A/N: I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT UPDATING SOONER. THINGS GOT IN THE WAY AND I HAD
THIS HUGE MENTAL BLOCK. SORRY. I STILL DO BUT I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THE
READERS WAITING. HOPEFULLY THIS ISN'T AS BAD AS I THINK IT IS. ANYWAY
TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK AND IF IT SUCKS LIKE I THINK IT DOES, ILL WRITE A
NEW ONE TO MAKE IT UP. JUST NO FLAME OKAY AND GIVE ME SUGGESTIONS. IM
RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS. ENJOY.
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Sakhmet sat on the floor with her back pressed against the cold wall. Her hand was on her stomach as she drew up her knees. There was blood all over her clothes but the wounds were now gone and only the slight throbbing pain lingered to remind her of what had just happened.
Drenched in sweat and covered in dirt, she rolled to her side to lay in a fetal position on the hard floor. Groaning, she clutched her stomach tighter. She shut her eyes as tightly as possible but memories flooded her mind and she snapped them back open.
There were too many faces in her head, too many voices and suddenly she felt very weak and dizzy. "Make it stop." She whispered when she heard Apocalypse's heavy boots approach her.
"I can't." He replied somberly.
"There's too much. It hurts." She breathed deeply.
"This is your curse, Sakhmet. I was able to bring you back from the dead but I couldn't stop the memories from resurfacing now." He said.
"But why now?" She asked as she forced herself not to remember.
"Your brain found a trigger and now your memories are returning. I warned you of this."
"What do I do?" She asked as she felt the coldness of the floor against her cheek.
"Anything but be weak. You weren't created to be weak." He declared and with that said, he walked out of the room, the door slamming after him.
Sakhmet sighed as she sat up, putting her head between her hands to make the dizziness go away. But it didn't. She took deep, painful breaths as she let the flashes of memories flood her mind, taking over her completely.
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Jean Grey looked out into the lush gardens of Xavier Institute from her bedroom window. She sighed as a shiver ran down her spine, making her feel slightly uneasy.
It had been almost a week since they discovered that Sakhmet was Rogue. Everything had been relatively fine. The attacks ceased to continue and everything fell back into place, except of course for the uneasy paranoia that everyone acquired.
They were all scared. It was evident. Apocalypse and his Horsemen hadn't shown their faces anywhere. It terrified all of them. It would have been much better to know where they were, to see what they were doing but there was nothing.
New York and the rest of the world had fallen back into its regular rhythm of usual petty crimes and occasional incidents.
Jean sighed again. "God, I wish they would just show themselves and get this over with, rather than make us wait here." She whispered to herself.
"Talking to yourself, Jean?" A familiar voice spoke up and Jean jumped, startled.
Seated on her bed, looking dangerous yet friendly was Rogue.
"How---how did you get in here?" She stammered nervously.
Rogue shrugged her shoulders. "Does it really matter? Come sit." She said as she patted the space next to her.
Jean looked at her fearfully.
"I won't bite, Jean. I promise. I just wanted to see how you were. It's been so long since I last saw you." Rogue declared.
"Not long enough." Jean retorted.
"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Is that how you speak to your friends?" Rogue asked she shook her head. "Oh, wait. We're not friends. Friends don't try to kill each other."
"I never wanted to hurt you." Jean insisted.
"Right." Rogue replied sarcastically. "So, how's good old Scott?" She said as she leapt from her seat and stood up gracefully.
Jean back away. She looked around her, trying to find an escape.
"If you run, I'll hurt you."
"Rogue-"
"My name's not Rogue. It's Sakhmet." Sakhmet whispered as she stood up gracefully and walked over to Jean. Jean shut her eyes as she tried to telepathically call out to the professor. "He isn't going to hear you. I put a little mental block on good old Xavier."
"What do you want?" Jean demanded angrily.
"Payback." Sakhmet smiled as she raised a hand and touched Jean's face. "You're not so pretty when you're afraid, Jean."
"Don't touch me!" Jean said as she slapped Rogue's hand away.
"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk." Sakhmet snickered. "We could have been friends Jean. But you wanted everything and everyone to be yours. I just wanted a little happiness. You had such a perfect life." She whimpered as her eyes grew soft and then watered.
"I never meant to hurt you, I swear." Jean declared.
