Disclaimer: I still don't own them, but if anyone wants to buy them for me for Christmas, I'd be more than happy to accept the gift.
Authors Note: And now lets see what our other couples are up to.
'text' internal speech
inside Rogue's head
Wandering Souls
Chapter 10: Waiting Game
The rec-room was full of tension and anxiety as Remy entered, the emotions overwhelming his empathic sense. He shook it off and looked around the room, noticing that he wasn't the only X-Man that decided to skip out on classes that day. Asides from Hank and Ororo sitting off in the corner reading, Evan was curled up with Wanda in a chair, which really didn't surprise Remy much. What did surprise him was that Kitty, Jubilee and Amara were also in the room. No one noticed him as he leaned himself easily against the wall to observe the group.
Kitty sat on the couch in the center, Lance's head resting on a pillow in her lap as they waited. He was thumbing through a magazine as she ran her fingers threw his messy brown hair. Occasionally he'd look up at her and she'd offer him a small smile.
On the loveseat parallel to the couch sat Amara and John, wrapped up around one another. John had his arm snaked around her waist as she rested her head on his shoulder, her left hand intertwined with his right. Her Right hand was in front of them and a small ball of fire danced on the palm as John manipulated it, turning it from a rose, to a tiger, to a dancing cat.
In a nearby arm chair, Evan sat with Wanda curled in his lap. He ran his fingers through her short red and black hair as she rested her head on his chest, his chin on top of it. She twirled her fingers around causing his skateboard to dance on its own in the air in front of her face. She looked up at him and smiled slightly, snuggling closer, wishing her brother was here to see this.
Finally, off in a corner, Jubilee and Piotr sat. Jubilee, much to Remy's surprise, was silent as Piotr drew her picture on a sketch bad as she sat with her elbow resting on her knee, her hand cupping her chin. She smiled at him, popping her gum occasionally, a smile dancing in her eyes. Piotr's hand moved quickly as his eyes darted from the paper to Jubilee's face, his eyes lost in concentration.
Remy stood lost in reflection as he watched all the couples. He'd known many women over his lifetime and loved more than a few physically, but he'd never felt for them what he was feeling for Rogue now. It was something pure and good and it felt right. And more than anything, it scared the hell out of him.
Wanda's voice broke the silence of the room pulling Remy from his thoughts. "It's been over two hours," she growled as she climbed out of Evan's lap. "Why haven't they told us anything!"
"These things take time child," Ororo began soothingly, placing her book on the table and rising to walk over to the angry girl. It had more than shocked the Weather Witch when Evan told her about his interest in Wanda and she was still having trouble coping with the idea. "We all must be patient," she continued placing her hands comfortingly on the young Goth's shoulders.
Wanda looked up at the older woman, unsure of how to react to the action. She finally shrugged off her hands and turned towards Evan who had gotten out of the chair, noticing how everyone in the room was staring at her now, most use to her outbursts.
"Auntie O's right baby," Evan said softly wrapping his arms around Wanda's waist and pulling her close, kissing her temple. "The Prof will let us know soon."
Remy sighed and cleared his throat loudly, figuring now was a good time to announce his presence. Everyone in the room jumped a bit and looked towards him, ear and curiosity in their eyes.
"Remy jus' spoke to de Professor," Remy began pulling out his deck of cards again, beginning to shuffle. "He tell Remy dat Rogue be fine, but she need rest so we can't see her jus' yet. Logan be in wit her now." He looked up, noticing the collective sigh of relief the Brotherhood let out.
"Did he say when we could see her mate?' John asked anxiously, squeezing Amara's hand.
"Non," Remy said feeling slightly defeated as he sank into a nearby chair.
The others sighed and started back for their seats. Lance pulling Kitty into his lap on the couch, kissing her head and leaning his against her shoulder. John and Amara sank back onto their couch. Amara wrapped her arms around him and he sank his head onto her chest for a few moments. After the hug ended, John picked up his head and they resumed their fire manipulation game in silence, the release of power easing both their nerves. Piotr and Jubilee went back to their sketch's and Ororo and Hank returned to their books.
Wanda on the other hand was not satisfied by Remy's revelation. "Well, I'm not leaving until I see her and I know she's alright," she looked towards Hank and Ororo somewhat expecting an argument.
"You don't have to," the Professor's voice cut through the room. "None of you have to leave at all."
Everyone turned to see Xavier rolling into the room, having refreshed himself after his session with Rogue.
"What are you saying Professor?" Amara asked, snuffing out the fireball once again and looking over at her mentor.
"I think he's offering us a place here love," John said looking from Amara to the Professor. "Am I right mate?"
