Rogue stood up looking around the smudges of colour for the voice. The area
was still quiet but now there was two breathing patterns echoing around.
"Where are you Lucius. Stop bein' a caward and show ya'self!"
Lucius materialised directley infront of her smileing ierily.
"You ssscared yet?" He snickerd
"Not of you." Rogue said viciusley. "Now tell me how ta get out'a hear!"
"You can't, not untill the drug thay gave you wears off. But I can." He said as he fazed into a young man with black spikey hair and huge baggey clothes. Now his voice was normal, but angrey.
"Hears the deal, were gonna fight for posetion of your'e body, and whoever is still moveing at the end....wins....okay?" He said. "Oh, and one more thing, you can't use your powers in hear, unless to take time to learn how, so you can just give up." He laghed again and staired at Rogues angrey face.
"Ahm gonna kill you again Lucius......Ya know that right?" She added sarcasticaly, as she got ready to fight.
Lucius dissapeard and re-apeard behind her, but Rogue saw this and twisted round grabbing his hand as he was about to hit her in the back. She kicked his legs from under him, still holding his arm which she twisted untill it made a crack, sound, and was disslocated. Lucius screamed out, and then begun laghing as he snatched his arm back, and put it back in the socket.
He steped away from Rogue, changeing the background into pure black agin, and scurried around her as she swong around following the sound. She closed her eyes and listend, hearing a rusle next to her and kicked out, hitting something, so she did it again and again, untill Lucius hit her in the jaw and sent her flying as the scenery turned to white.
"You can't win Rogue. Your too week, withought youre powers......... give up now, and Ill get rid of you quickley."
"No-way lizard boy, ahm takein you out." She said as she stood up and swong for him, over and over, missing each time, untill she did a spinning kick in the air, and knocked Lucius back. The expression on his newley, normal face turned into an angrey glair as he faded out and appeard right infront of her, wrapping his arm around her neck with his left hand, and ran his extended nails into her stomach, holding her tighter as his nails wen't deeper. Rogue was speachless, the pain provented her from even screaming, just tears caused by the pain fell out of her emerald eyes.
Lucius brought his lips to her ear and wisperd, "Thank you...very much, Rogue. Its been fun." And then wiped a tear from her cheek and kissed it gentley, and then pulled back laghing, vindictiveley as he disspursed infront of her, makeing her fall onto her back as the blood sunk into the white floor.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Logan looked down at Rogue sighing. He noticed blood running freeley from her stomach, and shouted for Hank, who came running, seeing Logan pressing on the wound.
"What happend?!" He said acusingley.
"Nothing, she just started bleeding." Logan growled.
The bleeding began to stop so Logan pulled his hands away, seeing the cuts heeling, and the skin hardening turning blue. Rogues eyes snapped open, with the cold, yellow and black marbled effect directed at Logan. She smiled as her teeth began to change, and she laghed as she screamed out in pain from the transformation.
When it was over, she knelt up, and crawled out of the tent, passed the speachless Hank and Logan. She stood up straight, revieling her new hight and staired around the camp with an evil smirk. She rolled her head round, makeing the bones in her neck crack, and then looked straight at Pyro, who was looking extremeley confused. He didn't see anything untill Rogue was standing almost touching his nose with hers. Falling back on the log, he yelled "Holey shit!" As she greabbed his shirt and slung him, 12 foot away, into a tree where he lost conchousness.
Kurt was her next victim, but he ported away when she grabbed at him, onley to find her there again when he got away. She grabbed his head with both hands, one on his forhead and one on his jaw. She was about to snap his neck when Scott shot at her ((With his eyes...Duh.)) and knocked her down. She hissed and glaired at him as she grabbed Kurt again and hit him with the palm of her hand, on his left temple, knocking him out, and threw him over by Pyro.
She then faded out as everyone stood together, ready to fight.She appeard silentley behind them all and grabbed Kitty around the mouth, and faded her out with her, biteing her neck, and injecting poison, before she fased through her. Kittys eyes roled back in her head, as she fell to the ground, now fully visable, makeing everyone turn to face her.
Seline grabbed her head and started screaming, in a high pitched tone that made everyone cover thaire ears. Rogue had gotten into her head and was putting emance pressure on her, that was extremeley painfull. Rogue then grabbed Scott, who got the same treatment as Kurt, but twice as much, because he was squrming.
"Rogue, com'on chere, its us..." Said Remy as he stepped closer. Logan grabbed his shirt and pulled him back, as Jean created a barier around them.
"That aint her anymore...." Logan growled, not takeing his eyes away from her.
Rogue closed her eyes, and concentrated, puncturing the barrier as she put pressure in Jeans head the same as Seline. The next victim was Remy, but he faught back, as Logan Hank and Ororo tried to help.
Rogue extended her nails and swiped at Remy who was punching out, trying to hit her. Rogue grabbed her head, screaming as she fell to her knees clutching her temples. Remy ran to her as everyone fell back ((NOT LITERALLY)). Rogue wraped her arms Arouund Remy, and looked on to the other three, with a grin on her face, as she bit into Remys neck, injecting the poison.
Rogue stood up and moved away, as Remy fell to the floor. She laghed.
"Youre all so gullable." She snickerd, with the split voice that had taken over before.
She turned to storm and jolted forward, but Storm threw a strong gust of wind at her and pinned her to a tree. Rogue smiled and faded out into the background, and Storm stopped the wind, not knowing what happend. Rogue turned up infront of her and slashed at her face, leaving 4 shallow cuts on her cheek. Storm steped back, clutching the bleeding slashes, and Rogue leaped into the air and kicked Storm in the side of the head, sending her flying to the ground.
Everything happend so fast that no-one had time to react before Rogue had gotten to Hank aswell. Now all that was left was Logan, who looked around at all the motionless bodys on the floor, noticeing that Seline was still conchous. They walked around in a cirkle stairing at each other for a second.
"Ive been waiting for this for over a month Logan. Now youre going to pay for causing me all this.....trouble...."
"And what trouble is that." Logan growled, glanceing at Jean who had begun to stir.
