Since almost of the reviews wanted a sequel, I was planning on waiting until the next episode after 'under lock and key' came out but it hasn't (stupid kids WB). So I slapped this bad boy together so to be original…
Disclaimer: Property under Marvel and such…just writing to amuse myself
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~Part 2 to A Walk In The Park
Within the infirmary two mutants slept soundly. One of them slept in the bed while the other mutant occupied a chair next to the bed. It was the mutant that slept in the bed that was the first to awake.
"Ya swamp rat," Rogue said, finishing her statement she was planning on delivering to the Acolyte before blackness consumed her in the park. Her eyes snapped open and she shot up in the bed. Memories of the park and the charming Cajun flooded her mind.
Once she recognized where she was she smiled to herself, 'It was just a dream,' she thought. Taking a breathe she laid back down.
It took her a moment to realize there was another person in the room, in a chair next to her. Once her eyes focused on the figure her cheeks beat red. It was Scott, the last person she expected, as of late, to be watching over her.
'Ah wonder what Jean would think if she knew her boyfriend was here?' she thought, as light laughter evaded from her throat.
On the topic of Scott and comparing him to the sentiments she felt for Gambit, a sudden switch changed all of her feelings she felt for Scott. Her crush, in turn went from, just that, a crush to the feelings of a sibling relationship. The feelings she felt towards the Acolyte, Gambit, eclipsed any notion of considering Scott more than a brother seem impossible. Even though, at the moment, it appeared her feelings yearned for the charming and handsome Cajun was just a dream. Deep down inside she somehow knew the feelings she felt towards Gambit were mutual.
She checked the clock next to her bed, 6:00 am. Danger Room session started at 6:30 on Saturdays. Rogue was about to wake Scott when she heard someone coming from the hall.
Rather than be caught in an awkward moment, she decided on pretending she was asleep. With her eyes closed, she lied on her side, facing away from Scott, just incase her eyelids fluttered and she'd be caught.
To her surprise, the relentless, Jean Grey quietly came inside the room so as not to wake her. She tapped Scott on the shoulder. In response, he stirred slightly. A stronger tap awoke the young leader. Looking up at his rouser, he smiled at the familiar face.
"Did you sleep well?" she whispered.
"Yeah," he said, his throat vibrating a small hint of laughter. "I just wanted to make sure she was all right."
"This is Rogue we're talking about. If anyone can lick this, she can," Jean said.
"I know, it's just there's always been a sort of connection we've had together. You know, like a brother and sister bond."
"Since when?" Jean asked, somewhat confused and miffed she never realized that connection before.
"Ever since she saved my life. Back when she first joined the team." Scott said, stretching.
He was finally able to get up and he left with Jean from the infirmary.
Once they were gone, Rogue got up from the bed and headed towards her pile of clothes. She wanted to start recovering physically from her state so she could see the Cajun again. Her heart pounded as she rethought what Scott had told Jean. 'They had a bond.'
'Jean doesn't have complete control over him. That's gonna drive her nuts,' she thought happily.
When she picked up her black skirt something fell on the ground. Curious, she quickly picked up the object. In her hand she saw it was the queen of hearts. Her breathe caught in her throat as she gasped.
It wasn't a dream after all! Now, more than ever her recovery to becoming better never seemed more important.
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To her surprise, she was in excellent shape. Otherwise it would have taken her longer to recuperate from the week of bed rest. Only a couple of days later Rogue felt great. Though she had to admit, she had incentive to get better.
She decided on returning to school that morning. Rogue needed to thank Kitty for getting all of her homework from the days she was absent. Since she finished all of it while in bed, she was caught up in all her classes. And right now that was a good thing. Since the only thing on her mind was the Acolyte.
Each second of the clock passed as though it were a minute. The day which Rogue was hoping to fly by seemed to challenge her last few days of bed rest in time. Finally the last period bell rang and she exited the classroom.
"Hey Rogue, like, wait up," Kitty called.
