Hiya! This story is a mystery story, starring Rogue! YAY! (My fave
character!) So, I'll quit blabbing and get on with it, shall I?
Chapter 1: Rogue? Where are you?
Disclaimer: I don't own a thing on this story, except that it's a story and I wrote it.
*~_,* (heh heh that looks like a snowman - oh, right, yeah, the story)
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"Rogue, like, wait up!"
It was a warm Saturday afternoon in Bayville, and, making the most of Rogue's unusual good mood ("Must be that Gambit guy!" Tabitha said) Jean had asked Rogue if she wanted to go shopping with her, Kitty and Tabitha. Rogue had accepted; they had had such a great time together that they decided between them to go rollerblading in the park straight after. To all of their surprise (luckily they didn't show it) Rogue came with them; Rogue NEVER went rollerblading with them. ("Whah would Ah wanna go with yous?" Rogue often said when someone asked her - then she gave him or her dirty looks and stormed off.) But this time, Jean thought she would because Jean knew (without reading Rogue's mind) that she liked roller blading, she just didn't want to go with the rest of them usually.
So, after their shopping, they went to the Institute (Tabitha to the Brotherhood house) and changed into suitable rollerblading stuff. Rogue was now wearing camouflage crop trousers with a small chain attached, and her usual crop-top-under-green-see-through-thing; Jean was wearing a bright emerald vest and black hotpants and Kitty a pale pink halterneck and purple shorts. They met up with Tabitha in the park at about 6'o'clock and started blading. Though Jean found another reason why Rogue doesn't usually want to come with them usually; she was really good and could outrace them all skating backwards!
'Come on, Kitty, an' you two hurry up - we haven't got all day!! Rogue yelled back at Kitty, a rare grin spreading across her face as she skated about 4 metres in front of the others. She was still skating backwards so she could see them (and laugh at the determined look on their faces) as they struggled to keep up. She was in no trouble though; they were nowhere near catching her up, and if they did, Rogue wasn't even skating her fastest! After a while (and Kitty almost falling over twice!), they decided to get an ice cream each, and sat on the grass eating them.
"Woah, Rogue, I'm like, exhausted!" Kitty said, "Where'd you learn to skate like that?"
"Me and mah friends in New Orleans* used tah go aal the tahme," Rogue replied, with a slightly wistful look on her face, "Everyone went. Even mah Momma** used tah go sometahmes, but - " she ended abruptly with a little shudder.
"But . what?" Jean asked softly.
"Ah just remembered who mah momma really is." Rogue said with a smirk, which turned into a laugh. Everyone else started laughing too as they tried to picture Rogue out roller blading with Mystique. They laughed even harder when Tabitha suggested Rogue should ask Mystique to go roller blading with her and Kurt as a 'family outing that she owed them.'
After a long chat amongst themselves, they decided to skate home. (AN Tabitha is with the brotherhood now, but she's still friends with everyone as you know) After all, it was half-past 8 ("And we don't wanna miss Takeshi's Castle," said Jean, "It starts at 9, and that's Rogue's favourite programme!") So, they split up from Tabitha, and started off towards the institute, talking about their favourite activities on Takeshi's Castle. Annoyingly, before they were even out of the park, a large wad of sticky bubblegum got caught in between the wheels of one of Rogue's rollerblades, which stuck the wheels together, and she skidded along, tripped, and fell, grazing both her hands.
"Oh my gosh Rogue are you alright?" Jean asked, concerned, as her and Kitty bent down to help her up.
"Yeah, Ah'm fahne, just got that annoyin' bubblegum stuck in mah shoe, those annoyin' scrapes on mah hands, and that annoyin' embarrassment of fallin' ovah in the park." said Rogue (grateful as she was that they cared, she doesn't like to be fussed over!)
" Like don't worry about it Rogue, there's like hardly anyone here anyway!" Kitty said reassuringly.
Rogue tried to pull the gum out with her fingers. It didn't work.
"This maght tahke a whahle. You just go ohn ahead, Ah'll catch y'all up when Ah've got the gum out." Rogue said to them.
After a few cries of protest, such as "But its getting dark!", "Its late!", "We can't just leave you here!" etc, Jean and Kitty started skating ahead; they'd been assured by Rogue she'd be fine for a few minutes by herself, she knew the way home, but she would catch them up anyway ("Ahnd you'll nevah even know Ah've gone!"). Rogue took her rollerblades off, and walked to a nearby bench. She grabbed a stick off a tree in the forest just behind the bench, and attempted to prod the bubblegum out with the stick. It made no difference at all. She groaned, rubbed her head with frustration, and kept on trying. She'd put her other rollerblade back on - she felt a bit silly with no shoes on at all.
