Chapter Thirty Six- My Fault

Author's Note- Don't hate me for what happens!!! Enjoy! =D

"Found the door!" Rose told the others, "it's in the northern wing…and has a high security code on it…"

Crap…

"And let me guess, if you get it wrong the alarm goes off?" Peter wondered.

"Hell yeah…" she replied just as Logan and Mystique appeared at the door.

Everyone stood up and made their way to the northern wing.

A few moments later the group was stood analysing the lock, it was high level and attached to a complicated electrical system that could only be operated with a key and a password. Well it looked like a key hole anyways.

"So what are we going to do now?" Logan asked.

How should I know?

"I could get through that, do the same as before" Kitty suggested.

"No…too many guards and if they see you two go through we'll have no chance of getting to Rogue…" Rose told them sternly.

"Are you sure it's a key hole?" Dew asked and Rose looked at Ororo.

The field leader shrugged, "it looks like one…"

Wait a minute…

"Logan…" Rose said, "Can you pick locks with those?"

He raised an eyebrow at her, "I can try"

Rose and Ororo moved away from the lock so Logan could fit one of his claws in.

Rose noticed that Bobby was stood alone towards the back of the group, she walked up to him, "are you okay?"

"What? Oh yeah…just been thinking that's all…" he said and continued to stare into space.

"About anything in particular?" she wondered.

He shook his head, "just the WMHG…how can they get away with this? And Rogue…I…I think that-"

Bobby didn't have a chance to finish because Logan had unlocked something, not the door though. They returned to the door as a small block of metal moved and it revealed a retina scan.

Rose finally figured it out, "that must be it! Say you forget the password but have a key, it reveals the scanner…it must override the need for the password…"

"But that doesn't help us" Dew said.

"Oh really?" Mystique said and she transformed into a high ranking officer she knew was part of the WMGH, she placed her now green eye against the scanner and the door bleeped.

Mystique quickly changed back into her normal form and Ororo led the way into the inner compound. Rose stared in awe as it was just like her dream, it was out in the open, a courtyard full with the WMHG in the centre. Rogue was only minutes away.

Well she would be if the soldiers weren't here…

"Right, I think its time we started the plan…" Rose said to them and she joined Ororo and Magneto at the front of the group. She used her powers to protect them from the onslaught of bullets while Ororo caused a storm and Magneto tried to move their guns but because these were made of plastic he couldn't so instead he moved fences and other metal objects so they came crashing down on their opponents. Once it was a lot safer than what it had been Kitty, Peter, Bobby and Dew made their way into the inner compound attacking soldiers on their way. Rose protected them with her force field and Mystique and Logan ventured off to attack the soldiers from behind.

Dew ran with Peter and the others into the inner compound. Peter smashed through the door causing a gaping hole while Kitty ran through the metal and concrete, she and Bobby made their way in through the hole Peter had made. They ran down the corridors and when they were half way to where the mutants were being held her and Bobby stopped running and protected the area.

"See ya guys later!" Dew shouted after Peter and Kitty.

Dew had changed into her water form and a few scientists ran out of a room screaming, she pointed her arms in their direction and they were knocked to the ground. Bobby froze them to the spot.

Kitty ran alongside Peter for a few minutes until they came across the first wing of cells. They came to a stop and tried to figure out how they'd get everyone out.

"What if I keep a look out and you run down the both sides smashing the doors off?" she proposed.

"Sounds good…ready?" he asked her as he got ready to run down one side.

Kitty nodded and hey both set off extending his metal arms so that he could hit both sides, Peter smashed all of the cell doors off their hinges while Kitty kept a look out for any soldiers. Luckily they had been distracted by the big fight happening outside. With the prisoners following and helping them they set about freeing the next three wings.

Rose had been paying to much attention to what the others had been doing so someone managed to creep up behind her and hit her in the back knocking her to the ground. The guy stood over her and she kicked him in the groin which gave her a chance to stand up. She took up a boxer's position and so did the guy. She fought him until Logan came up behind him and stabbed him in the back.

