Chapter 13

/Why is my blanket moving?/ Remy's eyes snapped open as he felt the thing move again. His eyes settled on a girl's head resting on his chest. It took him a second to figure out who she was and what happened the night before. He remembered having the nightmare and then a beautiful voice singing to him. When he opened his eyes to see whom the voice belonged to he saw Rogue's face streaked with tears. He remembered comforting her and having her fall asleep in his arms. Where she still was.

A soft smile played on his lips as he looked down at the beauty in his arms. After a couple minutes of contemplation he tried unsuccessfully to detach her from him. His stomach growled and he froze hoping that she wouldn't wake up in this position and start to strangle him. /The girl would probably think I'm trying to grope her./ He let out a sigh and unconsciously started to stroke her hair to relive his stress while his arm tightened around her body and his hand reached down to touch her thigh. /I wouldn't do that./

As he was beginning to fall back into slumber a realization dawned on him and he was able to look to the dresser beside him to see the clock's time turn to 11:PM. /Damnit!/ A sound blared in the room and Remy tried to reach his arm back to turn off the clock but it was too far. After a couple attempts resulting in complete failure he decided to give up and wait for Rogue's reaction.

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Piotr sat in his room sketching out another drawing of fire for John. He thought over what happened the last couple of days and wondered why Mags didn't send someone after them. He also wondered about what happened to his comrade and where he was right now. He sighed and put the finishing touches to his picture.

"Here." Pyro eagerly grabbed the piece of paper and taped it to his wall full of other pictures.

"So you think Gambit will bring the Shelia back?" After admiring his wall full of pictures of fire he sat back down in front of his friend and waited for an answer.

"Probably not." He wasn't sure if he should trust John even though he gave him no reason to he didn't want to put Remy's or Rogue's life in danger.

"Yeah you're right especially not since he sprang her out in the first place." Piotr was stunned that Remy trusted the pyro manic with the information and then realized that he probably just read the letter. So he just nodded and went back to sketching in his book and glancing at John every couple minutes to make sure he didn't set him on fire again.

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"I could find her." Pietro ran in front of his father blocking his path back to his room. "It's pretty easy to figure out where she's going."

"It doesn't matter we will continue with our other plans and wait for Gambit's return." Magneto was getting annoyed of his son's action and came up with the perfect plan to get rid of him. "But there is something that you can do."

"Really? I'll get it done in two seconds flat." To show off how fast he raced around the room ending up in front of his father again in less then a second. .

"This project will take a while and it concerns more of your talking skills then your speed." Pietro's wide grin turned into a scowl at the thought of doing anything slow. "Actually it would be a good idea if you didn't talk fast either."

"I-don't-talk-fast!" The words rushed out of him in anger and he knew to late that he just proved his point. "Fiiinnnneee. What do I have to do?"

"Convince your friends to become a part of this team. Another member has given them the option already but they are still reluctant. When they join I want you to lead them." The last part Pietro was up for but the first one. He could tell Magneto was set on doing this and he didn't want to disappoint him. "Go now."

With a nod of his head Pietro was out of the base before he could blink. Near the shadows of the room a figure stirred and moved forward reveling Sabertooth.

"Is everything set?" Magneto glanced at the other man that remained in the shadows.

"Yes, we'll be ready when she comes." With a flick of his wrist Magneto ordered him to leave. /Perfect/

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"Hey why do we live in a dump like this when those X-Geeks get to stay at that fancy mansion?" Toad snapped his tongue out and grabbed a fly swallowing it. "It ain't fair."

"Yeah. We should be living like they do!" Fred picked up his bowl of cereal and chugged the whole thing down like it was a drink. He wiped his mouth with the back of his arm and let out a loud burp making everyone around him laugh.

"Is that all you guys care about?" Lance slumped down lower into a chair and changed the channel of the TV again. A show about a cats came on making him slouch even further.

"All of us don't have a Kitty-Cat to worry about." Toad jumped onto the top of the chair and looked down into Lance's face. "Somebody's missing their precious little Kitty."

"I don't miss her!" A small tremor threw Todd of the chair and into a wall. Fred easily pried Todd off and placed him on the floor. "I'm just tired of Summers thinking that we have her."

