Chapter four: Spy Game
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Notes: I know I haven't updated in a while, but the whole Christmas season caught up with me and I got a little busy. But I'm back now!!
The boy from Rogue's attack was laying asleep on the couch in the X- men living room. Meanwhile Rogue was sitting on a chair in the dining area getting scolded by Wolverine.
"Ya hit a flamin' kid fer no reason Stripes! Where's yer motivation fer that?" He growled and paced up and down. Rogue lifted her head and scowled,
"Ah did it because ya were giving me crap about Magneta! Ah only did it because ah thought it was one of his goons!" Rogue growled back. Wolverine sighed and rubbed his temple.
"I guess that I understand that.. But the fact is ya knocked his fricking block off! I'm very proud of that hit and all," Logan had a slight smile on his face, "But what if tha kid has a rich family who wants to sue Xavier's ass?"
Rogue tipped her chair back, "Ah thought about that after ah hit him, ok? And if that's tha case, whah(Why) don't we just have Xavier put some kahnd of mahnd thingy oh him?"
Xavier strolled in just as Rogue had finished her sentence. He sighed a little and put a hand on Rogue's shoulder.
"That may be the case, but we'll just have to wait until the boy wakes up. Do not fret Rogue; you are not in trouble. We just want you to understand that." Rogue wouldn't let him finish his sentence.
"It was a bad thang ta do, ah've been a bad little girl, blah, blah, blah," Rogue shrugged and got up and walked out of the room.
Reese was leaning on the side of the wall as Rogue walked out.
"Hey." Reese said quietly. Rogue spun around, surprised to see her there. Rogue glared for a moment, then smiled a little.
"Hey. Ya must be one of tha professor's new recruits." Rogue's smile faded a little and she examined the girl. She looked like a prep, but so far, she didn't seem to act like one.
"Yeah. I'm Reese. I can make myself invisible. What can you do?" She asked quietly. Rogue's eyes turned dark and watery. She quickly turned around and left the room. She walked up to stairs with a strait face and continued on her way to her room.
'Was it something I said?' Reese wondered. She simply shrugged it off, and walked away.
Meanwhile, the brand new recruits were meeting the others outside. Many of them were engulfed in conversations and games, except for Chris, who was standing in a corner watching the others.
Kurt threw one of Bobby's homemade snowballs at Kiah. It hit her in the back of the head.
"Alright, who threw that?!" She turned around and demanded. Kurt pointed to Bobby who was in a deep conversation with Diana. Wack! Before Bobby knew it, Kiah had tackled him.
"Throw a snowball at me will ya?" She grunted and attempted to strangle him. Bobby put one of his hands on Kiah's face.
"Yow! Your hands are cold!" She jumped off of him and fell on her butt. Bobby stood up and made a ball of ice in his hand.
"That, my friend, is why they call me Iceman." He smirked. Diana jumped up and down.
"OOOHHH! I wanna show you my power but I might get caught!" She growled.
"Oh common, show us." Kiah complained.
"Yeah, show us!" Bobby and Sam joined in.
"Well." Diana thought for a moment, "Ok!" She smiled. Bobby and Sam high-fived each other and folded their arms.
Brown Fur engulfed Diana's skin and the legs on her pants ripped to shreds. Her ears became long, pointed, and hairy. Her eyes turned blood- shot red, and she grew long fangs and claws. Bobby, Sam, and Kiah looked absolutely horrified.
"What's the matter Bobby? Scared?" Diana flipped her hair and growled. The only thing Bobby managed to do was run, but Diana quickly chased after him and caught him. Rahne was the only one who seemed to find it funny. She laughed and pointed.
"Yeah, now bite him!" She laughed loudly.
Lisa shrugged and looked over at Kurt who was hanging from the tree.
"Does this place have any video games?" She asked him. Kurt bamfed to the ground with a smile and nodded,
"Jah! Come vis me!" He told her. Kurt quickly grabbed onto her shoulder and they both bamfed back into the mansion.
