Memoirs from my Void

Chapter 7

Tell Me or Loose Me

“Pete,” I began slowly on the plane ride back to America, “I know why you left. I know that you were protecting me in the best way you know how, but I can protect me too. I’m a big girl. I can handle a few bad guys.” I said running my index finger along his jaw line. “I was left out of his life before, I won’t be left out of yours as well.”

“Kit yer makin this bloody difficult, I hope ya know that. This is gonna bugger up me plans.” Pete said flashing a smile as he closes his eyes and looks up at the ceiling of the plane. “I did what me heart told me was right.”

“No, you did what you ego told you was right. Wisdom we are in this together. Either you start being honest or I start leaving.” I told him staring right into his eyes as he turned his face to meet them again. I was so nervous he would tell me that I might as well start walking, but the look on his face was more serious that that. He didn’t know what to do. Was it best to tell me and keep me or not and keep me safe, but he didn’t want to loose me. The look in his eyes told anyone that.

“Kit, yer not gonna believe me if I tell ya.”

“Try me wisdom. Just try your story and see if I do or not.”

The story he told me was a hard one to believe at first. I didn’t want to believe that he was a part of the group that he was speaking of. He began his tale about Black Air and it went from there. He told me about his escape, and finding Excalibur afterward. The look in his eyes told me he was being truthful. The story was painful.

“I can understand if you can’t be with me after what I’ve done. I did it before you, and I will be paying for me mistakes for the rest of me life.”

“Pete these people made you do horrible things, but I can’t hold that against you. I love you, truly I do. Do you think that Lance was innocent?”

“Compared to me he was.”

“No, he wasn’t. There was a side of him that no one knew but me. There were things about him that I never knew, and never wanted to. You’ve told me about what you did with Black Air, but why did you go? Why did you leave your family?”

His story still amazes me today. Pete was always such a caring man to me, but he wasn’t raised to be one. He wasn’t raised with the love and affection that he showed me. He didn’t come from a family anything like mine was. His family was broken, and full of problems. I wanted to cry after I heard about it. Everyone should feel the love of their parents; no one should be denied that.

Not that his sister was bad for him, it’s just not the same as your parents.

“Keety!” Kurt exclaimed jumping on me so quickly he nearly knocked me down. Rogue followed just moments after, throwing her arms around me from the side.

“So Remy be seein’ dat ya found a new man. Mon chere, ya told Remy ya wanted him!” Remy says slowly walking over to the welcoming party and I broke free of Kurt and Rogue, to wrap my arms around him.

“I missed you Remy. I missed you so much.”

“Remy be glad ta her it, and he be glad ta know dat ya can smile now too. Remy missed dat beautiful smile.”

“Now yer gonna have ta stop talking to me girl like that.” Pete responds placing his hand on my back and smiling at Remy.

“Merde, why did mon chere pick ya ova Remy? Remy be insulted petite. What made ya chose Wisdom when ya had Remy de whole time? A very devoted Remy?”

“Remy, you’re like my brother… Pete is more than that.” I joked pulling away from Remy, and into Pete’s arms.

“Hey Kitty.” Pietro says emerging from the crowd, his face still haunted by the events of previous years. “It’s been a while, a lot of us thought that you weren’t coming back.”

“Pietro!” Was all I could say before throwing my arms around him. If anyone had understood what I was going through after Lance it would have been him. “You look like shit, what have you been doing, sleeping on nails?”

“Welcome home Kitty. You look great. Isn’t that how it goes when you see someone after two years? No, I haven’t been sleeping on nails, I’ve just missed you.” He says picking me up and spinning me around so quickly that all I could see was a blur of color around me. “It’s been tough. First Lance leaves, then we hear he’s dead. Then you try to commit suicide, and then you leave. I just felt like no one has understood me, that’s all. It’s good to have you back.”

“I can tell you missed me, so why am I here again?”

“Let’s get Kitty and our newest member to the meeting room, and see if we can’t explain everything.” Ororo says slowly guiding everyone back into the main parts of the X-Mansion.

“Pete, I don’t see half of the old team, something has happened.” I whisper slowly, nearly into his ear and Logan turns and waits for us to catch up.

“That is why you’re back here Half-Pint. That is why you weren’t given a choice this time.” Logan says gruffly as he turns around and leads the group into the room. All I could think to do was tighten my grip on Pete’s hand as I walked to what I felt was my doom.

A/N- Now I’m going to be honest, I have no idea where this was going. Well, I do and I don’t. It’s been about two years, so if anyone has any ideas (if anyone even reads this, I understand if you don’t) then just tell me. I’m trying to update everything that I have chapters ready for, and this was what I had guys. Please review and please, please, please give me some ideas on catastrophes.