ishandahalf: Expect Rogue and Remy to be a little like that, kinda feisty
and spontaneous.
GambitGirl2008: Thanks, I'm glad you like it.
EvilWhiteRaven: Gambit isn't really on any side. He's not with the X-men, Acolytes, or anyone. He's mainly just there for Rogue, no matter what team she's on. They are almost a couple. You'll have to wait and find out about Pietro and Betsy. They'll be back soon. And Rogue does still wear her gloves, but not as much. She is still a little insecure. Hope that answers your questions.
evosmylife: Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy this fic. And to answer your question, Colossus and Pyro will show up eventually, but not like they did in the show.
IceAngel46: I'm glad you like the story.
Purity Black: Thanks, and I just put Ray on the Brotherhood because it's a change. It seems some people might thing he might fit in with them better than the X-men. But he's one of my favorite characters, so expect him to show up more. I also put Rahne with them to even up the team, and to also maybe give her more screen time, because she barely did much on the show. She only talked in one episode.
enchantedlight: Thanks.
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Once school was over and she was home, Rogue found herself dreaming of the Cajun she had recently become so fond of. But of course, she didn't dare share any of her fantasies. But one thing that irked her was that it seemed Remy LeBeau was a free agent. He wasn't with the Brotherhood or the X-men, but he was a powerful enough mutant. It also surprised Rogue that Professor X had not asked her about the kinetic mutant, even though he could have sensed him.
Rogue only hoped she could become closer to Remy, hoping for a boyfriend, girlfriend relationship. As of the moment, she regarded their current relationship a bar under what she wanted it. They were more than friends, but Rogue had only known the Cajun for a few weeks. Although she couldn't deny him, or her feelings. That didn't mean however, that she would admit to the guy how she felt. If it would become cat and mouse, she was determined to enjoy it.
A few minutes later, Rogue decided to get a snack, thankfully enjoying the quietness around the mansion. The newer recruits were down in the danger room with Logan, lessening the amount of mutants roaming the mansion by about fourteen. Ororo was up in the attic with her growing garden, giving her plants their daily in door rain shower. Scott, Jean, and Kitty were all at track and field tryouts, Evan was out skating somewhere, and Kurt was up in his room. Rogue had no idea where the Professor was, but she figured that he'd be in his office.
It was almost creepy being in the big mansion without the occasional fights or arguments or gossip exchanges. Rogue was getting the feeling that she was being watched, and the silence in every room didn't help.
Finally, she made to the kitchen, almost breaking into a jog from the tension. Rogue shivered a bit from her own paranoia.
Quickly, she poured herself a glass of chocolate milk, almost spilling it because of her trembling hand. But when Rogue finally looked down at her glass, she realized she hardly ever drank chocolate milk. She hated it.
"Ah guess Ah must be so terrified Ah can't think straight." Rogue muttered with a slight and strained laugh, hoping her self-humor would relieve her tension. The feeling of paranoia still nagged at her though.
Rogue absent-mindedly grabbed her glass of chocolate milk, and took a swift, nervous gulp of it. But immediately she spewed it out in front of her and onto the floor, coughing as she did.
"Ugh! This is nasty stuff!" She blurted, slamming the glass back on the table. "Guess Ah oughta clean it up." She mumbled, moving to the paper towels.
"Hey Ro---!" Kurt cried out as he entered the kitchen, only to slip on Rogue's chocolate milk. He crashed onto the floor, sending flecks of milk into the air. "Ow!"
Rogue sighed, and turned away to grab some paper towels to mop up the mess.
"Hey Kurt, are you---!" Evan called out as he tripped off of his skateboard and over Kurt, tackling Rogue to the floor. "Oh, uh, hey Rogue." Evan mumbled. But paper towels over her face covered Rogue's angry glare.
"Just get outta mah way!" Rogue ordered, shoving Evan off of her. Then she stormed over to the mess on the floor, and started wiping it up.
"Professor!!"
Rogue glanced toward the doorway.
"Ah guess Kitty's home." Rogue muttered.
"But she sounded stressed, like there was something urgent." Kurt added.
"Well then let's go find out!" Evan exclaimed grabbing both Kurt and Rogue by the arm and dragging them to the foyer.