Rogue stopped and waited for the brunette to catch up. "Do you want to go to the mall with me and a couple of the girls?" Kitty asked.
The two walked towards Jean's SUV. "Ah suppose. Who all is goin'? Rogue asked.
"Well, like, Jean and Amara," Kitty said, "and me, of course."
They got into the back of Jean's vehicle, since the front was occupied by Jean and Amara. "Cool. Like, okay girls, Rogue's coming with us," Kitty said.
"You sure you're up to this?" Jean asked.
"Ah'm here aren't Ah?" Rogue challenged.
"Good point," Jean said, then backed her SUV out of the parking spot. They were on their way to the Bayville mall.
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For a change Rogue seemed to be enjoying her time spent with Kitty, Amara and Jean. Normally she would have ditched the trio long ago. Maybe the lack of social activity made her desperate to spend the time with just about anybody.
A good couple of hours had passed and by then Jean was insistent that they head back to the mansion, so as not to break curfew. Though they decided to grab something to eat before they left.
Rogue had declined the choice of the girls plan to go to the healthy food court. She wasn't in the mood for salad or something light. So Rogue parted from the three and told them she would meet them outside the mall in ten minutes.
While she waited in line to give her order she noticed the group of boys sitting at a nearby table. "Hey, Rogue what's up?" Lance called, the first one to notice her.
She waved back, not in the mood for their games or jokes. But to her dismay they wanted to come visit. Behind Lance, Todd hopped along and still at the table stuffing his face was Fred.
"Yo, Rogue what's happening?" Toad said.
"This and that. Ya know, the everyday wonders of being a mutant," she said, sarcastically.
"We heard about what happened. Are you all right?" Lance asked.
Rogue smiled. Despite their differences, her old teammates still cared about her. "Yeh. It took some time but Ah'm starting to get back to normal."
"Good. Now if we clash against one another and I win, I won't feel bad cause you're not full strength," Lance mocked.
"Ah hate to be rude, but Ah need to order my food so the other girls don't decide on ditchin' me here," she said, stepping forward in line. "Ah'll see you boys around."
"Yeah, see ya Rogue," Lance said, heading back towards the table.
"Don't be a stranger, Roguie. Stop by sometime and we'll hang out," Toad said and followed Lance to the table.
Shaking her head, Rogue ordered her food and left the food court to meet her ride.
She hadn't gotten far from the food court when she heard a voice, she knew all too well, "Ello' chere. I hope you are feeling better."
"Ah am, thanks to you, Cajun," she said.
Gambit walked closer to her. Her food trembled in her hands as she could smell his cologne from his closeness. "Is dat a compliment, chere?" he asked, smiling.
"No, Ah thought Ah might have diminished your ego with some of the things Ah said that night," she answered, becoming annoyed with his arrogance.
"No, chere, Remy's ego could never be diminished," he said, flipping through his cards.
"Ah forgot we were referring to ourselves in the third person. Ya think that pompous arrogance is something that wins the hearts of girls?"
"Won yours, didn't it, chere?" he asked, shuffling through his cards in a bored fashion.
"What ever' gave ya that idea, swamp rat?"
"Dat look on your face."
Her eyes widened and anger became so unbearable she stormed off, leaving Remy to is cards. He flipped a card from his sleeve…the ace of hearts. 'See you again, chere,' he thought, heading outside to join the other Acolytes.
From across the mall the Brotherhood had seen the whole encounter. They followed Rogue to make sure she was all right.
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Outside the mall
Rogue had already finished her food in record time, since Jean was pretty strict about her no food rule in hew new vehicle. She tossed the remains in a garbage and waited for the other X-Girls.
Behind her someone was walking towards her. At first she thought it was Remy, but when she turned around to see who it was she was disappointed to find it was no one she knew. A tall man, roughly around age twenty five with short brown hair. He wore a black suit with a red tie and coat and an arm ban around his left arm.
