A/N: Sorry for being so late betweens posts, but dance started back up as did most of my tv shows, and I'm super busy with school, so it might be longer between posts (Sorry.) As always, the setup for this story was inspired by ARogueGambit7 's 'Mutant High: Revolutionary'. Please review! :-)
Season One, Episode Ten
Earthshaker
In the Mansion
"I-what?" Ororo stuttered. She was surprised to see the young girl, she had made her point quite clear when she left. "What is going on?"
"Ah-something happened, and ah realized," Rogue swallowed. "Ah made a mistake. Ah can understand that if you don' want me, ah literally joined the enemy, but-"
"Are you okay?" Jean asked, moving to put her arm on Rogue's arm, but she flinched away more than usual.
"Somethin' just happened. Ah don' wanna talk about it," she mumbled. "Can ah come back or not?"
"Rogue?" Logan asked, walking into the kitchen. Rogue looked down, ashamed.
"Logan. Ah-ah'm sorry for what ah said. Ah didn't mean what ah said, ah was just angry that y'all lied to me about Mystique. But ah shouldn't of just left. All ah did was make things worse," she wouldn't meet his eyes, and her face was red with shame.
You don't belong here! Carol seethed inside her head, louder than usual, and Rogue felt the urge to look behind her. You're a killer. Look what you did to me. You took everything. Rogue pressed Carol even more tight against the back of her mind.
Suddenly she was engulfed in a hug. Logan had never been the sentimental type, but Rogue was glad to see that he, who was like a father to her and certainly better than her mother, had at least forgiven her. "Glad to see you cleared your head, kid."
Rogue hugged him back, smiling a little. She was still shaking from having an entire conscious shoved into her mind, and her muscles were pulsing strangely, which was probably an after effect of what happened with Ms. Marvel, but knowing that he didn't hate her, when he probably should have, helped things all the same.
Theme Music: Bet My Life, Imagine Dragons
Wolverine: Hugh Jackman
Rogue: Anna Paquin
Shadowcat: Ellen Page
Professor X: Patrick Stewart
Gambit: Taylor Kitsch
Jubilee: Julia Ling
Nightcrawler: Kodi Smit-Mcphee
Jean Grey: Famke Janssen
Cyclops: James Marsden
Storm: Halle Berry
Iceman: Shawn Ashmore
Colossus: Enver Gjokaj
*Phantom: Colin Morgan (young)
*Bolt: Dylan Sprouse
*Shatter: Hailee Steinfeld
Guest Starring:
Colin Ford as Avalanche
In the Girl's Hallway
"What's today's date?" Jubilee asked suddenly, stopping in the middle of the hallway.
"I think it's...the thirtieth," Kitty counted on her fingers. "Yeah."
Jubilee looked to the door just to the left of her. "It's been a week since the whole thingy with Rin. And Regina hasn't left her room once."
Kitty sighed. "You're right. This is going to far," she walked over to the door, knocking on it gently. "Regina? Are you in there?" she phased her head in through the door. Regina was lying on her bed, headphones on her ears and the curtains drawn. Sheet music was scattered on the floor of her room, and she was facing away from the door. "Regina?" Kitty, repeated, louder.
Regina turned towards the door, looking at Kitty. Standing up, she ripped off her headphones and turned to the young mutant. "If I wasn't answering, that means I want to be left alone."
"Regina, you can't stay alone in here for this long. We can talk about this," Kitty started.
"I said get OUT!" Regina shouted, and suddenly some unknown force shoved Kitty back through the door and the mirror on Regina's wall cracked.
"Since when could she do that?" Kitty asked as she looked to Jubilee. "She literally pushed me through the door, and she was on the bed."
"I don't know. Maybe it's more of her powers coming in?" Jubilee suggested.
"Yeah, maybe. I mean, her power is basically breaking stuff, so she probably sends mental forces out to shatter things. So when her emotions are all, like, screwed up like this, her mental blasts are pushing other objects, too. Not just glass," Kitty reasoned. "Kinda cool, when you think about it. If she learned to control it enough, she could, like, be a telekinetic."
