NOTE: Thanks for the reviews and keep on reviewin! Ok I'm sorry for the late update. School is open and what's worse….Saturday is school day! Oh! The horror! It's do homework all days of the week! I was only able to finish this chapter because I didn't go to school today. So please don't kill me if there are some minor mistakes. Enjoy and don't forget to review!
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"Pietro! Ah'm sorry but you have ta let me go now!" Rogue shouted at Pietro who was attached to her leg.
"Noooooo!" Pietro sobbed tightening his hold on her leg as he got dragged along the floor while she walked or atleast tried to. In the background, dogs howled as if some calamity was going to occur any moment.
"Ugh! Pietro! Nothin's gonna happen ta me! Ah won't die if you leave me alone for one friggin second!" Rogue screamed and was finally able to free her leg. She turned around angrily and no sooner did she take a step forward, she got tripped by someone's luggage.
"Nooooo!" Pietro screamed followed by the howls of the dogs that started barking relentlessly.
Rogue let out a scream of frustration and covered her ears. "Shut up! All of you! Shut the hell up!"
The luggage part of the train instantly fell silent.
"Now you stay here! Just like that!" she told Pietro. "Don't move! Don't follow me! Don't even say a word even if the world is goin ta end until Ah get back—Oh no!" Rogue groaned when she realized something. "Ah can't go in like this every male passenger will—" she stopped when she realized the obvious. ~Duh! Pietro!....Hmmm…Let's see…go in with the speed of light…find Gambit…kiss—~ she made a gagging noise. ~—him before he knows what the hell happened and go home~ Rogue planned. "Yes that's perfect!"
Before she could open her mouth to talk to Pietro, Kurt and Todd suddenly appeared inbetween her and Pietro. Todd was on top of Kurt and was trying to strangle him.
"You bug eating scumbag!" Kurt screamed.
"You rat eatin bag!" Todd shot back and was then flipped off by Kurt.
"She loves me! I'm ze good guy! And chicks dig the fuzzy dude!"
"She loves me Night Creeper!" Todd screamed grabbing Kurt's wrist and ripping off the image inducer. Immediately Kurt's real appearance emerged. "Ha! Let's see her love you now elf boy!" he mocked waving the inducer.
"Give me back my inducer!" Kurt screamed lunging at him.
"Say goodnite to it," Todd said dropping it and raised his foot to crush it.
"Noooooo!" Kurt screamed rushing towards Todd. He barreled into him and they both fell on the floor and slid near Pietro's feet before they disappeared.
Rogue coughed and waved her hand to fan away the smoke. "Listen Pietro—What?! Huh?! No!" Rogue screeched when Pietro was gone. "Oh….this is just great! Now what ahm Ah goin ta do?" she asked hopelessly. As if in reply to her question, something crunched under her right foot. She bent down and lifted the object up.
"Please don't be broken," Rogue prayed putting it on her wrist.
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~Forget about her~ Remy told himself the millionth time that day. ~Dat's one fille you ain't gonna get~ but no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't get Rogue out of his head. When he closed his eyes, he saw her and when he opened them…well…he thought he saw her and this was driving him mad!
Remy even kept reminding himself that she's married and it's wrong to think about someone else's wife like that but then he again started regretting that he should've stayed and objected or something. But of course, he perfectly knew what would've happened if he had done that. Scott would've killed him or Rogue would've killed him. Either way, he could've been killed.
Oh and if he did object, what would he have said? 'Chere don't marry dat guy cause…Remy loves you?' Oh yeah! That could've been such a happy ending for Remy.
"Umm…Excuse me?"
"Rogue?" Remy turned to the female voice expectantly and thrilled.
"I'm…sorry?" the girl, who was 'not' Rogue, asked, a questioning expression on her face when Remy kept staring at her.
"Oh!" Remy uttered in disappointed. ~You're an idiot Remy~ He told himself. ~She must be in some 'exotic place' with her 'husband'~
"Mind if I sit here? The other compartment is way too crowded—"
"No," Remy said monotonously. He would've normally enjoyed company, especially if it was a girl but not right now.
