"But Professor, I'm sure something's going on. There has to be a reason why I had that dream last night."
"What did you exactly see again?"
"Huge robots destroying the city. And Rogue was fighting them, but she was also helping them."
"It sounds like you just need to stop eating pizza before going to bed." Professor Xavier dismissed Jean from his office. He had planned on enjoying his Saturday with Hank. He was in no mood to chase crazy dream prophesies.
~*~
Rogue decided she needed to see Remy today. Talking to Scott could wait. Rogue knocked on Remy's door. The moment she saw his face, her true memories of the past week flashed back to her. She once again remembered Dorian, stealing Jean's, Ororo's, and Kurt's powers, returning Dorian to his mother, and...what really happened in the Danger Room. But of all the things she remembered, one stuck out the most. Today, she was supposed to pick up the formula.
"Hello Rogue, any special reason for stopping by? ...Chere?" Rogue broke her daze and smiled at her charming Cajun. Rogue could feel hormones throbbing through her veins. She pushed him in and shut the door.
~*~
Remy involuntarily threw his hand and charged a bottle of cologne sitting on the table near the bed. It fell off and exploded in midair. They both jumped at the sound of the explosion.
"MERDE! Now I have to clean dat up too."
"That's ok. Ah kinda havtah get goin' anyways."
"Aww, but chere de fun has just started. We have plenty of time da enjoy each other."
"Sorry Remy, Ah got some stuff Ah really gotta do."
And I wouldn't be one of dem?
~*~
On her way back from Remy's apartment, Rogue ran into someone she vaguely recognized. She couldn't put her finger on it, but he definitely remembered her. The boy stared at her, frightened as if she was going to murder him.
"Do Ah know you from somewhere?" Rogue asked. It took him a few moments and another questioning from Rogue to answer.
"I uh, yea. Um from...from the uh, Training Room um, a few days ago."
"Oh yer the kid that can move atoms, rahght?"
"Er, yea. I guess." Gavin was feeling very nervous and confused at this point. "I'm Gavin." He stuck out his hand nervously. Rogue returned the handshake. She soon realized one thing she forget to do before she left the apartment. Gavin's body stiffened. Rogue pulled her ungloved hand away as fast as she could. Gavin collapsed on the pavement. Oh God this can't be happenin'! Rogue grabbed him by the shirt and teleported the two of them to a very wooded area near the Institute. She searched the memories she had absorbed to try to find his address.
~*~
Rogue laid Gavin on his bed. Just as she was about to leave, she noticed a small, metallic orb sitting on his dresser. Rogue used telekinesis to lift the orb up and examine it. Dark blue symbols covered the silvery globe. Two push buttons were set on either side of the orb. Rogue couldn't resist the desire to touch the buttons. As she pushed the buttons in, the device clamped down on her index fingers and began to cover them completely. Rogue tried everything she could think of. She tried to pry it off with telekinesis, zap it with electricity, teleport out of it, turn it off with Dorian's power, and separate the particles with Gavin's. Nothing was working. The device seemed to be sucking the life out of her. Gavin woke up to see the mechanical Chinese finger trap begin to cover Rogue's arms.
"Quick! We gotta get to Scott, he's the only guy who could help me last time!" Gavin ordered.
"Scott? Ya mean he shot it off?"
"Yea, he's the only one I can think of that can get that off." Rogue hoped for her life that she had the ability to remove the object that now covered her shoulders and neck. She charged a small crack through the entire death restraint and blew it into two pieces. The useless mutant-killing machine decomposed into dust once it lost contact with Rogue's mutant tissue. Her hands and arms had begun to wrinkle and felt numb.
Nothing a trip to Logan won't fix, Rogue thought to herself. "Why the hell do you have that thing in your room?!"
"My parents think it can help me. Someone told 'em it was able to remove the mutation from the person it covered, but I felt like it was killin' me."
"So they think you're gunna try an' put it on again?!"
"That feeling you felt to put it on, it never goes away. That thin's really strong; that's why I left. I needed to get away before it got me again. I don't think I'm the only one they've used those on either. I just hope those things don't start mass producing mutant traps, but that prob'ly won't happen 'til they've almost perfected them."
"Damn it! Ya can't live here anymore. It's too dangerous fer you."
"But you guys need one of those things to figure out how to fight against them. Ya can't just keep blowin' 'em up. That's why Scott and Jean let me stay here; I convinced 'em to let me get one."
"Ah'll figure out a way tah get one. Ya havtah get outtah here." Rogue and Gavin teleported to the Institute.
~*~
"So how did you say you got that off?" Hank asked.
"Ah used Gambit's power and blew a crack in it. Luck thin' Ah bumped into him today."
"Lucky indeed," replied Professor.
"Oh by tha way, Logan can Ah borrow your pow'r?" Rogue asked. Logan just stuck his arm out. He was getting used to Rogue using him to heal her. She just tapped him long enough to get a small healing factor. "Ah gotta get goin' now. Ah got some stuff to do."
~*~
"So it even works on the powers Ah absorbed?"
"You won't have anymore mutant abilities." Rogue touched Agatha's cheek. She almost squealed in excitement. Rogue then tried to float, move things, read Agatha's mind, teleport, throw lightning, and charge small pebbles. None of the powers worked and it made Rogue feel like she was in the clouds. Without using any mutant powers she rode the bike back over to Remy's apartment to celebrate.
~*~
"She has taken the formula."
"Good." The dark figure pulled out a cellphone and dailed a number. "We are ready. Release the sentinels."
"Yes, Rajah," the phone spoke back to him.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Author's Note:
Sorry that I've been taking some time to update. Luckily I had exams last week and had plenty of time to write, not to mention the sudden inspiration that came with it. I'm thinking I will end this fic in eight chapters (nine including the Please Read page). Have fun reading! I'll try to post another chapter within a week and a half. Please continue to review ishandahalf and roguesheart. Also, readers who haven't, could you review so that I know that I haven't lost a majority because I didn't update in awhile.
SHOUT OUTS!!
first off id like to say thanks for all the updates to: sage, lid'l rogue, ishandahalf, kerrigor, aro, storm-pietro, anime addicted, and roguesheart for all the reviews.
ishandahalf: something's always afoot in evo. -_o haha, thanx for staying with me the whole time, even when i didnt have time to update every week.
roguesheart: thanx for the review!
anime addicted: yes, jean is sick. we'll find out just how sick she can be. the side-plot with logan will most likely come into play in a sequel fic i may write.
aro: yea, the ronny thing was classic. my sis actually helped me with that a lil bit.
storm-pietro: thanx for the review!
kerrrigor: thanx. i hope you've been continuing to read my fic.
sage: thanx for the reviews. your first may have been a bit of a flame, but you seem to still like "Untouchable."