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Tailing a Friend

Storm was in front of the small group tailing Rogue. She was still in sight but barely. She was little more then a speck of black against the blue skies. They flew over the torch of the statue of liberty.

Jean had her hands to her temples. "Maybe I can enter her mind and make her stop?" She suggested.

Storm nodded. "Do it." She said. Jean closed her eyes but kept flying at the same speed. After a while she put her hands to her side and opened her eyes. Ahead of them Rogue stopped flying. They were floating over the lake by the statue of liberty.

She turned around and stared at them, red eyes flashing. "Stay out of my head!" She yelled. Then she let out an ear piercing scream. Storm, Warren and Jean covered their ears as Siryn's sonic scream echoed across the lake.

Rogue stopped as unexpectedly as she had started. Taking this to her advantage she zoomed away, white wings flapping quickly in her haste. Angel quickly gave chase, Storm right behind him.

Jean hesitated before following. "We won't be able to keep up with her for long. She's going to speed ahead." She yelled above the wind rushing in their ears.

Warren had his wings stretched out to their limits. "We can keep up for as long as we can." He yelled back.

Storm spoke up. "Perhaps the Professor knows where she's going and can contact us telepathically?" She said and they continued after the ever shrinking black dot.

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No one dared speak. Xavier looked deep in thought, his eyes staring, unblinking at the table. The minutes ticked by at an excruciatingly slow pace.

Finally Logan slammed a fist on the table, startling the Professor out of his day-dream like appearance. "What the fuck happened back there?" He growled.

"Logan!" Scott yelled, annoyed at the man's impatience and lack of respect.

Xavier took a deep breath before starting his speech. "Well, it would appear Mystique was right about the Irene's prophecy."

Once again Logan and Laura looked pissed off. "What prophecy?!" They yelled.

Danielle spoke up. "You told us there was a prophecy, but you never told us what it was." She pointed out.

Xavier sighed. "This was the prophecy: An enemy will soon awaken. He shall use one to gain power. The fate of this one is death. Four will disappear and become his loyal followers. These four will cause destruction. The strongest will survive, the weak shall perish and mutants will rule the world, under his command."

A silence followed and then Tabitha spoke. "That's it? Man, I thought it'd be something weird and hard to understand and we'd have to figure it out using clues and stuff." She said.

X-23 rolled her eyes. "Well, be thankful it's pretty much spelled out for us." She growled at the blonde girl.

Betsy interrupted. "Well the first bit has already happened. Or is happening." She muttered.

Kurt was shocked. "How do you mean?" He asked.

"Well, the first part was about Apocalypse using one mutant to gain his power. Looking at it now, the prophecy meant Rogue." Betsy thought of another thing. "Which means she's on her way to Tibet to set free Apocalypse and give him his power. Then he'll be on the loose, and he'll be in search of his horsemen, and then-"

She was cut off by Remy. "And then the end of the prophecy will be true. Merde!" He cursed in French.

Kitty looked around wildly. "What do you mean? Rogue wouldn't let loose a mutant like that!" She said, fear in her voice.

Xavier bowed his head with shame before looking at the team. "Late last night, she went into everyone's room and absorbed us all. That's why we slept in. She was under somebody's else's control, she isn't doing this of her own free will." He told the group.

Logan and Remy looked furious. "You knew and you didn't tell us?" Logan growled. "You didn't bother telling us that Rogue was being possessed?" His claws popped out.

Remy stood up. "Fuck you, old man!" He hissed and he stormed out of the room. Nobody said anything.

Jubilee sounded tearful when she spoke. "So what's going to happen to her now Professor?" She asked.

Xavier seemed in deep thought. "Well, after she's given Apocalypse his power, he won't have further use of her, so he'll probably just kill her."

The table started floating off the ground. "Kill her?!" Wanda screeched. "She was in danger the whole time and you didn't say shit?!" She growled.

"Shut up!" Kitty screamed. "She's can't die! No! She won't die!" Kitty covered her ears with her hands. John rolled his eyes as Peter pulled Kitty into a comforting hug.

Scott directed his attention to the Professor. "So what do we do now?" He asked in a mad voice.

Xavier seemed lost in thought. Betsy looked at him. "Professor? Maybe we should contact Jean? They might be able to bring Rogue home." She said. When Xavier didn't answer she took it upon herself to contact Jean.

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Jean?

Jean stopped flying and floated in the air. Yah?

Storm stopped fly and Warren stopped too, his wings flapping so he remained suspended in the air. "Jean?" They asked in unison. Warren looked over his shoulder anxious. "She's getting away." He said nervously.

Jean! Rogue is going to Tibet. Remember the prophecy. The beginning was: An enemy will soon awaken. He shall use one to gain power. His source of power is Rogue.

Oh my God! Are you sure?

Do you think I'd kid about something like this?! No! She's going to Tibet and you have to hurry up. The Professor says that after he'll probably just kill her off.

Okay thanks Betsy! She felt Betsy leave. "We have to get to Tibet!" She said, flying again, except at a much quicker speed.

"Why Tibet?" Warren asked, his speed matching Jean's easily.

"Because that's where Apocalypse is. She's the power source he's going to use to gain his power. We have to get there fast. The others believe that he'll just kill her when he's done with her." Jean said quickly. She looked straight ahead willing the ground to appear again.

Storm nodded her head and the three fell into silence again. After flying for a while a shape appeared in the distance. Warren spoke first. "That can't be land! We're too far away!" He yelled.

As they got closer she noticed it was Rogue again, hovering in the air. She looked annoyed, her red eyes flashing with hostility. "Leave me alone!" She yelled. The clouds over head rumbled.

"Storm?" Jean looked over at her friend.

Storm shook her head, a look of fear coming across her face. "It's not me!" She replied, looking over at the other two.

Tornados started to appear in the air. Millions of them everywhere. They all touched the water and the wind picked up. Rogue flew away from the trio.

Jean looked around. "She's trying to stop us. She's trying to block our way!" She yelled.

Angel looked over at Ororo. "Can't you stop them?" He asked s a hurricane drew closer to them.

She raised her shoulders. "I don't know. I can try." As if in response the one moving towards them slowly thinned out into nothing.

Jean shook her head. "There isn't enough time! We just have to go right through." Jean took a breath for courage and flew through the storm, dodging the hurricanes. Storm looked terrified but took after a moment a look of determination crossed her face and she flew after Jean.

Angel stayed in the air, flapping his wings a look of indecision on his face. "What the hell." He muttered chasing Jean and Storm. After a minute he caught up.

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Betsy lowered her hands from her temples and looked at the group. "So Jean knows." She said quietly, looking lost for words.

The group sat around silently, nobody talking but nobody wanting to be the first to get up and leave. Xavier still looked to be in his trance.

Scott stood up. "Meeting over." He left the room and the tension in the room subsided.

Xavier who still looked deep in thought rolled out of the room. Betsy sat tapping her fingernails on the table. After a minute she put her hands on her temples.

Danielle stood up slowly. "I'll go make dinner." She said quietly. "Anyone want to help?" She asked slowly.

Kitty jumped up at the thought, glad for a distraction. "Sure! I need a tutor for cooking class anyways." She said, grabbing Jubilee's arm on her way out.

Laura raised an eyebrow. "Tutor?"

Peter moaned and slumped in his seat. "You've obviously never tried her muffins."

Bobby's head hit the table. "Muffins? Try jaw breaker." He gave a short laugh.

Wanda stood up. "If you geeks don't mind I'm going to go do my homework." Before she left the room they heard her mumble 'yuck!' under her breath.

A/N: Okay, it took a little more than 10 minutes to get up, but it's here so be happy! XD