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~Thought~ -dream-
A Whisper in the Night
Chapter 2: A Stranger No More
By: Rogue Marie LeBeau
Remy woke up stretching to work out the kinks in his neck and shoulders. Fortunately for him the bad headache from the night before was completely gone.
~I guess what Remy need was jus' a good night sleep. Not dat I sleep dat good wit all dem weird dreams an' all. ~
It wasn't the dream about Rogue that was bothering him. No, this one was even more intense.
-He was back home in the bayou and running after something or someone. The fog was so intense. He kept running and running. He knew it was important. No more like urgent, but try as he might Remy never could catch what he was chasing before he woke up-
Due to the intense dreams he was still rather tired. He really didn't want to get up, but he had to go to town to buy a part for his scoot.
Remy stretched some more and headed off to the shower.
~Maybe it make me feel better non? I'm so glad dat I don't have a danger room session dis mornin'~
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There was very little pain from the damage she had received just three or four days ago. A little stiffness, but she recognized that as the after effects of her healing factor kicking in.
~Now if ah could just clear the fog from my brain and figure out where ah'm at, ah'll be fine. ~
She knew what had caused the fog and the confusion.
Adalida known to her friends, who were few, as Addie, had another one of her nightmares. This one was so different from the others.
- Addie's father was doing it again, forcing her to use her powers to heal one of the many boxers he managed. He would tie her down and then all they had to do was touch her. If someone was sick or injured all they have to do was touch her and she had no control over it. Addie didn't want to do it. It was so painful. She would absorb their pain and injuries. They would be fine and she would be left wondering if she would survive this time. Addie could have fought back, she was usually very strong, but between the constant use of her powers and the near starvation she faced daily, she was always too weak to fight. Suddenly she saw someone else in the room. She couldn't make out whom he was but he absolutely terrified her. Then Addie realized that he was there to help her ... to save her! -
Just as suddenly as the realization had come to Addie, she woke up.
~Ah know ah'm safe, but where the heck am ah? ~ Addie thought shaking the fog from her brain and trying to open her heavy eyelids.
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Beast tapped lightly on the door of the professor's study. He knew the professor was out of town, but he knew this was Jean's quite early morning reading spot. That was who Henry was looking for.
"Come in Hank" Jean replied to Hank's knock.
"Good morning, Jean. I do not mean to disturb your early morning tranquility", Dr. McCoy apologized, "but I have a situation in the med lab and I believe that you may be of some assistance."
"That's O.K. Hank" Jean assured him, "I was actually just finishing up. What can I do for you?"
Henry McCoy explained the previous night's events to her.
"Hank, Gambit didn't hurt that girl." Jean continued, "I'm not sure exactly what happened but I know for a fact Remy had nothing to do with it."
"Jean", Hank said, "What a relief that is to know. Now if we can only convince a certain Canadian friend of ours that would be a miracle."
"I don't think we'll have a problem" Jean reassured, "but I have a feeling that wasn't the only reason you came to get me."
"You are correct as usual, Jean." Hank told her with a look of concern on his face. "My patient has yet to awaken and I feel it would be helpful to know as much as possible about her."
"Oh" Jean answered understanding Hank's meaning, "So that's what you need me for."
The two friends and teammates headed for the med lab hoping that they could help the young woman.
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Logan sat in the same chair as the previous night. This time he had his head tilted back and was snoring loudly.
- He was dreaming of a young woman, he didn't know who she was. All he knew was she was missing and he loved her dearly. He left the mansion searching everywhere for the woman he loved. He never had told her how much he needed her, how much she meant to him, how much he loved her. He had to find her. Before he could find her he heard Jean's voice calling Logan...Logan. -
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Hank and Jean entered the med lab. Jean turned to look at Logan sleeping in a chair next to the beautiful young woman.
"How long's he been here" the redheaded psychic asked Hank.
"All night," came Beast's reply, "I think he was worried that Gambit might come back and finish, what Logan believed he had started."
"Logan...Logan," Jean called as she gently shook him. "You're going to get a stiff neck"
He woke up rubbing his eyes as he pushed away the dream he just had.
"Naw, I'm O.K. Jeanie." He mumbled. "What are ya doin' here Red?"
"Hank thought I might be able to help the woman that you found" she explained, "I also wanted to let you know that Gambit didn't hurt her."
"I really hope you're right" Logan told her. "But I wanna hear it from the Cajun myself."
Remembering the night before Logan turned and looked at the sleeping girl.
"Is she gonna be O.K.?" he asked Hank.
"Yes, she has healed quite nicely" he assured Wolverine" but for some unknown reason she has yet to awaken, which is why I brought Jean"
Jean walked over to the young woman and placed a hand on either side of the sleeping head. Concentrating, she tried to gently probe her mind. Jean looked up shaking her head.
