Chapter 5: Drinkin' Again?
BAMPF! Kurt appeared by Rogue who was having trouble fighting a robot. The robot was fighting so fast that she didn't have a chance to take her gloves off and zap him with her powers.
"Need some help, sis?" Kurt asked her, even though he already knew that answer.
"Just a little," Rogue said between gasps, dodging a swing that was coming towards her head. Kurt didn't reply, he jumped into acting BAMPFing around the robot to attract his attention, so Rogue could zap it with her powers. ZAP! The robot fell unconscious, "Thank ya," Rogue said, wiping her sweating brow with the backside of her hand, then the room lights came on and they left the danger room, the session was over.
Everyone filed out of the danger room to hear what Ororo told them how well they did. Rogue tried to pay attention, but by the time Ororo reached Kurt's name, she completely zoned out, letting her eyes wander around room, finally resting on Remy. He looked tired, as if he had not slept, his eyes blood-shot, lips parched and cracked. He also couldn't seem to keep his balance, he was swaying as if he was drunk, his eyes closing and opening and closing., "Rogue," Ororo's voice interrupted her thoughts, "You did very well, nice teamwork with Kurt, very nice." her voice faded in and out, Rogue tried to pay attention to what Ororo was telling her, but it felt like her mind was turning on and off, concentrating one minute to having everything go over her head the next. Her thoughts began to drift to different matter again, why can't we just get our reports on pieces of paper like everyone else and not have to listen to everyone's, she asked herself. "Remy, I don't know what was wrong with you today, you're acting very odd. I hope you weren't trying to be funny, this was a very important danger session," this caught Rogue's attention; apparently she wasn't the only one that had noticed his odd behavior today. Ah'll have to as him about it, Rogue thought to herself.
Finally everyone was dismissed. Remy immediately walked over her, slinging his arm around her shoulders, as if to hold himself up, more than in a loving manner. Leaning in, close to her ear, he said, "Good morning, chere," his words slurred, he was beginning to lean on her for support.
Rogue could smell the alcohol on his breath; she had to strength to hold him up without lagging. How could he be drunk, she asked herself, Ah watched his go to his room and go to sleep after Ah left him in the kitchen last night. "Morning sugah," she answered, "Remy were you drinking last night again?" she asked him, removing his arm from her shoulder.
"No chere, Remy went right to bed after you left the kitchen last night, but *hiccup* Remy is having some trouble walkin'," he replied, now putting his arms tightly around her waist, resting his head on her shoulder, kissing it, breathing up and down her neck. His nose almost touching her deadly skin, she didn't want to hurt him, but if he got any - ZAP! Too late, now Remy lying helplessly on the floor, apparently the alcohol had made him forget about her powers. Rogue figured that on the account of him being drunk, he would be unconscious for hours. Then it hit her, Bella Donna, she had done this, she knew that injecting alcohol into his bloodstream would cause him to touch her and knock himself out. Without him to protect her, she could easily abduct her. No, she wasn't going to be taken that easily, she wasn't going to go without a --. Her thoughts fell short, as she felt her knees give way, all consciousness plunged into darkness.
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Rogue slowly opened her eyes, not allowing more of the unwanted light than necessary.
"Good afternoon, mon chere," she heard a female voice say, seeming to come from her right side. Rogue turned, slightly to look at this person. She had blonde hair about shoulder's length and wore a blank tank-top with khaki pants. Her intense blue eyes starting down at Rogue, she was smiling. Rogue knew instantly that it must be Bella Donna.
Sitting up slowly, she answered, "Where am Ah? Where's Remy?" she demanded, looking around she saw nothing but white.
"Remy? Remy is fine, chere," she answered, motioning to somewhere off to her left, "As for you? You are in New Orleans," Rogue looked over to her left; there was Remy, still unconscious.
"Wha.what do you want me for?" Rogue asked, even though she already knew the answer.
"That will be answered shortly, as soon as lover boy here wakes up," Bella Donna answered with that, she walked away, closing a door behind her.
Rogue's eyes had finally adjusted to the light, and realized she was in a room; it was small with no windows. Everything was white, so the one light in the room seemed to make the whole room glow. Rogue stood up, suddenly feeling dizzy, causing her to fall back down. She'd have to ease herself up, or else she would faint. She felt strangely weaker than she'd ever felt in a long time, what's wrong with me, she asked herself. With her powers that she had obtained from Carol Danver she was basically invincible.
