-1CHAPTER TWELVE

It has been about a month since Sonima discovered Rogue's power switch and Rogue has begun to learn how to turn it off. She can successfully turn her powers off for about a minute at a time. No one, not even the Professor knows about this revelation yet. Rogue is starting to get aggravated with the slow progress she is making. Sonima decides it's time to kick Rogue's progress up a notch. She has known since the day she entered Rogue's mind what the problem was and how to solve it. She has just been waiting for the right moment to help Rogue figure it out. Rogue could have controlled her powers a long time ago but the one thing that was stopping her was TRUST. Ever since she firs developed her powers as soon as she starts to put her trust in people, the either betray her or disappear. Now that Sonima has proved to Rogue that she is not going anywhere it was time to reveal to Rogue how to control here powers. "Rogue, I have something to tell you."

"What is it Nima?"

"I have been bending the truth to you for a while and its time that I stop. Remember when you first touched me and nothing happened?"

"Yeah, it was the best day of my life."

"Well that was the only time that you touched me with the help of your DNA. Since then I have been using your DNA to allow you to touch me. That is up until yesterday."

"What do ya mean Nima?"

"Up until yesterday you couldn't really touch me with out me using your DNA to protect me. But yesterday I didn't use your DNA at all. Do you know what that means?"

"Ah. . . .Ah can . . . Ah can"

"Yes Rogue you can control your powers. You could have this whole time. It just took for you to truly trust someone for you to be able to turn your switch off. Its time for you to trust your friends, your family, the X-Men, too."

"Ah am not sure if ah am ready.'

"You are more than ready."