Gambit wasn't spying, he just didn't feel the need to make any noise. Scott
and the professor were look in at something on the tv.
"Here it is. You know we've been trying to keep an eye on Mistique since the statue of Liberty incident. Unfourtunatly this came up in one of the sightings."
Scott played the tape.
"Here's Mystique getting out of her car, there, her eyes change for confermation, and here." He paused the tape. Rogue was getting out of the car.
"Well I have long feared this."
"What do you mean Professor?"
"Rogue said she was goint to go and live with her mother. Her mother has been dead for many years. Mistique has raised Rogue from the time she was a few years old until she was about fifteen. Then she was taken into fostor care when they discovered that Mystique was a mutant. Now it seems Rogue had returned to the only mother she has ever known."
Gambit moved silently, with plans of rescue on his mind.
"Perhaps, Gambit, Rogue does not wish to be rescued."
***************************
I stepped out of the car after Mystique.
"Where are we Momma?"
"Well, now that you have finally decided to join me, I want you to meet everyone."
Inside the club in a private room I met a few people I already knew, but on different circumstances.
Magneto, Toad, Sabertooth, Pyro, and a new guy called Stopper.
Stopper was tall dark handsome. He reminded me a little too much of Gambit.
"Why, isn't she a looker. Pretty little thing. Where ever did you find her, Mystique?"
"Rogue is my daughter so you keep you paws off, Stopper."
Magneto commented, " I see you are back in gloves."
"Ah had. . . a little. . . Accident."
"Well I hope no one is hurt.'' he answered some what sarcastically. "I also hear Gambit made a full recovery from some mystery illness."
I ignored the pointed comment.
"Well I suppose we should get to business."
I took a seat and passed a deadly glare to Stopper who was in the middle of blowing me a kiss.
Turns out the Brotherhood is not so diffferent from the X-men. We went on missions to help our causes and rescued mutants. Me and Stopper became a thing. His name was really Micheal. and our relationship had no deepth. I missed Gambit and Micheal was a poor subsitute. But anything was better than nothing.
It was bound to happen eventually. Months after leaving the X-men we meet again. We had word of a Lab containing some materials that would create mutations. Much like the Machine Magneto created before.
The X-men were out to keep it away from us, Magneto wanted to use it.
We stormed the Lad and Gaurds were every where. Toad and Sabertooth went to dispatch them. Magneto, Mystique and me went through to where the goal was. A gaurd jumped in front of me. He flew across the room as my fist connected with his jaw. Another came at me from behind and Micheal took care of him.
We forced the door and burst in. but the X-men had beat us to it.
The minute we stepped through the door, Scott started blasting. I don't think he even saw me until it was too late. I was hit in the side as I dove for cover. I didn't know what to do. Support Momma or the X-men.
Magneto was occuping his time with sending shards of metal through Logan. Mamma was going after Scott and Jean.
"Rogue the package! Get it!" Momma yelled.
At her voice I started to move. Jubes grabbed me, "Sorry girl. I can't let ya." She blasted me in the face and I dropped to the ground.
Mystique was distracted and Scott got her. She retreated a few steps. Jean saw at that moment Magneto turning his attention from and unconsious Logan to the remaining X-men.
He levitated a steel lab table that much have weighed a ton. He threw it at Scott and Jean deflected it. . .
Into me!
The table stuck me and pinned me to the wall.
"Stopper! Do it NOW!" Momma yelled. Everyone froze. Mystique grabbed the package. "Let's go."
"What about Rogue?"
"Leave her with them, Let's go!''
And they left. Time returned. Momma deserted me.
Jean moved the table and lowered me to the ground. At least I figured it was Jean. I couldn't see anything.
Logan. "Marie come on kid wake up."
"She's hurt bad Logan."
"I'll fix her."
"No. . . Ya can't. . . saw you get. . . hurt... Don't help me."
"Yeah. I wanna see you stop me"
Logan gave me what little healing factor her had left. It barely made a dent in the injuries I sustained. But it helped a little.
*****************
Jean. Give me a full report on Rogue's condition."
