Hopeless Chapter 10: The Outback, a x-men: evolution fanfic

AN: The last chapter took ten pages. I can't believe I wanted to keep going after it, but I needed to stop sometime. Don't mind the language, sometimes people get frustrated. R&R. :D

Chapter 10: The Outback

"There's a phone box in the diner, ay?"

"Thanks." Rogue walked back over to the others. "There's a phone in the diner, ah'm gonna call the professor."

"Do you have any money you're not telling us about?"

"Ah'm callin collect X."

"You can do that?" Rogue walked away from them into the diner.

There was oak wainscoting and picnic blanket pattern wallpaper. It was a small restaurant maybe a dozen tables and half a dozen customers. She eyed the phone on the wall by the bathroom doors which read 'Blokes & Sheila's'. (Men &Women)

She picked up the receiver and presses 0.

"Operator, can I help ya?"

"Um... hi. Can ah make a collect call ta New York?"

"Wow, that's cooee. (far away) Can they afford it?"

"Yeah, they can, please it's an emergency."

"What's the numba?"

Rogue stood there and the woman connected the call.

Prring...

"Xavier institute of mental illness Ray speaking."

"Kitty! What are you doing?"

"Well, I like have to finish a 20 page paper on Redundant Arrays of independent Disks."

"What?"

"On categories of disk drives that employ two or more drives in combination for fault tolerance and performance."

The look on Lances face said more than his words. "Huh?"

"It's about computer disk drives. It isn't that hard to like understand, want me to explain?"

"No! Kitty, we have a date."

"I am totally sorry, I can't. This paper is due on Monday and my professor is such a total douche, he won't let me slide, he'll just fail me."

"Come on Kitty, I haven't seen ya in two weeks. Just cause you're in college..."

"What are you trying to say Lance?!"

"It's like you're to good to go on a date with me."

"What are you talking about? That isn't tru..."

"Oh please Kitty. You being apart of the geek squad... You're not who you used to be."

"Lance... a lot's happened."

"Yeah, I know... losing a best friend isn't something that's easy. You've become obsessed about it. You need to face it Kitty, Rogue's dead."

The rage filled Kitty's tiny frame. Her boyfriend... Lance. He wanted her to give up on her best friend, the only one who encouraged Kitty to take a chance with Lance. He knew it, Rogue used to cover for them when Kitty would sneak out to the brotherhood boarding house. She would lie for them and he wanted her to give up.

"Get the hell out NOW!"

"Kitty?"

"No! Get out!"

"Come on."

"Get out of here now! I can't believe you! Get out!"

"Half pint, what's the problem?"

"Get him out!"

"Kitty?!"

"I don't" she sniffed trying to breathe. Holding back the tears for her friend and losing her first love. "I don't want to see your stupid face again. Get out!"

Lance was in shock. "Kitty, please. What..."

"Get out!" The tears fell. Her heart ached. How could he say that? Why? Lance!

As Wolverine pulled Lance out to the front door, Kitty collapsed onto the couch.

Her tears stained the material and Kitty felt like she was dieing. She's alive... She's alive. She's A... L... I...V... E... She has to be!

Kurt walked into the living room with Jean.

"Kitty!?" They were alarmed. They'd never seen her so upset.

"Stupid Lance." She said not picking her head up from the couch cushion.

"What did he cancel your date?"

"No, I broke up with him."

"Why, what happened?"

"Jean... I so don't wanna talk about it. Can you just go away?"

"Sure Kitty. Come on Kurt."

Jean and Kurt walked into the kitchen and saw Scott. "Hey, sweetie."

"Hey, Scotty."

"Hi, Kurt. Don't call me that."

"Okay scooter."

"That neither!"

Prring...

"Xavier institute of mental illness, Ray speaking."

"R....a...." The phone signal broke up.

"Hello?"

"Ra... ge... prof... t's ro..." (Ray get the professor, it's Rogue)

"YO! Hello... "

"Sh...t R...y!" (shit, Ray)

"What's wrong?"

"The stupid phone keeps breakin up. Ah need ta find another one."

"Good luck."

"Stop bein like that X. We'll find a phone."

"Sure, sure."

Rogue walked up to the man at the counter. "Excuse me, ah need ta find another phone, that one keeps breakin up."

"Look here Shelia, we're in Hobart. Jus go over to the cafe, ya probly gonna find a phone box there."

"Thank you." Rogue rushed out of the diner and headed into the cafe. There were people everywhere in this place. They obviously had a neighborhood following.

"Hey there Shelia, nice do." A young handsome man mentioned.

She walked past him into the crowded area where the 'Phone Box' was. People turned and looked, they whispered and they pointed. Rogue wanted to turn and knock each and every one of them out, but for now she needed to get in communication with her family... her people.

"Aw, come on Pam! Bloody acrimony, I wasn't with that Shelia. No. That little ankle-biter ain't mine. (baby) Gawd! No, never. Not with a banana-bender. (someone from Queensland) Pammy, Pammy love... Okay, I'll meet ya at the boozer tanight. Love ya."

He hung up the phone and turned to see Rogue. He looked her head to toe and winked. "Hey there love."

"Can ya move, ah need the phone."

"Sure Shelia. I'll move." He just walked over to her side.

"Ah'm gonna make a private call, if ya don't mind."

"No, I don't. Ya want a cup a joe?"

"No jus go away."

"Why?"

"Cause if ya don't you'll end up bein thrown through the front window." She growled out the words. She was tired, frustrated and hungry; why didn't people just look away.

He got the hint and walked away. X and Ben smiled, they finally began to see some fight was left in her and it was good.

"He wanted to buy you some coffee?" Ben said with a bit of a chuckle.

"Shut up." She picked up the receiver and dialed 0.

"Operator."

"Ah'd like ta make a collect call to New York, the U.S."

"One moment please." She heard clicking on the other end. "What's the numba?..."

Prring...

...Prring...

"Xavier Institute?"

"Hello, put the professor on."

"Who is this?"

"Put the fuckin professor on, now!"

"Yikes, okay." The noise from the other end of the phone was muffled. "Professor, someone on the phone for you."

"Who is it?"

"Donno."

"Hello this is Charles Xavier?"

"Prof..."

"Get down!"

BOOM!

"Hello?!" There was alarm in his voice as he heard.

"Rogue, get up! We gotta run. Go!"

"X, I got the prof. Ah need ta tell em where..."

BOOM!

"Rogue?! If you're there answer me? HELLO!"

"…........." The phone line went dead.

"Professor, are you okay?"

"I... I think that was.......... Rogue." His worried face lined as he tried to ponder what had happened. Why had the phone gone dead. Was that really her. Was she okay?

"Hey Professor, Rahne said that someone yelled at her to put you on the phone. Who was it?"

"I... I think it was Rogue."

AN: So what'd ya think. I had to put in a curse or two, when I get frustrated I tend to curse a LOT, so why wouldn't Rogue and everyone else. Wonder what was behind all the noise in the outback??? R&R!!! :)