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CHAPTER 7

Bobby was shaken awake.

"What is it?" he grumbled, opening his eyes. He saw Scott. Bobby sat up. "What is it?" he repeated.

"Did you hear what someone said?" Scott asked.

"How would I, unless it was when I was awake or in the boys' dormitory?"

"If you hadn't noticed, ice-boy," Scott snapped, "We're outside the girls' dormitory right now."

"Why on earth are you guys here?" John called, coming over.

"It's a good thing, actually," Bobby reported. He pointed upwards. "That's Rogue's and Jean's dormitory. We just heard Rogue scream."

"Your point is?"

"Remember River?" Scott demanded. "River…the boy who died attempting to protect Nightcrawler, 'Marie', and 'Jeanie'?" John raised an eyebrow.

"And you know Rogue has an older brother named Cody," Bobby picked up. "Well…"

"Rogue shouted 'Cody is River!' just a few minutes ago," Logan finished, who had come up earlier and heard the last phrase. John's eyes widened, and Bobby gaped.

"So Rogue is Marie," Bobby murmured, piecing it together. "Jeanie is Jean…"

"But then who's Nightcrawler?" John asked.

"Guess," Scott urged. "Who is the boy who always is near Rogue and Jean? Who is the boy who always seems so energetic near Rogue and Ororo?"

They knew the answer before Bobby said it.

"Kurt."

Bobby's POV

Realizing that the people who had been John's first victims were the people we were aiming to kill, I was shocked. Truly shocked.

No wonder John seemed to have fun teasing Rogue.

I wandered down the hallways to the cafeteria. That explained Rogue and Jean and their past, I thought to myself, but how about Kitty and Ororo? What's their story?

"Hey, Bobby!" I was shaken out of my thoughts by the cheery voice of Kitty.

"Kitty," I said, turning to look at her. I saw that her neck was exposed and I longed to just finish it off, as in grab her shoulders and slit her throat simply and be done.

The Commander was right. This was no easy job. This had more twists than an average Assassin mission.

But wait…the Commander was there when John had done his first Assassin job. He knew who Nightcrawler, River, 'Marie', and 'Jeanie' were—I mean, are. So why had he made us go on this mission without telling us the backgrounds?

He used this as a cover-up for 'these girls' parents killed yours'. Wow. Really? I mean, if he wanted us to kill them so badly, he could have just told us the stupid truth from the beginning. It's not like it's a huge mystery why…anyways, it was John who had killed Rogue's and Jean's parents, and John's parents had already been killed before that! I have no recollection and neither does Logan or Scott.

And where was Raven among all this? Was Scott right, and Raven a traitor? Was she really just baiting us on, or was she truly someone we could trust?

"Bobby, do you want to eat that cupcake?" Kitty asked. I looked down at my cupcake, and then passed it to her. Looking around, I saw that Rogue and Jean were talking quietly with Ororo and—go figure—Kurt.

"Thank you, Bobby!" Kitty cheered happily. Leaning over, she gave me a quick peck on the cheek before walking away to join the others. I wondered where Logan, John, and Scott were. Then I spotted Scott and stumbled over to him, my mind whirling.

"Whoa, man, why'd a simple kiss on the cheek, not the lips, freaks you out like that?" Scott asked me, smirking. I wiped my cheek with disgust.

"Don't you dare ever mention this again," I threatened, walking away from the cafeteria. "Or you might wake up with your throat slit and watching from the underworld."

Scott didn't press it. I smirked victoriously, but then my mind wandered—to Kitty. To her attitude, her looks, and she was different from any of the other girls I've killed.

Yeah, I said killed. Which I've done without remorse, by the way.

Would I have the guts to kill her when the time came? Or would I back away like a lovesick coward?

I shook my head. I was not, let me repeat NOT, falling for Kitty Pryde. No way.

Third Person's POV

The night fell like swathes of black material across the sky. The moon appeared, as if by magic, in the inky-black expanse above, glowing luminously as if it was a pearl.

It was underneath this sky where Bobby was standing. He couldn't help but remember the feeling of Kitty's kiss against his cheek and he knew his face was now burning.

He now recalled reading on Kitty's profile (he was now almost 100% that the Internet site was made from stalkers) that she absolutely loved the moonlight, and was nicknamed 'Moonlit Girl', and he was reminded profusely of Kitty by the moon.

This was precisely what he was doing. He wanted revenge…and he didn't know why. That was the way of the Assassins: kill if confused or emotional. That was the way he had been brought up.

Bobby shook his head. Where was his imagination going? Sure, he had encountered many girls with Kitty's looks, or nearly Kitty's looks, but none of them had had her…whatever you call it! Her attitude! Most girls he had met—they had all acted really really girlish. For goodness sakes, Bobby knew that JEAN and ORORO were less girly! Rogue was a little different but he was totally not into her. Kitty on the other hand…Bobby shuddered violently. She was familiar.

He knew her. Just like John knew Jean and Rogue…Bobby knew Kitty. But the problem then was…

Bobby didn't remember when. And now he was afraid that he never would.

The reason why was obvious to everyone but him until that very moment. Bobby Drake, the one known for his acting and assassinating skills, had actually fallen in love—with the exact same girl he had to kill.

Kitty knew it.

She just knew it.

What? She knew what?

Kitty knew Bobby. She knew who he was.

"Oh my gosh," she whispered to herself. "Bobby is an Assassin!"

And with a sinking feeling, she remembered what her parents always said, "Kitty, when you're older, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed in who you find you love." They didn't mean Bobby, of course—unless they knew.

Kitty's head spun with the effort of trying to keep everything in place. "Ugh," she muttered. "Bobby is an Assassin…but he's totally different now than he was before."

Like Bobby, she knew she was falling in love with the person who she didn't want to be in love with…and she also knew, like Bobby, that there was no way to fight it.

For this connection between her and Bobby—like Rogue and John—had a much deeper, darker, meaning than it seemed. For if Kitty dug below the surface, she knew she was going to come across secrets she would rather have left undiscovered.

But it was too late. She had taken the path, and there was no going back.

Now, the only thing left for her was to break the news to her friends. But Assassin-related or not related, her friends were going to kill her.

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