Alistor stood outside of Rogues door. He lifted his hand to kock, but hesitated and brought his hand away again turning to leave, when he heard the muffled sounds of sobbing from the other side of the wood. He turned back to the door and closed his eyes, took in a deep breath and forced himself to knock on the door.

"Rogue?" He said quietley, hearing nothing, so he opend the door, to see Rogue crying, with her knees pulled to her chest on her bed. She looked up at him, and hastiley wiped away the tears, and forced on a smile.

Alistor walked into the room and closed the door behind him, then walked over to the bed and stood at the side as his hands weeved themselves into his pockets. His hair hung over his sholders as his crystal blue eyes remained on her, full of concern. 'are you ok?' Was on the tip of his tong, but it was obvious that she wasnt, so he bit it back and sat on the end of her bed, faceing her. He brushed aside a stray lock of white hair and smiled at her weekley.

"Ahm sorry." She said quietley as she diverted her eyes from his, any way possable.

"What for? You didn't do anything...."

"Ah hurt ya." She said, calmley as another tear escaped her welled up eyes.

"Don't appologise." He said. He wanted to wipe away her tear, but he knew that that wouldnt go down too well.

"Ah got some of your memories...." She said with a smile as she chuckled a litle.

"Oh no.....what did you see?" He said with a smile, worry in his voice.

She laghed. "You gettin blind drunk with a stranger cos' he was buyin the drinks....then ya stole a truck and almost crashed it off a bridge......and your thoughts before you left my room." She smiled and looked to her hands

Alistor blushed and swallowed. He cleared his throat then looked to her and couldn't fight back the smile.

"Sorry about that....." He said quietley, still holding the smile.

"A dress huh?" She looked at him, then laghed when she saw his rosey red cheeks. "Ah ain't ever seen ya blush before Ali....well, besides that time in the clothes store..."

"Shut up." He said with a smile as he picked up a pillow and threw it at her. He watched her expression change, her smile almost hid the rednd eyes as the tears dried up and wen't away. "Do ya wonna go for a walk or something? Thers still snow on the ground outside. We can have some fun for a change...."

"Ah don't think thats such a good idea."

"Why not?"

"What if ah acsidentally touch someone....shut up!"

"Huh? Shut up? Why, I didnt say anything?"

"No." She laghed. "Not you.... the you inside my head.....your arguing with the first person ah ever absorbed."

"........Y'know....thers head doctors that y' can talk to about that....."

"Shut up... this is the downside to my curse....everyone that ah touch stays in mah head. Ah ain't ever gonna get you outa there."

"So what am I telling you?"

"Something about you needing a haircut...no wait, thats just my thoughts." She laghed then stood up. "Come on. Thers no time for fun. Proffeser Xavior said that we have to have training sessions or something in the....Danger room? Ah caynt remember, but it's with some guy named Logan."

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"Mah god! Whats with the spandex?" Rogue ast as her and Alistor walked down a long matalic corradoor. They walked into a room, where everyone els was waiting for them. Kitty ran upto Rogue and grabbed her arm, then pulled her over to a group of girls.

"Girls... this is Rogue....Rogue, meet, Amara Jubilee and Rahn. The red head like, over there, is Jean." Kitty said as she hung onto Rogues covoured arm, then all of a sudden, Kitty jumped up and down waveing at the older man that walked into the room. "Like, Mr. Logan! This is the one the proff wants you to keep an eye on!" Kitty shouted to the man, who glanced at Rogue and then nodded.

Rogues cheeks were burning as a mass of eyes were directed at her, from a bunch of younger students, aswell as a blue fuzzy boy, who suddenley appeard infront of her, smileing.

"My name iz Kurt..." He said, holding out his three fingerd blue hand. Rogue looked at it, and hesitated before takeing it and shakeing it. She gave a small smile, and suddenley felt clostraphobic, so she looked around for Alistor, who was talking to Logan. He turned to see Rogues worried look, and rushed away from the conversation to help her out.

"Hey Ro...can I talk to ya for a minuet?" He ast, standing a few steps away from the croud. Everyone staired at Alistor and then smiled at Rogue as she politley withdrew from the mass of people, and sighed at the freedom.

"You ok?" He ast, quietley as he leaned in, close to her ear.

"Yea, ahm juss not used ta all the attention." She said, pulling at her gloves.

Logan stepped up to everyone and devided them into four groups, splitting her and Alistor up. She was left with Kitty, Jean and Logan. The aim was to keep each one of your team mates from being hit by the paintball gun, and make it out with as least paint splodges as possible.

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Alistor stood behind Scott with an eyebrow raised. 'What a jumpt up prick he is.' Alistor thought with a role of his eyes, then looked a litle shocked, as a girl who was standing next to him, suddenley grew a truck load of fur, along with teeth. He closed his mouth and looked at the young boy who suddenley split into three people. 'Dude, this place is strange.' He thought as he shook it off and noticed another boy who was in his group, 'ice up'.

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Rogue had butterflies in her stomach as the simulation started, and the group was on the run from a sentinal. Rogue noticed a paintball headed for Kitty, who wasnt awear of it, so she shouted her, and kitty turned to see it, then fased through it, so it was heading towards Rogue, but she was pulled to the side by Logan. He gave her a week smile.

"Watch yourself stripes." He let go of her arm and carried on running away from the sentinal, along with everyone els.

'Stripes?' Rogue thought, then tugged at one of the white strands of hair and nodded in agreemeant then ran after them.

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Alistors body was now covoured in black crystal as the group ran through the corse. Cyclops was infront, but suddenley fell behind and started talking to Alistor as he shot random optic blasts and paintballs that were headed his way, like Alistor shot similar blasts from his hands, but they were white, and taken from an aura of energy that he creates around him when he 'powers up'.

"Whats the deal with you? Do guys usually pick up girls on the road out of the goodness of there heart?" Scott said in a Im-just-trying-to-make-you- kick-my-ass attitude.

"Whats it to you?" Alistor spat back.

"She's a good kid. You hurt her and Ill make you regret it."

Alistor stopped dead in his tracks and Scott turned to face him.

"Shouldn't I be saying that to you scooter?" Alistor said, a frown preasent on his face.

"What did you just call me?!"

"Would you rather me call you a pole jokey...cos that could be arranged." Alistor said, raising both eyebrows, in a mock supprised attitude.

Scott growled and reached for his viser, and shot a strong optic blast at Alistor who de-crystalised on impact, and was thrown through the air into the wall of the danger room as the simulation ended.

Alistor leaned on his elbow on the floor as he struggled to breath, clitching at his chest. There was a hole in his suit from where the blast struck.

"Keep your mouth shut in future Onix! Or I promis you, I shut it for you." Scott said as he barged passed Logan and out of the danger room.

Alistor leaned back againdt the wall and glaired at the closed door. Rogue ran over and kneeled down beside him. "That dude has some serious issues! Next time I see him...he's fucking dead." Alistor stated, then looked to Rogue. He stood up and breathed heavy as he walked out of the danger room. Rogue looked to Logan, who noded, knowing exactley what she was going to do. Rogue ran after Alistor.

(A/N: Okay, this should be the last of the majorley boring chapters, cos' ive figured out a plot! Yes I finally figured out a plot for this.... I bet you all forgot that Rogue was in the slave trade didn't you. tut tut at me. Ive neglected you all, I apologise.)