Thinking the person was simply passing by she returned her attention to the parking lot. The man stopped right behind her. She could feel the hair on the back of her neck stand on end. "Can Ah help ya, sir?" she asked, turning to face the man.
"I've seen you before," he said, rubbing his chin.
"Ah doubt it."
"No, I could never forget hair like that," he gestured towards her white streak.
Rogue made a memo to herself to consider dying her hair so she wouldn't attract any anti-mutant contributors. "What exactly is that suppose ta mean?"
"You're one of those mutants," he said and pulled something out of his pocket.
Before she could react he pulled the trigger and gas clouded her face. She held her breath, but not soon enough as some gas filled her nostrils. Around her everything began to spin and dim. She couldn't concentrate on standing anymore and she fell to the ground. The hard connection of concrete and her face filled her mouth with blood. And then there was darkness.
A dark van pulled up with tinted windows. The man signaled for some men to pick up Rogue and put her in the van. With her loaded, the van squealed out of the parking lot.
Lance, Toad and Fred had finally caught up to Rogue, only to find her being shoved into a van that drove off. Lance used his powers to stop the van, but the vehicle was going too fast for him to shake the ground long enough to stop the van.
"Yo, who was that?" Toad asked.
"My thoughts, the Acolyte, Gambit," Lance said. "Let's find him."
Even before they could begin their search for the Cajun Jean's SUV pulled up.
"Like, hi Lance," Kitty said. "Have you, like, seen Rogue anywhere?"
"As a matter of fact, we saw her being shoved into a van about thirty seconds ago."
"And you, like, did nothing!"
"Well, we were kind of too late. The van was driving too fast for me to stop."
"Who took her? Do you know?" Jean asked.
"As a matter of fact I think I do," Lance said, his eye catching two of the Acolytes walking out of the mall.
"Let's get em'" Toad declared, hopping towards the Acolytes.
Jean followed in her SUV as the Brotherhood traveled on foot.
Around Remy and Piotr the ground began to shake. Remy stumbled to catch his footing and Piotr simply used his mutant power to arm himself.
The two turned to see three X-Men and three Brotherhood members heading their way. Gambit pulled out a pair of cards and charged them up, tossing them at their pursuers.
"Where's Rogue?" Jean asked, picking Remy up with her telekinesis.
"Rogue? She was in da mall," he said clearly confused.
"Wrong! Where have you taken her?" Lance demanded.
"I haven't seen her since we was talkin' near the food court."
"Now we're getting warmer," Lance said, rubbing his hands together.
"Shut up Lance!" Jean said. "So you haven't seen her since you talk to her?"
"Oui," Remy said.
Slowly, Jean set the Cajun down.
"Why would Remy do anything to harm, la belle?" he asked.
"Lance, Toad and Fred saw her being hauled into a van and since you're with Magneto we assumed you were behind this," Jean said.
"Oh come on Jean! You seriously aren't going to believe him are you?" Lance moaned.
"If you saw Rogue taken away, then one person has to be driving and another has to of put Rogue in the back. That's two, and there's three Acolytes. I doubt Magneto would be driving a van and out on a kidnapping mission while he has those three do it for him. And besides, if they kidnapped Rogue, why would they be walking around out here?"
Lance opened his mouth to answer but stopped, thinking of what Jean had pointed out. "Fine, but if they didn't snatch her then who did?"
"Let's return to the mansion and have the Professor use Cerebro to find her," Jean said.
"Wait, Remy wants to help you find Rogue," Remy said, stepping forward.
"Okay, Lance follow us in your Jeep. We're going to find Rogue together."
Remy and Piotr got into Jean's SUV. Kitty sat next to Piotr in the back. She blushed when she looked up at the Russian.
The three teams had a mission to unit together for.
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Don't worry I intend to finish this story in the next chapter…might be a while, but I never know. So here it is, sequel-fied by review demand.