"If you hadn't have hurt me, with those...claws of yours, then I wouldn't have had to fight for so long to regain control."
"Well you shouldn't be in controle. You should be dead." He snaped.
"Oh, and your going to be the one who kills me.....right, Logan..." She said, mocking him.
"And what if I am."
"Just remember Logan, If you kill me, you kill her. And I can sence how much you don't want to hurt her. It's sickening realy." He said in a more serious tone. "Shes fighting more, now that it's you who Im faceing......How does that make you feel....still want to kill me?" She let out a lagh and looked to Seline, who was standing faceing her.
"Are you going to try and stop me sister?"
"No, Lucius. I want to help you." Rogue looked at her and tried to get into her mind, but she was blocking.
"You lie." Rogue said calmley.
"No Lucius. I speak the truth. I have never lied to you. You made sure of that,"
Rogue lifted her hand to Selines face and smiled. She had forgotten about Logan, who had now come up behind her, and grabbed her around the neck, pulling her down.
"TRATOR!!" She screamed at Seline who becan falling again to her knees holding her head.
"Jean! Do it now!" Logan screamed as Jean ran up to them and touched Rogues head.
~*~*~
Jean opend her eyes and found herself in a white room. She turned around and saw Rogue lying in a pool of blood and ran over to her.
"Rogue, wake up." She said softley. "Rogue come on we don't have much time."
"Go away Jean." Rogue said. "I caynt fight him, he's too strong."
"Do you even know where you are! This is YOUR mind. Your emajination. You can stop this all, and take controle....Ill help you."
"I caynt do it. Ive tried."
"Come on! Wheres the bitch that can do anything.... Rogue, If you don't try, Lucius will kill Logan, and the rest of us.....WE CAN'T STOP HIM, but YOU can."
"What do I do."
"Take conrole." Jean said quietly.
Rogue closed her eyes as jean clutched her hands. Then there was a huge power serge that knocked Jean out of Rogues mind. Jean fell back to the ground, and Logan did the same as Rogue began to change back to the way she was. She began to lift off the ground as her skin and hight wen't back to normal. The wind around her picked up as her arms flung outwards and her head flew back faceing the clear blue sky.
She returned to normal and began to come down, her eyes closed. Logan ran to her and caught her as she landed. He held her in his arms and Rogue began to open her eyes weerely.
"Logan?" She said weekley.
Logan lay her down on the floor, shocked at what he was seeing.
"Whats wrong?" She said.
"Your'e eyes..........thare...."
"What?" She ast.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Rogue sat up from her sleeping bag. It was dark inside the tent, whyl outside, the light from the fire cast shadows on the fabric walls. She turned her head, looking at the three sleeping x-girls and then looked to the wall, seeing Selines siloette. She didn't sleep much, and when she did, she prefured to stay outside.
Rogue crossed her legs and leant her elbows on each knee as she rubbed her eyes sighing. A light came on next to her, and she turned seeing Jean holding a flashlight.
"Can't you sleep?" She said quietley and Rogue shook her head, looking away.
"Whats wrong?" She pressed.
"Ah don't understand wha ah cayn't hear Lucius in mah head anymore. It aint normal. And mah eyes, what did he do ta mah eyes." Rogue wisperd.
"I can help...." Jean said quietley.
"How?"
Jean got up and crawled over, sitting infront of Rogue with her legs crossed. Jean reached out her hands and put them on either side of Rogues head and closed her eyes. Moments later she opend her eyes again.
"You have all Lucius' powers. He is gone though along with all the other personalities you absorbed. You still have your power of flight."
"Wha are you doing this?" Rogue ast. Jean took her hands away and looked into Rogues green and black marbled eyes and smiled.
"Because after spending time in youre head, I understand you a litle better.....You not as much of a bitch as I thought."
Rogue laghed and shook her head. "Tell me waht els you see in mah head then..." Rogue carried on.
"You have some of Lucius' powers.....You can blend in with any surounding, and you can heal yourself, aswell as being extremeley fast and agile. However, you can't extend youre nails, or use his telapathic ability, or heal others like he could. Nether can you use your strength any more."
"So, how do ah use em'?" Rogue ast confused.
"Well, I don't know.....I onley see whats in your subconchous....not explanations.........Think you can sleep now?"
"Ah d'no, maybe." Rogue said with a smile as Jean crawled back to her bed and switched off the flashlight. Rogue looked back to the tents fabric wall, and saw the siloette of a man walking closer.
Rogue unziped her tent any stepped out, seeing Remy standing thair. Rogue stepped out and closed up the tent again and smiled at him, as he lead her towards the campfire. They sat down, still not saying a word, and Rogue looked around for Seline who was no-where in site.
"Whats up with you?" She said to Remy who just staired at her eyes. He put his hand under her chin and lifted it so as he could fully see her eyes.
"Remy juss wonned t' see what de problem was."
"Oh, mah eyes."
"Day ain' no problem chere.....der juss de same as before."
"Just a different colour... ah know...Kurts said it to me already, along with anyone els who saw me moaping around." She sighed as she looked away, and then looked back. "Jean says ah have new powers.."
"dats good...ain it?"
"Yea, ah guess. But ah dont know how ta use em'."
"Den maybe Remy can help y' find out how."
"You dont have to..Ah aint your problem Remy."
"Dats true. Y' aint a problem. But Y' are M' girl, dat makes y' de priority."
Rogue smiled and leaned into him, as he wraped his arm around her sholders.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Stom flicked the switches on the radio, angraly. She tried all of the channels, getting no response, so she stood up and threw the mic at the radio, makeing it shatter into 6 pieces. She ground her teeth and cletched her fists as she paced the floor of the jet. Her eyes began to glow white as lightning began to strike random parts of the floor around the jet.
She kicked at the jets door, swinging it open, and walked out growling. She shot a lightning bolt at a tree and tugged at her hair in frustration as she screamed. Logan looked up from the wood what he was chipping away at, and staired at Ororo who was paceing around shooting lightning at things and growling to herself. Logan stood up and stepped towards her slowley. She had been becoming more and more hostile as the days in the jungle passed.