"I think that we should, like, talk to the Professor about her," Jubilee announced. "I know she's upset, we all are, but that isn't a reason to, like, lock herself away."
Kitty nodded, about to speak when suddenly Bobby ran up to them from the other end of the hall. "Rogue's back!" he exclaimed, breathless.
"What?" Jubilee's mouth dropped open. "Where is she?"
"In the Professor's office," Bobby responded "Apparently she showed up about an hour ago, and asked to come back. I only saw her for a second before she disappeared into the Professor's office."
"Did you, like, talk to her?" Kitty asked in a rushed voice, already moving down to the stairs to wait for her to leave the Professor's office.
"No. She wouldn't even meet my eyes. She looked like she fell off a cliff or something," Bobby shrugged. "I don't think I would know what to say, I mean-are we still mad at her? She did leave us for the Brotherhood."
"Yeah…" Jubilee chewed her lip. "I don't know. I mean...I kinda am, but I sort of understand why she left. But still, she didn't even say goodbye. What do you think?" she asked Kitty.
"We haven't even talked to her yet. I think that we should, like, probably wait to judge whether or not we're mad at her," Kitty suggested.
"I think that you're right," Bobby agreed. "Let's go see what she's been up to."
Commercial Break
In Regina's room
Regina listened to the three other mutants walking away, pulling her headphones over her ears again, disappearing into her music.
Nightingale by Demi Lovato plays over next few scenes
Stupid, stupid girl. Images of the bloodshed that she'd seen that night flashed across her mind, and she opened her eyes, focusing on the ceiling design instead. To everyone else, they thought that she was overreacting, that she only was this upset because they were roommates. They didn't know, nothing. They didn't know about the whispered conversations in the dead of the night, about how Rin would comfort Regina when she woke up with a cold sweat as memories of her family and all of that shit came flooding back at her.
They didn't know about that and so much more. So many other secrets that Regina would never tell anyone.
*Flashback*
Regina stormed into the Mansion, tears streaming down her face. "Professor!" she screamed out into the air. "Professor, where are you?"
"Regina, what happened?" he asked, rolling in from his office. "Are you okay?"
"There was this-this killing spree in the Morlock tunnels! Rin, she was hurt-" Regina choked back a sob. "They took her in the ambulance but once we got to the hospital they said that I couldn't go in with them because I was underage and I needed to call a parent or guardian but I didn't know her parents number-" Regina took a deep breath before continuing. "And my phone died so I ran back here and I just-" cracks spread across the windows on the door. "I don't know what to do!"
"I see," he folded his hands, thinking it through. "I think that it would be best if you went in your room and went to bed. It's getting late. I am going to the hospital to work things out with the doctors and see what's going on, and I'll also need to alert her parents. I promise that tomorrow we can go see her."
"TOMORROW?" the glass completely broke away. "I'm not going to leave her alone there for that long. Let me come with you, please, just-"
"Regina, I know you're upset, but you have to stay here," now his voice was more ordering, and Regina realized that she had no other choice but to stay there.
In the Hospital
"This is her room," the Professor stopped right outside Rin's hospital room with Regina. "Be careful. She's still being monitored closely. She's still asleep right now, she might not want any visitors."
"Whatever. I know, just let me- let me see her," Regina opened the door, going into Rin's room.
The young girl had a tube thing under her nose, as well as several other machines attached. The heart monitor beeped steadily, and Rin's eyes fluttered, opening as she saw Regina. Smiling, she pushed herself weakly up to a sitting position. Regina noted that there was a blood bag attached to her arm. They'd given her a transfusion. "Regina!" she exclaimed. "I was worried when you weren't here when I woke up. I can't remember much about what happened, they keep asking me what I remember but I don't know!"
"It's okay," Regina assured her. "I had to get the Professor and he wouldn't let me go see you until now."
Just as she said that, the Professor wheeled in to the hospital room. "Regina, could you give Miss Conair and I a moment alone?"
Regina started to argue, but looked at Rin for a moment, who was smiling assuredly. "It's not like I'm going anywhere," she shrugged helplessly.
