Chapter Four
I woke up the next morning feeling completely happy. I stretched out,trying to convince myself to get out of bed and ready to get myself going. I squeezed my eyes closed,fighting with the voices in my head. For some reason,Logan's voice was abnormally loud lately.
'Marie,what the Hell do you think you're doing?'
'Shh. You're not real,'my psyche replied.
'Not real? Yeah,I guess I deserve that. You're just acting out. Get your shit straight,Kid. Don't let me come home to find you shacking up with the flame head.'
'Home? That just proves you aren't real. Logan wouldn't call this place home. Hell,Logan hasn't even shown any signs of coming back.'
'Really? Then I guess those tags don't mean anything to you.'
'That's not fair,'I began,but suddenly there was a loud scream from the hallway.
My eyes shot open,and I jumped up in bed. That sounded like Kitty.
"Like,quit! Stop! SERIOUSLY,like,QUIT!"
I jumped up,running out of my room straight to the voice that was definitely Kitty Pryde's,and it seemed to be coming from John and Bobby's room. As I got closer,I noticed the group of students around the guys room. I maneuvered my way through the crowd just in time to see John's fist go right in to the side of Bobby's face. The two were fighting,thankfully not with their powers,just a good old fashioned beat the crap out of one another fight. Bobby went to swing at John. I couldn't help it,I let out a loud shriek. John turned to face me,blood above his eye and on his bottom lip. Bobby got him in the gut,knocking John's breath out.
I didn't even think,I ran straight between the two,John yelled for me to get out of the way. The next thing I knew,Bobby shoved me out of the way,causing me to knock my head on the bedframe. All I saw was John's face contort in anger as things faded to black.
"My dear,get up and use the gift's you possess. You are powerful,more powerful than any of these fools. Don't be knocked down by a small bump,"Magneto's voice called to me.
I looked around,I was surrounded by black. All I could see was Magneto,John,Logan,and ...David..
"David?"I whispered,ignoring the man speaking to me.
"Marie,you're too strong to let someone knock you around. You were raised to protect yourself,"David said coming forward.
I didn't know what to say,"David..David,I'm so sorry!"I cried.
"Kid,it's okay,"Logan said,wrapping his arms around me.
I looked at him,"Where are we?"
"In your head,my dear,"Magneto answered.
I looked at him,turned to Logan,next I looked at John,then my eyes fell back to David. I walked towards him and touched his face. He gave me a full smile. My stomach churned. I had done this to him. He was trapped here.
"David,I didn't know. Now look at me. I didn't even realize you were still in here,"I said looking away.
He grabbed my hand,"Marie,my sweet Marie. I got a kiss,that's all I needed. That's all I wanted. Our love just wasn't meant to happen,sweet girl. You couldn't control that. I couldn't control that. You can control this though."
I felt arms wrap around me,"You're my girl now. He knows it. He supports it. It's okay,Rogue."
I turned to the boy talking to me,"Johnny,I am so sorry I got in the way!" I cried,throwing myself on him. He kissed my forehead. A wave of guilt ran over me as I remembered David standing there.
"Stop. Stop worrying,Kid. The boy isn't mad. He is gone. He doesn't want to hold you back,"Logan's voice came.
I smiled at David,mouthing thank you as my eyes shot open. I saw John and Bobby fighting again. My head was pounding,but I ignored it as I stood up and walked toward them. I knew there was loud noise,but I was so focused that I didn't hear anything. I pulled John off of Bobby using the little bit of Wolverine strength I had left. I stood over Bobby,my mind racing but empty at the same time. I wanted to grab him and drain him. I wanted him to feel the pain that I had felt being with him.
'Don't do it,kid,'the Logan psyche said to me.
"Marie,MARIE!"I heard John yelling. I didn't even look at him.
"Don't ever touch me again,"if looks could kill,Bobby would be dead.
"Or what? You'll fuck my best friend? Oh,wait,"he spat,pushing himself up from the floor.
He had bruises and blood all over him.
"What I do,it's none of your business,"I said quietly,"It's really not any of theirs,"I said in reference to the crowd.
"Maybe if you weren't a whore,you wouldn't mind people knowing your business,"he spat as he gained his ground in front of me.
"Maybe if you weren't such a little bitch,I wouldn't have had to find a real man,"I spat.
Ice shot towards me and I fell to the ground. I expected to feel the sting of Bobby's ice,instead I felt the familiar pull of my powers. My eyes widened and I flipped over to see Jean's face. Once what was going on sunk in,I pushed her off of me,trying not to hurt her.