Ororo ripped off the red lether jacket that she was wearing and threw it to the ground, shooting at it and setting it on fire as she laghed hysterically, with tears running down her cheeks.
"Ororo?.......You ok?" He ast, makeing sure that he didn't make any sudden movements.
"Do I look OK! Do I sound OK!!!! Stay away from me!" She screamed as Logan stepped closer to her, watching her back away as she snarled at him.
She held her hand out to him and sent a gust of wind to him, makeing him fly back.
"I cant stand another minuet hear! With all of you....... I have to get out of hear!!" She shouted as she raised up into the air, and dark clouds began to form out of nowhere, infront of the clear blue sky. The lightning began to strike the ground, and the wind wipped around, causing all of the dead leaves from the mud to swirl around in the air.
Meanwhyl, everyone els was at the pool splashing about in the cristal clear water. Kitty was clinging onto Pyro as he taught her how to swim, not takeing his eyes away from Rogue who sat up on her rock with Remys arm around her stomack, as he kissed her neck. Pyro lost his concentration, and Kitty began to sink, so she wrapped her arms around Pyros neck, bringing his attention back to her as they laghed.
Thay heard Storm screaming, and saw the change in the clouds. Rogue looked at Jean, who looked at her. They both darted off towards camp, leaving everyone silent in the water, amazed at the fact that the two were getting along. Rogues pants ripped on a twig as she ran behind Jean in her bathing suit. They reached the camp in time to see storm in the air causing a funnel of air to spin around her.
"Logan whats she doing?" Rogue shouted over the sound of the wind and thunder.
"She's going crazy, now get outa hear!"
Rogue looked to Ororo who was stairing at her and Jean, and aiming. Rogue pushed Jean out of the way, and dove to the opisite side as a bolt of lightning hit the floor where they were standing.
Rogue looked to Jean, who was clinging to a tree as Rogue bagan to get caught in the expanding air funnel, and her hair began to move furiousley abover her. Jean saw that Rogue was in trouble and lifted her out of the awurling air with her power.
"Take me up to her Jean!" Rogue shouted over the sounds.
Jean noded and lifted Rogue up to Storm as she used Lucius' power, and faded out into the scenery. Storm got mad and sent a serge of power out, wich made the wind funnel stronger as it swiped up all of the camp.
Rogue was now right next to Ororo, who had no Idea. Rogue grabbed Ororo's arm and concentrated, takeing her power as she fell onconchious in Rogues arms. The wind funnel dispursed, dropping everything to the ground, and the clouds died out revealing the blue sky again.
Jean set Rogue and Ororo down and Logan ran over. Hank ran into the scene, seeing the distruction and the three stood around Ororo.
"What happend?" He ast as he ran over to assist.
The team gatherd around and cleared the distroyed area.
"I guess weere sleeping in the jet from now on huh?" Scott said as he picked up the ripped pieces of fabric from the tent. Seline looked towards him and laghed.
"You realy should win an award for stateing the obvious Scott."
"Rogue! Stop teaching her your annoying sarcasm!" Scott shouted as Rogue turned and shrugged, smileing at Seline.
"Ah cay'n help it if ahm just an insperation to her Scott." She said.
Jean walked up to Rogue and stood by her helping her clear that area.
"That was great how you handled that, back then." "Yea? well ya dint do to bad yaself..........Jean, ya don't have to put yaself out ta talk ta me ya know..."
"I know. I just think Ive been way too hard on you lateley...so....."
"So youre tryin ta apologise?"
"Yea....."
"alright, apology accepted.......but ah think he needs it more than me." Rogue said, motioning to Scott. "See ya later preppy girl." Rogue said with a devious smirk, as Jean bit on her bottom lip and took a step forwar, towards Scott, onley to tern around and walk away.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Pyro sat at the controles of the jet with a small metal, tool of somekind, and a screwdriver. He poked at some wires and twisted some copper, and opend up the pannel to the jets satilite comunicator, which wasn't working. He connected the wires from the CB and the comunicator, and screwed the panneling back on to both radios, setting the CB ontop of the jets radio. He put it to channel 35 and clicked on the mic.
A small spark and crackle came from the radio, and he stepped back cringeing.
"Oh shit....there gonna kill me." John said quietley, as a grumble came from over in the corner. He turned round and saw Ororo sturing, holding her head. "Nope mate, correction....the crazy ladys just gonna fry me before they kill me..."
Hank walked in and looked to the smokeing CB and then to Ororo whos eyes were returning white again, she began to struggle around on the bench that she was laying on, and growling for them to let her go. Logan ran in and held her dowl as Hank pulled out, yet, another needle and dug it into her arm after slapping it and pushing the air out of the needle. Ororo growled and screamed before her eyes became heavy and her limbs became week.
"Im sorry Ororo, but this is for youre own safety aswell as ours." Said hank as Ororo relaxed with her eyes closed.
"Well thats the last of the sedatives Logan...... lets hope we won't need them." Hank carried on.
Logan turned to the smokeing radio, and Pyro who was trying to hide it so as they wouldnt notice.
"You broke it!!" Logan snarled.
"No mate......I can fix it...." Pyro said, panicing, as Logan growled and walked out of the jet.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Rogue was picking up some more left over debree from Storms rampage, when Remy came up behind her and tapped her on the sholder makeing her jump and spin round.
She glaired at him in frustration as he grinned, sheepishley trying to make her smile, she didn't seem to happy, so Remy was trying to cheer her up. She shook her head and roled her eyes at the stupidity and placed her hands on her hips.
"What is it now swamp rat...."
Remy took ahold of Rogues chin and pressed his lips against hers, then pulled away and walked past her whyl saying "Don call me dat chere.....or ahl call you--"
"Alright! ah get the poin't." She interupted before he said anything, makeing Remy smile, proud of himself.
Remy pulled at her arm, dragging her out of the debree, and, naturally, placed his hand on Rogues hip as he ran his fingers through her hair. He liked to touch Rogues hair, so he did it allot. He smiled down at the grumpy Rogue, which he was used to by now.
