Disclaimer: I do not own the Xmen in any way shape or means. Except for all my OC characters and their powers. Oh yeah..those are mine!! Muwahahaha!!!! And I do not own the music neither. And the theme has been borrowed as well. Sorry Down Home Charm.

Ha!!! HA!! HA!!! That was ever so mean to what I have done to you, my faithful readers. *laughs maniacally* You have convinced me to be ever so nice and finish this story out with a pretentious bang!!! BAM BABY!!! HA HA HA!!

Star-Of-Chaos: I have decided to be ever so nice and deliver a heart wrenching ending that shall you jump for glee and wail on the ground mercilessly.

Rogue4787: Your wish is my command, oh gracious leader. I shall bring them back together with suck a tear jerking moment you shall become overwhelmed with emotions beyond emotions! Now, where is my Remy clone?

Ishandahalf: No, we wouldn't want you to cry now would we. I'm not in that maliciously mean mood right now!! I shall give you ever so much happiness with this chapter!.

RogueWanderer: Why yes. I explained that I received my inspiration from another story. I'm merely going to make it better by ending it nicely. No need to tear your hair out. Yeah, I kind of screamed and nearly smacked my head on the desk when I saw the ending. So I figure, I'll be cool and make one all by myself.

SickMindSucker: Oh, since you have commanded me: I shall not leave it like so. I am not entirely evil…yet.

RogueChere: OMG, You have all figured out my lovely secret. But like I told RogueWanderer, this is a continuation of another story I had read and it made me mad the way it ended. So I plan to weed it out a bit. I just changed parts of it. Especially the ending. Enjoy!

Else: All shall be revealed in this chapter. This lovely chapter.

ASGT and Kat Maximoff: No prob honey, I won't leave it here. Cause it confused me.

SassyGrl024: Aah, I see I have another who has joined the "CONTINUE THE DAMN STORY WOMAN BEFORE WE LYNCH YOU" club. Well, I have complied to the list of demands and have fulfilled the minimal requirements.

Though this may not be the ending either. I may extend it a wee bit but with less angst and more happy.

Heaven's a Lie

Chapter 8: Forgiveness

Remy sat beside Rogue's bed, staring down at her longingly. She had been in the coma for three weeks now. Hank had told him that she was in a deep comatose state and she was teetering upon the edge of living and dying. It only would take a small complication to send her over to the land of the dead. The Professor had attempted to pull her out of the coma by going into her mind but it was too no avail. He said that he found nothing, not even a trace of left over psyches from the people that she had absorbed in her past. It was as if she was dead from the inside. It had been concluded that she was probably not going to wake up at all.

Yet Remy still believed that it was possible. It had to be. He didn't want to lose her so soon. He wouldn't lose her. He would die with her if she did.

Taking his gloved hand, he began to stroke her face gently. Hank had warned him that because she was in such a state of disrepair that she wouldn't even notice that she was absorbing him.

A lone tear slid down his face as he stared down at the pale beauty that laid before him. He didn't give her a chance to explain, if only he had listened to her…this wouldn't have happened.

It felt like his heart was shattering as he watched her heart meter. The steady pulsing noise had become slower by each minute. He couldn't lose her, not again. It had taken him so long for him to make Rogue become his. She was his one and only. He just had to let a misunderstanding break them apart, now look where it got them. She was now teetering on the brink of death because of his obstinance.

Taking her hand into his, he began to squeeze it lightly, careful not to injure her further.

" S'il vous plaît Cher, se Réveille pour Remy. Il vous aime si beaucoup de, il ne veut pas que vous soit mort." (Please dear, Wake up for Remy, He loves you so much, he doesn't want you to die)

There was no response from her body whatsoever. Remy's body began to shudder as tears began to pour down his face.

" Sans vous, Remy ne pourrait pas habiter. S'il vous plaît mon ange réveille et m'orne avec ces beaux yeux du vôtre." (Without you, Remy wouldn't be able to live. Please my angel wake up and grace me with those beautiful eyes of yours)

Remy reached up and stroke a strand of hair that had gone array. Pushing it away, he gently placed a kiss upon her forehead, Not caring if she absorbed him or not.