"What happened?!" Rogue cried out as she found an unconscious Jean in Scott's arms, with a frantic Kitty in front.
"Her powers overwhelmed her." Scott answered, not lifting his gaze from Jean's pained face.
The Professor appeared at the top of the staircase a second later.
"Bring her into the infirmary, Scott!"
Scott nodded and rushed up the stairs, cradling Jean carefully in his arms. The two disappeared around the corner with the Professor.
"We should follow them!" Rogue suggested, taking off up the stairs. Kitty, Evan, and Kurt immediately followed her.
The group barreled down the halls, and finally made it to the infirmary door just as it closed.
"Rogue wait!" Kitty shouted, grabbing Rogue's arm. "We should wait out here. We don't want to like, overwhelm Jean more. Let's let the Professor and Scott handle her."
Rogue nodded, and took a few steps away from the door.
It felt weird worrying about Jean. While Rogue had been with the Brotherhood, she'd envied the redhead for her popularity and talents. But it had been her who'd reached out when Rogue's powers had first emerged. She had given her the communicator. And while Rogue had been at the institute, Jean had only been nice to her.
Ah have to help her. Ah know she'd do the same for me.
The infirmary door suddenly opened, and Scott stepped out. He gaze the four other mutants down the hall a worried glance, and leaned against the door.
Rogue wanted so much to walk over and console him, but as she took the first step, the whole hall shuddered violently. Then a blast of light exploded through the infirmary door and surrounding wall, engulfing Scott in the explosion. The other four mutants were knocked onto their backs, but were mostly uninjured.
"Jean!!"
Rogue looked up to find Scott calling the troubled redhead's name. He was standing, so it didn't seem he was too injured. His track and field uniform hung down in a strand, most of it having been torn off. The T- shirt he had on was torn off over his upper chest, there was a large rip on his shoulder, and his other sleeve was in shreds.
But Scott still ran forward, back into the partially demolished infirmary.
Rogue heard Jean gasp in agony, and then a bright flash sent Scott flying through the air, slamming him into the elevator doors.
"We have to get away from this blast zone!!" Kitty screamed. "Kurt, you get the Professor, and we'll all take the elevator down!"
No one disagreed with Kitty, as Kurt teleported into the infirmary. Rogue and Evan helped Scott up, as Kitty pressed the elevator button.
As Kurt ported next to them with the Professor, Rogue gaze another glance back at Jean. The overwhelmed mutant started to drift upwards, until she was floating straight up in the air, her red hair whipping wildly. Scattered debris and items started to encircle, caught in the cyclone of her uncontrollable telekinesis.
The group quickly made their way into the elevator, and took it down to the lower floor.
The doors opened with a flash to reveal Logan standing in front, with the rest of the new mutants behind him.
"What the hell is going on up there?" Logan asked as the mutants moved out of the elevator.
"Yeah, it sounds like someone's nuking the place!" Bobby Drake exclaimed as he stepped forward.
"Yeah is Jean alright?" Amara Aquilla asked worriedly.
"No, she's not. Her powers are evolving to rapidly for her to control." The Professor answered simply, as he massaged his head with a wet rag.
"I have to get back up there!!" Scott demanded, turning back around to take the elevator back up.
"No Scott, you can't even get near her. We need a plan." Professor X objected quickly.
"Like what?!" Scott argued back angrily.
The whole time, Rogue was contemplating on an idea.
"Ah have an idea." She suddenly spoke up, placing her gloved hand on Scott's bare shoulder. "You say there's too much going on in Jean's head? Then let meh drain some off!"
"No Rogue, it could be too much for you! We have no idea how the recent changes in your mutation might clash with Jean's evolving powers!" The Professor quickly objected.
"Ah can handle it! Just lemme try!"
"There's so much chaos in her mind. What she needs is something to focus on!"
"If Rogue can clear her thoughts, then maybe I can get her to focus on me." Scott suggested.
"We don't have too many options, Charles." Logan stated simply.
Professor X sighed in defeat.
"Very well then."
Next to them, the elevator started to shudder. Everyone turned toward it, as the elevator snapped off its cord, and started to fly across the room.
