I had started this chapter over a year ago but had never finished it. But a longer conversation between Xavier and Magneto is closing soon. So, I had to finish this first since it is referenced with the next chapter of Taunting Repartee. :)

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Operation Repartee

Chapter Seven

True to his word the Professor was sitting there, in the hallway just outside of the guest bedroom, waiting for her.

"Sorry, I took so long," she said as she walked out of the room, closing the door behind her.

"It's quite alright," he said with a smile. "I understand that you are going through a very unique transition, and I am here to help in any way that I can."

"By waiting for me ta get dressed and missing dinner?" she asked in disbelief.

"If that is what it takes," he said as he started to move down the hallway, "then yes."

'If he is so inclined to help perhaps he could allow you a few more hours a day to work on your powers,' Eric said.

'If we had another hour or two ya know what we would do with it,' she thought. She heard him chuckle in his mind. She rolled her eyes.

"Rogue?" he asked again. She must have seen her roll her eyes.

"Not you Prof, him."

"May I ask about his comment?" he asked as they stopped in front of the elevator.

"...He said that you really wanted to help you should give me a few more hours a day to work on them," she murmured as she pressed the down button.

"Do you feel the same?" he asked.

"No," she exclaimed. "I mean, a little...," she said. She could tell he was looking at her. "I could use all the time I can get but..." She turned to face him, and looked down. "But I can only handle so much at once... I take breaks," she explained. And that was the closest she had gotten to telling the Professor about her and Eric's... 'what-ever this is,' she thought.

"I believe I understand," he said.

'I don't think you do,' she thought to herself.

"Then please explain it to me. I wish to understand, Rogue. I want to help you, but I can only do so much when I know so little."

"I-" she stared to say before the door to the lift started to open. Inside she saw Storm and Scott facing one another.

"But we're all concerned. Kitty said that talks to herself and-"

"Scott, I'm sure everything will be alright, She is-" Storm was saying before Charles interrupted her.

"Ororo," he said loudly, calling for her attention.

"Charles?" she said as she turned to look at him. "and Rogue?" Storm said glancing at her before smiling.

'They were just talking about me weren't they?' she asked the Professor as she watched the two of them step out of the elevator.

'Yes, they were,' he answered grimly as he smiled up at Storm. "Thank you, Ororo," he said as he moved into the elevator. Storm nodded with a smile as she walked down the hall.

"Rogue, you better eat fast if you don't want to miss the danger room session," Scott said.

"I-" Rogue started to say before Professor Xavier interrupted her.

"Rogue will not joining the team today. She and I will be having a private session discussing her powers."

"Oh," Scott said sounding disappointed. "That's the fifth danger room session you missed this week."

"I know. Tell everyone sorry, okay?" she asked.

'Even though you are not,' Magneto added.

'Yes, I am. Now shut up,' she commanded.

"Rogue?" Scott asked, calling for her attention.

"I-" she started to say before looking at him. "Yeah, just tell everyone I'm sorry," she said.

"I will," he said with a raised eyebrow. "See you tomorrow, Rogue."

"See ya," Rogue said as she watched him walk down the hall through the closing elevator doors. "He said 'I will' twice twice didn't he?" she asked.

"Four times by my count," the Professor answered as he pressed the button for the first floor.

She sighed as she let her head hit the back of the wall.

"What did Magneto say this time?" he asked as the doors to the lift opened.

"He-" she paused as she let out a sigh. "He said 'even though you are not,'" she quoted as they moved out of the elevator. "Sorry about missing the danger rooms sessions," she explained further.

"Is he correct?" he asked as they moved towards the kitchen.

"...Kind of. I know they're used to me being in the danger room with them and it's hard adjusting. For that, yeah, I'm sorry. But do I miss the danger room itself? Not really. I've gotten more control over my powers in the past two weeks laying down than I ever did sweating in the subbasement."

"I agree," he said as they moved into the kitchen.

"You do?" she asked a little startled.

"Yes, I do," he said as he wheeled over to one of the draws. "Rogue would you mind getting our dinner? Storm put it in the microwave," he informed her.

