So I wrote after a long time that's why the chapter is soooo long and I'm not sure when I'm going to update. But hope you enjoy it. And please don't forget to review. Plus thanks for the info everyone it was really helpful. Thanks again.
"What?!" Rogue exclaimed when the news headline appeared. ~Ah save the town and what do Ah get? People blamin me for stealin!~
"The diamond was worth a fortune, it maybe possible that the mutants were fighting for its possessi—" Rogue switched off the TV, almost crushing the remote.
~That stupid diamond was a fake all along! They're just settin me up! Now Ah wish Ah had just let everyone die—
"Rogue?" Jean's voice interrupted her thoughts.
"Yeah," Rogue answered getting up from the couch.
"Lunch is re—is everything alright?" she asked, after closely observing Rogue's expression.
"Fine," she answered. ~Like ya would care anyway~ "A-Ah just need some fresh air," she said and went outside. ~Maybe a lil swinging woul—~
"Man, the whole town is packed with reporters and police, plus I heard there's a $50000 reward for catching that thing. Hey! maybe we could…." she heard Evan talking to Kurt when they passed her.
"Maybe Ah'll just stay here," she decided and went inside.
"So far, zilch," Spiderman said to himself as he landed on the roof of one of the buildings. ~I must've been all over this town ten times and still no sign of the Symbiote~ he thought, sitting near the edge looking down. By the look the town was giving, he'd guess it was three in the morning or so. "Well this proves one thing, it's not someone I know or else I would be getting beaten up."
"Think I'll make one more area scan," he decided and jumped off the edge and started swinging through buildings. He swung low now as most of the town was slumbering. "If I can only find a clue just on—" he stopped when his eyes met a strange sight. On getting a closer look, he saw a book stuck by a web under a balcony. "Bingo!" he said reaching the spot.
"Now this is…. interesting," he said, taking the book looking at its cover. " 'European History', well, I guess our Symbiote is a student, but who…." He opened the book to be greeted with the stamp of Bayville High Library, "Bayville High, ok… so it's some student of Bayville high, taking history classes and…." He started flipping through the pages, "That's…all," he said and closed the book. "Guess I'll find more answers at Bayville High," he said swinging up, "School starts in a few hours, gotta get ready cause Spiderman is goin undercover as Peter Parker….
~Bayville high! One step closer to finding my symbiote friend~ Peter thought as he walked inside the building. ~Okay…accessories check~ he thought after checking the books in his backpack. ~Time table, check~ he went through the sheet of paper. ~Raggers…~.Suddenly, his spider sense started tingling and he was pushed against the lockers. He then felt someone rummaging through his backpack. ~Ugh check!~
"Thanks loser!" someone's voice whispered into his ears. When Peter had turned around, he only got a glimpse of the person running away.
"Oh great!" he muttered, bending down to pick up his stuff which whoever it was threw out of his backpack. "Guess history always—" Peter was saying when a girl bend down and started to help him sort his stuff. ~Repeats itself…~
"Here you go!" she said handing him the last of his books. "Like, you're new here, huh?"
"Yeah uh..thanks…uh…"
"Oh, sorry! I'm Kitty! Kitty Pryde! And you are?"
"Peter, Peter Parker."
"Hmmm… I may like, sound crazy but you're name sounds kind of …familiar…"
Before Peter could reply, the bell for the first period rang. "Better be going, I don't want to be late on my first day. And thanks again!"
"Wait! Uh….since you're new and all maybe you could like, join me—I mean my friends too for lunch, if it's ok?" Kitty asked, blushing slightly.
"Sure wouldn't miss it!" he answered smiling. ~What do you know! There is life on this planet!~
"Ok bye!" she waved and hurried off.
~Now that my lunch money is missing, I have no choice~ he thought, sighing after finding the pocket where he kept it, empty.
"Wish Ah could just go for some swingin…" Rogue thought as she gazed outside the window at the sky. ~Yeah that's what Ah'll do, swing! And save people's lives who don't even care what you do!~ Rogue shook her head. ~Ah can't stay in this borin class forever~
"Hey!" someone's voice greeted her and she heard someone sit beside her.
~That voice!~ it struck Rogue like a bolt of lightening. She turned her head slowly to come face to face with someone she was familiar with, but at the same time didn't even know who he was.
"Hi! Sorry to disturb you from whatever you were doing but I just wanted to know—"
"Peter," the word just came out of her mouth. "Peter Parker…"
"Wow! I didn't know that I'm that popular! Hey wait! Are you a friend of Kitty's? I think it was Kitty Pryde or something."
"A-Ah…yeah…" Rogue trailed off shaking her head. ~Weird~ she thought. ~How did she know him? ~Ah have never seen him in mah life! Or have Ah? How do Ah know his name? Ho— she stopped. Flashes of someone's memories passed in front of her eyes and with the passing of each frame, she felt anger grow inside of her. "Spiderman…." She hissed narrowing her eyes at him. ~He's Spiderman?!~
"What did you say?" he asked raising his brow.
"You should leave…." she said, without knowing what she was saying. "I don't like you… very much…"
"Okay, then guess I disturbed you, sorry!" he got up and left but not before Rogue caught sight of her history book in his backpack.
