Scars
Chapter One: Another one With Gloves
Disclaimer: No I don't own X-Men in anyway.
This story takes place during the third movie. It starts at the cure center, but then changes completely from then on. It will be a Pyro/Rogue story, because for some odd reason I find them some damn appealing. This story also contains a lot more cussing then I usually write, but most of it is from Pyro lol. I hope ya'll enjoy the first chapter. It wasn't easy to write, but I think it is going to be a fun story…. I hope.
"I tare my heart open, I sew myself shut. My weakness is that I care to much…. and my scars remind me that the past is real, I tare my heart open just to feel."-----Papa Roach
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Magneto had given him strict instructions to do one thing today, and that was to rid the world of the traitors. Pyro stood in the middle of the protesters, watching every single person making their way into the center. Pyro had to suppress a grin, knowing that they had no idea what was about to happen. Today was the day that the world was going to find out that a simple cure wasn't going to change the fact that mutants were real. Walking deeper into the crowd, Pyro waited for the right moment. His hands itched, the anticipation killing him. Glancing around himself, Pyro noticed that a lot of peoples attentions were turned to the far end of the line into the center. Curiosity got the better of him as he made his way deeper into the crowd to see what was going on. There was a fight going on between two of the mutations in the line, and Pyro grinned wanting to see what was going to happen. It was a tall, fat man and a young woman with long brown hair and two white streaks… wait. Pyro's grin disappeared quickly as he realized who the young girl was.
Pyro felt anger boil in side at the thought that she was getting the cure. He had always looked up to Rogue, she seemed the only person at school who actually got what the fuck he was going through. He remember countless night they had stayed up talking about what they would do after school ended. He remembered how she always would lean her head on his shoulder, and how he would… no he couldn't think about the past anymore. He wasn't that person anymore, that person died the day he walked away from the x-jet.
Walking closer to the two fighting, Pyro stopped mid step as the man lifted his fist, striking Rogue across the face. The emotion he felt rushing through his vain was pure rage, and Pyro couldn't stop what happened next. With a flick of his wrist, the man burst into large flames. Fuck the asshole.
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The line was moving slowly but Rogue didn't mind. It gave her all the time she needed to think. Her life had changed so much in the last couple of months, that she didn't know what was going on anymore. There was a time when she had thought she had almost had it right, but, that was a long time ago. Before he had left.
The line moved up a few feet, and Rogue couldn't stop the deep breath of anxiety and fear that rose from the pit of her stomach. She kept telling herself that this was what she wanted, that this was what she had always wanted. To be normal, to be free from this burden that her untouchable skin had brought her.
Glancing down at her hands, she eyed the gloves she had become so accustomed to. In an hour she wouldn't have to look at them ever again. Rogue half expected the thought to bring her some kind of comfort, but was shocked when all she felt was a feeling of fear. Staring at her hands, she was brought out of her thoughts when someone unexpectedly bumped into her. Turning, she glanced down at a young girl of about the age of seven. Her hair was pulled back into a bun, and she hugged a teddy bear tightly to her chest. The young girls chocolate brown eyes held fear, and she turned her eyes up towards Rogue.
"Please stop the man!" Her voice was small and Rogue couldn't do anything else but stare at the young girl. Glancing around, Rogue kneeled down, becoming eye level with the small child.
"Stop who?" Rogue asked as the young girl stared expectantly behind her. The young girl grabbed Rogue's hand, pulling her out of the line. Rogue opened her mouth to protest, but stopped when she saw the pure fear in the young girls eyes. Looking in the direction the little girl was staring, a large man was looking around apparently searching for the young girl.
"He trying to make me get the shot." The young girl said large, fat tears rolling down her cheeks.
"I…I…" Rogue just stared at the little girl not knowing what to say. The little girl dropped her teddy bear, pulling on both Rogue's hands. Glancing down, for the first time Rogue realized that the young girl was wearing gloves similar to her own. Looking up, Rogue also realized that the young girl was wearing about three layers of clothes. Every area of available skin was covered, and Rogue wondered what was the young girls mutation.
"I don't want it… please don't let him give it to me." The young girl said, and Rogue gave her a soft smile. Opening her mouth to say something, Rogue was suddenly roughly pushed away from the girl. Her head collided with the ground, and tears started forming in her eyes. Taking a deep breath, Rogue pushed herself off the ground, only to find the large man roughly dragging the little girl back to the end of the line. The little girls screams and yells of plea tore through the protesting crowd, only making them become more crazy. Pushing herself off the ground, Rogue quickly followed the man. She didn't know why, but she had to help the young girl.
"Shut up you stupid little bitch." The cruel words left the mans mouth as Rogue made her way behind them.
"Let her go asshole!" Rogue didn't know where the sudden bust of confident came from, but she quickly pulled off her gloves as the man turned around.
"If you knew what was good for you, you mutant bitch, you would just stay the hell out of our business.?" The man quickly advanced towards her, and Rogue took a deep breath.
"You can't make her go through this, you have no idea what the cure will do to her!" How did she always get herself into stuff like this?