"I can't seem to get through," Jean explained "It's like there's some sort of mental fog blocking me out. I'm sorry I tried."
Jean had just said this when the topic of their discussion opened her lovely green eyes and stared at the three people standing over her bed.
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Remy came into the house, his jeans and white shirt dirty from working on his Harley. Hungry and covered in oil and grease, Remy headed towards the kitchen.
As he passed the med lab, Gambit heard voices. He peeked in the door and saw Hank, Jean and Logan standing over the girl from the night before.
Now, Gambit remembered everything from the previous night, including the man aptly named Wolverine, slugging him in the head.
~Remy t'inks he gonna hide right here 'till he figures out what's goin' on. I t'ink I need t' know more 'for I face Wolv'rine again~ Gambit thought to himself as he rubbed the knot on his head.
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"Hello dear," said the furry blue man standing over Adalida, "My name is Dr. Henry McCoy. We are glad to finally see you awake. We were wondering though, who you are and what has brought you to the mansion?"
The man's appearance didn't frighten Addie. She hadn't seen many mutants but she felt she knew these people already from the many letters that Marie had sent her. She looked rather odd when healing herself or others. Her green eyes would glow bright enough to literally light up a room. Since she wasn't healing anyone including herself, she knew her eyes looked normal.
"Mah name's Adalida Savannah Phillips" Addie explained sitting up, "An' ah here for two reasons. First, ah came t' pay my respect's t' mah sister, Marie." Everyone stared, shocked, at this piece of information. "An' secondly, mah sister said y'all could help me with mah gift" she spoke barely above a whisper.
"Darlin' I didn't even know Rogue had a sister or even knew who her family was." Logan told her.
"Please Jean," Addie looked at Jean, "If y' wouldn't mind ah have a picture in mah dress pocket can y' bring it here."
Jean nodded as Hank handed her the white cotton dress that had seen better days. She reached into the pocket and pulled out a picture, worn from being handled so much, of Rogue and Remy on their wedding day. Jean turned it over and saw that it was written in Rogue's own handwriting. She read it out loud.
"Dear Addie, I really wish you could have been here on my big day. I hope you like this picture. I'm so happy, Addie, I love Remy so much. Come see us soon. Love always, your big sister, Rogue LeBeau."
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Tears ran down Remy's face. He couldn't believe it. He had almost attacked his own sister-in-law. His precious Marie's own flesh and blood.
"Oh Roguie, please forgive me" he sobbed quietly
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"I had no idea," Jean said almost as quietly as Addie. "Why didn't she ever tell us about you?"
"Ah asked her not t' tell y'all, not even Remy. Ah didn't wanna complicate her life. Ah think she was gonna come see me 'til she got sick, try an' get me t' come back with her. Ah thought, as did mah whole family, that she had died in the Mississippi flood when she was seven and ah was three. One day ah was on-line an' was readin' her story 'bout how she was tryin' t' find her family. Ah sent her an email. We pieced some things together, and t' make a long story short, we realized we were sisters." Addie told them her story in a voice barely audible.
Logan was staring at her and Addie blushed profusely. This was not lost to Jean who decided to take pity on the sweet frightened girl.
"Logan, why don't you go up to the attic and find Adalida something to wear? I helped Remy take some of Marie's things up there last month," Jean asked.
Logan tore his eyes from the pretty girl and looked to Jean." Sure Red", and walked out the door opposite to where Remy was hiding.
"Adalida," continued Jean, "I'm sure the professor can help you, but if you don't mind me asking what exactly is your gift?"
"No Jean ah don't mind a t'all" she assured Jean, "Y'all know about mah healin' factor but it's really only a secondary mutation. Mah primary mutation is healin' others. When ah touch someone they get better an' ah take whatever sickness or injuries they have. Unfortunately ah can't control it, so all a sick or hurt person has t' d' is touch me even if ah don't want 'um t'."
As soon as Adalida said those words any guilt or remorse that Remy felt left. Now, in its place was something totally different.... rage. He burst in the room and came eye to eye with the girl on the bed.
"IF YER A HEALER " he yelled "DEN ANSWER ME SUMPTIN' WHY DE HELL DID Y' NOT EVEN COME HEAL YER OWN SISTER?!!"
Addie looked at the man before her, barely recognizing her brother-in-law. Adalida thought one thing as her world came crashing down around her.
~Ah never shoulda come here~
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That's it for chapter 2 I hope y'all enjoyed it I'll have chapter 3 t' ya ASAP.