As she was fiddling with the stick and the shoe, there was the sound of snapping twigs behind her. She whipped around. The forest was dark, she couldn't see a thing, and she wasn't prepared to go and look for something that she didn't even know what it was! 'It was probably just a squirrel.' Rogue thought, and carried on with the complicated problem of the gum, which had become even more wedged into the boot.
"Damn you, yah stoopid bubblegum," Rogue muttered quietly, not hearing more snapping of twigs behind her, getting a bit closer.
After a while, Rogue forgot what she was doing, and just sat, thinking about her life. 'I have one of the worst lives out of all the people in the Institute,' she thought, 'No decent family (apart from Kurt), no decent powers, no decent anything. Yet I do have a decent team. I'm lucky to have the X-men. My life wouldn't be the same without them. I wonder what life would be like if I had stayed with Mystique . '
CRUNCH CRUNCH
Rogue looked over her shoulder at the noise, and watched the forest for a bit, to see if whatever it was that moved moved again. It didn't.
"Thah sooner Ah can get this gum out, thah sooner Ah can get out of here!" she said to herself, and started again.
Several gradually approaching footsteps crunched their way towards Rogue, who didn't hear the first few. She heard some, but ("Am Ah losin' mah mahnd?!") she ignored it, thinking she imagined them.
Rogue sighed. 'It was nice actually opening up and having fun for once,' she thought, 'but usually people think I'm unapproachable, so then I don't wanna approach them!'
A loud, heavy, CRUNCH came from just behind her then, ceasing her thoughts instantly. She whirled around again. She squinted into the darkness - it was too dark - she couldn't make anything out in it. She was starting to get a bit worried now - it was too heavy for a squirrel, or a bird, or a rabbit, or a badger, and they were the only things that lived in there. Besides, she'd been here for 15 minutes alone now; Jean and Kitty were long out of sight. She was sure she hadn't imagined it this time.
She'd had a thought of calling Jean on her mobile phone, and asking them to come back and get her. The park closed in about 10 minutes, and it takes that long to travel to the Park and back to the Institute. In the meantime though, Rogue didn't want to be left alone.
Finally, Rogue came to a decision - she'd ring Jean on her mobile, and ask Jean to ask Logan to come and get her on his motorbike. He'd done it before for her - she was sure he'd do it now,
Pulling out her small black mobile, decorated with glow-in-the-dark spiders and spider-webs, she started to dial Jean's number.
Ring ring . ring ring .
"Come ohn, pick up . " Rogue mumbled, worried for her safety.
Ring ring . "Hello?" Jean's voice sounded from the other end of the phone. She sounded anxious.
"Jean? It's Rogue. Ah -"
"Rogue? Where are you? Why aren't you here by now? The Professor was worried, so were we. Are you with Gambit again, 'cause - "
"No Jean, listen, there's somethang here, near mah, Ah don't know what it is, but Ah know its there. It sounds big. Ah'm . Ah'm . nevah mind. Can you - AARGH!" Rogue screamed.
A figure had just jumped out of the forest, dressed in a large black robe, with a hood that covered its face. It stood facing Rogue, who was frozen with fright.
"Rogue? Hello? Rogue, are you there? Rogue, what's happened? Rogue? . " Jean's voice continued on the phone, sounding more worried each time.
But Rogue was just standing there staring at the figure. She wanted to scream again, and run, but her throat didn't work, either would her legs. Each second seemed like an eternity. Soon, she managed to let out a squeak down the phone.
"Jean.?"
"Rogue? Rogue, what is it?"
"There's - "
"Oh no you don't!" The figure yelled menacingly.
At this point, the figure threw an well-aimed kick at Rogue. It hit her in the side of her face, the side that she was holding her mobile up to. The kick knocked her over; she went hurtling over the gravel pavement. Her mobile fell to the floor, a metre or so away. Seeing that Rogue was still conscious, but hurt, the figure walked over to Rogue (who was laid on the floor, massaging her head) and crouched down beside her. It pulled a spray can out of its robes and sprayed something in her face. Rogue coughed as she breathed in the lilac-coloured gas. All of a sudden, she was very sleepy. She was floating away, then it all went black.