Let me know what you all think…I am attempting Rogue and Gambit's accents so be open. I usual don't like writing accents but it turned out peachy for this story.
TBC…
Disclaimer: Property under Marvel and such…just writing to amuse myself
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~Part 2 to A Walk In The Park
Within the infirmary two mutants slept soundly. One of them slept in the bed while the other mutant occupied a chair next to the bed. It was the mutant that slept in the bed that was the first to awake.
"Ya swamp rat," Rogue said, finishing her statement she was planning on delivering to the Acolyte before blackness consumed her in the park. Her eyes snapped open and she shot up in the bed. Memories of the park and the charming Cajun flooded her mind.
Once she recognized where she was she smiled to herself, 'It was just a dream,' she thought. Taking a breathe she laid back down.
It took her a moment to realize there was another person in the room, in a chair next to her. Once her eyes focused on the figure her cheeks beat red. It was Scott, the last person she expected, as of late, to be watching over her.
'Ah wonder what Jean would think if she knew her boyfriend was here?' she thought, as light laughter evaded from her throat.
On the topic of Scott and comparing him to the sentiments she felt for Gambit, a sudden switch changed all of her feelings she felt for Scott. Her crush, in turn went from, just that, a crush to the feelings of a sibling relationship. The feelings she felt towards the Acolyte, Gambit, eclipsed any notion of considering Scott more than a brother seem impossible. Even though, at the moment, it appeared her feelings yearned for the charming and handsome Cajun was just a dream. Deep down inside she somehow knew the feelings she felt towards Gambit were mutual.
She checked the clock next to her bed, 6:00 am. Danger Room session started at 6:30 on Saturdays. Rogue was about to wake Scott when she heard someone coming from the hall.
Rather than be caught in an awkward moment, she decided on pretending she was asleep. With her eyes closed, she lied on her side, facing away from Scott, just incase her eyelids fluttered and she'd be caught.
To her surprise, the relentless, Jean Grey quietly came inside the room so as not to wake her. She tapped Scott on the shoulder. In response, he stirred slightly. A stronger tap awoke the young leader. Looking up at his rouser, he smiled at the familiar face.
"Did you sleep well?" she whispered.
"Yeah," he said, his throat vibrating a small hint of laughter. "I just wanted to make sure she was all right."
"This is Rogue we're talking about. If anyone can lick this, she can," Jean said.
"I know, it's just there's always been a sort of connection we've had together. You know, like a brother and sister bond."
"Since when?" Jean asked, somewhat confused and miffed she never realized that connection before.
"Ever since she saved my life. Back when she first joined the team." Scott said, stretching.
He was finally able to get up and he left with Jean from the infirmary.
Once they were gone, Rogue got up from the bed and headed towards her pile of clothes. She wanted to start recovering physically from her state so she could see the Cajun again. Her heart pounded as she rethought what Scott had told Jean. 'They had a bond.'
'Jean doesn't have complete control over him. That's gonna drive her nuts,' she thought happily.
When she picked up her black skirt something fell on the ground. Curious, she quickly picked up the object. In her hand she saw it was the queen of hearts. Her breathe caught in her throat as she gasped.
It wasn't a dream after all! Now, more than ever her recovery to becoming better never seemed more important.
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To her surprise, she was in excellent shape. Otherwise it would have taken her longer to recuperate from the week of bed rest. Only a couple of days later Rogue felt great. Though she had to admit, she had incentive to get better.
She decided on returning to school that morning. Rogue needed to thank Kitty for getting all of her homework from the days she was absent. Since she finished all of it while in bed, she was caught up in all her classes. And right now that was a good thing. Since the only thing on her mind was the Acolyte.
Each second of the clock passed as though it were a minute. The day which Rogue was hoping to fly by seemed to challenge her last few days of bed rest in time. Finally the last period bell rang and she exited the classroom.
"Hey Rogue, like, wait up," Kitty called.
Rogue stopped and waited for the brunette to catch up. "Do you want to go to the mall with me and a couple of the girls?" Kitty asked.
