Can someone please tell me what in the hell they did to Gambit's accent?? Guess it was too much to expect that they'd get someone as good as Brian Cox (think dat was his name) to fill the part. Sorry about the missing post after Mainstream, I didn't get to see it until Friday and decided to wait.






She walked into the room, which was abandoned for once. Positioning one of the chairs from the table next to the wall she raised her hands over her head, stretching the soreness accumulated by the day's events out of her muscles. She finished and took a seat. Leaning the chair onto two legs with the back resting against the metal wall, she rubbed her eyes in an attempt to thwart the headache brought on by the hours in nothing but florescent light. Sighing to no avail she adjusted the binder on her lap.



…Funny, I think this is starting to become a diary of sorts for me. I don't write in it everyday any more, I just seem to do it when something happens. It seems to be doing its job though, helps me cope with stuff that I'd usually pen up until it became a problem.

The Professor is rebuilding the Mansion, and until that's done we are all living in the underground facility. I say all, but were missing two, Jubilee and Rahne. Their parents pulled them out of school after the whole mutant thing started. Its not that I blame them, they can live with the normals without anybody knowing so more power to them. I kinda regret never actually getting to know them now that they are gone, I guess I just keep expecting to see them coming around the corner, or in the breakfast area. Not that we would really speak, but I guess it was nice to have them here.

Anyway, it's still crowded, too crowded for me. It doesn't matter if it's the middle of the night, no matter where you go around here your always bumping elbows with someone. Accidentally bumped into Multiple yesterday and I was surrounded. Too close for comfort. I go up top a bunch and just sit in the trees and watch the construction company work. Its calming up there, I can see people going on with their lives whether it be a worker or one of the students, but I can stay far enough away not to have an accident.

We were allowed back into school, eventually, no thanks to Lance and the rest of the Brotherhood. They all got expelled by the way. Principle Kelly is watching us like a hawk, looking for any reason to kick us out.

I remember watching all those black and white films of the civil rights movement in school. You know the ones where the Black students are walking into the schools with the armed guards walking besides them. People yelling, cursing at them because they were different. I still hate having to watch those films but at least I understand what the people were going through.

But, in most cases, we don't have something outwardly marking us like skin color. That's what Kurt is having to deal with, he can pass as normal, he can pass as a normal looking mutant; or he can be himself, a mutant who is physically different too. Kitty's mad at him for still using his holoprojector, I really don't care if he does or not. But when he hides and pretends he doesn't know you when you get in a bind, makes me want to snatch that little tail of his out in the lunchroom. It's hard on everyone, so for the time being we will just continue our little walk up the school steps everyday.

Only problem is, we don't get an armed escort like in the videos, because we don't need one. Were mutants, were capable of shooting rays from our eyes, teleporting away, walking through walls, throwing spikes, and kill by just touching. So someone decided that we don't need anyone protecting us, but if we protect ourselves we get expelled, arrested, or even killed for being a 'danger to society'.

To get off the school subject, Logan had a run in with one of Magneto's crew the other day, the metal one. Didn't say much about it although he warned me not to go one on one with him in a fight, (like I needed him to tell me that) I figured old bucket-head wanted him to join or something. Wolverine wasn't the only one to have an encounter; yep you guessed it, staff boy.

He looked different this time, his eyes were different. Solid black with red pupils, guess he was wearing colored contacts before, no reason to hide his mutation now. I wonder what his eyes have to do with charging things to explode? He was missing his staff this time, but had on a brown trench coat probably to impress the girls, like that works. He did kind of help us though, scared the crap out of those two juniors that tried to pick a fight with Evan. What am I thinking? He works for Magnito, and he called me "chere"! What's up with that accent anyway, sounds like a Yankee trying to fake being from Nawlins.

Back home, old Mrs. Hawkins used to tell me that only Zydeco music and Swamp Rats came from there, and both had one thing in common. They would draw you in and leave you hot and sweaty. Guess I'll have to call him that until the Professor gets some info on him. Swamp Rat.

Back to the point Kitty and I followed him to the brotherhoods house, like she said I guess Lance just can't stay out of trouble. We heard a couple of explosions and the entire neighbor hood shook for a minute (Lance no doubt) before everything got quiet. Swamp Rat must really know his stuff if he was able to hold them off before the entire house was destroyed. Guess I might have to think twice before wanting to kick his butt next time we meet. Turns out he was recruiting them to spring Pietro from some military convoy for Magnito.

Little while later, the three amigos ran off in the jeep, and Swamp Rat was nowhere to be seen. Still haven't figured out how he slipped off without us seeing. I don't think my cunning plan to follow them was the smartest thing I've done in a while, but I wasn't thinking. Swamp Rat had ticked me off again and I was hell bent on giving something that kick that he's been needing since I first saw him.

They attacked some military convoy that was transporting Pietro. Why he was being so heavily guarded I'm not sure. One of two things must have happened. 1: His smart mouth got him into some serious trouble. 2: The government found out who his daddy was.

Kitty and I moved in to stop them and I absorbed Lance, he's not that bad. Didn't hold on like I did with Juggernaut, just enough to get some powers and knock him out for a little while. After I absorbed him he didn't try anything in my head, just kinda sat back and quietly waited to fade away. Guess after living with me he knows my powers pretty well, and that theirs no way to fight them once you've been absorbed. It must have been hard to just sit back like that and know your nothing but a fading copy in someone's mind. I could tell something was really eating away at him though, and it didn't take a telepath to see that it was Kitty.

I should tell Kitty that he regrets what he's been doing since the Sentinel attack, at least inside he does. She's been pretty pissed at him lately; everybody's been pretty pissed at him lately. I don't know, if she asks I'll tell. But the truth is I don't really think that there good for each other, both of them are trying to make the other into something their not. Personally I think she and Kurt would get along better. Jesus listen to me a regular matchmaker, guess she's rubbing off on me a little.

Back to the fight, Kitty saved Pietro from that falling truck and he just hauled butt, guess he feels he's above everybody else now that he's on daddy's good side. Blob, Toad, and the still unconscious Lance drove off; presumably back to their boarding house. The military let us go, guess I finally found a human who was grateful I saved their hide. Pietro ran off, and the Swamp Rat hasn't turned back up either.

Principal Kelly gave us both detention for skipping class; I guess the Professor helped us out of that one. Speaking of Charles, he wasn't that pleased we ran off, but he viewed it as a good cause. Logan's who I'm worried about and am trying to avoid as much as possible, just because the Professor forgave us doesn't mean the Wolverine will…








Her head jerked up from her writing and the sounds of steady boots clunking against the metal floor echoed in from the hall. *Crap.* She mentally cursed, because she knew very well who's feet the biker boots were on. Leaning the chair down and gripping her binder hard she made a break for the door at the other end of the dining area.

"Stripes!" A gruff voice called, stopping her in her tracks. She slowly turned, pasting a pleasant smile on her face that would hopefully, but was not expected to, soften the situation. Logan was in the doorway, holding Kitty by the back of her collar like a dog.

Kitty smiled and waved still held in place. "Got me too."

Logan smiled. "I think its time you two burn off some of that energy that keeps getting you in trouble."

Rogue sighed, and thanked the Gods that the Danger Room wasn't fixed yet.