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Chapter 25:

"Come on Scott, slow down!" Jubilee urged.

"Hold on, we're almost there," Scott yelled. Everyone gasped as he swerved around yet another turn.

Something was wrong at the mansion. Something big had just happened and he didn't even know what exactly. Just thinking about it filled him with dread, and even worse he knew it had to do with Rogue. He was not going to slow down, not at all.

After they'd gotten through to Rogue and heard what she had to say they had still yet to re-connect with her or Remy and Wanda.

Scott turned another corner; they could now see the top of the mansion. It looked fine. One more turn and they'd find out just what was going on.

"Scott!" Bobby screamed as their leader took the very last turn at breakneck speeds. But once the mansion came into view they now had a better idea why they were in such a hurry to get home.

"Oh my God!" Rahne exclaimed.

The mansion's gate was in pieces. The landscape charred. It looked like a disaster area. Scott was the first to get out of the jeep. He frantically ran around the scene searching for answers, while everyone else was slower to get out, all still in shock.

"There was a struggle… this looks like Remy's doing. He was trying to hold them off," was Scott's conclusion.

The Professor frowned, unsure of this. "Let's get inside and try to find Wanda."

Scott ran ahead not waiting for everyone else. They were only two seconds behind but to Scott it seemed like they were all moving as slow as turtles.

The front door of the mansion was opened halfway. Scott pushed it open all the way and yelled. "Rogue! Rogue, where are you?"

There was no answer. And with every passing second panic grew inside of Scott's chest. He was scared, to the point of almost choking him with the fear.

He moved into the kitchen but no one was there.

"Rogue!" he yelled again.

He heard a rustling noise, movement, coming from the rec room and he turned back the way he came, passing through the foyer. The others had arrived and wordlessly followed him. They entered the rec room to see that it was a huge mess. They instantly knew that this was where it had begun, whatever that was.

"Oh man, what happened?" Jubilee whispered in disbelief, as she and the others surveyed the room.

"Oh…" they heard a voice groan.

They all turned in the direction of the noise to finally see Wanda's body lying prone on the floor covered in debris.

"Wanda!" Scott exclaimed. He ran to her side, along with Bobby and Sam. All three boys started to lift things off her.

"Oh my God!" Rahne murmured, alarm all over her face. Once uncovered, they saw that Wanda was lying on her left side, with her left arm twisted at a weird angle behind her.

Wanda whimpered in pain. She was conscious and feeling every ounce of pain her body was in.

"Wanda we're here now," the Professor's voice sounded soothingly.

Scott moved as if he were going to pick her up. "Don't move her yet?" Hank yelled. "We need to get a stretcher. She needs to be moved carefully."

Scott nodded. "Bobby, help Hank get what he needs."

Bobby listened and left the room to help Hank.

Scott kneeled next Wanda. "Wanda can you hear me?"

"Ye… yes," she breathed out.

"What happened?" he asked urgently.

"Remy…" she said, very slowly.

Scott nodded waiting for her to continue.

"Rem… he's a … horseman. He… took Rogue," she informed him.

Scott swore under his breath. He was about to continue when the Professor intervened.

"Scott, no more questions for now." He turned and addressed Wanda. "Wanda would you like to go to sleep right now? Until we can get you some pain medication."

"Uh huh," she murmured.

Professor Xavier used his telepathic abilities to trigger sleep in Wanda's body. They all stood there for a second watching the injured girl breathe harshly.

"What are we going to do now?" Roberto asked helplessly.

Seeing Hank and Bobby return with the needed supplies, the Professor answered, "First we're going to see to Wanda's immediate care. We need to stabilize her. Then… then we search for Rogue and Remy."

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

"I'm going to kill him," they heard Scott say vehemently. They all looked at Scott uncomfortably, before everyone started to hustle about.

The Professor wheeled up next to Scott. "It's not his fault really," the Professor rationalized.

"I don't care," Scott said coldly; he needed to feel angry right now or he'd break down. And that was not what Rogue needed from him right now.

"Scott, even Storm and I have fallen prey to Apocalypse's will. We were horsemen too," he retorted. "It's Apocalypse you should be focusing your anger on."

"It wasn't this bad last time," Scott said desperately. "They've got Rogue, again. But this time they also have our baby. And Wanda… did you see her? He's even more ruthless than before."

"Scott we will get through this. We will. We have Mesmero and that is a huge advantage. As soon as I know Wanda will be all right I will begin searching for Rogue and Remy too. We'll find them."

"I hope so," Scott said resignedly.

Rogue was lying down contently. A soft green meadow her bed of choice. 'This is so comfortable,' she thought happily.

She stared up into the bright, blue sky. Not a cloud in sight. 'Ah could stay here forever.' Rogue ran her fingers through the grass beside her, humming a happy tune.

Suddenly, her serene state was interrupted by a sharp pain in her head. She shut her eyes tightly. 'Ugh! Go away pain!'

Rogue started to open here eyes, blinking rapidly. But, when she was able to fully open her eyes she didn't find the sunny day she had just left behind. Rogue found that she was in a dim, dank enclosure.

'Ah was dreaming,' Rogue realized. 'Where ahm ah?'

Rogue's head was still foggy. She tried to stand up, but the combination of her twisted ankle and the chains around her wrists caused her to sit back down.

"Ahh… you have awoken," a deep, familiar voice spoke from the shadows.

"Tha X-men are coming for meh! Ya won't get away with this!" Rogue said heatedly.

"I would like to see them try," the voice stated, getting closer. Her kidnapper was approaching. "I will crush them like insects."

"Jean?" Rogue said in surprise. She was now standing in the dim light that came from the single torch in Rogue's cell.

"Yes, this is Jean's body," 'Jean' confirmed. "But she no longer inhabits it."

"What are ya talking about?" Rogue asked frantically. Then she remembered what the Professor had told them. "Magda?"

"Correct," Magda said arrogantly. "I see the little X-men have some detective skills after all."

"What do ya want?" Rogue yelled hastily.

"Oh, now that part you didn't get? I thought it would have been obvious," Magda stated, feigning disappointment. "I am trying to raise Apocalypse."

Rogue's eyes widened; to hear it straight from the 'bad guy' made all this more real. And the fact that she was the one they had chosen to kidnap again did not help matters.

"What do ya want from meh?" Rogue reiterated with urgency.

"You, my dear, are a very important part of the puzzle," Magda added cryptically. "You and your baby."

Rogue went silent at this; a hand went unconsciously to rest protectively over her abdomen. Magda stared at her eerily, causing Rogue's stomach to turn. She did not like that look. Not one bit.

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