"Thanks," she said placing herself beside him. "I'm Mandy."
"Remy," Remy replied.
"Hmm….Nice contacts and—Hey! Did you get beaten up or something?" she asked observing his face.
"Err…Yes," Remy replied unsurely.
"How? Why?"
"Because Remy deserved it…" Remy mumbled then let out a sigh.
Mandy gave him a sympathetic look. "Listen. Remy, I-I don't mean to be rude or anything but—" she took a deep breath. "Remy…can I kiss you?"
"Pardon?" Remy's eyes widened, believing that maybe he had heard her wrong.
"Can I kiss you?"
"Uh…cherie!" Remy began unsurely. He knew girls found him attractive, but not so much that they wanted to move to the first base after a minute. "Why do you want to kiss me?"
She motioned her finger for him to come closer. He did.
"Well…my friends—" she pointed towards the doorway where two girls were giggling. They quickly disappeared when they caught Remy looking at them. "Gave me this stupid dare," she whispered in his ear. "I'll kill them later for this!"
"Oh!" Remy uttered.
"So please? I'll lose hundred bucks," Mandy said. "I promise! It'll be fast!" Before Remy could give her his consent, she was kissing him.
"No!" Remy abruptly pulled back, feeling as if he was betraying Rogue for no reason. "I-I can't—"
Mandy frowned. "What?"
"I-I love—"
"You love her now? Well…your mind quickly changes…" a voice said.
"Excuse me?" Mandy asked in disbelief turning to look at the girl standing in the door way.
"Really Gambit, you're more pathetic than I ever thought," she said as she walked in.
Remy blinked, wondering how she knew his name. "Uh…do I know you?"
"Oh I'm sorry! Let me introduce myself!" the girl said between gritted teeth and moved her hand over her watch. The girl instantly faded and now, a new person was standing in her place. "Do Ah look familiar now?"
Remy couldn't believe his eyes. It couldn't be! How could Rogue be standing here, before him, when she was supposed to be on her honeymoon?
It took a few seconds for his mind to process what just happened. "R-Rogue? Is dat—Is dat really you?!" he asked, gaping at her as his hand slowly moved up to touch her and make sure she was real and not a hallucination. His answer was a slap across the face. "Oui. It's you," he mumbled, realizing she was real.
"You!" Mandy shot up from her seat after fully recovering from the shock. "You're that girl—" Rogue punched her unconscious before she could finish her sentence.
"Ah'm glad Ah learnt that from Logan," Rogue said rubbing her wrist.
"Chere you killed Mandy!" Remy exclaimed bolting up from his seat.
"Oh! Mandy? You're new girlfriend, right?" Rogue asked sarcastically.
"Who was de old one?" Remy asked, scratching his head.
"Ah can't believe, Ah've been so stupid ta think 'this'—" she pointed her finger at Remy as if he was some disgusting thing. "—could be the one who loves me ta death!" she said angrily.
"What are you talkin about chere?" Remy asked totally confused. "How—?—Why are you here? Did somethin happen? Are you alright?!" Remy started bombarding her with questions.
"No! Ah'm not alright!" Rogue screamed before rushing out.
"W-Wait! Rogue, wait!" Remy ran after her. Somehow Rogue was really here and he just had to tell her now and didn't care of the consequences. "R-Remy wants to tell you somethin and—I-I love you!" But it was too late, for when he emerged through the narrow hall, there was no sign of her. ~No! Remy's not givin up!~ he thought determined and started searching for her.
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~You love me?~ Rogue asked Remy mentally as he passed by, obviously looking for her. ~You're the millionth person ta have said that ta me and you know what? It's all a lie!~ She thought and walked forward in her new disguise. She didn't know and didn't care who she was right now. All she was thinking was how could she have blindly believed her friends that he was the one? Maybe someone else was out there and now….it was too late to find him…
Her thoughts were interrupted by a voice.
