Chapter Two
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Marie opened her eyes. Everything hurt. Her head was throbbing. She had been thrown into something dark, cold, and metallic. Her eyes adjusted to the darkness, and she saw it was a cell. She stood up and walked to the bars. She saw other mutants locked up in cages like hers. A man dressed in a lab coat was coming towards her cage, holding a strange blue substance that he injected into some of the others. He turned towards her, and smiled. It wasn't a friendly smile, more like a cruel and calculating one, and in that moment, Rogue was more afraid than she had ever been in her whole life.
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Jean and Ororo had just finished telling Scott what had happened to Rogue, when a very angry Logan stormed into the Professor's office, with barely contained rage. "Where is she?" he snarled. Storm and Jean exchanged glances. "Logan." Storm said. He spun around to face her. "Logan, sit down. Jean and I will tell you." He reluctantly sat down. "We were supposed to meet her by a fountain in a park. When we got there, all we could find of her was her favorite scarf, the one you sent her. Knowing that she would never leave that behind, Jean scanned the area telepathically." Ororo paused, allowing Jean to take up the story. "I found only a hint of her have been there recently, but she was nowhere in the area. I couldn't pick up a trace of her. I'm sorry." Logan slumped down in his chair, his fear and grief for his Marie written all over his face. The professor spoke up. "I wasn't able to get a reading using Cerebro before, but I will try again. All of you, get some rest." He wheeled out of his office, the others following close behind.
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Rogue retreated to the darkest corner in her cell. The man was walking to the bars. "Come here." He ordered. She wouldn't move. Fear paralyzed her. He sighed, pointed the remote towards her, and pressed a button. Her mind felt like it was on fire. She found that the closer she got to the remote, the less the pain was. She stopped fighting, and walked over to where the man was. She allowed him to inject her, fearing the pain that came from the remote. "What will this do to me?" she asked. The man didn't even look at her. "It negates your powers for 24 hours, so we can perform tests on you. "Tests?" she asked. "Tests?" she screamed. But there was no response. A few moments later, she blacked out.
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Marie opened her eyes. Everything hurt. Her head was throbbing. She had been thrown into something dark, cold, and metallic. Her eyes adjusted to the darkness, and she saw it was a cell. She stood up and walked to the bars. She saw other mutants locked up in cages like hers. A man dressed in a lab coat was coming towards her cage, holding a strange blue substance that he injected into some of the others. He turned towards her, and smiled. It wasn't a friendly smile, more like a cruel and calculating one, and in that moment, Rogue was more afraid than she had ever been in her whole life.
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Jean and Ororo had just finished telling Scott what had happened to Rogue, when a very angry Logan stormed into the Professor's office, with barely contained rage. "Where is she?" he snarled. Storm and Jean exchanged glances. "Logan." Storm said. He spun around to face her. "Logan, sit down. Jean and I will tell you." He reluctantly sat down. "We were supposed to meet her by a fountain in a park. When we got there, all we could find of her was her favorite scarf, the one you sent her. Knowing that she would never leave that behind, Jean scanned the area telepathically." Ororo paused, allowing Jean to take up the story. "I found only a hint of her have been there recently, but she was nowhere in the area. I couldn't pick up a trace of her. I'm sorry." Logan slumped down in his chair, his fear and grief for his Marie written all over his face. The professor spoke up. "I wasn't able to get a reading using Cerebro before, but I will try again. All of you, get some rest." He wheeled out of his office, the others following close behind.
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Rogue retreated to the darkest corner in her cell. The man was walking to the bars. "Come here." He ordered. She wouldn't move. Fear paralyzed her. He sighed, pointed the remote towards her, and pressed a button. Her mind felt like it was on fire. She found that the closer she got to the remote, the less the pain was. She stopped fighting, and walked over to where the man was. She allowed him to inject her, fearing the pain that came from the remote. "What will this do to me?" she asked. The man didn't even look at her. "It negates your powers for 24 hours, so we can perform tests on you. "Tests?" she asked. "Tests?" she screamed. But there was no response. A few moments later, she blacked out.