Authors Note: 100 REVIEWS! You people rock! Oh I'm very happy now! I was hoping to get to 100 before the end:-D. Many thanks to everyone whose contributed to the review total. Anyway, yes this is the penultimate chapter. Its crappy and poorly written, but I'm building up to the ending-its my only excuse. Shout-outs!

Episodic: I'm glad you think I'm original; sometimes it's good to be different. Someone stole your idea? I'm sorry to hear that, though I guess that's the problem with something as huge as you never know who might write what next. I'm sure yours will be better though ;-)

Star-of-Chaos: I do think they deserve a happy ending, then again, I always think they deserve a happy ending! They have it much harder than any other x-men couple (or any couple for that matter). Haha, I like your term "pulling a seven," I wonder if she'll be pleased that she has her own phrase?

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Ishandahalf: yep, my wonderful A Levels, so much fun... And a new story from Ishandahalf? Oh I gotta say I'm excited already! I have high hopes as your last two were excellent, you write me under the table anyday. Rogue has decided to come back rather than stay in heaven. I didn't explain that very well but that's what I implied, apologies... thanks very much for the lovely review and good luck with your exams!

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MorriganFearn: Global history? Now that sounds like fun (not!) I hope it all went well for you though. I know what you mean about the Shi'ar thing, it does seem like I'm palming you off a bit. I'm only using it to kinda back up the cryogenics thing and it wont feature much. I don't know much about science at all, I don't even take it at school/college anymore so the Shi'ar have become my 'get out of jail free' card. I would say 101 is pretty damn good, hey, if you'd been a day or so earlier, you might have been 100! Thank you for all the lovely things you said about my writing, that was very encouraging! If you like the bit characters, wait for the next chapter, and that's the only spoiler I shall give ;-)

One More Star in the Sky
Chapter Seventeen (In which the end is nigh)

Beast looked up from the control panel of the one of the few pieces of Shi'ar medical equipment that was still functional. They had been given eight originally; all of varying sizes and usefulness but now only three remained.

If he had said that he wasn't worried about what they were doing, he would be lying. He had very little knowledge of Cryogenics, and far less experience in the field, but Dr Hunter seemed to know what he was doing which made him slightly more confident.

Stopping to survey the bits and pieces of machinery that now lay scattered around his once tidy med lab. Assessing the situation, it seemed that not all of this equipment would be useful. There was one piece however; that he thought would be useful indeed. It consisted of several small patches, not dissimilar to an ECG and it was designed, or so he had been told, to stimulate the respiratory system. Beast very much doubted that it would be enough on its own, but in conjunction with something else he had in mind, it may well help.

In order to revive Rogue she would also need a huge blood transfusion to replace all her own blood that had been lost in the cryogenic process. There were a few people in the mansion that had the same blood type as Rogue, but there was someone in particular he had in mind.

-o-o-o-o-

Wolverine leaned against the counter, reading the paper and drinking the last of his coffee. In a few minutes, he intended to put the newbies through their paces in the danger room. Now that should be fun...

"Eh hem," came a small cough in the doorway. Logan looked up to find Hank, looking slightly nervous, standing at the door.

"C'mon Hank," he told him, going back to the newspaper in front of him.

"Logan I have come here to discuss a matter of great importance with you, it concerns Rogue."

At that, Logan closed the paper, giving the doctor his full attention.

"We will need to give her a blood transfusion after the last of the liquid nitrogen has been removed from her body and she been has warmed up a little. You have the same blood type as Rogue and therefore would make a suitable donor anyway, but I think you know the other reason I had you in mind."

"My healing factor..." Logan murmured

"Indeed. It is very likely that owing to the amount of blood that will need to be given, some of your healing factor will be transferred. It should be enough to start healing her body, and with the medical technology we have at our disposal, there is a far better chance that she will recover."

"Course," Logan told him gruffly. "How much do you need?"

"A lot," Hank said truthfully. "But we will do it in different amounts each day to give you time to rejuvenate, it should take far less time with you than it would with anyone else."

"Just tell me when to start," Logan consented.

"Well we can start now, come down to the med lab with me and I'll start drawing it."

Logan nodded, his danger room session forgotten for the time being. Some things were far more important.

-o-o-o-o-

After a week of steady blood donations, it was decided that they had enough blood to keep Rogue going before her body would be able to take care of it itself. The procedure was planned for the very next day and nervous excitement ran throughout the mansion like electricity.

"Nervous chére?" Remy asked his angel as they sat together on the roof for what seemed like the thousandth time.

"A lil ah guess. Either Ah wake up and we live happily ever after or Ah stay dead and am possibly kicked outta heaven and never get to see ya again" she said, weighing up the situation. Her romantic notion about her life being better in heaven had disappeared when she had realised what the most likely outcome of her staying was.

She had told Faye about her and Remy, who had been supportive, though not exactly pleased. Apparently things like that didn't happen very often, once in a blue moon, Faye had said. She had also told Rogue about a story someone had told her about the last guardian angel to fall in love with their guardee. Even though it had been a one-sided thing, the outcome had not been good...

It seemed very possible that after all this, love may be the very thing that tore them apart1. Rogue wondered quietly how long it would be before Gabriel found out, after all, it was only a matter of time. Personally, she was amazed that he didn't know already. She would have thought that it was part of his job to know everything that went on, but then again, he had a lot of angels to watch so maybe she had just slipped through the net, which was lucky for her.

"Try not t' worry 'bout it mon amour. Sometimes t'ings have a way of workin' out for de best..." Remy tried to reassure her, though underneath it, he was as worried as she was.

"Ya wont say that when we're both rottin' in hell or somthin'" she added grumpily, making Remy smile, though she couldn't see it from where she was, her head laying on his chest.

She sat up and looked at him, suddenly serious, looking deeply into his demon eyes.

"Ya know, if Ah do wake up, we wont be able ta touch anymore, Ah still wont have control over mah powers."

"Doesn't matter chére, being able to hold y' in my arms properly will be enough, but mebbe we make the most of it while we can, non?" he grinned and stroked her face, kissing her for what may be the last time.

1.Sorry! I've been listening to Joy Division...looking back on it, thats quite a cheesy line...

If you don't know the old cartoon and comics, then I'm guessing there's a good chance you've never heard of the Shi'ar, or am I wrong about that? Like I said before, I'm not up on Evo...

It's my 18th birthday next week! (On the 21st if anyone cares) I'd like reviews as a present please ;-)