After a few minutes of the departure from the other x men, another duo arrived.
Kurt and Kitty Poofed back to Kitty's room. Pietro was staring out of the window. Kitty was the first to speak, "Sorry we took so long." What she said didn't seem to register him as he kept looking out the window. "Pietro? What's wrong?" She asked getting spooked by his silence.
Pietro didn't exactly answer her question. But he did say something, "I just saw the others leave, but who's that?" He pointed toward the driveway. Kitty ans Kurt ran over to see what he was talking about.
They saw two people racing for the door of the mansion. "Well we're about to find out." Said Kurt taking Kitty and Pietro by their hands. He teleported them to the front door. The trio came face to face with the unannounced duo. Kitty, Kurt and Pietro dropped their jaws.
"Kitty! Kurt!" exclaimed Rogue in felicity the moment she saw them. She ran to them and threw her arms around them, much out of her character. "Rouge!" Kurt yelled. "Is it really you?" "Of course it's me. Who else would ah be."
Pietro finally got over his state of shock and answered the question. "Well judging by everything that's been going on, he might have thought you were Mystique." he explained. "Mystique?! Why would he think that ah was Mystique?" Pietro slapped his palm against his head. "I was kind of hoping I didn't have to go over this story again." He said referring to the time when he and Kitty explained it Kurt. He dreadfully began reviewing the story.
Kitty was happy that Rogue was back, but she was even happier about something else. She approached Gambit with a shy gait. "Oh my gosh, like I didn't think you were going to make the right decision. Do you have any idea how that made me feel?" Kitty shouted surprised however gleeful at the same time. Gambit replied. "Well if it wasn't for ya showing up when ya did, then ah'd probably still be beating myself up over what to do.
For a moment there, I thought about what ya said about Rogue not forgiving anyone. Ah thought Ah'd lose her trust for good. But everything turned out well." he ended meek. "So like, how did you two get back?" Kitty asked.
Before her question could get answered, they all heard the sound of the elevator opening. "Quick grab on." Kurt whispered. Everyone made contact and teleported from the foyer.
As soon as they left, the professor and Storm walked through the anteroom while discussing Jean. "So how do you suppose we go about spending time with her?" Questioned storm. "Maybe we should have somewhat of a get together of the sort." Xavier replied. "Do you mean like a celebration party." "I'm not sure, but we can't let her know that she is to become something so dominant, and formidable.
If she had the slightest idea, I'm afraid that she may run away and prevent us from finding her for the fear of hurting us." "So, if we do throw her a party, what are we going to say to her when she asks about the occasion?" "Maybe we could pull some strings and say we're celebrating the fact that she has succeeded in progressing in her powers. Surely she has to understand." Xavier conversed.
The discussion was cut short when Logan walked in the room. "Hey, any of you seen those procrastinators anywhere? I smell em', but I don't see em'. They were supposed to see me at target practice almost an hour ago." Storm answered his question, "I don't know. They were supposed to be home by now. Or maybe they're just trying to avid you Logan. I've heard for a long time that the children dreaded your teaching skills." She said with a bit of a giggle. Logan grunted, "Well they're really not going to like my teaching skills when they get back because I'm changing their training time from an hour and thirty minutes, to three hours and fifty." He said very stern.
Logan was just about to meander the corner that led to the kitchen when he smelled something familiar albeit very displeasing. "Is it me, or do I smell Gambit?" He asked in his gruff and scorning voice.
Storm had an answer for that. "The last time you claimed that you smelled Gambit, the smell came from the card he gave to Rogue. Maybe she's been through here recently." Logan differed. "I know that! But this time, the smell is stronger. Almost like he was here himself." He frowned.
The professor wanted to make sure everything was alright, so he began to scan the house with his telekinetic power. He searched from room to room. Once he got a lock of a presence in the jet room, He looked into it and saw Gambit along with Pietro. "Wolverine! It appears as though you are right. Gambit is here as is Quicksilver."
The teachers quickly made their way down to the jet room. As they boarded the elevator Logan asked, "What are they doing here? And why Here?" The professor answered, "I don't know. But the chances of Magneto orchestrating this would be no surprise,"
In the Jet Room
When the group made it to the jet room, Kitty, Kurt, and Pietro exhaled a sigh of relief. Gambit and Rogue stared clueless. Rogue started off, "alright, what's goin' on? How come we had to run away from the others?" Kitty answered her question . "Because no one else knows about what happened to you except all of us." "What?! You mean you didn't tell anybody where we were? We could have died!"
Pietro intervened. "Correction! You would have died if we did tell everyone." "An' why is that?" asked Gambit. "well if I had a chance to finish the story, then I would have told you. But now I'm just going to skip over all of the details.
