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"Why da Ah have ta wear this stupid cloak? Ah can't see a thing, plus it's hot and Ah'm gettin sweaty and—"
"Shut up Kitty!" Jean shouted who was driving and getting sick and tired of Kitty's complaining as she was sitting right next to her while Rogue and Remy were in the backseat. "Why don't you go and sit on the backseat and let Rogue sit here?"
"Me? Sit with Mr. Charmer? No way!"
"At least Rogue stays quiet, unlike you!"
"Ah agree! She doesn't interfere in other people's business, unlike ya!"
"Well thanks to me! We have your mystery lady's address!" Jean pointed out. "How lucky for you, or else, you would've been Rogue for the rest of your life."
"Ya're right Jean. We are so lucky ta have ya around. Ya take care of us and all, are always nice and loving ta all livin creatures ~Except me! Memo ta mahself, kill Jean Grey for making me say this crap!~ Ya are just like a big sister—"
"Sorry Kitty, but you're still getting grounded. Thanks for the wonderful speech anyway!" Jean interrupted. ~Memo to myself, teach Kitty some manners about thinking too loudly!~
"Darn it!" ~Yeah sure! Ah bet you can't even teach your own dog tricks!~
"You want something chere?" Remy asked when he noticed Rogue staring at him.
~Yeah…you …~ "I-I—N-No!...Nothing…" Rogue stammered, after realizing what she had been doing.
Jean cleared her throat then turned around and winked at her.
~Damn telepathy!~ "How much farther?" Rogue asked. ~Why is she still alive?~ Rogue asked herself annoyed.
"Still a long way," Jean answered ~So that I could make right the wrong you did!~ Jean's voice echoed inside her head.
~She is just soooo annoying!~ Kitty and Rogue thought at the same time.
"That's it!" Jean hit on the brakes and they came to a halt. "I'm getting sick and tired of this every hour of the day, everyday of the week and every month of the year! Just tell me one thing!"
"Geez Jean, your hair looks fine! Ya didn't have ta stop the car for this!" Kitty said.
"That's not why I stopped. I just want to know….Why do you all hate me so much?" Jean asked, making Kitty and Rogue gasp.
"Dat's a tough one," Remy said and started wondering. "Sorry, Remy doesn't know de answer."
"Did ya just say why we hate ya? Or why we like ya?" Kitty again asked, unsure that her ears had heard right or not.
"Hate me! Why? Is it something that I did? Did I hurt your feelings or anything? Everything I've ever done is to help you but you guys just— Just give me one good reason!"
"Oh, there are many reasons and…Ah— weird Ah just can't remember one right now…but let me—"
"You hate me for no reason?"
"No no! There is… umm… well,… ya're popular and..uh….."
"That's it! You hate me because I'm popular? Oh, c'mon Kitty!"
"Your attitude! Miss I am so perfect and all others are losers because I'm always right and they're wrong! A-And ya interfere in other people's business! Ya're reading— always reading everybody's mind! That's how ya're always number one! And that's cheatin! And ya're always acting like ya own this world or somthin, but ya don't!" Kitty shouted. "That felt sooo good!"
"Is there anything else?" Jean asked between gritted teeth, her hair and face almost the same colour. She clenched her fists so that not to punch Kitty right there and then. "I only asked for 'one good reason' and you 'Kitty' just told me something that was a complete—"
"Bullshit?" Remy completed the sentence for her.
"Remy!" both Kitty and Rogue exclaimed.
"What? Remy was just being helpful…."
"Yeah that's right!" Jean agreed with Remy. "A complete—What he said."
"No it isn't!" Kitty said. "What about the time you uh… you and…and…" Kitty tried to think up of something.
"And you think you're so sneaky that you can get both Duncan and Scott at your fingertips!" Rogue, who had been thinking for a long time, finally spoke.
"Yeah! What's up with that?" Kitty asked.
"Scott's my friend ok? Nothing more than that!" Jean answered getting more and more red from anger and now from blushing.
"Ok, why were you tryin ta kill me just because Scott proposed to Rogue? Jealous?" Kitty asked teasingly.
"Nooo! It was just….you...um…you know uh…you made me angry by lying about what happened and all so…." Jean explained, her anger turning into embarrassment. "Just forget it!" she grumbled and started the car.
"Yeah…let's forget all about it and throw away this stupid ring," Kitty said and was bout to take the ring off.
"Don't you dare!" Jean threatened.
"Hehehe.. just kiddin! Like, don't worry Jean. Ah won't let anythin happen ta this 'beautiful' ring, that your boyfriend gave Rogue."
"What?! Scott's not my boyfriend!"
"O yeah! We can all obviously see that!" Kitty said rolling her eyes.
"Uh… Remy?" Rogue called him in a low voice, not even sure if he had heard her because of Jean's and Kitty's shouting.
