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The adults were at the professor's office talking about what happened earlier to Rogue. THey were really worried about her, all of this would affect her more than the fact of can't touch.

"I don't like this..." Logan grumphed folding his arms and leaning on the wall "If she didn't want to remember, why didn't we left her like that?!"

"Logan, this was HER decision. She knew that this wouldn't be easy but she kept on" Ororo tried to calm her friend down

"I know, I know..." Logan grumphed again "but I still don't like this..."

"Neither us..." Hank said "All that images comming with not warning to her mind are too much for her..."

"Maybe I should block them again..." the professor said doubtfully

"No!, this is her only oportunity to take control of her power, you can't deny her that chance..." Ororo raised to her feet "I know she can handle this... she just need time"

"But she's just a girl" Logan replied and turned to the professor who was meditating what they should do

"This is Rogue's decision, she is the only one who can decide if we continue or stop the sessions..." The professor said calmly staring at the three adults who nooded and stood there not saying a word.


Next morning, Kitty was waiking up stretching herself. She gave a loud yawn and turned to Rogue's bed thinking the best way to wake her teammate up. Suddenly her cheerful expression turned surprised at noticing that the goth girl was gone. She got up as fast as she could and ran outside the room, not bothering to open the door. When she phased it she crashed with Jean who was passing by.

"Kitty, watch out were your going!" Jean rubbed her head

"Like, sorry! is just that Rogue is, like, gone!" Kitty stood up and helped Jean

"What?" Jean opened the room's door and scanned it. Suddenly she heard a well known *BAMF* , raised her head to the ceiling and saw Kurt falling on her.

"Morning Girls!" Kurt said with a cheerful smile

"Get away from me!" Jean pushed the boy to a side and gave him an angry glare

"Sorry..." Kurt stood up and helped the taller girl to stand up.

"I'm getting used to this..." Now she stared at a sorry Kitty.

"HEY!!! VHERE'S MY SISTA!!!" Kurt was searching everywhere, under the bed, inside the closets, he also took the bed's sheets away

"Calm down Kurt" Jean put her hands on his shoulders trying to get his attention "Maybe she is downstairs with the others and you're getting hysterical for nothing" Kurt think about it for a moment and then grabbed Kitty's and Jean's hands and teleported to the kitchen where Ororo, Evan and Amara were waiting for the rest of the team. Kurt scanned the place and dissapeared again.

"Hey, what's going on with the fury elf?" Evan asked

"He's searching for Rogue..." Jean explained

"What happened to Stripes?" Logan and Scott were entering the room when a cloud of smoke appeared infront of Logan and Kurt on his arms. The man raised an eyebrow and drop the boy on the floor.

"OUCH!! That hurts!" Kurt rubbed his head and stood up

"Did you, like, find her?" Kitty asked a little worried

"No..." the blue boy's face was sad "She dissapeared..."

"What are you talking about? Who dissapeared?" Scott asked

"Rogue... This morning when I, like, woke up, she was, like, gone"

"What?!" Scott, Logan and Ororo asked at the same time surprised and worried

"Are you sure you search in every corner?!" Scott put his hands on Kurt's shoulders and shaked the boy

"Jaaa!!" Kurt put his hands on his head

"She isn't fine, we must find her!" Logan said while exchanging a look with Ororo who nooded


At the park, Rogue was sitting on a bench thoughtfully when a voice returned her to reality.

"Hey girl!" The goth girl raised her gaze and saw Risty Wilde standing next to her "I'm happy to see you're feeling better"

"Thanks" Rogue said with a weak smile

"What's going on? Why did you ask me to come so early?" the british girl sat next to the other girl

"The prof is helping me with a "gift" I have..." Risty gave her a puzzled look (Ok, we all know she is Mystique and blah blah, but she has to act a little)

"You called me to tell me that? Wasn't easier to take the phone?"

"No..." Rogue stared at her hands "Risty, I need you to make me a favor..."

"Yeah, of course"

"I need to..." The goth girl hesitate for a moment "I need to talk to my mother..." Risty stared at her puzzled and surprised

"But what can I do? You said your mother disapeared and I'm not a magician..."

