The Rogue

Author's Note: wow, what a rush! ^-^ For those of you who feel like its become a move sort of thing: that's how I imagined The Rogue to come to… So thank you for noticing that.

Also, I fear this fic is near its end… T-T * sniff* I love it so much!

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Ricky struggled against the hold that Sabertooth had on him. He opted to use his hypnotism, but he couldn't get eye contact with anyone. He feared that they found out his little secret. They hadn't blindfolded him, but they had gagged him.

" If only your mother was more cooperative, my boy… then perhaps you wouldn't be in this mess," DeVillago said.

The plane wasn't large, nor was it small. It was built for speed and for travel, DeVillago's private plane. Ricky compared it to the Blackbird and smiled knowing that it was slower than the X-Men's plane.

'They'll come soon…Maman…' Ricky thought joyfully. ' I hope SCott and Jamie are alright…'

DeVillago's words cut through Ricky's thoughts as he turned towards Ricky. " You know, you and I are alike."

Ricky scowled and glared at the man.

*You and I are never going to be alike! You're a monster! * Ricky shouted telepathically, not caring about his mother's warnings.

DeVillago seemed shocked at first, then his expression turned into one of humor. " My boy, I knew you had more in you than merely having that immunity to your mother's skin!"

Ricky didn't care about what things may have been planned for him. All he cared about was getting his opinion through to the evil man. *You say you're a god in your labs, well you're not god here, now are you?! *

DeVillago chuckled and took off the gag from Ricky's mouth, feeling the slight throbbing of his head from Ricky's mental 'yelling'. He ignored Ricky's comment and began to taunt the boy more.

" But my dear boy, we are alike," DeVillago said, crossing his legs. " Soon, after we show the world how superior our species is… you and I will rise to the top, as will every mutant in the world. Humans will serve us, bowing to our feet."

" That is exactly why we'll never be alike!" Ricky spat out, showing a higher level of vocabulary than he'd ever shown the doctors back in Area 42. " You assume that you're better than those mindless humans who fear mutants, who rally against us for the mere fact that we're different… but in reality, you're nothing better than they are."

DeVillago's smile turned into a frown and he grabbed Ricky's arm, squeezing it with every ounce of strength he had.

" Listen here, you whiny little brat! Don't you ever talk that way to your better!" he hissed cruelly. " I have the power to rid you off this world. Don't irritate me."

Ricky said nothing, staring defiantly at DeVillago, glaring at him with pure hatred. Sabertooth looked away and feeling guilty for holding a mere child against his will.

' I just hope DeVillago gets me my wife,' Victor thought sadly, not realizing that Ricky had heard his thoughts.

Mystique flew the plane effortlessly, having many skills to go with her many identities. She placed the plane on auto-pilot and left it to her co-pilot.

" Make sure we get to the White house immediately," she ordered. " Land right on their backyard if you have to."

The co-pilot nodded mutely and went back to staring at the clouds before him. Mystique gracefully walked towards the passenger's deck and sat next to DeVillago.

" Are we almost there?" DeVillago asked.

The blue woman nodded with a smile on her face. " Yes sir, no sign of the X-Men yet."

"Good."

Ricky looked at Mystique and tried to probe her mind, only to come across a strong mind- barrier. She glared at him and sent him a telepathic message that chilled him to his bones. With a cold smile, she got up and went back to the controls.

" We'll be arriving in Washington in 30 minutes, sir "

Ricky's eyes widened as he remembered Xavier. Concentrating on the bald man, he began to relay everything that had happened to him.

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Marie couldn't help but feel anxious. Bobby, Kitty and Henry had stayed with the rescued mutants to wait for Xavier's back up. She sat patiently in the Blackbird, wringing a piece of paper in her hands. Where she had gotten the paper, she didn't know, but she figured she must have used one of her absorbed powers to create it.

'Damn that man!' she thought angrily.

She'd absorbed so many mutants, she had no idea what powers she held or who she had received them from. She shuddered to think of what DeVillago might do to her son.

" Don't worry to much, baby… we'll get Ricky back," Scott assured, taking Marie's bare hand into his and caressing her knuckles with his thumb.

Marie loved being able to touch again. For the months she had endured not remembering how to turn off her mutation, it had been hell. She didn't realize that she had projected her thoughts to Scott, and he smiled softly, placing a loving kiss on her hand.

" It's over now, love," Scott said, shocking Marie slightly with his new nickname.

" What would I have done without you?" Marie asked quietly. " How would this all have played out?"

Scott shrugged, brushing a stray hair from Marie's face. " Oh I don't know… you'd probably have very dry and red eyes."

" I wasn't that bad, was I?" Marie asked, laughing slightly.

Scott shook his head. " Not bad, love. You were never bad."

Logan growled audibly, catching Marie's attention. " Sorry to bother, we're almost there. DeVillago's plane is just a few meters away."

