Chapter 3
[What's happening to me?]
Rouge hated the link. She had gone to her room from the med lab. She had gone in, cranked her stereo and lain on her bed. She could feel the knot of emotions and thoughts at the back of her head that didn't belong to her. She had been exploring the new anomaly. She had prodded at it and had found a way to block her thoughts from slipping through the link, but only if she concentrated hard enough. She had also found that pictures of what the person was thinking could be sent along as well. She had felt him wake up, felt his thoughts. She had enjoyed the shock she had given him when he was in the kitchen as she could see everything that happened. Although at the time she had been mad at him for being in her head.
After she had told him to meet her at the park she swung her legs down to the floor and got up. She would have to walk to the park that was about 15 minuets away through the town. She made her way down to the front entrance after telling the Prof she was going out. She was greeted by Kitty and Kurt who asked her to watch a film with them but Rouge just continued towards the door trying to get away without drawing too much attention. All the while she was concentrating on not letting concentration slip.
She entered the park at the South end and went to the middle of park then went to sit near the fountain. She sat there and waited for the Cajun to turn up. She heard a motorbike pull up and the sexy French man get off. He swaggered up to her with a huge grin on his face.
[What a pretty little fille. What I could do with her.] Were the thoughts he sent along the link with a few choice images.
"Am Ah supposed to be flattered by that? And keep ya dirty little thoughts to yaself!" Rouge snapped at him.
"Remy only trying to complement ma cherie." He replied in his sexy accent.
"Well Ah don't need ya X-rated images in mah head." She said sternly surprised that anyone could think of her that way.
Remy was gob smacked that the link could send images as well and decided that he had to learn to block it as the femme had appeared to. Rouge's smile grew as she realised that he couldn't control the link as well as she could.
"Its easy ya know, although it takes a lot of concentration. If ya end up doin anythin too hard ya may not be able to block the thoughts and do whatever it is ya'll doin." Rouge explained as she had picked up his thoughts. "And Ah do not want to know what ya'll always doin."
"Remy want to know how dis happened. He's not sure what to do bout it either." He asked her with a small smile on his face.
"Well ya know "Little Miss Perfect" Jean. The one with me earlier. Well she created a link between us when Ah drained ya. It kinda sucks. Ah don't know how to get rid of it and the Prof said - "
"What do you mean the Prof? He knows about dis?" Remy cut her off abruptly.
"Well yeah he knows. He was the one who looked into mah mind and figured out what happened." Rouge said in a defensive way. "He said that we may not be able to get rid of it for a few weeks maybe more maybe less." She explained. She picked up on a question. "No he can't get rid of it as it may kill us."
"Well dis be different from Remy's other relationships with filles." He said with a smile.
"We do not have a relationship, Swamp Rat. Ok? Not now not ever." She snapped. And with that she got up and made her way to the exit leaving the Cajun smiling after the fiery Goth girl. His smile faded when he saw five guys get up and follow her from the park.
Rouge left the park in a huff. She walked back towards the institute seething. She was oblivious to everything around her. She carried on walking but felt a tugging at the back of her mind. He was trying to contact her. She sent a short sharp "leave me alone" and then blocked him off. Eventually Rouge ended up on the deserted road that led up to the gates of the mansion. As she walked she could hear someone behind her, following her. She turned around to shout at them, as she was sure it was Gambit. She was surprised to find that it was not Gambit but five guys. She became worried as they continued to leer at her. She turned and tried to continue walking but the guys surrounded her and wouldn't let her through.
"What do ya want?" Rouge asked her anger rising. She had no time to muck about with some idiots who wanted trouble. Two of the guys had blondish hair; one with blue eyes and the other had green ones. The other three guys had various shades of brown hair, one had blue eyes and the other two had brown eyes.
"We just wanna have some fun." Said a blonde haired guy with a smirk on his face. All of the five guys were bigger than her and heavier looking.
"Well Ah'm not interested. Now leave me alone." She said as she tried to push past them.
"Well you ain't going anywhere." Said the other blonde guy as he walked towards her.
"Ah don't wanna fight ya but Ah will if ya come any closer." Rouge warned the guy. He just laughed and continued walking towards her. When he was close enough she swung her right fist where it connected satisfyingly with his jaw. The other guys watched as the leader of the group righted himself and glared at her.