The two walked towards Jean's SUV. "Ah suppose. Who all is goin'? Rogue asked.
"Well, like, Jean and Amara," Kitty said, "and me, of course."
They got into the back of Jean's vehicle, since the front was occupied by Jean and Amara. "Cool. Like, okay girls, Rogue's coming with us," Kitty said.
"You sure you're up to this?" Jean asked.
"Ah'm here aren't Ah?" Rogue challenged.
"Good point," Jean said, then backed her SUV out of the parking spot. They were on their way to the Bayville mall.
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For a change Rogue seemed to be enjoying her time spent with Kitty, Amara and Jean. Normally she would have ditched the trio long ago. Maybe the lack of social activity made her desperate to spend the time with just about anybody.
A good couple of hours had passed and by then Jean was insistent that they head back to the mansion, so as not to break curfew. Though they decided to grab something to eat before they left.
Rogue had declined the choice of the girls plan to go to the healthy food court. She wasn't in the mood for salad or something light. So Rogue parted from the three and told them she would meet them outside the mall in ten minutes.
While she waited in line to give her order she noticed the group of boys sitting at a nearby table. "Hey, Rogue what's up?" Lance called, the first one to notice her.
She waved back, not in the mood for their games or jokes. But to her dismay they wanted to come visit. Behind Lance, Todd hopped along and still at the table stuffing his face was Fred.
"Yo, Rogue what's happening?" Toad said.
"This and that. Ya know, the everyday wonders of being a mutant," she said, sarcastically.
"We heard about what happened. Are you all right?" Lance asked.
Rogue smiled. Despite their differences, her old teammates still cared about her. "Yeh. It took some time but Ah'm starting to get back to normal."
"Good. Now if we clash against one another and I win, I won't feel bad cause you're not full strength," Lance mocked.
"Ah hate to be rude, but Ah need to order my food so the other girls don't decide on ditchin' me here," she said, stepping forward in line. "Ah'll see you boys around."
"Yeah, see ya Rogue," Lance said, heading back towards the table.
"Don't be a stranger, Roguie. Stop by sometime and we'll hang out," Toad said and followed Lance to the table.
Shaking her head, Rogue ordered her food and left the food court to meet her ride.
She hadn't gotten far from the food court when she heard a voice, she knew all too well, "Ello' chere. I hope you are feeling better."
"Ah am, thanks to you, Cajun," she said.
Gambit walked closer to her. Her food trembled in her hands as she could smell his cologne from his closeness. "Is dat a compliment, chere?" he asked, smiling.
"No, Ah thought Ah might have diminished your ego with some of the things Ah said that night," she answered, becoming annoyed with his arrogance.
"No, chere, Remy's ego could never be diminished," he said, flipping through his cards.
"Ah forgot we were referring to ourselves in the third person. Ya think that pompous arrogance is something that wins the hearts of girls?"
"Won yours, didn't it, chere?" he asked, shuffling through his cards in a bored fashion.
"What ever' gave ya that idea, swamp rat?"
"Dat look on your face."
Her eyes widened and anger became so unbearable she stormed off, leaving Remy to is cards. He flipped a card from his sleeve…the ace of hearts. 'See you again, chere,' he thought, heading outside to join the other Acolytes.
From across the mall the Brotherhood had seen the whole encounter. They followed Rogue to make sure she was all right.
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Outside the mall
Rogue had already finished her food in record time, since Jean was pretty strict about her no food rule in hew new vehicle. She tossed the remains in a garbage and waited for the other X-Girls.
Behind her someone was walking towards her. At first she thought it was Remy, but when she turned around to see who it was she was disappointed to find it was no one she knew. A tall man, roughly around age twenty five with short brown hair. He wore a black suit with a red tie and coat and an arm ban around his left arm.
