Dislcaimer: Everybody says they belong to Marvel. I say be specific.
Logan belongs to Len Wein and Dave Cockrum. Rogue belongs to Chris
Claremont. Remy also belongs to Chris Claremont. Emil belongs to Howard
Mackie, but Fabian Nicieza was the only one that every wrote him saying
anything funny. They all end up being presented (whatever that means) by
Stan Lee.
POINT OF HONESTY 2: Missions chapter 4: Kissing Thieves
Rogue woke up immediately knowing something was wrong. Her Logan was gone, yes, but there was something else. An intruder.
`Stealth mode´ Logan had called it. That moment when his ward would cease to be her usual brash self, and don the silence and careful step of one of Mariko´s samurai.
She slid down the stairs, making no noise; carefully listening to learn the location of the unwelcome guest. The vault room.
The vault room was Logan´s shrine. Not even Rogue could go there un- escorted. When he allowed her in, he would only show her things which were familiar to her. Swords, jewels, unsorted gifts from his clients at the Princess Bar. He never showed her things from his life with Mariko. They were to painful. He never showed her things from his life with the X-men. They were too secret.
But the girl could not think on that now. First Logan had been Logan- napped, and now some common thief was going to despoil his most sacred room? Rogue growled softly, stepping over the broken lock of the vault door. Slipping quietly through the vault door, Rogue ever so gently picked up a jeweled Katana from one of the many stands. The legend behind the beautiful sword was that it was supposed to magically protect the head of the Yashida house. `Perfect!´ Rogue thought, `Lot of good it´s done for us!´ Hopefully it would be of better use for what she was about to do.
She crept over numerous objects, objects that if Logan were there, the thief would probably be dead for touching by now! `Guess in a way, tha fella's pretty lucky´, Rogue thought to herself. `He ain´t that lucky though, he´s still gotta deal with me!´
At the most, she´d probably make him very sorry that he came to the wrong house with a very upset mutant inside. On the other hand though, maybe he knew something about Logan´s disappearance. It did seem a little ironic that the same night Logan gets abducted, their house gets broken into.
Her heart wrenched at the thought of Logan. What if she never saw him again? Shuddering at the very thought, she shook her head and forced herself to think of the problem at hand. It almost seemed too much for her at this precise time. She could handle it though, this was what she had been trained for.
Sneaking further into the large vault, she carefully came up behind the thief. Hearing a rather disgusted grunt from behind, the thief jumped and dropped the jewel he was trying to shove in a bag. Turning around, he barely had time to dodge the fist that came hurtling toward his face. Dodging another well-aimed punch, the thief picked up another one of the Katana´s and futilely attempted to ward off the very angry girl with the VERY big sword. Though the stranger was taller than she was, Rogue had no trouble at all keeping him on his toes. Giving a rather graceful turn, she brought the sword around to hit him in the side. Miraculously, the thief brought his sword up and averted her attack.
Sweeping her own Katana down low, Rogue easily jumped out of the way and countered his moves. Jumping didn't seem quite as hard when she needed it. Landing beside him, she brought her arm behind him and slammed it down across his back. Stumbling he turned and tried to hit her while her back was turned. `Big mistake, Bub!´ She shouted at him as she turned to block his punch and delivered one of her own right to his face. `Direct hit!´ she thought gloriously to herself.
It was not over though, he advanced once again on her. Apparently, he did not want to give up without a good fight.
So far he had been having luck with blocking her advances, he was rather clumsy with the weapon though. He showed it with every move he made with it. She could tell that he was out of place and very timid with the large blade. Which of course, she took complete advantage of. It was time to end this fight.
Giving a punch to his gut, she kicked her foot out and brought his legs out from underneath him. With a painful grunt the thief hit the ground and his sword went flying from his hand. Bringing her sword down to his throat, he began to sweat, she could see it too.
Giving a smirk to the fallen intruder, she then did something very unexpected. Before the man could even react, her sword was thrown to the ground and she had picked him up off the ground by his shirt and held him in front of her. Giving a wink of her eye, and a sweet smile to the thief, she ever so slowly bent her face up to meet his lips in a passionate kiss.
Closing her eyes, she allowed his memories to fill her mind. They felt all so alien to her, but she had long been used to the effect her powers had on her mind. Suddenly his eyes flew open and his body jumped. He tried to pull away, but it was to no avail because of her grip. His body giving one last shake, he fell limp in her arms. With a satisfied nod, she let the now unconscious man fall to the floor.