"Okay. But I'll be right back," Regina stepped right outside the door, going to the vending machine to get a pack of gum. She stopped outside the door, watching Rin's expression from outside. Rin looked sad, but she was nodding along with whatever the Professor was saying. When the Professor headed out towards the door, Regina stepped out of his way. Once he'd cleared through the door frame, she moved to go back in there, but the Professor stopped her.
"Regina, can we speak for a moment before you go back in there?" he asked in a gentle voice.
"What is it?" she asked, worried.
"Earlier I spoke to her doctors. She's doing as good as can be expected, but there's still a lot of danger," he started.
"So? I know her, she's pulled through worse," Regina argued.
"Yes, I know. And I believe that she will get better in time, too," the Professor sighed. "She will be going in for surgery tomorrow-"
"Surgery?!" Regina shouted. "Why the hell would she need surgery?"
"During the attack she shattered a rib. They'll be fixing that up. There is risk-" Regina looked as if she was going to interrupt, but he pressed on. "But no more than any other surgery."
"So why are you acting so-like that?" Regina didn't understand. What was going on?
"She won't be having the surgery here," was she going to come back to the Med Lab? "They're moving her tonight to a hospital in Orange Beach, Alabama. One close to her home."
"What are you saying?" Regina's voice shook, and the windows began to crack.
"She won't be coming back to the Mansion. Her parents were...upset with the number of accidents she had been in since arriving and believe that we're just putting her in more danger. Once she leaves...none of us are to have contact with her again," the Professor explained sadly. Now Regina understood why he was so upset, not just because of Rin's condition, but because he always hated failing students.
"Can I...can I say goodbye?" Regina asked, her eyes wet.
"Of course," the Professor nodded.
Regina stepped into the hospital room slowly, not wanting to let loose all of the emotions bundled up inside of her and destroy the hospital. "The Professor told me what's going on."
"Kind of upsetting. I'm trying to stay positive about it. I have friends there, I guess…" Rin twiddled her fingers. "And I miss my parents, so I'll get to see them."
"So? You have more friends here. We'd all miss you if you left. Tell your parents that you don't want to go!" Regina exclaimed.
"They wouldn't listen to me. I don't really have another choice. Besides, I'm not in the position to argue," Rin shrugged, looking upset.
"You're not a fighter like that. You do good, but not...not like that," Regina bit her lip.
"I guess that I'll always be the damsel in distress. But that's okay. Where I'm going… I won't need to be that much of a fighter," Rin looked like she was clinging onto the little bit of hope that she had, but not very well.
"Maybe one day, when we're older…" Regina almost stopped herself, but then continued. "We could continue. Where we left off. But until then…"
Rin nodded. "Yeah. I know what you're saying."
The Professor wheeled in again, this time with a nurse. "Girls, I am afraid that it's time to break up this goodbye. They need to start preparing Rin to be moved."
"Bye," Rin smiled softly.
"Adios," Regina said, looking down as she left.
*End of Flashback*
Regina would never know what happened to her. Maybe Rin had died in surgery. Maybe she was going home, adjusting herself into her old life again. Regina had tried to call her but Rin's parents hung up. At this point, she wasn't even angry anymore. She just felt empty, and Regina wasn't even sure why.
Commercial Break
In the Professor's Office
"And Mystique forced me to absorb her," Rogue concluded softly. "Ah really don't want ta talk 'bout it."
"Thank you Rogue," the Professor had tried to do a brief scan of her mind to see whether or not her intentions were good, but her mind was so cluttered-even more so than usual-he couldn't get anything from her. "I do believe that you are being honest, but I hope you can understand the decision that I have to make here."
Rogue nodded sadly, biting her lip. If he's smart then he'll kick you out, murderer, Carol seethed. "Ah know what you're tryin' to say. Ah completely agree if ya' wanna kick me out, ah did betray everyone."
"No, Rogue, I would never turn away a mutant in need. You'll be on probation for two weeks, but after that it will be as if you never left. Provided that you hold up you end of the deal," the Professor assured her.
"Thank you," Rogue smiled.
