Chapter 3
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Rogue looked out in front or her, to see nothing. Everything was dark, and everything was calm. She took a deep breath. Enjoying her solitude. She looked down at her hands, to see her gloves were missing. But for some reason, she didn't panic. Rogue lifted her head to see a tall figure, at the end of what seemed to be a long hallway. She squinted her eyes to see a sudden glint of red. "Scott?" she called out to him. There was no answer. She began to walk towards him. "Scott where are we?" no answer. She walked a little faster. And then stopped dead in her tracks when the streak of red across the figures face, turned into two separate points. Two red eyes staring back at her. She froze.
The figure started walking towards her. Rogue took a step back, even though she could see he was what seemed a football field away. She blinked. He seemed closer. "no." she whispered, as if only to herself. She turned to run down the other end of what was now a dark tunnel, but saw a pair of red eyes staring back at her from that end. The eyes seemed like little flames. Burning brightly in the dark tunnel. "No!" she shouted this time, and began to run back the other direction.
She looked over her shoulder. The eyes were still there. Still watching. They only burned brighter. She turned back around only to see a wall right in front of her. She stopped short of running into the brick wall; now noticing she was in an alleyway. Her eyes followed the wall up, what seemed like ten stories until she saw the sky. The bright sun burned her eyes, and she covered her face with her arms. Suddenly she felt off balance. It felt like someone had their hands on her shoulders, and were shaking her, shaking her back to life.
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Rogue suddenly jerked awake. Sitting upright in her bed, her hands went to her face. Still out of breath, she wiped the cold sweat from her face and neck. 'A dream?' she thought. 'But what was it about?' the sudden jump to reality had defensively allowed her to have amnesia. She couldn't remember anything about the dream she just had. Rogue sat in a daze for a few moments, until regaining her composure.
Rogue took a deep breath and turned to look at the clock on Kitty's bedside table. "7:19? Come on Kitty, you should really learn to set that clock right." Rogue looked at the motionless blob of covers in the bed next to hers; fully knowing she didn't actually hear what she had said.
The alarm would go off at 7:30, like usual. Then Rogue would hear Kitty complain about only having half an hour to get ready. Rogue shook her head. 'I should probably wake her up now,' she thought, 'I mean, eleven more minutes is eleven more minutes.' Rogue then remembered yesterday morning, when Kitty had told Scott that SHE was taking to long to get ready, and a cruel smile crossed her lips. 'But then again, I think Kitty would rather sleep in then have to get up on time, I mean, eleven minutes IS eleven minutes.'
Rogue crept out of her bed and got dressed as quietly as she could. She looked up at the clock after doing her makeup to notice it was now 7:23. Rogue smiled as she grabbed her gloves and backpack, and opened the door slowly. Of course, it squeaked. Rogue clenched her teeth as she looked over to see Kitty still sound asleep. Rogue made her way out the door, and down the hall to the kitchen.
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This time, being on time, Rogue was able to enjoy some breakfast. She popped her Eggo Waffles into the toaster. Soon after they popped up. She made her way over to them.
BAMF
Before she could get them out of the toaster, a familiar flash of light, and smoke appeared in between her and her breakfast.
"Oh man, thanks Rogue, I love waffles!" Kurt snatched up the waffles as she made a lunge for them.
BAMF
Kurt was now across the room, sitting at the table.
"Give me back my Waffles!" Rogue made another mad dash towards Kurt.
BAMF
Kurt now hung upside down from the ceiling on the other side of the room near the doorway. "Oh come on, you know what you have to say."
"I'm not saying it, now give them back!"
"You have to say it, or else I'm going to eat them."
"No!" she charged at Kurt and her waffles again. "I won't say that stupid line!"
BAMF
"Well if your not going to say it, then I guess I'll have to eat these." Kurt brought a waffle to his mouth slowly.
"No!" Rogue put her arms out in front of her.
"Then you'll say it?"
"No I won't…" Kurt continued to bring the waffles closer and closer to his mouth. "Fine! I'll say the stupid line." Kurt looked at her with a smile as he awaited the television slogan. "Lego my Eggo." She said in a slight whisper.
"What was that? I couldn't hear what you said?"
Rogue was about to say it again, when suddenly they both heard a scream from the dorm wing. Kurt looked in the direction of the cry, "What was that?"
Rogue took this opportunity to snatch one of her waffles from him. "Its just Kitty, she must have slept in late again."
"Hey wait give that back!" but it was to late; Rogue was already starting to eat the waffle she had apprehended from Kurt. "Fine what ever, I still got this one!" he waved the waffle at her, and began to eat his. They both started laughing.
