[psy talk]
Chapter 11
Recap:
As soon as he heard the elevator doors close Wolverine stepped forward, grabbing a pillow from a nearby bed he pressed it down onto Remy's face.
When the pillow slammed into Remy's face his eyes snapped open and he thrashed about trying to escape. The pillow stayed in place for another second before Logan pulled it back letting the Cajun get a well-needed breath of air.
"What de fuck are yo' tryin' to do?!" Jumping out of bed Remy stood up against the wall, eyes wide at the pillow Logan still held in his hands.
"Just killing a sneaky rat." Throwing the pillow on the bed he unsheathed his claws placing the tip underneath Remy's chin making the young man go deathly still.
Remy took a big gulp, his Adam's apple bobbing too close to the claw. Logan smiled at the look of fear on his face.
"How did yo' know I was awake?" Logan chuckled at the words and brought his claws across Remy's chin, cutting some hairs off.
"Your heart sped up when the Professor talked about Warren and Rogue. I could hear the sound from another room. I guess you took my threat seriously?"
"Yo'rs, the Professors, Beasts..."
"Hank threatened you?" That was surprising. He didn't think the furry beast had it in him.
"He mumbled somethin' 'bout leavin' a sponge inside me de next time I needed surgery." There was slight laughter at the end, like he was trying to play this off as a light encounter. Logan slid his claw further towards his neck.
"So you got scared and decided that hiding was a good idea. You controlled your breathing to fool the monitor and left your shields up to keep Chuck away." Smiling at the smell of sweat and fear coming off the Cajun, he brought the claws out of his other hand. "You know Chuck was about to break those barriers of yours anyways. No matter if he caused you permanent brain damage."
"He wouldn't have." Wolverine just smiled at the young man's comment.
"Are you so sure about that?" Logan kept his voice low and smiled at intense look of fear on the other man's face. Raising his arm he brought it into an easier position to strike with.
"LOGAN!" Storm grabbed his arm pulling it down and away from Remy, who ran behind her for protection. "What do you think your doing?"
"'Ro..., I was just trying to find out what happened."
"Don't you dare start like that Logan! You know very well that you wanted to scare Remy!" The scolding tone in her voice told Logan that she's in mother mode and he had to think fast before he got a lecture.
"I was just trying to find out about Rogue!" Storm's face softened, and he thought he might get out of this when she stepped forward and pushed him down until he was seated on the bed. "I have other things I have to do!"
"You will sit there, and think about what you just did!" Crossing her arms Logan was about to give in until he noticed that someone was missing.
"Where's the Cajun?" A small smile appeared on the wind goddess's face and Logan knew he was tricked. "I can still find him!"
"You most certainly can, but you can't lay a claw on him if someone else is around." Growling he left the room knowing that next time the swamp rat wouldn't be so lucky.
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"A home run!" Remy cheered for the girls as they got another point. After his encounter with Wolvie he ran to the largest group of people knowing that Logan wouldn't start something if he's around the other students.
Rahne was next up to bat and she hit a ground ball running to first base. Roberto was able to catch it and throw it to third where Jubilee was running. Seeing the ball go to third she ran back to second base.
"This is so unfair! There's more guys then girls!" The girls started to complain until Remy volunteered to play for them. As he stepped up to bat all the girls started cheering.
"And here comes the guy with the cutest ass." "Tightest ass." "Sexy body." "Rahne I can't believe you said that!" "Well you all were thinking it!" "True that!" "Like shake that thing!" "Kitty!" Up till now he'd forgotten about all the attention he got from all the other girls. /That's because Rogue's the only one that matters. forget about her I can't. Well try. There's no way your getting her back /
"And the next girl batting is.... Remy Lebeau." Scott announced from the pitchers mound. Some boys snickered and then most burst into laughter, as he didn't try to hit the first ball.
"Don't listen to them!" "They're just jealous!" "Imagine its Scott's head you're hitting. Always works for me!" Smiling at their remarks he didn't swing for the next ball either and when the third ball came he swung the bat, hitting it clear across the field. The others just watched as it hit the fountain landing in the water.
"Yeah!" "Way to go!" "You're the best!" Easily running around the bases Remy slowed down and strutted the way back to home base. The other boys got angry and Evan even threw one of his spikes at him. Luckily it was stopped mid air before it could hit.
"Merci." Jean blushed slightly, then gave him a huge smile, before she turned to glare at the boys.
"This is a no power game." She sternly stated the fact, waiting for their apologizes.
"He hurt Rogue! We can mess with him as much as we want!" They stated yelling only to be interrupted by words in a southern tang.
"Ya all just want ta mess with Remy! Don't use mah as an excuse, got that?" In the arms of Angel she descended to the ground and was carefully put on her feet.
