The Truth Hurts

Chapter XXIV:  Anger Management

By:  Michelle

"OH...MY…GOD."

"Rogue."  Kurt gave her an unapproved glare. 

She ignored him and stood in between them.  I don't believe it, but it's the only explanation to describe their similarity.  And if I am thinking correctly, it meant another link as well.

Graydon noticed her bare hand as she got close.  I am not stupid.  I did my research.  "Watch it missy."

She felt slightly hurt when Graydon backed up from her.  "The name is Rogue."  Asshole.

"No, it's Marie."  Graydon corrected her giving her a hateful look, before turning to Kurt with the same.  "And you must be Kurt." 

"How do you know that?"  Kurt dreaded the answer knowing the truth hurts.

"Do the math, freak."  Graydon spat coldly.  "Oh, and it helps to use the puny little brains your kind have."

"You know, you have the most wicked souls I have ever encountered."  Kurt replied to him.  "May the Lord open your eyes to his love."

"And this is coming from a blue man with fangs and a tail."  Graydon answered back. 

"Appearances can be deceiving Graydon."  Kurt answered him.  "Judge not, that ye be not judged.  For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.  And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?  Or how wilt thou say to thy brother.  Let me pull out the mote of thine eye: and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?[1]"

"Oh become a priest."  Graydon said unimpressed and unmoved by his brother's words.  "That's if you don't burn up in the church first."

Kurt balled his hands into fists and closed his eyes.  He felt like a knife had been driven into his back.  Lord, give me strength.  He could feel the anger building up inside of him. 

Rogue stared at Graydon in shock.  How could you say such cruel things to him?  He's your brother, but you don't seem to even care.  I guess you really are a cold hearted beast. 

"And what are you looking at?"  He spat turning in her direction. 

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Logan sniffed around the room picking up the various scents from the people in there that day.  He traced over the dresser.  Gumbo's been digging in the underwear draw.  Along with Muscles. 

Imitating Logan, Rahne sniffed around Ororo's room.  I smell something.  She began crawling around the floor. 

Ororo unplugged Remy's laptop and laid it on her bed.  She stepped back and lost her balance.  What the hell did I step on?  She got on the ground and picked up a small black box.  She turned the box in her hands.  What is this?  She flipped it open and gasped at the ring sparkling.

Kurt sat on the sofa and pulled her close to him.  She leaned against him with his arm wrapped around her waist.  She felt so content and peaceful at that moment.  Then, Remy and Logan came in. 

"We were wondering what time the two of you would get home."  She said as one plopped on the sofa and the other on the chair.  "When did you leave the club?"

"About two in the morning."

"Vhere have you been all this time?"  Kurt said looking at his watch.  "It's almost noon."

"We been sidetracked."  Remy smiled remembering his activities.

"Sidetracked?" 

"Yeah."  Logan said.  "We picked up these two chicks last night that were roommates. So we took them back to their apartment and showed them what it really meant to have a good time."

"A very good time."  Remy added and played with his tongue ring.  

Kurt shook his head at the two of them.  "Don't the two of you have any morals?" 

"Of course we do."  Logan answered.

"We just don't be upholding them."  Remy added.

 "I can't believe you two." 

"Come on Elf, grow some balls."

"Oui Monsieur."  Remy said.  "What's the matter?  Stormy ain't giving ya no loving."

Ororo turned at Remy's comment to catch Kurt turn purple.  She knew it was not a topic he was comfortable with.  Oh course, Remy and Logan's pressure on him for an answer was only making it even harder on him. 

"I…uh…"  She noticed him looked away from her and at the tattoos on his arms.  He glanced back over to her again.  "I…uh…"

BAMF

"Well thank you two very much.  I finally get a chance to spend a few hours alone with Kurt and ya'll ruin it. "   She stood up fuming at them.  "I swear…OOOOoooo…Ya'll have made me so mad that I could just fry the both of you."

"Anytime darlin'."  She heard Logan yell as she stormed out of the room.

Kurt paced around his room mumbling something in German as she walked in closing the door behind her. 

"You shouldn't let them get to you like that."  Ororo said as she stopped him. 

"I know."  He hung his head in shame.  He turned away and walked over to the window.

"Kurt."  She walked over and stood to the right him grabbing his hand.  "Do you want to…you know…with me?"

"Ja."  He answered softly.  "Very much."

She looked over to him.  "Then, why do you fight it?"

