Because So Much Was Left Unsaid

"Wait, back up," Logan held up his hands as he talked to the students that had been left behind. "What's this about Rogue and Kurt?"

"Kurt was trying to get Rogue to change Mystique back by using her powers," Bobby told him. "But Rogue ended up destroying Mystique instead!"

"Yeah she went ballistic!" Ray said. "She shoved her off a cliff!"

"Oh god no…" Jean went pale.

"Where are they now?" Xavier asked.

"Rogue's up in her room and Kurt's in his," Bobby said.

"I'll go talk to Kurt," Xavier sighed.

"I'll get Stripes," Logan sighed. "But how did the Elf think that she could change Mystique back?"

"Well Kurt contacted Agatha Harkness, Wanda's tutor," Bobby explained. "She said that if Rogue absorbed her mutation for a second she could revert back to her old self."

"Oh," Logan sighed. He went to her room but found someone was already there.

"How could you do that to Kurt?" Ororo asked. Rogue was on her bed pretending not to care.

"ME?" She snapped back. "What about what that witch did to us? She's lied to us, used us, and nearly killed us a dozen times and you're saying that I shouldn't have done what I did? She was a monster Ororo! A monster and I'm glad she's dead! Do you hear me? Glad!"

"Then I hope you can live with what you've done," Ororo said sternly.

"As long as she doesn't have to live period I can deal with it!" Rogue said.

"How can you be so cold about…" Ororo snapped.

"Hey hold it Storm!" Logan said. "Will you take it easy on the kid?"

"She murdered Mystique!" Ororo shouted. "What do you want me to do Logan, throw her a parade?"

"Considering this is Mystique we're talking about a lot of people are celebrating," Logan snapped.

"Including you?" Ororo shouted at him.

"Well if anyone should have offed her it should have been one of us!" Logan snapped back. "Instead of forcing her to deal with it! Besides for all we know she was probably already dead!"

"If you two are gonna argue could you at least do it outside of my room?" Rogue snapped.

"Look why don't you let me talk to her, okay?" Logan asked.

"Why are you gonna give her tips on how to bump people off?" Amara poked her head in the room.

"Yeah and maybe I'll start with you!" Rogue got up and threw a pillow at her.

"Rogue! Amara!" Ororo groaned. "I'll get her!" She left the room.

"AGGGGHHH!" Rogue flopped back on the bed. "WHY CAN'T EVERYBODY JUST LEAVE ME ALONE?"

"Well you're certainly off to a good start," Logan sighed. "It didn't help did it?"

"What? Killing Mystique? Yes it did!" Rogue muttered. "For five seconds."

"Rogue this is our fault," Logan sighed. "You should have never been forced into that situation."

"So it's Kurt's fault?" Rogue asked.

"I think that this is one of those situations where there's plenty of blame to go around," Logan sighed.

"I just want it to stop," Rogue sighed. "I can't take it anymore! You can only use a person so many times!"

"So she pushed you, you pushed back," Logan said.

"You bet I did," Rogue said. "I couldn't take her hurting us anymore."

"Us?" Logan said.

"Kurt, me, Scott, the Professor…" Rogue said. "What you want me to go through the whole list? She even tried to blow up the others for no reason! Why would she want to do something like that?"

Logan was silent. Rogue kept talking. "Okay, let's say for the sake of argument that I did help her and she was brought back to life," Rogue continued. "Would that have really made everything all right? She was going to continue to ruin our lives like she did before! No, I'm sorry I hurt Kurt but in the long run I did the right thing!"

"I hate to say this kid but…" Logan sighed. "I agree…"

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"How could she do this?" Kurt howled.

"Kurt calm down," Xavier said. Jean and Tabitha were with him.

"Calm down? After what Rogue did you have the gall to tell me to calm down?" Kurt shouted.

"Knock it off Kurt," Tabitha said. "The Prof's just trying to help which is more than what you've done for Rogue lately!"

"What?" Kurt glared at her.

"Well you gotta admit Kurt you were kind of pushing it," Tabitha said. "You knew how Rogue felt about Mystique yet you kept prodding her! No wonder she went ballistic!"

"What you're saying this is my fault?" Kurt gasped.

"In a way yes," Tabitha said. "Sort of."

"I do not believe this!" Kurt shouted. "Rogue killed our mother and you're on her side!"

"No one is on anyone's side," Xavier tried to diffuse the situation.

"That's not how it seems to me! Nobody in this house gives a damn about how I feel!" Kurt shouted. "But Rogue, oh yeah you all bend over backwards to protect her feelings! Which she doesn't have!"

"That's not true Kurt," Jean said. "She shouldn't have destroyed that statue in front of you."

"Statue?" Kurt snapped. "That statue was my mother! Our mother! You don't believe it was alive either do you?"

"Face it Blue she was already dead!" Tabitha snapped. "Mystique was beyond hope in all senses of the word! Trust me, your sister did us a favor!"

"She's no sister of mine," Kurt hissed before he teleported.

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