"Look out!!" Scott yelled, tackling Rogue out of the way. Kurt quickly ported the Professor away. Kitty grabbed Evan and Bobby's hands and phased through the elevator, while Wolverine leapt over it. The new mutants quickly jumped to separate sides as well. The elevator smashed into the wall, causing it to collapse to the ground.
But nobody noticed Scott and Rogue.
Finally, Rogue's twisted scream caught everyone's attention, as she fought to push Scott off of her. Bobby and Evan quickly lifted a now unconscious Scott off her.
"Ah, Ah didn't mean to!!" Rogue screamed, as she stared wildly at Scott. When he had tackled her, his bare chest had come in contact with her bare shoulder. "Ah couldn't control my power!!" Rogue screamed again, freaking out. The tense situation as the elevator causing her to lose concentration, she had absorbed Scott.
But she had absorbed too much.
Rogue shrieked wildly as her eyes glowed ruby red. An uncontrollable blast of optic energy knocked Evan, Bobby, and the unconscious Scott into the wall. Her gazed shifted around, blasting Kitty backwards. The phasing mutant screamed as she crashed into Amara and Jubilation Lee.
Finally, she managed to control the sudden power by closing her eyes, and putting her hands over her face. A ruby red glow still cascaded past her hands.
"Rogue, catch!!" Bobby shouted as he stood up, tossing Scott's shades at her. Rogue felt them drop into her lap, so she quickly put them on. All she could see were shades of red.
The room shuddered again, but this time, cracks in the ceiling suddenly scattered about.
"Get to the sides!!!" Logan shouted quickly. Everyone did so, as the middle area of the ceiling crumbled, and crashed down onto the floor. An overwhelmed Jean drifted down towards them; her weaponry of debris from the infirmary followed her.
"Rogue, we'll cover you!! Just drain off some of her powers!! Hopefully Scott will be awake then!!" Bobby shouted to her.
Rogue noticed how in control Bobby was; a leader just like Scott. The Professor and Logan seemed to notice as well.
So Rogue ran forward, making sure her shades wouldn't fly off because the Jean's powerful TK cyclone. Bobby, Evan, Logan, and the other mutants fired off their powerful, deflecting and destroying debris. Kitty meanwhile, phased large objects into the floor and walls. The sound of Kurt's teleportation suddenly caught Rogue ear.
"Hang on, we're going in!" Kurt stated, grabbing her wrist. She nodded, and then they ported.
Ignoring the strange feeling of teleportation that Rogue had only felt when she had absorbed Kurt, she quickly grabbed for something to hold onto, as Jean's TK started to grip her.
"Got you covered!!" Bobby shouted, icing a diagonal pillar from the floor to part of the ceiling still intact. Rogue quickly grabbed a hold, as Kurt was flung backwards toward the others.
"Now Rogue! You must do it now!" The Professor called to her.
After slipping a glove off, Rogue pushed against the TK currents, stretching her hand out toward Jean's forehead.
She was inches out of reach, and the ice pillar started to crack under the force of Jean's TK. Rogue grunted as she reached harder, as she was pelted by debris.
This ends now, Rogue thought defiantly. She drew her arms hand back a little, but then shot it out farther, straining her muscles.
The tips of her fingers made contact with Jean's forehead, as Rogue focused her absorption powers.
But everything clashed, hitting Rogue hard.
She screamed in agony, as Jean became a part of her. The absorption was too much, and she couldn't stop.
"Ah can't let go!!" She shrieked wildly.
Scott's shades were suddenly knocked from her eyes, and she did all she could to turn her head and close her eyes, as an optic blast shaved through Jean's bright red hair.
Rogue felt like it was going to never end.
But then the ice pillar shattered, and her hand was pried away from Jean. Rogue felt herself being flung around in the air, until she was casted backwards.
Someone caught her in the air, carefully lowering her to the ground.
Rogue looked up to see Bobby giving her a worried look. She wanted to smile, to hug him, to do more than that. But Rogue wasn't herself anymore.
"Jean, it's Scott. Please, listen to my voice. Focus on it." A now conscious Scott stated, as he moved toward Jean with his eyes closed.
