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Rogue sat on the couch in the rec room with her knees brought up against her chest and her arms loosely wrapped around them. A dull pain located in her abdomen constantly reminded her of Remy. It also didn't help with his memories still fresh in her mind.
"You sure you're alright?" Kitty stood in the doorway, lazily leaning against the doorframe with her arms crossed. With Remy's empath powers still at work, she could feel the concern coming from her friend.
"I'm fine." She answered smugly. It seemed like every other hour Kitty would ask her the same question. She was most likely dissatisfied with Rogue's answer.
"Must've been weird seeing Remy, huh?" Kitty pushed the topic, wanting her friend to open up to her. It didn't work. The young Valley girl sighed in disappointment when the Southern just shrugged in response. "I'm here if you need to talk, Rogue." After receiving another shrug from the older female, she simply turned on her heel and left the room.
Talk. Rogue almost laughed. Talk about how I was betrayed by my own foster mother? How I've been lied to since birth? A small sigh escaped her lips. If only.. She blinked back tears. There was no way she would let any fall. Not now, not ever. If only I still had Remy.
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Remy sat against the wall, staring into space. Every so often he would reach up and touch his bruised jaw with his fingertips. That girl has one hell of a punch. A smirk curved onto his lips.
"I'm bringin' home a baby bumble bee.." St. John sang softly to himself as he waltzed into the room. Piotr was sitting on the couch, in his flesh form, Remy was sitting on the floor, besides the end of the couch. "Move over, mate!" Pyro mumbled to Piotr. He wanted the whole couch to himself. What a selfish person that Pyro was.
"No." The older male replied strictly. Pyro frowned heavily and pondered on what to do in this situation. Suddenly, and out of nowhere, Pyro sat himself down in Piotr's lap.
"This seat taken?" He asked batting his eye lashes at the Russian. Almost immediately, Piotr stood up, causing Pyro to fall to the ground, and walked out of the room. "Knew that would work." The young pyromaniac smirked as he climbed onto the couch and stretched out on it. "So, how's the jaw Gammie?" In response, he heard a growl. "Glad to hear it!"
Remy leaned forward and appeared over the side of the couch to see Pyro stick his hand under the cushion and pull out a bag of chips. He made a face as the Australian unrolled it, put his hand in, took out a chip, sniffed it and then plopped into his mouth and chewed.
"Want some?" Pyro asked after noticing his teammate was staring at him. Remy just shook his head.
"I can't believe I hit her." Remy suddenly mumbled out of nowhere. Pyro looked down at his crinkled up bag of chips, at Remy, and then back at his chips. "Rogue."
"You hit her?" Suddenly, Remy wished he had not told him that. "Bloody hell mate!" He sat up. "That ain't the way to win her affection! You might as well have thrown your li'l cards at 'er!" He slapped his forehead when he noticed the look in Remy's eyes. "Way to go. Now you're going to end up as a forty year old bald bloke living on the streets with one tooth and scares passing children by tellin' them horrid puns!"
"I'm not tryin' to win her affection."
Pyro winked at him. "What about the last part?"
"What last—"
"Gambit?" Piotr suddenly stood in the doorway of the room. His usual serious face was planted on his face. "Mystique and Irene would like to see you." He pointed his finger at Pyro right as he opened his mouth. "Not a word from you."
"I wasn't goin' to say anythin'!" Pyro proclaimed. He crossed his arms and stared up at the ceiling. "Sheesh."
Remy, in sluggish movement, got up and made his way out of the room as the other two exchanged words.
"You're getting way to lazy."
"Ah, stop bein' a hater and just sit down."
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"The Professor wants to talk to all of us." Kitty announced, walking into the rec room, where Rogue still sat, in the same position. "And we're going to the mall later 'cause you're, like, starting to depress me."
"How terrible you must feel." The Rogue replied dryly as she slowly made her way off the couch. She winced at the pain that shot from her abdomen to her brain when she stood up and stretched.
"You alright?"
"I'm fine." She stressed out the words she had been saying all day long. "Ask me again and—" Rogue waved a gloved hand at her and gestured taking it off. "—You get the idea?"
"Yes. But I can't believe you just threatened me." Kitty rolled her eyes as they made their way out of the room. "Actually, yes, I can." Rogue said nothing in return.
"Nice of you two to finally join us." Scott commented the minute they walked in to find everyone already sitting there and most likely waiting for the other two members of their team.
"Put a sock in it, Summers." Rogue snapped, lowering herself down in a seat besides Kurt. Kitty quickly sat herself down next to her. "So—" She glanced over at the Professor. "We're all here because?"
"Magneto—" Rogue bit down on her lower lip at the mention of his name. "Has something up his sleeve. Last night—" Kitty coughed. "I mean, early this morning, was just his way of showing us he has re-enforcements; Colossus, Pyro and a man only one of you encountered, Gambit. Some of you may remember Gambit as Remy." Kitty's mouth formed a perfect 'o' shape as she finally figured out what happened with Rogue.
"None of his men seem very skilled." Jean said, twirling a strand of red hair around with her index finger.
"Don't let that fool you. All three of them are very powerful. Four including Sabretooth, but I wouldn't count him as much of a threat." The Professor looked over at Logan who stood impatiently in the doorway. "Although I do not know much about Colossus or Pyro, I believe Rogue can fill us in on Gambit."
Rogue blinked at him. "Excuse me?"
"Remy. I never had the chance to really know him" Xavier stated, making a steeple structure with his hands. "But you know enough about him to tell us about his fighting skills, his weaknesses."
