AN: AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!! I can't belive it's taken sooooo long to update bu I've been busy doing work experience, it's actually really fun, I'm an assistant teacher person an the kids are soooo cute and easy to manipulate in order to follow my command when I take over (hehehe I am determined so I'm not going to drop this, at least for a while anyway) *Grins manically* You liked it YEY!!! My audience loves my psycho child killer…cool! But for now we return to our blissful Romyness, I don't want to give away all of the story too soon and well, I'm craving it slightly. Plus I kinda need to explain that the next 3 chapters are all happening at the same time as Remy's "epiphany" and their all from Rogue's point of view, it's mostly flashbacks to begin with but I'm gonna try to explain a bit more about what they're doing to her. And now to my lovely reviewers!!!

Laceylou76: YAY! Thanks! I love that Trask is being received well, I was worried he was slightly too twisted, I hope you like this chapter and it was worth the wait,. You will be rewarded by faithful Acolyte, go forth and commence you're mission to destroy Trask for he threatens our existence and my command! *giggles*

GardenRiver: apology accepted! Thanks for the compliments on my writing they make my ego a nice comfortable bloated size (the only part of me that is good to be bloated) all shall be revealed later, but hopefully not too soon or I'd have to stop writing soon and I'm really enjoying myself on this one, sorry about the nightmares, just think wonderful thoughts of Remy coming to rescue you, that should help.

Tfobmv18: You are very welcome my loyal Acolyte, but Trask would have to be psycho to mess with the sassy southerner and Ragin' Cajun and I totally understand about computer troubles, mine almost crashed the other day from Romy overload while I was writing *glares at computer, who is now cowering in the corner after being beaten into submission* They can be so aggravating at times!

LadyMageLuna: DEAL! I totally understand the whole not wanting to submit to the rule of others but can I just have one think Partner? The Acolytes, cause they are so cool and I spent so long recruiting them! Please! *insert cute puppy dog face here*

ChamberlinofMusic: That is so cool! I always wanted to be in an orchestra but all I can do is sing so I could never join music groups like that…I love that you're enjoying my fic but NO WAY am I Magneto he's like old ewww I am something new, I am: PSYCHO!!! *BIG EVIL LAUGH* Enjoy you're new status as an Acolyte, use the power well. Of course Cosmic Fate shall live forever, even after we have long gone, cosmic fate shall survive, it's all in the name….Trask is an evil b*****d I know and his plan shall be reveiled closer to the end, I really want to do one of those giant speeces where the big bad explains his diabolical scheme giving the goodies the chance to escape or giving time for the cavalry to arrive or something, but its all still relatively vague right now so enjoy the simplicity while you can, it may start to twist.

Wanda W: MY GOD! I open my account this evening after getting in from my 2 hour walk home from work and almost collapse when I see 7 reviews all from you! WOW! I love that you're enjoying the story, you're feed back is great. It's great to see that so many people like the adoption thing as its sort of a guilty pleasure for me, I always loved their relationship and hate it when people try to turn it in to something more (unless its good writing then I totally understand) I always wanted Rogue to tur out to be Logan's long lost daughter or something but I know it's too far fetched so this seemed like the next best thing, and don't we all feel like beating o our computers a lot of the time, I sort of wrote that part during a particularly rough patch in the relationship between me and my laptop. The scream will be explained in chapter 10 I think according to my rough work up so not long to go and I'm loving your philosophical tendencies (See I can use cool long words too *hehehe*) You are officially one of my new favourite reviewers and I believe you should become and Acolyte *trumpet fanfare* Enjoy your power and I hope you like this chapter (I'm not so sure about it it's been a while and I feel somewhat rusty)

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~We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment~

~Jim Rohn, Business Philosopher, 1930 – Present Day~

The skin pealed away from her arm as though it was the skin of an apple being cut away to suit the tastes of the scientists that were now experimenting on her. They had been fascinated by her power since she had been taken, always poking around in her brain or messing with her skin, one freak even went on to investigate her stomach believing that she somehow digested the power that she absorbed. But she didn't pay any attention to it at al,l her attention was zoned in on the man in the business suit, he was always there, whenever she was being examined, he always watched and Rogue got the feeling that he was somehow in charge of this torture and so always fixed him with the Patented Rogue Death Glare, something that had once made Sabertooth quake in his fur (she had proof). But this an was never affected at all, in fact he always returned her look with one of patronising disgust and soon he was watching the skin being removed once again with morbid fascination.

The pain soon became too much, but she couldn't let them know Gawde (God) girl get it together think about some thing else… your conversation with Remy yesterday…come on you can do it.

*~FLASHBACK~*

"Bonne journee, chere" called the Swamp Rat as soon as she had been returned to his cell. She was exhausted but his smooth voice that could melt butter on an ice-drift always gave her energy and a feeling of security and well being, which was some feet considering where they were.

"Is it really a good day Remy?" Was her energy drained reply, they had been hard on her that day and she wanted to sleep, to let the darkness take her and fool herself that she was back home in her room and not stuck in some god forsaken concrete cell in the middle of who knows where.

"Any day I can hear your belle voice is a good day chere" flirted Remy shamelessly, he always knew how to bring her back from the self pitying abyss that she seemed so eager to fling herself into, and this knowledge plus the cheesy one liner caused her to chuckle, she could have sworn she heard a sigh of contentment drift over from the other side of the wall…or was that just the aftermath of today's tests fraying her senses.

"You say somthang Swamp Rat?"

"Nut'in' chere just considerin' today's question" So it really had been nothing after all, why was her stomach all in knots, it wasn't as though she'd been expecting him to profess his love for her or anything! "I t'ink dat seein' as you be knowing how I got caught, dat I should know how you got caught."

