A/N: Hellooo! Sorry for the wait but I wanted to make sure this chapter would come out how I wanted it to turn out. This was just one of my fav chapters I enjoyed writing and I hope you guys enjoy reading it! Thank you for patiently waiting and no onto Shadow dance!
I do NOT own X-men Evolution!
Chapter 15: Shadow dance
The evening was like an other ordinary evening, well as ordinary as it can get as Xavier's Institute for the gifted, as the Professor, Logan, Hank, Forge and Kurt were stationed in the danger room with some machines along the wall. Forge tweaks some things in Kurt's pack that was situated on his back. "Okay, this is going to allow you to see what you're going through when you teleport. Wolverine will be tethered to you incase there's any threats that you might face." Forge explains after closing the pack.
"I would hope there aren't any threats." Kurt gulps.
"Don't worry, Elf. Anything that tried to come for us, I'll get 'em." Logan reassures him with a pat on his shoulder.
Kurt lets out a nervous breath, then nods. Forge starts up the machine, flipping several switches as the Professor watched. "Okay, think of somewhere to teleport to." Forge smiles.
"Alvright…" Kurt thinks of a place, then him and Logan teleport after Logan held onto his arm.
The two enter a different dimension, floating through as they go from one side towards the other end. "No wonder you smell like sulfur when you port." Logan sniffs.
His claws pop out when he hears screeching, seeing dinosaur like demons take a look at them curiously. "Vat are zose?!" Kurt gasps, hoping they get out of the dimension fast.
"Not sure I want to find out. You don't see them when you teleport?" Logan growls.
"No! I probably go too fast for zem to notice." Kurt shakes his head as he curls up in the air.
"Well, they notice you now!" Logan kicks at one that tried to jump up and attack them.
"Ve're almost zere!" Kurt points to the other end point they were heading to.
Before another could jump on them, they port out of the dimension, landing in the gym at Bayville High school that was decorated for the upcoming dance. Kurt shakes himself as he felt relieved to be somewhere he knew. "Mein got, zat iz vhere I am porting through every time I use mein powers?!"
"We made it through in one piece. I wouldn't recommend doing it again though." Logan comms the institute.
"Great! Come on back and we'll see what Kurt's camera caught!" Forge's voice comes through.
"If it'z alvright, I think I'm just going to valk back." Kurt sheepishly says.
"Yeah, I think that's a good call, Elf." Logan sighs in agreement as they start to head out, while a small rift starts to open up.
They arrive back, Kurt immediately going to bed after giving Forge his gear while Logan went with the teen to Hank's lab. Kurt flops into bed, remembering the dance was coming up soon, but he figured he might not be asked as he hasn't been asked yet. He would still go with friends though if he didn't get asked, but for now he lets sleep take over and pushes that thought to the back of his mind.
Morning arrives, the X-teens getting ready for school as the week was starting to come to an end with the upcoming dance on Friday. Scott was trying to find a way to ask Jean to the dance but he could never find the right opportunity to ask her. Piotr knocks on Kitty's bedroom door, having found some flowers so that he could give them to her. She opens the door eagerly, a grin spreading on her lips. "Hi Petey!" She greets her boyfriend cheerfully.
"Hello Katya. I had something to ask you." He shows her the flowers and blushes lightly as he shyly looks away. "Would you.. like to go to the dance with me?"
Kitty lets out a squeal that the whole mansion could hear. "YES OF COURSE!"
She grabs the flowers and tackles Piotr, kissing him on the lips passionately. He smiles and looks at her after they pull back. "Da, wonderful. I shall make arrangements to get a suit."
"Oh my gosh this is so exciting!" She then gasps again. "I gotta go tell Rogue! I'll catch up with you at breakfast!"
She takes off, flowers in hand as she was as giddy as your typical high school girl was after being asked to a dance. Rogue was exiting her room after getting ready for the school day, bag on her shoulder. Unsuspecting what was about to happen, Rogue starts to go towards the stairs, but Kitty was yelling after her as some others were also heading downstairs. "Hey! Wait up!!" Kitty yells out, Spyke turning his head with a brow raised but she shakes her head. "Not you, sorry. ROGUE!"