"Y' wonna do somtin' chere?"
"Like what?" She shrugged.
"Like......sometin'." He grinned.
Rogue roled her eyes and walked away from him with a sigh.
"Com'on chere, ah was juss messin......" He laghed. He always loved to test her patients, basicley he just got his kicks out of pissing her off.
"Alright den....hows about Remy be y' punch bag for an hour??" He ast.
Rogue stopped and turned to him smileing.
"Alright swamp rat....." She said as she walked up to him and grabbed his shirt, pulling him along with her. She took him to a space out in the trees and yanked off his trenchcoat makeing him spin round with both eyebrows raised.
"Well, if dats how ya won' it...." He laghed.
"Shut up Remy, it distracts me when your wearin it......You gonna fight back this time? Cos ahm sick of ya lettin me beat your ass to a pulp."
Remy smiled as he stepped up to her. "Its a deal chere."
Rogue smiled and pushed him away and then faded out useing Lucius' speed to run around Remy as he stood with his eyes closed, listening for her. Remy swiped his hand out, grabbing Rogue and pulling her into him. She swung her legs out knocking Remy on his back and put her foot to his neck, and he twisted it around, makeing her fall to the ground beside him. He roled over and pinned her arms smileing.
"Now what y' gonna do..." He said quietley.
Rogue smiled up at him, laying there for a moment, and then raised her knee up between his legs, as his smile dropped and so did he, so Rogue pushed him off her and kneeld over him as he lay squrming on the floor. Rogue bit her lip, realiseing that she put to much strength into it when she saw tears forming in his eyes.
"You ok Rem?" She said quietley as Remy shook his head. Rogue laghed a little and then tried to get rid of the smirk as Remy sat up breathing heavily.
"Thats the first time ahve seen you cry." She said as she tried not to lagh, but couldn't help it and fell back, leaning against a tree gasping.
"Dis ain funny chere.....dis could av' done some perminant damage." He choked out.
Rogue wiped some tears from her eyes, still laghing hysterically, and pulled her hands away to see him kneeling infront of her. He put his arms down by her waist and got closer. "Y'gonna pay for dat, trust me." He said with a slight lagh in his voice.
Rogue wiped the moisture from underneath his eyes with her thums and rested her hands on his cheeks, as he smiled at her.
Logan walked out and saw them, turning away quickley roleing his eyes and sighing, and just shouted to them to come back to camp because it was getting dark. Remy was startled and jumped up quickley, moveing away from Rogue.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Back at camp, Pyro had begun fiddleing the small tool in the wires of the radios and finaly got a spark, as the small red didgets appeard on the screen, and a crackleing sound from the mic. He smiled and held up his hands shouting "Yes!" And then the lights went off and the sound was gone, so his face droped as he held his hands out to the radio shouting "NO!"
Kurt walked in seeing John tearing at his hair, with the small tool in his mouth.
"Ze battery needz charging." He said and then walked out. Pyro opend his eyes and tilted his head to the side, as his arms hung beside him.
"Why didn't I think of that?"
~*~*~*~**~~*~*~*~*~
Kitty got out from under her covoures, and looked to the front of the jet, where she saw John sitting, still at the controles. She couldn't tell weather he was asleep or not, so she stepped over the masses of people who lay sprawled across the floor of the jet. She walked up to the controles quietly and sat down next to John. She looked up to him and flicked some hair from her face, as the long brown strands fell to her sholders. She put her hand on his sholder, makeing him snap his head away from the controles.
"Hello....." He said noticeing Kitty sitting next to him.
"Hi, arnt you tired?"
"Yea,...."
"Then you should, like, get some sleep."
"No, can't do that love. Im waitin' for this to charge so we can get the hell out of hear."
"Yea....well it'l still be hear tomorow. So like, please just get some sleep."
Kitty smiled at him and stood up, flicking back some hair, but John grabbed her hand and pulled her back.
"Stay and talk to me for a bit." He said as Kitty returned to her crouch on the floor beside him. "Alright, but onley for like, a litle bit because Im tired."
"Aright." He said with a grin.
"So....do you like, have a girl back in bayvile?"
John smiled and looked to his feet, then back to Kitty, who looked as inocent as ever. But he could see through the inocent valley girl look. He saw what she realy wanted to be like underneath all the inocence and sweetness.
Pyro had already fallen for Kitty, from the first time they realy ever talked, on the plain before the crash. But along with his strong feelings for kitty, was the burning desire to be with Rogue.
"No, theres no girl back in bayville." He said with a chuckle. "What about you? Are you still, seeing? than Alvers nerd?"
"No." She laghed. "I was never seeing him in the first place. And hes like, not a nerd.....just personality impared is all." She smiled as a silence followed for a few seconds.
"Then no-one will mind." John said as he leaned down to Kitty, and pressed his lips on hers.
Kitty was suprised, she could feel her cheeks burning as she closed her eyes and kissed him back.
Kitty fell asleep on the other chair at the controles, after staying up all night talking to John.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Rogue sat up quickley when she heard a yell from the front of the jet. Her eyes were half open, and her hair was a mess on the side that she was sleeping on. She rubbed her eyes and stood up, walking over to Pyro and Kitty who were smileing, and talking into the radio.
"Whats goin on Kitty?" Rogue ast sleepily as she yawned.
"We've reached the instituit. It took John all morning but we got em.....He's talking to Evan right now." She squeeled.
"Wait! How did ya get intouch with the instituit? The satelite comunicator was fried.....wasn't it?"
"Yea, but Jhon just like, totaly fixed it.... useing some chip from the CB and connecting some wires or something..... I don't know I like, wasn't realy listening....."
Hank stepped up to them and took the mic from John, who smiled...extremeley proud of himselfh as he looked at Rogue who was leaning on the back of the chair, not even acknowleging that he existed. *She's beutifull, even when she looks rough.* He thought with a lagh, and then took Kittys hand as she smiled, practically jumping around with excitement.