"Yes?" he answered.
~Ok you've got his attention now what the hell are you going to say to him?~ "I-I—I never got a chance to thank you, for saving my life…uh… well, so thanks for saving my life," Rogue said, a little nervously. ~That must've sounded so stupid!~
"O yeah, thanks for savin me from lunatics too. Though it looked like the same person ya were savin, but who cares?" Kitty said.
"I do…" Rogue whispered to herself.
"You're both welcome," he said. "You're very welcome mon ami…." He said to Kitty in a dreamy voice.
"Hey Rogue! Did I tell ya that Remy has a crush on ya?" Kitty asked between gritted teeth.
"Huh? Uh….no, but I can see that—I mean by the way he's—" Rogue was saying when Kitty interrupted.
"Hey Remy! Did ya notice that the girl sittin next ta ya is really the one ya're hitting on?" Kitty asked him annoyed when he was leaning forward.
Remy looked at Rogue then at Kitty in confusion. "So?"
"So, don't annoy me! Rogue, could ya please tell your boyfriend ta stop annoyin me?"
"Remy could you sto—Hey!" Rogue was saying blindly when she clicked.
"O yeah! Our Roguey's in L-O-V-E!"
"No I'm not!" Rogue was now turning scarlet red. ~I'm not! It's just some stupid crush that I'll get over soon!~
"Oh! So that's how Ah look like when Ah blush," Kitty said as she watched Rogue get more and more red. "Oh, don't Ah look 'so' cute?"
"You look cute, chere," Remy told Rogue which made her blush even more.
"What?" ~He thinks I'm cute~ Rogue thought in amazement.
"Ya think Ah'm cute? Thanks!" Kitty said.
"No mon ami, 'you' are more than beautiful…"
~He thinks I'm beautiful!~ Rogue thought. ~And cute~
"Heard that Rogue? Ah'm cute and ya're beautiful and Jean is—"
"Shut up!" Jean snapped.
Kitty snickered. "Pretty mad!"
"Kitty, could you shut up and let me die peace—drive peacefully!"
"Yeah, ok, whatever! ~Redhead jealous bitch!~ Kitty thought smiling to herself. ~Oops! Courtney had been a bad influence on me. That's why Ah called ya a—
"So Remy…where are you from and what do you do?" Jean asked trying to change the topic and ignore Kitty's thoughts.
"From New Orleans and well doin notin dese days… just browsing…"
"If you're looking for a place to stay, you're welcome at the Xavier institute. It's a place for—" Jean was saying when Kitty interrupted.
"All those with special gifts and talents etc.etc. Jean, ya don't need ta go on advertising every time we meet a new mutant, plus, we need ta ask his parents first."
"Remy, don't have any parents…" Remy said slowly, lowering his head.
"Oh! Ah'm so sorry," Kitty said biting her lip.
~No parents? He's just like…. me~ Rogue thought.
"Don't be, Remy never knew them…"
~I also never knew my parents~
"Not even… some other… relatives or umm…anyone?" Kitty asked, hesitant at first.
Remy shook his head.
"So sad," Jean muttered.
~Just like me….~ Rogue kept on thinking.
~Rogue could you stop comparing yourself to him? You're giving me a headache!~ Jean shouted at her telepathically.
~Then don't hack my mind!~ Rogue snapped.
~I'm not 'hacking' your mind, you're thinking really loudly!~
~Well sorry to disturb you miss now you can't even think because of an annoying red head telepath who thinks she's queen of the world!~
~Shut up Rogue!~
"Why don't you shut up and drive Jean?!" Rogue screamed startling Remy and Kitty.
"Well, if you wouldn't drive me crazy I would!" Jean yelled back.
"Excuse me, but have ya guys totally lost it?" Kitty asked when Jean and Rogue started shouting at each other for no reason as it appeared to her.
"Shut up!" they both shouted in unison at Kitty.
"What did Ah do?!"
"Women," Remy muttered shaking his head.
"Scott, when you said it was an emergency, I thought that maybe Juggernaut has escaped or Sabertooth was on a rampage, but when you say that we have to be the bridesmaids, this doesn't fit in as an emergency!" Jubilee shouted. "Hellooo are you even listening to me?"
"Where is she?!" Scott cried pulling his hair as he kept pacing back and forth in the kitchen. "It doesn't take this long to get home! I-I couldn't even find her after lunch time I—"
"Excuse me Scott, but have you lately noticed that everyone has suddenly, just disappeared?" Amara asked. "The last I've seen everyone was lunch then they all—"
"I don't know I just want to know where Rogue is! Yeah, the Professor can help me track her down!"
"Uh….Scott if you've read this note," Amara said holding up a piece of paper. "You probably would know that he left for some business trip with Oro—."