"Yeah," she said as she walked over to the microwave. She opened it up and saw that there were two plates. She took off her glove and touched her finger to a piece of meat. 'Too cold,' she thought as she removed her hand and closed the door.

"My regret is that I do cannot help you the way he is," the Professor said from behind her. She glanced over and saw that he was now seated at the table. He had gotten their silverware.

"You don't know as much as he does," she murmured as she set the microwave for two minutes.

"And why is that?" he asked. "How has he come across so much knowledge?" he asked.

"From being in my mind for a months with nothing better ta do," she said.

"That is plausible, but the question still reminds. Why would he go to the trouble of helping you?"

"Maybe he likes me," she said annoyed. "That so hard to believe?" she asked.

"No, no, of course not, Rogue," he said quickly. "But Magneto is not the type of man who would do something without-"

"Expecting something in return," she mumbled finishing his sentence as she put her glove back on..

"Precisely," he said. "So what exactly is he getting in return?" She turned her back to him as she opened the door to the microwave. "Rogue, what are you giving him?"

"...I'm not," she whispered as she took the plates out of the microwave.

"Rogue?" he asked again. She walked over to him with their dinners. She placed them on the table wordlessly. She should just tell him. Why was this so hard?

'Because we both know he will not approve,' Eric answered as she stared down at her food.

"Rogue?" the Professor asked more sternly.

"...For what I'm getting in return it doesn't feel like anything. Honestly, I feel like I'm the only one getting anything out of the deal," she explained. He glanced at her thoughtfully.

"And how does Magneto view the situation?"

"He says... he says he taking advantage of my hospitality," she answered slowly. "But he's not. I wanna do it," she exclaimed.

"Want to do what?" he asked.

She didn't respond.

"Please don't misunderstand," Charles started to say. "Everyone is untitled to their secrets. But when those secrets involve a man as dangerous as Magneto I can not help be feel concerned for your safety."

"I know," she said weakly as she picked at her food.

"There is still the matter of rebirth machine. You have all but told me that there was more to the events of that day."

"There is. There's something I gotta tell ya... but not right now. I ain't ready yet."

"You said the same things last week, and the week before. What is holding you back from telling me? Is it Magneto?" he asked.

"No," she said quickly. "he's not-" she started to say before her mind glanced over the events of her and Eric's training session today. He was the reason she hadn't looked at Auschwitz. Because of him she was now another day behind. Another day away from being ready to speak with the Professor and Logan about what she suspected. "He distracts me sometimes. I mean not that I can blam-."

"Rogue, what exactly does Magneto distract you with?" he asked. Her face turned a very deep red. "Rogue?" he asked again; there was a concern in his voice she had never heard before. "... I would like to talk to Magneto."

"What?" she asked shocked; looking up from her plate. "W-why?" she asked, suddenly panicked.

"Rogue, I believe that he is trying to manipulate you. I can not sit by, and allow him to be alone with you for hours on end while I have this suspicion. If I speak with Magneto directly, and find that he is indeed, as he says he is, taking advantage of you,' he paused for a moment as he looked at her, "then I will sit in on your sessions until you have control over the fragments in your mind. If he is not, I will leave the two of you alone to work as you have been for the past three weeks." He paused for a moment. "It will require that I go into your mind. And I am, of course, asking for your permission," he said.

She gave out a short laugh. "So, if I say no, you're just gonna drop this whole thing?" she asked, knowing the answer before the words had left her mouth.

"The other option is having you speak for Magneto. The first option would be less taxing on you."

"Not really," she mumbled. He raised an eyebrow. "Half of my training is Eric asking me ta repeat things people have said."

"What sort of things?" Charles asked.

"Well mostly his and Kurt's memories. My mind does this... ya know how both Kurt and Eric grew up speaking German?" she asked. He nodded. "Well my mind- when I look at their memories I hear them in English. Eric explained it to me once. How- what did he say? Oh yeah, because the they both speak German fluently I have the capability of speaking the language fluently too. So m mind when I look at those memories understands them so fast that it's able to understand what's being said.," she said.