"You'll pay for that bitch!" he exclaimed and swung his left fist towards her. She ducked easily and punched him in the stomach. He doubled over and Rouge pushed him onto the floor. She turned around to find that each of the other four guys had a switchblade each and were looking like they were ready to use them. One of the brown haired guys came for her with his knife out in front of him. Rouge reacted instantly flooring him by spinning and kicking the side of his head. As she regained her balance she didn't notice the fist of the first blonde guy come towards her. It made contact with her face and she was momentarily stunned. She spun round and came face to face with two other guys. She put up her fists and got into a defensive position. One guy came at her from the right so she punched him. She didn't notice the leader came at her from the side and tackle her to the ground and hit her several times in the face. Before she knew it she was on the floor with two of the guys holding her legs and two more holding her legs. She continued to thrash and struggle against her captors before she saw the leader come forward with his switchblade in front of him. On the side of his face she could see a bruise beginning to show where she had punched him.
"Your gonna pay now. And its gonna hurt!" he shouted at her.
She closed her eyes to wait for the pain to begin.
Remy had followed her on his bike as he saw the guys begin to follow her. He had tried to contact her through the link but she had managed to block him out. He saw that she was taking a secluded road up towards a large house, which he assumed was the institute. About halfway down the road she stopped and turned round to confront the guys. He stopped his bike and got off. He watched as she landed a punch on the leaders jaw. From the moment she had turned to confront the followers she had lost full control over the link and he could felt the pleasure she felt as she punched the guy. He smiled at the joy she had at being able to handle herself in this situation. He saw the guy right himself and yell at her. He saw him swing at her and then as her fist connect with his stomach and saw the guy get pushed to the floor. He smiled as he felt a torrent of happiness and pleasure flow through the link from the petite girl. He saw her tun round to confront the rest of the gang and saw her pause. Through the link he could tell something was wrong. He started towards the small group when he realised that the group was armed with switchblades. He paused as he saw Rouge manage to floor one of the guys with a spinning kick to the head. She was beautiful he decided as he watched her fight the guys. He saw her take a punch to the face but regained her defensive position. He saw a guy come in from the right but he was deterred by a punch but she didn' notice the leader tackle her to the floor. She was on the floor now and she took a few punches to the face and was then pinned to the ground by four of them. He smiled as he saw how much trouble she gave them but his smile faded as he saw the leader approach, his switchblade out. He decided to take some action.
Rouge had closed her eyes preparing for the pain begin. She could sense someone coming closer but that was strange. The person she could feel was in her head.
"I don't think you wanna be doin that to the lady ma ami." Said an unmistakable voice. She opened her eyes and saw Remy LaBeau approaching the small group. She saw the leader of the group turn to him and brandish the knife.
"This ain't got anything to you. So leave and you won't get hurt." He threatened.
"I don't think so. You gonna hurt the fille and I ain't gonna let you do dis. So just let her up and leave." He said in a commanding voice. She felt the two guys holding her legs loosen their grip. She saw the leader signal to the two guys who completely let go of her legs. They both got out their knifes and start towards Remy. She waited for them to get further away from her when she brought her leg up to hit the guy holding her right arm in the head. He loosened his grip on her and she got her arm free. She wrenched her arm out of his grasp and hit the guy on her left. She quickly got up glancing to where Remy had managed to disarm the three guys using a bow staff. He was then hitting the guys with an almost casual air. She returned her attention to the guys ho had been holding and proceeded to pummel them. The two guys joined their friends and slowly backed away from Remy and Rouge
"Your gonna pay for this you freaks!" the guys exclaimed. They then backed off until they were sure they weren't gonna be attacked. Then they turned and fled.
Rouge turned to Remy who gave her a casual smile. She gave a small smile back
"Thank ya for that Swamp Rat." She said in a small voice hoping he wouldn't hear her.
"Dat be ok chere. Remy don't like to see women get beaten. It be a good job he saw them guys follow her outta the park." He said with a winning smile. "Let me thank ya by taking you on a date tonight with Remy.Remy take you to dat nice coffe place in town at about seven."
"Ah don't know." Said Rouge hesitating. Remy chose that moment too flash her a winning smile. Her knees felt weak and she was surprised to hear herself say, "Alright Swamp Rat but only this one time, ya hear." She dusted herself off and then walked off towards the mansion, leaving a smiling Cajun behind her.
