Disclaimer- Wow, these things get old quick. All of the characters of Excalibur and the like are Marvel’s characters and not mine, but this story is copyrighted to me. This is just for fun, so don’t sue! MY BLUE EYED GIRL Part 3: A Grave Beginning Pete shot Kitty right in the back with a hot knife. Feeling this unusual movement in her back, Kitty phased before the knife could even hit her, and the knife instead stabbed her boyfriend Pete. "What?!" she uttered. "I knew it wasn’t you Pete!" She sprung into action before "Pete" could, and jump kicked Pete directly in the nose. Turning around quickly as soon as she hit the ground, she stabbed him in the stomach with her elbow. "Get out of my boyfriend, whoever you are!" "Well, Katherine," Pete/Gravemoss said, keeled over and grabbing his stomach. "I’m suprised you don’t remember me. And the last time we fought I thought I would leave at least a lasting impression on you." Pete/Gravemoss quickly stood up and shot Kitty with a blast of magical energy. "It looks like I’ll have to waste some magic on you after all. But it’ll be worth it to finish you off." Kitty felt disoriented and her side hurt from the blast, but she wasn’t ready to back down because of Gravemoss. She was going to finish this. Turning around before Gravemoss could get any closer, she phased through the floor. Confused and looking around, Gravemoss stood in the hallway alone. Before he could notice her, she grabbed his leg and he fell to the ground. "I thought Amanda killed you!" she said, as she phased him through the floor and let him fall to the next floor. "Oof!" Pete grunted. "I got better, bitch. With a little help from Belasco, and with plenty of time." Getting up off the floor, Pete/Gravemoss wiped his nose, which was bleeding. His stomach was also bleeding, and one could tell his body had taken quite a beating. Kitty reeled. "Get out of my boyfriend!" She ran to the floor, airwalking, and grabbed him. With a spell cast, Kitty was thrown away from Pete/Gravemoss and was thrown through the ceiling, phased. Kitty quickly phased her way back to Pete, where he stood in the hallway. Standing there, they looked at each other. "You’re not ready to take me on, Gravemoss, so why don’t you just leave?" Pete grinned. "I don’t think so, woman," Pete scowled. "I think we can help convince him, Kitty," Kurt said, as he bamfed behind Pete. He punched Pete in the neck, and grabbed him. Bamfing again, and then two more times, Kurt bamfed in front of Kitty and dropped Pete on the floor. "That should take care of him for now," Kurt said. "I’m sorry about this Kitty." Kitty sighed and a tear fell across her cheek. "I know it’s for Pete’s sake," Kitty said, ignoring the pun she had made. *** "Foolish human," Belasco growled. Amanda dodged a blast he sent in her direction. Jumping in the air and dodging a second one, she shot back at him and hit him directly in the stomach. "I’d watch your saying, Belasco, before I kick your worthless butt into the netherworlds." Amanda grinned, and stood in front of him. Not seeing the demons that had entered the throne to help their Master, Amanda stood in front of Belasco, who was seemingly still reeling from her blast. "Now, I’ll ask you again, what did you do with my friends?" Amanda looked Belasco straight in the eyes threateningly. Belasco cowered. Amanda fell to the grounds at the demons’ blasts. Belasco grinned. "Foolish human. Don’t say I didn’t warn you." *** Illyana walked over to Pete. Grabbing her amulet, she held it above Pete’s head. She dropped it, and it fell on Pete, falling through him. With a blast of smoke and energy, Gravemoss was forced out of Pete’s body. Gravemoss was unconscious. "Good job, Illyana," Kurt complimented. Kitty sobbed in the corner with Peter, who was holding onto her and comforting her. "Now, what do you want me to do with him?" Illyana asked, worried he would ask her to kill him. She wasn’t ready to do that. "I don’t know," Kurt admitted. "We need someway to get him away from us and stop him from hurting us again." "Well, we could teleport him somewhere unknown in Limbo. It would take him quite awhile to get back, let alone to recover," Illyana offered. Shrugging, Kurt threw his hands in the air. "I guess we’ll just do that, then," Kurt said. *** "Where to next, Dougie?" Rahne asked. "Well, it appears the others have met up. We could meet them," Douglock answered. "Peter, Pete, Kitty, Kurt, and another one are not too far away from here." "Who is the other one, Douglock?" Meggan asked. "I can not tell, but she seems to be familiar," Douglock answered. "Well, I guess we’ll go catch up with the others," Rahne shrugged. *** "Margali?" Belasco asked, walking into the dungeon she had been sitting in. "Margali, I have an interesting proposition for you." Margali looked up at him, her eyes full of hate and anger, especially for this demon. "What do you want?" she sobbed. "Well," Belasco continued, "it just so happens that a certain group of mutants have stumbled into my land, so to speak, and I want you to take care of them." "Me?" Margali said, wondering how she would do such a thing. "Yes, well, in this case, I might be willing to give you back your magic, if…." Belasco continued. "If what?" Margali begged, her eyes filling with hope. "Well, it is a mere matter, but to do so, you’d have to kill one of my servants," Belasco said. Kill a demon? That wouldn’t be so bad, especially since they were evil things anyways. Besides, if she killed it she could use her magic to do whatever she wanted. She would be home-free. "Who?" "Illyana Rasputin," Belasco answered coldly, opening her dungeon. "I’ll do it," Margali answered, eager to have her magic back. "Now, I’m only going to give you your powers back for a little while, and I will be watching you. Once you kill the girl, I will give you them back for forever, and you can do as you please," Belasco said. "Now, here’s a sword. It’s very special." Margali got out of her cell and stood up, holding the sword which pulsated with energy. "The soulsword," she whispered, welcoming it into her grip. *** Once the others joined up with the rest of Excalibur, they were introduced to Illyana. Everyone was still skeptical as to who it was, having gotten over their friend’s death awhile ago. They also knew that the Illyana they knew was corrupted and had to fight for her life to defeat her bad side. Was this one like that, and if she was, would she be forced to sacrifice her life also? The others were not ready to deal with that just yet. Pete woke up eventually, mumbling about Pryde kicking his lousy butt. He was sore and hurt, but able enough to walk. Kitty protectively stood by him. The group returned to Illyana’s room, planning. Amanda was still missing, and all their attempts to find her were being somehow blocked. Belasco could be the only answer, they determined, and decided to take the fight directly to him Before they could do a thing, though, the situation was quickly taken out of their hands. *** "So, we’ll have to take him down before we can find Amanda?" Kurt worried. "Yes, Kurt, and we will do it," Meggan reassured him. "We have to." "We can," Illyana mumbled, the whole room going quiet at her speaking up. "But I am worried about her." Before anyone could agree, Belasco teleported into directly into the room, despite the barriers Illyana placed against him doing so. "Hello, and good-bye," he greeted, grabbing Illyana, and disappearing, leaving a large group of demons in his wake. Reacting, Peter turned into metal and Rahne turned into a wolf. The demons attacked fiercely, and the others reacted. *** "Oh!" Illyana was dropped to the ground and left alone in the dark. Raising her amulet, Illyana filled the room with light. She saw a red-headed figure in the edge of the room, standing there with a long, shiny object. "Hello, Illyana," the figure stepped into the light. "I am here to kill you." She raised the object, and Illyana recognized it as the soulsword. Illyana gasped. To be continued in Part 4: The Fight for Power All comments, suggestions, requests, compliments, flames, babblings, and annoyances are beyond welcome and are begged for at PhaserBob@Aol.com Please write if you want to.