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characters. Ilehana Xavier and Danielle appear courtesy of Corrinth, the X-
Men and their world appear courtesy of Marvel.
A/N: Reviews and comments are always welcome.
Scene 11
Gambit stood on the edge of the fight wondering if he could be bothered waiting for the Brotherhood to move out of the way before he started pelting the X-Men with charged cards. It was Rogue who spotted him, splitting off from the group and tugging off her glove. Running towards him she launched herself at the Cajun, arm outstretched. With a sudden dread like a premonition Blaze too saw what was about to happen to her friend. She didn't make a decision, just flung herself across the space to knock Gambit out of Rogue's path. She succeeded, but barely.
Remy didn't have an idea what had just happened as he found himself lying on the floor with Blaze by his side. He shook his head as he lifted it from the ground, seeing Rogue kneeling on the concrete just as Stifle and Ilehana combined their telepathy and power-negating skills to halt all the combatants mid-fight. He rolled to his knees, glancing at Blaze. She didn't move. Ilehana's muttered "Oh no." as she spotted Rogue filled in the rest.
Fire had begun to spin like a great whirlwind around the southern belle's slumped form. All of Blaze's energies, including the force of the fire she had consumed earlier were fighting to get out of Rogue, fighting to destroy, to burn, to kill. Rogue's eyes clouded over with orange light, her whole body throbbing with flames. Vixen knew what was going to happen now; Rogue could not control this power. They would all be killed.........
**Stifle! Quickly! ** Ilehana commanded. Danielle concentrated, before stuttering her failure.
"I can't, its all confused, wrong power, wrong person, and too much energy!"
**If you can't we will all die! ** Ilehana commanded again with a wolf's lack of fear over death. It was just a fact; this is what would happen so no use worrying about it. Stifle however did not have that perspective as her fear gave her a new strength. As quickly as it started, the fire around Rogue died and the air became cooler again. Blaze herself still did not move.
Gambit himself went to Rogue, though he wasn't quite sure why. Sure, he was closest of all of them as she sat there shivering on the ground, eyes lowered and hair a mess. But there was something, something he'd not noticed about her before......... He was being stupid, now wasn't the time for this. He knelt by her and spoke to her in a whisper.
"Is you okay Cherie?" Rogue looked up at the sound of the familiar voice, though her eyes were dazed and unfocused. Then suddenly and out of nowhere she was in his strong arms, her lips caressing his. She felt his shock in the rigidity of his shoulders, but then felt it melt as he gave in to enjoyment. Away to one side of them in the dust as the gathered mutants watched Rogue and Gambit in shock, Blaze opened her eyes slowly, rolling onto her side. And then her heart broke. Forcefully she turned her face away, cold and bitter tears hitting the dust.
Like waking from a dream, Rogue suddenly came back to herself and realised what she was doing. It still took her a second to pull away from Gambit as blood rushed to her cheeks and her world swam. Gambit's world wasn't feeling too stable either as he let her go reluctantly. Heck he'd been around the block more than a few times, but this Rogue was somethin' else.........
Right at that moment Cyclops blasted out the wall of the building, the civilian hostages behind him being supported and supporting his small team. The X-Men looked the worse for wear after their fight with Colossus and Sabretooth, but they had triumphed. Kitty was the only one to comment as Gambit offered Rogue a hand to her feet.
"Okay, what did we miss?"
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Back at the mansion, Danielle was reduced to tears. It had taken a great deal from her to allow Professor Xavier into her mind, but what he found there frightened her as much as it gave her back who she was. The alterations in her mind that Mastermind had created went deep, too deep for Xavier to remove just like that. There were still fractions of her past that were missing, but the most important things were returned to her. She knew who her parents were, and neither had anything to do with Magneto.
Stifle suddenly felt both very foolish and very young. But, she thought as she glanced around the room at Xavier and his daughter, at least she was not alone.
"You are welcome to stay here of course, Stifle." Xavier began, his voice calm and clear. "We can help you to control your powers, and you could be a great asset to the X-Men........."
"No thank you." Stifle answered, shaking her head softly and making the multitude of beads clatter. "I've done enough harm here already. Even if I never used my powers on an X-Man again, they will always be thinking what if I did? And anyway," She continued as Xavier nodded sagely. "I need to go home, I need to find out exactly who I am, who my parents are........." Stifle raised her chin stubbornly as a fresh tear ran down her cheek. "Please, take me home?"