Thinking the person was simply passing by she returned her attention to the parking lot. The man stopped right behind her. She could feel the hair on the back of her neck stand on end. "Can Ah help ya, sir?" she asked, turning to face the man.
"I've seen you before," he said, rubbing his chin.
"Ah doubt it."
"No, I could never forget hair like that," he gestured towards her white streak.
Rogue made a memo to herself to consider dying her hair so she wouldn't attract any anti-mutant contributors. "What exactly is that suppose ta mean?"
"You're one of those mutants," he said and pulled something out of his pocket.
Before she could react he pulled the trigger and gas clouded her face. She held her breath, but not soon enough as some gas filled her nostrils. Around her everything began to spin and dim. She couldn't concentrate on standing anymore and she fell to the ground. The hard connection of concrete and her face filled her mouth with blood. And then there was darkness.
A dark van pulled up with tinted windows. The man signaled for some men to pick up Rogue and put her in the van. With her loaded, the van squealed out of the parking lot.
Lance, Toad and Fred had finally caught up to Rogue, only to find her being shoved into a van that drove off. Lance used his powers to stop the van, but the vehicle was going too fast for him to shake the ground long enough to stop the van.
"Yo, who was that?" Toad asked.
"My thoughts, the Acolyte, Gambit," Lance said. "Let's find him."
Even before they could begin their search for the Cajun Jean's SUV pulled up.
"Like, hi Lance," Kitty said. "Have you, like, seen Rogue anywhere?"
"As a matter of fact, we saw her being shoved into a van about thirty seconds ago."
"And you, like, did nothing!"
"Well, we were kind of too late. The van was driving too fast for me to stop."
"Who took her? Do you know?" Jean asked.
"As a matter of fact I think I do," Lance said, his eye catching two of the Acolytes walking out of the mall.
"Let's get em'" Toad declared, hopping towards the Acolytes.
Jean followed in her SUV as the Brotherhood traveled on foot.
Around Remy and Piotr the ground began to shake. Remy stumbled to catch his footing and Piotr simply used his mutant power to arm himself.
The two turned to see three X-Men and three Brotherhood members heading their way. Gambit pulled out a pair of cards and charged them up, tossing them at their pursuers.
"Where's Rogue?" Jean asked, picking Remy up with her telekinesis.
"Rogue? She was in da mall," he said clearly confused.
"Wrong! Where have you taken her?" Lance demanded.
"I haven't seen her since we was talkin' near the food court."
"Now we're getting warmer," Lance said, rubbing his hands together.
"Shut up Lance!" Jean said. "So you haven't seen her since you talk to her?"
"Oui," Remy said.
Slowly, Jean set the Cajun down.
"Why would Remy do anything to harm, la belle?" he asked.
"Lance, Toad and Fred saw her being hauled into a van and since you're with Magneto we assumed you were behind this," Jean said.
"Oh come on Jean! You seriously aren't going to believe him are you?" Lance moaned.
"If you saw Rogue taken away, then one person has to be driving and another has to of put Rogue in the back. That's two, and there's three Acolytes. I doubt Magneto would be driving a van and out on a kidnapping mission while he has those three do it for him. And besides, if they kidnapped Rogue, why would they be walking around out here?"
Lance opened his mouth to answer but stopped, thinking of what Jean had pointed out. "Fine, but if they didn't snatch her then who did?"
"Let's return to the mansion and have the Professor use Cerebro to find her," Jean said.
"Wait, Remy wants to help you find Rogue," Remy said, stepping forward.
"Okay, Lance follow us in your Jeep. We're going to find Rogue together."
Remy and Piotr got into Jean's SUV. Kitty sat next to Piotr in the back. She blushed when she looked up at the Russian.
The three teams had a mission to unit together for.
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Don't worry I intend to finish this story in the next chapter…might be a while, but I never know. So here it is, sequel-fied by review demand.
Let me know what you all think…I am attempting Rogue and Gambit's accents so be open. I usual don't like writing accents but it turned out peachy for this story.
TBC…