"Bobby! Where are you?" Rogue screamed into the darkness. It had been two months seen she had last seen him. Crying. That is all she had done. They had lost Jean and Bobby the same day. But they had found Bobby. And Rogue was determined to bring him back.
"I know you're here."
"You can't take me back." For the first time in months she heard his voice. It was him all right. But he sounded different. She couldn't see him, but she heard his voice again.
"I'm not sorry for leaving. They told me about you. I'm not coming back."
"Bobby, what are you talking about? We've come to get you." Rogue was confused at first, but she realized… "Bobby you've been brainwashed." In that instance she felt him grab her around the waist and the mouth. His hands were freezing… but his touch wasn't soft as it usually had been.
"I don't want to have to hurt you. It would be pointless. Just leave." He pushed her away. He came out into the light where she could see him. Pale face. Dark eyes. No twinkle in his eyes, no smile. He had changed in two months; he was someone else, different-
Not real.
"What happened to you?" Concern filled her voice. He didn't know why. Had he really changed that much? He had only been exposed to the truth. He hadn't noticed any physical change. But he supposed that she had. The concern in her eyes, why was it there. She didn't love him. No one did. No one but the people who he was taught to avoid.
"Why do you care? Please leave, before I change my mind about hurting you." No emotion in his voice. Raw monotone.
Tears filled her eyes. "I love you. And I'm not leaving until I can knock some sense into you."
"Once I walk out of this room, your X-men will be waiting. God only knows what they will do to me." He chuckled. Surprised at his former ignorance. He couldn't believe he trusted those people at one point in time.
"I came alone." Silence. One sound enveloped them. Drops of water on the cold floor. "Please Bobby come-"
"What did you ever do for me?!" Bobby cut her off, yelling. He glared at her, his nose flaring. The room temperature dropped.
The feeling to cry overwhelmed her and she allowed the tears to come. "What the hell is that suppose to mean?!" She stared at him. No matter how much Magneto brainwashed him, he couldn't ask her that. No matter how different he was now, he was still Bobby, he couldn't ask her that.
Not that.
"What have I done for you?" She wasn't yelling. Her voice was quiet, barely a whisper, but still harsh and cold- even to Iceman. "I'll tell you what I've done for you. I have cried thousands of tears over you. I've screamed for you… deceived the people I love. I left them. I didn't tell them where I was going; they wouldn't have let me come after you. Bleeding for you." He didn't even flinch. "You still won't hear me. Maybe I should just wake up, I feel defeated…but I can't give up. I love you." Just when I thought I'd reached the bottom.
She thought she saw a hint of feeling in his eyes. But whatever it was, it soon left. He looked zoned out- in a different world. His mind.
He looked at her. No matter what anyone said to him, no matter how much it hurt- he still loved her. The truth couldn't change that. He believed what magneto had told him. It took him a while, but the illusion soon cracked and he realized that magneto was right. She didn't love him. None of them did, they were just using him. She wanted him to come back. Is she lying? He looked in her eyes. Even if she was he didn't care. No matter what anyone told him, he couldn't stop loving her.
That is one thing that would never change. And even if going with her meant giving up his life, living a lie- being tested on, used. It didn't matter. It would mean he could see her, hold her kiss her again.
"I love you." She heard his voice. Not the monotone he had used. It was him. She ran to him, embracing him as tightly as she could. Never letting go.
"It's the truth Bobby. I love you. You'll see that soon. You'll see the truth. About everything."