"We are like, so going home!" She shouted, wakeing the remainder of the group.
"Where are you Lucius. Stop bein' a caward and show ya'self!"
Lucius materialised directley infront of her smileing ierily.
"You ssscared yet?" He snickerd
"Not of you." Rogue said viciusley. "Now tell me how ta get out'a hear!"
"You can't, not untill the drug thay gave you wears off. But I can." He said as he fazed into a young man with black spikey hair and huge baggey clothes. Now his voice was normal, but angrey.
"Hears the deal, were gonna fight for posetion of your'e body, and whoever is still moveing at the end....wins....okay?" He said. "Oh, and one more thing, you can't use your powers in hear, unless to take time to learn how, so you can just give up." He laghed again and staired at Rogues angrey face.
"Ahm gonna kill you again Lucius......Ya know that right?" She added sarcasticaly, as she got ready to fight.
Lucius dissapeard and re-apeard behind her, but Rogue saw this and twisted round grabbing his hand as he was about to hit her in the back. She kicked his legs from under him, still holding his arm which she twisted untill it made a crack, sound, and was disslocated. Lucius screamed out, and then begun laghing as he snatched his arm back, and put it back in the socket.
He steped away from Rogue, changeing the background into pure black agin, and scurried around her as she swong around following the sound. She closed her eyes and listend, hearing a rusle next to her and kicked out, hitting something, so she did it again and again, untill Lucius hit her in the jaw and sent her flying as the scenery turned to white.
"You can't win Rogue. Your too week, withought youre powers......... give up now, and Ill get rid of you quickley."
"No-way lizard boy, ahm takein you out." She said as she stood up and swong for him, over and over, missing each time, untill she did a spinning kick in the air, and knocked Lucius back. The expression on his newley, normal face turned into an angrey glair as he faded out and appeard right infront of her, wrapping his arm around her neck with his left hand, and ran his extended nails into her stomach, holding her tighter as his nails wen't deeper. Rogue was speachless, the pain provented her from even screaming, just tears caused by the pain fell out of her emerald eyes.
Lucius brought his lips to her ear and wisperd, "Thank you...very much, Rogue. Its been fun." And then wiped a tear from her cheek and kissed it gentley, and then pulled back laghing, vindictiveley as he disspursed infront of her, makeing her fall onto her back as the blood sunk into the white floor.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Logan looked down at Rogue sighing. He noticed blood running freeley from her stomach, and shouted for Hank, who came running, seeing Logan pressing on the wound.
"What happend?!" He said acusingley.
"Nothing, she just started bleeding." Logan growled.
The bleeding began to stop so Logan pulled his hands away, seeing the cuts heeling, and the skin hardening turning blue. Rogues eyes snapped open, with the cold, yellow and black marbled effect directed at Logan. She smiled as her teeth began to change, and she laghed as she screamed out in pain from the transformation.
When it was over, she knelt up, and crawled out of the tent, passed the speachless Hank and Logan. She stood up straight, revieling her new hight and staired around the camp with an evil smirk. She rolled her head round, makeing the bones in her neck crack, and then looked straight at Pyro, who was looking extremeley confused. He didn't see anything untill Rogue was standing almost touching his nose with hers. Falling back on the log, he yelled "Holey shit!" As she greabbed his shirt and slung him, 12 foot away, into a tree where he lost conchousness.
Kurt was her next victim, but he ported away when she grabbed at him, onley to find her there again when he got away. She grabbed his head with both hands, one on his forhead and one on his jaw. She was about to snap his neck when Scott shot at her ((With his eyes...Duh.)) and knocked her down. She hissed and glaired at him as she grabbed Kurt again and hit him with the palm of her hand, on his left temple, knocking him out, and threw him over by Pyro.
She then faded out as everyone stood together, ready to fight.She appeard silentley behind them all and grabbed Kitty around the mouth, and faded her out with her, biteing her neck, and injecting poison, before she fased through her. Kittys eyes roled back in her head, as she fell to the ground, now fully visable, makeing everyone turn to face her.
Seline grabbed her head and started screaming, in a high pitched tone that made everyone cover thaire ears. Rogue had gotten into her head and was putting emance pressure on her, that was extremeley painfull. Rogue then grabbed Scott, who got the same treatment as Kurt, but twice as much, because he was squrming.
"Rogue, com'on chere, its us..." Said Remy as he stepped closer. Logan grabbed his shirt and pulled him back, as Jean created a barier around them.
"That aint her anymore...." Logan growled, not takeing his eyes away from her.
Rogue closed her eyes, and concentrated, puncturing the barrier as she put pressure in Jeans head the same as Seline. The next victim was Remy, but he faught back, as Logan Hank and Ororo tried to help.
Rogue extended her nails and swiped at Remy who was punching out, trying to hit her. Rogue grabbed her head, screaming as she fell to her knees clutching her temples. Remy ran to her as everyone fell back ((NOT LITERALLY)). Rogue wraped her arms Arouund Remy, and looked on to the other three, with a grin on her face, as she bit into Remys neck, injecting the poison.
Rogue stood up and moved away, as Remy fell to the floor. She laghed.
"Youre all so gullable." She snickerd, with the split voice that had taken over before.
She turned to storm and jolted forward, but Storm threw a strong gust of wind at her and pinned her to a tree. Rogue smiled and faded out into the background, and Storm stopped the wind, not knowing what happend. Rogue turned up infront of her and slashed at her face, leaving 4 shallow cuts on her cheek. Storm steped back, clutching the bleeding slashes, and Rogue leaped into the air and kicked Storm in the side of the head, sending her flying to the ground.
Everything happend so fast that no-one had time to react before Rogue had gotten to Hank aswell. Now all that was left was Logan, who looked around at all the motionless bodys on the floor, noticeing that Seline was still conchous. They walked around in a cirkle stairing at each other for a second.
"Ive been waiting for this for over a month Logan. Now youre going to pay for causing me all this.....trouble...."
"And what trouble is that." Logan growled, glanceing at Jean who had begun to stir.
