AN: I'm just going to get into it. I don't have much to say in the a/n way, but R&R PLEASE!!!
Chapter 21: Revelations
"So that's why!" She paced back and forward across the monstrous room in seconds, waring a path in the perfect concrete.
"Yes... it was simple really." He began to raise himself from the floor slowly.
How could he have come up with this?
Ah don't know... he has a team of engineers, they coulda made it.
This so totally isn't right.
Ah know Kit, if someone like em can make it.... imagine what he could do with it. Those poor mutants would be wiped out, before they even knew anything was happenin.
That man needs to be destroyed! Magneto's voice riled up the personalities and all Rogue could do was comply.
Ah can't do that... Her voice was small in comparison to the others.
Don worry Chere, we gonna do if fa ya. Mon amour. (my love)
Ah can't let y'all do that.
We can't let you do that Kid! I won't let ya.
Sweetheart, you have to understand... we may be in your head, but that doesn't change out feelings towards you. She could almost see Storm's sympathetic eyes on her.
She was so wrapped up in her inner dialogue, Rogue didn't realize Trask standing behind her. As he reached in his pocket...
From above Wolverine jumped through the glass landing with a quiet thud on the ground in front of Trask and in between Trask and Rogue.
The snarl rolled off his tongue at the man who had kidnapped his favorite student, his favorite young person. "Trask!"
We will totally take care of him Rogue, so like don't worry about it.
Yeah, Rougey! We'll have him gone in a flash. Pietro's reassurance was quick and was barely understood by the others.
Guys, Ah... She put her hands palm down on the side of her head. "Ahhhh!" She fell to her knees.
Wolverine's attention shot directly to her. "KID!?" He ran over to her and wrapped his arms around her. "What's a matter? Rogue?"
Trask stumbled over to a cargo bin and pulled out an AK47 and snapped in the ammo cartridge. Seeing this from the observation deck Kitty screamed. "Look out!"
Six shots were fired before Wolverine could even turn around. A centimeter from his eye, plunging into his chest, grazing by his cheek as three other bullets headed for Rogue, they suddenly stopped.
Within seconds the bullets were traveling at a speed two times faster then when they came out in the opposite direction back at Trask. Three of the bullets made impact. One into his shoulder, the second into his forearm and the third into his thigh.
Logan looked up to the observation deck to scowl at Magneto, when he heard Trask force out his words. "How... you can't... it's impossible..."
Wolverine turned around to see these dark waves of what looked like smoke orbiting Rogue as if she were a planet. Her eyes were darker then before if it were even possible, a few of the veins bulged from her neck as the black smoky mist began to thicken and spread.
Despite the fury the personalities had towards the x-men, they still felt the love Rogue held for them in their heart. The memory of telling her brother after he had gotten beaten up popped into Rogues mind.
"Ah'm gonna kill em!"
"No schwester! It vill just make it vorse. Please don't..."
"No one can beat up my brother, only ah can do that!"
Those words rang in their collective mind. 'No one can hurt them, only I can do that!' Pure hate filled her tiny frame as the mist grew in thickness and in length, until it covered the whole room.
The X-men scrambled out of the observation area so they could reach the storage area. Since the thick black mist covered Logan, Trask and Rogue, they haven't been able to see anything.
"Kid!" His eyes were useless, the mist was to thick and he felt the change in her. Rogue wasn't home anymore.
She reached for Trask's mind using the combined telepathy of the professor and Jean. Trasky? Why are you hiding now? Coward! Her words in his head hissed and caused him to flinch in pain at their volume.
Why are you even bothering.... You know I'll find you.
Her feet weren't touching the floor as Storm cleared the mist with one gust of air. "No!"
Able to see, Wolverine could see the extent of how far she had slipped. The sight of her was almost acidic as they all gawked at the creature in front of them.
Her eyes glowed with a blue hint even though they were all black. The veins looked like they a black blue ink was painted over tracing paper. Her hair whipped in the air, even though there wasn't a draft to make it move on it's own.
Her body was alive and was overflowing with power. When Logan tried to approach her the ground shook violently throwing everyone but her to the ground. "Kid! Stop it, we're just here to help."
I think it's time....
For us to truly be one?....
NO!
We are thinking of the collective and not just the singular.
But this ain't your body.
