I got X-Men 3 two days ago, really made me wanna start writing. Also, the movie kinda made me hate Wolverine. I think it's cause I'm sick of him.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this fic, they belong to Marvel. If I own Marvel, Gambit and a whole bunch of other characters would be abused by crappy writers.
Rogue tried to push the tears away as she packed up some clothes into a duffle bag. She had just unpacked a week ago and now was packing to leave again. This time, it was for good.
She didn't belong with mutants and she didn't belong with humans. She knew she wouldn't be accepted anywhere she went. There was only one solution in her mind: she had to retake the cure. That way she could start over. Maybe move back to Mississippi and find a job and an apartment. 'Unless there is more of that cure. He still has ta be there. Ah mean, it couldn't have all been destroyed.' She thought herself.
She had finally got done packing and zipped up the bag. She looked over at her dresser and at the picture on top of it. It was a group photo of Jubilee, Kitty, John, Piotr, Bobby, and herself. It was the day right before Logan had returned to the mansion. She took the photo out of the frame and shoved it into her pocket.
"And this is the dorm area. This is the girls. The guys are over there." She heard Jubilee's voice say. Rogue stepped away from the door. She didn't want to have to say good-bye to her friends. She knew they would probably try and stop her. Instead, she went to the window and popped it open. She threw her bag onto the grass.
She could feel ice form in her hands and she shot it out the window, creating a slide. She slid down to the grass and picked up her bag. "Good-bye." She whispered as she turned back to look at the mansion one last time.
She walked out of the gates. There was a bus station a few miles down the road and knew she could walk the distance since she only had enough money for the bus and not the cab.
Unknowing to her, as soon as she turned the corner, she was being followed.
A knock at his door disturbed him from his work. "What is it, Henri?" Charles Xavier asked, allowing the blue furred mutant into his office.
"I just wanted to inform you that the new students have arrived. Lorna Dane, Allison Blaire, and Jonothan Starsmore. Betsy Braddock should be arriving later today. Her flight was canceled and had to be rescheduled. I also looked at next week and we have more entering. I had just gotten a call from a Mr. Maximoff, he and his sister would like to join our school. I don't think it will be a problem. Also, Alison Crestmore, " Hank told Xavier.
"Thank you. You may leave now." Charles said, wanting to get rid of the other man.
"Don't you want to meet the new students? Usually you-" Hank stated before Charles interrupted him.
"I don't have the time right now. I will meet with them at a later notice. I have a lot of work to do that wasn't done when Ororo was running the school. Otherwise, I would have time." Charles snapped at Hank, who was shocked at the outburst.
"I'm sorry. I did not realize you had more important things to do." Hank said before turning to leave.
"I will meet with them on Thursday. Have some of the students show the newer ones around." Charles told him.
"Yes, sir." Hank replied before he left and entered the hall to see three young mutants standing outside. "I'm sorry, but the Professor will not be able to meet with you today." He told them.
"So, what are we going to do now? I thought he was going to give us our schedule?" Alison asked him.
"I shall get them for you by the end of today. You won't be starting your classes until tomorrow. In the meantime, I shall find some people to show you around." Hank told them. Just his luck, Jubilee, Kitty, and Piotr were coming through the living room. "Ah, just the people I was looking for." He smiled.
"Uh oh, this can't be good." Jubilee whispered.
"I need you three to show them around the school. They just arrived. I've arranged for their belongs to be placed in their rooms already. Lorna and Alison." He motioned toward the green and brown haired girls. "Will be staying on the second floor, third door. Right next to Rogue and yours. Jonothan, will be staying in Piotr's room." Jubilee looked over at the new boy and noticed he looked down. He wore all black and had a black scarf wrapped around his jaw.
"I will show you-" Piotr began to say to Jonothan, when Jubilee cut him off.
"Hey Rusty, why don't you show Alison or Lorna around. I'll show him around." Jubilee insisted and gave Piotr a 'don't-ask-just-do-it' look.
"Why don't you two come with us? We'll show you around." Kitty told the two new girls.
"So, where did you come from?" Jubilee asked as she took a hold of Jono's arm and started walking him down the hallway.
