Chapter 11
A cold feeling swept through her body as she awoke from her sleep. Everything was blurry when she opened her eyes, and only after blinking a couple time she was able to make out what she was seeing. Almost everything around her was made of metal. The chair, walls, and even the metal bed she was laying on.
For the first couple minutes she couldn't figure out what was going on. All she could remember was beating the Cajun at a game of cards then this. Suddenly in her mind she could hear a whisper...Gambit. The name brought back Rogue's memories of hearing Remy apologize and seeing the floating canister release the gas.
She felt stupid. For going with him or believing he wouldn't turn her over she didn't know. /I need to find a way out of here./ She pushed the thoughts to the back of her mind and scanned the room. The room itself was small and had no window and no door that she could see from where she was laying. Slowly she got up and ran her hand along the walls stopping when she felt a slight indent. Her eyes focused on the area and she could make out a hair width of a line running down to the floor.
/So this the way out, but how to open it?/ Searching it thoroughly revealed no clues so she tried a different tactic. Climbing onto the chair she pushed the roof of the room which was also made of metal. It was solid like the walls. She took one last look around trying to find a way out when she finally gave up trying to escape.
Instead she changed tactics.
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Everything was silent in the base at 4 in the morning until a loud clanging sound erupted from inside a room.
Three doors were thrust open as their occupants ran to where the noise was coming from. John and Piotr caught up with Pietro who was already there thanks to his powers.
"I think the Shelia's awake." The three boys watched as the door vibrated with every punch delivered to it. There was also yelling in the background and when she stopped they fully heard what she was saying and wished she had just kept on banging. "She wouldn't actually do that right?"
Pyro stared at the other boys as they stood uncomfortably after hearing her say something about 'cutting it off.' Behind them they could hear loud footsteps heading their way. Sabertooth growled at them as he carried a tray of food to the door. To the side of the door he punched in some numbers and waited as the door opened. The others could just make out a girls form before the door closed behind Sabertooth.
There was talking, growling, a roar then a couple minutes of silence until he came back out. Everyone stepped back as he walked past them. As soon as he was out of hearing distance Pietro spoke slowly so the others could understand him. "Was he walking a little funny?"
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Rogue sat down on the floor and stared at the food in front of her. A smile was spread across her face as she thought over what happened a couple minutes ago. /I guess he didn't see that coming./ After thinking that she waited for one of her psyches to reply. Usually when she did stuff like this one of them would congratulate her or lecture her on doing something stupid, but there was nothing.
She put her food down and tried to mediate. There was no sounds or whispers, just her mind. /My powers are gone./ She took off her gloves and looked at her hands expecting to see a difference in them after coming to the realization. Her eyes widened in wonder at first and then in fear. She had just kicked Sabertooth without having her powers to protect her if he decided to attack.
"They must really need mah then." With her gloves still off she nibbled on the food. After tasting it she pushed the tray away. It wasn't bad, actually it tasted very good, but she could tell instantly who made it. Inhaling slightly she could make out the same spices he used last time when he cooked for her. Suddenly she wasn't hungry anymore.
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Remy washed the supplies he used to make her food. When he heard the banging he set the water on high to try to drown it out, but his ears kept on hearing the noise outside. He didn't like the fact that Creed was taking her the food but he had no say in it. With the dampening field on he wouldn't be able to use his powers while he's in there.
It was just an excuse Mags made to send that crazy bastard in instead of him. /Probably wanted to scare her./ At that moment Creed walked into the room and grabbed an icepack and walked back out. /Guess it didn't work/ He snickered slightly and went back to cleaning the dishes when John, Pietro, and Piotr choose to come in.
"Your-awake?" Everyone stared at the Cajun, then the clock, and then back at then back to him again. "You-know-its-four-o'clock-Right?"
"I know, had to make food for de chere." He finished washing and moved to the remaining food he had and put it into containers to store in the fridge. The others watched as he put the last food away and then Pietro went to the fridge to take it back out so they could eat it. "Yo' could 'ave said yo' wanted it."
Remy glared at the two for their bad manners, but they didn't pay attention. He turned to Colossus who just took out a bowl of cereal to eat. Something was off with him and Remy opened up his empathy powers a bit to figure it out. Remy picked up some sadness coming off of him and a whole lot of anger. When John and Pietro finished off their food and left Remy went over to the seemingly calm friend to talk to him.
"Why did you bring her here?" Piotr's eyes bore into his as he asked the question. He answered it the same way he did hers. "Orders."
"You know what he is going to do to her." This was probably the most they ever talked in a conversation and all Remy could think was that he wanted it to end. "If it works..."
"If it works den it works. If it don't den it don't." Remy moved towards the door only to be shoved against a wall. His feet left the ground as two strong hands gripped his trench coat. "How can you be so heartless."
