Chapter 11 Mission Impossible
A/N: Finally! Last chapter. I hope it wasn't too long. And don't worry I'm addicted to happy-ends. I'm sure if you're as romantic as me you'll like it. Hope my English wasn't too bad. Enjoy!
Logan softly caressed her cheek when the others arrived. Jean kneeled beside them to make sure Rogue was okay. Scott carried the unconscious little boy and Storm turned to Magneto.
"Wow, that's disgusting", she groaned.
Jean nodded. "But I'm afraid that I feel absolutely no pity". She turned around to face Logan. "How did you do that"?
But he shook his head and pointed on Rogue who was curled up in his arms. Everybody stared at the little girl.
"She hated him, she really did", was all that Logan said. "Why"? That was Bobby asking who seemed to be shocked and fascinated at the same time.
"He killed her parents", he answered. And was confused about it as much as the others.
"How do you know"? He shrugged his shoulders, amazed and confused. "I have no idea. I .. I just know".
Storm looked at them and sighed. "Let's discuss about it later. I don't want to deal with Sabretooth and Mystique again".
They nodded and he carefully carried her back to the jet. He looked down at her with a painful expression. "I'm sorry Rogue. Why didn't you tell me"?
Logan walked through Charles office. "How is she"?
"She is okay, but she feel terrible about his death. She cried and calls herself a murderer", Charles said quietly.
"I just don't understand why she's acting so weird. The man deserved it, didn't he"?
Jean sighed. "Logan. She is only nineteen and she killed somebody. Of course she's feeling bad".
He shook his head. "That sick bastard killed her own parents in front of her eyes".
Scott looked at him. "Still I don't understand how you can know? She didn't tell you and Magneto did neither. So how is this possible"?
Logan turned around and glared at him angry. "I don't know okay? I have no clue"!
Charles hold up his hand. "Okay! That's enough. I think we need to talk to Rogue. Storm would you call her in please"?
She opened the door and pulled the girl inside. Rogue was pale and her eyes looked around nervously. She really didn't feel like talking.
"Rogue! Darling, please sit down. good. And now i want to ask you something". She nodded slightly.
"Why are you so sorry about his death although he killed your parents"?
She stared at him puzzled. "What?"
Scott took a seat beside her and smiled at her warmly. "You can be honest to us. Logan already told us what happened".
She looked at them in totally confusion. "Sorry, but what are you talking about? Magneto didn't kill my parents", she said horrified.
Everybody turned to look at Logan who stared at her in disbelief and almost anger. "Rogue! I know that he did. Don't ask me how I do but I do. So ,stop lying we only want to help you", he yelled.
She shook her head angrily. "I have no clue what you're talking about. My parents are alive".
Jean changed a look with Charles. He'd read the confused girl's mind as well. The pictures made her shiver. They noticed her nervous eyes and her panic which was unnoticed to herself written all over her face. But they decided to wait a bit longer to see if she would begin to remember.
"So, when your parents aren't dead, why aren't you with them", Scott asked and knew it was an dangerous and painful question for her.
She swallowed hard. "Because.. because.. they threw me out when they found out that I'm a mutant", she yelled.
Charles decided to stop hurting her. "She's not lying", he said to their amazement and Logan's anger. "She really believes in what she's saying".
Rogue looked up, like everybody else. "What do you mean with that"?
Charles took a deep breath. "Calm down Rogue. I'll will tell you and the others what exactly I've seen in your mind. And I'm sure that you'll remember". He turned around to face the others.
"Logan was right. Magento killed her parents in front of her eyes. But she's not lying. It had been such a mental cruelty that he mind stopped working. It repressed everything that happened that evening and replaced it through other memories. For example that her parents threw her out", he began.
Everybody stared at him and even Rogue sat in her chair motionless and let the repressed pictures flood back again.
"Of course, her parents didn't threw her out. No, more than that they tried to protect her when Magneto came to kidnap her. He killed them to get her but Rogue was able to escape and he lost her track. But this pictures, this terrible pictures of her dead parents aren't all gone. They're burned into her mind. And when she saw Magneto and Logan who was as helpless as her parents had been, it all flooded back for a short moment. The pictures and the hate. Then her mind tried to repress it again, so she that she wasn't in to much pain. But it didn't work good enough. Jean and I could still see everything", he said.
Everybody stared at him in pure shock. Logan pulled Rogue, who sat there emotionless, in his arms and hold her tight to his chest.
"She begins to remember. And this time her mind wont be able to repress it again. She will have to go through all the pain again. But then she'll be free", Charles said softly with a loving look at her.
