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HAVENS

By: PennyGirl

Part Four: Alleyway Mutants

            Rogue ran through the back streets of New York, constantly looking over her shoulder. She knew that the world would not want to see her kind right now. And since she'd been seen on national television, she knew that it would be a good idea to hide.

            Rogue turned left on an alley street and skidded to a halt. There, on the big screen of Times Square, was the coverage of what had happened just hours earlier. Rogue's eyes grew wide and she began to back up.

            But her steps weren't quick enough, for a person in the crowd saw her, and shouted out who she was.

            Rogue bolted back down an alley street, away from the mob following her, and didn't even notice when a girl three stories up began to follow her.

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            Rogue ran as fast as her feet would carry her, but the mob was catching up, and she knew nothing of a place she could hide.

            She'd just turned on another alleyway when a hand shot out and grabbed her. Rogue responded by tossing them over shoulder. The slammed into the wall and slid to the floor.

            "Geez, lady, he was only trying to help."

            Rogue turned around to see a girl of thirteen walking past her to help her friend up. "Why'd you have to do that?" she asked as she pulled her friend to their feet. Rogue noticed that the girl had pink hair and that her friend was green skinned.

            Mutants. Rogue had been grabbed by a mutant.

            "Sorry," Rogue drawled in her southern accent. "I thought you were someone else."

            "Who else with green skin would try to attack you?" the girl with pink hair asked, tucking a strand behind her ear as her friend began to stand on his own two feet. Rogue noticed that something looking like bone was protruding from right underneath her ear, and that other, smaller amounts were protruding from what else you could see of her skin.

            "She means the mob, bones." A girl with green hair and green tattoos all over her face dropped down from up above. She smiled at Rogue. "We saw you on the news, sorry about your friends."

            "Thanks," Rogue said as the green skinned boy finally got back to normal, and was able to stand totally upright. "Sorry 'bout throwing you into a wall."

            The boy shrugged, he looked to be about eight, and said, "No problem, Lorna beats me up all the time. I'm used to it."

            The girl with green hair, Lorna, smiled. "Yeah, and you always deserve it, too."

            The boy frowned at her and stooped to pick up a large box of groceries that had been dropped. "I'll get that," Rogue said, and took the box from his hands. "Thanks," the boy said.

            Rogue smiled. "No problem. It's the least I could do." Rogue looked around them in confusion. "Umm…Where are you going anyway?"

            "Home," the green boy chirped, and followed the two girls before him as the walked to the end of the alley. The boy grabbed rogue's sleeve and pulled her along. "You can come with us, and meet Callisto. I'm sure she'd love to meet you."

            "Okay," Rogue answered cautiously.

            "Don't worry, it's completely safe. No one even knows where we live," Lorna said as she stooped down and picked up the sewage grate that was by the sidewalk. "C'mon," she said, and jumped down.

            "I'll take those," the girl with pink hair said as she took the groceries from Rogue's hands. She stepped to the hole that was the grate and jumped down. The green boy grabbed Rouge's arm. "Come on, please come with us."

            "I don't think I should," Rogue said, looking into the grate suspiciously. "I have friends that I need to go find. They may be looking for me."           

            "Trust me lady, your friends will be fine."

            Rogue looked down at the boy who was smiling up at her with trust. "What makes you say that?" Rogue asked.

            The boys face clouded over slightly before he said, "Trust me, we know that they got out alive."

            Rogue sighed and picked the boy up before she jumped into the sewers and, unknowingly, something that was completely unknown.

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            The jet landed. A large mansion, bigger than the institute, could be seen. In front of it could be seen a group twenty mutants. Five in lab coats and the others just standing around. "Where are we?" Jean asked from her seat next to Scott.

            "Shinka Manor," the one with plants growing out of his head said. "Our home and haven.

            "Let's go have you meet our mistress," Chameleon said, and pushed the button for the hatch to open so that the group of X-Men and Brotherhood mutants could get acquainted with the one responsible for the saving of their lives.

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            A/N: Hello!

            Hey! Who saw the premiere? Pretty cool huh?

            Well, it's great to know that you all came back to read my story. And I really appreciate it too. And I assure you not to worry; the rescue will take place very soon!

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