Rogue remained still and quiet though her heart raced and burned inside
her, she clenched herself together as a frightened child under a blanket,
but the only cover she had was the cold black shadow in the corner of the
lab, and there she remained until she could make out where the voice was
coming from.
All was silent. The only thing she could hear were her own shuddering breaths, and hoped that no one else could hear the same. Suddenly she heard what sounded like an argument. It was Beast and Storm for sure! But she remained still and silent, hoping that they wouldn't notice her, hoping that they would reveal some hidden information without realising it. She knew they were hiding something.
" It's out of our hands now, look if we're going to do this lets do it properly, Storm!" this was followed by a few pauses and occasional glances at the cage while Beast waved around a file he had been carrying.
"It's just that we have been careless lately. Look, put the file away for a while just until we can come to terms with everything, ok?" said Storm, then beast handed Storm the file, she then harshly placed it under the desk and glanced in Rogue's direction with what looked like an echo of sympathy on her brow, that made Rogue think, where was Gambit in all this? Was that look what she thought it was?
Rogue's mind became so confused it hurt, if she tried to remember anything it stung with a poison, her memories were splinters now. Cold and alone she lay for what felt like days, but were only moments in truth. Beast and Storm had ended all conversation and continued to play with their beakers and shiny tubes as if they were children with toys. Every time Storm had poured liquid into another beaker she waited with bated breath, it was as if they were calmly waiting for something exciting to happen, but to utter despair, they always ended with a sigh.
Rogue awoke with a start; it had been a long time since she had closed her eyes to rest her head, which meant that she had fallen into a deep sleep with much regret. She was having a wonderful dream of love and excitement (as she always did) only to discover that she was in a far from wonderful place. The lab remained cold, lonely and dark, like a cavernous cave, used in stories to frighten children into behaviour. The shadows seemed to stretch their pointed fingers out at Rogue, curling around the dim lights as if they were dancing, Rogue shivered, the screaming wind was their spine tingling laugh, Rogue had to leave this place.
She had noticed that Storm and Beast were no longer around, and that they had left a trail of mess and spillage behind them. Rogue grew angry, she wasn't going to have another chance to spy and take in information with her minds notebook again. And she didn't have enough information for confrontation. Wait! Rogue stopped dead in the middle of the room, "the file!" She thought out loud, "there has to be something in that to make Storm want to hide the thing"
Rogue suddenly made a dash for it, but not too quickly as she could barely see much. There was allot of experimenting going on all the way around the room, it was as if they didn't have enough time to clean the surface they had used before, they just carried on to the next spot. "Strange for those two" Rogue thought. Really strange.
Rogue had finally made it to the other side of the room, stepping over about six old boxes to get there. She rushed her hands under where she thought Storm had put the file, and lo it was there! Very thin and crumpled, probably from beasts constant waving, she read the top. There was a title on top in thick black ink, 'project G58' it said. She remembered this file! It was one of the many papers that storm was carrying into her room the other night, but it was hidden amongst loads of other files and papers, why would she have wanted to hide it? Rogue stopped and thought for a moment before continuing. There were many diagrams and charts but nothing could have prepared her for what she saw next. Gambit didn't have split personality, he was a test pilot, Rogue grew fiercely angry, "a god damn guinea pig!" she threw the file towards the cage before suddenly collapsing in a fit of tears. Why? She said with painful suffering. Why? Suddenly she felt a cold chill down her back, she heard a voice that was even more terrifying than the howling wind.
"Well I kinda thought that you could answer that question Chere, now why would this idiot of a boyfriend of yours wanna take a few of those blue tabs over there, huh?"
It was coming from the direction of the cage, she could just make out Gambits figure inside the cage, but it was more like the silhouette of a monster than of the man she loved. He was more terrifying now because the evil could speak, or could he have all along? Rogue wiped her face and stood up awkwardly. As she advanced closer to the cold steel cage her legs became weaker, and she wished to go no further. He was just standing there with his hand gripped around one bar near the side of his face, and his other arm facing downwards holding a cigarette. The smoke danced around his black eyes and his pupils burned fire with the reflection off the cigarette every time he would take a deep, deep puff. Rogue asked the only question she could manage without causing more pain and tears.
