(I'm soo sorry this took so long. Anyway this chapter is why this is a tragedy. The song lyrics are from Angel by coughs embarrassed, says name quietly Westlife.)

Chapter 3; Till Death Do Us Part

Rogue and Remy climbed off the motorbike when they reached the Crescent Moon Hotel, near Crescent Moon Forest. They booked a room for the night before their flight the next morning. The couple only had a backpack each containing all their personal possessions.

"Alone at last," Rogue said when they reached the room. Remy took his jacket off before leaning down to kiss Rogue, who wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him down onto the bed.

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Lance stopped outside the mansion to let Kitty out of his jeep.

"Umm Kitty I," Lance started to say but he was cut off when Kitty kissed him. He was still in shock when the brunette got out of the car.

Kitty hurried into the mansion so she could stash her bridesmaids dress under the bed. When she came back down stairs the X-jet had just landed. She had a silly smile plastered all over her face but it soon fell away when she saw Jean running along supporting a wounded Amara.

"What happened?" Kitty asked as she supported Amara on the other side.

"The new mutant we picked up, James Markems, turned nasty," Jean explained as they manoeuvred Amara into the infirmary. "Come on we have to report to Wolverine." All the other X-men were suited up and ready to go when Kitty and Jean joined them. When Logan finished his brief he stalked over to Kitty.

"Where the hell have you been?" He growled.

"At the mall," Kitty said uncertainly.

"Well move it Half Pint. The Professor says the target is in Crescent Moon Forest so we gotta move quick. Where's Rogue?" Logan continued without letting Kitty speak. "She'll have to meet us there. I'll radio her," and with that Logan marched off towards the jet. Kitty rushed after him.

"You might not want to do that Logan," Kitty pleaded.

"We are an X man down and we need all the numbers we got. This guy isn't going down without a fight. Now for the last time GO SUIT UP," Logan roared. Kitty scampered off to get changed.

Logan seized the radio from its holder.

"Rogue? Come in Rogue." It was met by static. Logan was about to try again when a breathless voice broke through.

"Rogue here. Logan can this wait, Ah'm in the middle of something and Ah'm kinda enjoyin it!"

"No, this can't wait. Amara has been injured and a dangerous mutant is on the loose. We need everyone we can get. Over"

"Injured? What do you mean injured?"

"She has been stabbed," Logan said clearly into the receiver. Nothing was heard for a few seconds but then Rogue spoke.

"Where do Ah have to be?"

Logan smiled. "He has been located in Crescent Moon Forest."

"Ah'm right near there."

"Great. I want you to keep a visual on him but don't do anything until we get there. James Markems is over six foot with long blonde hair. He has a broken nose and a scar over his lip. His power is primal. Good hearing, good sight, superior strength. Keep radio contact at all times. Do you have your suit? Over."

"Yes Ah wear mah suit everywhere," the voice said sarcastically. "No Ah don't have it. Orders received and understood. How long will it take ya to get here? Over."

"Twenty minutes, maybe more. Remember; do not attack until we get there. Good luck. Over and out."

"Over and out." The radio gave way to static as Logan sat at the controls and started the jet. Kitty took her seat and gazed out the window.

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Remy and Rogue carefully picked their way through the sunlit forest. Remy had stubbornly insisted on coming with her just to make sure. They had picked up James' trail quickly and had been following him for ten minutes when he stopped to sniff the air. The couple were downwind so he wasn't aware of them yet. Suddenly his head snapped to the side and he darted off to the left of the clearing. Remy and Rogue pursued him through the undergrowth at a careful distance. Abruptly screams echoed through the trees. The two forgot about stealth and ran as quickly as they could, jumping over roots and pushing aside branches in the direction James had just gone. They burst from the scrub to a scene of utter chaos. They were by the old quarry building, a popular spot for campers because of the beautiful views. Now James was running through the camp, ripping down tents in his pursue of meat. Human meat.

Rogue grabbed the radio from her belt.

"Logan, come in Logan," she said clearly into it. Remy drew his cards from his pocket, wearily watching James who was trying to corner a pair of campers.

