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Night Fall

Rogue walked through the empty hallway. What a session. She let out a sigh. The session had gone horribly wrong. The whole teleporting thing had worked out fine. They had arrived in Jean's office in one piece. It was the whole ice thing that had gone wrong. Rogue thought back to the half hour catastrophe.

Jean looked around her office. "Good job, Rogue. Now that we know you can teleport we can move on."

Rogue's face dropped. "What do you mean, now that I can teleport?" Rogue stuttered.

Jean sat on her desk. "Well, you were able to teleport the both of us, and teleported us from one end of the mansion to the other. That's a pretty good sign that you've completed teleporting. Perhaps a few practice run's on your own would be good, but there's nothing left to do with me."

Rogue nodded her head in acceptance. "Okay. So we're going to work Bobby's power now?"

Jean nodded. "Yes. Now I'm going to let him out, like the other's." Jean placed her hands on either side of Rogue's head, an inch of space between her hands and Rogue's head. "Just relax. Okay?"

Rogue closed her eyes. "Okay." Rogue sat and waited for Jean to let Bobby out. She was waiting for him to come out, so she could put him behind a 'door'.

After a while Rogue started to get frustrated. She was about to ask Jean what was taking so long when she heard Bobby.

"Rogue! What's going on? Where is everyone? Why is it so dark?" Silence and then: "Hello! I'm talking to you! Answer me!" He went quiet again. "Please?" He asked in his usual begging voice.

Rogue chuckled. She could almost see his pleading puppy dog eyes. Wait that wasn't right. She could see him! He was standing in the middle of darkness. Was this her mind? An empty darkness?

"Rogue! Put Bobby away!" Jean's stern voice yelled. Rogue reacted instantly. She formed an imaginary door.

Bobby looked at the door. "I know what that's for! You're trying to lock me away!" Bobby started running from the door.

"It's your mind Rogue! You can control everything that happens!" Jean told Rogue.

Rogue focused on Bobby. A moment later he stopped running and he was sent flying back. Before he could get up the door shut with a final yell.

A sudden flood of memories of a girl with red hair startled Rogue. She jumped back in her chair.

Rogue opened her eyes and looked at Jean's glowing orange eyes. Rogue was about to comment when they turned green again.

"You okay?" Jean asked, sincerely.

Rogue nodded. "Oh yah. I'm fine. Thanks to you."

Jean looked shocked. "I didn't do anything. Are you sure your okay?" Concern filling her voice.

Rogue shook her head once. "Oh, yah I'm fine." The clock caught her attention. Rogue stood abruptly. "Is that the time?" She shouted, shocked.

Jean looked at the clock on the wall, to her wristwatch. "Yah."

Rogue stuttered. "We've been here a half hour already!" Then she thought of something else. "Isn't there a teacher's meeting?"

Jean jumped off her desk. "Oh, shoot! I forgot." She was about to exit the room. "Will you be okay? I mean, we never practiced using Bobby's power." She reminded Rogue.

Rogue shrugged and smiled. "I'll be fine. If I have problems I'll ask Bobby. Who knows how to create ice better then the Iceman himself?" She asked jokingly.

Jean nodded her head in acceptance. "Alright Rogue. Tomorrow, same time?" She asked. Rogue nodded and Jean left her office, door swinging shut behind her.

Rogue stood up from her chair. "Piece of cake." She mumbled. Rogue grabbed the doorknob, but immediately let go when the doorknob froze up.

With an angry sigh, she slapped her forehead. "It just had to be me." She disappeared and reappeared on the other side of the door.

So that's how Rogue managed to get here. Walking down the empty hallway, not touching anything with her hands. The adults were in Professor Xavier's office, and the teenagers were probably in the recreation room.

Maybe I should ask Bobby for help. Rogue veered away from her room and took a left down the next hallway leading to the rec. room. When Rogue came to the entrance she remarked how the door was only open a crack.

With a sigh of annoyance she pushed the door open with her shoulder, rather then using her hands.

"Hey guys!" She greeted as she entered the room. The other teens waved or mumbled their greetings.

Wanda, John and X-23 were watching Lord Of The Rings. Kitty and Jubilee were gossiping in the corner of the room. Near the back Peter, Pietro and Bobby were playing pool. At the moment Peter was taking a shot. It was more Bobby and Peter playing, while Pietro taunted whoever was taking a shot.

"Bobby!" Rogue walked over to him.

"What's up?" Bobby asked, leaning on his stick.

"Well I need some help. It's about your power." Rogue started.

Bobby picked up his stick. "Oh yah. Miss Grey told me about unlocking my psyche this evening." He started to walk away from the others. "Say no more. I'll help you with it."

Pietro interrupted him. "Yo-Drake!-It's-your-turn!" He yelled in his taunting voice, which was still friendly.

Bobby tossed his stick to Pietro. "Take it for me! Rogue need's help with something." He yelled turning back to Rogue. "So how bad is it?" He asked.

Rogue touched the wall with one finger, and the wall instantly started freezing up. "Really bad." She answered.

Bobby's eyes went wide. "We can fix that." He said finally. "Okay. I just have to figure out how I can help you control it." He leaned against the wall thinking.

Rogue waited patiently for him to come up with a solution. After a minute or so of thinking he came up with an idea. "Try to think about not freezing things. Think about something else."

Rogue tried to concentrate on something else. Something opposite ice. Something hot. Cajun food. No! She couldn't think of that.

"Damn swamp rat is invading my personal space." Rogue mumbled to herself angrily.

Bobby looked confused. "What did you say?" He asked looking confused.

Rogue felt her cheeks go warm. "Oh, nothing. I'm trying to concentrate on something else, but I don't know what to think of."

Bobby crossed his arms, lifting his shoulders in a suggesting manner. "Try fire." He suggested after a moment.

Rogue nodded. "Okay." After a moment of thinking of fire, Rogue reached out and touched the wall. To her relief it didn't freeze up. "Thanks Bobby." She gave him a quick hug.

"Anytime Rogue." She followed him back over to the pool table. "So who do you do tomorrow?" He asked curiously, snatching his stick back from Pietro.

"I'm not sure. Probably John or Scott." She answered honestly. She became aware that Bobby wasn't paying attention anymore.

"What kind of player are you?" Bobby yelled at Pietro. "I'm worse off now! I should have taken the shots myself." He whined.

Pietro laughed. "You-didn't-ask-me-how-good-I-was.-You-just-tossed-me-the- stick." Pietro started laughing like a maniac again.

Bobby sighed. "Can it Maximoff." Bobby walked around the table looking for another good shot.

Rogue sighed and walked over to where Wanda, X and John were watching the movie. "Boys." She mumbled.

She sat on the floor in front of the couch. "How far are you into the movie?" She whispered to X-23, sitting with her back resting near X-23's feet.

X-23 lifted her feet onto the couch so Rogue would have more space. "Those two orange haired hobbit's are about to destroy the tower with the tree dudes." She whispered back.

A loud laugh erupted from the back of the room. X-23 looked over her shoulder sharply. "If you don't shut up Pie, I'm going to kill you!" She yelled.

Pietro ran up to the couch and leaned over so his head was practically resting on her shoulder. "I-knew-you-like-me!-You-gave-me-a-nickname!" He laughed running back to the pool table.

X-23 responded by turning back to the movie and lifting a hand over the couch. She flipped him off, smiling in satisfaction.

Rogue laughed and settled down to watch the movie.


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