Chapter 7
Rogue awoke to the smell of Cajun food and Cajun eyes, which were only inches from her face.
"Good Mornin,' chere!"
"AH!" She screamed and turned falling out of the bed and onto the uncarpeted floor. "Don't ya EVER do that AGAIN!"
"Yo' 'fraid of my eyes?" Remy put on an exaggerated sad face to hide the fact that it hurt him that she was that scared to look at his eyes.
"No it was the rest of yar face that made mah scream. Yar eyes the only thin that looks nahce!" It was meant as an insult, but Remy smiled at that remark. "What are ya smilin at Swamp Rat?" Normally he would have replied with a flirty suggestion, but he didn't want to face a fight so early in the morning.
"Nothin'. Why don't yo' go brush yo'r teeth and...comb yo'r hair...while I go set up de table." When he said something about her hair her hands went up to touch it. She could feel it sticking out in weird angles and glared up at the Cajun, who was already walking out the door. It was almost closed when he stuck his head back in to say, "Maybe yo' should take off yo'r makeup too..."
A pillow flew across the room and slammed into the now closed door. She got off the floor and headed to the bathroom door locking it as soon as she entered it.
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"She left us?" Scott looked up at the disappearing plane.
"You mean abandoned." Lance laughed at the X-Men staring up in disbelief at what they just seen. "Not like I blame her. Maybe she'll come back and stay with us."
Everyone turned to stare at him when he said that. None of them wanted to believe that Rogue would actually do something like that to them. Even Lance knew it was highly unlikely, but just wanted to say it to goad Scott into a fight. But it wasn't Scott that started to fight with him.
"She took Kitty and Kurt. THEY would never join you." Jean pointed this out while trying to use her mind to contact anyone around them.
"You don't know that. Plus they left with her didn't they?" He smiled at the thought of having his pretty Kitty stay with him.
"They are still unconscious so she took them against their will!" Jean's eyes snapped open when she couldn't read their minds.
"Rogue wouldn't do that!" In the short time Rogue stayed with the brotherhood she proved that she was trustworthy. She even looked out for them sometimes.
"Well you don't know her then because she just did! I can't read their minds so they are not awake." She tried to call back the adults but they had passed her mind's reach.
"Your powers aren't even that strong! How are you so sure? Can't they be out of range or something?" Actually he had no clue how much she could handle. Whenever they were in battles the levels of it seemed to change from her holding up a building for some time to her having problems lifting a couple people up. And that was just her telekinetic powers.
"They are not out of range and I am sure. She just kidnapped two X-Men!" Random things lifted off the ground and circled around them.
"She IS an X-Men." The ground shook slightly as he closed his hand.
"Not anymore!" All the things that was floating fell to the ground and the tremor stopped. There was a silence until she continued to explain herself. "After what she just did I don't think we could let her come back to the team. She left us stranded here. We have no food any shelter. If someone from the government finds us we wont have a way to escape. Plus she took two others to God knows where! Face it maybe she wasn't cut out to be an X-Men."
"I don't think so." Cyclops walked over to where the other two stood and talked loud enough so everyone could hear. "When I talked to her, something...was off. She looked the same but the way she was acting was different."
"Yo, maybe one of her psyches was actin up." Todd jumped up to grab a couple of flies with his tongue and chewed before talking. "Sometimes she would act totally different, but then be all normal again a couple minutes later."
"Yeah I remember when she talked super fast like Pietro and then she talked normal again. When I asked her about it though, she said she didn't know what I was talking about and threw a cereal box at my head." Fred rubbed a part of his head after remembering that.
"How do you guys know about her psyches? She never talks about it around us." Evan actually tried a couple times to get her to talk about her mutation. But she would just change the subject and glare at him if he brought it up again.
"Mystique told us. She could probably tell you more if she wasn't locked away back at that base." Lance glared at Scott who probably glared back, but no one was able to tell with his visor on.
"Mystique? Scott is it possible that Rogue tapped into Mystique's memory and acted like her?" Jean thought if it was true than Rogue needed to be kept away from the rest of the team. Next time she might act like Magneto or Sabertooth.
"The way she went about doing it. Getting rid of the adults and us is something Mystique would do." Scott thought it over but decided on something else. "We should get out of here and find a place to stay until everyone gets back. We will deal with Rogue afterwards when we find the Professor. He's helped her with this type of problem before. Now everyone team up with someone and head out to find someplace to rest."
The X-Men nodded their heads and went off in pairs while the Brotherhood went off together. "We will find our own place to stay Summers." Lance called back before he and the others went into the forest.