"That's so dreadful. How could Magneto do something like that to her. She was only seventeen, she was still a kid", whispered Jean and Scott wrapped his arm around his fiancé.
"The time she lost her parents, she stopped being one".
Storm turned to Logan who was scared to death. Rogue wasn't moving. She sat on his lap, curled up on his chest without doing anything. She wasn't crying nor speaking. She stared into nothing and showed no reaction to the soft and comforting words Logan whispered in her ear. He felt like losing her.
"Don't worry Logan. She's not going away. On the contrary, she's coming back", Charles stated.
Storm sighed and raised her eyebrow. "And how was Logan able to know"?
Charles smiled. "They're so close. That's the reason. In some way they can read each others minds sometimes. They are soul mates", he replied and that let Jean and Storm sigh like young schoolgirls.
Logan stood up, carefully not to wake her. He softly looked down at her. "She's sleeping. I'll bring her in my bedroom". Then he picked her up and walked out of the room. "Soul mates", he muttered.
Jean whipped her tears away. "Will we get an happy - end with these two"? Charles shrugged his shoulders. "That's up to them".
Logan sat beside her the whole time. He hold her hand, not leaving her out of his sight. She woke up soon. At first she seemed to be confused but then it all came back. She began to cry, it was the first she could really cry about her parents death. He pulled her in his arms and stroke her hair.
"Shh.. it's okay. It's over now. He's dead, he got what he deserved". She sobbed louder and he kissed her tears away.
"Come on, look at me honey". She looked up to face him.
"Listen to me. I'm here for you! I'm not leaving. Promise", he whispered. And suddenly a slight smile appeared on her lips.
"I love you Logan", she quietly said. It was so easy suddenly.
He kissed her softly and wrapped his arms around her. "I love you too. God, I love you so much".
She pressed herself against his chest and sighed. "Thank you. Thank you for everything. For saving me, being there for me, loving me. I don't know what I would do without you".
He grinned. "No need to think about honey. I'm not going anywhere". She smiled and leaned closer. They felt a electric bolt going through both of them. He rested his chin against her forehead, not caring about her skin. And it didn't matter. Soul mates can't be stopped. Not even from poisonous skin. In a broken world they found themselves and each other.
A/N: Finally! Last chapter. I hope it wasn't too long. And don't worry I'm addicted to happy-ends. I'm sure if you're as romantic as me you'll like it. Hope my English wasn't too bad. Enjoy!
Logan softly caressed her cheek when the others arrived. Jean kneeled beside them to make sure Rogue was okay. Scott carried the unconscious little boy and Storm turned to Magneto.
"Wow, that's disgusting", she groaned.
Jean nodded. "But I'm afraid that I feel absolutely no pity". She turned around to face Logan. "How did you do that"?
But he shook his head and pointed on Rogue who was curled up in his arms. Everybody stared at the little girl.
"She hated him, she really did", was all that Logan said. "Why"? That was Bobby asking who seemed to be shocked and fascinated at the same time.
"He killed her parents", he answered. And was confused about it as much as the others.
"How do you know"? He shrugged his shoulders, amazed and confused. "I have no idea. I .. I just know".
Storm looked at them and sighed. "Let's discuss about it later. I don't want to deal with Sabretooth and Mystique again".
They nodded and he carefully carried her back to the jet. He looked down at her with a painful expression. "I'm sorry Rogue. Why didn't you tell me"?
Logan walked through Charles office. "How is she"?
"She is okay, but she feel terrible about his death. She cried and calls herself a murderer", Charles said quietly.
"I just don't understand why she's acting so weird. The man deserved it, didn't he"?
Jean sighed. "Logan. She is only nineteen and she killed somebody. Of course she's feeling bad".
He shook his head. "That sick bastard killed her own parents in front of her eyes".
Scott looked at him. "Still I don't understand how you can know? She didn't tell you and Magneto did neither. So how is this possible"?
Logan turned around and glared at him angry. "I don't know okay? I have no clue"!
Charles hold up his hand. "Okay! That's enough. I think we need to talk to Rogue. Storm would you call her in please"?
She opened the door and pulled the girl inside. Rogue was pale and her eyes looked around nervously. She really didn't feel like talking.
"Rogue! Darling, please sit down. good. And now i want to ask you something". She nodded slightly.
"Why are you so sorry about his death although he killed your parents"?
She stared at him puzzled. "What?"
Scott took a seat beside her and smiled at her warmly. "You can be honest to us. Logan already told us what happened".