Slowly, she eased herself off the bed she had been lying on, and stumbled over to Remy's side. She carefully brushed some lose hair away from his face, noting that her gloves were gone; she couldn't touch his skin without knocking him out longer. His thought still swarming around in her mind, she didn't want anymore of them.
Remy slowly opened his eyes to see a worried Rogue staring down at him. He squinted and rubbed his head, where was he, why did Rogue have such a distressed look on her face?
"Hey sugah, how you feeling?" she asked him, caressing his forehead, forgetting she didn't have her gloves on, suddenly she pulled her hand back before she could hurt him, but nothing had happened. She could touch! Ah can touch, she thought to herself excitedly.
"Where are your gloves? Why didn't it hurt Remy when you touched him?" he asked, confused.
"Ah donno, something happened when Ah got knocked out, Ah can touch and Ah feel weak," she told him.
"Can you still fly?" her asked, just to make sure Bella Donna didn't take away all of her powers. Rogue stood up, and tried to fly, but nothing happened, "Remy'll take that as a no," he laughed, but coughed instead. "Let's see if Remy can still charge!" he took a card out of his pocket, the card received a faint glow around it, getting stronger the longer he charged it up. "Well, I see that she hasn't taken away all hope of us escaping," he said, uncharging the card.
Just then they heard the turning of a lock, and spun to look in the direction of the door. It opened and in walked Bella Donna, followed by some of her assassin lackeys. They were rough burly guys, six foot or taller.
"Ah, I see my mon chere amour has awakened finally!" Bella Donna smirked as she walked into the white room.
"How many times does Remy have to tell you, petite, Remy doesn't love you, he never has!" he told her with force, sitting up suddenly, hiding the playing card in his hand from view, slowly charging it up.
"You know you love me Remy LeBeau, or else you wouldn't of told me that long ago," she told him, coming up to him, and running her fingernail under his chain, forcing him to look up at her.
"I was 12, I've never loved you, I just wanted to bring peace between the Thieves and Assassins, but that's over know, I've found the girl that I really love, and that's Rogue!" he stated, looking at her square in those blue eyes. Remy only referred to himself in first person when he was extremely serious.
"Fine! Have it your way LeBeau!" Bella snapped, turning her head sharply to face the men that had followed her into the room, whipping Remy with her hair in the process, "Deal with them, garcon!" she said, and stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her. Remy whipped the card out from behind him, it was glowing a brilliant red. He threw it at one of the men with all of his might. Exploding on impact, it flung the man back into the wall, knocking him unconscious. Quickly reaching into his trench coat he pulled out another playing card, charging it up. Rogue attacked the other man, tripping him by the ankles, so that Remy could knock him unconscious as well. After knocking the other guy out, they had to figure out a way out, there was no window to break, and the door had foreign locks on them that would take Remy way too much time to decipher.
"There is only one way to escape this prison," Remy told her, "get back and cover your head," he warned her, charging up a hand full of cards, and throwing them against the wall by the door. He ducks and covered his head right in time. With a large boom and the shattering of drywall and paint the wall was out. Rogue and Remy climbed through, they had to go fast, they knew someone had to have heard that explosion.
Sure enough, two more of Bella Donna's thugs can around the corner as they exited their chamber. Remy grabbed onto Rouge's wrist to pull her along side with him, and make her go faster. What he didn't expect was the sudden draining of what happens when you come in contact with her skin. He let go of her wrist as if he had been shocked or realized something was extremely hot.
"Ah have my powers back." she said solemnly, "Ah have my powers back!" Rogue had never been more excited to have her powers more than at that moment. She went behind Remy, grabbing him under the arms and flying him down the hall and crashing through a stain-glass window at the end, the men who had been chasing them right at their heels. Outside, Rogue flew high in the air so that the men couldn't reach them.
"Where too, sugah?" she asked Remy as they started north.
"Home, mon chere amour, home to Xavier Institute!" he informed her, and smirked. They didn't know what caused Rogue's sudden on and off switch of her powers, but he was happy they came back on in time.