" Je vous aime le si beaucoup d'Escroc. S'il vous plaît me pardonner et me réveille. Sans la lumière du soleil de Remy il réjouira dans l'obscurité à jamais."

(I love you so much Rogue. Please forgive me and wake up. Without Remy's sunlight he will bask in the darkness forever)

Leaning into her ear, he began to whisper lightly.

" S'il vous plaît écoute Remy." (Please listen to Remy)

Placing his hand onto his heart. He began to speak.

"Mon coeur bat seulement pour vous mon amour, quand vous allez, Remy va."

(My heart only beats for you my love, when you go, Remy goes.)

The room remained quiet despite the steady pulsating of the heart monitor on the other side of the bed. Sighing deeply, Remy slumped down in his chair. Looking up mournfully, Remy stared down at his lost love.

" Remy vous manque si beaucoup. S'il vous plaît revient à lui."

(Remy misses you so much. Please come back to him.)

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Rogue felt herself floating in a never ending swirl of darkness. She was no longer a human, no longer a mutant. She was merely there, she could hear no sound, she could feel nothing. It was like she had reached a state of oblivion.

As she floated there, she found something pulling at her state of mind. It sounded like a plea of some sort. It wafted through the empty voids of her mind, echoing loudly.

Please…..Please…….Wake up…..Chere…….Please…..Don't leave……Please…..

Glancing around to capture the voice, Rogue began to wonder. Something she hadn't done in a long time. Who was that voice?

Chere……Chere…..Wake…up…..for….Remy….come back….Remy…Remy….

The darkness began to fade as she started to differentiate the voice from the darkness that surrounded her.

" Remy?" she whispered lightly.

Chere…..Please……Please……Chere………..Please…..Come back…..Chere….

The voice was husky with passion as it spoke. Slowly it became louder and started to resound through her mind. It had begun to hurt, she just wanted quiet, just some peace.

Suddenly a small flicker of light shown in front of her. A perfect image of what some people could call " the walk into the light" moment.

It looked so warm compared to the coldness of this dark vortex in which she was forced to remain. It seemed like the voice was speaking at her through the small portion of light that was streaming at her.

Please stay with Remy…..Please….Don't leave him…….Please…..Please…..

Rogue shook her head slightly. She didn't know how to leave. A gruff noise erupted up from behind her.

" Follow the voice Stripes."

Whipping around, Rogue saw a generally short man standing calmly behind her. His brown eyes (a/n: I don't know what color Logan's eye color is) gazing at her evenly.

" Who…"

He held up his hand to her.

" That's not important right now, kid."

Folding her arms. She glared at the little man.

" And pray tell, what is?"

The small man chuckled.

" I'm thinking that waking up could be possibly be more important."

Rogue frowned at him slightly.

" Well ah…ah..don't know how."

The man hovered over to her and grabbed her hand.

" Fine, I guess I'll just have to show you out eh?"

Rogue smiled at the small man. He seemed so familiar but she couldn't pinpoint where she had met him before.

" Are ya comin or not, Kid?"

Rogue turned around and nodded at the short man.

" So where am ah?"

The man guided her through a maze of darkness.

" You are locked away deep in your subconscious."

Glancing around, Rogue began to watch as the darkness began to form into a labyrinth.

" And how did ah get here?"

The short man glanced up at her for a moment.

" Jason locked you away."

" How?"

Sighing at her constant questioning, the short man answered.

" During your fight, instead of you absorbing his essence, he reversed it upon you. Supposedly you had killed him several years ago and he was merely a vengeful spirit that walked upon the earth. He needed to inherit your body, so he locked half of you away in your subconscious never to be released. The other part that he split, is now outside your body, floating around like he was before. "

The short man saw the look of confusion on her face.

" Floating around?"

" It's sort of like a phantom spirit form. Now in order for you to wake up, you must combine your subconscious (psyche) form and your phantom form."

Rogue looked at him skeptically.

" If he locked me away never t' be released, then what am ah doing walking

around?"

The short man glared at her for a moment. Not a hostile glare but one merely filled with annoyance.

" Honey, if I knew that, Be sure to know I'd tell you."

