Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men: Evolution.
Note: Okay, so this is the last chapter of "The Good Part Is Over," which is the prequel to "Welcome Home." I'll be writing a sequel to "Welcome Home" that will be called "Change of Heart." After that, I have one more story to add to these, probably be calling it "Ever After." Thanks for all of your encouraging words, and I hope you enjoy this chapter. R/R please?
Another note: I have action and dialogue taking place near the end of the chapter, where the dialogue is split into the action. Hope it's not too confusing. Let me know if it is.
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Kitty ran through the forest. Branches were hitting her in the face, and she kept stumbling, almost falling to the rocky earth. It was dark out, and she was having problems seeing ahead. Pietro had ripped off her jacket when he grabbed her, and she was freezing cold. She heard screaming up ahead, not knowing how far away it was. The ground rumbled and shook, and she thought to herself that if she didn't hurry up, she was going to lose her best friend. She knew how angry Lance could get. She couldn't imagine why he was so angry, and she knew she had to be quick. She was afraid. She thought, felt, and knew in her heart that Lance was so angry that he was going to kill Kurt.
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"Kurt! Scott, he's going to kill him!" Jean screamed suddenly.
Scott jumped, not expecting the outburst of fear. He had been leaning in to kiss Jean again. This night had gone perfectly for Scott. He had been on a date with Jean. He had told her how he felt about her, and she in turn told him that she loved him too. His night couldn't have gone better.
"What are you talking about, Jean?" he asked, alarmed.
"Lance! He's fighting with Kurt right now, and he's trying to kill him." She answered, putting her hands to her temples and concentrating.
Scott bolted upright. His breath caught in his throat as he stood up and looked around.
"Where are they, Jean?" he asked.
"I. . . can't tell. They're close."
"Hurry up, Jean!"
"I'm trying." She said, through gritted teeth.
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Kurt fell to the ground. He could feel blood on his head, and he knew that the wound on his forehead had opened up again. Either that or he had a brand new one. As he wiped the blood from his forehead, he could feel the earth tremble again. He stepped away from the tree in front of him as Lance brought a fallen branch down on his head. Kurt's world exploded with pain. It was as if every cell in his body cried out against the attack. He stumbled away, while Lance taunted him.
"So. . . you thought that after we broke up, you could just put your freak, three fingered hand all over my girlfriend, huh?" he asked, swinging the branch at Kurt, who dodged out of its way. He was a little slow, but he was beginning to get his senses back.
"Vhat did you do vith Kitty?" he asked. He looked around, feeling a sense of his surroundings again. His head was clearing, the pain bringing clarity.
"Oh, Pietro just took her for a run. I'll deal with her when I'm done with you freak." Lance said, putting special emphasis on that last word. He began to advance on Kurt.
Kurt froze. "Don't you ever call me zat again." He ran at Lance, and jumped into the air. Lance was unprepared for the attack, and howled as Kurt's foot struck his face. He jumped back, holding his jaw.
"Looks like Fuzzy is ready to fight back, huh? It's about time. Been wantin' to do this for awhile." Lance said, and grinned.
Lance focused, and the ground shook. Two rips formed in the earth, each on one side of Kurt. Kurt looked left and right, and then the ground began to fall in around him. He jumped to the base of a tree on a side of the chasm, and began to climb the tree. Lance followed, tearing the ground up underneath the tree. The dirt flew aside, leaving only the exposed roots of the tree showing. With a push, Lance shoved the tree over, and it began to fall. Kurt teleported off of the tree onto another, and launched himself down at Lance. He caught Lance around the neck, doubled up, and threw him into the ground. Lance groaned as Kurt flipped around and brought his knee down on his midsection. Now it was Lance's turn to scream, if only he wasn't gasping for air. He took a look at Kurt, and grabbed his hair. Kurt had time to think "I should 'port," when he was flipped over, and Lance brought his open hand down on his throat.