BAMPF! Kurt appeared by Rogue who was having trouble fighting a robot. The robot was fighting so fast that she didn't have a chance to take her gloves off and zap him with her powers.
"Need some help, sis?" Kurt asked her, even though he already knew that answer.
"Just a little," Rogue said between gasps, dodging a swing that was coming towards her head. Kurt didn't reply, he jumped into acting BAMPFing around the robot to attract his attention, so Rogue could zap it with her powers. ZAP! The robot fell unconscious, "Thank ya," Rogue said, wiping her sweating brow with the backside of her hand, then the room lights came on and they left the danger room, the session was over.
Everyone filed out of the danger room to hear what Ororo told them how well they did. Rogue tried to pay attention, but by the time Ororo reached Kurt's name, she completely zoned out, letting her eyes wander around room, finally resting on Remy. He looked tired, as if he had not slept, his eyes blood-shot, lips parched and cracked. He also couldn't seem to keep his balance, he was swaying as if he was drunk, his eyes closing and opening and closing., "Rogue," Ororo's voice interrupted her thoughts, "You did very well, nice teamwork with Kurt, very nice." her voice faded in and out, Rogue tried to pay attention to what Ororo was telling her, but it felt like her mind was turning on and off, concentrating one minute to having everything go over her head the next. Her thoughts began to drift to different matter again, why can't we just get our reports on pieces of paper like everyone else and not have to listen to everyone's, she asked herself. "Remy, I don't know what was wrong with you today, you're acting very odd. I hope you weren't trying to be funny, this was a very important danger session," this caught Rogue's attention; apparently she wasn't the only one that had noticed his odd behavior today. Ah'll have to as him about it, Rogue thought to herself.
Finally everyone was dismissed. Remy immediately walked over her, slinging his arm around her shoulders, as if to hold himself up, more than in a loving manner. Leaning in, close to her ear, he said, "Good morning, chere," his words slurred, he was beginning to lean on her for support.
Rogue could smell the alcohol on his breath; she had to strength to hold him up without lagging. How could he be drunk, she asked herself, Ah watched his go to his room and go to sleep after Ah left him in the kitchen last night. "Morning sugah," she answered, "Remy were you drinking last night again?" she asked him, removing his arm from her shoulder.
"No chere, Remy went right to bed after you left the kitchen last night, but *hiccup* Remy is having some trouble walkin'," he replied, now putting his arms tightly around her waist, resting his head on her shoulder, kissing it, breathing up and down her neck. His nose almost touching her deadly skin, she didn't want to hurt him, but if he got any - ZAP! Too late, now Remy lying helplessly on the floor, apparently the alcohol had made him forget about her powers. Rogue figured that on the account of him being drunk, he would be unconscious for hours. Then it hit her, Bella Donna, she had done this, she knew that injecting alcohol into his bloodstream would cause him to touch her and knock himself out. Without him to protect her, she could easily abduct her. No, she wasn't going to be taken that easily, she wasn't going to go without a --. Her thoughts fell short, as she felt her knees give way, all consciousness plunged into darkness.
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Rogue slowly opened her eyes, not allowing more of the unwanted light than necessary.
"Good afternoon, mon chere," she heard a female voice say, seeming to come from her right side. Rogue turned, slightly to look at this person. She had blonde hair about shoulder's length and wore a blank tank-top with khaki pants. Her intense blue eyes starting down at Rogue, she was smiling. Rogue knew instantly that it must be Bella Donna.
Sitting up slowly, she answered, "Where am Ah? Where's Remy?" she demanded, looking around she saw nothing but white.
"Remy? Remy is fine, chere," she answered, motioning to somewhere off to her left, "As for you? You are in New Orleans," Rogue looked over to her left; there was Remy, still unconscious.
"Wha.what do you want me for?" Rogue asked, even though she already knew the answer.
"That will be answered shortly, as soon as lover boy here wakes up," Bella Donna answered with that, she walked away, closing a door behind her.
Rogue's eyes had finally adjusted to the light, and realized she was in a room; it was small with no windows. Everything was white, so the one light in the room seemed to make the whole room glow. Rogue stood up, suddenly feeling dizzy, causing her to fall back down. She'd have to ease herself up, or else she would faint. She felt strangely weaker than she'd ever felt in a long time, what's wrong with me, she asked herself. With her powers that she had obtained from Carol Danver she was basically invincible.