I'm from England. Jono responded, startling her. Sorry, this is the only way I can talk. He apologized.
"It's alright. It just scared me for a second. So, what are your powers?" She asked, knowing already he was a telepath.
I have a psionic energy power. It's the reason I have this scarf around my face. He answered and saw the confused look on Jubilee. It blew off my jaw.
"Oh my god." A hand covered her mouth. Jono turned away, already thinking that she didn't like him. His parents had thrown him out. His friends wanted nothing more to do with him after seeing what his powers did. People had called him a freak and a monster. "How did you deal with it?" She asked him.
Jono shrugged. I came here, hoping to be around people who would accept me. He answered shyly.
"Don't worry." She hugged him. "Anyone gives you problems here, I'll take them out!" She promised.
Logan and Ororo had entered Harry's Bar a half an hour ago and were sitting in a booth in the far corner. They ignored the noise of people hollering at the TV and the music in the background. "What's wrong, Ro?" Logan asked her. They had spent a few minutes in silence after talking about Scott and Jean.
"What do you mean?" She asked him, raising an eyebrow.
"At the mansion ya were depressed. I could smell it." He told her. "One of the kids make a comment about ya runnin' the school?" He asked, remembering her asking him if she was doing a good job.
"No." She replied and folded her hands on the table. "Don't tell anyone else this, especially Charles." She told him, getting his attention. "When I went to pick him up, he told me he had wanted to leave the school to Scott instead. And if something ever happened to Scott, Jean was supposed to be in charge. He thought I couldn't handle it." She told him.
"Well, ya proved Chuck wrong, didn't ya?" Logan said as he reached across the table and took her hand in his. "More students have arrived at the school than ever before. All of those kids got respect for ya, even before ya became the headmaster. If Charles thought Scott could do a better job, he's wrong. You're a lot stronger than anyone in that school."
Ororo gave a small smile and leaned across the table to kiss Logan on the cheek. "Thank-" She began to say when he pulled her closer to kiss her deeply on the lips.
Rogue walks around the sidewalk with her bag draped across her shoulder. She kept her head down and distance away from anyone that she encountered. She didn't have to look up to see people staring at her, she could feel their eyes on her. 'After this, Ah'm dyin' mah hair.' She thought as she turned the corner.
"Hey baby." She heard a male voice say from behind her, then felt a hand clasp her shoulder. She turned around to find four men behind her and felt herself being shoved into an alley.
"Leave meh alone!" Rogue snarled and yanked her arm away from them and backed away. "Ah'm warn ya, get away from meh now." She told them.
"Or you'll do what? Scream for help? Cops don't come around this area and do you really think anyone will be coming to help you? Don't count on it." One man laughed as he moved closer.
"I say we have some fun with her first. Then maybe take her back so if we ever get bored, we got something to do." Another smiled at her.
"This is your last warnin'. Leave meh the hell alone!" Rogue shouted. She felt more nervous than frightened. She didn't want these men touching her. The last thing she wanted was their memories inside her head.
"Come here!" The man in the back reached forward, past his friends, and grabbed Rogue by the arm. His smirk began to leave him when ice started traveling up his arm. "What the hell? The girl is a fucking mutant!" He screamed before he was completely covered in ice.
Two others backed away from her, not knowing what to do now. The last man reached for a gun in his back pocket and aimed at her. "Screw fuckin' her, let's just kill her." He said to his friend and fired at her. The bullet stopped inches from her and Rogue backed away from it. Suddenly, the gun flew out of the man's hand and landed behind Rogue.
"I'm out of here!" The rest of the men ran off, leaving their frozen partner. Rogue looked down at her hands and shook her head. The entire time, she had been thinking of Magneto's powers when she made the bullet stop and the gun fly. However, Bobby's powers had popped out of no where.
"They'll be gone soon." She whispered. She was about to move when she heard clapping.
"Ya know, usually, when de girl gets attacked de man's supposed to save her." She rolled her eyes as Gambit jumped down beside her. "I'm impressed."
"Were ya followin' meh?" Rogue snapped at him.
