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"I don't understand, is that a bad thing?"
"No, no, at least Ah don't think it is."
By this time Hank and Logan and come back into the room, both completely stunned. Rogue lifted her hand back up to the girl's face, still nothing.
"Rogue has the ability to absorb memories and abilities from whomever she touches," McCoy explained. Donnie nodded.
"Logan, come here," Rogue called to him. He stepped behind her.
"Rogue, may I caution you on trying to absorb anyone's powers right now," Hank began. "Donnie may simply have an immunity to you."
"Ah have t' try, Hank, Ah just gotta. Do you mind Logan?"
"No, darlin' I don't. If you can control your powers now, we need to make sure."
Rogue stood up from the bed and walked towards, Logan. Everyone in the room held their breath as she reached her bare hand up to his face. She felt the familiar tug and then suddenly, everything went black. Beast and Donnie gasped as both Logan and Rogue fell to the floor.
"What does this mean?" Donnie asked.
"It means, my dear, that I have more tests to perform...On both of you."
Rogue awoke to find herself on one of the beds in medbay. At first she was confused and then suddenly she remembered. That girl, she couldn't absorb her powers or memories or anything. It was as if she were completely empty. She shook her head, she knew the girl had no memories but that shouldn't mean anything. She should still be able to get something from her. Why couldn't she?
She looked across from her and saw Logan sit up lazily, trying to shake off the last traces of unconciousness. When he had finally woken himself up, his gaze drifted to where she was. She could see sadness in her eyes. He jumped off the bed and walked towards her.
"I'm sorry, Rogue."
She smiled up at him, "It's ahright. But we had t' be sure, right?"
He smiled back at her, "Yeah, I s'pose so."
Doctor McCoy had entered the room. "I was wondering when you two would wake up."
"How long have we been out, Doc?"
"About two days, everyone has been extremely worried about you two."
"Two days?!" Rogue exclaimed. "It couldna been that long could it?" She looked over at Logan who shrugged.
"Well, guess I better be goin' then, got thing t' do."
"And where do you think you're going, Logan?"
"You know me, Hank, I don't take to kindly to the whole medical situation. I think I'm gonna take Donnie on a little tour, if that's alright with you?"
Beast sighed and shook his head, "Very well, make sure she uses one of the chairs."
"Oh no I'm not fuzzboy!" Donnie was standing in the doorway, shaking slightly. "I will not be treated like a cripple!"
"He's just tryin' to make sure you don' hurt yerself anymore than ya already have, darlin'."
She shot a look at him that could have killed a wild bear. "Or maybe y'll be just fine on yer own."
Rogue laughed, Logan was in for an interesting time with that one.
"My sentiments exactly," said Hank. "You should be alright now, so you're free to go, but I will ask you not to try and absorb anyone's powers for a while. Agreed?"
She nodded, "Y' ain't gotta tell me twice, Doc. Ah don't want that t' happen again."
"I would imagine not. I'll let you know when I have something more."
"Thanks."
Gambit walked along the school grounds, thinking. He always screwed things up at just the right time. Right when he was going to...he really shouldn't brood like that. It got him nowhere. As they say, hindsight is 20/20. You really couldn't let yourself lament the past, otherwise it would consume you. You just had to live from day to day, and try and make up for the mistakes you made the best you could. But how could he make up for this one? He had hurt Rogue. They had come so far since he came back from Antarctica. She was probably used to his charming ways, but that didn't make up for his behavior yesterday morning. He had been such an ass. She was obviously troubled and he had probably made things worse. Well, that settled it, he was going to track her down and apologize. He was so caught up in his thoughts he didn't see Kurt walking towards him and he bumped right into him.
"Sorry, Kurt, din' see y' dere."
"It is alright mein Freund. You seem troubled."
"Jus' a lil. You wouldn' happen t' know where Rogue was, would you?"
"She was in the medbay earlier, but I believe she has gone elsewhere. I take it you wish to explain your behavior yesterday?"
He looked up, "Yeah, I guess you could say dat."
"Hmmm, Ororo would probably know."
"T'anks, Kurt."
"No problem."
Ororo had said to check her room, making Gambit feel a bit foolish. He really couldn't think straight could he? He raised an arm to knock on the door and stopped. What if she didn't want to talk to him? He hadn't thought of that before and then he thought of Storm's approach the other night. She may not want to talk, but they needed to talk. He knocked.
"Yes?"
"It's Gambit, we need to talk, chere."
She opened the door, "Come on in." and walked to the balcony where he presumed she had been standing when he knocked.
