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She was packed. Amara was packed. After several loads of laundry and folding, Jamie was packed. They had socks, they had Tylenol, and they had winter scarves and suntan lotion. After all, they still had no idea where they were headed, and had to prepared for all climates.
Rogue "borrowed" Jean's telekinesis to float the luggage into the trunk of one of the institute's SUVs. She would never know seeing as how she was sleeping for once. Rogue figured she was doing Jeannie a favor, after all with the sickness she hadn't been able to get a good nights rest for awhile. Now she would. Everyone was happy. Especially Rogue since she had learned the Professor hadn't told precious Jeannie where Rogue was headed either. Even though she was hoping to learn the secret from Jean's memories, it made her feel all warm and fuzzy that Jean had been denied something.
Once she was satisfied that no one had forgotten anything, and that her CD collection was safely tucked into the truck with the other bags, Rogue turned and headed to the Professors office as he had earlier requested.
"Rogue, please come in, I have to give you your itinerary and some other important papers that you will need while you are gone."
"Might ya also tell mah where Ah'll be goin' to?"
"Well I must give you your tickets and I believe you will be able to find out where from a quick perusal of them."
"Yay." Rogue's wonderful sarcastic southern drawl made the Professor smile to himself.
"Well here is the registration papers for the car you will be driving down there, I think you will find it satisfactory."
Rogue glanced at the papers, and noticed one thing in particular.
"Your givin' me a damn Corvette, are ya crazy, ya gonna let me drive a Corvette?"
"I think you are quite responsible enough to handle it, and I think you deserve some reward for your job, don't you think?"
"Well Ah ain't complainin'" Secretly, deep down inside Rogue got a warm, fuzzy feeling again.
"Well then, and here is your apartment information, the information of the account I will be putting your funds in, and the papers stating that you have temporary custody over Amara and Jamie." The professor handed all the papers over as if they were nothing special, however at the words temporary custody, Rogue had uncharacteristically dropped her mouth open.
"Ya givin' me what? Ah'm only 18! Ya given me custody a two kids?"
"Well Rogue if they were to need medical attention or anything you would need these papers to prove that you were indeed their legal guardian, people can be very suspicious you know, especially when it comes to mutants."
"Yeah, but still, custody, thats so big." Rogue said for lack of better words.
"Rogue, I know you doubt your abilities to take proper care of Amara and Jamie, but I have full confidence in you, I see in you a great capacity of love, I think you just need to discover it for yourself, I have faith that you will do a great job taking care of them."
The words love and Rogue didn't sound right to her, they sounded out of place together, through all the deceit she had been through she didn't know what care was sometimes, but rather then contemplate and wonder about it, she shoved it aside.
"Yeah, whateva, just give me the rest of the papers, we all gotta be goin' here soon."
The professor sighed at her obvious avoidance of the matter at hand, but he handed over the final papers, namely, the train tickets.
Rogue left the office, her mind no longed caring where they were going, she didn't even look down at the tickets to read the destination.
She went upstairs and roused both Jamie and Amara from their slumber and waited as they said their goodbyes to their friends and gathered up the last of their belongings that they wanted with them for the ride.
She got them into the SUV, which had been warmed up by someone. Though Rogue didn't know who had the idea to turn it on so they didn't have to sit in the cold car. However, the only person around was Wolverine.
He was working on his motorcycle, as usual, his hands were all greasy, but he wiped them on a towel before walking over to where Rogue was getting ready to get in the drivers seat.
On the way over, he picked up a small box from a table.
"Hey kid, have fun down there, and be careful, I don't want to have to make a trip to save your ass."
"Ya know Ah can take care of myself."
"Yeah, but you have to watch out for the others too, It might be hard for ya."
Rogue began to show signs of her habitual anger at being told she might not be able to do something, a small emerald spark seemed to light in her eyes.
"Stripes, don't get all angry, I'm just telling you how it is, be careful, and have fun."
"Yeah, Ah will, don't worry Wolvie."
Wolverine looked like he was going to hug her, but thought better of it, he reached into the car and placed the box he had picked up inside.
"Just a little something for the road."
He turned back to work on his bike, gruffly muttering a goodbye to all three of the kids about to leave.
"Bye ta you to." Rogue smiled slightly before turning to get into the car. Suddenly, a figure emerged from the ceiling of the garage, and landed next to Rogue, pulling her into a hug before she had time to react.
"Like, you though you could leave without saying bye? I'll see you Rogue, maybe I can come and visit once I get better have, fun." Kitty sneezed and quickly ran back into the house before Rogue could take vengeance for the hug.
Finally, Rogue climbed into the drivers seat and buckled up, putting the SUV into reverse. Once she got out of the garage she realized something, and pulled out all the papers the Professor had given her. She looked down at the train tickets.
Destination: New Orleans
Was there any other place?
R/r!! Sorry it took me awhile to update, I invoke the excuse of school!