~ Ugh! Ah must've left it when Juggernaut—No he can't find out! He must not find out!~ A voice screamed inside her head. ~He must not interfere! No one should interfere!~ "You will be sorry Parker! You will be very sorry…."
"There's the guy I've been telling you about!" Kitty told the others excitedly. "Hey Peter! Over here!" she shouted waving at him.
"Kitty! No inviting of 'normal' people at the table!" Scott hissed.
"Why?" Kitty snapped. "Jean is hanging around with the all time normal jerk, Duncan so—"
"Hey Kitty!" Peter greeted coming over to the table.
"Hi! Please sit!" Kitty said gesturing him to sit next to her. "Ok, is everybody gonna like, stay quiet or are you going to introduce yourselves?" Kitty asked between gritted teeth when everyone was silent.
Evan was the first to speak. "Hey! I'm Evan!"
"And I'm Kurt! Ze fuzzy dud—" Kurt was cut short when Scott cleared his throat.
"Scott," Scott simply said.
"Is that all of you?" Peter asked.
"No," Scott answered looking over at the table where Jean and Duncan were sitting. "She's missing."
"But what about the other girl…. the girl with the half white hair…and make-up and all…"
"Sorry…but we don't know her…" she replied coldly.
"She and her are juzt havin a big fight," Kurt explained. "Nothin to worry about," he said and munched on his burger.
"Okay….so what is her name?" Peter asked.
"Rogue," Kurt answered.
"Oh, and her?" he asked, looking at Jean.
"That's Jean," Kitty told Peter. "Miss Popular of our school," she added rolling her eyes.
"I see," he said, still looking at her. ~Why do only redheads have to be popular?~ he asked himself. ~Plus beautiful~
"So Peter where you from? And doing anything extraordinary these days?" Scott asked when he noticed Peter staring at Jean.
~I'm doing something extraordinary everyday~ "New York and well I'm a photographer and—"
"Like wait! Peter! Peter Parker? I knew your name sounded familiar! You take pictures of Spiderman!" Kitty squealed.
"Yup, that's me…"
"Wow!" Evan exclaimed. "How can you do high school and a job at once?"
"Well, it's a long story ….with my parents gone…then….after my Uncle's death, someone had to charge…"
"Oh, sorry man! I didn't reali—" Evan apologized.
"It's ok…"
"But why are you like, here?" Kitty asked.
"To get a pic of the thing that saved this town, or else I'm out of the photography business…"
"Thing? It's not Spiderman?" Kitty asked.
"I doubt it, Peter replied.
"Oh," Kitty uttered in disappointment. "So…how is Spidey like….."
~Spiderman must die!~ "Spiderman must die!" Rogue repeated these words. She hid behind a tree, making sure no one was around, she slowly took out the knife which she had snatched or rather stolen earlier from the kitchen and hid it in her costume. "Spidey's going to have a freaky accident today!"
At a distance, she spotted her teammates and a new face in the crowd. "Well what do you know, Kitty has made a new friend…that is my enem—N-No!" Rogue dropped the knife then shook her head. "This is not right…Ah don't even know Spiderman Ah…." she trailed off when Todd suddenly joined the group and started to say something to them.
"Toady's gonna open his mouth." Rogue slowly bent down and took the knife. "That would mean trouble…for him." she said as she aimed at his head. "Perfect!" she told herself when both Todd's and Peter's heads were in line. "Instant death! This is just like killing two birds with one stone...make that three…" she said when Jean was also coming in the path. Rogue quickly shook her head and looked at the knife. ~What Ah'm a doing?! Ah'm thinking of killin! Ah can't kill! This Ah can't—Ah…~ she closed her eyes for a moment before opening them and saying. "Maybe I can!" and without knowing, she threw the weapon.
Todd nervously watched the X-men as he tried to eat his lunch which he was having trouble consuming. ~O man! I gotta tell somebody! Keeping something so big is killin me! But what if Rogue kills me l-like Sabertooth and Juggernaut?~ Todd gulped. ~What if the Brotherhood are next? N-No I just got tell the X-geeks!~he thought, looking around. ~No Rogue! Now's my chance!~ he thought and slowly walked towards their table.
"Yo! X-geeks!" he said taking a seat opposite to Peter.
"Vho invited him?" Kurt asked in disgust.
"What do you want Tolensky?" Evan asked irritated.
"I-I gotta tell you something!"
"Like what?" Kitty asked annoyed.
~Can't you read my mind yo?!~
"Vell?" Kurt asked when Todd was just staring at them.
"Read my mind!" he whispered then looked around nervously.
"Read your mind?" Peter asked confused.
"Todd what are you doing? Can't you see we're having a conversation with 'someone new here'? Scott whispered to Todd between gritted teeth.
"This is important it's about—Ahhhh!" he screamed and fell off the table while Peter ducked before a knife which came out of nowhere was stabbed his head.
"O my god! Are you all right?" Kitty asked Peter worriedly.
"Y-Yeah! Wonder who went into the kitchen to disturb the cook," he said, as he got up.
"Where did that come from?" Evan stood up and started looking around.
"Not good yo!" Toad started shaking violently. "Not good!" with that he dashed off.
