ATR: Yea, a Goth listens to Avril:) couldn't help it, she's the only artist
from the pop world I can stand to listen to.
(A/N: Yah, more reviews! (hugs Pyro)
St. John: "Geez, down girl"
J.D: "Nope, you're are officially my muse, and that means I can't do whatever I want to you"
St. John: "Not in this lifetime, shiela, I've seen what gothic-rogue-13 puts Alvers through, you ain't takin' me alive"
J.D: "Sorry you feel that way, 'cause I stole your flame thrower and you're not getting it back until you become my personal entertainer"
St. John: (whimpers) "Americans are so cruel"
J.D: "No, just the insane ones"
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Rogue made sure she put on her mask effectively before heading downstairs after doing her homework.
She'd spaced all day during school and was starting to worry Kitty, although her friend didn't press the matter, Rogue was grateful for that.
She was mulling about Mystique, was she really turning into her mother? She hated the idea more than the fact that she had murdered someone, and that was saying a lot.
"Hey, Stripes, you got mail" Logan's gruff voice greeted her as she walked into the main room and took a seat by Jamie, "It's from Destiny"
Rogue frowned, she hadn't heard from Irene in months, she'd guessed that Raven had made the older mutant take a vow of silence while the shape shifter was still in hiding, "Let me guess, no return address?" she asked, taking the envelope from Wolverine.
He grunted his frustration with that fact, "Can't smell a thing" he suddenly turned from irritated to concerned, "You okay with this?" he motioned to the letter now in her possession.
Rogue gave him a reassuring smile, "Ah'm not gonna go Sabertooth again, 's only Irene" the room immediately tensed, it took all Rogue's control not to lash out at their behavior.
She went back upstairs, turning off the powers she didn't realize had been open due to her anger at her teammate's cautious attitude around her.
*This is playing out just like every other time, their gonna start hating me once the reality of this whole thing sinks in, Jean'll start cursing me out to the younger girls, she's always been high in social status, after all perfect angels don't stoop to living across the hall from Gothic devils*
With her teeth grinding, Rogue ripped open the letter and read, trying to take her mind off her situation.
~Dear Rogue,
How have you been, sweetie? It's been a while since I've heard from you, though I haven't been keeping you up to date either, now have I?
Raven has been ranting all year about her latest plot, I must deeply apologize for the devastating effects her plan has caused, I know it does not seem like it but she does care for you and Kurt.
I wish to hear from you soon.
Remember, if your load starts getting too heavy, and you need to let it go for a while, come visit me at the old house.
Love, Irene.~
Rogue's concentration was now fully on those few sentences, maybe that was it, she should leave the X-men before her presence becomes a heated debate.
She sat there, letter still clutched tightly in her hand, deep in thought, if she went back to living with Irene she would eventually have to start doing Mystique's dirty work again.
If she rejoined the Brotherhood that would just leave her in Magneto's grasp, and he was still planning something she couldn't get information on.
So there were four things she could do.
One: pay a temporary visit to Destiny and end up getting in more trouble for going outside the mansion, then await her fate at the Institute.
Two: run away to assassin mother, end up having to fight against her friends, and stay permanently with Irene.
Three: Go to the Brotherhood, also end up having to fight against her friends, and fall into Magneto's hold.
Four: stay here, risk constant pain, confusion, heartache, have her so called friends turn against her, meaning the real people that cared about her would be shunned as well, and end up being kicked out anyway.
Rogue's chest tightened with hurt, why had the universe adopted her as it's punch line? The literal freak of nature, differing, even from other outcasts, why was she the one that always suffered when it came to fate? Rogue placed the letter in her dresser drawer and opened her window, flying out it up towards the roof.
She sighed and sat down, wishing that she could be anyone but her, of course that had always been something she wished for.
"Need some company?", Rogue tilted her head to see Warren landing next to her and gracefully folding his beautiful wings around him.
She took a moment to marvel at how gorgeous the scene was, a blond haired man with clear blue eyes, soft white wings reaching from his broad shoulder blades and curving down past his knees as he stood against a golden multi colored sunset.
It was definitely a heavenly sight, *I swear he's a real angel*, while getting lost in these thoughts she almost forgot to answer his question, "Uh, yeah"
He smiled and sat with one leg stretched out in front of him and the other pulled up, causing him to lean back on his hands for support.
"So what brings you up here?"
Rogue wished he hadn't asked that, she didn't want to dwell on the issue, but she answered him anyway, hoping someone else's opinion might help her.