Scott nodded and gently let go of Marie's hand, but not before placing one last kiss on her hand. *I'm never letting you go * he said mentally, chuckling as he saw the slight coloration of Marie's cheeks. *Did I tell you how beautiful you look when you blush? *

That comment made Marie blush even more. Ororo chuckled to see the two getting close and continued flying the plane. She heard Logan's growl and sighed.

" It was bound to happen, Logan," she said softly. " Even Xavier saw it…"

Logan kept silent and wondered how Jean could stand it.

*I can't, but I need to learn how to move on *

Logan sighed, hearing the doctor's response in his head. It was going to hard to move on; knowing he had the chance to tell her he loved her before he left the first time.

" We're almost there. DeVillago's plane is landing," Ororo informed Scott. " Should we land there as well or hide the Blackbird again?"

Scott stood behind Ororo and looked around. "Land by the forest over there. We don't want DeVillago to know we're here so soon."

As Marie felt the jet land, she unbuckled her seatbelt and made her way towards the White House via the sunroof of the Blackbird. Scott and the others soon followed her outside and worked out a plausible plan. Marie just hovered nervously, hoping no one was injured.

" Alright, here's the plan," Scott started, but Logan cut him off by unsheathing his claws.

" What plan? We don't need no stinkin' plan, bub. What we do is we go in, kick some butts, save the day. It's not so tough," Logan said gruffly, crossing his arms.

" Logan, I'd agree with you in other times, but my son is in there… I don't want to risk going through with a kamikaze move like that," Marie said, trying to stay calm even though it was obvious that she was anxious enough to try Logan's suggestion.

Logan sighed and put his claws back. " You're right. You're always right. Sorry 'bout that darlin'…"

Marie offered a small smile and stepped lightly on the ground. " We don't have much time. We don't even know what DeVillago is going to do. He's not the type to just go and kill someone. He'll negotiate something first," she said, using her past knowledge of the man to try and think up a plan.

" I vote we split up into two. One group will try and see if they can somehow disable the X Zero 2," Scott said. " The other team try and fight off DeVillago's crew and protect the president. "

Everyone except for Logan nodded. As they reached the White House, Scott began to pair people off.

" I work solo, one-eye. You know that."

" Well you're going to have to, dog-breath!"

Marie sighed irritably and looked at the two men. " Look, can we just go, we're losing time. If you boys are done measuring, maybe we can save the lives of innocent people?"

Logan glared at Scott one last time and grunted. " Fine. "

Jean looked around the corner and found a few guards that looked out of place in the government. Using her telepathy, she sent the guards major headaches that sent them unconscious within a few seconds.

" Alright. Jean and 'Ro, you guys go see if you can the X Zero 2, relay back to Ma-Rogue when you do. Logan, you're coming with Rogue and me," Scott said.

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Jean and Storm stayed outside, making a parameter check while they sent guards to their early bed times. As they reached the gardens, they found a plane in the backyard, guarded by several large men. Jean knew they were mutants. They weren't carrying any weapons, and one had a slightly orange coloration in their skin.

" Powers?" Storm asked.

" One can re-arrange molecules and the orange one is venomous," Jean replied.

" Can you knock them out?"

" I think so."

Jean concentrated and soon, the two mutants were sent to their knees. The orange one; however seemed to recover quite quickly and stood up, shaking his head.

Storm flew high in the sky and called a storm. She tried to electrify the other man, but it just disappeared once it can in contact with him.

" I don't think we'll get through them easily," Jean said dryly.

Storm nodded. " Let's switch guys."

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Rogue and Cyclops followed Wolverine as through the hallways leading towards the Oval Office*, where they found most of the department heads tied and gagged on the floor. Using his claws, Logan untied one of the men and helped him up.

" Mr. Secretary of State**… what happened here?" Marie asked

The man rubbed his eyes and blinked numerous times. " Sorry, I've seemed to have misplaced my glasses… erm, these men just came in while the President was about to announce the new tax cut. They're in the conference hall…with the press."

Rogue gave Cyclops a worried glance.

*What would he want to announce? *

Wolverine checked all of the men and women present and couldn't help but wonder why the Head of Defense wasn't tied and gagged as well.

" The men that took the President took the Head of Defense as well. Though not tied as Mr. President was."

Rogue frowned and gave Ororo and Jean a telepathic message. Jean relayed back to her and updated on the X Zero 2.

*It's not here *

*What do you mean it's not there?! *

Wolverine sniffed the air and stood in front of Rogue, the same protective feeling rising from his stomach.

" We got company," he stated. Cyclops turned to him and gave him a look. " They're normals."

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Author's Note: Again, sorry for the delay. FF.net has had some problems… and I had to do some research… which was all in vain since I couldn't find information I needed!

* I keep forgetting whether it was the Oval Office or the Oval Room…

** I'm not sure what their names are either… and I don't have it in me to make up names right now. Just pretend that the people in the White House are the ppl that are there as of right now… whichever or whomever that may be… ^-^;; I'm not into politics… in fact even though I'm in Canada… I have no clue who the government is here…