Scars

Chapter Two: Tempting Fate

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"He drowns in his dreams, an exquisite extreme I know. He's as damned as he seems, but more heave than an heart can hold"---Beautiful Disaster

Rogue sat in the large medical lab, watching the girl intently. Bobby and her had returned about two hours ago, and the little girl had collapsed not soon afterwards. Glancing around, Rogue couldn't help feel a slow sinking feeling in her stomach. Looking down at her gloved hands, Rogue hoped that she had made the right decision in not getting the cure. Slowly, Rogue pulled the smooth gloves off her hands, staring at the milk white skin underneath. When she had first heard of the cure she had been so excited, wanting it more than anything. At the time she had tried to tell herself that it was what she wanted, but the truth was that it was what she knew would help her relationship with Bobby. Standing in that line she had realized that what she really had wanted was to be herself, not having to change.

"I hope you aren't regretting anything kid." Glancing up, Rogue couldn't keep the smile off her face as Logan walked through the door. Pulling her gloves back on her hands, Rogue sat back in her chair.

"Actually the exact opposite. I'm actually thanking God that the kid came along or I may have made a huge mistake." Rogue said as Logan sat down in a chair beside her. Rogue smiled as Logan glanced nervously at the little girl. Rogue couldn't help but let the memory of the first time she had saw Logan run through her head. She had been so scared, not having anyone who understood her. It seemed that meeting up with Logan was something that fate had wanted, and she was happy for once that she had tempted fate. Happy that she had found someone like her, someone different.

"Hey kid, are you listening?" Rogue quickly snapped out of her thoughts, turning her attention towards Logan.

"Sorry, what did you say?" Rogue couldn't help but grin inward as Logan gave her one of his many "I'm not saying anything because I love you" looks.

"I said that I heard you ran into an old friend while at the center. Do you want to talk about it?" Logan said, and Rogue let out a long groan inward. She had know sooner or later she would have to talk about meeting up with Pyro, but she had hoped it would have been when she could collect her thoughts. The person she had seen today wasn't John, the boy who had befriended the weird new mutant girl on her first day, it had been something else. Someone else….

"There isn't really much to talk about. To tell you the truth, I don't even know how we came across each other in the first place. One minute I was trying to help the little girl, and the next minute I was being drug away from the center by him." Rogue replied, taking a long deep breath. Leaning up to the edge of the bed, Rogue once again resumed watching the little girl. It had been about an hour in a half since she had collapsed. Shouldn't she be waking up soon?

"Okay kid, but the bruise on the side of your face.. did he?" Rogue smiled over at Logan, and quickly started playing with a strand of her white hair.

"Nope, unfortunately that was from the man I decided I was bigger than. Had to ruff him up a bit, ya' know?" Rogue said, wiggling her eyebrows at Logan. She was glad we he gave her a low chuckle, glad that she had been able to lighten the mood.

"Hey Rogue, Logan how is she doing?" Rogue turned in her seat smiling up at Bobby. Her boyfriend stood, his hands stuffed in his pockets. He gave her a soft smile in response to hers, and came to stand behind her. His hand came to rest of the edge of her neck, being careful not to touch her skin.

"We really don't know, she hasn't woke up yet." Rogue said, entwining her fingers with Bobby's. Rogue couldn't help but feel glad that Bobby never flinched away from her. Bobby and Pyro seemed the only two people other than Logan who hadn't been afraid of her touch… The smile quickly faded from her face as she realized her mind had once again led to the young fire starter. She couldn't help but miss him, he had been one of her best friends. Glancing back at the young girl, Rogue took a deep breath. She hoped that she would wake up soon.

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"Professor, I've never seen anything like this." Professor Xavier turned his attention to Dr. Hank, a questioning look upon his face.

"What do you mean Hank?" Professor Xavier asked, as the large blue man pulled down a file on the little girls.

"Mutants result from a single mutation infracting in their bodies. It speeds up the evolution process, sometimes placing a single mutant thousand of years ahead of anyone in the world." Hank replied as Professor Xavier stared at the young man curiosity shining brightly in his eyes.

"I am very well aware of the process of mutation my good man. Why do you feel the need to re-explain what I am very well aware of. " Professor Xavier asked, pressing the button and bring himself closer to Hank.