"Everyone's been walking a tight rope since Ah ki---absorbed Mesmero, Ah know they think Ah'm unstable and Scott keeps wondering if that makes me a threat to the team, Jean's all but dying to get rid of me, if the Professor hears one more word from them about it he's gonna relent, Irene wants me home, Mystique wants me recruited, Magneto is planning something that I don't know anything about, and to top it all off, there's only one thing keeping me here to begin with"
Angel took all this in without so much as a blink, "And what is the one thing keeping you here?" he asked consolingly.
"A promise Ah made to Kitty yesterday, that we would stick together no matter what" Rogue took a deep breath and ran a hand through her hair in exasperation.
"Well, than, here's how I see it, if you run away or get kicked out, I know of more than one person who would follow you, so does Xavier, meaning he would suffer a big loss by leaving you on your own. As for Jean and Scott, they can go to hell because that's where Logan and Storm would send them if they harass you into leaving"
Rogue smirked, "You're right about that, but Ah really do miss Irene, it's not as if Ah can't ward Mystique off, it's just Ah'm not sure Ah want to, lately Ah've been feeling out of place here"
Warren gave her a grave expression, "Your absence would hurt all of us, I'm sure"
She shifted uncomfortably, then realization hit her, "Kitty would come with me, it doesn't take a telepath to know that, and we would keep in contact with you guys, it'd only be till Ah've..."
Rogue wasn't sure how to phrase it, *Found what I'm looking for* she finished the sentence in her mind, *But what am I looking for?*
Angel looked at her curiously, "What, Rogue?"
"Never mind, maybe it's best if Ah just stay here, thanks for talking with me" she said getting up and floating down to her window.
She slipped back into her bedroom and pulled out her sketch pad, art always got her to forget stuff for a while, so she began drawing Angel surrounded by a sunset background, just as she had seen him earlier.
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Remy shuffled his cards and watched St. John play with the fireplace, he was thinking about Rogue for the umpteenth time, she hadn't shown up during the fight yesterday and he felt something was wrong.
Peter was sitting as silent as ever, but with a strangely disturbed look on his face, *Probably thinking 'bout the other femme* Gambit thought, his shuffling became faster, he wanted nothing more then to check up on Rogue and was finding it hard to concentrate on anything else.
Just then Magneto entered the room and all three boys stood at attention, "Gambit" he said in his usual deep voice, "Go and drop a trail for Rogue to follow, she is losing interest in my scheme, if we do not get her the plan fails"
Remy was surprised, he hadn't really paid attention to his boss when the master of magnetism had given them a lecture about his 'plan' for world domination, so he was stunned to find out that a key part, of what the older mutant was working for, was Rogue.
LeBeau quickly hurried out of their base glad that he was getting a chance to see his Cher`e, upset that it wasn't for another purpose.
It took less than an hour to reach the mansion, somehow he managed to avoid Wolverine and got passed the security system easily.
He then crept up to Rogue's room and let his shields slip, just a little, alerting her to his presence.
Rogue stirred, waking up to the pitch darkness.
She felt an unwelcome presence move by the bedroom door, *Time to catch a Cajun* she thought, slowly rising from under the covers and silently trekking in the thief's wake.
Remy knew Rogue was behind him, but didn't let on to that fact, leading her through the hallway to the lower levels.
He scanned the computer rooms of the metallic halls until picking a random one and hacking into it.
*Alright, what are you up to?* Rogue tried to get through his mental walls, finding them frustratingly too strong, hoping he would let them down again.
Gambit felt her annoyance and grinned, taking out a disc, he pretended to copy files, all he was really doing was planting false evidence to get her intrigued with his boss's scheme.
"Ya'll better have a good explanation for being here" she finally spoke out.
Remy feigned surprise and swiftly ejected the disc, turning to face her, "Just be looking to see how they been treatin' ma lovely belle, Cher'e" he turned on all his charm full force.
Rogue glared dangerously at him, "Jean's room is on the second floor, Swamp Rat, and unless you want to have your blood oozing out your ears, Ah suggest you come up with a better excuse."
"Why would I need to know where the cheerleader sleeps? This Cajun only has eyes for you, Petite" he smiled sexily, Rogue growled, "Don't start your game with me, Swamp Rat, Ah ain't takin' the bait, tell me why lame-brain sent ya' here"
When he didn't answer, she lifted him up with her TK and pinned him to the ceiling, "Fine, you wanna do this the hard way" she pulled out her knife, "Ah can absorb you, slice you, or you can start talking"
Remy pretended to get edgy, "Don't do something you're gonna regret, Cher`e" he took a defeated breath, "Magneto need some files for his work and he sent me to collect 'em, that's all I know about this job"
Rogue sensed his sincerity, waited a few moments, then let him drop, landing hard on the ground, "Never let me see you around here again" were her parting words as she walked away, her attention once again on Magneto's plot.
