An: Hey I updated...Yeah. Sorry I've been on a roll with another story and I only realized I wasn't updating this one when someone reviewed and asked, my if I would hurry up and update this story. I'll warn you now I've been writing another story so I lost my train of thought on this one just a bit. If I'm way off I'm sure you'll let me know.

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I feel shaking and realize I fell asleep. I open my eyes to see X23. They really need a name for her I think I'll think of one later though. "Is it time?" I ask.

She nods and looks at my bags," That's a lot,"

"Take what you need because if they're close you may have to leave it behind. You're going to need a better outfit than spandex," she says.

I look at her and see she's wearing all leather," Like leather?"

"Yup come with me," she says and I follow her to the roof.

She jumps and lands on her feet, I look down," You're built for this no fair," I whisper.

She glares at me and I jump and she catches me," Good thing I was here or you'd be in a world of pain."

She runs and I follow. She grabs my covered arm and jumps onto a car and after a while jumps off. I'm just being dragged and people stare as they see two young girls jumping from cars. I would to if I were them. Finally we stop and she lets go.

"What size do you wear?"

"Um seven," I say.

She looks at me and quirks and eyebrow," Don't look like it."

"Thanks," I say.

She leaves and I follow annoyed. She breaks into a store and the lights are on. I figure she comes here often. She passes by a few racks and simply pulls things off. It smells like new leather in this place and I realize there isn't a strip of clothing that probably isn't leather.

"Here you girls like style and I don't have much of a fashion sense but here," she glares.

I stare at her," You don't expect me to dress right here do you?" I ask.

"I'm a girl I have what you have and it's no like I'm going to touch you," she crosses her arms.

Yup she's defiantly Logan's alright. I dress and look in the mirror. I hate to say it but I look cute. The body suit is tight and theirs a big hole on the outside of each thigh on the lower part but I know it's supposed to be there. The shoes are combat boots with a steel bottom and it's steel toed on the outside. They go up to mid calf and it's all black and lace up with big buckles over it. I notice that the knee on the lower half are padded and outlined with metal. There aren't any sleeves but there's a black leather trench coat and it's long and goes almost to the floor. The trench coat is weird with lot of zippers and metal rings all over just for design. Also there's one buckle over my breasts and three below and it makes them poke out more. It also had a hood. "Okay are you trying to make it easy for none other than Magneto?" it's a half joke.

"This isn't a normal store," she says.

"Yeah it's full of kick ass leather outfits," I say.

"No everything in here is special. The metal to...it's the only type of metal Magneto wouldn't be able to control, it's also silent."

"Silent...metal," things just get weirder and weirder.

"Stomp your foot on the ground," she tells me.

I do it and there isn't any sound. I stare at her," Neat."

"The leather is much like your old uniform," she say's.

"How?"

"When that spike kid actually uses his spikes his outfit never rips same with the leather you can shoot anything through it and it's completely unharmed just like the skin under it."

"What type of store is this?"

"Hydra's cover up store. They do all their shipping of weapons and technology from distances from places like here." She says.

"So that means those other people will be wearing the same things to huh?" I ask.

"Yes," she hands me another pair of gloves just like my old pair just a bit stiff from being new. "Be careful, don't be prissy," she said.

"Prissy?" what does she mean by that?

"Yeah prissy. Get dirty don't be worried you might get wet or dirty," she said sternly.

"I ain't Kitty now I'll be okay," yeah keep telling yourself that Rogue.

"Would you like me to tell Logan?" she looked at me for once her eyes showing emotion.

I sigh and close my eyes," If you tell him what do you think he'll do?"

"Come after you," she said.

"Right. Tell him when I'm a good way away from Bayville okay?" I say.

"Okay but I suggest now you get going and don't waist no time," she said.

"Right," I nod and we walk out together suddenly I sneeze and lights fly from my hands like fireworks.

She looks at me," I thought your power was absorption?"

"It is. My powers are acting up," I say," Logan knows and not many others so quiet about it," I say.

We look at the street and then each other and split right there. She goes one way I go another. Suddenly I feel like I'm being watched, maybe I just don't like being alone but the feeling won't go away. I look back but there's no one. I look to my right and left but still there's nothing. I sigh and decide it's just me when a giant shadow passes me. I look up and see a person with tentacles hanging from the side of a building and his tentacles digging into the brick wall keeping him steady.

"Ohh shit," I begin to run and I look back once seeing him close behind.