[What's happening to me?]
Rouge hated the link. She had gone to her room from the med lab. She had gone in, cranked her stereo and lain on her bed. She could feel the knot of emotions and thoughts at the back of her head that didn't belong to her. She had been exploring the new anomaly. She had prodded at it and had found a way to block her thoughts from slipping through the link, but only if she concentrated hard enough. She had also found that pictures of what the person was thinking could be sent along as well. She had felt him wake up, felt his thoughts. She had enjoyed the shock she had given him when he was in the kitchen as she could see everything that happened. Although at the time she had been mad at him for being in her head.
After she had told him to meet her at the park she swung her legs down to the floor and got up. She would have to walk to the park that was about 15 minuets away through the town. She made her way down to the front entrance after telling the Prof she was going out. She was greeted by Kitty and Kurt who asked her to watch a film with them but Rouge just continued towards the door trying to get away without drawing too much attention. All the while she was concentrating on not letting concentration slip.
She entered the park at the South end and went to the middle of park then went to sit near the fountain. She sat there and waited for the Cajun to turn up. She heard a motorbike pull up and the sexy French man get off. He swaggered up to her with a huge grin on his face.
[What a pretty little fille. What I could do with her.] Were the thoughts he sent along the link with a few choice images.
"Am Ah supposed to be flattered by that? And keep ya dirty little thoughts to yaself!" Rouge snapped at him.
"Remy only trying to complement ma cherie." He replied in his sexy accent.
"Well Ah don't need ya X-rated images in mah head." She said sternly surprised that anyone could think of her that way.
Remy was gob smacked that the link could send images as well and decided that he had to learn to block it as the femme had appeared to. Rouge's smile grew as she realised that he couldn't control the link as well as she could.
"Its easy ya know, although it takes a lot of concentration. If ya end up doin anythin too hard ya may not be able to block the thoughts and do whatever it is ya'll doin." Rouge explained as she had picked up his thoughts. "And Ah do not want to know what ya'll always doin."
"Remy want to know how dis happened. He's not sure what to do bout it either." He asked her with a small smile on his face.
"Well ya know "Little Miss Perfect" Jean. The one with me earlier. Well she created a link between us when Ah drained ya. It kinda sucks. Ah don't know how to get rid of it and the Prof said - "
"What do you mean the Prof? He knows about dis?" Remy cut her off abruptly.
"Well yeah he knows. He was the one who looked into mah mind and figured out what happened." Rouge said in a defensive way. "He said that we may not be able to get rid of it for a few weeks maybe more maybe less." She explained. She picked up on a question. "No he can't get rid of it as it may kill us."
"Well dis be different from Remy's other relationships with filles." He said with a smile.
"We do not have a relationship, Swamp Rat. Ok? Not now not ever." She snapped. And with that she got up and made her way to the exit leaving the Cajun smiling after the fiery Goth girl. His smile faded when he saw five guys get up and follow her from the park.
Rouge left the park in a huff. She walked back towards the institute seething. She was oblivious to everything around her. She carried on walking but felt a tugging at the back of her mind. He was trying to contact her. She sent a short sharp "leave me alone" and then blocked him off. Eventually Rouge ended up on the deserted road that led up to the gates of the mansion. As she walked she could hear someone behind her, following her. She turned around to shout at them, as she was sure it was Gambit. She was surprised to find that it was not Gambit but five guys. She became worried as they continued to leer at her. She turned and tried to continue walking but the guys surrounded her and wouldn't let her through.
"What do ya want?" Rouge asked her anger rising. She had no time to muck about with some idiots who wanted trouble. Two of the guys had blondish hair; one with blue eyes and the other had green ones. The other three guys had various shades of brown hair, one had blue eyes and the other two had brown eyes.
"We just wanna have some fun." Said a blonde haired guy with a smirk on his face. All of the five guys were bigger than her and heavier looking.
"Well Ah'm not interested. Now leave me alone." She said as she tried to push past them.
"Well you ain't going anywhere." Said the other blonde guy as he walked towards her.
"Ah don't wanna fight ya but Ah will if ya come any closer." Rouge warned the guy. He just laughed and continued walking towards her. When he was close enough she swung her right fist where it connected satisfyingly with his jaw. The other guys watched as the leader of the group righted himself and glared at her.
