"Do you really, like, have to leave us?" Kitty asked the professor.
"Yes, Kitty. I'm sorry, but it's imperative that the adults go alone."
"Ja, I'm with Kitty. We could, um… totally help." Kurt said. He was still trying to work on his American slang and wasn't doing a great job.
"Kitty, Kurt. We are just going to make sure Apocalypse is gone. We aren't going to fight him." the professor rubbed his temples. 'Yes Storm. I'm coming. Prepare the Blackbird.'
"Who wants to, like, fight Apocalypse?!" Kitty practically shrieked. "We could just help you, like, get in and out of there, like, quickly."
"Heads up, Kitty!"
"What?"
She spun her head around. She could see Wolfsbane followed by Tabitha, running towards her. They were playing another game of mutant Frisbee and Boom Boom had sent the disk flying her way. She shrieked and then immediately started phasing. The Professor took this distraction as a getaway. He quickly wheeled away towards the direction of the Blackbird. Kurt noticed and ported away.
"What the heck we you guys, like, thinking? I was about to, like, get the Professor to, like, bring me!"
"We were thinking that this was a perfect day to plat Frisbee. Wait, you were asking to go Apocalypse hunting with the Professor?" Tabitha couldn't help but laugh.
"Ya, I was. What's, like, so funny about that?"
Wolfsbane pranced over to the recently forgotten Frisbee and picked it up in her mouth. She looked up at Tabitha with a puppy dog look in her green wolf eyes.
"Not now Wolfy. Go ask Roberto. I'm sure he'll be happy to play with you." Tabitha said with all seriousness.
Just then Roberto came outside. He raised his eyebrow suggestively. Wolfsbane narrowed her eyes at him, growled, and stalked away. Roberto walked back inside with a crestfallen look on his face but a twinkle in his eye. All Kitty and Tabitha could do was stare at them.
"Last time I saw those two they were practically in love." Tabitha muttered.
"Ya I, like, guess Sunspot's cockiness can get annoying."
'Attention everyone. Please come up to the common room for an important meeting.'
"Ohh! He's, like, probably going to, like, announce which students he going to, like, bring with him!" Kitty said excitedly. She started to phase through the floor.
Tabitha rolled her eyes and shook her head.
The students were gathered around waiting for the Professor to arrive. Rogue was sitting on the floor next to her roommate and Kurt. Rhane was helping Janie with his history homework. was talking to Amara while Bobby stared at them with disgust. Roberto and Ray were fighting again. Scott and Jean were flirting with each other. Jubilee was talking to Colossus and Magik. Cannonball was trying to impress Spyke with his 'new found' unstoppability. Spyke was able to stop him. Tabitha was talking to Havok balancing out his brother's pros and cons. It was just another typical meeting except for one thing, the adults were leaving and everyone looked pretty sad.
"What's wit' de' sad faces?" Gambit said hopping to lighten the mood. It didn't work.
Jean immediately started to cry. Why, he didn't know. That girl was way too emotional for him. Rogue's face fell too. He knew why though. Logan was leaving along with the rest of the adults and that guy was like a father to her; she really was going to miss him. After a few minutes of narrowed eyes staring at him he decided to sit right where he was. He took off his sunglasses, revealing his red on black eyes, and put them into his trench coat. He pulled out a deck of cards and started to shuffle them. The adults finally decided to make their grand entrance.
"Move it, bub." Logan said.
Did I mention Gambit was sitting in front of the door?
"Sorry mon ami."
"Will you stop callin' me that? I don't even know what that means."
"It means 'my friend'."
"Just move." Logan growled.
All eyes were now turned to the door as Remy got up. In walked Wolverine, Storm, Beast, Angel, Magneto, and then in his wheelchair, the professor. They came to the front of the room. Remy walked over to where all the other kids were sitting. Xavier waited until the room was quiet and all eyes were on him before he began.
"As you all know, we are leaving today." He gestured to the adults standing behind him. "Since there will be no adults here you must be on your best behavior. To ensure this I'll be putting Scott and Jean in charge." There were some angry mummers and whispers from the students. "So the usual rules are in place as well as two more extremely important ones." Everyone was quiet again to hear the two other things they couldn't do. "No one can leave this house and no one is allowed inside this house. Also restrain from using your powers." There was a chain of awws and boos. "So is that all understood?"
"Yes, Professor", the students said in unison.
"Good. So if anyone would like to get in some final goodbyes you can follow us to the Blackbird."
A number of students got up but Remy just went off to his room.
Rogue was the first one at the Blackbird. Everyone had stopped to talk to someone but she didn't because she didn't want to talk to anybody. Everyone in the institute was really pissing her off. Well, except for Kitty. Even though she would never admit it to her, she really did love her. She was walking around looking for Logan. She was sucking on a cherry lollipop, her new thing to do. She had only came to say good bye to Logan and ask Beast were all the Advil was put and then leave. She didn't want to run into the professor, that man really annoyed her.
"Lost, darlin'?
Rogue spun around. She knew it was him but she acted shocked and scared anyway.
"Nope, are ya?"
"I guess that's your way of tellin' me you don't want me to leave."
Just then Rogue hugged him tightly, tears coming to her eyes. Logan held her lightly. Rogue seemed like the only person that was going to genuinely miss him. He was going to miss her too, but he didn't really understand why she was going to miss him. He decided that he was going to ask her.
"Rogue?"
She looked up at him her gray-green eyes watery.
"Yeah?"
"Why are ya goin' to miss me?"
"'Cuz it a free country and ah can." She said sarcastically
"No, Rogue really. No one else is going to miss me and you are. I don't understand it." His tone was serious.
"Why do ya think?"
"'Cuz you're a sweet, caring girl that loves her family", Logan said matter-of-factly.
Rogue gives him an 'are you crazy look' but says, "Close. Guess again", in a sweet little girl voice.
"Really Rogue just tell me."
" 'Cuz you're the closest t'ing ta family that Ah've got."
"Rogue, you live in a house of people that love you-"
"Yeah, Ah know but you're just different…"
"We're boarding the plane now Logan", Storm said.
"Ok", Logan says. He turns to Rogue and says "Bye darlin'", but she's already gone.