Remy's eyes hardened changing his once glowing eyes into dark red on black. The change was startling. His whole face took on a demonic look with his lips thinning out to a straight line and his features darkening. Even his voice changed to something completely different as he said, "Let go."
Never seeing Remy like this before he immediately dropped him. When his feet hit the floor Remy turned and walked out of the kitchen.
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Magneto stood in front of the machine smiling at what he created. /It's perfect./ He brushed his hand across it enjoying the way it feels. Ever since he was young he enjoyed the feel of metal against skin. It always had a calming effect on him. Maybe because of the similarities they shared: unbending, resilient, cold. The last one especially, but he had to be that way to ensure the future of his kind.
"She's awake." Magneto didn't even turn around when he gave the order to guard her door. /It's almost time./
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Pietro sat on the couch, also made of metal, and watched John play with his lighter. Little fire animals flew through the air attacking each other. Soon everyone will gather in the special room his dad made while he and John just sit here. They weren't allowed to know what was going to happen to Rogue. He tried to stumble in on the conversation, but the few times he tried it didn't work. Then Piotr ended up walking in on one of their meetings he was allowed to hear what was going on.
Silently he cursed his bad luck and wondered again why they wanted Rogue. /It isn't like she can do much with those powers of hers. She would be more of a threat anyways./ He looked over to the metal door that opened up to her room. A couple minutes ago he tried to get in but Creed stopped him. /She must be feeling pretty bad being caught by Remy. He's just a pretty boy anyways. All talk and no action./
Just after thinking that Remy entered the room. /Speak of the devil./ Not even stopping to talk Remy headed straight to her door.
"No one goes in." Sabertooth growled at the Cajun as he started to punch in the codes for the door. "I don't think you heard me."
Before pushing in the last number Remy turned to the hairy thing by him. They just stared at each other and then Creed made a slight sound. Remy just nodded his head and tapped the last button for the code.
By that time both John and Pietro saw what just happened and were confused at what was going on. Neither had seen either person act like that before. When the door opened they got a glimpse of a body huddled in the corner of the room before the door closed.
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When the door closed behind him Remy let his body relax and softened his eyes so he wouldn't scare her. Her legs were pulled into her body and her hair covered her eyes. She was awake, he could tell from her breathing even though she tried to hide it. The sight saddened him and he bent down to move the hair from her face.
As soon as his hand brushed a few strands of hair her body went into action. He felt a fist punch slam into his jaw and then an elbow ram him in the chest. In a couple seconds they were both standing at opposite sides of the room neither making a move towards the other.
She didn't plan to escape he knew that. If it was anybody else she probably wouldn't have done that. She just wanted to hit him and she did. His hand went up to his jaw to see if it was broken. It would sting for a while but beyond that it was fine.
"What are ya doin here?" Rogue crossed her arms and glared across to him smiling slightly at the way he winced when he tried to straighten up.
"Jus' sayin' hi." Remy noticed the food he made was still in the tray. "Yo' don't like my cookin' no more?"
"Ah'm not hungry." At that moment her stomach choose to betray her and gave out a small growl.
"I think yo'r lyin'. It wont do yo' no good to starve." Remy picked up the tray from the floor and slowly made his way to her. When they were an arms length apart he held the tray out for her to take. She hesitated for a moment but after thinking it over she took it and sat on the bed to eat. After taking a few bites she stopped to ask him some more questions.
"What is he goin ta do ta mah?" Rogue kept on looking at her food as she asked it not wanting to see his face. Their was silence for a while and then the Cajun started to speak. "It doesn't matter."
"What do ya mean it doesn't matter!" Her head shot up and she glared into his eyes. "Ah want ta know."
Again there was silence and then he started to explain.
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He turned after feeling a strong gust of wind enter the room to see his son's face.
"I want to know what's going on." The silver haired boy stood up straight as he talked to his father. "I have a right to know! After doing what you asked I thought you learned you could trust me!"
After considering what he said and how close he was to actually doing it anyways he decided to be kind.
"Your right." Erik floated to the room that he never allowed his son to enter. Using his powers he opened the metal door and landed in the room. When the two were inside the room the lights turned on revealing what he was hiding.
"You made another one?" Inside was an exact replica of the evolution machine that was on Asteroid M before it got destroyed. "How?"
"I cut off a piece of the crystal back when I first got it to save it for later uses. This was originally the proto-type." He motioned with his hand at the massive structure. "But the crystal part that I have seems to have taken on different properties. Instead of instantly enhancing the mutant gene to its full capacity it simply increases the speed of mutation."
"What happens if the crystal gets destroyed?" Back on the asteroid when the crystal was blasted into pieces everyone who was effected was returned to normal.
"I have added some things to this old design that theoretically would ensure the effects would last even if it was to happen again. Sadly this wondrous machine has a flaw." Erik sighed before continuing. "It can only be used once."
"So your going to use it on Rogue?" It made sense. If Rogue went in she would be able to control all the abilities she ever absorbed. "Then it will brainwash her into joining our side."
