The aftermath
48 hours after the wedding
Jean and Kitty Got up fairly early they were both hungry and decided to head down together and beat the morning rush along the way they ran into May.
"I take it your both hungry?" May asked
"Like how could you tell?"
"Come on ill whip you up some eggs and bacon" May offered and Jean and Kitty accepted without argument.
They entered into the kitchen and May began to cook, the three girls were just salivating at the sweet smells of May's cooking. Once may was finished she served them their breakfasts and began to eat a few moments later Rogue came sauntering in wearing only her robe and slippers. She walked right to the fridge and grabbed some orange juice and poured it into a glass. All three of the ladies noticed how her hair was messed, her make-up gone, the distant look on her face, and wide smile she had from ear to ear.
"Rogue what are you doing here?" Jean asked
"Hmm?" she replied
"I said what are you doing here?"
"Oh getting some food and OJ someone clean out our fridge the other day so we have nothing in the house." She said dreamily
"No I mean weren't you supposed to leave for your honeymoon?"
"Not till tomorrow" she said still lost in dreamland.
"Ok um, where is Peter?" May asked
"Oh he's sleeping right now he hasn't been to bed since the wedding so Ah let him get some sleep"
"Rogue that was like two days ago"
"Um Hmm I Know"
"Like what have you two been doing for the last two days?" Kitty wondered
Then a mischievous smile formed across Rogue's lips as she took a drink of her orange juice and Kitty noticed.
"Never mind I don't want to know"
"Is Peter ok?" May asked with concern
"Oh he is fine; in fact I think he's better than fine, in fact I think he is amazing." As Rogue said that she became breathless and her head went back into the clouds.
"In fact I think I should go wake him and bring him some breakfast in bed" she reached in to the fridge once more and pulled out a large bucket of whip cream and began to walk back to her house.
"Is that like all your gonna take?" Kitty inquired
"It's all that Ah need right now" Rogue then stepped back into the hallway and then remembered to do something. "Oh by the way, thank you so very much all of you"
"For what?" they all asked together.
"For your shower gifts especially you May it has made a whole world of difference."
Rogue went over and hugged May so hard May swore she heard a few old bone snap back into place.
"Now if you will excuse me, I have to go wake up my husband." And she sauntered off back to her house.
"Like where does she get all that energy?" Kitty puzzled
"And that strength, I swear she is getting stronger" May threw out there as well as she rotated her shoulder.
Somewhere in New York
Gambit was walking the streets trying to get his mind off the last 2 days. For some reason he had this really bad feeling in his gut and he knew it wasn't something he ate more like something was eating him. It started happening at her wedding after Logan knocked him out and everyone was trying to figure out what happened Remy made a discreet exit when he could he knew there would be questions but he just couldn't face her. After everything he did before and after the break up with her he knew she would never forgive him so rather than be a fifth wheel at the wedding he decided it was best to just leave and avoid the madness. He was walking along this alley way and it had begun to rain but Remy didn't care he was about to find someplace to stay when he heard a girl shout he looked in front of him and saw 5 men surrounding a girl. She was feisty Remy had to give her that he managed to knock one of them down but he knew she needed help. He reached into his jacket and grabbed his Bo and ran over to her aid.
"I think the Lady has made her point clear and she hasn't well then me be the one to remind you."
He extended his staff and took out one of his cards and he took a fighting stance when one of them tried to jump him from behind Remy quickly countered knocking the man to the ground then two more tried to take him. Remy just swung his staff around real quick and struck both men in the face and they fell to the ground holding their heads one of the thugs saw how quick this guy was and decided discretion was the better part of valour and ran off. The final guy drew a knife and grabbed the girl and held it to her throat.
"That was good I have to admit not many people can knock my guys around like that. Now she and I are gonna leave your gonna stay right there and she won't get hurt you understand me."