"Rogue we can't wait," he whispered to his wife. Then the radio exploded into life.

"Logan here, go ahead."

"The target is attacking citizens. Ah can't wait for y'all," Rogue said.

"No Rogue, don't you dare. He is too strong for you to take on alone," came the reply. Rogue rolled her eyes as she replaced the radio onto her belt.

"Ah'm not on mah own," she muttered smiling up at Remy.

Together they ran towards James was standing. Remy charged cards as he ran and sent them flying towards the shaggy haired figure. James roared as the cards hit him and he turned away from his two petrified victims. Remy extended his bow staff as Rogue seized a short tent pole and pulled a burning branch from the campfire. Together they launched at him creating a gap between him and the humans.

"Well, run then," Rouge ordered the campers who were still standing there. Remy moved in swinging his bow staff, aiming for James' head. The primal mutant deflected his attack easily but couldn't turn to stop Rogue's strike, which caught him on the shoulder. James struck out both ways with his arms catching Rogue on the chest and Remy in the stomach. The blow sent them flying backwards but both kept tight hold on their weapons.

James advanced on Rouge as she climbed to her feet. She swung the burning branch in front of her, hoping to make the animal before her back off as she regained her footing. James smiled menacingly, showing a set of sharp teeth as he knocked the branch from her hands. Rogue got into a defensive position, her tent pole ready in front of her. Markems charged forward and Rogues sidestepped out of his path. She knew better than to meet an opponent with superior strength head on so she endeavoured to avoid the punches coming thick and fast her way. Eventually a blow struck her on the chin knocking her off balance and making her loose her weapon. James leered forward but Rogue drove her foot into his face. At the same time, Remy, having gotten over his temporary winding, sent a barrage of cards at James. Rogue sprang up, spitting blood out of her mouth. James glanced between the two of them before shooting off into the old quarry warehouse. Gambit and Rouge followed him.

They slowed as they reached the doors. The warehouse was large and dark with stacked wooden boxes on a sandy floor. The couple moved carefully in the gloom, eyes alert and searching everywhere for any signs of movement. Rogue led the way, peering round every corner before moving on. She also scoured the box tops. Outside the sun was dipping below the horizon and clouds had gathered promising rain.

Suddenly bright lights switched on temporarily blinding the pair. A shape dropped from the boxes above them. It landed cat like between them and, before Rogue could adjust, struck her hard in the face sending her crashing through the boxes, breaking a few ribs.

"Rogue!!" Remy shouted as he watched her helplessly. His demon eyes flared with anger as he launched a frenzied attack on James. The primal mutant backed off desperately trying to defend himself against the Ragin' Cajun. Blow after blow struck Markems, breaking through his thick skin and drawing blood. A blood mist had fallen over Gambit and all he saw was beating the other mutant until he was dead.

Slowly Rogue dragged her bruised and battered body out of the boxes where she had fallen. Carefully she crawled over the broken wood so she could see her husband beating the crap out of James Markems. She watched, concern etched in her face, as Remy forced Markems to the floor. One blow caught James on the chin sending him sprawling backwards. Remy saw his chance and moved in to deal out a strike that would have been fatal.

"This is the last time you harm anyone else," the Cajun said, raising his bow staff. James smiled evilly as he closed his hand around some sand. With a hiss the primal mutant threw it up into Gambit's demon eyes. Remy drew back, dropping his staff as he tried to free his vision of the stinging grit. Markems seized the staff from the floor as he stood up. Rogue, her sides screaming in pain, lunged forward in an attempt to halt the attack. James swatted her easily aside and sprang forward. Rogue watched, powerless, as James Markems drove the bow staff into Remy LeBeau.

"No!" Rogue screamed. Remy looked down in surprise at his own shortened staff embedded in his abdomen. Rogue moved as quickly as she could to his side. She slumped next to him and gently moved his head onto her lap. His stomach was covered in blood from his wound and already his mouth was stained crimson.

"Your going to be ok," Rogue said, knowing it wasn't true. Tears ran down her face as she stroked his hair. Above her the sky echoed her cries as the heavens opened and rain cascaded down.

