Pandora's Sorrow: Glad you like it.
evosmylife: Warren might give Remy a little trouble, but he will find his own girl soon enough. And Gambit will be showing up in this chapter and the next couple of ones. I'm glad you're enjoying the story.
Purity Black: Thanks, and I hope this update is fast enough. Even though Rogue accidentally changed Warren's mind, she'll still have her TK and TP, even though she did lose her enhancement. And I'm glad you like the little Scouge scene. Wanda and the Acolytes will be appear in the next chapter.
Kaliann: I'm glad you like the story, and even though it seems Rogue might be liking all these differnt guys, Gambit will be her main one.
GambitGirl2008: Thanks, I hope this update was soon enough.
ishandahalf: Rogue is getting a lot of guys. The package is also revealed in this chapter.
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Nighttime was never quiet at the Brotherhood house.
Todd hopped along in the living room, searching for the TV remote. Fred was in the kitchen, preparing for dinner. Actually, he was preparing the dinner itself.
"Yo Blob! Seen the remote lately?" Todd shouted from the living room, as his need to be lazy while watching TV started to grow.
"No!" Fred shouted back without his eyes even leaving the food in front of him. Someone had to prepare the food.
Todd hoped along the room some more, and then he trekked into the dining room. Some odd sounds startled him, but it was too dark to find the source. So he quickly threw the light switch.
"Ewww. That's gross you guys," he blurted suddenly.
Tabitha and Ray were in their regular make out session on the floor. After Tabitha had joined the Brotherhood, the two had instantly been attracted to each other.
"Big deal coming from you," Tabitha spat angrily, taking her hands off Ray's bare chest. She turned on the floor to face Todd. "What do you want Toad?"
"All I want is the remote, yo. I sure ain't wasn't looking for this," Insisted Todd, as he started to check the room for the remote, oblivious to the angry glares of Tabitha and Ray.
"Get outta here asshole!!" Ray shouted angrily, trying to zap Todd with electricity. The hopping and bouncing mutant easily avoided the blasts, and then landed a good deal away from his angry teammate.
"Get a room!" Todd spat, and then stuck out his tongue. Knowing this would cause retaliation; Todd quickly started to escape from the room, only to be given a boost from a time bomb that fried his butt. "Ouch!!"
Todd slipped on the floor and scurried away before he could suffer anything more. The dining room light flicked off a moment later, and his two teammates were back at it again.
"I get no respect, yo." Todd muttered as he looked out the kitchen window.
It was a downpour outside, as lightning crackled and the winds howled. Todd sure didn't like thunderstorms, but right now he was too bored to care.
Something caught his eye though as it made its way toward the front door. He knew it was a person, but it was too dark to recognize them. Their silhouette flashed against the lightning illuminations.
The front door suddenly flung open.
"Guess who's back." Came a sly and slightly amused female voice from the front door. Todd clamped his hands over his mouth as he screamed. It came out as a strange and muffled sound.
Worriedly, he glanced around the kitchen, noticing how unclean and untidy it was. The rest of the house was the same.
Oh no, if Mystique finds out we trashed the house, she'll have our heads!!
Todd quickly fled from the kitchen and back into the dining room, accepting to feel a little animosity from Tabitha and Ray, but he preferred it over getting thrown through the air by an angry Mystique.
"I said, guess who's back!!" Mystique shouted, still waiting in the doorway, very annoyed by the absence of her team.
"Is that Mystique?" Ray asked as Todd entered the room. He quickly started to button his shirt, fumbling with them, trying to hide the lipstick kissed on his broad chest and worried face.
"Yeah, and is she gonna be pissed when she finds out that all you two have been doing is make out, yo!" Todd stated gleefully as he hopped toward the closest closet. "I'm hiding, for my own safety, yo!"
Todd entered the closest quickly, as Tabitha and Ray followed him to avoid a confrontation with Mystique. The three of them barely fitted in with all of the junk already crammed in the large closet.
Mystique passed right by them on her annoyed and angry search.
"Where the hell are you?! If you fools don't show yourself right now, I will destroy this whole house to find you!!" The angry shape shifter bellowed.
Like it ain't already messy enough? Todd thought humorously as he tried to keep quiet.
"What's all the fuss?! Oh, Mystique?!" Rahne asked in a surprised tone, as she looked at the woman in front of her. "Is it really you?"