"I want to apologize, for what I did yesterday. You were hurtin' and I din' wanna see."
"It's alright Remy, you were just bein' yoah normal self."
"Dat don't excuse t'ings!" Rogue jumped. "Sorry, it's jus'...I care 'bout you Rogue, really, but sometimes, I jus' don' know how t' show it, y' get me?"
"Yeah, Remy, Ah do," she turned, "but Ah don' think this is the best time t' talk about it, alright? Ah've got some things to work out with mahself. Ah just need some time, t' mahself, okay?"
"Sure t'ing chere, but if you wanna talk, 'bout anyt'ing, you know I be here for you, oui?"
"Thank you Remy."
He left the room and closed the door gently behind him, but Rogue could still hear what was going on in the hallway."
"Remy Lebeau!" she heard a very British voice say, "There you are! Didn't you promise me a tour, darling?"
"Oh yeah, I guess maybe I did. Sometimes Gambit forget t'ings, oui? Where'd you wanna start?"
Their voices faded as they walked away from her room. For the first time in a long time, Rogue let out a sob. She cried for several hours before finally drifting to sleep out on the balcony.
Down in the medbay, about the same time that Rogue was drifting to sleep, Beast was still awake pouring over his notes. Ever since his charges had left, he had been examining blood and tissue samples in an attempt to make some sense of the days events. He went back to his microscope one final time and then he would call it quits for the night. He put a drop of Rogue's blood on a dish and then a drop of Donnie's blood next to. He had done this about a dozen times, and each time, nothing happened. Normally, Rogue's blood would absorb energy from the other sample. He would run a dna analasis in the morning. He took another clean dish from the cabinet. This was the last test he would run. Again, he put a drop of Rogue's blood on the dish, then he took a drop of a random mutant's blood and placed it next to it. What he saw, startled him. Instead of absorbing the energy, Rogue's sample withered away from the other sample. Just to be sure, he started testing it with other samples and the effect worsened with each one. He lifted his head from the microscope and began rummaging through his notes again and came to one final conclusion. He hit the comm button.
"Rogue, this is Doctor McCoy, please come down to the medbay at once!"
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I know, I know, another cliff hanger, but I'm evil okay? Just go and review. And I promise to keep updating as long as class will allow. =)
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"I don't understand, is that a bad thing?"
"No, no, at least Ah don't think it is."
By this time Hank and Logan and come back into the room, both completely stunned. Rogue lifted her hand back up to the girl's face, still nothing.
"Rogue has the ability to absorb memories and abilities from whomever she touches," McCoy explained. Donnie nodded.
"Logan, come here," Rogue called to him. He stepped behind her.
"Rogue, may I caution you on trying to absorb anyone's powers right now," Hank began. "Donnie may simply have an immunity to you."
"Ah have t' try, Hank, Ah just gotta. Do you mind Logan?"
"No, darlin' I don't. If you can control your powers now, we need to make sure."
Rogue stood up from the bed and walked towards, Logan. Everyone in the room held their breath as she reached her bare hand up to his face. She felt the familiar tug and then suddenly, everything went black. Beast and Donnie gasped as both Logan and Rogue fell to the floor.
"What does this mean?" Donnie asked.
"It means, my dear, that I have more tests to perform...On both of you."
Rogue awoke to find herself on one of the beds in medbay. At first she was confused and then suddenly she remembered. That girl, she couldn't absorb her powers or memories or anything. It was as if she were completely empty. She shook her head, she knew the girl had no memories but that shouldn't mean anything. She should still be able to get something from her. Why couldn't she?
She looked across from her and saw Logan sit up lazily, trying to shake off the last traces of unconciousness. When he had finally woken himself up, his gaze drifted to where she was. She could see sadness in her eyes. He jumped off the bed and walked towards her.
"I'm sorry, Rogue."
She smiled up at him, "It's ahright. But we had t' be sure, right?"
He smiled back at her, "Yeah, I s'pose so."
Doctor McCoy had entered the room. "I was wondering when you two would wake up."
"How long have we been out, Doc?"
"About two days, everyone has been extremely worried about you two."
"Two days?!" Rogue exclaimed. "It couldna been that long could it?" She looked over at Logan who shrugged.
"Well, guess I better be goin' then, got thing t' do."
"And where do you think you're going, Logan?"
"You know me, Hank, I don't take to kindly to the whole medical situation. I think I'm gonna take Donnie on a little tour, if that's alright with you?"
Beast sighed and shook his head, "Very well, make sure she uses one of the chairs."