"Jean! She can—"
"Ugh! Don't you get it already!" Jubilee shouted, banging her fist on the table. "Jean, Kitty, Rogue, Bobby, Ray, Roberto, Sam, Evan, Kurt, even Jamie and Logan, just disappeared! And you're worried only about Rogue!"
"You're right! We find them, we find Rogue! C'mon to the car!" he said about to dash outside.
"What car? You told us you sold it to buy her a ring or something," Rahne said.
"Then to the X-Jeep!"
"The X-Jeep disappeared with them and Logan has the access code to the garage which means we don't have wheels!"
"Then we buy a new car!" he said and dashed outside. "Hurry up! I haven't got all day! I have to marry her today, now! Now!"
"Ok, is it just me or is he insane?" Jubilee said as they followed him.
"Hey! The makeup's wearin off, can we—" Kitty was asking Jean when she cut her short.
"No! And cover yourself up!"
"But the black eye—eyes Courtney gave Rogue is showing!" Kitty complained.
"So? The condition you put Courtney in is nothing compared to two black eyes."
"That rich spoilt daddy's lil girl deserved it anyway!" Kitty said.
"Well, guess what? You two just ranked first position on her hate list."
"Well isn't that good news! But no worries! Ah can just tell any boy ta kill her! Hey Remy! When we get our bodies back can ya kill Courtney for me?"
"Ch—Mon ami, killin is not my style," he replied.
"Then could ya make her life a livin hell by annoyin her?"
"Chere…"
"Ok, ok, then could ya blow up all her expensive clothes?"
Remy sighed, shaking his head.
"Oh, alright, Ah'll ask some—Isn't that Duncan?" Kitty asked when she spotted him doing something with his car.
"Huh? Kitty, cover yourself up before he—" Jean was saying when Kitty cupped her hands and shouted.
"Hey Duncan! Kill Courtney for me!" she shouted as they passed by him.
"Are you crazy?!" Jean screamed at her. "He may really kill her!"
"'If', he gets past those body guards of hers who kill first and ask questions later—Hey! Hey! We're goin the wrong way!" Kitty said when Jean turned the car around.
"Jean what are you doing?!" Rogue screeched.
"We're going to Courtney's house!"
"Why?"
"To save Duncan's life that's why!"
"Excuse me? But the 'other' problem is really important instead of saving some jerk's life which may not even be in danger!" Rogue shouted.
"Yeah Jean! Like turn the car around!"
"Is fightin a daily habit between you all?" Remy asked.
"Turn the car around!"
"No!"
"That's it!" Kitty screeched grabbing the steering wheel.
"What? Let go!"
"This time we do it mah way!" Kitty shouted and turned the wheel. The car swerved dangerously with everyone screaming but Jean quickly took control by pushing Kitty away and placing her on the backseat.
"Welcome back, mon ami!" Remy greeted Kitty, grinning..
"Now you just stay there!" Jean commanded. "You almost got us killed!"
"Ya're gonna get us killed if we don't remove this spell soon!" Kitty screamed.
"Shut up! Just shut up ok?!" Jean snapped. "It was your fault we're all here in the first place! You and you're stupid ideas! You just can't 'think' or 'do' anything right! You're nothing but a—that's it you're nothing! Nothing but a troublemaker who deserves—"
"Jean, that's enough!" Rogue who couldn't stand Kitty's humiliation, shouted.
"No! I won't stop! For so many times she—"
"No! You shut up!" Kitty, on the verge of tears, screamed.
"I won't shut up Kitty! It's time you learned what responsibility is!"
"You betta stop cherie, your gonna make her cry," Remy said to Jean, covering his ears when Kitty's jaw started quivering and her eyes started getting watery.
"And crying always gets us into trouble," Rogue pointed out.
"It's just her way of getting things done, but this time, it won't work—" Jean was cut short by Kitty's loud screech who finally burst into tears.
"Not so loud!" Remy said, trying to block out Kitty's sound waves. "Please stop!"
"God Kitty, please stop! You're embarrassing me!" Rogue shouted, over the noise of Kitty's hollering.
"Now look what you did," he told Jean as he tried to silence Kitty's ear-piercing crying by pulling the hood to cover her head. "Ch—Mon ami, please stop!"
"Let her cry," Jean said switching on the radio and turning it up to full volume to drown Kitty's shrieking. "I don't care! We go to Courtney's house first then we deal with the mess 'she' made."
"Ah hate this!" Kitty screamed pulling back the hood furiously then took off the cloak "And Ah hate ya! Ah hate ya!"
"Well guess what?" Jean snapped spinning around. "I hate you to—"
"Look out!" Rogue screamed when they were about to hit a car in front of them. Jean quickly turned the steering wheel before they could hit.
"Phew!" Jean sighed. "That was—" she was unable to complete her sentence when Sabertooth suddenly jumped out of nowhere and was inside the car, next to Jean. Startled, she lost control and the car spun for a few seconds before it finally stopped by getting rammed into a wall.