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Jean and Scott ran from the gazebo. As they ran, Jean called to Professor Xavier.
"Professor! Professor! I think that Lance Alvers is trying to kill Kurt!" she thought at him.
Miles away, Professor X put down the book he had been reading, and listened to Jean's message. His eyes opened wide and then shut. With all of his energy, he felt for Kurt. His mind scanned downtown Bayville, and the surrounding areas. He finally locked on Kurt, and heard his thoughts. Soon he locked down on Lance, and heard his thoughts. He was suddenly aware that Jean was right. Lance meant to kill Kurt.
"Jean! I hear you! Where are you now?" he asked.
"Scott and I are running from the park. I can't get a lock on where they are! Can you help?" she thought.
"Yes, Jean. I'm sending you an image of where they are. Hurry and help Kurt. He's hurt. Help is on the way." He thought back to her, and then cut off his link with her. He wheeled around to the door, and then reached out to Logan and Ororo with his mind. "Logan, Ororo, please listen to me! You must go to the park outside of town! Kurt is under attack, and is badly injured. You must help him. Jean and Scott are already on their way! Now hurry!"
No sooner had he finished than he heard the rev of a motorcycle, and the sound of the wind picking up. He knew that Storm and Wolverine were on their way. He reached out to Lance, trying to help Kurt.
Jean grabbed Scott's hand, turning him around. "No! Scott, we're going the wrong way! This way!" She said as she pulled him along.
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Lance reached his feet first, and kicked Kurt in the back of the head. Kurt howled and held onto his head, looking at Lance with pain and venom in his eyes.
"I'm going to kill you." Lance said. Kurt could see blankness in his eyes, as if they were dead. He knew that Lance wasn't lying. He swept Lance to the ground with his tail, holding him there with it. He got up, and looked at Lance.
"Let me return ze favor!" he yelled, and kicked Lance in the face. Then grabbing onto him with his tail, he picked him up.
"Vhere is Kitty! Tell me now!"
"What's wrong Kurt?" asked Lance, and then spit blood in Kurt's face. "Afraid for poor little Pretty Kitty?"
Kurt looked at Lance for a moment, before dropping him. Lance hit the ground, and then picked himself up.
"Kitty?!? Vhere are you?!?" Kurt yelled, and then was bumrushed by Lance. They skid along the ground, and when they stopped, they could both hear Kitty.
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Kitty ran and ran, hoping that she was getting closer to finding Kurt and Lance. She looked around. Everywhere she saw looked familiar. She didn't know if she was going towards the entrance to the woods, or just getting lost deeper within them. She stopped, turning around, taking in her surroundings. Tears came to her eyes, and she fell to her knees. She hit the ground out of frustration. She kneeled there, breathing, when she heard him calling her.
"Kitty?!? Vhere are you?!?"
She looked in the direction of the voice, got up, and ran faster than she had ever ran in her life.
"I'm here, Kurt! I'm coming!" she yelled.
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Lance and Kurt looked in the direction of the voice, and could see a figure running through the woods towards them. Lance looked at Kurt.
"Well, maybe I can take care of two birds with one stone." He said, before hefting Kurt off of the ground and throwing him as far as he could.
Kitty literally ran into him. He flew threw the air, and fell at her feet. She didn't even see him until she tripped over him. She picked herself up, and looked over her friend. He was barely conscious. His breathing was shallow, and his fur was almost completely matted with blood.
"Doesn't look so pretty now, does he Kitty?" Lance asked, standing over her.
"Why are you doing this?" She screamed.
"I want you to feel pain, Kitty. It's the same pain I felt when I saw you and that demon at dinner!" he said.
"Kurt's my friend, moron! We're not together!" she screamed.
"What? You think I'm stupid, Kitty? I'm not! Don't lie to me!"
"I'm not lying!"
Kurt had stood up by this time. Kitty and Lance were so focused on each other that neither one realized he had gotten up. He shook his head, trying desperately to clear it.
