Note:sorry I haven't updated this story soon. It's just I've got carried away with my other Romy story, and also I lost the file to this story. I mean I'd written chapters and all that, but then the files just disappeared so I've found this chapter, just need to find some others then start writing again. But it's really annoyied me that all the work I've put into this maybe lost, so forgive me if it takes time to get back into writing it.

Recap -Gambit has his shower then sneaks off to Rogue's room where he catches her getting out of a shower. He passes her her clothes and waits on the bed. When Rogue comes out telling him to leave, he refuses and pulls her down onto the bed asking her what's wrong. She fights him, and he lets go of her seeing that approach isn't working. Soon rogue opens up to gambit about the voices in her head and them waking her up and making her feel scared. After this she easies up to him when he doesn't freak out, but believes her. He asks why she hasn't talked to Jean or Emma and Rogue says she doesn't trust them. They end up talking about Rogue's old crush on Scott, Gambit getting slightly jealous but relieved she doesn't like him any more, but when he talks about understanding the heartbreak she feels, he talks deeply with emotion. They then move onto Logan and how he's acted like a father and body guard towards her. Rogue talks about losing control of her powers and how Logan was there for her. Rogue admits she's scared of her power and losing control. She's also scared of the voices in her head now and the cloud that's taking over her mind and feels like she's being dragged into more everyday. She tells Gambit that Joseph is the only other person who knows and that they are friends and nothing more. Gambit relaxes and tells her he believes (trusts) her. Gambit uses his empathy (he tells rogue about it) to calm her down. Rogue becomes very relaxed and lies down besides Gambit. He wraps himself around rogue. He says that he can be there for rogue like Joseph is. But Rogue tells him that he's going to leave her. Gambit realises it's true and understands now why rogue was moody and mad at him. He's sorry for it and rogue feels how upset he is through his empathy. Rogue then asks a question about what movies he like to make their relationship more casual. He answers horror and tells her once she says she likes horror movies too that they'll have a day of just watching horror movies. They fall asleep with that promise and happiness in mind. Kitty and Pete go to the brotherhood house where Kitty starts blaming herself for what happened in the mall. Pete tells her she's wrong and is comforting her when a woman appears at the door with growing fangs.

Chapter 11

"Rogue could feel Gambits empathy working it's way into her dream. She loved how warm and cosy she felt. And when she entered her mind that warmth seemed to go.

Her mind was dark. When she looked up she could see that grey cloud. It was scary. Scarier than she could remember. It had gotten larger than the last time she had a dream as clear as this and wasn't just darkness. Then rogue remembered how she'd dreamt of Ororo and how it was true. How did she do that? Rogue hated what she was about to do, but in her mind she started calling out to the voices in her head.

"Logan. Storm. Professor. Anybody. Hello. Can you guys hear me?"The cloud in her head thundered with purple lighting. Rogue jumped back scared.

"Gambit felt Rogues stiffened and pulled her closer to him, whispering smoothing words close to her ear."

"It's alright cher. Don't panic. Your fine."

"Remy?" Rogue called out. She felt the happy warmth wrap around her and she knew this was Gambits happiness. How was he so happy? She didn't think too much about it as the emotion seemed to strengthen her. Made her grow bigger in her mind and made the cloud smaller.

"Hello. Remy. Logan. Professor. Can anyone hear me? Give me a sign. Tell me what's goin on."

The cloud thundered again and seemed to grow bigger. But Rogue wasn't scared. "Show yourselves!"

The cloud got closer and one of Rogue's fears happened. It swallowed her up. She felt like she should be fighting but there was nothing to fight. It was just a cloud. A cloud that couldn't hurt her. She continued shouting out names. "Magneto? Hell even you'll do. Anyone will do. Just face me."

Rogue swirled around trying to find anyone. It appeared Rogue was wondering through dark swirling clouds and going no where and everywhere all at once, until the swirls in the clouds seem to up and part in front of her. Then a figure stood out. Literally. The Professor was standing in front of Rogue. It was his physic. The Professor's lost physic who reached out an arm for her, desperation on his face. Rogue moved to grab hold of his hand and felt like she was being teleported. When she blinked she was out of the cloud and in a clear mind. She looked around, not sure where she was. The place was painted in rainbows of colour as she looked around. This place felt different and unfamiliar.