"Ah rahght (All right) Swamp rat…Well I told you about mah power, how Ah can't touch people without knockin' them out, well there's a doctor at the mansion an he wanted to try and help me control it through experiments, don't think I'll be able to continue when we get outta here, anyways I'd had a really bad day, I'd managed to get my control up to 1 minute but I couldn't get past it and had past out a couple o' times, I decided to blow off some steam by checking out the new record store with Kitty but she blew me off at the last minute to go on a date with her boyfriend Lance."


"de kid you used to live with? Dat was wrong of her chere."

"No, she loves him n' it means that she's not here with me o' worse dead, she shouldn't have to be dragged down by me."

"Chere, you could never drag anyone down, n' if you did they should consider themselves lucky to have merely been in the presence of such a special being as you, you have turned this hell into something bearable n' I've never even met you." His words caused my heart to flutter, but he was just saying those things right? Like he said he's never met me, then again he didn't have to say it so if he didn't mean it why bother?.........why do you care, Rogue? What's the point of over analysing the situation? Get a grip girl!

"Stop with the lines Swamp rat"

"With you they're never lines chere"

"Can ah geet back to da story now or do you want to just keep flirtin' at the wall"

"Je suis tres desole chere, continue"

"good, anyways, ah went out anyway cause ah just couldn't stand the mansion anymore, ah felt trapped and like an outcast at the same time, trapped 'cause ah had nowhere else to go 'cause anywheres else ah'd be dangerous and could hurt somebody and lahke an outcast 'cause ah was surrounded by so many people who could control their powers, who were better than me, who weren't useless. At the tahme I was pissed I stormed out and even though ah'd understood that Kitty wanted to spend tahme with the guy she loved ah resented her for it, 'cause ah'd never had and might never have that. Ah jus' walked screaming inside hating mahself, the professor, Logan and the X-men because if ah hated them then it didn't hurt 'cause they didn't mean anything, if ah hated them ah wasn't lonely because they weren't part of me, ah don't think ah'm explaining it very well but it makes sense to me and really that's all that mattered at the tahme. It had been a long time, starting to get dark so ah thought ah'd head back and ah'd cooled down enough to be able to go back into the house without punching someone, ah'd still need a bit o' time on the roof though, ah was thinking about how ah'd sneak up there without letting anyone know ah was there when a huge shadow fell across me, ah looked up 'cause it had been clear all day and there was a Sentinal, ah didn't even have tahme to turn to run it grabbed me an then ah woke up here, kicking and screaming."

"Your story's a lot better than mine Roguey" Quipped the Cajun, obviously trying to lighten the mood

"What did you jus' call me Swamp rat?"

"Er…Roguey?"

"If you ever call me that again so help me I'll convince the guards to do a once over on you 'cause Ah can't really do it mahself at the moment…." She replied vehemently only Kurt could call her that, even though she protested when he called her it aswell, it was just too vivid a reminder of home and everything that she missed there, especially after just talking about the day she had been taken and how she wished that she could have left everything on better terms, maybe that was why they weren't coming to get her………NO! I forbid you to think like that! They are coming they're just having a bit of trouble finding you, I mean this is a government run operation, they gotta know how to cover their tracks.

"Again, je suis desole chere, I prefer chere anyway, it describes you better because you are dear to me"

Rogue snorted "Do you research these lines on the internet or something or do they just come to you because the stench of cheese is starting to make me nauseous"

"*gasp* there is no cheese chere, how could you say such a hurtful thing, you wound me" she could almost imagine him clutching at his heart and falling to the ground in mock hurt when said this.

"Ah wish Cajun" She couldn't help but reply, she loved that he could lighten her spirits even when in the blackest of despair or self-loathing he could pull her out and have her rolling in fits of laughter within minutes.

"Really chere? You want to hurt Remy? Ah t'ought you loved me?" she almost choked when he came ut with that but couldn't comprehend why? Probably the disgust at Remy referring to himself in the third person. He would do this occasionally and Rogue couldn't stand it, if you're going to speak at least do it properly.

"Whatever Swamp rat…can Ah ask mah question now?"

"Ask away mon chere"

"What was it lahke to live on the streets? You don't have to answer if yah don't want to ah was just wondering…"

"It's fine Rogue, I like that you asked, it's good to share these things with someone, hein? It was hard, ah live with a gang called Fagan's Mob but it wasn't really livin' there was always someone bigger n' stronger to take from you, to use you, life hasn't really changed much, huh chere? But they were scared of me, called me le Diable Blanc 'cause of mah eyes n' ah hated it so ah learned to hide in plain sight, tobe able to have a whole conversation with someone, have them comepletely trust me and never once have to look them in the eyes, ah hate them still, ah always brace myself for the running and the screaming and now, now they're what's causin' me pain, if it wasn't for them maybe…" He paused and with it Rogue could hear his soul call out to her with all his hopes, regrets and fears. With that one pause Remy told Rogue more than what a thousand words could. He blamed how he looked for why his parents had left him, how his father used him and why he thought he didn't deserve to be loved. These pauses were frequent whenever Remy was answering one of Rogue's questions but she never pushed him to carry on for they always told her what he wanted to say anyway and if he really wanted to tell her how he felt he would. That's what their relat…friendship was all about. Remy carried on with his answer. "There was an unwritten rule within the gang, as soon as you weren't useful you weren't welcome, so that's what each day became, a struggle to remain inconspicuous and useful at the same time. You were starving half the time and the other half sick from the terrible food that you did get. It was not living and ah thank God everyday for sending mon pere to rescue me."

"You're special too Remy, to be able to survive that and turn out as good as you are, ah'm honoured to know you too even if it's in these circumstances, ah wouldn't change a thing."

"Me neither chere, me neither"

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