We didn't tell anyone because my father wants to keep his plan a secret. He didn't want anyone to know..." Rogue interrupted, "So you're betraying your father? Ah always thought you were, ah don't know, his under-wing or somethin'" Pietro flustered. "Well maybe at a time! But after seeing his true colors, I doubt that I would ever want to be like him!" he retorted angrily. "So how did ya end up working with Kitty?" She continued her interrogation.
Kitty was getting tired of the exchanging words and questions. "Guys! Cut it out!" She yelled, silencing everyone else. "Okay like, Rogue and Gambit are safe now. Shouldn't we be getting ready to move on in the next step?" "What next step?!" Rogue shouted with her brows furled from being in a disarray. "Well..."
She was cut off when the Professor, storm and Logan entered the room. Logan immediately jumped into action as he spotted Gambit. Gambit took out his staff and repelled Logan with it. Logan shot out his adamantium claws and began slashing at Gambit. Gambit was trying hard to hold back from hurting Logan as much as possible.
Kitty, Kurt, Pietro and Rogue ran to the professor pleading different words at all once. Xavier couldn't understand the words that were being said. "Please, slow down! I can't hear what you're saying." Rogue came closer to the professor. She panted, "Professor! Make Logan stop attacking Gambit! He hasn't done anything!"
"Yeah, he was just trying to help!" screamed Kurt. Kitty said, "This isn't what it looks like! Just make him stop and they'll explain why they're here." Pietro added. "Yeah. Anything you want. Just make him stop!" he said quickly.
"Very well." Said the professor. "Storm?" he bade her to stop Logan. She understood and flew over to where they were and used her powers over the wind to blow them apart. Logan dismissed the fact that they were separated and lunged at Gambit once more. The professor used his telekinesis to hold Logan off.
Vexed at this, Logan called out, "What's the meaning of this professor!" "Logan! I understand that the two of you don't commute very well. But the children seems to be in a distressful situation." he said while lowering him down to the ground.
Logan scowled at Gambit before walking away. Gambit made his way over to everyone else.
The professor wanted a clear explanation. "So, what seems to be the trouble?" He asked in his pensive gesture, his fingers interlaced under his chin and covering most of his lips. Gambit was the one who volunteered to do the talking.
"Listen here Professor. Magneto is hatching a plan. And it's bigger than ya' think. Ah forgot how most of it works, but it involves creating a new world order. A world in his image." The professor wanted all the details he could get, so he did it the quicker way. "Gambit? Would you mind if I entered your head?" "Not at all." he stooped down and allowed the professor to enter.
Everything that Gambit had in his head, the professor saw. When he was summoned by Magneto, when he arrived at the park, the secret lair, his effort to help Rogue; him being locked away in a cell, making their way back, and arriving at the mansion. Once he was finished, he left Gambit in a small amount of pain. But it wore off in a few seconds.
"I see. What a very dangerous plan it is. And very evil indeed." Said the professor. He turned his attention to Pietro, "Quicksilver." He called his name gently. Pietro looked from side to side and then back at the professor. "Are you talking to me?" he asked while pointing his thumb at his sternum. "Yes, come here please."
Pietro saw the condition Gambit was in when he finished getting his mind read. "You're not going to do that to me are you?" He asked shakily craven. "Yes. But it would only be a minute." Pietro gulped and went over to the professor and stooped down the same as Gambit. The professor grasped each side of his temple and began to read his mind.
The professor was having great difficulty sorting out Pietro's mind as it was functioning too fast. The images in his head were like a colorful blur. "Pietro, I need you to slow your thoughts." The professor commanded. "Concentrate Pietro!" The harder Pietro tried to concentrate, the more painful it got. He was grimacing with agony as was the professor as he was trying his best to read his mind.
The others looked on in amazement. Pietro tried to slow his thoughts, but he didn't know how since he had always moved fast without slowing down. His gait was fast, his speech was fast, he ran fast, ate fast, and saw the world as it moved slow around him. Now he was straining to come to a slow. But after a while, he finally slowed his mind down for the first time in his life.
The professor was able to read his mind more clearly. When he got the information he needed, he let go, panting. Pietro was also drained and he was near unconsciousness. Gambit caught him as he was falling over. Storm and Logan ran to the professor's aid while the other students ran to Pietro.
"Professor? Are you alright?" Asked a concerned Storm. "Yes, I'm fine. Now I understand why cerebro couldn't get a clear identification of him before. His mind is very untraceable. And If I wasn't careful, then my mind would probably have been lost in itself." "So did you find anything out? Like, why he's here?" "Indeed. It appears to be that he has betrayed his father to save Wanda."
