Imagination is a Powerful Weapon…For a Mutant
By Alyssa_Anime_Angel
Alyssa: Hey so how was the last chapter? I think it was okay anyway in this chapter…well read to find out. And I got one Review Yippee!!! Also in this fanfic I am doing things that were in the comic and cartoon so I hope they fit. And telekinetic speak will have and at either end of the sentence.
Chapter 2 – Accusations
Enigma woke up with the sun blaring in her face.
"Ahhhh," she yelped as she tried to cover her eyes. She searched around for Shadow but couldn't find her and realized she was outside sleeping under a tree. Enigma giggled as she realized she had a very fitful sleep.
Getting up she saw a pair of clothes on the duchess next to her and looked down at her own clothes. Seeing that they were very baggy she laughed as she grabbed the clothes and proceeded to put them on. Enigma wondered where everyone else was and immediately answered her own question, they were in school.
The lonely girl walked down the stairs alone exactly knowing her way. She walked down the corridors and heard the bustle of people getting out of class. She stood still and waited as she knew Rogue was just about to exit the class.
Rogue exited the class walking with a boy. Enigma smiled as they approached and saw a girl behind them. Enigma felt that there was a connection between Rogue and the girl and wanted to find out what it was.
She thought about how she could do that and came up with auras. Maybe she could see auras. Enigma tried and her vision shifted into swirls and streaks of light around outlines of people. She looked straight at the girl and pain entered her head. She screamed and huddled on the floor in a ball holding her head.
Rogue and Bobby were startled when Enigma screamed and huddled in a little ball. They didn't notice the girl behind them walk away.
Rogue bent down and touched her shoulder and asked, "Enigma?"
Enigma touched Rogue's face with her hand and Rogue felt them connect.
Please get…get…me to room…privacy…head hurt…need to heal
Okay
Enigma let her hand down and saw a very shocked group of people as they all knew of Rogue's power. Rogue helped up Enigma but couldn't hold her by herself.
"Bobby help me get her to our room."
Bobby nodded and helped her.
Together they made it to Enigma's bed and sat her down. She was still holding her head but was beginning to focus.
Bobby and Rogue could feel power swirl around them and stood back.
A bright light erupted and they closed their eyes. When the light subsided Enigma was laying on her back with her eyes closed, but she was relaxed.
Enigma opened her eyes just as Logan, Jean, Professor X, Scott and Storm walked in.
The Professor started off, "We must know do you steal powers."
"I knew that is what you would think. You still cannot expand your mind to the possibilities."
Professor X was taken back and Jean asked, "What is your powers then?"
"I have one power."
"One?" exclaimed everyone except Rogue.
"I will not tell you it however I do not steal powers nor do I borrow. And I must tell you there is a very dark force here."
"What?" asked Rogue.
"Yes someone who has a connection with you Rogue, very dark but it…it…I couldn't tell what connection for the new power I used was too much for me to handle at the moment."
"You said new power but you said you have only one power?" asked Storm.
Enigma smiled, as she loved being ambiguous.
"Now if you will please leave I have to talk with Rogue."
"Listen here, we give the orders not you."
Enigma said, "You are right," and with that she disappeared.
Everyone stood there for a moment before they went out to look for her.
Enigma appeared next to Shadow who woke up on her arrival. Enigma realized the importance of the tree. She was shocked that such a creature could exist. Enigma thought all living things were creatures including plants. She looked at the tree and saw that it had not been harmed at all in it's life and it was more that two hundred years old. She saw the life force that it had and was filled with such warmth that she hugged the tree and all her strength came back.
Enigma stood back from the tree and said, "Thank you," and bowed her head for a moment.
Enigma got on her guard when she heard a movement behind her. Another cat came out and she knew that it was the girl from before.
Enigma said, "I wouldn't try anything if I were you, your powers of disguise will not help you against me."
The cat froze then scattered away. She sighed and wondered what the connection between Rogue and that mutant was.
That reminder her that she had to speak to Rogue because Rogue was someone she could help..
Rogue found Enigma under a tree out the back of the oval. She approached cautiously.
"Enigma?"
"Rogue, good you have finally arrived."
"What is going on?"
"Well I want to help you."
"Help me? You mean…?"
Enigma nodded and Rogue broke out in a grin.
"However…"
Rogue froze.
"I can only give you some time where your gift will not work, the thing is I can only help you if you realize the truth."
"Not a cure?"
Enigma shook her head for two reasons that weren't apparent to Rogue.
"Now come here."
Rogue came closer and Enigma said, "Take off your gloves."