"Yes you are! Admit it! You've been seeing Kurt behind my back for the last couple of weeks, haven't ya?" "No I haven't! Listen to me! He's just my friend!"
Lance looked over at Kurt, standing up, shaking his head. Lance pushed Kitty aside, and lunged at Kurt. Kitty grabbed onto Lance just before his fist landed on Kurt's face. He pushed her back, and slammed his foot onto the ground. A hole appeared around Kitty's feet, and she fell into it. She screamed, and then Kurt heard nothing. He turned back to Lance, and the rage within him let loose. He made a noise that could only be described as a bellow, but it was so much more than that. Behind it was a lifetime of abuse and discrimination, a lifetime of loneliness. Lance backed up from the power and fury of that sound. He was suddenly afraid. Kurt seemed much more a creature of his likeness than the teenaged mutant that he knew.
Kurt flew at him, pummeling his face with his hands. Lance tried to defend himself, tried to use his power. But it was in vain. Kurt continued to punch and kick at Lance, every strike hitting his target. Lance staggered backwards from the attack, completely off balance, and fell backwards to the ground.
"If she is hurt, I'll kill you! I swear I vill!" Kurt screamed.
Lance's head cleared for just a moment, and he took advantage of it to focus all of his powers and energy at creating a rip in the earth under Kurt. In Lance's mind, he saw a breach in the ground that would go on and on to a rocky bottom. His powers created that, and in that last moment before it happened, he smiled.
"Die, freak." He said softly, and Kurt looked down upon his doom. He fell into that hole, screamed, and then all was silent. Lance used his powers to fill the hole in with dirt and rock, and suddenly there was no proof that it had ever existed. He turned and did the same to Kitty's hole, hoping that she had died quickly, and with no pain.
Both holes were gone, and Lance surveyed his surroundings. No proof that Kitty and Kurt had ever been there. He smiled, and then his smile disappeared. What had he done, he wondered. He had killed his girlfriend, and he had just realized it. She was buried under the earth, fifty feet down. He hadn't meant for that to happen. He didn't mean to kill her, he. . .
. . . he suddenly heard a growl behind him.
Lance turned around and found Kurt standing there behind him. Kitty was lying on the ground at his feet, unconscious. Kurt grabbed Lance by his shoulders, and suddenly teleported. Lance suddenly felt weakened. Whereas the rest of the X-Men had teleported with Kurt before, Lance never had. It had taken all of the X-Men a lot of time in training to get used to teleporting with Kurt. Kitty and Scott handled it best, even though it still spun their heads sometimes. A battle wearied Lance had no chance. They reappeared next to a tree, which Kurt slammed Lance's head into. And then they teleported again.
"Enjoying ze ride, Avalanche?" Kurt screamed. He kneed Lance in the groin. Lance fell again, and Kurt once more grabbed his shoulders and teleported.
"I am used to teleporting vith passengers, and I find the strain. . . " he said when the reappeared, and then they disappeared again. Kurt had 'ported them next to Kitty again.
". . . almost more zan I can bare!" he screamed, and then teleported one last time.
They appeared in the clearing where the fight originated.
"Vhat it must be like for you, I cannot imagine!" Kurt finished, before releasing Lance. Lance fell to the ground, knocked out. He laid there for a moment, and Kurt kicked him the face. He looked to where he had teleported Kitty, and checked on her. She was going to be fine, he thought himself. And then he fell down, into blackness.
They were all in the same position when Scott and Jean found them.
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Kurt opened his eyes, and saw he was back in the infirmary. Without moving his head, he looked first to his left, and then to his right. Kitty was there, in the room to the right of his. He could see her through the window between their rooms. Storm was bent over her, watching her. Kitty was stretching her neck. She stretched to her left, looked through the window, and found Kurt looking back at her. She thought it was a dream until he smiled at her. With that, she threw off her sheet and ran into his room, phasing through the window.