" Oh."

The small man continued to guide her through the labyrinth.

" Now you must wake up before Jason does."

" Why?"

" Because he will inhabit your body forever."

Rogue grabbed onto the short man's shoulder.

" Will he hurt people?"

She asked, eyes glimmering with fear.

" Most likely, kid."

Rogue followed after him silently. Eventually they became closer and closer to the light. As they became near enough to go through the light, a sudden force jerked them back.

Turning around, they saw a generally tall man, with long black hair glaring down at them with harsh and cruel brown eyes.

" Where do you think, you're going frail?"

Rogue cocked her head to the side.

" Jason?"

The man glanced down at Rogue.

"Yes it is.. Now if you'd excuse me, I have a body to inhabit."

A growl erupted from beside Rogue.

" If ya want to possess Rogue's body, you gonna have to go through me first!"

Rogue watched in amazement as he shot out what looked like claws from his knuckles.

Almost immediately her mind began to reel. Claws…gruff voice, fatherly like attitude…it all added up.

" Logan?"

The man glanced over at her and nodded her head.

" Not quite kid, but close enough."

" Now hurry up and go through that light.."

" I WILL NOT ALLOW FOR HER TO TAKE WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY MINE AGAIN!" screamed the man.

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She watched as the broken Cajun grieved over his lost love. She had to admit, she did feel bad.

Rogue drifted slowly down towards his prone body and gently touched his face. Though he couldn't see her, she could see him. Feel every emotion that plagued him, his depression, his hurt, his pain…all striking her on full blast.

She wished she could help him somehow, in anyway. Just to get rid of his mourning spirit. It was her fault after all, she was the one who caused him so much pain.

Hovering over to her prone body, she stared down at it. She no longer looked like the strong and independent woman that she had portrayed to be for so many years. She was now weak, fragile….as much as she hated to admit it…frail. Jason had been right about her, she may have grown up physically but her mentality still remained of that same child he had met all those years ago.

" S'il vous plaît mon amour, se réveille. ..I ne peut pas habiter sans vous. "

(Please my love, wake up…I can't live without you..)

Rogue glanced over at the pitiful wreck that was next to her body.

"Ne pas me partir…. " (don't leave me..)

Lifting her hand, she placed upon Remy's shoulder.

" Ah won't leave ya, I shall make everything right again."

With that, Rogue placed her other hand upon the frail woman's body. A shimmer of light erupted through the room, and Rogue felt herself becoming sucked in.

The warmth of the light enveloping her as she began to fade away from the outside world.

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Rogue's body began to jerk violently, snapping Remy out of his depressed reverie.

Leaping up with speed that could rival Pietro's, Remy pressed the buzzer on the wall above Rogue's bed.

" Hank!! Professor, get down 'ere quickly!!"

A small amount of static before, Remy heard an answer.

" We shall be there immediately."

Remy turned his attention back to the now seizuring Rogue. Her body flailing wildly across the bed. Remy grabbed her arms and pressed her down in attempt to still her. Her heart monitor was off the scale as her pulse became more and more rapid.

"Que continue-t-il, Cher? " (What's going on Dear?)

Suddenly Hank burst into the med lab doors.

" What is happening?"

Remy turned to glance over at the blue furry doctor.

" Remy was hopin' y' could tell him! One minute she be fine and de next she be shakin' like dere's no tomorrow!"

Hank turned and grabbed a vial from his cabinets. Then carefully picking up a needle, he began to fill it with some kind of green liquid.

Remy stared at the doctor as he walked over to Rogue's still jerking body.

" What y' goin' t' do wit dat t'ing?"

Hank glanced momentarily at Remy before diving Rogue's arm.

" Hold her!"

Remy did as he was told and watched as Hank plunged the syringe into her arm. Slowly, Rogue's body began to calm down.

" What was dat?"

Hank gazed at Rogue for a moment, not answering as he was to busy checking her vital signs.

" It is a drug that relaxes Rogue's muscles.."

Turning, Remy saw the Professor wheeling into the room with Jean Grey behind him.

" So she be fine now?"

" Not quite."

Remy spun back around to look at a very disturbed Hank.