The Professor paused for a moment before asking her what he wanted to. "Rogue, I sense that there's something that you aren't telling me. I understand if you don't want to, but sometimes it's healthier to tell someone than keeping it in."
"Nothin'," Rogue shrugged. "Ah'm alright."
The Professor could tell she was lying, but just nodded along. "If you insist. I believe that some of your friends are awaiting you outside, you may go."
A new rush of nervousness ran through her at the thought of facing them. She couldn't face Bobby when she first went into the Office, she knew that they would hate her. She hated her. As soon as she stepped out the door, she was bombarded by Jubilee, Kitty, and Bobby.
"Rogue!" Jubilee smiled brightly. "You're back!"
"What happened?" Kitty asked curiously. "Why did you change your mind?"
"Ah-" Oh nothing, I just killed someone and I wanted to come so I wouldn't have to think about the fact that I stole someone's life like the leech I am, Carol replied sadistically inside her head. "The Brotherhood was horrible. Ah didn't realize what they were like, what horrible things they did. My mother-Mystique, she didn't even care for me. Just mah powers."
Kitty realized then that she completely forgave her friend. She just wanted her family. Even if she, like, completely went the wrong way to get it. "I, like, get it. I mean, you shouldn't have left like that, and that was, like, a completely horrible idea, but I get it," Rogue looked down in shame. Kitty gently put a hand on her arm. "Hey, it's okay. Just remember that you don't have to go over there to find your family. We're your family."
Jubilee pulled Rogue and Kitty into a hug, being careful not to touch her skin, all the while Bobby watched from the side, awkward. "Rogue," a cajun voice spoke from the side. "You're back."
Rogue pulled away from her two friends. "Gambit. Long time no see," she smiled a little bit, but in all honesty, she had absolutely no idea what to say. Luckily-or maybe not so much-she was spared anything else when someone equally as annoying and cocky walked through the door.
"Hello Kitty-cat," Lance winked at Kitty. "Didja miss me?"
Commercial Break
"Lance?" Kitty exclaimed, her eyes widening. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, the Brotherhood is being more aggravating than usual, and I figured that if Rogue could walk out of there and into here, why can't I?" Lance smiled, knocking on the Professor's door. "Guess I'll have to talk to him first. Then you can show me to my room."
"Lance…" Kitty started, suspicious. "Why are you really here? The X-Men is a lot different than the Brotherhood."
"Yeah, yeah, I know. You guys are good, we're not, blah blah blah. And you guys are less inclined towards injuring people to get what you want. Aside from that, I think I can manage," he winked at Kitty again before disappearing into the Professor's office.
"Well that just happened," Bobby spoke at last.
Jean walked down the hall, intending to speak to the Professor about Lance, whom she'd just sensed come into the Mansion, but instead was greeted by a flock of students waiting by the door. "Guys!" Jean exclaimed. "What are you doing out here?"
"Nothin'," Rogue shrugged. "Ah was just leavin' from talkin' to the Professor and Lance walked in."
"Alright," Jean glanced at the door for a moment. "Why don't you guys go and get ready for bed? You have school and an early morning Danger Room session tomorrow."
"I don't know which one sounds worse," Bobby laughed as he headed back to his room. "I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow. Bright and early."
"Bright and early," Rogue hadn't forgotten about the Danger Room sessions-they were very hard to-but that didn't mean that they were something that she had looked forward to before she left. But now...her muscles still had a weird tingly feeling, and she was itching to use them. Kitty and Jubilee waved goodnight, disappearing up the hall and into their rooms to take a shower, leaving Rogue alone with Gambit.
"So ya couldn't stay away," Gambit smiled at Rogue. "Should'a known dat Gambit's charms were workin' better dan you were lettin' on."
"In yer dreams," Rogue smirked. "Didja miss me?"
"Was a lot more borin' 'round 'ere withoutcha. Do have to admit dat," Gambit nodded. "Not dat dis place ever don' have excitement goin' on."
"Aww cajun, ah'm touched," replied Rogue sarcastically.
"Anytime, chère," his lowered ever so slightly, causing blush to rise to Rogue's cheeks.