"If you hadn't have hurt me, with those...claws of yours, then I wouldn't have had to fight for so long to regain control."
"Well you shouldn't be in controle. You should be dead." He snaped.
"Oh, and your going to be the one who kills me.....right, Logan..." She said, mocking him.
"And what if I am."
"Just remember Logan, If you kill me, you kill her. And I can sence how much you don't want to hurt her. It's sickening realy." He said in a more serious tone. "Shes fighting more, now that it's you who Im faceing......How does that make you feel....still want to kill me?" She let out a lagh and looked to Seline, who was standing faceing her.
"Are you going to try and stop me sister?"
"No, Lucius. I want to help you." Rogue looked at her and tried to get into her mind, but she was blocking.
"You lie." Rogue said calmley.
"No Lucius. I speak the truth. I have never lied to you. You made sure of that,"
Rogue lifted her hand to Selines face and smiled. She had forgotten about Logan, who had now come up behind her, and grabbed her around the neck, pulling her down.
"TRATOR!!" She screamed at Seline who becan falling again to her knees holding her head.
"Jean! Do it now!" Logan screamed as Jean ran up to them and touched Rogues head.
~*~*~
Jean opend her eyes and found herself in a white room. She turned around and saw Rogue lying in a pool of blood and ran over to her.
"Rogue, wake up." She said softley. "Rogue come on we don't have much time."
"Go away Jean." Rogue said. "I caynt fight him, he's too strong."
"Do you even know where you are! This is YOUR mind. Your emajination. You can stop this all, and take controle....Ill help you."
"I caynt do it. Ive tried."
"Come on! Wheres the bitch that can do anything.... Rogue, If you don't try, Lucius will kill Logan, and the rest of us.....WE CAN'T STOP HIM, but YOU can."
"What do I do."
"Take conrole." Jean said quietly.
Rogue closed her eyes as jean clutched her hands. Then there was a huge power serge that knocked Jean out of Rogues mind. Jean fell back to the ground, and Logan did the same as Rogue began to change back to the way she was. She began to lift off the ground as her skin and hight wen't back to normal. The wind around her picked up as her arms flung outwards and her head flew back faceing the clear blue sky.
She returned to normal and began to come down, her eyes closed. Logan ran to her and caught her as she landed. He held her in his arms and Rogue began to open her eyes weerely.
"Logan?" She said weekley.
Logan lay her down on the floor, shocked at what he was seeing.
"Whats wrong?" She said.
"Your'e eyes..........thare...."
"What?" She ast.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Rogue sat up from her sleeping bag. It was dark inside the tent, whyl outside, the light from the fire cast shadows on the fabric walls. She turned her head, looking at the three sleeping x-girls and then looked to the wall, seeing Selines siloette. She didn't sleep much, and when she did, she prefured to stay outside.
Rogue crossed her legs and leant her elbows on each knee as she rubbed her eyes sighing. A light came on next to her, and she turned seeing Jean holding a flashlight.
"Can't you sleep?" She said quietley and Rogue shook her head, looking away.
"Whats wrong?" She pressed.
"Ah don't understand wha ah cayn't hear Lucius in mah head anymore. It aint normal. And mah eyes, what did he do ta mah eyes." Rogue wisperd.
"I can help...." Jean said quietley.
"How?"
Jean got up and crawled over, sitting infront of Rogue with her legs crossed. Jean reached out her hands and put them on either side of Rogues head and closed her eyes. Moments later she opend her eyes again.
"You have all Lucius' powers. He is gone though along with all the other personalities you absorbed. You still have your power of flight."
"Wha are you doing this?" Rogue ast. Jean took her hands away and looked into Rogues green and black marbled eyes and smiled.
"Because after spending time in youre head, I understand you a litle better.....You not as much of a bitch as I thought."
Rogue laghed and shook her head. "Tell me waht els you see in mah head then..." Rogue carried on.
"You have some of Lucius' powers.....You can blend in with any surounding, and you can heal yourself, aswell as being extremeley fast and agile. However, you can't extend youre nails, or use his telapathic ability, or heal others like he could. Nether can you use your strength any more."
"So, how do ah use em'?" Rogue ast confused.
"Well, I don't know.....I onley see whats in your subconchous....not explanations.........Think you can sleep now?"
"Ah d'no, maybe." Rogue said with a smile as Jean crawled back to her bed and switched off the flashlight. Rogue looked back to the tents fabric wall, and saw the siloette of a man walking closer.
Rogue unziped her tent any stepped out, seeing Remy standing thair. Rogue stepped out and closed up the tent again and smiled at him, as he lead her towards the campfire. They sat down, still not saying a word, and Rogue looked around for Seline who was no-where in site.
"Whats up with you?" She said to Remy who just staired at her eyes. He put his hand under her chin and lifted it so as he could fully see her eyes.
"Remy juss wonned t' see what de problem was."
"Oh, mah eyes."
"Day ain' no problem chere.....der juss de same as before."
"Just a different colour... ah know...Kurts said it to me already, along with anyone els who saw me moaping around." She sighed as she looked away, and then looked back. "Jean says ah have new powers.."
"dats good...ain it?"
"Yea, ah guess. But ah dont know how ta use em'."
"Den maybe Remy can help y' find out how."
"You dont have to..Ah aint your problem Remy."
"Dats true. Y' aint a problem. But Y' are M' girl, dat makes y' de priority."
Rogue smiled and leaned into him, as he wraped his arm around her sholders.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Stom flicked the switches on the radio, angraly. She tried all of the channels, getting no response, so she stood up and threw the mic at the radio, makeing it shatter into 6 pieces. She ground her teeth and cletched her fists as she paced the floor of the jet. Her eyes began to glow white as lightning began to strike random parts of the floor around the jet.
She kicked at the jets door, swinging it open, and walked out growling. She shot a lightning bolt at a tree and tugged at her hair in frustration as she screamed. Logan looked up from the wood what he was chipping away at, and staired at Ororo who was paceing around shooting lightning at things and growling to herself. Logan stood up and stepped towards her slowley. She had been becoming more and more hostile as the days in the jungle passed.