"Of course Professor, excuse me. I took many different samples of blood, and conducted many different test. These were the test results on her mutation." Hank replied, handing Professor Xavier the file. Opening the file, Professor Xavier let his eyes scan the information and a questioning look formed upon his face. Closing the file, Professor Xavier glanced up, an odd look upon his face.

"Is it possible that you miscalculated the information?" Professor Xavier asked, watching Hank intently.

"That is what I thought at first Professor. So, I re-ran the test and these were the calculations that were concluded from the second test." Professors grabbed the second file from the Dr.'s hands, and opened it curiously.

"Exactly the same…. this is unlike anything I have ever seen before."

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Pyro couldn't hide his grin as he walked through the many staring mutants that had come to reside in Magnetos camp. The events from early were still fresh in his mind, and every time he thought about them he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride. He had completed the first assignment Magneto had ever given him and he hoped this would prove his loyalties to the magnet head. Walking outside Magnetos tents, Pyro took a deep breath. Pushing his way in, Pyro found Magneto sitting with his back to the entrance, his hands balled into fist in front of him.

"Ah, were you successful?" Pyro heard Magnetos voice, and a grin spread across his face.

"Everything you wanted was done. I've completed my task." Pyro said not even bothering to say sir like the other mutants enlisted under Magnetos command. Even though he was an Magnetos side didn't mean he would bow down to him.. Pyro bowed down to no one.

"You make me proud Pyro. Today was a new dawn in the war we have worked so hard to prevail in. Something of interest comes to my mind, however." Magneto said as he turned in his seat. Pyro gave him a confused look wondering what the hell he was talking about.

"Please explain." Pyro said ignoring the cold edge he held in his voice.

"A little birdie told me that you met up with two of your old friends, and the shocking think is, that you did nothing. You let them walk away without even a scratch. Do you care to explain?" Pyro stared at Magneto, not knowing if he was more shocked at the fact Magneto knew or the fact that Magneto had sent someone to follow him. The thought made him angry, and almost immediately Pryo felt the fire start to boil in his chest.

"You had me followed?" Pyro asked, his eyes burning in anger. Magneto just smiled at him, bringing his hands up closer to his fist.

"Now ,my dear boy, you don't think I would let you handle something this important by yourself did you? What if you would have failed? So yes I sent someone to follow you as… an insurance policy." Magneto said, and Pyro couldn't believe his ears. He had acted a fool, thinking that Magneto had actually trusted him. He couldn't of been a bigger of an idiot.

"I thought that you were going to let me handle this on my own." Pyro said, and almost instantly Magneto lost the sly grin that played on his lips. Pyro watched as Magneto stood, walking over to the side of the tent.

"You are tempting fate boy. Do not question my actions and I will not question yours. You had them right where you wanted them and you let them go. Do you care to argue with me, or do you want to make a difference in this war?" Magneto asked, and Pyro quickly wiped the sneer off his face. Turning around without a backwards glance, Pyro walked out of the tent. Stares followed him as he made his way form the campsite, but her really didn't give a shit.

Stopping at one of the many tall oaks that surrounded the outside of the camp, Pyro leaned against it. The memories of the day kept coming back to him, and he pushed them away. The truth was that he really didn't know why he didn't roast blue balls ass. For as long as Pyro could remember, Bobby had always had everything he had longed for. The perfect family, grades, and hell a cool ass power. Rogue on the other hand, well she was a different chapter of a story he had closed a long time ago. Taking a deep breath, Pyro pulled a pack of cigarettes out of his pockets. Lighting up one, Pyro engulfed the smoke into his lungs, his mind wondering back to the untouchable girl. Every once in awhile she plagued his thoughts, hell they all did. Making him wonder what would have happened if he hadn't left. He realized that after seeing her today, that she looked totally different then she had the last time he had saw her. She had put on a little weight, thank God, and her face finally didn't look a skinny as it did when he was back at school. Her hair had grown, scaling almost all he way down the to the edge of her hip bone. Yeah she had looked different. Throwing his cigarette on the ground Pyro took a deep breath. It was time to leave the past in the past and stop tempting fate.