"Because."  He faced her bringing up her hand to kiss it.  "I don't want to make you one of my sins."  He studied her ring less finger before he looked into her eyes.  "You mean more to me than that."

She smiled and blushed wondering what he had meant as he kissed her ring finger.

Ororo closed the box and felt the tears roll down her cheeks.  She had to find him.  She just had to.

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Bobby followed Remy and Piotr into the wet and burned kitchen.  He wanted to get Rogue back, but he couldn't help but wonder what Remy had been up to while he was gone.

"We just redid this kitchen a few months ago."  Piotr said touching on of the burned marks in the wall. 

"What the hell happen to it last time?"  Remy asked tossing the broken broom across the room. 

"It was bullet sprayed."  Piotr replied moving around the kitchen chairs.  "Bobby was in here when it happened."

"Oh Really."  Remy looked over to Bobby who was looking around the flipped table.  "What'd he do?  Hide behind da table da whole time."

Bobby looked up and gave him a sharp glare.

I guess that's a yes.  Remy smirked and shook his head.  "Dere ain't nothing in here."

Piotr watched as the two of each of them began staring at each other.  I don't like the looks of this.  "Come on guys.  Umm…Let's check the den."

"Oui."  Remy shifted his focus back to finding Rogue and followed Piotr into the den.

Bobby remained behind eyeing Remy until he left the room.  Asshole.  He returned his attention to finding Rogue, when he found a semi-dry folded piece of paper on the floor.  He picked it up and looked at it.  What's this?  He slowly began to open it curious of its contents. 

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Rogue stood there speechless.  What the hell was his problem?

"And you are no better than he is."  Graydon looked at her short black nightgown and gloveless hand.  "It's like you are dressed to kill or undressed for that matter."

"I'm not harming anyone."  She answered hurt by his words. 

"Whatever Missy.  There is a reason you are called Rogue."  He stared at her with his soulless eyes.  "You are a mischievous person incapable of controlling the lies that surround you.  It's mutants like you that should be locked up for good."

Rogue felt hatred for Graydon run through her body.  She was fighting so hard to keep the tears from falling and from loosing control.

He watched as she stared at him with her emerald eyes.  She blinked causing a tear to roll down her cheek.  He felt her eyes stare at him again.  They were blue now.  I thought they were green.  She wiped the tear away causing them to shift back to their original color.  Did I just see that?  "What kind of freak are you?"

He crossed a line now.  Kurt's eyes shot open full of anger as well.  "Don't you dare speak to her in such a way."

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Logan continued to pick up scents around the room.  I should have been here.  I could have stopped him.  He could smelt the blood from Kurt that soaked in the floor, as well as the sweat from Sabretooth. 

Rahne crawled around the floor picking up scents as well.  Her little wolf nose caused her to pause as it picked up something new.  She followed her instincts and stopped in front of an L-shaped item.  "Mr. Logan."

"Not now munchkin."  He replied digging through Ororo's plants. 

"But Mr. Logan."  Rahne called again.  "I found something."

Logan rolled his eyes and got up.  I don't have time for games kid.  "What is it?"

She pointed in front of her.  "What's this?"  She proceeded to grab it, but was quickly stopped.

"No, don't touch."  Logan picked it up and examined it.  "Ro, get over here."

Ororo shoved the box in her pocket and joined him.  "Sabretooth had that on him.  What is it?"

"Tranquillizer gun."  He answered tracing it with his fingers.  "Sabretooth had a good reason for being here if he was packing something like this."

"We need to show it to the Professor."  Ororo said.  "I have a feeling there is something he is not telling us."

"Yeah."  Logan turned the gun in his hand.  "Let's go see what Remy and the boys found."  There is definitely something he isn't telling us.  "Come on munchkin."

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Remy know he pulled some stuff off of Pyro.  He thought to himself as he began digging through the books.

Piotr stacked a pile of books out of the way.  Hey, what's this?  He picked up a black folded item.  "Check this out."  He opened it.  "It's John's wallet."

"Let Gambit see dat."  He dug through its contents hoping to find clues to where Pyro would have taken Rogue.  Damn kid ain't got nothing.  Why can't da bad guys have some kinda business card or something with their hideout on it? Oooo.   Fifty dollars. 

Piotr rolled his eyes as Remy stashed the money into his pocket after handing him the wallet. "There has got to be something else here." 

Remy stood up and kicked aside a few of the books.  Damn, my side hurts.  He stooped down as something shiny caught his eyes.  "Now what do we got here."

