to the side the last little while and he felt awful for it, he could only imagine how upset his girlfriend was with him.

Sure she had been annoying him lately but he still cared for her and she didn't deserve to be treated the way he was treating her. He rounded the corner and a smile lit his face as he saw her bent over a water fountain.

He rushed to her side and pulled her in to a hug as she straightened. "Kurt!" She sounded surprised but gladly wrapped her arms around his neck, smiling gently as she felt the fur his holo watch hid.

"Amanda I am so sorry!" Amanda looked up in to his eyes and knew he was apologizing for not being around the last few weeks. „Eet's just that there as been so much going on in ze mansion. And Keety, She as been going through a tough time, She is my best friend and I had to help her, am still helping her."

Amanda nodded and hugged him again, „It's ok Kurt, how about you make it up to me? You, me and the movie theater, this Saturday?" Kurt grinned, dropping a small kiss on his girlfriends mouth „Sounds wunderbar."

The two held hands and chatted as Kurt walked her to class, Amanda casually mentioning that he would look better without his watch and Kurt rolling his eyes, but both of them smiling.

X

As lunch time approached Kitty was a jumbled mess of nerves. Her nails were bitten to the quick and her eyes were constantly scanning the hall way. The bigger part of her knew she would be able to take Lance in a fight if he initiated one but a smaller more insistent part continued to remind her how pathetic he had made her feel, how useless and weak, and she worried he would exploit that and she would revert to being the girl that had taken her body for the last month and a half.

Evan watched his friend out of the corner of his eye and frowned sadly. He hated Alvers for turning his bubbly and chatty friend in to the girl he saw before him and he made it a personal vow to help return her to the way she had been before, the girl everyone at the institute couldn't help but love, even if she was a little annoying sometimes.

Evan through his arm around her shoulders and ignored the small flinch that accompanied it. "Hey Kit, it's finally time for lunch, what do you say we go grab some grub then meet up with the blue furry dude and the others."

As he hoped he watched her features brighten slightly at Kurt's name and he sighed in relief. If anyone was gonna help her it would be the institutes resident comedian. It seemed like he and Rogue where the only ones she could fully trust and let her walls down around them.

They quickly grabbed food and met with their friends, taking a seat beside Kurt who had Amanda on his other side. She felt her body become more relaxed then it had been all day and even let a small, although rather pained, smile slide across her features.

She ate quietly as her friends chatted around her although her ears perked at a whispered conversation she could hear between Jean and Scott. "The boy did the first smart thing in his life and skipped school today." Kitty sighed happily at that, reassured that she wouldn't have to continue scanning the hallway for him.

She ate her lunch a little easier and started to actually contribute to the conversation, although most of her answers were hushed and short. She felt lighter than she had all day and was positive she would make it through the rest of the school day in the same mood.

X

The group of mutants were smiling and chatting as they walked through the building and toward Scott's convertible at the end of the day. Even one Kitty Pryde had a smile on her face and her friends around her. Until they passed the side of the school and a certain voice forced all the color to drain from her face.

"Hey there pretty Kitty. You miss me at school today?" The group froze and Kitty slowly turned around to see Lance leaning against the wall with a smug grin on his face. Her eyes were wide and she could swear her brain was short circuiting as she felt she couldn't speak or move.

She heard a low growl at her side and then a 'bamf' and there was a puff of smoke beside her. Kurt ported right in front of the other boy and his hand fisted in the boys shirt, lifting him roughly against the wall so his feet were dangling an inch off the ground.

Lances eyes widened slightly as the growling teen got right up in his face. "You must be incredibly stupid, to show up here vhere I can finally get miene hands on you." Lance struggled, trying to break loose from his grip.

"Oh please X Men, what do you think your gonna do to me?" Right after the words left his mouth he regretted them as all he saw where Kurt's eyes narrow and his other fist fly at his face. Kurt's fist connected with Lances nose and all the other teens heard the sickening crunch then the resulting thud as his nose broke and his head was slammed against the brick wall from the force.

Kitty watched horrified as her best friend, the usually calm and peaceful elf, beat up her ex boyfriend. She turned to the others to see them in equal states of shock and let out a slow whistle as punches where rained across Lances body "For a pacifist He's got an awfully hard punch." Scott nodded.

Kitty turned back to the two boys and darted forward wrapping her arms around Kurt's waist and phasing, in turn make him insubstantial as well. Lance dropped to the ground, leaning against the wall and groaning. "Kurt that's enough." Kitty gently led the furious boy away and turned his head so his eyes were focused on her. "That's enough Elf."

Kurt shook his head and his growl deepened, "eet vill never be enough, not after vhat he did to you." Kitty placed a hand on his cheek, running her fingers gently through his soft fur. "Your better than him. You've hurt him enough, anymore and you'll kill him."

Kurt's eyes flashed. "Eet's vhat he deserves!" Kitty shook her head and reached in to one of his pockets where she knew he kept his rosary on him. She fingered the dark beads softly before taking his hand in hers, placing the beads and cross in his palm and using both her hands to wrap his around it.

That's enough." She repeated and she slowly watched her elf deflate, his eyes trained on his beads and his lips moving steadily as he prayed in German under his breath.

She led him back to the others, where the guys slapped his back in appreciation and they all headed to the car, leaving a groaning, half dead Avalanche behind them.

Alright here's another one! Hope you guys like it :) I know many people were waiting for Kurt to get his hands on Lance.

I'm not very good at fight scenes but hopefully this will please you :)

Review and let me know!