(A/N: Yes. yes, yes, there will be flashbacks soon, possabley in the next
chapter..... they are being worked on right as we speak---read, whatever.
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Rnning away.
Alistor kept glanceing at Rogue as she brethed heavily and hard, trying to ease the pain in her ribs. Where they broken? They felt broken. Alistor drove about 40 miles before stopping at a motel in the middle of no- where. After getting keys from the front desk, he carried Rogue into the room, and placed her on one of the beds, acsidentally pulling up her shirt. He saw the dark bruises all over her ribs and in that area.
"Oh, shit that don't look good." He said, hovering his fingers near the disscolouration.
Rogues breathing eased as she lay on the bed quite still. She looked at his worried face and forced out a smile.
"Relax sugah, ahv'e had allot worse before." She winced and looked back at him.
Alistor wen't into the bathroom and held a wash cloth under the warm water, then returned to the room. He kneeled down by th bed and pushed her platinum locks aside, then wiped away the dried blood from her mouth, and dabbed at the small split in her lip.
"Damn." He said, agin looking to the bruises. "So what happend?" He took off his boots, and sat on the wooden floor by her bed.
"Some trucker guy grabbed me and pulled me into the stockroom of the diner, and then beat the crap outa me." She said grogiley.
"You said, we have to get outa hear before they find him..... what did you...." His voice trailed off, he was curious but he didn't wan't to know.
"Ah hit im a few times with a fryin pan. He wen't down, and ah ran out, so ah don't know what damage ah did to im." Rogue winced again as a sharp pain shot across her ribs, makeing her tense up and clutch onto the bedsheets.
Alistor ran his eyes over her. "Would pain killers help?" He ast, not knowing what to do.
"Yea, if there horse tranquilisers. Think ya can get some of them?" She said, pushing out the joke. "Nah sugah, ah don't think they'l do any good withought me overdoseing...."
"Then Ill take you to a hospital,"
"No!" She snaped.
"Why not?"
"Cos theyl take off mah collar, and then ahl be back at squair one, pluss he'll be looking for me there."
"Ok, then what can I do?" H said, raising up onto his knees.
"Nuthin sugah. Ahl be fine." She said as she closed her eyes and straingley drifted off to sleep. More like passed out.
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Rogue woke up, feeling stiff and in pain. She sat up, clutching her ribs, and wen't into the bathroom. She showerd as best she could, the warm water easing the pain a litle, and changed into her jeans and red halter top, folding her other clothes into her bag. She put on her coat and pulled up her hood, then wen't in search of some kind of chemist or something. She walked into the motel office, catching a smile from the old man behind the desk.
"Morning dear. Did you and your'e boyfriend sleep well?" The man said warmley.
"Oh, he's not mah boyfriend. The room was fine tho." She smiled to him, as best she could with a split lip.
"You looking for something?" He said to her.
"Yea, ah need a chemist or somethin,. and ah was juss lookin fer a map." She said quietly, trying not to disturb the silence of the place.
The man stood up and smiled, then walked into a room, opening the door. "Hear you go dear, the local chemist." He said guesturing to the small shop like room.
Rogue smiled and walked inside, picking up some strong pain killers and something to eat. She still hadn't eaten in days. She picked up something for Alistor aswell, and set them on the desk as the man priced them up.
"Thats $20 exactley miss."
"Thank you." She said smileing at the man, and the walked back to the room, where Alistor was still asleep in his bed.
She walked over and sat on the bed, still winceing the whole time, at any bit of movemeant. She opend the packet of pills and took two, with a moutfull of diet coke. Then she shook Alistors sholder gentley, and smiled when his cristal blue eyes focused on her. She handed him the cerial and milk that she had picked up from the store, and then taped his hand before walking across the room to the kitchen area, takeing out two bowles and two spoons, then she carried them back to Alistors bed and sat on the end. Alistor sat up streatching and then watched Rogue as she poured the cerial and milk, then handed the bowl to him with a worm smile.
"There ya go sugah. Ya must be hungrey." She said quietley as she pulled her feet onto his bed and began to eat her brekfast.
"Thanx." He smiled. " You feeling better now?"
"Yea, ahl be even better in 20 minuets or so, ah just got some pain killers.....ah gave in ta chemical aid," She smiled. Alistor smiled back, and waited in the silence before talking again.
"So what was it like. Back in mississippi?"
"I hated it. Every minuet of the day and night ah was up doin somethin, ah heardley ever slept, or ate."