"Mon Amie I am afraid I cannot comply with your request" Gambit charged up his card and threw it at the man. The card then exploded inches from his face knocking her free. As the man grabbed his eyes he was knocked out by a quick blow to the head. Remy went over to the girl to see if she was ok. He looked at her and he did not expect to see such a pretty lady.
"Are you alright Mon Cherie?"
"Yes I am fine thank you but how did you do that?"
"Where I come from you have to smarter than the average thug"
"No I mean that explosion, it was like charged with energy" the Girl looked into his eyes and noticed they were red circled by black. "Oh you're a mutant aren't you?"
Gambit was about to run when he suddenly felt that she was not a threat.
"Oh don't worry my best friend is married to a mutant they are fine with me"
"What be your name Cherie?"
"Mary Jane Watson and what's yours?"
"My Name be Remy Lebeau but my friends call me Gambit my card." he handed her a jack of spades
"It's a pleasure to meet you but I think we should get out of the rain, do you have anywhere to go"
"Not at this moment."
"Come on my apartment is just this way; it's the least I could do after you just saved me and it will give you a chance to get out of those wet clothes." Mary Jane said that with just a little sultry hint to it.
"Gambit cannot turn down an offer like that. Lead the way."
With that the too took off toward MJ's apartment.
Undisclosed location
Stryker was fuming mad not only had his assault been completely ruined it turned out that it was a trap for him set up by mystique. Not only had she fooled him she escaped her cell got to his computer room erased all his files and destroyed the hard drives not to mention setting his base to self-destruct. Which he barely got out of alive, all of his research gone, his plans down the tube, and his life's work has gone to pot. He had nothing except the blood sample of the young man who married his Anna. He took out his phone and dialed Essex.
"Hello Dr. Essex I have a new project in mind get your lab ready it's time we started manufacturing."
Back at the mansion
Peter stumbled in to Kurt's room hoping to hide from Rogue for a little while before they left for Niagara fall for their honeymoon. The had originally wanted to go to Belize but with Rogue being pregnant they thought it best for her not to fly. Peter managed to get to Kurt's bed and then collapsed.
"Vhat happened to you Mein Brother?"
"Your sister happened, since the wedding I have had 45 minutes of sleep that was three days ago."
"Vhat have you two been doing?" as soon as Kurt asked that he knew he didn't want an answer.
"Never mind"
"I swear I don't know where she is getting the energy it's like she absorbed some kind of nuclear reactor and she is in meltdown." Then a thought came to Peter what if it is not Rogue what if it was something else. He sent out a mental call for the professor to have Rogue meet Hank and himself in the medical bay as soon as possible.
"Kurt I need a favor." Peter looked at the furry mutant across from him
"Vhat can I do?"
"Teleport me to the med bay I can't seem to find the strength to walk right now"
Kurt chuckled and did as he was asked. He teleported Peter directly onto one of the beds and he waited for the others to arrive. Hank was first when he saw Peter he thought he looked absolutely horrible, Peter said he was fine just exhausted from a lot of extended workouts and not enough sleep. Hank caught on real quick as to what Peter was saying and decided not to push. He did prescribe some high energy foods and drinks for him so he didn't become too run down. The Professor and Rogue followed shortly as with hank they thought he was the one who was sick but hank told them he was fine.
"The reason I asked all of you here was that lately I have been noticing that Rogue has had quite a bit of extra energy lately, as a matter of fact I don't think she has slept more than a few minutes in the last three days. At first I thought it was just 'excitement' at being married but then I started to think what if what Rogue was experiencing was actually the baby."
"What do you mean?" Hank asked
"Well I would like withhold my theory until we do a full work up on the baby" Peter said
"Alright then let's get to work" Hank began his assessment of the mother and baby he took blood samples from Rogue and started to analyze them then he went to get his ultrasound machine to check how the baby was developing. The ultrasound came back that the baby was alive and appeared to be in good health. Hank was finished with the ultrasound then came back with the results of the blood test and aside from Rogues Potassium being unusually high there was nothing wrong with her physically.