'Explain how it doesn't translate-' Eric started to say.

"Right, my mind doesn't translate something unless the person's who's memories I'm looking at speaks the language well enough. Like there was this one time that Kurt overheard a conversation in Russian and I watched it but I couldn't understand what was being said; same as Kurt. But in Eric's memories he's spoken that language a lot and whenever I watch something from his point of view I understand it as though it's English," she said.

"It's strange that the skills you gain from one fragment do not transfer to all the others," Charles commented.

"Yeah, I know. So, anyway, I can hear memories in their original language but I have ta concentrate. Part of my training is looking at a memory, hear it in German and then I say what I heard. Eric tells me if I'm right or not," she said.

'I also tell you how bad your German accent is,' Eric added. She rolled her eyes. 'Well what are you waiting for? If Charles wishes to speak with me who am I to deny him? Relay the message,' he ordered. She sighed.

"Eric wants me ta tell you that he also tells me how bad my German accent is," she said as she rolled her eyes. "Happy now, Jackass?" she asked. Her question was met with another chuckle.

'Really the mix of your southern accent with your attempts to mimic me are-' Eric started to say.

"I get it. You think I sound ridiculous and you find that funny as hell. Now, shut up. I trying to have a conversation with Prof," she said out loud. "Sorry," she said as she turned her attention back to the Professor.

"It's alright," he said. "Is is usually this amused?" he asked.

"Yeah, pretty much," she said. "Well, I mean, unless I'm looking at certain memories. You know, the traumatic ones," she explained.

"Of course," he said. "Rogue, how often would you say you ask Magneto to be be quiet? And of those times how often would you say that he listens to you?" Charles asked.

"I- hmm," she started to say. She needed to think about it for a minute. "He- ah," she said.

'Anna, just tell him about you search through my memories,' Magneto ordered.

'I ain't ready yet,' she exclaimed. 'I still don't know if what I think is right. I need more time to look, and you really need to stop distracting me. I know that you don't like when I look through that stuff bu-,' she started started to say.

'Anna, you know that is not my concern. I don't care about reliving the past; no matter the pain I feel by doing so. I simply do not believe it is necessary for youto see those memories any more than your mind would force you to. Please tell Charles about you concerns regrading Logan's memories. I honestly believe the fault is with hismemory, not yours as I've said for weeks now,' he said. Rogue sighed.

"Rogue?" the Professor asked. She made eye contact with him. "I believe that answers my question," he said.

"I..." She sighed again. "It was important," she explained. "Look I... I've been looking through Eric's memories from his time in the camps," Rogue said. Charles eyes lite up in fear.

"Why does Magneto ask that of you?" he asked.

"He doesn't," she said quickly. "He hates it when I look. It's what we were just talking about. He says it unnecessary for me to look at all those memories," she said.

"I believe that is a point the two of us actually agree upon. Althought, I am surprised to say so. Rogue, if Magneto is not asking you to look at them then why are you?" the Professor asked.

"Logan said he rescued Magneto found the camps," she said.

"Yes, Logan told me that as well," Charles said.

"Back, Eric doesn't have any memory of that. He has memories that completely contradict that. But then I was thinking, what if both happened? What if Logan rescued him from the camp but then Eric was recaptured by the Nazis or something crazy like that? I don't want Logan to worry about his memories being tampered with unless I know there was no other explanation. Which is why I been looking through Eric's memories. Trying to see is there's some gap I haven't noticed.

"And that's why I don't think that Eric's trying anything bad with me," she continued. "He's been trying to get me to stop my search and talk to you about this since I started looking. The only reason it's been taking so long is cause he keeps distacting me from looking. Cause he cares about me," she said strongly. "If he didn't then he would just let me look at whatever the hell I wanted to without trying to stop me all the time," she finished.

"I see," Charles. "There is still a question that you have yet to answer; what does Magneto distract you with?" he asked again.