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Irene sat up with a start as the vision blinked out of her mind, she shook her head to recover from the suddenness of it all.
Her dream had been of Rogue, Wanda, and Shadowcat, they were all fighting side by side against and unknown force, but winning the battle with ease.
Then the scene changed, devastation hung heavy in the air, Rogue emerged from a black screen of smoke, walking towards someone, it was Mystique.
And then there was a picture of the new Brotherhood, an invincible force of mutants, Wanda Maximoff, Kitty Pryde, and Rogue Darkholme.
Irene shudder, there had been anger, pain, and loss in each of the children's souls, that's how Raven would get them.
Destiny knew she had to stop this from happening, she couldn't let those kids suffer, she had to somehow get them together so they could defeat Mystique.
Irene had never gone against her friend before, but the price was too great this time.
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Rogue and Kitty shared a table at lunch in the food court, Wanda approached them, "Can I sit here?" she asked.
Rogue nodded, "I, like, didn't know you went to school" Kitty said, in an attempt to start a conversation.
"I didn't, until Mystique forced me to" the Scarlet Witch replied, Rogue gave an expression of disgust, "And you do whatever she tells you to?"
Wanda narrowed her eyes, "I need her help to find 'daddy dearest'"
The three got along pretty well, and made an intimidating impression on every jock or cheerleader that gave them dirty looks.
"Damn, if Ah weren't still confined to the Institute Ah'd go trash one of their hangouts after school" Rogue said as another group of preps made audible insults while passing by.
"If I weren't going on a mission latter, I'd help you" Wanda agreed, "What mission?" Kitty asked.
"Mystique wants me to mess with the Acolytes, her 'connections' told her they'd be getting supplies at some hardware store this afternoon, so I get to find out why"
Rogue perked up, "That sounds like a good reason to break the rules" they exchanged an evil grin, Kitty giggled, "Like, don't sweat it Rogue, Jean told Ororo who told Ray who told Bobby who told Jubes who told Amara who told Tabby who told me, that you get your freedom back today"
Wanda glanced questioningly at Rogue, "Don't ask"
"Well" Kitty continued, ignoring the comment, "The Professor was supposed to tell you this morning, but I guess he forgot, so you can, like, totally thank me for keeping in the gossip circle"
"Thanks, seriously, and you're coming with us to kick some Acolyte ass" Rogue and Wanda laughed at Shadowcat's horrified expression, "We're not gonna kill 'em if that's what you're worried about, besides, Colossus is no fun to beat up anyway"
Kitty relaxed, "In that case, I'm, like, all for it"
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The girls walked casually into a hardware store located far away from civilization, there were only five other people occupying the large storage building.
"I thought you said there weren't any other muties with you" the head dealer was angry and nervous at the same time, the Acolytes glanced at the new arrivals.
"No worries, mate, they ain't with us, we'll get rid of 'em" St. John powered up his flame thrower, but the two other men had already high-tailed it out of there.
Rogue smirked, "Ah would say you have no reason to fight us now, Sugah, too bad for you, we're looking for some action"
Gambit smirked and charged a card, "Someone say my name?" "Bring it on, Swamp Rat" "Anytime, Cher`e" and he tossed a Queen of Hearts at her.
Rogue sent it right back at him and the battle began.
Wanda used her Hex power to blow Pyro's fire in the other direction, Rogue flung Remy into a wall.
"Is it just me or is this too easy?" Wanda asked, Rogue smiled, "They aren't very formidable opponents"
"And you aren't as fun as the other girls" Gambit commented, "At least when they pin me against the wall.."
Rogue waved her hand and Remy's mouth was instantly clamped together, he pouted, she smirked and walked over to him, "You talk to much, Cajun"
*I'm open to doing other things* he projected seductively, *You never give up do you?* came her response.
Before he could comment someone else joined their little group, "Well done girls" a familiar voice congratulated.
"Mystique" Rogue hissed.
Raven disregarded the harsh tone her daughter used, "Shadowcat, Rogue, what would you think about joining me?"
