Who Is She?

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Chapter 8 : A Temporary Alliance

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Summary: When the thieves guild show up to revenge their badly hurt comrades they attack the one responsible. But Rogue cant handle them alone, she is growing weaker by the minute form all of the power she has used. So Interrupted from being able to talk Gambit and Rogue fight alongside each other to defeat the thieves guild. However there is a secret that Rogue is keeping and it may well cost her her life.

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So here is the next chapter of my story. I hope y'all like it and please let me know if there are a lot of grammar or tense errors in it and I will fix them.

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Thanks for all the story alerts and favourites. And even more thanks for the reviews:

cappsy : Thank yah for another review. I am glad I am keeping you hooked on my story and that you are enjoying it. Sorry about the grammatical errors, I decided that I will go back through my story and correct any mistakes when I have time, probably when I am coming up to the end of the story, lol. I really like making Rogue strong and the evil edge to her is fun too; she shouldn't be portrayed as weak like some people do. I also always wanted to have Rogue's power; it has its benefits even if it is like a curse. In this story I am making it so that she can control her power of absorbing quite well. I hope you like this next chapter; she is shown as a little weak here but still stronger than others are. Enjoy. ^__^

the-writing-vampire : Thanks for reviewing again, I always look forward to your reviews. I am going to try my best to stick to my chapter promise this week, I feel more happy because things are going well so far so that will motivate me. I am very happy that you are still hooked on my story. Unfortunately you will have to wait to hear what Remy was going to ask Rogue, I have dragged that on and keep having people interrupt them from talking to make people want to know more, lol. I can't wait to finally reveal the secrets of the playground and finally answer your other questions. I hope you like this chapter too, sorry it is rather short but I thought I should stop it before going in to Rogue's past, which is now in the next chapter. ^,.,^

Hbhorselover : Thanks for your review. I am glad that you like my story and I hope you will enjoy this chapter. And thank you for saying that my story is amazing, I don't think anyone has ever said that about my story before. :"]

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Disclaimer : I do not own the x-men

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As the x-men lay on the ground, some badly hurt and the others unconscious, Rogue stood over them, admiring her handy work. She may have been outnumbered but her training was a lot more extensive and her mission was personal.

That was when the mutant with unusual red on black eyes – Gambit with his vision blurry and swimming from the strong blow - struggled to stand up and staggered towards her with one hand cradling his ribs and the other waved at her, trying to tell her he wasn't going to harm her, he just wanted to talk. She was sure that he would get up for some time after those super strong hits of hers but obviously h was very stubborn, more than she had thought he would be. She watched as he spit out some blood and went back to staring at her, awaiting an answer to whether or not he could approach her. Now that he had found his angel he didn't want to let her go so easily.

She was pretty sure she knew this guy somehow and she trusted him unconditionally even though she had no idea why. So even though she was a little annoyed with him and even more frustrated with herself for being so easy on him she nodded her head and let him come close to her as she waited for him to speak now.

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They are just revelling in each other's mysterious presence and Gambit is about to talk when what Gambit had feared would happen, happened.

Suddenly more and more thieves started showing up until there had to be near a hundred surrounding them. As they haul away their fallen comrades who are still pretty much unconscious from earlier the badly beaten mutant is coming around and as he is being carried away for help he tells them that the girl is responsible, she is an evil mutant. At once the thieves guild study the scene and make out that everyone there is either hurt or unconscious except for the woman who is standing. They immediately get ready to fight her assuming that she will be tired and weak from her previous fights. For once the humans are right. Rogue is already tired and worn out form all the 'fun' she has had today so she barely manages to fend them off as they rush at her. Lucky for her, Gambit is still conscious and isn't too badly wounded so he is able to fight along side her, so he decides to help her with her permission first of course. For the first time in her life she gladly agrees for help. A few of the other not too badly hurt x-men are coming around too – Logan is the first of them up and he momentarily realised that there is a new threat to them all so after checking on Jean's condition he rushes over to help the girl and Gambit fight off these weird cloaked people who have appeared out of nowhere.

Now Rogue, Gambit and Wolverine are fighting back-to-back against the thieves and for once working very well as a team. They all attack the seemingly never-ending rush of thieves while Rogue also uses more of her power to create a defensive field around them so they can attack but not be hurt. Thanks to this it is a lot easier but their opponents are still arriving, more and more leaping at them from the shadows every second. These people are humans and while Wolverine is with the x-men he can't harm them to the extent of death so they are reduced to using hand-to-hand combat techniques instead of their powers.

Then Jean comes around, sitting up groggily and feeling rather bruised and stiff. She realises what is going on then and she studies her surroundings. Logan and Gambit are in the distance fighting alongside the Rogue it seems against an increasing number of mysterious cloaked people. She doesn't know what is going on but as she sees the others unconscious on the ground she realises what has happened and quickly scans her comrades for injuries. She tends to Scott and then feels a conscious presence and reads their mind, it is Colossus and she quickly sees the fight and what has happened since she has been down. Jean is surprised by the power of the Rogue but obviously a lot had changed and now they were fighting alongside the Rogue for some reason. She didn't question it, wanting to hope that the woman could be helped after all. So she walked over to Colossus and helped him up. He thanks her for the help and carefully tends to the unconscious Shadowcat, lowering her gently to the ground and kissing her head before joining Jean. They talk for a minute about what is going on and then go to help the others who seem to be in need of assistance as their new opponents attacked them mercilessly.