"Kurt! Oh my God, I'm so happy you're awake!" she screamed, causing pains in Kurt's head. He smiled anyway.
"I'm glad I'm awake, Katzchen."
"Hello, Kurt. How are you feeling?" Ororo asked, walking into the room.
"I hurt. Can I haff some vater?" he asked.
"Of course, hold on!" yelled Kitty, and phased through his door, running down the hall to find Kurt some water.
"How long haff I been out for?" asked Kurt.
"Three days." Said Ororo.
"Jah. Funny."
"I'm serious, Kurt."
Kurt looked at her, amazed. "Zree days?!? Vhat happened?"
"Scott and Jean found you first. By the time Logan and I got there, Jean was trying to help you and Kitty, and Scott was watching over Avalanche."
"Vhere is Lance?" asked Kurt, anger in his eyes. He looked around the infirmary.
"He's not here, Kurt. The Professor brought him back here for a short time. He woke up yesterday. The Professor then modified his memories so he wouldn't remember."
"So he vouldn't remember zat he tried to kill Kitty and I?"
"No, just so that he wouldn't remember the layout of the mansion, or how to get to the subfloors."
"Oh." Kurt thought for a moment, and then put it out of his mind. "Did Kitty visit him?" he asked.
Ororo laughed. "No, Kurt. She actually screamed at the Professor to move him to another floor at least."
Kurt smiled, and then regretted it when the pain set in.
"How long vill I haff to be here?"
"Two weeks."
Now it was Kurt's turn to laugh. Two more weeks. Wonderful. He may as well never have left at all. Then he looked through his window, and saw Kitty coming down the hall with a bottle of water, and a plate of food. Maybe this won't be so bad after all, he thought.
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After the first week in the infirmary (the second time he had landed in there), Kurt was pulling his hair out. He felt fine, but Logan refused to let him leave.
"Look, Logan! I can even valk!" he teased, jumping up and down.
"Rest and relaxation, Elf. That's what you need. Lest you forget, we start your weapons training next week."
"Vhy me? Vhy not someone else first? Scott hasn't even started veaopns training yet!"
"Well, you've proven yourself to me. Scott still has a little way to go."
Kurt smiled, and Logan left the room. As he walked out of the door, Kitty walked in.
"'Scuse me, Half-Pint." He said as she slipped by him.
"So, here's your school work. You need some help?" she said, handing him a stack of papers.
Kurt looked through them before answering. "Nein, I should be fine, Liebchen." He said absentmindedly.
"What does that mean?" she asked.
"Vhat does vhat mean?"
"Liebchen."
"Oh. Never mind. Sorry, I just vant to leave zis place."
"Well, you'll get out soon enough. The bad part's over."
"Nein, ze good part is over." He said. She smiled, not really understanding what he meant. But it sounded sweet anyway.
"I can't believe zat I've missed zis much school and I'm still being promoted to eleventh grade next year." He said. "I just hope zat I heal before I leave zis summer."
"Where are you going?" Kitty asked, suddenly alarmed.
"I'll be living vith my family in Germany."
"How long are you going to be gone for?" she asked, sadly. She feared that he was moving back forever.
"Oh! Just two months, Liebchen. Don't vorry, I'll be back to torment you after two months."
She smiled, and said, "Okay, because I still owe you a movie."
"Somehow, I believe I'll end up paying for it."
"Well, hopefully, next time won't be so painful." She teased, and then tickled him under his ear.
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Well that tied together nicely. Right? Well, I hope you liked this. If you didn't, sorry for the eight chapters of hell. I'd like to thank everyone who read this, and I'd especially like to thank the people who actually reviewed. And as for those people who reviewed almost every chapter (you know who you are ( ) I can't thank you enough. You guys rock so hard I believe you must be made of stone. Anyhow, I'm pretty happy with this story, and I hoped everyone liked it. Hey, watch me kick that dead horse again: I hope you all liked the story. Okay, I'm off to Starbucks. Later.
