To Raven34link, arrr, thnks for pointing all that out. I'll just have to go back some time and change a few things around. And no, I defently do not think you are a bitch! Thanks again for the help.
Recap: The X-Men go to the Morlock tunnels to see how they can help. But instead they find a lot of dead bodies in the main tunnel. Evan is devistated and comforted by Storm. Logan tells them to split up and Rogue goes with Kurt. Rogue and Kurt end up walking down different tunnels when Rogue finds a playing card at the bottom of a ladder. She picks up the card and hides it. She calls for Kurt and they climb up the ladder after Rogue says she has a feeling about climbing it. In the allie way they come up from they find a little girl with pink hair and spikes sticking out of her body hidden behind bins. Kurt teleports back into the tunnels to inform the others they found a surviver and Rogue questions the girl. She asks if she had seen Gambit. The girl, called Sarah admits she was saved by him, but that Gambit had asked her not to tell anyone he was there. Rogue is curious about this, but trusts Gambit's reasons so tells the girl not to tell about Gambit saving her. The others arrive and Sarah tells her story of how the attack came unexpected. When Sarah tells her story, the X-Men are horror stricken. Rogue worries about Gambit and is comforted by Joseph who apologies to her for being so forward with her the other night. She accepts his apology and starts to rethink about what he said during the night about her likeing him, and she admits to herself that a part of her does like Joseph in that way. Scott comforts Jean and Evan is still being comforted by Storm. After having someone take Sarah back to the mansion, Logan orders the others to split up again and keep looking. Rogue leaves with Kurt and as soon as they are on their own she asks him to teleport her to the Brotherhood house. Kurt asks why, but trusts Rogue even when she doesn't answer his question and teleports them to the Brotherhood house.
Chapter 17
They appareded suddenly inside the hallway of the Brotherhood house hold. Rogue looked around, trying to see if she could spot her.
"Now can you tell me vhy we are here?" Asked Kurt
"What? Oh, errr." Rogue said as she remembered Kurt's presence. "Yeah. Irene. Irene should be here. Ah hope. She sees the future so she should know we're here and that we wanna speak ta her. Irene, are ya here?" Rogue called out to the darkness. The place was still a mess as they had found it in before.
"Irene? Your foster mother?" Kurt asked while following Rogue as she walked into the kitchen.
"Yeah. Ah thought maybe she would be here and could help us."
"But..." Kurt went silent. Rogue turned around to look at Kurt who looked confused and some what devistated. "I thought Irene sent Mystique vith a message of the future and you didn't believe her."
"Ah don't...! Well... Not one hunderd percent. Ah... Ah think Mystique was trying to warn us of something, but knowin' her slippery character ah think it's best not ta trust her completely. Think it'll be betta comin' direct from the horse's mouth, dontcha think?" Kurt nodded his head, but Rogue saw he looked worried. "Kurt?"
"I'm zorry, it's just... Rogue you've known Mystique for longer. Know her tricks better... But if your saying you believe her, then... Do you really believe that your lifes in danger?"
Rogue let go of a heavy breath. "Kurt, ah've told ya this before. The jobs we do, we put our lifes in danger all the time. 'Sides, all gotta die sometime. If it makes ya feel any better though, ah'll be extra careful to stay alive."
"Yes, that does make me feel loads better... Rogue, one other thing."
"Yeah."
"Mystique, she also said something about Joseph and Gambit in Irene's future vision or vhatever it's called. I... I know it's not right for me to ask, but vill yu please stay avay from them? I don't want you to get hurt Rogue. And I don't vant you to die either. If keeping avay from those two helps, then please do it. For me." Kurt asked, taking Rogue's hand in his.
