Adaptation

By Fantasy Cat

Disc: I You Know Them, I Don't Own Them

It was a plain deserted side of Bayville. There were few buildings and too much open space. It made Rogue want to barf. But she couldn't pass the opportunity to check out a new record store, nor could she pass an opportunity to get out of the house.

The store stood by itself in the middle of a construction zone and Rogue was relieved to have survived the bus trip over. If the buses got too crowded she would have had to get off out of fear of what may 'accidentally' do. Inside "Creature Cave of Records", it was empty but comfortable. No people to be bumping into.

Rogue spent about an hour searching through bins of "wuss music" unable to find anything she liked. Then a hand unexpectedly caught her shoulder. Out of shock, Rogue twirled around and bumped heads with the stranger who owned the hand. There was a sudden shock running through her system, and CRASH, the man was on the floor. It was a store employee. Rogue ran out the door in complete fear of what she had done once again.

And if her luck wasn't bad enough…Rogue turned towards the empty construction lots near the store and saw the familiar face of mutants. Who better than the Acolytes to run into…especially during the day?

The first Acolyte to caught Rogue's eye was Gambit. Everytime she bumped into him, she would be angry but also have butterflies in her stomach. It was a sucky feeling to hate to see him and still feel like you were about to have a heart attack at the sight of him.

"Chere, such a beautiful day to be out, no?" said the charming card dealer.

"Enough of your pick up lines, mate. She'll ruin our plans!" Pyro began shooting flames at Rogue but she was quick and dodged them.

She began to run but then a shadow revealed a steel beam floating in the air heading towards her. 'Damn Magneto,' she thought as she tried to lose the beam but it lowered down and struck her in the back. Rogue was trapped face down on the dusty ground and could barely move her head one direction to the familiar Magneto. He reached down to grab Rogue's arm only to have screamed. Her arm had burned his hand, and the strangest thing was…it was covered.

"Hey! What are you doing?!" cried out a strange voice. "It was all Rogue heard before everything went black."

Rogue was not surprised to find herself awake in her room that night. She was sleeping on her stomach. Her back was in the worse pain ever. Rogue got up and turned to the mirror. Lifting the back of her shirt she could see part of the ugly bruise where the beam struck her. She turned when she noticed her roommate casually phasing through the door.

"Is it still bad, Rogue?" asked Kitty. "I got a load of icepacks. Like, how in the world did you end up running into the Acolytes."

"On a string of bad luck," Rogue said. She moaned from the pain of her bruised back again. "Get back on the bed then," said Kitty. Rogue flopped back onto her bed pulling up her shirt to reveal the nasty bruise again. "Eugh! Rogue, your back is like completely purple!" Kitty placed the icepacks carefully on Rogue's back to avoid the inane skin contact.

Professor Xavier and Logan stepped into the room. "Still having back problems, Rogue?"

"It should look like it from there," said Rogue.

"Show a little respect, Missy," grunted Logan. "You wouldn't be back here if Xavier hadn't detected you."

"Sor-ry," said Rogue.

"Well, it was Logan whom I sent out to get you," said Xavier. "It seems that Cerebro found an unidentified mutant located with you when you were found injured. It was very fortunate that you got away from the Acolytes. Was there anyone else there with you when you got attacked?"

"Not that I remember," said Rogue. "Just flame boy, swamp rat, and Magnet-man or Magneto or whatever." Rogue rolled over on her back but it was hurt and she groaned again.

"Go ahead and gets some rest," said Xavier. "In the mean time I must keep track of this mutant. It has a way of disappearing from Cerebro's tracking. And I want you to try and remember what happened because I believe there was a new mutant at the site." Logan and Xavier left. Rogue turned over again grunting.

Kitty went back to helping Rogue's back when…

"Rogue! Your clothes are like ice! Like, what's up with that?"

"How should I know? And stop with the paks, my back is cool as it is." A thought in the back of her head finally caught up with Rogue. 'Aw man, ma head touch somebody else's head today and ah probably killed him,' she thought.

The next day, Rogue asked Kitty to come with her to see if the guy she bumped into was O.K. The employee had dark spiky hair and a tiny ponytail from the back. His tag said "Brock".

"Looks like a hottie, Rogue," said Kitty. Rogue rolled her eyes. "Can I help you?" asked Brock. "Oh well, you're looking OK after what I did yesterday."

"So do you after what happened, remember? I saw those weird dude beating you up and I had to chase them off."

"That was you?!" asked Kitty and Rogue simultaneously.

"Hey, are you a mutant?" asked Rogue.

"A mutant?" Brock said confusingly. "I don't think I am a mutant. Why? Are you? Cuz when you bumped into me…"

"I know, I know!" said Rogue. "But are ya sure ya ain't a mutant?"

Brock just shrugged. Kitty and Rogue went to back of the store to "shop". "I don't think this adds up. Professor Xavier said there was an unidentified mutant with you," said Kitty. "Maybe he doesn't know he's a mutant."

"What kind a guy would not know he's a freak?" said Rogue. She went back up to Brock. "Are ya sure ya neva been considered a freak?" she asked him.

"What the hell?! Some thanks I get for saving you yesterday," said an upset Brock.

"So what? Ya gonna kick us out of the store?" she asked him. Just then a finely dressed man came up to Brock and put his hand on his shoulder. "Are these two girls giving ya trouble, Brock?" said the manager.

"No I can handle them," said Brock.

"Geez Brock. Ya might want to go out in the warm sun for a bit your shoulder's cold as ice." The manager walked away.

Rogue grabbed Kitty. "We won't cause ya trouble anymore, cuz we r leaving!" said Rogue.

Brock watched the two upset girls leave and was happy. He could've sworn that he saw Kitty phased her arm through the counter without realizing it and the way he felt after bumping into Rogue the day before and the other mutants he saw. He was psyched. Brock believed that mutants were the coolest thing in the world. Quickly he clocked out and found the girls waiting at the bus stop. As the girls got on, Brock hopped on his moped and followed them. 'I wonder what kinda place mutants live in?' Brock thought to himself. He followed the bus and watched the girls get off and turn around to a block. After a short moment of watching, Brock followed them.

He nearly fainted at the sight of seeing the Xavier Institute.

IT SUCKS! Yeah! Well, a few things about this fic. 1. It's based on a dream. 2. It's a love triangle, but you won't know what type till later. 3. More of your favorite Evo characters will appear so there's no need to whine ;) Reviews make my day. Especially since I am tired and have no voice right now! I hope that this becomes my first successful serious Evo fic. So please review!