Rogue jumps, taking an earbud out of her ear as she turns but Kitty crashes into her. "Kitty! What the hell?!" Rogue dusts herself off, but the small valley girl was jumping up and down.
"Piotr asked me to the dance!" She says excitedly. "Which means you're coming with me to pick out a dress!!"
"Wow, realleh? That's great, Kit. Ah guess ah could help ya fahnd a dress." Rogue gives her a small smile.
"You should get one too!" Kitty beams.
"Pass. Ah don't think ah should go…" Rogue starts to walk again, Kitty skipping after her.
"Huh? Why not?! It's a dance!" Kitty pouts.
"Last tahme ah went ta a dance, it didn't end well." Rogue wraps her arms around herself.
"Come on, it'll be fun. We could, like, find a dress that has long sleeves?" Kitty smiles. "And you could, like, totally come with me and Piotr."
"Again, pass. Ah don't want ta be no third wheel eithah." Rogue shakes her head.
"Would you go if a certain someone asked you?" Kitty smirks.
Rogue turns her head and raised a brow. She knew the look Kitty was giving her, making her cheeks redden slightly and puff her cheeks. "Lahke he doesn't have gals linin' up ta ask him alreadeh." She grumbles as she enters the kitchen.
"Who has filles linin' up?" Remy pops up, a curious look on his face.
Rogue jumps a bit, then purses her lips. "No one."
Remy eyes her, but she makes a beeline for the coffee and breakfast that was set out. Kitty smells her flowers, noticing Piotr had saved her a seat with some of her favorites. "Awww Pete, you didn't have to!" She beams.
"It was no problem, Katya." Piotr smiles.
Breakfast continued on as usual, then everyone headed out for school. They arrive, Kitty hanging onto Piotr's arm as they walk towards the building, Rogue slowly walking as she didn't want to see all the couples getting ready for the dance. Of course it was no surprise Remy already had some girls asking him to the dance, she figured he accepted a girls offer. "Y' t'inkin' o' takin' anyone t' de dance, chère?" Remy asks as he had caught up to her.
"No, not realleh thought about it." Rogue shakes her head, biting her lip.
"Why not?" He glances to her.
"Ya know why." She says sternly, sending him a look. "Ah'm soah ya takin' someone, considerin' ya had a whole swarm of gals pesterin' ya."
Remy gives her a smile as he scratched the back of his head. "Well, oui, some filles asked m', but I turned dem all down."
Rogue's eyes widen as she looks up at him. "Huh?"
"Dere's only one fille I'd want t' ask." Remy puts his hands in his trench coat pockets now, his hand in his right pocket fiddling with a card as he was a bit nervous.
"Who?" Rogue raises a brow, stopping now to look up at him.
"Well, I was wonderin' if y'd want t' go t' de dance wit' m', Rogue." He sends her a smile, but not the kind she was used to.
She knew he was never really nervous, he was always confident. Her cheeks reddened slightly as her lips were pressed together. "M-meh? A-are ya soah? Ah'm not tha safest gal ta dance with-not ta mention ah can't realleh dance. Ah think ya maght be bettah off with a gal ya can touch." She stutters.
"Dat don' matte'. I won' get mad if y' step on m' toes." Remy chuckles. "'Sides, y' de only one I'd want t' go wit'."
Rogue gulps, looking down at the ground. Her heart was beating in her chest like a drum, her mouth felt dry. "… Okay. Ah'll go with ya." She shyly looks up at him with a look he has never seen on her face before.
He gives her his usual grin, pulling out the card he was fiddling with. "Bon. Don' worry t' much 'bout it. 'Ll be careful, chère."
He gives her the card, saluting to her with two fingers before heading off into the school, putting his hands over his eyes as he let out a huge sigh of relief and a grin on his lips as his own heart was pounding. Rogue smiles genuinely, then looks down at the card, noticing it was a queen of hearts. Her thumb brushes it a bit, then she heads off into the building to get to her locker so she could get to class.
