The Girl with the Gloves
Rating: K
Genre: Romance and Adventure
Chapter: 4- Secrets
Remy was dizzy and it was like he had the life sucked out of him. While trying to recover, his mind was going one hundred miles per minute. Rogue was a mutant?! Is that the reason why she was so cold and uninviting to other men at the bar? Why she was so defensive?
Remy turned to the left to find Rogue driving the van hurriedly. She had narrowly missed a speeding truck that was coming towards them. Suddenly she whipped her head towards him and said angrily, "What was that thing!?"
"What?" Remy asked still weak. Rogue hesitated to ask him further but she knew the only way to get information from him was to ask him when he was dizzy.
"The key! The stupid key, damn it! The one Mystique was tryin' to get!" Rogue cried in frustration.
This time Remy came back to his senses.
"What key?" he wheedled trying to weasel his way out.
"Don't be cute. Mystique was after it and so was Magneto's new lackey, " Rogue said shortly.
"You're a mutant chere?" Remy said trying to change the subject.
"Don't change the subject," Rogue snapped.
Remy felt Rogue getting tenser and tenser. Also mixed with this tension was fear. Pure fear.
"So ah guess you'll kick me out again huh?" Rogue said.
"What?"
"You saw what I did to Mystique…what ah did to you! Just please let me go with yah until Mississippi and ah promise ya'll never see me again," Rogue said on the brink of tears.
"What makes you think I want y' to leave?"
"Because they always leave. And ah figure you're no exception," Rogue said staring at him with sad eyes.
"Leave? Leave because of what?" Remy asked, slightly alarmed.
"Oh ah get it! You don't know yet," Rogue said with a forced laugh.
"I don't know what?" Remy said getting more and more confused.
"Mah mutation. Ah can't touch people," Rogue said quietly.
It took a long time fore Remy to register this.
"Desole, chere," Remy muttered and he began to feel her sorrow. But he felt sad too. Her power had to be the suckiest power in the world. To not be able to touch someone, to always live in fear. To never express love. Remy's own sadness began to radiate through the van. Now it was a whole case of sorrow in his van.
"I'm not scared," Remy said.
"What?" Rogue whipped her head towards him.
"I'm not scared of y' chere. And I'm not askin' y' to leave," Remy said placing an arm around her carefully.
"What?" Rogue said in disbelief.
Remy smirked before saying, "Only a fool would turn down a whole trip to Mississippi with a belle femme."
Rogue smiled but she still looked unconvinced.
"It's y' and me now chere. De whole mutantkind is looking for us," Remy smiled.
"So what is the key for?" Rogue asked.
"I stole it for a man in New'Awlins. He paid a hefty price for it. Don't know what it is for though," Remy shrugged.
"So what now?" Rogue asked.
"We continue our trip o' course. But we have to be more careful. People are looking for both me and y'," Remy said.
"Someone was looking for me?" Rogue said alarmed.
"A homme. But don't worry, Remy made sure he was taken care of," Remy said.
"You killed him!?" Rogue gasped. The person could be Piotr or Kurt or possibly Logan.
"Just mortally injure him," Remy said.
"Remy!"
"I thought y' didn't want to be found!"
"I know that but did you have to injure him?"
"At least be thankful!" Remy huffed.
"Great! A megalomaniac is after me and on top of that you just fatally injured—''
"I never get appreciation."
Rogue and Remy kept their quarrel up until they reach another hotel. Remy, this time, made sure to keep the key in his pocket.
…
Logan rubbed his face and looked in the mirror. The kid had injured him pretty badly. The stupid remote exploded on his face. He examined the scars. His regeneration powers had already taken care most of it.
"That dick," Logan growled.
He went downstairs, grabbed his bike and he headed to the site where Rogue was seen with Mystique. He sniffed around trying to catch her scent. He caught Mystique's, Rogue's, that asshole's and a newer scent.