"Is everyone ok?" Jean asked as she tried to figure out what had just happened.
"Yeah….fine," Rogue moaned rubbing her head.
"Where did… Sabertooth go?" Jean asked, facing Rogue. "Where did everybody go?" she asked when Remy and Kitty were missing.
"You're bleeding!" Rogue exclaimed when a trickle of blood slid down from her forehead.
"Huh?" Jean put a hand on her forehead. "Great…" she muttered, after bringing her hand back which now had a little bit of blood.
"Where does Logan keep the first aid kit?" Rogue asked searching furiously through the car.
"I-I don't think he does…He doesn't need it…" Jean replied then shut her eyes when she felt the pain of her wound.
"Forget it!" Rogue quickly took off the pink coat she was wearing and tore a piece of it. "If you could just shave your head it would be a lot easier to tell the difference between blood and hair," she said as she wrapped the cloth around Jean's head.
"Where's…Kitty?" Jean asked ignoring what she had just said.
"Sabertooth….H-He took off with her and Remy…I-I think he went after her," Rogue answered, remembering how Sabertooth had grabbed Kitty and leaped out while Remy quickly jumped out going after them.
"I-It's all my fault! I-I should've paid more attention instead of… fighting with her…I-I…" Jean started mumbling to herself.
"Hey! Now is not a good time to think about that!" Rogue said hopping out of the car after bandaging her. "C'mon, find Remy and Kitty with your power before—" Rogue was interrupted when Kurt suddenly teleported before them. "Kurt! Thank Goodness! Listen! We need to—"
"Vhat did you do viz her?" Kurt screamed at them. "Vhere's Rogue?!"
Before Rogue could reply, another boy came out of the corner of the street. "I heard her screaming all the way from home!" Before they knew it, the little crowd that was gathering had gradually increased.
"This is not good…" Rogue said as she looked side ways to only see boys and boys and more boys.
"No more lies!" Todd screamed. "Where is she yo?! Where is she?!" he started screaming hysterically.
"You were torturing her weren't you?"
"What did I tell you? Her bawling always gets us into trouble!" Rogue hissed to Jean.
"S-She'll never be able to drink this coke she—that was the last coke she ever drank—I-If only I could've come sooner—No! I should've never left! I-It's….my fault!" Lance dropped down on his knees covered his face and started crying. "It's my fault!"
"I never thought that I would see this day!" Rogue said as she watched few other boys burst into tears. ~My funeral~
"Guys! It was Sabertooth! He—" Jean was trying to explain but Fred cut her short.
"I don't believe you! You said you wanted to be my friend and you lied! You're a liar and you killed her! You killed Rogue!"
"Hey! We're her friends we wouldn't do anything to her!" Rogue yelled back.
"You kidnapped her! She was screaming for help! But I-I didn't pay attention! How could I've know that you were really psychos in the disguise of her friends?!" Pietro screamed at Rogue then fell down on his knees and started sobbing. "T-Then y-you—I-I don't even want to think what you two did after that!"
"That is the craziest thing I have ever heard!" Jean shouted.
"I thought we were family! That's what you told us! That all the X-men are family but you—you…You are nothing but cold-hearted murderers!" Jamie's voice cracked as he tried to stop himself from crying but he failed.
"'We are family'! If only you—just let me explain—" Jean again tried but it was useless.
"She was trying to kill herself because of you! You drove her so crazy that she almost committed suicide!" Todd screamed.
"Okay, so how come no one told me that Kitty could be suicidal?" Rogue whispered to Jean.
"If only I would've known…I-If only…I-I would've stayed with her …I-I hate myself! I'll never forgive myself for this and—And I'll—and I won't forgive you either!" Pietro slowly got up, his face tear-stained and filled with anger. "Y-You will pay for this!" He pointed a shaky finger at them. "I swear Rogue! I will have revenge! I'll kill those who took you away from this world and me!"
"That's really sweet and all! But I'm not dead Piet—I mean Rogue's not dead! Sabe—" Rogue had begun to explain but again got interrupted.
"Rogue killers!" a few boys chanted. "Revenge! Her death will be avenged!"
~This would've been a touching moment for me if I was dead but….~ Rogue sighed shaking her head. "Ok, so should we waste our lives trying to explain what happened or should we run?" she asked Jean.
"No! Maybe if I just—" Jean was saying when Logan suddenly jumped in front of them.
"You two are getting more than just grounded for this!" Logan growled furiously and unsheathed his claws. "Guess you need new nicks now don't you? Half-Psycho and ……'Red'…." The way Logan said 'Red' sent shudders down Jean's spine.
"Running is definitely a good idea right now!" Jean answered Rogue's question and they both dashed off.