Kitty was gushing to Kurt and Bobby how Piotr had given her flowers and asked her to the dance, her beaming smile never leaving her lips as she leaned against her locker. Lance walks over to her, hands in pockets. "Hey Kitty. I was wondering if you want to go to the dance with me."
"Oh.. I'm sorry Lance. My boyfriend had asked me already." Kitty motions to the flowers.
"Boyfriend?" Lance's brows raise up.
"Um, yeah…" Kitty looks away awkwardly. "Piotr. We just started going out recently. I'm, like, sure some other girl would like to go to the dance with you."
"Tch. Of course you would go out with that russian." Lance sneers, then turns and saunters down the hall, purposely shoving his shoulder into Remy who gave him a look. "Outta my way Swamp boy."
"Ey, what did Remy do t' y'?!" Remy questions but Lance ignores him as he makes his way down the hall.
"Boy, he is not happy." Bobby whistles.
"What was dat all 'bout?" Remy asks.
"Lance tried asking Kitty to za dance but Piotr haz beaten him to it." Kurt explains. "Are you going?"
"Oh yeah! Did anyone ask you yet, Remy? Or have you asked someone?" Kitty grins.
"Y' could say I asked someone." Remy smirks, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Who's the lucky girl?" Bobby lightly elbows him.
"Hm, I don' t'ink 'll tell y'." Remy shakes his head with a smile.
"It's Rogue isn't it?" Kitty gasps with a grin.
Remy blinks at her, surprised. "How'd y' figure it out?"
The trio share glances, smiling at one another. "It'z so obvious." Kurt chuckles.
"You two are, like, so perfect for each other!" Kitty sighs, still smiling.
"I didn' t'ink it was dat obvious." Remy chuckles but his chuckle fades as he got a few looks. "How was it dat obvious?!"
"Pft, it's the "oh, do you need help with that, chère?" Bobby says as he and Kurt play out how the two southerners interact.
Remy makes a face. "I don' sound like dat."
"Or ven your like staring at her like zis." Kurt does an impression to which Remy rolls his eyes.
"Oh y' know what? I hear de bell, I gotta get t' class." He excuses himself while the trio laugh.
He finds Rogue in their first class, sending her a wink which made her hide her reddened cheeks in her book she was reading. 'This is going to be an interesting day,' He thinks to himself.
As the school day continues, Kurt was packing up his stuff for the next class as the bell rings, his eyes catching sight of one of his classmates looking at him nervously with her friends giving her words of encouragement. He slowly makes his way to the door, the girl next to him. Kurt knew her name was Amanda Sefton, but he never really had much interaction with the girl during class except maybe during a few group projects. She gives him a nervous smile. "So, has anyone asked you to the dance yet?"
"Uh, n-no. Not yet." Kurt smiles at her.
"Well, would you.. maybe want to go with me?" Amanda smiles shyly at him, gripping her books closer to her chest.
"Vreally?! Me? Ja! I would love to!" Kurt's brows raise in surprise.
"Great, I'll see you at 7?" Amanda felt a weight be lifted off her chest.
"Ja! See you zen!" Kurt grins.
They go their separate ways, Kurt pumping his fists in the air as he lets out a whoop. "What's got you pumped up?" Scott asks as he walks down the hall with a few other x-teens.
"I got a date to ze dance tonight!" Kurt grins.
"Hey that's great, man. But what are you going to do about, you know? The blue, fuzzy side of you?" Evan smiles.
"Oh man! You're so vright!" Kurt then starts to freak out.
"Just tell her you have skin problems and wear gloves." Warren suggest.
"Ja, ja, zat could work." Kurt thinks about it, then hears the warning bell. "Ah! Gotta go!"
"You taking anyone, Scott?" Warren asks as they make their way towards their classroom.
"I want to ask Jean, but I haven't been able to yet." Scott sighs. "What about you?"
