The Rogue

Author's Note: Hey, thanks for all the reviews! For those of whom are slightly confused with what's going on at the moment, here's the summary:

Chapter 16

Scott calls a meeting with the X team. He informs the team about Rogue's decision to try and unlock her past. Xavier, in turn, cautions the team to be careful of how they act around Rogue; she may have a slight change in her persona. DeVillago and his team find out from General Austwit that Xavier's School for the Gifted is an institute for mutants after realizing that his own daughter was a mutant. The scientists wonder what to do to the institute after they find their precious Rogue, but DeVillago insists that all they need to win the war between species is Rogue. Phillip Nate, the telepathic soldier that works for the US government was lucky enough to slip into Rogue's mind while she and Xavier are on the process of finding out about her past. Rogue finds him in her mind and creates a room in her mind, which blocks out the professor but keeps Phillip inside the room, unable to escape. She gets the needed information from him and releases him after. DeVillago is angry to find that his plans have been found out, but he still forces his team to go through with the plan… only with a slight twist: a little help from Sabretooth. Rogue does get her memory back, but is a bit shocked to find out more information about Logan as well. DeVillago was one of the scientists responsible for his current state. Logan wakes up and decides to find Rogue to talk to her, and finds her in the teacher's wing where Xavier made special rooms in which mutant families could stay. He overhears Rogue's 'interesting' conversation with her friends about him and Scott. Then he just decides to go back to bed because he's getting a huge headache from Kitty's squeals.

Have fun! Here's the next chapter: kind of short…

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Marie woke up in a cold sweat. It wasn't unusual; ever since she found out about her past; that was how she would always wake up. Afraid for her life, even though she knew she was safe in the school. Sighing, she pushed her covers off and went towards her bathroom. She splashed cold water on her face and looked at her reflection.

'Well, there goes my hope for a restful night…' she thought sadly. Then she inspected her reflection again. '-As well as my dream of becoming Ms. Universe.'

Her eyes were bloodshot and her hair was a mess. She shook her head and combed her hair. After taming the wild tangles of the auburn jungle, she made her way towards her closet and started to unpack.

'God I wish I could just go to Scott…' she thought wistfully.

She had been avoiding everyone lately. Four days of isolation from everyone and she was doing it on her own accord. Her memories were a jumble and she was beginning to have conversations with herself at night… things were just way out of hand.

To top it all off, the last conversation she had with anyone was with Kitty and Jubilee, the argument about Logan and Scott. The two people she had been avoiding the most.

Regaining her memories gave her back the lessons she had learned while she was in the lab, or out in the real world. The lessons were harsh and made her wonder how she could ever have forgotten them.

' Is it even possible for Scott to like me?' she wondered. 'Could what Kitty said be true? That Scott is harboring feelings for me?'

She took out a large blue sweater and smiled. She held in front of her and inhaled as she brought it close to her face. It was one of Scott's sweaters that he had loaned her. She bit her bottom lip as she felt the pang of guilt shoot across her chest. It wasn't fair of her to just avoid Scott after all he'd done for her…

'Screw that!' she thought and walked silently towards the room next to hers. She didn't knock, but just opened the door slightly to let him know someone was coming in.

" Scott?" she whispered, knowing Scott was a light sleeper.

He turned over and yawned. Something inside Marie told her that he still had his eyes closed, even though he wore his visor to sleep.

" Marie?" he asked, his voice somewhat raspy. " What's wrong?"

Marie smiled sadly and Scott looked at the bundle in her arms. He knew something was bothering her, and it was bothering him as well.

He sat up, pulled the covers just a bit and patted the space next to him. Marie smiled and sat down next to him.

" I've been wondering why you've been avoiding me… and everyone else," Scott said. " Does it have something to do with Ricky?"

Marie shook her head. " I'm… I don't know… paranoid, I guess… I've been having nightmares and this time its all mine…"

Scott gently pulled her into a warm embrace. " Do you want to talk about it?"

" That would be nice," Marie replied.