"Please, you know what I'm talking about..." Rogue stared at Risty with pleading eyes "I'm begging you... Mystique..." Risty thought about it for a second and then sighted

"All right, If that's what you want..." Risty closed her eyes and in a second, her body turned into Mystique's

"Thank you..." Rogue whispered

"What do you want to talk with me?" Mystique tried to sound indiferent

"As I told you, the prof is helping me with my little problem and it seems he found the way to make me control my powers"

"Really?" the woman sounded surprised and happy? "But how?" Rogue explained her what the professor told her about his discorery of her powers and the sessions they had

"... and It seems that the clue is hidden in that past that I can't remember..."

"I see... and you thought that maybe I would help you?"

"Well... I... yeah..." The girl stared intensely at her gloved hands placed on her lap "It's not just 'cause of my powers..." Rogue turned and stared at the woman besides her with determination in her eyes "I really want to remember who I am, my chilhood, my father, my life... and you're the only one who can help me, please tell me what happened that day..." Mystique sighted and stared at her daughter saddly

"All right..." Mystique turned to the sky and stared at it "When you born, your father and I were worried that Magneto would harm you the same way he did with your brother so I convinced him to leave with you. He decided to move to Mississipi where Irene was living. She was the one who mantained us in contact and told me about some visions she had about your mutation and that man..."

"The one with the white face..." Rogue said in low voice

"Yes... when she told me a strange man was after you I decided to search for you, I wasn't letting anyone harm you" Rogue stared at the woman next of her surprised, it was the first time she confessed she cared for someone "I met with your father and told him about Irene visions, he said I had nothing to worry about, that he would protect you but..."

"That man killed him..." Rogue whispered while closing her eyes remembering the images she saw in her last session

"I tried my best helping him but he was so powerful..." Mystique lowered her head "I thought that everything was over, that man was succeeding but a miracle happened... when he touched you, your powers activated for a second and we supposed you absorbed him. He felt to the ground unconcious and you passed out, I reached for you and noticed that your hair turned white...."

"I see, that's why I have this white bangs..."

"Yes, when I took you to Irene she said that maybe it was because of the shock but we had to wait to see what would happened... when you woke up you didn't remember anything... but that was the best..."

"I don't undestand how can that be the best!" Rogue said closing her eyes thightly "You can't imagine how many nights I passed thinking why my parents left me with a stranger, why I tried and tried and couldn't remember anything about them or myself..." Rogue shaked her head quietly "and the worst is that... that was the reason I can't touch anyone..."

"I'm really sorry, Rogue, I never mean to... If I knew I would never..."

"I know, I know..." The girl sighted and stared at her hands intensely

"You know something..." Rogue raised her head and stared at the blue woman intrigued "you resembles so much your father. The color of your eyes, your hair, even when you smile you looks so much like him"

"How was him..." Rogue said not thinking

"He was a great man, a gentleman. We met in Germany when I was "making a favor" for Magneto, you know"

"Yeah..." Rogue gave her a sarcastic smile

"He knew about my mutation and my work for Magneto, but he didn't care and asked me to get married. Some time later I got pregnant and gave birth to your brother, Kurt. When he discovered what Magneto did to him he was heart broken, we both were..." It was hard for her to remember so she stopped for a moment to regain her composture "But a year later you born and the joy returned to our lifes" The woman turned to the girl "You can't imagine how much he loved you... you were everything for him..." Mystique's mouth turned into a sad smile "He would be so proud of you and your brother..." The goth girl smiled and sighted sadly. Suddenly she felt her head hurt and raised two fingers to her temple. "Are you all right?" The woman asked worried and the goth girl nooded with her head and opened her eyes. Mystique turned into Risty again and stood up. "I better return you to the Institute but before you have to tell me how did you know that I was Risty"

"There were some things that didn't have sense... You said thinks that Risty would never know but Mystique would..."

"I see" Risty smiled proudly "clever girl" The goth girl shrugged her shoulders with a smile and both walked to the parking lot searching for Risty's car.

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Date: Sunday August 25th, 2002