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To: enchantedlight: Thank you very much.
To: They-Call-Me-Orange: Thank you and there will be more Cajun soon. Lol.
To chicita: Thank you. Yes, it's very complicated, but vital to my storyline. Mystique and Sabretooth had Graydon several years before Mystique's trickery of Xavier which resulted in Rogue. Then, came her outright affair with Magneto resulting in Kurt. Graydon was raised by his father, which is one reason he hates mutants so much. Irene thought it was necessary for Rogue to know Graydon, for reasons she left to herself. Mystique doesn't know they know about each other. Kurt does know who his father is, but chooses to keep that information to himself. Rogue, of course, told Wanda and Pietro already knew. Pietro and Wanda are about Rogue's age. Their mother is dead. Rogue reminds Sabretooth of Mystique, whom he still loves. Plus, he can tell she's her daughter by the smell. So, he is protective of her because he loves Mystique. There will not be a child between Logan and Mystique. Lol. That would be going a little far, lol. Besides, Ole Sabby might just tear the two of them apart if that were to happen. Of course it would give more insight into why they hate each other . . . then again, no. no. no. no. no. Mystique's already a big enough slut as it is.
A/N: Aah, my 3 loyal readers. This chapter is dedicated to you all.
Chapter Six:
Jean is the first one to stand and tell Carol, "Welcome to the Institute." She holds her hand out to the blonde-haired girl who looks at her hand as if it was trash.
"Thank you." Carol replies without taking the hand. She spies competition in the redhead. She turns to Scott who is standing behind Jean looking friendly.
"Yes, welcome, that's Jean Grey and I'm Scott Summers, also known as Cyclops."
"Cyclops?" Carol asks bewildered, looking at his ruby-quartz glasses that definitely have two lenses.
"Uh, yeah, the name fits better with my uniform, though." All the X-Men in the background laugh and one by one introduce themselves to her. Carol looks unimpressed.
"So, uh, vhat's your gift?" Kurt finally asks her, knowing full well that everyone is dieing to know.
"Oh, I'm invincible."
"Huh?"
"What Carol means, Kurt, is she is nearly indestructible. She also has superhuman strength, and the ability to fly," the professor explains.
"See?" Carol retorts. "I'm invincible."
While Jean watches the rather high and mighty look on Carol's face, she focusing on Kitty's mind. /This is going to be awful, isn't it?/
Everyone turns and stares at Kitty when she laughs for apparently no reason. Xavier looks disapprovingly at Jean and says, "Kitty, since you currently have no roommate, Carol will be sharing your room. She won't be starting school this week however while she acclimates herself to her new enviroment. Why don't you show her to your room. Jean will carry her bags, won't you Jean?" The last question was more of a statement.
"Of course, Professor." Jean sighs. She already doesn't like this new girl. Kitty doesn't either. Carol seems to dislike everyone. She could just be shy. We'll just have to be extra nice to her for a while.
Rogue sits alone after school in the room she shares with Remy. She's thinking about the day and how everything went. She is surprised with herself when she realizes how much she enjoyed it, other than the X-Men finding out her real name. She smiles and turns to her homework.
An hour later, Remy finds her there, finally finished. "Bonjour, ma chere. Ce va?"(1)
"Ah'm fine, Ah guess, Remy. And where have you been, ya little Cajun Devil?"
He laughs. She is obviously upset about him not being there to pick her up after school. "Remy was on a little mission, somet'ing about Pietro and an armoured car. It was Remy's job to find t'e Brot'erhood boys and make t'em get him out."
"Oh, well, in that case, Ah guess Ah'll forgive ya." She grins at him and he puts his arms around her. They sit on his bed, holding each other for a while.
"So, chere, tell Remy all about your day."
She laughs. "Ah think Kurt just about DIED when Ah walked up and put my arm oveh his shouldeh. And Ah know he did when Ah brought out his baby pictures."
"Remy t'ought you didn't grow up toget'er?" he questions.
"Well, no, but that doesn't mean Irene never saw him as a baby. Then, Ah have at least ONE X-Man in every class, mostly Ms. Katherine Pryde, or Kitty. And AH almost died when my Home Ec Teacheh called me Anna Xavier in front of three of them and Lance Alvers!"
"Oh, dear. What happened, petite? Did t'ey freak out?"
"Av course they did. And we all got in trouble fer talking. Oh, and Wanda showed up at lunch looking fer Pietro. She's really nice."
"Remy t'ought she was supposed to be scary."
"Well, my dear, perhaps she was nice to me because we're practically sisters."