They were heading somewhere to the south. Logan hopped on his bike again and he pedaled towards the south.
…
"Oh damn!" Tabitha groaned as Dominic, frustrated, tried to wrap the bandage around her. Tabitha had missed the cards but the cards didn't miss her hands.
"You lost her," Magneto said coming up from behind them. Mystique who had spent hours pacing back and forth halted.
"And the key," Tabitha added.
Mystique glared at her.
"I thought you were more than capable of handling an nineteen-year old!" Magneto said his voice rising dangerously.
"Don't forget she lost the key too," Tabitha added.
"Sorry. I thought that someone had the gas mixture set to knock out for twenty four hours," Mystique said looking at Tabitha angrily.
"You've failed me m'dear," Magneto said staring at her intensely.
"She won't come easily. Why do we need her anyway?" Mystique said.
"For the good of mutant kind. I've already told you. We need everyone for this plan to work!" Magneto growled.
"You're so gay…and full of shit! We can't convince her!" Mystique yelled.
"Did she just call my father gay?" Quicksilver asked from behind her.
"Hey I'm with her in that one," Tabitha shrugged.
"Okay time out!" Pyro said trying to break Mystique and Magneto up. They both looked like they were ready for a death match. A coiled piece of metal was now wrapped around Magneto's hand and Mystique had morphed into Magneto.
"Rogue is strong and stubborn and hard-headed. But the girl has some real issues. The first and obvious thing to do is to find out the reason why she left the mansion," Pyro said.
"For once you actually used your brain," Tabitha called from behind.
"Ha, ha, ha. Hey psycho Barbie, at least I have one," Pyro yelled back.
"Nice comeback Fyro," Tabitha said preparing one glowing explosive.
John countered her by opening his palm and showing a flame.
"Scary," Tabitha said sarcastically before throwing the explosive at him. John dodged it and shot a burst of flame at her.
"Oh yeah! Hey Dom, who do you think will win?" Quicksilver asked.
"John," Dominic said lazily.
"Hey Tabitha, baby! Win one for me eh?" Quicksilver called.
"Sure, babe," Tabitha winked.
Magneto rubbed his forehead. This hasn't been the first time that the brotherhood got themselves in a fight. They have only been together for three weeks and John managed to burn half of their hideout, Tabitha destroyed the plumbing, and everything looked like it survived ten earthquakes.
"Do you have any progress with Adler?" Magneto asked through gritted teeth.
"No. Which reminds me…," Mystique said leaving Magneto alone to fend for himself against the warring brotherhood.
…
Irene rubbed her head. She had seen another vision again. She gripped her pillow tighter and she felt like screaming. She had been kidnapped from her home and she had stayed in this prison for three weeks now. Three weeks of endless crying, three weeks of pain, three weeks of torture.
She knew that he would not rest until she gave him the missing prophecy. She had let a few prophecies slip but that would be the last. She would never be weak enough to succumb to his madness.
Suddenly she heard footsteps.
"Dominic?"
"Hey."
She sighed relieved. When Dominic first came here, he felt pity for her and whenever he could he would visits her.
"So did old metal mouth fix this place up?" she heard his voice.
"Not really," she smiled looking up. She felt him sit next to her.
She trusted him. She told him all the prophecies except one. The one Magneto wanted. She didn't want to endanger him.
"I heard what he did to you," he said solemnly.
"Irene, just tell him," he felt his hands stroke her head.
"I can't."
"I can't stand him! I can't stand what he's doing to you," he said.
"I can't Dominic. Who knows what he will do?"
Then she lost it. She broke out crying.
"Shh…." She felt his arms wrap around her.
She felt happy. She felt like it wouldn't matter anymore as long as Dominic was with her. Suddenly the earth quaked.
"I'm gonna murder you Tabitha!"
She heard his voice. She heard Dominic's voice. But he wasn't in the room. He was somewhere else.
"You're Dominic."