Slowly, she eased herself off the bed she had been lying on, and stumbled over to Remy's side. She carefully brushed some lose hair away from his face, noting that her gloves were gone; she couldn't touch his skin without knocking him out longer. His thought still swarming around in her mind, she didn't want anymore of them.
Remy slowly opened his eyes to see a worried Rogue staring down at him. He squinted and rubbed his head, where was he, why did Rogue have such a distressed look on her face?
"Hey sugah, how you feeling?" she asked him, caressing his forehead, forgetting she didn't have her gloves on, suddenly she pulled her hand back before she could hurt him, but nothing had happened. She could touch! Ah can touch, she thought to herself excitedly.
"Where are your gloves? Why didn't it hurt Remy when you touched him?" he asked, confused.
"Ah donno, something happened when Ah got knocked out, Ah can touch and Ah feel weak," she told him.
"Can you still fly?" her asked, just to make sure Bella Donna didn't take away all of her powers. Rogue stood up, and tried to fly, but nothing happened, "Remy'll take that as a no," he laughed, but coughed instead. "Let's see if Remy can still charge!" he took a card out of his pocket, the card received a faint glow around it, getting stronger the longer he charged it up. "Well, I see that she hasn't taken away all hope of us escaping," he said, uncharging the card.
Just then they heard the turning of a lock, and spun to look in the direction of the door. It opened and in walked Bella Donna, followed by some of her assassin lackeys. They were rough burly guys, six foot or taller.
"Ah, I see my mon chere amour has awakened finally!" Bella Donna smirked as she walked into the white room.
"How many times does Remy have to tell you, petite, Remy doesn't love you, he never has!" he told her with force, sitting up suddenly, hiding the playing card in his hand from view, slowly charging it up.
"You know you love me Remy LeBeau, or else you wouldn't of told me that long ago," she told him, coming up to him, and running her fingernail under his chain, forcing him to look up at her.
"I was 12, I've never loved you, I just wanted to bring peace between the Thieves and Assassins, but that's over know, I've found the girl that I really love, and that's Rogue!" he stated, looking at her square in those blue eyes. Remy only referred to himself in first person when he was extremely serious.
"Fine! Have it your way LeBeau!" Bella snapped, turning her head sharply to face the men that had followed her into the room, whipping Remy with her hair in the process, "Deal with them, garcon!" she said, and stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her. Remy whipped the card out from behind him, it was glowing a brilliant red. He threw it at one of the men with all of his might. Exploding on impact, it flung the man back into the wall, knocking him unconscious. Quickly reaching into his trench coat he pulled out another playing card, charging it up. Rogue attacked the other man, tripping him by the ankles, so that Remy could knock him unconscious as well. After knocking the other guy out, they had to figure out a way out, there was no window to break, and the door had foreign locks on them that would take Remy way too much time to decipher.
"There is only one way to escape this prison," Remy told her, "get back and cover your head," he warned her, charging up a hand full of cards, and throwing them against the wall by the door. He ducks and covered his head right in time. With a large boom and the shattering of drywall and paint the wall was out. Rogue and Remy climbed through, they had to go fast, they knew someone had to have heard that explosion.
Sure enough, two more of Bella Donna's thugs can around the corner as they exited their chamber. Remy grabbed onto Rouge's wrist to pull her along side with him, and make her go faster. What he didn't expect was the sudden draining of what happens when you come in contact with her skin. He let go of her wrist as if he had been shocked or realized something was extremely hot.
"Ah have my powers back." she said solemnly, "Ah have my powers back!" Rogue had never been more excited to have her powers more than at that moment. She went behind Remy, grabbing him under the arms and flying him down the hall and crashing through a stain-glass window at the end, the men who had been chasing them right at their heels. Outside, Rogue flew high in the air so that the men couldn't reach them.
"Where too, sugah?" she asked Remy as they started north.
"Home, mon chere amour, home to Xavier Institute!" he informed her, and smirked. They didn't know what caused Rogue's sudden on and off switch of her powers, but he was happy they came back on in time.