Rogue felt taken back. She was biting her tongue on telling Kurt that it was her life and she decided who she saw. Not that it really mattered that much anyway. Gambit had ran off somewhere and she'd just knocked Joseph back. Joseph might still be around, but he was trying to do what was right by her, she knew, so she could easily get him to leave her alone now, she thought, by simply asking. But then something didn't seem right. It didn't seem like a good idea to have Joseph distancing himself from her. It didn't seem right that Gambit had tried to save the lifes of the Morlocks and had ran away. Rogue was scared he'd gotten hurt really badly and might have collapsed somewhere in a street. It was hard and horrible thinking thoughts of Gambit, so she tried thinking about how to answer Kurt's question."Ah... Ah can't make any promises Kurt, but ah will try and keep away from them both."
Kurt attempted a smile. "That's all I vanted to here. As long as your safe. I don't think it vould help anybody if you... You know. Besides, you'd be missed deeply."
Rogue nodded her head and squeezed Kurt's hand at this little heart-to-heart. "Ah can't promise ya Kurt that ah'll stay outta trouble. Trouble seems to be lumming around me, well, us at the moment. Well, it's always around us. But if ah have ta put myself in danger 'cause ah think, or the team thinks that there's a result worth it in the end, then ah'm gonna put maself in daner Kurt. Too many bad things have happened, 'n' we need ta start gettin' answers and solutions Kurt. It's why we're here. It's dangerous bein' away from the others without them knowin', but if Destiny's really here then it might just help us find the Professor."
"I'm affriad I can't help you locate the Professor Rogue." Came a soft voice from behind her. Rogue turned around to see Irene come out from her hiding place.
"Irene, your here." Rogue said, relief and joy over flowing inside of her.
"Yes child, I'm here, but we haven't got long. You have been in those tunnels most of the day and night is quickly coming. Soon they'll be here to try and take us. Now I know why your here Rogue and what you have come to ask me, but I' affraid I can't tell you who has your Professor Xaveir."
"What?" Rogue's smile fell. "Wait, what do ya mean? Do ya mean you know the where he is, but your just not gonna tell us, or you don't know where he is?"
"You know I can only give certain bits of information out Rogue. I'm affraid this is one of them."
"But... But... If you can't tell us where the Professor is, then why are you here? You must have something for us. Some kinda answers. Please Irene. We're desperate. The... The Morlocks. All those poor dear souls lost. Please Irene, you must have seen that coming. Why? Why did you let it happen? Who killed them? Where's Gambit?" Rogue questioned hystically. Kurt wondered why she had randomly added this last bit about Gambit.
Irene shuck her head and Rogue and Kurt felt their spirits lowen. "There was no stopping this attack Rogue. I'm sorry, but I'm affraid I have no regreats for not stepping in and preventing their deaths."
"Vhat?" Kurt yelled, outraged. This didn't seem like the person Rogue had told him about. The loving caring old blind woman who she had had to take care of.
"It was destiny's decition. That's not to say that I'm happy about all those people's deaths, but I couldn't intervein. The event is a nessasery in our future and although I sometimes struggle to understand reasons why, I know that not, somehow, informing the X-Men of the Morlocks deaths were best." Rogue and Kurt looked to each other, upset and disapointment within their eyes. "But there is something I can tell you about the Morlock attacks."
Both Rogue and Kurt turned, picking up their ears to listen closely to what Irene said next. "What? What can you tell us?" Asked Rogue.
"I can tell you Rogue that the people who attacked the Morlocks were not the same Vampires who have attacked your friends. I can tell you that they are not the same people who tried to kidnap you Rogue, but they work for the same person. I can tell you Rogue and Kurt that the same person who gave the orders to have you kidnapped Rogue is also the same person who tricked Magneto and Professor Xaveir out into the open for an ambush."
"You know about the Professor being kidnapped?" Asked Kurt while at the same time Rogue said, "You know who kidnapped them? Who Irene? Who kidnapped the Professor and Magneto? Why are they experimenting on them? Why do they wanna kidnap me?"
Irene stood tall and still waiting for them to finish speaking. "Yes Kurt I knew, and Rogue is telling the truth about their abdution. No Rogue, I can't answer those questions either. All I can say is that the person behind Professor Xaveir and Magneto's abdution also has a hand in the Vampire attacks."
