Rouge began to rock back and forth, her eyes closed and her hands holding
her head.
"What did you see professor?" asked Storm.
The professor sighed and began to wheel himself out the room.
Scott and Storm followed leaving Kurt alone with his sister.
"I saw a complete and utter breakdown." said the professor.
"But why?" asked Scott.
"Scott, Rouge has had a disturbed life but what has hurt her most is her lack of male touch. What I saw was a side of rouge that was on the edge, ready to hurt herself in any way for any reason. The thing that had made her jump in her thoughts though was you," said the professor.
"Me? Why me?" asked Scott looking shocked.
"Well to be more specific you and Jean." said the professor.
"Oh I understand." said Storm.
"Well would someone please explain it to me?" asked Scott getting frustrated.
"Rouge likes you Scott. But you being with Jean is pushing her over the edge." said Storm simply.
" I never knew that," said Scott.
"Yes well, you can't read minds can u?" asked Storm.
"Scott the only way rouge can get through this is if she can suppress it with the help of close friends. I would like to ask you help her Scott, but I'm not sure it's a good idea," said the professor.
Storm looked into the medical room where Kurt was trying to calm Rouge down.
The professor wheeled himself back into the room with storm close behind.
Scott stood in the corridor not knowing what to do. He turned to look into the medical room where Rouge was being comforted by Kurt, Storm and the professor. He loved Jean. Yes that maybe true but he loved Rouge more than ever. He felt she needed him. Like he needed her and avoiding her because of her feelings didn't make him feel better.
Suddenly his idea reappeared in his head and he walked to Forge's Lab near Cerebro.
Forge was inside making repairs to the security system after a visit from Magneto.
"Hey Forge can I talk to you for a sec?" asked Scott his hands in his pockets.
"Sure. Just need to finish this fuse." said Forge as he fixed the fuse and put down the blowtorch he was holding.
Scott edged into the room feeling slightly out of place.
Ever since the incident at the Sadie Hawkins Dance, he tried to steer clear of Forge.
"So what's up Scott? You blow up your alarm clock again?" asked Forge taking off the mask he'd been using and walking towards Scott.
"Actually it's this." said Scott showing Forge his broken watch that Spike had run over with his skateboard.
"Hey no problem." smiled Forge taking the watch off Scott and walking over to a workbench which he pushed some tools aside on.
"So Forge, got any new projects on the go?" asked Scott sitting on a stool while he waited.
"Na not really. Just the odd fixture here and there," grinned Forge taking off the lenses, "why did you have something in mind?"
"Er you could say that," said Scott nervously.
"Come on Scott. It would have to be important for you to want my help after what happened." smiled Forge with a faint joke.
Scott laughed nervously.
Forge left the watch on the bench and turned to face Scott.
"Well, see Rouge's got this..." sad Scott before Forge jumped in.
"You want something so you can touch Rouge?" asked Forge hoisting him self upon to the workbench and sitting looking curiously at Scott.
"Kind of." said Scott nervously.
"I thought you went out with Jean," said Forge uncertainly.
"Well I do. Its just Rouge's having a nervous breakdown and I want to try and reassure her." said Scott.
"What is this break down anyway?" asked Forge.
"Well see she's having a breakdown because of her lack of male touch. So I thought if I touched her and nothing happened she'd see that it was nothing to stress out about," explained Scott.
"I guess I could try and make something, " sighed Forge, "got anything special in mind?"
"Not really. Just something so I can't be effected by her power." said Scott.
"Oh K. but you realise your watch will have to be put off. Actually, that gives me an idea." said Forge.
"Really? What idea?" asked Scott.
"I could change the mechanics of the watch to protect you from rouge. I'll have to make some thing for rouge too. A necklace maybe or a ring." said Forge.
"Good you get started and I'll go get Kurt to help." said Scott getting up from his stool.
"Scott, try and get one of rouge's rings. I need to use the right size," said Forge who was already beginning with his watch.