"That's what they all say." Sakhmet declared. "Enough talk. I want a little rematch before I decide to kill you. I'll tone down my powers a little to make it fair." She said as she grinned at the red haired girl.
"Like I have a choice." Jean muttered sarcastically as she charged at Rogue. They both fell on the ground and Jean took this chance to punch, grab and scratch at Rogue. "You little bitch. You think you can come here and act all tough. I am the most powerful and I'll show you." She yelled as she wrapped her fingers around Rogue's throat.
Sakhmet threw Jean of off her and the other girl fell against the wall. "Get up." Rogue ordered and Jean leapt to her feet and sent a kick to Rogue's stomach.
Sakhmet punched Jean on the face, sending the other girl backwards. Jean gasped and wiped the blood from her lip. "You'll pay for that." She hissed as she raised her hands and threw and invisible force at Rogue.
"Didn't I say no powers?" Sakhmet said angrily as her hand went around Jean's throat.
"Sorry but I don't play fair." Jean declared angrily as she pressed her hands on Sakhmet's temple sending a shock.
Rogue's body fell on the ground while Jean stood hovered above her, a smug look on her face.
Jean's door flung open and Scott, Kitty, Kurt, Evan, Storm and the professor stormed in.
"We heard noises." Scott said frantically.
"Oh my god." Kitty gasped as she stared at Rogue's body by Jean's feet.
"What happened?" Evan asked.
"She came in my room and we fought. She didn't use her powers so I did something. I've never done it before but I think I went into her mind and overloaded it somehow." Jean stammered nervously.
"Are you alright?" Scott asked as he put his arm around her shoulders and pulling her close to him.
"She doesn't fight fair." She whispered into Scott's shirt.
"Evan, carry Rogue into the infirmary. We have to restrain her before she wakes up." Xavier instructed hurriedly.
Evan nodded and did so.
Jean grinned as she watched Rogue's limp body being carried out of her room.
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Rogue lifted her head with a groaned. She squinted from the bright light above her.
"Morning sunshine." Jean's sweet voice echoed in the room.
Rogue gasped as she struggled to sit up but found that her arms and legs were strapped to a metal table and that she barely had any energy in her.
"Don't bother. We pumped drugs in you." Jean declared victoriously. "It was actually Scott's idea."
"Why are you doing this?" Rogue whimpered.
"Because I can." Jean beamed as she touched Rogue's hair. "You shouldn't frown so much. It-"
"Jean don't stand too close to her!" Scott interrupted and she shrugged her shoulders and then backed away.
"It's alright, Scott. I don't think she'll hurt us anymore." She said sweetly.
"We don't know that. She's very powerful." He said grimly as he put his arm around her protectively.
Jean glared at Rogue and then turned to Scott. "What did the professor say?" She asked.
"He thinks we should just keep her here and put more drugs in her system. He also wants to talk to you and find out how you defeated her." He said proudly.
"Okay, but not right now. I want to rest." She said tiredly.
"Ok." He said and she kissed him on the cheek. "What was that for?"
Jean shrugged. "I don't know. It just felt right." She smiled shyly, casting a quick glance at Rogue who looked about to burst into tears.
"Okay. I'll see you later then." He smiled before he walked out the room.
"They're going to make you pay for this." Rogue said groggily as she fought to stay awake.
"Pay, right." Jean scoffed. "They won't even find out until its too late. They're so wrapped up in their own little world. I'll see you around, friend."
"You can't do this to me!" Rogue yelled weakly.
Jean smiled, her teeth almost glowing in the darkness. "Trust me, I can." She said and the door closed behind her.
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The alarm in the mansion continued to shrill. Jean groaned as she prayed for it to stop already.
"How did she escape?" Jean demanded angrily as she suited up.
"I don't know. She just got away." Kitty answered quietly.
Jean groaned angrily as she stormed out of her room. "I can't believe this." She hissed.
"She ran into the woods. We have to find her before the drugs are out of her system and she gets away." Scott declared and Jean nodded quietly.
They searched the woods for over an hour and still there was no sign of Rogue.
"She's probably gone by now." Kitty said hopelessly. "I mean, she could have teleported out of her hours ago."
"Guys, I found her!" Evan yelled and they all rushed to where he was.
Standing in front of Evan was Rogue, looking disheveled and afraid. "Stay away from me!" She yelled fiercely.