"Good lord, and here ah had nearly forgotten about that little hobby of yours," Rogue chuckled to herself as she slowly headed to her room, Gambit following behind.
"So…" Gambit trailed off for a second. "What did make you leave da Brotherhood?"
Rogue froze for a second. Go on, tell him. Tell him that your mommy made you a murderer so you came running back to the people who you abandoned. Carol whispered in her mind. "Ah-uh-" Rogue swallowed. "It's a long story. Lots of little things."
Gambit noticed her pause, but he didn't push. The last thing that he wanted was an angry southern girl plotting his demise. "Alright den, your choice," then he added. "But if ya ever wanna talk 'bout it-"
"Ah know," Rogue nodded. "Night, Gambit," she said, closing the door to her old room. Inside, she noticed with sentiment that they had kept most of her stuff the same. For emotional reasons or because they hadn't gotten around to cleaning it out, it still felt good to know that they hadn't forgotten her. She stripped to pajamas and literally jumped onto the bed-don't judge, the Brotherhood beds weren't nearly as comfortable-and was surprised when it bent down under her weight a lot more than it should have. If anything Rogue should've been lighter-the food was never as filling there-but it creaked under her. Shrugging, Rogue put it to the back of her mind, trying to fall asleep.
In Kitty's Room
Kitty had finally fallen asleep, despite part of her wanting to stay up and text, but the peaceful slumber didn't last for long. There was a knocking at her door, quiet at first, but then it grew louder when she didn't answer. Finally she stood up, half asleep still, and phased her head through the door. "Who is it?" she grumbled, then her eyes opened a little wider when she saw Lance. "Lance? What are you doing here?"
"Well, the Professor said that I could stay, so I'm finding my room," he grinned.
Kitty looked at her alarm clock, then back to him. "At one o'clock in the morning? You got here at eight. What have you been doing these past four hours?"
"Technically it's twelve forty-eight. And I was exploring. So where do I get to sleep?" Lance asked.
"Not in here! This is the girl's wing!" Kitty dragged him out of her room and out into the hall. "How about this-I'll, like, take you to the boys wing, where you'll probably share a room with Kurt."
"Actually," Lance corrected her. "The Professor said that I'm on 'probation' for now and I'd be staying in a guest bedroom."
"Did he?" Kitty raised an eyebrow. "Alright. Then I'll, like, take you to the guest rooms."
"It's nice here," Lance commented.
"Yeah, I like it," Kitty nodded.
"Certainly better than the Brotherhood. I can see why Rogue made such a big fuss about it being clean, she has high standards," Lance nodded appreciatively.
"Where were you before this?" Kitty asked. "I mean, like, before the Brotherhood."
Lance shifted his weight uncomfortably. "It depends. I was in Foster homes for a while, and the most recent one before this was in Chicago."
"I remember that," exclaimed Kitty. "You went to my school. You and your friends were always selling test answers and vandalizing the lockers."
"Yeah," he laughed. "It was fun there. I mean, school still sucked, it's school, but it was fun knowing that you could do pretty much whatever you wanted and get away with it."
They arrived at the guest rooms in an uncomfortable silence. "Welp…" Kitty trailed off. "Here it is."
"Thanks," he said, switching the duffle bag that Kitty hadn't noticed to his other shoulder. "See ya in training, Kitty-cat."
A smirk fell upon Kitty's face as she imagined him at training the next day. With Logan. She laughed, then disappeared back into her room.
In Matt's room
Matt snuck out once he was sure that Daniel was asleep. Not that it was hard, the other boy was a really heavy sleeper. Heading down into the kitchen he looked through the leftovers of that night's dinner. Lots of people were wondering why Rin's...leaving affected Regina more than him. It's not that it didn't affect him, but he and Regina had different ways of showing it. Regina was more dramatic, and she chose to wallow in her sorrows. Matt, on the other hand, had just locked them away. He knew that Rin would be safer far away from the Mansion. He had protected her while he could, just like promised himself he would, but in the end he agreed with Rin's parents more than anyone else. She seemed to have a knack for getting into trouble here, and it was just safer for her if she didn't come back.
