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Chapter Ten – Not so Weird
"Of course…"
Professor Xavier stroked his chin thoughtfully, his eyes calculating as they focused on Adélie and Rogue who sat before him. When Rogue had abruptly called his room in the middle of the night and asked if they call an immediate meeting between just the three of them, he had been anxious of her motives. But when Rogue had explained the situation fully, with additional comments from Adélie to support everything, things were put into shape. After a moment of drowning in his own thoughts, Charles shifted forward and folded his fingers together against the desk.
"This would explain your powers. You are a mutant, your genetic make-up and paternity explain it all, but you have more with your other abilities-"
"Uh, Professor, she's ten. Not a geneticist."
Charles blinked, his gaze turning from one shy smile to the other, before smiling feebly. He nodded but continued to talk.
"Aside from the technicalities, I believe this answers a few of my questions. The intensity I sensed after that small outburst you had in the medical wing, it was unlike any power I had ever come across -it fits rather well now that you've told me. I give my thanks to you Adélie, for being so forward."
Adélie smiled nervously in return to Charles's smile of thanks, but Rogue on the other hand, stared with a perplexed expression. She furrowed her brow as she spoke.
"Professor, do ya not fahnd this kinda…ah don't know, unbelievable? Ya always struck meh as the logic enforcer. Not that ah don't believe in Adélie here-"
She shifted her gaze to meet the girl's and gave a small smile of reassurance before turning back to the Professor.
"-But ya of all people, ah thought, would at least beh a lil' suspicious?"
Professor Xavier took a moment but nodded in accord to the question. He understood how impossible it sounded for Adélie to actually be a witch but, by logic, strange things had happened. Had they not witnessed the rise of an all powerful Lord Apocalypse? Was Agatha Harkness just guessing in her predictions? Or was Wanda just playing with a Magician's fireworks instead of hexes? Finally, after a few moments, he spoke.
"I am curious. Not suspicious. This is all very fascinating, however, if you would like to Adélie, would you care to explain how it is you…became a Witch?"
Rogue and the Professor shifted their gaze to Adélie who shifted a little uncomfortably under their stare. She bit down on her lower lip anxiously and remained silent. Rogue, taking notice of this, tried to reassure her.
"Ya don't have to sugah. Not if ya don't wanna. Maybe another tahme?"
Adélie stared at her mother for a moment but shook her head in disagreement before turning back to the Professor.
"Ah wasn't lahke other babies, -Mama always told meh dat. Said ah was jus' a lil' more special den most. Things happened 'round meh that no one could figure out. Some tahmes jus' outta the blue ah'd make a pot explode or make a- a chair fly! Mama an' mah Daddy used t' tell meh off when ah was lil' for breakin' de furniture an' stuff. But ah couldn't really control it so they didn't mahnd too much. Ah didn't jus' start bein' a witch. Ah always was a witch ah guess."
Rogue stared at her daughter in wonder and curiosity. When Adélie had explained what she was in their room, she hadn't believed it at first. But when the girl had raised and hand and made the photo album shut itself and move across the room to sit in its place on the book shelf, she hadn't been able to disagree that her daughter was a witch. Otherwise she knew no other name for it. Mutant, she was sure the girl was, but she was also something else entirely. She was special. But how was it possible? Rogue was broken out of her reverie by the sound of Professor Xavier's response.
"So I take it your mutant power is teleportation? You can disappear and reappear wherever you wish, yes?"
Adélie nodded amiably, her face lighting up unashamedly as she replied.
"Ah can make things ah touch disappear too- Mama says ah suck out the energy through touch jus' enough so that ah can control the thing ah'm holdin' on to. But if ah try dat on people it kinda make 'em dizzy. Lahke how mah Mama makes people dizzy an' tired when she touches 'em."
Adélie chuckled at the last part of her story. Rogue and the Professor exchanged widened eyed glances. The similarities between Adélie's power and Rogue's were there but not the exact extent. Rogue felt it hit home when she talked about the similarities but relief engulfed her that her daughter hadn't suffered from her powers like she had. She had been saved from that type of pain.
"And- and when did your mutant abilities manifest Adélie?"
Adélie furrowed her brow in confusion but was hinted along by her mother.
"When did ya mutant powers show up sugah?"
Adélie gave a thoughtful expression for a moment before replying.
"Last year. Mama an' Pa weren't too happy 'bout that. Said it was too early t' beh mutant-proofin' de house."
Professor Xavier and Rogue gave identical smiles of amusement but said nothing on the subject. The Professor shifted quickly to more recent issue.
"Adélie, when you appeared in the mansion in France, do you recall anything from that time? Anything at all?"
Adélie gave a sad shake of her head. The subject was still very tender on her memory. Charles nodded in understanding as Adélie began to yawn with tiredness. Charles took notice and turned to Rogue.