"Rogue your back!" "How are you?" "Should I get the Professor?" "How's it like staying with Warren." Remy narrowed his eyes as Rogue blushed at that last comment. Not liking the situation he stepped forward hoping to get her attention. Just as he was about to make his entrance he felt somebody grab his collar and tug him back from the group. Thinking it was Logan; he pulled out his cards ready to go down fighting, when a strong gust of wind blew the cards from his hand.
"You will stay away from Rogue until she settles down." Another gust of wind blew him further into the covering and the weather goddess followed him.
"Yo're against me too?" This was too much.
"No, I'm looking out for you. If one of the other adults finds you around her, you could be certain that problems will arise." He hung his head knowing that the next couple days aren't going to be easy. "The Professor is calling me to his office. Why don't you stay in the study? Logan hardly ever goes in there."
Remy thanked her for all her help before taking her advice and heading to the study to hide.
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Rogue hovered above the mansion waiting for Warren to catch up. The wind blew through her hair and her new leather jacket. She clutched it closer to herself enjoying the feel of it, when she saw him approaching. Flying over to him she started to circle him asking questions.
"Are ya okay? That wasn't too much for ya?" She tried to keep an honest face, but it broke when she saw the mock glare coming from Warren.
"Well if I didn't have huge wings dragging me down, I would have caught up to you."
"Um...if ya didn't have wings, ya wouldn't be able to fly." He needed a second to think over that one before he burst into laughter, realizing his mistake.
"I guess your right." Swooping under Rogue, he picked her up in his arms and carried her towards the field where he saw a majority of the school playing.
"Ah can fly ya know." She crossed her arms.
"Yes, but are the others suppose to know you can?" Her eyes widened as she realized her near slip-up. "We're nearing the group. Now smile and act like you spent the last hour flying in the arms of an angel."
Rogue snorted at the last part as they landed on the ground. As soon as her feet touched the ground questions were asked all over the place and she desperately wanted to jump back into Angel's arms and fly as far as possible from these insane people.
"Everyone, we'll answer your questions later first we need to speak to the Professor. Do any of you know where he is?" Rogue silently thanked Warren's take charge attitude and followed behind Jean as she led them to the Professor's office. Passing by a window she was able to see Gambit talking to Strom. Seeing him brought on mixed feelings. Part of her felt like she should hate him and the other part wanted to run out there and hug him.
"Good evening Warren, Rogue." The Professor's words brought her out of her thoughts, and she looked around the room. All the teachers were there except for Storm, but she arrived a couple seconds later. When all the teachers were present, Jean was asked to leave. Jean protested wanting to stay and find out what happened, but the Professor gave her a stern 'no', which she obeyed.
"What happened that made you fly off?" Logan, never one to beat around the bush, dove headfirst into the question that was on everybody's mind.
"Ah can't really remember." Rogue looked down into her hands and waited for their reaction.
"We will talk about that later, in private. First, we have to discuss what went on last night. Warren felt that it was best if he told us here." The Professor waved his hand in Warren's direction, prompting him into talking.
"We were attacked last night, by someone called Sabertooth." The mention of his name made Logan snarl.
"Sabertooth? What was he doing there?" Logan shot a quick look at Rogue, searching her for any bruises.
"He was stealing something. An old broken relic that I had. It also seemed like he was under a trance." Warren stopped letting Rogue carry on, since she seemed to know more about the situation than he did.
"It was Mesmero. Ah was able ta break the hold he had over Sabertooth. We got in a fight, and then Magneto showed up ta take him away." Magneto's name brought back the memories of the last time they met, but she shook it off concentrating on the now instead of the then. "He was carryin Mesmero, and later on we found out that the relic was missing."
Everyone was quite for a moment digesting the information they received.
"Warren will you be leaving soon?" Strom's question was met with a shake of the head.
"Good, we'll need your help finding the other half. You can work with Beast using the sub-basement computer. We need to find this missing piece before Magneto does." The Professor steepled his fingers. "Storm will inform the senior students about what happened, and Wolverine will prepare the X-Jet."
They all nodded and left the room leaving it occupied by the Professor and Rogue.
"Professor, if ya have the time right now, could ya..."
"Help you recover the memories of what happened a couple nights ago? Certainly, if your ready." Rogue nodded her head, as the Professor wheeled himself closer to her. With his hands close to her head she opened her mind.
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It's been a nearly a month since he did this last, and the Professor could see great changes in her mind. Before he was usually greeted by psyches roaming around in a dark void, but now her mind was full of tall buildings and they seemed to be mirror images of the ones in New York City. Most buildings were skyscrapers and on the top of them were neon signs with the names of the various people she absorbed.