"You can't run forever, Rogue. You're not strong enough." Scott declared icily.
"Scott, don't do this!" She whimpered. "I'm not R-"
"It's a trick! She's trying to fool us!" Evan interrupted.
"No, Evan! I'm not, it's me!" She insisted weakly. "Please, listen to me." She said as she turned to face the others.
"What kind of game are you playing, Rogue?" Storm demanded.
"I'm not playing any game!" She shrieked, stomping her foot on the ground.
"Don't listen to her!" Scott ordered angrily. "Attack her before she gets strong enough to hurt us."
They all nodded. Evan imprisoned her with his spikes while Storm formed a barricade of ice which eventually engulfed Rogue and froze her on the spot.
They all stood around the frozen figure. "What do we do?" Kitty asked.
"We should take her back to the mansion." Kurt suggested.
"In a frozen block of ice? No." Scott intervened. "I say we finish the job."
"You mean kill her?" Kurt asked in fear.
"She's the enemy. We have no choice. If we let her live, she'll keep coming back to ruin our lives." He justified.
"But that's murder." Kitty whispered.
"Yeah, but it's not like this is the first or second time we tried to kill her. We have no choice." Scott argued firmly.
"Professor?" Kurt turned to the man in wheel chair who had grown silent while the rest of them debated on what to do.
"Scott's right. We don't have a choice. This might be our only chance." He said darkly.
"How do we kill her?" Storm asked quietly.
"We can't." Jean whispered.
"Jean's right. Rogue is immortal. There's nothing we can do except keep her frozen." Xavier stated as he pursed his lips to think of what to do.
"Then let's leave it at that and dump her in the ocean. If we throw her someplace far and deep no one will find her." Scott suggested.
"That's barbaric!" Kitty argued. "I know that she's a cold blooded murderer but she was our friend and we can't just leave her in limbo for the rest of her life."
"Kitty, be quite. We have no choice. We can't let her live. She's too dangerous." Xavier said sternly.
"Fine, do whatever but I'm not staying here. Kurt are you coming or not?" She asked as she shot her friend a look.
"Where would we go?" He asked meekly.
"Anywhere but here! Are you with me or not?" She demanded angrily.
Kurt took a deep sigh and followed Kitty. "I'm going to regret this." He mumbled as they walked away.
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Lance looked towards the front door strangely as the knocking continued.
"Who the hell knocking?" He asked in a whisper.
"It could be the X-freaks trying to trick us." Toad said loudly and Wanda slapped him on the back.
"Guys, I know you're in there!" Kitty's impatient voice pierced through. "Let us in, please."
"What the hell do you want and who are you with?" Blob yelled.
"I'm with Kurt. We have to talk. Something happened." She said.
"Well, you can tell it from outside!" Pietro yelled angrily.
"Something happened...it was bad...something happened to Rogue again." She started to whimper and suddenly it became clear to the Brotherhood that she was crying.
Pietro bolted to the door before everyone else and yanked it open.
"Where is she?" He demanded.
She shook her head as Kurt held her steady. "Gone."
"Stop playing games, Kitty, and answer me!" Pietro declared irately.
"I'm....we're not playing games! She was at the house and somehow Jean managed to defeat her and we strapped her down so that she wouldn't escape but she did and then Storm froze her......now they're going to throw her in the ocean. I didn't want to stay and watch. I'm sorry. I couldn't stand it anymore. I couldn't stay and watch her die again and again." She sobbed hysterically.
"Oh God." Pietro whispered as his heart sank.
"We're too late." Wanda whispered sadly as she let Kitty and Kurt inside the house. "We're too late."
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Jean watched them quietly as Professor Xavier, Storm, Scott and Evan get out of the Blackbird. They had just finished throwing Rogue's frozen body into the Atlantic Ocean.
"I can't believe that we finally got rid of her." Scott said with relief.
"It seemed too easy." Storm whispered.
"Yeah but it's over. Finally." Scott smiled and Jean started to laugh. "What so funny?" He asked as he watched her curiously.
"I have to give you credit. You're ruthless." She continued to laugh. She clapped her hands at them. "It turned out better than I hoped." She laughed and suddenly she changed into Sakhmet.
"Oh, God." Scott gasped in terror as he watched her transform to her natural shape.
