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Rogue laid down on her bed, propped up on pillow supporting her from behind. She was breathing hard and did not look happy.
Jamie, on the other hand, paced around outside her room on the communicator trying to get someone, whether it be Hank, the Professor or even Logan. By the twentieth time he passed her door, he finally appeared in, checking up on her. "You okay?"
She glared at him and blew a strand of white hair out from her face. "What do you think?" Her voice came out calm, even as she continued to breathe harder and harder. "Where is the goddamn man that did this to me?"
The brown haired teenager sighed and then gulped. "I'm trying, I'm trying." He suddenly wished he had not spoken those words.
"When try harder." If she had eyes like Remy, they would be glowing right now. She was griping the blanket she was sitting on with clutched fists. He was sure steam was coming from her ears and nose.
Jamie feared his own life right then and there.
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"Why are they all staring at us?" Kitty asked, walking into the room next to Piotr. Since they had arrived people had shouted at him, stared at him, and a few even spat at them.
"Must've never been taught manners." He said quietly, walking down an isle. He waited for her to sit down, and then took the seat next to her. Remy dragged his feet as he walked towards them and threw himself into a chair.
"Sit up straight." Ororo commanded sitting down next to him. "Use good posture and try to look happy."
"Try t' look happy?" He asked, almost raising his voice. "I have 'de feelin' if I blink someone is goin' t' shoot me." He pointed to her white hair that was pulled up into a bun. "'Dey are judgin' for bein' mutants, not on how we look." He suddenly thought of his exposed demon-like eyes. "Well, in mos' cases."
Ororo smiled at the young male, but before she could say anything, a man spoke from a microphone. Senator Kelly. She felt like penetrating him with a lightning bolt but they were inside, so that was out of the question. He began speaking, about mutants. Clutched in his hand was a manila folder. Ororo glanced over at the Professor; her eyes met his.
He's going to take this meeting for everything it's worth. His voice seemed to echo in her mind, breaking her thoughts. He has a list of mutants in Bayville along with a side report of their power. He can use the information against us.
But how did he—Her own thoughts were cut off when she heard Remy let out a sharp, loud gasp. He buckled over in his seat. The Senator went on, ignoring it but others began to stare. "Are you alright?"
"I have t' go t' 'de institute." He said, standing up. Kitty immediately stood up next to him, wondering what was wrong. "Somethin' is wrong wit' Rogue. I can feel it."
"But Re—" Ororo stared to say, but Xavier cut her off.
Let him go.
"Come on!" Kitty grabbed Remy's hand, and phased him through the rest of the isle. Senator Kelly stopped talking and all eyes were on them. Piotr stood up, along with Ororo and followed. "Man, this is a meeting about mutants and they act as if they've never seen mutants before."
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An alarm clock whizzed past Jamie's head. "Just take deep breaths Rogue. You know, like they do in movies!" He ducked as she threw a wristwatch as him. It missed by a centimeter. "Come on, didn't you take any birthing classes?" A stuffed teddy bear hit him square in the middle of the forehead. He gulped. What happened to the nice and caring Rogue? Contractions, apparently.
"He picked a nice time ta leave." Rogue mumbled, taking a deep breath. She rested her hand on her stomach. With her free hand, she brushed a stand of white hair out from her face and tucked it behind her ear.
"We're home!" A voice sprung from outside. The door flew open and Jubilee walked in. "So did ya guys miss—" Her eyes went wide when she saw Rogue. "Oh my god, are you in labor?" Before she could answer.. "Hank! Bobby! Ray, Come quick!"
"Jubliee, Indoor voice pl—Oh my stars!"
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"You're going to get us all killed!" Ororo said, making sure the passenger side door was locked. "Will you slow down?"
"I have t' get t' Rogue!" He said, glaring at the road in front of them. Cars honked and tires screeched as he went through another red light.
"Why don't you just, like, call her?" Kitty suggested, holding up her cell phone. She hovered it in front of his face.
The car came to an abrupt stop. A car screeched on its break, not trying to hit the black jeep in front of it. "Why didn' y' mention 'dat before?" He grabbed the cell from her hands and dialed up the institute's number.
"Excuse me!" The guy from the car behind of them stood outside the driver's side and pounded on the window. "Do you mind? You're holding up traffic, buddy!" Remy just ignored them and impatiently tapped on the wheel with his free hand. The phone was clutched in his hand placed next to his ear. It just kept ringing and ringing. The guy hit the window again. "Come on, move it, buddy!"
Remy took his hand off the wheel rolled down the window. "Do y' mind, buddy? I am tryin' t' call someone."
The guy kicked the side door. "I don't care! Will—" His face dropped at the sight of Remy's eyes. "Y-you're a mutie!"
Piotr then got out of the car. "You got a problem?" He stood much taller than the man, even in his flesh form. He glared down at him, a scowl present on his face.
"No!" The man yelped, taking a step back. "Just keep your distance, mutie." The man quickly got back into his car.
"Jamie?" Remy suddenly hissed into the phone. Everyone looked at him. Even Piotr, who had gotten back into the van. His eyes suddenly went wide. "Merde." The phone dropped from his hand and fell onto the seat. His jaw had dropped, and his face went pale. "Stormy?"