"Don't lie to me chere, you were never any good at it," Remy coughed, his red on black eyes gazing up into her emerald ones. She bent down so their lips met and they kissed passionately, ignoring everything. Rogue didn't draw back straight away.

"Wait for me," she begged.

"Forever," he said honestly, his hand caressing her cheek.

Inside her mind all the barriers keeping the various people she had absorbed collapsed. They immediately rushed in to compete for control yet Rogue ignored them. Wolverine's power healed her broken ribs as she stood. Rain fell though the broken roof soaking her and her opponent. James looked her up and down then smiled.

"Now I've got you all to myself," he growled. Rogue snarled as she ran forward, her mind in turmoil but with one goal ever present. James Markems destruction.

James punched at her but his fist met smoke. Something appeared beside him but before he could move it struck the side of his head. He swung his fist round at Rouge but it passed straight through her. Suddenly something unseen threw him across the warehouse. Rogue had extended her hand and used Jean's power to blast James round the warehouse.

Remy pulled his dying body out of the way towards the radio Rogue had dropped. He tried to grab it but succeeded in knocking it further away.

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Jean gazed out the window of the jet. They were almost to Rogue's last position and everyone was itching for a fight. Unexpectedly an image exploded into Jean's head. She was in a warehouse with a broken roof but it wasn't her. Jean recognised the hand with a thumb ring extended in front of her. Rogue's. She glanced round and saw Markems smack into a wall on the other side of the building. On the floor lay Gambit, his shortened bow staff protruding from his stomach. He was reaching towards a radio that was lying on the floor. Jean quickly scanned Rouge's memory and witnessed the fight then felt Rogue's pain as Remy was stabbed.

Suddenly the radio aboard the X-jet crackled into life jerking Jean out of her vision. She looked around her and saw that everyone had the same expression. They had seen it too.

"Hello?" a weak strained voice asked. "X- men dis be Remy LeBeau."

Logan growled as he reached for the receiver but Kitty beat him to it.

"Remy this is Kitty, go ahead."

"We need you here. Now," Remy croaked.

"Your in the old warehouse aren't you?" her eyes began to fill with tears because it meant the vision was true.

"Yes."

"Hold on Remy we're coming."

The second vision came as abruptly as the first and once again the X- men joined Rouge in her mind.

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Rogue desperately subdued the personalities raging in her head and concentrated on her opponent as the rain slashed down through the broken roof. She flung him into a pile of boxes, which splintered and broke under the force. Rogue withdrew her telekinesis and staggered over to where Markems had fallen. He strength was failing. The mutant sprang out of the wood, hands outstretched ready to grip her throat. A red beam erupted from Rogue's eyes but James ducked and pulled his hand back to deliver a punch, which would have killed her. Instead Rogue calmly seized his hand in her own stopping it dead with the strength only a Juggernaut possessed. James' eyes filled with fear as Rogue forced him to his knees. Nobody was going to help him now and no dirty tricks were hidden up his sleeve. All he could do was watch as Rogue's bare hand seized the side of his face and feel the agony as though his skin was being peeled off.

Rogue stared down at him, ignoring all the new information forcing its way into her. She didn't want to kill, she despised it but sometimes it was necessary. She couldn't risk him killing any more of the people she loved. The last of his being entered her and she stumbled away. He tumbled to the side, his lifeless eyes staring out.

Rogue feel to her knees, tiredness overcoming. She pulled herself over to where her husband lay dying, as she was. His eyes were barely open and the light was leaving them fast. He looked up at her and smiled. He opened his mouth to try and say something but Rogue placed a finger on his lips.

"We have eternity for that," she whispered.

"How long is forever? Even that will be too short," Remy wheezed. Rogue smiled.

"Shhh, sleep now."

Remy closed his eyes as she did her's and they entered the type of sleep that lasts for evermore. And that is how the X-men found them; bare hands clasped together, their wedding rings obvious as the rain fell around them as though the angels wept as well.

You're in the arms of the angel.
May you find some comfort here.
May you find some comfort here.

(This is not the end! We have one chapter left! Aren't you curious about what was in that letter? Please let me know how this chapter was... please?)