Rogue did as she was told and Enigma grabbed her hands and held them tight. Rogue felt herself separate from her body and opened her eyes realizing she hadn't shut them.
Rogue looked around at the ethereal place and gawked. It was like a place out of a fairytale and she saw a unicorn grazing on bright green grass next to a waterfall.
"Where am I?"
Enigma appeared out of thin air and said, "This is my special place, sadly it is not real, it is the place in my mind I escape to, where I feel safe."
Rogue nodded astonished.
"What are we doing here?"
"This is where I will test you and if you pass teach you to control your powers and give you the power to block out your draining power for a limited time in each day."
"My other powers?"
"Yes I realize now that you have two other powers that you inherited from your father I believe."
Rogue was speechless.
"Now we should begin…sit down and close your eyes." Rogue did so and Enigma followed.
Rogue felt Enigma enter her mind. There they communicated.
You can only speak truth here, do you hate your power?
I don't like it
Would you be you without your power?
I guess not
Is it a curse?
It hurts people
Or is it that you hurt people?
I don't mean too but I can't help but want to have physical contact and my power stops me
Would you give up everything you have to get rid of your power?
……No?
The truth is you do realize that your power is a gift and though you hurt people when you use it, in having the power you have the strength the save people, that is true isn't it?
Yes
Rogue felt Enigma leave her mind and felt safer.
Enigma said, "You have passed. Now it is time for you too learn."
"How?"
"First I will teach you to fly."
"Fly? I can fly?"
Enigma nodded, "Flying frees the mind and soul. It helps us to continue living."
"You can fly isn't that your power?"
"No. My power is somewhat different."
"What is your power?"
"It is not the time."
"Why?"
"To fly you must free the constraints of your earthly body, you must imagine yourself as the wind, free to do as you will and know that you can lift yourself off the ground."
Rogue looked at Enigma and tried but couldn't feel anything happening.
"This is going to take longer than I thought."
Rogue blushed and said, "What now?"
"Instead I want you to find your power center."
"Huh?"
"Look deep within yourself and try to find the light."
Rogue didn't move.
"Close your eyes and focus, I will be back soon."
"Wait…" but Enigma had already disappeared so Rogue tried to find her light.
Enigma looked at the approaching x-men.
Logan demanded, "Where's Rogue?"
Enigma smiled, "Finding her light."
"Listen to me, you will tell me where she is or…"
"Or what, you'll skewer me?"
Logan looked taken aback.
Professor X asked, "Was Rogue here?"
"Yes."
"Where is she?"
Enigma tapped her head and smiled.
Logan took a threatening step towards her and she took a step back.
She said in a childish voice, "You people are meanies, I don't like you anymore."
Storm said, "We don't want to hurt you but we need to know if Rogue is alright."
"You don't trust me?"
Jean said, "No its not that we don't trust you it's just."
Logan said, "We don't trust you."
Enigma said, "Rogue will come back when she has found her light."
Cyclops said, "What are you talking about and what is your power."
"I see that there is only one way to get you off my back and that is to tell you what is going on. I can't believe you didn't think that I called myself Enigma for a reason. But I guess I will tell you."
"Thank You."
"I was going to wait but…okay my power is that of making the imaginary real."
Nobody understood.
"Okay people with little imaginations, say I believe that I can fly." Enigma rose off the ground.
"Or say that I believe that a flower will grow at super speed out of the ground right below me."
A flower appeared and started to grow. It finished growing at a height of two meters. Everyone was astonished at the enormous flower.
"So now do you get it, and say I believe that Rogue can be transported into a place in my mind to learn how to control her powers."
Professor X said, "You are very powerful, can you do anything?"
"No I have my limits by my strength sometimes, as I am human."
"SO um Rogue?"
"Rogue is safe, she is learning to control her absorbing ability for a short period in the day and to harness her other two powers that she inherited from her father."
"SO she is safe?"
"Of course I could never harm any living being unless they intentionally, purposefully wanted to harm me."
"Now I have to check on Rogue's process."
Enigma's eyes closed and Professor X and jean could feel her leave her body to a private place in her mind.
"Should we take her back to the school?"
"Good idea Storm."
Cyclops went to approach her so he could pick her up but encountered a force field.
"What the…"
"It seems she doesn't want to be moved."
"Should we leave her then?"
"I don't believe she will come to any harm here so we will wait back at the mansion for them to return."
"Fine but I don't like this at all."
"Yes Logan."
The group of x-men left for the mansion so as not to disturb Enigma and Rogue.
Alyssa: So how was that, a bit longer than last time but I couldn't end it so soon. Well REVIEW ME and I will seeya next time. Thanks reviewer.