Shadow King
N/A: This will be a time skip, but, to address some things, Kitty still lives in Fortress City as suddenly it is so hard to leave...good colleges are here, and she even gets a scholarship, good for Kitty, but, she can´t leave the city....Dagon is not going to let her either his followers...if the cats are so interested in her, sure enough, Kitty must be special. She can leave for a short time, yes, but, she must return or else...
The nights in Cairo are surprisingly cold and that´s something Kitty learn in first hand as she is putting a jacket to protect herself from the cold. Kitty Pryde may have enjoyed the touristic side of Cairo in the morning, but, at night, she has a mission and this time she wants to add her own spin on this mission.
"Alone?" Jupiter asked in a siamese form and is listening to Kitty´s demands. The girl is no longer a girl, but a woman in her earlier 20 and Jupiter didn´t even notice the time pass by.
"Yes, you and the others trained me, and I did the missions with you all holding my hand, well, you got the picture," Kitty said calmly "but, this time I want to do this mission alone, I´m not a little Kitten anymore, I can do this"
Jupiter sighs and agrees. "Well, of course, you are a good student, and you can deal with this situation alone...don´t mind me if I´m going overprotective mood with you, Kitten, I somehow get fond of you"
Kitty caresses his head gently. "A cat confessing this must be real, and I love you two, Jupiter," she said holding the cat and petting his furry head. "But, I´m an independent and strong woman. Time to be treated as such"
"Of course, so, when the strong and independent woman returns let´s watch Bob Sponge"
" Wouldn´t miss for anything"
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If someone deserves to be blamed by this mission, definitely is Xavier, Ororo and the rest of the X-men(Cyclops, Rogue, Jean and Gambit) as Professor X never truly explained nor brief what this mission was truly about.
Jean Grey was possessed by an entity that is far above what the X-men usually fare and while Jean Grey is fighting off bravely, she knows is impossible to truly fight off this creature.
"Ororo?" Jean asked and Storm lower herself to be on Jean´s level(the woman is on the ground trying to fight off this thing)
"Jean, my sister, don´t fight it, instead, just ...embrace it" and Jean sees how Ororo´s eyes are dark and her usually beautiful face is twisted into something sinister. "You all are under me, you are all under the Shadow King´s control"
And Jean didn´t have the strength anymore to fight it off.
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The streets of Cairo at night are so silent, in fact, too silent to be normal and Kitty knows the pattern by heart. "Look, can we skip this? I know you are here, you know I´m here, let´s get this over with" Kitty said with a bit of sass as a strong wind makes it present.
And suddenly, Storm, her favourite X-men, is facing her, of course, that´s not Storm(well, is her body, but, Storm seems to be sharing the body with something else judging by the dark and sinister eyes looking down on Kitty)
"How dare you to even come here?" Shadow King must think she is not a real threat and soon starts to monologue, which, Kitty is thankfully(always get them when they last expect) "You dare to defile IT´s place?"
Kitty is confused by this.
"Is the shirt? Does it scream that I´m a tourist? I thought it was pretty cute" Kitty refers to her pink shirt with the Disney´s princess image. And this question didn´t stop it to continue his tangent.
"Coming here with that disgusting smell, you reek with that fish, you reek with Dagon" and Kitty blinks as she nods pretending to not know what he is talking about(well, not hard as Dagon is something the cats hate as well)
"How dare you be here, you filthy human! The Dark Pharaoh does not need you" And adds "I, the Shadow King, will destroy you and offer your mutilated body and soul as a gift for IT"
(Dark Pharaoh and Dagon are two different things from the same package and that what she knows so far)
"Nice, but, there´s a problem in your plan" Kitty explains amused as the Shadow King is ready to strike, but, if he likes to monologue, he also is the type to let people make their last line.
"Oh, and what is it?"
"I don´t plan to die tonight!" and Kitty punches Ororo´s body, but, instead of causing any damage to Storm, it only damage Shadow King, and as her fist turns into a soft glow of white. Kitty did again until the Shadow King is completely out of Ororo´s body.
(Kitty holds her body carefully as she guides to the ground and cast the words to lock the Shadow King in his realm)
With the Shadow King gone, it means the other X-men are free from his control. Storm wakes up and Kitty is there to explain what happened and the other X-men want answers and thank for her help.
However, once Rogue gaze upon Kitty for a minute, she immediately recognizes her. "Oh my god! You´re Dazzler´s rival?"
"What? Oh, that" Kitty now remembers of that old tittle and marketing campaign "no, that was a marketing thing and fan speculation, me and Dazzler get along fine, we are both mutants that manage to enter into the music industry...so people already want to pin us against each other"
Rogue is a bit embarrassed(Gambit though she looks cute in that way) for ever believing those rumours. Scott asked if Ororo is alright and the woman replies she is("thanks to Kitty here I´m, Shadow King was using me to be his puppet and control all of you") however, Jean Grey makes the important question.
"How did you defeated the Shadow King?"
"I didn´t...I only purify his energy once he was in Ororo´s body and sent to his realm, sadly, he will return after 1000 years" Kitty explained and somehow Jean is not convinced by that.
"And how you get to know such ability? An indie singer shouldn´t know how to purify something like the Shadow King, not even Professor X knew how to do it"
Kitty blinks and she has enough sanity to know if she tells the real story the X-men will think she is insane, instead, she gave a vague answer. "I got good teachers and I was a good student"
This, for Kitty´s luck, is enough for the X-men, while Jean disagrees there´s something fishy going on.
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The fight between Shadow King and Kitty was watched by afar, in another realm where time and sanity aren´t important. An elderly cat is next to Jupiter as they watch Kitty Pryde talking with the X-men and nod in approving, then, their eyes side with their patron.
"She is worthy" the elderly cat has white fur but tentacles instead of claws "she is a worthy mate for you"
The patron has a blue fuzzy face, golden eyes and a smile full of teeth. And a dark tentacle is caressed the elderly cat as IT is letting the other cats speak, Jupiter is the only to speak.
"You need a mate! Dagon of all the deities has a mate, Death has one too and you? will be the forever alone forever?" Jupiter said and adds "the woman proves to be your yang!"
Now, IT is speaking highly amused by such reaction from IT´s beloved cats. "Look, she defeated Shadow King, was that impressive for a human? Yes, but to claim that she will be my mate is a bit stretching"
The cats complain saying how Kitty Pryde is his mate and how they are sick of all the deities make the Forever alone joke with IT.
"Oh, but if you want me to grace Miss Pryde..."
"NO!" Jupiter said gazing upon his patron "Or you will be her mate or no deal, she is not an experiment for more of your children. Mate!" and he adds "As much we love and respect you, I also love and care for Kitty, I saw that human grew and I tell you this, or she is or mate or no deal"
"Oh, you never spoke against me in such way" IT seems impressed "if this Kitty Pryde is indeed my mate, she must have caused a hell of good impression on you" the cats nods and IT continues "she faces Shadow King, which is impressive, but, she is still only a human...I´ll keep an eye on her, I promise, but, I want a final test to see if she is truly my mate"
The cats side-eye each other and before they could ask IT replies. "I know you all are fond of her, I promise no harm will come to her in any form if she fails"
"I just want to know ...if she will be really different from the other humans you often sent to me" and speaks directly to Jupiter "And Jupiter, be ready to explain yourself to your dear Kitten" and the Dark Pharaoh gave his famous smile making Jupiter rolls his eyes.