"Vhat?" Said Kurt again, unsure wheather it was from outrage or shock. Possibly both.
Rogue just felt more confused as if she learnt an answer, but gained more questions. It was hard to keep up with everything. "Wait, so the guy who wanted to kidnap me kidnapped the Professor and Magneto? So that was his hence men tryng to take me? So he wanted me to experiment on too?"
"Yes." Irene simply said, watching and waiting for a light bulb to click.
"And this guy, he also has control over those Vampire creatures who have been killing people and kidnapping mutants."
"Yes." Irene said again, hoping Rogue was close to understanding, though she knew she was still a far way off.
"A-And he also ordered the attack on the Morlocks? He got mutants to kill the Morlocks?"
"Yes." Irene said again.
"But... But that doesn't make any sense! Why? Why is he kidnapping mutants? Why is he getting Vampires to kill people? Why's he kidnapped the Professor and Magneto? What experiments is he doing on them? Why is he after me? Who is he Irene? Who's behind all this? You've got to tell me! Got to tell us! People are getting hurt. A lot of people. You can't say that this is the right path if so many people are dieing! I know you Irene. I know you wouldn't want this. So who is it?" Rogue screamed frantically
"I know you know me Rogue." Irene said calmly. "And you also know that I don't like changing destiny. Especially of people's deaths. These things happen for a reason and they need to happen. Unfortantlly, all these deaths are nessessery."
Rogue and Kurt looked at Irene believing she had lost her mind. "T-That's not true Irene. Y-You saved me. You tried to save me. You had Mystique poss as Risty and try to make sure I didn't die when my powers spiked."
"That was because there were and are bigger plans involing you my dear child."
Rogue paused silently for a moment, not know what more to say. "W-Wait. Wait a minute. Y-Your saying that the only reason you got Mystique involved with me again was because you had bigger plans for me? Was because you wanted me to free Apocolypse? A-And now your letting all these innocent people die because... Because of me? Because somethings gonna happen ta meh in tha future? This is bullshit Irene!"
"Language-"
"No! No Irene. You don't get ta tell meh off not anymore. Ah thought ya cared about meh. Ah knew Mystique didn't but I thought-"
"I do care about you Rogue. There was more than just one reason to keep you alive when your powers sparked."
"Oh really. Well it's really nice to know that you did care weather ah died or not. But ya wanna know what ah care about? Ah care about those innocent vitcoms out there who are dieing 'cause of me. Tell me Irene, tell meh what I need to do ta make this stop! Tell meh how to find this madman!"
"I cannot do that Rogue and you know the answers don't come as simple as that. I'm telling you know all I can. I cannot help you find who has abducted Magneto and your Professor. I cannot tell you how to make these Vampire attacks stop. But what I can tell you you already know."
Rogue thought back to what Mystique was saying in the forest. Mystique had said don't trust the silver haired man or the red eyed boy, but do trust them in the end. "You sent Mystique. Why? Why shouldn't I trust Joseph or Gambit? What do you mean trust them but don't?"
"That my dear child is the complication of reading the future. In life there are times when you have to trust people and can trust people with certain things, but other times you can't. What I mean Rogue is that both boys have a secret behind them, but both really care about you and will try to protect you to the best of their abilites. But sometimes their secrets make them have to do things which may and will hurt you, but they don't intend to. Do you see now? They are being controlled, but you cannot reveal you know of this orelse things will become extremely difficult for all of you."
Rogue didn't understand and was still confused. "What do you mean they have secrets? What secrets Irene?"
"I've said all I can. Mystique also told you of the Vampires?"
"Yes, but that doesn't make sense either." Rogue snapped.
Kurt looked outside the window seeing that it was almost sun set. They were running out of time and needed to head back. But he too was confused and wanted to know more of what Destiny was trying to tell them.