The Weather Witch bit down on her bottom lip. "Yes?"
"Take 'de wheel."
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"Suddenly I wish we were back at the safe house.." Jubilee mumbled, shutting the door to the linen closet. Ray and Bobby sat across from each other, sitting on fresh smelling sheets. "Rogue is going crazy. If Remy doesn't get here soon, his wonderful girlfriend is going to destroy the mansion." She plopped herself down next to Bobby.
"So.." Ray trailed off. He had his two index fingers aiming at each other and shot electricity from one to another. "There's going to be two new mutants in the mansion."
"Two new baby mutants." Bobby stated, running a hand through his hair. "We're going to be losing sleep."
"Actua—" Jubilee started to saw but the alarm system cut her off. "That's not good." The three mutants got to their feet and barged out of the closet.
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"We're all going to die!" Kitty shrieked holding on to Piotr's arm for dear life. Even the Russian looked a little sick.
"Kit, grab on t' de seat an' get ready t' phase us."
"Why?" She asked, and then saw the gate of the institute getting closer and closer. "Oh my gawd!" She immediately put her hands on the seat, concentrating hard. When she felt herself slid across gravel and pavement, and heard the sound of a van crashing into a gate, she knew something went wrong. She could feel the stinging and burning of abrasions on her arms and face. Tears swelled up in her eyes as she lifted her head and looked to see the damage. Even from her position, she could hear the soft dinning noise of the alarms from inside the locked up mansion.
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"Can't you move faster?" Jubilee asked, giving Ray a hard shove forward. "For all we know someone is trying to break in with sting rays or something!"
"Sting rays?"
"Don't question me!" She snapped, shoving him again. He tumbled forward into the door and fell through it; it opened with the utmost force. It could only be opened from the inside. Jubilee and Bobby followed out, carefully stepping over the prone Ray. Of course Jubilee made sure to step on him, her heel dug into his back. As Jubilee quickly walked to the front of the mansion, she glanced behind her to make sure Ray was not far behind. He wasn't. That was when she walked right into someone, causing her to lose her balance. "What's the big idea?" She yelled when she landed hard on her bottom. She looked up to see glowing red orbs. "Oh, heh, hey Remy. Did you know the girl you knocked up is probably going to give birth soon?"
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Remy didn't have much patience with the door that could only be opened from the inside. So, he blew it up. He charged into the mansion, Ororo following. Ray, Bobby and Jubilee just stood out side to "guard" the door, as they had put it, but they knew how Rogue was acting. 'Let them see it for themselves' Jubilee had mumbled to Bobby. Piotr and Kitty showed up several minutes later. Piotr was carrying Kitty, who looked tired.
"Can you show me vhere ze medical room is?" He asked Ray, after Jubilee had winked knowingly to Kitty.
"I can!" Jubilee energetically offered. Following inside the mansion behind Piotr. Ray and Bobby just stood there. In an awkward silence no less.
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"Where is she!?" Remy demanded storming right into his room where Hank was standing, alongside Bobby.
"Is she alright? Are the children?" Ororo asked, glancing around the room for signs of Rogue but only found random items scattered across the ground. And a broken lamp laid on the floor, a few feet away from her. As if on cue, the bathroom door swung open and Rogue leaned against the doorframe. She pointed at Remy.
"You are so dead." She mumbled, her face still flushed. Again, as if on cue, her water broke. A clear liquid surrounded her feet. She looked down. "Oh shit."
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"Man, I'm a screw up." Kitty mumbled, wincing as Piotr cleaned the scrapes alongside her arm. "Instead of phasing the stupid car, I phased myself through it."
"It vus an accident." He stated, avoiding eye contact as he backed away. "Think there is something wrong vith your powers?"
She just shrugged and got off the counter. "C'mon Pi', lets go see if Rogue is alright. 'Cause if Remy nearly killed us all for nothing, he's a dead Cajun."
He silently walked behind her, saying nothing.
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"How far apart are the contractions?" Ororo asked as Remy helped Rogue over to her bed. Hank and Jamie stood by the door now, both silent.
"Seven minutes." Rogue winced, sitting down on the bed. She looked up at Remy. "Nice of ya ta be here, Swamp rat."
"I'll let 'dat one slip."
"Shouldn't we be getting to the hospital?" Jamie spoke up. Everyone looked at him like he had just grown another head.
"Yeah right. They'd probably lynch me." Rogue spat at him as Piotr and Kitty showed up. Kitty phased right through Hank and ran over to Rogue.
"Ohmigosh!" She gushed, slapping a hand over her mouth. "You're in labor!"
"Can't get anythin' past you."
"Kitty, would you please go get some towels? And start to boil some water." Ororo said, taking over. "We don't have much time."
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"Oy. I think they left 'cause they were bored outta their skull." Pyro mumbled to Amara. She looked at him, half surprised.
"Py, they're discussing the date of mutants."
"We can take 'em on." He mumbled, his eyes starting to drop. "Should've let Apoccy had his way with 'em.."
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"You're dilated." Ororo proclaimed to Rogue and Remy who was sitting besides her. "How do you feel?"