She looked at them in totally confusion. "Sorry, but what are you talking about? Magneto didn't kill my parents", she said horrified.
Everybody turned to look at Logan who stared at her in disbelief and almost anger. "Rogue! I know that he did. Don't ask me how I do but I do. So ,stop lying we only want to help you", he yelled.
She shook her head angrily. "I have no clue what you're talking about. My parents are alive".
Jean changed a look with Charles. He'd read the confused girl's mind as well. The pictures made her shiver. They noticed her nervous eyes and her panic which was unnoticed to herself written all over her face. But they decided to wait a bit longer to see if she would begin to remember.
"So, when your parents aren't dead, why aren't you with them", Scott asked and knew it was an dangerous and painful question for her.
She swallowed hard. "Because.. because.. they threw me out when they found out that I'm a mutant", she yelled.
Charles decided to stop hurting her. "She's not lying", he said to their amazement and Logan's anger. "She really believes in what she's saying".
Rogue looked up, like everybody else. "What do you mean with that"?
Charles took a deep breath. "Calm down Rogue. I'll will tell you and the others what exactly I've seen in your mind. And I'm sure that you'll remember". He turned around to face the others.
"Logan was right. Magento killed her parents in front of her eyes. But she's not lying. It had been such a mental cruelty that he mind stopped working. It repressed everything that happened that evening and replaced it through other memories. For example that her parents threw her out", he began.
Everybody stared at him and even Rogue sat in her chair motionless and let the repressed pictures flood back again.
"Of course, her parents didn't threw her out. No, more than that they tried to protect her when Magneto came to kidnap her. He killed them to get her but Rogue was able to escape and he lost her track. But this pictures, this terrible pictures of her dead parents aren't all gone. They're burned into her mind. And when she saw Magneto and Logan who was as helpless as her parents had been, it all flooded back for a short moment. The pictures and the hate. Then her mind tried to repress it again, so she that she wasn't in to much pain. But it didn't work good enough. Jean and I could still see everything", he said.
Everybody stared at him in pure shock. Logan pulled Rogue, who sat there emotionless, in his arms and hold her tight to his chest.
"She begins to remember. And this time her mind wont be able to repress it again. She will have to go through all the pain again. But then she'll be free", Charles said softly with a loving look at her.
"That's so dreadful. How could Magneto do something like that to her. She was only seventeen, she was still a kid", whispered Jean and Scott wrapped his arm around his fiancé.
"The time she lost her parents, she stopped being one".
Storm turned to Logan who was scared to death. Rogue wasn't moving. She sat on his lap, curled up on his chest without doing anything. She wasn't crying nor speaking. She stared into nothing and showed no reaction to the soft and comforting words Logan whispered in her ear. He felt like losing her.
"Don't worry Logan. She's not going away. On the contrary, she's coming back", Charles stated.
Storm sighed and raised her eyebrow. "And how was Logan able to know"?
Charles smiled. "They're so close. That's the reason. In some way they can read each others minds sometimes. They are soul mates", he replied and that let Jean and Storm sigh like young schoolgirls.
Logan stood up, carefully not to wake her. He softly looked down at her. "She's sleeping. I'll bring her in my bedroom". Then he picked her up and walked out of the room. "Soul mates", he muttered.
Jean whipped her tears away. "Will we get an happy - end with these two"? Charles shrugged his shoulders. "That's up to them".
Logan sat beside her the whole time. He hold her hand, not leaving her out of his sight. She woke up soon. At first she seemed to be confused but then it all came back. She began to cry, it was the first she could really cry about her parents death. He pulled her in his arms and stroke her hair.
"Shh.. it's okay. It's over now. He's dead, he got what he deserved". She sobbed louder and he kissed her tears away.
"Come on, look at me honey". She looked up to face him.
"Listen to me. I'm here for you! I'm not leaving. Promise", he whispered. And suddenly a slight smile appeared on her lips.
"I love you Logan", she quietly said. It was so easy suddenly.
He kissed her softly and wrapped his arms around her. "I love you too. God, I love you so much".
She pressed herself against his chest and sighed. "Thank you. Thank you for everything. For saving me, being there for me, loving me. I don't know what I would do without you".
He grinned. "No need to think about honey. I'm not going anywhere". She smiled and leaned closer. They felt a electric bolt going through both of them. He rested his chin against her forehead, not caring about her skin. And it didn't matter. Soul mates can't be stopped. Not even from poisonous skin. In a broken world they found themselves and each other.