Trapped

Author's Note: Okay! I got things down pat! Lol ^-^ I don't think the threat is over, but as long as I can type and upload, I might as well!

"…" normal speech

…mental speech

'….' Thought speech

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Scott couldn't help but worry over Rogue's welfare. She had been in New Orleans for nearly four days now and still, she hadn't contacted Xavier, nor did she call. Xavier had done all he could with Cerebro, but Rogue hadn't used her imprinting powers at all as of late.

" What could have happened?" he asked.

Jean frowned and sat back on her chair. For the first few days, it had been easy playing the concerned friend, but after four days of hearing nothing but 'Poor Rogue', she just couldn't help but feel jealous of the girl.

Scott began to wonder why they didn't wait. They had enough time to retrieve her yes, but Jean insisted that they leave. It made the fearless leader think about Jean's intentions.

" Scott, I'm sure she's fine. After all, wasn't she accustomed to the weather down there?" Jean asked, trying to get Scott to shut up.

Scott glared at the red head and merely sat back on his chair. " We should've waited."

The X-Men were all assembled in the kitchen, eating breakfast while Scott walked back and forth trying to think up a plan.

" Look man, if you don't stop that, I'm going to impale you with a bone!" Evan threatened, knowing fully that he could.

" Ja, mein herr. It vould not help Rogue if you dug a hole in ze floor," Kurt said as he fiddled with his image inducer. His normal blue, fuzzy image flickered until he looked somewhat like a normal German boy.

" Like, we all feel anxious that Rogue's like, stuck down there, but I'm sure she can handle it," Kitty said taking a bite out of her bagel. " I mean, like Jean said, she is from the south."

Jamie Maddock, the youngest X-Men sighed, his spoon, creating a loud clang as it fell on the bowl. " When is she coming back?"

No one could answer the brown haired boy. Out of all the X-Men, Rogue had been the closest thing to family that Jamie ever had. Rogue was gentler with the boy, acting like a sister would rather than the frigid Goth that she was.

" I'm sure she'll be back soon," Evan said, drinking the last of his milk. " As for me, I've got a date with gravel."

X-Men please report to the briefing room

"Not fair!" Evan yelled, throwing his helmet on the floor.

The teens made their way to the briefing room and found Xavier looking pale, well more so than usual.

" What's wrong Professor?" Scott asked.

" It's Rogue… Storm has gone down to New Orleans with Logan to try and find her."

Jamie's face brightened with hope. " Well? How is she?"

" It seems from what Ororo has informed me, Rogue is in the care of Mr. Jean-Luc LeBeau. The head of the Thieves' Guild in Louisiana," Xavier said.

"What's the good news?" Kitty asked.

Xavier lowered his head and sighed. " That was the good news."

" Zen… vhat's ze bad news?" Kurt asked; his tail drooped, anticipating the news.

" Rogue has lost her memories and without any real family to claim her legally, she's going to have to stay in New Orleans until she regains her memories."

Jean smiled, but placed her hand over her mouth, making it look as if she were concerned. However, Kitty had seen her smiling, making the girl wonder if Jean was in fact whom she acted like she was.

Jamie frowned, sinking lower in his seat. " What are the chances of her regaining her memories?"

Xavier shook his head and looked at Jamie sadly. Kurt turned away and teleported out of the room, not wanting to know the odds. Soon, one by one, the all left Xavier to his thoughts.

'I hope you pull through this, my dear… '

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Author's Note: That was short, ne? Well, the first three chapters were meant to be. Next chapters are hopefully going to be much longer and more detailed. Plus it's all ROMYs.