Scott got out of bed and smiled at her confused expression. " You can't have a serious discussion without hot chocolate," he explained.

Marie giggled and nodded. " Don't forget the marshmallows!"

'Still the same Marie,' Scott thought. 'My Marie…'

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Logan sat on one of the stools in the kitchen. He took a swig from his beer and set in down gently. 'Four days' he thought. 'Marie's been avoiding me for four days…'

Through Logan's point of view, he understood Marie along with Hockey and beer. In his opinion, she was one of the things he knew best. And now… now he wasn't so sure. After Scott telling the team that she had decided to find out about her past, he felt that he would understand what she was going through, but he didn't.

He thought that she would run to him if anything happened, especially since she now knew how he felt about her.

'That was the whole point of touching her' he said to himself. 'Why is she still avoiding me?'

Suddenly, he heard footsteps coming towards the kitchen. He knew it was male, and by the sound of it, Scott.

They've become close, Logan

'Could it be, that red's right… that Marie only had a crush… and its gone?' he wondered.

Scott came into the kitchen wearing a thin long sleeved shirt and a pair of black sweats. " Hey"

Logan grunted in response and watched as he took out two coffee cups and started to heat some water.

" Isn't it a bit late for beer?" Scott asked him.

" Isn't it a bit late for coffee?" Logan retorted.

Scott frowned at the Canadian's attitude. " It's not for coffee, it's for cocoa."

Logan chuckled. " You back together with Jean?" he asked. Just because he had a reputation of being Mr. Bad-ass, didn't mean that he was stupid. Logan knew Scott would always make hot chocolate for late night talks with Jean. It was like his signature 'talk' drink, as opposed to Logan's beer.

" No," Scott replied curtly. " It's for Rogue."

Logan spit out his beer and started coughing. " Marie? It's for Marie? What happened?" he asked, concerned for Rogue's welfare.

" Nothing's wrong," Scott said as he filled the mugs with boiling water. " She just had a nightmare."

Logan stared at him as if he had grown another head. " A nightmare?" he asked. " You want me to believe that my Marie went to you because she had a nightmare?"

Scott glared at the now laughing Canadian and set the mugs down. " What is so funny about that, Logan?" he asked. " Is it so hard to believe that Marie and I are close?"

Logan's laughter stopped abruptly as he stood and walked towards Scott. " What right do you have to call her that?"

Scott smirked and shook his head. " Logan, Logan, Logan," he said, smiling even wider as he heard the feral man growl even more. " Get with the times. I've been calling Rogue, Marie, ever since she told me her name."

" Just what kind of a sick joke do you think you're making?" Logan snarled, grabbing Scott's shirt. " Marie is mine and you can't change that!"

Scott roughly pushed Logan off him, surprising Logan with his strength. " Yours?" he mocked. " I didn't know that Marie was some kind of a trophy!"

" You know what I mean!" Logan yelled as he lunged for Scott, who just barely dodged him. " You better stay away from my woman!"

Scott couldn't contain himself any longer. He just lost all common sense after Logan had proclaimed Marie as his.

" Scott! No!" Jean yelled. She had gone to the kitchen to see what the noise was about and found Logan and Scott in a full out fight. More people came down and they started to get an even bigger audience, who began to fear for the both of them. Jean couldn't even touch them with her telekinesis. Ororo wasn't sure what she could do.

The kitchen was a mess, chairs were broken and strewn about everywhere. Ororo thanked whatever power was up there that the counter was still fine, and the stoves were untouched.

Xavier received a telepathic message from Jean and immediately went to check the situation.

" Oh dear Lo- LOGAN! SCOTT!" he hollered, but to no avail. The two were projecting their feelings and Xavier decided to bring his 'daughter' down.

Marie ran downstairs and screamed in surprise to what she found. The crowd made a path for her and she gasped at the wounds that both sides had. Even with Logan's healing factor, the cuts that Scott had made with his blasts were going to be more than enough trouble for him to heal. The bruises that Scott had on his face were already turning purple.

Her eyes went wide as Logan unsheathed his claws. She ran towards Scott and shielded him with her body.

