CHAPTER SIXTEEN---- ^_^ Forty some chapters, eh? Heh heh! Yes… it's ALL
coming together! =P Wow… this fic is starting to turn into a little
romance… I'm surprised! heehee^_^ d'oh! You probably want to read the fic!
Proceed! … oh! And before I forget EVANGELION RULES! lol
Rated PG-13 for….
Cursing
Disclaimer…
X-Men and X-Evo isn't mine… but I leave you words of GIR from Invader Zim "I miss the cupcake." *wipes tear from eye* BEAUTIFUL!!!
*: From the mind
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An Old Friend
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"Sorry, are we in your way?"
Bishop tightened his fist. "Move it." He growled.
Chronomancer laughed. "I don't know… how about you leave it to the big boys? We'll take care of the White Queen, and you can all go home."
Bishop stopped… was that Shard he saw? He stepped forward narrowed his eyes. "Shard? Is that you, or am I hallucinating?"
Chronomancer smirked rested his hand on the girl's shoulder. Shard looked away from Bishop's eyes. He growled. "Why are you doing this, sis? What did I-"
Her eyes closed tightly. "It's not about you, Bishop." She looked at him. "You will always be my brother… nothing can change that… but I love Trevor. I really do. I'm sorry that this has to come between us… but I can't stand by any longer because of you."
He almost fell back. Betsy assisted him. Bishop became speechless… he couldn't do anything. He loved his sister, but Shard was choosing her own path. If that's what she chose… he looked away. Damn it all. Why? Why did she have to love Trevor Fitzroy?
Kitty stuck out her tongue. "Gross! That girl is like fourteen and that other guy is like eighteen."
Vincent stepped forward. "Move aside, Chronomancer. We are going. If you won't move from where you stand, then-"
Another group appeared… from behind them. Remy cursed to himself. The Assassins Guild. Bella Donna, of course, leading them. She smirked. "Didn't expect me t' actually fight you, huh?" She glared at Remy. He folded his arms. "You can fight all y' want, Chere… but if y' haven't noticed we have another problem ahead o' us."
Bella Donna looked… she gasped. "Is dat Chronomancer?!"
The man smirked. "Oh? You have heard of me?"
She looked at her teammates. She laughed. "What do you say y'all? What costs more money? LeBeau's head, or Chronomancer?"
The Assassins Guild all knew very well. "Chronomancer."
Remy smirked. What luck. He nudged to Rogue. "We amscray while dese people are fightin'… maybe we reach the sixth mutant before dem." He whispered. She smiled. "Yeah… do you think the rest will follow?"
"We'll see."
The Assassins Guild began to attack Chronomancer and his minions. Bishop looked at his companions. "I'll stay here… I guess I'll help Shard… as much as I'll hate it."
Betsy nodded. "Whatever you need to do. Try to escape a little early to find us, alright?"
They left. Kitty laughed. "I can't believe they're still fighting back there!"
Kurt sighed. "You think Bishop vill be alright?"
Vincent looked back. "He'll be fine."
The Cajun man sighed. "We're gonna need to split up. Meet up here later."
Betsy nodded. "Not a problem. Let's just find this mutant soon. Two groups of three."
Remy's group… Rogue and Vincent. They continued their walking. "Now what direction, Golem?" Rogue kicked a rock. Vincent sighed. "I lost the track… but whoever it is can't be far." Rogue sighed. "This is stupid… how in hell are we supposed to find ONE person… PLEASE, let whoever it is be a friend of yours, Remy."
Remy sighed in relief. At least the sixth mutant wasn't Bella Donna or he was going to be in BIIIIG trouble. He scratched his head. "I cant t'ink of any ot'er mutants at de moment… whoever it is must be visitin' New Orleans."
Vincent smiled. "I sense it very near… keep your eyes peeled."
They looked around. Nothing. There were people all over the place… none looked one bit suspicious or looked like a mutant. Remy grunted. "This is getting' old fast. Let's jus' see who gives off a vibe."
Vincent stopped. "There. That man over there." He shrugged to the direction to a man with short brown hair, wearing a denim jacket. Rogue looked. "I got 'em." She smirked and began running. Soon, the man was running as well… away from Rogue. A chase began.
She kept on running after him. He turned a corner. She turned… but he was gone. Where was he? She looked around. People. Crowds of people. How was she going to find him now? She sighed, and turned back. "Sorry guys… I lost him. We'll have to look again."