We have shared this body for many years now.
It's mine an ah won't share!
Treasonous!
Why, you know we just want to help you....
Don turn ya back on us Chere.
You'd like let them destroy us?
Ah....
See she can't even answer a simple question!
You wouldn't, would ya kid?
Ah..... ah....
I say lets not wait to be destroyed by THEM and take things into our capable hands. Magneto's voice was the most dominant.
I agree with you father.
Good Wanda.... What of the rest of you?
Chere?...
Kid?...
She held the sides of her head as her feet dropped to the ground. "We should have brought the professor." Jean stood ten feet behind Logan. "I don't think I can handle this..."
"Ya don't red, she'll get back into control." Before he could finish his sentence fire exploded all around them.
The blue flames danced a quick and dangerous dance as they spread their way through the storage room. The two teams save John backed up from the flames. He tried to control them, but the force in control of them was far to strong for him to beat.
"I can't! The Shelia's to strong fer me."
"Ami, ya gotta try again!" Remy yelled over the roar of the flames as they crept closer and closer to the two teams.
The blue fire illuminated everything. The dark shadows of her face were gone as she stood in the heart of the blue flamed fire, not even being burned. If he weren't terrified for his life St. John would have marveled at the beautiful flames advancing on him and his teammates.
Logan tried to get to Rogue in the center of the burning flames in the hottest point in all the room. As he got closer he could feel the flames lick at him and burn his flesh to the point that there shouldn't have been any left.
He reached out for her hand. "Kid..." the flames roared at him. "Come on.... it's time to go, it's to dangerous in here." All of the rest of their teammates made their ways out of the room already and waited behind the metal doors for Wolverine to follow them out.
"You're not like this Kid! I know it!"
The voices screamed. Yes we are!
"No yer not! The kid I know wouldn't do this... she wouldn't out her friends in danger!"
Hearing Logan's real voice, outside of her head began to rouse her from the confinement . "Logan!"
"Good, fight em off kid!" He hissed in pain as the flames roared and overtook his arm.
Stupid little mutant! Do you not realize that you cannot beat us?
"Just let the kid out!" He growled angrily.
She is one of us... what makes you think that if we release her personality, she would still be the child you knew. Can you be so sure as to put the rest of your pathetic little team at risk. They waved their hand and Kurt was suddenly in the blistering flames with them.
"What are ya doing!?"
"Ow! Zhat is to... OW!"
"Kid... look what they're doing to your brother! Don't let em!"
With another wave of their hand Jean suddenly was in the heart of the fire with them. Logan watched as her skin bubbled and blistered from the bright blue fire. From outside the only thing the others could do was restrain Scott as he tried to run in to save his love from Legion. "JEAN!"
The tears trickled down Scott's cheeks. As the others tried to think of something they could do to help Kurt and Jean.
"Look what they're doin to your friends kid! I know you're stronger than this! LOOK AT THEM!"
Their head jerked in Kurt's direction, then looked down at Jean's bubbling skin. "J... j... Jean... ah'm."
In a matter of milliseconds Jean and Kurt disappeared. "What did you do to em!"
"Logan!" Storm yelled from the hall. "They're here!"
Colossus and Hank ran back to the jet with the two severely burned teammates. Hank yelled from over his shoulder. "Don't worry, we'll take good care of them!"
Scott had Trask by the shoulders. His fist slammed into his, jaw, eye and stomach. "Look what you've done! You son of a..."
"Scott! NO!"
St. John and Kitty grabbed Trask. John brought him over to a wall and Kitty phased him half way into it. "We've got to figure something out!"
"Kitty, what are you talking about?" Storm was worried about what Kitty was thinking of doing.
"We can't leave Wolverine in there all by himself!"
"You forget Kit, he's the only one who'll be okay if they get burned." Scott's voice was angry and helpless.
"We have to do something, you guys."
"We can't Kitty, it's to dangerous for us. We must let Logan do this."
"I can't!" Kitty ran and phased through the wall into the inferno. All she knew was, if she kept phasing she couldn't get burned, right?
AN: So what'd ya think? I know this one is short, but I gotta leave it suspenseful. I know what I'm going to do now so all you guys gotta do is read. Thanks for the suggestions and Reviews I love when you guys talk back. Tell me what you like and don't like. Please R&R!