The Rogue

Author's Note: Thank you so much for all your reviews! I swear, I'll get on with the 'pre-quel' once I finish this story, it'll be like a flashback to what happened to her and ^-^ I'm so excited!

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Victor watched in the shadows as various vans pulled out of the mansion. He growled as he saw Wolverine's neutral-expression face driving a bent-down truck, much like the one he had first seen him in.

" Hey boss-man, they're on the run," he said, still on the line with DeVillago.

" Follow them. Grab 147 when you get the chance," the man replied.

"What about the kid?" Victor asked as he waited for the last van to come out.

"…It's a bonus if you grab Hypno, but if you don't. It doesn't really matter."

Victor hung up on the man and began to follow the group inconspicuously. He was surprised to find that they were heading towards the carnival downtown. He parked farther from the black vans, but close enough to see who was inside them.

The parking lot was dimly lighted, but it was fairly bright due to the full moon that shone overhead. He eyed the nearest van towards him and found the kid, Ricky as he climbed out along with a brown-haired kid, who looked to be about 13.

" Come on, Marie!"

He turned towards the tall male driver, fixing his shades as he called out towards the woman in the passenger seat. Victor smirked as his target gracefully jumped from the van and walked towards the man and the child.

" Did I ever tell you how impatient you are?" the woman asked as she took off her gloves and placed them in her back pockets.

The man grinned and shook his head, winking at the child who held his right hand. " Not recently."

' This job is going to be a piece of cake,' Victor thought, creeping silently through the crowds, keeping close watch at his target.

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Marie smiled as they reached another booth. So far, Scott had been winning both Ricky and her toys with his impeccable aim.

" Do you think it's cheating if you've had years of practice with targets?" she whispered softly in Scott's ear.

Scott grinned at her and maneuvered his arm around her waist before tipping her back and shooting a dart towards a yellow balloon. Ricky's eyes went wide as the dart burst the balloon with no problem.

" It's their fault for making the games too easy," Scott said playfully, smirking smugly as Marie blushed. " I've won you almost every teddy bear in the carnival, mind giving me a kiss in return?"

Marie laughed in his arms as he swung her back upright. " You'd risk getting hurt just to get repaid?" she asked.

* But, Maman, you can control-*

Marie looked at her son and smiled as he realized that Scott hadn't figured that out yet. He saw the twinkle in her eyes and how carefree she was with Scott.

* Maman, is he going to become my daddy?*

Noticing the intense gaze Ricky sent Marie, Scott understood that they were having a private conversation. He let go of Marie's waist, bringing her back to reality. She touched his shoulder and gave him a look of concern.

" Is something wrong?" she asked.

Scott shook her head and smiled. " No, I just thought you and Ricky might want some time alone, you guys were talking."

"Oh, I'm sorry Scott," Marie replied as she hugged the man from behind, resting her head on the back of his shoulders. " I forgot that you knew… Ricky was just asking me a question."

Scott relished the feel of her body against his back. He grasped her arm and twirled around, so that she was before him instead of behind.

" I don't mind much, after all, you were apart for a long time," he replied and eyed a cotton-candy stand behind her. " I'll get us some cotton candy, and you guys can talk."

Ricky beamed as he heard and saw the interaction between his mother and his first candidate for his father. ' He makes her so happy…' he thought.

" Maman?"

Marie smiled at him and nodded. " Oui?"

He took her ungloved hand and led her towards the bench. Ricky looked for Scott and found him watching them. Ricky gave him a slight wave, which he returned and sat with his mother.

" Is Scott going to be my daddy?" he asked as he gazed up into her emerald eyes. 'So full of life and hope' he noted.

Marie stared longingly at the brown-haired man. " I wish he would," she whispered. " But Jean-"

" Is perfectly happy to know that he's happy."

Turning towards the feminine voice, Marie was surprised to see Jean standing behind her, with a look of acceptance in her eyes.

"Jean?" she asked. " What-"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to eavesdrop on you," she said and sat down next to Ricky, who was busy playing with his new videogame, courtesy of Scott Summers. " I realized a few months back that Scott wasn't paying special attention to me… and was in fact harboring pretty deep feeling for you."

Ricky looked up and saw Scott walking towards them, looking comical as he tried to juggle three sticks of cotton candy and a fairly large beverage. He chuckled and used his telekenesis with a mix of his ability to create illusions and levitated the large drink and a stick of candied cotton.

Jean was engrossed with explaining things to Marie to notice; Marie however, was giving Ricky a small smile. * That was a nice thing to do, Ricky*

" Thanks Jean," Scott said, smiling as he reached them. Marie hid her smile and pulled Ricky closer towards her. " I uh, bought just three-"

" Thanks for what?" Jean asked, not bothering to comment on his offer. Scott gazed at Ricky who shrugged cutely and went back to eating his candy. Jean shrugged and turned back to Marie. " Anyway, I think you should go for it. You deserve to be happy."