Meanwhile, the boy Rogue had hit was just waking up. He groaned and rubbed his head. Xavier quickly sped over to his side.
"You are awake my boy, that is good." Xavier said calmly. The boy sat up,
"Where-where am I?" He asked.
"You are in Xavier's School for the gifted. The girl who knocked you out brought you here. She sends her apologies; she thought you were someone else. Anyways, I am Professor Charles Xavier. Who are you my boy?" He smiled kindly. The boy's eyes widened and he smiled.
"Oh Professor Xavier! I have been looking for you! I am Sircosgi Ardiwin. I am here to be a member of the X-men." He shook Xavier's hand.
"Ah yes! The boy who can control water! I was wondering when you would arrive! Oh, Rogue is terribly sorry about hitting you. She is a bit defensive you see." Xavier explained.
Sircosgi rubbed the back of his head, "You mean I got beat up by a girl. Man, that's not cool. She got me real good too."
Xavier chuckled, "Yes well, most of the others are outside. You may go introduce yourself if you'd like." Sircosgi nodded, and went outside to meet the others.
Rogue sat in her room and looked out of the window. She sighed and tried to contemplate her reasoning for pushing her stepmother off of the cliff again. Was Kurt still mad at her? Why did she get so mad when that girl just asked what her powers were? These were many of the questions that went through her mind as Rogue began to cry again.
"Ah hate this!" She hugged her pillow.
"Ah hate being what ah am! Ah'm poison." Rogue threw the pillow at her bed, sobbed, and continued watching the sunset.
Quietly, and unexpectedly, and small figure dropped down from the ceiling. Rogue turned around to see a girl a little older then her, with Silver hair with black streaks, a pair of sunglasses on, and a weird looking outfit.
"Hey." The girl said calmly. Rogue gasped and opened her mouth to scream, but nothing came out.
"No, no! Don't be scared! I don't want to hurt you." The girl stepped a little closer.
"What d'ya want?!" Rogue demanded.
"I overheard you crying, I just wanted to know what's wrong." The girl explained. Rogue's jaw dropped. She wanted to help her?
"Who are ya?" She asked calmly. The girl sat down next to Rogue on the window seal.
"If you really want to know, I'm Melony Black. I'm a mutant. Now I need to leave soon, so please tell me who you are and what's troubling you." The girl explained.
"Mah name is Rogue. And I don't think I should tell you. What were you doing here? Were ya spying on me?" She questioned her.
"No, not you." Melony smiled.
"What's that supposed ta mean? Yer one of Magneto's goons arnt ya?" Rogue's eyes Narrowed.
"I don't feel like answering that right now Rogue, but I give you my word, you can trust me. I'm not gonna tell anybody anything if you don't want me to." Melony put a hand on Rogue's shoulder.
"Ah don't even know you!" Rogue retorted.
Melony shrugged and took off her sunglasses. Rogue looked at her eyes and gasped. They were bright, glowing yellow!
"I don't think it makes a difference. You wouldn't tell anybody you know anyways would you? I'm new in town, I don't know anybody yet, and even if I did, I wouldn't tell them anything. So this is an easy way to get everything off your chest. It'll feel better after you tell someone, I promise. " Melony's voice was trusting. Rogue knew that this was a girl who just dropped from the ceiling, but she seemed to mean her no harm. Plus, she was the first person who wanted to know if Rogue was ok. Nobody else had even bothered.
"D'ya swear ya won't tell?" Rogue asked her. Melony nodded and smiled. Rogue sighed and spilled it out; everything about the cliff, her power, and being lonely and tired.
"Maybe ah should just run away." Rogue said.
"No! Don't do that! You've got a lot of things going for you here! You may not see it, but there are plenty of people you can talk to. This Kurt seems pretty understanding, I'm sure he's not still mad. You should try talking to him about it. As for being lonely, I'm afraid I can't give you much information on that. I'm lonely myself, and I know how it feels. Just remember that you have friends. Even if it seems you don't, you do. You just don't let anybody get close enough." Melony told her and stood on her feet.
