No place to call home
Chap. 3: Real friends
A/N: Wow! You people are great! 39 reviews! YES! You've really inspired me to get the next chapter out soon. I hope that you continue to read and enjoy!
~Rio~
When Rogue got back to the institute after school, she found it empty.
"Hello? Where are y'all?"
She walked around the mansion. The den was empty, No one was in the danger room, or the kitchen, or the dorm rooms. "Ok this is just freaky."
Finally she went into her room and found a note on her bed.
"Rogue, went on mission. Be back soon. Scott." Rogue read out loud.
She frowned, when had they all left? And why wasn't there time to inform her? She had seen everyone at lunch, but she didn't have any classes with her team mates after that. But why hadn't they told her? Xavier could have contacted her telepathically, or Jean for that matter.
"This is all so weird." Rogue frowned. Eventually she went and did her homework to pass the time, after that was done she went downstairs and ate and then she went into the den and turned on the TV. After a while she found herself just flicking through the channels.
"Over 200 channels and there aint a single show worth watchin'' Rogue checked her watch. 7:45pm. Now what was she supposed to do?
"Ah guess ah should go work out for a bit so Logan won't be mad at me." She went to her room and changed into a tank top and sweats and then headed towards the workout room.
"See I told you she wasn't a traitor."
"Quiet Bobby, this doesn't prove anything." Scott frowned.
"But, like, Scott. If she was going to, like, meet with the brotherhood this would be like the perfect time!"
"No you guys, Scott is right. We need to keep this up for a while longer." Jean said.
The rest of the X-men grumbled, or in Rahne's case growled, their complaints. Xavier had gone along with Scott's plan and put him in charge. He himself had left to attend a conference, taking Ororo with him. Wolverine had disappeared again, going off on some hunt for sabertooth or something like that.
"Scott?"
"What is it Kitty?" Scott didn't take his eyes off the screen that showed Rogue working out in the indoor gym.
"Scott, I think we should stop. This is, like, totally tearing everyone apart."
Kitty looked pointedly at Kurt. When he had heard of Scott's suspicions, it had taken all of Evan's strength and Kitty's persuading to keep him from attacking Scott. Scott had told him that he had to do this, and that if he didn't they would have to suspect him as well. Kurt had come, but he had not said a word to anyone. He just sat in the corner; his back turned to them. Bobby hadn't been as violent, but he had voiced his objections as well. He also didn't talk, except to defend Rogue. Scott looked around at the rest of the group. Most of them were starting to show the same signs as the Iceman.
Scott somehow blamed this on Rogue. She's been under-minding his command since she fist got there he was sure. She was turning them against him. He had to get them back.
"Alright Kitty, you're right. Let's go now."
Most of the group sighed. Bobby smiled. Kurt looked up at Scott with suspicion. Scott walked over and put a hand on Kurt's blue shoulder.
"I'm sorry I had to do this to Rogue. I needed to make sure, for all of our safeties. Please forgive me Kurt." Kurt's face slowly changed. He didn't smile, but the hatred was gone from his golden eyes. Scott smiled and turned to face the whole group.
"I think so that there are no misplaced feelings, we shouldn't tell Rogue what went on here tonight. We don't need her to think that we are not her friends."
Slowly everyone nodded.
"Alright let's 'go home' then."
He opened the door of the metal room and everyone filed out. After everyone was gone, Scott took one last look at Rogue. He reached out to turn off the cameras, but then hesitated.
"I will make you leave Rogue. If I know nothing else, I know this." And with that he left, the cameras still set on following Roue's every move.
When Rogue had gotten changed and come downstairs, she found the whole gang just coming in the door. She rushed over to them.
"Where were y'all?"
Scott looked up. "Worried about us Rogue?" He smiled.
The others laughed, though it seemed more then a bit forced.
"Why didn't y'all tell me you were goin' on a mission?"
"We couldn't risk it. The enemy has been watching you closer then ever and we needed to make sure they didn't know we were coming."
"The enemy meaning who exactly?"
"Well the brotherhood of course. That's why they've been talking to you all the time. They have tabs on you all day."
Rogue's eyes widened. That was why Pietro and Lance and the rest of them had been so nice. Social even. She couldn't believe they would do this to her. Rogue felt so hurt.
"It's okay Rogue. We're here for you." Jean came over and put a hesitant hand on her shoulder, making sure not to come anywhere near the Goth's skin. Rogue looked up.
"What were ya doin' in mah head?" She demanded crossly. Jean just smiled sympathetically.