Rogue Marie LeBeau
" You don't run out on us so easy! You got no right calling us quits b'fore we've even had a decent chance t' get started!" Rogue to Gambit X-treme X-men #18
~Thought~ -dream-
A Whisper in the Night
Chapter 2: A Stranger No More
By: Rogue Marie LeBeau
Remy woke up stretching to work out the kinks in his neck and shoulders. Fortunately for him the bad headache from the night before was completely gone.
~I guess what Remy need was jus' a good night sleep. Not dat I sleep dat good wit all dem weird dreams an' all. ~
It wasn't the dream about Rogue that was bothering him. No, this one was even more intense.
-He was back home in the bayou and running after something or someone. The fog was so intense. He kept running and running. He knew it was important. No more like urgent, but try as he might Remy never could catch what he was chasing before he woke up-
Due to the intense dreams he was still rather tired. He really didn't want to get up, but he had to go to town to buy a part for his scoot.
Remy stretched some more and headed off to the shower.
~Maybe it make me feel better non? I'm so glad dat I don't have a danger room session dis mornin'~
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There was very little pain from the damage she had received just three or four days ago. A little stiffness, but she recognized that as the after effects of her healing factor kicking in.
~Now if ah could just clear the fog from my brain and figure out where ah'm at, ah'll be fine. ~
She knew what had caused the fog and the confusion.
Adalida known to her friends, who were few, as Addie, had another one of her nightmares. This one was so different from the others.
- Addie's father was doing it again, forcing her to use her powers to heal one of the many boxers he managed. He would tie her down and then all they had to do was touch her. If someone was sick or injured all they have to do was touch her and she had no control over it. Addie didn't want to do it. It was so painful. She would absorb their pain and injuries. They would be fine and she would be left wondering if she would survive this time. Addie could have fought back, she was usually very strong, but between the constant use of her powers and the near starvation she faced daily, she was always too weak to fight. Suddenly she saw someone else in the room. She couldn't make out whom he was but he absolutely terrified her. Then Addie realized that he was there to help her ... to save her! -
Just as suddenly as the realization had come to Addie, she woke up.
~Ah know ah'm safe, but where the heck am ah? ~ Addie thought shaking the fog from her brain and trying to open her heavy eyelids.
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Beast tapped lightly on the door of the professor's study. He knew the professor was out of town, but he knew this was Jean's quite early morning reading spot. That was who Henry was looking for.
"Come in Hank" Jean replied to Hank's knock.
"Good morning, Jean. I do not mean to disturb your early morning tranquility", Dr. McCoy apologized, "but I have a situation in the med lab and I believe that you may be of some assistance."
"That's O.K. Hank" Jean assured him, "I was actually just finishing up. What can I do for you?"
Henry McCoy explained the previous night's events to her.
"Hank, Gambit didn't hurt that girl." Jean continued, "I'm not sure exactly what happened but I know for a fact Remy had nothing to do with it."
"Jean", Hank said, "What a relief that is to know. Now if we can only convince a certain Canadian friend of ours that would be a miracle."
"I don't think we'll have a problem" Jean reassured, "but I have a feeling that wasn't the only reason you came to get me."
"You are correct as usual, Jean." Hank told her with a look of concern on his face. "My patient has yet to awaken and I feel it would be helpful to know as much as possible about her."
"Oh" Jean answered understanding Hank's meaning, "So that's what you need me for."
The two friends and teammates headed for the med lab hoping that they could help the young woman.
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Logan sat in the same chair as the previous night. This time he had his head tilted back and was snoring loudly.
- He was dreaming of a young woman, he didn't know who she was. All he knew was she was missing and he loved her dearly. He left the mansion searching everywhere for the woman he loved. He never had told her how much he needed her, how much she meant to him, how much he loved her. He had to find her. Before he could find her he heard Jean's voice calling Logan...Logan. -
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Hank and Jean entered the med lab. Jean turned to look at Logan sleeping in a chair next to the beautiful young woman.
"How long's he been here" the redheaded psychic asked Hank.
"All night," came Beast's reply, "I think he was worried that Gambit might come back and finish, what Logan believed he had started."
"Logan...Logan," Jean called as she gently shook him. "You're going to get a stiff neck"
He woke up rubbing his eyes as he pushed away the dream he just had.
"Naw, I'm O.K. Jeanie." He mumbled. "What are ya doin' here Red?"
"Hank thought I might be able to help the woman that you found" she explained, "I also wanted to let you know that Gambit didn't hurt her."
"I really hope you're right" Logan told her. "But I wanna hear it from the Cajun myself."
Remembering the night before Logan turned and looked at the sleeping girl.
"Is she gonna be O.K.?" he asked Hank.
"Yes, she has healed quite nicely" he assured Wolverine" but for some unknown reason she has yet to awaken, which is why I brought Jean"
Jean walked over to the young woman and placed a hand on either side of the sleeping head. Concentrating, she tried to gently probe her mind. Jean looked up shaking her head.