"Eh, might go by myself." Warren shrugs. "But we'll see."
It was soon lunch time as the next few classes went by quick, Scott looking around for Jean, but he was stopped by one of her friends, Terran, who decided to ask him straightforward to the dance. Jean was about to go up to him but she hides behind a pillar while she listened to her friend ask him to the dance, to which he said yes. She frowns and walks away, going to find Duncan and eat her lunch.
The rest of the school day went on, finally ending and letting the students out to go home. The x-teens all pile up into the carpooled vehicles, Lance sending a glare to Piotr from his jeep. Warren notices a car in front of the mansions front entrance steps as Scott pulls up to the large estate. "Hm, wonder who that belongs to?" Warren ponders out loud.
"Not sure. Maybe a friend of the Professors?" Scott scratches his head as he parks the car and turns it off.
They enter the foyer, Warren gasping softly when he notices a teen girl with purple hair standing with her back to him, talking to the Professor. "Betsy?" He calls out.
She girl turns, noticing Warren and gives a smile. "Hey Worthington. Been a while."
"It would seem you have a visitor who would like to see you, Warren." The Professor smiles.
"Let's take a walk, shall we?" Betsy smiles sweetly.
"Sure!" Warren nods with no hesitation.
The pair leave the foyer, passing the others as they head outside towards the garden. "What brings you here? I haven't seen you in a couple years!" Warren asks her.
"I went to go to your house but your father told me you were staying here for the time being. How are they?" She gazes up at him with a soft expression on her face, her hand reaching towards where his wings would usually be. "Last time I saw you, you were trying to cut them out…"
"I'm.. doing much better. Excepted them even." Warren looks away, almost ashamed.
"That's good though." Betsy smiles. "I'm glad to have found you. There was something I wanted to talk to you about."
"There was so much I wanted to say to you too before I left to come here." Warren gazes at her now.
"I've… been hiding something from you." She says.
"Like what?"
"That I am also a mutant. But with how our parents do business together, I've been too afraid to tell them, knowing your father isn't the biggest fan." Betsy rubs her arm.
"Wait, really? That's amazing news though. Do you know what your gifts are?" Warren smiles at her.
"Mostly for the moment telekinesis and telepathy. I can also make weapons made of my psychic energy, but I am still learning control." Betsy makes a small, glowing, pink dagger with her powers, then takes away the power.
"That's incredible, Bets! You should stay here to learn how to control it." Warren holds her hands.
"I wish I could… I'll think about it, Warren. Anyway, what were you trying to tell me?" Betsy takes her hands away from his.
"Oh… Um… Well, you see… there's this dance coming up and I was wondering if you would like to accompany me?" Warren smiles nervously, knowing he couldn't find the right moment to ask her out fully, but this would have to do for now.
"A dance? Sounds like it could be fun. Your friend's going?" Betsy grins.
"Yeah, they're all going."
"Alright. Just text me the time and day and I'll be here." Betsy motions to her phone. "I have to get going for the moment, my mother is in the city and she allowed me to come out here for a short while to see you."
"I see. Well, I'll see you Friday." Warren nods.
She waves to him and leaves, Warren watching her leave as he felt he should have told her what he has been trying to for so long. While he heads back towards the house, Kitty skids to a halt as she caught up to Rogue who was stopped at her bedroom door to enter. "Rogue! Let's go shopping!" Kitty beams, making Rogue jump.
"Ya gotta stop doing that." Rogue gives her a look.
"Sorry!" Kitty smiles sheepishly. "I heard from a certain someone that you were asked to the daaance!"
Rogue presses her lips together, blushing lightly. "Um… y-yeah, ah was."
Kitty grins, then grabs Rogue's arm after she places her bag on her bed. "So now we have to go find a dress for you!"
Rogue sighs but gives her a smile. The pair grab their purses and head out to the local mall, Kitty leading her to several different shops to try on dresses. Rogue sifted through the racks, scrunching up her nose at some of the dresses while Kitty excitedly grabbed several to put on. The southern belle would give her input on the phasing girls options, Kitty trying on seven until she finally found the one in a different shop. She comes out in a pink sparkling dress that had an asymmetrical bottom, her face beaming as she twirls herself around. "I like this one!"