"Beware the vampires, they are dangerous and will hurt you if given the chance, but also trust the vampires with your safety. This Rogue means that the Vampires are just doing their job. Doing what they've been ordered to do. You know now they are being controlled by someone. That someone Rogue has commanded them to brig back mutants for testing like Magneto and your Professor. They do it out of payment and as for the human lifes they take, that's just their hunting instint keeping them alive and strong. The Vampires have been told to collect the X-Men Rogue and you are an X-Men. But the person behind their control wants you unarmed. The Vampires know this and see this as a point of weakness."
"Wait so your saying that the Vampires want meh so they can, what? Trade me for their freedom? That would be worse wouldn't it? If the Vampires were free to kill more humans. Mutant's might not be being kidnapped, but the Vampires-"
"Also want to keep you safe."
"What? Why? Why would they care about-"
"I'm affraid Rogue, these little relations the boy Evan has been saying have been correct. If you think of your powers they are Vampireristic."
"Is that even a vord?" Asked Kurt, but he was ignored.
"Your sayin' ah'm a Vampire?" Rogue said sounding shocked and horrified at the idea.
"No, you are not, yet there are parts of you that are and Vampires do not really want to hurt there own. There is another reason but you will learn that in due time."
"Oh no. Not again. Please can you stop with these games and just tell meh already what's really goin' on 'n' what's gonna happen. Ah knew there was a reason ah hated your speeches and prodictions."
"I'm sorry Rogue, but there is something else I can tell you about your powers."
"Yeah what?" Rogue said knowing she wasn't going to like what Irene was going to say.
"You don't have to be affraid of your new found power Rogue. It is just one of the many new evolutions you will go through. You have the potenal for unlimitless power Rogue. Remember that."
"Wait, your telling me that me seeing these attacks on ma friends is part of ma powers now? That ah'm gonna get more powers and be more powerful?" Rogue bit back her fright.
"Yes. Rogue what is happening is your powers are expanding upon your absorbtion abilities. The visions you keep having when your friends are in danger is because your powers are evolving and when you absorb people you are imprinting with them. You are able to feel what the real person is feeling unconsiously, but only if those feelings are running high. I'm sure if you focused more on one certain person, then you would even be able to enter their mind, like a physic and a bit of an asteral projecter. Your powers work with people's souls you see and if my visions are right you may just be able to do something more, but I'd rather not say."
Rogue seemed bewildered, revealed, painicked, intrigued and happy all at the same time. "Y-You mean I might be able to touch? soon?"
"I cannot say, but I would think the asteral projecting and the new ability to create physic links with those you have absorbed would give you more answers to how you were able to contact your Professor."
"That's how it happened? How I was able to find him? Talk to him...? But... Irene I didn't try to get in contact with him the first time. The second time I tried getting in contact with him it didn't work. There's something in ma head-"
"I know and I'm warning you now Rogue, do not trust it! Stay away from it."
Rogue became scared at Irene's harsh voice. Rogue knew she didn't like the purple cloud in her head, but if Irene was acting like that towards it then it must be something really bad. "You can't tell me what it is can you?"
Irene shuck her head and Rogue felt small. Small and alone. And scared. "It's late. You must get going now!" Said Irene who dissapeared back into the shadows of the kitchen.
"Wait!" Rogue said as she quickly crossed from the enterence towards the back door of the Brotherhood house. As Rogue throw open the back door her eyes widened as she looked up into the Vampire that Evan had said looked just like her. Her green eyes were brighter than Rogue's and her hair was blond, but there was defently a resemblance. The Vampire raised her eyebrow.
"Now now, where you goin' in such a rush sugah?" She said in such a seducing voice. She took a step in and Rogue backed up.
"Rogue." Kurt said, painic running through his voice. He made to jump by his sister and protect her, but instead he felt himself being turned around and hit hard across the kitchen. Rogue turned and saw a Black haired Vampire in the other doorway who had hit Kurt so hard that his body left a mark where it had impacted on the kitchen wall. Rogue went to move besides Kurt but found a iron like grip on her arm prevent her. Her head turned back around to face her Vampire look alike.