A/N: Reviews and comments are always welcome.
Scene 11
Gambit stood on the edge of the fight wondering if he could be bothered waiting for the Brotherhood to move out of the way before he started pelting the X-Men with charged cards. It was Rogue who spotted him, splitting off from the group and tugging off her glove. Running towards him she launched herself at the Cajun, arm outstretched. With a sudden dread like a premonition Blaze too saw what was about to happen to her friend. She didn't make a decision, just flung herself across the space to knock Gambit out of Rogue's path. She succeeded, but barely.
Remy didn't have an idea what had just happened as he found himself lying on the floor with Blaze by his side. He shook his head as he lifted it from the ground, seeing Rogue kneeling on the concrete just as Stifle and Ilehana combined their telepathy and power-negating skills to halt all the combatants mid-fight. He rolled to his knees, glancing at Blaze. She didn't move. Ilehana's muttered "Oh no." as she spotted Rogue filled in the rest.
Fire had begun to spin like a great whirlwind around the southern belle's slumped form. All of Blaze's energies, including the force of the fire she had consumed earlier were fighting to get out of Rogue, fighting to destroy, to burn, to kill. Rogue's eyes clouded over with orange light, her whole body throbbing with flames. Vixen knew what was going to happen now; Rogue could not control this power. They would all be killed.........
**Stifle! Quickly! ** Ilehana commanded. Danielle concentrated, before stuttering her failure.
"I can't, its all confused, wrong power, wrong person, and too much energy!"
**If you can't we will all die! ** Ilehana commanded again with a wolf's lack of fear over death. It was just a fact; this is what would happen so no use worrying about it. Stifle however did not have that perspective as her fear gave her a new strength. As quickly as it started, the fire around Rogue died and the air became cooler again. Blaze herself still did not move.
Gambit himself went to Rogue, though he wasn't quite sure why. Sure, he was closest of all of them as she sat there shivering on the ground, eyes lowered and hair a mess. But there was something, something he'd not noticed about her before......... He was being stupid, now wasn't the time for this. He knelt by her and spoke to her in a whisper.
"Is you okay Cherie?" Rogue looked up at the sound of the familiar voice, though her eyes were dazed and unfocused. Then suddenly and out of nowhere she was in his strong arms, her lips caressing his. She felt his shock in the rigidity of his shoulders, but then felt it melt as he gave in to enjoyment. Away to one side of them in the dust as the gathered mutants watched Rogue and Gambit in shock, Blaze opened her eyes slowly, rolling onto her side. And then her heart broke. Forcefully she turned her face away, cold and bitter tears hitting the dust.
Like waking from a dream, Rogue suddenly came back to herself and realised what she was doing. It still took her a second to pull away from Gambit as blood rushed to her cheeks and her world swam. Gambit's world wasn't feeling too stable either as he let her go reluctantly. Heck he'd been around the block more than a few times, but this Rogue was somethin' else.........
Right at that moment Cyclops blasted out the wall of the building, the civilian hostages behind him being supported and supporting his small team. The X-Men looked the worse for wear after their fight with Colossus and Sabretooth, but they had triumphed. Kitty was the only one to comment as Gambit offered Rogue a hand to her feet.
"Okay, what did we miss?"
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Back at the mansion, Danielle was reduced to tears. It had taken a great deal from her to allow Professor Xavier into her mind, but what he found there frightened her as much as it gave her back who she was. The alterations in her mind that Mastermind had created went deep, too deep for Xavier to remove just like that. There were still fractions of her past that were missing, but the most important things were returned to her. She knew who her parents were, and neither had anything to do with Magneto.
Stifle suddenly felt both very foolish and very young. But, she thought as she glanced around the room at Xavier and his daughter, at least she was not alone.
"You are welcome to stay here of course, Stifle." Xavier began, his voice calm and clear. "We can help you to control your powers, and you could be a great asset to the X-Men........."
"No thank you." Stifle answered, shaking her head softly and making the multitude of beads clatter. "I've done enough harm here already. Even if I never used my powers on an X-Man again, they will always be thinking what if I did? And anyway," She continued as Xavier nodded sagely. "I need to go home, I need to find out exactly who I am, who my parents are........." Stifle raised her chin stubbornly as a fresh tear ran down her cheek. "Please, take me home?"