"Ya'll definitely knock Piotr's socks off." Rogue smiles lightly.
"Right?" Kitty then grins. "Now your turn! Gotta find you something that'll knock Remy's socks off."
"Eh? H-how'd ya know it was Remy?" Rogue was taken aback, surprised.
"Oh me, Kurt and Bobby ran into him in the hall. He was all lovestruck I think." Kitty giggles at her expression.
Rogue bites her lip, turning to look at some dresses while Kitty happily helped. She ushered Rogue to the changing room with several options. The southerner tried on all her options, only liking a few, but her stomach dropped as she realized she didn't have gloves long enough for either of the dresses that were chosen. "Ya know what Kitty? A-ah think ah'll just wear a long sleeved top and some nahce pants."
"Oh! I forgot to hand you these!" Kitty tosses a pair of black satin gloves over the door.
Rogue catches them, noticing how long they were. She was definitely getting these gloves. "Ah think Ah found the dress Ah want, but Ah need yer opinion…"
"Show me!" Kitty smiles in excitement. Rogue slowly opens the door, Kitty gasping. "That's totally the dress for you."
Piotr had asked Remy to come with him to do some shopping for the dance, the larger boy not knowing what to wear. Remy agreed since he too had to get something since he was going with Rogue. Just the thought made his heart skip a beat. Piotr ended up picking black pants, a jacket to match with a blue tie over a white shirt and a navy blue button vest to go with his set. Remy had done the same but with a red tie and dark red-maroon button up vest. Satisfied with their purchases, the pair head out to go back to the mansion, only to spot Kitty and Rogue coming out of a dress shop. "Oh, there's Katya and Rogue." Piotr comments.
He looks next to him only to see Remy had already left to go up to the girls, his own feet moving to catch up with his friend. "Bonjour mademoiselles." Remy greets.
"Oh hey Remy! Hi Pete!" Kitty beams with a bubbly smile.
Rogue smiles a bit shyly, gripping her shopping bag. Remy eyes her bag and grins. "Can I see de dress y' got?"
Rogue tugs the bag away from his eyes as a light blush dusted her cheeks. "Not 'till the dance, Cajun."
"Fine." He shrugs with a grin, but she caught a glint his eyes that made her heart skip a beat.
"You boys are just going to have to wait till the day of the dance to see us in our dresses." Kitty winks as she puts an arm around Rogue. "See you back at hooome!"
Rogue waves sheepishly as Kitty leads her out of the shopping center and towards the parking lot. The boys started heading towards where they parked, Remy fiddling with a few cards in his pocket as he walked, feeling excited to see Rogue on the day of the dance.
The next day seemed to have flown by just as quick as it was the day for the dance, the students rushing out of school as they all go home to get ready. Kitty was brushing her hair out from her braid she typically wore, keeping it down for the dance. Then she applied her make up, putting her dress and matching wedges on. She smiles as she twirls in front of the mirror, an excited squeal escaping her lips as she grins. Kitty grabs her purse and leaves her room to go check on Rogue, passing Jean in the hall who was wearing a gorgeous yellow gown. "Wow Jean, you, like, look great!" Kitty beams.
"Thanks Kitty." Jean smiles.
"Who's taking you? Scott?" Kitty gives her a playful look.
"Oh, no. Duncan is actually taking me.." Jean tucks a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Oh.. that's too bad." Kitty pouts. "Oh! I gotta go! I gotta check on Rogue!"
"See you at the dance." Jean waves, then starts walking down the hall again, a nagging feeling tugging at her.
Kitty knocks on Rogue's door, the southerner opening it to reveal her green sleeveless gown that went to the floor but had a small slit in the left leg and hugged her form. Her collar and neck had a small turtleneck and her arms had the black satin gloves on. Her make up was done up, too and so was hair, having her white fringes frame her face and some of her brown locks pulled from both sides and ties into a small braid in the back. "Woooow! You look stunning!" Kitty claps.
