Disclaimer: See chapter 1.

Um this thing is set just after Rogue leaves the nightclub and meets up with Lance.

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Rogue got up from the table and left the cop to herself.

"Hey Roguey s'up?", Lance whispered, giving Rogue a swift hug in greeting.

"See short and innocent over there? She's a copper", Rogue replied softly, "Think she's spying on us?"

"Well we've gotta go, 'Crawler needs to talk to us", Lance said. Rogue nodded and followed her tall friend out of the club.

"What's been up since ah bailed?", Rogue asked, wrapping her arms around herself.

"Not much, we were kinda slow this week, but I take it you heard about the solicitor?", Lance replied.

"How could ah miss it?", Rogue shrugged, "Oh yeah, upgraded my 'top, ah can connect to the Internet for free, all hours"

"Wicked", Lance smirked.

They dodged into an alleyway and walked for about 1000 metres. Lance quickly checked the alleyway and knocked 3 times on the door, waited for 6 seconds then knocked 2 more times. The door opened and a teenager with dark, blue hair was stood there. His hair reached his shoulders and stuck up on the top. He was dressed in a brown waistcoat and green jeans.

"S'up 'Crawler?", Lance asked, "Gonna let us in it's freezing"

"Ya sorry Lance", the boy replied, stepping aside, "Hello Rogue"

"Hiya Kurtty boy, ah'm back", Rogue grinned at him as she strolled in the door.

A dark-skinned, young adult was skateboarding on the teams mini half pipe,

"Rog..umff!!", he called tumbling off his skateboard.

"Yo Evan, keep practising", Rogue grinned giving him a thumbs up.

"Hiya Ravvy", Lance shouted. A tall woman with reddy orange hair was busy scribbling down costs and other details in her notebook. She was dressed in a white dress with a skull and crossbone necklace.

"Hello Lance, I thought you would have remembered by now, my name is Raven", she sighed angrily.

"Okay", Lance grinned. He grabbed an apple from a shelf and began to munch on it. Raven sighed in defeat and went back to her paper work.

"Hey mum, ah'm back", Rogue grinned. Raven gave her daughter a loving smile before handing her a book.

"Friend of yours, Risty told me to give it to you", Raven said looking back at her notepad. Rogue frowned and pocketed the small, red book. She hadn't seen Risty for the last few weeks, what did she need now? Kurt jogged up beside Rogue and pulled her laptop out of her hand.

"Hey give that back!", Rogue exclaimed, grabbing at her laptop.

"Catch me virst sis", Kurt teased jogging away from her.

"Ah swear if you break it ah'll kill ya", Rogue said making a lunge at Kurt. Kurt ducked and scuttled over to the half-pipe. Rogue growled in annoyance and grabbed her own skateboard. She hopped onto it and sped towards Kurt. Kurt spun away from her only to find that she'd make a hasty swerve and was beside him. Rogue grabbed her laptop and hopped off her skateboard.

"Keep trying amateur", she teased as Kurt stared at her open mouthed.

"Vhere did you learn to do zat?", Kurt demanded.

"Try Boarder Boy over there", Rogue grinned pointing at Evan.

"Acckk! I vink I really need to start skateboarding again", Kurt groaned.

"You got it Kurty boy, you're way to slow", Lance grinned, throwing his applecore across the room.

"Raven, any ideas when Todd and my aunt are coming back", Evan called, readjusting the wheels on his skateboard.

"Uh yeah, sometime tomorrow afternoon", Raven replied.

"Any ideas when ninja's comin' back", Lance said.

"Not a clue, you know her, disappears then reappears 7 weeks later", Raven shrugged, "We seriously need to get to work, we've lost £687 in the last 2 weeks. We're £504 pounds in debt"

"Don't worry as soon as my Aunt gets back with the powder we can start selling, and Kurt and Todd can go and make some illegal cash in the way of stealing it", Evan grinned.

"Plus, no more phone or internet bills, fixed mah computor so it doesn't cost anythin' to go online", Rogue said. There was a knock at the door, but as it wasn't the gang's code they ignored it. The knocking persisted. Lance looked at his watch and then at Raven.

"Rogue check the door will ya?", he said. Rogue nodded and went to the door, she lifted a flap and looked out. It was Risty. Fiddling with the bolts Rogue eventually got the door open.

"Hi", She greeted, flashing her friend a cheeky smile.

"Hey you're back, no-one told me", Risty grinned.

"Yeah well I only just arrived", Rogue explained, "You know what the airlines are like", she glanced back at Lance and the others. They were busy with something else.