"Kurt?" the voice said behind her. "Is that you?"
"Uh…no…Ahm her—Twin brother?" Rogue said a little surprised when she got a look at reflection in the window. She turned to the person. It was Amanda or Kurt's girlfriend as far as Rogue knew.
Amanda giggled. "Oh Kurt! You're such a joker! Oh! Wow! Is it me or have you suddenly gotten taller?" she asked eyeing Rogue up and down.
"It's just you," Rogue replied.
"What's wrong with your voice?" Amanda asked raising her brow.
"Got a very…nasty cough," Rogue said and started coughing, cursing the voice modifier for not working. ~Stupid voice modifier! Oh wait! Why would Kurt need a voice modifier for his voice?~
"What are you doing here?"
"Runnin away," Rogue said bitterly.
"Don't they treat you well at the institute?" Amanda asked shocked.
"They do, that's why Ah'm runnin away," Rogue said and was turning around to getaway when Amanda grabbed her arm.
"Oh Kurt! You're such a joker!" Amanda said. "I can't believe you came all the way here just to see me. I'm just going away for three days. It's not the end of the world! Aww…you're so sweet!" Amanda then leaned near Rogue's ear and whispered. "That's why I love you…"
Love? It made Rogue sick to even hear the word 'love' right now.
"C'mon! I like you to meet my folks!" Amanda said happily and started dragging her
"What? No! No!" Rogue protested. "Are you crazy?!"
"I want them to meet the real you anyway…." Amanda said moving her hand to press the image inducer's button.
"A-Ah'm not the real me!" Rogue cried grabbing her wrist.
"Amanda what's going on?" a man asked walking towards with a woman behind.
"Mom! Dad! I like you to meet someone," Amada said pushing Rogue forward. "This is Kurt Wagner!" she said excitedly.
"Uh…Hi," Rogue waved looking nervously at Amanda's parents.
"Oh! So you're Kurt!" Mr. Sefton held up his hand. "A pleasure! Amanda has told us a lot about you."
"Nice..meetin you too..Mr…umm…" Rogue said taking his hand hesitantly and shaking it. "Amanda's dad?"
Amanda giggled.
"So, is it true that you're always full of surprises?" Mrs. Sefton asked. "The way Amanda goes on about you I'd say you're a—" The image inducer suddenly started crackling and Amanda and her parents were now looking at the 'real Kurt' or rather the 'real Rogue'. "Girl…" Mrs. Sefton finished her sentence as she stared at Rogue in shock.
Amanda opened her mouth to say something but no words came out.
"Uh…well…nice meetin ya'll!" Rogue said shaking her hand free from the hand shake which had been frozen with the rest of the trio. "Umm…bye!" she said and ran off.
Amanda was the first to recover. She sheepishly chuckled. "Kurt…he's such a joker!"
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"Twenty-five minutes and mah life is over…." Rogue said to herself sitting on the railing and swinging her legs as she watched the ground move by.
"That's kind of dangerous you know," Rogue turned around to the owner of the voice.
"What do you care?" Rogue snapped at Amanda.
"Mind telling me what's going on?" Amanda asked her arms crossed against her chest.
"No," Rogue said coldly.
"You're not Kurt, are you?"
"No," Rogue turned back to staring at the ground.
"Then why.—" Amanda suddenly pressed the inducer's button. "Are you hiding yourself?"
"Let's just say if you don't want me ta be your step-mother—" Rogue pressed the inducer's button. "You better stop annoyin me."
"Hmm…You're Rogue, right? The untouchable one?" Amanda asked curiously and poked Rogue's nose.
"Hey!" Rogue swatted her hand away.
Amanda giggled. "Just making sure you're not Kurt."
"No!" Rogue said bitterly. "Could you just go away?!"
Amanda shook her head. "Sorry but I have a right to know what's going on!"
"Long story, don't have time."
"Well I'm not going till you tell me and I don't care if you threaten me with your power," she said firmly but screamed when the train suddenly jerked to a stop making Rogue fall on top of her. It again started moving as if nothing had happened.