Rogue blushes as she grabbed her purse, a small smile on her lips. "Heh… thanks, Kit. You too."
"You all ready?" Kitty asks.
"Yeah, Ah just had ta get ma bag." Rogue nods, her hand brushing her two piercings in her ear lightly as she felt nervous.
Kitty grins, then she leads them to the stairs where everyone was getting ready to head out with their dates. Warren met up with Betsy who was wearing a purple gown that had spaghetti straps, complimenting her while taking her arm so he could go carpool with Scott. Jean had left with Duncan, while Kurt ported to go meet up with Amanda. Piotr adjusts his tie, patiently waiting for his girlfriend while Remy nervously shuffled his cards as he leaned against the wall. "You boys make sure you're on your best behavior, same goes for everyone else." Logan says gruffly as he walks into the foyer.
"Don' worry, Wolverine. 'S just a dance." Remy rolls his eyes slightly.
"We're ready!" Kitty yells from at the top of the stairs.
The trio looks up, Piotr smiling while Remy drops his cards and gasps softly. Kitty comes down the stairs and hugs Piotr who greets her. Rogue carefully walks down the stairs, Remy immediately greeting her. "Y' look très belle, chère." He smiles at her genuinely.
"Ya look quite handsome too, Cajun." Rogue smiles.
He offers his ungloved hand to her, Rogue slowly taking it. She noticed he had pushed his bangs slightly out of his eyes by styling them. He looked very handsome. Logan tells the girls to have a good time, the girls waving him as they walk out to the car.
The music was already playing as everyone had arrived at the gymnasium, the Brotherhood coming as Tabitha made them go. People were dancing and getting beverages as the music played. Jean sips her drink as she looks around and spotted Scott with her friend on the dance floor. Duncan was talking to his friends about football which Jean wasn't all that interested in. Kurt was dancing with Amanda, both having a great time. She asked about his gloves, which he made up something, but she could tell he was lying. She smiles at him and hugs him as she tells him she would want to learn about all his secrets someday, to which Kurt blushed.
'Love Myself' was playing, Kitty and her friends dancing while Piotr was taking a drink break. Lance was in the corner drinking his own drink as he watched, sulking. Kitty pulled Rogue to dance with her to which the southerner gave Remy a shrug and smile as he watched with a grin. Some of the other mansions girls cheered when Kitty had brought Rogue over to dance with them as the song continued. "Gotta love myself cause I don't need anybody else!" The girls chanted as they were having fun.
They danced until the song ended, Rogue panting a bit but had a smile on her lips. Her eyes turn to see Remy looking at her, an unreadable expression on his face that she hasn't seen before. He gives her a smile as he offers her a drink as she walked over to him. "Had fun?" He asks.
"Yeah, ah haven't had this much fun in a while." Rogue smiles as she accepted the drink.
The dj comes over the speaker to announce a slow song and invite the couples and others onto the dance floor to dance. The song starts up, 'Love Story' by Indila, as couples and dates began to go dance while some others went to have a break. Remy offers Rogue his hand, her eyes gazing up him. She takes it and he guides her to the dance floor as the music played.
'L'âme en peine
Il vit, mais parle à peine
Il attend devant cette photo d'antan
Il, il n'est pas fou
Il y croit, c'est tout
Il la voit partout
Il l'attend debout
Une rose à la main
À part elle, il n'attend rien
Rien autour n'a de sens
Et l'air est lourd
Le regard absent
Il est seul et lui parle souvent
Il, il n'est pas fou
Il l'aime c'est tout
Il la voit partout
Il l'attend debout
Debout une rose à la main
Non, non plus rien ne le retient
Dans sa love story
Dans sa love story
Dans sa love story
Sa love story'
(English:)
'A lost soul,
He lives but hardly talks
He is waiting for her,
In front of this photo of former times
He, he is not crazy
He believes in it, that's all
He sees her everywhere
Standing, he is waiting for her
Apart from her, he is expecting nothing
Nothing around him makes sense
And the air feels heavy
An absent expression,
He is alone, he often talks to her
He, He is not crazy
He loves her, that's all
He sees her everywhere,
Standing, he is waiting for her
A rose in his hand,
Apart from her, he is expecting nothing
Nothing around him makes sense
And the air feels heavy
An absent expression,
He is alone, he often talks to her
He, He is not crazy
He loves her, that's all
He sees her everywhere,
Standing, he is waiting for her
A rose in his Hand,
No, nothing can hold him back now
In his love story
In his love story
In his love story
His love story.'