"Hey! Vait!" Kurt called him but he was already out of earshot.
Scott was already up and over at Jean's table who was helping the panic-stricken Duncan from the ground.
"Jean are you—"
"I'm fine," ~Lucky I stopped it before it drilled my head. What happened?~
~I don't know!~ he replied, shaking his head. ~Maybe it was one of the brotherhood losers. I'm just glad you're ok…and everybody else too~
~Me too!~ "Duncan are you ok?" Jean asked him, whose face was as pale as a ghost's.
"Y-Yeah, just lost my balance for a minute," he said rubbing his head.
"Sure you did," Scott muttered sarcastically.
Jean rolled her eyes. "Come on! Let's go inside,"
"O gawd!" Rogue fell back in bewilderment ~Ah could've almost killed someone! H-Him, Todd or Jean!~ she thought in horror. ~What is happenin ta me?~ she covered her face with her hands. "A-Ah should just t-tell them everything…." ~What? And get in more trouble?~ a voice echoed inside her head. "No…." Rogue slowly stood up. "Not now…not ever…" ~And as for Spiderman….~she watched him when he started talking with Kitty. ~ He's not going to interfere like the last time….cause Rampage has got a date with a Spider tonight….~
"Sleep at last!" Rampage said, opening her eyes. She jumped out of the bed and slowly walked towards the mirror. "Tsk tsk! Trying to avoid me~ she thought, remembering how Rogue had taken sleeping pills to prevent herself from leaving or doing anything unusual. ~I give you so many indications and still you refuse to kill him!" she said gazing at her reflection. "Don't worry!" she said, sliding her finger slowly against the mirror. "If Roguey doesn't want to kill…. then Rampage will…" she trailed off hearing a noise she recognized. ~'Kitty'….of all the nights, she has to wake up now…well then…" she thought smiling to herself. " Kat's goin to go a little crazy if she interferes…plus, it's about time that I get my own room….
~What is that stupid noise?~ Kitty groaned as she opened her eyes. "Huh?" she quickly sat up. Was she dreaming or was that someone staring at his or her reflection? And even though in the moonlight she could tell that whoever it was had long black hair. ~Who is that?!~ she asked herself. ~Rogue? One way to find out~ "R-Rogue? Is that you?"
"You want something?" the reply came. The voice definitely didn't belong to Rogue.
Kitty quickly turned on the table lamp and let out a gasp. "Rogue! You like scared me!"
"Scared?" Rogue gazing at her reflection, mumbled.
~My eyes must be playing tricks on me~ Kitty thought rubbing her eyes. "Um…what are you doing?"
"Just looking… at myself…" she replied.
"Again? What is with you and that mirror anyway? And what's wrong with your voice?"
Rogue didn't answer, just started combing her hair.
"Never mind, sometimes you just—" Kitty's was turning off the table lamp when she happen to notice Rogue still combing her hair but her clothes, they were not the same. "What the—H-How did you do that?!" she exclaimed when Rogue was one minute in her night suit then suddenly in her normal clothes.
"Do what?" Rogue asked still brushing her hair.
"You were—Oh, never mind! Where are you going?"
Rogue didn't reply. She turned around and started walking towards the window.
"Hey!" Kitty darted out of bed and grabbed her arm. "What is going on? Where are you going?"
"Go back to sleep…" Rogue said her voice faraway and not even having the southern accent.
"Sleep? How can I sleep knowing that you are like, sneaking out?" Kitty said still holding on to her arm.
"Go to sleep…Kitty," Rogue again repeated, sounding like a robot.
"Ok, now you are like totally freaking me out!" Kitty said. "You do know that you're grounded?"
Rogue tilted her head and narrowed her eyes at her. "Let go of my arm…"
"Okay, so you've got a bad case of throat infection that is, unluckily, affecting your brain!"
"Let go of my arm… 'Kitty'…" she said a little roughly, startling Kitty.
"You're acting totally out of this world! Tell me where you're going!"
"Trust me…you don't wanna know…"
"I do want to know!"
"I'm really not in a mood for playing!" Rogue growled.
"Guess what? I don't want to play either!" Kitty snapped. "I just want to know where you're going!"
"Why? So you could tell the whole world?"
"Well, everyone would know anyway!"
"No they won't…"
"O really? Don't be too sure!" with that Kitty stomped towards the door. "What the—" Kitty screeched when her alarm clock came flying and hit the door, breaking into pieces.
"Like I said…no one will know…" Rogue said.
"What? Are you crazy?" Kitty screeched looking at the broken alarm clock then at her in shock.
"Maybe….." she answered slowly removing her glove.
"What are you doing?!" Kitty asked in bewilderment. "You wouldn't–"
"Something I should've done when I came here!" she said then quickly grabbed Kitty's arm with her bare hand.
Kitty shrieked expecting to get her life sucked any moment, but that didn't happen.
"Shocked? Well how about Ah tell ya something really shocking? Or maybe Ah'll let ya figure out by yourself."
"You're not Rogue!" Kitty screamed then phased her hand out of her grip and staggered back.
"What makes ya think that Ah'm not? I look like Rogue! Ah sound like Rogue! So, Ah must be Rogue!"