Piotr ran over and looked at it as Remy stood up.  "Looks like some sort of tranquillizer gun."

Remy stared at the object in his hand.  Pyro better not have hurt her.  It began to glow bright red in his hand as his anger grew within him. 

"Calm down, Rem."  Piotr said as he placed a hand on his shoulder.  "We ought to show it to the Professor."

I need to relax.  Remy closed his eyes and handed the uncharged gun in his friend's hand. 

"It's going to be alright.  We'll find her."  Piotr said taking the gun from his hand and began searching again. 

Remy gonna find you Chere.  He held his side with one hand and dug in his pocket with the other.  He took a tight grasp on her glove.

 "Here we are chere." Like a perfect gentleman, he opened the door to the room Rogue shared with Kitty and Jubilee. 

"Thank you."  Rogue took off the jacket and handed it to him. 

He folded his trenchcoat over his arm and gave her one of his irrestistable grins.  She kissed two fingers on her gloved hand and touched his cheek.  His eyes glowed bright red feeling all the emotion from her feathery touch.  "You're welcome, chere."

His head floated in the clouds as he walked through the boys dormitory to get to his room in the teacher's dormitory.  She ain't never been dun dat before, at least, not to Remy anyways.  It seemed like the feeling would never end.

Bobby stared at Remy and then looked down at the paper in his hand as he walked into the den.  Do you actually think I wouldn't have found out?  He felt the tears burn in his eyes as he looked at the drawing of Remy and Rogue that fell out of Remy's pocket during the fight.

Piotr's eyes widened as he saw Bobby walking towards Remy with the drawing in his hand.  Oh Shit. 

Bobby balled his hand in a fist and slowly made his way over to him.  "YOU BASTARD."

Remy snapped from his daze and turned, falling backwards as Bobby's fist connected with his jaw. 

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"Kurt, I can defend myself."  Rogue said as he came to her defense. 

He ignored her and demanded to Graydon.  "You apologize to her at once!"

"I'm not apologizing to anyone."

'Kurt, I'm not a baby."

"Stay out of this Rogue."

"Let me defend myself."

"Yeah, let the kid defend herself."

"Don't order me around."

"I'm not a kid and I'm not a damsel in distress."

"I never said you were a damsel in distress."

"Yeah, but you implied it." 

"I did not."

"Yeah, you did."

"Stay out of this." 

"Like hell I will."

"This doesn't concern you."

"You were the one who dragged me into this in the first place."

"Nein, you dig your own messes."

"You mean grave."

Rogue stepped back as the two brothers fought.  The longer and longer they seemed to argue, the more and more they seemed to forget about the reason they began fighting in the first place.  Men, I swear.  Why must they constantly challenge each other in order to establish their supremecy over the other?  She raised her hand to her forehead as a wave of dizziness came over her.

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Remy fell back into a pile of books.  Didn't see dat coming.  He sat up and could taste the blood from his busted lip.  Ice-boy gonna pay for dat.

"How could you?"  Bobby charged Remy as he began to stand up.  Rogue is my girlfriend. 

Pain soared through his body as Bobby slammed Remy back down into the pile of books, but he didn't care. 

They rolled around, getting minor hits on each other.  Piotr rushed over to break them up, but even with all his strength they seemed to toss him aside like he was nothing. 

The sweat on Bobby's brow froze up as he managed to hold down Remy.  He was out for blood, and was determined to make the Cajun suffer.  He noted his opponent's weakness and attacked.

Remy howled in pain as Bobby slammed his elbow into his bandaged side.  His eyes burned bright red as he gathered up enough strength to deck his opponent.  Then, he held on to his side, fighting the tears from falling from his eyes.

Bobby was knocked off and away from Remy.  He could already feel his eye begin to swell, but he could tell his opponent was suffering more.  Of course, he wasn't finished with him yet. 

Remy slowly stood up holding his side while fighting the pain he was in.  Gambit ain't gonna let dis pretty boy get the best of him.  He pulled out three cards out of his pocket and charged them up.  The red glow from the cards lit up as brgith as his eyes. 

Bobby stood up glaring hard at his opponent.  I am going to freeze his ass so bad Antaritica would seem hot to him.  He clenched his fists and felt his body begin to solitify into an icy blue color that matched his eyes. 