"Nothing you can do for him now sugah. Ah heard there was a little Vamp runnin' round, lookin' like meh. Sounds like ya just like meh too. Just like us." The Vampire smiled to the other one in the doorway. She smiled back, then began moving over to Kurt. Rogue's fears and worry went towards her brother and his saftey.
"Ah'm nothing like y'all!" Rogue spun and punched the vampire in the face.
It did nothing to her and she just began chuckling. "Maybe she's right DeeDee. She isn't strong like us. Ah thought she was suppose ta have mutant powers just like us. Oh well, guess we'll just have ta give her in." Said the Vampire still holding Rogue tight.
As a last resort tactic, Rogue bite her glove, pulling it off and reached out her bare hand to the Vampire's face, hoping her powers would have some effect on the Vampire to hurt her and let her go. The Vampire screeched in agony, as did Rogue as both stumbled back. Rogue was quick, forcing herself to maintain her surroundings. She took in the black haired Vampire known as DeeDee running at her and dodged, leaping past DeeDee who knocked into the other Vampire and Rogue reached out her bare hand to Kurt. Touching his bare check, Rogue teleported them both away.
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Elsewhere, the other X-Men stood panting in the sewers, looking up to a grid they had just climbed down into the sewers from. They had gone back to the X-Van to search for Kurt and Rogue who had disapeared and weren't answering their communicators when they were attacked by Vampires. Logan turned to look at the rest of the remaining X-Men. The only surviving people who were left and weren't taken were Storm, Emma and Jean. They had lost Scott, Joseph, Evan and Bobby to the Vampires. There was just too many of them.
"Evan." Storm breathed, noticing Evan was not with them. She began moving back to the stairs, when Logan caught her, trapping her in a bear like hug. SHe struggled against him, telling him to let her go and that she had to get Evan.
"Sorry Ro. He's gone. There's nothing you can do."
Storm fell to her knees, sobbing. Logan bent down on one knee, hating seeig Storm like this. It was twisting his heart in ways that made him feel wrong. He patted her back for comfort, not sure how to properly comfort her. Storm moved more into Logan's chest,resting her head on his shoulder and crying on it.
"Scott." Jean breathed out while looking up to the grid.
"He's gone too. And it's all your fauilt!" Emma said in a turned to look at Emma who was walking up to come to a stand off with Jean. As Emma looked ready to strike, Jean got on the defencive. "If it wasn't for you being all helpless and useless then Scott would never have had to sacrific himself to save your perfetic life."
"That's enough Frost!" Bellowed Logan's voice. He stood up tall, supporting Storm as he led her over to the two teenagers. "Look, it was a suprize attack. We weren't prepared for it and we lost good men to those blood sucking creeps. But we can't start turning and blaming each other. If we do that then we're as good as dead. The others didn't go down in a fight just so we could stand around in a stinkin' sewer and complain about who's fauilt it is. They went, hoping to give us time to find a solution to this mess we're in. And we are gonna find out how to that those blood suckers down, then we'll see about getting our boys back. For now though, we ain't safe here and we ain't safe going up top. I suggest we stick to the sewers and find our way back to the mansion through the sewers. Come on. Let's go. And enough with the death glares already. You two can rip at each others throats after this is over."
And Logan walked past them, taking care to support Storm as her fear of entrapped spaces seemed to become worse.
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Rogue was breathing heavy as she looked up to see where they were. They were back in the main Morlock tunnels. Rogue winced at all the dead bodies that surround her and Kurt. She tried to ignore that she and her borther were ontop of a death bed, and checked to see if Kurt was still breathing. He was which was a relief, but that bump and blood on the back of his head told her that she needed to get him to a doctor fast. Looking around once again, she couldn't see or hear any of the X-Men.
"Hello, Logan? Storm? Scott? Jean? Can anyone hear me?" NO answer came from her communication link.
