(A/N: Hulloo there! Erm, yea, this is the last chapter..... it was supposed to be two chapters but they were too short so i put them both together. Im not sure when im going to post the first chapter to part 3, but just look out for it anyway, I may even be able to do it today....or tomorrow.... so untill then, me and Alistor are gonna say buh-buyz....untill next time. THANK YOU ALL YOU REVIEWERS!)

Chapter 23: You never know what you had untill its gone.

"Hello Rogue." She said with a devious grin, as her blue skin stood out in the pure white snow.

"Whats goin on?!" Rogue demanded, starting to shiver with the cold.

Mystique smiled and walked upto her.

"It seems as tho youv'e become a problem for me, and I can't have any more interuptions in my plans you see.... Destiney sees something in your future that ends everything that I am trying to acheeve, so this problem needs to be solved... dosent it daughter."

"Ah knew ya were still a heartless bitch......ya cay'nt ever change."

"That is true. But this wouldnt have happend if you just joind me at the very begining." Her angrey look faded into another smirk. "So how did 'daddy' take the good news? " She chuckled.

"Wha did ya give me thise files Mystique!" Rogue demanded.

"So as your father would go threw hell when he loses you." She laghed. The very sound makeing Rogue feel sick. "Along with all the rest of the x-men, including Mr LeBeau, who will miss thair pressious Rogue." Her sneer came back. Was that jelousey?

Rogue stood up, shivering in the cold. She was pissed, she'd been used again. But she did expect this one. The two contracters, knocked her down and beat her again, so as she was too week to fight back. Blood sperted over the snow, turning its pureness into pink mush as it seaped through. She was bearley conchous when they had finished, her skin turning blue in the icey cousion that the snow made around her. They retreated, leaving Mystique watching over her adopted daughter with no regret, and no feeling other than victory.

Rogue heared the sound of the X-jet getting closer, then looked up to see it hovering over, then it landed and the team jumped out. Everything was moveing slower and her body was numb from the cold, but she was relived that today was not the day she was going to die.

She saw Remy run over to her and pick her up, but she couldnt hear what he was saying untill she was fully conchous and watching the cahos of the fight. Logan, Scott, Jean and Kirt were fighting off the contracters, and Alistor had gotten to Mystique, he wasn't letting her get away. Storm was helping him.

One of the contractors took out Storm Jean and Kirt. Scott brought the unconchous trio back to the jet, whyl Logan diced up the duo and Alistor struggled with Mystique.

"Remy?" She said, realiseing that she was in his arms.

"Oui?" He said, wraping her up in his arms, he kissed her hair and rocked her slightley.

She didn't give an answer she just hugged to him as he carried her to the jet. The fight was over, and the two contracters were dead, and so appeard Mystique. Logan gave Rogue a small tap of his power, and she was heald in no time at all. She stood up, and was immediatley attaced by Alistor who lifted her off the floor in a hug, egnoring the scowles from Remy, he swong her around and then finally put her down.

Remy acsepted the fact that Alistor was Rogues friend, even though he didnt like it, he just put a hand on Rogue's and brought it to his lips, then folded over slightley, his side still wasnt heald. Scott Tooh Remy back into the jet, and Rogue looked over the pink mushy clifftop, with two bodys....two? "wait whers Mystique?" Rogue jumped up and looked around, seeing nothing. She walked to the edge of the cliff and peered over.

"C'mon chere! Lets go home." Remy shouted to her.

Rogue terned and smiled, but then was supprised when Mystique jumped up from over the ledge and grabbed her. Alistor leaped out of the jet and sprinted towards them, grabbing Rogues hand as she wen't over the edge.

Mystique tried her best to pull Rogue down with her, but Alistor would'nt let go. He held onto her so tightley.

"Alistor, don't drop me, please don't drop me!" Rogue pleaded as she slipped a little, Mysique fell with a scream, and then turned into a raven and flew away towards the horizon. Alistor could feel Rogue slipping from his grasp so he shouted back to the others who were running over.

"She's slipping!!!"

Rogue stopped struggleing and looked up into Alistors eyes, he fingers onley just hucked on to his, she saw a tear drop from his eyes, "Don't do this Rogue....please, don't let go!"

"Tell Logan for me." She wisperd before her fingers slipped and she fell silentley.