"I think we've gone through as much as we possibly can for the night. Why don't you two go off to bed? I believe Kitty was planning on taking you two clothes shopping tomorrow."
Rogue gave a groan of irritation as she hoisted herself onto her feet, causing Adélie to giggle slightly with amusement before following in tow. Rogue led the way but stopped at the door frame to turn around when she noticed Adélie did not follow. However, when she turned, she felt a tingle of warmth erupt in her belly. She watched Adélie walk behind the Professor's desk and wrapped her thin arms around Charles's shoulders and hugged him close before saying goodnight. Rogue smiled with amusement as Charles's face went from shock to an almost grandfather-like smile as he returned the gesture before telling Adélie to follow her mother. Adélie smiled at her mother as she moved to stand at her side, however, before they could leave, the Professor stopped them.
"Wait- I just remembered something. Rogue, could you stay a moment?"
Rogue and Adélie eyed each other before eying the Professor and turning back to face one another. Rogue raised a questioning brow towards the Professor, but when she turned to Adélie she put on a friendly smile as she spoke.
"Ya okay t' fahnd ya way back sugah?"
Adélie looked between Rogue and the Professor before nodding and stepping out of the room. However, before Rogue could walk back into the room, she called out from the hallway.
"Will ya come fahnd meh if ah get lost?"
Rogue chuckled but nodded and said she would. With that, Adélie walked off and Rogue walked back to her previous seat in front of the Professor. When she was comfortable, the Professor spoke. He kept a calm tone of voice but it was obviously full of curiosity.
"Has Adélie settled in alright?"
Rogue nodded with a small smile across her lips. She really had.
"Ah think so. Ah mean, it's still…weird an' all with the situation but, yeah…ah think so."
Charles gave a smile and nodded in understanding but continued to question, carefully.
"Has she mentioned her father at all?"
Rogue paled slightly, her heart making a skip of a few beats. Nonetheless replied in the calmest manner she could muster.
"No. She…hasn't. At least she hasn't said his name or told meh what he looks lahke. Jus' lil' things lahke 'what he told her' once an' things lahke that."
Charles nodded, relieved, to be truthful before he replied. His logic began to take over as he spoke.
"Sometimes meddling with the future can cause…difficulties. Change the natural course of things. Though I hope you decide on your own on whether or not you want to know. I will express that I think caution should be taken on this particular matter."
Rogue nodded. She had contemplated that possibility a lot in the last couple of hours but still, she questioned.
"Are ya sayin' ah shouldn't ask her about her father?"
Charles shook his head as he replied.
"No, I am merely suggesting you make careful decisions about what you want to know about your future. Right now however, perhaps it would be best not to ask about him. Not yet."
Rogue nodded at his reasoning. She couldn't have agreed more.
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After switching the lights off, settling into their beds and pulling the covers up to their chins, the two fell into a momentary silence. Then, Adélie spoke up.
"Mama?"
"Yeah?"
"When ya wanna know who Daddy is. Ah'll tell ya. Ah promise."
Rogue's eyes that had been closed suddenly opened at her words. She turned her gaze and looked at where Adélie, if she could see in the dark, would have been laying down on the mattress beside her own. She eyed the darkness for a couple more minutes before replying.
"Okay."
There was silence for a few more moments. Rogue remained awake.
"Mama?"
"Hmm?"
"Ah remember somethin' from before ah came here."
Rogue raised her head a little as she turned to look in Adélie's direction.
"Yes? What do ya remember sugah?"
Adélie hesitated a moment before speaking.
"Ah remember- meh, ya an' Daddy were drivin' out in the bayou. We were passin' through N'Orleans. We- we found this house an' ya an' Daddy walked wit' meh t' the front door but ya wouldn't tell meh why we were goin' there. Then somethin' happened- ah- ah can'te rememeber. Ah'm…sorry Mama."
Rogue remained silent for a moment, biting on the edge of her lower lip in thought. She didn't understand it all, she was too sleepy to really process it but nonetheless, she knew that they'd have to get to the bottom of it all soon.
"That's fahne. We'll tell the Professor what ya remember in the mornin' okay?"
She heard the mattress springs bend as Adélie shifted in her bed before she replied. Her voice was barely a whisper.
"Okay. G'night Mama."
Rogue smiled as she closed her eyes. It didn't feel so weird to be called that so much.
"G'night sugah."
"Love ya."
Rogue's eyes opened. She still had a few things to get used to.
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Okay so I wasn't completely honest, Remy didn't make an appearance, this is really just a filler chapter. The next one's all planned out and ready to boot into gear. HE WILL APPEAR NEXT CHAPTER NO LIES! Please review!
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