"Ah suppose you're raght. Maybe ah should just talk ta Kurt. After all, he's all tha family I've got." Rogue smiled a little. Melony put on her glasses and smiled,
"You're getting it. You just need some time to heal, I know how it feels to betrayed. I've been there. But the sun will always rise tomorrow, and that's something to look foreword to." She stood on the edge of the window.
Rogue was now smiling like she hadn't in a while, "That's almost exactly what Logan said." Melony stopped at Rogue's words.
"He did, did he? Hmm, well it's like I said, keep your chin up. I'll try to keep up mine. Just go talk to your brother if you need help. In the mean time, if you need me, I'll be watching." Melony finished her sentence and was gone out of the window before Rogue could think twice.
Melony scaled the walls and climbed to the roof.
'Why did I just do that? Nobody had ever done that for me.' She wondered. Melony looked off the side of the mansion at the other mutants outside.
'It's getting late. I'll finish spying on Xavier later. But first I've gotta make sure that burly guy isn't outside to ruin my escape plan.' She thought and scanned the area for any signs of Wolverine. It seemed almost everyone was out there besides him and Xavier. So she scaled back down the side of the wall, and walked over to her bike.
"That smell!" Wolverine stood up and grumbled. He sniffed the air. There was a very distincting smell of peaches and wine in the air. He sniffed strongly, enjoying the smell, and contemplating it. He had smelled it earlier, but where? He thought for a few moments, but then the smell was gone.
'Damn! I almost had it too!' Logan thought and sat back down. Xavier wheeled into the room and raised an eyebrow at Wolverine.
"Is there something wrong Logan?" He asked. Logan chuckled,
"As if you'd have to ask Charles. I just smelled something I think I smelled earlier. I was trying to figure out what it was, that's all." He told him.
"Indeed." Xavier responded. Logan quickly grabbed to keys to his motorcycle off of the table.
"I'm going out. I'll be back by midnight." He growled and walked out the door.
To Be Continued!!
Woo hoo! Long chapter! Oh well. ^_^ Please reply!
-Kayko
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Notes: I know I haven't updated in a while, but the whole Christmas season caught up with me and I got a little busy. But I'm back now!!
The boy from Rogue's attack was laying asleep on the couch in the X- men living room. Meanwhile Rogue was sitting on a chair in the dining area getting scolded by Wolverine.
"Ya hit a flamin' kid fer no reason Stripes! Where's yer motivation fer that?" He growled and paced up and down. Rogue lifted her head and scowled,
"Ah did it because ya were giving me crap about Magneta! Ah only did it because ah thought it was one of his goons!" Rogue growled back. Wolverine sighed and rubbed his temple.
"I guess that I understand that.. But the fact is ya knocked his fricking block off! I'm very proud of that hit and all," Logan had a slight smile on his face, "But what if tha kid has a rich family who wants to sue Xavier's ass?"
Rogue tipped her chair back, "Ah thought about that after ah hit him, ok? And if that's tha case, whah(Why) don't we just have Xavier put some kahnd of mahnd thingy oh him?"
Xavier strolled in just as Rogue had finished her sentence. He sighed a little and put a hand on Rogue's shoulder.
"That may be the case, but we'll just have to wait until the boy wakes up. Do not fret Rogue; you are not in trouble. We just want you to understand that." Rogue wouldn't let him finish his sentence.
"It was a bad thang ta do, ah've been a bad little girl, blah, blah, blah," Rogue shrugged and got up and walked out of the room.
Reese was leaning on the side of the wall as Rogue walked out.
"Hey." Reese said quietly. Rogue spun around, surprised to see her there. Rogue glared for a moment, then smiled a little.
"Hey. Ya must be one of tha professor's new recruits." Rogue's smile faded a little and she examined the girl. She looked like a prep, but so far, she didn't seem to act like one.
"Yeah. I'm Reese. I can make myself invisible. What can you do?" She asked quietly. Rogue's eyes turned dark and watery. She quickly turned around and left the room. She walked up to stairs with a strait face and continued on her way to her room.
