Part 13
N/A: Another piece of Model au. Ok, I have this layout for some time now and I know what to do.
Kitty may not be an expert of fashion or its culture, nonetheless, it doesn´t mean she´s expert in cars and any terminology associated with automobiles - her doe eyes glare at Yana, the Russian woman, who is looking at the car in front of her with more confusion than Kitty´s furrowed brow could provide- a fact Ororo Monroe and Jubilee Lee are clearly amused. Once the two newbies get enough time to uncover or try to uncover the mystery of said car in front of the mansion and what this has to do with them it leads to the most predictable answer. "So, someone wins a car? I have a license" Yana lied swiftly and Kitty can see no one is mentioning this little fact.
Ororo clears her throat - a cliche way to deny such an idea- shakes her head and speaks in her friendly tone- her smile is pretty much cheery as she´s handling a camera- and Kitty and Yana aren´t seeing the big picture as seems. "No, this car is not an award, no Yana" she looks directly to the blonde mage who has a cat-like smirk. "is part of a publicity stunt, how many of you know Christine?"
"Date a girl with this name once..." Yana responds and Kitty mentions how she fights with a girl with the same girl. Jubilee brokes her silence and laugh and waves her hands- once she calms her laughs- to gesture and augments her speech. "No one here knows about the classics? Is Christine, the killer car, come one!"
"Oh..." Yana and Kitty said now looking at the car with new eyes, except for one detail, one Kitty is ready to point out. "Wait, Christine is a Plymouth Fury...that one is an impala" Kitty wonders how she knows this little detail but as no one will question her selected knowledge of autos is all good.
"True, but is here where the challenge begins" Ororo initiates again. "We´re doing a commercial ad to promote a remake of this classic made by the one and only" she draws in as the newbies are looking with Jubilee as if she´s the only one. "Laura Kinney"
"What?"
"Yes, Laura did!" Jubilee explains the case. "Luara is making her debut in the cinema and while I help some scenes here and there, 98% of the movie is her view and we, the X-men, are all about support each other...so, today, you two will pose as in this non-Christine car and the fans have to figure out what´s missing" and she concluded pointing to Ororo who is more than ready to take the pictures.
"And the movie as well this campaign is based in the '70s" Ororo states in a sing-song. "You two will have to make up to do"
"Ok, but where is Laura Kinney?"
"Oh...she´s doing stuff in Toronto"
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Laura is running as fast she can as the man with a white robe is trying to escape- his heavy breathing is loud enough and Laura can only smirk as his legs are falling him now- and once the man can´t run anymore, Laura, the real Wolverine only lift her fists showing the claws. "So, what a Purist like you has to say right now?"
"Die mutie"
"Cliche"
And Logan Howlett can be extremely proud of his daughter. "A movie and still catching trash? I think I´m going to cry" Logan wipes a mainly tear out of his right eye.
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Meanwhile, Amanda Szardos is seething as "dog" is not responding to her messages- texts by cellphones and emails and even third parties aren´t getting any information on Kurt´s whereabouts- is not pleased to be ignored. "I did sleep with other people before and he never throws such hissy fist. We´re never exclusive...where´s the dog?" she bites her nails hair enough to break it.
It was fake nails and the fact she broke with her teeth only increase her foul mood. "Ok, fine...I can get another one!" Amanda is looking at her list of contacts- Kurt´s name is risked with red now- and notices Dr. Rory and is a fine choice.
"Uhm, yes...a good choice, but, he´s out of the country" she snaps her finger- Dr. Rory is a great choice as a partner and a great bedfellow, the fact she transmitted STD to Dr.Rory and Kurt is not ideal- one can never stop thanking for all the medical breakthrough humans and mutants accomplished as many STDs have a cure now.
"So...who can I fuck?" Amanda is searching wearing her best of lingerie and she notices a very familiar-and famous as a well influential name- name that makes a smile pops in her face. "Alex Summers? Well, I would have preferred Scott" she recalls how Kurt and Scott are somewhat friends and that would have been an act of great revenge, but, the man is married and Jean Grey is not a woman one can strike so easily. "But Alex is a nice choice as it is"
Beware, dog you´ll be sorry...
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Kitty could laugh at her reflection and for once see herself- not a doll version of herself- Kitty could even say she would use this outfit for something practical and maybe this translating well for the photo session. "Good job, Kitty. The photos are great"
Kitty really thought this was done, but, Ororo revealed one last surprise. "We´ll have an special guest today" and then Ororo speaks in another language, literally- Yana is not commenting about the language, and Kitty has no idea what language is or what Ororo is saying- Jubilee is the one to take a few steps back as a brimstone smoke appears- Jubilee waves her hand to blow the smoke way- and Kitty is seeing Nightcrawler again.
Figures...
"Kurt, is foot and ass, again?!" Jubilee said and Kurt only offer a lopside smile as he makes a bow- too similar to how acrobats would and Kitty did visit the circus in her youth- as he respond camly. "Is brimstone, not foot and ass"
Jubilee rolls her eyes but let the man speak. His golden eyes look at Kitty for a moment- Kitty is frowning and if he so dare to crack a joke or ask for a drink she´ll kick his ass- but the moment is too brief and he begins talking about his career.
"It all begin in Bavaria, my mother and my sister are looking way to show how mutants with visible mutation could still be heroes" Kurt begins with a fond smile on his face- Kitty never recall any of his many photos, and the man has many types of photos, saw a smile closer of this one- as his tone is a bit homesick. "I was really afriad and I didn´t want to be a model nor a hero...I thought people would see me as a...freak"
Ororo and Jubilee send symphatetic looks, Yana tells he´s not a freak - "I´ve saw freakish and you´re no way near of that" and Kurt thanks Yana for that-and Kitty remains in silence.
The story ends with Kurt as being cover of many important magazines. Now, the time is over and everyone is collecting their respectives belongs- "And the car? Can we stay?" "No, Yana this is one of Forge´s car and Ororo wants to return his cars right way"- Kitty wonders if what is happening right now is really a coincidence.
She´s alone with Kurt Wagner, again.
"I want to say something, bitte" his accent is back and his golden eyes look nervous- how can she tell? Kitty is not sure and she may be wrong, either way, she let him speak- "About what happened to the party...I want to say I´m sorry I thought you were a waitress..."
Kitty looks him up and down. "Is fine. You didn´t know about the prank"
"Are we fine?"
"Are you asking if I´ll throw a hissy fist if you show up here again?NO, of course not, are you asking if we´ll be buddies? Now...that is a no too"
"I want to help you"
"Ok...I want to be a heroine, not a model, can you help me with that?"
"Yes, I can"
Kitty is not sure of what to feel-she knows there´s no obligation to agree with anything and maybe Kurt will forget about her tomorrow- and she leaves Kurt behind without looking back.
Well, that´s a begin...I suppose.