" The drug was merely a prototype, it shall last for only twenty minutes any

longer and her heart will stop."

Xavier wheeled himself closer to Rogue's bed.

" That's why I must take action now."

Remy glanced at them all with confusion.

" Do what?"

" Save Rogue."

With that, Xavier tapped into his powers and extended them deeply into Rogue's mind. Gradually, Xavier managed to break down her mental shields only to smacked by a strong wave of terror.

Turning around he saw what seemed to be a battlefield raging. Rogue's psyche was currently dodging out of the way of some psychic blasts that were expelling from some unknown man's hand. Logan was lunging at the man with his outspread claws, only to be sent flying back.

" I WILL GAIN CONTROL!"

At this time, Xavier felt that it was his time to assist. Mentally drawing up a metal cage he flung it at the unknown man. Yet he deflected it with his power.

" I do not know who you are, but you will not be disturbing Rogue any longer."

The man glared at Xavier.

" Who the hell are you?!"

Xavier brushed his comment off coarsely.

" That information is irrelevant to you."

The man growled fiercely and sent a psychic blast towards Xavier.

Logan ran over to Xavier and pushed him out of the way of the blast only to be struck down by it.

" Logan!!" screamed Rogue loudly.

The man turned his attention back to Rogue.

" And as for you…."

A huge wall shot up from the ground, separating Rogue from the others.

" No!!"

Darkness once more surrounded her.

" Not again…"

Suddenly another bright light erupted, blinding her.

" What the?…"

" Ya got that right.."

Rogue opened her eyes slowly. And what she had seen was enough to give her a double take. She was staring back at herself.

" Hey, how ya doin?"

Rogue just blinked for a moment.

" Why am ah staring at mahself?"

The other Rogue shrugged passively.

" Not sure?"

" Oh…okay.."

The psyche Rogue looked away for a moment.

" Wait, are ya somehow from outside mah body?"

The other Rogue frowned for a moment.

" Well ah was, as far as ah know…"

" Oh, well ah think we're supposed to join together."

" How?"

" Oh like ah know.."

Both Rogues began to laugh hysterically until they heard a mournful whisper.

Wake up Chere…..Please..We need you…..I need you……Please………..Please……

The psyche Rogue glanced at the phantom Rogue.

" Well ah guess we should wake up, eh?"

Walking towards each other, they began to merge into a single being. Bright light spilled from all corners of her mind. The wall that was once separating Rogue from the others, shattered, revealing a disgruntled looking Jason.

" What the hell do you think you're doing frail?"

The voice that erupted from Rogue's voice, wasn't of her own.

" I am no longer what you call frail, leave now Jason."

With that, Rogue pulled up her hand and sent him hurling into a wall. As he fell, Rogue pulled up four walls around him, blocking him off. His screams of anguish echoed through the depths of her inner mind.

As his voice began to fade, Rogue turned to face Logan and Xavier.

" Hello."

Logan smirked at her and sheathed his claws.

" Finally gained control of ya mind again, I see."

Rogue laughed at him.

" Ya could say that."

As she spoke, the darkness immediately began to dissipate. Only to be restored by a bright room. The room had a small couch and a table in the middle. Surrounding the couch and table were different images, flashing like movie reels.

Rogue floated to the ground and slumped down onto the couch. She was also joined by Xavier and Logan, who merely stood over her.

Xavier stared down at her exhausted form.

" You must awaken Rogue."

Rogue turned to look at the Professor.

" Yup, ah should…shouldn't ah?"

Logan reached down and offered her a hand.

Rogue smiled at his generosity.

" Ah should also sort out mah mind as well."

Xavier gazed at Rogue, his eyes filled with concern.

" I could assist you with that now, in order to speed up the process."

Rogue shook her head at the Professor.

" No, it's okay…ah'll do it later."

With that, Rogue stood up and walked over to a tall pillar of light.

" See ya on the other side." She said aloud as she walked through it.

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" CLEAR!"

A surge of electricity erupted into Rogue's body causing for it to rise momentarily. Unfortunately the pulse monitor didn't change from the flat line pulse.

" Damn it!" cursed the doctor.