"Who are y."
"Good question!" he suddenly shouted without letting her finish.
"Who am I? Who are you my sweet sweet woman but an apple in the eye of lies, regrets, and sorrow. He took another puff.
"What are you taking about" said Rogue, another tear rolling down her face.
He laughed coolly, "Lies, lets talk about lies, Rogue" he then walked around tapping each bar with the ring Rogue gave Gambit long ago. "Lies are great, but you gotta have a good memory every time you tell one or they'll come back to haunt you, Chere"
"Your insane" Rogue said as she took a step backward.
He suddenly reached his hand out, "Wait, don't go! This son of a b*** inside me here loves you and ive gotta get this lie undone so he'll leave me alone, so you'd better stay put! Ok?"
Rogue thought for a moment before continuing, if Gambit is still in there somewhere then there is a good chance that she could bring him back, some how.
"Tell me then, a straight answer this time"
He brought the cigarette up to his lips before he told her what he needed to say. The only thing that Rogue thought was that if he needed to say this then Remy's probably giving him a very hard time in there. Some how.
"He did it for you ya know, he did this to himself, not that I give a damn, he did it for you."
"What are you talking a."
"That's just it, I'm talking about the witch and your blue friend finding a cure for your little, well big problem. They found a cure, or so they thought, for your skin touching problem. Now I'm talking big cure, where you would have all of your strengths, and you could control your energy taking ability"
"What"
"Turn it on and off like a switch. But of course they needed to test it on someone, that's where your boyfriend here comes in. He volunteered, of course being the stupid little s*** that he is. There ive told you enough, I think he's dying down"
Rogue couldn't stop her tears. All these thoughts and emotions hit her all at the same time, she felt like curling up and dying painfully. Suddenly there was a voice from behind her that shouted harshly. It was Storm and Beast.
"Get away from him Rogue!"
Suddenly Rogue looked into the cage, without realising what she was doing she had advanced forward step after step towards the cage, she was within arms reach! She turned around to run back, but it was too late, he had caught her by her hair and pulled her backward. He was now holding her, his arm tightening around her throat with every breath she took. She couldn't touch him, her sleeves were down and his hand was tight around her wrists. Her neck couldn't do any damage to his arm because his sleeves were also down. He had caught her.
The shouts from Storm and beast were faded out; she could only hear her own deep breaths and the ruffle as her wrists tried to escape from beneath his powerful hands. Suddenly his lips became so close to her ear that it tingled with the energy from Rogue's skin trying to escape to his. He whispered and she could hear every breath, was he drowning out the sound? Or was it just her? She could feel his eyes all over her body; and she could feel his need to let his hands wander and play, but every time he loosened his grip Rogue tried to escape.
"Now now, Rogue, I know you want me, I know you ached for him every night, in your mind, your room," he moved closer "your bed, c'mon why not let me take you instead, you smell so good, I could just eat you up right now"
"Get away from me" yelled Rogue, fighting for freedom.
She finally broke free and took her place in between Storm and Beast. He lifted his hands up half way as if half surrendering, "He only took the test so he could do you for a night and then just move onto the next pathetic girl, he only stuck around so long because you were a challenge"
He laughed slyly as Rogue cried more, she knew it wasn't true, it couldn't have been, it was that monster's lies again.
"Silence 58" yelled beast suddenly, "He's lying Rogue, He's lying"
"Yea but not about everything, right? Right!"
"I'm sorry Rogue, but he's mostly correct"
Rogue felt weak and angry, she wanted all this to be a bad dream that she'd wake up from only to find Gambit looking at her, as he always did when she woke up. Even if he felt too tired he used to wake up early every morning, only to watch her dream. Now he's gone, but for good she didn't know. Something 58, or whatever his name was, something he said stood out in her head, 'I think he's dying down'. What could that mean?
