Chapter 14

They both were in their sleep ware when they exited the kitchen. After the whole thing that happened last night they were more comfortable around each other. Of course there was still the flirtatious remarks and the glares with scowls but it didn't happen so often.

Actually they were able to spend nearly an hour talking to each other without any problems. They talked a little while longer before the doorbell rang. Remy got up from the couch and opened the door but found no one outside. He looked down the hallway but didn't see anyone. Before he closed the door there was a soft purr coming from the floor. When he looked down a cat with yellow eyes stared up at him before it sped off leaving a letter behind.

"Was that a cat?" Rogue scowled as she came up behind Remy. "Ah hate cats."

Wordlessly he handed her the letter which had the name Rogue written across it. She took it from his hand and ripped one side open and then tilted it to get the paper out. The letter was brief and Rogue read the beginning part quickly getting angry.

Then as she finished the letter it slipped from her hand as her face took on an expression of shock. Remy grabbed the letter before it hit the ground and quickly read the contents.

Rogue-

Come to the Brotherhood house at 6 PM. I have two of your friends and if you cooperate I'll let them go. If not... Don't try to contact the X-Men. I'll know if you did.

-Mystique

Kurt Wagner

Katherine Pride

His eyes widened at the two names at the bottom not because they were X-Men but because they signed their names in blood. "Looks like we be going to the Brotherhood house tomorrow."

"Why the hell would she do this?" Rogue screeched at him causing him to flinch. "When ah find her ah'm goin ta drain her dry!"

Remy just watched for a moment and then he came forward and pulled her into his arms. At first she stiffened but then she relaxed and laid her head on his chest.

"Are ya comin with me?" He just waited a couple seconds before he replied. "Yes."

Rogue was relieved that she wouldn't be going on her own. Mystique has always been a tricky woman and she never played by the rules. Not like there was any rules to life, just guidelines that people like Mystique don't follow. She let out a sigh and pushed away from Remy and headed to the bathroom to change.

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Remy moved around the room and finally found some clothes that were decent enough to wear. /What is Mystique doing?/ None of this was making sense to him. It was suppose to be easy. Take her to Magneto then escape. Take her to Mystique and then escape. Then take her home receiving all the money and then go back to do doing what he was good at. Now he had to not only get Rogue out of there but her friends too since there is no way she would leave without them.

/This isn't my day./ The sound of boots pounding on tile brought him out of his thoughts and he turned to see Rogue dressed in a dark blue, form fitting, shirt with black jeans similar to what she was wearing before but with a different design. She was wearing a leather jacket and black gloves, probably leather too.

"Are ya goin ta change." She looked him up and down noticing that he was still wearing the same clothes since she left. He just smirked and started to strip down right in front of her. The grin was still on his face as he lifted the shirt off making sure to flex his upper body as he did so. Then he was tugging on his sweatpants and by then Rogue had enough sense to turn around.

"Is somethin' wrong?" She didn't reply and he could make out the slight reddish color spreading across her face. As he started to put on his pants Rogue turned her head slightly to look back but when he caught her looking she turned a darker shade of red and started walking to the door.

He just smirked at her reaction and finished putting on his clothes. Next he put on his trench coat making sure to slip in some more decks of cards. When he was certain that he had everything that he needed he left the room.

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/Think about Kurt and Kitty. Think about Kurt and Kitty./ The thought repeated itself in her mind but the image of a shirtless Cajun kept on popping up in her head. /Think about shirtless. No! Boxers. No! Kurt and Kitty doin it./ She shivered slightly at that thought. /Oh Gawd now I have to get rid of that one too./

She started to beat her head with her hand hoping that it would give her short-term amnesia.

"Ready to go?" Rogue spun around and ended up bumping into Remy. The impact nearly made her fall down but he steadied her before that could happen. Her face was threatening to blush again but she pushed it down and started to think of depressing things. "We should leave now if yo' want to make it there on time."

Rogue just nodded her head and followed him out of the room and down to the first floor. Remy already had his glasses back in place as they left the building. His stride was long and Rogue kept up with a quick pace knowing what happened just yesterday. They took another route avoiding the area where they fought. She was able to make out an indoor parking lot a couple blocks away.