Rogue gazes up into his contact brown eyes as they danced. She was surprised with how well she was doing while they pair glided across the floor, in sync with each other.
Kitty pants as she sits with Piotr, looking around for Rogue as the song played. She grins when she spotted her and Remy on the dance floor as the song went into its crescendo again. The pair were dancing like they were the only ones there in the room, Remy giving her a loving smile as he lightly twirls her, hearing a soft giggle escape her lips as she went back to him, never letting go of him.
The song starts to fade out as it ends, the pair stopping to look at each other as it ends and the dj starts to play the next song. Rogue's emerald eyes stare up in his contact brown ones, her smile having never left her lips while his own still remained.
As they were lost in their own world and the new song continued, there was a light in the middle of the dance floor, surprising some people. Gasps and screams were heard, making the pair snap out of their trance and look over. Amanda hangs onto Kurt in shock as Kurt watched the same dinosaur like creature emerge from the light. "Uh oh." Scott grits his teeth as he looked over.
Everyone starts to run, Kitty and Piotr getting up to go see what they could do. Amanda grips Kurt and looks at him with wide eyes. "Kurt! Get us out of here!"
"Vat?!" Kurt looks at her with wide eyes.
"I've seen you do it! Please, get us out of here!" Amanda pleads.
Kurt looks back to the dinosaur like thing that was coming towards them, Amanda screaming, but then he teleports them outside the school. "Where did this thing come from?!" Bobby questions.
"Don't know, but I have already contacted the Professor. He's getting Forge and Wolverine to get here as soon as possible." Scott says as he backs up.
"What are we going to do?" Kitty asks, worriedly.
"Let's try to help others escape without our powers." Jean says as she appears.
Remy pulls Rogue tight against him as he dodged out of the creatures way, Rogue looking over to see the creature had crashed into the punch table, her head then snapping back to the light to see two more creatures emerge. People were shoving each other out of the way as they ran, the x-teens trying their best to help others without using their powers. Piotr punches one of the creatures, causing it to hiss at him and lunge towards him, but Betsy used her powers to knock it away.
Rogue removes her glove and calls out to one of the creatures as it was sauntering towards a small group, the dinosaur like animal turning around and heading towards her. Before it could attack her, Remy grabbed a chair and hit it in the back of its head, making it cry out. One of the other ones tackles Remy to the ground, Remy using the chair to shield himself as the creature tried to bite him multiple times. It roars as Blob slams himself into it, Tabitha helping Toad and Pyro get a handle on the one Remy knocked down. Rogue helps Remy up with her remaining gloved hand. "Oi, how'd these dinosaurs get here?!" Pyro questions.
"I know why," Forge says as he and Logan enter the dance, most of the teens having cleared out. "Kurt must've opened up a rift with my device I attached to him. Not to worry, I have a solution to fix this!"
"You kids okay?" Logan asks, on guard.
"The dance is ruined but we're all fine." Scott sighs.
Forge sets down a pack, typing in some sort of code and opening the rift. "Piotr, Blob, little help?" Logan commands as he starts to usher one of the creatures towards the rift.
Piotr and Blob shove the other two inside, the creatures putting up a fight but the trio manage to get them inside so Forge could close the rift. "Phew." Everyone lets out a breath they were holding.
"Guess the parties over." Evan comments as they look around at the mess.