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Kurt and Rogue waited in Scott's car, as Scott himself tapped his foot impatiently. What is taking her so long…" Scott trailed off, talking mostly to himself. "Why am I even waiting for her, why do I have to be personal chauffeur for you guys?"
"Because you have a car, Scott" Kurt said bluntly as he watched the stairs for Kitty.
Scott sighed, and leaned against the hood of the car. He mumbled something to himself.
Kitty came flying down the stairs, and phased through the front door. "Shot gun!" she shouted as she jumped into the front seat.
Kurt crossed his arms and looked out his side of the car. He would have been the one in that seat, but Rogue had talked him into letting Kitty have it. Oh well, he would definitely beat her next time. He smiled.
"Its about time Kitty, Lets go." Scott got into the car, and started it up.
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Kitty walked Rogue to her locker before first period began. "You should have totally woken me up Rogue. I can't believe you let me sleep in late again."
"Well it's not my fault you don't know how to set that clock of yours."
"I can set it, it just… it just doesn't remember what time I set it to."
"Please Kitty, that was pathetic, your saying the programmable clock didn't remember what time you set it to?"
Kitty paused, searching her mind for a better excuse. "Well yeah… I mean, I KNOW I set it right."
"Maybe you should hit the off button, instead of phasing through it all the time. Maybe that messes it up with the programming or something."
"Yeah!… that's what I just said…"
Rogue rolled her eyes as she got to her locker. She put in the combination. "Oh right, I must have missed the part where you said that…" she trailed off after she opened her locker. Inside was a playing card. She quickly shut her locker in shock, and Kitty looked at her questionably.
"You ok?"
"Uh… yeah… I'm fine… I just thought of something."
"what?"
"The a… the bells about to ring, you should probably get to your locker." Rogue didn't really know why she was panicking over what she had seen, but with out much time to analyze the situation, her instincts told her to hide it. "I got to clean out some papers here, I'm going to be a while."
"Oh," Kitty looked at her as if she wasn't going to buy any of it, "Ok, I'll see you at lunch then…" Kitty walked off slowly, eventually turning around to make it over to the hallway with her locker in it.
Rogue opened her locker again, to see the Ace of Hearts in her locker. She picked it up in her fingers, as the first bell rang. She stood there a little stunned, and then shook her head, as if coming back to reality. She quickly slid the card into her back pocket and got her books for her morning classes.
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Rogue looked out in front or her, to see nothing. Everything was dark, and everything was calm. She took a deep breath. Enjoying her solitude. She looked down at her hands, to see her gloves were missing. But for some reason, she didn't panic. Rogue lifted her head to see a tall figure, at the end of what seemed to be a long hallway. She squinted her eyes to see a sudden glint of red. "Scott?" she called out to him. There was no answer. She began to walk towards him. "Scott where are we?" no answer. She walked a little faster. And then stopped dead in her tracks when the streak of red across the figures face, turned into two separate points. Two red eyes staring back at her. She froze.
The figure started walking towards her. Rogue took a step back, even though she could see he was what seemed a football field away. She blinked. He seemed closer. "no." she whispered, as if only to herself. She turned to run down the other end of what was now a dark tunnel, but saw a pair of red eyes staring back at her from that end. The eyes seemed like little flames. Burning brightly in the dark tunnel. "No!" she shouted this time, and began to run back the other direction.
She looked over her shoulder. The eyes were still there. Still watching. They only burned brighter. She turned back around only to see a wall right in front of her. She stopped short of running into the brick wall; now noticing she was in an alleyway. Her eyes followed the wall up, what seemed like ten stories until she saw the sky. The bright sun burned her eyes, and she covered her face with her arms. Suddenly she felt off balance. It felt like someone had their hands on her shoulders, and were shaking her, shaking her back to life.
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Rogue suddenly jerked awake. Sitting upright in her bed, her hands went to her face. Still out of breath, she wiped the cold sweat from her face and neck. 'A dream?' she thought. 'But what was it about?' the sudden jump to reality had defensively allowed her to have amnesia. She couldn't remember anything about the dream she just had. Rogue sat in a daze for a few moments, until regaining her composure.
Rogue took a deep breath and turned to look at the clock on Kitty's bedside table. "7:19? Come on Kitty, you should really learn to set that clock right." Rogue looked at the motionless blob of covers in the bed next to hers; fully knowing she didn't actually hear what she had said.
The alarm would go off at 7:30, like usual. Then Rogue would hear Kitty complain about only having half an hour to get ready. Rogue shook her head. 'I should probably wake her up now,' she thought, 'I mean, eleven more minutes is eleven more minutes.' Rogue then remembered yesterday morning, when Kitty had told Scott that SHE was taking to long to get ready, and a cruel smile crossed her lips. 'But then again, I think Kitty would rather sleep in then have to get up on time, I mean, eleven minutes IS eleven minutes.'