"She had broken her spine in the section below the ribs, a minor concusion, some internal bleeding, and and she has been blinded but her vision should return in a few weeks. Logans healing factor has healed the worst of the spinal injury but she will have to be in a wheel chair until her strength returns. I had to make Logan not heal her again. I already fear the effects of so much absorbtion already. I was able to repair the internal damage and there is no permanant damage to her brain. All in all she will make a full recovery in time. But I'm a little worried. She ran for a reason. And she has yet again been abandoned. Her mother left her behind. That will be a factor in her recovery, I think."
"Well, time will tell Jean. We will just have to wait and see."
********************
I'm not sure where it is that I am. I only knew that I was in the mansion. The weird thing was that I couldn't hear any one. I must be in the library. That's always empty until finals time. I heard foot steps at what I figure is the door.
"Who's there?"
Gambit stood silent. This was all his fault. He drove her away. Drove her to join the Brotherhood. She left because she couldn't stand being with him. He was the reason she was hurt. It was because he couldn't protect her. He blamed himself.
"WELL IF YA GONNA BE LIKE THAT JUST LEAVE!!!"
I regretted saying that because the person did leave. I was all alone again. All by myself.
I made my way from the library to the hall. I tried to abandon my chair and fly for it but I didn't have the strength for flight. I ran my fingers along the wall trying to count the doors. The rec room would the filled with people this time of the day. After a long struggle with the door I managed to get into the room.
"Helloooo"
The room was empty. I wheeled around and knocked into stuff.
"Rogue. Do you need some thing? Do you need help."
"No just company, Ro. Where are all the kids?"
"It's summer Rogue. Most of them have went home or are on vacation. Logan, Scott, Hank, Bobby and Jubes took them Camping / Survival training."
"So no one's home."
"Just me, the professor, Remy, Jean, and you."
We went out side and she passed me a cup of lemonade.
"Ah'm sorry."
"For what?"
"For leavin' like Ah did. Joinin' the enemy. For not being here like Ah was supposed ta be."
"Rogue. You don't have to be sorry. You had your reasons. Plus it gave you a chance to be with your mother. People will go to extremes when it comes to parents. half the kids in this school would kill for just a half a chance at seeing there LOVING mothers again. And I don't believe you have done anything bad. So don't be sorry."
"But Ah blew it. She doesn't want me. She left me."
"Rogue tell me something. What kind of Medical Labs do the Brotherhood have."
"None."
"So if you went with your mother what would have happened."
"Ah probably would have died."
"Maybe you're mother thought of that and decided you had a better chance with us."
"Maybe."
Storm left and I thought about what she said. I wish I could believe what She said but I was so worried about being wrong.
"Chere?"
"gambit."
We didn't say any thing for a long time. He just stood there. Not making a sound. Slowly he placed a hand on my own and brought my gloved fingers to his lips.
"no. dont." I whispered and drew back my fingers. I wasn't going to fall in the same trap I've fallen in so many times. I knew where the hole was and this time I won't fall it.
"Let Gambit take you in ta dinner."
He wheeled me into the room and we ate.
________________________________________________
My vision cleared later and I was growing stronger every day. The kids returned, as well as the rest of the x-men. I was still using a cane and haven't managed to fly yet but I was getting there. Jean had me scheduled for a full body scan to see where we stand on my injuries. She also said somthing looked strange on the last scan and she wanted to the if there was any change.
Jean was just helping Gambit out of a cat scan.
"Oh. My next victim of the day. You can go Gambit. I will check over the scans later and tell you anything you might need to know."
"Why do ya need a scan for."
"Gambit in his younger years had some fluid removed form his head to help tone down his powers. They were to strong for him to control. A few months ago we had need of more powerful people so we decided to replace the fluid. This would give him a power boost and he could control it now. I just scanned to make sure nothing has went wrong."
"Oh. Well guess its my turn."
________________________________________
"Well. As you both can see we have some abnormalities in the hands here. So does this remind you of anything Professor? It should. I have told Logan many times on the dangers of so much contact with Rogue's mutation. She has developed a part of Logans aquired mutation. Claws. Here we can see three claws in each had. Same as Logan. But these are made of compressed bone. Very strong. I'm not sure how she has absorbed these since it is not part of his original mutation. Along with the claws I have reason to believe Rogue has some of his healing capabilities. No where near as fast or effective, but your recovery has lead me to believe you have some healing factor in you."
"So Ah can fly. Ah'm Really strong. Now Ah have bone claws."