"That's exactly what I'm offering you Mr. Allderice. That is, if it's what you would all like to do of course," Charles said stopping before the children, smiling fatherly at them. "The decision is entirely up to you."
"Can we talk about it," Lance asked, looking down at Kitty lovingly, before turning back to Charles. "I've tried it and not exactly all your team is supportive. Besides, if you offer it to use, I hope that means you're offering it to the rest of our team as well. And they're not all here."
"Of course Mr. Alvers, take all the time you need. Just know if you ever decide to join us, all you must do is show up and you'll have a place here. And I'll make sure all of our team respects that this time," Charles said before looking towards the adults, telepathically telling them to meet him later he continued. "Now, I'm sure you're all worried about your friend," he looked pointedly at Wanda. "She's with her father right now, but you should be able to see her soon."
"Wait, what do you mean her father?" Lance asked looking shocked. "I thought Mystique was her mom. Who's her dad?"
"Mystique in fact, kidnapped Rogue as a child and convinced her that Mystique was indeed her mother," Charles explained, leaving out all the details. He thought that if Rogue wanted them to know, she'd tell them herself. "We discovered this morning that Logan is her father."
"WOLVERINE!" the entire Brotherhood yelled as one looking slightly frightened at one another.
"What?" Logan growled as he entered the room, causing the Brotherhood members, except for Wanda, to jump behind their girlfriends for protection.
"I was just offering them the choice of joining us," Charles said looking at his long time friend. "And telling them about your daughter."
"How is she?" Ororo asked walking up to Logan and placing a hand on his shoulder, looking up into his eyes.
"She's sleeping. I put her in one of the guest rooms," he replied, his eyes softening a bit at the mention of Rogue.
"When can we see her?" Wanda asked, looking between the two men.
"As soon as she wakes up I presume," Charles said, looking over at Hank. "That is after Doctor McCoy examines her."
"That won't be necessary. Ah feel fahne," Rogue's voice stated as they all turned to look at her. She entered the room slowly, rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
"Rogue!" Wanda ran and hugged the girl, dropping the tough exterior. "Are you okay? We were worried," she pulled away from Rogue and looked at her, crossing her hands over her chest. "And if you ever do it again I'll kick your ass."
Rogue chuckled slightly. "Ah'm fahne sugah, and Ah think Ah could take ya easily enough. Just give me a quick tap."
"Hey shelia," John said coming up and hugging her carefully. "You really had us scared there. Had to come be comforted," he pulled Amara close. "Feel free to do it often."
Rogue smile widened as she rolled her eyes at him.
"I'm, like, glad you're feeling better Rogue," Kitty said smiling at her. "We, like, all are."
"Don't mind Kitty, sometimes she gets stuck on valley girl," Lance said hugging Rogue for a moment and pulling away only to have Kitty punch him playfully.
"How'd Ah get here anyway?" Rogue asked looking towards Piotr, knowing he had to have been involved. She couldn't absorb his metal skin, they'd figured that out the first day she'd arrived. Mystique had wanted to test it.
"My Petey carried you," Jubilee spoke up proudly.
"Is that so? Well then, metal up sugah, so Ah can thank ya," Rogue said walking over to him.
"It is not necessary," Piotr stated.
"Well, humor meh," Rogue said stopping before him as his body transformed into it's metal form. "Ah hope ya don't mind sugah," Rogue turned to Jubilee and smiled before placing a kiss on the boys cheek. "But he deserved this. And more from ya," she winked at Jubilee before returning turning back to everyone else, her eyes falling on Logan and Remy.
"Hey Roguey you missed it," Lance said smiling. "They offered to make us X-Men. Can you believe it?"
"Ah think it's a good idea sugah," Rogue said seriously turning back to him and the others. "Mystique's a terrorist. She sent us there so that girl would get hurt. So AH would get hurt. Ah can't do that anymore. Ah can't fight her cause," Rogue looked at her friends seriously for a long time. "If y'all don't wanna join here that's yer business. But please don't expect meh to go back wit ya."
Remy watched Rogue, amazed at her courage and everything else about her.
"You're looking a little to hard at my daughter there gumbo," Logan growled under his breath at the Cajun who tensed slightly and held a card ready, just in case he needed to run.
"Rogue, I don't know what to say," Wanda said looking hard at her. "We'd never ask you to come back and work for her. And I don't want to lose your friendship either."
"So will ya join them?" Rogue asked looking hopefully at her friends waiting for their response.
Authors Note: And it's official, I'm evil and now you all know it! No, I'm not really, I'm just trying to decide who I want to join the X-men and who I want to stay with the Brotherhood. Feel free to send any suggestions my way. I'm going to sleep on it and try to have my decision made by tomorrow night or Sunday. Again, thanks to the reviewers and don't hate me too bad for the cliff hanger.