"Ok, now I want an honest answer Rogue how are you feeling" Peter asked bluntly
"Ah feel great better than Ah have in years"
"What about your mind" Peter asked
Rogue was confused by that question but then she realized that the minds of those she's absorbed were unusually quiet they were still there but not as strong.
"Professor would you do a scan on Rogue to just kind of take a peak and see if everything in there is still locked up properly." Peter asked cryptically
"With Rogues Permission of course I will" Rogue allowed the professor to walk through her mind. He began to nose around until he got to the proverbial mental prison that Rogue had placed in her mind. The professor was walking along and took a look at the images of the personalities stored there. The Professor took a look inside and found almost all of the personalities Rogue had absorbed were showing signs of weakness it was like they were being absorbed from Rogues mind themselves. Charles left Rogues mind and returned to his body.
"It seems you were Right Peter the energies of the mutants she has absorbed have become weak and less powerful how did you come to this conclusion."
"After the wedding Rogue filled me in on what happened with her and the housekeeping cart at the hotel during her party. She also described to me that kept getting this feeling of danger buzzing around in the back of her head the more I thought about it I realized she was describing my spider sense and the way she dodge both of them was like when I use my agility, then I have also noticed that her strength has increased as well as her.. cough, cough…. stamina" Hank and the professor blushed a little as they caught what Peter was saying. Hank decided to run one more test that he had been experimenting with and took EKG pads and placed them on Rouges stomach and attached the leads to a machine that hank was developing and turned it on and was surprised when the wavelengths on the display were showing two distinct patterns.
"Curious" Hank started to punch some keys on his console and after a while he came to conclusion.
"My Oh my, well Peter, it seems your hypothesis is correct your child is a mutant but what's interesting is that its powers have already begun to manifest it seems to have at least 2 distinct powers attributed to both mother and father. Such as Peter's spider-sense and agility as well as his strength and from Rogue"
"She has my ability to absorb other people."
"Yes, it seems during the time when you weren't wearing your nullifier bracelet after you became pregnant your body began to absorb the fetus, like we already discussed, what we didn't expect was that when your body did this it forced a mutation of your babies DNA and it's powers have manifested inside the womb but the fetus was very weak from the attack so it started to find other sources of energy to replace what it had lost and it found it inside your body where you store the powers and memories of those you have absorbed."
The professor spoke next.
"I don't think she has absorbed the personalities of those you have absorbed those are still there and intact they have just been weakened I believe the baby has just taken their life energies and quite possibly there powers to some extent. In light of this new development I suggest you put your honeymoon plans on hold."
"I agree" Hank stated
"Alright if my baby is danger Ah want to be near someone who can help" Rogue reluctantly agreed
"Professor as much of a medical professional as I am I don't believe it to be prudent for me to continue to be Rogues OB/GYN, I recommend we send for Moira, have her arrive to lend a hand and her expertise plus Rogue may feel more comfortable with a female when it's time to deliver. Is that ok with you Rogue"
"Ah'll trust you Hank if you think that's best."
"Alright I will make the call to Moira and we will begin to set up the medical bay for your delivery in the mean time I suggest you start thinking about names for the baby." The professor turned around and rolled out of the med bay.
"You know he's right we haven't thought about names for the baby" Peter said to his wife
"Actually I have lately I have been getting this feeling much like I knew she is going to be a girl and the name Piper has been coming to mind." Rogue Offered
"You know I kind of like that and it works for both male and Female. Hank start a file for the baby put their name as Piper Parker, middle name to follow.
"As you wish" Hank replied
"Oh did you take video of the ultrasound Hank" Rogue asked
"It's being recorded as we speak I figured you would want to show everyone"
"Thank you" they both replied.
The young couple sat on the bed just taking the moment to let the last few moments sink in. Peter was just glad to have a chance to recover he may have the stamina of an Olympic athlete but he still needed rest especially after the last few days.
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AN: I am holding a poll as to what the middle name should be send me a pm or tell me in a review I look forward to your answers everyone thank you