"No, her mind processes things differently then our minds and because of that it wont work. I tried to recalibrate the machine into altering her mind like its supposed to but it simply wont accept the data I transfer into it. So instead I've come up with a different method of getting the desired results."
After saying that he opened a door that led into a room adjacent to the one they were in. Inside the design was similar to one of their bedrooms a bed, desk, and a chair. And in the corner opposite them an ape-like man stood leaning against a wall. "Pietro meet Mastermind."
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"So ya brought mah here ta become some sort of mind slave?" Rogue sprang to her feet and pointed a finger into Remy's chest. "And ya think all this doesn't matter!"
"It might not work." He took a step back as her finger started to poke him in the chest. "Most likely wont."
"If that was true then why would he go ta all the trouble of bringin mah here?" As she said that she backed him up into a wall and started to pound her fist into his chest. "Why didn't ya leave mah somewhere else? Why did ya do this?"
"He would 'ave jus' kept searchin' for yo'." His eyes started to glow and now he was the one backing her into the wall. "If I didn't git yo' den Sabertooth would. And I don't think he would 'ave been to gentle, hein?"
"So what am ah gonna ta do now? Jus let it happen?" Rogue was back to sitting down on the bed. Remy picked up the tray of food and put it back on her lap.
"No yo're goin' to eat yo'r food. I'll take care of de rest, chere." For some reason she believed him. Maybe because she had no other choice or maybe because she trusted him. She just shook her head and picked up the fork to finish her food. After eating some of the salad her head started to throb. It was then she noticed the white powdery substance on the lattice that wasn't there before.
"What..." Everything started to blur until it finally went black.
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Remy waited a couple seconds before he lifted the tray from her lap. Taking her gloves he put them back on her hands. When they were on he leaned forward to pick her up cradling her to his chest as he lifted her off the metal bed. His skin briefly touched hers as he shifted her weight to get a better hold.
His tried not to think about what was going on as he said his name out loud for voice recognition. As he walked out of the room his thoughts went to her and how light she was and the conversation they had before he slipped the drug into her food. Quickly he reached the room and called out for someone to open the door.
Everything seemed to quite down as he entered carrying Rogue. The metal door leading into the chamber was open and he laid her down on the floor brushing the hair from her face before he walked out.
The door closed and noises began to erupt from within. There was a brief yell and then the door slowly opened.
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Rogue felt the bright light before she saw it. She could remember yelling out words, but by then it had already stopped. Her whole body stung and the effects from the drug had left her. When the door began to open she tried to stand up but her legs wouldn't listen to her.
Now the door was all the way open and she could clearly make out the figures in the room. Especially one that floated towards her. She tried to hide her face but he grabbed her by the chin and lifted it up. They looked each other in the eye as he brought out a small box. Her eyes focused on that and she could see a screen filled with what she thought was random letters. But it wasn't the same situation for Magneto.
"It worked." His voice was cold, but there was a hint of pride in his tone. "We will wait until tomorrow before we fix her mind."
All her anger that was building up in her was released when she heard that and Magneto was pushed across the room by an invisible force and slammed into the wall. She tried to do it again but she didn't know how she did it in the fist place, and she was tired to try it if she did. Across the room Magneto stood up and waited for her to do something. When she didn't he realized that she didn't have the strength. "Take her back to her room and make sure she doesn't have the energy to do that again."
There was a growl and Sabertooth came forward as Magneto walked off some where. In the back of her mind she could hear the sound of Pietro arguing with his father, but all she was paying attention to right now was the mad beast in front of her. /Maybe I shouldn't have kicked him in the crotch/
Suddenly Creed sopped and growled at something above her. The growl made her look up into a familiar face. Remy lifted Rogue off the ground and carried her back to the room ignoring Sabertooth's snarls as he walked past. She found it odd that he didn't attack Remy but didn't care at the moment. They walked for a while and right when she was about to start asking questions a cold wind hit her face causing her to move closer to Remy's body.
He walked the same pace even in the cold until they reached their destination. Remy stopped and set Rogue down on her feet making sure she got her balance before letting go. Then Rogue was able to see what they stopped in front of. It was the same plane that they flew to get here. The door opened and Remy pulled Rogue back into his arms.
She made a small sound of protest but he just smirked at her as he carried her up the steps to set her down next to the pilot seat. Then they waited.
Author's Note: I think I made this chapter confusing. Oh well.
Aro: Like I said before I think I just made it more confusing. I'm not sure if unconfused you before I confused you again. So review to tell me alright.
Caliente: Thanks. It's not my style to have him like that. But I seriously want to add some romantic scenes but I guess they'll have to wait.
ishandahalf: thanks for reviewin!
Anime Addicted: haha. I think if I was put in her situation I would have just run and hide. But this is Rogue and she HAS to say something like that. Love your choice of words :)