"I don't wanna talk about it. It's... your like a uncle to me. It's embarrassing. I don't wanna talk about that kind of stuff with you," she explained. She really was uncomfortable talking about that aspect of hers and Magneto's relationship with him.

"What kind of stuff, Rogue?" he asked. She heard the fragment sigh.

'There's no way to avoid this now. You'll have to tell him. Hopefully he will ask for too many details,' Eric thought.

"Rogue?" the Professor asked. Rogue sighed.

"Eric and I are, hm... romantically involved," she said softly. The Professor's eyes widened; although Rogue was trying to avoid them.

"What?" he asked in disbelief. "And when you say distract you mean- How is that even possible?" he asked confused; she could heard the distaste in his voice.

"I ain't gonna go into detail. That's personal. Between me and him," she exclaimed. "No one else has the right to even ask about what goes on with that," she said.

"A police officer would since you are minor sexually involved- That is what your meant, isn't it? That you and Magneto are somehow sexually intimate?" he asked.

"I'm not going into detail," she said defensively.

"That is not what I asked, Rogue. Yes or no?" he asked sternly.

"...Yes," she answered reluctantly.

"Do you realize that it is illegal, don't you? I doubt Magneto would care about that fact but," he said. Rogue gave out a short laugh.

"Yeah he really doesn't give a shit about that," she said with a smile. Charles stared at her sternly. She sighed as she turned away from his gaze. She hated having to censor herself. 'It was one curse word; big deal,' she thought annoyed.

"But I should hope that the illegal natural of your relationship would matter to you. Rogue, you are seventeen years old. Magneto is much, much older than you are. He has said himself that through his distractions he is taking advantage of you. Magneto knows that what he is doing to you is wrong. Although, he would never allow that knowledge to keep it from what he wants. Given this information. I cannot allow you two to continue working as you've had. Honestly, now I am concerned about leaving you alone all together," he said.

"That's unfair," she exclaimed.

"Rogue, I have just found that one of my students is being sexually abused. I cannot, in good conscious, allow you to be alone with your abuser," he said.

"I don't think it's abuse," Rogue muttered.

"But I do. Although, how you and he are conducting this type of behavior completely baffles me. And you are not wiling to explain?" he asked again.

"No, that private," she said again; crossing her arms over her chest.

"Then I must assume the worst," he said. He was studying her face. He sighed. "Rogue, could you please try to see this situation from my point of view?" he asked. She thought about it for a minute. She sighed deeply as she became even more uncomfortable sitting there.

"I do get what you're saying, Prof. How it's illegal and all. And a part of me cares about that. That's he's so much older than I am," she said.

"And how young and inexperienced you are compared to him," Charles added. Rogue nodded.

"But, I don't think its abuse. I like it," she said.

"Magneto, do you feel that you are abusing or taking advantage of her?" Charles asked.

"Those are two different things," Rogue said annoyed.

"Not if they both pertain to your sexually activity. Then they are, indeed, the same thing," Charles said. "Does Magneto have anything to say?" he asked after a moment.

'Not at the moment. Anna, I believe anything I say will only make the situation worse for you and I do not wish to cause you dismay,' Eric thought.

'Thanks,' she thought.

'Always,' he replied. She shook her head no.

"I see. Rogue whether you agree with me or not I need you to promise me that you will cease all sexual activities with Magneto. I cannot allow you to leave this room if I feel that you are going to be abused in your bedroom. Do you understand what I'm saying and why I'm saying it?" he asked.

"Yeah..." she mumbled.

"... Then please promise me?" the Professor asked.

"...I promise I won't do anything sexual with Magneto," she said softly.

"And I'm going to be sitting in on your training session tomorrow, at the very least," he informed her. She nodded slightly; acknowledging his statement. She stared down at her plate for a moment. She was done and wanted to leave.

'I should clean this first...' she thought. Her eyes narrowed for a moment before she stood up.

"I'm going to bed," she said as she walked towards the door.

"Rogue, I hope that you understand I am merely worried. I am only trying to protect you," he said.

"I know," she mumbled before she left the room.

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