"Whoa! Did you do that?!" Amanda asked.
"Why is it that somethin bad happens everybody blames it on me?" Rogue asked annoyed getting off her.
"Because it's your fault," a voice said from above.
"Huh? H-Hey!" Rogue screeched when her arm suddenly shot up hitting Amanda then the image inducer started going crazy changing into many people before finally stopping at the image of Kurt. "W-What's goin on?!" she cried when her arm was moving by itself, as if was possessed. "Ugh!" she grunted when she was suddenly lifted off her feet.
"Rogue!" she heard Amanda scream.
"Ugh! You!" Rogue shouted when she saw the person floating next to her.
"Oh no you don't!" Magneto said jerking her arm back when she was moving her hand to press the inducer's button. "Where are my men?" he asked angrily.
"How the hell should Ah know?!" Rogue shouted back. "Let me go Buckethead!"
"Whatever you're doing to everybody, it has to end now!"
"Ah agree! So if you—" Rogue stopped realizing what he was about to do. "You're makin a huge mistake! You do this and mah friends would kill you! Why! They would be comin any second now!"
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"Ah…now this is relaxing…" Kitty murmured relaxing herself on a sofa in a furniture shop.
"You said it sister!" Tabitha agreed who was lying on the carpet applying some nail polish.
"Aym Aye the only one with a conscious?" Rahne asked scowling at the others.
"Hmm…let's see…" Jubilee wondered. "Yes!!!"
Rahne slapped her forehead.
"I cannot believe—Hmm—I was missing such delicious—Hmm—by going on a diet—" Betsy paused as she gulped down the chocolate piece in her mouth. "I swear! If Mesmero didn't do what he did, I would've surely gone mad and slit my agent's throat!"
"And our throats!" Rahne said and was immediately hit by a flying cushion. "Hey!"
"Sorry about that," Betsy apologized.
"We should be helping Rogue," Rahne said.
"Helping?" Tabitha said and chuckled. "Like what? We all demonstrate how to kiss a boy?"
Everyone laughed at Tabitha's suggestion.
Rahne rolled her eyes.
"Or maybe we should kiss him for her," Jubilee said and giggled.
"That would be ridiculous!" Betsy said frowning.
"Alright then what about Jean?! You're acting like she doesn't exist," Rahne said crossing her arms over her chest.
"Jean?" Kitty looked over at Tabitha. "Who's Jean?"
Everyone started laughing again.
Rahne rolled her eyes and shook her head. "You guys are so…immature!"
"No we're not—What the—" Kitty squeaked as Kurt, Todd and Pietro suddenly teleported on top of her.
"Die slimeball!" Kurt screamed and he and Todd again disappeared leaving Pietro on top of Kitty.
"Ugh! Like get off me Pietro!" Kitty screamed and phased herself through him. "Jerk!" she said angrily punching him on the shoulder. "Hey! Where's—You were suppose to be with Rogue! What happened?"
Pietro didn't reply and kept staring ahead, with an empty expression.
"Pietro!!!" Kitty shouted. "Helloooo!" she pounded on his forehead. "Are you like, in there?"
Pietro still didn't respond.
"Pietro!" Kitty screamed and started shaking him by the shoulders.
"I think he's dead," Jubilee said after a while
"No…he's…I think maybe..he's catatonic…" Kitty said after closely observing him.
"Let me try," Tabitha as she walked over to Kitty's side. She grabbed Pietro by the shoulders and shook him furiously. "Rise and shine Speedy!"
"I tried it," Kitty said as Tabitha continued shaking him.
Tabitha suddenly punched him right across the face.
"I didn't try that," Kitty mumbled as Tabitha again delivered a few punches.
"Who else…wants….to…..give it a shot?" Tabitha asked, panting.
"Uh… he's not dead nor catatonic, luv," Betsy said after reading his mind. "Rogue told him not to move until she comes back."