The professor sat up straighter in his chair before proceeding. "Take Pietro down to the infirmary. Inform Hank that he is here on good intentions." He said speaking to Logan. Storm and the professor entered the elevator. "The rest of you will come upstairs and wait for the others to arrive. Rogue, try to stay out of sight since I know you're being duplicated by Mystique. And you should remain hidden too Gambit.
Pietro has indeed made the right decisions to keep things sane. There is no need for everyone to go in a panic."The Professor concluded. With that, the elevator closed behind them.
Logan took Pietro from Gambit. Kurt, Gambit and Rogue went up to the elevator. Kitty was about to go, but she was concerned about Pietro. So she crept off in the direction to the infirmary. She phased through the walls to keep her scent from being detected by Logan.
Logan entered the lab where Hank was studying scientific notations. "Hey bub!" Logan said as he stepped in. "I need you to take care of him for me." he said while handing Pietro over to him. Hank was confused just like all the others. Beast scratched his head, "I don't understand, isn't he of the brotherhood?" Hank asked bewildered. "Yeah. Charles sent me to tell you that he's here on good intentions." "Is that so?" Hank said taking up Pietro. "I guess so." "So what's the story of his presence?" "Believe me, if you want to find out what's going on, then you're going to have to tale to the professor. I'm still learning as it goes." "If you say so." Hank said while taking Pietro to the infirmary.
After Logan left to go upstairs, Kitty phased out of the walls and went to the infirmary where Hank was connecting the electrocardiogram, and other wires to detect brainwaves. "Um, Hi Mr. McCoy." Kitty acknowledge him as she entered the room. "Kitty. What brings you here?" he said surprised upon seeing her. "Like, I just wanted to see if Pietro was okay." "You know of him being here?" "Yeah. So does Kurt and Rogue."
Hank started the machines and he was getting a reading on Pietro's status. "So, Kitty. Do you mind telling me what happened here?" "You mean like, what he's doing here, or what happened to him?" "The second inquiry if you don't mind." "Well," kitty started by gazing at the ceiling. "The professor was reading his mind. I don't know exactly what happened, but it looked like the professor was having trouble reading it, so he like, told him to slow down so he could get a good reading. When the professor got done, Pietro just fainted." Kitty explained as much as she could.
Hank was listening to every word. "Sounds interesting. Now all we have to do is see what's going on with him now. Shall we?" Said beast, inviting her to go to the observatory with him.
When they got there, they took a look at his visual charts. What caught hank's attention was Pietro's brainwaves. "Hmm, I expected for his brainwaves to be faster than this." He thought a bit perplexed. "So what's wrong?" Kitty asked. "I'm not yet sure, but hopefully we'll find out." Hank monitored the charts relentlessly.
All of a sudden, the electrocardiogram showed that Pietro had engaged in a convulsion. Hank and Kitty Immediately ran to the infirmary and found Pietro as he was having a seizure. "Quick Mr. McCoy! Do something!" "I...I don't know what to do!" They both panicked.
Kitty ran over to Pietro to try and calm him. "Pietro! Pietro can you understand me?!" She shouted in vain. He gave no response as he was in critical condition. Hank ran back to the observatory to check his readings. He saw as his body was shaking vigorously, yet his brainwaves were unstable as well. Hank gasped in astonishment. "I see now. His mind is trying to get back in sync with his body." He made a run for the infirmary again.
"Kitty!Kitty! I know what's wrong with him." "Really, What?" She said terrified. "His mind and physical structure aren't functioning together. He's trying to match his mind back with his body." "Like, how did it lose connection in the first place?"
Just as she uttered the question, Pietro calmed down and began breathing regularly. Hank proceeded in answering her question. "If I recall accurately, didn't you say the professor asked him to slow his thoughts to make his mind readable?" "Yeah. Why?" "It appears to be that Pietro wasn't built to slow down. A fast-functioning body requires a fast-functioning mind.
It's like having a really fast computer but a slow operating chip. The two are not compatible which makes the computer void. The same rule applies to Pietro. If his mind and body doesn't match up, then he too would become void. But in his case, void would mean fatal."
After receiving the news, Kitty was only relieved the Pietro was able to put his mind and body in sync again. Hank laid a hand on her shoulder. "Let him rest and he should be better soon." he assured her. "I'm going to be running some more tests on him to make sure he is completely stabilized." Kitty nodded her head slowly. Hank could clearly see the worry on her face, which made him wonder, Since when did Kitty become so close to Pietro?
Kitty left the infirmary to join the others upstairs. Hank went back to the observatory to manage Pietro's recuperating status. When he got there, he checked everything thoroughly. He came across many discoveries with him. "He's rebooting himself as though he's a human computer. And his brainwaves are immense." He said to himself. If Pietro ever slows himself down like that again, then he may not survive. Hank concluded his thoughts.