Taking hold of Kurt again, carefully as she was one glove short, she craddled his head in her lap and held onto him by his chest. She thought of the next place she might find help.
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Rogue opened her eyes to find that she and Kurt, who was lay in her arms, had come up onto the surface and were next to the X-Van. Rogue placed Kurt's head down on the cold path for just a moment as she got up to check the van.
"Hello. Anyone here? Logan?" Rogue asked as she opened the back doors to the X-Van. Nobody was there. When she turned, Rogue got a shock suprize. A Vampire was suddenly in front of her, swooping down towards her in a fast flight. Rogue side stepped, but felt the force of the Vampire knock her back harder into the X-Van's open door. The Vampire had flew right past Rogue and Rogue was scared the Vampire or one of the Vampires she could now see surrounding the X-Van would attack him. Rogue jumped towards Kurt, grabbing a fist of his uniform and teleporting them again, this time without really knowing the destination she had in mind.
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Rogue moaned in pain as something burned her chest. Slowly, moving away and off of Kurt, she lifed herself up by her elbows and saw that the Vampire that had swooped down to attack her had gotten her with her knife-like nails. A large deep gash could be seen down Rogue's chest and blood now covered Rogue's bare hand.
Moving her attention back to Kurt, Rogue saw that he was still fine, just with a bump to the back of his head. Rogue then focused on her surroundings. There were a lot of trees and bushes. Then she saw where she had teleported them. Looking down from the little high hill she was on, Rogue saw the mansion not very far away from where they were.
A smile graced her face.
BOOM!
Rogue's smile turned to horrified. Shielding her face from the great big flash of red, Rogue then looked back to where the mansion had once stood. Now there was nothing left. The mansion had been destroyed. Rogue found her feet, holding her sides that stung in pain and swaying from tiredness and dizzyness. The mansion was gone. And the people inside were gone. They were dead.
Rogue fell back to her knees as the tears began to flow from her eyes. Her friends were dead. All of her friends were dead. The only sort of real caring family she had were dead. She had just watched them die. They were dead. Dead.
"Rogue?" Came a voice. Rogue thought she was hearing things at first. Then it sounded again, sounding more certain in what or who she was. "Rogue."
Turning her head, Rogue was overcome with emotion as she saw Joseph flying towards her. Not sure what she was feeling seeing him, Rogue struggled to stand up back to her feet. Rogue felt joy and happiness and relieve to know that Joseph was alive. Then she felt confusion and doubt and was unsure if she was seeing things. But when Joseph landed before her and wrapped her into a needy hug Rogue let out a moan of pain. He was real. Joseph was really here. He was still alive. A few more tears left Rogue's eyes as all the emotions intensified more at the realisation that someone she cared about was still alive.
Just as Rogue got ready to wrap her arms around Joseph, he pulled away and looked down at her. Eyes widening and visibly paling as he saw the blood coming from Rogue's chest which was now on him. Not noticing that she was shaking in the knees, Rogue's legs gave away and Joseph caught Rogue in his arms as he brought her down to the ground. Fear stung his face.
"What happened to you?" He breathed in utter fright.
"Vampire." Rogue breathed, her eyes never leaving Joseph's face as she feared if she even blinked and lost sight of him, then she'd find he wasn't real and that she wouldn't have him here, alive, holding her close. Something was nagging Rogue in the back of her mind.
Joseph somehow managed to work around holding Rogue and ripping apart the clothes what he was wearing to reveal his fit, six packed chest. While Rogue's eyes became transfixed on Joseph's chest, he began carefully ripping Rogue's top off more and attempting to clean her wound.
Rogue felt so comfortable and protected in Joseph's arms, but there was still something nagging her. Something in the back of her mind making her feel uncomfortable. She tried to remember what that was. Then she remembered and her eyes looked to find Joseph's eyes. "Joseph, why are you here?"
Joseph meet Rogue's eyes, looking down at her confused. "What?"
