Chapter 5: Love Conquers All

A few days later…

Dante Chills was brought to the New York Police Station by Kitty and Piotr and since his records had shown that he had committed past crimes of mind raping victims, he was sent to a special prison on Alcatraz Island. It was on this heavily guarded island where Dante can no longer implement harm on any more victims, therefore keeping peace on everyone's minds.

Back at the Jean Grey Institute…

After coming back from the police station, Kitty and Piotr took a break from teaching classes since they were still upset over the recent events. When Dante twisted their memories and it ended up scarring them both, they realized that their greatest fear was not being able to get past the horrible events that happened to them two years ago. It was after that horrible experience that both Piotr and Kitty decided that in order to get over their issues with the past two years, they had to talk about it with each other; even though it still felt awkward to do so.

Kitty and Piotr were standing next to each other as they stood on top of a cliff near the Institute that overlook the pond. They both were gazing at the horizon beyond them, as the sun was setting and they were mystified by the sheer beauty of the sun itself. After looking at the sun for a few minutes more, Kitty spoke up, "Wow, that was one experience that I don't ever want to relive all over again."

Piotr nodded his head and said, "Da, it truly was one of the most tragic experiences I have ever gone through since the day I died."

Kitty shivered a bit as she remembered how Piotr felt when he was revived after killing himself during the Legacy Virus outbreak. She also remembered when she was stuck inside a bullet a few days after Piotr came back to life and the fact that she was all alone in the deep voids of space was a truly terrifying experience for her.

Piotr and Kitty stood in silence for a few moments, thinking about what to say to each other. Kitty then asked quietly, "Peter, when you said that your heart was ripped out, was I the one who ripped out your heart?"

Piotr looked at Kitty with sadness in his eyes and said, "Yes…Katya. In my memory, it was you who had ripped my heart out and the worst thing about that memory was that it actually did happen, even though I was under the Cyttorak's influence to really notice at the time."

Piotr shifted uncomfortably and continued, "I guess my greatest fear was that when I took the Cyttorak's powers, I thought that I would never feel love ever again. So in my memory, when my heart was ripped out, I actually felt cold inside and not because I died, but because I no longer have any more emotions that would make me feel love again."

Kitty looked down briefly and said to Piotr, "To be honest, I actually felt the same way. In my twisted memory, I saw you trying to kill me after you got the power of the Phoenix Force and how you were happy about having so much power. My biggest fear was that I would never get the "old and sweet natured" Peter back and that you were forever corrupted by evil power. I mean, things change, you know, and I've come to accept that in the long run, but if changes happen for the worst reasons, then it can be hard to get through, you know?"

Piotr nodded and said, "I understand perfectly. Just understand Katya that I was only trying to protect my sister…the first time around. However, things did not go quite as planned and I ended up being possessed more times then I could count."

Kitty took Piotr's hand in hers and said, "Not everything goes according to plan Peter. I guess we have this experience to learn from."

"I agree. I have learned Katya, that even though I will still protect people no matter what, I will try to be much wiser about throwing away my heroic efforts or risk losing who I really am," said Piotr.

Kitty then went up to Piotr and hugged him and said, "Now that's the Peter I remembered!"

Piotr then smiled slyly at Kitty and said, "The 'Peter' you remembered or the 'Peter' you like now?"

Piotr then lifted Kitty up into the air and kissed her soundly on the lips. Kitty then stood back in shock and sputtered, "What, how, why?"

Piotr smiled broadly and said, "I have changed Katya, but not for the worst! I can be a bit 'naughty' when I want to be, especially around you."

Kitty then glared at Piotr and yelled out, "PETER RASPUTIN! I'LL GET YOU FOR THAT!"

Piotr just laughed and they both starting chasing each other around the Institute until nighttime came around.

Meanwhile…

Dante Chills was sitting in his solitary cell at the Alcatraz Prison, pondering on how he would escape from this prison. Suddenly, a prison guard came through the door and checked to see if Dante was still in his cell. The prison guard then said to Dante, "Well, buddy. It looks like your mind raping days are over. You're not going to get out of this jail cell that easily. No one on this planet had ever gotten out of this prison before."

Dante just looked up at the prison guard with a wide grin on his face and he slowly held up his hands in front of him. The prison guard then fell to the floor, screaming as if he was experiencing a horrible nightmare that was ripping him apart from the inside. The keys that the prison guard had on himself slid near Dante's cell and Dante picked up the keys, opening his cell door. Then, Dante calmly walked towards the prison guard, who was squirming constantly until he finally stopped moving and laid still on the ground. Dante then took off the prison guard's clothes and put them on himself and then he walked out of the door, whistling a tune to himself while he was heading towards the docks. When Dante reached the docks, he jumped into a small speedboat, turned on the engine and sped away from Alcatraz Prison, all while saying to himself, "Beware X-Men, for I have yet to unleash my ultimate POWER!"

And he laughed a chilling laugh that echoed among the skies.