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"Did you hear that?" Logan's turned his head to the side. "It sounds like the Jet's engine."
"They are probably taking it for a joy ride." Storm relaxed against the backseat not bothering to open her eyes when she talked.
"Yes, they must be flying it over the ocean right now." Beast added smiling in the side seat.
"Heading for an island so they could play at the beach," Storm started smiling at what she said until she heard the sound of metal sliding out and quickly opened her eyes.
"And Storm here can fly you both there after I kick you out of a moving car."
Now Logan was smiling while the other two stared at him wondering if he would actually do it.
"But then you, my friend, would have to talk in our place." Beast, not one to stay in a sour mood for long, began to smile again.
"Or I could finally test how fast this ride can go. Then I'm taking a long vacation." The claws slid back in and he returned his hand to the driving wheel.
"What about the others? It appears that you must refrain from throwing us out of this car." Storm closed her eyes. "But I wouldn't mind going on a vacation when everything settles down."
"Just the adults." This brought back the memory of how the last time they left the kids alone went. "While leaving the security system on and locking those kids in the danger room."
"With one of your simulations. That would keep them entertained until we come back." They sat and argued over where they would go forgetting about the sound that Logan heard. He had dismissed it as a commercial plane flying overhead. They didn't talk about the meeting and what they would do if the world started to panic.
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The smell of freshly made food hit Rogue's nose again as she stepped out of the bedroom. In the bathroom there was a supply of toothbrushes, combs, and even some make-up. The make-up wasn't her usual dark colors but she wore it anyways not wanting to keep her face bare.
"Time to eat." Remy turned around with two plates to put on the table when he stopped. He looked at her face. It seemed like it didn't have any make-up on it except for her lips which were a deep red. But he could tell, from past experiences with girls, that she was wearing some on her cheeks and maybe her eyes, but they were so light it appeared that she wasn't wearing any at all. "Tryin' out somethin' diffe'ent?"
"It didn't have any of mah usual stuff." Rogue sat in one of the chairs as Remy put a plate in front of her and leaned down next to her ear. "Yo' look like an ange."
She opened her mouth to say something but closed it as soon as she saw the food he brought out. Everything looked delicious and she waited as Remy set the table. When the last plate was in place he sat across from her and started to pile the food onto his plate. She did the same with her plate after a while but waited as soon as she was done.
Rogue stared at the food sometimes glancing at Remy and Remy stared at Rogue sometimes glancing at his food. He thought for a couple seconds and then picked up his fork and took a bite out of everything he had on his plate. As soon as he was done Rogue then started to eat her food.
They enjoyed what they were eating and didn't talk. Remy finished first and watched as Rogue finished off the rest of her food. The parts that she liked the most she would chew slowly and take small bites of like she didn't want it to finish. He memorized the foods that she liked and then got up to do the dishes.
"Ah'll do that." Remy turned around and saw Rogue carrying the rest of the plates. "Ya made tha food didn't ya? So ah'll do tha dishes."
When he didn't move from the sink she nudged him with her side to show that she needed to stand there. He moved out of the way and leaned against the counter that was behind her and asked a question. "Yo' like my cookin,'cher?"
"It ain't bad." That was the most praise he was going to get from her and he knew it. She removed her gloves and set them to the side not wanting them to get dirty.
"Do ya know what those people at tha meeting decide ta do bout Mutants?" She didn't bother to turn around and continued to work.
"Non, they are goin' to say it this evenin'." The sound of card shuffling met Rogue ears. They stayed in silence for awhile thinking over their own problems until she was done and turned to look at him. "Ya are goin ta take mah ta yar boss now?"
For one second Remy thought she overheard the conversation he had in the morning but he knew he would have heard her if she did. "Oui but I need to git yo' some new clothes b'fore that."
Since there was nothing else to wear she left her X-Man suit on. "Same for ya Cajun." He was wearing the same clothes as last night without his trench coat. His hair was a little messy like he just ran his hand threw his hair and that's it. "And maybe ya can get rid of that silly thing on yar chin."
"Yo' don't like it." Remy put his hand on his goatee and brushed it. "I've been thinkin' 'bout gettin' rid of it but I need a better reason then yo' just tellin' me."
"Fine then just keep it." After turning back to the sink to finish cleaning the dishes the sound of shuffling stopped. As soon as she was done putting on her gloves a disgusting smell came from behind her. "You ain't?"
This time she turned and saw him blowing out smoke from his mouth and holding a cigarette in his left hand. Her eyes widened in shock and then narrowed.
