X-Men: Revolution

7.0 Turn of the Rogue - 1/3

Episode 7.0

Turn of the Rogue

Installment 1 of 3

"Here's the supplies you wanted" Kurt said the moment he teleported into Scott's room with his hands full of small survival equipment such as a rope, pocket knife, lighter, compass etc..

"Awesome, can you drop it on the desk?" Summers said gesturing vaguely in the general direction.

Wagner walked over to it and let the items he hugged against his chest scatter beside a solid backpack already sitting on the desk. A list of items to take along was sitting beside it, and it consisted very few, if any of the ones Summers asked him to fetch from the shed.

"Doesn't seem like Rudetsky wanted you to come this prepared" the German commented scanning the brief list that consisted of gloves, lunch and usual stuff like that.

"You know what they say, better safe than sorry" Scott replied as he approached and proceeded to fit everything into the backpack. "Thanks for getting it for me. Man, one thing I hate about winter the most is having to put on layers of clothing to step a foot outside."

Kurt nodded that it's fine. January brought along snow and penetrating cold, but he of all people didn't complain. He always loved winter, not only because it was the only time of the year when he could get away with hiding behind many clothes and go explore when he was a child, but also simply because the world looked so pure and majestatic covered in snow. And cold didn't quite have the same effect on him due to an extra layer that kept him warm, that being his fur.

"Fallen and Forge already left?" Summers asked.

"Ja, they left after breakfast. They wanted to let everyone know but they were running late" Kurt replied in a matter of fact tone that made Scott peek at him curiously;

"Are you really okay with them going alone?"

The german looked at him confused as he got up to crouch at the wooden part at the foot of Scott's bed. "Nein, warum? I need to be at the extracurricular class tomorrow to pass american history, so it made perfect sense they'd go alone since I can't run the risk of missing it."

"Yeah... But since they may or may not stay in Oklahoma overnight..." Summers said working on the arrangement of everything in the already stuffed backpack. "Aren't you worried that they might... do something stupid?" he sounded like he was trying to water down his question.

And he did water it so much that Kurt failed to get the point. "What do you mean?"

"You know, cheating?" Summers lowered his voice ever so slightly like the word was bad.

Wagner's eyebrows twitched at the suggestion, then he laughed shortly. "Nein. No, Forge's a really good friend to me and I would never question if I can trust Fallen even if she'd went with the most charming flirt of our generation. Who, of course, she's already going out with" he smiled pointing to himself.

Scott snickered inwardly at the boy's remark. "Are you really that confident you two are meant to have a happily ever after? We're all pretty young. Some more than others" he glanced back meaningfully.

Kurt's wide smile became fainter, but was still there as he replied in at a more serious note; "I don't know first thing about happily ever afters" he said. "But I know for sure that Fallen would be honest with me if anyone or anything were to come between us."

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40 minutes later Kitty Pryde emerged from the ground in a quiet, high-security facility, no more than a couple steps behind a female night guard doing the usual rounds. Living up to her nickname, Shadowcat quietly crept up at her and tapped her shoulder - the woman's light ponytail swung as she turned around with surprise and immediately received a dose of sleeping gas sprayed in her dark face. She softly dropped to the ground unconscious.