A bat in Bayville's sky

Part 5

Adapting

Kitty`s house:

Kitty sighted as she finished packing all her stuff, today was the day she was moving to the Xavier institute, she looked at the picture that her parents gave her: the three of them were hugging in a park, surrounded by flowers, she sniffed "Kitty the professor is here"-"coming mom" she looked around her room one last time and exited the door, she walked down stairs and hear he father talking with Charles "And are you sure that no one will hurt my daughter?"-"No Mr. Pryde, the perimeter is secured and Logan, a friend of mine, checks the surrounding areas" her father lowered his voice to a whisper "What about the insane Scarecrow?" Kitty tensed, she had been having nightmares about him all week, and many kids at Deerfield high had to go with a doctor to help them control their fears. "You don't have to worry about Crane, he can`t go near the mansion without me noticing, and besides, he is being hunted down by…" "Batman" Kitty finished for the professor "Yes, hello Kitty; are you ready to go?" kitty nodded but turned to her parents "I´m going to miss you guys so much" her mother blinked back tears "We will miss you too sweetheart, may Hashem(1) be with you" Her father hugged her again and kissed the top of her forehead "Be careful, honey and don't worry, will see you for holidays" Kitty nodded letting the tears fall, after another hug she turned to the Professor "I`m ready" Xavier nodded and they got in the car. Ororo introduced herself and drove them to very far from the center of the city "Like, why are we going this way I though the airport was in the other side of the town" Ororo smiled and Charles chuckled "Kitty we do not need to pay for a plane" He grabbed his phone and dialed Scott "Prepare the plane and please make sure Bruce is in the plane as well".

At the Blackbird:

"Sure thing professor" Scott prepared the engines and yelled outside "Hey Bruce come inside, we are leaving as soon as the Professor arrives" when he didn't heard a response Scott grunted annoyed, Bruce was being stubborn again, rubbing his temples he decided to go outside and get him himself "Bruce?" The entire forest was deserted, and only the sound of the insects and the occasional bird was heard "Bruce didn't you hear me"-"I did" Scott jumped and turned around to glare at Bruce who had a smirk plastered in his face "Don't do that, you know how much it freaks me out, what were you doing anyway?" Bruce took out a bag full with chemicals "I got them from Crane`s apartment, I will find how he did the formula and were did he get all this stuff, so I can track him down"-"Why don't you let the police deal with this Scarecrow guy"-"they wouldn't know how to" Scott sighted again "I think I hear the professor`s car" Scott turned around and spotted the car, it was very far. "How in the world did you hear him at this distance?"-"Ninja training"

Kitty couldn't believe her eyes; the professor had a plane, a super cool looking plane!

"Kitty please follow me, Ororo will get the car inside the storage area"-"The plane has a storage area!?" Charles nodded and signaled her to follow him inside "this is the Blackbird, it`s our way of transporting and get to the fellow mutants in a shorter amount of time and help them" Kitty looked around the plane mouth opened "This is such a cool plane"-"I know" she turned around and saw a young man with red glasses and a gentle smile. "My name is Scott Summers; nice to meet you" Kitty smiled and shakes his hand "Is nice to meet you too" Charles looked around "Where`s Bruce"-"I`m right here professor, I was just putting some stuff in my bag" Kitty looked at Bruce, he was in his same black t-shirt that in the day they met, Bruce looked at her and gave her a charming smile "Hello Kitty is nice to see you again" Kitty blushed and smiled at him "Hi, how are you"-"Fine, thanks" Ororo walked inside the plane and took the co-pilot seat "Ready to go home kids" they all nodded and took their seats, Scott sited right next to Bruce and Kitty behind them "Hey Bruce, you are going to school tomorrow right?" Bruce groaned "Cant I just be homeschooled or something"-"No, you are not staying at the institute all day doing those investigations of yours"-"Why not, it would be cool"-"NO!"-"Fine, I`ll go" Scott grinned, he had defeated Bruce this round. Kitty looked at Bruce in amusement before a question popped in her mind "Hey, aren't you, like, from Bayville?" Bruce chuckled "No, I am from Gotham City" Kitty gasped "I heard is horrible there" Bruce nodded thoughtful "Oh yes, there´s no other place with more crime than Gotham". Bruce snapped out of his trance and smiled again "But is not that bad, I mean, I came out all right" Scott laughed at Bruce "Says the bat with ninja skills" Bruce shot him a glare.