I looked in the doorway where the crowd had been only to see 's, ,and Professor Xavier. I looked to where John was,to see him being restrained by Colossus. My eyes then went straight to Bobby,who was pinned to the wall by Logan.
I looked at Jean,who was now unconscience on the floor next to me. Looking down at myself,I realized I was still in my nightgown with no gloves. I looked back at Jean who was in a tank top and capris.
"Oh,no,"I whispered.
"Logan,put the boy down,"Xavier said calmly.
Logan didn't budge.
"Logan,he said,put him down," repeated.
Logan still didn't budge,he wasn't himself. Bobby's face showed nothing but was something wrong.
"Logan,"I said quietly,afraid of what was going to happen.
His head jerked around to look at me,and he dropped Bobby.
"Everyone,my office now. Scott,Ororo please take Jean to the medlab and contact Beast."
Bobby ran out,passed everyone as Xavier slowly wheeled towards his office. I watched from the floor as the two teachers grabbed Jean and left the room.
"I can sit you down now?"Colossus asked John who just nodded in aggreement.
John ran to my,wrapping his covered arms around me and kissing the top of my head. Colossus slowly left the room,saying he was going to Xavier's office and would give us a moment.
I started to cry as I looked at the two men in the room with me.
"What is going on?"Logan demanded more than asked.
"You came home,"I cried,ignoring his question.
John looked from me to Logan and slowly let go,moving from my side to the bed. Logan never took his eyes off me as he walked towards John. I began to cry harder,and objects began to float around me. I could hear everything,everyone,and now my head was pounding more than before.
"Marie,what's wrong?"John's voice rang with worry as I pulled my knees into my chest and grabbed my head.
'Why is he calling her that?'
"Because he's my boyfriend which you'd know if you'd been here,"I shot angrily to Logan. He looked at me in disbeliefe for a second.
"Jeanie,"he whispered.
"Jean,"John mouthed behind him.
"No!"I shouted,hitting myself in the head.
Objects flew through the room as I shouted. I couldn't control my emotions. I couldn't control the voices. Everyone was surfacing. Logan took a step toward me,"Look,kid,it's okay."
"Don't act like you care!"I shouted as I used Magneto's force to push him back through the wall and into the hallway.
John jumped up and ran towards me,"Marie,what's going on?"
"STAY AWAY FROM ME!"I cried as I fought for control of my body.
Things began to float around me,including John's zippo,which I then manipulated to create a barrier around me.
"Marie,fire won't keep me away,"he said calmly as he fought for control of the fire.
I screamed as the psyche's fought. Magneto was trying to get control,Logan was trying to stop him,John was trying to talk to me,and Jean was screaming and confused. My head rushed and everything went black again as my body hit the floor. This was too much stress. I couldn't handle it.
My eyes shot open again. I was cold and alone. I don't know where though. I don't remember what's going on. I tried to get up,but I was being held down by restraints. I began to struggle,pulling and screaming for help.
"Hey,hey! Calm down!"Jean's voice called from beside me.
I turned my head to see her laying in a bed next to mine. Suddenly,I remembered everything.
"Jean..Jean,I'm sorry!"I yelled,happy to see her awake.
"It wasn't your fault,Rogue. I grabbed you. You didn't ask me to. I'm sorry. If it wasn't for me,you would have been fine."
"No,Jean. You helped me. I just.. I shouldn't have been there. I don't know what happened. I lost control. The voices have been getting stronger. Something isn't right. It's like my powers-"
"Are out of control?"Jean asked,finishing my sentence.
"Yeah,"I said hastily.
"Mine too. That's why I didn't telepathically move you,"she said quietly.
I turned my gaze back to the ceiling. Why were we restrained?
"According to Scott it's because our powers were out of control."
I looked at the telepath,"That doesn't explain why we're restrained."
"Does the giant slash on my face?"came Scott's voice from the other side of me.
I turned to see him,a cut going from right under his eye,down to his mouth was on the left side of his face. I just looked at him,confused.
"We'll explain everything later,Rogue. What's important now is how are you two feeling?"
I looked from Jean to Scott. He was now next to her,kissing her and holding her hand. She told him how she was feeling and even sat up with him.
"I'm okay..but.. Logan..John.. Where are they?"I said looking around the room.
Scott looked at me,"We didn't know if it'd be safe to let them in here right now. It seemed like you went haywire when they were near you."
I got quiet. What was I supposed to say? I was so lost and confused. What is going on?