She was packed. Amara was packed. After several loads of laundry and folding, Jamie was packed. They had socks, they had Tylenol, and they had winter scarves and suntan lotion. After all, they still had no idea where they were headed, and had to prepared for all climates.
Rogue "borrowed" Jean's telekinesis to float the luggage into the trunk of one of the institute's SUVs. She would never know seeing as how she was sleeping for once. Rogue figured she was doing Jeannie a favor, after all with the sickness she hadn't been able to get a good nights rest for awhile. Now she would. Everyone was happy. Especially Rogue since she had learned the Professor hadn't told precious Jeannie where Rogue was headed either. Even though she was hoping to learn the secret from Jean's memories, it made her feel all warm and fuzzy that Jean had been denied something.
Once she was satisfied that no one had forgotten anything, and that her CD collection was safely tucked into the truck with the other bags, Rogue turned and headed to the Professors office as he had earlier requested.
"Rogue, please come in, I have to give you your itinerary and some other important papers that you will need while you are gone."
"Might ya also tell mah where Ah'll be goin' to?"
"Well I must give you your tickets and I believe you will be able to find out where from a quick perusal of them."
"Yay." Rogue's wonderful sarcastic southern drawl made the Professor smile to himself.
"Well here is the registration papers for the car you will be driving down there, I think you will find it satisfactory."
Rogue glanced at the papers, and noticed one thing in particular.
"Your givin' me a damn Corvette, are ya crazy, ya gonna let me drive a Corvette?"
"I think you are quite responsible enough to handle it, and I think you deserve some reward for your job, don't you think?"
"Well Ah ain't complainin'" Secretly, deep down inside Rogue got a warm, fuzzy feeling again.
"Well then, and here is your apartment information, the information of the account I will be putting your funds in, and the papers stating that you have temporary custody over Amara and Jamie." The professor handed all the papers over as if they were nothing special, however at the words temporary custody, Rogue had uncharacteristically dropped her mouth open.
"Ya givin' me what? Ah'm only 18! Ya given me custody a two kids?"
"Well Rogue if they were to need medical attention or anything you would need these papers to prove that you were indeed their legal guardian, people can be very suspicious you know, especially when it comes to mutants."
"Yeah, but still, custody, thats so big." Rogue said for lack of better words.
"Rogue, I know you doubt your abilities to take proper care of Amara and Jamie, but I have full confidence in you, I see in you a great capacity of love, I think you just need to discover it for yourself, I have faith that you will do a great job taking care of them."
The words love and Rogue didn't sound right to her, they sounded out of place together, through all the deceit she had been through she didn't know what care was sometimes, but rather then contemplate and wonder about it, she shoved it aside.
"Yeah, whateva, just give me the rest of the papers, we all gotta be goin' here soon."
The professor sighed at her obvious avoidance of the matter at hand, but he handed over the final papers, namely, the train tickets.
Rogue left the office, her mind no longed caring where they were going, she didn't even look down at the tickets to read the destination.
She went upstairs and roused both Jamie and Amara from their slumber and waited as they said their goodbyes to their friends and gathered up the last of their belongings that they wanted with them for the ride.
She got them into the SUV, which had been warmed up by someone. Though Rogue didn't know who had the idea to turn it on so they didn't have to sit in the cold car. However, the only person around was Wolverine.
He was working on his motorcycle, as usual, his hands were all greasy, but he wiped them on a towel before walking over to where Rogue was getting ready to get in the drivers seat.
On the way over, he picked up a small box from a table.
"Hey kid, have fun down there, and be careful, I don't want to have to make a trip to save your ass."
"Ya know Ah can take care of myself."
"Yeah, but you have to watch out for the others too, It might be hard for ya."
Rogue began to show signs of her habitual anger at being told she might not be able to do something, a small emerald spark seemed to light in her eyes.
"Stripes, don't get all angry, I'm just telling you how it is, be careful, and have fun."
"Yeah, Ah will, don't worry Wolvie."
Wolverine looked like he was going to hug her, but thought better of it, he reached into the car and placed the box he had picked up inside.
"Just a little something for the road."
He turned back to work on his bike, gruffly muttering a goodbye to all three of the kids about to leave.
"Bye ta you to." Rogue smiled slightly before turning to get into the car. Suddenly, a figure emerged from the ceiling of the garage, and landed next to Rogue, pulling her into a hug before she had time to react.
"Like, you though you could leave without saying bye? I'll see you Rogue, maybe I can come and visit once I get better have, fun." Kitty sneezed and quickly ran back into the house before Rogue could take vengeance for the hug.
Finally, Rogue climbed into the drivers seat and buckled up, putting the SUV into reverse. Once she got out of the garage she realized something, and pulled out all the papers the Professor had given her. She looked down at the train tickets.
Destination: New Orleans
Was there any other place?
R/r!! Sorry it took me awhile to update, I invoke the excuse of school!