A/N: It's me with another story. This one is sorta AU. It starts before Rogue meets the X-Men.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Not even the chapter titles. They are from the song Color Of Water by Family Force 5.
"Tonight is the night, Raven. The X-Men will come to get Anna tonight. Make sure that she is ready."
"Of course she is ready, Irene. She knows exactly what to do." Mystique leaned back in the chair she was sitting in. The humid Mississippi air hung around them as they sat on the porch.
The girl in question was getting ready for a party. The seventeen-year-old was covered from head to toe by the request of her mother. Raven had told her that tonight would be a big night. She would have to absorb a boy named Cody to set her plan in motion.
"What a bitch," Anna mumbled. She hated absorbing people and made sure that her mother knew it. That was why she had worked so hard to get control of her powers when they had surfaced the previous year. She had been home schooled until she could control them, using the majority of her time to practice.
Anna fingered her long auburn hair. An idea suddenly occurred to her. She grabbed a pair of scissors and cut the long locks off just below her chin. She frowned in the mirror, not sure what she thought of the look. She shrugged and turned to leave the room. It was hair, it's grow back.
"Ready, Anna?"
"Ah'm comin. Hold on a minute," she hollered down the stairs.
Mystique was waiting when the girl came down the steps. "What have you done to your hair?"
Anna gave her an evil smile. "Ah'm supposed to be the Rogue, right? This looks more like a gothic bitch look than the long hair."
Raven had to agree with her daughter. "You know what to do, right?"
"Ah absorb Cody. The X-Men come to recruit me. You shift into them and scare the hell outta me and they leave without me. Then we go to Bayville to join up with those other two you've recruited. We join up with Magneto and wait for his next command."
"Good girl." Mystique gave her a twisted smile. "Are your blocks in place?"
"They're always in place, Mother," Rogue informed her dryly. "Oh, Ah almost forgot to tell ya."
"Tell me what?"
"Ah'll go along with this on one condition."
"What's that?"
"Ah get to see Remy before Ah leave."
"Fine, but don't worry about him too much. I believe that you will be reunited with him in Bayville."
Rogue gave Mystique a questioning look. "What do ya mean?"
"Let's just say that he may be involved in some plans."
"Mother, ya better not be fuckin with my fiancé's head."
"Why would I want to do that? Your marriage will unite the Brotherhood with the Thieves Guild, making our team much more powerful."
"Uh huh," Rogue said boredly, studying her nails. She heard it all before. "Ya just lucky that ya arranged for me to marry Remy instead of one of those other thieves."
"He's the best. Do you think I'd make you settle for any less that that?"
"Ya'd better not."
"And since Belladonna's unfortunate demise, Jean Luc has been looking for someone to marry the boy."
"Uh huh. Ah'm outta here." Rogue put on her boots and went outside. She grinned when she saw the dark haired twenty-year-old sitting on a black bike. "Hey, sugah."
The man let an easy smile slide onto his face. "Hey, yourself, chére." He greeted Anna with a kiss. "Need a ride?"
"Not really, but if you're offerin." She slid her leg over the seat behind him.
"Glad to see that you're willin to give a thief a chance." Remy grinned at her over his shoulder.
"Honey, ya really think Ah care that you're a thief? My mother's a fuckin assassin for Christ's sake."
"I know. Where are we goin?"
"Ah'm goin to a party. Ah don't know where you're goin."
"You didn't invite me to this party."
"It's a high school thing. Ah didn't think that was ya scene."
"You're right."
"Sides, mother dearest has decided to set her plan in action tonight."
"Figures. When things are goin great, the bitch has to mess em up."
"That's my mother. Take a left up here." Remy followed Anna's directions. Soon they arrived at the house where the party was being held. Anna gave Remy another kiss as she climbed off the bike. "See ya later, sugah."
Anna had taken a few steps when Remy's voice stopped her. "Anna." She turned around and raised a questioning brow. "Ya look hot as a goth."
"Thanks, sugah, but it's Rogue now." Rogue grinned at him and went inside.