Hope you like it, ive been building up to this scene for ages lol; it's longer than the last chapter because I know one of you don't like short fics. Well there you go. What do you think? R+R please. Long reviews will be gratefully accepted, lol. Thanx.
All was silent. The only thing she could hear were her own shuddering breaths, and hoped that no one else could hear the same. Suddenly she heard what sounded like an argument. It was Beast and Storm for sure! But she remained still and silent, hoping that they wouldn't notice her, hoping that they would reveal some hidden information without realising it. She knew they were hiding something.
" It's out of our hands now, look if we're going to do this lets do it properly, Storm!" this was followed by a few pauses and occasional glances at the cage while Beast waved around a file he had been carrying.
"It's just that we have been careless lately. Look, put the file away for a while just until we can come to terms with everything, ok?" said Storm, then beast handed Storm the file, she then harshly placed it under the desk and glanced in Rogue's direction with what looked like an echo of sympathy on her brow, that made Rogue think, where was Gambit in all this? Was that look what she thought it was?
Rogue's mind became so confused it hurt, if she tried to remember anything it stung with a poison, her memories were splinters now. Cold and alone she lay for what felt like days, but were only moments in truth. Beast and Storm had ended all conversation and continued to play with their beakers and shiny tubes as if they were children with toys. Every time Storm had poured liquid into another beaker she waited with bated breath, it was as if they were calmly waiting for something exciting to happen, but to utter despair, they always ended with a sigh.
Rogue awoke with a start; it had been a long time since she had closed her eyes to rest her head, which meant that she had fallen into a deep sleep with much regret. She was having a wonderful dream of love and excitement (as she always did) only to discover that she was in a far from wonderful place. The lab remained cold, lonely and dark, like a cavernous cave, used in stories to frighten children into behaviour. The shadows seemed to stretch their pointed fingers out at Rogue, curling around the dim lights as if they were dancing, Rogue shivered, the screaming wind was their spine tingling laugh, Rogue had to leave this place.
She had noticed that Storm and Beast were no longer around, and that they had left a trail of mess and spillage behind them. Rogue grew angry, she wasn't going to have another chance to spy and take in information with her minds notebook again. And she didn't have enough information for confrontation. Wait! Rogue stopped dead in the middle of the room, "the file!" She thought out loud, "there has to be something in that to make Storm want to hide the thing"
Rogue suddenly made a dash for it, but not too quickly as she could barely see much. There was allot of experimenting going on all the way around the room, it was as if they didn't have enough time to clean the surface they had used before, they just carried on to the next spot. "Strange for those two" Rogue thought. Really strange.
Rogue had finally made it to the other side of the room, stepping over about six old boxes to get there. She rushed her hands under where she thought Storm had put the file, and lo it was there! Very thin and crumpled, probably from beasts constant waving, she read the top. There was a title on top in thick black ink, 'project G58' it said. She remembered this file! It was one of the many papers that storm was carrying into her room the other night, but it was hidden amongst loads of other files and papers, why would she have wanted to hide it? Rogue stopped and thought for a moment before continuing. There were many diagrams and charts but nothing could have prepared her for what she saw next. Gambit didn't have split personality, he was a test pilot, Rogue grew fiercely angry, "a god damn guinea pig!" she threw the file towards the cage before suddenly collapsing in a fit of tears. Why? She said with painful suffering. Why? Suddenly she felt a cold chill down her back, she heard a voice that was even more terrifying than the howling wind.
"Well I kinda thought that you could answer that question Chere, now why would this idiot of a boyfriend of yours wanna take a few of those blue tabs over there, huh?"
It was coming from the direction of the cage, she could just make out Gambits figure inside the cage, but it was more like the silhouette of a monster than of the man she loved. He was more terrifying now because the evil could speak, or could he have all along? Rogue wiped her face and stood up awkwardly. As she advanced closer to the cold steel cage her legs became weaker, and she wished to go no further. He was just standing there with his hand gripped around one bar near the side of his face, and his other arm facing downwards holding a cigarette. The smoke danced around his black eyes and his pupils burned fire with the reflection off the cigarette every time he would take a deep, deep puff. Rogue asked the only question she could manage without causing more pain and tears.