"Perhaps." They smiled at each other and Rogue continued her tale until it was time for training.
Carol looks at the room in disgust. She can't really believe her parents wanted her to go there. She already has control of her powers. In fact she didn't have any problems until Steven died. She sighs. There is nothing she can do about the situation, might as well make the best of it. Through a forced smile, she asks Kitty, "Which side of the room is mine?"
Kitty points and goes to her own bed. "So, like, how come your powers didn't, like, show up until now? You're, like, eighteen, right? So, like, all our powers showed up earlier and some junk."
"Perhaps if you stopped talking, I could answer some of your irritating questions, little girl."
Kitty looks at her as if she'd lost her mind. Boy, how did I, like, get stuck with HER as a roommate?
"My powers layed dormant when I was younger for unknown reasons. They showed up at my brother's funeral when I was so upset, I punched a hole in the funeral home wall. Needless to say, people were stunned. I quickly gained control of myself and I'm only here because my parents thought it would be best."
"Gee, I'm, like, so sorry about your brother. What happened?"
"I'm not going to discuss things of a personal nature with a little girl like you."
Kitty frowned. This was not going to be easy.
After training, Magneto is having a long talk with Remy alone about it. They were once again not as far along as they should have been in the simulation when Magneto woke up. He can't seem to chastise Rogue about it. So, Remy is getting the lecture alone. Rogue is bored. It's Remy's turn to cook tonight. So, everyone is hungry. She can hear Victor in his room snarling from all the way across the base. John is in the kitchen. His patience finally worn out, he burns a raw chicken until it is edible. Rogue looks at him, then at the chicken and shakes her head. "That's just nasty, St. John."
"Whatever, mate. I'm hungry."
"Well, eat it if ya can, but Ah can't even watch ya. So, bye." She walks on. Near the library she hears a strange sound. It sounds like someone is crying. Piotr. She opens the door gently and slides up next to him. She places a gloved hand on his shoulder. "Ya alright, sugah?"
Piotr is startled as he looks up at her. "Da, of course, Rogue. Nothing is wrong."
She sighs. "Ya can't lie ta me, Piotr. Ah've been inside your head, membeh?"(2)
He nods and looks down at the floor.
"Piotr, ya know Ah can't tell ya where Illyana is." He nods. "But, Ah can tell ya that she's alright. He was there today, and she's okay. Mastermind's taking good care of her. She thinks she's at home, safe."
His hand automatically made a fist. "Da, but what do I tell my mother?"
"That her little girl is okay. Not ta worry. Piotr, you and me, we couldn't get her out av there alone. And if we could there'd be hell ta pay for it when Ah got back. And Ah'd have ta come back. Ah haven't told Remy about her. Ah haven't told anyone. There's only one group av people that could get her out, and Ah can't tell them. Ya know, Ah can't."
"Da, I know, Rogue."
"Ah'm sorry, Piotr. Ah would if Ah could."
She hugs him tightly and he returns the hug gladly. At least now he knows she's okay, and not afraid. Rogue always knows how to cheer him up. "I'm glad you are here, small one."
She laughs. "Good ta see ya smile, giant."
About that time, Remy walks into the room with a sad look on his face.
"Sugah, what's wrong?"
"Remy and Rogue have separate training times from now on, cherie." He frowns when she bursts out laughing. Piotr laughs as well. A smirk crosses Remy's face. "Well, Remy guess Magneto had enough of our style of training." That only made them laugh harder.
Wanda is alone again, slowly taking in her disappointment in her father not showing up to rescue her twin, and all the information she got earlier from Rogue. Hmph, at least there's one person in this world who isn't afraid of me. Well, neither is Charles Xavier. No! I'm not going to think of that man again. He wants me to join them. Would it really be so bad? Yes, it would. Kurt is there. I don't care. But Kurt saved my life. She sighs and wonders if he saved her because she is his sister, or just because he's an X-Man. Her internal war is weakening because of Rogue's information. Rogue said he put me there to save me. He was afraid of me killing myself. I wish I could believe that. Maybe I'll go talk to Kurt. No, that would mean going to the Institute. I'll just have to go back to the school again tomorrow and find Rogue.
Pietro shows up beside her. "Look, nohardfeelingsabouttoday, okay? Iknowyoudidwhatyoudidto, togetbackaatFather, andI'mokaywiththatand, andIwantyoutoknowIbeggedDadeverytimeIsawhimto, toletyououtbecauseImissedyousomuchandI'msorry."
She tries to comprehend what he said, but she can't understand him. "Could you saw that a little slower?"
His face turns bright red, but he repeats it slower.