"Gotta be more careful kid…" he told her and he went back to fighting.

Someone crept up behind him and aimed a gun at his head, he noticed just before he fired but the bullet stopped in mid air only inches from his face. He looked at Rose as she took out the guy who had the gun.

"Should be more careful" she said to him and they went back to fighting by themselves though they did keep an eye on each other making sure they weren't hurt.

Kitty and Peter had freed all of the prisoners and Rogue walked out of her cell, she nearly hugged them but thought better of it.

"You okay?" they both asked her.

She nodded.

Kitty then turned to Peter, "anyone else down here?"

He said, "I don't know…I'll go and look"

Before he could Rogue said, "No…I'll go and look, I know this place better…"

Kitty and Peter exchanged a glance, "if you're sure" Kitty answered.

Rogue set off in one direction as Kitty and Peter led the prisoners off in another, back to where Dew and Bobby were.

Bobby and Dew had fought a few soldiers has they kept the route back to Ororo, Rose and Magneto clear. It had mainly been scientists that had seen them and they had neutralised them easily. A few moments later they saw Kitty and Peter leading a group of scared and worried people. The group was made up of mutants of different appearances and abilities. They met them and Bobby searched for Rogue.

"Where's Rogue?" he asked as he looked through the crowd.

"She went to see if there was anyone else…" Peter said.

"What?" he asked his friend.

"She wanted to, now come on, the quicker we get to the others the better" Kitty said.

Rose had continued fighting and the soldiers had disappeared for the time being, they had killed the majority of them so the rest of them must have been cowards and be hiding. The group reformed, Ororo, Magneto, Rose, Mystique and Logan came together and waited for the others. A little while later the group of prisoners was led out by Dew and Kitty. The group of prisoners took up a place behind the front line and Bobby and Peter too up the rear. Logan noticed someone was missing. Bobby approached Rose and Logan joined them.

"Where's Rogue?" Logan asked Bobby.

"She's looking for anyone who's been left behind…" Bobby replied coldly and they stared at each other.

Oh…no…

"Look guys, not the time or the place" Rose started to say but the sound of bullets interrupted her.

Everyone went back to fighting and Ororo caused a furious storm complete with lightning, Rose kept looking back at the door wondering when Rogue would appear.

No! No! No!

"Ororo! Stop the storm!" Rose shouted at her but the older woman didn't hear her and looked at her questioningly causing her to be distracted and she got hit by a green bullet in the back. She went down instantly.

"NO!" Rose shouted and the storm got out of control.

The wind raged and thunder and lightning crackled above them. Rose turned to the door just as Rogue ran out.

"No one's inside!" she shouted.

"Rogue! Go back!" Rose shouted at her but it was too late, the wind knocked free the fence so it hung dangerously and lightning hit it just as Rogue ran underneath it, it came free and landed on her, Rose was frozen, after it began to sink in that Rogue's body wasn't moving underneath the metal wire, she ran forward. Logan saw this and noticed Rogue.

"Rogue!" he shouted.

The fighting died away as the mutants won. Rose reached Rogue and tried to lift the fence, Logan came over and threw it to the side. He crouched down beside Rogue and pressed his hand to her skin hoping she would heal. Rose started to cry and reached out for her but…her mind was gone. Rogue was dead.

Oh god…oh god…it's my fault…

"Rogue comes on…Rogue…" Logan said quietly.

"She's gone…" Rose said.

"No! She's not!" he argued.

"Her brain…it's dead…" Rose said much to her own disbelief.

Rose lost it, she went hysterical and Bobby came over wondering what had happened but he knew as soon as he saw Logan's face. He broke down next to Rose, he cried silently and after a few moments Magneto came over.

"We need to go…" he said and they moved back to the plane. Ororo was still out of it so Peter carried her back and Logan carried Rogue's body back to the plane.