"Mystique! If this is one of your tricks—"
"Mystique? Ah'm not Mystique. What made you think that Ah was her?" she asked. "Maybe because, Ah can do this!" she said morphing herself into Kitty. "But if I was her, then I couldn't do this," she said and phased through Kitty, "Could I? Meaning, I'm not Mystique! I'm Kitty!"
"Rogue?! It is you!" Kitty exclaimed. "W-What happened to you?!"
"I never said that 'I am Rogue', now did I?" with that she changed into her alien form. "Guess you'll have to keep on guessing.…"
"What the—? W-Who are you?!" Kitty screeched then fell back. "What are you?!"
"I'm the one who saved your and everyone's pathetic life! And I'm asking for nothing in return except that you mind your own business and forget all about me!"
"No! Who are you?! What did you do with Rogue?!" Kitty screamed after getting back on her feet.
"Well, I used to be Venom until a certain 'Spider' took me away…and Rogue…let's just say she's sleeping…" she said as she slowly advanced towards Kitty.
"Jean! Scot—" Kitty was screaming when Rogue shut her mouth and froze her when she tried to run.
"You want me to get grounded for life? Let's make a deal here, you keep your mouth shut about me and I won't do anything to 'you', ok?"
Kitty mumbled no and again tried to open her mouth to scream but to no avail.
"I don't get it! I've been with you guys for almost two days and now you're just going to push me out? I saved you from Juggernaut, I got rid of Sabertooth for you and this is the thanks that I get? Tsk tsk! It's time that I make some changes…Now Kat, I'm asking you for the last time, let me live peacefully and I'll let 'you' live 'piece' fully…Agreed?"
~Jean! Help me! Help me!~ Kitty started screaming telepathically.
"No? Ok then, let's see when they find your dead body in the morning… Hmmm… now what should I tell everyone? You went crazy and committed suicide or maybe Sabertooth killed you! No, that won't work. Oh well! Kill now, find excuses later."
She then telekinetically opened Kitty's drawer and took out six darts. "You got lucky the last time," she said adjusting the darts so that they all aimed at Kitty. "But not today….well it's been nice knowing you…" she said a devilish smile plastered on her face. "Bye, bye, Kat!" with these words, she hurled all the darts at her.
Kitty screamed and phased through the darts which all hit the wall and fell down.
"Nice phasing!" Rampage said. "But plenty where that came from…~That'll make up for making me miss my date~ Rampage suddenly felt it, her sixth sense warning her of danger. "Nightcrawler!" she hissed letting go of Kitty.
"Keety!" Kurt teleported into the room. "Vhat's wrong? Are you guys—".
"That's not Rogue!" Kitty just blurted out.
"Huh?" Kurt uttered in surprise.
"Ya should take her ta a doctor or something, she looks sick," Rampage told Kurt, a sympathetic expression on her face.
"What's the matter? Are you two alright?" Jean asked coming into the room followed by Evan and Scott.
"That's not Rogue!" Kitty screamed and ran up to her.
"What?" Jean gave Kitty and Rogue a surprised look. "Kitty what are you talk—"
"That is not Rogue!" Kitty again screamed. "That thing tried to kill me!"
"Again? Keety, c'mon you guys should stop already!" Kurt sighed, shaking her head.
"No! No! She really tried to kill me! It's not Rogue!" she screamed, pointing at Rampage.
Everyone looked at Rampage who glared back with a raised brow. "What? Ya're just goin ta believe her? All she had was a nightmare. She had been havin them for a long time. Ah just woke her up tonight and then she went all crazy and—"
"She's lying! I wasn't dreaming! Read her mind if you don't believe me!" Kitty screamed pulling on Jean's nightgown.
"Kitty…please.."
"Just read her mind dammit!" Kitty snapped.
"Go ahead Jean, read mah mind! Then maybe she'll shut up and confess it was just a stupid dream she's worryin about!"
"Okay," Jean said putting her hands on her temple. "Kitty….that is Rogue."
"She is not Rogue!" Kitty shouted. "You like have to believe me! She is not Rogue! She was shape-shifting and—"
~Don't waste your breath Kitty, I'm Rogue. Deal with it!~ Rampage told her telepathically.
"Mystique?" Scott asked looking at her, a hint of doubt on his face.
"It's not Mystique either! I don't know what that thing is!"
"Kitty please! Stay cool—" Evan was trying to comfort her.
"How can I stay calm when that, that, 'thing' tried to kill me?!"
"Ah have a name ya know!" Rampage snapped. "And ya're crazy!"
"Kitty! I think that's enough!" Jean told her sternly.
"You don't believe me do you? You all think I'm like, making this up?"
"Listen Kitty, I read her mind—"
"W-Wait! She didn't absorb my powers when she touched me… she—" Kitty then slowly walked back towards Rampage. "Now you'll believe me!"
"Kitty please…" Jean begged, trying to stop her. "Don't do thi—"
"Let her," Rampage said to Jean. "Ah'll do anythin ta prove that Kitty's crazy and just tryin ta put me inta more trouble," Rampage said between gritted teeth, glaring at Kitty who glared back.
"Let's see who's crazy!" Kitty shouted and touched her hand.