"Sure." said Scott before he walked out the lab.
He walked to the medical room to see Kurt alone with Rouge. Her gloves had been removed along with her rings and she was dressed in her nightshirt. Her eyes were closed but she was shaking violently.
"Hey Kurt how's she doing?" asked Scott from the doorway.
"Not so good man. The professor just told me to stay here vith her to make sure she vas ok." said Kurt.
"Think I could have one of her rings? I'm just doing a project on ring sizes for er metal shop," said Scott.
"Sure Scott. Here, take her thumb one it needs a good polish," said Kurt picking up the ring nearest to him and passing it to Scott.
"Thanks. I'll bring it back when I'm done." said Scott putting the ring in his pocket and leaving the room.
He went back to Forge's lab where Forge was working on adjusting his watch's mechanics.
"I got the ring," said Scott throwing and catching rogues silver thumb ring. It was covered in smug marks and fingerprints.
Forge looked up from where his metal arm was fiddling with the mechanics in the watch.
"Great just leave it on that bench." said Forge while his arm continued to work. "What? I thought I was helping," said Scott putting the ring down on the bench and sitting next to it.
"Come on Scott! I'm the dude with the metal arm here. I'll give you it when I'm done." said Forge.
Scott sighed.
"Just call if you need me OK?" asked Scott jumping down from the bench and walking towards the doorway.
"Will do. Actually could you do me a favour?" asked Forge his flesh plates back over his mechanical arm.
"Sure what?" asked Scott.
"Could you get hold of a set of magnets for me?" asked Forge.
"What for?" said Scott not understanding Forge.
"See here's the thing. If I get two magnets with separate poles and add one to your watch and the other to rogues ring, it might help you touch her for a short amount of time." explained Forge.
"Great." said Scott.
"However the theory hasn't been tested, so it would have to be tested before hand." said Forge.
"What ever. You want micro scopic sized magnet?" asked Scott.
"As close as you can get." said Forge.
"Ok I'll go see what I can get from Mr McCoy," said Scott leaving the room.
"What did you see professor?" asked Storm.
The professor sighed and began to wheel himself out the room.
Scott and Storm followed leaving Kurt alone with his sister.
"I saw a complete and utter breakdown." said the professor.
"But why?" asked Scott.
"Scott, Rouge has had a disturbed life but what has hurt her most is her lack of male touch. What I saw was a side of rouge that was on the edge, ready to hurt herself in any way for any reason. The thing that had made her jump in her thoughts though was you," said the professor.
"Me? Why me?" asked Scott looking shocked.
"Well to be more specific you and Jean." said the professor.
"Oh I understand." said Storm.
"Well would someone please explain it to me?" asked Scott getting frustrated.
"Rouge likes you Scott. But you being with Jean is pushing her over the edge." said Storm simply.
" I never knew that," said Scott.
"Yes well, you can't read minds can u?" asked Storm.
"Scott the only way rouge can get through this is if she can suppress it with the help of close friends. I would like to ask you help her Scott, but I'm not sure it's a good idea," said the professor.
Storm looked into the medical room where Kurt was trying to calm Rouge down.
The professor wheeled himself back into the room with storm close behind.
Scott stood in the corridor not knowing what to do. He turned to look into the medical room where Rouge was being comforted by Kurt, Storm and the professor. He loved Jean. Yes that maybe true but he loved Rouge more than ever. He felt she needed him. Like he needed her and avoiding her because of her feelings didn't make him feel better.
Suddenly his idea reappeared in his head and he walked to Forge's Lab near Cerebro.
Forge was inside making repairs to the security system after a visit from Magneto.
"Hey Forge can I talk to you for a sec?" asked Scott his hands in his pockets.
"Sure. Just need to finish this fuse." said Forge as he fixed the fuse and put down the blowtorch he was holding.
Scott edged into the room feeling slightly out of place.
Ever since the incident at the Sadie Hawkins Dance, he tried to steer clear of Forge.
