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"Oh great." Gambit muttered at the woman. "Fille, we not be humans. An' y' know 'dat we can 'ndeed take y' out so let us be." Logan shot him a look. Jubilee grinned. Rogue just glanced up. Beads of sweat popped out around her forehead. He shrugged. "What?"
"Right. You stupid dolt. If you haven't guessed, I, too, am a mutant." Just about everyone raised a brow. Rogue solemnly nodded. Trask had known she was a mutant yet still let her work for him.
"An' what's yoah powah, sugah?" Rogue stood up, groping the wall. "The powah of stupidity? Remy, Jus' throw somethin' charged at her an' let's go."
The woman laughed. "As if you could—"
Rogue grabbed the collar of her shirt and lifted her up by it. The woman let out choking noises, both of surprise and fear. She hadn't expected this. The girl could barely stand but here she was lifting someone six inches off the ground. "Why don't yah jus' leave us alone already?" Rogue stared at her straight into her eyes. Her eyes, once again, looked cold and angry. Full of furious emotion.
"Rogue—" Gambit put his hand on her shoulder. "Jus' put 'de girl down. We can find somethin' better t' do wit' her, non?" Rogue sighed, and then dropped her. She stumbled to her feet but before opened her mouth, Rogue's fist stopped it. She fell back and just laid on the ground, possibly knocked out.
"Ah found somethin' bettah ta do with her." Rogue turned and gave Gambit a small smile. He raised a brow. Well, It was something else.
"Let's go get the others." Amara yawned, stretching out her arms. Bobby put his arm around her waist. Jamie gave another eye roll and looked at Jubilee who shifted weight on one leg to another.
"Jus' follow meh."
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"Do you have any idea where the Professor is?" Jean asked as Logan helped Scott to his feet. Rogue searched the memories in her head. "Well?"
"Ah'm tryin'." Rogue snapped, raising her fist. Gambit placed one hand on her fist and the other on her other arm, which had the white cast on it.
"Don' get frustrated." He whispered into her ear. "Take yo time." Her arm fell down limply.
"Ah'm sorrah it's jus' that Trask's hatred foh mutants is still in mah head."
"I could go through the memories in your head." Jean offered, rubbing her side. Rogue stared at her. Jean actually thought she could survive in Rogue's head?
"Sugah, Ah can barely survive in mah head an' yah think yah can? Yoah powahs ain't that strong." Rogue closed her eyes and thought carefully. Out of all the memories scattered around in her head one would tell her where Xavier was being kept. She searched deeper and deeper. Before she knew it she was surrounded by darkness. She could feel the memory trying to reach her. It seemed like she was in a tunnel of some sort. Mind tunnel. She stared off into the black until something caught her eyes. The light.
In this case, there always was a light at the end of every tunnel.
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Rogue opened her eyes and blinked when she realized she was staring up at Gambit. Wait— Up? She reached up and touched his cheek. Something inside of her wanted to squash his cute little face and put his head on a plaque. He smiled at her; unaware of her thoughts.
"Y' faint'd."
She ignored him. "Ah know where the professah is."
Rogue tensed up as she felt Jean trying to get inside her head. She leaped to her feet. "Stay outtah mah head unless yah want ta be permanently trapped in there."
"I was just trying to see if—"
Once again, She felt the red head trying to get inside. She lunged at her, grabbed a hold of her shirt and pulled her up. "What part of stay outtah mah head don'chya undahstand, Red!?"
"Merde." Gambit exhaled. Rogue and Jean were up at least three feet in the air and it wasn't Jean's powers that kept them in the air.
"Stripes." Logan warned. Rogue blinked realizing what she was doing. Then they both fell to the ground. Logan then looked around. "Where's Mystique?"
"T' hell wit' 'er." Gambit snapped. Everyone suddenly looked at him. "We be standin' 'round here like idiots. Let's jus' get 'de others an' get out of 'ere!"
"Ah'm with the Cajun." Rogue said weakly. She stood up and wiped off her bottom. "Jus' follow meh.. again.."
***
"My head, like, hurts." Kitty sighed as Storm helped her out of the room. Ororo had been placed in the room earlier. Amara stared at Kitty; her eyes looked so sad and depressed. Kurt didn't look too happy either.
"Vhere are the others?" His accent was weak. She knew by 'others' he mostly meant Rogue.
"She went with Logan and Gambit to get the Professor." Jamie asked, yawning. "The sooner we get him, the sooner we get out of here."
Jean crossed her arms. "This all seems too easy. Trask and what's-her-face might be knocked about but what about the other people?"
"Maybe they're afraid of mutants and ran away?" Bobby shrugged. Scott, who was now wearing his visor, shook his head.
"Jean is right. Where are the others?"
Kitty bit her lower lip to keep it from trembling. "Can't we just leave and forget about all of this."
"Don't forget.." Amara said quietly. "The institute is gone."
The words hit Kitty hard. She let out a short sob then broke out in tears.
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Logan stared at the back of Rogue's head. She was acting differently. He blinked then looked at her swaying casted arm. It didn't look like she had been hurt physically much by the attack but of course he was only assuming that. Gambit walked next to her. He noticed her sudden change but said nothing about it to her.
"Here." She stopped in front of a thick metal door.
"Looks like it's gonna be hard to open." Logan examined the door closely. Rogue sighed, grabbed the handle of the door and without even trying, she ripped the door off it's hinges.
".. Or not, mon ami." Gambit scratched the back of his head. "Mon chére.. a strong one, non?"
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n To be continued –
Another short chapter.. Better than nothing, right..? RIGHT?
Think about it.. how will the X-Men get out? Where'd Mystique go? Where are Trask's people person.. thingers.. Confused about that one woman with the brown hair? Yeah, I'll explain that in the next chapter..
Ishandahalf.. are ya ever going to write a fic? :) Just wondering.. It'd be cool to read one by you. After reading so many romys.. lol.. anyway.. yeah..