The tears in Alistors eyes just fludded as he screamed a lingering "No" Closeing his eyes, he didn't wan't to see her land. Logan stopped dead in his tracks as Alistor sat back on his heels, cracking his knuckles and rocking slightley. He slowley stood up. Alone. They were so close. Remy swallowed and looked at Logan, and then to Alistor whos face was drained from his usual bronze coloure. He was white, and crying silentley as he walked back to the two and tried to speak, but he couldn't and he chocked on the words that were forming before he just shuck his head and returned to the jet breathing heavy and hard.

Ororo, Kirt, and Jean were taken down to the med-lab where Kitty was still recovering. Logan was quiet, and Remy was upset, but he was so mad at Alistor for letting Rogue fall that he just went to his room, for fear of killing him. Scott was Yelling at alistor who was just yelling back whyl the tears fell.

"What the fuck! That shouldn't have been a preoblen!! How could you just let her fall!" Scott said for the millianth time.

"At least I tried!! Where the hell were you when she was slipping, Believe me I fucking tried my best to stop her from slipping, but I could hardley keep myself from slipping on the snow. Now you can blame me all you want, cos its my fault, but at least 'I' tried!!!"

Scott Just looked at him in discussed and walked out of the room.

Alistor looked at Logan, who didn't realy have any expression on his face.

"Logan?" He said quietley.

Logan looked at him and frowned.

"Don't!" He yelled and then walked away, leaving Alistor alone in the proffesers office.

Alistor took in a deep breath and walked to the door. Roumers were spreading already, throughout the younger students, everyone was blameing him for letting Rogue die. Even he was blameing himself, but there was nothing more that he could have done to save her. He knew that, but the doubt still swirled in his mind. He heard the students talking abaout him outside, so he walked passed them and wen't to his room.

He took a shower and got changed, then wen't into Rogues room. He pulled out the draw that she kept the papers in, and took them out, seeing the DNA test paper ontop of the file. He tucked it inside and took the file with him.

He walked down the hall and passed Remy, stopping for a moment, exchangeing glancs, and then carrying on. He got to Logans room and knocked on the door. He heard a muffled 'come in' so he stepped inside and closed the door. Logan looked at him and let out a small growl.

"Rogue,.. she ast me to do something for her." He swallowed and stepped coser to Logan who was sitting in his window.

"She'd been trying to tell you something, ever since that day on the balconey...... well, when she woke up in the med-lab."

"Get on with it!" Logan growled.

Alistor looked up to him and, opend the file. He handed him Rogues birth cirtificate, then the picture of Stephaney. Logan looked startled at the pickture.

"What the hell is this kid?"

Alistor handed him the rest of the file, with the DNA test ontop. He looked at Logan, seeing a sudden was of fear over the wolvereens face.

"She was looking for her biological father. She found.... 'you'........... She wanted to tell you, but she didn't know how. Then, she didn't have the chance." He ran his hand through his long black hair. "It's my guess, that she was takeing a walk to figure things out when they snatched her."

Logan looked through the papers, seeing the curtificates, and the pickture. He rememberd the locket and pulled it from his pocket, setting the papers down on his bed. He opend up the locket and looked at the two picktures.

FLASH BACK===

Stephaney ran over to the other side of the yard. She terned around, her smile beaming.

"Hey Logan, smile." She shouted in her thick southern drawl, makeing Logan stop and look at her.

"Come on steff, youve bin' chasin me with that damn thing all day." He said smileing.

"Then stand stll and let me get a picture of you that ah can keep and ahl leave ya alone." she said with a jokeing death glair.

"Alright, but just one."

"Great, stand bah ya bike."

Logan stood by his bike, unable to stop smileing, and watched the flash, then saw Stephaney run up to him and wrap her arms around his chest. She kissed him and looked into his eyes.

"Thank ya sugah." She said smileing at him. END FLASH BACK====

Logan looked at Alistor, he closed the locket and picked up the diary. Alistor took the hint and walked out, closeing the door behind him. He wen't to his room and piled his few clothes into a bag and walked out of the instituit, looking back when he reached the gates, he closed his eyes and got into his truck, then slipped out withought anyone knowing.

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Two weeks later, and still Rogues body couldnt be found.

"She must have fallen through the ice. She will ither be, at the bottom of this frozen over lake, or, somwhere close to the surface, but we cant find her." Hank said into the cell phone that was in his hand.

//Okay Hank, come on back. We cant do any more-//

"Thats curious." Hank said, cutting off Ororo as he marvelled at the sight of two reflecting matalic dots in the sky as they dissapeard into the distance.

THE END...................untill the next one comes out.