"Oh…." Kitty's eyes sparkled mischievously. "He's not moving…He won't move until Rogue comes back…"
"Hmm…" Tabitha stroked her chin. "I always wondered why they call Wanda and Pietro twins…" she said taking out a lipstick from her back pocket and started applying it on Pietro's lips.
"C'mon you guys! He kind of saved our lives!" Rahne pointed out was Amara quickly bought a make-up kit from somewhere. "Esn't there any love for him in your hearts?"
"Noooooo!" all of the other girls said simultaneously.
"I'm also curious as to how such two absolutely different people could be termed as 'twins'," Betsy said.
"You guys are really so…immature!" Rahne said frustrated.
Everyone ignored her as they were too busy giving Pietro a makeover.
"Hey!" Jubilee frowned holding up the cross-shaped earring. "His ears aren't pierced."
"That can be arranged luv," Betsy said drawing out her psychic knife.
"Aye can't watch!" Rahne said closing her eyes.
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"You're a fool! You kill me and somethin worse will happen!" Rogue shouted trying to reach the image inducer's button.
Magneto ignored her. "Do you know what happens when your blood stops flowing?"
"Your death!" Rogue shouted angrily. "Let me go!"
"I consider this method extreme," he said dropping Rogue who landed face-flat on the ground. "But in your case…it will do."
Rogue quickly pressed the inducer's button and her Kurt disguise disappeared. She was turning around to face Magneto when suddenly, she felt as if her heart was being crushed. She immediately collapsed on the ground clutching her heart as the pain became unbearable. When she opened her mouth to scream for help, she found herself gasping for breath instead.
"I'm sorry…" Magneto said. "But you're too dangerous to have around…"
"So are you," a voice said from behind Magneto and he suddenly found his whole body glowing pink.
"Gambit…" Magneto realized.
"If you kill her, I swear you will be so mutilated dat even your family members won't be able to identify you!" Remy swore, keeping a firm grip on Magneto's ankle.
"You're a fool…." Magneto hissed.
"Yes! I am! Now let her go!" he shouted. "Before I let go!"
"Very well!" Magneto spat and released his hold on Rogue who had passed out. "For now…"
Remy quickly bend down to check on Rogue not letting his other hand off Magneto.
"Petite," Remy called to Amanda, who, he was lucky had found her on time. "Take her as far away from here as possible," he told her and gently kissed Rogue on the head. "Remy doesn't want her gettin hurt."
"Well…this is interesting…a Rogue stealing the heart of the Prince of thieves?" Magneto observed as Amanda with great effort half-lifted Rogue. "You do know that she is the untouchable?"
"Remy doesn't care!" Remy said carelessly as Amanda started dragging Rogue away. "You stay away from her or you deal wid me!" he threatened and released Magneto when the two girls were out of sight.
"Well…in that case…" Magneto sent a magnetic blast towards Remy sending him reeling back. "I'll deal with you first!"
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~How did I get into this mess?~ Amanda asked herself as she gently put Rogue down, whom she had been dragging for the last five minutes. Suddenly, Rogue bolted up giving Amanda a fright. "Oh! Oh! Thank goodness you're ok!" she cried happily as Rogue got up. "H-Hey!" she shouted when Rogue started moving. "Where are you going?!"
"To kill Magneto," she answered thoughtlessly.
"What?! No! No! Wait!" Amanda grabbed her arm.
"Remy's in trouble…Ah have ta help him."
"No! H-He said—" Amanda said holding her back. "I-I can't—"
"Ah heard what he said."
"You…did?" Amanda asked surprised as she was sure Rogue was unconscious at that time. "Hey! Stop!" she cried when Rogue again sprinted forward. "You're not thinking clearly!" Amanda blocked her path.
Rogue glared at her. Amanda glared back. "You know…maybe you're right…" Rogue said, looking at the image inducer, an idea suddenly occurring to her.
