"Are you sure you don't want to go play baseball with the others?" Ororo asked as I was in the kitchen with her, cleaning the dishes.
"Positive, besides, I'm going to go check up on Rogue after this." I said, with her looking at me.
"How do you feel, after learning that you both share the same adoptive mother?" She asked, with me stopping.
"She may of been adopted, but she wasn't raised by her." I said, placing my hands in the sink water. "Destiny raised her, and it was the love she gave her that she is who she is today." I said, looking at her. "I wasn't raised by her either, so I don't see a problem. We're not related by blood, we're both adopted by Mystique, that's it." I said, pulling the drain out and drying my hands.
"Good thinking, but how does Rogue and Kurt feel?" She asked, with me grabbing a skillet, butter, spatula, bowl, four eggs, a whisk, eight strawberries, a knife, cutting board, and some strawberry jelly.
"Rogue isn't too found of Mystique at the moment." I said as I cracked two eggs and started mixing them. "The very name gets her to do this growl thing." I said as I put some butter in the skillet and turned on the stove. "I understand where she's coming from though." I said as I poured the egg into the skillet and let it spread across. "She always thought that Destiny was her adoptive mother, only for it to be a lie." I said as I took the halfway cooked egg and flipped the entire thing over. "When I learned that Mystique adopted me, I couldn't believe it, but she did." I said as I placed the cooked egg on the cutting board. "I still don't believe it." I said as I put some Jelly on half of it. "But its true." I said, quickly cutting up four strawberries and placing them on the jelly, then folding the egg, making a strawberry omelet. "I don't care what she feels for her, I just care what she feels for me." I said, placing some jelly on top of it and sliding it over to a plate, where I used the jelly to make a heart next to it.
"What's this?" Ororo asked, with me looking at her.
"This is Rogues breakfast, because Kitty cant cook." I said, remembering the Fish Pancakes she made. "This, she will eat, I know she will." I said, where I started making another. "Kurt is thrilled to have a brother and sister, that I do know, he's the one whos been giving the food ideas to Kitty to make." I said, looking at her. "Want one?" I asked, with her shacking her head at me.
"No thank you, I've already eaten, but next time." She said, with me finishing up.
Later
Walking into the medical wing, I smiled as Rogue had her back turned away from the fish pancakes. Trust me, they don't go together. I said, with her looking at me then facing away. Making my way over to the tray and removing the fish pancakes. Sliding the omelets onto the tray, I looked at her, with her having her back to me. I made you an omelet. I said, with her not budging.
"I'm not hungry." Rogue said, with me smirking.
"Fine, I'll just have to eat both these Strawberry omelets." I said, cutting a piece of hers and acting like I too a bite when I didn't. "Oh, so good, you can really taste the Strawberry." I said, moaning as I ate. "You're missing out." I said, noticing her fidgeting. "You must try this, its delish!" I said, sounding like my mouth was full.
She turned to me, and was about to say something, but I shoved the food in her mouth. Pulling the fork back, she chewed, slowly, before swallowing. "Wow, this IS good!" She said, taking her plate. "Even a heart, seems like you do care." She said, with me smiling at her.
"My heart tells me I do, so I believe in it." I said, where I started eating with her, but my own plate. "So, how are you feeling?" I asked, taking a bite of mine.
"A headache here and there, with you forcefully tearing away all the life force I had absorbed, it made it easier for the prof to clear out my mind." She said, looking at me. "I guess I'm not immune to your powers after all." She said, frowning at me.
"Rogue, powers have nothing to do with it." I said, placing the plate down and grabbing her hand. "What really saved you, was the memories I got back of you. With out them, you could of been seriously hurt, or worse!" I said, with her frowning.
"Its still hard to believe... That this is only a fraction of who you were." She said, making me frown as well. "But, you're still the same person I fell for." She said, smiling up at me.
Kurt suddenly teleported in, holding a strange plate in his hand. "I brought-Ah, and here I thought that I was going to be the one to make her feel better!" Kurt said, looking down once he saw us.
"Kurt, no more having Kitty make Rogues food, that's my job now!" I said, pointing at him. "Seriously, fish pancakes?" I asked, pointing over to the plate. "Take this back and toss it, you're going to kill someone with this!" I said, with him walking over and taking it.
"Right, how about an anch-"
"No." I said, with me seeing a man with angel wings walking past the medical wing, with me getting a flashback of when I was in a church, seeing the same man get caught in chains. "Here, you can have the rest of this." I said, handing my plate to Kurt. "I'm heading to the bathroom, I'll be back." I said, where I walked out and followed the angel.
Later
Seeing Kitty and Amara run off, I stopped at the door, seeing that I wasn't the only one spying on them. Bobby was as well, with me crossing my arms as I leaned against the door. "We've had dealings with Mesmero before." I herd Charles, with me looking at the screen, seeing an image of who they were talking about, with me getting a flashback of when I was at a carnival fight, and getting hit with a psychic blast from him.
"But why use someone else to break in?" The Angel said, with me crossing my arms.
"Because, that's what he does." Charles said, with me looking at the screen to see three rings. "He manipulates others, just as he did with Jean in order to steal those rings." He said, with me getting an image of the man I saw while using Cerebro.