"Yup. Where is the elf by the way?" Logan asks.
"Not sure…" Scott looks around.
Kurt had teleported him and Amanda outside of school grounds and away from prying eyes, Amanda looking at him in a bit of surprise. "Whoa.." She breathes out.
"Look, Amanda, you seem like a nice girl, but you vouldn't vant to be vith me." Kurt sighs.
"Kurt, I've liked you for a long while. And before you say anything more, I want you to know that I know what you are. I saw you teleport away one day and turn blue. At first I wasn't sure what I saw but it made me want to get to know you even more." Amanda explains.
"Are you sure you vould vant zis? Vat if you don't like what you see?" Kurt looks away.
Amanda smiles, grabbing his hand that had the image inducer. "Let me decide that, if you don't mind?"
Kurt looks at her surprised, watching her turn off his image inducer. She looks at him with wide eyes as his true appearance appears before her. Kurt looks away from her, almost ashamed and fearful. She smiles softly, going up to him. "Did you know blue is my favorite color?"
He looks at her surprised by her actions, a light blush appearing on his cheeks. "Would you like to get some ice cream and get to know each other more?" She asks, her hand gently grabbing his. "My treat."
"Ohh, you may regret zat." Kurt grins at her. "I know ze perfect place."
"You know, you can be yourself around me. You don't need to hide who you are." Amanda leans her head on his shoulder.
"Zat's good to know, but for now while we go to ze ice cream shop, you'll get ze "normal" me." He gives her an affectionate smile.
The pair start walking down the street, Kurt changing back to his "normal" look on his image inducer so no one else knew he was a mutant. Meanwhile, the other x-teens arrived back home, worn out from the dance and fighting the dinosaur like creatures. Kitty and Piotr changed into their pajamas and decided to watch a movie while Remy walks with Rogue upstairs, his coat around her shoulders while she held her satin glove she had taken off. "Well that was fun while it lasted." Rogue commented as she walked down the hall towards her room, Remy walking beside her.
"It wasn' dat bad." Remy smiles.
They pause outside her bedroom, Rogue gripping his jacket around her shoulders. "Ah'm glad ya asked meh though…" She says softly with a shy smile. "I probably wouldn't have gone at all if ya hadn't ta be honest. Only cause of what had happened in the past… But thank ya fer tonight, Remy. Ah had fun."
Remy smiles at her and takes her gloved hand, kissing it gently. "Y' welcome, Rogue. Glad I could give y' a good time."
She blushes lightly but still smiled. She takes her other glove that was still off and placed it on his cheek and quickly pecked him, then hands his jacket. "G'naght!" She quickly enters her room as her heart was pounding.
Remy stood there with eyes wide and his jacket hanging at his side in his left hand, his own heart pounding. "Night…"
He blinks, then a grin appears on his lips as his right hand gingerly touched his cheek while he starts to walk back towards his own room.
Warren stood outside the mansion with Betsy in front of her car, his jacket over his arm. "Well that could have gone better." He says as he rubs the back of his neck with his other hand.
"I still had fun. Surprised you wanted to dance, Worthington." Betsy smiles.
"I'm glad." Warren smiles.
"Can I ask you something?" She questions, curiously.
"Oh, sure."
"Do you like me?"
He was shocked by her question, his mind thinking of how to tell her how he felt all night. He clears his throat as his eyes look away from hers. "Well, there's no use hiding it due to your powers… Yes, I do."
Betsy smiles, sweetly. "Knew it. Could have told me sooner though."
"Sorry it took me so long."
"Well, as much as I want to stay, I can't. I have to get back. I'll come visit though and maybe we can go out some time?" Betsy caresses his cheek gently, Warren smiling.
"That would be perfect."
"I'll see you later, Warren. Take care of yourself and don't hesitate to call me." Betsy gives him a smile before climbing into her car, then she takes off, Warren waving her goodbye before heading inside to turn in for the night.
A/N: And that is the end for this chapter! Let me know what you guys think and see you in the next chapter! Till next time!