Rogue crept out of her bed and got dressed as quietly as she could. She looked up at the clock after doing her makeup to notice it was now 7:23. Rogue smiled as she grabbed her gloves and backpack, and opened the door slowly. Of course, it squeaked. Rogue clenched her teeth as she looked over to see Kitty still sound asleep. Rogue made her way out the door, and down the hall to the kitchen.
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This time, being on time, Rogue was able to enjoy some breakfast. She popped her Eggo Waffles into the toaster. Soon after they popped up. She made her way over to them.
BAMF
Before she could get them out of the toaster, a familiar flash of light, and smoke appeared in between her and her breakfast.
"Oh man, thanks Rogue, I love waffles!" Kurt snatched up the waffles as she made a lunge for them.
BAMF
Kurt was now across the room, sitting at the table.
"Give me back my Waffles!" Rogue made another mad dash towards Kurt.
BAMF
Kurt now hung upside down from the ceiling on the other side of the room near the doorway. "Oh come on, you know what you have to say."
"I'm not saying it, now give them back!"
"You have to say it, or else I'm going to eat them."
"No!" she charged at Kurt and her waffles again. "I won't say that stupid line!"
BAMF
"Well if your not going to say it, then I guess I'll have to eat these." Kurt brought a waffle to his mouth slowly.
"No!" Rogue put her arms out in front of her.
"Then you'll say it?"
"No I won't…" Kurt continued to bring the waffles closer and closer to his mouth. "Fine! I'll say the stupid line." Kurt looked at her with a smile as he awaited the television slogan. "Lego my Eggo." She said in a slight whisper.
"What was that? I couldn't hear what you said?"
Rogue was about to say it again, when suddenly they both heard a scream from the dorm wing. Kurt looked in the direction of the cry, "What was that?"
Rogue took this opportunity to snatch one of her waffles from him. "Its just Kitty, she must have slept in late again."
"Hey wait give that back!" but it was to late; Rogue was already starting to eat the waffle she had apprehended from Kurt. "Fine what ever, I still got this one!" he waved the waffle at her, and began to eat his. They both started laughing.
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Kurt and Rogue waited in Scott's car, as Scott himself tapped his foot impatiently. What is taking her so long…" Scott trailed off, talking mostly to himself. "Why am I even waiting for her, why do I have to be personal chauffeur for you guys?"
"Because you have a car, Scott" Kurt said bluntly as he watched the stairs for Kitty.
Scott sighed, and leaned against the hood of the car. He mumbled something to himself.
Kitty came flying down the stairs, and phased through the front door. "Shot gun!" she shouted as she jumped into the front seat.
Kurt crossed his arms and looked out his side of the car. He would have been the one in that seat, but Rogue had talked him into letting Kitty have it. Oh well, he would definitely beat her next time. He smiled.
"Its about time Kitty, Lets go." Scott got into the car, and started it up.
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Kitty walked Rogue to her locker before first period began. "You should have totally woken me up Rogue. I can't believe you let me sleep in late again."
"Well it's not my fault you don't know how to set that clock of yours."
"I can set it, it just… it just doesn't remember what time I set it to."
"Please Kitty, that was pathetic, your saying the programmable clock didn't remember what time you set it to?"
Kitty paused, searching her mind for a better excuse. "Well yeah… I mean, I KNOW I set it right."
"Maybe you should hit the off button, instead of phasing through it all the time. Maybe that messes it up with the programming or something."
"Yeah!… that's what I just said…"
Rogue rolled her eyes as she got to her locker. She put in the combination. "Oh right, I must have missed the part where you said that…" she trailed off after she opened her locker. Inside was a playing card. She quickly shut her locker in shock, and Kitty looked at her questionably.
"You ok?"
"Uh… yeah… I'm fine… I just thought of something."
"what?"
"The a… the bells about to ring, you should probably get to your locker." Rogue didn't really know why she was panicking over what she had seen, but with out much time to analyze the situation, her instincts told her to hide it. "I got to clean out some papers here, I'm going to be a while."
"Oh," Kitty looked at her as if she wasn't going to buy any of it, "Ok, I'll see you at lunch then…" Kitty walked off slowly, eventually turning around to make it over to the hallway with her locker in it.
Rogue opened her locker again, to see the Ace of Hearts in her locker. She picked it up in her fingers, as the first bell rang. She stood there a little stunned, and then shook her head, as if coming back to reality. She quickly slid the card into her back pocket and got her books for her morning classes.