"Why the hell do you fucking care you bitch? The little whore isn't anything to you." The man said, and Rogue's eyes grew into tiny slits. Glancing behind the man, she saw the little girl glancing between the two of them, fear burning brightly in her eyes. At that moment, Rogue saw a younger version of herself. Looking back at the man, she knew that she wouldn't be able to suppress the anger that was boiling up inside her. How could she had been so stupid thinking that the cure would change people's opinions of her. To them she would always be a mutant, scum on this earth. Eyes locking with the mans, Rogue knew she couldn't let the little girl go through this. She would take her back to the mansion, where she would be understood.
"Because no one should be told to change just because they don't fit into this world. You would know that if you weren't such an dumb ass idiot!" Rogue screamed, aware that she was attracting a great amount of attention. The man laughed, glancing back at the small girl. What happened next was something Rogue would have never predicted. The man turned around so quickly that Rogue didn't have time to move out of the way as his fist connected with the side of her face. For the second time in the last fifteen minutes Rogue hit the ground. She heard the gasps of many people and the screams of the little girl, and slowly lifted her head. Opening her eyes, she expected to see the man towering over her ready for more, but what she saw made a small scream escape her lips. The young girl suddenly jumped into Rogue's arms as they watch the man burn away in large flames. A thousand different things ran through her mind, but the last person she had expected to see was the person who roughly pulled her and the little girl up. Blond spikes had replaced his normally brown hair, and all she could do was stare as he dragged them through the crowd of angry protesters.
Finally they were pulled to the edge of the crowd and the young boy stopped, turning towards Rogue and the young girl. The young girl gripped Rogue's hand tighter and edged her way behind her legs. Rogue glanced down giving the young girl a soft smile, and then turned her attention back to the man that stood before her.
"Pyro."
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His eyes were glued to the young girl that was hiding behind Rogue's leg, and he couldn't keep the shock out of his eyes.
"Who the hell knocked you up, and how the fuck did they do it?" Pyro said, catching the glare that Rogue gave him.
"She isn't my child Pyro, and when the hell did it become any of your damn business?" Her voice held anger and regret, and Pyro couldn't suppress the grin that graced his lips. Looks like someone had grown a backbone since he had left. Not forgetting what had to be done, Pyro's grin was quickly replaced with a look of disgust.
"So you finally decided to get the cure? Was it for blue balls, or did you find someone else to fulfill those particular needs?" Pyro knew he was treading a thin line, but he didn't care.
"Fuck off Pyro." The voice behind Pyro made him sigh a breath of pure frustration. Did he have to meet up with everybody from the fucking school today. Slowly turning around, Pyro came face to face with his other former best friend. Laughing, Pyro through up his hands in mock surrender.
"Looks like I get to meet every pathetic ass from the mansion today. How has life been treating you blue balls?"
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Bobby glanced behind Pyro at Rogue who was standing with a young girl. Noticing a large bruise on the side of her face, Bobby's eyes quickly turned into deadly slits. Rogue gave him the "I'll explain later" look, and Bobby was glad that he found her. He only hoped that she hadn't taken the cure yet. Turning his attention back to his former best friend, he frosted over his fist. This should be fun.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Bobby couldn't help the anger in his voice, and his anger only grew when the young boy just laughed at him in mockery.
"I could ask you the same thing ice boy? Here to save your pathetic girlfriend before she took the cure?" Bobby quickly formed a sharp blade of ice in his hand, and Pyro did the same with a ball of fire, "Fire melts ice blue balls. Bring it on."
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Noticing the tension between the two boys, Rogue quickly placed her and the little girl between them.
"Bobby please, lets just leave. He isn't worth it." Totally ignoring Pyro, Rogue grabbed Bobby pulling him away from the other angry teen. Bobby didn't budge, and she turned towards him, her eyes pleading with him. Bobby gave Pyro one last glare and quickly started walking away. Rogue went to follow, when an hand grabbed her arm.
"Did you take the cure." Rogue just stared at him, not knowing what to say.
"None of your…" Pyro quickly cut her off.
"Did you take the damn cure." Something in his voice pleaded with her, and for a moment Rogue saw John shine through.
"No." One single word relaxed his face. Behind her Rogue heard Bobby calling her name, and she turned picking up the little girl and making her way back towards him. She heard Pyro say something to her.
"Run back to the mansion. This is no place for you." Rogue turned to say something, when Pyro turned, flames bursting out of his arms and toward the center. Screams erupted from the crowd as the building burst into flames. Bobby rushed behind her, grabbing her hand and pulling her away quickly. The last thing she saw before Pyro was engulfed into the group of crazed people, was a look of pure regret on his face. She must be imagining things.
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Okay, so I had to put a little Rogue/Pyro scene at the end. The little girl is going to pay a very important role later on in the story, and her power comes in handy too. Too bad you'll have to wait until next chapter until you find out what she can do lol. YAY!! Rogue came to her senses! No cure for her! So if you think this story has potential, please tell me! Luv ya'll----Amber
