part 4
N/A: merciful short if we are lucky.
"And that´s all for today" the professor announced and this is more than enough to bring life to the students who were almost sleeping in their desk and now are high pitches voices are sing summer hits of the radio and planning for the weekend. Everyone is excited, everyone but Kitty as she looks at the ceiling.
"Kitten" Marrow calls with her with a wild smile on her face. "What´s the long face? We´re free" and Marrow puts her arms around Kitty who stops gazing at the ceiling and nods at Marrow, who in turn is not buying.
"Ok, Kitten, why are you looking at the ceiling? Are you part cat and can see ghosts?" Marrow asked bluntly and then her eyes shine"You can see ghosts? We have ghosts?"
"No, no ghosts here" Kitty affirms strongly as she secretly fears the supernatural, which in contrast with her new events in her life is pretty ironic "I was just ...thinking about stuff"
"Boring" and Marrow leads Kitty away.
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Dr Strange is meditating alone in his space(is it a castle? is it a cave? Is hard to point out and Dr Strange does not care for such details right now) until Courtney Ross is back. Once again, she´s dressed to impress or depress depending on her mood.
"Dr Strange, me and Roma search from all the multiverse and ...there´s nothing more powerful than the anti-christ...well, there are the Outer Gods, but, is not the best scenario for us...Scarlet Witch´s power could fight him...but he would win...he win before" and Courtney looks startled with her own words.
"I see...can you tell me who the antichrist is?"
"No...he...oh god, he saw me and block me, this is a game for him and we may not win"
"We can and will"
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"Mother?" Rogue asked as Raven calls off and tosses the cellular away angrily and her face is morphing to illustrate this fact. "Wanda can´t return?"
Raven pinch her noses and tries to calm herself. "Now that she´s an Avenger...she thinks she´s better than us"
"I know magic. I can redo the seals" Rogue suggests hopefully but her mother´s mind is miles and miles away.
"I´ll leave this to you, but, Wanda will have to answer to me ..." Raven replies not in a good mood. She slams the door and leaves as Rogue takes her magic book and is head to the attic. Everything is to protect her little brother.
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Raven is in her secret room doing what she does best. With headphones on her ears, she begins to listen, thanks to her machine, the conversation of those who use the telephone.
"I´m totally fine, mom" Is Marrow´s voice "yes, yes, I know...I made a new friend here, her name is Kitty, no, she is not an actual kitten I´m as heartbroken as you are. Anyway, she seems alright and does not mind my mutation...but she keeps staring at the ceiling as she is a cat" and laughs amused "yeah, I know...she was literally looking at the ceiling with such expression just like Muffin"
And Raven puts her headphones down and feels her heartbeat faster and she puts the headphone back but Marrow is on a tangent about why boys are gross and girls are prettier and her mother, bless her heart, has the patience (and care) to listen to her rumbles.
"Looking at the ceiling..." Raven knows she´ll need to have a chat with Marrow and Kitty as soon as possible.
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"And that was my day so far" Kitty replies tenderly as she lay down with Michael who is listening the stories fascinated and Kitty wonder if those stories are really fascinated or is because he´s stuck in the attic.
"Mike, can I ask something?" Kitty asked noticing his tail moving as the boy is looking at the ceiling of his attic to the new painting he did. It was a setting that nor he or Kitty ever saw before.
"Sure, but, if is more about Buffy´s lore ...then I really don´t get it" Michael answers and Kitty laughs despise herself.
"No, I was thinking...why you stay in the attic? You´re healthy and I even double-check in every medical site I can find" there are curiosity and desperation in her voice "and you seem fine so...why stay in the attic?"
And Michael gives a sad smile. He was predicting this. "My mother wants to protect me...you heard about the lynching of Saint Jones´s city?" and Kitty shakes her head as he knew she would. The sad smile continues. "A mutant with a visible mutation was born in that city and people ..." Michael stops talking for a moment. He knows she´s hook in the story. "You can imagine what happened next"
Kitty is horrifying. And processing this information. She holds his hand and speaks again. "There are bad people out there, I know that, but...being locked in the attic is not living...Mike, you don´t need to be stuck here if you don´t want to"
And that he predicted as well. Kitty is a real prince charming. "But...I don´t want to be there alone" she still holds his hand and promises with a kind smile. "elf, you won´t be...if you want, I can be there with you all the way"
And now Michael Darkholme smiles. Is all about manipulating the right person just like mom Irene said.