"How do you think I feel?" Rogue snapped, rubbing her large stomach. "Get this goddamn beach ball out of me."
"So 'dat is what you t'ink of our kids?" Remy asked with a smirk it soon faded when she smacked his arm. Ah, she was the violent type. "Yo're lucky I'm not goin' t' hold anythin' 'dat happens durin' 'dis labor 'gainst y'."
She cried out in pain, and grabbed his hand. "Oh my gawd." She winced in pain, squeezing his hand tighter, which made him wince. "Why didn't anyone ever bother ta tell me that child birth hurts?" She hissed.
"I never gave birth." Remy smirked, kissing the top of her head.
"If you're goin' ta be a smart-ass, get out of—Ugh!" She cried out, sitting up. "Oh gawd." She clutched his hand. "They're five minutes a part, Storm! CAN WE GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD!?"
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Rogue went into labor. Jean said telekinetically to Scott. He looked at her surprised. They picked a convenient time, didn't they?
We're going to have to pick cigars up on the way home. Scott smirked as the Professor debated with Senator Kelly over something. I wonder what it's like at the institute right now.
We can only imagine, Scooter, we can only imagine.
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"Towels." Piotr said walking into the kitchen, clutching four towels. Kitty was standing over the stove; a confused look was set upon her face.
"I don't know how long I should boil this for."
He smirked. "Until it starts to bubble?"
She scrunched up her forehead. "Right."
"I think the ceiling paneling for the room underneath Rogue's is falling." Jubilee said, waltzing into the kitchen. "So, how are you feeling, Kit?"
"Sore." She admitted sheepishly. She bit down on her lower lip. "Is it safe for Rogue to be giving birth at home?"
"Women do it all the time in movies." Jubilee said shrugging as she grabbed an apple from a bowl on the counter.
"This isn't the movies."
"Don't worry Kit. The worse part is that Roguey doesn't have any drugs to help with the pain." The Asian bit down into the ripe apple. "Well, she has Remy's hand. He's going to need therapy after the twins are born." She sat down at the table. "So, what do you think? Boy-boy, girl-girl, girl-boy or boy-girl?"
"Aren't girl-boy and boy-girl ze same?" Piotr asked looking down at the towels.
"Girl-boy is if the girl is born first and boy-girl—"
"Is if the boy is born first." Kitty finished, looking down into the pot of boiling water. She turned off the stove and picked it up by the handles. "As long as they're healthy, I don't care for their gender. Now, lets get this up to Ororo."
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"As soon as they're outta me, Ah'm gettin' drunk."
"Jus' concentrate on pushin' chére."
"WHY DON'T YOU CONCENTRATE ON PUSHIN'!?"
"Rogue, calm down." Ororo said as Kitty phased through the door, carrying towels over the pot of water. She set it down on the nightstand next to Remy's bed. "You're only going to hurt yourself and the baby if you don't start pushing."
"Babies." Rogue corrected, taking a deep breath.
"You're not going to give birth to both at the same time, Rogue." Ororo proclaimed, she couldn't help but smile.
"Oh crap." She mumbled, running her free hand through her wet hair. "Ah mus' look like hell." She winced. "Oh shit, oh shit, OH SHIT."
"Merde, merde, MERDE!" Remy yelled out as Rogue griped his hand tighter.
"Rogue, you have to push."
Rogue groaned and shut her eyes tightly as every muscle in her body startled to feel like they were set on fire. Tears squeezed out of her eyes. Push Rogue, push! She told herself. Oh gawd, this looks so much easier in the movies.
"Rogue, push."
"AH AM PUSHIN'!"
"Here's the water and towels!" Kitty announced cheerfully as she phased through the door and into the room.
"It's coming Rogue—Kit, go set them down on the other bed—keep pushing!"
"Keep pushing what?" Kitty asked blinking dumbly.
"KITTY!" Came Rogue's reply.
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"Do you think they're born yet?" Bobby asked as they walked up the stairs. "It's been.." He looked down at his watch-less wrist. "Awhile."
"Why don't you go check?"
Bobby stared at him as if Ray had gone crazy.. Or had just said something incredibly stupid. "Are you nuts? You go check."
"If you.." Ray trailed off as Piotr and Jubilee came into view. They both stood outside Rogue's room. "What's going on?"
"What do you think?" Jubilee asked, rolling her eyes. "This is like nothing we learned in health class."
"That's because you spent all your time staring at the diagram of a male anatomy." Ray jeered at her, a smirk curved onto his lips.
"I resent th—"
"Hey'a mates!" Pyro frolicked up the hallway, Amara following behind. "The meetin' got borin' so we decided to leave." He grinned proudly at all of them. "What's happenin' in there?" Before anyone could answer, he barged into Rogue's room right as a loud dinning crying sound started. "Where's the party—" His eyes went wide when he saw what was in Ororo's arms. "Blood? Is that blood?" His eyes rolled into the back of his head and he fell to the floor.
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To be continued!
I'll try to get the next chapter out sooner. If you didn't like this chapter, don't complain about it because I worked hard on it.. well, kind of. Anyway..
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