The windows broke, and people came through. Mutants of the underground were there, the X-Men there got into action.
"Fuck!" Logan, Shade, Gambit and Rose said. They battled, proving to be pretty bad ass. The humans screamed as they watched their mutant classmates fight.
"Let's get out of here!" Someone random said, leaving.
"Hank!" Shade screamed. The huge, blue furry man ran towards Shade, who was kneeling down. "Get her out of here!" Rose looked around as she slowly became visible. Logan grabbed her arm.
"What's going on?" She tried to look past Scott's form, who was blocking her view. "…No." Shade looked at Logan with pleading eyes as Rose began to sob.
"Get her out of here!" Hank said.
"Let me go!" She kicked at Logan while she pleaded with him. "No…Remy!" she was still screaming when they took her away, crying.
Shade stared at Logan's sleeping form. After all the events today (Kurt kissed her, graduating, the attack and Rose trying to beat her up) she was exhausted. But, not tired enough to sleep. She put Logan's arm around her, trying to feel his warmth. The movement woke him up.
"You alright?" He said, sleep heavy in his voice. She nodded, and kissed his chest. "Okay." He kissed her forehead and soon fell back asleep, rather easily. When he was still for an hour, Shade got up and-in the darkness-got dressed and put some supplies in a bag. When she had everything she needed, she looked back at Logan lovingly.
"I love you Logan." She whispered and went to the hall. There was only one person good at sneaking in and out of the school. Nobody was as good as her. "Rose-I need your help."
"I was waiting to get out of here…" with their packs filled with clothes and food, their climbed over the fence, and into freedom.
*()()*
Rose had taken them to a sleazy bar that seemed to hold some sentimental value. Shade knew why when she saw a picture. They sat under the said picture while they ate burgers and milkshakes.
Once they were done, Rose began dancing. And Shade-bored out of her mind-stayed there. She checked her pockets, and found some change. Didn't she see a pay phone earlier?
Shade searched the greasy bar. A gross guy touched her one too many, but she was positive Rose would (at least try) to kick her ass. So she gritted her teeth and pushed through the crowd. Shade called Xavier's phone first.
"Hello? Who is this?" Xavier's calming voice came over the line.
"Professor! It's Shade!"
"Shade? Where are you? Where did Rosemary take you?"
"Some sleazy bar called 'Mels's snack shack'. She really likes it here."
"Mel's Snack Shack?" he said awkwardly.
"Yes. It's next to a Staples."
"Alright. Stay there we're coming to get you."
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Rose screamed and hung up the phone.
"Calling the professor?" she said oddly.
"WHY! You never call home! Are they coming here?" Shade looked at her sheepishly.
"Sorry. I don't know how to run away." She said sarcastically.
"Clearly…look-let's go." Rose put a few bills on the table, and tore the picture off the wall. What was it? Her and Gambit at the same table, a ring between them.
*()()*
"Do you think about going back while you're away?" Shade asked Rose who was doing something on the computer. The picture lay by her knee.
"Do you ever think about marrying Logan?" she said in a snappy voice.
"All the time. I've never felt more of a connection to somebody else." Shade said all too quickly.
"How did…how did you and Logan meet?" Rose lay down and looked at Shade. The picture was tight against her chest in a hug.
"I was going to school…" Shade relayed the story of how they met-all the while telling her everything else too. From start to finish. Rose nearly had tears. She blinked and looked at the clock.
"We better get some sleep. We have an early start."
Of course Shade had nightmares. And Rose couldn't do anything about it. Rose stared in sleep deprivation and annoyance. This was the one drawback to having Shade-her extremely terrifying dreams.
At 4:45, Rose's alarm went off. She slept through it, but Shade didn't. She woke her up and they headed out. For the rest of the day, they drove. They didn't know where. They didn't care.
"How did you and Gambit meet?" Shade said suddenly.
"He literally crashed into my life." She clutched the picture harder.
"Go on?"
"We met back a few years ago when I was with Logan, and when I came back, we just…started going out. I don't know." She shrugged. "Not everyone has a complex ass romance.
"I miss them." Shade said. By 'them' she meant Logan.
"I do too…but-on the road, you have to have a tough shell." She said shrugging. She made a sharp turn.
"Why are we here?" Shade asked when they rolled into a shady part of town.
"Get down." She hissed. Shade complied easily enough, she didn't want any trouble-even if sometimes, she searched for it on her own. The girl's pulled into an alley way, and got out. "Don't say anything to Adrian or Dimitri. They will try to kill you." Shade wanted desperately to say that she could take 'em, but the look in Rose's eyes told her to do as she was told. Rose walked into a dark room. A large man stood with his arms crossed, frowning.
"Rose? You're back!" they big guy lifted Rose into the air hugging her tightly.
"Not exactly…I need a favor. You see-my money is going quickly. Can you have him wire some money into my account?"
"You know what that's gonna take, Rose." A tall man in a hat came out of the room behind them. Rose looked at Shade, then took the man into the room.
"Adrian ain't gonna hurt her…I'm Dimitri by the way."
"Pleasure." Shade took a standing pose by the door, and waited for nearly 3 hours. Rose finally came out with tears in her eyes, and a smirk on her lips.
"Bye Dimitri! See ya!" Rose took Shade's arm out to the car.
"What the fuck was that about?" Rose counted bills, then wrote a number on her palm.
"Nothing-but guess what? We're going to Canada!" Shade was confused, but agreed to it anyway.
*()()*
"Are you hungry? I'm hungry-let's eat." Rose stopped at the nearest fast food restaurant, and ordered. When they were eating in the car, Shade spoke.
"Why Canada?" Rose chewed on a French Fry thoughtfully.
"A. I've never been there. B…I need to see someone?"
"Who?"
"Okay-so I don't have to see anyone. I have to show you something I found."
"What?"
"It's a surprise, Shade." A with that, her mind was set.
*()()*
When they were crossing the border from the U.S, to Canada, they were stopped. By Logan-of all people. Rose hit the brakes, and watched him run to the car.
"Come home with me."
"No." Rose, a stubborn child, crossed her arms and looked forward.
"Shade…baby!" Logan ran over to her open arms. "Please-both of you come home. We need you. Rose-the Swamp Rat needs you."
"REMY IS DEAD!"
"No he's not."
"I was there when he died! How are you going to try to tell me otherwise? I remember-he said: Gambit love you-beep-We gonna be together foreva-beep" her tears flowed down her face, and her heavy southern accent became more pronounced, "You Gambit's soul mate-beeeeep. And he died in my arms."
"Rose. I promise you…he's not dead."
"Do you swear?" he nodded. "I don't care. I need to get to Canada. And she has to come with me. Now-"
"ENOUGH! I NEED HER! I LOVE HER TOO MUCH TO LET HER GO AGAIN!" Logan's claws came out, and he reached over to Rose. He stabbed her right in the chest.