Dagon
The trip to Cairo was short as it was expected. The X-men and Kitty got a good impression of each other and even Rogue asked for a selfie (“I like your song, Starlight, and sorry for the whole Dazzler´s enemy” “Is fine, and thank you, that is my favourite song too”) and now she must return to Fortress city.
There´s no other option!
As she set her foot in the Airport of US, an uber driver is already waiting for her and even the security as her fans are overjoyed to see Kitty there(Many will ask what she was doing in Cairo for such short amount of time, and her haters will craft horrible stories to feel smart) and Kitty would be grateful for the security if they didn´t smell like fish.
Oh…they are fast!
“Thank you, I had a safe trip, now, I must take a rest” Kitty speaks to her fans that are taking photos and making a small circle around her space, thank god for the security, even if they all smell like fish.
She is inside the uber and is off to go to Fortress City.
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“Fancy weather isn´t it?” Kitty speaks trying to break the silence as the man is driving and the only thing indicating he is alive is the turns and lefts the man has to do and how the smell of fish gets stronger each time. “I even meet the X-men in my mission, pretty cool, and…maybe I could do a collaboration with Dazzler in the future”
“Silence, human!” the driver speaks not taking his eyes out of the road, they are now crossing the bridge and Fortress City is visible. “ Dagon wants to have a word with you”
“The big fish? finally got to meet the boss” Kitty said in a mocking tone but she didn´t say anything else after that. Dagon never bothers with her before…or was that what the cats told her.
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If Kitty was expecting a normal reception, well, people of Fortress City lives to overpass her expectations as there´s a crow of people, no, fish people ( with gills and fish scale) and all of them are a queue in harmony as their true form takes place, meanwhile, Kitty saw cats and dogs working together to prevent them to move an inch.
Kitty saw Miss Presley with bloody teeth and claws along with clear evil intentions towards Kitty, however, Jupiter steps away from the sea of cats and dogs to open his mouth and reveal tentacles and others horrors to Kitty.
The woman steps back, but, in doing that she can see the driver, with a Shark like a figure now, wanting to hurt Kitty(is visible) and steps away as Jupiter´s tentacle are creeping on the man. The cats know no mercy to enemies.
And Kitty witnesses the man shark being devoured by Jupiter in one go. And Jupiter goes to Kitty, who is shaken by that (Kitty knew about the tentacles, but, never saw in use before) and speaks strongly. “Kitty comes on, we must go to your parents…”
“Jupiter, the cat!” now Miss Presley takes the word as she licks some of the fresh blood in her fingers “the protector of Kitty, you cats are all about laws…Dagon, my master and her…” she takes time to guess the right word and seems amused as Kitty is looking for her parents or any signal of anyone human “boss, Dagon wants to have a word with her NOW”
“No, Dagon can wait, she is not ready”
“Tsk, tsk, Dagon is the ruler of this land, Jupiter, and we are all bound to do his will, now, since you and the dogs are here to protect Miss Pryde” and only now Kitty notices the dogs coming closer of her and spitting fire as a dragon would.“and we won´t hurt her, nor her family” she gives a creepy smile and Kitty feel her stomach drop.
“Where is my family?”
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Kitty´s house is completely vandalized even with all the dogs and cats presented. Cameron Pryde and Terry Pryde are holding a cat and a dog and Kitty goes to her parents, she would hug both of them, but, she notices the bandage her father is using in his torso.
“The dogs and cats did get late by one minute, but, I´m fine” Cameron tries to joke, but, winced in pain and Kitty watches as the dog, the leader of the organization told Cameron to enter.
The house is a wreck outside. She gazes to Jupiter. “We can protect him physically, but, not harming the house and this is the best place to be …given the circumstances”
“I´ll go talk with Dagon NOW”
“No, Kitty, you can´t,” Jupiter said and Terry wholehearted agrees and urges Kitty to hide with them. They can think something once they all are together.
“No, No, Dagon won´t stop until I go talk with him”
“Kitty…there´s no indication he won´t eat you” Jupiter reveals making Terry almost break in tears. Kitty will be lying if she says this does not bother her, yet, Dagon wants to talk with her…he will get his wish.
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“Dagon wants to see you” Miss Presley repeat those lines so it can make Kitty´s blood boil and the woman does not care to give a snippy reply “Tell to the big fish to fuck off”
Miss Presley now free of blood in her face is not impressed and would do something far worse than say a snippy answer, but, once Namor enters in the room, no shirt as always and a resting bitch face, the beautiful woman compose herself.