"Oh no I'm not fuzzboy!" Donnie was standing in the doorway, shaking slightly. "I will not be treated like a cripple!"
"He's just tryin' to make sure you don' hurt yerself anymore than ya already have, darlin'."
She shot a look at him that could have killed a wild bear. "Or maybe y'll be just fine on yer own."
Rogue laughed, Logan was in for an interesting time with that one.
"My sentiments exactly," said Hank. "You should be alright now, so you're free to go, but I will ask you not to try and absorb anyone's powers for a while. Agreed?"
She nodded, "Y' ain't gotta tell me twice, Doc. Ah don't want that t' happen again."
"I would imagine not. I'll let you know when I have something more."
"Thanks."
Gambit walked along the school grounds, thinking. He always screwed things up at just the right time. Right when he was going to...he really shouldn't brood like that. It got him nowhere. As they say, hindsight is 20/20. You really couldn't let yourself lament the past, otherwise it would consume you. You just had to live from day to day, and try and make up for the mistakes you made the best you could. But how could he make up for this one? He had hurt Rogue. They had come so far since he came back from Antarctica. She was probably used to his charming ways, but that didn't make up for his behavior yesterday morning. He had been such an ass. She was obviously troubled and he had probably made things worse. Well, that settled it, he was going to track her down and apologize. He was so caught up in his thoughts he didn't see Kurt walking towards him and he bumped right into him.
"Sorry, Kurt, din' see y' dere."
"It is alright mein Freund. You seem troubled."
"Jus' a lil. You wouldn' happen t' know where Rogue was, would you?"
"She was in the medbay earlier, but I believe she has gone elsewhere. I take it you wish to explain your behavior yesterday?"
He looked up, "Yeah, I guess you could say dat."
"Hmmm, Ororo would probably know."
"T'anks, Kurt."
"No problem."
Ororo had said to check her room, making Gambit feel a bit foolish. He really couldn't think straight could he? He raised an arm to knock on the door and stopped. What if she didn't want to talk to him? He hadn't thought of that before and then he thought of Storm's approach the other night. She may not want to talk, but they needed to talk. He knocked.
"Yes?"
"It's Gambit, we need to talk, chere."
She opened the door, "Come on in." and walked to the balcony where he presumed she had been standing when he knocked.
"I want to apologize, for what I did yesterday. You were hurtin' and I din' wanna see."
"It's alright Remy, you were just bein' yoah normal self."
"Dat don't excuse t'ings!" Rogue jumped. "Sorry, it's jus'...I care 'bout you Rogue, really, but sometimes, I jus' don' know how t' show it, y' get me?"
"Yeah, Remy, Ah do," she turned, "but Ah don' think this is the best time t' talk about it, alright? Ah've got some things to work out with mahself. Ah just need some time, t' mahself, okay?"
"Sure t'ing chere, but if you wanna talk, 'bout anyt'ing, you know I be here for you, oui?"
"Thank you Remy."
He left the room and closed the door gently behind him, but Rogue could still hear what was going on in the hallway."
"Remy Lebeau!" she heard a very British voice say, "There you are! Didn't you promise me a tour, darling?"
"Oh yeah, I guess maybe I did. Sometimes Gambit forget t'ings, oui? Where'd you wanna start?"
Their voices faded as they walked away from her room. For the first time in a long time, Rogue let out a sob. She cried for several hours before finally drifting to sleep out on the balcony.
Down in the medbay, about the same time that Rogue was drifting to sleep, Beast was still awake pouring over his notes. Ever since his charges had left, he had been examining blood and tissue samples in an attempt to make some sense of the days events. He went back to his microscope one final time and then he would call it quits for the night. He put a drop of Rogue's blood on a dish and then a drop of Donnie's blood next to. He had done this about a dozen times, and each time, nothing happened. Normally, Rogue's blood would absorb energy from the other sample. He would run a dna analasis in the morning. He took another clean dish from the cabinet. This was the last test he would run. Again, he put a drop of Rogue's blood on the dish, then he took a drop of a random mutant's blood and placed it next to it. What he saw, startled him. Instead of absorbing the energy, Rogue's sample withered away from the other sample. Just to be sure, he started testing it with other samples and the effect worsened with each one. He lifted his head from the microscope and began rummaging through his notes again and came to one final conclusion. He hit the comm button.
"Rogue, this is Doctor McCoy, please come down to the medbay at once!"
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I know, I know, another cliff hanger, but I'm evil okay? Just go and review. And I promise to keep updating as long as class will allow. =)