Note: Okay, so this is the last chapter of "The Good Part Is Over," which is the prequel to "Welcome Home." I'll be writing a sequel to "Welcome Home" that will be called "Change of Heart." After that, I have one more story to add to these, probably be calling it "Ever After." Thanks for all of your encouraging words, and I hope you enjoy this chapter. R/R please?
Another note: I have action and dialogue taking place near the end of the chapter, where the dialogue is split into the action. Hope it's not too confusing. Let me know if it is.
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Kitty ran through the forest. Branches were hitting her in the face, and she kept stumbling, almost falling to the rocky earth. It was dark out, and she was having problems seeing ahead. Pietro had ripped off her jacket when he grabbed her, and she was freezing cold. She heard screaming up ahead, not knowing how far away it was. The ground rumbled and shook, and she thought to herself that if she didn't hurry up, she was going to lose her best friend. She knew how angry Lance could get. She couldn't imagine why he was so angry, and she knew she had to be quick. She was afraid. She thought, felt, and knew in her heart that Lance was so angry that he was going to kill Kurt.
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"Kurt! Scott, he's going to kill him!" Jean screamed suddenly.
Scott jumped, not expecting the outburst of fear. He had been leaning in to kiss Jean again. This night had gone perfectly for Scott. He had been on a date with Jean. He had told her how he felt about her, and she in turn told him that she loved him too. His night couldn't have gone better.
"What are you talking about, Jean?" he asked, alarmed.
"Lance! He's fighting with Kurt right now, and he's trying to kill him." She answered, putting her hands to her temples and concentrating.
Scott bolted upright. His breath caught in his throat as he stood up and looked around.
"Where are they, Jean?" he asked.
"I. . . can't tell. They're close."
"Hurry up, Jean!"
"I'm trying." She said, through gritted teeth.
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Kurt fell to the ground. He could feel blood on his head, and he knew that the wound on his forehead had opened up again. Either that or he had a brand new one. As he wiped the blood from his forehead, he could feel the earth tremble again. He stepped away from the tree in front of him as Lance brought a fallen branch down on his head. Kurt's world exploded with pain. It was as if every cell in his body cried out against the attack. He stumbled away, while Lance taunted him.
"So. . . you thought that after we broke up, you could just put your freak, three fingered hand all over my girlfriend, huh?" he asked, swinging the branch at Kurt, who dodged out of its way. He was a little slow, but he was beginning to get his senses back.
"Vhat did you do vith Kitty?" he asked. He looked around, feeling a sense of his surroundings again. His head was clearing, the pain bringing clarity.
"Oh, Pietro just took her for a run. I'll deal with her when I'm done with you freak." Lance said, putting special emphasis on that last word. He began to advance on Kurt.
Kurt froze. "Don't you ever call me zat again." He ran at Lance, and jumped into the air. Lance was unprepared for the attack, and howled as Kurt's foot struck his face. He jumped back, holding his jaw.
"Looks like Fuzzy is ready to fight back, huh? It's about time. Been wantin' to do this for awhile." Lance said, and grinned.
Lance focused, and the ground shook. Two rips formed in the earth, each on one side of Kurt. Kurt looked left and right, and then the ground began to fall in around him. He jumped to the base of a tree on a side of the chasm, and began to climb the tree. Lance followed, tearing the ground up underneath the tree. The dirt flew aside, leaving only the exposed roots of the tree showing. With a push, Lance shoved the tree over, and it began to fall. Kurt teleported off of the tree onto another, and launched himself down at Lance. He caught Lance around the neck, doubled up, and threw him into the ground. Lance groaned as Kurt flipped around and brought his knee down on his midsection. Now it was Lance's turn to scream, if only he wasn't gasping for air. He took a look at Kurt, and grabbed his hair. Kurt had time to think "I should 'port," when he was flipped over, and Lance brought his open hand down on his throat.