Ororo ripped off the red lether jacket that she was wearing and threw it to the ground, shooting at it and setting it on fire as she laghed hysterically, with tears running down her cheeks.
"Ororo?.......You ok?" He ast, makeing sure that he didn't make any sudden movements.
"Do I look OK! Do I sound OK!!!! Stay away from me!" She screamed as Logan stepped closer to her, watching her back away as she snarled at him.
She held her hand out to him and sent a gust of wind to him, makeing him fly back.
"I cant stand another minuet hear! With all of you....... I have to get out of hear!!" She shouted as she raised up into the air, and dark clouds began to form out of nowhere, infront of the clear blue sky. The lightning began to strike the ground, and the wind wipped around, causing all of the dead leaves from the mud to swirl around in the air.
Meanwhyl, everyone els was at the pool splashing about in the cristal clear water. Kitty was clinging onto Pyro as he taught her how to swim, not takeing his eyes away from Rogue who sat up on her rock with Remys arm around her stomack, as he kissed her neck. Pyro lost his concentration, and Kitty began to sink, so she wrapped her arms around Pyros neck, bringing his attention back to her as they laghed.
Thay heard Storm screaming, and saw the change in the clouds. Rogue looked at Jean, who looked at her. They both darted off towards camp, leaving everyone silent in the water, amazed at the fact that the two were getting along. Rogues pants ripped on a twig as she ran behind Jean in her bathing suit. They reached the camp in time to see storm in the air causing a funnel of air to spin around her.
"Logan whats she doing?" Rogue shouted over the sound of the wind and thunder.
"She's going crazy, now get outa hear!"
Rogue looked to Ororo who was stairing at her and Jean, and aiming. Rogue pushed Jean out of the way, and dove to the opisite side as a bolt of lightning hit the floor where they were standing.
Rogue looked to Jean, who was clinging to a tree as Rogue bagan to get caught in the expanding air funnel, and her hair began to move furiousley abover her. Jean saw that Rogue was in trouble and lifted her out of the awurling air with her power.
"Take me up to her Jean!" Rogue shouted over the sounds.
Jean noded and lifted Rogue up to Storm as she used Lucius' power, and faded out into the scenery. Storm got mad and sent a serge of power out, wich made the wind funnel stronger as it swiped up all of the camp.
Rogue was now right next to Ororo, who had no Idea. Rogue grabbed Ororo's arm and concentrated, takeing her power as she fell onconchious in Rogues arms. The wind funnel dispursed, dropping everything to the ground, and the clouds died out revealing the blue sky again.
Jean set Rogue and Ororo down and Logan ran over. Hank ran into the scene, seeing the distruction and the three stood around Ororo.
"What happend?" He ast as he ran over to assist.
The team gatherd around and cleared the distroyed area.
"I guess weere sleeping in the jet from now on huh?" Scott said as he picked up the ripped pieces of fabric from the tent. Seline looked towards him and laghed.
"You realy should win an award for stateing the obvious Scott."
"Rogue! Stop teaching her your annoying sarcasm!" Scott shouted as Rogue turned and shrugged, smileing at Seline.
"Ah cay'n help it if ahm just an insperation to her Scott." She said.
Jean walked up to Rogue and stood by her helping her clear that area.
"That was great how you handled that, back then." "Yea? well ya dint do to bad yaself..........Jean, ya don't have to put yaself out ta talk ta me ya know..."
"I know. I just think Ive been way too hard on you lateley...so....."
"So youre tryin ta apologise?"
"Yea....."
"alright, apology accepted.......but ah think he needs it more than me." Rogue said, motioning to Scott. "See ya later preppy girl." Rogue said with a devious smirk, as Jean bit on her bottom lip and took a step forwar, towards Scott, onley to tern around and walk away.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Pyro sat at the controles of the jet with a small metal, tool of somekind, and a screwdriver. He poked at some wires and twisted some copper, and opend up the pannel to the jets satilite comunicator, which wasn't working. He connected the wires from the CB and the comunicator, and screwed the panneling back on to both radios, setting the CB ontop of the jets radio. He put it to channel 35 and clicked on the mic.
A small spark and crackle came from the radio, and he stepped back cringeing.
"Oh shit....there gonna kill me." John said quietley, as a grumble came from over in the corner. He turned round and saw Ororo sturing, holding her head. "Nope mate, correction....the crazy ladys just gonna fry me before they kill me..."
Hank walked in and looked to the smokeing CB and then to Ororo whos eyes were returning white again, she began to struggle around on the bench that she was laying on, and growling for them to let her go. Logan ran in and held her dowl as Hank pulled out, yet, another needle and dug it into her arm after slapping it and pushing the air out of the needle. Ororo growled and screamed before her eyes became heavy and her limbs became week.
"Im sorry Ororo, but this is for youre own safety aswell as ours." Said hank as Ororo relaxed with her eyes closed.
"Well thats the last of the sedatives Logan...... lets hope we won't need them." Hank carried on.
Logan turned to the smokeing radio, and Pyro who was trying to hide it so as they wouldnt notice.
"You broke it!!" Logan snarled.
"No mate......I can fix it...." Pyro said, panicing, as Logan growled and walked out of the jet.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Rogue was picking up some more left over debree from Storms rampage, when Remy came up behind her and tapped her on the sholder makeing her jump and spin round.
She glaired at him in frustration as he grinned, sheepishley trying to make her smile, she didn't seem to happy, so Remy was trying to cheer her up. She shook her head and roled her eyes at the stupidity and placed her hands on her hips.
"What is it now swamp rat...."
Remy took ahold of Rogues chin and pressed his lips against hers, then pulled away and walked past her whyl saying "Don call me dat chere.....or ahl call you--"
"Alright! ah get the poin't." She interupted before he said anything, makeing Remy smile, proud of himself.
Remy pulled at her arm, dragging her out of the debree, and, naturally, placed his hand on Rogues hip as he ran his fingers through her hair. He liked to touch Rogues hair, so he did it allot. He smiled down at the grumpy Rogue, which he was used to by now.