"I ain't a spy." Rogue snapped in defense. "There ain't no way in hell I'm wailin' to y'all about him. I don't betray on no one. If ya want to find anythin' out about him, ya can just probe into his mind o' whatever 'cause I ain't—"
"Rogue. You hold some very important information. You did absorb him, didn't you?" Xavier cut her off. "You know where the hide out is. To beat Magneto, and stop whatever he has planned, we must beat him."
"You're a telepath, you try to get inside my head."
"That's the thing. I can't. Your powers neglect my own."
"So ya try to fish inside my head without my permission!?"
"Where is your allegiance?" Scott abruptly stood up. "You are a X-Men, right?"
"Yeah but that doesn't mean I'm goin' to squeal like a pig."
"I knew we could never trust you."
Rogue suddenly stood up, offended. "Never trust me? If anyone should have any trustin' issues, it's me." And with those words, she hurried out of the room, brushing against Logan as she exited. He knew better than to go after her now.
I can't stand this place. And Kitty is getting on my last nerve! She hurried into her room, never realizing she had phased through the door.
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"What?" The minute Remy walked into the room, Mystique grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and threw him against the wall.
"You did something." She hissed into his face. He didn't have to be an empath to see that she was pissed off about something. He reached up and gripped her arm tightly.
"How do you feel about having one arm?" He waited until she let go of him to talk again. "So, what did Gambit do?"
"The future has changed." Irene announced sternly. "I have reason to believe you have something to do with it." She paused. "I do not foresee Rogue."
His heart skipped a beat. "What do you mean? She's not in the future?"
"Don't get excited." The blind woman murmured coldly. "She's in the future but not with us, as it was planned."
He shrugged. "Not everything does accordingly to plan." He reached up and rubbed his sore jaw. "You could've told me Rogue was goin' to—"
"You hit Rogue back. You let her absorb you, fool!" Mystique snapped. "This wasn't supposed to happen."
"You should've told me her goddamn power."
"Now she knows everything. She knows where we are, about how we knew about her latent powers—" Irene sighed. "She knows everything and anything that you have seen or heard."
"Whose fault is that?"
"Yours!"
"She should know the truth. It ain't fair that she should live her life as a lie. You two should tell her everything else."
"You're talking as if you care." Mystique arched her brows up. "You do realize your relationship with her was nothing more than a bond from your powers?" She walked over and pointed to his jaw. "That's what she thinks of you, Mr. Lebeau." Unexpectedly, Mystique's hand rolled into a tight fist and in a swift movement, she punched him in the stomach. "Never touch my daughter, Gambit."
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I'm not an X-Men. Rogue realized as she sat on the ground in the bedroom, playing a game of solitaire. I don't belong here or anywhere else. I really need to find myself. She carefully set the black ace down after the red two of hearts. Why are you playin' with cards, Rogue? She lifted the ace up and examined it. These are what Rem chucked at me. I don't see what's so great 'bout 'em. She let out a small sigh. Looks like we all make mistakes. A wave of nausea passed through her as she recalled several of the stolen memories. The Southern momentarily closed her eyes until they passed. Suddenly, a sharp, almost as if a quick zap of pain ran through her hand. She let out a short cry when she opened her eyes to see that she had charged a card. She threw it. It swayed across the room, landing next to her closet. Within a minute an explosion was heard out through the mansion.
"Oh crap."
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"I hate this place." Remy mumbled as he walked into the room where Pyro and Colossus sat. He winced at the pain still present in his abdomen as he leaned against the wall and slowly slid down it.
"You alright?" St. John asked, making a face. "What did they do to you? Tell you your fortune err, future?" No one laughed.
"Oui mon ami. Oui." He said bitterly. "I don't understand why you two can stand to stay here."
"I have no choice." Colossus suddenly spoke up. "Made a deal with Magneto. He covers my ill mother's hospital bills and I work for him."
"That's harsh, homme." Remy felt at loss for words. He looked at Pyro. "What about you? You make a 'deal' with the Bucket-head?"
"He said he would clear my criminal record. One hundred and five reports of arson." Colossus elbowed him. "Just kiddin'." He shrugged and looked incredibly uncomfortable.
"I wouldn't be surprised if that were it." Remy's smirk appeared. "Guess that Fluffy is the only one who loves the man."
Pyro just shrugged, his grin slowly returning. "What else do you think they do in his closed office?"
Remy continued to smirk as his eyes trailed down to the ground. It slowly faded. We ain't goin' to be enemies or rivals, Ro'. I'm goin' to make sure of that.
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Part three completed – December 10, 2003
Because I'm the author, I've decided to answer some reviews. Hip-hip-hooray!
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Kagii – I love Pyro. Him, Rogue, Remy and Ray are my absolute fave mutants. =] It's a joke that Pyro is bisexual. I realized the other night that I've been making him sound a wee loopy and decided that he's not gay, but bisexual. Anyway, please don't stab me again or I will release the hounds.
ChaosCat – Quoting from what I said to Kagii.. "It's a joke that Pyro is bisexual. I realized the other night that I've been making him sound a wee loopy and decided that he's not gay, but bisexual." I'm glad you're diggin' the AU concept.
Lightspeed Suzuka – I confused people with the bi comment. Oh well. Since I'm a fan of Amyro, he'll end up with her sooner or later.
cool-chick-rae – Pyro is awesome. Rogue has answers. Doesn't it make you wonder on exactly how much she knows? Eerie.
Ishandahalf – We live in a world full of puns, eh? Pyro likes for everyone to notice that. ;) I updated like a bunny on crack seeing as how I didn't plan on finishing this up until tomorrow! I'm.. an.. author on crack! Ahh, sounds great.
That's all. Sadness. Anyway, anyone have suggestions on a new summary for this fic? It could use some help ;)