Chapter 17
Kitty and Zaorva taking a seat back as they watch Pheonix Saga...Kitty is not happy about it.
Dr. Corveu's ship is long gone from the atmosphere, the mission required the Xmen finest members to full in the best of their abilities and in record time. Kitty is not among them...she is just a teenager, even if she was an adult great forces would ask for her to sit this own down.
Doe eyes stares at the blue sky. So blue, so innocent...to the point is hard to believe what will happen will happen. Kitty Pryde has a few minutes of break from her classes and spends admiring the sky, from inside the mansion. There's no clound in the sky.
"I suppose...you would have prefered if the sky was cloudy and rainy?" Her voice draws in her mind. Kitty doesn't take any reaction to her voice. "Oh, I'm playing nice...have a human mask this time" there's mirth in her voice. Kitty turns to see a replic of herself.
"Hello, Zaorva" Kitty greets not impressed by the joke. " is it today?" A dumb question to ask as Zaorva made a habit to tell details- peices of a long jigsaw- of such cosmic scheme and Kitty grunts as she replies. "I couldn't have done anything....but you?"
Zaorva hummed an old lullaby. The lyrics have words that aren't from any human language- once she made a mistake to give a small phrase to Doug fo translate. Doug still looks at Kitty as if she is an alien or something above- but is often catchy, soothing. Sweet voice.
"Me? Oh I could have done something..." Zaorva confess ignoring Kitty's reaction. "Pheonix is my youngest sibiling if we are to use human terms"
"Is there a mother?" Kitty asked dubious. Outer Gods aren't humans, why reduce them to human labels or morals? Zaorva chuckles and shakes her head, her human and Kitty like face.
"If we have to use a label, the mother is me...but I didn't birth her. She exists as a conjuntion of Death and me" Zaorva states as if is something simple. Maybe it is, maybe is not.
"But I can't stop her" Zaorva amends. "Professional courtesy, I say" Zaorva then turns to see Kitty. Zaorva has blue eyes- the ones you noticed right away. It's like the sky, maybe is really the sky- to glance at brown doe eyes. "Jean Grey is Pheonix and Pheonix is Jean Grey, stop her would put one of them at risk"
Kitty can feel anger swipping in her veins. What's the point of all her power if she can't save Jean? But at the same time, trying to fight something so beyond humanity is never smart.
"So....Jean gets the power....but dies?" Kitty inquires as mentally grasping at the concept of death and ressurection. What her religion says about death? What can say to such situation. What religion can come closer to understand what Jean is facing at this very moment.
"You wonder why Jean Grey. As if Jean Grey is a victim and not a perfect candidate" Zaorva admolished akin to how Terry Pryde would. "When Emma Frost and her Hellfire gang tried to use such foal plot....when Jean uses her power to deliver her justice, you didn't opposse to such violence" Zaorva stated.
Kitty blinks. "They deserve. That's hardly the same thing"
"You don't get it. I'm not saying Hellfire is innocent, but Jean used her powers with requiem of cruelty and you were happy. You were cheering" Zaorva replied calmly. "Yet, no one seem to notice what Jean did is a proof of her link to Pheonix"
Kitty doesn't know how to reply.
"There 3 possible endings for her. First ending, Jean consume by her negative emotions, all the rage she repress...ended up swallow the sun" and Zaorva amends. "Not form this solar system. Doing so, she condone many lives in proximity of the sun to death. Second ending, Scott's love is enough to ground both of them. Final ending...Pheonix redo it"
Kitty shakes her head. "And I have to sit back and wait? No, I want to do something"
"Is not up to you. This is something between Scott, Jean and Pheonix" and Zaorva amends. "If ot goes to the third ending...then I stop her"
"You could make her and Pheonix not merge" Kitty pleads but has no hope to persuade something like Zaorva.
"Tell me, when you gramble your life against Bloodstorm, why you did it?" Zaorva asked playing with her hair. Zaorva or Kitty's? It is hard sometimes to know the difference.
"Because I love her. I would do anything to save her like I know she would do the same for me" Kitty hates the answers as much she hates how Zaorva looks at her. Oh...they are sisters after all.
"Why you stick with me?"
"Because in another timeline....I was you. You are me"
The break is over. Kitty has to return to calculus. Later, Kurt sess Kitty wiping her own tears and has the wrong idea. "Ice icream for the pain of hearts?"
"Not crying because I got dumped but...yeah, I want ice cream, elf"
Doug stares at the paper with such singular phrase with reverence, wearing gloves- Warlock replied it is a bit silly the words can't catch them if they don't pronouce it. Doug flirt with Death once. Fuck around, found out- and wonders who could see such phrase.
"Dr. Strange?" Warlock suggest. "I remember self freind mentioned he deals with magic and.....magic has words"
Doug nods. "Makes sense....I don't know how to contact him, OH Kurt knows his number" memories of Kurt pranking calling him surface. "Hope he can help"
Doug has no trouble to find Kurt and Kitty eating ice cream and talking about Jean Grey, of all people, thankfully Kurt hasn't joined the club "I love Jean" which Logan is the founder.
"Kurt...Kitty" he greets her still wondering how she got such phrase. "Could you land me Dr. Strange's number? I need to talk to him... promise is important"
"Doug, please don't do that...I was pranking you" Kitty then forces a laugh so unnatural that makes Kurt feel concerned for her.
"I can call him right away...why?"
"Kitty....the phrase you gave me....is Zaorviano pure"
Kurt pales and takes a concern look at Kitty, as if asking or trying to guess how she could stumble such ....language, and is quick to call Dr. Stranger. Well, the call is never made because.....the news of the Xmen team is brought by all media.....only one person didn't return.
Jean Grey.
Kitty supposes Zaorva is right. The voice echoes in her head is often pleasant. 95% of the time I'm right. Kitty sees Jean Grey in all his glroy, in all her Pheonix's power and really put in perspective their gap. Kitty has Zaorva to help....but Kitty alobe has to ways to stop Jean or Pheonix.
Pheonix titled her head. It is funny how knowing she is the youngester in the family- a fact Zaorva ahared with her more than once- sort changed, a little the supposed dynamic. Jean is Pheonix. Pheonix is the youngester sister....yet, Kitty is the youngest Xmen.
"Jean?" Kitty calls unsure.
"Kitty?" Pheonix asked back in the same tone or maybe, in a mocking one. Hard to truly tell.
"Welcome home"
Pheonix blinks and chuckles. "Now....I understsnd why is always this human" Pheonx pats Kitty's head alien, as if never done something before...the gesture is comforting, familiar and alien...yet....
There's a pile of dead bodies to the left.
Zaorva was right.
I often do...but not much.