Remy stood on the other side of Rogue's body, squeezing her hand with all his might while tears streamed down his face.

" Please…..don' leave me…"

" CLEAR!"

The EKG buzzed out and the air crackled from the electricity. Still the monitor remained blank.

" C'mon Rogue…You can do this!" shouted a distressed Logan.

" Up to 360, CLEAR!"

Another zap filled Rogue's body.

" We need to open a way for the trachea."

" Fine."

Psylocke turned and got a CPR device and inserted it into Rogue's body.

" Bring it into Cardio."

" Fine, 1 one thousand 2 one thousand 3 one thousand, Breath."

With that, Psylocke took a deep breath and pushed all of the air into her body.

" Damn it…not yet.."

" 1 one thousand, 2 one thousand 3 one thousand, BREATH!"

Finally, after the second wind, Rogue's pulse began to beep again on the heart monitor. Hank immediately ran over to the cabinet.

" Here.."

Hank handed Psylocke a small syringe.

" Pump her with 12 cc's of Perogniac." (a/n: made up name)

Psylocke did as instructed. Rogue's pulse began to regulate out making everyone in the room breath a deep sigh of relief.

Remy would've fell out if it weren't for Jean telekinetically pushing a chair underneath him.

" Will she be alright?"

Hank shook his head at Remy. Then he glanced over at Xavier, who was still in her mind.

" We won't know until the Professor comes out."

As if on cue, Xavier began to glance around the room. Jean pushed Scott out of the way so she could get closer to the Professor.

" Are you alright professor?"

The professor nodded shakily and looked over to Rogue.

" I am fine Jean."

Catching a glance from Remy. Xavier wheeled himself over to the stressed Cajun.

" She will be fine and should wake up at anytime."

The room cheered loudly at the thought of Rogue pulling out of the coma. Much to the chagrin of Hank and Psylocke, who were frowning.

" As much as I am overjoyed to know that our dear friend shall awaken but I believe that it would be better for her health, that she has peace and quiet."

Everyone groaned when Hank kicked them out. Well all except Remy, who would have probably tried to blow Hank up if he even mentioned it.

Now that it was said, Rogue was going to wake up, Remy wasn't about to leaver her side.

Oh yeah, another chapter done today!!! Sweet!! Am I not on a fantastic roll?!!

Just in case you didn't understand what happened in Rogue's mind, I shall give you a run through:

Rogue's psyche is floating around in the darker depths of Rogue's mind. Because darkness was all that she was surrounded by, that was all she knew. Her mind is awaken by Remy's pleas. Because she awakes, she feels the need to get out of the dark and into the light. Yet, she does not know how. So Logan comes out to guide her away. *hint *hint* Because he was the last person she had absorbed*

Outside her body, Rogue's phantom/ soul is floating around watching everything that is happening. She takes pity on Remy's grieving so she goes in her body to help wake up.

As Rogue and Logan are walking towards the light, they are intercepted by Jason's psyche. Jason's psyche is angry that she tries to escape so he begins to blast them with a psychic kind of power. *Just think of Scott's laser eye beams*

Outside of Rogue's mind is pure chaos. Her body is beginning to fail because of the activity in her mind. Hank injects Rogue with a special drug that slows down her muscle workings until they stop all together. *ever hear the fact that your heart is a muscle*

Xavier uses this weakness to his advantage, so that he can penetrate her mind. When he gets in there he is met with a similar chaos as both Logan and Rogue are being attacked by Jason.

Long story short: Jason locks Rogue behind a wall thinking that it would seal off any way for her to leave her mind. But Rogue's phantom is already in her mind. They meet each other and have a lovely conversation that was cut short by Remy's pleas. They merge together and defeat Jason by closing him away into the darkness that had surrounded Rogue in the beginning.

Outside, Rogue's body has failed and is beginning to die. Hank is trying to revive her but to no avail. After several attempts they manage to revive her.

Remy waits for her awakening!!

TA DA!! Get it now?!! Hope you likes!! I shall write the next chappy now!!

So where is my Remy clone, huh?! Huh?! I am waiting!!! ;)

~RoguesHeart~