"Why are you here?"
"Oh Rogue. You must have hit your head too. Don't worry Rogue. Just hope on and I'll get you the help you need."
"No!" Rogue snapped grasping hold of his arm tight. "Why are you here Joseph? WHy are you here at the... well, what was the mansion insteada at the sewers?"
Joseph's face went hard and unreadble. "I was sent back to the mansion to see if I could find you and Kurt. We noticed you had both gone missing and we decided to go looking for you before something ad could happen to you. Which it has."
Rogue felt something in her head almost attack her subconsuiousness. Trying to confuse her and numb her. Rogue took a moment to figure out that it was the purple cloud in her head trying to divert her attention away from her questionings of Joseph. It confused her as to why it was acting up now.
"Here. Drink this!" Joseph commanded. Rogue looked down to see that Joseph somehow had a metal water bottle in hand and was offering to baby feed her. Rogue's eyes widened and she pushed out of his grip, crawling backwards and away from Joseph. He looked at her confused, but she could see his annoyance.
"No." Rogue said shacking her head. "No. Something. Something isn't right here! If you left the other X-Men, then why weren't they back at the sewers when I teleported me and Kurt back there?"
"Because Rogue, they got attacked and taken by the Vampires. I rushed here, hoping and believeing you were here so I could protect you from them. Now here! You seriously need to drink this water." Joseph pushed the drink towards Rogue.
Rogue shuck her head and crawled backwards more. "N-No... How did you know about the Vampires attacking the X-Men Joseph? I didn't say when I got attacked by a Vampire or where. You said you were ordered to leave the X-Men to come back to the mansion to find me and Kurt, not left to try and find me because the X-Men were being attacked. Your lieing."
"Rogue, your in shock. THings aren't making sense to you right now. Trust me, you've just got to drink this. Here, drink it." Joseph said calmly, though anger sneaked into his voice.
Rogue crawled back more again. "How did you find me? How did you know exscally where to find me? How come you didn't enter the mansion? How come you weren't inside it when it exploded?" Rogue questioned Joseph Rogue moving to stand up when she felt herself become backed up against a tree. Joseph stood with her. "What's really in the water Joseph? What's really been in all those coffee's you've been giving me? Who are you really Joseph? Who are you really working for?"
The metal bottle in Joseph's hand became crushed, anger perrading all over his face. "You just had to do it, didn't you? You just had to go an question things, didn't you? Why couldn't you just trust me? Now your going to be taken out away from me and I'm no longer going to be able to protect you."
"Protect me? You think drugging me and spying on me is protecting me?"
"I was keeping you safe! Keeping him away from you! But now it's too late. You know too much and now you've got to come with me." Joseph said reached out a hand towards Rogue.
"No!" Rogue said, slapping it away, she was shakey in her stand. "I ain't goin' nowhere with you, ya traitor!"
"I'm affraid you don't have a choice." And the metal water bottle Joseph was holding bent and expanded and went for Rogue. Rogue tried to jump out of the way, but it wrapped around her chest and entrapped her arms. Rogue yelped in pain as she went crashing down to the floor. Squeezing her eyes tight together, Rogue peeked out to look over at kurt. He was too far away for her to reach. When she eyed Joseph, he was walking towards her pulling out a cloth and some sort of small container in his hand. In a painic Rogue made a quick judgement and hated it already, but it was the only thing to do. Closing her eyes and blocking out the pain that burnt through her chest, Rogue teleport once again, far away from Joseph and leaving her brother only with Joseph.
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Rogue landed somewhat hard and uncomfortably on a wooden flooring. All Rogue's attention first went to the ripping pain burning up and down her chest, before she took in her surroundings. She was somewhere dark and square. She noticed she was in a place with a load of wooden crates which hid her from sight. The next thing Rogue knew, she felt a movement underneath her, but the floor didn't move. Relaxing a little more as she relaxed where she was, Rogue turned onto the back and passed out from the lose of blood and pain.