" Shit! Marie! No!" both men yelled simultaniously.

Marie had moved so fast, Logan couldn't retract his claws in time to prevent contact with her skin. He ended up reliving one of his worst nightmares, and impaled Marie with his claws for the second time.

He stood in shock, finally retracted his claws and watched in horror as her body fell against his. 'Oh God, please don't let this happen' he thought.

" Scott," Marie rasped, gasping for breath as her life seeped out of her stomach. " Bring Ricky here… Xavier will know where he is…"

Scott felt his chest contract and Logan touched Marie's skin without him convulse and writhe in pain. It brought back memories for the both of them, of her on the Statue of Liberty.

Just like last time, Logan kissed her, praying that it would work once more.

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Author's Note: I think I'll end this… right… here… j/k! Here's RICKY!

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DeVillago muttered curses under his breath as he sat in his black limousine. A brown-haired boy ( AN: I realized that the description I made totally screamed : JAMIE) sat patiently beside him.

" So, are you excited to finally see your mother?" DeVillago asked, trying to make conversation with the boy.

"Why aren't I going straight to her?" Ricky asked, hoping to get further information out of the man.

DeVillago looked at the child and began to have second thoughts in whether he was indeed mentally challenged or not.

" Well, Ricky," he started. " We want to show your mother that we aren't going to trick her…"

Ricky nodded his head and smiled, hoping to get the doubt out of DeVillago's head. When he felt that DeVillago was satisfied, he sighed inwardly. 'Thank God for my empathy' he thought. ' Don't worry, I'm coming soon, mom'

When they reached a large building, DeVillago got out of the car and helped Ricky with his duffel bag. " Now, you make sure you tell your mother 'hello' for me."

Ricky plastered a fake smile and nodded exuberantly, running into the building where he was greeted by a group of optimistic nuns.

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DeVillago watched as the boy ran inside happily. He went back inside the Limo and rolled down the glass that separated the backseat with the driver.

" When the boy's mother has arrived," he started. " Make sure you follow them and report back to Austwit."

The hairy man next to the driver nodded in disgust. He opened the door and went outside. He was about to walk back to his truck, when DeVillago opened his window.

" Remember Victor," he said icily. " We're the only ones who can find your wife."

The man growled and walked away as DeVillago drove off. Sabertooth slammed his door closed and waited for the woman he had once kidnapped.

' As if working for Magnus wasn't enough' he thought bitterly.

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Scott gripped the wheel tightly as they traveled thousands of miles in the air. Rogue was back in the mansion recovering from a blow that would've killed any normal human. She had requested that they bring back her son, with or without her. And with Scott being Scott, he did as she asked.

Ororo sat beside him as he stared out the window, his mind not really on flying, but on Rogue. She knew that Scott was serious about the woman, and was hoping to do everything in her power to help him.

" Scott, I think you should lighten your grip on the wheel, you're killing the poor thing," Ororo said.

Scott blinked and turned towards the white haired beauty and smiled sheepishly. " Sorry, I… I guess I'm just nervous."

Ororo pushed a few buttons and laid out the coordinates of their destination and pressed the auto-pilot button. She then faced Scott and placed a light hand on his arm.

" So, what's been bothering you?" she asked gently.

Scott sighed and calmed his nerves. " I… I don't know. I guess I'm just too afraid of what the kid might think of me," he said truthfully. " I mean, what if he doesn't like me?"

" Why do you want him to like you in the first place?" Ororo asked, already knowing the answer.

" Because… because…" Scott slouched in defeat. Scott sat silently, thinking of reasons why he would want a 9- year- old boy to like him.

'Because he's not just a 9-year-old boy' Scott thought. 'He's Marie's 9-year-old boy… who could in the future become my son…'

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Author's Note: I said that Ricky would meet the X-Men, but this chapter just got way too long, so he'll be meeting up with our heroes in the next upload. So have fun! By the way: I'm now officially 15! Woohoo! That's one year to 'vroom-vroom' and 3 to University (shudder)