~Ya're~ Rampage thought as Kitty's eyes rolled up in her head and she fell unconscious. ~Fool….~
"What?!" Rogue exclaimed when the news headline appeared. ~Ah save the town and what do Ah get? People blamin me for stealin!~
"The diamond was worth a fortune, it maybe possible that the mutants were fighting for its possessi—" Rogue switched off the TV, almost crushing the remote.
~That stupid diamond was a fake all along! They're just settin me up! Now Ah wish Ah had just let everyone die—
"Rogue?" Jean's voice interrupted her thoughts.
"Yeah," Rogue answered getting up from the couch.
"Lunch is re—is everything alright?" she asked, after closely observing Rogue's expression.
"Fine," she answered. ~Like ya would care anyway~ "A-Ah just need some fresh air," she said and went outside. ~Maybe a lil swinging woul—~
"Man, the whole town is packed with reporters and police, plus I heard there's a $50000 reward for catching that thing. Hey! maybe we could…." she heard Evan talking to Kurt when they passed her.
"Maybe Ah'll just stay here," she decided and went inside.
"So far, zilch," Spiderman said to himself as he landed on the roof of one of the buildings. ~I must've been all over this town ten times and still no sign of the Symbiote~ he thought, sitting near the edge looking down. By the look the town was giving, he'd guess it was three in the morning or so. "Well this proves one thing, it's not someone I know or else I would be getting beaten up."
"Think I'll make one more area scan," he decided and jumped off the edge and started swinging through buildings. He swung low now as most of the town was slumbering. "If I can only find a clue just on—" he stopped when his eyes met a strange sight. On getting a closer look, he saw a book stuck by a web under a balcony. "Bingo!" he said reaching the spot.
"Now this is…. interesting," he said, taking the book looking at its cover. " 'European History', well, I guess our Symbiote is a student, but who…." He opened the book to be greeted with the stamp of Bayville High Library, "Bayville High, ok… so it's some student of Bayville high, taking history classes and…." He started flipping through the pages, "That's…all," he said and closed the book. "Guess I'll find more answers at Bayville High," he said swinging up, "School starts in a few hours, gotta get ready cause Spiderman is goin undercover as Peter Parker….
~Bayville high! One step closer to finding my symbiote friend~ Peter thought as he walked inside the building. ~Okay…accessories check~ he thought after checking the books in his backpack. ~Time table, check~ he went through the sheet of paper. ~Raggers…~.Suddenly, his spider sense started tingling and he was pushed against the lockers. He then felt someone rummaging through his backpack. ~Ugh check!~
"Thanks loser!" someone's voice whispered into his ears. When Peter had turned around, he only got a glimpse of the person running away.
"Oh great!" he muttered, bending down to pick up his stuff which whoever it was threw out of his backpack. "Guess history always—" Peter was saying when a girl bend down and started to help him sort his stuff. ~Repeats itself…~
"Here you go!" she said handing him the last of his books. "Like, you're new here, huh?"
"Yeah uh..thanks…uh…"
"Oh, sorry! I'm Kitty! Kitty Pryde! And you are?"
"Peter, Peter Parker."
"Hmmm… I may like, sound crazy but you're name sounds kind of …familiar…"
Before Peter could reply, the bell for the first period rang. "Better be going, I don't want to be late on my first day. And thanks again!"
"Wait! Uh….since you're new and all maybe you could like, join me—I mean my friends too for lunch, if it's ok?" Kitty asked, blushing slightly.
"Sure wouldn't miss it!" he answered smiling. ~What do you know! There is life on this planet!~
"Ok bye!" she waved and hurried off.
~Now that my lunch money is missing, I have no choice~ he thought, sighing after finding the pocket where he kept it, empty.
"Wish Ah could just go for some swingin…" Rogue thought as she gazed outside the window at the sky. ~Yeah that's what Ah'll do, swing! And save people's lives who don't even care what you do!~ Rogue shook her head. ~Ah can't stay in this borin class forever~
"Hey!" someone's voice greeted her and she heard someone sit beside her.
~That voice!~ it struck Rogue like a bolt of lightening. She turned her head slowly to come face to face with someone she was familiar with, but at the same time didn't even know who he was.
"Hi! Sorry to disturb you from whatever you were doing but I just wanted to know—"
"Peter," the word just came out of her mouth. "Peter Parker…"
"Wow! I didn't know that I'm that popular! Hey wait! Are you a friend of Kitty's? I think it was Kitty Pryde or something."
"A-Ah…yeah…" Rogue trailed off shaking her head. ~Weird~ she thought. ~How did she know him? ~Ah have never seen him in mah life! Or have Ah? How do Ah know his name? Ho— she stopped. Flashes of someone's memories passed in front of her eyes and with the passing of each frame, she felt anger grow inside of her. "Spiderman…." She hissed narrowing her eyes at him. ~He's Spiderman?!~
"What did you say?" he asked raising his brow.
"You should leave…." she said, without knowing what she was saying. "I don't like you… very much…"
"Okay, then guess I disturbed you, sorry!" he got up and left but not before Rogue caught sight of her history book in his backpack.