"Rogue? What are you doing here?"

Rogue turned around to face the Professor or the Professor's physic who instead of looking desperate and reaching out for her, looked confused. "Professor. Oh thank gawd." Rogue ran and hugged the Professor. She was happy her powers didn't work in her mind. When she pulled away she notice the Professor was wearing some sort of blue jumpsuit. "Professor "

"How are you here?" He asked.

"What do ya mean?" Ah'm inside ma mind. Your the Professor's physic. You should know this. You figured it out. Look Professor can ya tell me what the cloud is in ma head? Where are all the others are? Ma physics ah mean. What's goin' on with meh Professor? Do ya know what's goin on with you? Where Ya've diassapeared to?-"

"Slow down. So many questions. But Rogue. This is not your mind."

"What? Don't be daft. This is ma mind...isn't it?" Rogue asked stepping away from the professor with a questioning raise of her eye brow.

"No Rogue. It's my mind. So how did you get into my head? You are not psychic. Have you absorbed Jean's powers? Are you using Cerebro? But then even Cerebro cannot reach me."

"Wait what? Slow down. Ah'm in your mind. Whoa... How'd ah manage that? And what do ya mean Cerebro won't find ya? Where are ya?"

Just then Rogue losed sight of the Professor and was looking out of the Professor's eyes. She looked around and saw that she was tied up against a wall. It was dark, but there was a blur of colour in the corner that was locked up and look beat.

"Mag...neto." Rogue said but it came out in the Professor's voice. As Magneto's body came into view Rogue saw that Magneto had been beaten and was locked up like the Professor. His hands were locked in chains to the wall, but they were metal? Rogue didn't understand, why didn't he just use his powers? What was that collar around his neck?

"Any luck reaching them Charles?" Magneto asked. "Any of them?" He continued. Magneto seemed so defeated that it scared Rogue. His voice was so dry and weak it hurt even though she had no feeling for Magneto what so ever, it still hurt to see any person treated this way.

"Magneto...? What... What happened to you? How? Where?-" Rogue felt pushed back into the Professor's mind. The Professor was floating next to her and began talking to Magneto as normal. " Yes, strangely one of my students have ended up in my mind. And can take over my body if they seriously want to. I believe it's a new development in their power." The Professor said the last part looking at Rogue.

"I see."Magneto said with a weak raise of his eyebrow. "Your questioning, that was them?"

"Yes. Magnus, I have no idea how long this connection will last. Let me focus on her for the time." The Professor said and turned his attention back to Rogue as Magneto was trying to say something, but the Professor and Rogue floated back into the Professor's mind.

"How... Professor ah... Ah don't know what's happening to mah lately. Ah can hardly hear the voices in ma head any more unless they shout at me cause ah'm doin something they don't like or whatever. They're all just hidden in ma head. In this cloud thing. You were too. Ah don't even know how it got there, but there's this cloud in ma head and ah think all the voices are in there. Ah had ta use gambits empathy ta even be brave enough ta enter it. Well ah didn't enter it, but ah did and then ah found your physic in it and it was reaching out for me 'n' ah've been wantin to talk to ya about ma head. Have been wantin ta before ya left. 'N' ah, well everyone wants ta find out where ya disappeared to. Where are you? What- what's happened to Magneto? Are ya alright? Oh gawd ah'm bein so selfish talkin bout meh self. Are yall bein held prisoners?"

"Rogue slow down. It's hard to understand you when you talk so fast. Yes Rogue. I am a prisoner. I was tricked out of my home to come and help a friend. I received a phone call off Magneto. He asked me to not make a big event of coming to rescue him, so I left a explanation note in my office and took a small jet, the SubSonex, to find him. Only, we were attacked and knocked unconsious. I've learned however, that he had a similar call from me asking for his help quietly. We believe we may have been tricked by a shape shifter or someone who can change their voice."