/At least it isn't in broad daylight this time./ There was a thrill to stealing in some place so frequently visited and easy to spot but she really didn't want to anger Mystique by phoning her at the police station and asking her to pick them up. /That would go over well./

They were about a block away when she saw Remy tense up. There wasn't much of a change if anyone else saw him but after spending some time with him she noticed some of the signs. His back was straighter now and his mouth was a straight line. Also his hand twitched meaning he was getting ready to draw out his cards.

Cautiously she glanced from the sides of her eyes and was able to make out a couple of figures moving around the street parallel to theirs. Also the shadows on the ground were moving like there was someone on top of the buildings. It was then she realized that the buildings weren't that tall and were made around the same height with hardly any gaps. /They're on the roof./

Everything was telling her to run but she couldn't be sure that they weren't carrying guns or that more of them would be waiting for her somewhere. They were almost to the building and for a split second she thought she was safe but it only took another second to realize that she wasn't. All around them people came out blocking their way inside and anyway around.

The sound of guns loading made Rogue pale slightly and Remy muttered some French cuss words. Slowly the men started to come forward making them move backwards into the parking lot's wall. Remy moved in front of Rogue making all of the guns move towards him.

"Were these the ones that took down your men?" The voice was cool and unemotional as the man eyes lingered on Rogue.

"Yeah Boss but there was some more of them." It was the leader from yesterday. Rogue wanted to tell them that it took only the two of them to beat up their asses but she kept her mouth shut. The boss's eyes were on her again. He wasn't big or tough which meant he was smart and that made everything a whole lot worse.

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"Did the girl fight too?" Remy wasn't liking the situation at all. There were too many people and almost all of them had a gun aimed at him.

"No, we played with the girl a bit then the boy got mad and that started the fight."

"So there was only one boy?"

"Yeah...I mean no there was ten of them."

"I thought you told me 15 this morning."

"It was too dark to tell."

"You said it was early evening."

"..." Remy watched as the boss easily got the truth out of the man without changing facial expressions. It seemed like he didn't care that much about what happened to that guy's men. But he did seem to care what was going to happen to Rogue.

"What's your name girl?" Rogue stiffened behind him and he could feel the confusion coming from her.

"Rogue." The man seemed to accept that answer and finally turned to him looking him up and down first like he was sizing Remy up.

"I'll make a deal with you. Hand this girl over to me and I'll let you go. If you don't I'll have to kill you and then take her."

"Why don't yo' just do dat first. Save yo' a whole lot of trouble."

"I don't want her to seek revenge for your death and besides this way I get an easily compliant heartbroken girl. She wouldn't mind so much what I want her to do if you left her." Raw anger was coming from Rogue and he thought that it might have been for the death threat. Then he remembered the part about being compliant and that defiantly would have set her off.

"Well ah think ya should rethink that theory of yars." Rogue then went to a whole speech about what she would do to him or any guy that put her in that sort of situation. At the end of her monologue all the guys were stunned with her vocabulary.

"You have quite a mouth on you. Later we will put it to better use, but for now since you clearly stated that you would be angry either way I will start with shooting this boy here." /I'm gonna die!/ Some cards appeared in his hand but he knew they wouldn't save him. Everything went into slow motion for him. The bullets leaving the guns, cards being charged, and Rogue's voice all seemed to blend together.

Remy felt Rogue grab onto him and the cards fell to the ground by his feet still charged. Before the bullets could hit him the cards exploded sending dust all around them. Behind him Rogue yanked his arm making him turn to face her. He expected bullets to hit him in the back but they never did. Instead he saw dozens of bullet holes in the wall.

His eyes widened as Rogue pulled him to the wall and passed through it dragging him along with her. They were safely on the other side but she didn't stop moving until they got to a car. She let go and phased through opening the driver side so he could get in.

With practiced ease he cut the right wires and he drove off going 55 miles per hour in a 35 mile street. It wasn't until they reached the bridge that they finally relaxed.

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"So Rogue's going to be here in a couple hours?" Kurt eyes flashed with worry as Wanda told them the news. His sister was going to be in danger and he couldn't do anything to help her.

