Chapter Thirty Seven- Tricks

Author's Note- Hehe, more mystery!!! (i've brought a certain someone back for HighQueenReicheru =P his name starts with an S) Enjoy!!! =D

Rose didn't know how she got back to the plane, she couldn't remember walking, she couldn't remember being carried. She was sat in the back along with the freed prisoners, yet separate from them. She sat by herself. She was wet through from the rain and she vaguely remembered Bobby placing a towel around her shoulders to keep her warm, she pulled at it for comfort. She kept staring at Rogue's limp body, it was laid on the floor, her hair fell over her shoulders and at one point Rose swear she felt a flicker of life in her. Somewhere, she thought she felt her thoughts, a distant and unknown one but a thought nonetheless. Rose's mind began to think absurd thoughts.

Why would I feel it if she was gone? My mind doesn't play tricks…what if she's just frozen? What if-

She couldn't finish the thought because someone sat in the middle of the group of mutants fell over. Rose whipped her head around, she saw a few people help a man up. Two blondes; twins, helped a man who seemed to be in his mid thirties off the ground and back into his seat. She would have looked away if it wasn't for the padded, almost medical looking blindfold tied around his eyes.

It can't be…

Rose stood up and walked over to the man who was now sat on the benches that were built into the side of the plane. She didn't take any notice of the prisoners who looked at her with gratitude, confusion and curiosity. Her feet shuffled across the floor and through teary eyes she studied his appearance. His hair was uncut and greasy, his skin was dirty and his clothes were torn but it was him, she knew it was him.

"Scott…" she said to him.

His raised his head so that if he could see he would be staring straight into her eyes, "Yes?"

His voice was broken and haggard, like his soul. There was also fear, loss and suspicion in his mind. It was also cold and harsh like an iron sword. Rose couldn't believe how much he had changed from the regressions.

"You don't know me but-" she started but he cut her off.

"Then I don't care" his voice sounded deadly but she knew he was lying, he did care, his was curious.

"Yes you do…I can see it, feel it" Rose told him.

He turned his head to his left and considered his next actions, "I don't want to talk about Jean…"

"Who said anything about Jean…I want to know what happened after you found her, what happened to you" she told him honestly.

He thought for a few moments, "I want to see…I want my glasses back"

Rose knew these were his terms for talking about his experiences, "they're back at the mansion…"

"And you tell me how you know about me…" he told her.

"Okay" She agreed and he tried to stand up, she put her arm on his to help steady him, they walked back to where Rose had been sat before.

He sat down and so did she, it was silent for a few minutes as Rose wondered what he was going to say. She could find out what happened just with one little look through his mind, he'd be none the wiser. But she didn't like doing that, knowing someone before talking to them. It was wrong.

"What do you want to know?" he asked her even though he was a little more civil the tone of his voice remained the same, he didn't trust her.

"When you found Jean," she started and he flinched at the mention of her name, "what happened after she told you she could control your power?"

He was silent for a while, "we kissed…then something happened to her, her powers took over and I blacked out for a while…when I came to I wasn't near the lake, I was in a truck being driven somewhere but I couldn't see because they put this on me."

When he didn't continue she asked, "Can you remember what happened next?"

He sighed as the memories he had tried to forget were brought to the surface, "they took me to a compound, the same one that you found me in…I was left alone for a while until they found out what I could do then they started with the experiments…" Scott found it hard to carry on so Rose placed her cool hand on his wrist, he turned his head to it for a few seconds before swallowing the lump in his throat, "they took my blood and injected thing into me…once they did it and I could see for a few hours, no body got hurt…"

The bullets used by the WMHG…

"Did you know Rogue," it hurt to say her name, "Was being held there?"

He seemed shocked as he turned his face to hers, "What? No…why would they have Rogue?"

"She…ran away and got…caught…she died" Rose stammered and cast a glance back at Rogue's body, this time she felt something. Just a little stronger but it was definitely there.

Rogue? Rose reached out.

... She felt come from Rogue's supposedly dead body.

Rose's eyes widened as she felt the recognition there, like someone was coming out of a deep sleep.

"Oh…okay…how did you know about me?" Scott asked.

"I…I'm psychic, I was given intense lessons by Xavier and I learnt about object regression…seeing memories from objects and," she gulped, "I'm Xavier's daughter…and Magneto's niece…"

"You're what?" he asked again.

"I am Rose Xavier…" she said and finally felt a little bit more whole, she knew and accepted her family now, "and I think Rogue…is alive…"

Rogue? Rose contacted her again.

Hmm…came the reply.

"She is alive…" Rose told him with a huge smile across her face. She got up and went into the cock pit, "Rogue's alive!"

All of the faces that met hers were confused, unbelieving and sceptical. Bobby refused to meet her eyes, he had been crying. Mystique raised and eyebrow and shook her head. Magneto looked at her as though he was concerned for her mental health. Dew sighed and continued to look ahead. Kitty and Peter cast each other worried looks. Ororo went stiff and lowered her head. Logan didn't react at all.

"I'm not lying! I felt it! Her mind has somehow rebooted itself!" She shouted at them in desperation, "She needs help!"

"Rose…she died, she can't come back…" Peter told her.

"Well she has…" she told them and walked back into the passenger hold where Scott was still sat down.

Professor…Xavier…Father…Rogue's alive…can you feel it too?

I'm afraid not…I thought I felt something but…no…his voice replied.

"I didn't make it up…" she said to herself as she sat down, "I felt it…"

Rose placed her head in her hands and tried to think clearly. It wasn't happening.

Three hours later they landed underneath the basketball court back at the mansion and the prisoners exited the plane. Xavier and the other teachers greeted them. The other members of staff took them to various rooms. Rose helped Scott off of the plane and was quite amazed neither Ororo nor Logan had recognised him. Xavier approached them.

"Rose…I am glad you are safe but Rogue cannot be alive…" he told her.

"Then what did I feel?" she asked him.

"I don't know…maybe you got confused with someone else's thoughts" He started then noticed the man she was helping, "Scott…Scott Summers…I thought you were dead…"

Logan and Ororo joined them after they moved Rogue's body from the plane. Scott nodded at the Professor to show he heard him.

Ororo ran up to Scott and hugged him, "Scott! We though you were…"

"I know…" he said to her.

Logan looked him up and down completely indifferent to the man stood before him, "Rose…can I talk to you?"

"Sure…" she said a little half heartedly.

They walked off to one side while the others went back to their rooms and such, Rose folded her arms as she waited for Logan to say something.

After a while he did, "are you sure you felt her?"

"I felt something…I know that much…" She told him.

"Ororo and the Professor are talking her body back to her parents…" he informed her.

Rose nodded solemnly and she walked off towards her room.