She gazes intently into his blue eyes and asks him. "Did you just say you're sorry?"
"Yeah, Iguess Idid."
"I missed you too, you know."
He smiles, "So, ifyoudon't, well, youknow, haveaplace tostayandall, well, there'sanextraroom, youknow, attheboardinghouse."
This time she smiles. "Thanks, bro. I think I'll take you up on that. And I'm sorry too, for locking you in that freezer and making you get arrested and everything."
"That'sokay. Isaidnohardfeelings, right?"
"Right."
The next morning, Kitty is growling as she phases into the back of Scott's car. "I've, like, never met ANYONE, like, so conceited, like in my whole life!"
BAMF. Kurt ports in just in time to hear her. "Oh, yeah, vell, vhat about my sister? She's just as bad."
Scott starts the car. Evan chose to skateboard to school that day and Amara chose to walk.
"Hmph, I'd, like, totally spend a week alone with Rogue, than, like, another minute with Carol Danvers!"
"'Carol Susan Jane Danvers. And don't you forget it.'" Jean quotes. She makes a disgusted face and Scott laughs.
"Come on, she's not THAT bad." he manages to get out.
"She called me a little girl! And what's, like totally, worse is she keeps doing it. She knows I hate it, but she does it anyway! Ooo! I could, like, totally choke her!"
"I know what you mean!" Jean answers. "I mean, all Rogue ever did, Kurt, was try to kill us. She's been really friendly since then. Carol is our teammate and she can't even say one single nice word to anyone."
"She said something nice to me," Scott says quietly. He's torn inside. He has three crushes at one time and it's driving him crazy. He knows Rogue is taken and untouchable, but he can't help remembering the kiss she gave him and he still gets all weak in the knees when he sees her. He knows Jean's feelings for him have changed since she broke up with Duncan. He loves the way she looks when she's angry like she is now. There is something different about Carol, though. When she came up to him that morning and whispered what she did in his ear. She thinks he's the only one who could ever possibly understand her. She's so complicated.
"What did she say?" Jean is asking him, a very jealous-looking Jean.
"Oh, nothing. It was nothing."
"Oh, like, we're totally gonna believe THAT!" Kitty giggles.
"Okay, okay." Kurt decides to help Scott. "I guess you are right, Kitty. Carol is much worse zan Rogue. At least Rogue never pulled my tail," he grumbles. His poor tail was still quite sore. The car pulls into the schoolyard and they all get out, careful not to use their powers.
"Oh, you poor thing! I, like, totally forgot she did that! She is, like, the meanest 'good guy' I've, like, ever met. I know it's really mean and all, but I, like, wish she'd just go home."
"Kitty!" Amara says, having just reached the school herself. She started walking long before the others. She'd had about all she could take of Carol that morning.
"Well, like, I so mean it, too. I mean, you are a princess, Amara, and you aren't, like, as big a diva as Carol is."
Amara laughs, "Tabby! Over here!" She waves.
Tabby has news for them. She giggles and rushes up to them. "So, you won't guess what happened last night."
"Well?" Jean remarks, glad to have something other than Carol to think about.
"Pietro brought HIS SISTER to stay at the boarding house!"
"Vait! Vanda! And Pietro! I zought she hated him!" Kurt gasps out.
"Kurt, you're as bad as the girls when it comes to gossip." Scott states and walks into the building. The others laugh and continue their gossip.
"All y'all look like something crawled up your butts and died." Rogue says walking up to them after they entered the building. "What's wrong?"
"There's a new girl at the Institute." Jean grumbles in a very unJean-like way.
"And she's, like totally, awful!"
"Anyone Ah should meet?" Rogue asks laughing.
"Ugh! She won't be in school until next week." Kitty remarks.
"Well, then, Ah guess, y'all should just forget about her and enjoy your time away from her."
"She pulled my tail!" Kurt complains.
Rogue gives him a big-eyed sweet look and asks him softly, "Oh, you poor little fuzzy elf! You want Sissy ta kiss it and make it all betteh?"
"Uh, no." he says, not really knowing what else to say. His heart feels all jumpy inside. He has a horrible feeling in the pit of his stomuch that Rogue could get him to do anything if she gave him that look. Big sisters are too much trouble, he thinks, remembering that Wanda was also trouble.
She laughs, "Come on Kurt, we'll be late." She takes his hand and waves at the X-Men. Kitty's class is next door and she follows them. Jean comes too, for reasons known only to herself.
"Rogue, like, why do hang out with us?"
"Ja, you don't have to."