Authors Note: And now lets see what our other couples are up to.
'text' internal speech
inside Rogue's head
Wandering Souls
Chapter 10: Waiting Game
The rec-room was full of tension and anxiety as Remy entered, the emotions overwhelming his empathic sense. He shook it off and looked around the room, noticing that he wasn't the only X-Man that decided to skip out on classes that day. Asides from Hank and Ororo sitting off in the corner reading, Evan was curled up with Wanda in a chair, which really didn't surprise Remy much. What did surprise him was that Kitty, Jubilee and Amara were also in the room. No one noticed him as he leaned himself easily against the wall to observe the group.
Kitty sat on the couch in the center, Lance's head resting on a pillow in her lap as they waited. He was thumbing through a magazine as she ran her fingers threw his messy brown hair. Occasionally he'd look up at her and she'd offer him a small smile.
On the loveseat parallel to the couch sat Amara and John, wrapped up around one another. John had his arm snaked around her waist as she rested her head on his shoulder, her left hand intertwined with his right. Her Right hand was in front of them and a small ball of fire danced on the palm as John manipulated it, turning it from a rose, to a tiger, to a dancing cat.
In a nearby arm chair, Evan sat with Wanda curled in his lap. He ran his fingers through her short red and black hair as she rested her head on his chest, his chin on top of it. She twirled her fingers around causing his skateboard to dance on its own in the air in front of her face. She looked up at him and smiled slightly, snuggling closer, wishing her brother was here to see this.
Finally, off in a corner, Jubilee and Piotr sat. Jubilee, much to Remy's surprise, was silent as Piotr drew her picture on a sketch bad as she sat with her elbow resting on her knee, her hand cupping her chin. She smiled at him, popping her gum occasionally, a smile dancing in her eyes. Piotr's hand moved quickly as his eyes darted from the paper to Jubilee's face, his eyes lost in concentration.
Remy stood lost in reflection as he watched all the couples. He'd known many women over his lifetime and loved more than a few physically, but he'd never felt for them what he was feeling for Rogue now. It was something pure and good and it felt right. And more than anything, it scared the hell out of him.
Wanda's voice broke the silence of the room pulling Remy from his thoughts. "It's been over two hours," she growled as she climbed out of Evan's lap. "Why haven't they told us anything!"
"These things take time child," Ororo began soothingly, placing her book on the table and rising to walk over to the angry girl. It had more than shocked the Weather Witch when Evan told her about his interest in Wanda and she was still having trouble coping with the idea. "We all must be patient," she continued placing her hands comfortingly on the young Goth's shoulders.
Wanda looked up at the older woman, unsure of how to react to the action. She finally shrugged off her hands and turned towards Evan who had gotten out of the chair, noticing how everyone in the room was staring at her now, most use to her outbursts.
"Auntie O's right baby," Evan said softly wrapping his arms around Wanda's waist and pulling her close, kissing her temple. "The Prof will let us know soon."
Remy sighed and cleared his throat loudly, figuring now was a good time to announce his presence. Everyone in the room jumped a bit and looked towards him, ear and curiosity in their eyes.
"Remy jus' spoke to de Professor," Remy began pulling out his deck of cards again, beginning to shuffle. "He tell Remy dat Rogue be fine, but she need rest so we can't see her jus' yet. Logan be in wit her now." He looked up, noticing the collective sigh of relief the Brotherhood let out.
"Did he say when we could see her mate?' John asked anxiously, squeezing Amara's hand.
"Non," Remy said feeling slightly defeated as he sank into a nearby chair.
The others sighed and started back for their seats. Lance pulling Kitty into his lap on the couch, kissing her head and leaning his against her shoulder. John and Amara sank back onto their couch. Amara wrapped her arms around him and he sank his head onto her chest for a few moments. After the hug ended, John picked up his head and they resumed their fire manipulation game in silence, the release of power easing both their nerves. Piotr and Jubilee went back to their sketch's and Ororo and Hank returned to their books.
Wanda on the other hand was not satisfied by Remy's revelation. "Well, I'm not leaving until I see her and I know she's alright," she looked towards Hank and Ororo somewhat expecting an argument.
"You don't have to," the Professor's voice cut through the room. "None of you have to leave at all."
Everyone turned to see Xavier rolling into the room, having refreshed himself after his session with Rogue.
"What are you saying Professor?" Amara asked, snuffing out the fireball once again and looking over at her mentor.
"I think he's offering us a place here love," John said looking from Amara to the Professor. "Am I right mate?"
"That's exactly what I'm offering you Mr. Allderice. That is, if it's what you would all like to do of course," Charles said stopping before the children, smiling fatherly at them. "The decision is entirely up to you."
