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Mystique dragged the brown haired woman down the hall by her hair. She was also dragging Trask by the back of his collar. She walked into a room, laid them both on two beds and strapped them into it.
"This is what you get for trying to kill my children." She hissed then left the room. She made sure to lock it behind her. She then wandered down the hall and into a room. Trask's control room. She sat down in front of the computer and monitors then stared typing until the words 'DESTRUCTION' appeared on the screen. She hit a few more keys. '20:00' She smirked. "That should give everyone enough time to get out."
She did not dare to think of the consequences.
***
"He's unconscious." Logan murmured walking down the hall towards the others. Xavier was tossed casually over his shoulder.
"But.. He's going to be you know.. like, okay?" Kitty asked, gently shivering. Kurt wrapped a fuzzy arm around her waist and gave her a small smile.
"He's fine, half-pint. Now let's get out of—"
"Where's Rogue?" Jubilee suddenly asked looking around. "And Gambit?"
"Oh great." Logan groaned. They were never going to see daylight again at this rate. He sniffed the air. "They're not too far behind. Let 'em catch up."
Jean sighed. 'Something tells me that something bad is going to happen..'
***
"An' we are goin' where?" Gambit asked following Rogue as she smashed through a door. He winced. It looked like it would hurt. Hurt the door at least.
"We ain't leavin' here without Carol." She replied, not even bothering to look at him.
"If she has super-strength an' can fly, how did 'dey manage t' capture 'er?"
Now, Rogue looked at him. "They told her that they captured her family.." Memories raced through her head. "An' when she got here.. they captured her.." She shrugged. "Ah don't know. They surprised her Ah think."
"An' what 'bout 'er family?"
Rogue sighed, brought her fingertips up to her temples and squeezed them. "Ah really don't know, Rem. Too many memories floatin' 'round in here." She then went back on to walking. "An' we hafta get Trask, That weirdo lady an' his men."
"Pardon!?"
"We X-Men ain't murders."
"Damn.. But we can be fo'getful.. ne?"
"No."
Gambit mumbled a few French words under his breath.
"An' Ah heard that!"
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"Logan, they haven't even caught up yet." Jean looked behind her. "I can sense them but they're so far away. We're going to end up loosing them in here."
"We found a door that leads to the top." Kitty phased down from the ceiling and floated to the ground with Amara. "Amara, like, put a hole through it and it does lead outside."
"Then let's get a move on."
"But Logan—" Ororo tried to stop him.
"They shouldn't have lagged behind." Wolverine snapped. He knew doing this would be something he would regret. "Now, let's get out of here."
***
Gambit felt weird carrying Carol as Rogue breached through walls. Her attitude had changed. A lot. It was like she was angry with herself and him. She wasn't like this before she absorbed Trask. Running through her veins was the hatred for mutants and he knew it. He just didn't know when it would wear off since she was using his knowledge of the place to know where she was going.
"Were are we goin'?" He asked out loud.
"Ta Trask's control room."
"Why?"
"Because Ah said so!" She snapped without looking at him.
Gambit stopped walking. "Why don' y' tell me what's wrong, chére?"
She stopped walking. "Nothin' is the mattah, sugah. Ah jus' really want ta get outtah here." She turned and looked at him. "Don't ya want ta?"
He nodded then stared at her arm. "Don' it hurt? Thought it was broken."
She shrugged. "It is. Ah guess." She then broke through another wall and walked into the dark room. "Ah think we found it.." Red letters glowed on a screen. "An' this place is gonna blow." She turned and stared at him with wide eyes. "We hafta get outtah here. We only have a few minutes."
"'Den let's go."
"But—"
He set down Carol and grabbed her arm. "I will get Trask. You take 'dis fille an' get out of here befo' y' get anymore hurt."
"Remy.. Ah can't.." She shook her head. "Ah ain't leavin' you in here when we have.." She turned and looked at the screen. "Seven minutes!"
"Go." His grip on her arm tightened. "C'mon Rogue. Get out of here."
"No."
"'Den we both die."
She blinked. Her heart suddenly seemed to soften. "Ya plan on dyin' in here?"
"If y' don' leave now, I will. Now go!" He let out of her arm then gave her a quick kiss on the lips. She stared at him in confusion. Just as she was about to open her mouth he stopped her. "Please go."
Rogue bit down hard on her lip. "Let's us leave 'em and get outta here."
"X-Men ain't murders, chére." She picked up Carol then left before he could say anything else. But before she left, she turned back and stared at him.
"Ah love ya." Then she left, regretting leaving him.
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"Gawd.. ya really need ta loose some weight.." Rogue mumbled to the unconscious Carol as she ran down the hallway. Then it hit her. Carol's powers were fading in her. She suddenly felt weak and then dropped to her knees. "Carol?" She poked the young woman. Maybe if she woke up, she could get them out of here. "Carol?"
"Rogue?" Kitty's head phased through the ceiling. "Ohmigosh! Come on. We found a way out."
Rogue struggled to get up but she couldn't manage Carol. "Kitty. Ah'm going ta need your help." Kitty fell from the ceiling but phased through the ground so she wouldn't get hurt.
"I can go get Mr. Logan."
"No. We need ta hurry, Kitty. This place is about ta blow!"
***
"We hafta go back in." Rogue yelled as Logan and Kitty phased her out of the ground. "Remy is still in there. We can't leave 'im."
"It's too late, Stripes." Logan set Carol down on the ground.
The explosion was first heard from underground. Rogue screamed.
"Remy!"
She struggled to get to her feet. She looked around but saw no signs of him.
"Oh mah gawd."
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To be continued..
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