Destiny Always Finds A Way
Chapter Seven- The Unanticipated Fight
After their breathing slowed and their hear rates calmed enough, they neatened up and walked up the stairs, their eyes laughing and her cheeks flaming as she tried not to think of what had come over her an hour before. But when they breezed into the common room their smiles died at the expressions on their teammates faces. "What's wrong?" Rogue asked, brow furrowed. St. John looked at Remy and her, face solemn for once. He knew what had happened just a few days ago and that this would be harder for her than usual. "The X-men are at the border."
Her heart clenched painfully but Remy squeezed her hand and she took a breath, feeling a little better. "Let's go," she said briskly, nodding. A grin broke out on St. John's face, "All right!" She laughed and even Piotr smiled at his behavior. Sometimes it was hard to believe he was as old as he was- at any age. Then a thought crossed her mind, "What about Chase?" Remy thought for a minute, "Remy will haveta see if Michele can still watch 'im." Rogue smiled, "I'll go too." 'To say goodbye.' A voice in her whispered. 'Time is short.'
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Wiping the tears from her eyes, Rogue steeled herself as she later left the base with her three friends and teammates, standing tall- fearsome. Too soon they stood in front of her old group. Jean, Kurt, and Kitty weren't there of course, since she put them into a coma, but neither was Logan and she was glad. Her eyes locked with Remy's and though her heart felt like breaking, they shared a tender smile and his strength filled her- then they picked their opponents. Remy chose Scott and she got Storm while the other two took care of Evan and Amara. As long as she stayed focused she'd be fine.
Storm rose up into the air on the wind and Rogue flew up to face her, forming a shield with Jeans' powers to block a good part of the weather goddess' attack. They the real fight began, both fighting with everything they had, though Rogue didn't have the control she would've liked. She teleported behind Storm and was about to take her down by absorbing her, but the woman moved fast, flinging her away and sending her straight into a power line with a bolt of lightning. Rogue's eye went wide and Remy cried out as something came loose and electricity ran through her with a terrifying force. Helpless, paralyzed, she closed her eyes as the world started to fade in front of her eyes.
"She's coming back, the treatment worked!" an all too familiar shadow voice said. "Thank God, if this hadn't brought her back… nothing would…" another voice replied quietly. Rogue groaned and looked up into the youthful, welcoming, faces of her old teammates. "No!" she whispered. But all she could do was stare out weakly, tears clouding her dark green eyes. 'Remy,' her mind screamed before she blacked out.
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"We lost her again," Scott choked out, sliding into a chair by the medical bed dejectedly. "No, she's just unconscious, but her vital signs are a bit stronger than they were," Doctor McCoy, or Beast, said, relieved. "I can finally reach her mind!" Jean Grey said in joyful triumph. "But what changed? Why couldn't we reach her before?" the team leader asked. Rogue had been in the medical center for about a week since the battle with the Acolytes, and all the time she'd been as if already gone. Jean shrugged with a frown, "I don't know, but it's like she was… somewhere else all this time, too far for even Xavier to reach." Scott sat up, "What do you see this time?" he questioned worriedly.
His girlfriend focused, "Strange images…so many of them, confusing… her mind is a jumble of them. The Acolytes, us, only different- a battle, a baby… and something more… Ouch!" Jean cried, clutching her head as she fell back. "What's wrong?" Scott asked, rushing to her side. "I don't know… she forced me out of her head… her mind is so much stronger… But she's guarding something she won't let me see. It's slipping farther away from her mind, but she's guarding it- reaching for it desperately."
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It seemed all her life lately was a dream, and all she could remember was the waking up- and the remnants of fear, or sorrow, or, in this case, a mixture of unimaginable joy and incredible pain. Everything was swept away except for an invisible love and a name- the urgent need to see Remy. She frowned. Gambit. The voice had told her that it was her choice and Rogue clung to that. "Remy," she whispered out loud, alone in the med lab at Xavier's. She needed to see him, she wanted to see him. She couldn't forget.
She hopped off the table and found some spare clothes. Rogue was herself again. That would mean things were back to normal, Remy was the boy she remembered. Her destiny. She raced through the mansion and out before anyone could stop her, wistfully wishing she had the ability to fly that she had somehow acquired in that other world. Rogue took a look around before she started towards the Acolytes base. "Goin' somewhere, chere?" a silky Cajun voice whispered in her ear. She felt a rush of love, yes, love, and her whole face lighted up- a broad smile forming on her lips. When she finally turned around, though, she managed to hide most of it.
Her eyes took in his beloved face and she felt none of the unease she had with the older Gambit in the place she was in before. He was just right, the time was just right. And she knew what she was feeling now wasn't all his emotion, it was truly hers. "Chére?" Remy asked, hardly daring to believe what his empathic abilities were telling him. Rogue took off the gloves that the X-men had left for her and touched his face softly- feeling no pull. And when his eyes closed and his breathing came faster she felt powerful.
Remy's eyes opened when he realized her powers weren't kicking in, and his face was one of confusion, and hope. "How?" he asked, half wondrous. She just shrugged. "Destiny always finds a way," Rogue said cryptically. As if testing something, he slowly grinned then leaned forward, touching her face gently as he kissed her. "Remy," she breathed. His beautiful red-on-black eyes kindled hearing her say his name. Wanting to know how he felt, what he thought, her lips skimmed his as she concentrated lightly. Then an electrical spark shot through both teens as an unbreakable bond formed between them, so strong it took her breath away- and Remy gave it back to her, gave life back to her.
Rogue knew right then she'd risk anything for him, would give up everything and still feel she got the better deal. Looking into her dazzled emerald eyes, Remy kissed her again, pouring all his emotion into it. "Tu es le mien," he said huskily. She smiled and felt almost a sense of déjà vu. And the words came to her. "Toujours para siempre." Always and forever.
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Miles away, the mutant called Destiny smiled at what she "saw". With him by her side the horror she had foreseen would never be able to come to fruition, and the future was brighter than ever. For all of them.
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That's all folks, the last chapter. Hope ya'll aren't disappointed. I might do a sequel if I can get some ideas on what to put in it.