"Why da Ah have ta wear this stupid cloak? Ah can't see a thing, plus it's hot and Ah'm gettin sweaty and—"
"Shut up Kitty!" Jean shouted who was driving and getting sick and tired of Kitty's complaining as she was sitting right next to her while Rogue and Remy were in the backseat. "Why don't you go and sit on the backseat and let Rogue sit here?"
"Me? Sit with Mr. Charmer? No way!"
"At least Rogue stays quiet, unlike you!"
"Ah agree! She doesn't interfere in other people's business, unlike ya!"
"Well thanks to me! We have your mystery lady's address!" Jean pointed out. "How lucky for you, or else, you would've been Rogue for the rest of your life."
"Ya're right Jean. We are so lucky ta have ya around. Ya take care of us and all, are always nice and loving ta all livin creatures ~Except me! Memo ta mahself, kill Jean Grey for making me say this crap!~ Ya are just like a big sister—"
"Sorry Kitty, but you're still getting grounded. Thanks for the wonderful speech anyway!" Jean interrupted. ~Memo to myself, teach Kitty some manners about thinking too loudly!~
"Darn it!" ~Yeah sure! Ah bet you can't even teach your own dog tricks!~
"You want something chere?" Remy asked when he noticed Rogue staring at him.
~Yeah…you …~ "I-I—N-No!...Nothing…" Rogue stammered, after realizing what she had been doing.
Jean cleared her throat then turned around and winked at her.
~Damn telepathy!~ "How much farther?" Rogue asked. ~Why is she still alive?~ Rogue asked herself annoyed.
"Still a long way," Jean answered ~So that I could make right the wrong you did!~ Jean's voice echoed inside her head.
~She is just soooo annoying!~ Kitty and Rogue thought at the same time.
"That's it!" Jean hit on the brakes and they came to a halt. "I'm getting sick and tired of this every hour of the day, everyday of the week and every month of the year! Just tell me one thing!"
"Geez Jean, your hair looks fine! Ya didn't have ta stop the car for this!" Kitty said.
"That's not why I stopped. I just want to know….Why do you all hate me so much?" Jean asked, making Kitty and Rogue gasp.
"Dat's a tough one," Remy said and started wondering. "Sorry, Remy doesn't know de answer."
"Did ya just say why we hate ya? Or why we like ya?" Kitty again asked, unsure that her ears had heard right or not.
"Hate me! Why? Is it something that I did? Did I hurt your feelings or anything? Everything I've ever done is to help you but you guys just— Just give me one good reason!"
"Oh, there are many reasons and…Ah— weird Ah just can't remember one right now…but let me—"
"You hate me for no reason?"
"No no! There is… umm… well,… ya're popular and..uh….."
"That's it! You hate me because I'm popular? Oh, c'mon Kitty!"
"Your attitude! Miss I am so perfect and all others are losers because I'm always right and they're wrong! A-And ya interfere in other people's business! Ya're reading— always reading everybody's mind! That's how ya're always number one! And that's cheatin! And ya're always acting like ya own this world or somthin, but ya don't!" Kitty shouted. "That felt sooo good!"
"Is there anything else?" Jean asked between gritted teeth, her hair and face almost the same colour. She clenched her fists so that not to punch Kitty right there and then. "I only asked for 'one good reason' and you 'Kitty' just told me something that was a complete—"
"Bullshit?" Remy completed the sentence for her.
"Remy!" both Kitty and Rogue exclaimed.
"What? Remy was just being helpful…."
"Yeah that's right!" Jean agreed with Remy. "A complete—What he said."
"No it isn't!" Kitty said. "What about the time you uh… you and…and…" Kitty tried to think up of something.
"And you think you're so sneaky that you can get both Duncan and Scott at your fingertips!" Rogue, who had been thinking for a long time, finally spoke.
"Yeah! What's up with that?" Kitty asked.
"Scott's my friend ok? Nothing more than that!" Jean answered getting more and more red from anger and now from blushing.
"Ok, why were you tryin ta kill me just because Scott proposed to Rogue? Jealous?" Kitty asked teasingly.
"Nooo! It was just….you...um…you know uh…you made me angry by lying about what happened and all so…." Jean explained, her anger turning into embarrassment. "Just forget it!" she grumbled and started the car.
"Yeah…let's forget all about it and throw away this stupid ring," Kitty said and was bout to take the ring off.
"Don't you dare!" Jean threatened.
"Hehehe.. just kiddin! Like, don't worry Jean. Ah won't let anythin happen ta this 'beautiful' ring, that your boyfriend gave Rogue."
"What?! Scott's not my boyfriend!"
"O yeah! We can all obviously see that!" Kitty said rolling her eyes.
"Uh… Remy?" Rogue called him in a low voice, not even sure if he had heard her because of Jean's and Kitty's shouting.