Remy smiled. "It's alright. It's only…" He looked at his watch. "three in de afternoon. We have plenty o' time."
Vincent spotted a woman. "That's her."
Rogue looked at him. "What, are you stupid? It was a guy! Are you trying to trick me or something?"
Vincent held onto his head. "I'm so confused. I'm getting different detections. I sense it from there." He turned, "and there," he turned again, "and THERE."
Remy held onto the muscular one. "Hold on, Golem. Maybe y' should sit down. Me and Rogue will take care o' t'ings, jus' rest, we'll come back t' get you."
Rogue sighed. "Now what? Look for the guy we saw?"
Remy shrugged. "I dunno… whoever it was is long gone now."
The minutes turned into hours. Betsy, Kurt, and Kitty had no luck either. They had come across the same man, but he disappeared as well. They soon gave up and left to help Bishop.
Bishop had left the fight. Chronomancer's team had escaped… along with his sister. The Assassins Guild wasn't pleased and left. They called it a night. Who won in the battle…? No one. It was a meaningless and unsuccessful fight in the Assassins Guild and Chronomancer's hand.
Remy and Rogue went back to Vincent, who was still confused and sitting on the bench. Rogue looked at Remy. "How come you were banished?"
Remy folded his arms. "Is dat really de question t' ask NOW, Chere?"
"Why wouldn't it be? C'mon, Remy. I want to know."
"I don' need t' tell you."
She shrugged. "God, I didn't know it was so important. I thought I could trust you, Remy, but you wont tell me anything about you and your past."
He sighed. "Let's make a deal. I tell you, you tell me somethin' about your past."
She nodded. "Deal."
"I was banished 'cause I killed someone."
Rogue blinked. "Uh… come again?"
"You asked, I answered."
She stood up. "You have to be joking, right? You couldn't have killed someone… that doesn't seem like something you would do… I mean… you aren't heartless or cold."
Remy bowed his head. "How do you know dat, Chere. You don' know me inside an' out. De truth is, it was an accident. I killed someone who belonged to de Assassins Guild, an' I was banished."
Rogue was speechless. Remy hardly seemed like someone who'd actually kill someone. It didn't bother her all that much, but it was shocking. "What's the Assassins Guild?"
"Hey, hey, hey! You have t' tell me somet'ing 'bout your past first."
She sighed. "What do you want to know?"
"Tell me… 'bout when y' first learned your power."
She tightened her grasp… and took a deep breath. "Alright. I had a boyfriend. He kissed me, an' I absorbed his energy.. he almost died because of me."
Remy blinked. "Is dat why you don' kiss?"
She glared at him. "What? Even if I COULD kiss, I wouldn't kiss YOU."
Remy smirked. "I never said anyt'ing about you kissin' me, but t'anks for de thought."
She looked away from him. There was that feeling again… like she was being attacked at the heart. She hated this feeling. She closed her eyes. "Tell me about the Assassins Guild."
"Dey are a guild o' Assassins."
She growled. "In more detail, smart one. I mean… why did you kill that guy from the Assassins Guild?"
He stood up. "He ambushed me."
"Why?"
"Because I was from de Thieves Guild."
She glared at him. "How does that have to do with anything?"
"De Thieves and Assassins Guild have been enemies from de dawn o' time."
"Why you?"
Remy was quiet. "Dat was more dan one question about m' past, Chere… my turn."
The streetlights turned on… it got dark. It was nine in the evening. Vincent stood up. "Let's meet up with the others."
They did. Because the day was unsuccessful, they were going to stay there in New Orleans for one more day. They got two rooms. One for the men, the other for the women. It wasn't too late, and Rogue couldn't sleep. She walked to the roof of the apartment and looked out at the city of New Orleans. It was nice. She was alone again… and somehow it wasn't as comforting as it used to be. She sighed.
"Chere?"
She looked over. "Are you following me?"
Remy smirked. "No, you owe me. You still need t' tell me somet'ing."
"Hmm… what do you want to know?"
"If you missed what you had wit your boyfriend…?"
Rogue sighed. She could always lie. "No. I'm glad it's all over. I don't need to worry about the hurt love can bring."
"How about de hurt dat it will never come again? Besides, you don' need touch t' love someone…" He sat down.
She looked at him. "Remy, why do you keep on trying? It's useless and you're wasting your time."
