Marie had another nightmare. It was another one of Logans.

She hated those, they were a lot more intense, even more intense than the nightmares that Magneto was responsible for.

She couldn't move, couldn't breath. She couldn't scream out in pain, when she felt the hot liquid metal coursing through her body.

Gasping for air she woke up.

That is it!!!

Marie was desperate. It was the fourth time that night that she'd had to suffer through that particular nightmare.

She curled into a ball and tried to contain her tears. The last time she'd had a good cry, she'd woken up Jubes and Kitty.

They need their sleep. I can't do that to them.

She sat up in bed and made a decision.

I can't take this anymore. From now on I will only sleep for short periods of times.

One hour, tops!

Relieved that she finally had a strategy to get away from her, no Logans, nightmares, she got up and quickly dressed.

She left her room and made her way into the woods surrounding the school.

When she got there, she jumped into the river and started swimming, allowing her tears to mix with the cool water.

It didn't take long before Jubes and Kitty started to notice that there was something seriously wrong with Rogue.

Jubes and Kitty had tried talking to her, but she just said that she was having some trouble sleeping, but that there was nothing wrong with her.

Her mind drifted back to one of those talks:

"Oh, COME ON!!! You sometimes leave in the middle of the night and don't come back until dawn! Will you just tell us what is up with you?"

Jubes was fuming, she couldn't believe that Rogue was lying to her. But Rogue refused to explain.

I don't want anybody to know that I sneak out in the middle of the night to go run in the woods.

I don't want anybody to know exactly how exhausted I am.

There is nothing anybody can do about it anyway.

So there is no point in telling them the truth.

So after once again, reassuring her roommates that she was okay, she turned around and left them.

She sighed and got up. It was time to head back to the mansion. She had a mathtest today and she needed to feel as fresh as possible.

If I return now, I can have a refreshing shower before the test. And afterwards, I can have a quick nap.

Unfortunately the shower hadn't helped one bit. She felt dizzy and lightheaded when she was making her way down the stairs.

Come on, Marie! Focus! This test is important. You can not afford to screw this up.

But there was another voice inside of her.

Logans.

Marie, you should head back upstairs. You're tired, you should go to...

Shut up, Logan!

She closed her eyes, focused and told Logan to shut up.

Luckily he did.

But although Logan immediately stopped talking, this was the last drop.

Everything before her eyes turned black and she just sank to the floor.

"Rogue!" Scott yelled, shocked when he saw her fall to the floor.

He immediately rushed over and picked her up.

On his way to the Medical Lab he noticed the circles under her eyes.

"What is wrong with you, Rogue?" Scott whispered more to himself than to the young girl in his arms, as he enteredn the Medical Lab.

Jean was just as shocked as Scott was.

"Scott! What happened???"

He replied, while he was gently putting Rogue down on the examination table.

"I don't know, I was going to my class to set up for the mathtest and then I saw her lose consciousness. I'm worried about her Jean. I mean look at her. She looks as if she hasn't slept for days, weeks maybe. And I think she's lost some weight."

He looked back up at Jean and said:

"What is wrong with her? Why didn't she tell us?"

Jeans gaze shifted from her lover to her young patient.

"I don't know Scott. But I intend to find out!"

Marie regained consciousness soon after Scott left.

"Where am I?"

"You're in the Medical Lab, Rogue. You passed out. How are you feeling?"

"Fine." She shot up, eyes wide. "What time is it?"

"A little after nine, why?"

"Damn it! My mathtest! It started a few minutes ago. Maybe if I'm fast enough Mr. Summers will..."

She stopped talking when Jean interrupted her.

"You don't have to worry about that. Scott found you and brought you here. You can take the test later."

Marie layed back down in the bed.

This was not supposed to happen. Now everybody will be on alert around me. It was bad enough that Jubes and Kitty wouldn't leave me alone. Now I'm not only going to have to be more careful around Jubes and Kitty. But around EVERY ONE!!! DAMN LOGAN!!!

Why did you leave me when I needed you the most!?!?!

The professor, just like Jean, couldn't help but overhear those desperate thoughts.

"If this gets any worse, I'll have no choice but to call him. But for now, we'll just wait and see what happens."

It had been a week since Rogue had left the Medical Lab and things weren't getting better. In fact they were getting worse.

"We all know why I called this special meeting." The professor said while he looked at every one in his office.

Storm, Scott, Jean, Jubilee and Kitty nodded.

Jubes was the first to answer.

"Something is wrong with Rogue. I watched her and she didn't sleep in her room once this week. She hasn't been sleeping a lot either during these last weeks."

Scott added.

"Jubilee is right. I was on duty in the cafeteria this week and she hardly even ate."

Storm said:

"But how are we going to help her, if we don't know what's bothering her."

"Me and Jubes have tried talking to her, but she insists that she is fine. I don't know what would be bothering her." Kitty sighed.

"Actually I know what or better who has been bothering her." Jean looked for the professor for confirmation. He nodded and she continued.

"The day she fainted, I kind off, I overheard her thoughts. She was screaming and I couldn't block it out."

Jean stopped talking.

"I overheard it too. Whatever it is, it has something to do with Logan."

The professor looked at Rogues friends and teachers and said:

"I think it's time, we let him know that there is something wrong with Rogue."

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