"Yes!!" Mystique screamed, except she was using Rahne's exact voice. Todd figured she was looking just like the girl right now.
"Sheesh, don't get your panties in a knot, lady." Rahne remarked as she yawned.
Todd let out a low squeal.
She's a dead girl now!!
There was silence for a second, and then Rahne's earsplitting scream. The sound of Mystique's grunt followed by another scream as well as a couple of glass objects breaking in the background came from just outside the door.
"I wonder if she killed her." Tabitha stated in a loud whisper, amused by the other older woman's antics.
Todd gave a horrified look at Tabitha, as there was silence outside the closet. Then the door ripped open, revealing a scary Mystique.
"There you are!!!"
Todd screamed in pure fear as Mystique grabbed his neck and threw him behind her. At the same time she grabbed Ray by the front of his shirt, yanking him so hard she almost ripped it right off his back. Tabitha gave a snicker, but the other woman's focus was on the other two mutants.
Out of the two, Todd was the most fearful, crawling along the floor as he screamed loud enough for the neighbors to hear. He was too afraid to look for Rahne.
In one swift movement, Mystique grabbed his ankles, flung him off the floor, and tossed him back into the closet. Todd crashed into Tabitha, causing the two to smash into the piled up junk within the closet. They were suddenly buried under smelly clothes, sports equipment, and all kinds of other things.
"So, where have you been all this time?" Ray asked simply, trying not to look for Rahne as well.
Mystique did not answer; instead she was gazing at his shirt that had lost a few buttons from Mystique grip. She could see something beneath the shirt.
The blue shape shifter reached out, and tore open the front off Ray's shirt, scattering the remaining buttons. Now she was looking at the lipstick kisses on his bare chest. The ones on his face had been poorly wiped away.
As Tabitha kicked Todd off her and escape from the closet, she gasped.
"I'm the only pone allowed to do that to my man!!" She blurted angrily.
Mystique glanced at her, matching Tabitha's lipstick to the lips stick on Ray's chest.
"So this is what you've been doing?!! Making out with some bimbo!!!" Mystique bellowed angrily, glaring at Ray.
Tabitha gasped at Mystique's insult to her, and charge a large time bomb in her palms.
"Ahhh! Not a good idea, Boom Boom!" Todd screamed, snatching the girl's time bomb away. Then he tossed it to Ray, who immediately planted it back into Todd's hands, and flung him into the other room.
The explosion mixed with Todd's scream didn't even divert Mystique's attention. On the other hand, Tabitha gave a laugh.
"Let me guess, you must be Mystic." Tabitha addressed the blue shape shifter.
"Try Mystique. This is my home and my rules. Rule number one; move out of my room! Think you can handle that, Bam-Bam?"
"Why, sure," remarked Tabitha politely, as she produced another time bomb. But Ray gave her a quick look of worry, pleading with her to not do what she was thinking. Tabitha listened, sighing and diminishing her explosive. "Fine, whatever. And I was just starting to like it here."
Tabitha gave Ray a flirtatious look. Mystique completely ignored it.
"She learns fast, unlike the rest of you!" bellowed Mystique as she turned toward Ray, Todd, and now Rahne, who was massaging her own back with a groan.
Off to the side, Fred suddenly entered with a very large and greatly filled sandwich. Upon seeing Mystique, he squeezed his sandwich fearfully. The contents of the snack shot out and onto the floor.
"So, um, Mystique, I was kinda expected you to bring us someone. You know, like last time when you brought that one girl, Betsy." Todd ventured, making sure to not look too scared.
But Mystique bellowed a shriek, and grabbed Todd. Fluidly, she sent him into the next room, where he crashed into a chair.
Sighing angrily, Mystique turned to address the others.
"I had tried to get someone, knowing that you losers would definitely need someone to actually compete with the X-men. What happened to the group of mutants I assembled?"
No one answered.
"When was the last time you beat the X-men? Oh, I know...never! They've outshined you on every level. And worse, one of your friends even joined them. And it seems they will keep beating you every time. This team is weak and useless. For all I care you all could join the X-men!! It's time I started back on my own agenda."
"So, um, who were you trying to get anyways, yo?" asked Todd quietly.
"Well it seems it doesn't matter anymore anyways. Wanda Maximoff is a very powerful mutant, and she would have knocked those arrogant X-men down a peg. But oddly, it seems someone else has gotten to her first. But I don't know who."