"Come on guys."  Collosus stood between them to stop their fighting.  Even in his steel protected body, he began to get nervous as they circled around him looking for the best way to get to each other regardless if it meant taking him down with them.  "It doesn't have to be like this."

Finished with their instrucitsn, Kitty and Jubilee walked in the den to help their teammates search. 

"Did ya'll like find anything."  Kitty asked and stopped in her tracks as she noticed Piotr caught in the middle of a duel.

Jubilee looked at Iceman and Gambit circling around Collossus.  "Whoa." 

Holy Shit.  Everything was in slow motion as Collosus looked back and forth at his teammates as they charged towards each other.  He took a quick glance at the stairway signaling for help.

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Rogue felt her body sway a bit.  Damn, this keeps getting worse.  She could feel the changes ready to explode inside of her as her emotions went under more strain.

"Rogue, is something wrong?"  Kurt turned to her forgetting his argument with Graydon. 

"I have a migraine."  She replied and leaned on eht wall.

Kurt went to help her, but was stopped by Graydon.  'What are you doing?"

"Are you insane?"  Graydon asked.  "If you touch her, she could kill you."

"I don't care."  Kurt removed his grasp from his arm and grabbed Rogue carefully around the waist.  "You need to sit."

"Yeah."  Rogue sat down and leaned against the wall.  I need to relax.  I can't let myself get this stressed out.

Kurt looked up at Graydon's stares at them.  "You know, Senator Creed.  We don't choose to be mutants."  He looked at Rogue and then at his hands and tail.  "It's just in our blood."

"Yeah, well.  We don't chose to be human either."  He answered.  "It just happens."

Rogue looked at Graydon asking him a question that had been bothering her since the debate.  "Why do you hate mutants so much?  What did we ever do to you?"

 "You think because you were born a mutant you are the only ones who are neglected, unwanted, and unloved by the human race."  Graydon eyed her with his dark soulless eyes.  "Well you are wrong."  He shifted his eyes to Kurt.  "Try being a human neglected, unwanted, and unloved by a mutant."

"I understand how you feel."  Kurt replied remembering who his mother was.  "But not all of us are like that."

"Yeah well, Tell that to our mother." He took a deep breath and hung his head feeling the hatred bubbling inside of him.  "None of us were good enough for her."

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Logan's ears caught the battle cry as he, Ororo, and Rahne made their way to the stairs.  "Shit."  He took off running downstairs into the den with Ororo following behind him.

Colossus gulped nervously as the two charged towards him.  They were going to get to each other even if they had to tear through him in the prosses.

Gambit charged forward caring less about the pain he was in.  His main concern was kicking Iceman's ass.  As he neared his oppentent, he came face to face with his friend's familiar claws.

Iceman charged forward seeking revenge.  His main concern was beating the shit of Gambit.  As he neared his opponent, he found himself face to face with three razor sharp claws.

"What the hell is going on here?"  Logan demanded the two, now circling to find a way around him.

Colossus noted their silence and spoke up.  "They're fighting over Rogue."

"Oh really."  He retracted his claws.  "Well lets let them continue."

"Logan."  Ororo shook her head.  "They are about to kill each other."

"So let's let them."  Logan replied stepping back seeing the two ready to attack.  "Let's let them beat the living daylights out of each other.  And when it's all over, and they realize Rogue is still not here, and that they have done nothing to help her.  Only hurt her."

He's right.  Iceman looked away as he cooled off.  After I find Rogue, I'll kill him.  He folded his arms hurt and angry that she was gone. 

He's right.  Gambit lowered his hand and uncharged the cards.  After I find ma chere, then I'll kill him.  He held his throbbing side and lowered himself dwon. 

"Remy, are you alright."  Ororo rushed to his side, knowing he was in more pain than earlier.

"Gambit fine."  He replied, then something caught his eye.  "Specially now."  He pulled a communicator half hidden under a book.  "Jackpot."

"What is it?"

"It be a communicator."  Gambit answered. 

"So what are you going to do?"  Iceman folded his arms.  "Call Magneto and ask him where Rogue and Kurt are."

"No."  Gambit gave him a dirty look.   "Where dere be one, dere be another."

"I can like hook it up to the mainframe."  Kitty said taking it from his hand.  "And like totally track it's homebase."

"Sounds like a plan."  Logan said.  "Now, let's go find Chuck.  I think he has some explaning to do."

Xavier took one look around to know what happened while he was in Cerebro.  He knew it was time. 


[1] Matthew 7:1-4