"I can't seem to get through," Jean explained "It's like there's some sort of mental fog blocking me out. I'm sorry I tried."
Jean had just said this when the topic of their discussion opened her lovely green eyes and stared at the three people standing over her bed.
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Remy came into the house, his jeans and white shirt dirty from working on his Harley. Hungry and covered in oil and grease, Remy headed towards the kitchen.
As he passed the med lab, Gambit heard voices. He peeked in the door and saw Hank, Jean and Logan standing over the girl from the night before.
Now, Gambit remembered everything from the previous night, including the man aptly named Wolverine, slugging him in the head.
~Remy t'inks he gonna hide right here 'till he figures out what's goin' on. I t'ink I need t' know more 'for I face Wolv'rine again~ Gambit thought to himself as he rubbed the knot on his head.
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"Hello dear," said the furry blue man standing over Adalida, "My name is Dr. Henry McCoy. We are glad to finally see you awake. We were wondering though, who you are and what has brought you to the mansion?"
The man's appearance didn't frighten Addie. She hadn't seen many mutants but she felt she knew these people already from the many letters that Marie had sent her. She looked rather odd when healing herself or others. Her green eyes would glow bright enough to literally light up a room. Since she wasn't healing anyone including herself, she knew her eyes looked normal.
"Mah name's Adalida Savannah Phillips" Addie explained sitting up, "An' ah here for two reasons. First, ah came t' pay my respect's t' mah sister, Marie." Everyone stared, shocked, at this piece of information. "An' secondly, mah sister said y'all could help me with mah gift" she spoke barely above a whisper.
"Darlin' I didn't even know Rogue had a sister or even knew who her family was." Logan told her.
"Please Jean," Addie looked at Jean, "If y' wouldn't mind ah have a picture in mah dress pocket can y' bring it here."
Jean nodded as Hank handed her the white cotton dress that had seen better days. She reached into the pocket and pulled out a picture, worn from being handled so much, of Rogue and Remy on their wedding day. Jean turned it over and saw that it was written in Rogue's own handwriting. She read it out loud.
"Dear Addie, I really wish you could have been here on my big day. I hope you like this picture. I'm so happy, Addie, I love Remy so much. Come see us soon. Love always, your big sister, Rogue LeBeau."
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Tears ran down Remy's face. He couldn't believe it. He had almost attacked his own sister-in-law. His precious Marie's own flesh and blood.
"Oh Roguie, please forgive me" he sobbed quietly
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"I had no idea," Jean said almost as quietly as Addie. "Why didn't she ever tell us about you?"
"Ah asked her not t' tell y'all, not even Remy. Ah didn't wanna complicate her life. Ah think she was gonna come see me 'til she got sick, try an' get me t' come back with her. Ah thought, as did mah whole family, that she had died in the Mississippi flood when she was seven and ah was three. One day ah was on-line an' was readin' her story 'bout how she was tryin' t' find her family. Ah sent her an email. We pieced some things together, and t' make a long story short, we realized we were sisters." Addie told them her story in a voice barely audible.
Logan was staring at her and Addie blushed profusely. This was not lost to Jean who decided to take pity on the sweet frightened girl.
"Logan, why don't you go up to the attic and find Adalida something to wear? I helped Remy take some of Marie's things up there last month," Jean asked.
Logan tore his eyes from the pretty girl and looked to Jean." Sure Red", and walked out the door opposite to where Remy was hiding.
"Adalida," continued Jean, "I'm sure the professor can help you, but if you don't mind me asking what exactly is your gift?"
"No Jean ah don't mind a t'all" she assured Jean, "Y'all know about mah healin' factor but it's really only a secondary mutation. Mah primary mutation is healin' others. When ah touch someone they get better an' ah take whatever sickness or injuries they have. Unfortunately ah can't control it, so all a sick or hurt person has t' d' is touch me even if ah don't want 'um t'."
As soon as Adalida said those words any guilt or remorse that Remy felt left. Now, in its place was something totally different.... rage. He burst in the room and came eye to eye with the girl on the bed.
"IF YER A HEALER " he yelled "DEN ANSWER ME SUMPTIN' WHY DE HELL DID Y' NOT EVEN COME HEAL YER OWN SISTER?!!"
Addie looked at the man before her, barely recognizing her brother-in-law. Adalida thought one thing as her world came crashing down around her.
~Ah never shoulda come here~
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That's it for chapter 2 I hope y'all enjoyed it I'll have chapter 3 t' ya ASAP.
Rogue Marie LeBeau
" You don't run out on us so easy! You got no right calling us quits b'fore we've even had a decent chance t' get started!" Rogue to Gambit X-treme X-men #18