Each person had a couple buildings; each labeled with what years or ages they when they had those memories. It was all very organized.
"Wow." Rogue came up next to him and gawked at the tall structures. In her mind she didn't appear like the loner Goth girl. Instead she wore flowing gowns and not even a trace of make-up. He much proffered her this way, and told her so often, but she always ignored it for the security that the dark clothes brought her. "Ah never knew my mind could look like this."
They started walking, something that the Professor greatly enjoyed, in the direction of a building with no sign on top. It would have been easier for them to just project themselves straight to the memory, but this way it was more calming and he was able to make sure everything was right as he moved past it.
They opened the entry door, to reveal a maze full of doors in all shapes, sizes, and colors. In the most simple mind this would have been hallway with the recent thoughts leading to the past ones, and in the complex mind it would be a maze similar to this, but also full of traps and upside down stairways.
The Professor knew his mind was like that, but he never found it confusing. Same as Rogue didn't find her mind disorienting and was easily able to lead him to the door that held her most recent memories. Opening that one led them to hallway full of similar doors.
"Which one is it?" The Professor waited for an answer, but Rogue just shook her head unable to figure out which one to open. "How about we start with the first door and go from there."
Rogue nodded and tugged at the first door. Images of them talking in the office all the way back to the phone conversation. He ignored her private thoughts and waited for the next door to open. In that one was the attack that happened last night. Absorbing as much information that he could in this one he waited for the next door to open when Rogue paused.
"This is the door." She struggled with the handle, unable to open the door. "It wont open."
"Let me help you." Standing next to her he let his powers out and imagined opening a lock on the other end. Nodding his head she pulled on it and it opened, showing them a huge black chasm.
"What's that?" Rogue stretched her hand out and felt a huge chill run up her spine, making her want to run.
"It's a repressed memory. You'll need to enter inside in order to find out what happened." Rogue took in a big breath and stepped through the doorway, followed closely by the Professor.
At first the place was dark and full of fog, but as they proceeded through it the fog thinned into the concert. People's faces appeared but he concentrated on following Rogue who was following her mental counterpart.
They were able to make it outside where they heard what Remy was saying to his wife. /His wife?/ This news was new to him, but from Rogue's expression it wasn't for her. It was only when he mentioned that he didn't want to marry her, that she showed any sign of interest.
"You knew about this before?" The Professor had to ask, and he wondered when she nodded her head if this was the reason why she stayed away from him.
When he was about to continue the conversation a gunshot could be heard. Both Rogues ran into the room and in a couple seconds he was inside as well. He tried to absorb everything at once. Mental image of Rogue using her powers, the person with the gun, Remy lying on the floor, blood pouring out.
Rogue stood shell-shocked at what she was seeing. When he thought he understood what was going on Risty stepped in and was flung to the wall changing into Mystique. That was the last thing he was able to see before he was forcibly pushed out of her mind.
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"Where's Remy?" Rogue was frantic. It didn't matter that her best friend turned out to be Mystique, all that mattered was finding Remy and making sure he was all right.
"It's okay Rogue. Remy was let out of the infirmary in the morning. The bullet tore at some flesh but it wasn't anything serious." His calming tone barely registered with Rogue. She tried to get up, but the Professor wouldn't let her. "Did you hear what I said?"
"Yeah ah heard it, but ah'm not gonna believe it until ah see him. Now where is he?" Phasing out of his way she headed out the door. Even though the mind walk seemed to take a long time, she knew that in reality it was only five minutes or less. Thinking that Remy would be in the rec. room hearing what Storm had to say, she went in that direction.
[He's in the study, hiding from Logan.] In the beginning his mental talks usually made her jump, but after some sessions with him walking through her mind she got used to it.
[Thanks.] She changed directions heading towards the study instead.
[One more thing Rogue.] Leaning against the door she waited for what he had to say. [During the fight you mentioned something being tiny to Sabertooth. May I inquire as to how you found out about said thing being tiny?]
[Professor!] A blush spread across her face and she knew that the Professor was smiling from wherever he was. [Somebody told me!]
[Fair enough.] There was a light chuckle and the mental conversation ended, leaving Rogue still blushing as she opened the door.
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Remy paced inside the room. /What does she see in that pretty boy Warren. Oh look at me! I took over my Daddy's quaint little multi-billionaire business. It was so hard! Want to jump into my silk, satin bed that's worth more than this mansion? It'll make me feel better! Jerk./
It wasn't hard to imagine Rogue with that guy. Especially when he carried her in his arms like that. They both looked like angels descending to Earth. Feeling the anger rise further he paced faster. /I can get her back. Yeah. Why would she want the sweet angel. He's not that sweet. With that smile. Mine's better. You smirk. I smile sometimes. He also flirts better. I flirt. Yeah with every female that moves. So did he. But he had style. It was crappy. Then he's a billionaire. Not all girls want guys with money. What if he looks good too? Damn!!!!/
It was too much. Pulling his fist back he hit the wall using enough force to make a hole in the wall and hurt his already damaged arm. "Merde!"