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Jean and Scott ran from the gazebo. As they ran, Jean called to Professor Xavier.
"Professor! Professor! I think that Lance Alvers is trying to kill Kurt!" she thought at him.
Miles away, Professor X put down the book he had been reading, and listened to Jean's message. His eyes opened wide and then shut. With all of his energy, he felt for Kurt. His mind scanned downtown Bayville, and the surrounding areas. He finally locked on Kurt, and heard his thoughts. Soon he locked down on Lance, and heard his thoughts. He was suddenly aware that Jean was right. Lance meant to kill Kurt.
"Jean! I hear you! Where are you now?" he asked.
"Scott and I are running from the park. I can't get a lock on where they are! Can you help?" she thought.
"Yes, Jean. I'm sending you an image of where they are. Hurry and help Kurt. He's hurt. Help is on the way." He thought back to her, and then cut off his link with her. He wheeled around to the door, and then reached out to Logan and Ororo with his mind. "Logan, Ororo, please listen to me! You must go to the park outside of town! Kurt is under attack, and is badly injured. You must help him. Jean and Scott are already on their way! Now hurry!"
No sooner had he finished than he heard the rev of a motorcycle, and the sound of the wind picking up. He knew that Storm and Wolverine were on their way. He reached out to Lance, trying to help Kurt.
Jean grabbed Scott's hand, turning him around. "No! Scott, we're going the wrong way! This way!" She said as she pulled him along.
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Lance reached his feet first, and kicked Kurt in the back of the head. Kurt howled and held onto his head, looking at Lance with pain and venom in his eyes.
"I'm going to kill you." Lance said. Kurt could see blankness in his eyes, as if they were dead. He knew that Lance wasn't lying. He swept Lance to the ground with his tail, holding him there with it. He got up, and looked at Lance.
"Let me return ze favor!" he yelled, and kicked Lance in the face. Then grabbing onto him with his tail, he picked him up.
"Vhere is Kitty! Tell me now!"
"What's wrong Kurt?" asked Lance, and then spit blood in Kurt's face. "Afraid for poor little Pretty Kitty?"
Kurt looked at Lance for a moment, before dropping him. Lance hit the ground, and then picked himself up.
"Kitty?!? Vhere are you?!?" Kurt yelled, and then was bumrushed by Lance. They skid along the ground, and when they stopped, they could both hear Kitty.
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Kitty ran and ran, hoping that she was getting closer to finding Kurt and Lance. She looked around. Everywhere she saw looked familiar. She didn't know if she was going towards the entrance to the woods, or just getting lost deeper within them. She stopped, turning around, taking in her surroundings. Tears came to her eyes, and she fell to her knees. She hit the ground out of frustration. She kneeled there, breathing, when she heard him calling her.
"Kitty?!? Vhere are you?!?"
She looked in the direction of the voice, got up, and ran faster than she had ever ran in her life.
"I'm here, Kurt! I'm coming!" she yelled.
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Lance and Kurt looked in the direction of the voice, and could see a figure running through the woods towards them. Lance looked at Kurt.
"Well, maybe I can take care of two birds with one stone." He said, before hefting Kurt off of the ground and throwing him as far as he could.
Kitty literally ran into him. He flew threw the air, and fell at her feet. She didn't even see him until she tripped over him. She picked herself up, and looked over her friend. He was barely conscious. His breathing was shallow, and his fur was almost completely matted with blood.
"Doesn't look so pretty now, does he Kitty?" Lance asked, standing over her.
"Why are you doing this?" She screamed.
"I want you to feel pain, Kitty. It's the same pain I felt when I saw you and that demon at dinner!" he said.
"Kurt's my friend, moron! We're not together!" she screamed.
"What? You think I'm stupid, Kitty? I'm not! Don't lie to me!"
"I'm not lying!"
Kurt had stood up by this time. Kitty and Lance were so focused on each other that neither one realized he had gotten up. He shook his head, trying desperately to clear it.