"Mystique?" Rogue asked shocked. "Wait a minute. What note? I didn't find a note on ya desk when I came lookin' for ya. When did ja leave?"

"I'm not quite sure on the day now, but it was the twenty second of June. I know I definetly left a note that morning. As for Mystique laring us it is possibly, but for some reason I have doubts about that. Both me and Magnus agree it just doesn't seem like her style. We tried to break out of this prison we have woken up in, however these collars seem to be preventing us." The Professor pointed at the silver ring around his neck. The same thing Magneto had around his neck.

"You. You've been kidnapped! No Professor there was no note. I visited you that morning! It was about two or three days ago. I must have just missed you as when ya left cause I called on ya that mornin'."

"I defentally left a note Rogue."

"There was no note. Someone musta took it. But who? Who coulda had access and known ya were leaving, but didn't want the rest of the X-Men knowing? Wait, could the same people who took you have tried ta kidnap me? Or maybe they're storms kidnapper? What do they look like, the person who took you? Do ya have any clues where they might have takin ya?"

"I haven't seen him in person, but Magneto has and has been under his...experiments."

"Experiments...? Could it be that Trask is free from prison 'n' experimenting on you guys."

"No. Apparently this man is a mutant. Magneto discribe so this man as the devil and looks like him too. And from the actions and rumours I've heard about this man, I'm afraid I'll have to agree with him."Rogues breath caught in her throat. If the Professor though this guy was bad then he must be really bad. "Rogue who's kidnapped Storm?"

"Storm? Oh, she's not actually been kidnapped. Well some creepy woman who's apparently strong, beautiful, n can't die tried to, but she was pulled into the sewers by Evan and she's fine now. Whatever or whoever she was couldn't go down inta the sewers... But something strange happened... Professor ah saw storm being attacked by her kidnappers in a dream when it was happenin."

"What do you mean?"

"Well... Nobody knew she was out... Ah was asleep, then ah don't know. Ah can't really remember but somehow ah started thinkin of Storm then ah felt these emotions. Like fear and fright, but it wasn't mine. Ah was scared. Scared of this cloud thing, but ah was forced into it. It just- just came over meh n then ah think a found Storms psych, like ah did yours, but ah don't know. Then ah was seein from Storm's eyes. Ah seen her attacker and seen Evan save her... When ah woke up 'n' told Logan, he found her and what happened in ma dream...well it happened in real life. Professor what's happening to ma?"

"Like I said Rogue, it could be that your powers are evolving. Perhaps you should not be scared of this cloud but embrass it."

"Ah'm not sure Professor. There's somethin bout it that's just... Wrong. It's been in ma head for a while now 'n' ah was gonna come see ya about it so you could look at it, the cloud, 'n' tell meh more about it. Ah just don't feel safe in ma own head Professor."

"I see. Once, if, I get out of this prison, I'll check it out Rogue I promise."

"But Professor nobody knows where ya 'r'. You don't even know where ya are. Have ya got any idea where you guys 'r'?"

"No. But, I flew to the French quarters in New Orleans before we were attacked. I do not believe I am in Louisiana right now, but Logan may be able to find some trial. I also wrote down the co-ordantes given to me by Magneto. You can find the jet I took there. However, I believe it will be hard for Logan to find a trial. This man is a professorial whoever he is. He is scheming and cleaver. And I believe now that he is after the X-Men. Tell Logan to go to lock down."

"That's already been done Professor. Ah doubt you have a tv in that prison of yours, but well there's this new anti-mutant group callin themselves the Friends of Humanity. Well apparently, while the X-Men where out tryin ta stop a fight with the Brotherhood, they attacked the X-Men. Kurt told ma that there was loads of em that attacked with guns and everything. All human. Logan and Storm don't think it's safe ta wonder the streets so went ta lock down."

"Weren't you with the X-Men Rogue?"

"Ah, hmmm, ah stayed behind in the mansion by myself. Then ah got attacked and saved by Gambit."

"Gambit?"