Back at the Institute
"Professor! Professor!"
Jean and Kitty came running in, wobbling all over because of the rollerblades, but trying all the same.
"Girls! What've I told you about doing that inside? I would have thought better of you. "
"Professor, listen! Rogue's, like, in danger!" Kitty yelled.
Professor X looked at the two girls' worried faces, and sensed they were telling the truth.
"I believe you girls. But how do you know? Did you contact her? Is she alright?" He looked at Jean. "Jean? What's wrong?"
Because Jean had gone pale, looking down at the mobile phone clutched in her hand.
"Professor."
Everyone in the room (Professor X, Jean, Kitty, Storm, Beast, Scott and Wolverine) fell silent. The noises made on the other end of the line echoed round the room, filling it up. For a sinister, insane-sounding laugh was taking place, following by an amused voice that said,
"Yes, my dear, we have you now. They can't have you back Rogue; they can never have you back. You're ours, now."
Suddenly the door burst open. It was Kurt.
"Guten abend, my non-fuzzy friends. Vhy the long faces?"
No one answered.
"Er . ok then, most people ignore the fuzzy dude anyvay. So, have you seen my sister around? Takeshi's Castle is on; it's her favourite programme and she's missing it! She vould kill me if she knew I didn't tell her it vas on. Plus, ve vere going to go shopping togezzer tomorrow!" Kurt gabbled excitedly, "Ve need to arrange it! Ve haven't been shopping togezzer before! I'm going to buy her somezing, maybe a - "
"I'm afraid we have some bad news about your sister, Kurt." Professor X answered him.
"(gasp) Vhat? She isn't - she's not - "
"No, Kurt, she isn't - dead." Said Professor X heavily. "But, I'm afraid, that Rogue has been kidnapped."
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Did you all like this? I hope so; it took me ages to write! Who do you all think the figure is? This is only my second piece, so please be nice. Constructive criticism allowed. * = I think Rogue used to live in New Orleans. Forgive me if I'm wrong. ** = Did Mystique live with her in New Orleans (if she did live there at all)? I wasn't sure but it went with the story so I put it in. Please forgive and forget! Don't you just love Takeshi's castle? It's hilarious! See you, don't forget to review!
THUNDERFOX 150 ^_^
Chapter 1: Rogue? Where are you?
Disclaimer: I don't own a thing on this story, except that it's a story and I wrote it.
*~_,* (heh heh that looks like a snowman - oh, right, yeah, the story)
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"Rogue, like, wait up!"
It was a warm Saturday afternoon in Bayville, and, making the most of Rogue's unusual good mood ("Must be that Gambit guy!" Tabitha said) Jean had asked Rogue if she wanted to go shopping with her, Kitty and Tabitha. Rogue had accepted; they had had such a great time together that they decided between them to go rollerblading in the park straight after. To all of their surprise (luckily they didn't show it) Rogue came with them; Rogue NEVER went rollerblading with them. ("Whah would Ah wanna go with yous?" Rogue often said when someone asked her - then she gave him or her dirty looks and stormed off.) But this time, Jean thought she would because Jean knew (without reading Rogue's mind) that she liked roller blading, she just didn't want to go with the rest of them usually.
So, after their shopping, they went to the Institute (Tabitha to the Brotherhood house) and changed into suitable rollerblading stuff. Rogue was now wearing camouflage crop trousers with a small chain attached, and her usual crop-top-under-green-see-through-thing; Jean was wearing a bright emerald vest and black hotpants and Kitty a pale pink halterneck and purple shorts. They met up with Tabitha in the park at about 6'o'clock and started blading. Though Jean found another reason why Rogue doesn't usually want to come with them usually; she was really good and could outrace them all skating backwards!
'Come on, Kitty, an' you two hurry up - we haven't got all day!! Rogue yelled back at Kitty, a rare grin spreading across her face as she skated about 4 metres in front of the others. She was still skating backwards so she could see them (and laugh at the determined look on their faces) as they struggled to keep up. She was in no trouble though; they were nowhere near catching her up, and if they did, Rogue wasn't even skating her fastest! After a while (and Kitty almost falling over twice!), they decided to get an ice cream each, and sat on the grass eating them.
"Woah, Rogue, I'm like, exhausted!" Kitty said, "Where'd you learn to skate like that?"
