Six Years Later

It had been ten years since Rogue had come to the institute, eight since Remy had joined the X-Men, six years since she had told him that she would marry him, four since she had gained descent control of her powers and two since, "Mommy! Al'son tooked my doll!"

"No I di'n't! It was Gampa Logan!"

Rogue closed her eyes shook her head and groaned, "If he took those dolls again Ah think Ah'm gonna kill 'em."

Remy's eyes glinted mischievously, "Ah bu' cherie, where be de fun in de 'ouse if t'ings be calm?"

Rogue glared at him, "We live in a house full o' mutants an' 'ave twin two year ol' girls. Ah don' know 'bout ya, but Ah don' believe that calm exists in this house."

"Mommy!"

"Comin' girls." Remy snickered and Rogue turned to him, "Don' ya dare think that ya are off the hook Remy. Nex' time ya can deal with the doll situation." His eyes widened and Rogue gave him a smug look.

She walked down the hall and into a room where two girls identical in looks both to each other and their mother stood jumping in the air as Logan held their dolls high up out of reach. She shook her head and sighed, "So Grampa Logan, what they do this time t' 'ave their dolls taken away, or are ya jus' amusin' yaself?"

Logan grunted in a playful way, "Just having fun."

"Ya call this fun?" It was taking everything inside of Rogue not to blow up in front of her girls. She clenched her teeth and hands taking in a deep breath and then released. "Logan, please give mah girls back their dolls."

"Oh alright Stripes, geeze." Logan tossed the dolls onto the upper bunk bed. "Happy?"

Rogue looked at Alison and Quinn who were cuddling their dolls and checking for bruises. "Yes, much better thank ya." As Logan walked out the door Rogue rounded on him knocking into the wall, "Ah wish ya'd stop doin' that. They need somethin' t' do an'…"

"Ahhhh, Mommy!" 'BOOM!'

'Oh shit, please no!" Rogue and Logan rushed back into the room to find both girls crying. "Wha'…"

"My dolly blowd up." Quinn was crying and Alison was shaking her doll starting to glow red.

"Give meh the doll sweetie." Rogue took the doll from her daughter's outstretched hands pulling Remy's psyche to the front of her mind and absorbed the energy. She hadn't done that in a while, she had no real need to absorb people or bring those past absorptions to the front. There had been peace between humans and mutants for almost four years now.

She swallowed and swayed a bit. Logan held her steady. "Well I guess we know whose gift they have, eh."

Remy came flying down the hall and into the room. "Wha' 'appened?"

"Oh nothin' much Rems, Quinn blew up her doll that's all."

"Wha!"

"Oh, Alison's was glowin' bu' Ah took in the energy."

"Bu' Rogue, dey be two! 'Ow this be possible? Dey shouldn' be blowin' t'ings up 'till dey be twelve or older!"

"Ok, first of all Gumbo calm down. Second go get the professor. Third…"

"Ah know, Ah stay here." Logan gave a brief nod and pushed Remy out the door.

Other students, old and new had gathered in the doorway. "Move it or you will all be doing twenty laps around the yard followed by two DR Sessions." The crowed dispersed except for the odd straggler.

"Can I like come in?" Kitty's voice was quiet and concerned so Rogue nodded her girls on her lap. "Is everyone ok?"

Alison and Quinn looked at their Mom and then at Kitty. "Kit Kat, Quinny's doll blowd up." Kitty looked Rogue square in the eyes and she replied with a very settle nod. "An' den my dolly glowed like Quinny's."

"I see, what colour was it?"

"Wed," they both replied.

"Rogue have they…"

"No, an' Ah'm no' sure Ah wanna know yet."

"Rogue, could you come to my office with the twins please."

"Sure Professor." She gave the two a squeeze, "The Professor wants t' see all o' us." Rogue used as cheery a voice as she could muster with the current situation being what it was.

"Am I in twobble?" Quinn looked scared and clung to Rogue's arm.

"No sweetie." 'Gawd she has a tight grip.' "Le's g' see wha' he wants."

The group stood up and walked to the stairs. "Who wants to take the Kit Kat express?" Rogue smiled, she wasn't sure she and Remy would have made it this far if Kitty hadn't been by their side. The girls smiled and jumped up and down so they all held onto Kitty as she phased them through the floor.

Once they reached the office doors Kitty left the group. She figured she would find out what was going on with the girls later. Rogue would tell her, or she would bug Rogue until she spilled the beans.

"Please have a seat my little munchkins." The girls giggled and sat in one of the big comfy arm chairs. He smiled at them, "Your daddy says you lost a doll today that must have been sad." The girls lowered their eyes to the floor. "You know girls, you are in the best place for things like this to happen."

"But I don' wan' my dolly to keep blowin' up."

The professor smiled at Quinn, "If you practice with your daddy your…dolly won't keep blowing up."

Alison made an angry face, "But wha' if it does?" Quinn sniffled.

Professor X answered calmly with a smile, "Then I guess I will have to get you a new one."

Rogue sighed, "Quinn, wha' d' ya say to Professor Xavier?"

"T'ank you." Her cheeks went pink.

Remy smiled and looked at his girls and then at Rogue. He was grateful that they had inherited her looks. Although mutants were accepted in society in most areas of the world now, he still had been worried that his children would be born with his eyes. Rogue had told him that she didn't care, that one of the reasons she loved him was because of his eyes, but that did very little to calm his nerves. When the girls had been born his stomach had been doing flip flops of excitement and worry until they opened their eyes. When he saw the emerald green he was at a loss for words. When he finally had spoken it was a whisper, "J'ai maintenant trios anges." (I now have three angels.)

Rogue's voice interrupted his past thoughts, "Professor, is there any way of determinin' if they have …mah "gift" too?"

He shook his head his face more serious now, "No Rogue. I wish that I could tell you, but even with all the new leaps in technology and medical science I am afraid we will not know until the time comes, that is if it comes."

Rogue lowered her eyes to the ground, "Should, should Ah be makin' precautions?"

Remy gave her a squeeze and she looked up. Alison and Quinn were now on their knees peering over the back of the chair at their parents. "Not yet, let us see what the future brings. I am sure you remember what it was like with the long sleeves all day every day Rogue." The Professor gave her a sad smile.

Rogue sighed, "Ya, your right, Ah can' do that t' them, least no' yet."

"Maybe no' even cherie."

"Ah 'ope ya're right." She then looked at her two curious girls and smiled, "Well, Ah think the Professor is right, as usual. Ya two jus' 'ave t' practice with daddy."

They swallowed, "K mommy, but wha' we gonna use?"

All the adults smiled as Remy reached into his trench coat. "Dese." He handed each girl a deck of cards. "An' de bes' par', dey be cheep, unlike dolls." He shook his head remembering the price of the dolls from 'Toys 'R' Us', Rogue swatted him and the girls giggled. "Ow cherie, wha' kin' o' lesson dat be t' de girls, hmm?"

Alison slid onto her bottom and off the chair racing to her parents Quinn following suit. She pointed a finger up at Remy and said, "De lesson be Mommy's de boss."

Rogue smirked at him, "Ya see Remy, they learn quickly, unlike some people."

Charles smiled. He could see that no matter what challenges the future brought they would be overcome with love, support and understanding. He watched as Remy chased the three green eyed girls out of the office and down the hall hearing sheiks of laughter as Remy pinned Rogue to the ground tickling her mercilessly and Alison and Quinn attacked their daddy on either side.