"Yeah. He came back from his home in New Orleans ta... well ta see meh. He's stayin with the X-Men at the moment. He can stay right? Storm said you'd let him, n that's really the only reason why. He's sayin he needs ta go, but he can't. He can't leave Professor. Ah'm sure there's somethin bad out there waitin or lookin for him, but he won't tell meh."

"Of course he should stay. Welcome anyone and everyone who needs protection. I feared about these hate crimes towards mutants. I thought I would be there to help smooth this situation when it happen, but it appears not. I'm sorry I can not be there for the X-Men or you Rogue. I'm glad Gambit saved you from these kidnappers. Have you tracked them down? Do you know who they are? Perhaps they link to storms kidnappers or mine? our kidnappers were a group of mutants working for this mad man who is experimenting on us, or rather Magneto."

"No, Logan couldn't get a scent on them or the people who attacked Storm. Well, Gambit did bring back this one guy who tried kidnappin meh, but he dunt know nuthin. Mah kidnappers were all human, ah think. Logan's freakin out n nobody knows what to do Professor. He's asked Emma and Jean to try n find ya through Cerebro, but if your sayin it's not workin what do we do ta keep on top? We can't stay like this. We don't know what's comin. We got the Friends of Humanity tryin ta hurt n kill all mutants they come around, strange mutants, ah'm guessin they're mutants, after Storm, n you've been kidnapped by mutants n bein held prisoner with Magneto. What do we do Professor?"

"Try to find me Rogue. And try to keep a positive vibe. I know it's hard, but try Rogue. Try and keep everyone together. Look after each other and search to help those who need it." Rogue nodded her head and then felt light headed as a scream echoed in her ear. She tumbled a little and the Professor reached to support her. "What's wrong Rogue?"

"Ah don't know. Ah. Ah hear a scream. Oh ma gawd, I think it's kitty's." Rogue looked down to her hand in shock as she could see through it. The Professor looked at it in worry too, before saying. "It's alright Rogue. Trust yourself. If you don't believe you should try finding out what this cloud is without me being there then don't. Stick to those you trust and becareful."

"Professor. Professor." Were Rogue's last words the Professor heard as she called out to him. She was already seeing through kitty's eyes the attack she and Pete were facing

"Gambit was fully awakened by Rogue's muffled cries and fighting in her sleep. When he was kicked out of bed he looked back to Rogue and seen the look of terror and hurt in her cringed up face, quickly he found his feet and started shaking Rogue awake. "Rogue. Rogue. Wake up Rogue." Gambit was becoming scared now and he knew that just like before he would struggle to wake her up. Gambit wrapped her up in his arms seeing that she was getting worse. An idea came to him. He hated it but he believed it would work. Quickly, as if he though it would make the moment pass quicker. Make the pain go away faster, he slapped Rogue across the face. She reacted by punching him in the face and knocking him back off the bed. He fell with rogue landing on top of him. He kept a firm grip of rogue as they fell, not wanting her to get hurt, but once she was lay on his stomach his hand moved to his aching jaw. Rogue now opened her eyes and looked down at gambit. Her breathing was heavy and her eyes wide.

"Gambit." He was sure she was going to have a go at him for her being on top of him and him sleeping besides her, but instead her words confused then shocked him as he recognised who and what she was talking about. "Kitty and colossus. They're bein' attacked."

"Quickly the two found their feet and ran out of Rogue's room. Rogue was further in front and heading towards Logan's room, but instead she turned a corner and was knocked back on her butt after banging head first into Logan's chest. His claws were out."Strips, you ok? I heard a thumb come from your room." Logan growled as Gambit came round the corner and helped Rogue to her feet. "Gumbo, I thought I told you-"

"Logan it's Kitty." Logan looked at rogue confused. "Kitty and Pete. Ah had another vision, like with Storm. They're at the Brotherhood house. They're bein attacked. We gotta help em." Logan stared hard at Rogue, and people had come running and were now surrounding the three. That was when it finally clicked for Logan. "Very one suit up. Were headin' to the Brotherhood house. Beast stay and look after the younger kids."