"Sorry," He reached in his pocket to take out the pack and shook out one. Then he held it out towards Rogue.
"Ah don't want one!" Her eyes widened again.
"Fine." Remy put the pack away and continued smoking. Again she stared at him with narrowed eyes. "I'm not goin' to put it out so yo' can stop that."
"Tha thing is stinkin up this whole place!"
"I bought dis place, so I can do what I want with it." His eyes began to shine with amusement as Rogue tried her hardest to talk her way out of this instead of hitting him.
"Than ah'm leavin." She brushed past him and headed to the door.
"Where do yo' think your goin'?" In a few strides Remy was standing in front of her leaning against the door which was the only way out. "Yo' really want me to put it out?"
"Do what ya want ah'm leaving. So move out of tha way." With his left hand he charged up the cigarette turning it to ash. His eyes glowed as he looked down into her bright green ones. "Make me."
Those words were all it took. Rogue moved back into a fighting stance and aimed a high kick at Remy's head. He dodged it and moved down to sweep his leg at hers. It made contact but she flipped backwards to land on her legs again. They had a fistfight hitting and blocking one another's attacks. No one is able to harm the other. Eventually they broke of with Remy still standing in front of the door and Rogue moving around him.
He waited for Rogue's next attack leaning against the door again. This only made Rogue angrier and she put all her weight into one hit to the left side of his jaw. When the fist got close enough to him Remy grabbed it with his right hand and pulled her in front of him so that her back was touching his chest. Then he wrapped both his arms around hers and trapped her legs between his. She couldn't get out, her arms were stuck, she couldn't kick his legs, and he was taller than she was so she couldn't hit her head with his.
"Let mah go Swamp Rat!" Even though there was no way of getting out of his hold Rogue still struggled thrashing any way she could.
"Hold still." Something in the tone he said made her stop and tilt her head up to see what's wrong. "Still a guy, petite." After her eyes widened from what seemed like the hundredth time he winked down at her and let her go.
Now he was back in control again and smirked at the girl who was trying to look anywhere but at him. She still didn't blush though, which disappointed him. To the side near a dresser were some keys. Remy put on his trench coat and walked over to get the keys but they weren't there anymore. Instead they were twirling around Rogue's finger.
"Yo' ain't driving!" There was a couch between them and he knew she would just run if he tried to jump it. So figuring that the only way to solve this without resulting in him saying yes and probably dieing from driving off a bridge was to use his powers.
"We need to git there quick and I can't give yo' directions on every turn to make." It was lame but that wasn't the point, his powers were working. She thought for a second and then her mouth formed into a pout. "Aw but afta that little stunt ya pulled ah should at least get ta drive ta that clothes store."
"Sure." The word was out before he even thought of saying it. Her lips curved into a smirk and she headed out the door.
/What just happened?/ It took a couple seconds until he was running out the door to catch up with Rogue.
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"I change my mind!" Remy again was clutching the door and dashboard. Rogue drove with a grin on her face as she sped past another stop sign. "Yo're supposed to stop at a stop sign."
"No one was there." A car to the side was trying to get into their lane in front of her. She sped up narrowly missing the car as it merged in behind her. "Dumbass driver."
"Red light." Rogue sped up the car. "Red light." The car kept its pace. "RED LIGHT!" They were nearing the crossroads going 50 miles per hour when the light turned green. Going the direction that he told her she took a right into a housing area.
"This is tha third time ah did it. Ya should be used ts it now." To the side of her Remy took a big breath as they car jumped at his side. "What was that?"
"Ah hit the sidewalk that's all." There were several more jumps mostly on his side as they left the area to head in the direction the store is. "Why are ya afraid of my driving? Ya get inta risky situations all tha time. What's the difference now?"
"I'm not de one in control." The car stopped suddenly causing him to come inches near the glass window in front of him. He looked down and saw a trial of ducks crossing the street. Remy just closed his eyes and started to bang his head against the side window.
Author's Note: This is going to be a busy month for me, so I'll be updating once a week maybe more. Sorry. In February it SHOULD be faster but I don't know.
ishandahalf: Your right this isn't looking good for Rogue. Stuck having to go to two major evily people so Remy can get some money. But hey she has some time maybe she'll find a way out of it.
PomegranateQueen: No scratch on the back for me, right? I really need to write sooner. And thanks about Rogue staying in charcter thing. I'm trying hard but when you have a flirty Cajun to deal with can anyone really stay the same?
Leigh: Thanks! I hope you keep reading this.
Emumoon: This is Remy your talking about! He can do anything, except maybe keeping Rogue from driving.