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===================================================================It was later that night when Mystique called a meeting in the living room.
Rogue leaned against the wall, arms folded across her chest.Fred and Todd were on the couch, while Betsy took a sofa chair. Lance and Pietro both sat on each arm of the same chair."I have received word that Magneto has is ready for the trials. Each of you will have to fight an X-men and win if you want to make it to his sanctuary, Asteroid M. I cannot believe that after all I've done, I too must fight for this offer. But no matter, we shall all still fight. I want all of you to take a "trip" to the beach. Prepare there. I will make sure some of the X-men take a ride. Now go!"Mystique finished her speech, and stood waiting for her team to go.Rogue didn't really care if she had to fight any of the X-men, except Scott. And she didn't really want to fight Kitty, either. But getting left out of Magneto's plan wasn't n an option. Not that she cared as much, but she just wanted to get it over with. Also, she'd never met the "Master of Magnetism" before.So Rogue followed the others, cramming into Lance's jeep. Todd and Fred sat in the back. Rogue sat up front with Lance, who was glaring at Pietro. The silver haired speed demon had managed to sit real close to Betsy. She was delighted.Rogue sighed and closed her eyes, as Lance started the jeep. She didn't really have a choice. She had to fight.====================================================================
"Ah, can't you just feel the ocean breeze? Ah'm going into meltdown all covered up like this." She stated aloud.Her battle uniform covered up a lot. It was a midnight blue uniform, made up of long pants and long sleeves. It was similar to the uniforms she had seen the X-men wear, except the color was different. She also had on a pale purple material over the uniform. It was sleeveless, stopped above her stomach, and thinly looped around the ends of her shoulders. She also wore snug black gloves.Fred was standing a few yards away, and nodded at her statement."The beach is nice." He mumbled anxiously."When are they X-men supposed to be here anyways?"Rogue's questioned was answered by the sound of a car barreling down the road. She looked up, and saw Lance's jeep slightly trailing another jeep.The untouchable mutant sighed, and slipped off one of her gloves.It's showtime.
Rogue sat on top of a large rock in the sand, trying to relax.
The X-men jeep careened along the path, before flying off to avoid a rockslide. The jeep hit the sand, and brakes screeched as Fred stepped in front of the jeep. Rogue watched as the X-men jeep slammed into him."Come here often?" He asked with a smirk. Lance's jeep pulled right up behind them."Let's party, luvs." Betsy joked, as she stood up in the jeep.Fred playfully gripped the front of the jeep, and lifted it over his head. The X-men all jumped out and dropped through the air, landing farther down the sandy beach.Fred set the car back down, as Lance and the others hoped out of the jeep.Rogue quickly took note of the X-Men. Just as Mystique had said, there was an even number. Six Brotherhood and six X-men.Rogue only recognized Kitty, Kurt, and Evan. There was one other guy, tall, muscular, and had light brown hair that was slightly combed to the side, and two other girls. One had dark brown hair that reached over her shoulders. Her skin was slightly dark, and her hair was combed back along the sides. The other girl had black hair that was very straight and the same length as the other girl's. The six X-men were all in their beachwear, as the Brotherhood were in their battle uniform.The absorbing mutant quickly jogged away from the rock, making her way around the X-men, unnoticed."Time to prove yourself, Evan!" Pietro called, as he prepared to attack. The super speed mutant sped across the sand, shoving Evan a good distance backwards through the air, almost into the ocean."Lance! What are you guys doing?!" Kitty yelled angrily."Don't worry Kitty, I won't hurt you." He answered with concern. "But that doesn't go for your friends!"Lance outstretched his palms, and sent a ground wave that barreled the three newer mutants over.Todd and Fred chased after them, while Betsy charged at Kitty.Rogue decided to take her chances with the blue boy. It wouldn't be the first time she'd absorbed him.That left Lance to trail after Todd and Fred.So Rogue confirmed it as the face offs began. It was herself against Kurt, Kitty against Betsy, Evan against Pietro, Fred against the brown haired girl, Lance against the guy, and Todd against the black hair girl.Rogue bent her knees, and dove at Kurt. The fuzzy elf turned just as she was about to tackle him. But he immediately ported away as Rogue hit the sand."Get back here, elf!" Rogue ordered, trying to grab his attention, as he appeared a few feet behind her. She quickly pivoted on her feet, and lunged into a slide tackle. Her slide tackled knocked Kurt's feet out from under him, causing him to flip onto is back. Before he could escape, Rogue reached with her bare hand, and grabbed his tail. He was out cold when she let go. "Now to check the other battles."Rogue ported up onto the top of a large pile of rocks, right in the middle of the battling. She glanced down at the closest, the brown haired girl and Fred."Stand still!" He shouted, as the girl kept avoiding his grasp. He dove at her, but the girl jumped also. She placed her hand on Fred's back, and flipped herself through the air. Fred landed on his stomach as the girl landed on her feet.The brown haired girl extended her arms toward the sand in front of her, and suddenly it started to steam and melt into a puddle of some sort. Fred jumped at her, but the girl sidestepped, and he slipped on the melted sand. He barreled through the air, and smashed through the bottom of the pile of rocks.Rogue was thrown off her spot by the sudden impact, but she quickly ported to the ground, right next to Betsy and Kitty.The two mutants were duking it out, although it was mostly Betsy striking and Kitty phasing. But suddenly, Betsy produced her psi- blade, and lashed out. She smacked Kitty across the cheek, causing the phasing mutant to spin on her heels and fall to her palms and knees with her back toward Betsy."Look out!" Rogue yelled, causing Betsy to turn her attention to her. It gave enough time for Kitty to phase into the sand, just as Betsy brought down a hammer kick.The purple haired fighter glared at Rogue, but almost instantly, Kitty phased out of the ground and into the air. She spun once, and then placed a sidekick into Betsy's chest that knocked her onto her back.Rogue suddenly noticed a chunk of magma flying towards her. Quickly porting, she avoided it. But that was the last of Kurt's power she had used up. She was now next to Todd and the black haired girl, as well as Lance and the brown haired guy.Todd shot his tongue out at the girl, who ducked under it and followed up with a colorful spark that knocked Todd backwards. He quickly recovered, and lunged at the girl. But she rolled down and caught him with one foot, flipping him behind her. Before he could even get up, she pounded him with a firework explosion.Lance and the guy were in a more physical battle, wrestling with each other. But Lance generated a small quake as he wrestled. It threw the guy off balance, and Lance grabbed his bare arm, and threw him to the ground. But then the guy formed a long bar of ice, and quickly jumped up, slamming it into Lance. Shards of ice scattered, and Lance landed on his back a few yards back. The guy quickly produced blast of ice that froze Lance's wrists and ankles to more solid ground.Rogue glanced toward Evan and Pietro, and saw a whirlwind surrounding Evan as he launched spikes in all directions. But then a cloud of sand kicked up, and suddenly Pietro was standing on top of a small sand dune with Evan's head poking out of it.That left Kitty and Betsy, who had continued their fight. But Betsy suddenly slammed Kitty with a TK wave, which sent her through the air and into the sand."Here comes our reward." Pietro suddenly stated. Rogue noticed six very large and metal traveling sphere-shaped orbs appearing over a ridge. The dropped onto the sandy beaches, and opened. Without hesitation, Rogue made her way into one of them, wondering what could be planned for her on Asteroid M.
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