Kitty smiled, she finally knew it. She was in love with Lance.
A sudden gust of wind made her jump. She glanced around and then sighed heavily.
"Boo!" Pietro grabbed her shoulders as he appeared next to her. She gave a squeak, phasing through the bench which she was sat on, she glared up at him.
"I hate it when you do that!" She snapped.
"Aww, sorry Kitten. Okay, full report! What's the weakness in Rocky's powers?"
Kitty suddenly felt a rush of rage go through her.
"Go get someone else to do your dirty work Pietro!" She hissed at him.
He glared at her with disbelief and shock.
"Excuse me?" He whispered back, threateningly.
"You heard me! Forget it!" She began to walk off but was stopped in her tracks when he zoomed in front of her.
"Erm, in case you've forgotten…you don't have a choice in this! You work for me and you neither question, nor forbid anything I say. Got it?"
Kurt was walking slowly. Thinking about how he could help Lance become a true hero, why he wasn't classed as one already, and why Kitty had suddenly shown such an interest in him again.
His thoughts were disturbed when he heard Kitty talking to an extremely familiar voice.
With one poof he was hidden safely behind a bush, a few feet away from the two.
"I know it's not nice to eavesdrop." He thought "But somezink's not right."
"If I say jump, you ask how high." Pietro lectured Kitty. "If I say I want someone's head on a skewer you say…?"
"Medium or well done?" Kitty recited in a tone in which a disciplined child would use.
Kurt gasped. She was working for HIM? He had to get back and warn Lance. Poof, he was gone.
"Good! Now, do you hear that sound? That's the sound of your freedom fluttering out of the window babycakes." Pietro chortled.
"I don't care!" Kitty yelled, half in sobs. "I'm not gonna' help you hurt him!"
"You know Kitten? Why are you even getting so chocked up about some guy?" Pietro asked in a harsh tone. "You actually think that he cares about you? No, I lived with him for four years. He does it to any girl who he thinks he can get into his pants. He'll chew you up and then he'll spit you out again. Sorry to burst your bubble Kitten but, why? Why would anybody actually give a monkey's about you?"
Kitty stayed silent for a moment, rewinding through his words. Lance would never do that…not to her…he wasn't that kind of guy…was he?
She glared back up at Pietro.
"He wouldn't, he'd never hurt me!" She sneered back. A smile started to appear on her face and grew as she spoke each word. "Lance sees something you don't! Besides, he has no weaknesses, he can…"
She was stopped when Pietro put a hand over her mouth. When she stopped talking, he let go and took a firm grip on her cheeks. Forcing her to look in his direction.
"I think he does Kitten…" He said with an evil smirk. He took the rose from her hands and slowly crushed it in his own hands, in front of her. "I really think, he does."
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Lance was over the moon, he ran through his workout without breaking a sweat. All he could think about was Kitty, and how close they were to kissing.
Kurt appeared and watched Lance crash onto his sofa, looking at the ceiling dreamily.
"Hey Kurt, what happened to you?" Lance asked happily.
"Bro, we need to talk…"
"That was the greatest night of my life!" Lance sighed dreamily. "I can't stop thinking about Kitty. She's something else."
Meanwhile, Pegasus was in the stable enjoying his extra helping of hay which Lance had given him. The door slowly opened and revealed a trail of sugar cubes. He gave a whiny of pleasure and trotted in the direction of the door to taste the sweet treat. When he got to the third cube, he was scooped under Fred's arm, unable to run or fly away.
"Haha, stupid animal. I thought horses were supposed to be smart yo?" Todd cackled.
"Yeah, who would've thought it was dumber than us, eh?" Fred chortled too.
"Come on little pony! I wanna' ride you." Fred cooed as they both walked away, carrying the struggling creature with them.
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"You know Kurt? If it wasn't for you X-geeks, me and Kitty probably never would have met…well, we met the day before you recruited her. We were in the same school only we never talked. I met her when she was shoved into a locker and…" Lance said, rambling on, and on about Kitty. They were now at the school field. Lance was cross country running for training. Kurt was trying hard to keep up.
"Lance, Vill you just listen for one second?" Kurt gasped over his rambles.
"…But the X-geeks…sorry, the X-men, brought us closer. You know, I used to love it when the brotherhood and X-men joined alliances, just because I could be close to her."
"Lance! Listen to me, she's…" Kurt tried to say, but Lance decided to finish the sentence for him.
"The most perfect girl on earth?" Lance sighed.
"No, I was going to say…"
"More beautiful than Jean Grey?"
"Vell, aside from zat.."
"The most WONDERFUL…"
This time, it was Kurt's turn to interrupt.