"How is she, like getting here? You never explained how she was able to make it out of the base in the first place." Kitty was scared for her friend, but also for herself. When Mystique gets Rogue then she wouldn't need Kurt or her anymore and since Kurt was her son she wouldn't do anything to him but where did that leave her. As long as she was a bargaining chip she was fine but now she didn't know what was going to happen to her.

"I don't know. All I know is that she's coming here and I have to get her into the room without her using her powers." Wanda was close to getting the information that she needed and she could nearly taste the revenge that she always wanted. "I have to go now and prepare."

Wanda left to find Mystique and get some of her questions answered. She found her in one of the rooms and she was holding up thin, black, transparent material. This room was going to be Rogue's and was set up differently since it actually had comfortable furniture and a bed with sheets and pillows.

"Do you think she'll like it?" It didn't take her long to realize who she was talking about. "It's the type of thing you put around your waist. I don't know if they have a special name for it. Never really cared for the name of clothing since I could just change my skin into whatever I like."

"It looks nice." Mystique was acting weird and it was putting her off. She was used to the commanding angry woman that she could slightly relate too. This person seemed more mother like.

"When she arrives take her to their room to show their alive and well. Then take her to this room." As she was talking she folded the material and wrapped it up. Then she took out a needle and placed it on the dresser. "You will inject her with the needle once she's in the room. Make sure to give her the right amount."

"Then you will give me the information to where Magneto's base is?" Mystique just nodded and walked out of the room leaving a confused Witch inside.

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"When did yo' learn to do dat?" Once they had passed the bridge Remy let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. The whole situation scared the hell out of him.

"Ah don't know. Ah just grabbed ya then we phased through everythin." It was clear that all of it was a blur to her it was the same with him. Everything just happened so fast. He knew that she tapped into someone else's power. From what he was told about the X-Men he was pretty sure the person had the ability to phase and her name was Katherine Pride one of the people that was captured by Mystique.

"Can yo' do it again?" Rogue looked first at him and then at the dashboard in front of her. She placed her hand on it and pushed. Her hand didn't phase through. Remy didn't say anything not wanting to break her concentration. There was another couple minutes wait and he was about to tell her to stop when he noticed that the dashboard was starting to dent inward.

"I think yo' tapped into someone else's powers." She blinked and it was then that she noticed the small dent she made.

"Maybe ah should try somethin else." A wave of excitement hit him and he knew she was happy that her powers could now do other things instead of just drain.

"How 'bout dis time yo' try to lift dis." Remy placed a penny in her hand. "Did you absorb someone who had telekinetic powers?"

"Yeah." So the next couple minutes was spent with Rouge starring at her hand trying to get the thing to move. When he stopped at a red light he glanced at her to see how far she got. What he saw made his face pale. Rogue with a look of pure concentration on her face had glowing red eyes aimed at her hand.

Reaching his arm out he clasped his hand on top of hers and snapped her out of her trance.

"What ya do that for? Ah nearly got it!" She glared at him and he sighed seeing her eyes return to the normal shade of green. When he didn't reply she just grumbled and stared at the dangling tree ornament on the mirror. It didn't take him long to figure out why she was staring at it and he made a difficult choice that he knew he would regret..

"Yo' want to drive?"

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Rogue yelled again at another driver that tried to cut her off as she merged into the street. "Don't these drivers know how ta wait?"

She easily zigzagged between the cars narrowly missing a couple when she came up in front of them. Remy who was sitting to the side of her finally came to the realization that this was the way she drives and he should just deal with it. Thinking it was very different than acting on it.

"Can yo' drive slower?" They ran passed another red light and Remy was seriously wondering where all the police officers were.

"Ah could." The car sped up going from 50 to 55 on a local road. "But ah won't."

The only time since she started driving that she was actually careful was near the schools. Now that they passed all of them she was making up for all the time they missed by not stopping for any reason for the last ten minutes.

Finally she could make out the road that led to the Brotherhood house. There wasn't any car parked out front and Rogue swerved the car making the tires do the screeching thing before they stopped. For a second they just stayed inside and stared at the house in front of them and then they got out not bothering to lock the doors.