"Scott?! Where are you?!" Rogue called eerily in Jean's voice. Scott turned around toward Rogue, making sure to keep his eyes closed. Rogue opened hers, as the optic energy dissolved away. She quickly noticed Kitty phasing through flying debris to grab his shades, which she finally did, and handed them to Scott. After he put them on, he gave a Rogue a confused look.
"Jean?"
"Help me Scott!!" Jean cried out through Rogue.
"I will Jean, just focus on me." Scott stated, softly gripping Rogue's shoulders.
"I-I-I can't! I'm losing you!"
"No! No, don't tell me what you can't do! I know you better than anyone has, or ever will! Come on, you can do this." Scott coaxed her. Rogue suddenly opened her eyes slowly.
"Scott." Rogue and Jean called at the same time. Scott glanced backwards at Jean.
"Ugh!!!" Jean cried out again, and another blast of light knocked everyone backwards.
Then everything dropped to the ground. Jean gave a weak sighed, and dropped through the air, landing on a stray couch. Her gaze shifted toward the others, as she started to pant.
"Jean!" Scott called her, and quickly rushed over to aid the redhead.
"Rogue, how you feel?" Bobby asked her, concerned. Rouge gave a deep and saddened sigh, as she touched Bobby's cheek with her gloved hand.
She had gained something, but there was also a greater loss. Rogue felt a wave of tears and grief coming on. Bobby quickly let her bury her face in his chest, as she cried.
Although she had saved Jean, she knew she'd also lost something, a part of her, which had made her so happy.
A/N: Okay, now to clarify some things. The new mutants are already doing danger room sessions. In the show, the regular X-men were already doing training sessions, like when Spyke first joined, it showed him during a danger room session pretty much the first day they arrived. But it wasn't till months after the New Mutants joined, that a few of them attempted to try a danger room session during Mind Bender. They are just as strong as the other X-men. Also, they will be apart of the actual X-men team. Meaning, on missions it will probably be a mix of people. So that way, the new mutants will show up more in the story. And it may seem like this chapter had a little Rouge/Bobby, but this fic centers on Romy. So expect some Romy in an upcoming chapter. Tips and questions welcomed. Please review.
GambitGirl2008: Thanks, I'm glad you like it.
EvilWhiteRaven: Gambit isn't really on any side. He's not with the X-men, Acolytes, or anyone. He's mainly just there for Rogue, no matter what team she's on. They are almost a couple. You'll have to wait and find out about Pietro and Betsy. They'll be back soon. And Rogue does still wear her gloves, but not as much. She is still a little insecure. Hope that answers your questions.
evosmylife: Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy this fic. And to answer your question, Colossus and Pyro will show up eventually, but not like they did in the show.
IceAngel46: I'm glad you like the story.
Purity Black: Thanks, and I just put Ray on the Brotherhood because it's a change. It seems some people might thing he might fit in with them better than the X-men. But he's one of my favorite characters, so expect him to show up more. I also put Rahne with them to even up the team, and to also maybe give her more screen time, because she barely did much on the show. She only talked in one episode.
enchantedlight: Thanks.
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Once school was over and she was home, Rogue found herself dreaming of the Cajun she had recently become so fond of. But of course, she didn't dare share any of her fantasies. But one thing that irked her was that it seemed Remy LeBeau was a free agent. He wasn't with the Brotherhood or the X-men, but he was a powerful enough mutant. It also surprised Rogue that Professor X had not asked her about the kinetic mutant, even though he could have sensed him.
Rogue only hoped she could become closer to Remy, hoping for a boyfriend, girlfriend relationship. As of the moment, she regarded their current relationship a bar under what she wanted it. They were more than friends, but Rogue had only known the Cajun for a few weeks. Although she couldn't deny him, or her feelings. That didn't mean however, that she would admit to the guy how she felt. If it would become cat and mouse, she was determined to enjoy it.
A few minutes later, Rogue decided to get a snack, thankfully enjoying the quietness around the mansion. The newer recruits were down in the danger room with Logan, lessening the amount of mutants roaming the mansion by about fourteen. Ororo was up in the attic with her growing garden, giving her plants their daily in door rain shower. Scott, Jean, and Kitty were all at track and field tryouts, Evan was out skating somewhere, and Kurt was up in his room. Rogue had no idea where the Professor was, but she figured that he'd be in his office.
