Stars: Nightcrawler
Appears: Shadowcat, Avalanche, Rogue, Risty, Xavier, Blob, Boom Boom, Toad, Quicksilver, Cyclops, Jean, Wolverine, Amanda Sefton
Cameos: Storm, Beast, Spyke
 

Summary

Early in the morning, Rogue meets Kitty on the way down to the Danger Room.  She asks if Kitty  has asked Lance to the girl's choice dance.Kitty tells Rogue that she better hurry and ask Scott, before Jean moves in. Rogue reminds her that the last time she danced with a guy, he almost ended up in a coma.

In the Danger Room, Forge is loading Nightcrawler down with equipment. He's running an experiment that should allow Kurt to 'port anywhere on the globe. Kurt ports with the equipment to Forge's old lab at the school. Kurt doesn't see them, but there are also strange lizard creatures that watch him pass through. He arrives safely in the lab and then ports back to the institute. After he's gone, one of the demons tries to push it's way through a tear in space that Kurt ripped open when he ported. Then it disappears again.

Kitty catches up with Lance in the hall. Kitty stops him and asks if he'll go to the dance with her. He tells her that he'll have to think about it. She turns and starts to walk away, but Lance stops her before she gets very far and tells her the answer is yes. Kitty smiles and walks away.

In Kurt's class, Amanda keeps smiling and watching him wistfully. After class she asks him to go to the dance. Both are stuttering and painfully shy about the whole thing. He agrees. She tells him that she'll call him later.

At the institute, Forge, Xavier and Wolverine are examining the data from Kurt's experiment. They discover the demons in the other realm. Forge says that Kurt will have to port again so they can get more information. Wolverine volunteers to go along so Kurt will be safe.

After school, Taryn is talking to her friends about going to the dance with Scott. They reach Jean just as she's getting into Dunc's car. Taryn says Hi to Jean, but Jean gives her the deep freeze and leaves. Taryn and her friends all laugh saying she's so jealous. Taryn says that Jean had plenty of shots at Scott and now she's lost her chance, all the while looking majorly catty.

At the institute, Kurt and Wolverine do the experiment again. But this time they are attacked by the demons. They just do make it out thanks to Wolverine and once they get to the lab Kurt freaks out and says that he'll never port again. Xavier and Forge have to come pick them up. Wolverine asks about the demons following them through. Forge says not unless Kurt's gates don't fully close, which probably wouldn't happen since it had never happened before.

At the school dance, Kitty and Lance, Scott and Taryn are dancing. Tab, Toad and Blob show up together. Quicksilver arrives with four dates all at once. A slow dance comes up and Amanda and Kurt dance together looking pretty happy.

In the lab, a demon is finally able to force it's way through a rip. At the dance, Amanda tells Kurt that she knows about him being different. Kurt tries to laugh it off, but Amanda tells him she's willing to wait until he's ready to tell her.

Back at the institute, Forge and Xavier are packing up equipment. Another demon makes it's way thorough a rift in the DR below.

At the school, Blob and Toad wait for Tab outside of the bathrooms. One of the demons show up and Toad screams like a girl. They are backing away in terror as Tab comes out. She turns and the demon lunges at her.

In the auditorium, Lance asks Kit if it's so bad being with him. Kit smiles and shakes her head no. Another rift begins to open between them and a demon pops out. Rogue and Risty run. Scott blasts one and Jean beats another senseless with her TK. Lance protects Kit as another demon tries to attack them. Amanda begs Kurt to port them away and he finally does as a demon lunges for them. Kids are streaming out of the school in a panic as Xavier, Forge and Wolverine arrive.

Rogue and Risty run into another demon that has some students cornered. Rogue tries to help them by baiting the demon. As it comes towards her she takes off a glove, but Risty blasts it with a fire extinguisher and they both take off running. As it's closing in on Rogue, the others arrive and Forge blasts it with the ray that trapped Nightcrawler way back in season one during "Middleverse". They head off to search for any other demons. Risty asks Rogue about Forge as the others run off. They find Blob, Tab, and Toad. Blob is literally sitting on the demon that attacked them. Forge blasts it back too. The X-Men head off looking for more demons, as the Bhood stand behind and watch them leave.

Outside, Amanda and Kurt are walking home. She tells him how she saw him change (including a flashback to "Shadowed Past") at school one day and port away. She asks if she can see the real him now. He turns off his image inducer reluctantly. She rubs his face and says blue is her favorite color. They head off to the ice cream shop together.