"Remy!" Clutching his arm to his chest he fell backwards into somebody's arms. Hot flashes of pain stopped him from recognizing the voice at first, but when he saw the gloved hand he knew who it was. "What do ya think ya were doin?"
"Redecoratin'. Do yo' think I should make a hole on de other side to make it symmetrical?" Laughing slightly at first he groaned when he felt another flash of pain.
"Shhh Remy. It's going ta be okay." His other arm was being rubbed in a soothing motion while the a hand slipped under his trench coat.
"Do yo' think we should be doin' dis in here? Someone might walk in." His voice was husky and with his undamaged arm he reached down to stroke her thigh.
"Are ya always thinkin' about sex?" With both her hands she got him out of the trench coat and helped him into a sitting position leaning against the couch. "Lift yar arms up."
"When de girl be undressin' me then I think 'bout it." /She walks through the door and instead of talking to her I make comments about having sex. That's good./ Closing his eyes he let her pull of his shirt so she could look at the wound.
"Ah don't think it's too bad, but ya need new bandages." She walked away for a while and then returned with an emergency kit. Every room except the personal rooms had to have one of the kits. It was a good rule considering how much damage these kids could do. "Now hold still."
Even though he was in a lot of pain it was nice being around Rogue like this again. When the bandages were all off she touched his wound and he grimaced.
"I'm sorry..." It slipped out. He didn't mean to say. Well he did, but not right then.
"For what? Ah'm the one who left ya bleeding at the concert. Ah'm so sorry about that. Ah don't even know why ah would do a thin like that. Especially after hearin ya say that ya were forced ta marry Bella and everythin." /Is she forgiving me?/
"So 'bout Devlin..."
"O My God! Ah forgot all about him! He must think ah'm a total flake for leavin him at the concert like that." /She doesn't know...Well I'm not going to tell her. This is going to bite you in the butt./
"Yo' can explain it to him later, he'll understand." After he said that Rogue gave him a strange look and he wondered if he said something wrong.
"How did ya know about Devlin in the first place?" /Damn. You should have told her. Shut up! I can fix this./
"Somebody told me. I can't really remember whom. It was when we were broken up." Her eyes flickered for a second and she gave a slow smile. /What is she thinking?/ Before he could ask a shirt was shoved down on his head and she busied herself with getting his clothes back on. When she was done she leaned in and kissed his arm.
"Now that ah know what happened. Why don't we forget about the whole broken up thin." /I can't believe this./ Moving forward he encased her in a hug, not carrying about all the pain it was causing him.
"Do yo' really mean it?" Remy stared into her trusting eyes and knew she was telling the truth.
"Yeah, ah do."
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Author's Note: Okay Logan did not kill Remy in this chapter, which is great. They're together which is great. But will they stay together????? That would be not great.
This chapter took some time getting out because of finals. And just for a head's up the same thing is going to happen next week. Also please keep on reviewing cause it makes me smile when the computer says "You've got mail!" And when it's good mail it makes me even happier and I start dancing and I throw parties! Okay it just makes me happy but you want me to be happy right?
The people who did review:
IvyZoe: How about homicidal jealousy? Cause that's what he's bordering on.
Lady Farevey: He didn't die, and there was a little Romy in this chapter too. So
ure heart can start mending or breaking, cause the if thing is still there.
Rogue4787: And it was a very good try making me not kill Remy, as you can see he
didn't die, so it worked. Also the whole Warren thing. I think he's more in the
twenty-five, went to his father's business early, cute, overall nice guy. So it
could work...
Scoobyd0530: I cut Remy some slack, in this chappie. Also nice guess, but as you can
see it was Logan being Wolverine.
iLoVeLoGaN: Thanks! Warren is a sweet heart, and ure going to be seeing a lot of
him in future chapters.
enchantedllight: It was Logan. I actully didn't think of making it Mystique
until people started saying that.
Aro: You have your Romy! Now be happy!
DemonRogue13: No suspense this time, but over all wonder about what's going to
happen.
Danfred: Thanks, about the thing about my writing style. And how Warren puts on
a shirt. I was thinking along the same lines. Except in the show they showed it
with a back to it, so I'm just going to go with the magical shirt theory.
ishandahalf: Right on the mark! (Except for the Mystique part, because that was
way off.) But there was jealousy and there's going to be more to come.
PomegranateQueen: are you all right now?
Star-of-Chaos: And it turns out that he is a honest killer. Everyone be happy.