"Give me the prophecy," she heard a cool female voice say.
"I can't do that…Mystique."
"Then you've brought hell upon yourself."
…
"Something wrong Ms. Ororo?" Piotr asked. Ororo shook her head.
"It's just that….never mind," she said.
"What?" Piotr asked now concerned.
"I just feel that he is disappointed with me. That I did something wrong," Ororo said.
"You're the greatest head mistress our school has ever had….well next to the professor."
"Well, I think because of Rogue…"
"He understands. He always does. He doesn't need to read minds to understand people," Piotr said comfortingly.
"I know but that's just not it…..I feel he's hiding something," Ororo said.
"What?"
"Like he's keeping a secret. He won't tell me what Magneto's plan is," she sighed frustrated.
"He has his purposes. You know that," Piotr admonished.
"But still…."
Ororo shook her head. Why is she telling Piotr all this when she knows that the Professor is right behind her. The professor had left Emma after giving out instructions but she wasn't taking any chances. Emma wasn't too happy to know that she was possessed by the school's old headmaster. She also wasn't happy to learn that he will be taking more frequent visits in her mind.
Piotr left to go talk to Kurt. Ororo drummed her fingers on the steering wheel when Emma suddenly entered her head.
You are such a hypocrite.
Emma, how many times do I have to tell you? It's rude to visit people's mind.
Well then, can you tell our dear old headmaster to BUTT OUT OF MY HEAD?
Ororo covered her ears. Don't shout please.
Sorry but I'm just pissed about the fact that he'll come back in my mind.
Perhaps you are special? Ororo offered looking at Emma. Emma rolled her eyes before glaring at her.
Whatever. But you know what I mean when I say you are a hypocrite….
I thought we discussed this.
About what? Your little secret?
Emma….. Ororo tightened her grip on the steering wheel.
"Hey, what's with that look on your face? Wait! Did you just freshly insult and emotionally injure someone?" Piotr asked mockingly as he entered.
"No actually…..," Emma smirked flicking a stray lock away.
"We're talking about secrets."
…
They had stopped by another hotel and Remy was disappointed that Rogue bought new nightclothes.
"New clothes chere?"
"You can't expect me to sleep in the same clothes!" Rogue said. Remy had bought one bedroom with two beds since he didn't take kindly to sleeping on the floor.
"Well I was hoping that you would finally cave and sleep in your underwear," Remy smirked.
"Ha-ha. Funny," Rogue said sarcastically before jumping on her bed.
That night Remy couldn't sleep.
All night he listened to Rogue mutter again and again, "I'm so sorry Bobby…..I'm so sorry…."
Who's Bobby anyway. For some reason Remy felt annoyed.
Suddenly the metal doorknobs and curtain hooks began to shake and fly all over the room. Rogue began to yell loudly in some foreign language. Remy was about to wake her up again when the phone rang. He tried to ignore it but unfortunately it was his boss.
"Um…I'm kinds busy right now!" he yelled into his phone. The metal things began to whiz all over the place.
"I'm sorry what!?"
The doorknob flew over his head.
"But I'm headin' to New'Awlins!"
A curtain hook hit his right eye.
"Merde!" he cursed rubbing his eye.
"No, not you! Don't tell me I have to go back to the north again!?" he groaned.
Suddenly all the whizzing and flying of metal objects stopped and he turned around to find Rogue breathing hard.
"What happened?" Rogue asked disoriented.
"Just one of yer' episodes," Remy said. He paused for awhile before saying, "Chere….we're goin to Washington."
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Thanks for the reviews. Chapter five will take a lot longer. Maybe by Friday or Saturday….
And for those of you who saw the reference fo the Destiny/Mystique pairing in the scene with Irene and the morphed Mystique you guessed it right
But no pairing between Mystique and Ireen will really happen in the next chapters.
I'm just giving it pairing a heads up!
Keep reviewing!
