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Disclaimer - I don't own X-Men: Evolution
Nicca.. I've never read 'Giddy' before nor have I even heard of it until you mentioned.. Just thought I'd let you know.
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"This ain't real!" Rogue
screamed falling to her knees. Hank and Logan rushed into the room, Ororo and
the Professor behind them. She stared at them from the floor with wide eyes.
"Rogue— Are you alright, child?" Ororo kneeled down next to the Southern girl. Rogue began to shake as she looked up at Gambit's lifeless body.
"Ah killed 'im." Her eyes went watery. "Oh my gawd, Ah'm a murderer." She stared down at the green hospital scrubs she wore and started to sob. "He's in mah head. He's in mah head. Ah can hear 'im.. Ah can feel 'im." As much as she loathed the Cajun, she never expected or wanted this to happen.
"The memories will pass." Ororo said quietly but Rogue shook her head.
"They ain't memories. This ain't memories. Ah fully absorbed 'im." Ororo wrapped her arms around Rogue and pressed her tightly against her. "Ah killed 'im.." She cried long and hard right there while Ororo held her and it wasn't long until she fell asleep.
***
'Ah hate 'im so much but why do Ah feel so bad?' Rogue stared up at the ceiling. 'Ugh. Ah can feel 'im an' Ah can't take it.'
'Y' be a softie inside, non?'
She bolted up. "Don't do that. Stop talkin' ta meh ya stupid Cajun."
'But y' absorbed Gambit!'
Her vision got blurry. "Ah know."
'Y did it purposely didn' y'?'
"No!" She snapped. "Ah ain't like that an' ya know it."
'Non chére. Gambit don'." He slowly and temporarily faded out of her mind.
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".. I heard they had to, like, put him on life support.." Rogue put her ear up to the door. Kitty and a few other X-Men were talking in the living room. ".. Do you think she did it on you know, purpose?" She griped the knob. "I mean, it's so obviously she doesn't like him.."
"Rogue isn't like that." She heard Scott say. A small smile curved on her lips. At least he believed she hadn't absorbed him purposely. "Then again, we don't know the whole story." Her smile faded.
"I tried to get inside her mind while she was unconscious." Jean spoke up. That information made Rogue angry. "But she managed to block me even then. She has a strong mind."
"That probably means she's hiding something." Scott said. Anger was building up in Rogue. Did they always talk behind her back like this?
"No." This time it was Kurt's voice. "I vill not believe meine schwester vould do such a thing. You guys know her better then vat." That made Rogue smile. At least her brother stuck up for her and believed her.
"I think she thought of doing it so much that she thought she was day dreaming and touched him." What Jean had just said made Rogue angrier then ever. Rogue was so distracted on the voices from inside the room she had not noticed she unintentionally charged the knob to the door. When she did, she gasped and took a step forward. The knob exploded.
"Merde." She said above a whisper. 'Please tell meh Ah didn't jus' charge the knob an' say merde.' Jean, Kitty, Kurt and Scott emerged from the room. She glared at them all. "So, is this what y'all do? Talk 'bout meh behind mah back?"
"Rogue.." Kurt whispered. She didn't bother looking at him because it wasn't exactly him she was angry at. It was the others.
"Ah can't believe Ah evah thought y'all were mah friends. Ya would think ya would believe me. At least until ya know what happened but Ah guess none of ya didn't think about that." The words slipped out. She barely concentrated on them. She just stared at the hole in the door. "Ah.." She shook her head violently and ran.
***
"Some team mates they are." Rogue said out loud as she slammed the door to her room. She paced around the room. "The nerve!" She walked past the mirror she had been looking in earlier that day and stopped dead in her tracks. She slowly turned her head and looked into the mirror. "Oh mah.." She wasn't herself. No. She was herself but she looked like Gambit. "Ah.. oh mah.. Ah.. don't look like meh.." She stared into the demon like eyes. She closed her eyes. "It's jus' a reflection.. it's jus' a reflection.."
"Vhut?" Kurt bamf'd in right next to her. She stumbled back surprised. He laughed nervously and scratched the back of his fuzzy blue head. "Sorry."
"Kurt.. honestly.. look inta the mirrah.. who do Ah look like?" He stared at her confused but did as ordered. He stared at the mirror then looked back at her.