X-Men mansion:

Kurt was teleported to the hangar were the Blackbird had just landed "Ja, they are here!" Kurt exclaimed excitedly, Bruce was the first to come out with (as always) a blank expression "Hello Kurt, how was school" Kurt shrugged "Ah, boring" Bruce looked around "Where is Jean"-"She is with Duncan Mathews"-"Oh, don't tell that to Scott" Kurt sniggered. Kitty got out of the jet jumping in excitement "entering trough the cascade was so cool!" she then spotted Bruce talking with… a blue elf? "Bruce?"-"Hey Kitty, this is my friend, Kurt Wagner" Kurt extended his hand "Hello" Kitty shook it slightly put off because it was blue and fuzzy "Well, I'm going to get some pizza from the kitchen, see ya" he disappeared. Kitty looked at the spot he was and then back at Bruce "he can teleport, he is just not fuzzy and blue; come with me I`ll show you to your room" Bruce guided her trough the mansion giving brief explanations about the mansion, some of the rooms that he knew, the normal stuff "Here is your room Kitty if you need anything my room is right in front of this room, ok?" –"Sure, thanks for everything Bruce"-"see you around" he then proceeded to go to his room and close the door behind him. Kitty smiled when she closed the door, maybe being here wasn't going to be so bad.

Mississippi:

The river was calm, the fishes swam peacefully eating some bugs once in a while, one got close to the surface and stopped to look at a lone figure who was close to the river, a young teen with brown hair (except for two white stripes) and a gothic attire, looked back with an amused expression, the fish quickly saw back into the dark, Rogue stared at the calm waters and sighted "how ah wish ah was just a fish" loneliness was finally getting to her, she didn't have friends because everybody she was weird and creepy, at first it hurt but now she was used to it, or at least that`s what she believed. The only person who spoke to her and truly cared for her was Irene, her guardian, mother and friend "Rogue what are you doing so close to the lake, they are alligators down there" Irene asked her foster daughter, knowing she was brooding "Ah know, ah just wanted to see some fishes"-"what do you say if make something for dinner and we watch a movie?, well you watch, I hear" she chuckled but stopped and shivered in fear "I feel something, in the water, he is evil" she gasped in fear, she saw trough her visions the beast from the deeps "Step away from the water Rogue!" Rogue looked at her with a puzzled expression but did it anyways because she saw the fears in her eyes, she quickly jumped besides her just in time to skip the jaws of a monster, seeing that he had nothing in his mouth, he growled and stood at his full size, he was two or three times bigger than the average man, his yellow reptilian eyes watched them, they appeared soulless and with hunger in them, his tale hit the ground some time to intimidate. "I`m in a mood for a quick snack" his voice was deep and inhuman, he laughed and lifted one of his fearsome claws ready to cut Rogue and Irene, but a voice from behind the monster made him halt "Killer Croc what the hell do you think you`re doing!?" Croc turned around to look at the smaller figure, a man in a brown suit, and short brown hair looked at him disapprovingly "Get lost Crane this is my hunt!"-"I told to follow me and help me carry these instruments, you know damn well they are important" Croc wanted to argue but he was getting paid so he just grumbled something and turned to leave but stopped "They saw us, we should kill them"-"Who will believe a Goth freak and a pathetic blind woman, don't be ridiculous, now let's go, the bat is hunting me down".

Rogue stood there, breathing hard and turned to look at Irene who was shaking "What were they?!"-"Honey easy, there`s no need to panic"-"What do yah mean with that, a freaking monster just attacked us!"-"I will call someone, just please, don't tell anyone about these, I will deal with this" Irene walked inside the house and went to her room, took out her private telephone, that Raven gave her, she didn't want her near her baby, but the visions told her to call her, she sighted and dialed "Raven, we got trouble…"

1) That`s how the Jewish call God.

A/N:

Mini episode just to introduce our favorite croc, next is "Rogue recruit", I have so much planed for that episode, thanks to everybody who reviewed, reviews make my day. See you soon!

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