'Was it something I said?' Reese wondered. She simply shrugged it off, and walked away.
Meanwhile, the brand new recruits were meeting the others outside. Many of them were engulfed in conversations and games, except for Chris, who was standing in a corner watching the others.
Kurt threw one of Bobby's homemade snowballs at Kiah. It hit her in the back of the head.
"Alright, who threw that?!" She turned around and demanded. Kurt pointed to Bobby who was in a deep conversation with Diana. Wack! Before Bobby knew it, Kiah had tackled him.
"Throw a snowball at me will ya?" She grunted and attempted to strangle him. Bobby put one of his hands on Kiah's face.
"Yow! Your hands are cold!" She jumped off of him and fell on her butt. Bobby stood up and made a ball of ice in his hand.
"That, my friend, is why they call me Iceman." He smirked. Diana jumped up and down.
"OOOHHH! I wanna show you my power but I might get caught!" She growled.
"Oh common, show us." Kiah complained.
"Yeah, show us!" Bobby and Sam joined in.
"Well." Diana thought for a moment, "Ok!" She smiled. Bobby and Sam high-fived each other and folded their arms.
Brown Fur engulfed Diana's skin and the legs on her pants ripped to shreds. Her ears became long, pointed, and hairy. Her eyes turned blood- shot red, and she grew long fangs and claws. Bobby, Sam, and Kiah looked absolutely horrified.
"What's the matter Bobby? Scared?" Diana flipped her hair and growled. The only thing Bobby managed to do was run, but Diana quickly chased after him and caught him. Rahne was the only one who seemed to find it funny. She laughed and pointed.
"Yeah, now bite him!" She laughed loudly.
Lisa shrugged and looked over at Kurt who was hanging from the tree.
"Does this place have any video games?" She asked him. Kurt bamfed to the ground with a smile and nodded,
"Jah! Come vis me!" He told her. Kurt quickly grabbed onto her shoulder and they both bamfed back into the mansion.
Meanwhile, the boy Rogue had hit was just waking up. He groaned and rubbed his head. Xavier quickly sped over to his side.
"You are awake my boy, that is good." Xavier said calmly. The boy sat up,
"Where-where am I?" He asked.
"You are in Xavier's School for the gifted. The girl who knocked you out brought you here. She sends her apologies; she thought you were someone else. Anyways, I am Professor Charles Xavier. Who are you my boy?" He smiled kindly. The boy's eyes widened and he smiled.
"Oh Professor Xavier! I have been looking for you! I am Sircosgi Ardiwin. I am here to be a member of the X-men." He shook Xavier's hand.
"Ah yes! The boy who can control water! I was wondering when you would arrive! Oh, Rogue is terribly sorry about hitting you. She is a bit defensive you see." Xavier explained.
Sircosgi rubbed the back of his head, "You mean I got beat up by a girl. Man, that's not cool. She got me real good too."
Xavier chuckled, "Yes well, most of the others are outside. You may go introduce yourself if you'd like." Sircosgi nodded, and went outside to meet the others.
Rogue sat in her room and looked out of the window. She sighed and tried to contemplate her reasoning for pushing her stepmother off of the cliff again. Was Kurt still mad at her? Why did she get so mad when that girl just asked what her powers were? These were many of the questions that went through her mind as Rogue began to cry again.
"Ah hate this!" She hugged her pillow.
"Ah hate being what ah am! Ah'm poison." Rogue threw the pillow at her bed, sobbed, and continued watching the sunset.
Quietly, and unexpectedly, and small figure dropped down from the ceiling. Rogue turned around to see a girl a little older then her, with Silver hair with black streaks, a pair of sunglasses on, and a weird looking outfit.
"Hey." The girl said calmly. Rogue gasped and opened her mouth to scream, but nothing came out.
"No, no! Don't be scared! I don't want to hurt you." The girl stepped a little closer.
"What d'ya want?!" Rogue demanded.
"I overheard you crying, I just wanted to know what's wrong." The girl explained. Rogue's jaw dropped. She wanted to help her?
