The Rogue

Author's Note: Hey all! Thanks for all the votes you put in! I agree that I'm not really making Logan look any better, but that's going to change. I mean, what's a little love triangle without some complications, ne? But either way, whichever Rogue might end up with, I hope you enjoy it anyway.

Votes so far:

Scott: 52

Logan: 42

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Marie sat cross-legged on her bed, concentrating on getting rid of the personalities in her head. It was possible, but most things that they had contributed to her would be permanently imbedded in her mind.

Scott had just rescued her from an all out argument with Jean and Logan. She sighed and gave up, she laid flat on her stomach, she pulled out Logan's tags and began to fiddle with them. She heard a small knock on the door, and she hid the metal tags back underneath her pillow.

" Uh, who is it?" she asked, carefully checking if her skin was showing.

" Its your wonderful roomie, chica!" a cheerful voice replied.

Marie smiled and opened the door, revealing an incredibly bubbly Asian wearing a bright yellow jacket.

" Hey Jubes, what's up?" she asked. Jubilee sat on her bed and shrugged.

"Oh nothing," she said. " So tell me about the deal between you and Mr. Hairy N. Growly."

Marie looked at the girl's oh-so-innocent face and blinked. She shook her head and chuckled. " Nothing is going on between me and Logan."

"Says the girl who worships his tags," Jubilee shot back as she reached underneath Marie's pillow, retrieving the heavy metal tags. " I mean, geez, you know why they call these things 'Dog' tags right?"

Marie steeled herself for what was to come. Jubilee hated the wolverine, no matter how hot he may be, and Marie knew that.

" Rogue, they call them 'dog' tags because they signify possession. He wore these because someone owned him! And now, he gave them to you to wear!" she shrieked angrily. " And I don't mean that in the nice, romantic way!"

Marie sighed and sat back on the bed, closing her eyes, trying to silence Jubilee's voice in her head. 'Is that what I am… a possession?' she wondered. 'No. I have him in my head… sure I may be young… but he loves me.'

Or does he?

Maybe it was just a challenge for him. Maybe since you were the first person he ever actually talked to… or maybe…

'Shut up, Cody!' she thought.

Cody, the first boy she'd ever kissed. After their prom, before her eighteenth birthday… She'd erased most of him, but some parts were hard to cleanse off.

Suddenly, she felt a hot searing pain by the nape of her neck. It started travelling towards her whole body. It made it hard for her to breathe. Something was wrong, she couldn't move, couldn't talk… Eric, or Magneto was gone from her mind… so who else could control her like this?

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"Shut UP, Cody!"

Jubilee stared in confusion and horror as her friend began to levitate. Her hair was whipping around her as if there was a strong breeze. Her eyes were clenched shut, so she knew that Rogue was in pain.

'Crap!' *Professor! Something's wrong with Rogue!* she screamed in her mind.

Jubilee backed away towards the wall and found Rogue's things orbiting around her body. She was no longer in the lotus position, but she sat, levitating four feet in the air, hugging her knees to her body.

" What happened, what's wrong?" Scott asked as he came in through the door with Jean and Logan not far behind.

The three stood by the doorway, staring in awe as Logan's tags, Rogue's gloves, and her picture frames started dancing around her.

"What the hell is going on?!" Logan growled. He stepped forward, but was harshly thrown back as an invisible shield formed around her lithe body.

Scott stared as her white bangs fluttered, dancing with her auburn locks. His heart suddenly skipped a beat, as he watched her.

*Scott! Help Me! *

He looked at Jean, but realized that the voice that had just spoken to him was too melodious and too sweet to be Jean's.

" Rogue! If you can hear me, I'm just coming in to get Jubilee!" Jean yelled. She had tried to speak to the girl telepathically, but she could neither hear nor sense anything in the girl. No signals, nothing. It was as if she had placed a firewall around her mind.

*Jean, try to get to Jubilee, I'll calm Marie down * Logan thought.

Scott sensed a telepathic conversation between Logan and Jean. Years of living with her had taught him many things. That included being able to read a telepath.

Logan tried to step forward, this time talking to Rogue. " Marie, darlin'… It's Logan…" he had gotten farther than before, and took that as a good sign. " Just let Jeannie in, alright?"

Suddenly, he was thrown even more violently than the last time. Scott would have laughed if it weren't for the situation.

*Scott, I'm scared *

Scott clenched his teeth and stepped forward. Jean and Logan watched as he slowly walked towards Rogue.