But he would still miss her. The place seemed...gloomy without her.
Finally he settled on just having an apple-the other students always ate all of the dinner without having any leftovers-and dropped it in shock when it rotted in his hand, falling to the floor.
"Shadow?" he asked, looking around. "Where are you?"
This time, she didn't reply. He turned back to pick up the apple and throw it away-it really was disgusting-when he noticed that all of them were rotten. And they didn't look normal, either. They looked black, there was no trace of color left.
Putting the apple in the trash, Matt looked around the kitchen one last time before heading back up to his room empty handed.
Commercial Break
In the Danger Room
Around six thirty in the morning, everyone was lined up and ready for the morning Danger Room session. Well, super tired, but they were there, and that's what counted.
Lance was shocked at the fact that he had to wake up that early. "It's unhealthy!" he exclaimed to Kitty, who was slowly but surely making her way to Piotr and Jubilee. "I need my rest."
"No one can argue with that," Kitty agreed. "You need, like, all the beauty sleep that you can get."
"Haha. Pick on the new guy. I see how it is," said Lance sarcastically.
"Pick on the new guy is one of my favorite games," Logan replied, causing all of the class to look in his direction. "I've got my eye on you, Alvers," he growled.
"I just want to be a part of the team. You let her back on the team without giving her a hard time," he said, pointing to Rogue. "Why am I any different?"
Rogue glared at him, about to open her mouth and say some very unladylike words, but Logan answered first. "Because she earned our trust first. Everyone do five laps around the room before we get started."
They all collectively groaned, but started running none the less. Once the five laps were over, they all bent over on their knees, panting, except for Gambit, Piotr, and surprisingly, Rogue. Her muscles still felt tingly, but it was better working them off.
"That wasn't so bad," Lance reasoned.
"Is that a challenge?" Logan narrowed his eyes, a gleeful look on his face.
"Um…" Lance looked to Kitty and Jubilee, who were sighing in defeat already.
"Today's session is to not die," Logan stated boldly.
"What?" Kitty squeaked.
"Don't worry, you won't actually be in danger. The simulation is set so you'll just get a little shock when you would've died. Watch each other's back. Try to take out the simulation. Those who don't last the session will get dish duty tonight after dinner," he smiled again. "Let's get this going."
He left the gymnasium like room, heading up to the control panel. "Should I be afraid?" Lance asked.
"Very," Kitty nodded as the electricity whirred and the simulation started up.
It started easy. Small guns that shot at them, easily taken out with a few cards courtesy of Gambit. Then it got harder. Rocks were launched at them from the ground, which Lance was able to take out, and Jubilee and Gambit managed to combine their forces to take out some of the guns that were up on the edges. When the Danger Room started throwing small boulders, that's when it became a problem.
Kitty was able to phase herself and anyone nearby through most of them, but she couldn't do everyone. The Danger Room was set up so it adjusted to your strengths and weaknesses. So the longer you were in it, the harder it got. As soon as it became obvious that the boulders were the hardest part, it launched more.
"Dis seems more like a 'throw everything in sight' plan den an actual plan!" Gambit noted as he ran out of cards and switched to his bo staff.
"Ah have to agree with the Cajun," Rogue nodded. "What's their motive?" the more she fought, the stronger she felt. She had figured that the night before's unaccounted for strength was from Ms. Marvel, but usually by now it was all worn out, or at least hard to access. But it felt as strong as ever, which was starting to worry her.
"Maybe we should split into groups?" Piotr suggested. "One of us can go and take out the larger snipers while the other of us can protect from the smaller guns?"
Everyone exchanged quick glances, then nodded collectively. "Seems like as good of a plan as any."
Kitty and Jubilee teamed up, with Kitty phasing them through and Jubilee blowing up the rocks. Piotr and Bobby worked together, Piotr smashing the rocks in the way and Bobby taking out the larger snipers. Gambit charged smaller rocks around him, blowing up the rocks around him as Kurt teleported to them to the actual guns, Gambit blowing them up. Matt and Daniel were working interestingly, Daniel taking out the guns and Matt...not really doing much aside from pointing out when a boulder was about to fall on him.