"It appears that way."
"Here it is. You know we've been trying to keep an eye on Mistique since the statue of Liberty incident. Unfourtunatly this came up in one of the sightings."
Scott played the tape.
"Here's Mystique getting out of her car, there, her eyes change for confermation, and here." He paused the tape. Rogue was getting out of the car.
"Well I have long feared this."
"What do you mean Professor?"
"Rogue said she was goint to go and live with her mother. Her mother has been dead for many years. Mistique has raised Rogue from the time she was a few years old until she was about fifteen. Then she was taken into fostor care when they discovered that Mystique was a mutant. Now it seems Rogue had returned to the only mother she has ever known."
Gambit moved silently, with plans of rescue on his mind.
"Perhaps, Gambit, Rogue does not wish to be rescued."
***************************
I stepped out of the car after Mystique.
"Where are we Momma?"
"Well, now that you have finally decided to join me, I want you to meet everyone."
Inside the club in a private room I met a few people I already knew, but on different circumstances.
Magneto, Toad, Sabertooth, Pyro, and a new guy called Stopper.
Stopper was tall dark handsome. He reminded me a little too much of Gambit.
"Why, isn't she a looker. Pretty little thing. Where ever did you find her, Mystique?"
"Rogue is my daughter so you keep you paws off, Stopper."
Magneto commented, " I see you are back in gloves."
"Ah had. . . a little. . . Accident."
"Well I hope no one is hurt.'' he answered some what sarcastically. "I also hear Gambit made a full recovery from some mystery illness."
I ignored the pointed comment.
"Well I suppose we should get to business."
I took a seat and passed a deadly glare to Stopper who was in the middle of blowing me a kiss.
Turns out the Brotherhood is not so diffferent from the X-men. We went on missions to help our causes and rescued mutants. Me and Stopper became a thing. His name was really Micheal. and our relationship had no deepth. I missed Gambit and Micheal was a poor subsitute. But anything was better than nothing.
It was bound to happen eventually. Months after leaving the X-men we meet again. We had word of a Lab containing some materials that would create mutations. Much like the Machine Magneto created before.
The X-men were out to keep it away from us, Magneto wanted to use it.
We stormed the Lad and Gaurds were every where. Toad and Sabertooth went to dispatch them. Magneto, Mystique and me went through to where the goal was. A gaurd jumped in front of me. He flew across the room as my fist connected with his jaw. Another came at me from behind and Micheal took care of him.
We forced the door and burst in. but the X-men had beat us to it.
The minute we stepped through the door, Scott started blasting. I don't think he even saw me until it was too late. I was hit in the side as I dove for cover. I didn't know what to do. Support Momma or the X-men.
Magneto was occuping his time with sending shards of metal through Logan. Mamma was going after Scott and Jean.
"Rogue the package! Get it!" Momma yelled.
At her voice I started to move. Jubes grabbed me, "Sorry girl. I can't let ya." She blasted me in the face and I dropped to the ground.
Mystique was distracted and Scott got her. She retreated a few steps. Jean saw at that moment Magneto turning his attention from and unconsious Logan to the remaining X-men.
He levitated a steel lab table that much have weighed a ton. He threw it at Scott and Jean deflected it. . .
Into me!
The table stuck me and pinned me to the wall.
"Stopper! Do it NOW!" Momma yelled. Everyone froze. Mystique grabbed the package. "Let's go."
"What about Rogue?"
"Leave her with them, Let's go!''
And they left. Time returned. Momma deserted me.
Jean moved the table and lowered me to the ground. At least I figured it was Jean. I couldn't see anything.
Logan. "Marie come on kid wake up."
"She's hurt bad Logan."
"I'll fix her."
"No. . . Ya can't. . . saw you get. . . hurt... Don't help me."
"Yeah. I wanna see you stop me"
Logan gave me what little healing factor her had left. It barely made a dent in the injuries I sustained. But it helped a little.
*****************
Jean. Give me a full report on Rogue's condition."