"How many people.......err?"
"Owned me?"
"Well, yea, if thats what you called it?"
"Well, ah cayn't realy remember, but ah know ah stopped countin' at seven, when ah was younger. But the rich guy that ah was with last,... ah was workin for him since ah was 13."
"Thats real shitty."
"Ah know. Ah onley ever went out once a week ta do any shoppin' they needed, and even then ah was watched bah a trained gun! Ass holes!" She snaped the last words.
"So how did you escape?"
Rogue moved her eyes from her food to Alistor. Why was he so interested? She took her bowl to the sink and washed it, egnoring his question. Alistor got the hint and picked up the paper from the day before.
"Hay, it says hear that theres this group of mutants called the x-men, who are up for trial in Bayville. Aparentley, there intentions are good, but normal people keep getting caught in thair battles. So they got arested..... well some of them. And theres this old guy called Proffeser Xavior, he owns a school or something for mutants. And he's welcoming anyone." He looked at Rogue, who took his empty bowl and washed that too.
"So?" She said, wondering why he was telling her.
"So, do you wonna go?"
"To Xaviors?"
"Yea..... could be good for.... ya know, maybe he could help you out."
"What? Could he stop those guys from lookin for me? Ah don't think so." She smiled, raising an eyebrow at him.
Alistor shrugged and smiled at her. "Ok." Then the phone rang. Alistor looked at it and frowned. Then looked to Rogue.
"Hello?" Alistor said wearily as he answerd the ringing menace.
"Hello, Its the front desk calling. I sugest you and youre friend leave right now. Someone just called, looking for the girl, and I don't think it was a good thing that I told him she was staying hear. I know what you are, so go now before they get hear!" The old man from the front desk hung up, and Alistor didn't wait, he grabbed thair bags and draged Rogue to the truck, then got in. They watched as a black car drove into the parking lot. Two men got out wearing suits, makeing Rogue pull up her hood and start to shake. She watched as the men walk into the front desk, then they heard a gunshot.
"Go!!" She screamed. She didn't know what the old man had said on the phone, but she recognised the men.
Alistor pressed his foot down on the gas, makeing the wheels spin and screech berfore they actually satrted moveing. They sped away, seeing the two men comming out of the motel office, and watch them as they left.
Rnning away.
Alistor kept glanceing at Rogue as she brethed heavily and hard, trying to ease the pain in her ribs. Where they broken? They felt broken. Alistor drove about 40 miles before stopping at a motel in the middle of no- where. After getting keys from the front desk, he carried Rogue into the room, and placed her on one of the beds, acsidentally pulling up her shirt. He saw the dark bruises all over her ribs and in that area.
"Oh, shit that don't look good." He said, hovering his fingers near the disscolouration.
Rogues breathing eased as she lay on the bed quite still. She looked at his worried face and forced out a smile.
"Relax sugah, ahv'e had allot worse before." She winced and looked back at him.
Alistor wen't into the bathroom and held a wash cloth under the warm water, then returned to the room. He kneeled down by th bed and pushed her platinum locks aside, then wiped away the dried blood from her mouth, and dabbed at the small split in her lip.
"Damn." He said, agin looking to the bruises. "So what happend?" He took off his boots, and sat on the wooden floor by her bed.
"Some trucker guy grabbed me and pulled me into the stockroom of the diner, and then beat the crap outa me." She said grogiley.
"You said, we have to get outa hear before they find him..... what did you...." His voice trailed off, he was curious but he didn't wan't to know.
"Ah hit im a few times with a fryin pan. He wen't down, and ah ran out, so ah don't know what damage ah did to im." Rogue winced again as a sharp pain shot across her ribs, makeing her tense up and clutch onto the bedsheets.
Alistor ran his eyes over her. "Would pain killers help?" He ast, not knowing what to do.
"Yea, if there horse tranquilisers. Think ya can get some of them?" She said, pushing out the joke. "Nah sugah, ah don't think they'l do any good withought me overdoseing...."
"Then Ill take you to a hospital,"
"No!" She snaped.
"Why not?"
"Cos theyl take off mah collar, and then ahl be back at squair one, pluss he'll be looking for me there."
"Ok, then what can I do?" H said, raising up onto his knees.
"Nuthin sugah. Ahl be fine." She said as she closed her eyes and straingley drifted off to sleep. More like passed out.