"You'll pay for that bitch!" he exclaimed and swung his left fist towards her. She ducked easily and punched him in the stomach. He doubled over and Rouge pushed him onto the floor. She turned around to find that each of the other four guys had a switchblade each and were looking like they were ready to use them. One of the brown haired guys came for her with his knife out in front of him. Rouge reacted instantly flooring him by spinning and kicking the side of his head. As she regained her balance she didn't notice the fist of the first blonde guy come towards her. It made contact with her face and she was momentarily stunned. She spun round and came face to face with two other guys. She put up her fists and got into a defensive position. One guy came at her from the right so she punched him. She didn't notice the leader came at her from the side and tackle her to the ground and hit her several times in the face. Before she knew it she was on the floor with two of the guys holding her legs and two more holding her legs. She continued to thrash and struggle against her captors before she saw the leader come forward with his switchblade in front of him. On the side of his face she could see a bruise beginning to show where she had punched him.
"Your gonna pay now. And its gonna hurt!" he shouted at her.
She closed her eyes to wait for the pain to begin.
Remy had followed her on his bike as he saw the guys begin to follow her. He had tried to contact her through the link but she had managed to block him out. He saw that she was taking a secluded road up towards a large house, which he assumed was the institute. About halfway down the road she stopped and turned round to confront the guys. He stopped his bike and got off. He watched as she landed a punch on the leaders jaw. From the moment she had turned to confront the followers she had lost full control over the link and he could felt the pleasure she felt as she punched the guy. He smiled at the joy she had at being able to handle herself in this situation. He saw the guy right himself and yell at her. He saw him swing at her and then as her fist connect with his stomach and saw the guy get pushed to the floor. He smiled as he felt a torrent of happiness and pleasure flow through the link from the petite girl. He saw her tun round to confront the rest of the gang and saw her pause. Through the link he could tell something was wrong. He started towards the small group when he realised that the group was armed with switchblades. He paused as he saw Rouge manage to floor one of the guys with a spinning kick to the head. She was beautiful he decided as he watched her fight the guys. He saw her take a punch to the face but regained her defensive position. He saw a guy come in from the right but he was deterred by a punch but she didn' notice the leader tackle her to the floor. She was on the floor now and she took a few punches to the face and was then pinned to the ground by four of them. He smiled as he saw how much trouble she gave them but his smile faded as he saw the leader approach, his switchblade out. He decided to take some action.
Rouge had closed her eyes preparing for the pain begin. She could sense someone coming closer but that was strange. The person she could feel was in her head.
"I don't think you wanna be doin that to the lady ma ami." Said an unmistakable voice. She opened her eyes and saw Remy LaBeau approaching the small group. She saw the leader of the group turn to him and brandish the knife.
"This ain't got anything to you. So leave and you won't get hurt." He threatened.
"I don't think so. You gonna hurt the fille and I ain't gonna let you do dis. So just let her up and leave." He said in a commanding voice. She felt the two guys holding her legs loosen their grip. She saw the leader signal to the two guys who completely let go of her legs. They both got out their knifes and start towards Remy. She waited for them to get further away from her when she brought her leg up to hit the guy holding her right arm in the head. He loosened his grip on her and she got her arm free. She wrenched her arm out of his grasp and hit the guy on her left. She quickly got up glancing to where Remy had managed to disarm the three guys using a bow staff. He was then hitting the guys with an almost casual air. She returned her attention to the guys ho had been holding and proceeded to pummel them. The two guys joined their friends and slowly backed away from Remy and Rouge
"Your gonna pay for this you freaks!" the guys exclaimed. They then backed off until they were sure they weren't gonna be attacked. Then they turned and fled.
Rouge turned to Remy who gave her a casual smile. She gave a small smile back
"Thank ya for that Swamp Rat." She said in a small voice hoping he wouldn't hear her.
"Dat be ok chere. Remy don't like to see women get beaten. It be a good job he saw them guys follow her outta the park." He said with a winning smile. "Let me thank ya by taking you on a date tonight with Remy.Remy take you to dat nice coffe place in town at about seven."
"Ah don't know." Said Rouge hesitating. Remy chose that moment too flash her a winning smile. Her knees felt weak and she was surprised to hear herself say, "Alright Swamp Rat but only this one time, ya hear." She dusted herself off and then walked off towards the mansion, leaving a smiling Cajun behind her.