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"Did you really think you could beat me?" Magneto asked the dangling Remy from the railway bridge about to lose his grip. "This would've been easy. Regrettably you've chosen to make it worse. I'm giving you something that is rare, another chance Gambit. Forget about her and—"
"Sorry!" Remy coughed out, his whole body hurting like hell as a result of the fight with Magneto. "I'm not workin for a madman like you!"
"Goodbye Gambit," Magneto said emotionlessly. He was lifting his hand to push Remy when something or someone suddenly hit him hard in the back. He whirled around and was fortunately quick enough to move away just as 'something's' claws slashed through the air. "What… are…you?" he asked upon getting a closer look at his attacker that resembled a giant bat.
It only screeched in reply and moved forward to attack.
Magneto was backing away, but then, he noticed something on its wrist.
"Nice try," he told the creature. "But you're monster disguise doesn't fool me Rogue," he said as it gave him a menacing look.
"Well, that's weird…" a voice said from behind him. Alarmed, Magneto whirled around to be shocked by Rogue pouncing on him. Magneto shut his eyes tightly. "Cause that disguise definitely fooled me!" she hissed.
While the monster, moved and offered his hand to Remy.
Remy remained still, his eyes unblinking and mouth wide open.
"Don't worry…I'm not gonna bite," it said in a screechy voice. "It's me, Amanda."
"Oh! Remy didn't recognize you wid de teeth and de claws," Remy told her taking her claw like hand hesitantly. "Remy told you to stay awa—"
"She wouldn't listen," Amanda said dryly gesturing towards Rogue trying to remove Magneto's helmet.
"Get off me!" Magneto shouted trying to pry Rogue off himself.
"You know what ticks me off?!" Rogue asked angrily after removing his helmet. "You tryin ta kill me and mah friends!" she said and punched him hard. "But you know what really ticks me off? You tryin ta kill Gambit! If anyone's goin ta kill him, it's goin ta be me!"
"Dat…makes me feel a lot better…" Remy said unsurely as Amanda helped him back on to his feet. He grimaced because of the pain and almost lost his balance but Amanda kept him still.
"Hey! Slow down!" Amanda ordered. "You're hurt."
"R-Remy needs to help her," he said.
"Open your eyes and look at me coward!" Rogue screamed, trying to rip open Magneto's eyes to make him look at her.
"I don't think she needs it," Amanda said.
Magneto, who was lunging blindly towards Rogue's throat, was met with a broken nose when Rogue slammed her head into his face.
"Ouch! Dat's gonna leave a mark," Remy said rubbing his own nose which Rogue broke. "Once Rogue's sticks to someone, it would need more than an army to get her off."
"How about the whole bridge?" Amanda said wide-eyed when the bridge underneath them started moving and to their horror, started coming apart.
"No!" Remy gasped turning his gaze towards Rogue. "Rogue!" he shouted but she was too absorbed in trying to kill Magneto to notice.
"Rogue!" Amanda screamed. "Get out of there! Oh no! She can't hear us Rem—Huh?! Remy? Remy?" she looked around when he suddenly disappeared.
Rogue stopped hitting Magneto when she heard the horrible creaking sound. She punched Magneto's face the last time before getting off him.
"Ha! Now you're not going anywhere!" Magneto said grabbing her from behind. "This ends now!"
"You're right Magneto," Remy's voice said and the next thing Magneto knew his whole attire was glowing pink. "You have thirty seconds before you self destruct," he informed him. "Goodbye mon ami."
Shocked, he let go of Rogue and quickly flew up.
Remy quickly caught Rogue but accidentally slid down towards the loose beams as he was half-wounded. "Ow! You should go on a diet chere," Remy said wincing.
"Are you ok?" Rogue asked worriedly.
"S-Sure…just broke a few bones…nothin serious," Remy said in an assuring voice. "Are you ok?"
Rogue nodded. "Thank you…" she said suddenly.
"For what chere?" Remy asked nervously trying to keep from moving as the beams were creaking and could collapse any moment.
"Everythin…" Rogue replied wrapping her arms around his neck.
