Chapter 2

A silhouette of a tall man could be seen near the still open doorway. He walked inside noting an unconscious body leaning against a wall, and the top of an auburn haired head sitting in a chair. it was a girl and her attention was so focused on what it was seeing that she failed to notice the footsteps that were heading towards her. The person looked up at the screens to see what held the others attention. There was a man... Trask... glaring at a open door and then having it close on him as soon as he took a step. A soft chuckle escaped the persons lips.

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/Open. Close. Open. Close./ One finger was stretched out and alternating between pushing two buttons. /I can do this all day!/ Finally looking at where the others were Rogue saw Scott climbing out. /Now I have to close the doors so no one will be able to follow them... DONE! Then I have to find my own escape route./ All of the exits to the south side were left unguarded when the mutants headed north. / Also I have to secure it./ All the doors that didn't lead to her way out were locked and sealed. /Finally to check on Trask./ She looked at the screen with him on it.

/Okay.. I can't believe he's still standing there!/ Trask was standing where she left off with the door still open and hadn't taken a step. /If he had just gone forward/ As soon as she thought that he took a step forward and the doors closed. /Time to go./ Before she got up she heard a chuckle coming from behind her. Rogue jumped up while trying to turn around which resulted in her tripping over her own feet. When she grabbed for the chair it swerved around causing her to turn with it and land on her butt facing the control panel.

"Oww..." /This suit is so thin! And now my ass hurts. Wait a minute... where's the boy?/ Leaning her head back she was greeted with a pair of red on black eyes. Her eyes widened in surprise and then narrowed when she saw his shoulders slightly shaking and a huge grin on his face.

"What the hell are ya doin' here?" said Rogue still leaning backwards to see his face which is now grinning.

"Lookin' afte' a belle femme of course."

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/ This girl sure can't keep her balance. Did she get hurt?/ Without thinking about it he strode forward not making a single sound and leaned down to see her face. / Better not laugh, the girl wont like that./ Suddenly, she snapped her head up and her eyes widened in shock. /Ohh This girls a beauty1 Wonder why she wears all that gunk on her face. Maybe I'll just have to charm her into taking it off... along with other things as well./

"What the hell are you doing?" /This girl is a fighter. Very hard to get close to but I always liked a challenge./ A grin grew on his face.

"Lookin' afte' a belle femme of course."

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[Beast is Rogue in there?]

[I didn't see her come in. I'll check] Beast turned around and called out to the others on board if they had seen Rogue. Kitty, Lance, Kurt, and Spike were the only ones other than him, that were on board. Kitty and Kurt were both asleep from exhaustion, so that left only Lance, and Spike to answer.

"Why are you askin? Is Rogue missing?" exclaimed Spike.

"It appears so." Beast said gently not wanting them to overreact.

"I can't believe it, didn't anyone notice she was gone! Aren't you X-geeks suppose to look after each other?" Lances eyes rolled up a bit but then returned back to normal. Beast ignored Lance's version of their name and proceeded to ask questions to Spike before he says anything that would start a fight.

"When was the last time you saw her?"

"Before the blinking red lights came on." Spike explained feeling guilty about not noticing her after that. Beast just nodded his head and turned to the other boy. The way Lance looked at him told him everything he needed to know.

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"Don't ya give mah that bull! Why are ya here?" Rogue finally got up, pretending that her falling like that didn't bother her. She looked about the room which was small, with nothing in there except for the control panel and chair. Also the door was right across from her and was still open.

"De boss said to get yo' out of here." Even though what she did earlier made her seem uncoordinated he knew that the girl could fight, example being the guy knocked out by the wall, so he kept his guard up.

"Wha would your boss want ya to look afta mah. And who tha hell are ya?" Rogue was getting worried, but tried not to show it. Instead she tried to cover it up by glaring at him and being angry.

"De name is Remy Labeau." He lifted her hand and gave it a kiss. "An' for your othe' question de boss doesn't want yo' to get hurt. So lets go." She yanked her hand away, tilted her head back, and crossed her arms. Any other time he would have teased her or flirt incessantly but right now he wanted to get out before someone shows up. It wasn't fair but he started to use his power, as well as some choice words, to coax her into going without problems.

"Yo' don't want yo'r friends to get hurt waitin' for yo'." Guilt flashed across her face, she had already wasted time talking to the Cajun she should get moving.

"Ah cahn take care of mahself." With that said she walked out the door not even waiting for him to say anything. As soon as she was outside she broke into a run following the route that she planned out. In back of her the Cajun was keeping up easily, but didn't make a move to stop her or slow her down. When she could make out the door all the way at the other end she stopped.

"Are ya goin' to try and kidnap mah?" she asked slowly, turning around at the same time to face him.

"No, jus' have to make sure yo'r safe." he quickly changed the subject to something else, before she could ask any questions. "Why no one around to stop us? 'Specially with the noise we made runnin'."

Rogue rolled her eyes and replied smoothly, "Tha's because ah locked all tha doors leadin' into the way that ah took. And before ya ask maybe they're just too dumb ta come up with an override sequence for tha door." Remy just shrugged.

"If you say so." They walked the rest the way in silence into the open door and turned to be greeted by the sight of 30 armed soldiers all facing the opposite direction. The rest of the place was filled with vehicles, guns, and crates probably filled with guns. Looking around showed that the only way out was across from them and was10 yard high and wide. Easy enough to pass by unnoticed if there wasn't so many guards.

"Yo' were goin' to escape through here, cher?" he whispered looking at her like she was crazy.

"Yeah, it has a ladder nearby that leads ta tha roof and from there it'll be easy to reach mah friends." Rogue explained brushing off the fact that if they are caught now their pretty much screwed. "Don't call mah cher." She was thinking of a way to get past when the cajun spoke.

"Dis way. Follow me." Silently he led her to a Hummer and pushed her in.

She glared up at him looking like she was about to sock him. "First off ah cahn't believe ah followed ya. Second wahy did ya push mah in here."

"I put yo' in here to hot-wire dis car." He then put on his most flirtatious grin. "An' yo' followed me because yo' t'ink I'm sexy."

"That certainly aint the reason, and it ain't a reason to begin with"

"Ot'er fille follow me 'cause of it." He lifted a brow and pouted. "So yo' don't t'ink I'm sexy?" Groaning, she looked away. Remy got up, but before he left he whispered, "Or it could be 'cause yo' trust me." Anger started to build up inside of her and she moved to either yell or tackle him. But when she turned she found herself alone in the car with a knife on the dashboard.

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