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Of Fire and Ice
Author: Flame
Archive: Yes
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Now that John has left with Magneto, Bobby is determined to make him come back. But attacks on the mansion and gangs of mutants are obstacles in his path.
(NOT a romance)(Incomplete)
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Chapter 20
Farewell
Drip... Drop
Drip... Drop
The only sound that filled the small cell was that. The dripping of water from above. It had at least three hours since Rogue and Bobby had their argument. She had fallen asleep on the blankets. She seemed to turn a lot in her sleep. She had a worried look on her face that just didn't go away.
"Mommy...," she whispered. "No..."
What was she talking about? That was the true question right now. Her hands were doing something weird. She seemed to be holding something that wasn't there... and she was miming opening it... seemingly stroking it with one snap of her thumb, and then slapping whatever shut with the other hand. It was like... like... a lighter. She was John... she told him she had gained his memories from people she touched. Maybe these memories were more. Maybe they became part of her. Maybe she was officially these people. These people... so was there still a Rogue?
"Rogue?" Bobby whispered. "Wake up."
She didn't.
"Rogue!" Bobby replied shaking her. "C'mon. Wake up."
Her eyes snapped open and she sat up quickly, breathing deeply. She looked at Bobby and frowned.
"Trying to do something?" She asked.
"No," Bobby replied, and he was about to start asking her questions, but he chose not to. She would probably deny it.
Bobby stood up and walked to the opposite wall again. It was his new place. He was about to sit down again when there was a tap at the iron bars. Bobby turned to see Blink.
"Blink!" Bobby whispered. "Are you going to get us out?"
"No," she replied. "I... I can't."
"Why not?" Bobby asked, grabbing onto the iron bars between them.
"Callisto will know it's me and who knows what she would do to me," she replied.
"So...," Bobby asked her. "What will they do to us?"
"I don't know," she replied. "The last people they captured that Callisto didn't approve of disappeared. We're not sure if she wiped them out or if they escaped."
Bobby turned and leaned his back on the iron bars. Was he going to die?
Rogue looked worried as well. She was still sitting on the blankets. Then it hit him... Bobby had an idea.
"Hey, can you take her?" Bobby asked, turning and facing Blink.
"I already told you, she wou...," she started,
"No, listen!" Bobby interrupted. "She doesn't know what Rogue's power is. So... we could...," but this time Blink interrupted him.
"... lie and say that she could let herself out of the cell!" She replied smiling. "But what would we say?"
"We can't say she can pass through walls or teleport, or she would have escaped earlier," he told her.
"We can tell them I can turn into animals! And then say I turned into a fly or something and escaped!" Rogue replied, running to the bars happily.
"And then Blink, you come back and demand to know where I am, and report Rogue missing and stuff," Bobby said, adding on to the idea pool.
"Wouldn't that look suspicious?" Blink asked.
"Not...," Bobby replied hesitantly. "Not if you use violence."
"If that's what you want," Blink replied. "Let's go."
She blinked through the bars.
"What about Bobby's alibi?" Rogue asked.
"I'm not coming," Bobby told her.
"No way," she told them, backing away from Blink. "I'm not leaving you."
"It'll be okay," he told her. "I'll be fine. I'll get out."
"C'mon," Blink told her holding out her hand. "We don't have long."
Rogue was hesitant, but she complied. She reached for Blink's hand with her gloved one, but stopped right before they made touch.
"Bobby," she called. "One more thing. Leave John alone. I don't know most of the details... but I don't think you should get mixed with that."
Blink made the contact because she was in a hurry, and in a blink, they were gone. Now all Bobby had to do was wait... but for what. He didn't know.
Of Fire and Ice
Author: Flame
Archive: Yes
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Now that John has left with Magneto, Bobby is determined to make him come back. But attacks on the mansion and gangs of mutants are obstacles in his path.
(NOT a romance)(Incomplete)
)-()()()()()()()()()()()-(
Chapter 20
Farewell
Drip... Drop
Drip... Drop
The only sound that filled the small cell was that. The dripping of water from above. It had at least three hours since Rogue and Bobby had their argument. She had fallen asleep on the blankets. She seemed to turn a lot in her sleep. She had a worried look on her face that just didn't go away.
"Mommy...," she whispered. "No..."
What was she talking about? That was the true question right now. Her hands were doing something weird. She seemed to be holding something that wasn't there... and she was miming opening it... seemingly stroking it with one snap of her thumb, and then slapping whatever shut with the other hand. It was like... like... a lighter. She was John... she told him she had gained his memories from people she touched. Maybe these memories were more. Maybe they became part of her. Maybe she was officially these people. These people... so was there still a Rogue?
"Rogue?" Bobby whispered. "Wake up."
She didn't.
"Rogue!" Bobby replied shaking her. "C'mon. Wake up."
Her eyes snapped open and she sat up quickly, breathing deeply. She looked at Bobby and frowned.
"Trying to do something?" She asked.
"No," Bobby replied, and he was about to start asking her questions, but he chose not to. She would probably deny it.
Bobby stood up and walked to the opposite wall again. It was his new place. He was about to sit down again when there was a tap at the iron bars. Bobby turned to see Blink.
"Blink!" Bobby whispered. "Are you going to get us out?"
"No," she replied. "I... I can't."
"Why not?" Bobby asked, grabbing onto the iron bars between them.
"Callisto will know it's me and who knows what she would do to me," she replied.
"So...," Bobby asked her. "What will they do to us?"
"I don't know," she replied. "The last people they captured that Callisto didn't approve of disappeared. We're not sure if she wiped them out or if they escaped."
Bobby turned and leaned his back on the iron bars. Was he going to die?
Rogue looked worried as well. She was still sitting on the blankets. Then it hit him... Bobby had an idea.
"Hey, can you take her?" Bobby asked, turning and facing Blink.
"I already told you, she wou...," she started,
"No, listen!" Bobby interrupted. "She doesn't know what Rogue's power is. So... we could...," but this time Blink interrupted him.
"... lie and say that she could let herself out of the cell!" She replied smiling. "But what would we say?"
"We can't say she can pass through walls or teleport, or she would have escaped earlier," he told her.
"We can tell them I can turn into animals! And then say I turned into a fly or something and escaped!" Rogue replied, running to the bars happily.
"And then Blink, you come back and demand to know where I am, and report Rogue missing and stuff," Bobby said, adding on to the idea pool.
"Wouldn't that look suspicious?" Blink asked.
"Not...," Bobby replied hesitantly. "Not if you use violence."
"If that's what you want," Blink replied. "Let's go."
She blinked through the bars.
"What about Bobby's alibi?" Rogue asked.
"I'm not coming," Bobby told her.
"No way," she told them, backing away from Blink. "I'm not leaving you."
"It'll be okay," he told her. "I'll be fine. I'll get out."
"C'mon," Blink told her holding out her hand. "We don't have long."
Rogue was hesitant, but she complied. She reached for Blink's hand with her gloved one, but stopped right before they made touch.
"Bobby," she called. "One more thing. Leave John alone. I don't know most of the details... but I don't think you should get mixed with that."
Blink made the contact because she was in a hurry, and in a blink, they were gone. Now all Bobby had to do was wait... but for what. He didn't know.