<div class="floatleft">(http://images.wikia.com/xmenmovies/images/b/b4/Nightcrawler_creepy_smile.jpg)</div><hr/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>  Name:</strong>      Kurt Wagner<br/>  <strong>Title:</strong>         Nightcrawler<br/>  <strong>Affiliation:</strong>  The Resistance<br/>  <strong>Location:</strong>   Part Said<br/>  <strong>Tags:</strong>          Open, Agent Brand<br/><br/></span></span><hr/><br/>Mutant Relations weren't exactly ideal before Apocalypse declared war on the human race. Now, he honestly wondered which would turn more heads when he would walk into that Mosque- the fact that he was a Mutant or the fact that he looked like a Demon. Either way though, he had something he had to do. He'd been asking around, as far as he'd been able to determine there weren't any christian churches known to have survived, let alone Catholic ones. Granted, Catholic was just a preference at this point. Fortunately the Mosque had decided to let some of their space be used for other religious services if off to a side and quietly.<br/><br/>In fairness to the humans inside, it really could of been because he looked like a Demon and had nothing to do with him being a Mutant. And there weren't that many really. A couple Islamic Clerics, a Coptic Christian priest, some particularly devout worshipers - this didn't look like it was going to get too ugly if only because of the awkward hours. Thank God he hasn't had a chance to change out of his uniform yet, the X of the X-Men was getting to be right up there with the Red Cross and the Avengers A in recognizably.<br/><br/>"<strong>Can we help you?</strong>" one of the Clerics asks.<br/><br/>"<strong>Yes, I'm here for Confession. I know I probably won't find many other Catholics here. . .</strong>"<br/><br/>This seemed to honestly surprise the man, a few of the others too.<br/><br/>"<strong>I wasn't aware your kind had souls and felt God's desire for Absolution.</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>What kind would that be, if I may ask? Germans?</strong>" he asks innocently. Make him say it, make them confront and at least admit it.<br/><br/>"<strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 5pt;">Demon</span></strong>" whispers carry from around the building from someone Kurt can't see well. Let them keep their eyes closed then, poor soul. They didn't need hate in return, but pity.<br/><br/>"<strong>Er, No. It's . . . the church's stance on Mutants. . .</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>I see. Well, I'm probably the closest person here to a recognized Catholic Priest anyway. I'll just take a seat off to a side and try to stay out of the way.</strong>" Kurt speaks and does follow his word, just tucking away toward the Christian corner of the Mosque where he goes to his knees.<br/><br/>The Coptic Priest's curiosity gets the better of him. Maybe he would of let it be if this Mutant didn't say he was a man of the Cross but it's not too long before he takes to his knees right next to Kurt. The prayers escaping the demonic-looking man's lips he recognizes, last rites.<br/><br/>"<strong>Sorry to interrupt, but what did you mean "closest to a Catholic Priest"?</strong>"<br/><br/>Kurt pauses, opens his eyes- fair enough question really.<br/><br/>"<strong>I took the Vows of the Priesthood a while ago. For a time, I was a man of the Cloth. Unfortunately my vows were disqualified, the Nun administering them only did it as part of a revenge plot, poor woman. I forgave her a long time ago but that doesn't really change that my vows never really counted in the eyes of the Church.</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>They let you? I'm sorry, I wasn't aware . . .</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>That Mutants had souls? Yes, a common issue in the religious community. And it's sad really. Even those of us that live by the books- any of the books- have problems seeing past what they see with just their eyes. The Pope had to put it down in an official Holy Writ, that Mutants were just as blessed by God in that regard as a normal human.</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>Really? The Catholic Pope declared that?</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>Well, in fairness, I had just saved his life that may of influenced his timing a bit.</strong>" Kurt says with a quiet chuckle, getting back to his prayers.<br/><br/>"<strong>May I ask, what you were hoping to confess?</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>Today, I killed 5 people. Apocalypse's Mutates- 4 of them had cornered a group of refugees and were working on killing them, and 1 of them attacked the group on the way to safety. I ended up killing them. I know it was War and Kill-or-be-Killed situations get special dispensation but all the same their souls should be prayed for. Besides, this Apocalypse corrupts the wills of those he changes, bends them to his will. A know at least some of them were under the spell of Mind Control and weren't attacking of their own Free Will. My heart tells me that if this is true the Sin is on Apocalypse more then myself- but they're dead all the same and their souls could use the Prayers.</strong>"<br/><br/>The Priest admittedly is taken aback by this, and a little ashamed of some past thoughts and doubts he's had himself when he thinks of it like that.<br/><br/>"<strong>Evil men sometimes take good people down with them. I don't want to say that you shouldn't worry about killing people, but it is War. If there's no reasonable way to stop the killing I think taking some time to pray for their souls like you're doing now is enough. Anything else you wanted to confess?</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>. . .Well, there is one thing.</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>What is it?</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>Ah, how to put this? A while back I met a young superheroine named Nocturne. . . </strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>Oh, one of these.</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>No, I don't think you've quite heard this one before. She said she was my daughter, from the future in our time due to time travel. Admittedly, I never actually saw the time machine or check her DNA but she really did look like I was her biological father- and I definitely would not of been old enough to have done the deed at the time if time travel wasn't involved.<br/><br/>Anyway, we get to talking and at some point she mentions that while I was her biological father, the Scarlet Witch of the Avengers was her mother. I didn't get the impression that we were married at the time of the conception. Or wouldn't be? The Tenses are hard to keep track.</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>So you haven't had a daughter out of wedlock yet, but thanks to time travel you know that you will at some point in the future.</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>A superheroine, actually. She apparently becomes an Avenger and saves the world multiple times over.</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>Wow, congratulations- or it will be. I'm not going to say that it makes it okay but God does work in mysterious ways.</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>I hear that. Though the thing is, I think it was an accident- but I think Nocturne might of let slip that the Scarlet Witch wouldn't be the only woman to have my child out of wedlock. I don't know how many or who the women involved are, but. . .</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>Okay, this is just getting confusing.</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>Yes it is. Any thoughts?</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>Just one. You're thinking about it too much. Just worry about the Sins you've actually committed, not the ones you might commit in the future. A just God wouldn't hold the things you could do in the future but haven't done yet against you anyway.</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>Thank you. I'll remember that.</strong>"<br/><br/>Kurt nods, and tries to finish his prays so that he can help with the coming battles and moves ahead. These would be interesting times indeed.