"Iz this a trick question? You look like yourself." He didn't know whether to smile or question her mental state. So, he did both.
"Huh?" She looked into the mirror and gave a relieved sigh. "Good. Ah'm back."
"Vhere did you go?" She gave him a look. Right now, they both knew, the last thing she wanted was to talk. Even if he was her brother.
"Listen.. Ah need some time ta think.."
''Bout yo next murder?'
"Shut up!" She screamed. Kurt took a step back. Rogue just sighed heavily. "Jus' go Kurt. Please.. go now.. Ah said go!" He quickly bamf'd out of the room. She stared into the mirror for nearly an hour.
'Waitin' fo' somethin' t' happen?'
"Shut up."
'Waitin' t' absorbs someone else?'
"Shut up."
'Is it not crowded in 'ere enough?'
"Shut. Up."
'Gambit could use 'de company.'
"Gawd, Ah said shut up." She snapped rubbing her temples. "Mah gosh, ya are more annoyin' then a migraine."
'Noticed y' used Gambit's po'ers earlier.'
"Yeah? An'..?"
'Y' should've blown de door off.'
"Ah'm not listening ta ya."
'Y've been doin' 'dat all along! Mon bonté, y' not be so bright, non?'
"Mah goodness, why aren't ya able ta shut up!" She walked over and fell down on her bed. "What did Ah do ta deserve this?"
'Y' absorbed an innocent victim.'
"You surprised me." She buried her head into her pillow. "Ya jus' walked.. right in.. Ah really didn't mean ta.." She slowly drifted off into sleep. ".. Plus.. ya're not innocent.."
***
Rogue let out a loud groan when her alarm clock went off that next morning. She loathed her alarm clock so much. She placed her hand on it and groped around for a button. When it stopped going off, she took her hand away but then she heard a strange noise and pieces of her clock went flying. She screamed and scrambled off her bed.
'Gambit had done 'dat many times.'
"Shut up." She sighed. Logan then walked into the room and gave her a weird look. "What?"
"You have a piece of plastic in yer hair." She reached up and pulled out a piece of her alarm clock that didn't exist anymore. "How are you feelin', Stripes?"
"Ah don't even know." She answered truthfully. "Does Prof know how ta get this swamp rat out of mah head yet?"
He shook his head. "Sorry."
Rogue sighed heavily. So did Gambit.
This was going to be a long day.
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'Yo're goin' t' have t' learn how t' control Gambit's po'ers.'
"No Ah'm not." She said walking down the stairs as she pulled on elbow-length gloves.
'Y' should at least get changed.'
"Ah'm not listening." Rogue walked into the kitchen where Kurt sat, slowly eating a donut.
'Stop!'
She backed out of the room. "What?"
'Why don' y' learn how t' use Gambit's other po'er?'
She blinked. 'Ya have anothah powah?'
'Gambit be empathetic.. River rat.'
"How the heck do Ah use that powah?"
'If only y' were nicer t' Gambit..'
"Ya know, Ah'm gettin' good at blocking people outtah mah head.."
'Dat be a threat?'
"Gambit.." She growled. "Tell meh."
'Well.. Since y' asked so nicely..'
It took nearly ten minutes for her to actually understand what he was saying even through it probably was the most simplest thing. It wasn't that hard as she stared at Kurt. It was just that she couldn't exactly concentrate with a twenty-two year old bickering guy in her head.
"Ah can't do this.." She whispered. "Ah'm not gettin' anythin'."
'Gambit knows 'de feelin.'
She couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic or not so she ignored him. Suddenly she felt different emotions. The love for food.. the fear of people knowing the truth.. A crush on Kitty.. These weren't hers.. they were Kurt's. "Whoa." She said so loudly that Kurt turned around with a spoon sticking out of his mouth.
"Vhut?" He asked making the spoon fell out.
"Nothin'." She quickly walked out of the room and back upstairs. "That was so weird."
'Y' know somethin' weirder? Try bein' stuck in someones head.'
"Try havin' someone who won't shut up in ya head." She snapped, walking into her room. She laid down on her bed and sighed.
This was definitely going to be a long, long, long day.
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To be continued..
I'm trying not to rush things. *shrugs* There's going to start being hints (in future chapters) for when Gambit and Rogue actually start getting along and such. You'll see.. ;)