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Truth Be Told...

"I really hate him." Rogue stated the obvious as she glared at Trask from the other side of the glass.

He was currently in a medical room as Storm and Hank did a quick patch job on him, much to the dislike of Rogue. Storm had insisted she needed to ask Trask a few questions and that was the only reason she was keeping him alive.

"Why though?" Logan asked, leaving with his back against the glass, not caring to see what Storm and Hank were doing.

"Don't you listen to anything I say?" Rogue asked in disdain. She had given Logan a hard look but now turned to continue glaring at Trask. "He ruined my life!"

"Well, he did say you chose to go with him." Logan pointed out lightly, highly aware Rogue would start yelling at him.

As he predicted, she rounded on him. "That's not even half of it!" She screeched. "Besides he tricked me! He... He told what he was going to do, but he did the opposite! And then when I tried to get out of it, he wouldn't let me leave."

"Rogue... Marie..." Logan sighed. "I'm really trying to pay attention to what you're saying-"

"But you have better things to do." Rogue snarled.

"But you're not making any sense." He finished as though he hadn't been interrupted.

Rogue looked at him and blinked a few times, then looked back at Trask. Just then the doors opened and Hank and Storm came out.

"So?" Rogue asked, talking in a weird tone. A cross between hate, impatience and carelessness.

"So what?" Storm snapped then clamped a hand on Rogue shoulder, turning her around and steering her down the hall. "I have questions for you. And this time, you're going to answer!" She said, sounding more fierce than she had ever sounded.

Hank and Logan followed beside Rogue down the hall, who was still being pushed by Storm.

Rogue's eyes widened in panic. "Do I have to?" She whimpered.

"Yes." Storm said, trying to sound kinder. "Rogue, you've had weeks now. You've been crying everywhere you go. Then suddenly you try to kill this guy we've never seen before..." She trailed off for a minute but continued. "But clearly you've met him. And I want to know who he is and what he did to you."

"And we want to know who James is!" Kitty and came running down the hall, Peter and Bobby hot on her heels.

"In the War Room." Storm instructed.

The three teenagers did just that, and were joined seconds later by the three adults and Rogue.

"Sit." Storm commanded and pointed to a chair at the end of the table.

Rogue literally flopped into it with a bored look on her face.

"Now, tell us what happened?" Storm implored as she took a seat as well.

Rogue sat in her chair, looking at everyone in turn as though trying to remember who they were. When she opened her mouth to speak, it wasn't at all what they expected to hear. "Where's Warren?"

Kitty let out a sigh and sweat dropped.

"Right here." Warren came in and took the closest available seat. "Sorry. I was patching up my arm." He showed his arm which was wrapped in bandages.

"Okay, now that everyone's here, you can begin." Storm said.

Rogue sighed and looked up at the ceiling with a far off look on her face.

Everyone waited with baited breath as the minutes ticked by and she continued to gaze at the ceiling.

Then she began talking, but it was in a far off voice, as though she was talking to herself. "Whoever said 'you don't know what you've got till it's gone' was-" Rogue cut herself off.

Right. Logan thought. Everyone who says that always says right. He could tell everyone else was thinking the same thing.

Rogue lowered her gaze to look at the everyone. "Wrong." She finished, much to everyone's shock. "He was wrong." She repeated. She blinked a few times. "I knew what I had, before it was gone. And that's why it hurts so much." She sighed and looked to close to crying.

"Please explain." Storm said softly.

Rogue sighed. "I guess you guys deserve the whole story." She sighed again, closing her eyes. She had them closed for a few seconds as though trying to draw courage. "Okay, so it started a month ago while I was in line for the cure. I um..." She paused. "I met someone..."


A/N: I'm sorry! I didn't mean to make a cliffhanger, but I wanted the meeting to be in it's own chapter. So here's the deal: The next few chapters are going to be about Rogue cause she's going to be telling the story, and at times the others will ask questions or make comments. Okay? Kay! Review please!!!! byeeee