"Me and mah friends in New Orleans* used tah go aal the tahme," Rogue replied, with a slightly wistful look on her face, "Everyone went. Even mah Momma** used tah go sometahmes, but - " she ended abruptly with a little shudder.
"But . what?" Jean asked softly.
"Ah just remembered who mah momma really is." Rogue said with a smirk, which turned into a laugh. Everyone else started laughing too as they tried to picture Rogue out roller blading with Mystique. They laughed even harder when Tabitha suggested Rogue should ask Mystique to go roller blading with her and Kurt as a 'family outing that she owed them.'
After a long chat amongst themselves, they decided to skate home. (AN Tabitha is with the brotherhood now, but she's still friends with everyone as you know) After all, it was half-past 8 ("And we don't wanna miss Takeshi's Castle," said Jean, "It starts at 9, and that's Rogue's favourite programme!") So, they split up from Tabitha, and started off towards the institute, talking about their favourite activities on Takeshi's Castle. Annoyingly, before they were even out of the park, a large wad of sticky bubblegum got caught in between the wheels of one of Rogue's rollerblades, which stuck the wheels together, and she skidded along, tripped, and fell, grazing both her hands.
"Oh my gosh Rogue are you alright?" Jean asked, concerned, as her and Kitty bent down to help her up.
"Yeah, Ah'm fahne, just got that annoyin' bubblegum stuck in mah shoe, those annoyin' scrapes on mah hands, and that annoyin' embarrassment of fallin' ovah in the park." said Rogue (grateful as she was that they cared, she doesn't like to be fussed over!)
" Like don't worry about it Rogue, there's like hardly anyone here anyway!" Kitty said reassuringly.
Rogue tried to pull the gum out with her fingers. It didn't work.
"This maght tahke a whahle. You just go ohn ahead, Ah'll catch y'all up when Ah've got the gum out." Rogue said to them.
After a few cries of protest, such as "But its getting dark!", "Its late!", "We can't just leave you here!" etc, Jean and Kitty started skating ahead; they'd been assured by Rogue she'd be fine for a few minutes by herself, she knew the way home, but she would catch them up anyway ("Ahnd you'll nevah even know Ah've gone!"). Rogue took her rollerblades off, and walked to a nearby bench. She grabbed a stick off a tree in the forest just behind the bench, and attempted to prod the bubblegum out with the stick. It made no difference at all. She groaned, rubbed her head with frustration, and kept on trying. She'd put her other rollerblade back on - she felt a bit silly with no shoes on at all.
As she was fiddling with the stick and the shoe, there was the sound of snapping twigs behind her. She whipped around. The forest was dark, she couldn't see a thing, and she wasn't prepared to go and look for something that she didn't even know what it was! 'It was probably just a squirrel.' Rogue thought, and carried on with the complicated problem of the gum, which had become even more wedged into the boot.
"Damn you, yah stoopid bubblegum," Rogue muttered quietly, not hearing more snapping of twigs behind her, getting a bit closer.
After a while, Rogue forgot what she was doing, and just sat, thinking about her life. 'I have one of the worst lives out of all the people in the Institute,' she thought, 'No decent family (apart from Kurt), no decent powers, no decent anything. Yet I do have a decent team. I'm lucky to have the X-men. My life wouldn't be the same without them. I wonder what life would be like if I had stayed with Mystique . '
CRUNCH CRUNCH
Rogue looked over her shoulder at the noise, and watched the forest for a bit, to see if whatever it was that moved moved again. It didn't.
"Thah sooner Ah can get this gum out, thah sooner Ah can get out of here!" she said to herself, and started again.
Several gradually approaching footsteps crunched their way towards Rogue, who didn't hear the first few. She heard some, but ("Am Ah losin' mah mahnd?!") she ignored it, thinking she imagined them.
Rogue sighed. 'It was nice actually opening up and having fun for once,' she thought, 'but usually people think I'm unapproachable, so then I don't wanna approach them!'
A loud, heavy, CRUNCH came from just behind her then, ceasing her thoughts instantly. She whirled around again. She squinted into the darkness - it was too dark - she couldn't make anything out in it. She was starting to get a bit worried now - it was too heavy for a squirrel, or a bird, or a rabbit, or a badger, and they were the only things that lived in there. Besides, she'd been here for 15 minutes alone now; Jean and Kitty were long out of sight. She was sure she hadn't imagined it this time.
