Chapter Fifteen
"Rogue? What's the matter?" Jose asked, staring at the stricken mutant. Rogue pointed at the pair of glowing red eyes in front of her. Jose followed her finger and saw the eyes. She gasped.
"Sinister!" she spat out disgustedly. Rogue frowned immediately and stepped away from the cell door. Was that man not the same man she dreamt about every night?
Sinister let out a cold and chilling laugh. The evilness of his laugh made Rogue cold to the bone and she felt immune to the pain she had been feeling.
"Very right, little girl. And I see my workmen have captured a very useful experiment," he spoke and his voice held no emotion but menace.
"Who are you and what do you want with us?" Rogue asked angrily, feeling the pain again. Sinister let out another cold laugh.
"Well, Rogue, I doubt you'll live through the next few experiments to find out," he grinned menacingly. Rogue felt fear run through her body and she tensed up.
"Then I guess you're better to tell us now!" she exclaimed, clenching her fists.
"But where's the fun in that when I can so easily watch you suffer and go through pain and then eventually die without even knowing why you had to die!" he laughed and Rogue could hear Jose crying softly in the corner.
"Listen here, ya big piece of goo, whah did ya bring us here, what do ya want with us an' when are ya gonna let us go coz' we're sick tah death with yah're mean ol' workers treatin' us lahke shit an' as if we don't have no purpose to live expect tah be experimented on an' forced tah use our powers when there's no reason to in thah first place! We're meant tah use our powers tah help people not tah hurt them!" she yelled angrily at the literal piece of goo. Sinister laughed again.
"Well done, Rogue. Very impressive. You seem to have a lot of emotion built up inside of you. I also see that you enjoy letting it out. If you decide to come with me then you won't have to worry about being experimented on or being treated badly again. What do you say?" he asked. Rogue narrowed her eyes at his proposition. God, how she wanted to get out of this place.
"Rogue, don't!" Jose shouted from her corner. Her voice was full of fear. Rogue looked at her then back at Sinister.
"Where will ah be goin'?" she asked hesitantly. Sinister smiled wickedly.
"Somewhere far away, where you will meet the rest of my team and they are a colourful bunch, believe me. You will start a new life there and forget about your troubles and one of my team members can erase the dreams and disturbing memories you have. You will be a great asset to the team and will be treated as such," he compromised.
Rogue sighed and looked at the floor. Should she go? She didn't have any recollection of Sinister being a bad person. If the X-Men really were her team and most importantly, her family, then why had they not come to rescue her yet?
"Rogue, please! Don't listen to him! He's not a good guy!" Jose yelled at her again. Rogue's frown deepened.
"Be quiet, kid! I'm tryin' tah think!" she growled at her. Sinister sighed impatiently.
"Hurry up! I have not got all day!" he said angrily. Rogue took a deep breath. She had made up her mind.
"Fahne. Ah'm in. But only on one condition!" she added quickly. Sinister smirked and raised an eyebrow.
"What might that be?"
Rogue bit her lower lip and took another deep breath.
"We fight the X-Men," she said. Sinister's smile widened.
"Why?" he asked curiously. Rogue growled angrily.
"I'm meant tah be part of their team and ah've been in this hellhole for more than a week and no one's come tah rescue meh! Even when ah was at thah surgery, they didn' even trah tah get in contact with meh! Ah hate them an' ah wanna train an' fight so ah can faght them. An' win," she said, filling with anger. Sinister laughed.
"That can be arranged, Rogue. I have a feeling that you will do great on our team," he grinned. He took out a remote, pressed a couple of buttons and the cell door opened. Rogue smiled and stepped out as the door shut behind her again. She didn't even turn to say goodbye to Jose. She walked down the corridor and away from the cells. She was free at last.
Sinister grabbed her wrist and led her out the building. Rogue smiled, breathing the fresh air.
"Ah'll beat those damn X-Men so bad, they won't know what hit 'em," she smirked wickedly. Sinister laughed.
"That's the spirit, my new team member," he said and led her into the helicopter waiting at the back of the building.
"Ah've got a new goal in life. To destroy thah X-Men,"
A/N: O'h gosh! Bet y'all thought that those eyes belonged to Remy, huh? Anyway, the next chapter will probably be the last coz' I might do a sequel a couple of years on. And if anyone has any ideas or suggestions, please send them in. Thanx!