For a second, he could've been convinced that maybe it was all an illusion as it was impossible for Rogue to be in his arms right now and about to kiss him instead of kill him. Remy closed his eyes and slowly moved his face forward. He may have been a mere millimeters away from her face when he suddenly realized something. "No!" he stopped. "Remy can't! It's wrong! You're married and—"
"What?! Married?!" Rogue said then clicked. "Wait! How did you know Ah was married?"
"Uh…well…you have a weddin ring," Remy's said quickly, lifting her hand on which she had on the diamond ring that Scott had given her earlier.
Rogue frowned, not believing him at all. "You were at the church, weren't you?" she guessed.
Remy sighed and finally confessed. "Oui…"
"Why?" Rogue asked softly extending her hand towards his face. Remy closed his eyes thinking she might slap him but instead she gently stroked his face.
"Remy just wanted to make sure you were…ok…and not gettin forced to be married—Are you kissn Remy because maybe we are gonna die or do you really love me?" Remy asked when Rogue was again making a move to kiss him.
Rogue rolled her eyes. "Both!" she said frustrated before thrusting her lips on his.
Remy was quite shocked at first but after second relaxed and kissed her back.
Amanda's voice suddenly screamed. "Are you guys crazy kissing at a time like this?!"
Rogue didn't care and continued kissing him. If this was her last, literally 'last kiss', then she wanted to enjoy every moment of it. While Remy…well…he was on cloud nine.
But then the inevitable happened. The beams gave away and all three of them lost ground and fell into the water many feet below.
Rogue was the first to emerge, coughing and gasping for air with an arm firmly around Remy's waist, who seemed to have lost conscious. With great effort, she swam to the shore. By the time she reached land, she was so exhausted that she collapsed onto Remy's chest.
Remy started coughing. Rogue quickly pulled herself up.
"R-Remy…a-are you o-okay?" she asked worriedly.
"You are an angel," Remy said looking at Rogue, dazed.
"Hmmm…So are you Remy," Rogue murmured laying herself down on the ground beside him.
"I love you," he suddenly said.
Rogue remained silent.
"Chere?"
"You must be the millionth person ta have said that," Rogue said after a while.
"Remy loves you," Remy rephrased his words.
Rogue turned her head to look at him and smiled. Remy smiled back and was moving his face to kiss Rogue again.
"That's it!" Amanda said as she stumbled out of the water and on the shore, breaking the tender moment. "No more! I-I don't know how you could handle this all the time but—Jumping off a train! Being a monster! Falling off a bridge!" she stumbled again and handed Rogue the inducer. The time on it read 12:05. Rogue heaved a sigh of relief.
"O man! My parents are going to kill me!" Amanda said looking around at the destruction.
Rogue couldn't help but laugh. "Welcome ta the club."
She shivered. "I-I think I'll be happy just being a normal human being."
"Ah'll just be happy…bein me…the untouchable…" Rogue said her eyes full of sorrow after realizing that the spell was off her.
"Aww..chere, don't worry…Remy will always be happy bein with you…" Remy said putting an arm around her shoulder and pulling her near. "Always…"
"Always?" Rogue asked raising her brow.
Remy nodded and kissed her on the head then laid his chin on top. "Always….Remy don't care if you can't touch. Remy will always love you—Eek!" he shrieked when he saw that he was hugging the bat creature.
Rogue giggled in her bat disguise which sounded really frightening. "God! You scream like a girl!"
"Umm…ok that was scary," Amanda said, who too had gotten a bit shaken by Rogue's giggling.
"Chere! You wanna give Remy a heart attack?!" Remy exclaimed, clutching his heart.
"L-Like! O my god! Remy! It's like going to eat Remy!" a voice suddenly screamed. Rogue turned to look at the shocked faces of her friends.
"It's an alien!"
"It's a bat creature thing!"
"It's disgusting!" Tabitha said making a face.
"It's dead!" another voice said which Rogue couldn't figure out whom it belonged to until someone slammed her against the ground.