"Is it useless?"
She grunted and looked away. "You're pathetic."
He smirked. "I guess…"
It was quiet. Rogue looked back at him. "Is that all you want? One lousy little kiss? You know if I give it to you, I might kill you. Last time my power didn't work, but you know Emma wants you dead. She might've taken your immunity away."
"I can t'ink of worse fates, Chere."
"I can't let you get hurt by something that stupid. If you die, it's exactly what Emma wants."
"Rogue… are you saying you WANT a kiss?"
She sighed. "I'm saying I can't waste any more time on pointless things. Good night." She began walking.
"Rogue, wait."
She looked back. "What now?" she sounded annoyed. Remy moved closer to her. "I understand what you're sayin'… I won't bother you 'bout it again." He leaned over and kissed her cheek. "G'night."
She stood there on the roof… alone… touching her cheek. It only lasted for not even a second, and yet she could still feel his lips on her skin. She growled. "No… no… I can't do this… I can't." She fell to her knees and stared at the ground. How could that jerk do that? Say he would never bother her about it again and kiss her cheek? Smooth. Reeeaaal smooth. She sighed. Why? Why her? Why couldn't she stay her own self and be in solitude and be alone.. be the way she was supposed to be and be the way she was accustomed to? Damn him.
Rogue was being watched. The mutant from afar sighed. "Is that them… or am I still in danger?" He looked around. It had to be them. The X-Men. He smiled. "Logan is in that team… heh… it'll be like the good 'ol days." He began walking. Rogue looked down and saw him. It was the mutant! She quickly climbed down the fire escape and began running. "Hey! You! Stop now!" She called. He did as she said and turned around. He smirked. "Professor Xavier… haven't seen him in a long time…you're from the X-Men, right?"
She looked at him. "Yeah… I am… you-"
"I know who and what I am. You don't need to explain it to me. Sorry I ran off earlier. I thought you were one of Chronomancer's goons." He walked towards her. "Is Logan here?"
She shook her head. "No… but we will be going to Bayville tomorrow, if you decide to come with us. You can see him, I bet."
The man smirked. "That's good. The name's Morph."
"Rogue."
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Dum dum dum. Morph. Sound familiar? Doesn't? Confused? Scared? Worried? Happy? All of the above? REVIEW! ^_^ You keep reviewing, I keep writing. Deal? Deal!
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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN:
Rated PG-13 for….
Cursing
Disclaimer…
X-Men and X-Evo isn't mine… but I leave you words of GIR from Invader Zim "I miss the cupcake." *wipes tear from eye* BEAUTIFUL!!!
*: From the mind
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
An Old Friend
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"Sorry, are we in your way?"
Bishop tightened his fist. "Move it." He growled.
Chronomancer laughed. "I don't know… how about you leave it to the big boys? We'll take care of the White Queen, and you can all go home."
Bishop stopped… was that Shard he saw? He stepped forward narrowed his eyes. "Shard? Is that you, or am I hallucinating?"
Chronomancer smirked rested his hand on the girl's shoulder. Shard looked away from Bishop's eyes. He growled. "Why are you doing this, sis? What did I-"
Her eyes closed tightly. "It's not about you, Bishop." She looked at him. "You will always be my brother… nothing can change that… but I love Trevor. I really do. I'm sorry that this has to come between us… but I can't stand by any longer because of you."
He almost fell back. Betsy assisted him. Bishop became speechless… he couldn't do anything. He loved his sister, but Shard was choosing her own path. If that's what she chose… he looked away. Damn it all. Why? Why did she have to love Trevor Fitzroy?
Kitty stuck out her tongue. "Gross! That girl is like fourteen and that other guy is like eighteen."
Vincent stepped forward. "Move aside, Chronomancer. We are going. If you won't move from where you stand, then-"
Another group appeared… from behind them. Remy cursed to himself. The Assassins Guild. Bella Donna, of course, leading them. She smirked. "Didn't expect me t' actually fight you, huh?" She glared at Remy. He folded his arms. "You can fight all y' want, Chere… but if y' haven't noticed we have another problem ahead o' us."
Bella Donna looked… she gasped. "Is dat Chronomancer?!"
The man smirked. "Oh? You have heard of me?"
She looked at her teammates. She laughed. "What do you say y'all? What costs more money? LeBeau's head, or Chronomancer?"
The Assassins Guild all knew very well. "Chronomancer."