"Y' wonna do somtin' chere?"
"Like what?" She shrugged.
"Like......sometin'." He grinned.
Rogue roled her eyes and walked away from him with a sigh.
"Com'on chere, ah was juss messin......" He laghed. He always loved to test her patients, basicley he just got his kicks out of pissing her off.
"Alright den....hows about Remy be y' punch bag for an hour??" He ast.
Rogue stopped and turned to him smileing.
"Alright swamp rat....." She said as she walked up to him and grabbed his shirt, pulling him along with her. She took him to a space out in the trees and yanked off his trenchcoat makeing him spin round with both eyebrows raised.
"Well, if dats how ya won' it...." He laghed.
"Shut up Remy, it distracts me when your wearin it......You gonna fight back this time? Cos ahm sick of ya lettin me beat your ass to a pulp."
Remy smiled as he stepped up to her. "Its a deal chere."
Rogue smiled and pushed him away and then faded out useing Lucius' speed to run around Remy as he stood with his eyes closed, listening for her. Remy swiped his hand out, grabbing Rogue and pulling her into him. She swung her legs out knocking Remy on his back and put her foot to his neck, and he twisted it around, makeing her fall to the ground beside him. He roled over and pinned her arms smileing.
"Now what y' gonna do..." He said quietley.
Rogue smiled up at him, laying there for a moment, and then raised her knee up between his legs, as his smile dropped and so did he, so Rogue pushed him off her and kneeld over him as he lay squrming on the floor. Rogue bit her lip, realiseing that she put to much strength into it when she saw tears forming in his eyes.
"You ok Rem?" She said quietley as Remy shook his head. Rogue laghed a little and then tried to get rid of the smirk as Remy sat up breathing heavily.
"Thats the first time ahve seen you cry." She said as she tried not to lagh, but couldn't help it and fell back, leaning against a tree gasping.
"Dis ain funny chere.....dis could av' done some perminant damage." He choked out.
Rogue wiped some tears from her eyes, still laghing hysterically, and pulled her hands away to see him kneeling infront of her. He put his arms down by her waist and got closer. "Y'gonna pay for dat, trust me." He said with a slight lagh in his voice.
Rogue wiped the moisture from underneath his eyes with her thums and rested her hands on his cheeks, as he smiled at her.
Logan walked out and saw them, turning away quickley roleing his eyes and sighing, and just shouted to them to come back to camp because it was getting dark. Remy was startled and jumped up quickley, moveing away from Rogue.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Back at camp, Pyro had begun fiddleing the small tool in the wires of the radios and finaly got a spark, as the small red didgets appeard on the screen, and a crackleing sound from the mic. He smiled and held up his hands shouting "Yes!" And then the lights went off and the sound was gone, so his face droped as he held his hands out to the radio shouting "NO!"
Kurt walked in seeing John tearing at his hair, with the small tool in his mouth.
"Ze battery needz charging." He said and then walked out. Pyro opend his eyes and tilted his head to the side, as his arms hung beside him.
"Why didn't I think of that?"
~*~*~*~**~~*~*~*~*~
Kitty got out from under her covoures, and looked to the front of the jet, where she saw John sitting, still at the controles. She couldn't tell weather he was asleep or not, so she stepped over the masses of people who lay sprawled across the floor of the jet. She walked up to the controles quietly and sat down next to John. She looked up to him and flicked some hair from her face, as the long brown strands fell to her sholders. She put her hand on his sholder, makeing him snap his head away from the controles.
"Hello....." He said noticeing Kitty sitting next to him.
"Hi, arnt you tired?"
"Yea,...."
"Then you should, like, get some sleep."
"No, can't do that love. Im waitin' for this to charge so we can get the hell out of hear."
"Yea....well it'l still be hear tomorow. So like, please just get some sleep."
Kitty smiled at him and stood up, flicking back some hair, but John grabbed her hand and pulled her back.
"Stay and talk to me for a bit." He said as Kitty returned to her crouch on the floor beside him. "Alright, but onley for like, a litle bit because Im tired."
"Aright." He said with a grin.
"So....do you like, have a girl back in bayvile?"
John smiled and looked to his feet, then back to Kitty, who looked as inocent as ever. But he could see through the inocent valley girl look. He saw what she realy wanted to be like underneath all the inocence and sweetness.
Pyro had already fallen for Kitty, from the first time they realy ever talked, on the plain before the crash. But along with his strong feelings for kitty, was the burning desire to be with Rogue.
"No, theres no girl back in bayville." He said with a chuckle. "What about you? Are you still, seeing? than Alvers nerd?"
"No." She laghed. "I was never seeing him in the first place. And hes like, not a nerd.....just personality impared is all." She smiled as a silence followed for a few seconds.
"Then no-one will mind." John said as he leaned down to Kitty, and pressed his lips on hers.
Kitty was suprised, she could feel her cheeks burning as she closed her eyes and kissed him back.
Kitty fell asleep on the other chair at the controles, after staying up all night talking to John.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Rogue sat up quickley when she heard a yell from the front of the jet. Her eyes were half open, and her hair was a mess on the side that she was sleeping on. She rubbed her eyes and stood up, walking over to Pyro and Kitty who were smileing, and talking into the radio.
"Whats goin on Kitty?" Rogue ast sleepily as she yawned.
"We've reached the instituit. It took John all morning but we got em.....He's talking to Evan right now." She squeeled.
"Wait! How did ya get intouch with the instituit? The satelite comunicator was fried.....wasn't it?"
"Yea, but Jhon just like, totaly fixed it.... useing some chip from the CB and connecting some wires or something..... I don't know I like, wasn't realy listening....."
Hank stepped up to them and took the mic from John, who smiled...extremeley proud of himselfh as he looked at Rogue who was leaning on the back of the chair, not even acknowleging that he existed. *She's beutifull, even when she looks rough.* He thought with a lagh, and then took Kittys hand as she smiled, practically jumping around with excitement.
"We are like, so going home!" She shouted, wakeing the remainder of the group.