"Yeah it ain't like we have cool underground base to hide her in." Todd rubbed his head while still snagging flies with his tongue. "Plus Rogue has them so they're alright, right?"

"Maybe it was Mystique that took them. Like the real one. She could copy anyone's form right?" Fred took a bite of his sandwich not noticing the strange looks he was getting from the others. Before they could comment on what Fred said there was knock on the door and a gust of wind blew it open.

"What the..." Lance saw the silver blur and instantly shook the ground causing the person to stop.

"Why did you do that?" Pietro fell back on his butt from the quake and instantly got up when it stopped. The others started to move closer to him each one looking like they were going to kill. "Hey guys long time no see."

Everyone stood still when he greeted them in a cheerful tone and then they all sprang at once causing him to run to the other side of the room.

"Let me explain." He waved his hands in front of him in a futile attempt to get them to stop.

"You betrayed us why should we trust you." Lance shook the ground again but Pietro was too quick and went to a safer area outside and then ran back in when it stopped. "Because of you Fred ended up in that base."

"Just listen. I was sent by my father to get you guys to join." Pietro was able to get all the words out without talking fast which amazed the others into stopping. "Magneto would have gotten Fred out, he wants all of you to be a part of his team."

"Why should we? What do we get out of it?" Lance spoke up and stood in front of Pietro with his arms crossed waiting for the answer.

"Protection. Health plans. And a chance to join the winning side. Face it this is all going to end up as a war and Mutants should be the ones to win right? Well Magneto is planning for that and if you join him you are guaranteed a place at the top."

The speech got all three of them thinking and they turned to talk to each other about it.

"Do you think we should do it?" Lance didn't trust Pietro right now but he liked what he was offering. This could solve a lot of their problems. "I'm joining."

"I'll join too." Todd jumped up and down and then across the room to stand by Pietro.

"Well since you two are joining." Fred walked over there as well and Lance followed behind him.

"We agreed we'll join Magneto's team." Pietro stuck his hand out and Lance took it each of them trying to crush the other's hand in the process. Fred pulled their hands apart before they could damage to each other.

"So it's settled." They all nodded their heads. "Ohh one more thing I have to be leader."

"WHAT!!"

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Wanda stopped by the wall and typed the keys into the control pad. A door sprang open and she walked through carrying a tray in her hands. Inside were two people playing a game of cards.

"You lost!" Kurt got up and did a little dance for the fifth game he one in a row. As he did a little dance a pair of fours fell from his tail and landed on the floor.

"You cheater!" Kitty rushed him but Kurt just flipped in the air and landed behind her and started laughing. When Kitty charged him again he didn't notice until she was nearly on him and mistakenly tried to teleport out of there. The seconds it took for him to realize that he couldn't gave her enough time to tackle him and they both fell into a heap on the floor. Kitty punched him a couple times until he finally got enough leverage to use his tail to lift her off of him. He tossed her off and quickly jumped onto the roof away from her hands.

"Kurt Wagner get down here right now!" She glared up at him until she heard a soft chuckle come from behind her. "Wanda! What did you bring us?"

"It smells good." Kurt jumped down onto the floor still some distance away from Kitty in case she tried to hit him again.

"It's just some bacon and eggs." She placed the tray down and sat down with the other two to eat the food. After the first couple of days of imprisonment Kitty and Kurt calmed down and started to relax around Wanda. There wasn't much they could do about their situation and they realized that it wasn't her fault that they were stuck here.

"Did you, like, get any more leads on Magneto?" Kitty took a sip of her orange juice while Kurt just gobbled up all his food in a couple seconds.

"I was able to trace the fire user to a bridge but then the X-Men got in the way." Wanda stilled after she said that. She kept on forgetting that they were prisoners here and that they were a part of the team. Spending time with them was nice and she didn't want to upset them. Of course she would never admit to it even under torture. They all sat in silence after she said that each one thinking about the situation.

Kurt, always good-natured, tried to crack some jokes to put everyone into a better mood. After he finished eating he did some acrobatic tricks making Kitty laugh and Wanda slightly smile.

When all the food was done Wanda picked it up and was about to walk out when Kurt asked a question. "Did Mystique tell you anything about Rogue?"