Rogue shook her hand off and noticed that Jean seemed relieved to be away from her poisonous skin. Rogue scowled viciously at the group, but there were tears in her green eyes.
Dammit, twice in one day.
She whirled quickly and stormed to her room. She slammed the door hard enough to make Kitty wince downstairs. Scott turned to face the others.
"She just needs time. She'll see it sooner or later."
Most of them nodded, but Kurt scowled. He muttered something in German that didn't sound very complimentary and then bamfed away. Scott frowned. The blue boy had been becoming a problem. He needed to break the bond between Kurt and his sister, but how? Suddenly it hit him and he smiled broadly. He just had to do a few things and everything would be set.
As soon as Rogue got into her room she started to pace in anger. Her anger was directed at all of them. How dare they! How dare Scott and Jean hurt her like this! How dare Pietro and Lance, Todd and Freddie… She almost sobbed. She couldn't blame them for wanting to hurt her. She had abandoned them. Hurt them and broken their trust. She looked in the mirror and saw what they must have seen in her every day.
Traitor.
"No, Ah had mah reasons for leaving. Ah had to leave, Ah had to learn how to control mah powers."
Of course, but what had the professor done for her? Nothing. Not a fucking thing. All he had done was slap an expensive pair of gloves on her hands and trained her to become one of his little soldiers. Rogue slammed her gloved hand down on her dresser. The scene with Jean played back to her.
She saw the redhead's pity, and she saw her fear. She fears me, they all do. I'm a threat. A freak. She made her way to her bed and collapsed. She heard a bamf and she could faintly smell brimstone. Rogue didn't care anymore; she was too tired to care. She just lay there, looking at nothing. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up. Kurt's golden eyes were looking at her in sorrow.
"I'm sorry Rogue." He said.
Rogue sat up and looked at him. "Isn't everybody." She muttered.
Kurt looked at her for a while, not saying anything. Then suddenly he came forward and wrapped his arms around his sister in a hug. Rogue stiffened at first and she almost threw him off. What did he think he was doing? She was dangerous! Everybody knew that! But then she realized that was exactly what he was trying to tell her. That he trusted her and wasn't afraid of her. She smiled and wrapped her arms around her blue fuzzy brother. After a while she pulled back and looked at him. "Thank you."
Kurt grinned. "Anytime swiester."
Rogue made a little smile. "Alright furrball, enough of this mushy stuff, go pester someone else for a while."
Kurt smiled and after he had said goodbye, bamfed away. Rogue sighed and shook her head. She still had a lot of feelings to sort out and decided that a walk would do her good.
Rogue put on a dark trench coat and pulled on her tall black boots. She made her way outside and walked towards the small woods beside the institute. She needed to get away from everything. She still had trouble quenching her feelings about the brotherhood. She had betrayed them, fought them, hell! She had even absorbed their powers, their memories. She had of course locked them all away with the rest. She had developed an extremely strong mind, she had had to, else she would have gone mad from all the people talking to her. Rogue was brought from her musings as she noticed that someone had apparently been here recently, as there was a trail going through the brush. Curiosity got the best of her and she followed the sloppy trail. She found herself at the side of the mansion, but she saw a metal door that she hadn't seen before. Of course she had never had a reason to explore back here. If the Professor thought that they needed to know anything, he would tell them. Rogue suddenly realized how unbelievable that sounded. Basically, Xavier told them everything that they were to do and think. Rogue shook her head. Now wasn't the time to sort out that problem. She studied the door and found it slightly ajar. Suddenly she knew how countless horror movie people felt. She knew that she should just leave, but she had to know what was in there. Pushing logic aside, she pushed open the door and stepped inside. She found herself in a fair sized room made of metal. There were many things strewn about the room. Chairs, some food. What really captured her attention was a large dashboard with buttons on it. Above it were a series of surveillance cameras. She sat down in one of the chairs in front of the screens; the same one Scott had sat in mere hours ago. She knew quite a bit about computers and other electronics so it wasn't very hard to figure out. What she saw however was much more confusing. She saw… herself! The videotapes of the security cameras in the mansion, she decided. What was disturbing however was that it seemed to follow her, someone had been watching her, and that was truly disturbing. She frowned and looked around the room, looking for anything that might have lad her to anyone. Nothing. Then she spotted it. There was a security camera in this room as well! She moved back to the dashboard and brought up the room's video for the same times that the cameras had been following her. She paled at what she saw. They were all there. Her teammates had been spying on her! She couldn't hear what they were saying. But she saw all of them frowning at the screen. Bobby stepped forward and was snapping something while pointing at the screen. She started typing and eventually she found the sound. She only caught the end of her 'friend's' rant.