"Yes you are! Admit it! You've been seeing Kurt behind my back for the last couple of weeks, haven't ya?" "No I haven't! Listen to me! He's just my friend!"
Lance looked over at Kurt, standing up, shaking his head. Lance pushed Kitty aside, and lunged at Kurt. Kitty grabbed onto Lance just before his fist landed on Kurt's face. He pushed her back, and slammed his foot onto the ground. A hole appeared around Kitty's feet, and she fell into it. She screamed, and then Kurt heard nothing. He turned back to Lance, and the rage within him let loose. He made a noise that could only be described as a bellow, but it was so much more than that. Behind it was a lifetime of abuse and discrimination, a lifetime of loneliness. Lance backed up from the power and fury of that sound. He was suddenly afraid. Kurt seemed much more a creature of his likeness than the teenaged mutant that he knew.
Kurt flew at him, pummeling his face with his hands. Lance tried to defend himself, tried to use his power. But it was in vain. Kurt continued to punch and kick at Lance, every strike hitting his target. Lance staggered backwards from the attack, completely off balance, and fell backwards to the ground.
"If she is hurt, I'll kill you! I swear I vill!" Kurt screamed.
Lance's head cleared for just a moment, and he took advantage of it to focus all of his powers and energy at creating a rip in the earth under Kurt. In Lance's mind, he saw a breach in the ground that would go on and on to a rocky bottom. His powers created that, and in that last moment before it happened, he smiled.
"Die, freak." He said softly, and Kurt looked down upon his doom. He fell into that hole, screamed, and then all was silent. Lance used his powers to fill the hole in with dirt and rock, and suddenly there was no proof that it had ever existed. He turned and did the same to Kitty's hole, hoping that she had died quickly, and with no pain.
Both holes were gone, and Lance surveyed his surroundings. No proof that Kitty and Kurt had ever been there. He smiled, and then his smile disappeared. What had he done, he wondered. He had killed his girlfriend, and he had just realized it. She was buried under the earth, fifty feet down. He hadn't meant for that to happen. He didn't mean to kill her, he. . .
. . . he suddenly heard a growl behind him.
Lance turned around and found Kurt standing there behind him. Kitty was lying on the ground at his feet, unconscious. Kurt grabbed Lance by his shoulders, and suddenly teleported. Lance suddenly felt weakened. Whereas the rest of the X-Men had teleported with Kurt before, Lance never had. It had taken all of the X-Men a lot of time in training to get used to teleporting with Kurt. Kitty and Scott handled it best, even though it still spun their heads sometimes. A battle wearied Lance had no chance. They reappeared next to a tree, which Kurt slammed Lance's head into. And then they teleported again.
"Enjoying ze ride, Avalanche?" Kurt screamed. He kneed Lance in the groin. Lance fell again, and Kurt once more grabbed his shoulders and teleported.
"I am used to teleporting vith passengers, and I find the strain. . . " he said when the reappeared, and then they disappeared again. Kurt had 'ported them next to Kitty again.
". . . almost more zan I can bare!" he screamed, and then teleported one last time.
They appeared in the clearing where the fight originated.
"Vhat it must be like for you, I cannot imagine!" Kurt finished, before releasing Lance. Lance fell to the ground, knocked out. He laid there for a moment, and Kurt kicked him the face. He looked to where he had teleported Kitty, and checked on her. She was going to be fine, he thought himself. And then he fell down, into blackness.
They were all in the same position when Scott and Jean found them.
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Kurt opened his eyes, and saw he was back in the infirmary. Without moving his head, he looked first to his left, and then to his right. Kitty was there, in the room to the right of his. He could see her through the window between their rooms. Storm was bent over her, watching her. Kitty was stretching her neck. She stretched to her left, looked through the window, and found Kurt looking back at her. She thought it was a dream until he smiled at her. With that, she threw off her sheet and ran into his room, phasing through the window.
