-Crystal vision.

Rogue stepped out of the bathroom, wearing a apir of tight leg, black, trousers, that toucked into some huge black boots, along with a long black halter top. She was brushing her hair as she handed Alistor his shirt back.

"Nah, you can keep it." He said with a smile on his face that never seemed to fade.

"Ya sure? It's a nice shirt...."

"I know. But you need it more than I do."

"Ok."

She shrugged and folded it into her bag, along with her, now dried, clean clothes. She pulled on some elbow length black gloves and put on her long green coat, pulling up the hood, she looked at him sitting on the bed watching her.

"Ya ready ta go?"

"Yea..." He said standing up and grabbing his bag. They walked out into the snow and got to Alistors truck, they took off.

The whole day that they were travelling in the truck, Alistor told Rogue stories of meeting strange people he'd met on his travels since he was 16 when he ran away from his foster parents. Rogue found every story facinateing and hilarious. She hadnt ever had a proper adult conversation with anyone in her whole life, she was always treated like something you just stepped in, or in the eirly years, just like a child. Alistor spoke to her like an equal, and she liked that.

"Ahm kinda hungrey Alistor." She said quietly.

"Im not supprised. You onley had a coke the whole time ive seen you."

"Well, ah don't eat much."

"Thats why youre so skinny."

"Hey!" She shouted. "Well ah don't care."

"Ill buy lunch then....."

"Ah aint gonna argue." She smiled.

~*~*~*~*~

Rogue got out of the truck, and stepped onto the ice. She pushed off and slid across the surface with a smile. Alistor stopped and watched her, running his crystal blue eyes over her face as she smiled, the sun glinting off her eyes. "Ah love the ice." She said softly, noticeing the questining look on Alistors face. He stepped onto the iced surface and slid uneasily overit in his huge boots. Rogue Grabbed his arm to stedy him and he stood up straight. They both skidded over to the snow and walked laghing into the diner, which was praktically empty.

"Ahm sorry, ah must act like a real kid."

"You have every right too." Alistor said, noticeing a waitress cumming over so he moved his eys to the menue and spoke to her withought looking at her, hideing his eyes from her. Rogue looked at him puzzleingley.

"Wha do ya do that?" She ast quietley.

"What?"

"Wha do ya hide your'e eyes..... there so-"

"Freekey.....creepy even."

"No, there unique, and beutiful." She stopped.......Butiful? Did guys like hearing that any part of them was beutifull, duh!

She blushed and smiled to hide it, seeing Alistors eyes compleatley fixed on her. He cleared his throught and picked a spot on the table to look at.

"You thought they were weerd..... you ast me if I was wearing contacts." He said quietley, almost wispering.

"Thats cos there so bright..... and they reflect so much light.....ah like um." She said shrugging it off. Alistor looked outside the window, seeing the snow as the sun beamed at it, melting it quickley. Rogue Looked at him stairing out of the window, her eyes searching for reasons as to why he is how he is, always so happy and smileing. He pulled back his long black hair, into a band looked to her with a beaming smile. He looked around the place and noticed onley two other people in the diner, sitting at the counter reading newspaper.

Alistors eyes focused on a title and zoomed in his focus on the small words untill they were large and clear, his smile dropped. "The anti mutand terrorist gang have his town after town, brutally beating any mutants, or people acused of being mutants. Some say that they are out to kill after 8 of the 15 mutant victims died either on arival to the hospitals, or in the ER because doctors refused to operate on them." Was what the words were.

Alistor swallowed hard and stood up, mouting 'I'll be right back' to Rogue as he walked outside. He took a deep breath and rubbed his neck as he walked into the chemist of the small town, picking up some brown contacts and a news paper, not looking at the man behind the counter as he paid and walked out.

~*~*~

Rogue sat twidleing her thombs and tapping her feet as she looked around at the two men at the counter stairing at her. She took in a shakey breath and tapped her gloved fingers on the table, seeing one man stand up and walk over, sitting across from her in Alistor's seat.

"Wha-d-you wan't." She naped at him as he smiled with a creepy grin showing his teeth.

"Whats wrong with you?" He said running his eyes over her.

"Go away." She said, crossing her arms and looking out of the window.

"Whats a beuty like you doing out hear anyway?"

"Tryna get away from scum like you, now leave me alone!"

The man took her hand and pulled ath the glove. Rogue stood up and glaired at him. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YA DOIN!" She shouted at him, as the other man at the counter laghed.

"Oh nothin, mutie." Rogue wen't cold at the statemeant and snatched back her glove, turning to leave the diner, but the man grabbed her hand and pulled her back. Gripping her small arm so tight that she swar she heard the bone snap. He pulled her into a back room of the diner and closed the door. He placed his hand around Rogues neck, and pushed her back into the wall, pressing his huge form against her, so as she couldn't move, and hardley breath.

"I know who you are..... and theres a pritty figure of a reward for takeing you back." The trucker said as he breathed his soure coffe breath on her, makeing her feel sick.

"But Im gonna have some fun before I let you go." He said throwing her into another wall, with force. Then he started booting her in the stomack.

Whyl he was kicking her, she had acsidentaly bitted on her tong, and her mouth was filling with bood, so she spat it in his face when he bent down to mock her some more. He jumped back cussing and wipeing pesperatley at his face as Rogue stumbled up, clutching her unmovering arm, which was layn across her ribcage. With her other hand, she weekley picked up a pan, and gatherd the strength ro hit him, 3 times over the head with it, before gathering herself and walking out of the door, into the caffe. She straightend up and looked around, then walked out of the diner wipeing her blood from her mouth. She stumbled desperatley through the snow to where the truck was parkd and slid down beside the locked door, clutching her ribs as she quietly yelled out in pain. She spatout and saw Alistor heading towards the diner, but he noticed her and ran over to her, kneeling in the snow infront of her.

"Holey shit! What happend?!" He said watching her spit out some blood and struggle to breath.

"Mutant haters...... the usual. That dumbass trucker took........aaaahh! We need ta get outa hear before they find him." She forced out the words as she tried to stand.

Alistor supported her, and helped her into the truck, then sped off.

(A/N: ooooooooooo, thanx for reviews....... soeey abaout spellings, but i don't have a spell check....)