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(A/N: Before you say it, I know Wanda's memories were supposed to be erased/replaced, but this is AU, and I'm sorry this took so long, I was stumped, hope you liked it though, and please review:)
(A/N: Yah, more reviews! (hugs Pyro)
St. John: "Geez, down girl"
J.D: "Nope, you're are officially my muse, and that means I can't do whatever I want to you"
St. John: "Not in this lifetime, shiela, I've seen what gothic-rogue-13 puts Alvers through, you ain't takin' me alive"
J.D: "Sorry you feel that way, 'cause I stole your flame thrower and you're not getting it back until you become my personal entertainer"
St. John: (whimpers) "Americans are so cruel"
J.D: "No, just the insane ones"
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Rogue made sure she put on her mask effectively before heading downstairs after doing her homework.
She'd spaced all day during school and was starting to worry Kitty, although her friend didn't press the matter, Rogue was grateful for that.
She was mulling about Mystique, was she really turning into her mother? She hated the idea more than the fact that she had murdered someone, and that was saying a lot.
"Hey, Stripes, you got mail" Logan's gruff voice greeted her as she walked into the main room and took a seat by Jamie, "It's from Destiny"
Rogue frowned, she hadn't heard from Irene in months, she'd guessed that Raven had made the older mutant take a vow of silence while the shape shifter was still in hiding, "Let me guess, no return address?" she asked, taking the envelope from Wolverine.
He grunted his frustration with that fact, "Can't smell a thing" he suddenly turned from irritated to concerned, "You okay with this?" he motioned to the letter now in her possession.
Rogue gave him a reassuring smile, "Ah'm not gonna go Sabertooth again, 's only Irene" the room immediately tensed, it took all Rogue's control not to lash out at their behavior.
She went back upstairs, turning off the powers she didn't realize had been open due to her anger at her teammate's cautious attitude around her.
*This is playing out just like every other time, their gonna start hating me once the reality of this whole thing sinks in, Jean'll start cursing me out to the younger girls, she's always been high in social status, after all perfect angels don't stoop to living across the hall from Gothic devils*
With her teeth grinding, Rogue ripped open the letter and read, trying to take her mind off her situation.
~Dear Rogue,
How have you been, sweetie? It's been a while since I've heard from you, though I haven't been keeping you up to date either, now have I?
Raven has been ranting all year about her latest plot, I must deeply apologize for the devastating effects her plan has caused, I know it does not seem like it but she does care for you and Kurt.
I wish to hear from you soon.
Remember, if your load starts getting too heavy, and you need to let it go for a while, come visit me at the old house.
Love, Irene.~
Rogue's concentration was now fully on those few sentences, maybe that was it, she should leave the X-men before her presence becomes a heated debate.
She sat there, letter still clutched tightly in her hand, deep in thought, if she went back to living with Irene she would eventually have to start doing Mystique's dirty work again.
If she rejoined the Brotherhood that would just leave her in Magneto's grasp, and he was still planning something she couldn't get information on.
So there were four things she could do.
One: pay a temporary visit to Destiny and end up getting in more trouble for going outside the mansion, then await her fate at the Institute.
Two: run away to assassin mother, end up having to fight against her friends, and stay permanently with Irene.
Three: Go to the Brotherhood, also end up having to fight against her friends, and fall into Magneto's hold.
Four: stay here, risk constant pain, confusion, heartache, have her so called friends turn against her, meaning the real people that cared about her would be shunned as well, and end up being kicked out anyway.
Rogue's chest tightened with hurt, why had the universe adopted her as it's punch line? The literal freak of nature, differing, even from other outcasts, why was she the one that always suffered when it came to fate? Rogue placed the letter in her dresser drawer and opened her window, flying out it up towards the roof.
She sighed and sat down, wishing that she could be anyone but her, of course that had always been something she wished for.
"Need some company?", Rogue tilted her head to see Warren landing next to her and gracefully folding his beautiful wings around him.
She took a moment to marvel at how gorgeous the scene was, a blond haired man with clear blue eyes, soft white wings reaching from his broad shoulder blades and curving down past his knees as he stood against a golden multi colored sunset.
It was definitely a heavenly sight, *I swear he's a real angel*, while getting lost in these thoughts she almost forgot to answer his question, "Uh, yeah"
He smiled and sat with one leg stretched out in front of him and the other pulled up, causing him to lean back on his hands for support.
"So what brings you up here?"
Rogue wished he hadn't asked that, she didn't want to dwell on the issue, but she answered him anyway, hoping someone else's opinion might help her.