"Well were yah lookin' for me?", Rogue asked.

"Who else would I be knocking on this door to talk to?", Risty asked.

"Ummmmmm, Kurt?", Rogue suggested.

"Doubt it", Risty smirked, "So ya comin' or what?"

"Ah'm comin' keep yah wig on", Rogue teased stepping out into the freezing, cold night again.

"So what's on yah mind?", Rogue asked walking beside Risty, "What on earth would cause yah to come out in this"

"Aw what's the matter Roguey, cold?", Risty grinned.

"Haha very funny, in case you haven't noticed it's bloody freezing out here", Rogue grumbled. Risty kicked at a stone in the guttering and fell silent. Rogue frowned and gently nudged her.

"Uh helllloooo??", Rogue said.

"Sorry day dreaming", Risty said snapping out of it.

"Night dreaming don't you mean?", Rogue commented.

"Alright miss technical", Risty grinned.

"Look you dragged me out in this, what the hell for?", Rogue asked, "It's not like there's a major catastrophe going on at the moment."

"Just wondering if you were alright really, I haven't seen you in what 3 weeks", Risty replied.

"Oh so you were what.... Worried about me?", Rogue grinned.

"Yeah you could say that", Risty sighed.

"Or were you just lonely?", Rogue teased, pushing Risty softly so she stumbled a little.

"Bit of both really, not many people talk to you when you're a goth", Risty said.

"Ah've told yah, join the gang, we need someone else really", Rogue said, "It's not like you have a job, no offence or anything".

"Yeah well REBEL.9.X isn't as snappy is it?", Risty replied.

"Could be ah dunno, we just called it whatever we could", Rogue shrugged.

"Can I ask you something?", Risty asked, a slight twinge of nervousness in her voice.

"Go ahead, what yah got to lose?", Rogue grinned.

"What's your real name? I mean, obviously your mum and dad didn't name you Rogue, well they might've but I don't think so", Risty asked. Rogue stopped walking and thought about it for a while.

"Ah don't actually know, Ah'll ask Raven, they must've told her when she adopted me", she replied.

"Oh, sorry, forget I asked it, stupid question anyhow", Risty said hurriedly.

"Hey yah can't back out of it now, you started it, now ah won't be able to sleep until I find the answer", Rogue protested.

"Wanna head back?", Risty asked.

"No way, we've only been out here for a few minutes, don't get embarrassed 'cause yah asked me a question", Rogue replied. Risty hesitated for a few seconds before relenting and following Rogue.

"Where we goin'?", she asked.

"Dunno, wanna go joy riding?", Rogue smirked.

"What?!?", Risty demanded.

"Hey cool it ah was kiddin', yah don't think ah'd do that do yah?", Rogue asked.

"Wouldn't put it past you", Risty mumbled blushing a little.

"Ah'm hurt, yah can be so mean to me", Rogue said, faking hurt.

"Sorry", Risty said going brighter red.

"Hey yah go much redder an' someone'll mistake yah for a tomato", Rogue teased, "It'll be a case av, can ah have that juicy lattle veg."

They walked in silence for a few minutes before Risty stopped walking and leant against a nearby stone wall.

"Hey! What yah doin' now? Going ta sleep?", Rogue asked.

"Thinking", Risty replied, not even looking at Rogue.

"Huh that's new for you isn't it? What about?", Rogue asked.

"Everything really", Risty replied, still not looking at Rogue.

"Name one thing", Rogue dared, she didn't like it when Risty went quiet.

"Are you and Lance...... An item", Risty asked.

"Me........ and Lance?", Rogue laughed.

"Yeah I'm serious", Risty said, finally lifting her head to look at Rogue.

"Nah, he's like a big brother to me", Rogue replied, "Ah can't be in love with mah brother can ah?"

"Well are you with Evan or Todd then?", Risty asked.

"Nope, they're like my brother's too, why you asking all these questions?", Rogue asked.

"It doesn't matter, guess I just went loopy", Risty shrugged trying to avoid the question.

"No, yah don't just ask questions like that for no reason", Rogue insisted.

"I told you, it's nothing", Risty snapped angrily.

"Hey watch it! Yah started asking me personal questions, ah think ah've got a right to know why", Rogue said.

"Shut up, and stay the hell out of my business, I've got my reasons for asking you those questions, and it's my business", Risty growled. Then she stormed off leaving a hurt and confused Rogue to stare after her.

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Okay I've gotta clear up a few things here. 1. Sorry it took ages to upload this chap. 2. If I can remember correctly in the series Risty is Mystique/Raven morphed, in mine she's her own person. O.K?