" Don't be scared, Marie… It's just me," he said soothingly. He had clamed her down during her nightmares, and he was used to her tantrums, but he never had her freak out. " You just had a nightmare, baby. " he hoped it still works in this given condition.

Slowly, the objects around her began to float back to where they had belonged. Scott sighed with relief as he crossed the room, silently ordering Jubilee to run for the door. She did so and panted as she reached Jean.

" Shh, come on, baby… you're safe… nothing's gonna hurt you," he shushed, guiding Rogue's body into his arms as she slowly floated back down towards the bed.

*Thank You, Scott *

He smiled at the woman in his arms. " Your welcome, baby."

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Logan growled in frustration as the rest of the X-men, including him, waited for the results. Scott had managed to calm his Marie. But… she hadn't accepted his help?

"Quit pacing, Logan," Jean said tiredly. " You're making me sea sick."

Logan growled at the woman, and continued pacing. Scott was inside with the Professor discussing what had happened.

'I know what happened' he thought. 'Marie refused me… and… allowed one-eye to help her'

Jean watched as the feral man snarled and growled. He was projecting, and Jean knew what he was thinking. Scott had been able to aid Rogue in her confusion, but somehow Rogue didn't trust Logan enough to let him in.

She replayed the scene in her head millions of times. Pain coursing through her veins as she remembered what Scott had called Rogue, how he touched her.

Scott was never that gentle with her. When she had a broken ankle a few years back, sure he was nice… but he never held her the way he held Rogue.

There was something in that touch that made Jean accept her place in Scott's heart. Jean was not his type, she was there and Scott was a child. Now she knew who she was. She was second best.

Gazing back at Logan, she chuckled bitterly at her mistakes. She had flirted so many times before him, but… Logan was just hard to resist. She had promised Scott that she would stop flirting with the males and had kept her promise… until Logan came.

But now, as she looked at him, she knew he was way out of her league. He had a one-track mind, and a one-track heart. He wanted Rogue as much as she now wanted Scott. Oh, how her life became a soap opera!

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" It's quite a development really," Xavier explained to Scott. " If Rogue is in fact a telepath, as well as a telekinetic… then it explains her dilemma!"

Scott sat on the edge of the couch and shook his head.

" She reacted as Jean did a few years back, when she lost control of her powers. Making it hard for her, releasing the Phoenix within," Scott said. " But, something must have triggered it… and why didn't you or Jean sense it?"

Xavier wheeled around until he faced Scott.

" It could be possible that her mind is far more complex than we had already thought," he said thoughtfully. " Once she recovers, Dr. McCoy has a few tests he would like to run on her."

" McCoy?" Scott asked. " You mean our new recruit? Beast?"

Xavier nodded. " He had arrived no sooner than Rogue had her little 'freak out' as Logan so bluntly puts it."

Scott sighed. " So when are we starting the actual 'control' part of her training?"

Xavier takes his place back behind his desk and sighs. " I'm afraid, until we find out the source of the pain she gets every time she tries and erase a memory, we cannot risk her losing control."

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Jubilee watched Rogue warily. She had been asleep for more than six hours now, and she feared her friend may be in a coma. However, the new doctor had informed her otherwise.

"Dr. McCoy," Jubilee started, getting the furry blue man to turn around. " How is she?"

The man straightened himself out and Jubilee found herself staring at a man taller than the Wolverine. He shook his furry head and shrugged.

" Well, my dear," he said gently. Jubilee liked Dr. McCoy, he was like a comforting aura, like a grandpa in a way. " She's physically stable, but mentally…"

He pointed towards the beeping machine beside her. " This machine can help us see her brain waves, to see its activity. These series of lines indicates a slight problem. A normal brain wave patter is steady… and compared to Rogue's…"

Jubilee blinked away her tears. Rogue's mind was a jumble. Her brain waves were close together, like a seismometer when it detects an earthquake.

"But, think of it this way, at least its not a flat line…" he said.

Jubilee nodded hesitantly.

"Don't worry to much, Ms. Lee. Come now, I do believe its time for tea."

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Author's Note: you like? Anyway, If by the end of the month, Rogue ends up with the person you did not want her to end up with, don't be P.Oed. I have a lot planned for either two. ^-^ I just love em both! I have no clue as to what that thingy is called… the thing that tells you of your brain activity, like the ones hooked onto people in a coma.