"Oui. You shouldn't be going by yourself, it's too dangerous." Remy responded.
"Ah can handle it. Ah got rid of those guys, didn't Ah?" Rogue muttered.
"Not talkin' about physically, meant emotionally. It gets lonely by yourself. Why don' I accompany y' to where ever it is y' wanna go. After dat, I'll leave." Remy bargained with her.
Rogue shook her head. "Ah." She began to say. 'Don't want you or anyone else getting hurt because of mah powers.' She thought to herself.
"Well, den I'll take that as a no." Remy shrugged and turned around to walk off.
"Wait!" Rogue yelled. Remy stopped and glanced at her. "Just ta Chicago and that's it." She told him.
Gambit smirked and nodded. "We'll we should be goin'. I can get y' dere a lot faster than de bus." He told her and placed an arm around her shoulder.
"Don't touch me." She backed away. "You are not allowed to touch meh anywhere on this trip. If ya do, Ah'll knock ya out, swamp rat!" She warned him.
"Aw, y' got a pet name already picked out for moi." He smirked at her.
"Another rule: no talking." Rogue ordered and walked ahead of him.
Gambit smirked as he followed her. 'Now dis be a challenge worth playing for.' He thought to himself.
South Side of Chicago
Warren Worthington Sr. sat in his office with his hands on his forehead. He didn't know what to do now. He had spent so long trying to find a way to 'cure' mutants. When he had finally accomplished it, he thought they would be grateful. Surely, no being would enjoy looking like a freak. He hadn't expected so many to hate it and retaliate against it. Especially his son.
There were hundreds that had taken the cure, but he had been receiving reports that it had been reversing and their mutant powers were returning. He had thought about trying it again and making a new cure that would last. However, after the outburst and all the deaths caused by the first one, he was afraid of the results.
His thoughts came to a hault when he heard screams coming from the lobby of his office. Warren got up from behind his desk and approached the door and peaked outside.
To his horror, he saw his secretary running for the stairs, but was attacked before she made it. He closed the door and locked it. He ran to his phone and picked it up to call 911. He dialed the numbers and then placed the phone next to his ear, only to find the line was dead. He slammed the phone down and reached into his pocket for his cell phone. However, before he could pull it out, the door slammed open and a knife sailed through the air and hit the security camera.
"Don't you just hate those things?" A male voice said as he entered the room. He wore all red with a mask and twin swords strapped to his back.
"What do you want?" Warren asked with a hint of fear in his voice. "Money? I can get you whatever you want if you let me go. No one has to know about this." He plead.
"Hmm." The stranger placed his hand to his chin to think. "That does sound tempting, but where is the fun in walking away. No, no I think it will be much more fun if we go with what I originally planned to do." He said and grabbed his two swords.
"Who hired you?" Warren asked. He pulled out his cell phone and hid it behind his back. He knew if he could stall long enough the police would get here and he would be safe.
"Now does that really matter? Your going to be dead soon. So let's switch this, I ask you the question instead." The masked man said as he got closer. "Do you want a slow death or a long death? Do you want some of your limb's missing? They make such a nice gift for family members."
'This man is insane.' Warren thought. "Please, we can work something out. You don't have to kill me. I am Warren Worthington Sr." He shouted loud enough so the operator on the phone would hear and hopefully be able to track the call.
"This is the best part about this job, when the victim starts bargaining and saying they are too important to die. Well, you can tell the worms how important you are." The swordsman replied before he raced at the millionaire.
"No please!" Warren screamed before the sword pierced him the in the chest and the other in his stomach. He dropped the phone to the ground and felt himself growing cold as the other man twisted the swords inside him. Finally, the assassin threw him off of the swords and crashing through the window and into the streets down below.
"Say hi to Satan for me!" The assassin called after the dead man. He heard a female voice on the floor and saw the cell phone. He picked it up and put it next to his ear.
"Sir, are your alright? What happened?" The 911 operator asked frantically.
"Hi, my name is Deadpool. I like long walks on the beach and being able to snuggle up to the special someone at night, if you are interested please look me up." He said before clicking the phone shut.
End of Chapter 7
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