"We've now been able to determine that the rings work together as some kind of key." Beast said, with an image of a rock popped up. The other half of Warrens stone, spider stone, is in the London museum. When put together, they complete the spider."
"And that spider stone might as well do the same." Charles said, with me not liking this.
"A key to what?" The angel, Warren, asked, with me shacking my head.
"Apocalypse." I muttered, not liking that it was coming.
"I don't know, and with Magneto now involved, I feel that it is imperative that we secure the other half before he does!" Charles said, with me seeing Bobby walking forward.
"Absolutely!" He said, with me walking over to him and grabbing his arm, stopping him.
"Sorry Iceman, but you're not ready, as I know I'm not ready either." I said, looking at them. "I may have memories of my powers, but I don't think I'm ready, so I'm sitting this one out." I said, with Charles nodding his head. "I'll keep an eye out while I'm here, everything is in good hands!" I said, with them taking off.
"Thank you Dakota, please, make sure nothing happens while we're away." Charles said as he passed me with the others.
Looking at them as they left, I looked back at Bobby. "This wasn't meant for our ears, respect peoples privacy, and if it doesn't involve you, don't get involved!" I said, turning around and leaving, but stopped at the door. "Be sure to grab some chips, it will be a long flight." I said, looking at him with a smirk, with him smiling as I walked away.
Later
Walking into the Cerebro room, I made my way to the helmet and placed it on, where I started messing with it once more. 'Show me, Apocalypse!' I thought, closing my eyes, where I suddenly gripped the desk.
I watched as I stood before a strange alter with a blonde women and stabbed myself with a handle of some kind.
I watched as I stood before a device and held my hands out.
I watched as I grabbed someone's hand with mine, both uncovered.
I watched as I fought on a church of my old home town.
I watched as I fell off a skyscraper.
I watched as I was stabbed over and over again.
I watched as I fought someone with intense power.
Then, I saw him again, looking down at me. "Apocalypse." I said, with them waving their hand at me again, with me getting blasted back once more. Sliding against the ground, I saw a green spider get destroyed, followed by a door opening. "The spider isn't a key, its a guardian!" I said, sitting up and running out of the room.
Reaching the communication room, I started messing with it. "Base to X-Jet, Base to X-Jet!" I called out, with no reply. "Base to X-Men, does anyone hear me!" I called out, with me gritting my teeth as I got no reply. "Dame it, looks like I cant get in contact with them." I said, with me lowering my head.
Later
"We're not related!" I heard Rogue, with me stopping at the door before I opened it.
"Now that's just denial talking!" I heard Kurt, with me frowning as they were having an argument.
"Mystique may have given birth to you, but she only adopted Dakota and I." Rogue said, with me leaning my head against the door.
"Either way sis, we're in this together!" Kurt said, with me turning my back to the door. "I mean it Rogue, whatever you're going through, I'm here for you!" He said, with me smiling as he said that. "Now, sit tight, I'm going to have Kitty make you a anchovies Jalapeno pizza instead!" He said, with me hearing the sound of his teleporting.
Opening the door, I walked in. "Hey." I said, seeing her smiling. "How does it feel, to have siblings?" I asked, making my way over to the chair and sitting in it, with me removing my glove and placing it on hers.
"Annoying, but nice." She said, looking up at me. "But I only consider Kurt as a brother, not you." She said, with me smiling. "It would make this wired if I did." She said, with me laughing a bit.
"Same." I said, holding her hand.
"There is a song I heard, I think it reminds me of you." She said, with me raising an eyebrow at her as she pulled out a slip of paper and handed it to me. "Here, I would like to hear you sing it." She said, with me opening it up and looking at it, then back at her.
"Did I used to sing for you?" I asked, not sure if I had sang for her before or not.
"No, but your aunt told me about how you took quire before everything happened, I just wanted to hear your voice." She said, smiling as she looked at the note then back up at me.
"Ok." I said, nodding my head as I crawled into the bed with her, with her leaning against my shoulder. "Don't make fun of me when I'm done." I said, opening the note all the way.
Are you, are you, coming to the tree
Where they strung up a man
They say who murdered three.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met, at mid, night in the hanging tree.
Are you, are you, coming to the tree
Where the dead man called out, for his love to flee.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met, at mid, night In the hanging tree.
Are you, are you, coming to the tree
Where I told you to run
So we'd both be free.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met at mid-night in the hanging tree.
Are you, are you, coming to the tree
Wear a necklace of hope, side by side with me.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met, at mid, night in the hanging tree.
Are you, are you, coming to the tree
Where I told you to run
So we'd both be free.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met, at mid, night in the hanging tree.
Then, Rogue started singing with me.
Are you, are you, coming to the tree
Where they strung up a man
They say who murdered three.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met, at mid, night In the hanging tree.
Are you, are you, coming to the tree
Where the dead man called out, for his love to flee.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met, at mid, night in the hanging tree
Looking at Rogue, she had her eyes closed, with me smiling and reaching over her. Grabbing the bed control, I lowered it to where she could lay down flat, with me sliding down and wrapping my arm around her, going to sleep as well, ignoring the two chains that vanished.