"Yes?" he answered.
~Ok you've got his attention now what the hell are you going to say to him?~ "I-I—I never got a chance to thank you, for saving my life…uh… well, so thanks for saving my life," Rogue said, a little nervously. ~That must've sounded so stupid!~
"O yeah, thanks for savin me from lunatics too. Though it looked like the same person ya were savin, but who cares?" Kitty said.
"I do…" Rogue whispered to herself.
"You're both welcome," he said. "You're very welcome mon ami…." He said to Kitty in a dreamy voice.
"Hey Rogue! Did I tell ya that Remy has a crush on ya?" Kitty asked between gritted teeth.
"Huh? Uh….no, but I can see that—I mean by the way he's—" Rogue was saying when Kitty interrupted.
"Hey Remy! Did ya notice that the girl sittin next ta ya is really the one ya're hitting on?" Kitty asked him annoyed when he was leaning forward.
Remy looked at Rogue then at Kitty in confusion. "So?"
"So, don't annoy me! Rogue, could ya please tell your boyfriend ta stop annoyin me?"
"Remy could you sto—Hey!" Rogue was saying blindly when she clicked.
"O yeah! Our Roguey's in L-O-V-E!"
"No I'm not!" Rogue was now turning scarlet red. ~I'm not! It's just some stupid crush that I'll get over soon!~
"Oh! So that's how Ah look like when Ah blush," Kitty said as she watched Rogue get more and more red. "Oh, don't Ah look 'so' cute?"
"You look cute, chere," Remy told Rogue which made her blush even more.
"What?" ~He thinks I'm cute~ Rogue thought in amazement.
"Ya think Ah'm cute? Thanks!" Kitty said.
"No mon ami, 'you' are more than beautiful…"
~He thinks I'm beautiful!~ Rogue thought. ~And cute~
"Heard that Rogue? Ah'm cute and ya're beautiful and Jean is—"
"Shut up!" Jean snapped.
Kitty snickered. "Pretty mad!"
"Kitty, could you shut up and let me die peace—drive peacefully!"
"Yeah, ok, whatever! ~Redhead jealous bitch!~ Kitty thought smiling to herself. ~Oops! Courtney had been a bad influence on me. That's why Ah called ya a—
"So Remy…where are you from and what do you do?" Jean asked trying to change the topic and ignore Kitty's thoughts.
"From New Orleans and well doin notin dese days… just browsing…"
"If you're looking for a place to stay, you're welcome at the Xavier institute. It's a place for—" Jean was saying when Kitty interrupted.
"All those with special gifts and talents etc.etc. Jean, ya don't need ta go on advertising every time we meet a new mutant, plus, we need ta ask his parents first."
"Remy, don't have any parents…" Remy said slowly, lowering his head.
"Oh! Ah'm so sorry," Kitty said biting her lip.
~No parents? He's just like…. me~ Rogue thought.
"Don't be, Remy never knew them…"
~I also never knew my parents~
"Not even… some other… relatives or umm…anyone?" Kitty asked, hesitant at first.
Remy shook his head.
"So sad," Jean muttered.
~Just like me….~ Rogue kept on thinking.
~Rogue could you stop comparing yourself to him? You're giving me a headache!~ Jean shouted at her telepathically.
~Then don't hack my mind!~ Rogue snapped.
~I'm not 'hacking' your mind, you're thinking really loudly!~
~Well sorry to disturb you miss now you can't even think because of an annoying red head telepath who thinks she's queen of the world!~
~Shut up Rogue!~
"Why don't you shut up and drive Jean?!" Rogue screamed startling Remy and Kitty.
"Well, if you wouldn't drive me crazy I would!" Jean yelled back.
"Excuse me, but have ya guys totally lost it?" Kitty asked when Jean and Rogue started shouting at each other for no reason as it appeared to her.
"Shut up!" they both shouted in unison at Kitty.
"What did Ah do?!"
"Women," Remy muttered shaking his head.
"Scott, when you said it was an emergency, I thought that maybe Juggernaut has escaped or Sabertooth was on a rampage, but when you say that we have to be the bridesmaids, this doesn't fit in as an emergency!" Jubilee shouted. "Hellooo are you even listening to me?"
"Where is she?!" Scott cried pulling his hair as he kept pacing back and forth in the kitchen. "It doesn't take this long to get home! I-I couldn't even find her after lunch time I—"
"Excuse me Scott, but have you lately noticed that everyone has suddenly, just disappeared?" Amara asked. "The last I've seen everyone was lunch then they all—"
"I don't know I just want to know where Rogue is! Yeah, the Professor can help me track her down!"
"Uh….Scott if you've read this note," Amara said holding up a piece of paper. "You probably would know that he left for some business trip with Oro—."