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Rogue woke up, feeling stiff and in pain. She sat up, clutching her ribs, and wen't into the bathroom. She showerd as best she could, the warm water easing the pain a litle, and changed into her jeans and red halter top, folding her other clothes into her bag. She put on her coat and pulled up her hood, then wen't in search of some kind of chemist or something. She walked into the motel office, catching a smile from the old man behind the desk.
"Morning dear. Did you and your'e boyfriend sleep well?" The man said warmley.
"Oh, he's not mah boyfriend. The room was fine tho." She smiled to him, as best she could with a split lip.
"You looking for something?" He said to her.
"Yea, ah need a chemist or somethin,. and ah was juss lookin fer a map." She said quietly, trying not to disturb the silence of the place.
The man stood up and smiled, then walked into a room, opening the door. "Hear you go dear, the local chemist." He said guesturing to the small shop like room.
Rogue smiled and walked inside, picking up some strong pain killers and something to eat. She still hadn't eaten in days. She picked up something for Alistor aswell, and set them on the desk as the man priced them up.
"Thats $20 exactley miss."
"Thank you." She said smileing at the man, and the walked back to the room, where Alistor was still asleep in his bed.
She walked over and sat on the bed, still winceing the whole time, at any bit of movemeant. She opend the packet of pills and took two, with a moutfull of diet coke. Then she shook Alistors sholder gentley, and smiled when his cristal blue eyes focused on her. She handed him the cerial and milk that she had picked up from the store, and then taped his hand before walking across the room to the kitchen area, takeing out two bowles and two spoons, then she carried them back to Alistors bed and sat on the end. Alistor sat up streatching and then watched Rogue as she poured the cerial and milk, then handed the bowl to him with a worm smile.
"There ya go sugah. Ya must be hungrey." She said quietley as she pulled her feet onto his bed and began to eat her brekfast.
"Thanx." He smiled. " You feeling better now?"
"Yea, ahl be even better in 20 minuets or so, ah just got some pain killers.....ah gave in ta chemical aid," She smiled. Alistor smiled back, and waited in the silence before talking again.
"So what was it like. Back in mississippi?"
"I hated it. Every minuet of the day and night ah was up doin somethin, ah heardley ever slept, or ate."
"How many people.......err?"
"Owned me?"
"Well, yea, if thats what you called it?"
"Well, ah cayn't realy remember, but ah know ah stopped countin' at seven, when ah was younger. But the rich guy that ah was with last,... ah was workin for him since ah was 13."
"Thats real shitty."
"Ah know. Ah onley ever went out once a week ta do any shoppin' they needed, and even then ah was watched bah a trained gun! Ass holes!" She snaped the last words.
"So how did you escape?"
Rogue moved her eyes from her food to Alistor. Why was he so interested? She took her bowl to the sink and washed it, egnoring his question. Alistor got the hint and picked up the paper from the day before.
"Hay, it says hear that theres this group of mutants called the x-men, who are up for trial in Bayville. Aparentley, there intentions are good, but normal people keep getting caught in thair battles. So they got arested..... well some of them. And theres this old guy called Proffeser Xavior, he owns a school or something for mutants. And he's welcoming anyone." He looked at Rogue, who took his empty bowl and washed that too.
"So?" She said, wondering why he was telling her.
"So, do you wonna go?"
"To Xaviors?"
"Yea..... could be good for.... ya know, maybe he could help you out."
"What? Could he stop those guys from lookin for me? Ah don't think so." She smiled, raising an eyebrow at him.
Alistor shrugged and smiled at her. "Ok." Then the phone rang. Alistor looked at it and frowned. Then looked to Rogue.
"Hello?" Alistor said wearily as he answerd the ringing menace.
"Hello, Its the front desk calling. I sugest you and youre friend leave right now. Someone just called, looking for the girl, and I don't think it was a good thing that I told him she was staying hear. I know what you are, so go now before they get hear!" The old man from the front desk hung up, and Alistor didn't wait, he grabbed thair bags and draged Rogue to the truck, then got in. They watched as a black car drove into the parking lot. Two men got out wearing suits, makeing Rogue pull up her hood and start to shake. She watched as the men walk into the front desk, then they heard a gunshot.
"Go!!" She screamed. She didn't know what the old man had said on the phone, but she recognised the men.
Alistor pressed his foot down on the gas, makeing the wheels spin and screech berfore they actually satrted moveing. They sped away, seeing the two men comming out of the motel office, and watch them as they left.