"I think you mean, oh, Goddess." She smirked at him, her eyes glinting with hatred. "What were you thinking? Did you honestly believe that it was going to be that easy to defeat me?" She laughed again. "You're all fools. First, Mystique tricked you into believing that she was me and now, you fall for it the second time."
"You tricked us!" Scott yelled as he shot at her.
"That's right Mr. Obvious. I tricked you. All of you." She grinned victoriously. "I made you believe that she was me and you didn't even bat an eyelash. Jean doesn't have enough power to hurt me. Stupid, stupid Cyclops. And worse, I fooled you, Xavier." She said as she turned to look at the much older man.
"How?" He demanded furiously.
"I have the power to change things and make them appear different in case you didn't know. So, when Jean and I fought, I just quickly changed her appearance and I morphed to look like her before any of you could catch me. And as for your psychic connection, I just did a little block. It wasn't that hard, professor." She smiled.
"I'm going to kill you!" Scott screamed as he continued to shoot laser at her.
"You should know by now that that is impossible." She laughed as she ducked and he continued to miss. "How does it feel Scott, to kill the one person who meant the world to you? Huh? And Professor, are you riddled with guilt to know that you just destroyed one of your most loyal subjects?"
"You're going to pay for this!" Scott yelled as he stood heaving in anger. "I'm going to make sure of that!"
"Right." She said sarcastically. "Don't try anything idiotic Storm. You know that you don't stand a chance against me." She warned the older woman who was ready to attack her. "Hey, it could be worse. I could have destroyed the mansion and everyone in it."
"This isn't over." Xavier announced.
"That's right it's not over. I haven't even begun." She smirked triumphantly. "Payback's a bitch, isn't it?" She said callously before she teleported out of the mansion, leaving the four X-men to stare in disbelief and recall what they had just done.
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A/N: WELL THERE IT IS. SOMEONE SUGGESTED THAT ROGUE KILL JEAN AND SCOTT AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA. I JUST DIDN'T WANT ROGUE DOING IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD MAKE HER LOOK ULTIMNATELY EVIL. I HAD TO MAKE THE X-MEN SUFFER WHILE AT IT SO WHAT BETTER WAY THAN HAVE THEM KILL THEIR OWN. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WAS KINDA REDOING ONE OF MY OTHER CHAPTERS UNTIL THE VERY END SO I JUST KEPT IT THAT WAY.
TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK AND DON'T BE CRUEL. THANKS FOR READING.
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Sakhmet sat on the floor with her back pressed against the cold wall. Her hand was on her stomach as she drew up her knees. There was blood all over her clothes but the wounds were now gone and only the slight throbbing pain lingered to remind her of what had just happened.
Drenched in sweat and covered in dirt, she rolled to her side to lay in a fetal position on the hard floor. Groaning, she clutched her stomach tighter. She shut her eyes as tightly as possible but memories flooded her mind and she snapped them back open.
There were too many faces in her head, too many voices and suddenly she felt very weak and dizzy. "Make it stop." She whispered when she heard Apocalypse's heavy boots approach her.
"I can't." He replied somberly.
"There's too much. It hurts." She breathed deeply.
"This is your curse, Sakhmet. I was able to bring you back from the dead but I couldn't stop the memories from resurfacing now." He said.
"But why now?" She asked as she forced herself not to remember.
"Your brain found a trigger and now your memories are returning. I warned you of this."
"What do I do?" She asked as she felt the coldness of the floor against her cheek.
"Anything but be weak. You weren't created to be weak." He declared and with that said, he walked out of the room, the door slamming after him.
Sakhmet sighed as she sat up, putting her head between her hands to make the dizziness go away. But it didn't. She took deep, painful breaths as she let the flashes of memories flood her mind, taking over her completely.
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Jean Grey looked out into the lush gardens of Xavier Institute from her bedroom window. She sighed as a shiver ran down her spine, making her feel slightly uneasy.
It had been almost a week since they discovered that Sakhmet was Rogue. Everything had been relatively fine. The attacks ceased to continue and everything fell back into place, except of course for the uneasy paranoia that everyone acquired.
They were all scared. It was evident. Apocalypse and his Horsemen hadn't shown their faces anywhere. It terrified all of them. It would have been much better to know where they were, to see what they were doing but there was nothing.
