Yay!! No dependance on Telepaths! Yay!! The old fashioned way!!! Yay!!!
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Yay!! No dependance on Telepaths! Yay!! The old fashioned way!!! Yay!!!
*pouting* I want Kitty and Kurt together. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/frown.gif
Actually, me too! That's why I jumped on the opportunity. I'm sure she'd want to comfort him after being such a meanie. He he.
Telepaths? Ve don' need no steenking telepaths!
SNARF!
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?Okay, fine. Which of the two, Kurt or Logan, is more important to me??
He started to open his mouth, then shut it as the question sunk in. He stared at her, bewildered. What kind of question was that? How could he possibly answer something like that?
?Are you crazy?? he asked, pain in his voice. ?How is this going to help??
?Well, presumably there?s an answer, and presumably, if you?re Kurt, you?ll know.?
?But, I?don?t! I don?t want to know! That?s not the kind of question anyone should have to think about!?
As he thought more about what she had said, he began to grow angry. Did she truly believe that there was a clear answer to this question? What if that clear answer was Logan? Was that the answer she was looking for, to buy back his life from her?
Or maybe it was a trick?the judgment of Solomon. She was looking for him to efface himself and choose Logan. Because she must recognize that he could not possibly know the answer to such a question?the answer would say more about him than it would about her. That must be the trick.
On the other hand, he was thinking now the way Mystique might be expected to think?he was trying to figure out what Kitty wanted to hear. To prove he really was Kurt, he?d have to look for the truth, not the trick?even if he ultimately failed. What did his instincts tell him? He closed his eyes, trying to think back through all the years he?d known Kitty, searching for a clue as to her motives?and searching for an answer to that question. He knew that Kitty loved Logan with all of her generous heart. But he knew she loved him too; he never doubted her devotion. This display was proof of that devotion, in fact. She was willing to murder for him?for him and Logan, equally. She had said they were her family. So how do you choose between family?
She was gazing at him, her face darkening as she waited for him to speak. ?There is an answer,? she growled, ?Mystique?or whoever you are. You asked for a question only my family would know?did you think you?d be able to reason your way through it??
He shook his head miserably, feeling more and more defeated, more or more hurt. ?I?m me,? he whispered, ?you?ve got to believe me?but I just don?t know, Kitty! You?re asking an impossible question!?
?If you?re looking for some kind of trick?there isn?t one. I?ve spent my entire adult life with these men, and as much as I love both of them, years of intimacy make a few things clear. Nobody loves two people exactly the same amount, as much as they?d like to believe otherwise. Kurt?s no idiot. He?s not blind to this kind of thing.?
?But I want to be,? he mumbled.
?Yeah,? she spat. ?Nice try.?
He squeezed his eyes shut, frantically wracking his brain for an answer. She spoke like it was so obvious?was he incredibly blind after all? He was beginning to care less and less about passing the test, and more about the possible answer to the question. Had he always been second in importance to her?
She disappeared for a moment, then returned with a pillow in her hands. Her face was hard and set, her eyes empty, cold?this wasn?t the Kitty who loved him, even if that love was a little bit less than what she had for Logan. She moved to put the pillow over his face, and he felt something like despair touch him. There was no way out of this, nothing he could say. And the worst of it was?he realized that he had at least to know the answer.
?Wait,? he whispered.
She paused, her eyes unchanging as they bore into him.
?Do you really love Logan more than you love me? I need to know. You can kill me?just tell me the answer first.?
?Are you sure you want to know??
?No, I?m not sure. Tell me before I change my mind.?
Something flickered in her eyes. She set the pillow aside and leaned over him. ?Is it really you?? she asked, her voice filled with tears.
?Kitty?yes?Christ?Kitty, it?s me,? he gasped, reaching up to grab her shoulders. She didn?t pull away. ?Do you believe me now??
She nodded, her face beginning to crumple.
?So tell me,? he whispered, alarmed that his sudden victory was not making him feel any better.
?It was a trick,? she smiled, wiping tears from her eyes. ?How could I possibly choose between the two of you??
He let out a groan, and collapsed back on the bed. He noted with mounting joy that she had now taken his hand. After a few minutes, he opened his eyes. ?What made you finally decide it was me??
?I figured that if I pressed hard enough, Mystique would give an answer. She?d probably pick Logan, because she knows you would scrupulously try to avoid anything like pride. I knew that you would fear the answer wasn?t you, but you wouldn?t say it.?
He smiled wanly. ?You?re a far better psychologist than I am. But why on earth didn?t you ask something simple, like what you gave me for Christmas five years ago or something like that??
?That?s the sort of thing a telepath could figure out, by ransacking someone?s memories. I know Mystique isn?t a telepath, but I figured it was possible she might have found an accomplice who could help her make the deception complete by knowing everything you know.?
?Well, if Mystique had truly found a way to steal my mind, couldn?t she have passed this test as well??
?This was the best thing I could come up with. If this didn?t satisfy me, nothing would. Sometimes you just have to make a leap of faith.?
He sighed. ?I?m glad you feel that way.?
?So...? She squeezed his hand. ?The next question becomes, how did you get to look like her??
?She injected me with some kind of serum. I have no idea what it was.?
?We?ll have to get Hank in here to figure this one out. Maybe he can find a way to reverse it, whatever ?it? is.?
?I sincerely hope he can.?
So, he's got Kitty on his side, but will Kurt be stuck in the body of a blue bombshell? And where the hell is Logan? You have the power to decide!
-Rex
Wow, Rex, that's great. Good suspense. I never would have thought of that.
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WOW.
BAMF!
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Drags:
Gee BAMF(the coolest poster on the internet) you sure know how to make a girl blush...
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BAMF!
...After gently unlocking Kurt/Mystique's restraints kitty gingerly helps her teamate to his/her feet...
"Kurt I am SO sorry that I didnt believe you!"
"It's O.K. Kitty...I wouldnt have believed me either. This is a fiendishly sadistic 'trap'. Mystique knew that with the Professor and Jean away, there would be no sure way for the X-men to confirm my story."
After a few tentative steps Kurt tumbles ungracefully, collapsing into Kitty's arms.
"KURT! Are you alright!? Poor thing, your woulnd must have taken more out of you than you've realized...!"
"Nein Katzchen! Actually it is getting used to walking without my tail and with these Verdammt little feet!"
In spite of herself and the situation Kitty finds herself laughing heartily. Wiping away tears she thinks to herself.."...If there ever was any doubt that this is Nightcrawler...At a time like this only my 'Fuzzy elf' could make me laugh so!"
(Sorry my installment was so short everyone!)
BAMF!
[This message has been edited by BAMF! (edited December 10, 2000).]
Ha! That's great BAMF! This thing needed some humor...it's pretty heavy. I'm working on the next installment...I'll get it up later tonight.
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