Upstate New York
"You asshole! What makes you better than... them?" Kitty Pryde intoxicatedly screams.
"The fact that I'm goddamn human, that's what!" some human retorts. Dave? His name isn't memorable. Before he can get up in Kitty's face, he's stopped by a 6'6 teenager with a heavy Russian accent.
"Kitty, maybe we should just..." he says to her, attempting to hold them apart and stop them clawing one another.
"No Pete, this douchebag deserves the ass-kicking he's about to get!"Dave the douche didn't like that. "You're gonna try to fight me over this? Psycho bitch!" he says, pushing her off the curb, but immediately regretting it.
"Do NOT speak to her like that, da?" Piotr says to the guy, being as intimidating as he can. It comes very naturally to him as he stands between the two, then turns to help his girlfriend up off the floor.
Across the street, a familiar blue and black Mustang pulls up.
"Kitty! Piotr! Time to go", yells the driver with dismay, through a thick German accent.
Kitty snatches up her bag from Piotr's arms, then stomps back over to the guy. Without hesitation, she spits in his face and then stomps across the road towards the vehicle, quite pleased with herself.
"Y'know, I bet you're one of those freaks!" he counters, but it's over. As the defeated Dave wipes his face and angrily slumps back inside the bar, Piotr drags himself into the backseat beside Kitty.
"Next time Kitty, just ignore him" a fairly pissed-off Kurt Wagner says from the driver's seat, adjusting his rear-view mirror to look directly at the slightly sheepish couple, peering over his shades. "Do you want to get outed as a Mutant on The Stryker Show or something?"
"No, he started it! He was-", Kitty starts to say, in her own defence.
"Kitty, I don't care. Believe it or not, I have better things to do with my time than drag myself over here every Friday night y'know. I'd appreciate it if I could get at least a week off", he says.
"Maybe he is right, Kitty. It's just not fair on-", Piotr starts to say, before being cut off.
"Just... just drive, Kurt" a defeated Kitty Pryde mumbles, having her hand up to quiet her boyfriend. She's had enough of everything for one night.
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The X-Men: Volume One - Survival
Science FictionThe state New York is in a frenzy. All mutants are under great threat from a twisted human trying to annihilate them all. They ALL must work together if they're all going to survive...