"Whoa, wait a minute! Wanda Maximoff?! That means she must be Pietro's sister!" shouted Fred as he made the connection.
"Correct, but it doesn't matter now. I'm kicking you all out now! I want everyone out of my house by midnight! Understood?"
Mystique gave each of the mutants in front of her a glare. No one spoke, they only nodded. Mystique gave a triumphant smirk, and exited the room.
"You know what?" started Todd. "Now that we're about to become homeless, I think we should take boss lady's suggestion, and join those X-geeks, yo."
The others didn't want to agree, but now things had changed. Even though they didn't want to believe it, the Brotherhood was done for now, and they needed a place to stay.
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Over at the Xavier Mansion, Rogue sat quietly on her bed, staring at the package she'd received only two days ago. Now she finally found some time between danger room sessions, Kitty and Lance, and time with Bobby and Warren. Things were still quiet around the mansion, as almost everyone was still on their holiday break.
Kitty had arrived home only a couple of hours ago, being as she wanted to spend more time with her boyfriend. She'd told Rogue that she'd actually convinced her parents about how kind and caring Lance was. That had been quite an accomplishment, since the first time her parents had met Lance he'd almost buried them inside a building.
Bobby had arrived home due to some family hardships. After arriving about an hour after Kitty, he'd told Rogue that his family time was pretty much dormant, as his parents were still confused and a little scared of the fact that their son was a mutant.
So finally Rogue had gotten some time to herself, escaping to her room and locking that door. Not that doing it would keep out a certain roommate. But Rogue figured Lance would occupy Kitty enough.
Taking a deep sigh, Rogue started to rip open the packaging. She took out some bubble wrap, resisting the urge to pop them, and peered inside the box.
"What the hell is this?" blurted Rogue as she lifted a device about the size of a palm pilot out of the box. The screen actually showed schematics of the mansion rooms, causing Rogue to be a little surprised. There was a dark green dot blinking in her room.
Rogue looked around the room for anything unusual, but then finally decided that the dot somehow must be her.
Then a blinking red dot caught her attention. It was situated right outside her door, and just waiting there.
After set the device on her bed, Rogue moved toward her door, not knowing what to expect. She took a deep sigh again, and then flung the door open.
"What the hell, Remy?!" cried Rogue as she found herself looking into the mysterious red and black eyes.
"I thought you'd be happy to see me, chere. And took me a while to make that thing you know." Stated Remy as he pointed at the device on Rogue's bed.
"What is it?" asked Rogue with her hands on her hips.
"It's a tracking device, Rogue. The green dot is you, and the red dot is me. I have one too."
Remy stuck his hand and pulled out a collection of pictures of Rogue. "Oops!" He quickly stuck them back in as Rogue gave him a weird look. "Here it is!"
The Cajun produced a similar device from his pocket, and showed it to Rogue.
"This way, we can both know where each other is. It's hard staying away from you, chere." Remy whispered, and moved in for a kiss.
Rogue gasped and shoved him back.
"Ah can't touch anymore, Remy!!" She cried out. But she didn't cry. Rogue sure wasn't about to shed a tear in front of Remy.
"I'm sorry Rogue," Remy apologized quickly.
"It's fahne," remarked Rogue quickly.
"Well in that case, let me give you your other present."
The untouchable mutant gave the kinetic Cajun a confused look. Remy gave her a sly smile, and peeled off his tight T-shirt.
"What are you doing?!" Rogue asked angrily, not being able to look away. She glanced up and down his tan and muscular upper body, until she noticed him watching her. Then she quickly turned her back to him.
"Come on chere, I know you like me." Remy teased.
Rogue snorted and turned around to tell him off, only to have Remy's pants fly onto her head.
"Remy!!!" She screamed, but it was muffled from the pants. She quickly yanked them off her head, and made sure to avert her gaze. "Ah don't know what you're trying to do, swamp rat!"
"Oh, Rogue, who's this hunky stripper guy and how much does he charge?" asked Kitty as she phased in through the door, not bothering to knock like always. She didn't recognize Remy though. It was only a few weeks ago that they had met. His back was to her also.
Rogue's eyes widened in shock.
"Well actually petite, I haven't thought of that yet. This chere over here gets my services free of charge anyways." Stated Remy as he turned around.
Kitty screamed and backed up against the door, her face burning red.
"Ahhh!! You!!" Kitty screamed as she pointed at Remy.