"Kitty!" Rogue yelled suddenly. A very large boulder was falling towards her, and before she could even think to phase through it, Rogue had launched herself at her, catching the boulder like it weighed nothing and throwing it across the room. Everyone stared at her for a moment, the training session forgotten, until Kitty finally said something.
"Rogue...how did you do that? Throw it like that? And, like, how did you get over here so fast?" she asked.
Rogue looked at Kitty, then at everyone else. "Ah dunno...ah-" suddenly she stopped clutching her head and falling to her knees. She let out a bloodcurdling scream as everyone rushed over to see what was wrong and Logan stopped the training session.
"Chère!" Gambit exclaimed, bending down to her level. "Can you hear me?"
For a second her eyes opened, but something was different, it didn't see like her. Like someone else had grabbed ahold of the steering wheel. Then they closed again as Rogue clutched her head, a rush of memories flooding in.
It was Carol. Rogue knew it. She finally had broken free from the tiny little prison in her mind. Rogue tried to push her back hopelessly, but it didn't work. She was going to have to ask the Professor for help. Which meant explaining everything, telling them how she had become everything she'd always promised herself that she wouldn't be. And they would very well kick her out. Well, it was time to pay the piper.
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In Jubilee's room
Bittersweet Tragedy by Melanie Martinez plays until End Credits
"And here things were calming down. I should've known that it wouldn't last," Jubilee laughed nervously.
"Yeah. It's like, when it's calm it feels weird," Kitty agreed. "Hey, can I, like, ask you a question?"
"Sure!" Jubilee scooted over to where Kitty was sitting. "What's up?"
"What do you think about Lance?" she asked, biting her lip.
"What do you mean?" Jubilee asked, considering this. "I mean, he's a bit of a bad boy, and I don't think that he's going to stay here for much longer. This doesn't really seem like his sort of thing."
"Yeah," Kitty nodded. "Do you, like, think that he's good looking?"
"A little bit, I suppose," Jubilee answered. "OHMYGOD!" she exclaimed all of a sudden. "You have a crush on him, don't you?"
Kitty blushed deep red. "No! Of course not. I'm, like, with Piotr, who is super sweet and awesome. I was just, like, wondering about your opinion."
"I think that you should stay with Piotr," she said earnestly. "Lance will probably leave by the end of the week, and Piotr really cares for you. All of you."
"All...of me?" Kitty asked.
"You know, your personality. Not just your...feminine parts," Jubilee giggled.
"You're right," Kitty nodded. "I'm with Piotr. I don't even know why I'm giving Lance a second thought. Thanks, Jubilee."
"Anytime, chica," Jubilee hugged her.
"So, what's the deal with Rogue?" Kitty asked. "I, like, tried to go and see her, but the Professor said that she was just having some problems with her powers and that he was going to help her. Do you think it has something to do with her time with Mystique?"
Jubilee shrugged. "Maybe. She won't even talk about what she had to do with her. I guess we won't know until the Professor or Rogue tells us."
"Yeah. But after Rogue's all good, you know what we need to do?" Kitty spoke with a mischievous glint in her eyes.
"What?" Jubilee's eyes soon shared the glint as all the excitement of whatever caught on to her.
"We need to set up Rogue and Gambit. This whole secretly, or well, like, not so secretly in Gambit's case, pining for each other thing is getting a little bit ridiculous," Kitty rubbed her hands together.
"You, are one hundred percent right, chica," Jubilee replied.
Outside Jubilee's room
Lance leaned against the wall, mulling over what he had just heard. He was going to bother Kitty again, but he had heard her in this room and couldn't resist overhearing their conversation. So Rogue didn't tell them about her time with Ms. Marvel...this would be interesting. But not nearly as interesting as what Kitty had said. She found him attractive. Even if she wasn't going to admit it, she did. That, Lance decided, he could work with.
End Credits
Promo for next episode, 'Ms. Marvel':
While the Professor helps Rogue battle Ms. Marvel in her mind, Matt finally discovers the full extent of Shadow's secrets.