Wanda just shook her head and walked out of the room leaving Kitty to comfort him. She really wanted to help but Mystique promised her the name of the place her father was if she did this. And the need for revenge was outweighing the need to do the right thing.

With one last look at the two she closed the door and went to go talk to Mystique.

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/So he's back./ She knew it might happen at some point but it did not matter the plan was nearly complete. She jumped down from the tree and crept through the still open door into the house. Changing into a snake she slithered under the door of the basement and changed back into her regular form.

Pressing the numbers on the panel she entered the room as the metal door closed behind her. She was able to walk only a couple more steps before Wanda greeted her.

"Mystique we need to talk." Wanda glared at the older woman and used her power to move a desk in front of her. "You promised to get the information on where Magneto's base was."

"Yes and I have found it." Mystique grinned at the girls' slightly shocked expression. "You will receive all of the information tomorrow."

"I can't wait that long." The lights started to flicker as Wanda's anger increased. She wanted the information as soon as possible.

"If you do anything to me then you'll never get it." All the lights flickered one more time before she calmed sown. Wanda didn't trust her but it didn't matter. This time tomorrow she will get her revenge.

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"It's been nearly a week and you still haven't found anything?" Logan growled and rammed his fist into wall making a huge hole. The other two adults did nothing to calm his rage. Each one had their own way of dealing with stress and this was his.

Storm inhaled the relaxing aroma of her tea instantly calming down. For a second she thought of offering it to Logan but then realized that this was Logan and quickly dismissed the idea.

Beast sat in one of the chairs reading the newspaper. Most of the news was about mutants and how they were threats to humankind. Some articles actually tried to be fair and defend mutant rights but they were always given a small column followed by accusations and mockery about what they wrote.

"There is no possible way to track her. She hasn't used her powers, and even if she did Jean can't lock onto her like she could with Scott." Beast continued to read his paper as Storm tried to patiently explain the situation yet again to Logan. And again he didn't take it well. The only way to find the other two was to find Rogue but so far they had nothing.

"Don't we have any other way of finding people other then Cerebro." Since Hank was one of the newer teachers he didn't know everything about the school and all the means they had for finding people.

"Every other way is slower and we at least need to know the general area of where the person is." Storm sipped her tea and pulled out a seat to sit down. Logan sat down too after pouring himself a cup of strong coffee.

"What about the information we got about a girl in Arizona?" Hank pulled down the paper and asked the two.

"It was her but then the scent disappeared when they got into a car." All the attention was directed to him and he took a quick chug of the coffee before he began to explain. "Someone was with her. A man, taller than 6 feet, mutant, and smelled like Gumbo. Everyone was saying that he had demon eyes and was throwing flaming cards at them."

That piece of information made the two other adults sit up. When they fought Magneto's man they met someone who threw cards and had what some people would call demon eyes. Wolverine wasn't there when they fought them so he wouldn't know about it.

"What is it?" He noticed the way the two acted and how they looked at each other like they wanted the other to talk. "Spit it out!"

"We met someone who fits that description once before. When we were fighting Magneto's new team. He was one of the Acolytst." What Hank said brought silence to the whole table. Each one came up with their own reasons as to why Rogue would be with someone who is on the opposing side.

Logan thought that she was using him for a means to get something or that she was forced to come along. Hank thought that she was tricked into going. And Aurora thought that Rogue went willingly but not to cause them harm but for another reason. A reason that she might have been tricked into believing or maybe was true. All of them did agree on one thing, that Rogue would never betray them.

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Somewhere else in the mansion a group of teenagers were having their own discussion about the situation. The oldest students Jean and Scott were trying to give as much information as they could but they were never informed about the mall incident so they were seriously lacking in things to say.

"So you guys haven't found anything yet?" Jamie was upset over the three older kids being missing. Out of all the students here he connected to those three the most. Kurt would always make him laugh and Kitty would always try to find ways to get him to play with the others. Then there was Rogue who he could relate to and was always there for him.

"Sorry Jamie but whoever has the X-Jet destroyed the tracking device we installed into it." Scott ran his hand through his hair stressed out by the whole situation.

"What do you mean whoever?" Amara pointed a Jean. "She said that it was Rogue and that was what we saw."

