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Battle Plans

I'm gonna hold you 'til your hurt is gone
Be the shoulder that you're leaning on
I'll be standing here
For the next 100 years
If it all should end tonight
I'll know it was worth the fight
And we'll be standing here
For the next 100 years

I, when I think that I'm losing my mind
It all comes back to you
And you, you know that it's true
After all we've been through
There's nothing that I wouldn't do

Stand by me
And I would gladly give up everything
-Bon Jovi

Kitty woke up with her body delightfully sore. She was sure she was covered in hickeys and wasn't looking forward to breakfast. She stretched lazily and sat up. "Pete?"

"Lemeone," came the mutter next to her.

Kitty laughed pulling the pillow off of Pete's head. "Were there actual words there?"

"Mornin'."

"Good morning, Mr. Wisdom. Hungry?"

"Mmm... very, let's stay in bed for the rest of the day."

"We can't do that."

"Why?"

"For one we have a guest on the island."

"... And?"

"Pete."

"Okay, fine. Let's get up, go play nice." He sat up and ran a hand through his unruly hair.

"Time for a shower," Kitty said. She threw the comforter off of her and Pete cursed.

"Shit, Kitty, I'm sorry," he said regarding the marks he had left on her neck and breasts.

"I'm fine, granted I'm going to have to wear a scarf or turtleneck for a couple days. But look at your back."

"That's a physical impossibility."

"Let's just say it's a little scratched."

"On the bright side I don't go around without a shirt so no one will see that."

"Well they will see this." She touched his neck where she had left a pretty impressive love bite herself.

He shrugged. "Last night was worth it."

She smiled. "Yes, yes it was." Kitty stood and took Pete's hand leading him into the bathroom.

Outside

"Rahne, go long!" Doug called throwing the football. Rahne ran shifting as she did so and jumped catching the football.

Kurt stopped running staring at them. "Hold it!" Rahne shifted back.

"What?" Rahne asked

"No shifting."

"I saw you teleport!"

"Yes, but teleporting doesn't get drool on ze ball."

Rahne blushed. "Oh."

"Kurt, be nice," Meggan said.

"So does this mean we can use our powers?" Warren asked stretching out his wings.

"This is going to get bad," Kurt said.

"You started it, fuzzy," Amanda said. Rahne, after cleaning the ball tossed it to Amanda but Brian intercepted it. He was tackled by both Doug and Kurt but still managed to walk the ball to his team's end zone.

Doug let go of Brian and stood. "Somehow, this doesn't seem to be working."

"Maybe next time we should try basketball," Kurt said.

"So the flying people can just go over our heads," Rahne said.

"Maybe we shouldn't always be on the same team," Betsy said softly to Brian.

"And destroy the winning streak?" Brian asked as though horrified.

"You guys win," Kurt said.

"Again," Doug added.

Inside twenty minutes later

Logan looked over the plans Doug had gotten off the computer. "Kid's useful," Logan admitted.

"Kitty found the site," Doug said. "She hacked in, I just figured out the codes to get the picture show." Logan noted with approval that he was giving Kitty most of the credit. He looked over at the girl in question and found that she had practically fallen asleep on Pete's shoulder.

"You okay, half-pint?" he asked.

"Mmm-hmm," she murmured, not opening her eyes. Logan frowned before turning back to the plans

"All right, so we're going to strike here and here," he said pointing to two entrances, one on the roof and one on the ground.

"Sounds good," Pete said. "But we should keep it simple. Keep half our people back. No offense, Braddock, but you're about as subtle as a nuclear bomb when it comes to fighting."

"You know you meant all the offense in the world," Meggan smiled holding Brian's hand.

"Yeah," Pete agreed. "So team one will be me and Logan, two will be Rogue and the Cajun."

"Pete," Kitty's voice was soft but the warning was there.

"I'm sending you with the flying rat," Pete said looking at Lockheed who blew a little smoke at him. "He'll keep you safe. Keep yourself intangible and take out all the security cameras, then go after the computers, take what you can destroy the rest. Braddock, you and Meggan will hang back. We'll keep in contact with you and call if we need anything."

"Fine," Brian didn't look pleased with the plan but seemed to sense that it was the best chance they had.

"Warren, I want you and Betsy to stay with the plane, keep it running, we're probably going to need to get out fast. I've been in contact with some of me mates from the Crown. They're going to work on taking down the agency itself as we take down its' people."

"When are we going?" Kitty asked looking a little more awake.

"We're going at three in the morning. That way they'll be caught off guard."

"Are we sure that they aren't going to attack before we do?"

"Pretty sure," Pete said. "It's only the second, we should be okay."

"Now that we have that settled let's get something to eat," Logan said.

"Yeah, I'm starving."

"It's been a whole, what? Two hours since you ate last?" Kitty asked teasingly.

"Yes, that's far too long," Pete said.

"A'll make lunch," Rahne announced.

"I'll help," Doug offered. Brian snorted earning himself a dark look from all the girls, including his twin.

"Anyone up for a game of baseball after lunch?" Doug asked grabbing a pan. "I think that's one sport you guys may not win just because you're so much stronger."