We Can Explain...

We Can Explain...Chapter Thirty Three (NC-17)
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Beast sighed as he regarded the hastily printed test results before him. Kurt and Kitty, still looking a bit sleepy and mussed, sat across from him in his office. Outside, in the med lab itself, Todd sat with an ice pack on his eye and a glower on his face. "I'll make this brief," the doctor said pacifically, "some odd things showed up on your tests."
Kitty made a small yelping noise as if she were swallowing a laugh but she looked more pained than amused. "Odd things?" She rubbed her suddenly sweaty palms on her jeans and jerked her chin sharply, making her pony tail bob. "Like...a virus?"
Kurt reached out and took her hand, trying to soothe her with touch. "Liebes, if it was a virus, he'd tell us!" He paused and looked up at the doctor. "It's not a virus is it?"
"Not as such," Beast said slowly. "It's more...of a reaction." He nodded to himself and smiled a little. "There is a high level of histamines present which indicates an allergic reaction of some sort. This might be residual, from have the implants, which Forge is still working on..." He sighed and flipped through some pages before fixing Kitty with a kind gaze. "Kitty, I found some very elevated levels of estrogen in your blood stream. Are you still on birth control pills?"
She sat up straight, almost affronted. "Of course I am! I'm too young for a kid!" A look of pure fcamecame over her face, the color draining to leave her the shade of whey. "Beast, I'm not...oh, God!"
Kurt looked very nearly ill himself. Beast had the distinct impression he was praying in German under his breath as he clutched Kitty's hand harder. "It'll be okay, Liebes..."
The larger blue mutant clucked his tongue. "You're not pregnant, Kitty. The levels of hormones are just...unexpected. Any number of things could be causing it. I'd like to reevaluate your pill prescription, though, before your next pack is to start." As Kitty nodded, numb with relief and not a little nauseated with the spike of fear she had experienced, Beast turned his attention to Kurt. "I think I've discovered the reason for your...well, the sudden turn for the strange in your behavior towards Kitty and her contact with other males."
Kurt blinked in the pause. "And...?" he finally urged. "Is it the histamine things?" He could feel Kitty's hand trembling in his and he knew part of it was from the brief unfounded scare but wondered how much was nervous tension carried over from their misadventure.
qui quite." Beast leaned back in his chair and folded his hands across his stomach in an unconscious mimic of a stereotypical physician's pose. "I've seen this in Rahne's samples and Logan's. And, to a certain extent...my own."
Kitty twitched a brow. "What? Fur?"
Beast smiled as Kurt vented a breathy laugh. "Not quite. All mammals produce pheremones," he began, but cut himself off. "I know you both are familiar with that lecture so I will skip to the end. Some nts nts seem to possesses a special compound in their-our-blood, in addition to what is called the "x" factor and any mutation-specific DNA variations, which somehow enhances pheromone sensation."
There was a moment of silence before Kurt asked incredulously, "Was?"
"You have a special compound in your blood, in your very composition, that enhances how you sense pheromones..." Beast looked mildly uncomfortable as he continued, not quite meeting the eyes of the two teenagers. "This is purely theory on my part, mind, but it seems that this enhancement has somehow made you pair bonded to Kitty on a level which is beyond your affections..."
Kitty blinked and leaned back. "Well. That doesn't suck. I thought what you were going to say was something really bad!"
Kurt was looking at Beast steadily. He knew there was something the man was holding back. "Beast?" he asked quietly. "Is that everything?" He leaned forward and fixed the doctor with an intentre. re. "Bitte...the truth. What we have gone through... If for no other reason, I need to know if it will help make any sense of this all!"
Beast nodded slowly and exhaled. "Okay. Professor Xavier wanted me to wait and go over the results with him first, but in this case, I think this is more the right thing. Forge has found some preliminary evidence that the silver objects were impregnated with a chemical solution which reacted to the body chemistry of the...implante Ki Kitty looked absolutely blank for nearly ten seconds before she opened her mouth, snapped it closed, then stood up. "I think I need to go lay down for a minute..."
"Katzchen," Kurt was on his feet like a shot, "sit down if you feel like you're going to faint. Put your head between your knees..." He was already pulling her back to the seat, helping her to sit down.
She shook her head weakly. "Are you saying that they did this to us to screw with our DNA or something?" The idea of being part of some experiment made her nauseated. "Like we were lab rats?" Her voice shot up at the end, shrill. Todd twitched in the next room, knocking over a tray of instruments near the bed he sat upon.
Beast knew it was impossible to proceed calmly at this point, at least for Kitty. "All I am saying is that the implants appeared to be intended to enhance subtle physical traits, though for what purpose I am not comfortable saying."
Kurt looked positively feral. His fangs were bared in anger as he rubbed the back of Kitty's neck just a shade too hard. "I think I can guess..."
_* Kurt, Kitty, Todd...please come to the library immediately.. _ *
"Saved by the telepath," Beast murmured. To the teenagers, he added, "We'll discuss this in depth later. Hopefully Forge will have the devices deciphered by this evening."
Kurt nodded sharply, helping Kitty to her feet before teleporting them to the library. Tabby stuck her head in, her headphones around her neck and a vial of solution in her hand. "You okay?"
Beast nodded. "No."

A/N Remy/Jubes and Rogue/Todd next, then Lance/Amara and Scott/Jean