New York and the rest of the world had fallen back into its regular rhythm of usual petty crimes and occasional incidents.
Jean sighed again. "God, I wish they would just show themselves and get this over with, rather than make us wait here." She whispered to herself.
"Talking to yourself, Jean?" A familiar voice spoke up and Jean jumped, startled.
Seated on her bed, looking dangerous yet friendly was Rogue.
"How---how did you get in here?" She stammered nervously.
Rogue shrugged her shoulders. "Does it really matter? Come sit." She said as she patted the space next to her.
Jean looked at her fearfully.
"I won't bite, Jean. I promise. I just wanted to see how you were. It's been so long since I last saw you." Rogue declared.
"Not long enough." Jean retorted.
"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Is that how you speak to your friends?" Rogue asked she shook her head. "Oh, wait. We're not friends. Friends don't try to kill each other."
"I never wanted to hurt you." Jean insisted.
"Right." Rogue replied sarcastically. "So, how's good old Scott?" She said as she leapt from her seat and stood up gracefully.
Jean back away. She looked around her, trying to find an escape.
"If you run, I'll hurt you."
"Rogue-"
"My name's not Rogue. It's Sakhmet." Sakhmet whispered as she stood up gracefully and walked over to Jean. Jean shut her eyes as she tried to telepathically call out to the professor. "He isn't going to hear you. I put a little mental block on good old Xavier."
"What do you want?" Jean demanded angrily.
"Payback." Sakhmet smiled as she raised a hand and touched Jean's face. "You're not so pretty when you're afraid, Jean."
"Don't touch me!" Jean said as she slapped Rogue's hand away.
"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk." Sakhmet snickered. "We could have been friends Jean. But you wanted everything and everyone to be yours. I just wanted a little happiness. You had such a perfect life." She whimpered as her eyes grew soft and then watered.
"I never meant to hurt you, I swear." Jean declared.
"That's what they all say." Sakhmet declared. "Enough talk. I want a little rematch before I decide to kill you. I'll tone down my powers a little to make it fair." She said as she grinned at the red haired girl.
"Like I have a choice." Jean muttered sarcastically as she charged at Rogue. They both fell on the ground and Jean took this chance to punch, grab and scratch at Rogue. "You little bitch. You think you can come here and act all tough. I am the most powerful and I'll show you." She yelled as she wrapped her fingers around Rogue's throat.
Sakhmet threw Jean of off her and the other girl fell against the wall. "Get up." Rogue ordered and Jean leapt to her feet and sent a kick to Rogue's stomach.
Sakhmet punched Jean on the face, sending the other girl backwards. Jean gasped and wiped the blood from her lip. "You'll pay for that." She hissed as she raised her hands and threw and invisible force at Rogue.
"Didn't I say no powers?" Sakhmet said angrily as her hand went around Jean's throat.
"Sorry but I don't play fair." Jean declared angrily as she pressed her hands on Sakhmet's temple sending a shock.
Rogue's body fell on the ground while Jean stood hovered above her, a smug look on her face.
Jean's door flung open and Scott, Kitty, Kurt, Evan, Storm and the professor stormed in.
"We heard noises." Scott said frantically.
"Oh my god." Kitty gasped as she stared at Rogue's body by Jean's feet.
"What happened?" Evan asked.
"She came in my room and we fought. She didn't use her powers so I did something. I've never done it before but I think I went into her mind and overloaded it somehow." Jean stammered nervously.
"Are you alright?" Scott asked as he put his arm around her shoulders and pulling her close to him.
"She doesn't fight fair." She whispered into Scott's shirt.
"Evan, carry Rogue into the infirmary. We have to restrain her before she wakes up." Xavier instructed hurriedly.
Evan nodded and did so.
Jean grinned as she watched Rogue's limp body being carried out of her room.
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Rogue lifted her head with a groaned. She squinted from the bright light above her.
"Morning sunshine." Jean's sweet voice echoed in the room.
Rogue gasped as she struggled to sit up but found that her arms and legs were strapped to a metal table and that she barely had any energy in her.
"Don't bother. We pumped drugs in you." Jean declared victoriously. "It was actually Scott's idea."
"Why are you doing this?" Rogue whimpered.
"Because I can." Jean beamed as she touched Rogue's hair. "You shouldn't frown so much. It-"
"Jean don't stand too close to her!" Scott interrupted and she shrugged her shoulders and then backed away.