"Jean! She can—"
"Ugh! Don't you get it already!" Jubilee shouted, banging her fist on the table. "Jean, Kitty, Rogue, Bobby, Ray, Roberto, Sam, Evan, Kurt, even Jamie and Logan, just disappeared! And you're worried only about Rogue!"
"You're right! We find them, we find Rogue! C'mon to the car!" he said about to dash outside.
"What car? You told us you sold it to buy her a ring or something," Rahne said.
"Then to the X-Jeep!"
"The X-Jeep disappeared with them and Logan has the access code to the garage which means we don't have wheels!"
"Then we buy a new car!" he said and dashed outside. "Hurry up! I haven't got all day! I have to marry her today, now! Now!"
"Ok, is it just me or is he insane?" Jubilee said as they followed him.
"Hey! The makeup's wearin off, can we—" Kitty was asking Jean when she cut her short.
"No! And cover yourself up!"
"But the black eye—eyes Courtney gave Rogue is showing!" Kitty complained.
"So? The condition you put Courtney in is nothing compared to two black eyes."
"That rich spoilt daddy's lil girl deserved it anyway!" Kitty said.
"Well, guess what? You two just ranked first position on her hate list."
"Well isn't that good news! But no worries! Ah can just tell any boy ta kill her! Hey Remy! When we get our bodies back can ya kill Courtney for me?"
"Ch—Mon ami, killin is not my style," he replied.
"Then could ya make her life a livin hell by annoyin her?"
"Chere…"
"Ok, ok, then could ya blow up all her expensive clothes?"
Remy sighed, shaking his head.
"Oh, alright, Ah'll ask some—Isn't that Duncan?" Kitty asked when she spotted him doing something with his car.
"Huh? Kitty, cover yourself up before he—" Jean was saying when Kitty cupped her hands and shouted.
"Hey Duncan! Kill Courtney for me!" she shouted as they passed by him.
"Are you crazy?!" Jean screamed at her. "He may really kill her!"
"'If', he gets past those body guards of hers who kill first and ask questions later—Hey! Hey! We're goin the wrong way!" Kitty said when Jean turned the car around.
"Jean what are you doing?!" Rogue screeched.
"We're going to Courtney's house!"
"Why?"
"To save Duncan's life that's why!"
"Excuse me? But the 'other' problem is really important instead of saving some jerk's life which may not even be in danger!" Rogue shouted.
"Yeah Jean! Like turn the car around!"
"Is fightin a daily habit between you all?" Remy asked.
"Turn the car around!"
"No!"
"That's it!" Kitty screeched grabbing the steering wheel.
"What? Let go!"
"This time we do it mah way!" Kitty shouted and turned the wheel. The car swerved dangerously with everyone screaming but Jean quickly took control by pushing Kitty away and placing her on the backseat.
"Welcome back, mon ami!" Remy greeted Kitty, grinning..
"Now you just stay there!" Jean commanded. "You almost got us killed!"
"Ya're gonna get us killed if we don't remove this spell soon!" Kitty screamed.
"Shut up! Just shut up ok?!" Jean snapped. "It was your fault we're all here in the first place! You and you're stupid ideas! You just can't 'think' or 'do' anything right! You're nothing but a—that's it you're nothing! Nothing but a troublemaker who deserves—"
"Jean, that's enough!" Rogue who couldn't stand Kitty's humiliation, shouted.
"No! I won't stop! For so many times she—"
"No! You shut up!" Kitty, on the verge of tears, screamed.
"I won't shut up Kitty! It's time you learned what responsibility is!"
"You betta stop cherie, your gonna make her cry," Remy said to Jean, covering his ears when Kitty's jaw started quivering and her eyes started getting watery.
"And crying always gets us into trouble," Rogue pointed out.
"It's just her way of getting things done, but this time, it won't work—" Jean was cut short by Kitty's loud screech who finally burst into tears.
"Not so loud!" Remy said, trying to block out Kitty's sound waves. "Please stop!"
"God Kitty, please stop! You're embarrassing me!" Rogue shouted, over the noise of Kitty's hollering.
"Now look what you did," he told Jean as he tried to silence Kitty's ear-piercing crying by pulling the hood to cover her head. "Ch—Mon ami, please stop!"
"Let her cry," Jean said switching on the radio and turning it up to full volume to drown Kitty's shrieking. "I don't care! We go to Courtney's house first then we deal with the mess 'she' made."
"Ah hate this!" Kitty screamed pulling back the hood furiously then took off the cloak "And Ah hate ya! Ah hate ya!"
"Well guess what?" Jean snapped spinning around. "I hate you to—"
"Look out!" Rogue screamed when they were about to hit a car in front of them. Jean quickly turned the steering wheel before they could hit.
"Phew!" Jean sighed. "That was—" she was unable to complete her sentence when Sabertooth suddenly jumped out of nowhere and was inside the car, next to Jean. Startled, she lost control and the car spun for a few seconds before it finally stopped by getting rammed into a wall.