Remy went up to the door first and pushed the unlocked door. From what they could tell the place was deserted. Rogue brushed past him and searched all the rooms on the first floor. Remy met up with her in the kitchen and she shrugged. Nobody appeared to be there but then the door to the basement opened and Rogue had a sudden flash of all the horror movies she seen with a monster lurking in the basement.

She half expected some sort of hideous thing to pop out but when the door fully opened to reveal Wanda she was relieved. Then she realized that she was standing with someone who could manipulate powers pretty much leaving them defenseless. /I think the monster would have been better./

Wanda didn't say anything just led them down the staircase to a metal door that she was certain wasn't there when she lived here. The door opened and they walked in. Remy's hand went to her shoulder and she found it comforting to have him nearby. They went further down a metal hallway and right when they were nearing the end Remy slipped his hand away and moved into an open door.

At first she tried to follow him but the metal door closed on her. It was then that she realized that he was a part of this. Like how he was a part of the thing with Magneto. Before she could think of what to do with this new knowledge a door at the end of the hallway opened. Wanda was standing next to the door and inside was her friends.

"Rogue." She rushed forward and gave her brother and her best friend a hug. Then all of them started talking all at once trying to explain what happened and ask questions. It didn't really matter that they didn't understand each other just the fact they were hearing the other talk was fine. Finally they were able to stop and talk sensible.

"Ve need to get out of here." The other two nodded at Kurt's words and they turned to the still open doorway and found not Wanda's form but that of Mystique's.

"What do ya want with me?" Behind Mystique Rogue could make out the end of a trench coat turn around a corner into another room. "Let the others go!"

"In a little while. I still need them so you will cooperate. When it is time I'll let them go." Mystique called her forward and Rogue kept her eyes narrowed as she followed the blue woman ahead of her. "You will be staying here."

Rogue stepped into a room that looked more comfortable then the room she just left. It was the type of room someone lived in. The swiss of doors closing made her jump and then start to panic. When she banged on the door a gas seeped into the room.

/Not again./ She was asleep before she hit the ground.

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As Mystique walked away Remy moved down the corridor and headed into one of the metal rooms near the way out. The little conference he had with the terrorist didn't turn out well. It seemed that he wasn't needed anymore and was asked to leave. He was planning on at least spending a day here but Mystiques priorities changed. Doing some research beforehand he already knew the code for the door and steeped in knowing what he had to get.

Along the sides of the room were cabinets holding vials and in the center was the main computer. He hacked into the database and searched for the information that he needed. /The serum she was injected with would act instantly awakening her from her sleep...side effects for overdose...antidote...there we go./ Ignoring all the other information he memorized the name of the vial then went to look for it.

The whole thing was alphabetized and in perfect order making it easy for him to find what he needed. As he was leaving the room he could hear two voices arguing around the corner.

"You were only supposed to give her half of it!"

"There was a whole vial so I gave her all of it. It ain't that bad."

"Now I can't talk to her for the rest of the day even if I do give her the antidote. It's probably better that I wait until tomorrow evening."

"Well she was out of it. Isn't that what you wanted?"

"Yeah but now that it's settled it will have...a strange effect on her and she'll start to..."

The rest of the conversation faded as they closed the door to the room that they entered. Remy thought over what he heard and hoped that she'll be fully awake before 12. He crept down the hallway and headed towards Rogue's door. He knew the access codes to the new panel and as it opened he stared at the clothes that were littered on the floor.

His eyes scanned the jacket gloves and pants lying on the ground and then his eyes traveled up to the bed where Rogue was sitting with the a blanket held underneath her chin.. Their eyes met and Remy casually entered the room closing the door behind him. Something was wrong. He was picking up strange emotions from the girl ahead of him.

"Are yo' okay?" /Are you okay? That's the best I can do?/ Rogue didn't seem to mind his choice of words actually she smiled at them and started to stretch underneath the covers. "Peachy."

When she was done stretching she pulled back the covers reveling a black cloth tied around her waist and a sleeveless shirt. She glided over to him making sure to sway her hips in the little clothing that was covering her. As she came closer Remy backed up until he hit a wall uncertain about what was going on.

