Part Two:
A Web Begins Weaving

The bell rang, causing the hall to flood with students. Kurt sighed, handing in his test as he walked out the door. Walking down the hall, a hand clapped over his shoulder. Evan smiled, falling into step with him.

"So, how'd you do?" he asked.

Kurt frowned, "I can honestly say I wont be getting an A."

Evan laughed, "oh come on, I'm sure you'll at least get a C."

"More like probably an F" a snide voice commented to their side.

The two glanced over, Pietro smiled. Lance, Frederick and Todd standing by him.

"The brotherhood of losers" Evan crossed his arms, "what do you want."

"Careful Daniels" Pietro glared, "don't want to start something you'll regret."

Kurt shook his head, "we crush you at least twice a week if not more..."

"Yeah, so take your own advice" Evan waved a hand, brushing them off.

Their path as they walked away was blocked soon by Frederick the Blob.

"Hey, you're not going anywhere" he said.

"Ya, got to show some respect ya know?" Todd leaned against Blob, his eyes on a fly buzzing around.

Evan stepped forward, as if almost daring them to stop him.

"Really, going to push things on school property?" Pietro laughed.

"So much for being the good guys" Lance moved over to Blob's other side.

Kurt sighed, "seriously, back off...there is no need for trouble, especially here. People are watching."

Indeed, people had begun to look in their direction. Kitty walked around the corner, noticing the commotion. Books in hand, she walked over to stand by Evan and Kurt.

"What is going on here, you guys trying to make a scene or something?" she shot a glance at Lance.

He held up his hands, "nah, of course not...just having a friendly conversation."

Toad began laughing, "falls apart as soon as the babe hits the scene."

Lance hit him in the arm, causing the other to flinch. Pietro noticed a teacher heading in their direction.

"Forget it, lets go" he said, his eyes returning to the three X-Men, "we'll see you later."

He pushed past them, his shoulder clipping Evan as he did so.

Evan clenched his hands, "count on it."

They walked away, the teacher coming over to give a quick once over, before going on.

"What a bunch of meat heads" Kitty pulled her books closer to her chest.

"You should have just stayed out of it" Evan turned on her, "I had everything covered."

She looked taken aback for a moment, before glaring.

"Well excuse me for trying to help a friend" she turned, her hair flipping as she did so.

"Next time, don't!" Evan turned, going the opposite way.

Kurt was left alone once more, raising an eyebrow for a moment. First Rogue and Scott, now Kitty and Evan...was everyone in a fight suddenly? At least he could probably count on Jean being in a good mood. She was almost always happy and getting along with the others.

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By lunch time, the usual table was practically empty. Evan and Kitty were not there, neither was Rogue. Scott sat at an angle on his seat, head resting on a hand, Jean was over by Duncan, talking to him. Kurt slid into a seat across from Scott, resisting the urge to wave a hand in his face.

"Earth to Scott...you ok man?" he asked.

"Huh?" Scott glanced up, "Kurt...when did you get here?"

Kurt rolled his eyes, "trouble in paradise?"

Scott sighed, "Rogues mad at me, and now Jean is to."

"Jean...mad at you?" he raised an eyebrow, "is the world going to end?"

Scott frowned, "funny...she got mad at me cause of Duncan. Seriously, that jerk is the one who started it."

"All of you are acting so weird today" Kurt poked at his lunch with a fork.

"You act weird every day, so give me a break" Scott almost snapped.

Kurt put his fork down, "hey, I was only saying-"

"Save it" Scott stood, "not in the mood for your jokes today."

Kurt felt annoyance flicker inside him, he stood, following the other. Out in the hall, he grabbed Scott's arm.

"What is your problem?"

"My problem" Scott pulled away, "is dealing with a bunch of drama, and people who start it."

"Then stop trying to start it yourself" Kurt glared, "I was only trying to help, you snapped at me."

Scott sighed, "Sorry...you're right...I just need some air.."

He walked away, moments later Jean walked out of the cafeteria.

"Is everything ok?" she asked.

"I don't know..." Kurt sighed.

"I saw Scott yell at you then storm off..." she placed a hand on her hip, "what has gotten into him today?"

"I wish I knew what was getting into everyone today" Kurt replied.

Jean shrugged, turning to go back inside, "whatever it is, he better learn to deal with it before training this afternoon."

Training...that was certainly something Kurt was beginning to look even more less forward to than usual. With little more to do out in the hall, Kurt turned to head back inside, though he had long since lost his appetite.

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The danger room was ready to go, the team waiting for the go ahead. Logan grumbled to himself as he finished pulling on his mask, he was bristling more than usual. It only seemed to fuel the already dead silence, no one wanting to risk getting yelled at. Evan stood over by Scott, who stood across the room from Jean and Kitty. Their backs to each other, it was clear Jean was not in the mood to talk to him either. Kurt rubbed the back of his neck, his tail slightly twitching as he tried to think of something to break the ice. As if sensing this, Rogue elbowed him.