Remy smirked. What luck. He nudged to Rogue. "We amscray while dese people are fightin'… maybe we reach the sixth mutant before dem." He whispered. She smiled. "Yeah… do you think the rest will follow?"
"We'll see."
The Assassins Guild began to attack Chronomancer and his minions. Bishop looked at his companions. "I'll stay here… I guess I'll help Shard… as much as I'll hate it."
Betsy nodded. "Whatever you need to do. Try to escape a little early to find us, alright?"
They left. Kitty laughed. "I can't believe they're still fighting back there!"
Kurt sighed. "You think Bishop vill be alright?"
Vincent looked back. "He'll be fine."
The Cajun man sighed. "We're gonna need to split up. Meet up here later."
Betsy nodded. "Not a problem. Let's just find this mutant soon. Two groups of three."
Remy's group… Rogue and Vincent. They continued their walking. "Now what direction, Golem?" Rogue kicked a rock. Vincent sighed. "I lost the track… but whoever it is can't be far." Rogue sighed. "This is stupid… how in hell are we supposed to find ONE person… PLEASE, let whoever it is be a friend of yours, Remy."
Remy sighed in relief. At least the sixth mutant wasn't Bella Donna or he was going to be in BIIIIG trouble. He scratched his head. "I cant t'ink of any ot'er mutants at de moment… whoever it is must be visitin' New Orleans."
Vincent smiled. "I sense it very near… keep your eyes peeled."
They looked around. Nothing. There were people all over the place… none looked one bit suspicious or looked like a mutant. Remy grunted. "This is getting' old fast. Let's jus' see who gives off a vibe."
Vincent stopped. "There. That man over there." He shrugged to the direction to a man with short brown hair, wearing a denim jacket. Rogue looked. "I got 'em." She smirked and began running. Soon, the man was running as well… away from Rogue. A chase began.
She kept on running after him. He turned a corner. She turned… but he was gone. Where was he? She looked around. People. Crowds of people. How was she going to find him now? She sighed, and turned back. "Sorry guys… I lost him. We'll have to look again."
Remy smiled. "It's alright. It's only…" He looked at his watch. "three in de afternoon. We have plenty o' time."
Vincent spotted a woman. "That's her."
Rogue looked at him. "What, are you stupid? It was a guy! Are you trying to trick me or something?"
Vincent held onto his head. "I'm so confused. I'm getting different detections. I sense it from there." He turned, "and there," he turned again, "and THERE."
Remy held onto the muscular one. "Hold on, Golem. Maybe y' should sit down. Me and Rogue will take care o' t'ings, jus' rest, we'll come back t' get you."
Rogue sighed. "Now what? Look for the guy we saw?"
Remy shrugged. "I dunno… whoever it was is long gone now."
The minutes turned into hours. Betsy, Kurt, and Kitty had no luck either. They had come across the same man, but he disappeared as well. They soon gave up and left to help Bishop.
Bishop had left the fight. Chronomancer's team had escaped… along with his sister. The Assassins Guild wasn't pleased and left. They called it a night. Who won in the battle…? No one. It was a meaningless and unsuccessful fight in the Assassins Guild and Chronomancer's hand.
Remy and Rogue went back to Vincent, who was still confused and sitting on the bench. Rogue looked at Remy. "How come you were banished?"
Remy folded his arms. "Is dat really de question t' ask NOW, Chere?"
"Why wouldn't it be? C'mon, Remy. I want to know."
"I don' need t' tell you."
She shrugged. "God, I didn't know it was so important. I thought I could trust you, Remy, but you wont tell me anything about you and your past."
He sighed. "Let's make a deal. I tell you, you tell me somethin' about your past."
She nodded. "Deal."
"I was banished 'cause I killed someone."
Rogue blinked. "Uh… come again?"
"You asked, I answered."
She stood up. "You have to be joking, right? You couldn't have killed someone… that doesn't seem like something you would do… I mean… you aren't heartless or cold."
Remy bowed his head. "How do you know dat, Chere. You don' know me inside an' out. De truth is, it was an accident. I killed someone who belonged to de Assassins Guild, an' I was banished."
Rogue was speechless. Remy hardly seemed like someone who'd actually kill someone. It didn't bother her all that much, but it was shocking. "What's the Assassins Guild?"
"Hey, hey, hey! You have t' tell me somet'ing 'bout your past first."