It was almost creepy being in the big mansion without the occasional fights or arguments or gossip exchanges. Rogue was getting the feeling that she was being watched, and the silence in every room didn't help.
Finally, she made to the kitchen, almost breaking into a jog from the tension. Rogue shivered a bit from her own paranoia.
Quickly, she poured herself a glass of chocolate milk, almost spilling it because of her trembling hand. But when Rogue finally looked down at her glass, she realized she hardly ever drank chocolate milk. She hated it.
"Ah guess Ah must be so terrified Ah can't think straight." Rogue muttered with a slight and strained laugh, hoping her self-humor would relieve her tension. The feeling of paranoia still nagged at her though.
Rogue absent-mindedly grabbed her glass of chocolate milk, and took a swift, nervous gulp of it. But immediately she spewed it out in front of her and onto the floor, coughing as she did.
"Ugh! This is nasty stuff!" She blurted, slamming the glass back on the table. "Guess Ah oughta clean it up." She mumbled, moving to the paper towels.
"Hey Ro---!" Kurt cried out as he entered the kitchen, only to slip on Rogue's chocolate milk. He crashed onto the floor, sending flecks of milk into the air. "Ow!"
Rogue sighed, and turned away to grab some paper towels to mop up the mess.
"Hey Kurt, are you---!" Evan called out as he tripped off of his skateboard and over Kurt, tackling Rogue to the floor. "Oh, uh, hey Rogue." Evan mumbled. But paper towels over her face covered Rogue's angry glare.
"Just get outta mah way!" Rogue ordered, shoving Evan off of her. Then she stormed over to the mess on the floor, and started wiping it up.
"Professor!!"
Rogue glanced toward the doorway.
"Ah guess Kitty's home." Rogue muttered.
"But she sounded stressed, like there was something urgent." Kurt added.
"Well then let's go find out!" Evan exclaimed grabbing both Kurt and Rogue by the arm and dragging them to the foyer.
"What happened?!" Rogue cried out as she found an unconscious Jean in Scott's arms, with a frantic Kitty in front.
"Her powers overwhelmed her." Scott answered, not lifting his gaze from Jean's pained face.
The Professor appeared at the top of the staircase a second later.
"Bring her into the infirmary, Scott!"
Scott nodded and rushed up the stairs, cradling Jean carefully in his arms. The two disappeared around the corner with the Professor.
"We should follow them!" Rogue suggested, taking off up the stairs. Kitty, Evan, and Kurt immediately followed her.
The group barreled down the halls, and finally made it to the infirmary door just as it closed.
"Rogue wait!" Kitty shouted, grabbing Rogue's arm. "We should wait out here. We don't want to like, overwhelm Jean more. Let's let the Professor and Scott handle her."
Rogue nodded, and took a few steps away from the door.
It felt weird worrying about Jean. While Rogue had been with the Brotherhood, she'd envied the redhead for her popularity and talents. But it had been her who'd reached out when Rogue's powers had first emerged. She had given her the communicator. And while Rogue had been at the institute, Jean had only been nice to her.
Ah have to help her. Ah know she'd do the same for me.
The infirmary door suddenly opened, and Scott stepped out. He gaze the four other mutants down the hall a worried glance, and leaned against the door.
Rogue wanted so much to walk over and console him, but as she took the first step, the whole hall shuddered violently. Then a blast of light exploded through the infirmary door and surrounding wall, engulfing Scott in the explosion. The other four mutants were knocked onto their backs, but were mostly uninjured.
"Jean!!"
Rogue looked up to find Scott calling the troubled redhead's name. He was standing, so it didn't seem he was too injured. His track and field uniform hung down in a strand, most of it having been torn off. The T- shirt he had on was torn off over his upper chest, there was a large rip on his shoulder, and his other sleeve was in shreds.
But Scott still ran forward, back into the partially demolished infirmary.
Rogue heard Jean gasp in agony, and then a bright flash sent Scott flying through the air, slamming him into the elevator doors.