"Keep your mouth shut..." he says.

He sighed, "I do not even know what to say."

Logan turned to look at them, "alright...split into teams, now."

"As long as I don't have to work with that hard headed jerk" Kitty glared over at Evan.

"You'd only hold me back anyway" he countered.

Jean placed a hand on Kitty's shoulder, "we'll be a team."

Scott raised an eyebrow, "fine, then Evan and I will work together to."

Logan gave a slight scowl, before looking at Kurt and Rogue, "you to."

"Ain't no way I'm working with either of them" Rogue whispered.

Logan growled, running a hand over his face, "fine...you'll make a third team with the elf."

The three two manned teams looked at each other, before stepping into the room. Logan followed, but stayed towards the sidelines.

"Alright, listen up" he called, "simple exercise...you're all enemies."

Not the best choice of words in Kurt's opinion.

"Goal is to get the orb before the others do" he held up a metal orb, the size of a base ball. "First one to do so, gets the rest of the day off. The other two teams, get to run drills for the next few hours" he sighed, "thankfully you'll be doing so with Storm...not me."

"You're going down" Evan smirked, earning another glare from Kitty.

"Lets quit the banter and get on with this already?" Jean brushed her red hair over her shoulder.

"I thought you loved to talk" Scott said, "listening is more of what you have trouble with."

Surprise ran through them, Scott had never said something so bold to Jean before. The reaction from Jean came as a frown, a flicker of anger passing over her eyes. Rogue on the other hand, almost bursted into laughter. Jean shot her a look.

"Of course you'd be loving this" she said.

Kurt held up his hands, "guys...can we please stop fighting."

"The elf's right, quit yer yapping and get to work" Logan tossed the ball up into the air, and it floated off towards the ceiling.

The group tensed, as the danger room clicked on, and the session began. Jean floated into the air, using her power to levatitate herself. Evan grew a bone like spike from his arm, as a large robotic tentacle rose out of the ground over by him and Scott. Shooting it towards the oncoming attacker, the spike skewered the tentacle, causing sparks to shoot out from the machine.

"Don't just stand there, go!" Rogue nudged Kurt.

"Oh, right" he nodded, vanishing in a puff of smoke.

"Did I fail to mention you only have five minutes" Logan called, "if no one gets it in that time, you'll all be doing drills."

"Geeze, thanks for the heads up" Scott called.

"Doesn't matter, you'll be the ones losing either way" Kitty said, before jumping through him, a series of small laser mounted robots on her trail.

"Kitty!" his hand went to his visor, a beam of energy being shot out, destroying two of the bots.

"What's the matter Scott" Jean called, floating up closer to the orb, "can't take the heat? But you say you're such a good leader..."

Kurt appeared in the air near her and the orb, "seriously, what is up with all of you today."

Jean moved a hand, causing the orb to be thrown out of Kurt's reach.

"Hey!" Rogue glared up at her, "cheap trick."

Jean rolled her eyes, "I'm only using my power...kind of the point here."

Evan grew another bone like spike, aiming it at the orb.

"Oh no you don't" Rogue pulled off her glove, extending a hand out to touch him.

"Whoah, hands off!" he took a step back, the spike being released.

It flew into the air, nearly missing Kurt, tearing the fabric of his outfit on his right shoulder.

"Careful, I would rather not be a blue-kabob" he made sure he had not been cut.

"It was her fault" Evan glared at Rogue.

"Totally like you, blame it on someone else" Kitty dodged another robot, "can't man up and take responsibility yourself."

"Enough, your arguing is getting on my nerves!" Logan roared.

"Then tell them to quit being such jerks" Kitty pointed at Scott and Evan.

Scott aimed for another metal tentacle, shooting a beam of energy at it. Sliced in half, the upper half now falling towards Jean.

"Jean!" Kurt vanished, appearing behind her only long enough to catch her, then vanishing again.

They appeared on the ground, Jean turning to watch the tentacle land on the ground with a crash.

"Jean!" Scott ran over, "are you alright?"

Jean turned on him, "you did that on purpose."

He seemed surprised for a moment, "what? I did not. All I could hear was their arguing in my ear, I would never try to hurt you on purpose."

She gave a dry laugh, "to late for that one."

Logan had had enough, slamming a hand against the wall. The room shut down.

"That's it! All of you, drills, now!" he roared.

"That's so not fair" Kitty said.

Logan shot her a look, "deal with it. Until you get your acts together, you're all banned from the danger room. Now get out!"

None of them stayed, hurrying out of the room. Kurt sighed, watching Kitty take off with Jean, Scott left with Evan and Rogue went off of her own. None of them seemed happy at all. None of them seemed to want to admit it, but something was seriously wrong. Perhaps the professor would know what was going on.

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