"A traitor!" The speaker crackled out. She saw on the screen that many were nodding their agreement. Rogue put a trembling hand on the keyboard and froze the video.
She could see it all. Scott was frowning at the screen of her watching TV. Bobby was pointing at her. 'Traitor' he had called her.
She saw Kitty's sad expression, and Kurt's scowling one. Kurt. Bobby. Kitty. All three of people she had thought she could trust. She turned off the tape with un-feeling hands. She sat there for a long time, just staring at the blank screen. Finally she looked down at her watch.
1:23 am.
She then found her way slowly out of the room. She closed the door behind her and slowly trudged her way to the mansion. She came inside and was greeted by the entire team in their battle gear. Scott and Jean were apparently briefing them. They all turned as one when she came in.
"Rogue!" Kitty nearly shouted. "Where were you? We were, like, just coming out to find you!"
Rogue looked at her once friend with only one emotion in her eyes. Hurt. Kitty stopped talking and just looked at her.
"Rogue? What's wrong?" Scott said, his voice full of worry.
She looked blankly at them. Finally she spoke. "How could you?"
"How could we what Rogue? What did we-" Evan stopped suddenly and his eyes widened. "You found out about the cameras?"
He couldn't have said a worse thing right then. Rogue didn't cry. She didn't flinch at seeing her friends admit to spying on her or thinking her a traitor. But what did happen couldn't have had a stronger effect on them. She looked at them, and she didn't see friends, or companions. She didn't even see them as students or Xmen. She saw enemies. She didn't show an emotion with her next words.
"Ah'm leaving and Ah'm not coming back."
With that she turned and left.
A/N: Well? What did you think? No BoM in this chapter(. But there was lots of Slimy Scott and a bit of anti-Xavier too. At a certain some one's request Bobby is a good guy (not that I could ever make our sweet iceman evil~_~). Don't worry, everything will clear up soon and Rogue is gonna be hella pissed at a certain scooter! Lot's o BoM/Rogue bonding and Rietro in the next chap. Now you all know the drill! Click the little button in the corner already! ~Rio~
Chap. 3: Real friends
A/N: Wow! You people are great! 39 reviews! YES! You've really inspired me to get the next chapter out soon. I hope that you continue to read and enjoy!
~Rio~
When Rogue got back to the institute after school, she found it empty.
"Hello? Where are y'all?"
She walked around the mansion. The den was empty, No one was in the danger room, or the kitchen, or the dorm rooms. "Ok this is just freaky."
Finally she went into her room and found a note on her bed.
"Rogue, went on mission. Be back soon. Scott." Rogue read out loud.
She frowned, when had they all left? And why wasn't there time to inform her? She had seen everyone at lunch, but she didn't have any classes with her team mates after that. But why hadn't they told her? Xavier could have contacted her telepathically, or Jean for that matter.
"This is all so weird." Rogue frowned. Eventually she went and did her homework to pass the time, after that was done she went downstairs and ate and then she went into the den and turned on the TV. After a while she found herself just flicking through the channels.
"Over 200 channels and there aint a single show worth watchin'' Rogue checked her watch. 7:45pm. Now what was she supposed to do?
"Ah guess ah should go work out for a bit so Logan won't be mad at me." She went to her room and changed into a tank top and sweats and then headed towards the workout room.
"See I told you she wasn't a traitor."
"Quiet Bobby, this doesn't prove anything." Scott frowned.
"But, like, Scott. If she was going to, like, meet with the brotherhood this would be like the perfect time!"
"No you guys, Scott is right. We need to keep this up for a while longer." Jean said.
The rest of the X-men grumbled, or in Rahne's case growled, their complaints. Xavier had gone along with Scott's plan and put him in charge. He himself had left to attend a conference, taking Ororo with him. Wolverine had disappeared again, going off on some hunt for sabertooth or something like that.
"Scott?"
"What is it Kitty?" Scott didn't take his eyes off the screen that showed Rogue working out in the indoor gym.
"Scott, I think we should stop. This is, like, totally tearing everyone apart."
Kitty looked pointedly at Kurt. When he had heard of Scott's suspicions, it had taken all of Evan's strength and Kitty's persuading to keep him from attacking Scott. Scott had told him that he had to do this, and that if he didn't they would have to suspect him as well. Kurt had come, but he had not said a word to anyone. He just sat in the corner; his back turned to them. Bobby hadn't been as violent, but he had voiced his objections as well. He also didn't talk, except to defend Rogue. Scott looked around at the rest of the group. Most of them were starting to show the same signs as the Iceman.