“Dagon wants to see you now” Namor repeats those words and using his trident point to the white-painted wooden door and is not concerned by Kitty´s safety and she knows he would use the trident on her to make her go faster. (The way he is holding said trident and how his lips twisted into a sneer as he looks up and down to her certainly don´t make him a very friendly person)
Kitty would like to kill this man, but, she has to solve a problem with a fish first.
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Inside of the room, a man with curly blonde hair and blue eyes is waiting for her, a handsome man indeed, except, his rotten smell of fish gives away what he is. And Kitty can only frown at his mere presence.
“I´m here…didn´t Dagon wants to see me?” Kitty replied mocking those cursed words.
“Yes, I do, finally we meet, miss Pryde” Dagon replied.
“You know, Stephen King once makes a movie and book about you, you were a giant fart in there” Kitty replied not moving an inch and having her powers ready.
“Oh, that movie, yes, while I wasn´t the typical handsome god, my message was sent and for that, I´m thankful for that, now, we aren´t here to talk about me, but, about you!”
“Hi, my name is Kitty Pryde, I like sweet things, cats and dogs, music, and I hate bullies,” she said in a mock tone of presentation. Dagon does not mind.
“The humans that came here usually are here for one reason, to procreate, of course, consent is the key for everything” Dagon speaks seriously and Kitty remembers what Jupiter said about him in the past.“ but your father never wanted to cooperate with this norm and neither your mother. A loving couple indeed, but, you see, I don´t have use for humans that love each other”
“So, I´m here to be some fish´s bitch?” she rudely asked and her hands are glowing as she is ready to strike. Dagon, once again, is not worried.
“That is one of the possibilities, but, no, Miss Pryde, you´re far too valuable to sire children only, no, if the cats of the dark pharaoh” Dagon speaks as if just throw up something incredibly nasty “think you´re special, then you are special…oh…they never told you about their patron?!”
“Is not their patron that hurt my father”
“True, I know it sounds harsh, but, as I said, a man that loves his human wife has no value to my society, however, since the cats never managed to illuminate you about the piece of shit that is the Dark Pharaoh…let I do this charity” and Dagon speaks as there´s nothing wrong in the room, ignoring Kitty´s energy and telling his tale.
“The Dark Pharaoh eats humans for funsies and that is the luck humans because the unlucky ones are mutated and have their sanity take away from them, say, do you know the case of that German professor named Mara?” Kitty nods “what that human did was awful…and it was IT´s desire, all those children, women and man…is a game for IT…and the cats follow IT, the cats love IT and you…"now Dagon has a smile on his face.
"Oh you, you´re the sacrifice, the perfect sacrifice”
“What load of bullshite, the cats like me” Kitty answers gazing upon Dagon who is not minding(her energy is getting stronger and Dagon wonders if she could indeed kill him)
“Yes, they like you so much that they gladly risk your life for their endgame, what lovely creatures, just like their master”
“You are the one who hurt my parents”
“Of course, it was nothing personal, but Kitty, at least you always knew I was here…You knew the rules, but, the cats often lie to you. What is their patron? Why pick you? and what they hope to win? They even asked in alliance with dogs to protect you…Miss Pryde, Kitty, you´re an investment and I wonder what they plan to do later…a strong, intelligent and powerful woman is something IT will love to break piece by piece, see what they did with the others pharaohs”
And Kitty is in turmoil as she bites her lips and feel her stomach drop, a knot in her throat prevents her from speaking and Dagon knows he got her attention know(still pondering if she can kill him, the human, with all her faults, is more powerful than he expected and he hates that)
“But unlike the cats, unlike IT, the piece of shit, I can help you, you are strong” and Dagon silent adds “maybe stronger than me” as he continues “if you want your parents safe, you could do some missions for me”
“And if I refuse? How can I know you won´t do anything bad with them?”
“So many questions…” Dagon shakes his head “first off, no one will hurt him…but, that´s the kicker, Kitty, they can be in that house forever, until the food runs out, until their health gets worse and worse and then…die in that house and even if they escape, I can make sure that Cameron Pryde has debts and suddenly a criminal report on him and you know…some people do want to play hero and catch those dangerous criminals, dead or alive” and Dagon concludes “but, if you help me with those missions, the cats and dogs won´t need to guard them, they will be safer from any harm, they can leave as they please…if you help me”
“If you broke this promise…I´ll hunt you and destroy you”
“I may be many things, Kitty, but, I never break a promise, not like IT…and let me tell you something, that disgusting creature is always there lurking around in the shadows. Ugly, dirty and dumb…if I was you, I would cut any contact with the cats…that creature is always hungry, always as your lovely friends cats are too”