She'd had a thought of calling Jean on her mobile phone, and asking them to come back and get her. The park closed in about 10 minutes, and it takes that long to travel to the Park and back to the Institute. In the meantime though, Rogue didn't want to be left alone.
Finally, Rogue came to a decision - she'd ring Jean on her mobile, and ask Jean to ask Logan to come and get her on his motorbike. He'd done it before for her - she was sure he'd do it now,
Pulling out her small black mobile, decorated with glow-in-the-dark spiders and spider-webs, she started to dial Jean's number.
Ring ring . ring ring .
"Come ohn, pick up . " Rogue mumbled, worried for her safety.
Ring ring . "Hello?" Jean's voice sounded from the other end of the phone. She sounded anxious.
"Jean? It's Rogue. Ah -"
"Rogue? Where are you? Why aren't you here by now? The Professor was worried, so were we. Are you with Gambit again, 'cause - "
"No Jean, listen, there's somethang here, near mah, Ah don't know what it is, but Ah know its there. It sounds big. Ah'm . Ah'm . nevah mind. Can you - AARGH!" Rogue screamed.
A figure had just jumped out of the forest, dressed in a large black robe, with a hood that covered its face. It stood facing Rogue, who was frozen with fright.
"Rogue? Hello? Rogue, are you there? Rogue, what's happened? Rogue? . " Jean's voice continued on the phone, sounding more worried each time.
But Rogue was just standing there staring at the figure. She wanted to scream again, and run, but her throat didn't work, either would her legs. Each second seemed like an eternity. Soon, she managed to let out a squeak down the phone.
"Jean.?"
"Rogue? Rogue, what is it?"
"There's - "
"Oh no you don't!" The figure yelled menacingly.
At this point, the figure threw an well-aimed kick at Rogue. It hit her in the side of her face, the side that she was holding her mobile up to. The kick knocked her over; she went hurtling over the gravel pavement. Her mobile fell to the floor, a metre or so away. Seeing that Rogue was still conscious, but hurt, the figure walked over to Rogue (who was laid on the floor, massaging her head) and crouched down beside her. It pulled a spray can out of its robes and sprayed something in her face. Rogue coughed as she breathed in the lilac-coloured gas. All of a sudden, she was very sleepy. She was floating away, then it all went black.
Back at the Institute
"Professor! Professor!"
Jean and Kitty came running in, wobbling all over because of the rollerblades, but trying all the same.
"Girls! What've I told you about doing that inside? I would have thought better of you. "
"Professor, listen! Rogue's, like, in danger!" Kitty yelled.
Professor X looked at the two girls' worried faces, and sensed they were telling the truth.
"I believe you girls. But how do you know? Did you contact her? Is she alright?" He looked at Jean. "Jean? What's wrong?"
Because Jean had gone pale, looking down at the mobile phone clutched in her hand.
"Professor."
Everyone in the room (Professor X, Jean, Kitty, Storm, Beast, Scott and Wolverine) fell silent. The noises made on the other end of the line echoed round the room, filling it up. For a sinister, insane-sounding laugh was taking place, following by an amused voice that said,
"Yes, my dear, we have you now. They can't have you back Rogue; they can never have you back. You're ours, now."
Suddenly the door burst open. It was Kurt.
"Guten abend, my non-fuzzy friends. Vhy the long faces?"
No one answered.
"Er . ok then, most people ignore the fuzzy dude anyvay. So, have you seen my sister around? Takeshi's Castle is on; it's her favourite programme and she's missing it! She vould kill me if she knew I didn't tell her it vas on. Plus, ve vere going to go shopping togezzer tomorrow!" Kurt gabbled excitedly, "Ve need to arrange it! Ve haven't been shopping togezzer before! I'm going to buy her somezing, maybe a - "
"I'm afraid we have some bad news about your sister, Kurt." Professor X answered him.
"(gasp) Vhat? She isn't - she's not - "
"No, Kurt, she isn't - dead." Said Professor X heavily. "But, I'm afraid, that Rogue has been kidnapped."
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Did you all like this? I hope so; it took me ages to write! Who do you all think the figure is? This is only my second piece, so please be nice. Constructive criticism allowed. * = I think Rogue used to live in New Orleans. Forgive me if I'm wrong. ** = Did Mystique live with her in New Orleans (if she did live there at all)? I wasn't sure but it went with the story so I put it in. Please forgive and forget! Don't you just love Takeshi's castle? It's hilarious! See you, don't forget to review!
THUNDERFOX 150 ^_^