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Quite The Lie
"You gave us all quite the scare kid."Rogue was aware of someone talking to her. She recognized the voice of Logan without opening her eyes.
Even so, she opened them, blinking a few times as a bright white light as she stared up at the light on the ceiling. Once her eyes adjusted, her eyes took in the surrounding walls and recognized the whiteness of the medical wing.
Her whole body ached as she turned her head to the side to see Logan standing in the doorway. Beside him was Jubilee. A little closer to Rogue, was the blue guy Hank.
Hank turned to look at her and grinned slightly. "So you're little Miss Rogue?"
Rogue began to sit up slowly, hissing in pain as her sides screamed with pain, as did the rest of her body.
Hank's eyes widened as he rushed forward to push her back down lightly. "I wouldn't be doing that right now."
"Why not?!" Rogue snapped, knowing very well everyone could see the fire in her eyes. I'm going to kill Carol! She screamed in her head.
Just to defy Hank and everyone else, she pushed his arm away and sat upright, legs swinging over the edge of the table. "I'm fine!" She snapped.
Hank blinked. "That would be impressive if it weren't for the fact I already did a scan on you and know you aren't going anywhere that's out of my sight until you've made a full recovery." He picked up a clipboard and slipped on a pair of glasses. "Let's see, you have a mild concussion, broken ribs and countless numbers of bruises and cuts." He pulled his glasses off and set his clipboard down. "Lucky for you, Carol was there."
Rogue blinked and the fire in her eyes returned. "Excuse me?" She asked in a low, menacing voice.
Hank either didn't notice or ignored the anger in her voice. "Carol caught you halfway down the stairs, and in doing so, probably saved your life. She said you tripped down the stairs."
That dirty little bi- Rogue's thoughts were cut off.
"So perhaps for the time being you rest here. I know you probably want to find her and thank her, but I implore you not to go running off."
Yah. Running off on a murder streak with only one target! "Maybe tomorrow we can get her down here to visit you." Hank finished.
A question popped into Rogue's head. "How long have I been out for?"
"About a day and a half." Logan was the one that answered, coming fully into the room.
Jubilee kind of pushed past him and grabbed Rogue into a tight bear hug. "Rogue! You scared me and Kitty so much. When Carol first told us she made it sound like you were dying!"
Rogue couldn't help the look of distain that crawled over her face. Of course she would. Anything to make her look like a big hero. "Bitch!" Rogue couldn't help but spit out in anger, glaring at the floor.
Jubilee pulled Rogue back and her, Hank and Logan stared at Rogue with wide, confused eyes.
Rogue looked up and saw them looking at her in confusion. "What?!" She snapped, not at all sounding happy.
"What do you mean what?" Logan asked. "You just said bi-"
"Mr. Logan I will not tolerate that language." Hank said in an authoritative tone. "And I will not tolerate it coming from my patient's mouth either." He said giving Rogue a stern look.
Jubilee's eyes suddenly popped out of her head. "Oh... My...God..."
Rogue looked at Logan and Hank. "Can you leave us alone for a second?" She asked.
The second the door snapped shut, Jubilee was practically on top of Rogue, shaking her like crazy. "Why-didn't-you-say-something?!" She hissed out, shaking Rogue harder, seething.
"Jubilee stop!" Rogue said then let out a shriek of pain. "My ribs are broken you idiot!" She screamed.
Jubilee jumped back.
"Fuck! You're almost as bad as Carol!" The words were out of Rogue's mouth before she realized what she was saying. She clamped a hand over her mouth, but the damage was done.
"I...knew...it..." Jubilee seethed, a fire Rogue had never seen before in her eyes. "Carol's been hurting you and you never said anything?! What's wrong with you?!"
"Nothing Jubilee!" She said, feeling the need to defend herself. "I thought I could handle it-"
Jubilee cut her off and scoffed. "Yah, handle yourself against an invulnerable woman. Tah! I don't think so!"
"Look Jubilee, it's not that big of a deal, okay? She just said some kind of mean things-"
"Punished you for coughing, push you down some stairs." Jubilee was ticking them off her fingers as though they were having a regular conversation. "What else? Oh yah! Pushed a few times, when you LIED and told me all you did was fall while talking to Bobby!" Her face was red in anger.
"I don't need this!" Rogue yelled. "I don't need you yelling and lecturing me! I've been fine up until now, obviously it's not that big of a deal."
"Yah, Rogue, but now it is a big deal." Jubilee said, and Rogue was shocked to hear it being said in a scared tone. "She tried to kill you the other day."
"Who says she was trying to kill me?" Rogue asked, though she was surprised Jubilee had figured it out.
"Pushing someone down a flight of stairs can cause severe injury. I mean, we're talking two flights of stairs. And notice you haven't defied me yet." She sighed and hopped onto the table next to Rogue. "At least tell me how long this has been happening."
Rogue sighed too. "Since day one, though back then it was just insults." She then spoke quietly. "Don't tell anyone yet Jubilee."
"Why not?" Jubilee asked sharply.
"Because I asked you to and you're my best friend." She sighed "Look, it's fine. I'm taking care of it. I plan on talking to her and sorting this whole mess out." She looked back at Jubilee.
Jubilee hesitated before replying. "Okay, I won't say a word... for now. But Rogue, it's scary when she tries to do things like this and you almost die." She paused. "She ever does anything again, I'm going straight to Logan. You know he suspects it as much as I do and he won't try to prove me wrong. He'll believe me in a heartbeat and see Carol's thrown out the front door on her butt."
This image caused Rogue to grin slightly. After a few seconds it fell and both girls sighed.
Their was a knock and Hank appeared. "Is it safe to come back and treat my patient?"
"Oh, yah!" Jubilee hopped off the table.
"Good." Hank smiled.
Rogue grabbed Jubilee's wrist and pulled her back, whispering so Hank wouldn't hear. "Did Bobby come see me?" She asked.
Jubilee's eyes glowed with sympathy and she shook her head. "No." Her eyes then turned to anger. "Carol was feeling terrible about the fact you nearly died and she didn't rescue you in time. He was comforting her."
Rogue's hand dropped and she let go of Jubilee, who then turned and walked out.
Hank turned back around with a needle in his hand, obviously with the intent to draw some blood for examining, though why he didn't just do it while she was still out of it beat her. However, before he could move in her direction, Logan had pushed past him and was touching Rogue's face.
"He said to wait until you woke up before I loaned you my powers." He said in an amused voice. When his knees shook he finally let go, stumbling a bit.
Hank grabbed him by the arm and led him to a chair.
Rogue felt the power course through her and felt the pain in her ribs disappear. She hopped off the table when she saw Hank approaching her with a needle.
"I'm fine, thanks, bye!" She said hastily and sped out of the room.
Hank stood dumbfounded for a minute, needle in his frozen hand.
Logan explained. "I'm deathly terrified of needles."
"I see. So she absorbed your fear?"
"Yup." And my concerns. Logan thought, hearing her footsteps rush up the nearest staircase.
A/N: Kind of a weird chapter... but we are THAT much closer to Rogue kicking Carol bitchy little ass... oops, did I say that out loud? -gives fake innocent smile- Ah, who cares, everyone reading this hates her anyways. So yah... next chapter will come... soonish. I've started it but it's not done yet. Review and until then... Byee!!