"We have to get away from this blast zone!!" Kitty screamed. "Kurt, you get the Professor, and we'll all take the elevator down!"
No one disagreed with Kitty, as Kurt teleported into the infirmary. Rogue and Evan helped Scott up, as Kitty pressed the elevator button.
As Kurt ported next to them with the Professor, Rogue gaze another glance back at Jean. The overwhelmed mutant started to drift upwards, until she was floating straight up in the air, her red hair whipping wildly. Scattered debris and items started to encircle, caught in the cyclone of her uncontrollable telekinesis.
The group quickly made their way into the elevator, and took it down to the lower floor.
The doors opened with a flash to reveal Logan standing in front, with the rest of the new mutants behind him.
"What the hell is going on up there?" Logan asked as the mutants moved out of the elevator.
"Yeah, it sounds like someone's nuking the place!" Bobby Drake exclaimed as he stepped forward.
"Yeah is Jean alright?" Amara Aquilla asked worriedly.
"No, she's not. Her powers are evolving to rapidly for her to control." The Professor answered simply, as he massaged his head with a wet rag.
"I have to get back up there!!" Scott demanded, turning back around to take the elevator back up.
"No Scott, you can't even get near her. We need a plan." Professor X objected quickly.
"Like what?!" Scott argued back angrily.
The whole time, Rogue was contemplating on an idea.
"Ah have an idea." She suddenly spoke up, placing her gloved hand on Scott's bare shoulder. "You say there's too much going on in Jean's head? Then let meh drain some off!"
"No Rogue, it could be too much for you! We have no idea how the recent changes in your mutation might clash with Jean's evolving powers!" The Professor quickly objected.
"Ah can handle it! Just lemme try!"
"There's so much chaos in her mind. What she needs is something to focus on!"
"If Rogue can clear her thoughts, then maybe I can get her to focus on me." Scott suggested.
"We don't have too many options, Charles." Logan stated simply.
Professor X sighed in defeat.
"Very well then."
Next to them, the elevator started to shudder. Everyone turned toward it, as the elevator snapped off its cord, and started to fly across the room.
"Look out!!" Scott yelled, tackling Rogue out of the way. Kurt quickly ported the Professor away. Kitty grabbed Evan and Bobby's hands and phased through the elevator, while Wolverine leapt over it. The new mutants quickly jumped to separate sides as well. The elevator smashed into the wall, causing it to collapse to the ground.
But nobody noticed Scott and Rogue.
Finally, Rogue's twisted scream caught everyone's attention, as she fought to push Scott off of her. Bobby and Evan quickly lifted a now unconscious Scott off her.
"Ah, Ah didn't mean to!!" Rogue screamed, as she stared wildly at Scott. When he had tackled her, his bare chest had come in contact with her bare shoulder. "Ah couldn't control my power!!" Rogue screamed again, freaking out. The tense situation as the elevator causing her to lose concentration, she had absorbed Scott.
But she had absorbed too much.
Rogue shrieked wildly as her eyes glowed ruby red. An uncontrollable blast of optic energy knocked Evan, Bobby, and the unconscious Scott into the wall. Her gazed shifted around, blasting Kitty backwards. The phasing mutant screamed as she crashed into Amara and Jubilation Lee.
Finally, she managed to control the sudden power by closing her eyes, and putting her hands over her face. A ruby red glow still cascaded past her hands.
"Rogue, catch!!" Bobby shouted as he stood up, tossing Scott's shades at her. Rogue felt them drop into her lap, so she quickly put them on. All she could see were shades of red.
The room shuddered again, but this time, cracks in the ceiling suddenly scattered about.
"Get to the sides!!!" Logan shouted quickly. Everyone did so, as the middle area of the ceiling crumbled, and crashed down onto the floor. An overwhelmed Jean drifted down towards them; her weaponry of debris from the infirmary followed her.
"Rogue, we'll cover you!! Just drain off some of her powers!! Hopefully Scott will be awake then!!" Bobby shouted to her.
Rogue noticed how in control Bobby was; a leader just like Scott. The Professor and Logan seemed to notice as well.