"No Wait!!!" Rogue screeched but what came out was a bat's screech as Betsy was about to bring down her psychic knife. "Stop!!! It's me!!! Rogue!!!"
"L-Like O my god!" Kitty screamed. "It ate Rogue! And R-Remy! O God! Poor Remy…" Kitty said sympathetically kneeling down beside Remy. "Look what it did to him! Hey! Remy can you speak? C'mon! L-Like say something!"
"Uh—" Remy was saying when Kitty cut in.
"No! Don't talk!" Kitty said placing her hand over his mouth. "Don't know what kind of torture you've been through! It's better that you rest."
"No! Wait!" Amanda rushed towards Betsy. "That's Rog—"
"Poor Amanda! She's in shock!" Tabitha said.
"No I'm not!" Amanda protested. "That's Ro—"
"Don't worry Amanda! Be brave!" Kitty told her. "We have seen uglier things than this." When she said the word 'ugly', Sabertooth's naked form popped into her head.
"Bloody hell!" Betsy suddenly screamed getting off Rogue dropping on her knees and clutching her head. "That's bloody disgusting!" she screamed obviously receiving the image but what's more, she accidentally projected the image.
"Eeow! Eeow!" Rahne started saying hysterically.
"I'm too young for this!" Amara said.
"That's…." Amanda was now actually in shock.
"What kind of twisted—Yuck!!" Jubilee screamed. "I need amnesia!"
"Wow!" Tabitha's had an amused expression on her face. "For such a big guy, he sure as a litt—"
"Shut up Tabitha!" Everyone screamed.
"Remy really didn't want to be reminded of dat again…" Remy groaned.
"Ack! Damn telepthics!" Rogue shouted clutching her head when she got up into a sitting position.
"You said it batty!" Tabitha agreed then clicked. "Hey! Get that thing!" she shouted and she and Amara both jumped on Rogue and pinned her to the ground.
"You idiots!" Rogue screamed. "Ah'm goin ta kill you all for this!"
"Shut up batty"! Tabitha snapped. "Now tell us what you did with Rogue!"
"Uh…hold it, girls!" Betsy said after reading Rogue's mind. "That is—"
"You brain dead people!" Rogue screamed. "Ah'm Rogue!"
"Oh yeah! I can see the resemblance," Tabitha said sarcastically.
"That is Rogu—Oh forget it!" Rahne raised her hands up in defeat. "You guys wanna get something to eat?" she asked Amanda and Betsy.
They both nodded and the three quietly crept away.
"Ok batty! This is the last time before Magma makes you a firefly!" Tabitha said. "Where's Rogue?"
Their question was answered when the image inducer on Rogue's wrist suddenly shut off by itself.
Tabitha and Amara both shrieked and released Rogue.
"H-Hey goth girl!" Tabitha began nervously as Rogue got up. "G-Great Halloween costume—I-It fooled us! R-Right Amara? Amara?" she got more nervous when Amara didn't reply. "Kitty? Jubes?" Tabitha turned to see the other girls trying to sneak away. "Oh crap! I hate this part!" she said and the next thing she knew was Rogue's bare hand on her face before falling unconscious.
"Run!" Kitty screamed and she, Amara and Jubilee sprinted forward towards the bushes as Rogue sent a handful of energy bombs.
"And stay out!" Rogue shouted. She turned around furiously when she heard rustling from the bushes behind her. "Ugh!" she made a handful of energy bombs and threw it there.
Rogue smirked when she heard a couple of shrieks followed by the explosions. "Better come out guys…Ah want ta see your faces—Oh mah gawd!" Rogue screamed falling on her back when she saw the person that came out of the bushes. "A-Ah swear! I-It was a-an accident! Please Ah—"
"Start explaining!" Ororo, her hair singed and her uniform half torn, managed to say. "NOW!!!"
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Yes! One more chapter! Then it's the end! *Sighs* it may also be the end of my story writing career….Ugh! Damn A-Levels for being so hard! And damn the government for finishing Saturday as a holiday for us!