"Everyone's been walking a tight rope since Ah ki---absorbed Mesmero, Ah know they think Ah'm unstable and Scott keeps wondering if that makes me a threat to the team, Jean's all but dying to get rid of me, if the Professor hears one more word from them about it he's gonna relent, Irene wants me home, Mystique wants me recruited, Magneto is planning something that I don't know anything about, and to top it all off, there's only one thing keeping me here to begin with"
Angel took all this in without so much as a blink, "And what is the one thing keeping you here?" he asked consolingly.
"A promise Ah made to Kitty yesterday, that we would stick together no matter what" Rogue took a deep breath and ran a hand through her hair in exasperation.
"Well, than, here's how I see it, if you run away or get kicked out, I know of more than one person who would follow you, so does Xavier, meaning he would suffer a big loss by leaving you on your own. As for Jean and Scott, they can go to hell because that's where Logan and Storm would send them if they harass you into leaving"
Rogue smirked, "You're right about that, but Ah really do miss Irene, it's not as if Ah can't ward Mystique off, it's just Ah'm not sure Ah want to, lately Ah've been feeling out of place here"
Warren gave her a grave expression, "Your absence would hurt all of us, I'm sure"
She shifted uncomfortably, then realization hit her, "Kitty would come with me, it doesn't take a telepath to know that, and we would keep in contact with you guys, it'd only be till Ah've..."
Rogue wasn't sure how to phrase it, *Found what I'm looking for* she finished the sentence in her mind, *But what am I looking for?*
Angel looked at her curiously, "What, Rogue?"
"Never mind, maybe it's best if Ah just stay here, thanks for talking with me" she said getting up and floating down to her window.
She slipped back into her bedroom and pulled out her sketch pad, art always got her to forget stuff for a while, so she began drawing Angel surrounded by a sunset background, just as she had seen him earlier.
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Remy shuffled his cards and watched St. John play with the fireplace, he was thinking about Rogue for the umpteenth time, she hadn't shown up during the fight yesterday and he felt something was wrong.
Peter was sitting as silent as ever, but with a strangely disturbed look on his face, *Probably thinking 'bout the other femme* Gambit thought, his shuffling became faster, he wanted nothing more then to check up on Rogue and was finding it hard to concentrate on anything else.
Just then Magneto entered the room and all three boys stood at attention, "Gambit" he said in his usual deep voice, "Go and drop a trail for Rogue to follow, she is losing interest in my scheme, if we do not get her the plan fails"
Remy was surprised, he hadn't really paid attention to his boss when the master of magnetism had given them a lecture about his 'plan' for world domination, so he was stunned to find out that a key part, of what the older mutant was working for, was Rogue.
LeBeau quickly hurried out of their base glad that he was getting a chance to see his Cher`e, upset that it wasn't for another purpose.
It took less than an hour to reach the mansion, somehow he managed to avoid Wolverine and got passed the security system easily.
He then crept up to Rogue's room and let his shields slip, just a little, alerting her to his presence.
Rogue stirred, waking up to the pitch darkness.
She felt an unwelcome presence move by the bedroom door, *Time to catch a Cajun* she thought, slowly rising from under the covers and silently trekking in the thief's wake.
Remy knew Rogue was behind him, but didn't let on to that fact, leading her through the hallway to the lower levels.
He scanned the computer rooms of the metallic halls until picking a random one and hacking into it.
*Alright, what are you up to?* Rogue tried to get through his mental walls, finding them frustratingly too strong, hoping he would let them down again.
Gambit felt her annoyance and grinned, taking out a disc, he pretended to copy files, all he was really doing was planting false evidence to get her intrigued with his boss's scheme.
"Ya'll better have a good explanation for being here" she finally spoke out.
Remy feigned surprise and swiftly ejected the disc, turning to face her, "Just be looking to see how they been treatin' ma lovely belle, Cher'e" he turned on all his charm full force.
Rogue glared dangerously at him, "Jean's room is on the second floor, Swamp Rat, and unless you want to have your blood oozing out your ears, Ah suggest you come up with a better excuse."
"Why would I need to know where the cheerleader sleeps? This Cajun only has eyes for you, Petite" he smiled sexily, Rogue growled, "Don't start your game with me, Swamp Rat, Ah ain't takin' the bait, tell me why lame-brain sent ya' here"
When he didn't answer, she lifted him up with her TK and pinned him to the ceiling, "Fine, you wanna do this the hard way" she pulled out her knife, "Ah can absorb you, slice you, or you can start talking"
Remy pretended to get edgy, "Don't do something you're gonna regret, Cher`e" he took a defeated breath, "Magneto need some files for his work and he sent me to collect 'em, that's all I know about this job"
Rogue sensed his sincerity, waited a few moments, then let him drop, landing hard on the ground, "Never let me see you around here again" were her parting words as she walked away, her attention once again on Magneto's plot.