She sighed. "What do you want to know?"
"Tell me… 'bout when y' first learned your power."
She tightened her grasp… and took a deep breath. "Alright. I had a boyfriend. He kissed me, an' I absorbed his energy.. he almost died because of me."
Remy blinked. "Is dat why you don' kiss?"
She glared at him. "What? Even if I COULD kiss, I wouldn't kiss YOU."
Remy smirked. "I never said anyt'ing about you kissin' me, but t'anks for de thought."
She looked away from him. There was that feeling again… like she was being attacked at the heart. She hated this feeling. She closed her eyes. "Tell me about the Assassins Guild."
"Dey are a guild o' Assassins."
She growled. "In more detail, smart one. I mean… why did you kill that guy from the Assassins Guild?"
He stood up. "He ambushed me."
"Why?"
"Because I was from de Thieves Guild."
She glared at him. "How does that have to do with anything?"
"De Thieves and Assassins Guild have been enemies from de dawn o' time."
"Why you?"
Remy was quiet. "Dat was more dan one question about m' past, Chere… my turn."
The streetlights turned on… it got dark. It was nine in the evening. Vincent stood up. "Let's meet up with the others."
They did. Because the day was unsuccessful, they were going to stay there in New Orleans for one more day. They got two rooms. One for the men, the other for the women. It wasn't too late, and Rogue couldn't sleep. She walked to the roof of the apartment and looked out at the city of New Orleans. It was nice. She was alone again… and somehow it wasn't as comforting as it used to be. She sighed.
"Chere?"
She looked over. "Are you following me?"
Remy smirked. "No, you owe me. You still need t' tell me somet'ing."
"Hmm… what do you want to know?"
"If you missed what you had wit your boyfriend…?"
Rogue sighed. She could always lie. "No. I'm glad it's all over. I don't need to worry about the hurt love can bring."
"How about de hurt dat it will never come again? Besides, you don' need touch t' love someone…" He sat down.
She looked at him. "Remy, why do you keep on trying? It's useless and you're wasting your time."
"Is it useless?"
She grunted and looked away. "You're pathetic."
He smirked. "I guess…"
It was quiet. Rogue looked back at him. "Is that all you want? One lousy little kiss? You know if I give it to you, I might kill you. Last time my power didn't work, but you know Emma wants you dead. She might've taken your immunity away."
"I can t'ink of worse fates, Chere."
"I can't let you get hurt by something that stupid. If you die, it's exactly what Emma wants."
"Rogue… are you saying you WANT a kiss?"
She sighed. "I'm saying I can't waste any more time on pointless things. Good night." She began walking.
"Rogue, wait."
She looked back. "What now?" she sounded annoyed. Remy moved closer to her. "I understand what you're sayin'… I won't bother you 'bout it again." He leaned over and kissed her cheek. "G'night."
She stood there on the roof… alone… touching her cheek. It only lasted for not even a second, and yet she could still feel his lips on her skin. She growled. "No… no… I can't do this… I can't." She fell to her knees and stared at the ground. How could that jerk do that? Say he would never bother her about it again and kiss her cheek? Smooth. Reeeaaal smooth. She sighed. Why? Why her? Why couldn't she stay her own self and be in solitude and be alone.. be the way she was supposed to be and be the way she was accustomed to? Damn him.
Rogue was being watched. The mutant from afar sighed. "Is that them… or am I still in danger?" He looked around. It had to be them. The X-Men. He smiled. "Logan is in that team… heh… it'll be like the good 'ol days." He began walking. Rogue looked down and saw him. It was the mutant! She quickly climbed down the fire escape and began running. "Hey! You! Stop now!" She called. He did as she said and turned around. He smirked. "Professor Xavier… haven't seen him in a long time…you're from the X-Men, right?"
She looked at him. "Yeah… I am… you-"
"I know who and what I am. You don't need to explain it to me. Sorry I ran off earlier. I thought you were one of Chronomancer's goons." He walked towards her. "Is Logan here?"
She shook her head. "No… but we will be going to Bayville tomorrow, if you decide to come with us. You can see him, I bet."
The man smirked. "That's good. The name's Morph."
"Rogue."
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Dum dum dum. Morph. Sound familiar? Doesn't? Confused? Scared? Worried? Happy? All of the above? REVIEW! ^_^ You keep reviewing, I keep writing. Deal? Deal!
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