"Can we talk about it," Lance asked, looking down at Kitty lovingly, before turning back to Charles. "I've tried it and not exactly all your team is supportive. Besides, if you offer it to use, I hope that means you're offering it to the rest of our team as well. And they're not all here."
"Of course Mr. Alvers, take all the time you need. Just know if you ever decide to join us, all you must do is show up and you'll have a place here. And I'll make sure all of our team respects that this time," Charles said before looking towards the adults, telepathically telling them to meet him later he continued. "Now, I'm sure you're all worried about your friend," he looked pointedly at Wanda. "She's with her father right now, but you should be able to see her soon."
"Wait, what do you mean her father?" Lance asked looking shocked. "I thought Mystique was her mom. Who's her dad?"
"Mystique in fact, kidnapped Rogue as a child and convinced her that Mystique was indeed her mother," Charles explained, leaving out all the details. He thought that if Rogue wanted them to know, she'd tell them herself. "We discovered this morning that Logan is her father."
"WOLVERINE!" the entire Brotherhood yelled as one looking slightly frightened at one another.
"What?" Logan growled as he entered the room, causing the Brotherhood members, except for Wanda, to jump behind their girlfriends for protection.
"I was just offering them the choice of joining us," Charles said looking at his long time friend. "And telling them about your daughter."
"How is she?" Ororo asked walking up to Logan and placing a hand on his shoulder, looking up into his eyes.
"She's sleeping. I put her in one of the guest rooms," he replied, his eyes softening a bit at the mention of Rogue.
"When can we see her?" Wanda asked, looking between the two men.
"As soon as she wakes up I presume," Charles said, looking over at Hank. "That is after Doctor McCoy examines her."
"That won't be necessary. Ah feel fahne," Rogue's voice stated as they all turned to look at her. She entered the room slowly, rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
"Rogue!" Wanda ran and hugged the girl, dropping the tough exterior. "Are you okay? We were worried," she pulled away from Rogue and looked at her, crossing her hands over her chest. "And if you ever do it again I'll kick your ass."
Rogue chuckled slightly. "Ah'm fahne sugah, and Ah think Ah could take ya easily enough. Just give me a quick tap."
"Hey shelia," John said coming up and hugging her carefully. "You really had us scared there. Had to come be comforted," he pulled Amara close. "Feel free to do it often."
Rogue smile widened as she rolled her eyes at him.
"I'm, like, glad you're feeling better Rogue," Kitty said smiling at her. "We, like, all are."
"Don't mind Kitty, sometimes she gets stuck on valley girl," Lance said hugging Rogue for a moment and pulling away only to have Kitty punch him playfully.
"How'd Ah get here anyway?" Rogue asked looking towards Piotr, knowing he had to have been involved. She couldn't absorb his metal skin, they'd figured that out the first day she'd arrived. Mystique had wanted to test it.
"My Petey carried you," Jubilee spoke up proudly.
"Is that so? Well then, metal up sugah, so Ah can thank ya," Rogue said walking over to him.
"It is not necessary," Piotr stated.
"Well, humor meh," Rogue said stopping before him as his body transformed into it's metal form. "Ah hope ya don't mind sugah," Rogue turned to Jubilee and smiled before placing a kiss on the boys cheek. "But he deserved this. And more from ya," she winked at Jubilee before returning turning back to everyone else, her eyes falling on Logan and Remy.
"Hey Roguey you missed it," Lance said smiling. "They offered to make us X-Men. Can you believe it?"
"Ah think it's a good idea sugah," Rogue said seriously turning back to him and the others. "Mystique's a terrorist. She sent us there so that girl would get hurt. So AH would get hurt. Ah can't do that anymore. Ah can't fight her cause," Rogue looked at her friends seriously for a long time. "If y'all don't wanna join here that's yer business. But please don't expect meh to go back wit ya."
Remy watched Rogue, amazed at her courage and everything else about her.
"You're looking a little to hard at my daughter there gumbo," Logan growled under his breath at the Cajun who tensed slightly and held a card ready, just in case he needed to run.
"Rogue, I don't know what to say," Wanda said looking hard at her. "We'd never ask you to come back and work for her. And I don't want to lose your friendship either."
"So will ya join them?" Rogue asked looking hopefully at her friends waiting for their response.
Authors Note: And it's official, I'm evil and now you all know it! No, I'm not really, I'm just trying to decide who I want to join the X-men and who I want to stay with the Brotherhood. Feel free to send any suggestions my way. I'm going to sleep on it and try to have my decision made by tomorrow night or Sunday. Again, thanks to the reviewers and don't hate me too bad for the cliff hanger.