"Who are ya?" She asked calmly. The girl sat down next to Rogue on the window seal.
"If you really want to know, I'm Melony Black. I'm a mutant. Now I need to leave soon, so please tell me who you are and what's troubling you." The girl explained.
"Mah name is Rogue. And I don't think I should tell you. What were you doing here? Were ya spying on me?" She questioned her.
"No, not you." Melony smiled.
"What's that supposed ta mean? Yer one of Magneto's goons arnt ya?" Rogue's eyes Narrowed.
"I don't feel like answering that right now Rogue, but I give you my word, you can trust me. I'm not gonna tell anybody anything if you don't want me to." Melony put a hand on Rogue's shoulder.
"Ah don't even know you!" Rogue retorted.
Melony shrugged and took off her sunglasses. Rogue looked at her eyes and gasped. They were bright, glowing yellow!
"I don't think it makes a difference. You wouldn't tell anybody you know anyways would you? I'm new in town, I don't know anybody yet, and even if I did, I wouldn't tell them anything. So this is an easy way to get everything off your chest. It'll feel better after you tell someone, I promise. " Melony's voice was trusting. Rogue knew that this was a girl who just dropped from the ceiling, but she seemed to mean her no harm. Plus, she was the first person who wanted to know if Rogue was ok. Nobody else had even bothered.
"D'ya swear ya won't tell?" Rogue asked her. Melony nodded and smiled. Rogue sighed and spilled it out; everything about the cliff, her power, and being lonely and tired.
"Maybe ah should just run away." Rogue said.
"No! Don't do that! You've got a lot of things going for you here! You may not see it, but there are plenty of people you can talk to. This Kurt seems pretty understanding, I'm sure he's not still mad. You should try talking to him about it. As for being lonely, I'm afraid I can't give you much information on that. I'm lonely myself, and I know how it feels. Just remember that you have friends. Even if it seems you don't, you do. You just don't let anybody get close enough." Melony told her and stood on her feet.
"Ah suppose you're raght. Maybe ah should just talk ta Kurt. After all, he's all tha family I've got." Rogue smiled a little. Melony put on her glasses and smiled,
"You're getting it. You just need some time to heal, I know how it feels to betrayed. I've been there. But the sun will always rise tomorrow, and that's something to look foreword to." She stood on the edge of the window.
Rogue was now smiling like she hadn't in a while, "That's almost exactly what Logan said." Melony stopped at Rogue's words.
"He did, did he? Hmm, well it's like I said, keep your chin up. I'll try to keep up mine. Just go talk to your brother if you need help. In the mean time, if you need me, I'll be watching." Melony finished her sentence and was gone out of the window before Rogue could think twice.
Melony scaled the walls and climbed to the roof.
'Why did I just do that? Nobody had ever done that for me.' She wondered. Melony looked off the side of the mansion at the other mutants outside.
'It's getting late. I'll finish spying on Xavier later. But first I've gotta make sure that burly guy isn't outside to ruin my escape plan.' She thought and scanned the area for any signs of Wolverine. It seemed almost everyone was out there besides him and Xavier. So she scaled back down the side of the wall, and walked over to her bike.
"That smell!" Wolverine stood up and grumbled. He sniffed the air. There was a very distincting smell of peaches and wine in the air. He sniffed strongly, enjoying the smell, and contemplating it. He had smelled it earlier, but where? He thought for a few moments, but then the smell was gone.
'Damn! I almost had it too!' Logan thought and sat back down. Xavier wheeled into the room and raised an eyebrow at Wolverine.
"Is there something wrong Logan?" He asked. Logan chuckled,
"As if you'd have to ask Charles. I just smelled something I think I smelled earlier. I was trying to figure out what it was, that's all." He told him.
"Indeed." Xavier responded. Logan quickly grabbed to keys to his motorcycle off of the table.
"I'm going out. I'll be back by midnight." He growled and walked out the door.
To Be Continued!!
Woo hoo! Long chapter! Oh well. ^_^ Please reply!
-Kayko