~ Ugh! Ah must've left it when Juggernaut—No he can't find out! He must not find out!~ A voice screamed inside her head. ~He must not interfere! No one should interfere!~ "You will be sorry Parker! You will be very sorry…."
"There's the guy I've been telling you about!" Kitty told the others excitedly. "Hey Peter! Over here!" she shouted waving at him.
"Kitty! No inviting of 'normal' people at the table!" Scott hissed.
"Why?" Kitty snapped. "Jean is hanging around with the all time normal jerk, Duncan so—"
"Hey Kitty!" Peter greeted coming over to the table.
"Hi! Please sit!" Kitty said gesturing him to sit next to her. "Ok, is everybody gonna like, stay quiet or are you going to introduce yourselves?" Kitty asked between gritted teeth when everyone was silent.
Evan was the first to speak. "Hey! I'm Evan!"
"And I'm Kurt! Ze fuzzy dud—" Kurt was cut short when Scott cleared his throat.
"Scott," Scott simply said.
"Is that all of you?" Peter asked.
"No," Scott answered looking over at the table where Jean and Duncan were sitting. "She's missing."
"But what about the other girl…. the girl with the half white hair…and make-up and all…"
"Sorry…but we don't know her…" she replied coldly.
"She and her are juzt havin a big fight," Kurt explained. "Nothin to worry about," he said and munched on his burger.
"Okay….so what is her name?" Peter asked.
"Rogue," Kurt answered.
"Oh, and her?" he asked, looking at Jean.
"That's Jean," Kitty told Peter. "Miss Popular of our school," she added rolling her eyes.
"I see," he said, still looking at her. ~Why do only redheads have to be popular?~ he asked himself. ~Plus beautiful~
"So Peter where you from? And doing anything extraordinary these days?" Scott asked when he noticed Peter staring at Jean.
~I'm doing something extraordinary everyday~ "New York and well I'm a photographer and—"
"Like wait! Peter! Peter Parker? I knew your name sounded familiar! You take pictures of Spiderman!" Kitty squealed.
"Yup, that's me…"
"Wow!" Evan exclaimed. "How can you do high school and a job at once?"
"Well, it's a long story ….with my parents gone…then….after my Uncle's death, someone had to charge…"
"Oh, sorry man! I didn't reali—" Evan apologized.
"It's ok…"
"But why are you like, here?" Kitty asked.
"To get a pic of the thing that saved this town, or else I'm out of the photography business…"
"Thing? It's not Spiderman?" Kitty asked.
"I doubt it, Peter replied.
"Oh," Kitty uttered in disappointment. "So…how is Spidey like….."
~Spiderman must die!~ "Spiderman must die!" Rogue repeated these words. She hid behind a tree, making sure no one was around, she slowly took out the knife which she had snatched or rather stolen earlier from the kitchen and hid it in her costume. "Spidey's going to have a freaky accident today!"
At a distance, she spotted her teammates and a new face in the crowd. "Well what do you know, Kitty has made a new friend…that is my enem—N-No!" Rogue dropped the knife then shook her head. "This is not right…Ah don't even know Spiderman Ah…." she trailed off when Todd suddenly joined the group and started to say something to them.
"Toady's gonna open his mouth." Rogue slowly bent down and took the knife. "That would mean trouble…for him." she said as she aimed at his head. "Perfect!" she told herself when both Todd's and Peter's heads were in line. "Instant death! This is just like killing two birds with one stone...make that three…" she said when Jean was also coming in the path. Rogue quickly shook her head and looked at the knife. ~What Ah'm a doing?! Ah'm thinking of killin! Ah can't kill! This Ah can't—Ah…~ she closed her eyes for a moment before opening them and saying. "Maybe I can!" and without knowing, she threw the weapon.
Todd nervously watched the X-men as he tried to eat his lunch which he was having trouble consuming. ~O man! I gotta tell somebody! Keeping something so big is killin me! But what if Rogue kills me l-like Sabertooth and Juggernaut?~ Todd gulped. ~What if the Brotherhood are next? N-No I just got tell the X-geeks!~he thought, looking around. ~No Rogue! Now's my chance!~ he thought and slowly walked towards their table.
"Yo! X-geeks!" he said taking a seat opposite to Peter.
"Vho invited him?" Kurt asked in disgust.
"What do you want Tolensky?" Evan asked irritated.
"I-I gotta tell you something!"
"Like what?" Kitty asked annoyed.
~Can't you read my mind yo?!~
"Vell?" Kurt asked when Todd was just staring at them.
"Read my mind!" he whispered then looked around nervously.
"Read your mind?" Peter asked confused.
"Todd what are you doing? Can't you see we're having a conversation with 'someone new here'? Scott whispered to Todd between gritted teeth.
"This is important it's about—Ahhhh!" he screamed and fell off the table while Peter ducked before a knife which came out of nowhere was stabbed his head.
"O my god! Are you all right?" Kitty asked Peter worriedly.
"Y-Yeah! Wonder who went into the kitchen to disturb the cook," he said, as he got up.
"Where did that come from?" Evan stood up and started looking around.
"Not good yo!" Toad started shaking violently. "Not good!" with that he dashed off.
"Hey! Vait!" Kurt called him but he was already out of earshot.