"Well, it's either, hang with y'all, or hang with them." She nods her head in the direction of the brotherhood boys. "And trust me, Ah don't wanna hang around a bunch of lazy, smelly, drooling boys all day long. It's not like Ah'm liable ta make a bunch of HUMAN friends, either. If the rest of the Acolytes were here, Ah'd definitely hang out with them. They are much more mature than," she stops, "Well Remy and Piotr are much more mature than the brotherhood boys and cuter."
"Which one is, like, Piotr?" Kitty inquires.
"Colossus? He's the metal one."
"Is he, like, always metal?"
Rogue laughs, "No, not always. He's a real sweetheart when ya get ta know him."
"He is pretty cute." Kitty giggles.
Jean speaks up, as she sees Scott walking by, "Gambit's pretty cute too. You sure are lucky to have him."
Rogue notices Jean's eyes and raises an eyebrow. "Definately. I could sit and stare at him all day."
"Hmm, me too." Jean says absently, still watching Scott, who is ignoring the conversation.
"Yeah, who? Remy or Scott?" Rogue challenges.
Jean snaps out of it as she hears Rogue's last comment. "I, ah, got to get to class now." She walks quickly away. Kitty giggles and mentions seeing Rogue next period while going to her classroom. Kurt is giggling too, but he's trying to hide it. Rogue smiles at him and opens the door just as the bell rings.
"Just like mutants to be late." Ms. Clarimore states. "Take your seats."
At lunch, Rogue is feeling sick at having to try Kitty's cooking second period. She spots the X-Men, all sitting at the same table. Scott is sitting a little away from the others. She thinks about joining them, but she chooses the tree again instead. Why listen to them complain about that Carol girl, when Ah could be talking to Wanda, if Wanda will even come again. Tabby said she moved into the boarding house, so maybe. . . Rogue sits facing the fence this time, hoping to see Wanda. She is excited when she sees Wanda walking up. She gets up and moves to the fence. "Hey girl. How's it going?"
Wanda looks dubiously at her. "Um, alright I guess. Pietro and I had a long talk last night."
"Yeah? Ole Pietty hasn't hit on me all day."
Wanda then does something very strange for Wanda, she laughs. "We talked about THAT too. Are you telling me the truth about my father? I mean, did he really do what he did because of what you said he did what he did it for?"
Rogue laughs. "That last sentence was hysterical, sugah, but yes, among other things."
"What other things?" There is a dangerous look in Wanda's eyes.
"Well, he was worried about Pietro too, and himself. He couldn't control you, and he was afraid you all would get hurt. He didn't want to turn you over to Papa. He was getting rather afraid of the looks in Victor's eyes when he looked at you. Those kinds of things. And Mama was being a handful at the time of course." She adds quickly under her breath, "and he didn't think he'd have enough time to give you the attention you needed and take over the world at the same time."
"I KNEW it." The rage fights it's way up again.
"Oh, Wanda, it wasn't the main reason. It was more of an afterthought."
"Was it the deciding thought?"
"No. That was the one Ah already told you. Ya see, you might not remembeh this, but one night, when ya were having those nightmares about how your mother died, you were tossing and turning in your sleep and your powers were going crazy. Pietro ran to get him and there you were with hex bolts flying everywhere and then one hit you. He tried to get to ya, but ya woke up screaming from the pain and the dream and asked him why your room was such a mess and how come your belly hurt so much. It was that night he decided. He could bear it if he lost ya too."
Wanda sighs thoughtfully. A single tear falls down her face. "He said a bad man had done it to me in my sleep and he wouldn't let it happen ever again. It was a week afterwards when he left me there."
Scott's heart is pounding as he walks up the stairs to his room after school. She said she'd meet him there. After what all the others said that day, he wonders if she was lying to him. All his doubts wash away as he opens the door to his room and sees her long blonde hair and bright blue eyes waiting for him. She smiles at him and he locks the door behind him. "I wasn't sure if you'd come."
"Now why wouldn't I? When I have you to look forward to, my only reason for hope in this place." She runs her hand against his cheek. All thoughts of Jean and Rogue leave his mind as she leans close to him and kisses him lightly on his lips. His lips are hungry for more, but she pulls away teasingly. He smiles fully content to stare into the wells of blue across from him.
To be continued. . .
A/N: Why Carol and Scott? Don't ask. I'm not sure. But trust me when I say it won't last long. And if you don't know who Carol is, um why are you reading a Rogue fanfic then? Check out Marvel's website.
I want to thank my three loyal reviewers one more time. Please keep reviewing. :)
Translation:
(1) "Hello, my dear. How are you?"
(2) "member" slang for "remember"