"It's alright, Scott. I don't think she'll hurt us anymore." She said sweetly.
"We don't know that. She's very powerful." He said grimly as he put his arm around her protectively.
Jean glared at Rogue and then turned to Scott. "What did the professor say?" She asked.
"He thinks we should just keep her here and put more drugs in her system. He also wants to talk to you and find out how you defeated her." He said proudly.
"Okay, but not right now. I want to rest." She said tiredly.
"Ok." He said and she kissed him on the cheek. "What was that for?"
Jean shrugged. "I don't know. It just felt right." She smiled shyly, casting a quick glance at Rogue who looked about to burst into tears.
"Okay. I'll see you later then." He smiled before he walked out the room.
"They're going to make you pay for this." Rogue said groggily as she fought to stay awake.
"Pay, right." Jean scoffed. "They won't even find out until its too late. They're so wrapped up in their own little world. I'll see you around, friend."
"You can't do this to me!" Rogue yelled weakly.
Jean smiled, her teeth almost glowing in the darkness. "Trust me, I can." She said and the door closed behind her.
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The alarm in the mansion continued to shrill. Jean groaned as she prayed for it to stop already.
"How did she escape?" Jean demanded angrily as she suited up.
"I don't know. She just got away." Kitty answered quietly.
Jean groaned angrily as she stormed out of her room. "I can't believe this." She hissed.
"She ran into the woods. We have to find her before the drugs are out of her system and she gets away." Scott declared and Jean nodded quietly.
They searched the woods for over an hour and still there was no sign of Rogue.
"She's probably gone by now." Kitty said hopelessly. "I mean, she could have teleported out of her hours ago."
"Guys, I found her!" Evan yelled and they all rushed to where he was.
Standing in front of Evan was Rogue, looking disheveled and afraid. "Stay away from me!" She yelled fiercely.
"You can't run forever, Rogue. You're not strong enough." Scott declared icily.
"Scott, don't do this!" She whimpered. "I'm not R-"
"It's a trick! She's trying to fool us!" Evan interrupted.
"No, Evan! I'm not, it's me!" She insisted weakly. "Please, listen to me." She said as she turned to face the others.
"What kind of game are you playing, Rogue?" Storm demanded.
"I'm not playing any game!" She shrieked, stomping her foot on the ground.
"Don't listen to her!" Scott ordered angrily. "Attack her before she gets strong enough to hurt us."
They all nodded. Evan imprisoned her with his spikes while Storm formed a barricade of ice which eventually engulfed Rogue and froze her on the spot.
They all stood around the frozen figure. "What do we do?" Kitty asked.
"We should take her back to the mansion." Kurt suggested.
"In a frozen block of ice? No." Scott intervened. "I say we finish the job."
"You mean kill her?" Kurt asked in fear.
"She's the enemy. We have no choice. If we let her live, she'll keep coming back to ruin our lives." He justified.
"But that's murder." Kitty whispered.
"Yeah, but it's not like this is the first or second time we tried to kill her. We have no choice." Scott argued firmly.
"Professor?" Kurt turned to the man in wheel chair who had grown silent while the rest of them debated on what to do.
"Scott's right. We don't have a choice. This might be our only chance." He said darkly.
"How do we kill her?" Storm asked quietly.
"We can't." Jean whispered.
"Jean's right. Rogue is immortal. There's nothing we can do except keep her frozen." Xavier stated as he pursed his lips to think of what to do.
"Then let's leave it at that and dump her in the ocean. If we throw her someplace far and deep no one will find her." Scott suggested.
"That's barbaric!" Kitty argued. "I know that she's a cold blooded murderer but she was our friend and we can't just leave her in limbo for the rest of her life."
"Kitty, be quite. We have no choice. We can't let her live. She's too dangerous." Xavier said sternly.
"Fine, do whatever but I'm not staying here. Kurt are you coming or not?" She asked as she shot her friend a look.
"Where would we go?" He asked meekly.
"Anywhere but here! Are you with me or not?" She demanded angrily.
Kurt took a deep sigh and followed Kitty. "I'm going to regret this." He mumbled as they walked away.
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Lance looked towards the front door strangely as the knocking continued.
"Who the hell knocking?" He asked in a whisper.