"So what's up Scott? You blow up your alarm clock again?" asked Forge taking off the mask he'd been using and walking towards Scott.
"Actually it's this." said Scott showing Forge his broken watch that Spike had run over with his skateboard.
"Hey no problem." smiled Forge taking the watch off Scott and walking over to a workbench which he pushed some tools aside on.
"So Forge, got any new projects on the go?" asked Scott sitting on a stool while he waited.
"Na not really. Just the odd fixture here and there," grinned Forge taking off the lenses, "why did you have something in mind?"
"Er you could say that," said Scott nervously.
"Come on Scott. It would have to be important for you to want my help after what happened." smiled Forge with a faint joke.
Scott laughed nervously.
Forge left the watch on the bench and turned to face Scott.
"Well, see Rouge's got this..." sad Scott before Forge jumped in.
"You want something so you can touch Rouge?" asked Forge hoisting him self upon to the workbench and sitting looking curiously at Scott.
"Kind of." said Scott nervously.
"I thought you went out with Jean," said Forge uncertainly.
"Well I do. Its just Rouge's having a nervous breakdown and I want to try and reassure her." said Scott.
"What is this break down anyway?" asked Forge.
"Well see she's having a breakdown because of her lack of male touch. So I thought if I touched her and nothing happened she'd see that it was nothing to stress out about," explained Scott.
"I guess I could try and make something, " sighed Forge, "got anything special in mind?"
"Not really. Just something so I can't be effected by her power." said Scott.
"Oh K. but you realise your watch will have to be put off. Actually, that gives me an idea." said Forge.
"Really? What idea?" asked Scott.
"I could change the mechanics of the watch to protect you from rouge. I'll have to make some thing for rouge too. A necklace maybe or a ring." said Forge.
"Good you get started and I'll go get Kurt to help." said Scott getting up from his stool.
"Scott, try and get one of rouge's rings. I need to use the right size," said Forge who was already beginning with his watch.
"Sure." said Scott before he walked out the lab.
He walked to the medical room to see Kurt alone with Rouge. Her gloves had been removed along with her rings and she was dressed in her nightshirt. Her eyes were closed but she was shaking violently.
"Hey Kurt how's she doing?" asked Scott from the doorway.
"Not so good man. The professor just told me to stay here vith her to make sure she vas ok." said Kurt.
"Think I could have one of her rings? I'm just doing a project on ring sizes for er metal shop," said Scott.
"Sure Scott. Here, take her thumb one it needs a good polish," said Kurt picking up the ring nearest to him and passing it to Scott.
"Thanks. I'll bring it back when I'm done." said Scott putting the ring in his pocket and leaving the room.
He went back to Forge's lab where Forge was working on adjusting his watch's mechanics.
"I got the ring," said Scott throwing and catching rogues silver thumb ring. It was covered in smug marks and fingerprints.
Forge looked up from where his metal arm was fiddling with the mechanics in the watch.
"Great just leave it on that bench." said Forge while his arm continued to work. "What? I thought I was helping," said Scott putting the ring down on the bench and sitting next to it.
"Come on Scott! I'm the dude with the metal arm here. I'll give you it when I'm done." said Forge.
Scott sighed.
"Just call if you need me OK?" asked Scott jumping down from the bench and walking towards the doorway.
"Will do. Actually could you do me a favour?" asked Forge his flesh plates back over his mechanical arm.
"Sure what?" asked Scott.
"Could you get hold of a set of magnets for me?" asked Forge.
"What for?" said Scott not understanding Forge.
"See here's the thing. If I get two magnets with separate poles and add one to your watch and the other to rogues ring, it might help you touch her for a short amount of time." explained Forge.
"Great." said Scott.
"However the theory hasn't been tested, so it would have to be tested before hand." said Forge.
"What ever. You want micro scopic sized magnet?" asked Scott.
"As close as you can get." said Forge.
"Ok I'll go see what I can get from Mr McCoy," said Scott leaving the room.