"She had broken her spine in the section below the ribs, a minor concusion, some internal bleeding, and and she has been blinded but her vision should return in a few weeks. Logans healing factor has healed the worst of the spinal injury but she will have to be in a wheel chair until her strength returns. I had to make Logan not heal her again. I already fear the effects of so much absorbtion already. I was able to repair the internal damage and there is no permanant damage to her brain. All in all she will make a full recovery in time. But I'm a little worried. She ran for a reason. And she has yet again been abandoned. Her mother left her behind. That will be a factor in her recovery, I think."
"Well, time will tell Jean. We will just have to wait and see."
********************
I'm not sure where it is that I am. I only knew that I was in the mansion. The weird thing was that I couldn't hear any one. I must be in the library. That's always empty until finals time. I heard foot steps at what I figure is the door.
"Who's there?"
Gambit stood silent. This was all his fault. He drove her away. Drove her to join the Brotherhood. She left because she couldn't stand being with him. He was the reason she was hurt. It was because he couldn't protect her. He blamed himself.
"WELL IF YA GONNA BE LIKE THAT JUST LEAVE!!!"
I regretted saying that because the person did leave. I was all alone again. All by myself.
I made my way from the library to the hall. I tried to abandon my chair and fly for it but I didn't have the strength for flight. I ran my fingers along the wall trying to count the doors. The rec room would the filled with people this time of the day. After a long struggle with the door I managed to get into the room.
"Helloooo"
The room was empty. I wheeled around and knocked into stuff.
"Rogue. Do you need some thing? Do you need help."
"No just company, Ro. Where are all the kids?"
"It's summer Rogue. Most of them have went home or are on vacation. Logan, Scott, Hank, Bobby and Jubes took them Camping / Survival training."
"So no one's home."
"Just me, the professor, Remy, Jean, and you."
We went out side and she passed me a cup of lemonade.
"Ah'm sorry."
"For what?"
"For leavin' like Ah did. Joinin' the enemy. For not being here like Ah was supposed ta be."
"Rogue. You don't have to be sorry. You had your reasons. Plus it gave you a chance to be with your mother. People will go to extremes when it comes to parents. half the kids in this school would kill for just a half a chance at seeing there LOVING mothers again. And I don't believe you have done anything bad. So don't be sorry."
"But Ah blew it. She doesn't want me. She left me."
"Rogue tell me something. What kind of Medical Labs do the Brotherhood have."
"None."
"So if you went with your mother what would have happened."
"Ah probably would have died."
"Maybe you're mother thought of that and decided you had a better chance with us."
"Maybe."
Storm left and I thought about what she said. I wish I could believe what She said but I was so worried about being wrong.
"Chere?"
"gambit."
We didn't say any thing for a long time. He just stood there. Not making a sound. Slowly he placed a hand on my own and brought my gloved fingers to his lips.
"no. dont." I whispered and drew back my fingers. I wasn't going to fall in the same trap I've fallen in so many times. I knew where the hole was and this time I won't fall it.
"Let Gambit take you in ta dinner."
He wheeled me into the room and we ate.
________________________________________________
My vision cleared later and I was growing stronger every day. The kids returned, as well as the rest of the x-men. I was still using a cane and haven't managed to fly yet but I was getting there. Jean had me scheduled for a full body scan to see where we stand on my injuries. She also said somthing looked strange on the last scan and she wanted to the if there was any change.
Jean was just helping Gambit out of a cat scan.
"Oh. My next victim of the day. You can go Gambit. I will check over the scans later and tell you anything you might need to know."
"Why do ya need a scan for."
"Gambit in his younger years had some fluid removed form his head to help tone down his powers. They were to strong for him to control. A few months ago we had need of more powerful people so we decided to replace the fluid. This would give him a power boost and he could control it now. I just scanned to make sure nothing has went wrong."
"Oh. Well guess its my turn."
________________________________________
"Well. As you both can see we have some abnormalities in the hands here. So does this remind you of anything Professor? It should. I have told Logan many times on the dangers of so much contact with Rogue's mutation. She has developed a part of Logans aquired mutation. Claws. Here we can see three claws in each had. Same as Logan. But these are made of compressed bone. Very strong. I'm not sure how she has absorbed these since it is not part of his original mutation. Along with the claws I have reason to believe Rogue has some of his healing capabilities. No where near as fast or effective, but your recovery has lead me to believe you have some healing factor in you."
"So Ah can fly. Ah'm Really strong. Now Ah have bone claws."
"It appears that way."