The music was blasting and Anna had to keep herself from making a break for the dance floor. You're the Rogue now. Act like it. She found someplace on the deck where she was alone and waited. If Irene was right, Cody would ask her to dance at some point. Then she could get Mystique's plan going.
Rogue had been standing there for a good hour before anyone even looked her way. She didn't notice because her thoughts were on what Mystique's plan would do to her and Remy. If she fucks it up, Ah'll kill her.
Rogue looked over when she sensed a presence next to her. Tall, blond, letterman jacket. Cody.
"Um, hi. I'm Cody."
"Ah'm Rogue."
"You want to dance?"
"Sure." Here goes nothing. Rogue let her powers kick on, waiting for the touch. She didn't have to wait long. A few seconds into the dance, Cody tripped and knocked her down. Rogue bit her tongue to keep from cussing the boy out. He reached out to help her up, his hand coming into contact with her bare skin.
Rogue gritted her teeth as his memories flowed into her head. She always hated this part of her mutation. Rogue sorted out everything that was Cody's and pushed it to the back of her mind.
She became aware of the stares and whispering of everyone else at the party. Realizing that Cody was still out, Rogue ran for it. She pushed past Cody's friend and ran out into the road.
Shit. Which way? Ah can't lead them back to my house or they'll find Remy and Mystique. Making a split second decision, Rogue ran toward Cody's house. As far as the X-Men knew, she had no control and wouldn't be able to sort her thoughts from Cody's. It wouldn't be unreasonable for her to be confused and go to the wrong house.
Rogue went into Cody's house and sat down on the bed. Not more than five minutes later, a short man dressed in a blue and orange suit burst through the door and came toward her. Rogue jumped off the bed and got into a fighting stance. She noticed the claws that had been out when he entered the room.
"Holy fuck, mother. Scare the shit outta me why don't ya?"
Mystique didn't respond. She lunged at Rogue, catching her shirt with one of the claws.
"Dammit! This is my favorite shirt out of the goth stuff ya bought." Rogue picked up a board from a cabinet that had been smashed and hit Mystique in the head with it. She went down for a second, and Rogue ran for it. She knew that her mother would be pissed when she got up.
Mystique was waiting for her in the backyard, disguised as Storm. She threw some kind of grenade toward her. The explosion looked strangely close to lightning from Rogue's perspective. Psycho bitch Rogue thought as she ran
Rogue almost ran Irene down on accident. She stopped just in time to avoid hitting her. "Irene? What are ya doin out here?"
"Part of the plan. The X-Men are coming this way. Raven wants you to absorb the fuzzy blue one."
"Right." Rogue looked up to see Wolverine, Shadowcat, and Nightcrawler running at her. She sprinted off and jumped a fence, turning her powers back on as she jumped. She pulled off a glove and waited.
Kurt teleported next to her. Rogue jumped at the sudden appearance. The boy in front of her wasn't blue or fuzzy, but she knew all about image inducers. She let the boy ramble on about his story.
Rogue felt someone tackle her and attempt to pin her arms. Without a second thought, she fought back. Her attacker was smaller and weaker. She threw the younger girl off. Kurt grabbed her and Rogue used this to her advantage. She pushed him away with her bare hand, making it look like it was an accident.
Rogue quickly sorted out his thoughts and focused on his ability to teleport. She left the dark haired girl and the blue elf in the garden. When she reappeared, Rogue found herself in a graveyard. She sat down near a headstone and waited.
Rogue saw the red head approach from the corner of her eye. Rogue quickly checked her mental blocks. Great. Someone Ah can screw around with. Rogue looked at the red head as she talked. As soon as she heard 'X-Men', Rogue flipped out. Jean gave her a communicator before Ororo and Scott came up. Rogue took off when she saw Storm.
Rogue hid in a large stone building. Ah'm getting sick of this. Can't they just leave so Ah can go spent time with Remy? Mystique, disguised as Cyclops dropped from a hole on the roof. Rogue jumped up and ran, shoving the real Cyclops off the porch for good measure. This set off a chain reaction when his visor went off and an optic beam hit a power line.