Scott was already up and over at Jean's table who was helping the panic-stricken Duncan from the ground.
"Jean are you—"
"I'm fine," ~Lucky I stopped it before it drilled my head. What happened?~
~I don't know!~ he replied, shaking his head. ~Maybe it was one of the brotherhood losers. I'm just glad you're ok…and everybody else too~
~Me too!~ "Duncan are you ok?" Jean asked him, whose face was as pale as a ghost's.
"Y-Yeah, just lost my balance for a minute," he said rubbing his head.
"Sure you did," Scott muttered sarcastically.
Jean rolled her eyes. "Come on! Let's go inside,"
"O gawd!" Rogue fell back in bewilderment ~Ah could've almost killed someone! H-Him, Todd or Jean!~ she thought in horror. ~What is happenin ta me?~ she covered her face with her hands. "A-Ah should just t-tell them everything…." ~What? And get in more trouble?~ a voice echoed inside her head. "No…." Rogue slowly stood up. "Not now…not ever…" ~And as for Spiderman….~she watched him when he started talking with Kitty. ~ He's not going to interfere like the last time….cause Rampage has got a date with a Spider tonight….~
"Sleep at last!" Rampage said, opening her eyes. She jumped out of the bed and slowly walked towards the mirror. "Tsk tsk! Trying to avoid me~ she thought, remembering how Rogue had taken sleeping pills to prevent herself from leaving or doing anything unusual. ~I give you so many indications and still you refuse to kill him!" she said gazing at her reflection. "Don't worry!" she said, sliding her finger slowly against the mirror. "If Roguey doesn't want to kill…. then Rampage will…" she trailed off hearing a noise she recognized. ~'Kitty'….of all the nights, she has to wake up now…well then…" she thought smiling to herself. " Kat's goin to go a little crazy if she interferes…plus, it's about time that I get my own room….
~What is that stupid noise?~ Kitty groaned as she opened her eyes. "Huh?" she quickly sat up. Was she dreaming or was that someone staring at his or her reflection? And even though in the moonlight she could tell that whoever it was had long black hair. ~Who is that?!~ she asked herself. ~Rogue? One way to find out~ "R-Rogue? Is that you?"
"You want something?" the reply came. The voice definitely didn't belong to Rogue.
Kitty quickly turned on the table lamp and let out a gasp. "Rogue! You like scared me!"
"Scared?" Rogue gazing at her reflection, mumbled.
~My eyes must be playing tricks on me~ Kitty thought rubbing her eyes. "Um…what are you doing?"
"Just looking… at myself…" she replied.
"Again? What is with you and that mirror anyway? And what's wrong with your voice?"
Rogue didn't answer, just started combing her hair.
"Never mind, sometimes you just—" Kitty's was turning off the table lamp when she happen to notice Rogue still combing her hair but her clothes, they were not the same. "What the—H-How did you do that?!" she exclaimed when Rogue was one minute in her night suit then suddenly in her normal clothes.
"Do what?" Rogue asked still brushing her hair.
"You were—Oh, never mind! Where are you going?"
Rogue didn't reply. She turned around and started walking towards the window.
"Hey!" Kitty darted out of bed and grabbed her arm. "What is going on? Where are you going?"
"Go back to sleep…" Rogue said her voice faraway and not even having the southern accent.
"Sleep? How can I sleep knowing that you are like, sneaking out?" Kitty said still holding on to her arm.
"Go to sleep…Kitty," Rogue again repeated, sounding like a robot.
"Ok, now you are like totally freaking me out!" Kitty said. "You do know that you're grounded?"
Rogue tilted her head and narrowed her eyes at her. "Let go of my arm…"
"Okay, so you've got a bad case of throat infection that is, unluckily, affecting your brain!"
"Let go of my arm… 'Kitty'…" she said a little roughly, startling Kitty.
"You're acting totally out of this world! Tell me where you're going!"
"Trust me…you don't wanna know…"
"I do want to know!"
"I'm really not in a mood for playing!" Rogue growled.
"Guess what? I don't want to play either!" Kitty snapped. "I just want to know where you're going!"
"Why? So you could tell the whole world?"
"Well, everyone would know anyway!"
"No they won't…"
"O really? Don't be too sure!" with that Kitty stomped towards the door. "What the—" Kitty screeched when her alarm clock came flying and hit the door, breaking into pieces.
"Like I said…no one will know…" Rogue said.
"What? Are you crazy?" Kitty screeched looking at the broken alarm clock then at her in shock.
"Maybe….." she answered slowly removing her glove.
"What are you doing?!" Kitty asked in bewilderment. "You wouldn't–"
"Something I should've done when I came here!" she said then quickly grabbed Kitty's arm with her bare hand.
Kitty shrieked expecting to get her life sucked any moment, but that didn't happen.
"Shocked? Well how about Ah tell ya something really shocking? Or maybe Ah'll let ya figure out by yourself."
"You're not Rogue!" Kitty screamed then phased her hand out of her grip and staggered back.
"What makes ya think that Ah'm not? I look like Rogue! Ah sound like Rogue! So, Ah must be Rogue!"