Scott somehow blamed this on Rogue. She's been under-minding his command since she fist got there he was sure. She was turning them against him. He had to get them back.
"Alright Kitty, you're right. Let's go now."
Most of the group sighed. Bobby smiled. Kurt looked up at Scott with suspicion. Scott walked over and put a hand on Kurt's blue shoulder.
"I'm sorry I had to do this to Rogue. I needed to make sure, for all of our safeties. Please forgive me Kurt." Kurt's face slowly changed. He didn't smile, but the hatred was gone from his golden eyes. Scott smiled and turned to face the whole group.
"I think so that there are no misplaced feelings, we shouldn't tell Rogue what went on here tonight. We don't need her to think that we are not her friends."
Slowly everyone nodded.
"Alright let's 'go home' then."
He opened the door of the metal room and everyone filed out. After everyone was gone, Scott took one last look at Rogue. He reached out to turn off the cameras, but then hesitated.
"I will make you leave Rogue. If I know nothing else, I know this." And with that he left, the cameras still set on following Roue's every move.
When Rogue had gotten changed and come downstairs, she found the whole gang just coming in the door. She rushed over to them.
"Where were y'all?"
Scott looked up. "Worried about us Rogue?" He smiled.
The others laughed, though it seemed more then a bit forced.
"Why didn't y'all tell me you were goin' on a mission?"
"We couldn't risk it. The enemy has been watching you closer then ever and we needed to make sure they didn't know we were coming."
"The enemy meaning who exactly?"
"Well the brotherhood of course. That's why they've been talking to you all the time. They have tabs on you all day."
Rogue's eyes widened. That was why Pietro and Lance and the rest of them had been so nice. Social even. She couldn't believe they would do this to her. Rogue felt so hurt.
"It's okay Rogue. We're here for you." Jean came over and put a hesitant hand on her shoulder, making sure not to come anywhere near the Goth's skin. Rogue looked up.
"What were ya doin' in mah head?" She demanded crossly. Jean just smiled sympathetically.
Rogue shook her hand off and noticed that Jean seemed relieved to be away from her poisonous skin. Rogue scowled viciously at the group, but there were tears in her green eyes.
Dammit, twice in one day.
She whirled quickly and stormed to her room. She slammed the door hard enough to make Kitty wince downstairs. Scott turned to face the others.
"She just needs time. She'll see it sooner or later."
Most of them nodded, but Kurt scowled. He muttered something in German that didn't sound very complimentary and then bamfed away. Scott frowned. The blue boy had been becoming a problem. He needed to break the bond between Kurt and his sister, but how? Suddenly it hit him and he smiled broadly. He just had to do a few things and everything would be set.
As soon as Rogue got into her room she started to pace in anger. Her anger was directed at all of them. How dare they! How dare Scott and Jean hurt her like this! How dare Pietro and Lance, Todd and Freddie… She almost sobbed. She couldn't blame them for wanting to hurt her. She had abandoned them. Hurt them and broken their trust. She looked in the mirror and saw what they must have seen in her every day.
Traitor.
"No, Ah had mah reasons for leaving. Ah had to leave, Ah had to learn how to control mah powers."
Of course, but what had the professor done for her? Nothing. Not a fucking thing. All he had done was slap an expensive pair of gloves on her hands and trained her to become one of his little soldiers. Rogue slammed her gloved hand down on her dresser. The scene with Jean played back to her.
She saw the redhead's pity, and she saw her fear. She fears me, they all do. I'm a threat. A freak. She made her way to her bed and collapsed. She heard a bamf and she could faintly smell brimstone. Rogue didn't care anymore; she was too tired to care. She just lay there, looking at nothing. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up. Kurt's golden eyes were looking at her in sorrow.
"I'm sorry Rogue." He said.
Rogue sat up and looked at him. "Isn't everybody." She muttered.
Kurt looked at her for a while, not saying anything. Then suddenly he came forward and wrapped his arms around his sister in a hug. Rogue stiffened at first and she almost threw him off. What did he think he was doing? She was dangerous! Everybody knew that! But then she realized that was exactly what he was trying to tell her. That he trusted her and wasn't afraid of her. She smiled and wrapped her arms around her blue fuzzy brother. After a while she pulled back and looked at him. "Thank you."