"Who are y."
"Good question!" he suddenly shouted without letting her finish.
"Who am I? Who are you my sweet sweet woman but an apple in the eye of lies, regrets, and sorrow. He took another puff.
"What are you taking about" said Rogue, another tear rolling down her face.
He laughed coolly, "Lies, lets talk about lies, Rogue" he then walked around tapping each bar with the ring Rogue gave Gambit long ago. "Lies are great, but you gotta have a good memory every time you tell one or they'll come back to haunt you, Chere"
"Your insane" Rogue said as she took a step backward.
He suddenly reached his hand out, "Wait, don't go! This son of a b*** inside me here loves you and ive gotta get this lie undone so he'll leave me alone, so you'd better stay put! Ok?"
Rogue thought for a moment before continuing, if Gambit is still in there somewhere then there is a good chance that she could bring him back, some how.
"Tell me then, a straight answer this time"
He brought the cigarette up to his lips before he told her what he needed to say. The only thing that Rogue thought was that if he needed to say this then Remy's probably giving him a very hard time in there. Some how.
"He did it for you ya know, he did this to himself, not that I give a damn, he did it for you."
"What are you talking a."
"That's just it, I'm talking about the witch and your blue friend finding a cure for your little, well big problem. They found a cure, or so they thought, for your skin touching problem. Now I'm talking big cure, where you would have all of your strengths, and you could control your energy taking ability"
"What"
"Turn it on and off like a switch. But of course they needed to test it on someone, that's where your boyfriend here comes in. He volunteered, of course being the stupid little s*** that he is. There ive told you enough, I think he's dying down"
Rogue couldn't stop her tears. All these thoughts and emotions hit her all at the same time, she felt like curling up and dying painfully. Suddenly there was a voice from behind her that shouted harshly. It was Storm and Beast.
"Get away from him Rogue!"
Suddenly Rogue looked into the cage, without realising what she was doing she had advanced forward step after step towards the cage, she was within arms reach! She turned around to run back, but it was too late, he had caught her by her hair and pulled her backward. He was now holding her, his arm tightening around her throat with every breath she took. She couldn't touch him, her sleeves were down and his hand was tight around her wrists. Her neck couldn't do any damage to his arm because his sleeves were also down. He had caught her.
The shouts from Storm and beast were faded out; she could only hear her own deep breaths and the ruffle as her wrists tried to escape from beneath his powerful hands. Suddenly his lips became so close to her ear that it tingled with the energy from Rogue's skin trying to escape to his. He whispered and she could hear every breath, was he drowning out the sound? Or was it just her? She could feel his eyes all over her body; and she could feel his need to let his hands wander and play, but every time he loosened his grip Rogue tried to escape.
"Now now, Rogue, I know you want me, I know you ached for him every night, in your mind, your room," he moved closer "your bed, c'mon why not let me take you instead, you smell so good, I could just eat you up right now"
"Get away from me" yelled Rogue, fighting for freedom.
She finally broke free and took her place in between Storm and Beast. He lifted his hands up half way as if half surrendering, "He only took the test so he could do you for a night and then just move onto the next pathetic girl, he only stuck around so long because you were a challenge"
He laughed slyly as Rogue cried more, she knew it wasn't true, it couldn't have been, it was that monster's lies again.
"Silence 58" yelled beast suddenly, "He's lying Rogue, He's lying"
"Yea but not about everything, right? Right!"
"I'm sorry Rogue, but he's mostly correct"
Rogue felt weak and angry, she wanted all this to be a bad dream that she'd wake up from only to find Gambit looking at her, as he always did when she woke up. Even if he felt too tired he used to wake up early every morning, only to watch her dream. Now he's gone, but for good she didn't know. Something 58, or whatever his name was, something he said stood out in her head, 'I think he's dying down'. What could that mean?
Hope you like it, ive been building up to this scene for ages lol; it's longer than the last chapter because I know one of you don't like short fics. Well there you go. What do you think? R+R please. Long reviews will be gratefully accepted, lol. Thanx.