Wolverine notices Jean and Colossus running towards them and informs Gambit and Rogue that they need to protect them so that they can get in to the protective sphere made by Rogues power. So that is exactly what they do. They stop any of their opponents from attacking Jean and Colossus and finally, they are safely inside Rogues power bubble. Wolverine catches them up as he fights off more and more humans and lets them know what is going on. They have a temporary alliance with the Rogue while they have a mutual enemy – it seems that the men Rogue beat up earlier have a lot of friends -, however their opponents are human so they need to be careful when fighting them off. The Rogue has a protective sphere around them so they shouldn't get hurt but they need to help fight off these never ending waves of people.

So once they are caught up with the situation they join this new little group for the time being and Jean and Colossus help fight them off.

Suddenly Rogue feels very weak due to her power usage and as her barrier flickers she is hit in the leg with a dagger. She yelps in pain for a moment but instantly put the shield back up to full so that no one else would be hurt, she especially didn't want the red on black eyes mutant to be hurt. She pulled out the dagger from her leg and stuck it in her belt for later use. Normally her strength and near invulnerability would have protected her from being hurt, this showed just how weak she was becoming, but still she insisted on using her powers to defend the man to the right of her In particular. Gambit had seen her powers wavering and how she was impossibly been hurt, all the time they had been fighting the Rogue she had never once been hurt, not even a scratch but now she was even bleeding as she pulled out the dagger from her leg. He became instantly very angry and had the feeling that he must defend her no matter what. His skills greatly increased when he was angry and more motivated and not caring if he hurt the thieves too much now he started using his power to charge up cards and throw them at their opponents. The others didn't want to hurt the humans, well Rogue wasn't particularly bothered either but now Gambit didn't care for her excuses of attacking his angel, he wouldn't stand for it. But just as his attacks increased when he became angry he became less aware of things and became more easily susceptible to attacks. Rogues shield wavered for a moment again before she strengthened it again, gathering all her remaining power to help her. But in that time one of the thieves had gotten in a lucky shot at Gambit and threw a dagger at him. It hit him straight in the stomach – these people were obviously in for the kill – and he staggered back towards Rogue, falling to the ground at her feet, gasping in pain. He hadn't seen the attack coming because he had been too engulfed in the need to protect Rogue, usually he was more aware but when his emotions went out of control it was dangerous for others and himself. Rogue gasped as she saw him go down, the others had noticed too but she told them to keep fighting, that she would handle this. For some reason they obeyed her command and fought off the thieves with a new strength that seemed to be flowing from the Rogue in to them. From somewhere within her she managed to pull more power out, much more than she ever had before. She gave the other mutants a lot of power to fight and still managed to keep the shield up and at the same time she summoned forth one of the powers which she had absorbed. Rogue knelt down by Gambit, stroking his hair with one hand and whispering words of comfort as he started coughing up blood. With her mind she sent wave after wave of her psychic fear power at them making them see things that weren't actually there so they were basically being beaten up by their own minds, which created their worst fears for them to battle with. Meanwhile she was busy trying to help Gambit as she summoned all of the energy she had left and using her other hand that wasn't comforting him she pulled the dagger out and pressed it to his bleeding wound. Suddenly there was a glowing golden light and Gambit was beginning to feel much better. One of the powers she had absorbed and classed as useless was the ability to heal others but not herself. Within seconds his wound was healed and the warm glowing light ceased. He was instantly healed and full of power, more than he had ever had before. But Rogue on the other hand had used up a grave amount of energy by practically bringing him back from the brink of death and she felt so weak she couldn't stand anymore and just slumped over Gambit. He sat up and noticed the Rogue lying on him and looking very weak and pale so he pulled her up in to his arms as he stood. Using so much of her power had grave consequences; she would be lucky if it didn't kill her. Despite the power that Rogue possessed she had one weakness; if she uses it too much at one time then she herself is badly hurt by it, more so than the people she uses it on.

She can't deal with this amount of pressure on her mind and powers though so eventually her mind goes in to turmoil and it feels like it is on fire. She drops from Gambits hold on to the ground, crying out in pain although no one can understand what would be wrong with her; only she knows her biggest secret of all.

Gambit tries to help her but she swats him away afraid that her powers could hurt him. The others fend off the thieves with their newly acquired power as the shields are failing and Rogue's power is wearing off on the thieves. Meanwhile Gambit is desperately trying to help Rogue, he can't stand to see her in pain.

Just before she slips in to an unconscious state due to the such severe and intense pain of her power she feels warm arms wrapped around her, holding her up and someone calling her name too, but she couldn't fight it anymore and just as her world turned black her left over surged power lets out a blast, knocking everyone within a hundred metre radius of her harshly to the ground and sending some thrown back in to walls.

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That was chapter eight of 'Who Is She?' I hope it was okay and that y'all liked it.

Just like with my last chapter I wanted to update as soon as possible so I haven't checked it through as many times as usual.

This chapter is shorter than the last one, sorry, I am trying to make them longer.

Will Gambit ever get to talk to Rogue? Everything seems to be against them at the moment. :"]

Anyhoo I will be posting the next chapter up later, it will be focused on Rogue's memories so the x-men wont be in it much.

Thanks for reading and please review

…Anie