So Rogue ran forward, making sure her shades wouldn't fly off because the Jean's powerful TK cyclone. Bobby, Evan, Logan, and the other mutants fired off their powerful, deflecting and destroying debris. Kitty meanwhile, phased large objects into the floor and walls. The sound of Kurt's teleportation suddenly caught Rogue ear.
"Hang on, we're going in!" Kurt stated, grabbing her wrist. She nodded, and then they ported.
Ignoring the strange feeling of teleportation that Rogue had only felt when she had absorbed Kurt, she quickly grabbed for something to hold onto, as Jean's TK started to grip her.
"Got you covered!!" Bobby shouted, icing a diagonal pillar from the floor to part of the ceiling still intact. Rogue quickly grabbed a hold, as Kurt was flung backwards toward the others.
"Now Rogue! You must do it now!" The Professor called to her.
After slipping a glove off, Rogue pushed against the TK currents, stretching her hand out toward Jean's forehead.
She was inches out of reach, and the ice pillar started to crack under the force of Jean's TK. Rogue grunted as she reached harder, as she was pelted by debris.
This ends now, Rogue thought defiantly. She drew her arms hand back a little, but then shot it out farther, straining her muscles.
The tips of her fingers made contact with Jean's forehead, as Rogue focused her absorption powers.
But everything clashed, hitting Rogue hard.
She screamed in agony, as Jean became a part of her. The absorption was too much, and she couldn't stop.
"Ah can't let go!!" She shrieked wildly.
Scott's shades were suddenly knocked from her eyes, and she did all she could to turn her head and close her eyes, as an optic blast shaved through Jean's bright red hair.
Rogue felt like it was going to never end.
But then the ice pillar shattered, and her hand was pried away from Jean. Rogue felt herself being flung around in the air, until she was casted backwards.
Someone caught her in the air, carefully lowering her to the ground.
Rogue looked up to see Bobby giving her a worried look. She wanted to smile, to hug him, to do more than that. But Rogue wasn't herself anymore.
"Jean, it's Scott. Please, listen to my voice. Focus on it." A now conscious Scott stated, as he moved toward Jean with his eyes closed.
"Scott?! Where are you?!" Rogue called eerily in Jean's voice. Scott turned around toward Rogue, making sure to keep his eyes closed. Rogue opened hers, as the optic energy dissolved away. She quickly noticed Kitty phasing through flying debris to grab his shades, which she finally did, and handed them to Scott. After he put them on, he gave a Rogue a confused look.
"Jean?"
"Help me Scott!!" Jean cried out through Rogue.
"I will Jean, just focus on me." Scott stated, softly gripping Rogue's shoulders.
"I-I-I can't! I'm losing you!"
"No! No, don't tell me what you can't do! I know you better than anyone has, or ever will! Come on, you can do this." Scott coaxed her. Rogue suddenly opened her eyes slowly.
"Scott." Rogue and Jean called at the same time. Scott glanced backwards at Jean.
"Ugh!!!" Jean cried out again, and another blast of light knocked everyone backwards.
Then everything dropped to the ground. Jean gave a weak sighed, and dropped through the air, landing on a stray couch. Her gaze shifted toward the others, as she started to pant.
"Jean!" Scott called her, and quickly rushed over to aid the redhead.
"Rogue, how you feel?" Bobby asked her, concerned. Rouge gave a deep and saddened sigh, as she touched Bobby's cheek with her gloved hand.
She had gained something, but there was also a greater loss. Rogue felt a wave of tears and grief coming on. Bobby quickly let her bury her face in his chest, as she cried.
Although she had saved Jean, she knew she'd also lost something, a part of her, which had made her so happy.
A/N: Okay, now to clarify some things. The new mutants are already doing danger room sessions. In the show, the regular X-men were already doing training sessions, like when Spyke first joined, it showed him during a danger room session pretty much the first day they arrived. But it wasn't till months after the New Mutants joined, that a few of them attempted to try a danger room session during Mind Bender. They are just as strong as the other X-men. Also, they will be apart of the actual X-men team. Meaning, on missions it will probably be a mix of people. So that way, the new mutants will show up more in the story. And it may seem like this chapter had a little Rouge/Bobby, but this fic centers on Romy. So expect some Romy in an upcoming chapter. Tips and questions welcomed. Please review.