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Chapter Two: The Chase
Rogue continued to run through the streets. The events that had happened in the past hour still fresh in her mind.
'Why do these people keep following me?!' She thought to herself.
"Leave me alone!" She pleadingly shouted to them.
"We only want to help!" The guy wearing shades shouted.
"Well I don't need it!" She shouted back, as she rounded another corner.
~*~*~*~*~
Evan stopped in his tracks and looked around. "Where'd she go?"
Scott shrugged then searched around a corner. "She couldn't have just disappeared, right?"
"Like duh," Kitty said. "Unless of course, that's her power or something." She added.
"Do you know what her power is, Logan?" Jean asked.
"Chuck said somethin' 'bout bein' able ta absorb both humans' and mutants' memories." He said.
"You think she could have absorbed someone's memory already?" Kurt asked.
"I don't think so," Logan replied as he sniffed the air. "She's around here somewhere."
A faint sob was then heard from beyond the wooden fence.
"You think that's her?" Scott asked.
"One way to find out." Kurt said, making a move to teleport.
"Oh no you won't." Logan said.
"Why not?" Kurt replied.
"She's terrified enough as it is. Letting her see you like that," Logan said, pointing to Kurt's blue face. "will only scare her more."
Kurt merely grinned as he turned on his image inducer. "Wish me luck."
~*~*~*~*~
Rogue was sitting on the ground, under a tree, quietly sobbing. She was hugging her knees to her chest with her head resting on her arms.
"Mein fraulein...Vhat's the matter?" Someone said from above her.
Rogue looked up and, through her tear-filled eyes, saw that someone was sitting on the swing, which was dangling from one of the tree's branches. Returning her attention to the newcomer, she furrowed her eyebrows.
"None o' yer business." She replied bitterly, wiping away at her tears.
The boy merely smiled and hopped off the swing. He walked closer to her and looked at her intently. "Of course it is," He said. "Why wouldn't it be?"
"Because you wouldn't understand." She said, looking away.
"Really now? What makes you so sure?" The boy said. He sounds closer, Rogue thought. She looked back and saw that he had taken a seat beside her. Rogue inched away.
The boy grinned. "There's nothing to be afraid of, mein fraulein," He said. "I won't bite." He added, grinning wider, revealing his fangs. Needless to say, this frightened Rogue more.
Looking away, Rogue said stubbornly, "What makes you think I'm afraid?"
"I didn't say you were afraid," He said. "I just want you to trust me, that's all."
Rogue smiled bitterly. "Trusting you may be easy, but what makes you so sure you can trust me?"
The boy smiled, "In short terms, I trust people easily." He said with a shrug. "Now, why don't we start with our names, ja?"
Rogue hesitated for a moment then after a few seconds of contemplating this, she nodded. "Ah'm Rogue."
Smirking, the boy ran his hand through his hair. "I'm Kurt," He said, grinning. "Pleasure to meet you."
~*~
Evan moved away from the hole in the fence and slowly shook his head with a smile. "You can always trust Fuzzy to be the lady's man."
Kitty groaned. "Ugh...Kurt, always the charmer, isn't he?"
Jean laughed, "He can't help it I guess."
"Yeah well, he better hurry it up," Logan said as he looked up at the sky. "It's gettin' late."
"He's getting there," Scott added. "He just needs to let her trust him, first."
"I guess yer right," Logan said. "I just remembered, Chuck also told me that she can absorb mutants' powers as well, whether according to her will or not."
~*~
"So," Rogue started. "Do ya live here?" She asked, motioning to the empty house behind them.
"Nope." Kurt replied, shaking his head. "What about you?"
Rogue stiffened. She didn't want to tell Kurt the real reason, that she mistook it for her home, because Kurt will find out. "Um...Nothing. Just wanted to be alone." She hoped she sounded convincing. At the look on Kurt's face, she thought, 'Good, he bought it.'
"But if you don't live here, then what brings you here?" She suddenly asked curiously.
Kurt sighed. He knew it would have come to this. Whether he lied or not, he'd have to say the truth sooner or later.
Getting himself together he replied, "When you had physical contact with someone a while ago, something happened, didn't there?"
Rogue loked back at him, shocked. "How do you know?" She asked, panicking.
"Because -"
"No!" Rogue exclaimed, standing up. "I didn't mean to do it!" She added, backing away.
"Rogue, you don't understand." Kurt said, trying to calm her down.
"No, _you_ don't understand! No one does! You only pretended to!" Rogue cried, tears stinging her eyes. "I - I hate you!" She bawled as she stomped her foot on the ground.
The phrase struck Kurt like a hard slap in the face, yet he acted like it passed right through him. "Rogue, calm down!" He said in hopes of doing so.
The leaves of the bush behind Kurt suddenly moved, signalling that someone was there. Kurt immediately turned around and was suddenly pushed back by an unknown force.
"What the - ?!" Kurt started as he was pushed back.
"You thought you could get away?!" Screamed the sillouhette. The figure slowly walked out of the shadows, increasing the tension in the air.
"Scott?!" Kurt shouted dumbfounded. "What are you doing?!"
Scott ignored Kurt as he continued to walk towards the terrified Rogue. "When will you get it that whether you want to admit it or not, you are _still_ a mutant?! I tried to ask you to join out team nicely but no, you just had to be a stubborn little brat!" Bellowed Scott as he grabbed Rogue's stiffened shoulders.
Out of fear, Rogue pushed Scott away with all her might and ran. Seeing this, Kurt took off after her.
Scott smirked as he said, "I see we have to do this the hard way..."
"No you don't!" Logan growled from behind Scott.
Smiling evilly, Scott folded his arms across his chest. "Really now?" He sneered. "And who's going to stop me?"
"Me!" Logan growled, lunging at Scott.
Scott jumped out of the way and landed neatly on his feet. Slowly, the slim sigure of a teenaged boy was replaced by the form of a much older woman with red hair and blue skin.
Putting her hand on her hip, Mystique said. "Even you are able to stop me, nothing will change; the damage has already been done."
With that, she ran from the place and followed Rogue and Kurt's foot steps.
~*~
"Rogue!" Kurt called out. "Wait up!"
Ignoring Kurt's calls, Rogue continued to run blindly. (A/N: She seems to run a lot, ne? *shrug* Oh well, good exercise, I always say. ^_^)
Just when Kurt was catching up to Rogue, she stopped dead in her tracks when someone jumped out from the bushes and landed in front of her.
"Running away, again?" The girl with flaming red hair sneered.
"Jean?" Kurt asked, mouth agape.
"Will all of you just leave me alone?!" Rogue screamed.
From behind them, the sound of brustling of leaves, branches being cut, and heavy foot steps were heard.
Rogue's eyes widened in terror as she backed away from where the sound was coming from.
Suddenly, growling noises were heard as a figure jumped from the darkness and landed in front of Jean.
"You!" The person growled, advancing towards Jean.
Sighing, Kurt said, "Wolverine! I'm so glad you're here! Jean and Scott are acting weird!"
Not taking his eyes off Jean, Logan replied, "That's not Jean," He said. "Jean and Scott are still where they were when ya left."
"You mean that's..." Kurt started.
"Mystique." Logan growled.
"Mystique...?" Rogue repeated, deep in thought. "Mystique...You knew about this?" She asked, turning to Jean.
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MWUAHAHAHA!!! EVIL CLIFF-HANGER!!! AHAHAHA!!! *cough* *cough* *drinks cough medicine* I can't laugh insanely anymore...v_v
Oh yeah, they're finally showing season three over here in the Philippines! So far, I haven't seen Pyro...;_; *sniff* I want Pyro...