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§Christy S´s Author´s Note: That´s my second attempt at a cliff-hanger. Did I do good? Whether I did, or I didn´t; could you *tell* me if I did good? I´m getting sick of being subtle about this. REVIEW ALREADY!§
§gothic-rogue´s notes: Ha, ha! I know who the thief is! :P At least I know one thing that is going on around here. *sigh* So many secrets Christy keeps from me! Oh well, I can live. ^_^§
POINT OF HONESTY 2: Missions chapter 4: Kissing Thieves
Rogue woke up immediately knowing something was wrong. Her Logan was gone, yes, but there was something else. An intruder.
`Stealth mode´ Logan had called it. That moment when his ward would cease to be her usual brash self, and don the silence and careful step of one of Mariko´s samurai.
She slid down the stairs, making no noise; carefully listening to learn the location of the unwelcome guest. The vault room.
The vault room was Logan´s shrine. Not even Rogue could go there un- escorted. When he allowed her in, he would only show her things which were familiar to her. Swords, jewels, unsorted gifts from his clients at the Princess Bar. He never showed her things from his life with Mariko. They were to painful. He never showed her things from his life with the X-men. They were too secret.
But the girl could not think on that now. First Logan had been Logan- napped, and now some common thief was going to despoil his most sacred room? Rogue growled softly, stepping over the broken lock of the vault door. Slipping quietly through the vault door, Rogue ever so gently picked up a jeweled Katana from one of the many stands. The legend behind the beautiful sword was that it was supposed to magically protect the head of the Yashida house. `Perfect!´ Rogue thought, `Lot of good it´s done for us!´ Hopefully it would be of better use for what she was about to do.
She crept over numerous objects, objects that if Logan were there, the thief would probably be dead for touching by now! `Guess in a way, tha fella's pretty lucky´, Rogue thought to herself. `He ain´t that lucky though, he´s still gotta deal with me!´
At the most, she´d probably make him very sorry that he came to the wrong house with a very upset mutant inside. On the other hand though, maybe he knew something about Logan´s disappearance. It did seem a little ironic that the same night Logan gets abducted, their house gets broken into.
Her heart wrenched at the thought of Logan. What if she never saw him again? Shuddering at the very thought, she shook her head and forced herself to think of the problem at hand. It almost seemed too much for her at this precise time. She could handle it though, this was what she had been trained for.
Sneaking further into the large vault, she carefully came up behind the thief. Hearing a rather disgusted grunt from behind, the thief jumped and dropped the jewel he was trying to shove in a bag. Turning around, he barely had time to dodge the fist that came hurtling toward his face. Dodging another well-aimed punch, the thief picked up another one of the Katana´s and futilely attempted to ward off the very angry girl with the VERY big sword. Though the stranger was taller than she was, Rogue had no trouble at all keeping him on his toes. Giving a rather graceful turn, she brought the sword around to hit him in the side. Miraculously, the thief brought his sword up and averted her attack.
Sweeping her own Katana down low, Rogue easily jumped out of the way and countered his moves. Jumping didn't seem quite as hard when she needed it. Landing beside him, she brought her arm behind him and slammed it down across his back. Stumbling he turned and tried to hit her while her back was turned. `Big mistake, Bub!´ She shouted at him as she turned to block his punch and delivered one of her own right to his face. `Direct hit!´ she thought gloriously to herself.
It was not over though, he advanced once again on her. Apparently, he did not want to give up without a good fight.
So far he had been having luck with blocking her advances, he was rather clumsy with the weapon though. He showed it with every move he made with it. She could tell that he was out of place and very timid with the large blade. Which of course, she took complete advantage of. It was time to end this fight.
Giving a punch to his gut, she kicked her foot out and brought his legs out from underneath him. With a painful grunt the thief hit the ground and his sword went flying from his hand. Bringing her sword down to his throat, he began to sweat, she could see it too.
Giving a smirk to the fallen intruder, she then did something very unexpected. Before the man could even react, her sword was thrown to the ground and she had picked him up off the ground by his shirt and held him in front of her. Giving a wink of her eye, and a sweet smile to the thief, she ever so slowly bent her face up to meet his lips in a passionate kiss.
Closing her eyes, she allowed his memories to fill her mind. They felt all so alien to her, but she had long been used to the effect her powers had on her mind. Suddenly his eyes flew open and his body jumped. He tried to pull away, but it was to no avail because of her grip. His body giving one last shake, he fell limp in her arms. With a satisfied nod, she let the now unconscious man fall to the floor.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
§Christy S´s Author´s Note: That´s my second attempt at a cliff-hanger. Did I do good? Whether I did, or I didn´t; could you *tell* me if I did good? I´m getting sick of being subtle about this. REVIEW ALREADY!§
§gothic-rogue´s notes: Ha, ha! I know who the thief is! :P At least I know one thing that is going on around here. *sigh* So many secrets Christy keeps from me! Oh well, I can live. ^_^§