"Who is he an' what the hell are y'all doin' in here?" Scott and Jean exchanged worried looks. The 16 year old boy cowered in fear.
"We-we were just training the newest student," lied Jean. Rogue read Jean's mind.
"Why do Ah think you're lyin' tah me?" Rogue demanded, still strangely furious.
"Ok, ok we can explain," answered Scott. "Gavin came to Professor Xavier about a month ago. He wished to stay at the mansion, but his parents wouldn't let him. Professor said he couldn't go against Gavin's parents' wishes and returned Gavin to his parents. We met up with Gavin and agreed to help him with training sessions if he stayed at the mansion when he turned eighteen." Rogue understood why Scott and Jean had gone against the Professor's decision but didn't get a chance to leave them to their mischievous work. Just as Rogue was about to leave, the doors opened and Storm and Logan walked in.
"Quick Jean, make 'em leave and ferget what happened!" Jean followed Rogue's suggestion and sent Storm and Logan out of the Danger Room, not remembering a thing. Rogue left before more could go wrong.
~*~
The next day at school, Rogue was having trouble concentrating.
"Hey freak!" a boy yelled from across the school yard. A basketball rolled to Rogue's feet. She picked it up, threw it, and used telekinesis to hit the boy hard in the stomach.
~*~
"Mr. Xavier, I can't endanger my students. My only option is to expel Marie."
"Principal Kelly, if there was some way-"
"No there is nothing I can do. If I don't expel her, the Superintendent will get involved along with several parents. She is no longer to be on school property." Rogue, feeling slightly guilty, followed Professor out of the office and back to the mansion.
"He did have that coming, but you can't use your power at school...or Jean's." Rogue looked at him with surprise. "Although you may be able to fool others, I know that you really used telekinesis and not your natural power against that boy. You shouldn't change people's memories either, but my real question is when did you acquire Jean's power?" Rogue appeared to be in deep concentration. She answered after a few minutes.
"Ah..Ah was doin' some trainin' sessions in the Danger Room with Jean and Scott yesterday. We weren't lookin' where we were goin' an' her hand touched mah face." The professor read her thoughts and found she believed everything she had said completely. Other than a strange link between a subconscious thought and the image of Remy's face, he couldn't detect anything to indicate she was lying.
"Well I suppose it is only appropriate for you to be in charge of cleaning the Danger Room for the next two weeks. You should also finish the basic courses you were taking this year."
"Fahne, not like Ah have anythin' to do." Rogue went to her room. Now Ah don't havtah get up in the morning, an' Ah won't sit next tah that asshole Jeremy in math. An' Ah can't talk tah Kitty at lunch anymore. A tear ran down her cheek. She wiped it away, reaffirmed her questionable unconcern toward the situation, and laid down on her bed. It doesn't mattah. She's jus' down tha hall and Ah'll see her at training sessions. Rogue began to think about when she had been in the Danger Room with Jean and Scott. For some reason, that just didn't seem to be right. Something was telling Rogue something else happened yesterday, and there were only so many people who could give her an answer. Unfortunately, she wouldn't get one from Jean or Scott.
~*~
That evening Rogue visited Jean in the Rec room. "Hey Jean can Ah ask ya somethin'?"
"Sure Rogue, what's up?"
"Well Ah just wanted tah know a few things about yesterday in the Danger Room." Jean's eye's widened.
"Rogue!" Jean scolded her in a hushed voice making sure no one heard them talking. "We can talk about it in my room." A smile began to creep over Rogue's face.
"How 'bout in the Danger Room. Ah could use some help cleanin' it." Jean sighed in defeat as they began walking down the corridor towards the Danger Room.
~*~
Jean used her telekinesis to scrub the floors as she started explaining more about the situation with Gavin. "His parents were fairly neutral on the idea of mutants and humans living together. Their views were skewed when he made a hole in the wall."
"He blasted a hole in the wall?"
"No, he made a hole in the wall. He has the ability to move individual atoms of an object. He can make certain areas more or less dense and cause empty spaces where the atoms used to be."
"That's not such a bad pow'r."
"Yea well, after they found out, they wanted him to stay at home so he couldn't get into trouble. He's being home schooled. They won't let him hang out with his friends. He found Scott and I and asked us to help him to control his power." Rogue soon realized she wasn't getting anywhere talking to Jean.
"Well the Professor asked me about it. I told him that we were having a training session."
"Did he believe you?!" Jean asked anxiously.
"Yea. Well Ah havtah get goin'. See ya." Rogue left Jean in the Danger Room mostly cleaned. She'll finish cleaning it up. Tomorrow Ah'll talk tah Scott about what happened.
~*~
That night, Rogue had a very confusing dream. She saw mass destruction surrounding beefed up versions of sentinels. A large image of Remy blanketed the scene and Rogue stood beneath all of it with a tear in her eye, holding up the chaos. And yet she was trying to destroy the mess from above also.