"Kurt! Oh my God, I'm so happy you're awake!" she screamed, causing pains in Kurt's head. He smiled anyway.
"I'm glad I'm awake, Katzchen."
"Hello, Kurt. How are you feeling?" Ororo asked, walking into the room.
"I hurt. Can I haff some vater?" he asked.
"Of course, hold on!" yelled Kitty, and phased through his door, running down the hall to find Kurt some water.
"How long haff I been out for?" asked Kurt.
"Three days." Said Ororo.
"Jah. Funny."
"I'm serious, Kurt."
Kurt looked at her, amazed. "Zree days?!? Vhat happened?"
"Scott and Jean found you first. By the time Logan and I got there, Jean was trying to help you and Kitty, and Scott was watching over Avalanche."
"Vhere is Lance?" asked Kurt, anger in his eyes. He looked around the infirmary.
"He's not here, Kurt. The Professor brought him back here for a short time. He woke up yesterday. The Professor then modified his memories so he wouldn't remember."
"So he vouldn't remember zat he tried to kill Kitty and I?"
"No, just so that he wouldn't remember the layout of the mansion, or how to get to the subfloors."
"Oh." Kurt thought for a moment, and then put it out of his mind. "Did Kitty visit him?" he asked.
Ororo laughed. "No, Kurt. She actually screamed at the Professor to move him to another floor at least."
Kurt smiled, and then regretted it when the pain set in.
"How long vill I haff to be here?"
"Two weeks."
Now it was Kurt's turn to laugh. Two more weeks. Wonderful. He may as well never have left at all. Then he looked through his window, and saw Kitty coming down the hall with a bottle of water, and a plate of food. Maybe this won't be so bad after all, he thought.
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After the first week in the infirmary (the second time he had landed in there), Kurt was pulling his hair out. He felt fine, but Logan refused to let him leave.
"Look, Logan! I can even valk!" he teased, jumping up and down.
"Rest and relaxation, Elf. That's what you need. Lest you forget, we start your weapons training next week."
"Vhy me? Vhy not someone else first? Scott hasn't even started veaopns training yet!"
"Well, you've proven yourself to me. Scott still has a little way to go."
Kurt smiled, and Logan left the room. As he walked out of the door, Kitty walked in.
"'Scuse me, Half-Pint." He said as she slipped by him.
"So, here's your school work. You need some help?" she said, handing him a stack of papers.
Kurt looked through them before answering. "Nein, I should be fine, Liebchen." He said absentmindedly.
"What does that mean?" she asked.
"Vhat does vhat mean?"
"Liebchen."
"Oh. Never mind. Sorry, I just vant to leave zis place."
"Well, you'll get out soon enough. The bad part's over."
"Nein, ze good part is over." He said. She smiled, not really understanding what he meant. But it sounded sweet anyway.
"I can't believe zat I've missed zis much school and I'm still being promoted to eleventh grade next year." He said. "I just hope zat I heal before I leave zis summer."
"Where are you going?" Kitty asked, suddenly alarmed.
"I'll be living vith my family in Germany."
"How long are you going to be gone for?" she asked, sadly. She feared that he was moving back forever.
"Oh! Just two months, Liebchen. Don't vorry, I'll be back to torment you after two months."
She smiled, and said, "Okay, because I still owe you a movie."
"Somehow, I believe I'll end up paying for it."
"Well, hopefully, next time won't be so painful." She teased, and then tickled him under his ear.
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Well that tied together nicely. Right? Well, I hope you liked this. If you didn't, sorry for the eight chapters of hell. I'd like to thank everyone who read this, and I'd especially like to thank the people who actually reviewed. And as for those people who reviewed almost every chapter (you know who you are ( ) I can't thank you enough. You guys rock so hard I believe you must be made of stone. Anyhow, I'm pretty happy with this story, and I hoped everyone liked it. Hey, watch me kick that dead horse again: I hope you all liked the story. Okay, I'm off to Starbucks. Later.