Kurt grinned. "Anytime swiester."
Rogue made a little smile. "Alright furrball, enough of this mushy stuff, go pester someone else for a while."
Kurt smiled and after he had said goodbye, bamfed away. Rogue sighed and shook her head. She still had a lot of feelings to sort out and decided that a walk would do her good.
Rogue put on a dark trench coat and pulled on her tall black boots. She made her way outside and walked towards the small woods beside the institute. She needed to get away from everything. She still had trouble quenching her feelings about the brotherhood. She had betrayed them, fought them, hell! She had even absorbed their powers, their memories. She had of course locked them all away with the rest. She had developed an extremely strong mind, she had had to, else she would have gone mad from all the people talking to her. Rogue was brought from her musings as she noticed that someone had apparently been here recently, as there was a trail going through the brush. Curiosity got the best of her and she followed the sloppy trail. She found herself at the side of the mansion, but she saw a metal door that she hadn't seen before. Of course she had never had a reason to explore back here. If the Professor thought that they needed to know anything, he would tell them. Rogue suddenly realized how unbelievable that sounded. Basically, Xavier told them everything that they were to do and think. Rogue shook her head. Now wasn't the time to sort out that problem. She studied the door and found it slightly ajar. Suddenly she knew how countless horror movie people felt. She knew that she should just leave, but she had to know what was in there. Pushing logic aside, she pushed open the door and stepped inside. She found herself in a fair sized room made of metal. There were many things strewn about the room. Chairs, some food. What really captured her attention was a large dashboard with buttons on it. Above it were a series of surveillance cameras. She sat down in one of the chairs in front of the screens; the same one Scott had sat in mere hours ago. She knew quite a bit about computers and other electronics so it wasn't very hard to figure out. What she saw however was much more confusing. She saw… herself! The videotapes of the security cameras in the mansion, she decided. What was disturbing however was that it seemed to follow her, someone had been watching her, and that was truly disturbing. She frowned and looked around the room, looking for anything that might have lad her to anyone. Nothing. Then she spotted it. There was a security camera in this room as well! She moved back to the dashboard and brought up the room's video for the same times that the cameras had been following her. She paled at what she saw. They were all there. Her teammates had been spying on her! She couldn't hear what they were saying. But she saw all of them frowning at the screen. Bobby stepped forward and was snapping something while pointing at the screen. She started typing and eventually she found the sound. She only caught the end of her 'friend's' rant.
"A traitor!" The speaker crackled out. She saw on the screen that many were nodding their agreement. Rogue put a trembling hand on the keyboard and froze the video.
She could see it all. Scott was frowning at the screen of her watching TV. Bobby was pointing at her. 'Traitor' he had called her.
She saw Kitty's sad expression, and Kurt's scowling one. Kurt. Bobby. Kitty. All three of people she had thought she could trust. She turned off the tape with un-feeling hands. She sat there for a long time, just staring at the blank screen. Finally she looked down at her watch.
1:23 am.
She then found her way slowly out of the room. She closed the door behind her and slowly trudged her way to the mansion. She came inside and was greeted by the entire team in their battle gear. Scott and Jean were apparently briefing them. They all turned as one when she came in.
"Rogue!" Kitty nearly shouted. "Where were you? We were, like, just coming out to find you!"
Rogue looked at her once friend with only one emotion in her eyes. Hurt. Kitty stopped talking and just looked at her.
"Rogue? What's wrong?" Scott said, his voice full of worry.
She looked blankly at them. Finally she spoke. "How could you?"
"How could we what Rogue? What did we-" Evan stopped suddenly and his eyes widened. "You found out about the cameras?"
He couldn't have said a worse thing right then. Rogue didn't cry. She didn't flinch at seeing her friends admit to spying on her or thinking her a traitor. But what did happen couldn't have had a stronger effect on them. She looked at them, and she didn't see friends, or companions. She didn't even see them as students or Xmen. She saw enemies. She didn't show an emotion with her next words.
"Ah'm leaving and Ah'm not coming back."
With that she turned and left.
A/N: Well? What did you think? No BoM in this chapter(. But there was lots of Slimy Scott and a bit of anti-Xavier too. At a certain some one's request Bobby is a good guy (not that I could ever make our sweet iceman evil~_~). Don't worry, everything will clear up soon and Rogue is gonna be hella pissed at a certain scooter! Lot's o BoM/Rogue bonding and Rietro in the next chap. Now you all know the drill! Click the little button in the corner already! ~Rio~