"She's a FRAUD!!" He screamed. "She's been playing you!"
They both stopped in their tracks. Lance glared at him for a moment.
"Kurt, quit messin' with me." He waved his hand.
"I'm not messing vith you!"
"I know you were pretty peeved today but that doesn't mean…"
"You're missing ze point!"
"The point is…I love her!" Lance got right into Kurt's face as he stated this.
"Vell, she don't love you!"
"You're crazy" Lance replied, starting to walk away.
"It's hurting me to say it too Lance, but she's just a two timing, no good…"
"Stop it!" Lance shouted, pacing the floor, trying to ignore Kurt's harsh words.
"Scheming, conniving little.."
"Shut up!" Lance yelled. He clenched his fists as hard as he could. The ground cracked and Kurt was thrown into the cabinet of Lance's trophies.
Both stayed wide eyed and silent. Both shocked at Lance's reaction.
Kurt then frowned and took a deep breath. He stood up and placed he cabinet back to the wall. He carelessly pushed Lance's trophies which were covering him onto the ground.
"Kurt…I…I'm so sorry…I" Lance started, suddenly realizing what he'd done.
"Forget it! If you don't vant to listen to me…Fine!" Kurt stated sternly.
"What do mean? What are you doing?" Lance asked.
Kurt glared at him. "I'm out of zis place. I'm going back home! I sought you could beat anyzing bro, turns out I vas vrong" He turned and poof! He was gone.
A sudden gush of wind made Lance look around.
"Geez Louise, who got his fur in a tangle?" Pietro scoffed.
"P…Pietro? What are you doing here?" Lance asked, bewildered.
"Got a little proposition for ya' buddy."
"I'm not in the mood okay Pietro." Lance began to walk away.
"hey, hey, hey, just listen for once, huh Avalanche?" Pietro zoomed in front of him. "I only need a few seconds and I'm a fast talker, all right? See, I've got the major deal in the works. A power struggle, as you could put it. And Lancey? Buddy, you just keep getting in the way of it!"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Come on! For old times sake…Will you just give the hero thing a day off? Is that too much to ask?" Pietro added with puppy dog eyes.
"Old times sake? When you left us to go running to your father? When you plotted with him to virtually get us killed? Oh, I owe you one!" Lance grunted, walking the other way, only to be stopped by Pietro once more.
"Yeah…I thought you'd disagree…So I thought of a little…persuasion!"
With that, he zoomed off and in less than a second, he came back. He threw Kitty on the floor at Lance's feet.
"Kitty?" Lance asked in confusion. He went to help her up.
"Lance! Don't listen to…" Before she could finish, Pietro zoomed in again, he tied her up and gagged her in less than a second and moved her from Lance's arm length to a few meters away from them.
"What do you want Pietro?" Lance growled and went to hit him, of course, Pietro dodged his fist easily.
"There, I knew that's grab your attention." He smirked. "I got a deal for you… You give up your strength for about 24 hours, okay? Say, the next 24 hours and little Kitty here is free as a bird and safe from harm. What do ya' think?"
Lance thought about the question, Pietro said it so fast that he could hardly understand.
"P…People are gonna' get hurt…aren't they?" He thought aloud, glaring at Pietro.
"Nah-I mean-you know-it's a possibility-It happens-'cause-you know-it's war-but what can I tell ya? Anyway-what do you owe these people, huh?-Isn't Kitty – your little buttercup here! -- isn't she more important than they are?" Pietro raced through his word, he grabbed Kitty's rosy cheeks and turned her head to face Lance.
"Stop it!" Lance yelled, beginning to start a tremor.
Pietro glared at him.
"Let's get this straight, right now! If you kill me with one of your earthquakes…" He ran over to a few steps from Lance, Kitty in his grip. "…Then your little Kitty cat will be buried under all that rubble with me! Comprehend?"
Lance inhaled and nodded his head, showing that he understood.
"Right then!" Pietro hissed.
"If I do this! You have to promise that she'll be safe from any harm!"
Pietro rolled his eyes.
"Fine, okay, I'll give you that one. Kitty's safe, otherwise you get your powers right back, yadda-yadda-yadda, Okay? We're done, what d'ya say we shake on it?" He stretched out one hand. "C'mon, you know the mutant's deals right? Words must be kept! I'm kind of on a schedule here, I got plans for August. Okay? I need an answer, like, now. Going once, going twice"
"Fine!" Lance yelled and placed his hand in Pietro's. He gasped in pain as his powers were sucked from him.
Kitty watched helplessly. Tears filled up in her eyes and she wished that this was all a bad dream. Unfortunately, they all knew that it was all reality…