Rogue ran into Mystique-Jean next. She teleported out of the building, just to be confronted by real Jean. Rogue gritted her teeth as Ororo came up. When the woman reached for her, Rogue grabbed her bare wrist.
Rogue flew up into the air using Ororo's powers. After causing a slight flood and knocking down some power lines, Rogue used Kurt's powers to teleport home. Mystique was waiting with Remy and Irene.
"All done, dear?"
"No thanks to you," Rogue spat, pulling off the ripped mesh shirt that covered her tank. She threw it onto a nearby chair and took off the gloves that she hated so much. Raven chuckled at the girl's spirited answer.
"Charles knows that I had a hand in tonight's events. But he thinks that I was trying to recruit you to Erik's Brotherhood. He has no idea what is really going on."
"Ah'll tell ya what's goin on. First ya scare the hell outta me by comin in like Wolverine and slicing up my shirt. Ah've got a massive fuckin headache from absorbin four people in the last hour. Ah could feel Xavier tryin to get into my head the whole time so he could track me."
"Anythin I can do, chére?"
"No, but thanks, Rems."
"Hate to break this up, Anna, but you have a long day tomorrow. We are moving to Bayville so that you can meet the other Brotherhood members. Also, you are no longer Anna Marie Darkholme. All your records are under Rogue Adler."
"Case ya forgot, my name is Anna Marie D'Ancanto, not Anna Marie Darkholme. Ah'm goin to bed." Rogue started to leave the room. She looked back at Remy. "Ya comin, sugah?"
"Oui."
"Hold it right there. He's not spending the night."
Rogue rolled her eyes. "Mother, if Ah recall correctly, ya said that we could spend time together before we left. If we're leaving tomorrow, that just leaves tonight. So good night." Rogue left the room with Remy in tow.
The next morning, Rogue and Mystique got ready to leave. They had a private jet coming to pick them up at ten. Rogue took her time saying goodbye to Irene and Remy.
"Swamp Rat, Ah'm keeping in touch with Henri, so Ah'll know if you're out screwin some girl."
"Would I do that, chére?" Remy gave her an innocent smile.
"If ya do, Ah'm gonna be back down here."
"That's just incentive for me."
"And Ah'm gonna castrate ya."
Remy winced. "I'll be good. You're keeping your cell, oui?"
"Yeah. Ah'm takin it with me."
Remy leaned in and gave her a quick kiss. "I'll call you."
"Ya better."
"Anna! Let's get going!"
"Bitch," Rogue mumbled under her breath. Remy grinned and kissed her again.
"I love you, Anna."
"Love ya too, sugah." Remy gave her one last kiss before she pulled away and went out to the waiting limo. Raven was already seated on one side. Rogue took a seat opposite her.
"The boys at the boarding house will need guidance with their training. I expect you to help them."
"What do you know about them?"
Raven handed her two folders. "The older boy is Lance Alvers, 18. He's from Northbrook, Illinois. He has been aware of his gift for some time, but only recently was I allowed to recruit him. He has the power of geographical manipulation and control over seismic energy."
"He can create earthquakes?"
"Pretty much. The second boy is Todd Tolansky, 16. He has a quite disgusting power. He is more or less a human frog."
"Great. What do you actually expect to be able to do with these two? They look like jokes to me."
"Not everyone has had the opportunity to discover the extent of their powers."
"They also haven't had the pleasure of having an assassin as a mother," Rogue bit out sarcastically. Raven frowned.
"No, you're right. Lance is an orphan and Todd is a mystery."
"Oh. So tell me, mother, how does Remy fit into this little plan?"
Raven gave her a twisted smile. "All will be revealed in due time, my dear."
What do ya'll think? I'm posting the 1st 2 chapters today and going form there. I swear I spell chacked this, but if there's any mistakes, let me know. Hope you enjoy.