"Yes, it's me, Remy LeBeau."
Behind him, Rogue started to burst out laughing, as Kitty made her way to her bed, shaking her head.
"From now on I'm going to like, so knock before I walk in here with Rogue being naughty and all." Kitty muttered quietly.
A second later the door opened.
"Hey Rogue, did Kitty come in here?" Lance asked as he looked in. Then he noticed Remy. "Sheesh Rogue! Do you really need a striper?!"
Rogue screamed and tackled Lance, as Kitty rushed to both of them.
"He's my boyfriend Rogue! Get off him!" Kitty screamed, pulling Lance away from an irritated Rogue.
"He ain't a striper! He's a friend!" Rogue objected, defending herself.
"A stripping boyfriend? Hey Kitty, I'll strip for you." Lance remarked simply. Kitty gasped in delight as Rogue gasped in horror.
"No, we are keeping our clothes on in mah room!!" bellowed Rogue, as Lance was already peeling off his T-shirt. Rogue sneaked a peek at Lance, but then quickly convinced herself he was Kitty's. Any feeling for Lance from months ago were now tossed out the window.
Kitty rested her head against Lance's muscular chest, as he held her close.
"Don't even think about it swamp rat!" Rogue warned as Remy had moved close hoping to emulate Kitty and Lance. He put his palms up defensively with a smile.
"Ah'm outta here." Rogue suddenly blurted, and exited her room. She didn't know where to go though.
But then the feeling of paranoia crept up on her, as she thought she saw something. Quickening her pace, Rogue moved into one of the common rooms. Glancing around, she saw no one.
"Ah'm going crazy." She muttered, and then sat down in a sofa chair.
Peering outside through the vast windows along the wall in front of her, Rogue watched the ferocious storm. The rain pelted the window, as the lightning illuminated the dark sky.
Someone was behind her.
Rogue could see it in the reflection of the windows.
A hand reached over the chair and swiped, but Rogue was already rolling along the floor and onto her feet.
She looked up at her attacker, but there was no one. Rogue had no time to be confused, as a foot slammed into her shoulder, sending her skidding to the side.
"What do you want?!" Rogue cried out, finally looking at her attacker.
The attacker wore sleek clothing, shiny black pants and a black long sleeve jacket. They also wore a mask, boots, and gloves. Thus, Rogue didn't have a good chance of stopping the attacker with her mutant powers.
Suddenly two things jutted out one of the attackers gloves, gleaming in the light.
Ugh! Logan! But wait! Rogue's thoughts scattered. The claws were exactly the same as Logan's. But this person had only two claws. And they did not look like Logan. They looked slightly taller and not as large.
Logan would never try to hurt me either, Rogue thought certainly.
Suddenly her attacker lashed out, tackling her to the ground. A small circular device came into view, as Rogue's attacker was about to put it on her.
"No!!" Rogue screamed, trying to fight back. Using what training she knew, she flipped her attacker over her with her legs. But they simply landed on their feet, as Rogue quickly got up.
Before she was attacked again, Rogue ran toward the door, hoping to escape. Half expecting her attacker to trample, Rogue was surprised when the door and front of her flew down, and someone else tackled her. The two claws swished through the air right above her, slashing through something.
Rogue suddenly found herself face to face with Gambit, peering into his eyes. But he suddenly pulled her off the ground, and then shoved her to the side, as the attacker now focused on him.
There were to slash marks down the side of Remy's T-shirt, but luckily the claws hadn't touched his skin.
The attacker screamed wildly and lunged forward, swiping at Remy. He managed to avoid most of the attacks, while only a few managed to rip through the front of his shirt leaving it in tatters over his chest.
But then the fighting suddenly stopped. The attacker stood in a fighting stance, but didn't move.
Suddenly a metal table shuddered, and then slammed into Remy.
Rogue glanced around, searching for Magneto, half expecting him to pop up. But that left her guard down, as her attacker advanced on her.
In one fluid movement, the attack flipped into the air, and as they were vertically over Rogue's head, they slapped a small disc like device on her forehead.
Whatever it was, it drained her energy and strength. Rogue cried out, taking another glance at Remy, and then collapsed into unconsciousness.
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A/N: The battle with Wanda was skipped because someone else has her. You'll have to guess who and how they did it. Also, the Acolytes in the next chapter will have a very different roster than in the show. Try to guess who you think we'll be on the team. Questions welcomed, and please review!!