"We don't want to pass blame and there might be something else going on." Behind his ruby glasses he stared at Jean wanting her to see his disapproval but he knew she couldn't.

"Like what." Ray played with a tiny lightening bolt in his hand and threw it at the TV causing it to turn on. A show on the mutant problem came on and about them causing earthquakes.

"Her head could have been messed up that's what." Evan went forward and turned off the TV before Berserker decided to blow it up like last time. He wouldn't blame him though. "Or she's up to something."

"Yeah maybe she's working for the bad guys now." Bobby shrugged his shoulders and walked over to Roberto who was mumbling something that sounded like 'tinhead.' Both of the boys erupted into laughter and Tabitha who was near them started laughing too.

"It might be true." Jean's words silenced everyone's attention was turned to her. "We don't know what's going on so that might be the case. If you haven't noticed both Kurt and Kitty are gone because of her."

"Chill Red. Plus those two are with Rogue right? And she wouldn't do anything to hurt them." Tabitha leaned against Sam who offered his own opinion. "Ah don't think we have enough information ta know anythin for sure."

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement and they left the room. Each one coming up with their own ideas about what happened to their friend who really now was a rogue.

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/Why is my bed moving?/ The thought along with images of exorcist brought her to the land of the wakefulness. Not ready to get up she rested a couple of seconds hoping that Kitty wont try to wake her up. Someone in the back of her mind was trying to tell her something but she pushed him back. Her whole body felt warm and comfortable and she didn't want to give that up for anything except turning off that alarm clock.

She waited for Kitty to turn it off but it kept on going and she realized that it was coming from next to her. Leaning forward she clamped her hand down on the switch turning the machine off. Hearing no one react to it she relaxed back onto the bed and shifted to get more comfortable. A rhythmic beating coming from below her ear was beginning to lull her to sleep. Again a nagging feeling began in the back of her mind.

/Why won't they leave me alone. This sound is so soothing./ Finally one of her psyches was able to pull through her mind. They had been pushed back for all of the night so they didn't know what happened. But they were in a better state of mind so the one that got out understood what the sound was. *Ummm Rogue? /Yes Jamie?/ *You know that you're sleeping on someone right?

Rogue's eyes snapped open and she mentally pushed him back as a reflex. She lifted her head and her eyes met those of the Swamp Rat.

"Good morning Chere." That was all he was able to get out before he was slapped with a pillow. "I didn't do anything!"

Rogue stopped her attacks long enough to point out the hand that was still on her thigh, and then began to assault him again.

"Merde." He rolled off the bed trying to get away and pulled her down with him. The only difference in position now was that he didn't have a comfy bed beneath him. After a couple more hits she stopped and leaned down so that she was only an inch from his face.

"Thank you." A smile was on her lips as she slowly got to her feet and headed to the bathroom leaving a stunned Cajun behind.

Author's Note: Not much happened in this chapter. I just wanted to explain what was happening to everyone so basically this is a filler chapter. There is only going to be 2 more chapters. Definitely a sequel because there is a lot more stuff I want to talk about.

On to the reviews!

lonewolf: Thanks for the slight criticism but now I want no more. I don't think I was in the right state of mind when I typed that. Thanks for the beginning part! It made me feel all special.

JexyBaby: She now looks more like her comic book self except the hair is still short. The next chapter will go into more detail about her newly developed powers. I was going to add it too this chapter but it got too long.

Star-of-Choas: The *little* secret might have to stay a secret unless you want to have Remy torn to death. Rogue has a tough choice, protect Remy or see Logan's reaction when she tells him Sabertooth's *tiny* problem.

Caliente: Her powers I'll talk about next chapter. There was no sweet scenes in this chapter but I'll add more later. And thanks about the part that I didn't make them act OOC I'm realllllly trying not to do that.

DaughterofDeath: Here was the new chapter. Expecting another one right?

ishandahalf: thanks for reviewing!

Foxy-Glove: 12 AM? wow that makes me so happy. Not the you staying up late part but the you liking the story so you ended up reading it to 12 AM part. Did that just make sense?

charice: Thanks about the review and the president day thing.

DemonRogue13: A flying monkey told me. I don't know what's stranger the fact the monkey was flying or that it could talk.