"It could be the X-freaks trying to trick us." Toad said loudly and Wanda slapped him on the back.
"Guys, I know you're in there!" Kitty's impatient voice pierced through. "Let us in, please."
"What the hell do you want and who are you with?" Blob yelled.
"I'm with Kurt. We have to talk. Something happened." She said.
"Well, you can tell it from outside!" Pietro yelled angrily.
"Something happened...it was bad...something happened to Rogue again." She started to whimper and suddenly it became clear to the Brotherhood that she was crying.
Pietro bolted to the door before everyone else and yanked it open.
"Where is she?" He demanded.
She shook her head as Kurt held her steady. "Gone."
"Stop playing games, Kitty, and answer me!" Pietro declared irately.
"I'm....we're not playing games! She was at the house and somehow Jean managed to defeat her and we strapped her down so that she wouldn't escape but she did and then Storm froze her......now they're going to throw her in the ocean. I didn't want to stay and watch. I'm sorry. I couldn't stand it anymore. I couldn't stay and watch her die again and again." She sobbed hysterically.
"Oh God." Pietro whispered as his heart sank.
"We're too late." Wanda whispered sadly as she let Kitty and Kurt inside the house. "We're too late."
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Jean watched them quietly as Professor Xavier, Storm, Scott and Evan get out of the Blackbird. They had just finished throwing Rogue's frozen body into the Atlantic Ocean.
"I can't believe that we finally got rid of her." Scott said with relief.
"It seemed too easy." Storm whispered.
"Yeah but it's over. Finally." Scott smiled and Jean started to laugh. "What so funny?" He asked as he watched her curiously.
"I have to give you credit. You're ruthless." She continued to laugh. She clapped her hands at them. "It turned out better than I hoped." She laughed and suddenly she changed into Sakhmet.
"Oh, God." Scott gasped in terror as he watched her transform to her natural shape.
"I think you mean, oh, Goddess." She smirked at him, her eyes glinting with hatred. "What were you thinking? Did you honestly believe that it was going to be that easy to defeat me?" She laughed again. "You're all fools. First, Mystique tricked you into believing that she was me and now, you fall for it the second time."
"You tricked us!" Scott yelled as he shot at her.
"That's right Mr. Obvious. I tricked you. All of you." She grinned victoriously. "I made you believe that she was me and you didn't even bat an eyelash. Jean doesn't have enough power to hurt me. Stupid, stupid Cyclops. And worse, I fooled you, Xavier." She said as she turned to look at the much older man.
"How?" He demanded furiously.
"I have the power to change things and make them appear different in case you didn't know. So, when Jean and I fought, I just quickly changed her appearance and I morphed to look like her before any of you could catch me. And as for your psychic connection, I just did a little block. It wasn't that hard, professor." She smiled.
"I'm going to kill you!" Scott screamed as he continued to shoot laser at her.
"You should know by now that that is impossible." She laughed as she ducked and he continued to miss. "How does it feel Scott, to kill the one person who meant the world to you? Huh? And Professor, are you riddled with guilt to know that you just destroyed one of your most loyal subjects?"
"You're going to pay for this!" Scott yelled as he stood heaving in anger. "I'm going to make sure of that!"
"Right." She said sarcastically. "Don't try anything idiotic Storm. You know that you don't stand a chance against me." She warned the older woman who was ready to attack her. "Hey, it could be worse. I could have destroyed the mansion and everyone in it."
"This isn't over." Xavier announced.
"That's right it's not over. I haven't even begun." She smirked triumphantly. "Payback's a bitch, isn't it?" She said callously before she teleported out of the mansion, leaving the four X-men to stare in disbelief and recall what they had just done.
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A/N: WELL THERE IT IS. SOMEONE SUGGESTED THAT ROGUE KILL JEAN AND SCOTT AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA. I JUST DIDN'T WANT ROGUE DOING IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD MAKE HER LOOK ULTIMNATELY EVIL. I HAD TO MAKE THE X-MEN SUFFER WHILE AT IT SO WHAT BETTER WAY THAN HAVE THEM KILL THEIR OWN. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WAS KINDA REDOING ONE OF MY OTHER CHAPTERS UNTIL THE VERY END SO I JUST KEPT IT THAT WAY.
TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK AND DON'T BE CRUEL. THANKS FOR READING.