"Is everyone ok?" Jean asked as she tried to figure out what had just happened.
"Yeah….fine," Rogue moaned rubbing her head.
"Where did… Sabertooth go?" Jean asked, facing Rogue. "Where did everybody go?" she asked when Remy and Kitty were missing.
"You're bleeding!" Rogue exclaimed when a trickle of blood slid down from her forehead.
"Huh?" Jean put a hand on her forehead. "Great…" she muttered, after bringing her hand back which now had a little bit of blood.
"Where does Logan keep the first aid kit?" Rogue asked searching furiously through the car.
"I-I don't think he does…He doesn't need it…" Jean replied then shut her eyes when she felt the pain of her wound.
"Forget it!" Rogue quickly took off the pink coat she was wearing and tore a piece of it. "If you could just shave your head it would be a lot easier to tell the difference between blood and hair," she said as she wrapped the cloth around Jean's head.
"Where's…Kitty?" Jean asked ignoring what she had just said.
"Sabertooth….H-He took off with her and Remy…I-I think he went after her," Rogue answered, remembering how Sabertooth had grabbed Kitty and leaped out while Remy quickly jumped out going after them.
"I-It's all my fault! I-I should've paid more attention instead of… fighting with her…I-I…" Jean started mumbling to herself.
"Hey! Now is not a good time to think about that!" Rogue said hopping out of the car after bandaging her. "C'mon, find Remy and Kitty with your power before—" Rogue was interrupted when Kurt suddenly teleported before them. "Kurt! Thank Goodness! Listen! We need to—"
"Vhat did you do viz her?" Kurt screamed at them. "Vhere's Rogue?!"
Before Rogue could reply, another boy came out of the corner of the street. "I heard her screaming all the way from home!" Before they knew it, the little crowd that was gathering had gradually increased.
"This is not good…" Rogue said as she looked side ways to only see boys and boys and more boys.
"No more lies!" Todd screamed. "Where is she yo?! Where is she?!" he started screaming hysterically.
"You were torturing her weren't you?"
"What did I tell you? Her bawling always gets us into trouble!" Rogue hissed to Jean.
"S-She'll never be able to drink this coke she—that was the last coke she ever drank—I-If only I could've come sooner—No! I should've never left! I-It's….my fault!" Lance dropped down on his knees covered his face and started crying. "It's my fault!"
"I never thought that I would see this day!" Rogue said as she watched few other boys burst into tears. ~My funeral~
"Guys! It was Sabertooth! He—" Jean was trying to explain but Fred cut her short.
"I don't believe you! You said you wanted to be my friend and you lied! You're a liar and you killed her! You killed Rogue!"
"Hey! We're her friends we wouldn't do anything to her!" Rogue yelled back.
"You kidnapped her! She was screaming for help! But I-I didn't pay attention! How could I've know that you were really psychos in the disguise of her friends?!" Pietro screamed at Rogue then fell down on his knees and started sobbing. "T-Then y-you—I-I don't even want to think what you two did after that!"
"That is the craziest thing I have ever heard!" Jean shouted.
"I thought we were family! That's what you told us! That all the X-men are family but you—you…You are nothing but cold-hearted murderers!" Jamie's voice cracked as he tried to stop himself from crying but he failed.
"'We are family'! If only you—just let me explain—" Jean again tried but it was useless.
"She was trying to kill herself because of you! You drove her so crazy that she almost committed suicide!" Todd screamed.
"Okay, so how come no one told me that Kitty could be suicidal?" Rogue whispered to Jean.
"If only I would've known…I-If only…I-I would've stayed with her …I-I hate myself! I'll never forgive myself for this and—And I'll—and I won't forgive you either!" Pietro slowly got up, his face tear-stained and filled with anger. "Y-You will pay for this!" He pointed a shaky finger at them. "I swear Rogue! I will have revenge! I'll kill those who took you away from this world and me!"
"That's really sweet and all! But I'm not dead Piet—I mean Rogue's not dead! Sabe—" Rogue had begun to explain but again got interrupted.
"Rogue killers!" a few boys chanted. "Revenge! Her death will be avenged!"
~This would've been a touching moment for me if I was dead but….~ Rogue sighed shaking her head. "Ok, so should we waste our lives trying to explain what happened or should we run?" she asked Jean.
"No! Maybe if I just—" Jean was saying when Logan suddenly jumped in front of them.
"You two are getting more than just grounded for this!" Logan growled furiously and unsheathed his claws. "Guess you need new nicks now don't you? Half-Psycho and ……'Red'…." The way Logan said 'Red' sent shudders down Jean's spine.
"Running is definitely a good idea right now!" Jean answered Rogue's question and they both dashed off.