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Irene sat up with a start as the vision blinked out of her mind, she shook her head to recover from the suddenness of it all.
Her dream had been of Rogue, Wanda, and Shadowcat, they were all fighting side by side against and unknown force, but winning the battle with ease.
Then the scene changed, devastation hung heavy in the air, Rogue emerged from a black screen of smoke, walking towards someone, it was Mystique.
And then there was a picture of the new Brotherhood, an invincible force of mutants, Wanda Maximoff, Kitty Pryde, and Rogue Darkholme.
Irene shudder, there had been anger, pain, and loss in each of the children's souls, that's how Raven would get them.
Destiny knew she had to stop this from happening, she couldn't let those kids suffer, she had to somehow get them together so they could defeat Mystique.
Irene had never gone against her friend before, but the price was too great this time.
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Rogue and Kitty shared a table at lunch in the food court, Wanda approached them, "Can I sit here?" she asked.
Rogue nodded, "I, like, didn't know you went to school" Kitty said, in an attempt to start a conversation.
"I didn't, until Mystique forced me to" the Scarlet Witch replied, Rogue gave an expression of disgust, "And you do whatever she tells you to?"
Wanda narrowed her eyes, "I need her help to find 'daddy dearest'"
The three got along pretty well, and made an intimidating impression on every jock or cheerleader that gave them dirty looks.
"Damn, if Ah weren't still confined to the Institute Ah'd go trash one of their hangouts after school" Rogue said as another group of preps made audible insults while passing by.
"If I weren't going on a mission latter, I'd help you" Wanda agreed, "What mission?" Kitty asked.
"Mystique wants me to mess with the Acolytes, her 'connections' told her they'd be getting supplies at some hardware store this afternoon, so I get to find out why"
Rogue perked up, "That sounds like a good reason to break the rules" they exchanged an evil grin, Kitty giggled, "Like, don't sweat it Rogue, Jean told Ororo who told Ray who told Bobby who told Jubes who told Amara who told Tabby who told me, that you get your freedom back today"
Wanda glanced questioningly at Rogue, "Don't ask"
"Well" Kitty continued, ignoring the comment, "The Professor was supposed to tell you this morning, but I guess he forgot, so you can, like, totally thank me for keeping in the gossip circle"
"Thanks, seriously, and you're coming with us to kick some Acolyte ass" Rogue and Wanda laughed at Shadowcat's horrified expression, "We're not gonna kill 'em if that's what you're worried about, besides, Colossus is no fun to beat up anyway"
Kitty relaxed, "In that case, I'm, like, all for it"
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The girls walked casually into a hardware store located far away from civilization, there were only five other people occupying the large storage building.
"I thought you said there weren't any other muties with you" the head dealer was angry and nervous at the same time, the Acolytes glanced at the new arrivals.
"No worries, mate, they ain't with us, we'll get rid of 'em" St. John powered up his flame thrower, but the two other men had already high-tailed it out of there.
Rogue smirked, "Ah would say you have no reason to fight us now, Sugah, too bad for you, we're looking for some action"
Gambit smirked and charged a card, "Someone say my name?" "Bring it on, Swamp Rat" "Anytime, Cher`e" and he tossed a Queen of Hearts at her.
Rogue sent it right back at him and the battle began.
Wanda used her Hex power to blow Pyro's fire in the other direction, Rogue flung Remy into a wall.
"Is it just me or is this too easy?" Wanda asked, Rogue smiled, "They aren't very formidable opponents"
"And you aren't as fun as the other girls" Gambit commented, "At least when they pin me against the wall.."
Rogue waved her hand and Remy's mouth was instantly clamped together, he pouted, she smirked and walked over to him, "You talk to much, Cajun"
*I'm open to doing other things* he projected seductively, *You never give up do you?* came her response.
Before he could comment someone else joined their little group, "Well done girls" a familiar voice congratulated.
"Mystique" Rogue hissed.
Raven disregarded the harsh tone her daughter used, "Shadowcat, Rogue, what would you think about joining me?"
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(A/N: Before you say it, I know Wanda's memories were supposed to be erased/replaced, but this is AU, and I'm sorry this took so long, I was stumped, hope you liked it though, and please review:)