"Rogue I'm..." An ungloved finger came to his lips silencing him, and then it trailed down his chest. They were still an arm length apart but she quickly fixed that by coming forward, pressing up against him. It was then he realized just how much her body changed. /Think! Mystique said there was some sort of side effect to an overdose. I wish I read what it was!/

Her hands brushed his shoulders and tugged the trench coat off dropping it to the floor. /Strange emotions...Lack of caring.../ One of her hands went behind his head and tried to tug it down.

"Ah want a kiss." /A kiss?/ Looking down he saw her pouting with her full lips and his head started to bend a little. /No! Bad Remy! She ain't thinking straight. Can't do this./ His head snapped back up and he closed his eyes to avoid temptation.

/I need to give her the antidote. Maybe if I kiss her... No! It's not right. But it's just a kiss... Why is it so cold?/ He opened his eyes and found his shirt lying on the floor some feet away. /Don't look at Rogue. Don't look at Rogue./ And then he looked at Rogue who had her hands hovering over his bare chest and her head slightly tilted like she was trying to figure something out.

Then her eyes lifted to his face and she smirked. He tried to talk her into stopping but before he could her cold hands descended to his chest making him shiver. Quickly they warmed up and Remy again tried to speak but couldn't come up with anything to say.

/Think faster. What was I suppose to do?/ Her hands started to move and he was having hard time thinking straight.

"What do you want?" Remy was seriously losing his resolve and was about to kiss her senseless any second now. /A kiss won't do anything./

"Sex." /Sex won't do anything./ He groaned and brought his arms up to wrap around her body. Her eyes sparkled and she moved closer to give him a kiss. He stopped her with a finger to her lips and pulled her over to the bed.

"Yo' need to take some medicine first, chere."

"Then ah get a kiss?" He nodded his head and went over to his trench coat and pulled out the vial. He popped the lid and told Rogue to drink all of it. When she chugged down the stuff she made a face and slowly got up staggering when doing so. She grabbed onto Remy and pulled him into the bed. When her head touched the pillow her eyes drifted shut. Remy thought she was asleep and tried to get out but she tightened her hold around him.

"Ya owe me a kiss when ah wake up." Pulling him back down she tightened her arms around his waist and rested her head on his shoulder instantly falling asleep. No matter what he did Remy couldn't escape her hold and settled down following her into peaceful slumber.

Author's Note: This was my longest chapter and I'm not really liking it but o well.

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This is my first story and it's ending and I NEED REVIEWS!!! There are some things I want answers too so that I know what to do with my next story which is going to be a sequel to this one. SO questions.....

Which pairings do you want for other people? (It's a Romy definitly but I can put rivalry/jealousy stuff if you want.)

Do you want them to stay at the mansion or leave and do their own thing or both?

Was what I put in the end past PG-13 or was it at the border?

Would you like to read a sequel? (This one doesn't matter since I'm going to write one anyways.)

What did you like about my story?

What stuff should I change?

Any other helpful tips which would make reading my story more enjoyable?

I would really appreciate it if you did this for me. Answer all or one it doesn't matter. What you put would probably effect what will happen with ending to THIS story if I'm going to link it properly to the next one.

DaugterofDeath: Here's another chapter. This is a freebie since you didn't really didn't ask for it this time.

Star-of-Chaos: The getting his pants torn is a good idea but it would just be so embarrassing for him, and then there would be laughing and pointing. And it would be very, very wrong of me to put something like that in. *Doesn't mean I wouldn't do it though* ;)

DemonRogue13: I have to agree with the talking. Thanks for the review.

ishandahalf: Thanks for Reviewing!

Caliente: Yeah they didn't really go into Remy's character that much and has anyone found out if their going to make another season? I would search for the answer but I'm really google impaired and it takes me forever to find anything. Thanks for all of the other stuff.

JexyBaby: A whole chapter full Rogue and Remy interactions. And a little something-something at the end.

CajunBelle: Thanks!

lonewolf: I'm pretty sure that Piotr could draw in the comics and stuff because it's always mentioned in all kinds of fanfics and its shown in the movie so I thinks its true.

PomegranateQueen: Not for the hand on her thigh. That's for sure! No she's really thanking him for being there and comforting her when she was crying.