Scott took Jean's place in the bench as she left for the Ferris wheel. Jamie ran towards them and flashed Marie a wide grin.

" Hi Ms. Rogue… I was wondering if… I could take Ricky to the Ferris Wheel?" the boy asked as he bobbed his head in anticipation.

Marie laughed and nodded. Ricky smiled widely and ran towards the large revolving wheel. Marie was always fond of Jamie; they had the same problems, hating crowds since they had no control over their mutations. ' I wonder if I can legally adopt that kid?' she wondered. Jamie's parents didn't seem too happy to know he was a mutant and she seemed to be the only 'adult' he was fond of.

Scott sat back on the bench and sighed. " You want to go with them?" he asked as he stared at Marie. She shook her head and closed her eyes.

" Nope," she replied, amused as Scott's face fell. 'Probably planned on hitting on me' she thought, laughing as he stuck out his lower lip.

" Please?" he begged. " I'll even go to the bumper cars you wanted me to go."

Marie put a finger on her bottom lip and tilted her head, pretending to think, then stuck out her ungloved hand. Scott, trusting Marie with anything, shook her hand with his ungloved one as well.

'So she can control it,' he thought. ' Well, now I can give her that dress I bought for her a few months ago…'

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Jamie and Ricky sat on one of the chairs and stared at the people below as they slowly rolled towards the top. Jamie liked hanging out with Ricky, he felt like a big brother. ' Big bro Jamie… that sounds cool' he thought.

" You think my mom and Scott will end up together?" Ricky asked the thirteen-year-old.

Jamie shrugged. " I hope so. Ms. Rogue seems happier with him, that's for sure," he replied as he searched for the said couple.

" You know, I wish you were my brother," Ricky said as he leaned back. " Its not much fun playing matchmaker without an accomplice."

Jamie grinned and got a mischievous gleam in his eyes. " I know what you mean. It'd be cool being your big bro… we could set Mr. Summers up with your mom no problem!"

"So why don't we?" Ricky asked, rocking the chair as he turned towards Jamie. " We could push them to go to the funhouse with us, and then ditch them in there!"

Jamie nodded and gave Ricky a high five. " I could get used to this!" he said as they laughed together. When they got down, they saw Bobby, Jubilee, Kitty and the rest of the X-team waiting to get a ride. Ricky saw Marie with Scott at one of the seats near the top.

"Hey, could we get them stuck up there for a while before we ditch them in the funhouse?" Ricky asked.

Kitty and Jubilee overhead Ricky and they walked towards the two. " What's this about getting people stuck up there?" Jubilee asked, holding Bobby's hand.

" Well, Ricky here wants Mr. Summers as a dad, and as is 'big bro'… I'm helping him!" Jamie said, grinning widely.

Kitty smiled. ' I've never seen Jamie this happy since Rogue took him to the movies…' she thought. " We'll help you!"

Jubilee stared at Kitty who was jumping up and down. " Come on, like you guys can like distract the guy over there, I can phase through and like… you know… cut the wires!"

Ricky grinned at the brunette. " I can create an illusion for you guys to have the perfect cover!"

" What?" Jamie asked. " You have powers too?"

Ricky nodded. " I was called Hypno, because I can hypnotize people, but I also have super senses, telepathic and telekinetic abilities."

"Four in one? Not fair!" Bobby whined. " I can only freeze myself and make snowballs!"

Jamie laughed and accidentally bumped into a pole, creating a double. " Oops."

They shared a small group laugh and sobered up. " Okay, in three seconds, I'm going to make an illusion of a tiger chasing the two of you, and only that guy can see, so scream loudly for him to turn around," Ricky commanded.

" In the meantime," Jamie said. " Me, myself and I will keep people from going on the Ferris Wheel."

Just as Ricky had said, in three seconds, Jubilee and Bobby were screaming as a large tiger began to chase them. The ride operator wondered why no one was trying to help, so he ran after the two teenagers and tried to flag down a couple of his staff to help him capture an invisible tiger.

Kitty phased through the machine and pulled a couple of wires. 'That should take a few minutes to fix,' she thought.

"Alright you two," Kitty started, giving them both a fake disapproving look. " Have fun and like, tell me when they decide to kiss okay?"

Ricky looked disgusted and shivered. " Ew. I hope I don't see that until the wedding."

Jamie laughed and nodded. " I doubt that it would take that long."

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Victor laughed at the kid's prank and thought of a plan as soon as he heard their next plot to set the X-Men's leader up with his target.

" The funhouse…" he said out loud. " People could get lost in there…"

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Author's Note: Hey all! Thanks so much for all the reviews! I know its not much action, but I'm getting there! Slowly but surely! So what do you guys think? Since this is a fiction story, I can twist people's pasts and stuff to create a better plot... so do you think Jamie should be part of their happy family? I mean… I seriously like the kid in Evo. He's like my brother!

Let Jamie join Ricky and Marie? Yes? No?