"Mystique! If this is one of your tricks—"
"Mystique? Ah'm not Mystique. What made you think that Ah was her?" she asked. "Maybe because, Ah can do this!" she said morphing herself into Kitty. "But if I was her, then I couldn't do this," she said and phased through Kitty, "Could I? Meaning, I'm not Mystique! I'm Kitty!"
"Rogue?! It is you!" Kitty exclaimed. "W-What happened to you?!"
"I never said that 'I am Rogue', now did I?" with that she changed into her alien form. "Guess you'll have to keep on guessing.…"
"What the—? W-Who are you?!" Kitty screeched then fell back. "What are you?!"
"I'm the one who saved your and everyone's pathetic life! And I'm asking for nothing in return except that you mind your own business and forget all about me!"
"No! Who are you?! What did you do with Rogue?!" Kitty screamed after getting back on her feet.
"Well, I used to be Venom until a certain 'Spider' took me away…and Rogue…let's just say she's sleeping…" she said as she slowly advanced towards Kitty.
"Jean! Scot—" Kitty was screaming when Rogue shut her mouth and froze her when she tried to run.
"You want me to get grounded for life? Let's make a deal here, you keep your mouth shut about me and I won't do anything to 'you', ok?"
Kitty mumbled no and again tried to open her mouth to scream but to no avail.
"I don't get it! I've been with you guys for almost two days and now you're just going to push me out? I saved you from Juggernaut, I got rid of Sabertooth for you and this is the thanks that I get? Tsk tsk! It's time that I make some changes…Now Kat, I'm asking you for the last time, let me live peacefully and I'll let 'you' live 'piece' fully…Agreed?"
~Jean! Help me! Help me!~ Kitty started screaming telepathically.
"No? Ok then, let's see when they find your dead body in the morning… Hmmm… now what should I tell everyone? You went crazy and committed suicide or maybe Sabertooth killed you! No, that won't work. Oh well! Kill now, find excuses later."
She then telekinetically opened Kitty's drawer and took out six darts. "You got lucky the last time," she said adjusting the darts so that they all aimed at Kitty. "But not today….well it's been nice knowing you…" she said a devilish smile plastered on her face. "Bye, bye, Kat!" with these words, she hurled all the darts at her.
Kitty screamed and phased through the darts which all hit the wall and fell down.
"Nice phasing!" Rampage said. "But plenty where that came from…~That'll make up for making me miss my date~ Rampage suddenly felt it, her sixth sense warning her of danger. "Nightcrawler!" she hissed letting go of Kitty.
"Keety!" Kurt teleported into the room. "Vhat's wrong? Are you guys—".
"That's not Rogue!" Kitty just blurted out.
"Huh?" Kurt uttered in surprise.
"Ya should take her ta a doctor or something, she looks sick," Rampage told Kurt, a sympathetic expression on her face.
"What's the matter? Are you two alright?" Jean asked coming into the room followed by Evan and Scott.
"That's not Rogue!" Kitty screamed and ran up to her.
"What?" Jean gave Kitty and Rogue a surprised look. "Kitty what are you talk—"
"That is not Rogue!" Kitty again screamed. "That thing tried to kill me!"
"Again? Keety, c'mon you guys should stop already!" Kurt sighed, shaking her head.
"No! No! She really tried to kill me! It's not Rogue!" she screamed, pointing at Rampage.
Everyone looked at Rampage who glared back with a raised brow. "What? Ya're just goin ta believe her? All she had was a nightmare. She had been havin them for a long time. Ah just woke her up tonight and then she went all crazy and—"
"She's lying! I wasn't dreaming! Read her mind if you don't believe me!" Kitty screamed pulling on Jean's nightgown.
"Kitty…please.."
"Just read her mind dammit!" Kitty snapped.
"Go ahead Jean, read mah mind! Then maybe she'll shut up and confess it was just a stupid dream she's worryin about!"
"Okay," Jean said putting her hands on her temple. "Kitty….that is Rogue."
"She is not Rogue!" Kitty shouted. "You like have to believe me! She is not Rogue! She was shape-shifting and—"
~Don't waste your breath Kitty, I'm Rogue. Deal with it!~ Rampage told her telepathically.
"Mystique?" Scott asked looking at her, a hint of doubt on his face.
"It's not Mystique either! I don't know what that thing is!"
"Kitty please! Stay cool—" Evan was trying to comfort her.
"How can I stay calm when that, that, 'thing' tried to kill me?!"
"Ah have a name ya know!" Rampage snapped. "And ya're crazy!"
"Kitty! I think that's enough!" Jean told her sternly.
"You don't believe me do you? You all think I'm like, making this up?"
"Listen Kitty, I read her mind—"
"W-Wait! She didn't absorb my powers when she touched me… she—" Kitty then slowly walked back towards Rampage. "Now you'll believe me!"
"Kitty please…" Jean begged, trying to stop her. "Don't do thi—"
"Let her," Rampage said to Jean. "Ah'll do anythin ta prove that Kitty's crazy and just tryin ta put me inta more trouble," Rampage said between gritted teeth, glaring at Kitty who glared back.
"Let's see who's crazy!" Kitty shouted and touched her hand.
~Ya're~ Rampage thought as Kitty's eyes rolled up in her head and she fell unconscious. ~Fool….~
