The Rogue

Author's Note: Hey all! Your reviews were wonderful!

Okay, Girl Number 1: If you really want to know… the biological father is: I haven't really made up my mind on who it is… sorry to disappoint you.

I really wanted to make a Marie/Logan story, but I ended up going with a Cyclops/Rogue story… which I'm totally enjoying writing. Besides, I'm like on a roll and I'm close to almost being done…

T-T I can't please everyone… even tho I wish I could.

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"Jamie?"

The brown haired teenager spun around and found Marie smiling at him, her emerald eyes shining with hope and friendship. He had liked the woman from the minute she had said 'hi' to him, and felt even closer to her now that she knew her past.

" Hi Ms. Rogue," he said sheepishly, hoping she wasn't too mad about the little prank he and Ricky had played.

Marie frowned playfully and ruffled his hair. " Call me Rogue, or just Marie. Miss makes me sound too old," she said as she walked alongside the boy.

" You didn't happen to see Ricky did you?" Jamie asked, looking around, seeing his reflection everywhere he turned. He was used to seeing himself, but being in a funhouse reminded him more of the control that he lacked.

Marie seemed to pick up on his sudden change of mood. " Look Jamie, I know you think you might never control your mutation. It took me almost seven years to control mine. But you're still young, and I find that the younger you are the more adept you are at learning things," she started. " If you want, I can try and help you control your mutation, like I did mine."

Jamie's eyes shone as he looked up into her emerald ones. He nodded and gave her a hug. " Thanks… Ms. Marie."

Marie wrinkled her nose, but laughed nonetheless. " It's a start."

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Ricky used his abilities to try and find Jamie, only to find himself even more confused than he already was. ' How ironic, I make illusions and here I am trapped in one.' He thought.

"Ricky?"

He turned around and wondered if that was truly Scott or just a reflection off of another mirror.

" Scott?" he asked.

Scott walked towards him and smiled. " Hey buddy, you haven't seen Marie have you? I kind of lost her back there…"

Ricky shook his head, but smiled. " I'm sure she's with Jamie. They'll be fine. I'm more worried about us, how are we going to get out of here?"

They looked around and sighed. " I didn't get the chance to ask… you were the one, who helped me with the cotton candy, weren't you?"

Ricky was silent, contemplating whether he should tell Scott right out, or keep dropping hints.

" Don't worry," Scott started, placing a comforting hand on the boy's shoulders. " I won't tell anyone if you don't want them to know yet. Does your mom know?"

" Yeah, she was the one who told me to lay low and make sure to act less than my age," Ricky said as he walked towards one of the hallways, hoping that it was the right one. " It kept the doctors from experimenting on me since they figured I would never get full control of my powers."

" What… what does your mom have?" Scott asked, eyeing the exit sign just ahead of them.

" Well, mom never tells me much, but I know… the doctors kept me in a room while they made her absorb people. I never told her…" Ricky whispered. " She keeps a strong face for me… but all the while she's being forced to kill."

Scott froze as he heard the word 'kill'. " Kill?"

Ricky nodded sadly. " Dr. DeVillago projects his true intentions, never realizing that I'm a telepath too… he says he wants to make the perfect defense mechanism for humans, but he intends to use my mom to take over."

"- She's almost invincible," Ricky continued. " I'm the only one who can stop her… since I'm immune to her imprinting powers."

Scott frowned. " So… DeVillago intends to take her back?"

" She's the perfect assassin, Scott… trained to kill and has the powers to do so."

' When I get my hands on that brute, he'll wish he never set his eyes on my Marie!' Scott thought bitterly.

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Victor stayed quiet as he fingered the cloth in his hands. Pouring ethylene all over the white handkerchief, he waited for his target. As soon as he saw the woman's auburn hair, he pounced on her, hoping the ethylene would work quickly.

Unfortunately, he hadn't known that Marie had 10 years of combat training and then some. She began to roll on the ground and kicked Victor off of her. He stumbled a bit as he was thrown back some, but ran swiftly towards Marie. She did a double back flip to gain some distance from the blond man, but lost her footing on the ramp.

Victor attacked as soon as he saw her disadvantage. In his haste, he hadn't seen the boy and bumped into him, creating duplicates of the teenager. He jumped behind her and took a pair of adamantium cuffs and bound her wrists behind her back. He placed the cloth over her mouth and nose and ran off.

Jamie was a bit disoriented, but saw the whole thing. He cursed his lack of combat knowledge and began to shout after the man.

" Come back here! Ms. Rogue!"

The original Jamie started running after Sabertooth, but he was too slow. The others went separate ways, hoping to find one of the older X-Men.

He found Scott and Ricky as they neared the exit. One of the Jamies ran towards them before the duplicating effect wore off.