People around me just stare unable to say anything then soon the streets are filled with people panicking and it's hard for me to run without having to stop when I run into somebody.

"Please come out. Kurt, Kitty, Jean, anybody's power would be useful," I chant to myself over and over.

I close my eyes as if it would help but nothing happens. Why is it I can only use my power when I don't want to. I open my eyes and the streets are almost empty. I take a step and suddenly there's a loud CLACK really close to me. It hit the metal on my knee and I realize it's a bullet. It's not coming from above and then it hit me.

"There's two of them," I start running again.

There's a small pop in my ear and I felt really alive, I could hear everything and soon I could smell everything and something caught my attention besides the fact that for the first time I could use a power without it hurting. I could hear someone sniffing the air and a wicked laugh. I knew it was them and I tried to determine their location. Was that them no it was a child crying, what about that? Yes it's them.

"That can't be right I sense they're super close as if they were beside me," I say aloud.

The ground shakes and then brakes beneath me and I fall but I never hit the ground. I open my eyes and I don't see anything familiar. I see grass that's green and I see someone familiar but then my vision blurs and I felt my stomach in my throat and I knew I was falling again.

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She disappeared in the other direction as I went my own way. What was I doing helping this girl? She's neither my friend nor my enemy she's none of my concern. Wait what's that? Omega! I head back but I was already far away and by the time I got there all I saw was her falling but she disappeared and the only thing I could see was dark smoke and I could smell the sulfur like smell it left behind.

"I need to speak with Logan," I say and leave the sight and head to the institute.

I know it's late but it's almost morning so I kill time by doing research on the x-men and I find that she teleported. Question is where'd she go? I head out and see the lots of cars lined up and I see that the road is almost half blocked by the whole. I head to the institute since I know Logan is bound to be up now. I arrive at the gates and see that everyone is up. I'm thinking they just found that Rogue isn't there. I jump to the windowsill and enter the room everybody's in.

"Uh Logan?" the guy in the red shades says.

"What are you doing here?" Logan asks me.

"We need to talk outside now," I say. He looks at me and growls and before he leaves the room I say," Don't bother looking for her she's long gone," I say.

I jump out the window and walk towards the gate. He meets me there and looks at me," How do you know about Stripes? What's up with you?" he asks.

"Rogue...you call her Stripes," it's almost funny Logan giving pet names.

"Yeah," he smiles a bad boy smile.

I clear my throat," There's something important you need to know but first have you seen the news?"

"Yeah why?" he asks.

"The whole in the street?" I ask.

"Yeah and?"

"She was there," I say.

His eyes get wide for just a second," What? Where's she? She okay? Why was she out in the first place?" he asks.

"I told her she had to leave-"

"Why?" he interrupts.

"If you let me finish you'd know." I say. "You know how I was supposed to be the best weapon?"

"After I was right?" he makes a bitter joke.

"Yeah well not anymore," I say.

"Why they making another clone?" he asks.

"No you idiot. They want Rogue."

"Why?" he asks.

He can't be serious is he that dumb. "Her power what else. She's powerful and could be more powerful if she were in their hands."

"Why don't they just clone her?" he asks.

"They are in a hurry and cloning takes to long. Plus they can't try 23 time like they did me."

"Why they on a time limit? Wait isn't Viper dead? Why would her work still be active," I was wondering when he'd ask.

"She ain't dead. None of them are they were seriously injured but healed by time."

"But why is there a limit on the time?"

"That day I thought Viper died she was badly hurt. Her injury took years from her life and she wants to see her work before she goes."

"But why did you tell her to leave?"

"Omega red and Gauntlet are after her and they weren't far behind me. I know her powers are not in her total control right now but she teleported away from them so she should be fine. She told me I could tell if she were far from Bayville so I told you."

"Why'd you help her?"

"I'm your clone and you have a good sense to tell when people are good, or could use a serious break and I acted on that plus I know you have a soft spot for her," I say.

"How do you know all this?"

"They caught me after a while and they talk to much." I say.

He sighs," Do you think I should wait for a call, for her to come back or go after her?" he asked.

"I have you habits not your heart you decide," I say.

"What about you?"

"I figure now that Vipers best men are busy I could strike," I say.

He nods," What did you tell her?"

"If she stayed you people may die," he looked at me outraged. "What you know it's true."

"I know," he calms down.

I chose this time to leave. I know he might not leave since he has the others to look after. I just hope she's okay. I also can't help but wonder what teleporting feels like.

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All right end of this chapter.