"Agent Rogue?" Rogue asked concerned. "What'd she say, Laura?"
"She-She said you were an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." Laura stuttered. "She said you were only put in place to watch over me. That you were my keeper and not a friend. That—"
"Shh." Rogue whispered, pulling Laura close to her body, embracing her. "She's evil, honey, she's just tryin' t' put thoughts in ya head."
Laura pressed her face into Rogue's chest. "Just-Just tell me it is not true, and I will believe you."
Rogue paused, then bit back tears of her own. She knew she could never tell Laura now. Everything she had ever wanted for the girl, it was all over. Rogue took a deep breath and told the most damaging lie of her life.
"It ain't true. I ain't S.H.I.E.L.D." Rogue replied.
Laura didn't say anything. She just pressed her face into Rogue's chest, absorbing her warmth in this cold, metal facility.
"I know why you left." Laura said. "And I understand why you could not tell me."
Rogue smiled. "I knew you'd fig're it out."
Laura's face was serious. "If you had truly betrayed us, you would not have come for me."
Rogue smiled again, much softer this time, tears streaming from her eyes. "You are everything t' me, X."
Laura smiled, then turned and stared at the elevator. "They are coming, the X-Men. You must leave."
"Are y' sure?" Rogue asked, putting a strong hand on Laura's shoulder.
"Yes." Laura replied. "Go!"
Rogue took off when Laura called her name again. "Rogue?"
Rogue turned.
"I love you, my sister." Laura said.
Rogue bit back even stronger sobs. "I-I love ya, too, X." she said, then disappeared into the darkness of the facility.