" Mr. Summers! A big hairy guy took Ms. Rogue!"

Scott's mouth went into a grim thin line. His jaw clenched with anger and he turned on one of the communicators attached to his wrist.

" X-Men, we've got an emergency! Meet at the funhouse immediately!"

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Marie tried to struggle with all her might, she knew she had the power to get away from Sabertooth, but the ethylene was making her so dizzy.

' Fly you idiot!' she thought. Ignoring the blackness that was about to take over her, she flew into the sky, hoping that Sabertooth would let go.

Victor neared his truck, and felt the ground disappear from his feet. He held on the woman with all his might and snarled.

" Stupid woman!" he growled. " You're going back to DeVillago and I'm going to get my wife back! Do you hear me!?"

Marie shook her head, trying to clear her vision. Victor smirked as he felt them losing altitude. ' Wake up, dammit! Don't fall asleep! Stupid woman!' Marie thought. ' Wake up…don't…-'

Victor maneuvered his way in the air and made sure that the woman wasn't injured. DeVillago had specifically said that no injury should be placed on his perfect soldier.

He chuckled and looked back at the carnival, he saw Wolverine rushing towards him. ' Well dog-breath, you want your woman back? Come get her.'

" You worthless son of a-"

With a growl, Logan unsheathed his claws and aimed for Victor's ribcage, which Victor easily dodged. Unlike the Canadian, Victor wasn't given an impermeable skeleton, however, he was still just as dangerous.

Victor swiped at Logan with his talons and managed to create a scratch on Logan's chest, which healed almost immediately. Logan gave him a hard aerial kick to the face. Victor stumbled back a little and took a quick glance at his cargo.

'Still asleep. Good' he thought. ' She's my bargaining chip…'

While Victor was distracted, Logan yelled out for the Professor in his mind. Hopefully, backup would come soon.

" No use Doggie," Victor cooed sarcastically. " Even if you got her, what makes you think DeVillago won't stop?"

" Besides, I don't think you're the man she's after now…"

Logan flinched at his words and growled.

" Logan!"

Victor chuckled as he saw the X-Men running towards them. He fingered his back pocket and took out a small grenade.

' See? These are slightly useful…'

Taking the pin off, he threw the egg shaped contraption right near Logan's feet. It exploded in contact and blew Logan towards the rest of his team. Victor acted quickly and made his escape. A read beam shot at the back of his truck and burned a hole through the trunk, but he didn't care.

" Scott! You could've killed Rogue!" Jean yelled.

Scott glared angrily at Jean. " What was I supposed to do? Why didn't you use your telekinesis to lift the damn truck!?"

Jean stammered. Ororo placed a hand on both of them and shook her head. " Fighting won't solve anything. Right now, we need to get back to the mansion."

Jamie and Henry were treating Logan and the carnival was cancelled as soon as the explosion occurred. Many of the innocent bystanders were rushing to their cars, screaming as they drove off.

Ricky felt his tears stinging his eyes. Scott sighed, and placed a hand on him. Ricky turned around and looked up at Scott, his glasses glowing red.

" We'll get her back," Scott said tightly.

Ricky nodded, trusting in Scott. *I know you will * he said mentally, forgetting that there were other telepaths present.

Jean and Xavier looked at each other and stared at Ricky's retreating form. They followed Scott's example and went into their vans, rushing to the mansion to think up a plan.

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Marie opened her eyes and sat up abruptly, immediately regretting the action. 'Why is it I always wake up with a headache?' she wondered.

" Welcome back, my dear."

Her eyes widened and turned towards the voice. " DeVillago," she spat. She looked around and found herself in a white room with operating utensils laid neatly on the trays beside her.

" What do you want from me now!?" she demanded, her voice low and venomous.

DeVillago chuckled and brushed off a stray hair from her face. She flinched away from his grasp, slightly angering the man. He grabbed her jaw and forced her to look at him.

" Do not test me, my dear," he said. " I merely wanted to tell you that the project is nearly complete."

Marie spat in his face and snarled. " I'd rather die than be your pawn again! You can't do anything to me!"

DeVillago scoffed. " You really believe that, my dear?" he asked. " After all, now that I'm running for Mayor, I'm a highly respected man with ties to the President. Do you really believe that I won't be able to track down your little Institute?"

" A school for mutants… what a lovely place to find new lab mice," he continued.

Marie tried to lash out at him, only to find herself chained to the table; having only a certain distance to move around.

" You bastard!" she screamed. " You're not worth the soul God gave you!"

DeVillago laughed harshly. " God? My dear girl, in my lab… I am God."

He turned and opened the doors, leaving the girl chained to the table. Marie struggled against her chains and laughed bitterly.

' What kind of an assassin gets kidnapped?' she thought sourly. She looked around to find anything to get her out.

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