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"Where am I?" Rogues head quickly snapped up, and she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. Bobby and Logan had left a couple of hours ago, but Rogue had refused. She had wanted to be here when the young girl woke up, and apparently she had fallen asleep herself. Glancing up, she found the young girl sitting up in the bed, her eyes staring at Rogue intently. Standing, Rogue walked up to the bed and sat in the other chair.

"You're at a school, my school actually. I brought you here from the center. Do you remember what happened at the center?" Rogue asked, smiling at the young girl. The young girl looked around, almost trying to analyze where she was. After a moment, the little girls eyes fell back on Rogue.

"John set the center on fire." Replied the little girl, and just stared at the girl shocked. She didn't remember mentioning the name to her, and she sure as hell didn't think the girl would actually say that.

"Yes, but I also saved you from the man." Rogue answered pushing what the girl had said earlier from her mind. Later on she would tell the Professor about it, but right now she had to find out what had went on with the man. The girl chewed on her bottom lip, he hands clamped in her laps.

"He wanted me to change, but I didn't want to change. Mommie told me that I wasn't different… she promised.." Tears were pouring down the young girls face, and Rogue reached out with a gloved hand wiping the fresh tears away.

"There is nothing wrong with you… what is your name?" Rogue realized she still didn't know what the little girls name was.

"Sara… it was my momma's name." Rogue gave the girl a soft smile holding her hand tight in hers.

"I'm Rogue, but you can call me Marie. That is the name only the really, really special people can call me, okay?" Rogue said, and the girl smiled at her. Rogue opened her mouth to say something else, when she pulled her hand away from the little girls. A burning sensation had made its way into her glove, and looking down she was shocked to see a fresh hole in her glove. Looking up, she brought her hands to mouth at what she saw. Bruises started forming on Sara's hands and face, and she started screaming, thrashing in the bed. Standing, Rogue tried to hold the young girl down, screaming for someone to help her. Sara grabbed Rogue's arm and she could feel the think jacket slowly melting away. Screaming herself, Rogue tried to pull away.

Suddenly large arms engulfed her, pulling her back away from Sara's grip.

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Rogue held large ice packs to her arms as Professor Xavier and Dr. Hank explained Sara's mutation. Glancing around herself, Rogue found the room consisting of Logan, Professor Xavier, Bobby, and Dr. Hank.

"Sara is an exceptional case. Her power is the most dangerous this school has ever seen. Sara's skin seems to be composed of acid, which at times gets so intense that it bruises and burns holes through whatever she is wearing. Even her own skin. She is also incapable of human contact." Professor Xavier explained, and Rogue quickly closed her eyes. Dr. Hank continued for the Professor.

"But, Sara's mutation doesn't end at the acid complexity of her skin, it progresses to something I've never seen before. It seems that Sara is evolving at unnatural rates, which allow her to have more than one mutant ability at a time. Not only is her skin acid, but she can also read others thoughts, and in a few days if my calculations are right, she will develop a new ability. But, even though these abilities are extraordinary, for a person of her age, it is very dangerous. We are afraid that she will not be able to handle the emotional impact it will have one her." Dr. Hank finished, and all in the room were quiet. Tears swelled in Rogues eyes and she stood. All eyes turned towards her.

"If she would have gotten the cure, would she have been okay?" Rogue knew she had to ask the question, she had to know if she had done the right thing. The Professor was the first one to answer.

"Rogue, you did the right thing in bringing her here. We can produce a method that will help her in ways that no one else would have been able to." Rogue wanted to believe what the Professor said, but she couldn't. She knew how it felt to be a danger to herself and those around her, and she didn't want someone so young to have to go through the same thing she had went through. Walking to the edge of the room, Rogue turned to respond when Storm burst through the doors. All turned to her, as the weather witch tried to calm her breathing.

"Storm what ever…" Storm quickly cut the Professor off, her eyes wide.

"We… we found…. Professor… we found Jean. She's alive."

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Okay, so there is chapter two… hope ya'll enjoy this little fic I'm constructing. It is really fun to write!!!!! Just not to confuse, this doesn't follow the third movie, so Jean shows up at a weird time lol.