You Got A Lot Of Explaining To Do

When Rogue awoke she found herself unable to move. She was held in place by the same spell and bound to a chair. "Ugh…My head…"

"She's awake now Lady Bordeaux," A large man with a French accent said.

"Thank you Louis," Belladonna spoke. She was dressed in a turquoise and pink body armor. "So our prey has finally awoken."

"Of course I'm kidnapped again!" Rogue groaned. "I'm always being kidnapped! Then again if I wasn't kidnapped all the time I'd never go anywhere."

"So this is nothing new to you," Belladonna seemed deflated. "So much for intimidation through psychological means."

"Just curious? Where am I this time?" Rogue asked sarcastically. "Tibet? New Orleans? Some rogue government agency? Outer Space?"

"Outer Space?" Belladonna raised an eyebrow.

"Well technically it was just Asteroid M a couple of times but you get the picture," Rogue sighed. "I'm guessing you used a teleportation spell right?"

"How did you know?" Belladonna asked surprised.

"Please it's not exactly a new trick," Rogue groaned. "Now who the hell are you and what's your beef with me!"

"It's not exactly you I'm after," Belladonna told her. "It's my former fiancée, Remy I want. He'll pay for ditching me at the altar!"

"Excuse me but could you run that by me again?" Rogue asked.

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"FIANCEE!" Kurt shouted. "You were engaged? To an assassin?"

"Unfortunately," Remy groaned. "But it wasn't Remy's idea! My louse of an adopted father arranged it!"

"So it wasn't your idea?" Kitty asked.

"Duh!" Tabitha groaned. "That's what an arraigned marriage is! So what happened?"

"Didn't you hear me? I ended up killing her brother that's what happened!" Remy snapped.

"You killed your fiancée's brother?" Kurt gasped.

"Well to be fair he was trying to kill Remy at the time," Remy pointed out. "In the middle of the church. On our wedding day. Didn't think I was suitable for his sister so he attacked me. That's when I came to the conclusion that getting married to an assassin might not be such a good idea."

"Not to mention unhealthy," Kitty remarked. "So you didn't marry her and had to run away huh?"

"Considering there was a bounty on my head it seemed like a good idea at the time," Remy told her. "Not to mention the final straw for me and my father."

"So this is all your fault!" Kurt lunged at him. Soon both of them were rolling around on the floor.

"Hey! Break it up you two!" Roadblock and Logan along with a few police officers grabbed them and dragged them apart.

"You kids got enough problems without adding assault charges and more disturbing the peace!" One cop said.

"We didn't do anything!" Kitty protested.

"For once," Thornn shrugged.

"Yeah right," Another officer snorted. "Cuff 'em!"

"Hold on a second," Roadblock flashed his Army Identification. "I think I can straighten this out. Can I see your superior officer?"

"All right," The second cop nodded.

"I'll go convince the cops not to arrest you," Roadblock told them. "Stay here." He went off to smooth things over.

"Like we have a choice?" Bobby sighed as he sat down under the glare of the police. "So this Belladonna chick wants revenge huh?"

"Gee Ice Cube took you that long to figure it out huh?" Lance asked sarcastically.

"Duh," Todd rolled his eyes. "Why else would she kidnap Rogue? You think she wants to sell her Avon or something?"

"You are some piece of work you know that?" Kurt snapped at Remy. "How could you keep something like this from us? From Rogue?"

"Ever hear of a little thing called privacy Elf Boy?" Remy snarled back.

"Cool it! Both of you!" Althea snapped.

"As much as we'd love for the two of you to tear each other apart we have more important things to worry about right now," Pietro zipped between them. "Like getting Rogue back? You can kill each other later."

"Thought you didn't like her?" Remy asked.

"I never said that," Pietro sniffed. "True she does annoy me sometimes. But since we are related I take that as a given."

"Pietro's right," Wanda admitted. "Like it or not Rogue's family. And nobody besides us gets to hurt family. Well maybe one exception… But Rogue's not it."

"Remy you seem to know how this Belladonna's mind works," Althea suggested. "Have any idea where she's taken Rogue?"

"Remy could never fully understand that maniac," Remy frowned. "But Remy does know where she'd take her. Most likely she used a teleportation spell to take her back to her stronghold in New Orleans."

"How powerful is her magic?" Jubilee asked. "And what exactly are her powers?"

"She can create plasma blasts," Remy explained. "Back when Remy knew her three years ago she could barely cast an illusion spell much less do what she did."

"Well obviously she's been practicing," Thornn grunted.

"Okay I got good news," Roadblock walked over to them. "The place had surveillance cameras and it caught the whole thing on tape. Since it showed Belladonna pulling the gun on you and you not fighting back they've got nothing on you."

"We were under a spell," Wanda told him. "Not like we had a choice."

"If she hurts my sister…" Kurt clenched his hands.

"No," Remy's face hardened. "Belladonna is one twisted girl. She'll wait until Remy's there to do anything so Remy will see it. Remy knows this."

"I have an idea," Althea said. "We need to call the Pit. First to get the Mass Device ready for instant transportation."

"Good idea," Peter nodded. "She probably doesn't know about that. We will have the element of surprise."

"And with Cerebro we could probably pick up on her mutant signature so we can find out where she is," Kitty offered.

"And second?" Logan asked.

"We need to pick up some back up," Althea nodded. "Fortunately I know the perfect guy to help us."

"I think we can handle this," Logan grunted.

"Oh I think you'll want this guy around," Althea told him. "Remember we were talking about the most feared assassin on the planet? The one nobody wants to hire? I think he'll help us out if we ask him real nicely."

"Why would this maniac do that?" Kurt asked.

"Because he's been training me and my sisters since we could walk," Althea told him. "He could use a break."

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"I'm gonna break his legs…" Rogue growled. "That jerk never told me he was engaged!"

"Well now you know," Belladonna told him. "Which is why you have to suffer. Speaking of suffering, I know that your powers make it impossible to touch anyone so how do you and he…you know? Do it?"

"We don't," Rogue snapped. "Not that it's any of your beeswax!"

"What about kissing?"

"No!"

"Nothing at all?" Belladonna's jaw dropped and then began to laugh. "Oh that is so rich! That's perfect! So perfect!"

"What are you laughing about you witch?" Rogue snapped.

"Do you know what he told me before we were supposed to get married?" Belladonna grinned. "He said he'd never touch another woman again if he couldn't have me. I guess he found a loophole that enabled him to keep his promise and act like his old self."

"What?" Rogue blinked.

"In other words dearie he found a way to have his cake and eat it too," Belladonna smirked. "You're the only woman he can chase!"

This was the proverbial final straw. "I'LL KILL HIM!" Rogue screamed as she broke through her bonds as well as the forcefield. "I'LL KILL HIM!"

"Uh oh…" Louis blinked. "I think you pushed her a little too far boss…"

"She is a tad stronger than I thought," Belladonna was taken aback.

What happens next? Well…